# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/61 "2013-03-05T02:35:40Z")
Tiramisu. I don’t get it. It’s edible, I guess, but I don’t even drink coffee. Yet people expect you to swoon over the mere thought of tiramisu. Is there something mental going on with it? Is it some sort of big boy dessert to some people that they’re rewarded with only once they’ve reached a certain age and have been waiting for it half their life? Or are they nuts from caffeine combined with sugar and fat? I’d rather just get a slice of cheesecake, or just about any other dessert. ---
**Author:** ![Kepler1571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@Kepler1571](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepler1571)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/62 "2013-03-05T02:48:15Z")
Small talk and scotch. I’ve tried to acquire both tastes for 30 years, but they are still as awful as the first sip. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/63 "2013-03-05T02:52:52Z")
Buffets or “All You Can Eat” type places. Jeans. I hate them. Not the way they look but the way they feel. They’re uncomfortable! ---
**Author:** ![Kepler1571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@Kepler1571](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepler1571)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/64 "2013-03-05T02:55:48Z")
Jazz since 1958. ---
**Author:** ![Kepler1571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/db5fbb/32.png) [@Kepler1571](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepler1571)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/65 "2013-03-05T02:57:35Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Buffets or “All You Can Eat” type places. I always feel too much pressure. Everything I eat lowers my unit cost. Must. Have. More. Pork Fritters. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/66 "2013-03-05T03:00:40Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Watching most sports except for… None. In certain situations, I feel like I am committing blasphemy or something when I get asked who I like in “the game” and I answer with “what game?”. As a young man who likes to work out, many people assume I must like to watch sports as well. Nothing could be further from the truth. ---
**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 5, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/67 "2013-03-05T03:09:30Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Cold water beaches and coastline. That includes every single beach north of Virginia on the East Coast and all West Coast beaches in the U.S. by my definition. I love the ocean and swimming but I hate cold water. The beaches are just the doorway to that. If the water is cold, that makes the whole thing about as useful to me as a Wal-Mart parking lot on a Saturday night but not as much fun. Some people fall all over themselves and pay big money to go to beaches ranging from Cape Cod to Washington state. I won’t be one of them. The closest worthwhile beaches are in the Caribbean. He’s right, dammit! I live in L.A. and not only is the ocean cold for swimming, but it also makes for colder temps the closer you are to the coast. Come to think of it, that does have its advantages in that the entire coastal region up to several miles in is much more comfortable than, say, the San Fernando Valley. The downside is that it frequently happens that you decide to head for the beach on a day that’s warm where you are, only to find that it’s 10 or 15 degrees cooler in Santa Monica. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/68 "2013-03-05T03:29:21Z")
Visual porn. Seriously. I just am not interested in seeing naked or partially naked bodies no matter what they are doing. Most TV- dramas or sitcoms-especially shows where characters are mean or rude to each other. I wouldn’t have these people for friends, why should I let them in my house? Romance novels. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/69 "2013-03-05T11:01:10Z")
Beer (I do enjoy wine and the occasional apple, pear etc. spirit, though). Sports club fandom (I occasionally enjoy watching a good soccer game but am not emotionally invested in who wins. Also I don’t see what our national team in a particular sport has got to do with our nation.) Driving for pleasure rather than getting from A to B Parties (as opposed to get-togethers of small groups where you can _talk_. I abhor events where you have a choice between shouting and shutting up). Dancing. TV (I used to watch TV in my youth; in the last decades programming seems to have become more and more vacuous. When my SO’s TV died I gave her my TV that had not been switched on for five years.) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/70 "2013-03-05T14:02:37Z")
> [@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… It’s the current dry skin treatment. Bacon grease used to be popular, but they don’t get much bacon lately. Most ‘beef’ served here is mostly soy. But they do get real chicken, and it comes with a somewhat greasy gravy. ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/71 "2013-03-05T15:18:45Z")
Back when I was working in the admin department of a call center, people seemed inordinately obsessed with _American Idol_ , _Dancing With the Stars_ and _The Bachelor_. They looked at me like I was some kind of alien when I indicated that I not just didn’t watch these shows, I actively avoided them. (No offense, fans, I just find all the drama very stressful and hate to see people criticized and demoralized.) I do watch _Survivor_ however which may be just as bad. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/72 "2013-03-05T15:34:49Z")
