# Immensely popular things that really are good **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885 "2013-04-16T22:31:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/61 "2013-04-21T16:33:17Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Honda cars and motorcycles. I’ll add to that: BMW cars and motorcycles. And one that hasn’t been mentioned yet: blue jeans. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/62 "2013-04-21T17:33:40Z")
Car Satnavs and handheld GPS units for hiking. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/63 "2013-04-21T21:16:01Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > like a [Kinkade](http://www.kinkadekorner.com/) painting Jesus, my eyes! You need to warn a person, not just throw out a link like it’s nothing…fuck… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/64 "2013-04-21T21:24:35Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I can refute this with one word: Farmville. Farmville isn’t a video game. It’s a moving advertisement with cows. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/65 "2013-04-21T22:16:43Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Burgers (and ground beef generally) are among my most favorite foods on earth, and the _In-N-Out_ passion stumps me completely I think it’s a relative thing; In-N-Out are definitely better than say… McDonald’s in most people’s view (although they sell a LOT of burgers, so who knows), but there are a lot of just as good or better fast food burger alternatives around- in my neck of the woods, it’s Whataburger that’s better. That being said, In-N-Out does make a excellent fast food burger- I can’t deny that. The hype I don’t get is Five Guys. They’re in kind of a no-man’s-land of counter-service burgers that are marginally better than the In-N-Outs and Whataburgers of the world, but they don’t even stack up to other examples in their category like Smashburger or any number of local burger joints everywhere. They’re average at best, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/66 "2013-04-22T17:46:59Z")
The book. Beats scrolls etc. all hollow when it comes to reading. Beautifully designed, and, if you buy used or check out for free, wonderfully inexpensive. Public libraries. They’re not all perfect, but they make life much richer for millions (and have for a long, long time). ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/67 "2013-04-22T18:53:32Z")
I don’t like chocolate, but I know I’m in a very small minority there. However, I did read and loved the Harry Potter books and the Hunger Games books too. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/68 "2013-04-22T22:41:05Z")
Bacon E-readers Pet ownership Additional votes for The Beatles, breathing, and iPods ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/69 "2013-04-22T22:44:32Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Celine Dion. > [@Stoid](#): > > \ > She doesn’t really suck, that’s not fair. She does have a superb instrument at her command, that’s hard to refute. The problem is that everything she does with it, on every level, is hideously cheesy and awful and repellant. That’s true - Celine Dion has an amazing voice, and she sings drek with it. Oh well. > [@Grrlbrarian](#): > > The book. Beats scrolls etc. all hollow when it comes to reading. Beautifully designed, and, if you buy used or check out for free, wonderfully inexpensive. > > Public libraries. They’re not all perfect, but they make life much richer for millions (and have for a long, long time). I do love my local library - for $12 a year, I get access to an incredibly long list of excellent books, dvds, cds, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/70 "2013-04-22T22:47:57Z")
> [@Proudest\_Monkey](#): > > Bacon > E-readers > Pet ownership > > Additional votes for The Beatles, breathing, and iPods IPods is a good one. Us old folks remember when you couldn’t just listen to your favourite song over and over (unless you bought the album), or have a thousand of your favourite songs in your pocket, available at any time. We remember sitting by the radio, waiting for your favourite song to come on, and maybe you would try to record it so you wouldn’t have to buy it, and if you did buy the album, you usually got two or three good songs and seven songs that could charitably be called “filler.” Kids these days. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/71 "2013-04-22T22:48:57Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > She doesn’t really suck, that’s not fair. She does have a superb instrument at her command, that’s hard to refute. The problem is that everything she does with it, on every level, is hideously cheesy and awful and repellant. I don’t know how you get “doesn’t really suck” out of that. That’s the thing about a great natural gift: it becomes _undeniable_ that your work reflects your own depth, character, and taste. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/72 "2013-04-22T22:54:40Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > I don’t know how you get “doesn’t really suck” out of that. Suck, by definition, is hideously cheesy, awful, and repellent. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/73 "2013-04-23T09:50:18Z")
Farmville was plenty of fun for me for a while. And I’m quite a serious video game fanatic. Never got into buying stuff for it though. Celine Dion is great, bordering on timeless. Hating her is popular though, so carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Hookit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@Hookit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hookit)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/74 "2013-04-27T13:16:28Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > The problem is that everything she does with it, on every level, i **s hideously cheesy and awful and repellant**. Kinda like a large chunk of The Beatles’ songs. ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/75 "2013-04-27T13:30:34Z")
Fifty Shades of Grey. What? Harry Potter and Apple products have been mentioned, so… ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/76 "2013-04-27T15:08:02Z")
McDonald’s french fries. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/77 "2013-04-27T15:40:07Z")
If Celine Dion would sing a good song, maybe I’d remember it. I know she sings well, but the only image I have of her is her Fabio imitation in that Titanic song video. I have heard the song many times, but for the life of me, I can’t remember how it or any other of her songs go. I remember hearing another song of hers and thinking it was Amy Grant, but that’s all I remember about that. Celine simply does not sing catchy or memorable songs. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/78 "2013-04-27T16:47:41Z")
Tabasco Sauce! It’s the only food I can think of where the popular, ubiquitous version stands up in quality to any locally crafted version. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/79 "2013-04-28T21:57:00Z")
Sriracha sauce… > **[Sriracha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce)** > > Sriracha (/sɪˈrætʃə/ sih-RATCH-ə or /sɪˈrɑːtʃə/ sih-RAH-chə; Thai: ศรีราชา, pronounced \[sǐː.rāː.tɕʰāː\] (listen)) is a type of hot sauce or chili sauce made from a paste of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar, and salt. > In Thailand, sriracha is frequently used as a dipping sauce, particularly for seafood and omelets. In Vietnamese cuisine, sriracha appears as a condiment for phở and fried noodles, as a topping for spring rolls (chả giò), and in sauces. > Sriracha is also eaten in soup,... Someone was raving about it someplace in the net. So, I got some and…Oooo that really goes well in ramen noodles. Oh yea, it was this place… [http://theoatmeal.com/](http://theoatmeal.com/) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885/80 "2013-04-29T03:46:54Z")
Bacon In N Out burgers Game of Thrones Breaking Bad The Walking Dead (and I am sick of zombie everything) more memes than I can shake a stick at Raspberry Pi’s Sriracha sauce Food trucks Netflix personal quad rotors [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immensely-popular-things-that-really-are-good/655885.md?page=5)