Thank you everyone who listed other things I dislike that I forgot to put in my first post. It’s moving to know how many other insufferable death-of-the-party misanthropes there are out there. I feel less lonely now. I had totally forgotten about bananas, and heart-shaped things, for example.
Crowds, traffic.
Snow.
Humididididity.
But above all, the supreme hatred is reserved for:
Cilantro.
~VOW
It’d be a shorter list for me to tell what I do like than what I don’t. A partial listing would be:
crowds
winter
anything trendy and popular
people
My two cents:
Seinfeld
South Park
Chipolte
6ImpossibleThings, I own sandals that I wear in the summer.
Flip flops. They’re way too flat and that thing between the toes annoys me. I don’t get the appeal.
Jogging. Why would I want to jar my joints against concrete?
Football. I like other sports to the point of screaming myself hoarse. But football is beyond my ken.
Wine. Don’t like it. The times I’ve had it, I’ve had a terrific headache.
Yogurt. It’s hard to even type it.
Will Farrell. I like him as a person. (As if I know him. I’ve seen him on talk shows.) But I think his movies are stupid. Except I laughed at Anchorman.
Cake. I’m a pie person.
I’d die without pizza.
Alcohol of any kind, especially people who think drinking is the best thing in the world.
Sports, just don’t get it.
Pop culture in general, and specifically the discussion of pop culture and idolization of its icons. Okay, I enjoy (e.g.) 30 Rock but I don’t care to discuss it over the water cooler, and I don’t give a crap about any of the actors’ political thoughts or social lives.
The Apple subculture. I’ve been an Apple user since the late 1980’s, but those wierdos who are all preachy about it bring a bad taste to my mouth.
Microsoft’s ribbon interface. Study after study says people prefer it, but I think study after study is really proving that computer users in general are stupid.
3D movies.
Shopping for the sake of shopping.
All college sports, and some pro sports.
Yeah, what the hell is that all about? When did zombies suddenly become so trendy?
Well, obviously.
^ This
I sometimes think I’m the only person in the world who doesn’t like sushi.
The other thing which leaves me cold, and unable to partake of a normal conversation every four years, is the Olympics.
Oooooh I forgot to add VAMPIRES and the whole twilight saga, so overrated IMO. It’s all about aliens now;)
Any part of a book, movie or TV show that depicts the supernatural as something that could actually be real.
Hearing about your young child’s latest accomplishment.
He found his toes??? Wow, he must be the first human to ever acheive that feat! She almost pulled herself to a standing position?? Then she fell on her bum??? How adorable!!
(can you tell that several of my co-workers have very young children?)
mmm
This is about as far from my original intent for this thread as I can imagine. Unless you’re in a sauna, who enjoys humidity? Crowds and traffic aren’t atop any popularity lists either.
Now cilantro (also in VOWs post), I fully agree with.
Actually, I don’t think anyone particularly likes hearing about other people’s kids, or pets for that matter. As the father of a three-month-old, I tell myself this several times a day - yes, to me my daughter is the most adorable, cutest little girl that ever lived, but to the rest of the universe, she’s a baby, who looks like a baby and does baby stuff like all the other millions of babies out there. So, I try not to mention her unless (a) it’s to family, who are actually interested, or (b) someone asked first.
Celebrities and their social lives.
I couldn’t care less if somebody who pretends to be someone else for a living has a row with their S.O., or is pregnant or getting divorced.
Who the hell cares ?
Children
Baseball
Survivor (the tv show)
Dancing with the Stars/So you think you can dance
Giant squid
Positive happy people
Chocolate and mint as a combination (eg Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies)… gag