# Disappointments: things you thought you'd like but didn't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291 "2021-11-13T13:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/143 "2021-12-01T19:10:59Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > No, it’s not. This is about the feel of the term and the images it inspires – which is why I object to “Digestive”. I’m not disputing that the biscuits are Digestible, or even possibly and aid to digestion. I don’t like that the label implies that the virtue of these biscuits is that they’re digestible, which is something I assume as a given with biscuits that I’m purchasing. Does it imply that other biscuits are _indigestible?_ Stop being so damned literal. I don’t care what the proper definition of “health food” is any more than I care what the proper definition of “digestives” is. It’s what the name immediately suggests that’s important. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/144 "2021-12-01T19:36:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I don’t like that the label implies that the virtue of these biscuits is that they’re digestible “Aid to digestion” is a stronger claim than “digestible”. And a different one. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > . Does it imply that other biscuits are _indigestible?_ > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Stop being so damned literal. Just going to leave that there… > [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s what the name immediately suggests that’s important. It should only suggest mere “healthy food” if you’re a complete _naïf_ unaware of the health food industry, the history of health food, the organic food, paleo and vegan movements, etc. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/145 "2021-12-02T00:00:18Z")
A bit of a hijack, but I am sorry I’ll never get the opportunity to be disappointed (or delighted) by the Savoy Truffle. You may recognize it as the title from [the song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EaBjFvQpc) on “The Beatles” (White Album): > The song was written by [George Harrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison) and inspired by his friend [Eric Clapton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton)’s fondness for chocolate. The lyrics list the various flavours offered in [Mackintosh’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackintosh%27s) Good News chocolates and serve as a warning to Clapton about the detrimental effect that his gorging would have on his teeth. “You’ll have to have them all pulled out after the Savoy Truffle,” them being “your teeth.” [Alas, it seems they’re no longer made.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackintosh%27s) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/146 "2021-12-02T19:44:30Z")
Yep. I’m kind of the same way about it, and fairly disappointed because I would have thought that the whole fantasy milieu would have at least as many tropes and things to celebrate and/or lampoon like _Futurama_ did for science fiction. But alas, it wasn’t to be. Another one that I was _sure_ I’d like was _ **Breaking Bad** _. I didn’t catch it in the first season or two, and didn’t get Netflix until 2011-ish, so I had heard for literal years about how awesome it was, from both friends and acquaintances as well as the media in general. Didn’t work for me. The first season was pretty interesting seeing Walt’s heel turn, but after that, it was mostly just dark and hard to watch, and I ended up quitting about 4-5 episodes into season 2. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/147 "2021-12-03T03:14:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Never heard of “RICH Tea Biscuits”\* or “Bourbons” or “Jammy Dodgers” or “Hobnobs”. Even in said British Food Shops. We have most of these here, just under different names. Hobnobs = oatmeal cookies and Jammy Dodgers = linzer cookies in American. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/148 "2021-12-03T06:25:41Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > If you go into stores specializing in British stuff you can find boxes of “Digestive Biscuits”, and the name always seemed very, very strange. Of _course_ you want biscuits you can digest. But nobody would label a box as “edible biscuits”, even though they are, presumably, edible. I remember when the slogan on our can of Crisco in the cabinet above the stove in the '60’s proudly proclaimed “_It’s Digestible!_” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/149 "2021-12-03T06:33:04Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Didn’t work for me. The first season was pretty interesting seeing Walt’s heel turn, but after that, it was mostly just dark and hard to watch, and I ended up quitting about 4-5 episodes into season 2. My ex-husband gave up at that point, also - too unrelentingly grim. I almost did, but stuck it out, and found it got better. I can certainly understand giving up at that point. I quit Ozark for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/150 "2021-12-03T09:30:38Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > We have most of these here, just under different names. Hobnobs = oatmeal cookies and Jammy Dodgers = linzer cookies in American. Yeah. No. Kind of. We’ve (UK) got oatmeal cookies. They’re nice. One of my favourite things. But those are not Hobnobs. Similar, but Hobnobs have a somewhat unique taste and I’d not have called them oatmeal cookies. Perhaps a very nice type of oatmeal cookie. Addictive like Pringles were when you first had them. Linzer cookies look similar but strike me as more shortbread type of biscuits. So similar but not the same. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/151 "2021-12-03T14:16:02Z")
I once spent 4 weekends in a drug study place to earn $500 for a beautiful Les Paul. I don’t remember the model- some sort of Limited Edition I think. Black with gold everything. Probably be worth a fortune now. I ended up selling it for what I paid. It was just too precious to leave sitting out for dinking around purposes, which my battered SG excelled at. And it was so fucking _heavy_. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/152 "2021-12-03T15:32:58Z")
Yeah, I kind of feel like with my limited recreational time, I want something utterly mindless, or where the good guys ultimately win. I’m not into the idea of spending my recreational time being bummed out by a story that’s grim, dark and relentless. There’s plenty of awful stuff in the world already; I don’t need to deliberately consume more of it, especially not in the name of enjoyment. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/153 "2021-12-03T16:36:48Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > Yeah. No. Kind of. > > We’ve (UK) got oatmeal cookies. They’re nice. One of my favourite things. But those are not Hobnobs. Similar, but Hobnobs have a somewhat unique taste and I’d not have called them oatmeal cookies. Perhaps a very nice type of oatmeal cookie. Addictive like Pringles were when you first had them. > > Linzer cookies look similar but strike me as more shortbread type of biscuits. So similar but not the same. I figured someone would come by to debate this. I’ve had all these cookies/biscuits and they are much more similar than different. That said, though, they are different enough that I can see why Hobnobs and Digestives are popular in Britain, but not here. Different tastes for one thing - American cookies in general tend to be sweeter, for example, and we aren’t much into dunking cookies into tea, which seems to be a common thing to do with those two biscuits in particular. Cookies and milk are a more common pairing here, and biscotti with coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/154 "2021-12-03T16:39:05Z")
This thread. It seemed promising, but devolved into a discussion of British cookies and shows and movies I never heard of (or at least watched). I was hoping for answers like “river cruises” or “anal sex.” (or both) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/155 "2021-12-03T16:42:45Z")
I found I do not care for anal cruises. River sex on the other hand. . . ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/156 "2021-12-03T16:48:05Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > River sex Is that a **Firefly** reference? Well? Is it? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/157 "2021-12-03T16:50:44Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Is that a **Firefly** reference? Well? Is it? It is not. I’m the lone Doper who has never seen Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/158 "2021-12-03T16:52:28Z")
I was just messing with ya. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/159 "2021-12-03T16:55:10Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I’m the lone Doper who has never seen Firefly. I’ve never seen Firefly to the deep consternation of a friend who insists I see it. I lord it over her by saying I could experience it for the _first time ever_ any time I wanted. And that might be more valuable than actually watching it at this point! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/160 "2021-12-03T16:55:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I was just messing with ya. I know 🙂 (is there river sex in Firefly? Just asking for a friend) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/161 "2021-12-03T17:02:07Z")
River Tam was a character on Firefly, played by Summer Glau. [![](https://i.imgur.com/dIeuZl6.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/dIeuZl6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/162 "2021-12-03T17:13:03Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > > > I’m the lone Doper who has never seen Firefly. > > I’ve never seen Firefly to the deep consternation of a friend who insists I see it. I lord it over her by saying I could experience it for the _first time ever_ any time I wanted. And that might be more valuable than actually watching it at this point! If you were to watch it but found you didn’t like it, you’d bring the whole topic full circle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291.md?page=9)