# Things other people enjoy that you don't **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780 "2013-04-26T18:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/61 "2013-04-28T00:36:35Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > Bowling. It’s the same thing over and over again. How do people not get bored playing this? It’s addicting. You see, you don’t get a good score, so you feel like, “Ooh ooh, I have to try again so I can get a strike!” It’s almost like a video game. You just want to keep trying until you can get a good score or if you get a good score, you want to maintain it. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/62 "2013-04-28T00:40:55Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I have 2 and they arrived at the same time so I didn’t have a choice at the number. 😉 also this is my second pregnancy which will make three total. We waited five years for this one because I needed the twins to be in school before I had another child. I am done after this one! I’m just not a baby person. I like them it better when they are older. Lol Okay. I got the impression that you had, like, 5 kids, that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/63 "2013-04-28T00:53:49Z")
comic books ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/64 "2013-04-28T02:43:37Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Okay. I got the impression that you had, like, 5 kids, that kind of thing. Oh Gwad no :eek: ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/65 "2013-04-28T03:22:47Z")
Just to comment on the tangent of how many kids to have, I recently heard that 2 is the magic number - the number at which population will not increase or decrease. This is why they [people who study this stuff extensively] are recommending to not have more than two children per family. Interesting fact: Italy’s population is going down because the average number of babies per mother there is only 1.2. America is running at exactly 2 by the way - much much better than 50 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/66 "2013-04-28T06:06:59Z")
Wings, even in my meat-eating days. Such a mess and a lot of work for such little meat. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/67 "2013-04-28T10:55:14Z")
Football, it’s just so boring and slow and the games seem longer now than they did a few years ago. I read recently that there’s only about 12 minutes of action in a typical football game, but I think they overestimated that by a factor of ten. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/68 "2013-04-28T23:36:08Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Wings, even in my meat-eating days. Such a mess and a lot of work for such little meat. I don’t get it. Wow, total agreement! Worse, the little wingtip bit, where it’s almost soft enough to eat, but merges gradually up into bone. It’s hard to tell where to stop eating. I love a good greasy face-full of fried chicken, but someone else can have the wings! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/69 "2013-04-29T00:19:44Z")
We used to give the wing-tips of fried chicken to our grown cat, Archie. 🙂 I’m sure that in a nationwide poll cats would prefer wingtips over bones 2,000,000 to 1. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/70 "2013-04-29T02:25:53Z")
[Relevant link](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzin8itHkT1qhya5no1_400.jpg) mmm ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/71 "2013-04-29T03:06:44Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Other people don’t understand the obsession with guns > > I don’t get the obsession with football. Or baseball. Or basketball. Or hockey. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/72 "2013-04-29T04:07:02Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > We used to give the wing-tips of fried chicken to our grown cat, Archie. 🙂 I’m sure that in a nationwide poll cats would prefer wingtips over bones 2,000,000 to 1. 🙂 I hope you removed the meat from the bones first! Cats and dogs should not have cooked bones, because they can splinter. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/73 "2013-04-29T04:41:42Z")
We did. The strange thing is that the dog (slightly smaller than average) crunched down chicken bones without batting an eye --and we were amazed that she was not affected by them! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/74 "2013-04-29T09:30:20Z")
Cooked chicken bones don’t count in the ‘splinter’ reasoning because they’re soft; and I think eating crab is far, far too much work for such little reward, and lobster is overrated. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/75 "2013-04-29T11:14:27Z")
Hamburgers and fries. They’re everywhere (duh). And that melted yellow cheese and/or bacon smeared over everything. I don’t mind eating that once in a great while, but it’s the most eagerly anticipated default meal in 99% of restaurants. I would really rather have a salad! Driving like you own the road, weaving in and out of traffic, tailgating - what, you’re late for happy hour? You need a restroom? We get to the traffic light at the same time. I think cars shouldn’t be able to go over 50 miles an hour, tops. Football. Hell, every sport. I don’t get it. Sitting through a game of any sort is agony, I really would rather be home doing laundry. Roses. Those cold odorless red things you get in bouquets. I’ve tried growing them, too, different kinds, even idiot-proof manufactured plants churned out for the suburbs, and they get eaten by bugs, get black spot, or squeeze out one or two blooms before expiring! (black thumb here) All that hope and effort wasted! Mr. Lincoln, you have disappointed me again! Joseph’s Coat, why don’t you climb up that trellis? ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/76 "2013-04-29T15:11:20Z")
Sports. Driving fast. Sex. Kissing. Loud music / movies. Pizza. Cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/77 "2013-04-29T18:51:59Z")
_Seinfeld Curb Your Enthusiasm The Office Mad Men Dexter Two and a Half Men (in all incarnations) How I Met Your Mother Friends_ Adam Sandler Jim Carrey (except in \* The Mask, Liar Liar\* and _The Truman Show_0 Casinos (I might as well just flush the cash and avoid the wasted evening) David Letterman since about 2000. He is an ass. Woody Allen since _Manhattan_. I’m especially turned off by the whole Soon-Yi issue and can’t stomach watching his movies as a result. **Any** celebrity who tells us which candidate/party they love or hate. You are there to entertain me. Act/sing/dance/whatever and then STFU. Golf (boring on TV, annoying in person) NASCAR (drive straight, turn left, rinse, lather, repeat ad nauseum) Rap/Hip-hop. Learn to sing without auto-tune and don’t just scream poems about getting laid and getting wasted over some piece of music you stole from someone with talent. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/78 "2013-04-30T07:39:05Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > Cooked chicken bones don’t count in the ‘splinter’ reasoning because they’re soft; and I think eating crab is far, far too much work for such little reward, and lobster is overrated. I don’t think I’m missing anything by never having eaten lobster. The Jewish people I know aren’t missing anything either (though **I** would sure like to get some good abalone now and then). ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/79 "2013-04-30T12:14:39Z")
Wellll, you are missing something, really. The hype. And the lethal, crustacean clothing it wears. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780/80 "2013-04-30T15:02:04Z")
I can’t stand crab. I don’t like the way it tastes or smells, and when I had to serve it back when I waited tables, I would hold my breath while doing so. I don’t like dolmas either (stuffed grape leaves, a staple of Greek cuisine). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-enjoy-that-you-dont/656780.md?page=5)