> [@romadea](#): > > It’s so reaffirming to hear from someone who hates all the things that I hate. How do you feel about horseradish? Twitter? Hugh Grant? I hate horseradish! I think I might even be allergic. Twitter - meh Hugh Grant is a sleazeball but he has a couple of good movies. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/73 "2013-03-05T15:35:51Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > Back when I was working in the admin department of a call center, people seemed inordinately obsessed with _American Idol_ , _Dancing With the Stars_ and _The Bachelor_. I can’t believe people still watch these shows. They were kind of a novelty in their first seasons but after that they each got old, repetitive, and dumber the longer they stayed on the air. Same for the crap that is The Apprentice, Biggest Loser, Amazing Race, Project Runway, etc. After watching one season why would you ever watch another? ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/74 "2013-03-05T15:42:01Z")
Fantasy [insert sport of choice here] Sports fanaticism Celebrity gossip/shows/fanaticism 50 Shades of Meh ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/75 "2013-03-05T15:45:53Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Some people really love driving. Just the act itself is enjoyable and relaxing. I don’t have that gene. Driving is just a way to get where I’m going and if I were ever a billionaire, hiring someone to drive me everywhere 24/7 would be one of the first things I would do. You need the right car. I’m one of those people that can just get out and drive, and I typically have some sort of convertible around (Boxster S currently) for when it’s nice out. My thing is swimming. I learned how, of course, but it’s not my idea of a good time. Heck, it’s why I’ve never done a triathlon and stuck with marathoning. Insanely spicy food. I’m okay with something that has a kick, but I don’t consider “pain” a flavor additive. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/76 "2013-03-05T16:10:47Z")
Collecting things. I don’t get the attraction of having things for the sole purpose of telling people, “Hey. Look at the shit I have.” The closest I ever came was maybe records, or books. But the only reason I ever had anything approximating a collection of either is because I don’t throw them away after I listen to/read them. My mother has this collection of crystals – little figurines/animals/designs, all pretty tasteful, not gawdy. But they just sit there in a cabinet and maybe somebody glances a them once a month or so. And yet … there they are. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/77 "2013-03-05T16:45:38Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > My mother has this collection of crystals – little figurines/animals/designs, all pretty tasteful, not gawdy. But they just sit there in a cabinet and maybe somebody glances a them once a month or so. And yet … there they are. I don’t get it. Oh! You remind me. Those [Pandora bracelets](http://www.pancharmbracelets.com/?track_id=691&gclid=CJGc9-OB5rUCFQWFnQodl0QA4A). One, I don’t think they’re pretty. And two, no one is interested in your life story expressed in jewelry. They have this commercial where two women in an airport meet for the first time and strike up a conversation because apparently one of them has the desire to hear the meaning behind all the charms on the other’s bracelet. Uh no, I don’t think that has ever, ever happened. And why would you want it to? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/78 "2013-03-05T18:02:55Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > 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… Have you ever driven one as opposed to sitting on the back? The few times I’ve ridden as passenger it’s been a frightful experience, and I’ve been a motorcyclist for over 40 years. Earplugs and a nice helmet can make your ride more pleasant. Before a long ride, eat a couple of Advil; it helps. ---
**Author:** ![romadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@romadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romadea)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/79 "2013-03-05T18:05:02Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I can’t believe people still watch these shows. They were kind of a novelty in their first seasons but after that they each got old, repetitive, and dumber the longer they stayed on the air. Same for the crap that is The Apprentice, Biggest Loser, Amazing Race, Project Runway, etc. After watching one season why would you ever watch another? I’ve never been able to sit through an entire episode of American Idol, and it’s been on the air for almost half my life. > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Collecting things. I don’t get the attraction of having things for the sole purpose of telling people, “Hey. Look at the shit I have.”… I don’t think that’s why people collect things. I mean, I don’t collect things either so I also don’t really get it, but I’ve always been of the opinion that it’s a manifestation of some vestigial instinctive behavior. I have no real basis for this idea other than the fact that people who collect things always make me think of a squirrel stashing acorns or some shit. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028/80 "2013-03-05T18:05:57Z")
> [@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? Seeing the game played at the highest level. I only watch professional sports. Even college sports is like watching peewee league for me because most of the players aren’t good enough to even make the cut of a professional team, let alone excel at the pro level. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-seem-to-really-enjoy-that-you-dont-appreciate/652028.md?page=5)