# Does anyone hate skates as much as me? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304 "2017-08-11T00:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/1 "2017-08-11T00:38:45Z")
They are so fucking annoying. I’m just trying to enjoy myself at the beach, go for a little swim. I’m not bothering anyone. I’m shuffling my feet like I’m supposed to. Why does this damn skate keep rubbing against my leg? It’s acting like my cat. Just leave me alone for god’s sake. I swear I would have stabbed that stupid thing, even if all I had was a piece of dull driftwood. Am I the only one that feels this way? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/2 "2017-08-11T00:43:13Z")
I, for one, welcome our delta-shaped Overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/3 "2017-08-11T02:24:37Z")
Wow, you ruined my intention of coming into a thread about those recreational foot-wheels and saying that I was fine with skates but hated those damn stingrays. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/4 "2017-08-11T03:57:56Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > They are so fucking annoying. I’m just trying to enjoy myself at the beach, go for a little swim. I’m not bothering anyone. I’m shuffling my feet like I’m supposed to. Why does this damn skate keep rubbing against my leg? It’s acting like my cat. Just leave me alone for god’s sake. I swear I would have stabbed that stupid thing, even if all I had was a piece of dull driftwood. > > Am I the only one that feels this way? I despise them. I remember going to the beach as a kid, minding my own business floating in my inner tube, only to have those terrifying kite-like horrors creep out of the water and flap their slimy wings up against me :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/5 "2017-08-11T03:59:15Z")
No. We love our Stingrays here in Cayman. For a time I worked for a scuba shop that also ran tours to [Stingray City](https://www.google.com/search?q=Cayman+Stingray+City&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRn8iXpc7VAhUE7CYKHSH2B8gQ_AUICigB&biw=1360&bih=678). Was a way cool experience. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/6 "2017-08-11T04:04:59Z")
I had a close encounter with a stingray (still have the scar on my leg) and seen guitarfish in the surf at La Jolla Shores, but never saw any skates. So I have nothing to hate them for. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/7 "2017-08-11T07:45:08Z")
I thought this thread was going to be about the footwear that hockey players wear on the ice. The only encounter I’ve ever had with skates (or rays, or similar) was at one of those “walk through the underwater plexiglass tunnel” attractions. They were fascinating creatures, but I’m not sure I’d want to meet one as the OP did. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/8 "2017-08-11T09:56:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I, for one, welcome our delta-shaped Overlords. I’m not surprised by this given our current political climate. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/9 "2017-08-11T10:05:22Z")
I live near Portsmouth, so I’ve grown accustomed to them. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/10 "2017-08-11T10:49:25Z")
I tried one fried in batter once. Thought it might make a change from cod/ haddock/ plaice and chips. The taste was foul. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/11 "2017-08-11T11:42:02Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I tried one fried in batter once. Thought it might make a change from cod/ haddock/ plaice and chips. The taste was foul. No thanks. I had one in a fancy restaurant once. I love to order things that I could never make on my own and I assumed they knew what they were doing. I was wrong. It was edible - barely. It was one of the worst seafood meals I have ever been served. Picking through tiny bones to get small morsels of not very good meat isn’t my idea of a good time and I am not a picky eater. I was hoping for something more like roller blades of the sea. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/12 "2017-08-11T12:59:04Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > For a time I worked for a scuba shop that also ran tours to [Stingray City](https://www.google.com/search?q=Cayman+Stingray+City&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRn8iXpc7VAhUE7CYKHSH2B8gQ_AUICigB&biw=1360&bih=678). Was a way cool experience. Okay, these bastards obviously have some ulterior motive that involves world conquest. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/13 "2017-08-11T17:10:22Z")
Well you’re in _their_ ocean, so show some respect. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/14 "2017-08-11T20:59:43Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > No. We love our Stingrays here in Cayman. > > For a time I worked for a scuba shop that also ran tours to [Stingray City](https://www.google.com/search?q=Cayman+Stingray+City&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRn8iXpc7VAhUE7CYKHSH2B8gQ_AUICigB&biw=1360&bih=678). Was a way cool experience. We stopped there as a cruise excursion and it was one of the best times ever. So beautiful and the stingrays were cool! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/15 "2017-08-11T21:09:35Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > We stopped there as a cruise excursion and it was one of the best times ever. So beautiful and the stingrays were cool! Seeing all those people interacting with wildlife gets you right here. _thumps chest_ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/16 "2017-08-11T21:32:10Z")
[https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+taken+moments+before+disaster&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWkYD0kNDVAhXrlVQKHV5dACAQ\_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=636](https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+taken+moments+before+disaster&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWkYD0kNDVAhXrlVQKHV5dACAQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=636) > [@running\_coach](#): > > Seeing all those people interacting with wildlife gets you right here. _thumps chest_ [This picture](https://wanderingrhythms.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/stingray-city.jpeg?w=600&h=450) Googled under “Stingray City” is used as one of the pictures in clickbait, “Pictures taken moments before horrible things happen”. Sorry, “[Before disaster happens](https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+taken+moments+before+disaster&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWkYD0kNDVAhXrlVQKHV5dACAQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=636).” ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/17 "2017-08-11T21:36:12Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > They are so fucking annoying. I’m just trying to enjoy myself at the beach, go for a little swim. I’m not bothering anyone. I’m shuffling my feet like I’m supposed to. Why does this damn skate keep rubbing against my leg? It’s acting like my cat. Just leave me alone for god’s sake. I swear I would have stabbed that stupid thing, even if all I had was a piece of dull driftwood. > > Am I the only one that feels this way? ♫ Why do skates suddenly appear, every time, you are near? Just like me, they want to be, eating your toes! ♫ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/18 "2017-08-11T22:12:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Seeing all those people interacting with wildlife gets you right here. _thumps chest_ I don’t want to make any assumptions about what you mean. What do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/19 "2017-08-11T23:36:38Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+taken+moments+before+disaster&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWkYD0kNDVAhXrlVQKHV5dACAQ\_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=636](https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+taken+moments+before+disaster&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWkYD0kNDVAhXrlVQKHV5dACAQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=636) > [This picture](https://wanderingrhythms.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/stingray-city.jpeg?w=600&h=450) Googled under “Stingray City” is used as one of the pictures in clickbait, “Pictures taken moments before horrible things happen”. > > Sorry, “[Before disaster happens](https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+taken+moments+before+disaster&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWkYD0kNDVAhXrlVQKHV5dACAQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=636).” I was about to say that lady is either having a really bad time or a really good time. Given her facial expression and the location of the ray. By the way is it too soon for Croc Hunter jokes? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/20 "2017-08-11T23:41:26Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I don’t want to make any assumptions about what you mean. \*\* What do you mean?\*\* > [@Atamasama](#): > > I was about to say that lady is either having a really bad time or a really good time. Given her facial expression and the location of the ray. > > **By the way is it too soon for Croc Hunter jokes?** This. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304.md?page=2)