Everyone hates it, it's notoriously bad, yet you love it.

[Septima]

What things to you love that are infamously bad, and everyone else mentions as the best and most obvious example of a bad thing?

I'll start of with a big one, to make everyone else less shy. Trust me, you won't look bad following me - here it is:

I think Jar-Jar Binks is hilarious and he made the The Phantom Menace for me - easily the best single thing from that movie. Then again, I was a kid, and I hadn't seen the old ones, so I wasn't comparing the movie to anything else. I still don't get what the problem is.

Another example? Okay, here it is:

I love Gabriel Knight 3. I played that game for hours and days and years. I wore out a copy and had to buy a new one. It was the last game I was able to play that obsessively - the last game of my childhood, if you will. And my favorite part, the bit I described starry-eyed when describing the game to other people, is a problem fairly early on: persuading Gabriel Knight to leave town by figuring out how to rent the Harley.

I though the puzzle was hilariously brilliant, completely off the wall quirky, and it really made the game for me. It is fairly involved but it goes like this:

1. The main character refuses to advance the plot unless you rent a particular motorcycle for him.
2. The motorcycle is reserved for someone else.
3. You "borrow" this someone elses ID. However, Gabriel Knight looks nothing like the picture in this ID.
4. Solution? You give both Gabriel Knight, and the picture in the ID a fake mustache. Since a fake mustache is the perfect disguise, this fools the rental place.

I fell off my chair laughing when I solved this puzzle.

Later, I find out that this single puzzle is what everyone points to when saying how much Gabriel Knight 3 obviously sucks, and it's even been blamed for killing the adventure game genre as a whole.

So, anyone else? What do you love that everyone else points to as an obvious example of suckitude?

[RealityChuck]

Ishtar.

[wedgehed]

I liked the movie Daredevil & Ben Affleck seems like an OK guy to me.

[happycamper*5]

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_%28video_game%29) - Wiki link

Yes, it's one of the worst video games ever released - a complete disappointment as a movie tie-in, boring, bizarre graphics ("if I fall in the goddamn wells ONE MORE TIME...!!"), aggravating gameplay ("if those FBI agents catch me ONE MORE TIME...!!") and almost entirely to blame for the Great Video Game Crash of 1983.

But I loved it. I was only 8 years old at the time of its release and as such, I loved video games too much to realize I should have hated it. The day I beat the game is one of my fondest childhood memories.

[Unintentionally Blank]

I like spam. And Vienna sausages. And smoked oysters.

[ugly ripe tomato]

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_%28video_game%29) - Wiki link


Me too! I played the game before I ever saw the movie so playing it without any expectations probably helped.

As to the OP, I enjoy Velveeta and processed American cheese singles, the ones in plastic wrappers.

[Argent Towers]

Freddy Got Fingered - probably the only comedy movie that I have seen more than ten times.

[cjepson]

I love eating Ho Hos while listening to Their Satanic Majesties Request.

I'm not kidding.

[Binarydrone]

Waterworld.
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[MPB in Salt Lake]

To this day, I think "Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom" was the most enjoyable movie of the series; I had no idea how badly it was thought of until I discovered the SDMB....

(The original Raiders Of The Lost Ark was indeed excellent, and in my TOD "defense" I haven't seen any of the Indiana Jones movies again in over 15 or 20 years, so maybe if I was to watch Temple Of Doom again I would feel differently today)
---------------------------------------------------
I also think that Burger King's french fries are excellent, the best large chain fries around---I don't eat meat, so I can't say anything about any of the other Burger King offerings, but I take my parents to BK every couple of weeks, where they split a Whopper Combo and I will often get an order of fries and a Coke. The fries are always perfect, and my parents really like the burger.

Like Temple Of Doom, I didn't realize that Burger King was supposedly awful, at least according to most Dopers....

[chiroptera]

Anchovies.

[Septima]

I loved Waterworld. I need to watch it again.

[Huerta88]

I like spam. And Vienna sausages. And smoked oysters.

+1, along with scrapple, black pudding, Vegemite, and chipped beef.

[Hampshire]

The ending of A.I.
Eveybody thinks it should have ended with him at the bottom of the ocean. I think that's the point where it starts to get interesting.

[Little Nemo]

I like Nickelback. I think they're a pretty good band and I don't understand the widespread hate for them.

[chiroptera]

+1, along with scrapple, black pudding, Vegemite, and chipped beef.

Black (aka blood) pudding yes. Marmite (Vegemite UK version) yes. And haggis - haggis, neeps and tatties (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis), now that's some good food right there.

I also like McDonalds Filet o Fish sandwiches.
And The Golden Girls (http://www.goldengirlscentral.com/).

[Incubus]

I really enjoyed Waterworld and also the Core and torment my peers by insisting we watch it when they're on TV.

I'm looking foward to Liam Neeson saying, "You sunk my battleship!" in the notorious film coming out.

I also possess the attention span to stare at a topless woman wiggling about with explosions and aliens in the background. Yes.

[kaylasdad99]

I really shouldn't be here, because my contribution, such as it is, fails to meet the requirement of being "notoriously bad."*

I love Casino Royale. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_%281967_film%29)

It is, without question, the best Bond film that was ever made, and the only one worth watching more than once.









*Where "notoriously bad" is defined as "actually, really and truly bad, and notorious for being so." If it's simply defined as "notorious for being thought of as bad by a large number of people," I'm okay with that. The people who think it is bad are simply wrong about it.

[etv78]

Glitter (Hey I like Mariah!)

[Diogenes the Cynic]

I love the movie Caligula. One of my all time favorites. I can't take my eyes off it.

[JessMagic]

And haggis - haggis, neeps and tatties (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis), now that's some good food right there.

Woah now!

Haggis is universally hated? Presumably the haters haven't tasted it?

[AskNott]

I'd rather eat Chunk Light Tuna from a can than a broiled tuna steak in a restaurant.

[Silver Tyger]

The Super Mario Bros movie. I don't understand why people think it was so awful. It was fun.

Wild Wild West with Will Smith.

[Lancia]

I loved Waterworld. I need to watch it again.

This is what I came in to say. I loved it and would love to see the un-edited version that is on sci-fi every once in a while.

[kaylasdad99]

Woah now!

Haggis is universally hated? Presumably the haters haven't tasted it?Presumably. It's one thing to be presented with a delicious treat that bears some resemblance to sausage, and love it,without having learned what it's called.

It's quite another to know that it is sheep's heart, liver, and lungs, minced with oatmeal, suet, and onions, and boiled in sheep's stomach, and then be told, "And now, in honor of your visit, I've prepared a huge haggis for ye!"

[cuauhtemoc]

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_%28video_game%29)

Hey, I had that game! I never knew it was famous for being bad until I read that link. I remember it being kind of hard to figure out, but I didn't hate it. I didn't hate any Atari game. It was before I was old enough to think I had to "judge" everything. It was all good.

[PhiloVance]

The mostest hilarious comedy, I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095348/

[koeeoaddi]

Tom Bombadil

[Qadgop the Mercotan]

I enjoyed the Coneheads movie.

[Peremensoe]

Tom Bombadil

Tom Bombadil is notoriously bad?

[Capitaine Zombie]

I think Raplh Bakshi's Lord of the Rings teabags the other adaptation made by that obese New Zealander (Jack Peterson).

[Eve]

I enjoyed the hell out of disco and everything that went with it (except the Qiana polyester dresses). It came along just when I was starting college--got people dressing up and going out dancing again. It was fun, dammit!

[fisha]

Dick Cheney.

Seriously, I thought he was great, and wished he would have been president. He reminded me of my father-in-law, and man, that guy could get shit done.

