# Guilty and / or embarassing pleasures **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034 "2012-08-29T15:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/41 "2012-08-31T19:23:04Z")
I take a curious pleasure when plucking my nose hairs when I yank one that is particularly long and you can feel it unwillingly detach waaaay upstream in your nose. I’m always like “gotcha, you fucker!” ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/42 "2012-08-31T19:37:21Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I listen to Nickelback, okay?! So do I. And I like Creed. And I loved Velvet Revolver. THERE! I said it!! > [@cmyk](#): > > Speaking of, I love the hell out of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Yup. Me too. And I love watching Maury and Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos. And I watch the court shows, even Divorce Court. And I drink Andre Pink Champage and Cold Duck (not at the same time) and I eat Velveeta! And I have read almost everything Ann Rule has ever written. And I loved the movie “Iron Eagle”, and the movie “Independence Day” No one is ever going to speak to me again, are they? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/43 "2012-08-31T19:41:40Z")
FTR, I don’t think there’s anything to be guilty or ashamed about liking Velvet Revolver…they kicked ass! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/44 "2012-08-31T19:43:28Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > So do I. And I like Creed. And I loved Velvet Revolver. THERE! I said it!! > > Yup. Me too. > > And I love watching Maury and Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos. And I watch the court shows, even Divorce Court. > > And I drink Andre Pink Champage and Cold Duck (not at the same time) and I eat Velveeta! > > And I have read almost everything Ann Rule has ever written. And I loved the movie “Iron Eagle”, and the movie “Independence Day” > > No one is ever going to speak to me again, are they? I’d rather speak to you than to some pretentious hipster elitist snob. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/45 "2012-08-31T19:48:26Z")
Er …I have this friend, who though a grown adult is a big fan of Sponge Bob Square Pants. I also enjoy, I mean HE also enjoys raspberries with evaporated milk, and drinking ice cold milk with steaks. (Though they’re not really guilty pleasures.) I did mention that it was a friend of mine right ? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/46 "2012-08-31T19:58:34Z")
“Daydream Believer” Love it. Also: Robert Fulghum. A lot of his true stories are obviously fictional, he’s often a bit squirrely and icky-poo for my taste, but I like his point of view. Don’t tell anybody about this, ok? ---
**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:** [August 31, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/47 "2012-08-31T20:20:53Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I like hotdogs with that spray on cheese with Hawaiian Punch for my drink. It’s so trashy, especially since I’m kind of a foodie, but about once a year when no one is looking I have me some EZ Cheeze dogs and some HP. Not a fan of Hawaiian Punch, but there’s a food truck in these parts that sells hot dogs, and one of their available condiments is this ‘cheeze’ … and yep, I’ll get it every time, much to the horror of my dining companions (I’m a foodie too, but the squeeze cheeze is my Kryptonite). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/48 "2012-08-31T20:45:01Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > My favorite genre to read lately seems to be “young adult post-apocalyptic fiction”. As a guy on the cusp of 40, I am very much _not_ the target audience for such books, but I eat 'em up anyway. In just the last year I’ve read the **Tomorrow** series, **The Maze Runner** , **The Compound** , the **Chaos Walking** series, **The Forest of Hands and Teeth** , the **Hunger Games** series, **City of Ember** , and I’m sure I’m forgetting lots more. Yeah, and The Maze Runner series wasn’t really even _good_! So, didja hear there’s a [prequel](http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Order-Maze-Runner-Prequel/dp/0385742886) out now? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/49 "2012-08-31T20:57:42Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > I have ABBA and [_Dragostea din tei_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragostea_din_tei) in my favourite songs playlist. I was addicted to that song for a couple of years. > [@Lust4Life](#): > > Er …I have this friend, who though a grown adult is a big fan of Sponge Bob Square Pants. I love cartoons. All kinds. I almost universally would rather watch a cartoon than a real people show. 3/4 of my dvd library is cartoons. Samurai Jack, Adventure Time, Justice League, Batman, Darkwing Duck\*, many more and tons and tons of anime. I’m really loving all of the DC animated movies they’ve been putting out the last several years. And in looking them up on wiki I noticed a new Superman one just came out last month. Excuse me I need to visit Amazon. \*Got the entire series at Costco for I think $15. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/50 "2012-08-31T22:12:31Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I was addicted to that song for a couple of years. > > I love cartoons. All kinds. I almost universally would rather watch a cartoon than a real people show. 3/4 of my dvd library is cartoons. Samurai Jack, Adventure Time, Justice League, Batman, Darkwing Duck\*, many more and tons and tons of anime. > > I’m really loving all of the DC animated movies they’ve been putting out the last several years. And in looking them up on wiki I noticed a new Superman one just came out last month. Excuse me I need to visit Amazon. > > \*Got the entire series at Costco for I think $15. Adventure Time is GREAT! I also dig The Regular Show…has anyone ever seen the (adult) cartoon that inspired the show? I gotta share it with someone because my kids certainly can’t see this! https://www.youtube.com/embed/y894QNtX0VA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/51 "2012-09-01T00:50:58Z")
I watch Spongebob Squarepants, too. He’s great! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/52 "2012-09-01T00:51:53Z")
