# Cafe Society Confessions: What's yours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345 "2017-02-08T19:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/1 "2017-02-08T19:48:02Z")
I consider R.E.M. to be my “favorite band” simply for the amount of songs I enjoy by them. - But I HATE ‘Losing My Religion’, and love ‘Shinny Happy People’. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/2 "2017-02-08T20:18:55Z")
In a similar vein, my favorite artist is Bob Dylan, and I think that _Blowin’ In The Wind_ is one of his weakest songs. I once heard a radio interview with Van Morrison in which he was asked about _Brown Eyed Girl_, and he replied with something like :“What’s up with that song? I probably wrote 300 better ones.” And he was right, just like Dylan probably wrote 400 better songs than _Blowin’_. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/3 "2017-02-08T20:19:43Z")
I thought Fences was a pointless vanity project and I was annoyed for having seen it. On top of that, I think Denzel is highly overrated and only has one gear. This movie is pretty highly regarded so I thought I’d put it here. To add some positivity to my post, I thought The Edge of Seventeen was award worthy. There is nothing unique or confession-worthy about my favorite band, it’s Queen. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/4 "2017-02-08T21:13:45Z")
_Silly Love Songs_ is one of my all-time favorite McCartney tunes. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/5 "2017-02-08T21:15:53Z")
I once made Thanksgiving gravy from a packet, because the bird was too dry to generate any drippings. I consider _E.T._ to be one of the worst, least kid-friendly movies ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/6 "2017-02-08T21:17:25Z")
I dislike _The Princess Bride_ (yeah, yeah, inconceivable, I know) and loathe _The Big Bang Theory._ On the flip side, I enjoy fast food and stupid fluffy romance movies. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/7 "2017-02-08T21:37:07Z")
_Dances with Wolves_ is one of my favorite movies ever. I’m on board with many of the changes to the _Lord of the Rings_ movies, including no Tom Bombadil and no Scouring of the Shire. Interestingly, I never really liked those part of the book before I saw the movies. I don’t care if some movies are historically inaccurate, I enjoy the movies themselves, like _Braveheart_ and _Sound of Music_. I prefer instant grits to real grits. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/8 "2017-02-08T21:43:49Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > _Silly Love Songs_ is one of my all-time favorite McCartney tunes. And what’s wrong with that, I’d like to know? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/9 "2017-02-08T21:44:50Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > I prefer instant grits to real grits. “No self-respecting southerner uses instant grits.” - My Cousin Vinny. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/10 "2017-02-08T21:58:16Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > I consider R.E.M. to be my “favorite band” simply for the amount of songs I enjoy by them. > > - But I HATE ‘Losing My Religion’, and love ‘Shinny Happy People’. I’m even worse… I’ve never cared much for _Murmur_. To me, it’s “Radio Free Europe”, the weird one about climbing the stairs, and 10 interchangeable janglepop songs that all sound the same. And… I like _Monster_. And while I freely admit _Phantom Menace_ sucks donkey balls, I actually enjoyed the other 2 prequels. They’re flawed, but not the abominations the internet insists they are. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/11 "2017-02-08T22:01:40Z")
Good Burger was a hilarious comedy. I like fried Spam. I grew up on Top 40 music and I love it. And probably because of the last one, there are classical spurts of music that I love very much but not whole damn songs. They are too long and get stupid boring after a while. A Little Night Music is about as long a classical piece that I can take. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/12 "2017-02-08T22:40:47Z")
I think Pentatonix is an amazingly brilliant group, and I love maybe one-tenth of their stuff. I am totally not interested in any of their modern, pop, hip-hop covers. I’ll listen to some of their Christmas songs, some of the ones they’ve written themselves, Hallelujah and a few other all day long, but if I were to buy one of their albums, maybe one or two songs would make it onto my MP3 player. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/13 "2017-02-08T23:54:31Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I like fried Spam. As do all good people. I have tried to watch Breaking Bad. Seriously, I have. I made it through several episodes but \*I just don’t care! \*:o ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/14 "2017-02-08T23:59:38Z")
I enjoy watching _Popeye_ (yes, the Robin Williams/Shelly Duvall one). Despite fair ratings and making lots of money, I find the new Star Trek reboot (all three of them) to be below average in entertainment, science fiction, and logic. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/15 "2017-02-09T00:08:38Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > As do all good people. Have you seen them? ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/16 "2017-02-09T00:11:34Z")
Jurassic Park III is the best JP sequel. (They’re all pretty substandard, though) ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/17 "2017-02-09T00:15:29Z")
Newhart is one of my favorite TV series of all time. I rewatch it on youtube all the time. I hate the ending, where it’s all a dream. I feel like it undermines the whole series. I’m a mathematician, and I loathe the concept of “pi day”. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/18 "2017-02-09T00:23:39Z")
As a young teen, I was waaaaaay too into the song [sometimes when we touch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVf940pO5ME). I’m fortunate that my crooning of this tune to my girlfriend didn’t drive her away. Though she still forbids me to sing it in her presence, over 4 decades later. And she’s right to do so. I will sing “Brandy” in front of her, though. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/19 "2017-02-09T00:23:59Z")
I know remarkably little about the vast majority of TV shows, pop music and movies made past 2000 or even a little before that. That isn’t some bullshit hipster thing either because I am not one. I like TV, music and many movies but I just never get around to watching the newer stuff because I would have to sit down and focus and that is usually too much work so the depth of my ignorance on those is astounding. For instance, I was thinking just the other day that I should watch those “new” movies, The Matrix and Fight Club that I hear so much about. I even own them but have never gotten around to watching them even though I could at any time (it isn’t going to be tonight though). Almost everything is like that with few exceptions. I am 43, not 80. The only movie I have seen in the theater is the last three years is Finding Dory and I love watching Spongebob Squarepants reruns. I have kids but those are my picks, not theirs. I also think Titanic is the best movie ever made and I never get tired of it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/20 "2017-02-09T00:40:12Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > And while I freely admit _Phantom Menace_ sucks donkey balls, I actually enjoyed the other 2 prequels. They’re flawed, but not the abominations the internet insists they are. I confess, I agree with this wholeheartedly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345.md?page=2)