This post was not political in nature, no ax to grind, please don't kill me, you just wanted something that was universally despised that I personally thought was fantastic. That was Dick.

[Procrustus]

This thread creeps me out. Especially #32 and #33.

[BrotherCadfael]

Circus peanuts.

[Qadgop the Mercotan]

Circus peanuts.
Ooh, me too! I had some a few weeks ago, such an embarrassing treat.

[curious11]

Hudson Hawk

"Would you like to swing on a star..."

[gaffa]

Dick Cheney.

Seriously, I thought he was great, and wished he would have been president. He reminded me of my father-in-law, and man, that guy could get shit done.
Reminds me of this poster (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_akLHpeO7qyA/TI0BUE1D2nI/AAAAAAAACgg/FaQeYiFX63w/s1600/slavery-demotivational-poster-1211005746.jpg).

[The Doughnut Thief]

The Super Mario Bros movie. I don't understand why people think it was so awful. It was fun.

Wild Wild West with Will Smith.

For STG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TdczoetXk4)

I really love corney jokes ie the moth joke.

[whiterabbit]

The older I get, the more I like John Denver. Sure his stuff was soppy and sentimental, but somehow, I really like it anyway.

[Incubus]

I love the movie Caligula. One of my all time favorites. I can't take my eyes off it.

I got to rent Caligula on Netflix, and actually enjoyed it as well. I went into it imagining it being a porno with a rather elaborate plot, and was not disappointed :D.

Plus, seventies boobs were...different ;)

[kayaker]

Anchovies and iTunes.

[Yorikke]

I love "The Day After Tomorrorow," and get sucked in almost every time I notice it in the TV listings.

Joe

[racer72]

I like Nickelback. I think they're a pretty good band and I don't understand the widespread hate for them.

Same here. I also love lima beans.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

STG: Voyager.

[Asimovian]

Mad Dog Time/Trigger Happy, which I believe was universally panned. But I own it, and it makes me laugh. I love Richard Dreyfuss in this.

Here's a link to Roger Ebert's 0 stars review (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961129/REVIEWS/611290303/1023) (contains...spoilers?).

[Autolycus]

Put me on the "Doesn't think Nickelback is the worst band ever" list.

[chizzuk]

I love "The Day After Tomorrorow," and get sucked in almost every time I notice it in the TV listings.

Joe

Yes! I have seen this movie like 8 times. Love it.

I like that John Cougar Mellencamp song from the car commercial that everyone despises. I actually downloaded it from iTunes.

[koeeoaddi]

Tom Bombadil is notoriously bad?
More much maligned. :(

[Triskadecamus]

I liked disco.

And I can't even dance!

Tris

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

STG: Voyager.

Not quite sure where that G came from....

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

"Everybody Loves Raymond"

White bread

Ringo Starr

"The Godfather, Part III"

Buttermilk

"American Pie" (the song)


mmm

[Motorgirl]

Yes! I have seen this movie like 8 times. Love it.

Same here. Love watching that movie.

[Tamerlane]

Woah now!

Haggis is universally hated? Presumably the haters haven't tasted it?

Flavor-wise it's almost entirely unknown in the United States, where it exists in conversation only for comedic effect (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEbn-Hh8UTg).

[voguevixen]

I have Bieber Fever.

[PlainJain]

Seconding Godfather III also...

Cheese Whiz!

[SecretaryofEvil]

For STG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TdczoetXk4)

I really love corney jokes ie the moth joke.

The older I get, the more I like John Denver. Sure his stuff was soppy and sentimental, but somehow, I really like it anyway.

That STG Mario trailer link was hilarious.

I like John Denver. I didn't know lots of people hated him.

[Spoons]

I can watch Detroit Rock City over and over.

[Becky2844]

Black (aka blood) pudding yes. Marmite (Vegemite UK version) yes. And haggis - haggis, neeps and tatties (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis), now that's some good food right there.

I also like McDonalds Filet o Fish sandwiches.
And The Golden Girls (http://www.goldengirlscentral.com/).

What are neeps? I'm going to guess that tatties are potatoes.

[Becky2844]

Waterworld AND The Postman.

[Namkcalb]

Another vote for Jar-Jar Binks.

In a tale of political intrigue, slavery, conspiracy, railroaded-destiny, brutal and bloody conflict and inter-species racism, sometimes it's necessary for a gangly amphibian to stick his tongue into the wackiest of places.

He brought much needed comic relief to the film and though annoying, that was deliberate and a needed cause for his plot-necessary banishment and redemption.

Though, don't get me wrong, TPM had it's flaws, Mitochlorians destroyed a lot of the series' accumulated mystery, and the scenes of the robot occupation would have been a lot more powerful if they inserted more brutality.

[Critical Mass]

I like my Microsoft Zune. I just wish they'd make their software Apple OS friendly.

I like the McRib.

[Diogenes the Cynic]

I like Vienna sausages (especially with hot sauce). Also anchovies.

[The Doughnut Thief]

I am a closet Never Shout Never fan

[Bayard]

I also love lima beans.

I also like lima beans. And Brussels sprouts.

Haven't quite come around to turnips, though.

[Silver Tyger]

What are neeps? I'm going to guess that tatties are potatoes.

Pretty sure they're turnips.

I forget people think disco is awful. Add me to the people who like it, although I wasn't alive when it came out.

[KRC]

I eat spam and I even came up with a recipe:

Chop spam. Put in pan and fry.
When spam turns brown, throw in raisins and chopped bits of a pear.
Add vanilla extract and cinnamon. Wait one minute. Done! There's your breakfast.

But for some reason I never could get anyone else to try the recipe.

[guestchaz]

John Wayne as Temujin/Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror"

[rowrrbazzle]

If you include things that you like precisely because they are so hilariously awful, my contribution is Exorcist II: The Heretic.

[It's Not Rocket Surgery!]

White Castle. I love sliders!

[Ambivalid]

Waterworld.
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Ahhhhh! Not everyone else! :D

*edited to add: upon finishing reading this thread, I find our shared taste is not so uncommon after all

[Brown Eyed Girl]

Circus peanuts.

Ooh, me too! I had some a few weeks ago, such an embarrassing treat.

I came here to post this! It's that fake banana flavor melting in your mouth. I just can't get enough of them.

[Sudden Kestrel]

Velveeta. That's what we had in grilled cheese sandwiches when I was a tot, so it's a nostalgia thing. For the sake of my health, I content myself with the slightly-less-noxious American cheese now.

[EvilTOJ]

I like ketchup on steak. And mustard on fries. I have been chastised for both but I will not be turned!

[Paul in Qatar]

As others have said, Spam and chipped beef. Also, Las Vegas for the people watching.

[KinkiNipponTourist]

I eat spam and I even came up with a recipe:

Chop spam. Put in pan and fry.
When spam turns brown, throw in raisins and chopped bits of a pear.
Add vanilla extract and cinnamon. Wait one minute. Done! There's your breakfast.

But for some reason I never could get anyone else to try the recipe.

I'd totally eat that.

[bump]

Pretty sure they're turnips.

They are- mashed turnips, or maybe rutabagas.

Honestly, I'd have taken a double helping of haggis to avoid those horrid neeps. They were hands down the worst thing about the haggis & side dishes I had in Scotland.

I actually like Budweiser and Coors. Don't get me wrong- I have a fairly well informed beer palate- my all-time favorite style is Czech Pilsner, with English bitter following closely (particularly fond of Ruddles County, Timothy Taylor Landlord & Shepherd Neame Spitfire).

