# Luxuries you don't enjoy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 29, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008 "2026-07-29T21:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/1 "2026-07-29T21:26:34Z")
This runs the risk of being a little Dad-like, or even Grandpappyish, but here goes. I don’t enjoy those big, soft, heavy, luxurious hotel-style towels. Give me something super thin and scratchy from the YMCA instead, or the car wash. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/2 "2026-07-29T21:30:09Z")
Caviar. Bleh. ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/3 "2026-07-29T21:31:30Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > This runs the risk of being a little Dad-like, or even Grandpappyish, but here goes. I don’t enjoy those big, soft, heavy, luxurious hotel-style towels. Give me something super thin and scratchy from the YMCA instead, or the car wash. Hey grandpa! Sorry I need the plushy ones. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/4 "2026-07-29T21:35:02Z")
Small plates of food at a very expensive/fancy restaurant. If I’m paying $100 a head, I expect to be well satiated after a meal. Also, don’t show me a wine list, with $200 bottles of wine on it, unless I ask for one. I’ll just have water please. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/5 "2026-07-29T21:51:17Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > This runs the risk of being a little Dad-like, or even Grandpappyish, but here goes. I don’t enjoy **those big, soft, heavy, luxurious hotel-style towels.** Give me something super thin and scratchy from the YMCA instead, or the car wash. At Costco, you pay the super-thin,scratchy price. I got a pair for only about 20 bucks. More than a year later, they’re still almost like new. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/6 "2026-07-29T21:55:24Z")
Never had them but the idea of escargot just grosses me out. Not today. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/7 "2026-07-29T22:02:04Z")
@Briny_Deep I’m with you. I don’t use terrycloth towels. Gitchyseff a few of these: > **[Amazon.com: Utopia Towels Pack of 2 Turkish Beach Towel, 40 by 72 Inches,...](https://www.amazon.com/Utopia-Towels-Turkish-Beach-Inches/dp/B09T37QB28)** > > Buy Utopia Towels Pack of 2 Turkish Beach Towel, 40 by 72 Inches, Oversized 100% Cotton, Sand Free Lightweight Absorbent Quick-Dry Beach Blanket, Extra Large Turkish Bath Towels for Travel and Pool, Navy: Beach Towels - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY... Thin fabric, highly absorbent, huge size, dry quickly. These are my bath towels. I’ve got about a dozen. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/8 "2026-07-29T22:33:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Never had them but the idea of escargot just grosses me out. > > Not today. - How about an S-Cargo? [![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5m91C6jnl6o/VE3kY-Ap0vI/AAAAAAAAfNo/gMNpghnXzyU/s1600/1c.jpg) ](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5m91C6jnl6o/VE3kY-Ap0vI/AAAAAAAAfNo/gMNpghnXzyU/s1600/1c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/9 "2026-07-29T22:34:06Z")
I love those Turkish towels too. But they are not really durable enough for the family. So I hoard my secret stash. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/10 "2026-07-29T22:34:25Z")
The best part of escargot is dipping bread in the garlic butter after you’ve eaten all the pencil erasers. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/11 "2026-07-29T22:35:54Z")
I can see that garlic butter being great. But there’s snail slime in there. I just know it. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/12 "2026-07-29T22:42:36Z")
I have never cared for lobster and I do like seafood I prefer shrimp and fried clams. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/13 "2026-07-29T22:47:13Z")
I avoid drive-thrus. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/14 "2026-07-29T22:52:21Z")
What all you snail-haters might like is “shrimp-cargot”. Index-finger sized peeled shrimp cooked & served like escargot. Same hot crockery serving dish with the 6 wells full of liquid garlic herb butter. Same bread or puff pastry for dipping. But instead of snails, each well has a broiled or grilled shrimp. Darn good. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/15 "2026-07-29T22:52:41Z")
I have no interest in spa treatments or massages. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/16 "2026-07-29T22:52:59Z")
I have eaten and very much like lobster and escargot. However, I was not impressed by caviar. It was many moons ago when I had it; I may give it another chance someday. One thing I absolutely don’t care for is designer clothing and I wouldn’t buy high-end brands if I did have the money to spend on them. If I were wealthy enough to order a Rolex, I would still buy instead a quality watch of a different brand that would mark me out as comfortably middle class. A moot point as I don’t drive as it is (I got a driver’s license late in life, proved to be a distracted and not completely safe driver, and decided it would be wiser not to do it in the future), but if I did drive and could afford it, I wouldn’t invest in a sports car. They’re all right to look at when someone else is driving. I’d buy an old El Camino, preferably a 1978 Black Knight (second choice: a 1976 or 1977 SS or Conquista). That’s a car for a salt-of-the-earth man’s man. Not for one who wants to flaunt his wealth. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/17 "2026-07-29T22:58:17Z")
I’ll add another +1 for caviar. I’ve had it, and it’s _okay_, but not enough to be worth a fraction of the price. Similarly, truffles (the fungus type, not the chocolate type). It’s okay, very earthy (to my tastes), but not a luxury I’m attracted too. Gold foil (for food). I mean really, sure, it looks nice, and it’s not _that_ expensive given it’s mass, but it’s luxury for luxury’s sake. No flavor added, minimal (but not zero) additional visual appeal, and a high premium for it. Especially (!) when you add it to something that’s NOT supposed to be a special food, like some specialty upscale burgers. A semi-plus one to @themapleleaf’s comment on sports cars. I mean, I get the visual appeal, but I drive _soley_ to get from place to place. Performance, past being able to drive at speeds on the US interstates, is useless. Now, I can see _some_ appeal in the Grand Touring types, where you have ample power but all the extra comforts and perks, but I’d never pay the price. Take the cash, put in a CD, use the results to have someone drive me everywhere I need to go. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/18 "2026-07-29T23:00:40Z")
> [@themapleleaf](#): > > Not for one who wants to flaunt his wealth. I will bet that if you got some $700 T-shirts, most people would not notice, unless the designer’s logo were too conspicuous. I like good clothes, though. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/19 "2026-07-29T23:00:58Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > The best part of escargot is dipping bread in the garlic butter after you’ve eaten all the pencil erasers. This is why I love the baked garlic shrimp at a local restaurant. It’s served exactly like escargot, with nice fresh warm crusty bread for dipping into the cavities of the serving dish, but with shrimp instead of disgusting snails! ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008/20 "2026-07-29T23:02:26Z")
Snails are disgusting while people eat crayfish and clams and stuff like that? The taste of snails is not even that powerful. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxuries-you-dont-enjoy/1032008.md?page=2)