# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/41 "2013-03-04T22:40:40Z")
Riding a motorcycle. My husband LOVES it. He just bought a Fatboy and he spends a lot of time looking for accessories. Once the weather warms a bit, I expect he’ll be doing a lot of riding. For me, it’s sheer torture. I’m constantly terrified of other vehicles on the road. Riding along is noisy and uncomfortable. I don’t like helmets. I just don’t like motorcycles at all. I’ve been to several Bike Weeks and now he’s pushing for us to go to Sturgis - I can’t imagine too many things I’d enjoy less… ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/42 "2013-03-04T22:46:46Z")
A few from me: -paddleboarding -Superbowl football -country fairs -Mrs. America pageants -New Years Eve -bingo -Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/43 "2013-03-04T23:05:28Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer;16065037 While I respect your right not to care for cheesecake, I think you’ve simply not been given a good one to taste.[/QUOTE] And I suggest the same to everyone who thinks they don’t like fruitcake. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/44 "2013-03-04T23:13:48Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Hyper action films, graphic violence and crime shows. I used to enjoy these. Lost my taste for graphic violence first. Next it was action, action, action! After watching a few, that was it, not relaxing at all. And crime shows? I don’t want to see another crime scene, or get inside the mind of some deviant, one day I had just had enough, that was it, done. Your mind must boggle at the success of the Transformers movies. Weren’t the Transformers originally toy robots included with Happy Meals? (Or maybe it was another chain’s version of the same.) ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/45 "2013-03-04T23:26:19Z")
Watermelon. I like watermelon-flavored things, but not the real thing. Dark, loud, smoke-filled bars. Vinegar-based BBQ. Viral fads. I’m thinking specifically of this lame-ass “Harlem Shake” thing. Every time I see people doing it, I just want to scream “STOP BEING SHEEPLE, PEOPLE!” Facebook and MySpace. I just don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/46 "2013-03-04T23:31:14Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Painting yourself with chicken gravy. > > [sub]It’s very popular where I work.[/sub] At the risk of being whooshed, is this really a thing where you work? I have zero experience with places like where you work, so maybe that really comes up there from time to time… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/47 "2013-03-04T23:35:22Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Painting yourself with chicken gravy. > > It’s very popular where I work. > [@ZenBeam](#): > > At the risk of being whooshed, is this really a thing where you work? I have zero experience with places like where you work, so maybe that really comes up there from time to time… Also, are you talking about your co-workers, or your clientele? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/48 "2013-03-04T23:37:00Z")
Carnivals or fairs. I hate rides, I hate games, and I hate crowds. But I love my kids so we go. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/49 "2013-03-04T23:40:52Z")
Movies Ice cream the Oregon Country Fair ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/50 "2013-03-04T23:58:10Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > At the risk of being whooshed, is this really a thing where you work? I have zero experience with places like where you work, so maybe that really comes up there from time to time… Qadgop works in a prison. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/51 "2013-03-05T00:01:18Z")
Alcohol in all of its forms. Wine, champagne, beer, whiskey, brandy, ale… Ugh. Nasty tasting stuff. 😛 ---
**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 5, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/52 "2013-03-05T00:10:02Z")
Sports. Wine (and most alcohol in general). Parties. “Celebrity” culture. Religion. Babies and toddlers. “Man child” comedians like Adam Sandler. Porn. Fashion. Gourmet food (for the most part). ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/53 "2013-03-05T00:14:30Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Qadgop works in a prison. Yes. I know. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/54 "2013-03-05T00:28:20Z")
Chocolate ice cream Gravy. The people at **Qadgop** ’s workplace can have my share. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/55 "2013-03-05T00:34:01Z")
Skald said it first, but professional sports leave me puzzled. Why on earth would you want to watch a group of men in matching outfits play with a ball? Why? You’re not getting to play… You don’t know them… No matter what the team’s name is, they’re probably not from your town, or even your country. And in our case here (Cowboys) their owner isn’t even from our _state_. I can understand getting interested in a neighborhood, or even a school team. But what on earth motivates people to watch professional sports? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/56 "2013-03-05T00:40:24Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Skald said it first, but professional sports leave me puzzled. Why on earth would you want to watch a group of men in matching outfits play with a ball? Why? You’re not getting to play… You don’t know them… No matter what the team’s name is, they’re probably not from your town, or even your country. And in our case here (Cowboys) their owner isn’t even from our _state_. > > I can understand getting interested in a neighborhood, or even a school team. But what on earth motivates people to watch professional sports? I think a lot of it may be that people used to play, or always wanted to play, and wish to see something done that they cannot do any longer. From there is goes to tribalism. I mean, if you think Americans are crazy about sports, google English soccer riots - people have taken it to a level beyond sport. ---
**Author:** ![Tollhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/57 "2013-03-05T00:49:40Z")
sports home depot car races reality shows cell phone lust (i have a cellphone but dont walk around as if its my umbilical cord) ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/58 "2013-03-05T01:25:52Z")
Someone said manicures and pedicures. I’ll take that a step further and say being “pampered.” The idea of going to a spa for a massage, for example, just creeps me out. Someone once gave me a gift certificate to a spa and I was like, gee, thanks, you don’t know me AT.ALL. It was all I could do not to roll my eyes. (I went and spent the certificate on hugely overpriced shampoo and conditioner.) I hate having my hair done, though I do acknowledge the shampoo part feels good. I just can’t let go of the idea that the person DOING the personal care service would rather be anywhere else in the world than washing crud out of my hair, digging crud out from my nails, or \ applying their hands to my bare skin. There is no way in hell I could ever relax enough to make any of this bearable, let alone fun. I do put up with the hair stuff because it only takes a few minutes and hell, I’m not going to cut it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/59 "2013-03-05T01:26:44Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > …The closest worthwhile beaches are in the Caribbean. \The closest worthwhile beaches are 10 feet from my back porch. \ As far as the OP… I don’t get the appeal of pie, or most other desserts for that matter. Home baked apple pie is supposed to be some sort of universal sign of goodness. To me it is just meh. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/60 "2013-03-05T01:56:05Z")
Watching most sports except for ice skating and gymnastics. The outdoors (gardening, camping, picnics, beaches, etc). Reality TV. Parties. Drinking alcoholic beverages - don’t like the taste of ANY of it and don’t like the feeling of an altered state of consciousness. Really, really can’t understand it. Relatives who are wine aficionados tell me “oh, try this one, it’s really sweet” and I’ll take one sip and think it tastes like UNsweet, fermented crap. Flip flops, other sandals - NOT real shoes. 😛 Chocolate chip cookies (especially hard, crunchy ones). Air shows. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028.md?page=4)