But, sometimes, a light lager is what I feel like, and Budweiser or Coors hits the spot. (don't much care for Miller products though)

[kittenblue]

I enjoyed the hell out of disco and everything that went with it (except the Qiana polyester dresses). It came along just when I was starting college--got people dressing up and going out dancing again. It was fun, dammit! I came in to post "Phil Collins" and then I saw this. I made my wedding dress and the bridesmaid dresses out of Qiana. I loved that fabric! Great drape, wonderful hand, just enough sheen to look like satin but without the wrinkle issue, and it sewed beautifully! I really miss it....

[elninost0rm]

Put me on the "Doesn't think Nickelback is the worst band ever" list.

In my experience, I think that more people have an issue with Chag Kroeger being (apparently) a known douchecanoe. I know that NB gets a lot of flak on its own, though. It's probably a healthy split.

[Crafter_Man]

The film Gummo.

The film Barbarella.

Yngwie Malmsteen (primarily his first album).

Anchovies.

[mkecane]

I love eating Ho Hos while listening to Their Satanic Majesties Request.

I'm not kidding.

I don't get why this would be a problem. Ho Hos are great, and I think TSMR is the Stones best album; it's certainly my favorite of theirs. I don't get the connection between the two, however.

[Dogzilla]

To this day, I think "Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom" was the most enjoyable movie of the series; I had no idea how badly it was thought of until I discovered the SDMB....

(The original Raiders Of The Lost Ark was indeed excellent, and in my TOD "defense" I haven't seen any of the Indiana Jones movies again in over 15 or 20 years, so maybe if I was to watch Temple Of Doom again I would feel differently today)
---------------------------------------------------
I also think that Burger King's french fries are excellent, the best large chain fries around---I don't eat meat, so I can't say anything about any of the other Burger King offerings, but I take my parents to BK every couple of weeks, where they split a Whopper Combo and I will often get an order of fries and a Coke. The fries are always perfect, and my parents really like the burger.

Like Temple Of Doom, I didn't realize that Burger King was supposedly awful, at least according to most Dopers....

You are aware that BK offers a vegetarian burger, right? Next time, you can get a BK Veggie! It's the only fast food place that actually offers a real vegetarian option, aside from salad + fries. My only criticism is they nuke it. It would be so much tastier if they char broiled it like they do the meat burgers, except the meat juices would contaminate the veggie burgers, thus defeating the purpose. I order it with all the Whopper fixings -- it kind of sucks unless you add a bunch of toppings to it.

[Mr. Excellent]

I eat spam and I even came up with a recipe:

Chop spam. Put in pan and fry.
When spam turns brown, throw in raisins and chopped bits of a pear.
Add vanilla extract and cinnamon. Wait one minute. Done! There's your breakfast.

But for some reason I never could get anyone else to try the recipe.

This is going to be my breakfast on Sunday, with a nice hot cup of tea. Well, I might substitute apples for pears. But other than that - breakfast!

ETA: Maybe I'll add pineapples. Pineapples are tasty!

ETA again: Now I'm hungry. Is it Sunday yet?

[Gedd]

I'm not sure how many people hate it, but I love Taco Bell. Yummy.

[Yorikke]

I'm not sure how many people hate it, but I love Taco Bell. Yummy.

Taco Bell gets a TON of hate on the board, but I'm with you. When I'm poor, I can get lots of good (not gourmet) food for 3, 4, or 5 bucks, and when I'm flush, I can splurge, and get a lot of better food for 10 bucks. I only wish they hadn't eliminated the chili-cheese burrito. Fuck, that was good...

Joe

[MegaBee]

Taco Bell gets a TON of hate on the board, but I'm with you. When I'm poor, I can get lots of good (not gourmet) food for 3, 4, or 5 bucks, and when I'm flush, I can splurge, and get a lot of better food for 10 bucks. I only wish they hadn't eliminated the chili-cheese burrito. Fuck, that was good...

Joe

Taco Bell will substitute beans for beef, too, which opens up the majority of their menu to vegetarians.

[congodwarf]

Leonard Part 6.

I think that Papa Ginos' cheese pizza is the best pizza ever created and I'd eat it every day if I got the chance.

There are so many things that I agree with in this thread (lima beans, turnips, Temple of Doom, Spam, Vienna Sausages, Taco Bell, and on and on).

[geneb]

...
"American Pie" (the song)


People hate "American Pie"? I love that song. Never knew it was hated. Same with Waterworld and a lot of other mentions. (Limas, Indiana Jones, Taco Bell, etc.)

I do understand hate for Haggis, though. I had it once and it tasted like my bathroom smells after a trip to Taco Bell for bean burritos.

I love Arby's. I hear a lot of hate for them. When I was a kid we'd get it once a year because it was so expensive, but we all loved it. I would have rather gone to Arby's than go to a sit down restaurant.

[cjepson]

I don't get why this would be a problem. Ho Hos are great, and I think TSMR is the Stones best album; it's certainly my favorite of theirs. I don't get the connection between the two, however.

No connection except that both have received quite a bit of disdain. In my experience, Ho Hos (and their ilk) are one of a very few foods that people seem to feel an insurmountable urge to scoff at when they see an adult buying or consuming them. Satanic Majesties was pretty much universally panned when it came out and has gained a reputation as a monumental failure, a classic example of the worst excesses of psychedelia, and a cautionary tale of what can happen when a good band tries to follow trends and make music that is outside their skill set. As I said, though, I love it.

By the way, just to show my breadth of taste, I also love boiled beets, mashed turnips, and Brussels sprouts, and I really like Kentucky Fried Chicken. And I used to work there.

[gurujulp]

I like almost everything here- and am blown away by the fact that apparently some people think some of the best bits of things are bad...

Tom Bombadil was an unbelievable, great wonderful character who should have gotten soooo much more book time...

And really, a whole lot of this thread...

I haven't tried haggis, but that is as I haven't been offered the option, ever.

The only ones I would have to say I DON'T like from this list are Jar-Jar (he should die, and george with him, although now that I have kids, I am more accepting), ketchup on steak and Beiber- and I don't even hate Beiber, just don't like him.

The other stuff... I don't know- none of it is bad. I wanna see the cites that say this stuff isn't appreciated!

[Bumbazine]

Fruitcake.


Although I will admit that some 'bakers' make it difficult sometimes, by trying to pass off cheaped-out imitations of real fruitcake.

[teela brown]

I love Marshmallow Peeps. And Spam. And Subway sandwiches. In fact, I think I'll have a Subway sandwich for lunch today.

[JoelUpchurch]

Mad Dog Time/Trigger Happy, which I believe was universally panned. But I own it, and it makes me laugh. I love Richard Dreyfuss in this.

Here's a link to Roger Ebert's 0 stars review (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961129/REVIEWS/611290303/1023) (contains...spoilers?).

Ebert gave Battle: Los Angles 1/2 a star and I actually liked it. Going in with low expectations actually helps sometimes. I thought it was a lot better than Skyline.

[Asimovian]

Ebert gave Battle: Los Angles 1/2 a star and I actually liked it. Going in with low expectations actually helps sometimes. I thought it was a lot better than Skyline.Being better than Skyline is not something I'd consider to be a deep challenge, but that's probably a topic for another thread (I actually wanted to see B:LA but no one would see it with me because of the reviews it got). :)

[slightly askew]

Grease 2 -- I was young and saw it before I saw the original. The songs are fun and there isn't much thought required. My kind of movie!

[Maiira]

I eat spam and I even came up with a recipe:

Chop spam. Put in pan and fry.
When spam turns brown, throw in raisins and chopped bits of a pear.
Add vanilla extract and cinnamon. Wait one minute. Done! There's your breakfast.

But for some reason I never could get anyone else to try the recipe.

This would be utterly foul to me NOT because of the Spam, but because of the raisins. Raisins are the devil in dried fruit form.

