# Things That Are Overrated **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505 "2013-01-27T01:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/21 "2013-01-27T04:11:29Z")
Can’t say I ever thought of potato salad as being rated that highly in the first place. Lobster, maybe. Cupcakes. Demerol. 3D movies. The Smartest Board on the Internet. > [@Oakminster](#): > > Liberalism. You’re doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/22 "2013-01-27T04:13:53Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Liberalism. I agree. Also conservatism. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/23 "2013-01-27T04:27:40Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > Well obviously you’re not a black man because they love long hair so much. hope you’re joking. I have never, in my whole life, heard a black man say this. I’ve heard lots of black women say it, but never once a man. A co-worker went out to lunch with another co-worker, a young Hispanic lady with waist-length hair, and they were followed back to the office by 3 black women loudly proclaiming he was only with her because of the hair; the dude is gay, and last time I saw his lover the guy had a crew cut. ps: we never talk about your nails, either. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/24 "2013-01-27T04:37:04Z")
Shallots Real gemstones Sex the first time Movies with quirky characters that are critically acclaimed (IE: almost anything by Terrence Malick) McMansions Absolute vodka Facebook Christmas Haunted houses with lots of animatronics Texas Left-handed pitchers in MLB Taylor Swift ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/25 "2013-01-27T05:05:42Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > hope you’re joking. I have never, in my whole life, heard a black man say this. I’ve heard lots of black women say it, but never once a man. [“Hair long. Money long. Me and broke niggas, we don’t get along!”](https://twitter.com/2ChainzLyrics/status/266208911680487425)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/26 "2013-01-27T05:54:34Z")
Chunks of chocolate in ice cream. They are not tasty. They are not fun. They are hard and waxy. The most perfect ice cream is breyers triple chocolate with a dollop of thick caramel. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/27 "2013-01-27T09:52:05Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > hope you’re joking. I have never, in my whole life, heard a black man say this. K well are you a woman with long hair who dates black men? Obviously not because if you were, you’d have heard it eleventy billion times. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/28 "2013-01-27T10:41:02Z")
Texas, faithfool? I hardly know a soul who doesn’t throw up in their mouth when that wretched state is mentioned. Maybe they’re STILL overrating it, and they should be performing seppeku when it’s mentioned instead. ---
**Author:** ![Purple\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@Purple\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purple_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/29 "2013-01-27T11:27:12Z")
Meh, my first post may as well be a rant. Ok - things that I see as being overrated: Liking indie/non-mainstream music _because_ it’s indie/non-mainstream. Sure, a lot of mainstream music sucks, but some of it doesn’t, and IMHO you shouldn’t dislike a musician/band because of how commercial they are. Peanut butter and jelly. PB belongs with a chocolate spread (I have a feeling I may get slated for that one). Warm weather. TV shows about some _adorably quirky_ protagonist who just comes off as being extremely annoying (e.g _New Girl_), and who inevitably ends up living with/being with someone who is ‘hot’ and ‘cool’. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/30 "2013-01-27T11:47:25Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > [“Hair long. Money long. Me and broke niggas, we don’t get along!”](https://twitter.com/2ChainzLyrics/status/266208911680487425)😃 Well Jamie, you just took it to a new level! Most of those dudes love long hair on women but don’t actually want it themselves. I did have that happen once, with a former crip from L.A. He was running his fingers through my hair all lovingly (which they all do) but then says all wistfully, “I miss my long hair…” I was dying. I would say that’s when I realized me and dude had nothing in common, but I had actually realized it long before that (still my buddy though!). ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/31 "2013-01-27T12:06:39Z")
Red wine. (actually, most alcoholic drinks) Dr Who. Quentin Tarantino. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/32 "2013-01-27T12:08:36Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > I think the Porsche 911 is over-rated. The CEO of the company, Ernst Furmann, wanted to dump the model in the 1970s, but the Porsche family (mostly Ferdinand Piech) fought it because it was the last model designed by one of the family (Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche, who just passed late last year). By the 80s, Fuhrmann had been pushed out and a new CEO brought in who spent tons of money and research re-vamping the model, culminating in the 993-derivation that showed up in 1994. > > But Fuhrmann was right - Porsche’s best work has been the cars they’ve designed without being restricted to the 911. The mid-engine 914, the 944/968, the 928, even the Boxster/Cayman have all been dynamically superior and potentially better cars - and Porsche always hamstrung them so the flagship 911 would stay on top. The cars that came after the 993 are basically 911-shaped versions of what Fuhrmann wanted to do in the 70s: water-cooled, high horsepower, luxury GTs. rather too complicated for the spirit of this thread but absolutely correct. There is a solid case to be made for both the Boxster and MX5 to be the best sports cars of last 50 years in terms of simple bang-for buck and elegant execution. In general, over-complicated and fancified stuff is often over-rated. So for me - Tropical beach holidays, new years eve, fancy dress parties ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/33 "2013-01-27T12:40:30Z")
Champagne Diamonds Big Bang Theory. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/34 "2013-01-27T12:55:25Z")
Beer Diamonds Having big boobs Wealth Fame Sports Grad School Ivy Leagues Dance/club music _The Princess Bride_. Yes, I went there. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/35 "2013-01-27T13:04:19Z")
Boobs are never over rated. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/36 "2013-01-27T13:05:39Z")
everyone else’s opinion ---
**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:** [January 27, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/37 "2013-01-27T13:32:33Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Boobs are never over rated. Notice I said _having_ big boobs. For the person with the boobs, yes, I think having big boobs is overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/38 "2013-01-27T13:39:13Z")
I’d like to have a few boobs close to me. Big, small… I am easily pleased 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Purple\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@Purple\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purple_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/39 "2013-01-27T14:07:39Z")
Lol I’ll add another for any Brits on here – Chelsea football club. And as someone with mid-sized boobs, I am ambivalent on the issue. Though I do know someone with a 38E bra size who complains about black eyes when jogging. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/40 "2013-01-27T14:24:25Z")
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