# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![bhamfree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@bhamfree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bhamfree)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/121 "2013-01-30T02:22:03Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > What I think is overrated: > > Sex under water > Beer > Long hair > Thong underwear > Professional sports > Those Twilight kids > California > Potato salad > Obviously, YMMV. What do you think is overrated? What are you crazy? Beer and potato salad are awesome. Especially together. ---
**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 30, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/122 "2013-01-30T03:30:11Z")
> [@bhamfree](#): > > What are you crazy? Beer and potato salad are awesome. Especially together. I’m thinking a beer-potato salad float might go down nice.🆒 (Actually, Guinness cake/ice-cream floats are awesome) ---
**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:** [January 30, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/123 "2013-01-30T03:41:48Z")
Stairway to Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/124 "2013-01-30T03:45:06Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Stairway to Heaven. Stairway to Heaven and The Beatles are two of the few things that are both amazingly awesome yet also overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_E.Nixon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@Richard\_E.Nixon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_E.Nixon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/125 "2013-01-30T09:23:39Z")
The Cosby Show ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/126 "2013-01-30T17:42:05Z")
Obama’s speeches. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/127 "2013-01-30T19:06:27Z")
Truffles. Not worth the expense-you can get a close approximation by chopping up raw champignon mushrooms, and only lightly cooking them. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/128 "2013-01-30T19:37:55Z")
Whole Foods. The stuff they have that’s decent is mostly way overpriced (meat/seafood/produce), and a lot of their prepared foods just really aren’t that good. A few times I’ve bought a hot or ready-to-cook meal that looked and sounded fantastic, but tasted mediocre at best. Plus, their CEO is a douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/129 "2013-01-31T07:45:03Z")
Bohemian Rhapsody. There I said it. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/130 "2013-01-31T08:39:02Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > The Beatles > _Get a Life_ > Alcohol-based hand sanitizers > _E.T._ > Harley Davidson motorcycles > American football > Bon Iver > Samuel Adams beers (all but the seasonal cranberry lambic, which is awesome) > > And … The Beatles Man, you must really hate _Get A Life_ if you think it was overrated. Surely even you can agree that _Cabin Boy_ was a timeless masterpiece, though. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/131 "2013-01-31T10:53:45Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Bohemian Rhapsody. There I said it. Not bad. But I think David Sedaris is overrated. There. I said _that_. I think your idol sucks, liberal nerds! Signed, Liberal Nerd Traitor Extraordinaire ---
**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 31, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/132 "2013-01-31T11:38:28Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Not bad. But I think David Sedaris is overrated. There. I said _that_. I think your idol sucks, liberal nerds! > > Signed, > Liberal Nerd Traitor Extraordinaire :eek: Take it back! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/133 "2013-01-31T14:51:44Z")
The US Constitution. It was a nice start, but seriously, it’s a little out of date. Skydiving. It’s a nice experience, but hardly orgasmic. Guy Fieri (Diner culture overall, in fact) Truffles. They’re nice and all, but still… Jack White Harleys > [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Any art more abstract than Paul Cezanne but in particular Jackson Pollack and Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol wasn’t an abstract artist, and it’s Jackson **Pollock**. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/134 "2013-01-31T15:24:27Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Skydiving. It’s a nice experience, but hardly orgasmic. Didn’t go for the “tandem jump with full release,” I take it. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/135 "2013-01-31T21:54:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > :eek: > > Take it back! Never. NEVER! ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/136 "2013-02-01T01:04:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > The US Constitution. It was a nice start, but seriously, it’s a little out of date. > Skydiving. It’s a nice experience, but hardly orgasmic. > Guy Fieri (Diner culture overall, in fact) > Truffles. They’re nice and all, but still… > Jack White > Harleys > > Andy Warhol wasn’t an abstract artist, and it’s Jackson **Pollock**. But they are both overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/137 "2013-02-01T01:55:35Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Never. NEVER! But, but… I had to pull my car over to the side of the road when I first heard “The Rooster”! Was I wrong? Was I mislead? Shit. Now I need some self-examination. There’s not enough bourbon to help this situation. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/138 "2013-02-01T05:24:04Z")
Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/139 "2013-02-01T05:53:50Z")
Rush ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505/140 "2013-02-01T06:17:29Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > But they are both overrated. Naah. Maybe Warhol. _Maybe_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-are-overrated/648505.md?page=8)