I’ve met more than one person who claims to hate the taste of water, but I’ve never known anyone who dislikes popcorn. Any popcorn haters out there?
I don’t care for popcorn, but what really irks me is the inevitable, incredulous “You don’t like popcorn?” response. It’s like I just said I wanted to kill E.T. or somesuch.
He doesn’t HATE it, but Mr. S avoids it. He’s got extensive dental work, and popcorn irritates his teeth as well as his stomach, so he doesn’t get much pleasure from eating it. He does still appreciate the smell of movie popcorn, though.
Yeah, those cheesy synthesizer sounds make me gag.
What?
Haha, my ex hates mashed potatoes and he gets the same response.
I’m not a fan, either. I do like caramel corn, but that’s not real popcorn. It’s sugary chewy puffy things.
But “regular” popcorn, either buttered, salted, or flavored? No way. Just the smell makes me want to urp.
I am one who hates popcorn. I also hate the smell, especially the butter kind, and the microwave kind that people at work sometimes burn.
What is the attraction all about? Lousy taste, terrible consistancy, terrible smell, sticks between teeth, yuck!
Good, good. The freaks are coming out…
I LOVE popcorn. We have at least a dozen downloaded versions of it.
I want to put it for my ringtone, but my Motorola T330(?) doesn’t support it, nor does my husband’s Nokia something or other.
We tried to program it according to my instruction booklet for the phone but didn’t manage at all. 
Oh, I quite dislike popcorn.
What’s more is the sound of people eating it during a movie / in a cinema. There’s just something about the sound of the stuff rustling together as the eater fetches another handful that drives me nuts.
I hate popcorn. Always have. I do, oddly enough, really enjoy the smell of it though, if it’s coming from a little movie theater that makes it with the right kind of oil and butter.
I’ve eaten enough of it though, since I worked in movie theaters for a few years. It’s one of the few things they’ll let you eat for free, and it often was dinner for me. Never could bring myself to like it.
Mmmmm…popcorn…slathered in Irish creamery butter and seasoned with kosher salt…mmmmmmmmmm. Sorry, just had to say it.
I have a coworker who hates the smell because it sets off his asthma.
I don’t really care for popcorn, mainly because the little sharp pointy bits get stuck between my teeth. It always tastes bland to me unless you drown it in a lot of butter and crap, so I’m better off just not bothering with it. I admit that REAL kettle-type popcorn smells and tastes a lot better than the microwave stuff (which smells horrible when people inevitably burn it).
I don’t like popcorn, either. I don’t mind the smell if it’s the old fashioned kind of popcorn made at home on the stove. I don’t really like the smell of microwave popcorn or the theater kind.
I used to eat popcorn, but then I realized that I was just eating it to, well, be eating it and that I didn’t really like it. So I stopped. I get the “you don’t like popcorn” incredulous remark a lot, too.
Yeah, whoever thought it would make a great snack for a movie theater was a friggin’ idiot. It’s supposed to be* quiet * in there.
::: starts writing down names :::
I’ve found my people!
Good God Almighty, I hate popcorn with a passion. It’s disgusting. It’s gross.
I hate the smell, the taste, the texture, all of it.
When I take over the world, it will be banned, along with chewing gum and cigarettes. Possession of popcorn will get you jail time.
I used to hate going to the movies, just because of the overpowering stench of popcorn, but at least now you can’t smell it as much, what with the proliferation of nachos and hot dogs as movie snacks.
I especially hate microwave popcorn, which, as Big Bad Voodoo Lou said, people always, always burn. That is the worst smell in the world. I used to work with a woman who would make popcorn every day around 3:00. The microwave’s turntable was broken, and she’d lay the bag in there, set it for about 7 minutes and walk away. EVERY FREAKING DAY. The little knob thing that was supposed to turn the glass turntable would scorch the hell out of the bag first, and of course, since she’d set too much time on the timer, the whole bag would burn. She’d wander back 10 or 15 minutes later and wonder why it had burned. EVERY FREAKING DAY. I told her a million times she was setting the timer too long, but it did no good. The kitchen was 15 feet from where I sat and I had to deal with it till I got pregnant and begged her to stop, as the smell was just too much.
And yes, I have to always deal with people who are just incredulous when I say I don’t like it. (I reserve my white-hot hatred of it for places like this 
). If offered, I politely decline. If they insist, I just say I don’t care for popcorn. That turns into the inevitable, “WHAT? You don’t like POPCORN?!? How can you not like popcorn?!? EVERYONE likes popcorn!!! HEY, Mary, C’mon over here! Biblio says she doesn’t like popcorn! Can you believe it?”
Like I’m a circus freak or something. :mad:
I don’t hate popcorn, but I’m not a really big fan – I can take it or leave it. I’m mostly annoyed at the way the hulls get caught between my teeth. If not for that, I’d probably be a mild fan.
And, just for the record, I’d love to kill E.T.
I like the taste and I looooooooove the smell, but I hate the way the kernal pieces get stuck in my throat or in my teeth. So I avoid it. Plus, microwaved popcorn always taste like the bag, and it’s not worth the effort to make it any other way.
Microwave popcorn: carry bag from cupboard to microwave. Place inside. Wait 4 minutes or so. Open and eat.
Airpopped corn: carry popcorn from cupboard to popper. Place inside. Pop for about 3 minutes. butter and eat.
I can see where that’s a much more difficult process… 