And mine is mac and cheese from a box. I won't say "everyone hates it," because that's certainly not true, but it ain't gourmet, that's for sure.

And add me to the list of people who prefer canned tuna over a tuna steak. Not that I don't like the latter, but the former is just so much more comforting.

[Avarie537]

Lima beans, Brussels sprouts, turnips, cabbage, Taco Bell, good fruitcake, and Barbarella.

[JoelUpchurch]

Being better than Skyline is not something I'd consider to be a deep challenge, but that's probably a topic for another thread (I actually wanted to see B:LA but no one would see it with me because of the reviews it got). :)

I couldn't make it all the way through Skyline, but B:LA was okay. That is not to say that Source Code or the The Adjustment Bureau weren't much better. The nice thing about Netflix and Redbox, is that you don't feel financially committed to watching a whole movie once you decide it sucks.

One movie I decided to try off Netflix was The Big Bang with Antonio Banderas.
It turned out to be Film Noire mixed with quantum physics. I actually ended up liking that.

[Infovore]

I like:

- Disco
- Barry Manilow
- Lima beans, cauliflower, and broccoli
- The Swamp Thing TV series
- McDonald's cheeseburgers (though not as much as I used to when they were much greasier and less salty).

[olivesmarch4th]

cabbage
Who doesn't love cabbage? I'm pretty sure it's my favorite vegetable.

So here's mine: I couldn't put down The Da Vinci Code.

[congodwarf]

Who doesn't love cabbage? I'm pretty sure it's my favorite vegetable.



I highly dislike cabbage, not much of a fan of iceberg lettuce either. Both taste bitter to me. I do like dark green leafy stuff like romaine and spinach though.

[papergirl]

I love frozen pizza. Even Jack's, which is super-cheap and probably lousy by a normal person's standards. (I love good homemade pizza too, but it's by no means any better to me.)

[Gary "Wombat" Robson]

Another vote for haggis. I just don't get the hate. We serve it at our Rabbie Burns suppers every year, and hear a lot of "oh, gross!" comments. We utilize peer pressure to get everyone to taste it, and almost everyone says, "hey, that's not bad!" We almost never have leftover haggis.

Also, pipe smoke. Yeah, yeah, I get it. Smoking is bad. But I just love the smell of a good pipe tobacco.

Anchovies. I like 'em on my pizza, and I require them on my Caesar salads.

And (looking furtively around) McDonald's Quarter Pounders. When I want a quick, satisfying meal, that's where I go.

[Sudden Kestrel]

I love frozen pizza. Even Jack's, which is super-cheap and probably lousy by a normal person's standards. (I love good homemade pizza too, but it's by no means any better to me.)

The only premade pizza my husband and I will eat is Jack's pepperoni thin crust. I blame this on having grown up eating Totino's frozen pizzas, which were like big round pieces of stale Wonder bread that had been sat upon, covered with Hunt's tomato paste and sprinklings of some kind of "herb," and liberally coated with a cheese-esque polymer. After that, Jack's pizza is a gourmet delight.

[ataraxy22]

I loved all three of the Matrix movies, not just the first one, unlike almost everyone else.

[salinqmind]

And The Golden Girls (http://www.goldengirlscentral.com/).

In what lofty parallel universe do you live in, in that everyone hates Golden Girls and its notoriously bad? I've never heard of such a thing.

[Tixenfleaz]

I'm normally an extremely healthy eater, but....

McDonald's hamburgers! Five at a time, with a large side of fries and a giant Coke. No cheese or pickles, please! Just five disreputable pucks of meat covered with onions, ketchup, and enclosed by damp, anemic buns.

I then spend the next 2-3 hours feeling oddly smug and vaguely ill.

[voltaire]

Black jellybeans are my favorite. I love the fact that most people hate them and leave them behind!

[chaosshifter]

A few things like spam and WWW movie I can agree to liking but heres a few of my own

-Anime music videos and fanfiction
-freddy vs jason. Honestly I though it was awesome.
-perfect dark for the n64, i thought it was better then goldeneye and still do.
-The dune series video games were a good rts also.
-Fluff so good when making smores.

[what do I type here]

I like the feeling of wearing a tie.

[astro]

I enjoyed the Coneheads movie.

That was a good movie! Surprised it never got any sequel interest.

[ZipperJJ]

I am impressed by pants sagging and don't find it offensive at all. Sometimes I think some of the kids look silly but most of all I think "what a way to go for fashion" and "how do they keep them up??"

[chaosshifter]

at the last minute before bed I forgot to post my love for "Babylon 5" an awesome series that never has let me down even rewatching ti it.

[Morbo]

The Carpenters. Don't judge me!

Foods: Anchovies, Chipped Beef on Toast, White Castle, and Taco Bell are all secret shameful delights.

[Bri2k]

Ok I admit it. I love Spam! I love it so much, once I ordered a "variety pack" case off Spam.com (http://www.spam.com/). My mailman had murder in his eyes when he delivered it because a case of Spam weighs a ton. I can give you the inside dope on all the Spam flavors except Spam Lite and Spam Less Sodium (who the heck looks for a "healthy" variety of Spam anyway?!!). Turkey Spam is a lot like old-fashioned turkey loaf and I can eat an entire can in one sitting, no prep, no nuthin' just a fork! Bacon Spam is a complete waste of time (two ham flavors, you can't taste any bacon at all) and Spam with Cheese is only good cold because if you try to cook it, the cheese all melts out. My favorite flavor for breakfast is Hickory Smoked Spam which compliments fried eggs perfectly. Spam Hot & Spicy really is spicy as it's got Tabasco sauce in it.

And yes, in a pinch, I'll get a can of Valu-Time luncheon loaf for $1.39 when I can't get Spam.

I also enjoy Deviled Ham and Deviled Chicken too, but those dinky cans are a bit pricey.

Thus completes my confession. I should be so ashamed...

Bri2k

Oh and I'm also an unrepentant cigarette smoker too...

[Deegeea]

Grease 2 -- I was young and saw it before I saw the original. The songs are fun and there isn't much thought required. My kind of movie!

The very first one I thought of. Kind of nice to see I'm not the only one! I liked that movie enough to watch it over and over and memorize all the songs.

[whiterabbit]

at the last minute before bed I forgot to post my love for "Babylon 5" an awesome series that never has let me down even rewatching ti it.

Oh, please don't tell me B5 counts as notoriously bad! It's one of my favorites!

[Jack Batty]

CarrotTop's act makes me laugh.

[guestchaz]

Black jellybeans are my favorite. I love the fact that most people hate them and leave them behind!

Oh, yeah, and the end results are so...colorful.
Morbo The Carpenters are great, come to think of it though, I get a lot of flack for liking ABBA as well though.

[kayaker]

CarrotTop's act makes me laugh.

I could accept each post I've read here. Until this one.:eek:

[AClockworkMelon]

I've mentioned my love for salt and vinegar chips before on the board and apparently it's the most popular flavor on the planet. But among my group it's absolutely despised. This is all great for me: It means I don't have to share! :D

[Namkcalb]

CarrotTop's act makes me laugh.I could accept each post I've read here. Until this one.:eek:
How do you report someone for trolling here? :D:D:D

[Frazzled]

I've mentioned my love for salt and vinegar chips before on the board and apparently it's the most popular flavor on the planet. But among my group it's absolutely despised. This is all great for me: It means I don't have to share! :D

Similar amongst my group of friends is my love for India Pale Ale - a style of beer that is considerably more bitter than American Lagers. I took some to a pool party a few weeks ago and my friends made it a point to let me know just how much they hated my beer. They were drinking Coors Lite so the beer loathing was mutual :-)

[Jack Batty]

It appears as though I may have won this thread.

