# Ever discover something you loved really sucks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530 "2003-01-09T15:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/1 "2003-01-09T15:35:03Z")
I was perusing the Piers Anthony thread when I suddenly got a nagging feeling in the back of my head, but could not quite put my finger on its origin. Meanwhile I’ve discovered what it is: When I was 13 or so I used to love the Xanth series. Read the first three books over and over again in fact. But some time I put them away and quite forgot about them. The feeling I am talking about is the feeling that I got when I found them years later, tried to read them and was sorely disappointed at how bad they actually were. Made me feel kind of stupid for not realizing it earlier and sort of betrayed by the author… Now I’ve thought about whether this has happened with other stuff - movies that I used to love or music that I listened to, but I could not come up with anything else (apart from the clothes that I wore in the 80s, God forgive me). Ever happen to you? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/2 "2003-01-09T15:47:12Z")
Welcome to the boards Einmon. I have discovered that some of the books I read as a youth did not appeal to me as an adult - but I’m not sure that means they sucked… As I said in the PA thread, the first one or few of any of his series are usually good and only after he sells out for the money do truly suck. I think that tastes change and that isn’t unusual. ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/3 "2003-01-09T16:59:44Z")
The Bay City Rollers Parachute pants Sky blue eyeshadow The Bugaloos Shaun Cassidy albums I think I’ve managed to block the rest. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/4 "2003-01-09T17:25:12Z")
Yes, her name was Tammy. I loved her even more afterwards ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/5 "2003-01-09T17:39:19Z")
(upon reading metroshane’s post) [Yakko Warner]Gooooooodnight, Everybody![/Yakko Warner] ---
**Author:** ![bigbird120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bigbird120](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigbird120)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/6 "2003-01-09T17:43:21Z")
He-man movie. All of the transformers cartoons. Limp Bizkit (their first album was vaguely cool back when I was angry and 16). Michael Jackson’s entire body of work. Stephen King. I could go on all day, I was a child of the 80’s. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/7 "2003-01-09T17:49:24Z")
All the music they played on 99X when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/8 "2003-01-09T18:23:00Z")
lauramarlane should have blocked more. The horror. I’m going to wash my eyes out with lye. ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/9 "2003-01-09T18:33:38Z")
[Bit-O-Honey](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/bit-o-honey.htm) _gag_ ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/10 "2003-01-09T18:39:28Z")
Hershey’s Syrup The Monkees Hi-C Orange Drink. Even worse, Tang Spaghettios with the hotdogs in them And, alas, Piers Anthony ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/11 "2003-01-09T18:52:57Z")
Mickey’s Banana Flip – basically a Twinkie-type spongecake wrapped taco-style around a banana-flavored “cream filling”. (I think it was sold under other names in other parts of the country.) I tried it as an adult. Once. It was so sickeningly sweet that I was totally disgusted and couldn’t finish even one. The quotes around “cream filling” are there for a reason – it’s basically sugar and shortening. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/12 "2003-01-09T19:00:59Z")
Piers Anthony, definitely. (Altho I still like “Macroscope”) “Sometimes when we touch”, a truly execrable song Leisure suits ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/13 "2003-01-09T19:07:07Z")
_sigh_ Star Wars _hangs head in shame_ ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/14 "2003-01-09T19:08:29Z")
When I was in seventh grade, I thought Bon Jovi’s “I’ll Be There For You” was a profound statement of true love. :rolleyes: Yeah, I know. I still like Bon Jovi, but now I have a sense of perspective. But otherwise, I still love comic books (but they’re too expensive now - I buy worthless old back issues), peanut-butter Twix, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and _Seinfeld_. Hell, I actually GET Seinfeld now, so I like it more now than I did in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kang_and_Kodos)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/15 "2003-01-09T19:22:50Z")
The title of this thread can best be summed up by one band: They Might Be Giants. Holy Hell, what was I thinking? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/16 "2003-01-09T19:26:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lizard \* > \*\*Hell, I actually GET Seinfeld now, so I like it more now than I did in the 80s. \*\* [Huh?](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0098904) ---
**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:** [January 9, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/17 "2003-01-09T19:29:38Z")
99X and Scooby Doo. I still remember Scooby Doo fondly, but have you actually _watched_ that POS cartoon lately? If you haven’t, don’t! It’ll make a lie of your childhood and cause actual tears of shame to fall from your eyes. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/18 "2003-01-09T19:46:15Z")
I was feeling poorly earlier this week and consequently I was in bed with the TV on Tuesday night when I woke to _That 70s Show_. I watched it when it first came on and found it light and fun, and I enjoyed watching for all the anachronisms. So I had a positive association with it, even if I can’t really say I loved it. But Jesus, now it’s just an excuse for a laugh track. “Dad, I’m home!” _laugh track_ “Eric, you’re a dumbass.” _laugh track_ “Well, okay. I’ll be down in the basement.” _laugh track_ “Don’t smoke any pot while you’re down there: it’ll just make you a bigger dumbass.” _laugh track_ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/19 "2003-01-09T19:54:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bordelond \* > \*\*[Huh?](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0098904) \*\* Okay, I COULD be a prick and point out that a year ending in zero is part of the decade that preceded it. Hence, the year “2000” is really part of the 20th Cent., if you recall. However, the truth is, I thought the show began in 1988. Guess not. Cheers! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530/20 "2003-01-09T20:10:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*99X and Scooby Doo. > > I still remember Scooby Doo fondly, but have you actually _watched_ that POS cartoon lately? If you haven’t, don’t! It’ll make a lie of your childhood and cause actual tears of shame to fall from your eyes. \*\* Which 99X? There are a number of them, you know. The one I happen to be thinking of is in Atlanta, GA. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-discover-something-you-loved-really-sucks/147530.md?page=2)