# The Big List of Things that Suck **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 5, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580 "2003-04-05T00:06:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 5, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/41 "2003-04-05T22:44:13Z")
Sorry, Shep, you are going to have to head up my list, because of these inclusions: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shep proudfoot \* > \*\*Prostitutes \*\* Only literally, and that’s a GOOD thing \*\* > Vaccum Cleaners - ? > Jim Carrey - Sometimes > Insurance > Melissa Ethridge > Jimmy Carter > Oprah > Dr Phil > \*\* Having to wait to refinance my loan to put in my pool. Having to wait until April 25 to take possession of my new house. Being fat Having one’s gall bladder removed Being in the hospital when you feel shitty. Ali G (Sorry, his mush mouthed persona makes my skin crawl) Black widows What happened in florida Buffy ending Packing (which is what I should be doing instead of making this list) Bush Cheney Bush Rumsfeld Bush Ashcroft Bush Bush’s administration. Saddam Hussein Sex and the city ending Spuffylessness Hypersensitivity Lying and liars Spam Rah-Rah Jingoistic patriotism Bush The fact that Bush is in the White House Most of the things other people added to this list And the # thing that sucks above all other things: Death ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/42 "2003-04-05T22:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cainxinth \* > **The Big List of Things that Suck** I strongly disagree with the following items on your list: 80’s Revival American Hegemony Ann Coulter Antonin Scalia Charlton Heston Dick Cheney Don Imus Donald Rumsfield Fox News GW Bush Israel Julia Roberts Laissez Faire Capitalism Lite Cream Cheese McDonalds MOAB’s NRA Supply Side Economics War on Terror, The I agree with you about the War on Drugs, Osama, Saddam, a few others. The only thing I will add is, the typical anti-war protest. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/43 "2003-04-05T23:03:27Z")
Hangovers ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/44 "2003-04-05T23:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*Are you kidding me? The only former President of the last century who’s done ANYTHING useful, after leaving office? What’s up with that? \*\* What about Nixon? He did a pretty good job rehabilitating his image over the last 15-20 years of his life, and was a pretty useful foreign policy advisor to subsequent presidents, I seem to remember. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/45 "2003-04-05T23:17:29Z")
I _disagree_ or _partly disagree_ with the following items on the original list: Air Travel–the concept’s fine, but the reality sucks Avril Lavigne Dogmatic Atheism Fossil Fuels–I _like_ heat, goddamnit! Human Cloning–full term probably sucks (though we don’t really know); therapeutic most definitely doesn’t suck. John Snow Laissez Faire Capitalism–as opposed to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Capitalism? Microsoft NHS–This means National Health Service to me; I’m not sure if it means something else to you NRA–Only when Charlton Heston makes an embarrassment of them Palladium–_Huh?_ Planned Obsolescence–_What?_ Pop Music Shark Fin Soup–Mmm Yasser Arafat does suck, but I agree with a two-state solution My additions to the list: Animal Rights Extremists BNP (British National Party) British Politics Buses that Don’t Turn Up Cherie Blair & Carole Caplin Cilla Black Cold Weather Cricket Culture Snobs ( **not** a dig at the OP! I mean people who really have a go at you for liking pop/rock music; game shows; action films etc) Dentist’s Drill Dropping the Connection when Online Expensive Soft Drinks In Cafes and Pubs Flight Delays ‘Friends’ (the TV show) Homophobia Iain Duncan-Smith Jim Davidson Julie Burchill Living TV Manchester United Modern R’n’B Not-so-smart Bombs Nu-Metal Orange Squash Outward Bound Paper Cuts Peter Hitchens Poor Service Pop-up Adverts On The Net Premium Rate Phone Numbers Quacks Queues Rainy Weather Rip-Offs Roman Catholicism Rude People Self-Righteous Vegetarians Socialist Worker’s Party Team-Building ‘The’ Bands from the US (apart from the Strokes) Trains With Nowhere To Put Your Luggage Unnecessary Traffic Lights Violent Crime Westlife Whinging Celebrities Windy Weather ---
**Author:** ![chigger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@chigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chigger)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/46 "2003-04-05T23:53:54Z")
Sucks: negativism arrogance hand-wringing goody-two-shoes political correctness … Doesn’t suck: Mardi Gras Hockey Camels USA roses rib-eye steak New Mexico red chile dancing in the living room ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/47 "2003-04-06T02:28:58Z")
Chemistry homework–five pages worth! All at once. When my computer doesn’t work. A bunch of other stuff. Flaking nail polish. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/48 "2003-04-06T02:35:01Z")
Chemistry homework–five pages worth! All at once. When my computer doesn’t work. A bunch of other stuff. Flaking nail polish. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/49 "2003-04-06T04:36:13Z")
WMDs. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/50 "2003-04-06T04:40:18Z")
Oh, also **Neurotik** missed a couple items from his list: Comcast Comcast Comcast Comcast ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/51 "2003-04-06T04:58:25Z")
Buffy The Vampire Slayer, seasons 5, 6 and 7, and most of season 4. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/52 "2003-04-06T06:07:50Z")
Putting my dog down today sucked. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/53 "2003-04-06T06:18:22Z")
Excessively negative people /calvin and hobbes. Just kidding. I probably agree with almost everything on the original list. How about what DOESN’T suck! Syracuse basketball! w00t ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/54 "2003-04-06T06:32:52Z")