Where's my prize?

[Frazzled]

It appears as though I may have won this thread.

Where's my prize?

Sorry - Carrot Top is an order of magnitude less annoying that Jar Jar Binks - the OP still has a comfortable lead!

[Art Rock]

The Carpenters. Don't judge me!



Since when do people hate the Carpenters? Even on the Classic Rock forum I go to, they are liked.

[geneb]

All of the spam talk reminded me of another one.. Canned corned beef hash. Most people that I have met won't even look at it, but I love it. (I used to not be able to look at it as well, but then I tasted it and my eyes were opened.)

[ralph124c]

I love disco music! Too bad I never got in to Studio 54.
I also like fluffernutter sandwiches!I also like sweet wines.

[BMalion]

Canned ravioli.

[RedBloom]

I love cigarettes. I hate when the subject comes up because I'm in the 0.01% that gets excited and giddy at the prospect of them. Everyone else curses them (for obvious reason).

I love Phill Collins, Ambrosia, and Peter Cetera!

I love hearing people smack their gum. It's soothing to me.

[Caricci]

I got to rent Caligula on Netflix, and actually enjoyed it as well. I went into it imagining it being a porno with a rather elaborate plot, and was not disappointed :D.



Me too. Imagine my shock at Dame Helen Mirren! I don't think it was actually her vag that that baby came out of, but still....

[Vinyl Turnip]

Sorry, I'm still doing a firehose spit-take at "Jar-Jar Binks" in the OP.

[RTFirefly]

For all you spam-lovers, here's Weird Al's song about your favorite foodstuff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdpsfBsN_Dg).

[RTFirefly]

Since when do people hate the Carpenters? Even on the Classic Rock forum I go to, they are liked.Trust me, a lot of people hate the Carpenters. Won't say that's bad or good, but it's true.

[RTFirefly]

Neil Diamond, up to about 1972.

Glen Campbell.

ABBA.

I'll second Taco Bell. No, it's not 'real' Mexican, but I'm not sure what is anymore. I read a great article about ten years back where a guy tracked down the origins of the burrito. Turned out that before it was Americanized, it was a rather undistinguished (and small, which isn't surprising given the -ito suffix) roll-up.

At any rate, whatever it is that Taco Bell serves, it's cheap, it's good, and being a purist about Mexican food is pretty silly anyway.

Putting catsup on hot dogs. Being a purist about hot dogs is, by an order of magnitude, even sillier than being a purist about Mexican food.

"Everybody Loves Raymond"

White bread

Ringo Starr

"The Godfather, Part III"

Buttermilk

"American Pie" (the song)


mmmDidn't know there was a lot of disdain for "American Pie." I heard it on the radio a week or so ago, and was immediately reminded of just how catchy it is. Once you hit the refrain in the second verse (which is the first up-tempo verse), you're hooked.

And frankly, it's a great verbal montage of the sixties.

I'm aware that Ringo gets a lot of shit, but OTOH, a number of musically skilled people I know online have nothing but praise for his drumming.

[puddleglum]

Iceberg Lettuce. I hate it when a restaurant want to replace it on a sandwich with Romaine. Mixed Greens in a salad are just nowhere near as good as iceburg. I especially love the hearts, iceburg lettuce heart salad with the right dressing is the best salad around.

[gallows fodder]

I love American cheese. I've eaten cheese from all over the world and enjoyed it, but American cheese is my favorite.

[Pocito]

I'll steam up a big bag of Brussels sprouts and just eat them for a snack. I never have to share, but my husband and kids will sometimes eat one or two at a meal.

I also order chili cheese burritos from Taco Bell all the time.

[voguevixen]

CarrotTop's act makes me laugh.

YES! I've seen him like 5 times live and nearly peed myself every time.

[Mrs. Cake]

Jack in the Box tacos. Yeah, mystery meat paste, american cheeze, orange grease, browning lettuce shreds, not a single thing to like about them, but damn if I don't find myself craving them here in the midwest where JitB is unknown.

[Max the Immortal]

McDonald's, bologna, canned ravioli, canned meatballs, hot dogs... basically anything made with ground up non-choice bits of the animal.

[Paul in Qatar]

Cheap French dressing served at American restaurants. The kind delivered in 18-wheel tanker trucks. The cheap vinegary kind.

[GuanoLad]

Domino's Pizza.

I have very simple tastes in food.

[Two Many Cats]

John Wayne as Temujin/Genghis Khan in "The Conqueror"

"I am bereft of spit!"

Classic.

[Troubles]

Greasy, soggy french fries are the best french fries.

Also, Peeps. Especially odd since I don't like regular marshmallows.

[Mosier]

Dude, Where's My Car?

[Do Not Taunt]

Dude, Where's My Car?That doesn't count - everyone liked Dude, Where's My Car. Right?

...

Right?

[Gary "Wombat" Robson]

That doesn't count - everyone liked Dude, Where's My Car. Right?

...

Right?
You're just taunting us, aren't you?

[panache45]

"Atlas Shrugged."

"Everybody Loves Raymond."

Brussels sprouts.

Operetta music.

Hot dogs with ketchup.

Canned tuna or salmon.

ST: Voyager.

And who the hell hates the Carpenters??? Karen Carpenter had one of the greatest voices of the 20th century. Or is it the music itself that's hated? I don't have a problem with it.

[Mahaloth]

I think some of you might be a bit off in your idea of what is hated. Bablyon 5 has its haters, as most things do, but it is often hailed as a great Sci-fi show.


I love American cheese. I've eaten cheese from all over the world and enjoyed it, but American cheese is my favorite.

I agree. Nothing tastes better melted over hamburgers.

"Atlas Shrugged."

.

That's hated?

[bump]

I remembered another one... I actually enjoy Guy Fieri on "Diners, Drive ins and Dives." He may be douchebaggy, but there's something very earnest and honest about him and how he interacts with all the small restaurant owners that makes it very watchable.

[Blackhawk441]

I'm gonna have to confess that I greatly enjoy watchinjg T.J. Hooker and Walker: Texas Ranger.
And of course, not to mention the film opuses Commando and Con Air.

[BigT]

The 1999 Lost In Space movie. I'm still bummed that there's not a sequel. I also don't dislike any of Star Trek, which includes both Voyager and Enterprise.

Applebees and similar chains. I don't get the hate. Heck, usually chains are better than non-chains. The latter all taste about the same, while different chains taste noticeably different.

I also think that medium steak just hasn't finished cooking. And I never heard that canned meats or pasta was somehow bad. Sure, it's not the real thing. But why does it have to be?

Oh, and count me as someone who loves BK fries. But I think that's a peculiarity of the Dope not to like them, or they'd have changed them back by now. They are the best fast food fries in existence.

[Alex Osaki]

That's hated?

Not by "everyone," but I don't think it would be a stretch to describe Atlas Shrugged as "notoriously bad." Certainly it fetches a lot of scorn.

I like Waterworld and The Day After Tomorrow, both of which have been mentioned, but I'll throw a helping of Tank Girl in for good measure. "Everyone" may not hate it, but I really enjoyed the film Starship Troopers (and I say this as a huge Heinlein fan, although I do not like the film as a Heinlein fan obviously). Also I thought The Phantom Menace was the best of the prequels, and the closest Lucas came to recapturing what made the original Star Wars so fun.

It may be that I was not meant for this "movie" thing.

[Namkcalb]

Not by "everyone," but I don't think it would be a stretch to describe Atlas Shrugged as "notoriously bad." Certainly it fetches a lot of scorn

I'd describe it more as polarising than bad.

