# Things people seem to really enjoy that you don't appreciate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028 "2013-03-04T18:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/181 "2013-03-08T17:45:32Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > This might be hard to believe, but I honestly hadn’t thought about painting myself with chicken gravy, so I’ll add it to my list: Sports, watching sports, listening to sports, opera, hot weather, sports, AMC Gremlins, sports, painting myself with chicken gravy. OK, any gravy and sports. So many people have now said sports that it’s hardly a valid answer anymore. It’d be the rebellious side at this point to say you don’t like not liking sports. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/182 "2013-03-08T17:45:35Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > You can be the best and safest motorcyclist in the world but in a crash, you’re going to lose. True, a car can’t touch cycles for economy but to be surrounded by a frame of energy-absorbing steel, seat belts, air bags, and safety glass is security you just can’t get in a cycle. One stone thrown by a tire in front of you or a wayward bee slamming into your neck and you could be toast. I’ll take your word for the experience, but I’d rather be safer inside a car. This isn’t entirely true. Yes, motorcycles are definitely not as safe as cars. But there are situations where motorcycles are preferable to cars. Example: You’re sitting at a red light behind another car, with another line of cars next to you in the other lane. You glance in your rearview mirror and see a large truck approaching at a high rate of speed. You’re pretty sure he’s not going to stop. If you’re in a car, you’re stuck. If you’re on a bike, you can just slip in between the two cars in front of you and be out of there. (Of course, if you _don’t_ notice the truck and it hits you, you’re way worse off on a bike.) Bikes are also much more maneuverable than cars, so if you’re a good rider there are some hazards you can avoid on a bike that you can’t avoid in a car. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/183 "2013-03-08T19:10:41Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > So many people have now said sports that it’s hardly a valid answer anymore. It’d be the rebellious side at this point to say you don’t like not liking sports. My dislike of sports is so much more _special_ than anyone else’s that I’m the champion. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/184 "2013-03-08T19:22:16Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > You can be the best and safest motorcyclist in the world but in a crash, you’re going to lose… I’ll take your word for the experience, but I’d rather be safer inside a car. > [@Infovore](#): > > This isn’t entirely true. Yes, motorcycles are definitely not as safe as cars. But there are situations where motorcycles are preferable to cars. Why. On Earth. Would you engage him? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/185 "2013-03-08T21:03:45Z")
Bandwagons. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/186 "2013-03-08T21:14:44Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Bandwagons. IM WITH THE BAND! And I hate Pluto. Stupid planet named after a Disney character. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/187 "2013-03-08T21:39:00Z")
> [@living\_in\_hell](#): > > IM WITH THE BAND! > > And I hate Pluto. Stupid planet named after a Disney character. I suspect that you’re lying about being with the band. AMIRITE?? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/188 "2013-03-08T21:53:10Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Bonus points for making sure that you go beyond “I don’t like \” to “I can’t believe \*anyone \*likes \.” > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > \*\*Sushi \*\*- Meh. I suspect many don’t love it nearly as much as they claim. > mmm So this is the kind of thing I meant. You don’t like sushi so you think many people are _lying_ about liking it? Why would anyone lie about that? You know it’s 2013 and not 1983, right? Liking sushi doesn’t make someone a culinary daredevil. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/189 "2013-03-08T21:56:24Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > So this is the kind of thing I meant. You don’t like sushi so you think many people are _lying_ about liking it? > > Why would anyone lie about that? You know it’s 2013 and not 1983, right? Liking sushi doesn’t make someone a culinary daredevil. Wait, so now do I have to hate my MEMBERS ONLY JUMPSUIT? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/190 "2013-03-08T22:27:04Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > Fuck the whole bed thing. I sleep on a pile of rags on the floor. Oh, you have a floor. I hate floors, they only work on one level. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/191 "2013-03-08T22:56:51Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > Oh, you have a floor. I hate floors, they only work on one level. I sleep on a hovercraft only without the craft because I hate technology. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/192 "2013-03-09T00:21:27Z")
Following the sports thing: -NASCAR-who wants to watch a traffic jam at 200MPH? -golf…borring! -curling (see golf) However, I do enjoy demolition derby-any chance this will become an Olympic sport?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/193 "2013-03-09T00:23:10Z")
It’s not like you have to get falling down smashed when you drink. And even being “drunk” doesn’t equal getting “hammered”. There’s getting a nice little buzz going. I don’t drink all that much (mostly just a drink or two), but I don’t go and get hammered. A little tipsy? Maybe on special occassions. (Like once or twice a year)\* I’m one of those rare creatures – I like the taste of the alcohol. > [@Kenm](#): > > My dislike of sports is so much more _special_ than anyone else’s that I’m the champion. And will you keep on fighting til the end? \*And yes I’m on medication. My doctors – both my regular physician and my neurologist have said it’s okay for me to have a few drinks, as long as I’m not over doing it, and alcohol has never given me problems. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/194 "2013-03-09T04:55:26Z")
I don’t understand all the exotic piercings people are getting these days. I also don’t understand the whole clubbing scene. This lady working at a convenience store said it took 26 seal skins to make her coat, I was appalled. 26 seals. And it wasn’t even a very big coat. ---
**Author:** ![Doggo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/195 "2013-03-09T07:46:54Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > I don’t understand all the exotic piercings people are getting these days. I also don’t understand the whole clubbing scene. This lady working at a convenience store said it took 26 seal skins to make her coat, I was appalled. 26 seals. And it wasn’t even a very big coat. People that wear baby seals that were clubbed to death deserve a whole vitriolic thread of their own, and a circle of hell all of their own. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/196 "2013-03-09T11:18:31Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > I don’t understand all the exotic piercings people are getting these days. I also don’t understand the whole clubbing scene. This lady working at a convenience store said it took 26 seal skins to make her coat, I was appalled. 26 seals. And it wasn’t even a very big coat. You can’t trust baby seals when they go [clubbing](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QT55kh7mrvA/TzPtd22ocJI/AAAAAAAAH0A/7TIArnI0gSw/s1600/stop_clubbing_baby_seals.jpg). They get way out of control. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/197 "2013-03-09T17:26:19Z")
Golf- watching it or playing it. I just don’t see the appeal. College football - I cannot fathom how one can get into a sport where the championship is decided by a single post-season game, with the help of a computer algorithm. It flies in the face of how the championship is determined in every. other. sport. people. play. Cigarette smoking- the occasional pipe or cigar I can see, since the wide variety of flavors and blends can be appealing. But cigarette smoking, IMHO, is scant more than a dangerous drug addiction. Paying more for a house because it’s in a town/neighborhood/etc. with good public schools- just live where you want to live and send your kids to private school. ---
**Author:** ![huck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@huck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huck)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/198 "2013-03-09T17:28:19Z")
Musicals. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/199 "2013-03-09T17:53:48Z")
Sitcoms Hugs (just get away from me) Parties (someone may hug me) All fish except shellfish. Coffee ---
**Author:** ![HipGnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HipGnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HipGnosis)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/200 "2013-03-10T21:09:47Z")
Tanning - ya, people look better with a tan than pale, but getting a tan should not be a verb!. And I can’t just lay there… I like being outdoors, but I like doing things, esp. on a nice, sunny day. Top 40 radio stations - hearing the same songs over and over is annoying and annoying!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028.md?page=11)