American Media Black shirts covered in powdered sugar after the donut is gone Celine Dion exploiting her child for Chrysler Celine Dion Live in Vegas Celine Dion on Film for Chrysler Cheap Vinyl Floor Covering Cody Gifford’s IMDb Entry Columbia University CGS Faculty Crank Cricket Wireless’s Advertising Tactics Dick Gephardt Disdaining the Successful Dish Network Donuts Covered in Powdered Sugar Eminem Winning an Oscar (that should’ve been Julie Taymor’s) Encyclopedia Brittanica Ethan Hawke Faux-Gangsta Rap Fossil Watches Frozen Pizzas Game Show Network’s new version of “Press Your Luck” Gwyneth Paltrow HCI Hollywood Idiotarians Howard Stern Hunting for Sport Ice Milk Inequitable Use of Shari’a Law Julianne Moore and Diane Lane winning all of the critic’s awards and Nicole Kidman stealing the Oscar Lack of Accessible, Quality Pop Music for the Masses Lance Ito Low-fat/No-fat Sour “Cream” Mac OS9 Martin Scorcese Never Winning an Oscar McRib and McLobster (why?!) Michael Moore in general Michael Moore winning an Oscar Michael Moore’s Hypocrisy Michael Moore’s Oscar speech Mold Contamination Morning Sickness (esp, in the second trimester) MSNBC Noise Pollution Overregulation People Who Go to Work When Sick People Who Send their Children to School When Sick Pete Shields Phil Donahue Pleated Anything Pleated Skirts Pleated Trousers Poverty Pimps Reveling in One’s Own Ignorance Self-Sabotage Susan Estrich Susan Sarandon The 2003 Oscars, in general The continuing stigmatization of the mentally ill The Dixie Chicks The Pro-Tax-Status-Quo Lobby The TSA The US Income Tax System Toothaches TLC’s awful version of “What Not to Wear” UCLA Bruin Basketball Unexpected, unexplained Verizon DSL outages Vinyl House Siding (esp. in colors never seen in nature) Wallpaper Whiny Girl Music What doesn’t suck? Act II Sweet Corn on the Cob Microwave Popcorn ---
**Author:** ![mic84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@mic84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mic84)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/55 "2003-04-06T07:03:01Z")
Did I say nitpicking sucks? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cainxinth \* > Now that the old Hussein is dead, his son Abdullah (a different Abdullah) is the new King Hussein Maybe that’s what his friends call him, I dunno. For the rest he’s[King Abdullah II](http://www.kingabdullah.jo/king_abdullah/king_abdullah.html) ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/56 "2003-04-06T08:18:35Z")
Just other day I said to him, "King Hussein, can I call you King Hussein? No? Anyway, now that pops has kicked the bucket are you going to liberalize Jordan’s economy and introduce democracy into your regime?” He replied, “Dave, get the hell out of my house.” Good nitpick **mic84** –- another thing that sucks: being wrong P.S. **Elwood** … We’re going to the finals, I can’t fucking believe it. My bracket had Cuse losing to Wake Forest in the third. ---
**Author:** ![teleute12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/57 "2003-04-06T08:20:34Z")
21-and-up drinking age laws Buffy bitterness Friends who never call or write or e-mail first Gas prices Gas-guzzling cars (and being forced by economic circumstances to own one) (Has Bush been mentioned yet?) Retail The website Television Without Pity Work Working retail And, for a friend, the Atlanta Thrashers, whoever they are. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/58 "2003-04-06T10:30:11Z")
That there is trash in the sink, instead of the trash can There are no donuts around and i really want one My pets don’t live with me That i can’ t find cool posters to put up. that my bed is only comfortable when on top of the covers that i need to get shoes That i have a suit i 've needed to take to the cleaners for almost two years now That i wll have to get new glasses soon Avril Lavigne sucks far more that Huey Lewis ever could suck. Booyah. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/59 "2003-04-06T10:31:18Z")
That I’ve been here so long and have only now broken the 1000-post mark. ---
**Author:** ![Bert\_the\_Turtle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@Bert\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bert_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580/60 "2003-04-06T18:22:10Z")
TV Soaps Religious belief in all its forms Large diameter go-faster loud exhaust pipes on crappy, clapped out 1300cc compact hatchback cars made in 1987 Religious Crusades past and present Anyone with the middle name “dubya” (see above) Chocolate-coated anchovies Tony Blair since he got elected The concept of original sin Ibiza club scene Freemasons Billy and Franklin Graham Austrian wine sweetened with antifreeze Sea Urchin Sushi People who follow TV Soaps Piles (except golden ones) Company Presidents who feature in their own TV commercials Dutch Elm disease Margaret Thatcher being still (actually, ever) alive TV soap writers The price of a pair of new shocks Local tax increases of \>10% in 2003, just like last year Automated telephone systems Spotty moronic teenagers driving cars with stereos that go “Bump! Bump! Bump!” and have the windows rolled down Road accidents not involving two or more of the above Raves Nike TV soap actors Tax-free religion Fashion magazines Fashion Suburbia everywhere Raw sewage Drug dealers (see above) Nuclear explosions Being on an aircraft in turbulence The music on TV soaps The INS Paying taxes to educate and support my neighbour’s 7 or 8 kids Frantic high-speed radio commercials Radio commercials Commercials Hysterical Soccer commentators Soccer comentary Soccer chat shows Soccer violence Soccer fans Soccer Sports Magazines with a retouched bimbo photo on the cover and zero content of any value Teenage drivers Teenagers Boy bands Girl bands Band Without Instruments Dance music [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-list-of-things-that-suck/166580.md?page=4)