Reading erotic fiction (tried to write it, got tired of running to the thesaurus). Although _50 Shades of Grey_ is mainstream now, so maybe it’s not as shameful as it used to be. I must say, however, that A.N. Roquelaure’s \*Sleeping Beauty \*trilogy is way fucking better. Cheesy romance novels. They take me back. Oh, and I liked Adventure Time back when it was just one Nickelodeon short. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jimbabweosu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jimbabweosu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimbabweosu)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/53 "2012-09-01T01:24:06Z")
I, for one, do not find animation shameful! I also loved Samurai Jack from the first episode- the design of the artwork is just brilliant. Kraft Mac and cheese is a pale imitation of Velveeta shells and ‘cheese’. Dear og, I have a ‘cheese’ problem; someone send a wheel of stilton, stat! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/54 "2012-09-01T04:50:06Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I masturbate Not “guilty and/or embarrassing” unless you tell us about your finacee’s grandma finding you naked on her setee with her priceless vintage Steif teddy bear puppet… ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/55 "2012-09-01T06:02:34Z")
The SDMB, for one. The TV show “Sister Wives.” I love it. Can’t stand the husband but I like all 4 of the wives and I think other than the whole polygamy train wreck they’re good parents. Can’t stop watching. Won’t. You can’t make me. ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_April](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cold\_April](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_April)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/56 "2012-09-01T15:07:16Z")
Butterscotch flavour Angels’ Delight. I don’t know if you have it in the US, but it’s a powdered instant pudding, made with milk. Looks like baby poo and smells like a cross between maple syrup and drain unblocker. There were six in my family growing up, and in order to make one sachet stretch a long way mum used to make it with extra milk, so we ended up with sugary milky chemical soup for dessert. Yum! Or you can go the other way and make it with less than the recommended amount of milk, and then never mind baby poo, you’ve got a bowl of meconium. It can be made with hundreds-and-thousands or a blob of squirty-cream as toppings, but that’s just gilding the lily. If these ingredients are obscure, I’ll gladly explain to anyone who can tell me what Peeps are ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/57 "2012-09-01T17:29:15Z")
> [@Cold\_April](#): > > Butterscotch flavour Angels’ Delight. I don’t know if you have it in the US, but it’s a powdered instant pudding, made with milk. Looks like baby poo and smells like a cross between maple syrup and drain unblocker. There were six in my family growing up, and in order to make one sachet stretch a long way mum used to make it with extra milk, so we ended up with sugary milky chemical soup for dessert. Yum! Or you can go the other way and make it with less than the recommended amount of milk, and then never mind baby poo, you’ve got a bowl of meconium. > > It can be made with hundreds-and-thousands or a blob of squirty-cream as toppings, but that’s just gilding the lily. If these ingredients are obscure, I’ll gladly explain to anyone who can tell me what Peeps are Trans-Atlantic cultural references decoded: [Peeps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps) [Angel Delight](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Delight) [Hundreds-and-thousands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles) [Squirty cream](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirty_Cream#Imitation_whipped_cream) ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_April](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cold\_April](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_April)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034/58 "2012-09-01T18:59:27Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Trans-Atlantic cultural references decoded: > [Peeps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps) > [Angel Delight](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Delight) > [Hundreds-and-thousands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprinkles) > [Squirty cream](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirty_Cream#Imitation_whipped_cream) Ha! Thanks for that. US Peeps look similar UK Flumps, OMG, marshmallow babylon! For thirty years I’ve been calling it Angel **s** Delight, and it’s actually Angel Delight. Maybe the pitying and dismissive looks people give when I confess I eat it are because I obviously can’t read properly, not because it’s the tackiest food you can possibly eat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-and-or-embarassing-pleasures/633034.md?page=2)