[AClockworkMelon]

Applebees and similar chains. I don't get the hate.Applebees is hated? It's fucking delicious!

[Raguleader]

I too enjoyed the first Starship Troopers film, as well as the third one (the second one was pretty lacking, aside from a couple of memorable scenes).

Also, love love love Everybody Loves Raymond, one of my family's favorite shows to watch together. The characters remind us of (very exaggerated) versions of various members of our own family.

I've got no problem with Taco Bell. Very rarely have any particular drive to go for it, but I've never minded eating there. Not real Mexican food? Neither is probably any Mexican food most folks have had.

Had a co-worker deride another taco restaurant as "Not authentic Tex-Mex!" My reply was to look at him and go "So? If I want authentic Tex-Mex, I can just go home and ask my mom to cook something."

Also, love eating at McD's and Burger King from time to time. If I wanted "real, quality burgers", again, I'd go home and have my dad grill some, as I've yet to go to a restaurant whose burgers compared to his.

[anya marie]

I've been watching Jem on the Hub, and it's dated, Pizzazz is such a hater, and the women's eyeshadow is godawful ... but it's fun to watch The Holograms win over the Misfits.

[Namkcalb]

I too enjoyed the first Starship Troopers film, as well as the third one (the second one was pretty lacking, aside from a couple of memorable scenes).
This is a perfect addition to the thread.

Most people hate it, but it's fans can appreciate its underlying brilliance.

[Raguleader]

This is a perfect addition to the thread.

Most people hate it, but it's fans can appreciate its underlying brilliance.

Well, it's a very well made movie, just not a very deep or intelligent one. The sequels both lack a certain degree of quality that the first one has. Also, the third movie was way too campy and obviously low-budget, but still fun in parts.

That said, as an adaptation of one of my favorite Heinlen books? I find myself asking to this day why they chose Verhooeven of all people to do an adaptation of Heinlen. Kind of like if you wanted Micheal Bay to make Schindler's List. Just not a good match.

[VOW]

Oh God yes, Fruitcake! My favorite part of Christmas, because nobody else eats it! Well, okay, my daughter got the fruitcake gene, so she and I fight over it.

I love the cheapest boxed macaroni and cheese you can find.

I love water. No flavor, no bubbles, no minerals, and usually, NOT the crap out of a faucet. But just plain water. I know people who say, "I hate drinking water." To me, this is just as inconceivable as saying, "I hate air," or "I hate breathing."

I love the movie "Starship Troopers." I love all the silly "Tremors" movies. And I will ALWAYS watch either "Airport" movies or "Naked Gun" movies. I also loved the very short-lived "Police Squad" TV series.

And I hate Oreos.



~VOW

[Namkcalb]

Well, it's a very well made movie, just not a very deep or intelligent one. The sequels both lack a certain degree of quality that the first one has. Also, the third movie was way too campy and obviously low-budget, but still fun in parts.

That said, as an adaptation of one of my favorite Heinlen books? I find myself asking to this day why they chose Verhooeven of all people to do an adaptation of Heinlen. Kind of like if you wanted Micheal Bay to make Schindler's List. Just not a good match.

Next time you watch it, ask yourself the question, who is the aggressor?
Basic science and numerous heavy hints about the nature of the regime suggests that Buenos Aires was destroyed in a false-flag attack.

A militarised society needs an enemy to justify itself.

I think Verhooeven was the perfect director for this film, what with his childhood in Nazi Holland, but he was not the best person to adapt Heinlein's book.

I consider them both masterpieces but in different ways.

[Raguleader]

Next time you watch it, ask yourself the question, who is the aggressor?
Basic science and numerous heavy hints about the nature of the regime suggests that Buenos Aires was destroyed in a false-flag attack.

A militarised society needs an enemy to justify itself.

I think Verhooeven was the perfect director for this film, what with his childhood in Nazi Holland, but he was not the best person to adapt Heinlein's book.

I consider them both masterpieces but in different ways.

Well, maybe it wasn't fair to say the movie wasn't deep, it just shouldn't have been a Starship Troopers adaptation to begin with. He could have changed Rico's name to James Kirk and called it Star Trek without changing any of the other details and it would have been as accurate an adaptation of the source material.

And no, Buenos Aires was definitely not destroyed by a False Flag attack. It was just a convenient excuse to start the war. Never assume malice when incompetence is an adequate explanation. Always assume incompetence when dealing with the military and the government. :D

[Small Hen]

Fanfiction. I straight up love fanfiction. And not the good stuff. I'm not talking about the 100,000 word long Star Trek fanfic written by someone who has semi-realistic aspirations of becoming a published novelist. I'm talking about the true trash. Characters de-aging into children, characters waking up as kittens, overly sensitive grown men who cry at the drop of a hat, all of it. And the porn! I adore the porn, because even when it never comes close to turning me on, it never fails to make me smile.

Don't get me wrong, I read actual novels too - all the time, in fact - but sometimes, after a long hard day of work, I have to ask myself what I really want: a brilliant, slow paced classic, or the Tenth Doctor screwing Donna Noble against the Tardis console? The later will always win.

[Namkcalb]

Well, maybe it wasn't fair to say the movie wasn't deep, it just shouldn't have been a Starship Troopers adaptation to begin with. He could have changed Rico's name to James Kirk and called it Star Trek without changing any of the other details and it would have been as accurate an adaptation of the source material.
It wasn't originally going to be a Starship Troopers "adaption", but some exec noticed the superficial similarities, bourght the rights and bolted the name on it.

Verhooeven hasn't even read the book.


And no, Buenos Aires was definitely not destroyed by a False Flag attack. It was just a convenient excuse to start the war. Never assume malice when incompetence is an adequate explanation. Always assume incompetence when dealing with the military and the government. :D
Basic physics trumps this. A rock doesn't get from one end of the galaxy to the other in days by virtue of magic bug farts.

[Raguleader]

Basic physics trumps this. A rock doesn't get from one end of the galaxy to the other in days by virtue of magic bug farts.

No reason to assume it had to travel by any artificial means. It could have just happened to be tumbling through the area when the Earth happened to be in its path. Like I said, it seems much more likely that they took a chance natural disaster and found a way to use it as an excuse to start a war with another group they already were having very high tensions with.

EDIT: Plus, look at it this way: What sounds better: That some random rock found its way past our defenses and cold cocked us? Or that it was part of a nefarious alien plot to attack us? Blaming it on the Bugs was obviously a simple coverup for their own incompetence (and little else that the military does for the duration of the movie does much to dispel the impression that they are incompetent).

[Silver Tyger]

I've been watching Jem on the Hub, and it's dated, Pizzazz is such a hater, and the women's eyeshadow is godawful ... but it's fun to watch The Holograms win over the Misfits.

I don't think Jem and the Holograms counts as notoriously bad, considering there have been conventions for it.

[VOW]

To Small Hen:

Do a google search on k/s fan fiction. It's supposed to be Kirk and Spock in a steamy duo!


~VOW

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

I enjoyed the Coneheads movie.

As did I!

As well as the live-action Popeye, starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall. And that was despite my never having been a huge fan of the cartoon, even in childhood.

[Johanna]

I like Yoko Ono. I really, genuinely like her and think she's great. She's gotten a bum rap and deserves better respect and appreciation.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

I also loved the very short-lived "Police Squad" TV series.

If there is one entry that does not belong in this thread, this is it.


mmm

[Namkcalb]

I like Yoko Ono. I really, genuinely like her and think she's great. She's gotten a bum rap and deserves better respect and appreciation.
Didn't she make Revolution 9, probably one of the most trippy pieces of art ever. She at least deserves kudos for that

[elbows]

I like Oprah.

There, I said it.

