# I don't like \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (Sacriledge, I know) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193 "2019-07-17T02:59:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/121 "2019-07-18T15:45:08Z")
_Fawlty Towers_. After all the original bits done in _MPFC_, to see Cleese do old school, unoriginal, predictable “humor”\* was a major let down. - And it was racist and sexist even by late 70s standards. (Which is when I watched it.) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/122 "2019-07-18T15:57:40Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > **Dylan** is really the worst offender in my view : awful voice, shitty, pseudo-deep but actually **pathetically mundane lyrics, contrived rhymes,** compteletly nondescript songswriting. I just don’t understand the veneration he gets and must admit I find it embarassing. Do modern music lyrics get any better than, “the pump won’t work ‘cause the vandal stole the handle”? I don’t see how they could! 😃 [sup]Agree, Dylan sucks[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/123 "2019-07-18T15:59:04Z")
I really couldn’t care less about the **Rolling Stones** or **Prince**. The only thing I ever got of out **Game of Thrones** is to learn that I’m not as good at telling white people apart as I thought I was. Online gaming: not into it, at least publicly open games. If I wanted to be called a fag and told to go fuck my mother by anonymous virgins every ten seconds, I’ll just go post on Yahoo or YouTube comments. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/124 "2019-07-18T16:35:39Z")
I really wanted to like _Doctor Who_. I’m big on both British programming and science fiction. What’s not to like? But the show just doesn’t do it for me. It seems like a lot of in-jokes and claptrap. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/125 "2019-07-18T16:52:44Z")
Seconding Andy Kauffman. Comedy at the expense of the audience is not comedy. Expanding a bit further, the entire genre of comedy wherein the Straight Man doesn’t realize he’s the butt of the joke makes me physically uncomfortable. Borat, Impractical Jokers, the whole thing just makes me cringe to the point of discomfort. My worst fear is unknowingly winding up as the joke in someone else’s bit. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/126 "2019-07-18T17:08:35Z")
Country music. Any of it. “Oh, I can understand not enjoying _modern_ country music, but surely you must appreciate the classics like Patsy Cline and Hank Williams, right?” No. I hate them too. All of it. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/127 "2019-07-18T17:11:05Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Expanding a bit further, the entire genre of comedy wherein the Straight Man doesn’t realize he’s the butt of the joke makes me physically uncomfortable. Borat, Impractical Jokers, the whole thing just makes me cringe to the point of discomfort. Agreed. Pranks are the lowest form of comedy, in my opinion. Putting someone into an artificially uncomfortable situation and watching as they react as pretty much any normal human being would react when put into that situation. ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/128 "2019-07-18T17:17:39Z")
Godfather. I and II and III. And I’m not a guy who could easily fall asleep. Martin Scorsese. What’s so special about him? Seriously? The Rolling Stones. I don’t get when people ask “The Beatles or The Stones”? How could one even compare the musical Leonardo Da Vinci of 20th century with below par rock band with samey guitar licks? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/129 "2019-07-18T17:50:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Anybody think it’s a sacrilege to dislike the Eagles or Journey? _Seriously??_ Get outta my Cab!😃 I’m getting serious Waldorf and Stadler or Walter vibes off a lot of these posts. I’m not sure if a lot of these dislikes aren’t due to overexposure, though. Every other song on the radio two months ago was Queen. I don’t mind Queen but , Jeez! Enough already! Now it’s Elton John. So, my Meh list goes thus: Beyonce- Vastly overrated since she left Destiny’s Child. Cronuts-Stupid. Tim Hortons- As a Canadian I’m supposed to think T-Hos are a national treasure. Twenty years ago they were good. In trying to be all things to everyone, they now suck hard! Grateful Dead- I don’t get it. Nike Shoes- Suck. And have always sucked. Get offa my lawn. