# Everyone hates it, it's notoriously bad, yet you love it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536 "2011-08-29T19:41:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/61 "2011-08-30T02:29:22Z")
Another vote for **Jar-Jar Binks**. In a tale of political intrigue, slavery, conspiracy, railroaded-destiny, brutal and bloody conflict and inter-species racism, sometimes it’s necessary for a gangly amphibian to stick his tongue into the wackiest of places. He brought much needed comic relief to the film and though annoying, that was deliberate and a needed cause for his plot-necessary banishment and redemption. Though, don’t get me wrong, TPM had it’s flaws, Mitochlorians destroyed a lot of the series’ accumulated mystery, and the scenes of the robot occupation would have been a lot more powerful if they inserted more brutality. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/62 "2011-08-30T02:32:17Z")
I like my Microsoft Zune. I just wish they’d make their software Apple OS friendly. I like the McRib. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/63 "2011-08-30T02:51:38Z")
I like Vienna sausages (especially with hot sauce). Also anchovies. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Doughnut_Thief)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/64 "2011-08-30T02:54:31Z")
I am a closet Never Shout Never fan ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/65 "2011-08-30T03:31:30Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > I also love lima beans. I also like lima beans. And Brussels sprouts. Haven’t quite come around to turnips, though. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/66 "2011-08-30T03:46:41Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > What are neeps? I’m going to guess that tatties are potatoes. Pretty sure they’re turnips. I forget people think disco is awful. Add me to the people who like it, although I wasn’t alive when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/67 "2011-08-30T04:03:09Z")
I eat spam and I even came up with a recipe: Chop spam. Put in pan and fry. When spam turns brown, throw in raisins and chopped bits of a pear. Add vanilla extract and cinnamon. Wait one minute. Done! There’s your breakfast. But for some reason I never could get anyone else to try the recipe. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/68 "2011-08-30T04:37:50Z")
John Wayne as Temujin/Genghis Khan in “The Conqueror” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/69 "2011-08-30T04:43:53Z")
If you include things that you like precisely because they are so hilariously awful, my contribution is _Exorcist II: The Heretic_. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/70 "2011-08-30T04:45:48Z")
White Castle. I love sliders! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/71 "2011-08-30T04:54:00Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > Waterworld. > \? Ahhhhh! Not _ **everyone** _ else! 😃 \*edited to add: upon finishing reading this thread, I find our shared taste is not so uncommon after all ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/72 "2011-08-30T05:06:43Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Circus peanuts. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Ooh, me too! I had some a few weeks ago, such an embarrassing treat. I came here to post this! It’s that fake banana flavor melting in your mouth. I just can’t get enough of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/73 "2011-08-30T07:51:19Z")
Velveeta. That’s what we had in grilled cheese sandwiches when I was a tot, so it’s a nostalgia thing. For the sake of my health, I content myself with the slightly-less-noxious American cheese now. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/74 "2011-08-30T08:12:53Z")
I like ketchup on steak. And mustard on fries. I have been chastised for both but I will not be turned! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/75 "2011-08-30T08:27:04Z")
As others have said, Spam and chipped beef. Also, Las Vegas for the people watching. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/76 "2011-08-30T12:48:08Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > I eat spam and I even came up with a recipe: > > Chop spam. Put in pan and fry. > When spam turns brown, throw in raisins and chopped bits of a pear. > Add vanilla extract and cinnamon. Wait one minute. Done! There’s your breakfast. > > But for some reason I never could get anyone else to try the recipe. I’d totally eat that. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/77 "2011-08-30T13:45:08Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > Pretty sure they’re turnips. They are- mashed turnips, or maybe rutabagas. Honestly, I’d have taken a double helping of haggis to avoid those horrid neeps. They were hands down the worst thing about the haggis & side dishes I had in Scotland. I actually like Budweiser and Coors. Don’t get me wrong- I have a fairly well informed beer palate- my all-time favorite style is Czech Pilsner, with English bitter following closely (particularly fond of Ruddles County, Timothy Taylor Landlord & Shepherd Neame Spitfire). But, sometimes, a light lager is what I feel like, and Budweiser or Coors hits the spot. (don’t much care for Miller products though) ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/78 "2011-08-30T13:57:22Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I enjoyed the hell out of disco and everything that went with it (\*except \*the Qiana polyester dresses). It came along just when I was starting college–got people dressing up and going out dancing again. It was _fun_, dammit! I came in to post “Phil Collins” and then I saw this. I made my wedding dress and the bridesmaid dresses out of Qiana. I loved that fabric! Great drape, wonderful hand, just enough sheen to look like satin but without the wrinkle issue, and it sewed beautifully! I really miss it… ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/79 "2011-08-30T14:09:53Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Put me on the “Doesn’t think Nickelback is the worst band ever” list. In my experience, I think that more people have an issue with Chag Kroeger being (apparently) a known douchecanoe. I know that NB gets a lot of flak on its own, though. It’s probably a healthy split. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536/80 "2011-08-30T15:02:13Z")
The film _ **Gummo** _. The film _ **Barbarella** _. **Yngwie Malmsteen** (primarily his first album). **Anchovies**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-hates-it-its-notoriously-bad-yet-you-love-it/594536.md?page=5)