I like her message, (that anyone can come from nothing and make something of themselves, that we could all live better lives, etc.) I like that she got people reading again, I like that she puts her picture on her mag, because it sells more mags and her message reaches more people, (though she doesn't really like doing it every month!), I think her actions today may well change the face of Africa tomorrow. I've never seen her be wicked, cruel or mean. And I don't really care about those who hate on her. I like her.

[salinqmind]

McDonald's, bologna, canned ravioli, canned meatballs, hot dogs... basically anything made with ground up non-choice bits of the animal.

Me, too. But I drew the line when we cooked up a plastic frozen tube of cheapie "chorizo" I got for $1 at Walmart. There was this...red...goop in the pan we all looked at it for a while... ? Anyone wanna go first?...then we read the ingredients: salivary glands, lymph nodes, pork fat and pork cheeks... Anyone? Hey, where y'all going? Bunch of sissies!

[Small Hen]

To Small Hen:

Do a google search on k/s fan fiction. It's supposed to be Kirk and Spock in a steamy duo!
~VOW

Oh, trust me. I've read more slash in the last 13 years or so (when I discovered fanfic) than could possibly be healthy or sane. Kirk and Spock are personal favorites.

[Raguleader]

Oh, trust me. I've read more slash in the last 13 years or so (when I discovered fanfic) than could possibly be healthy or sane. Kirk and Spock are personal favorites.

Wasn't that basically canon by STII?

[Brynda]

I like really bad reality shows. Toddlers and Tiaras and the new trainwreck that is Dance Moms are favorites. Love them.

[Acsenray]

Spaghettios

Mallrats

[ianzin]

I am always suprised at the amount of flak (pun intended) aimed at Pearl Harbor. I thought it was a really successful and enjoyable movie.

[TreacherousCretin]

Satanic Majesties was pretty much universally panned when it came out and has gained a reputation as a monumental failure, a classic example of the worst excesses of psychedelia, and a cautionary tale of what can happen when a good band tries to follow trends and make music that is outside their skill set. As I said, though, I love it.

Many people (myself included) who were unimpressed by TSMR when it was released have been surprised to realize as years passed that it has aged very well. Today it's one of my favorite Stones albums.

(pause)

Here's my entry for "everyone" hates it but I love it:

"Inna godda da VEE da, HONN uh....."

One of life's guilty pleasures is whapping that drum solo on your own wet ass in the shower.

.

[panache45]

I love water. No flavor, no bubbles, no minerals, and usually, NOT the crap out of a faucet. But just plain water. I know people who say, "I hate drinking water." To me, this is just as inconceivable as saying, "I hate air," or "I hate breathing."

Me too. Whenever I'm in a restaurant in Europe, and tell the waiter all I want to drink is some water, perhaps with ice, I have to explain in detail exactly what I mean. It's like nobody ever heard of drinking water.

[Electric Warrior]

Mentioned it here already in a similar thread (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609202) - Starship's We Built This City. Yeah, I know, it's a shame Jefferson Airplane ended up like that, but if you ignore that I think it's a fun tongue-in-cheek rant about the commercialization of popular music with a catchy-as-hell chorus. And I love the synths.

[Acsenray]

Taco Bell gets a big thumbs up from me. Although I don't like it as much now as I did from about 1975 to 1993. That was Taco Bell's heyday.

[Gary "Wombat" Robson]

So, eating Taco Bell while watching Jar-Jar Binks sing Abba tunes? I would do that.

[sitchensis]

Don't get me wrong, I read actual novels too - all the time, in fact - but sometimes, after a long hard day of work, I have to ask myself what I really want: a brilliant, slow paced classic, or the Tenth Doctor screwing Donna Noble against the Tardis console? The later will always win.

That reminds me, I love William W. Johnstone western novels. Smoke Jensen, Preacher, that stuff is just crap and I can’t not buy the books at the grocery store.

[Jaledin]

Totino's Pizze. If I had to choose between any frozen pizza and these, I'd go for these. In a pinch, these are it. The "better" frozen pizzas are inferior IMO to these bottom-shelf winners. [/chris kimball]

Cheap-ass ramen noodles. I could live on these, just straight-up, with the regular little packets of salt. It's not just college dorm-food anymore, people! Not kidding -- I love those things. Close to a perfect food.

Girl-on-girl porn -- and masturbating (like a motherfuck). Just kidding -- I hate both those things, and so does everyone else I ever heard of.

+1 to Taco Bell and Arby's and KFC -- if had to have a big ole meal at a FF joint, I'd pick these. Maybe not KFC, but I've eaten there in the past and thought it was OK enough chicken. I'd eat there again if hungry enough for chicken again, though. Arby's has IIRC those curly fries -- some of those and one of those sandwiches
and it's like blowing a corkscrew-dicked pig and eating a cunt sandwich at the same time. Very PC, should be more popular.
Taco Bell rules as well -- if there were one across the street from me, I'd be eating that bitch out from behind every day. Not kidding, actually, although I may have convinced myself to not seek one out anytime soon.

Subway too, but I guess they are pretty popular -- as long as some Scot behind the counter doesn't jew you out of enough onions and spinach and green peppers, who couldn't tolerate a big ass sandwich with cured meats? And if you don't like it, it's the right shape to shove up your ass, you snob!

Opera -- the kind with the women wearing the horn-helmets on their heads and the fat chicks and all that. Love that shit. Wagner's pretty fucking popular, but that's the popular perception (thanks to Chuck "Culture-Enemy-#1" Jones and those Horwitz boys) -- that it's the home of wankers like Frasier Crane in the audience and fat chicks with their tits hanging out and horns on their head shrieking like banshees. Be in my bunk. Not kidding. But I'll be thinking of the Pilgrim's Chorus, probably.

Franzia boxed wine. Love this shit. Cheap enough, and good enough. I'll drink no wine before it's time...to get crunk. Not kidding -- I'd buy this before most any other option anytime, anywhere. It's fine, who cares what it tastes like? And, yes, I am your grandmother.

And last, fucking your wife through a hole in the sheet, which sheet covers her head and entire body except the wet bit down there (let's hope there's only one, or else there might be a problem). Hypothetically, my marriage could have lasted if we'd tried "my" idea (auch dich Rebbe, sholem aleichem). And if she never left the sheet while in my presence. Wait, that is a kind of popular idea world-wide, I guess. Screw it, I still want it.

[MPB in Salt Lake]

Edgy stuff man...

[Acsenray]

Pizza Rolls

[It's Not Rocket Surgery!]

Totino's Pizze. If I had to choose between any frozen pizza and these, I'd go for these. In a pinch, these are it. The "better" frozen pizzas are inferior IMO to these bottom-shelf winners. [/chris kimball]

Cheap-ass ramen noodles. I could live on these, just straight-up, with the regular little packets of salt. It's not just college dorm-food anymore, people! Not kidding -- I love those things. Close to a perfect food.

Girl-on-girl porn -- and masturbating (like a motherfuck). Just kidding -- I hate both those things, and so does everyone else I ever heard of.

+1 to Taco Bell and Arby's and KFC -- if had to have a big ole meal at a FF joint, I'd pick these. Maybe not KFC, but I've eaten there in the past and thought it was OK enough chicken. I'd eat there again if hungry enough for chicken again, though. Arby's has IIRC those curly fries -- some of those and one of those sandwiches
and it's like blowing a corkscrew-dicked pig and eating a cunt sandwich at the same time. Very PC, should be more popular.
Taco Bell rules as well -- if there were one across the street from me, I'd be eating that bitch out from behind every day. Not kidding, actually, although I may have convinced myself to not seek one out anytime soon.