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/130 "2019-07-18T18:03:52Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Japanese animation/comic books. > > _ **runs for very life** _ Word. Both of my sons are into Japanese anime (the older one into Dragonball Z, the younger currently int something called "Jojo.) Honestly, I tried, but I just cannot get into that stuff. (although there was this series called (I think) Megaforce X or somesuch, that seems to be a satire on Robotech, that I thought was enjoyable. And I used to love the “JPop America Funtime” sketchs on SNL, which my older son hated - probably because they were so on-point) > [@Skywatcher](#): > > “Seinfeld” - not funny and the eponymous character whines too much. I really wanted to like _Seinfeld,_ because I had seen his stand-up and enjoyed it very much. Only all the characters (including Jerry) were so unlikable I couldn’t get through the first season. > [@Personal](#): > > Game of Thrones. I just don’t get it. Yep. Same. The missus loved it, but I just could not get into it. Of course, she would say the same about a lot of stuff I like to watch. What are ya gonna do… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/131 "2019-07-18T18:10:27Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > For those of you who dont like the Dead- did you ever attend a Dead Concert? It’s all the difference in the world. Now, i am not a super fan, not a Deadhead, I have like two CDs and a tie that Jerry supposedly sent me (more likely his manager), but in concert they were something else. The Dead did a show in NYC during the ‘80s that was reviewed by the Village Voice…which has been too Cool for School to say anything nice about the Dead after 1971. The reviewer said “by the time they were halfway through the first set I was ready to take them home with me.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/132 "2019-07-18T18:10:59Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > _Fawlty Towers_. > > After all the original bits done in _MPFC_, to see Cleese do old school, unoriginal, predictable “humor”\* was a major let down. > > - And it was racist and sexist even by late 70s standards. (Which is when I watched it.) Yeah, not his best. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/133 "2019-07-18T18:12:04Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Expanding a bit further, the entire genre of comedy wherein the Straight Man doesn’t realize he’s the butt of the joke makes me physically uncomfortable. Borat, Impractical Jokers, the whole thing just makes me cringe to the point of discomfort. > > . Especially when they are being nice, patient and helpful to the “joker”. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/134 "2019-07-18T19:27:00Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I’m not sure if a lot of these dislikes aren’t due to overexposure, though. Every other song on the radio two months ago was Queen. I don’t mind Queen but , Jeez! Enough already! Now it’s Elton John. This is why I stopped listening to classic rock stations about five years ago. Even music that I really like, they’d play into the ground. _Who’s Next_ used to be one of my favorite albums, but even after having not heard any songs from it in the past 5 years, another decade without hearing any if its songs would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/135 "2019-07-18T19:33:04Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Do modern music lyrics get any better than, “the pump won’t work ‘cause the vandal stole the handle”? I don’t see how they could! > > 😃 > > [sup]Agree, Dylan sucks[/sup] _Now the senator came down here, showing ev’ryone his gun Handing out free tickets to the wedding of his son An’ me, I nearly got busted, and wouldn’t it be my luck To get caught without a ticket, and be discovered beneath a truck_ Maybe not the perfect lyrics for Trump’s July 4 shindig, but close enough. And Dylan wrote them back in the mid 1960s. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/136 "2019-07-18T19:37:51Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > For those of you who dont like the Dead- did you ever attend a Dead Concert? It’s all the difference in the world. Now, i am not a super fan, not a Deadhead, I have like two CDs and a tie that Jerry supposedly sent me (more likely his manager), but in concert they were something else. How so? Did they play songs from bands that didn’t suck? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/137 "2019-07-18T20:35:25Z")
😃 I tip my hat to you. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/138 "2019-07-18T20:38:30Z")
I also thought Wii was just a massive bore. I would rather do those things, rather than simulate them. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/139 "2019-07-18T20:40:20Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Seconding Andy Kauffman. Comedy at the expense of the audience is not comedy. > > Expanding a bit further, the entire genre of comedy wherein the Straight Man doesn’t realize he’s the butt of the joke makes me physically uncomfortable. Borat, Impractical Jokers, the whole thing just makes me cringe to the point of discomfort. > > My worst fear is unknowingly winding up as the joke in someone else’s bit. Related (or maybe the same thing): “insult comics.” Don Rickles was a jackass. So is anyone like him. There is nothing funny about this style of “comedy.” If you have no talent for being funny, and insulting others is all you can come up with, then maybe you should consider a different career. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/140 "2019-07-18T20:51:52Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Also don’t get the appeal of Alyson Hannigan. I can’t say that her acting is anything special but as the host of “Fool Us”, she seems like a normal enough person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193.md?page=8)