# Is there anything out there that's universally hated? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271 "2012-12-27T12:58:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Ksnook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@Ksnook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ksnook)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/121 "2013-01-04T14:53:51Z")
Death camps. ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/122 "2013-01-04T16:06:34Z")
Can’t think of anyone who even remotely likes having cockroaches or bedbugs in their house. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/123 "2013-01-04T16:09:37Z")
> [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](#): > > Can’t think of anyone who even remotely likes having cockroaches or bedbugs in their house. I know a guy with some sort of rare chameleon as a pet. he _breeds_ roaches, because young roaches are part of its diet. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/124 "2013-01-04T16:29:03Z")
But death camps are fun! Cos, now you can go where they get things done. My apologies to the Dead Kennedys. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/125 "2013-01-04T17:21:37Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Y’know, I really think **Misnomer** was onto something with that Andy Dick idea. Yeah, I’m going to have to go with Andy Dick. Even Andy Dick must hate Andy Dick. His [Wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Dick#Controversies)makes for “entertaining” reading. OTOH if we could lock him and Shirley Phelps in the Big Brother house together, I would _so_ watch that. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/126 "2013-01-04T18:01:06Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Mosquitoes. Chiroptera feast on mosquitoes 😉 Days late, I know ---
**Author:** ![sudont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sudont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sudont)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/127 "2013-01-04T19:49:59Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I’ve never met a fan of wasps. Perhaps you’ve never met an entomologist? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/128 "2013-01-05T01:46:54Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Hyenas There was about a year where my baby sister would answer to nothing but “Shenzi”. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/129 "2013-01-05T11:23:20Z")
> [@sudont](#): > > Perhaps you’ve never met an entomologist? 😉 Actually one of my friends is an entomologist. She hates wasps with a passion. (And mosquitoes, which she has to work with.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/130 "2013-01-05T13:36:44Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Actually one of my friends is an entomologist. She hates wasps with a passion. (And mosquitoes, which she has to work with.) So she’s into buggery? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/131 "2013-01-05T19:01:39Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > So she’s into buggery? I’d never thought of it that way… ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/132 "2013-01-06T02:57:46Z")
I’m going to go with “failure.” I think even the people who tend to self-sabotage hate what they’re doing to themselves even though they can’t help it. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/133 "2013-01-06T03:58:24Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Male mosquitoes are pollenators of many wildflowers, so I’d have to take them off the list. If no wildflowers is the price of getting rid of mosquitoes, I’ll gladly pay it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/134 "2013-01-07T00:26:03Z")
> [@AtomicDog](#): > > If no wildflowers is the price of getting rid of mosquitoes, I’ll gladly pay it. Geez, can’t you just spray on some Off? ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/135 "2013-01-07T19:38:57Z")
Flies. All kinds. And they’re even worse when they’re maggots! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/136 "2013-01-08T19:55:05Z")
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