Subway too, but I guess they are pretty popular -- as long as some Scot behind the counter doesn't jew you out of enough onions and spinach and green peppers, who couldn't tolerate a big ass sandwich with cured meats? And if you don't like it, it's the right shape to shove up your ass, you snob!

Opera -- the kind with the women wearing the horn-helmets on their heads and the fat chicks and all that. Love that shit. Wagner's pretty fucking popular, but that's the popular perception (thanks to Chuck "Culture-Enemy-#1" Jones and those Horwitz boys) -- that it's the home of wankers like Frasier Crane in the audience and fat chicks with their tits hanging out and horns on their head shrieking like banshees. Be in my bunk. Not kidding. But I'll be thinking of the Pilgrim's Chorus, probably.

Franzia boxed wine. Love this shit. Cheap enough, and good enough. I'll drink no wine before it's time...to get crunk. Not kidding -- I'd buy this before most any other option anytime, anywhere. It's fine, who cares what it tastes like? And, yes, I am your grandmother.

And last, fucking your wife through a hole in the sheet, which sheet covers her head and entire body except the wet bit down there (let's hope there's only one, or else there might be a problem). Hypothetically, my marriage could have lasted if we'd tried "my" idea (auch dich Rebbe, sholem aleichem). And if she never left the sheet while in my presence. Wait, that is a kind of popular idea world-wide, I guess. Screw it, I still want it.

Is this an Allen Ginsberg poem?

[Jaledin]

That's another -- wait, the opposite. Never mind. Everyone knows Ginsberg sucked except as a photographer and so do I. Wait, not suck, but know.

ETA I was actually serious -- I wrote it in the early afternoon while still sober, so suck on that. Wasn't trying to make some bigass poem, just tell my thoughts. And since I don't drink today, still suck on that honky.

[Jaledin]

Or is that 'wait suck on that honky.' I don't have my Fowler or Garner or Burchfield with me.

[Johanna]

Oh God yes, Fruitcake! My favorite part of Christmas, because nobody else eats it! Well, okay, my daughter got the fruitcake gene, so she and I fight over it.
See, I was raised in a very Catholic family, and every year we got a fruitcake from the Trappist monks of Gethsemani Farms. Damn, that fruitcake was scrumptious. Moist, tender, bursting with a dozen flavors all distinct but all happening at once, and real Kentucky bourbon to boot. What's not to love?

One time—one time—I tried somebody's homemade fruitcake. A dry, tasteless, completely inedible brick. Oh, so that's why everybody else hates fruitcake! There's just no comparison.

[voguevixen]

Agreed. Totino's is da bomb.

[Miller]

Basic physics trumps this. A rock doesn't get from one end of the galaxy to the other in days by virtue of magic bug farts.

In fairness, according to physics, there's also no way for a fleet of spaceships to get from one end of the galaxy to the other in days, either. If the humans can cruise around the galaxy powered by their Magic Space Engine, there's no particular reason the bugs can't propel a rock the same distance using Magic Bug Poop.

[Small Hen]

Wasn't that basically canon by STII?

What? No! Kirk and Spock cared for each other, clearly, but it was only a feeling.

*Clasps hands.* A simple...feeling.

(no, just joking, they were obvious lovers.)

[Raguleader]

What? No! Kirk and Spock cared for each other, clearly, but it was only a feeling.

*Clasps hands.* A simple...feeling.

(no, just joking, they were obvious lovers.)

McCoy was obviously Spock's mistress (his mister?) on the side at some point, which Kirk appears unaware of (or so confident in his Kirkiness that he just doesn't care, this latter seems more likely given his character). Hence all the badgering he gives Spock and Spock's constant dismissals.

[Gatopescado]

I think Rumsfeld was a great public servent.

[Anaamika]

There's a few here, but I like fanfic, too, though I am way more discerning than Small Hen :D (though I wouldn't mind the Tenth Doctor/Donna story!) And I read a long article on Yoko Ono once that made me look more deeply into her story, and it seems like she's been notoriously and unfairly accused of many, many things, many of which were not her fault. People were looking for someone to blame and they found an easy target. She will be forever hated and it's pretty damn unfair, actually.

I also love B and C class science fiction, even if it gets really really weird. I am talking things like Re-Animator and Altered States. Awful dreck but so entertaining!

[Snake Plissken]

Watching volleyball. I love playing it, but could never imagine watching it and understanding every rule, strategy and nuance of the game. I really didnt have much choice in the matter though, as I have 3 daughters that are passionate about the sport. I cant believe that I am so psyched about the highschool season starting, so I can watch my youngest play in her sophmore year. My middle daughter plays D2 and am thrilled that her team is in town tonight. My eldest was a 1st team all-american D1 player and is training with the National team in Anaheim. She just signed a contract to play pro in Japan. If she doesnt make the roster for the London games, she will most likely play in Rio in 2016.

Thanks for starting a thread I could use to brag about my girls.

[shiftless]

Pootie Tang (the movie) gets a lot of hate. I say, Sa Da Tay.

[elmwood]

Applebees is hated? It's fucking delicious!

In Doperland, absolutely. There's an untold number of posts filled with vitriolic Applebees hate, and experiences bordering on the ridiculous; e.g. "One time I had the Cajun blackened chicken at Applebee's, and 30 minutes later I came down with violent, high-pressure explosive diarrhea."

Anyhow, back on topic.

Styx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx_%28band%29).
New Coke ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke).

[Zsofia]

See, I was raised in a very Catholic family, and every year we got a fruitcake from the Trappist monks of Gethsemani Farms. Damn, that fruitcake was scrumptious. Moist, tender, bursting with a dozen flavors all distinct but all happening at once, and real Kentucky bourbon to boot. What's not to love?

One time—one time—I tried somebody's homemade fruitcake. A dry, tasteless, completely inedible brick. Oh, so that's why everybody else hates fruitcake! There's just no comparison.
See, I hate fruitcake, but a few years ago my mom ordered some of that monk-ass fruitcake (and the fudge - my god, I love the fudge! And the cheese that smells like feet) and I figured, hey, if I don't like this premium AAA holy fruitcake I just don't like fruitcake.

Turns out I don't like fruitcake.

[AuntPam]

Being from Wisconsin, I freely admit that I adore beer cheese. Take a typical Muenster type cheese. Dunk it in beer. Toss it up on a cool dark shelf for a couple of months. Slice and serve.

It doesn't go bad--it goes decadent. But, yes, it looks and smells like something you'd ordinarily handle with tongs on the way to the outside garbage can.

I used to put signs on it in our communal college refrigerator: THIS IS NOT ROTTEN. DON'T THROW OUT!!

Darn. Now I want some. And I'm in New Jersey.

[MPB in Salt Lake]

There is a very popular Czech bar snack called beer cheese (in Czech the actual name is probably spelled with lots of J's, K's and Z's) but I don't think it's actually aged IN beer, but instead mixed with beer (mashed up in a paste using beer) and spread on rye bread right before eating.

Very strong, but for those who like stuff like that, it's rather tasty....

[Mahaloth]

Being from Wisconsin, I freely admit that I adore beer cheese. Take a typical Muenster type cheese. Dunk it in beer. Toss it up on a cool dark shelf for a couple of months. Slice and serve.


Wait, you can do this. Do you have a recipe or description link for it? How long do you let it sit in the beer?

[Lynn Bodoni]

See, I hate fruitcake, but a few years ago my mom ordered some of that monk-ass fruitcake (and the fudge - my god, I love the fudge! And the cheese that smells like feet) and I figured, hey, if I don't like this premium AAA holy fruitcake I just don't like fruitcake.

Turns out I don't like fruitcake. Well, at least you TRIED to like it.

Can I have your share of the good fruitcake, then?