# OMG how can you NOT like that?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900 "2009-07-13T21:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/121 "2009-07-16T21:12:06Z")
Also, there is so much constant noise in basketball. I’m not talking about crowds, that’s a given, but over the speakers. Between “D-Fence (boom boom) D-fence…” and other claps, bangs, songs. It never stops. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/122 "2009-07-16T22:08:10Z")
Alcohol in any variety I’ve ever tried. I just don’t care for the taste at all. Coffee - tried it once in my teenage years and hated it. Never seen any reason to try it again. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/123 "2009-07-17T02:13:47Z")
I can’t stand being around babies. “Oh, isn’t that a cute baby?” No, it’s just as ugly as any other baby I’ve ever seen. My goal is never to have to hold a baby or change a diaper as long as I live. So far, I’ve made it almost 33 years. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/124 "2009-07-17T15:48:02Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I can’t stand being around babies. > > “Oh, isn’t that a cute baby?” No, it’s just as ugly as any other baby I’ve ever seen. > > My goal is never to have to hold a baby or change a diaper as long as I live. So far, I’ve made it almost 33 years. Oh, yes. I’m not sure why I didn’t think of this one right away, because I’m the same way. I don’t like babies or toddlers, and I do my best to avoid them whenever possible. I have never changed a diaper in my life, and odds are decent that at my age I’ve gotten past the point when I’ll ever have to. Any vestigial maternal instinct that I might possess is entirely aimed at babies of the feline variety. ---
**Author:** ![NoRadar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/41988e/32.png) [@NoRadar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoRadar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/125 "2009-07-17T18:12:32Z")
I really don’t like clowns. Nor circuses in general. With the exception of onions, NO condiments of ANY sort. Blech! That includes ketchup! I eat my salad plain ~ no dressing. I’ve never eaten Jello. Don’t plan to, either. NO THANKS to tea, coffee, any kind of fruit juice, alcohol (including beer and wine), and every soda, besides Coke. No watermelon either, but I do like cantaloupe (especially with slices of Prosciutto). I watch very little TV; but I read alot. I found Seinfeld irritating, as most of the sit-coms I’ve seen. I am a big fan of House MD, although. (I’m curious - are there any Dopers who don’t like House?) ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/126 "2009-07-17T19:01:48Z")
> [@NoRadar](#): > > I watch very little TV; but I read alot. I found Seinfeld irritating, as most of the sit-coms I’ve seen. I am a big fan of House MD, although. (I’m curious - are there any Dopers who don’t like House?) I don’t like House. I was first introduced to Hugh Laurie as Bertie on _Jeeves and Wooster_ and later in his various characters on the series \*Black Adder. \* Seeing Hugh Laurie playing a cynical American doctor just seems wrong and terribly unnatural. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/127 "2009-07-17T20:16:13Z")
I don’t especially hate cats and I have had many in my life. However, I don’t like people that like cats a little too much and, more importantly, the tacky photos and memorabilia associated with them. Get a dog and then a life although you will find the two to be largely one and the same. Cats are little needy, moody, furballs, of concentrated sociopathy. I have seen plenty of pictures of serial killers when they were young and they looked precious too (especially that adorable little Ted Bundy). Don’t encourage that type of behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/128 "2009-07-17T20:28:57Z")
> [@NoRadar](#): > > I am a big fan of House MD, although. (I’m curious - are there any Dopers who don’t like House?) As a Hugh Laurie devotee (have tons of his stuff, including his early Cambridge Footlights performances, and have read _The Gun Seller_), I don’t dislike House, but I don’t particularly go out of my way to watch it. In fact, it tends to come on and we switch over to something else in my house. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/129 "2009-07-17T20:42:59Z")
Lobster, crab and prawns. If it’s got more than four legs, I don’t like it. Tastes like ass. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/130 "2009-07-17T20:54:12Z")
> [@NoRadar](#): > > I am a big fan of House MD, although. (I’m curious - are there any Dopers who don’t like House?) Count me as one. Can’t stand that show. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/131 "2009-07-17T21:05:45Z")
I dont like the Godfather movies (not into crime drama, or drama movies in general) and hate the Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/132 "2009-07-17T21:11:55Z")
> [@NoRadar](#): > > (I’m curious - are there any Dopers who don’t like House?) I’ve never seen it. Is it one of those series that you really need to start at the beginning of season one to “get it,” or can you jump in anywhere? I’ve watched random episodes of some shows and felt utterly completely lost (don’t jump in to the middle of Buffy, season 5, for example), but there are others you can start anywhere without missing a thing. ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/133 "2009-07-17T21:46:07Z")
I’m not a fan of **Harry Potter**. I read the first five and a half – I think? – books, and saw the first four movies. I’ve given it a decent chance, I think, but … meh. At best. Another BBQ-rib-refuser and turkey-avoider here, too. I’ll eat turkey to be polite (i.e., because the rest of the sides at my SIL’s Thanksgiving dinner are too icky to mess with), but I always refuse to take any home. Green bean casserole (as served at the aforementioned Thanksgiving dinner) is an offense before g\*d. Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell and Owen Wilson are amazingly unfunny and I’d be just as happy if I never learned of another movie starring any of them again. (Exception: I did enjoy _The Wedding Crashers_, except for Ferrell’s unnecessary guest role.) Oh, and _Borat_. There were parts where it could’ve been funny, but I don’t care enough to remember them. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/134 "2009-07-17T22:05:00Z")
> [@kurilla](#): > > I’m not a fan of **Harry Potter**. I read the first five and a half – I think? – books, and saw the first four movies. I’ve given it a decent chance, I think, but … That was _way_ beyond giving it a decent chance. Outside of required classroom reading, I can’t think of anything I’d read a couple of thousand pages of if I wasn’t enjoying it. I admire your persistence. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900/135 "2009-07-17T22:27:44Z")
_Buffy the Vampire Slayer._ There, I said it. At this point many _Buffy_ fans would say that there’s no way anyone could actually dislike the Best. Show. EVAR! and that if I would only sit down and watch every single episode in order the way God (Joss Whedon) intended then I’d come around to the correct point of view. Fuck that. I’ve already seen more than I ever cared to of _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ and I didn’t enjoy any of it. I like hearing about it endlessly even less, not that this ever stopped anyone. (It doesn’t help that my real name is the same as one of the supporting characters on _Buffy_.) In a different world it might have been merely one of many shows I didn’t care to watch, but thanks to the fans I have a special hatred for _Buffy_ and everything associated with it. The only way you’d get me to watch every single episode would be to strap me into a _Clockwork Orange_ device. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-how-can-you-not-like-that/502900.md?page=6)