# Things that seem to appeal to no one **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234 "2007-08-11T08:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/41 "2007-08-12T20:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Those are just Movies That Suck. Really, who does anyone like in “schmaltzy sentimental” roles? If you mean instead that these movies are evidence that Robin Williams isn’t good at drama, you’re watching the wrong movies. See instead _The Fisher King_, _What Dreams May Come_ (well, hey, that one was schmaltzy and sentimental, and also really good), _One Hour Photo_ and _Insomnia_. [/QUOTE] If you liked _One Hour Photo_ and _Insomnia_, do yourself a favor and check out _Final Cut_. I think Robin Williams’ performance in that was even better than in _Insomnia_, and I adored _Insomnia_. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/42 "2007-08-12T21:02:38Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Nair. There’s not a single woman I know who admits to liking or using this stuff, but for some reason it’s still on the market. Who the fuck is buying it? [/QUOTE] Well, I pretty much just wax everything, but there are certain places I can’t get waxed, that I just use Nair on. I’m only admitting to this because I don’t know most of you people in real life. Also, see Robin Williams in “Dead Poets’ Society” or as I think of it, the “O Captain, my Captain” movie. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/43 "2007-08-12T21:36:45Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] Reminds me of one cable channel in Cleveland with programming that consists almost entirely of services at storefront churches. Single camera, single microphone (probably mounted on the camera), 60-cycle hum throughout, quick trombone zooms, horribly distorted sound, and so on. On many of these shows, one can barely hear the preacher, but the “uh-huh” and “amen” and “that’s right brother” shouts of the audience are overwhelming. I couldn’t imagine the target audience of the channel – I’m imagining it’s elderly black women – even watching. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of shows I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/44 "2007-08-12T21:53:24Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] Also, see Robin Williams in “Dead Poets’ Society” or as I think of it, the “O Captain, my Captain” movie. [/QUOTE] Yes! [QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] If you liked One Hour Photo and Insomnia, do yourself a favor and check out Final Cut. I think Robin Williams’ performance in that was even better than in Insomnia, and I adored Insomnia. [/QUOTE] Will do, Captain! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/45 "2007-08-12T22:37:04Z")
Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/46 "2007-08-12T23:00:16Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the Frail] Who does it appeal to? You can go into a Wendy’s in my hometown and hear awful, dreadful keyboard-and-flute renditions of everything from Bob Seger to Natalie Imbruglia to Michael Jackson. Too crappy to appeal to people who love actual jazz music, but too lame to appeal to people who like listening to the actual music. [/QUOTE] I have a sneaking feeling that it’s deliberate, to keep you hanging around too long: not so obnoxious that you run out screaming without placing an order, like an oompah band rendition of “Too Drunk To Fuck”, but just insidious enough to make you uncomfortable after about 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/47 "2007-08-12T23:43:31Z")
Kwanza. All the black people I’ve ever met celebrate Christmas, but not Kwanza. It seems like a straw-man holiday to me. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/48 "2007-08-13T00:36:34Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] … oompah band rendition of “Too Drunk To Fuck”… [/QUOTE] _Googling furiously…_ ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/49 "2007-08-13T01:25:26Z")
I still don’t believe that people actually use Nair… more than once. WhyNot and Anaamika are making it up. They’re part of the global Nair conspiracy to convince unsuspecting neophytes that chemical burns are fun. I am white. White, white, white, white, white. Nair chapped the skin before it took off the pale hair on my arms. My legs? I have permanent scarring. Fuggedaboudit. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/50 "2007-08-13T02:01:41Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] Kwanza. All the black people I’ve ever met celebrate Christmas, but not Kwanza. It seems like a straw-man holiday to me. [/QUOTE] I have three black coworkers. Only one celebrates it. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/51 "2007-08-13T02:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] I still don’t believe that people actually use Nair… more than once. WhyNot and Anaamika are making it up. They’re part of the global Nair conspiracy to convince unsuspecting neophytes that chemical burns are fun. I am white. White, white, white, white, white. Nair chapped the skin before it took off the pale hair on my arms. My legs? I have permanent scarring. Fuggedaboudit. [/QUOTE] The last time I used it was on my almost-not-there mustache. I guess I left it on too long because I ended up getting really bad chemical burns. I was SO not happy. But I’ve seen enough Nair in people’s medicine cabinets to know that someone still uses it. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/52 "2007-08-13T02:13:28Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] The taste of coffee. People like how coffee looks and smells and the warmth of it and the affect on their bodies. But the stuff tastes like garbage. Why do you think we dump all that other stuff in it? [/QUOTE] You’ve never had good coffee, or you simply don’t like coffee and would likely be happier trying one of the many, _many_ kinds of tea. I, however, _love_ black, rich coffee. No additives. Not even sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/53 "2007-08-13T02:20:36Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the Frail] I think we’ve found a winner. MUZAK. Who does it appeal to? [/QUOTE] It’s not that it appeals to anybody. It’s that it _offends nobody_. In theory, anyway. Our local “light rock” station calls itself, “Your At-Work Station!”, which translates to, “We won’t play anything remotely edgy that might have the slightest chance of offending your customers or easily freaked-out employees.” ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/54 "2007-08-13T02:20:44Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] \ Most of the time, I’m a hairy legged hippie chick, but about four times I year I get the impulse to \shaving six months of hairy hippie chick leg growth? [/QUOTE] Wow, you are the Uber Hippie Chick. You can grow six months worth of leg hair in three months. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/55 "2007-08-13T02:22:04Z")
[QUOTE=Annie] _Googling furiously…_ [/QUOTE] Add the search term ‘Dead Kennedys’ and ‘lyrics’ to filter out some static. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/56 "2007-08-13T02:42:04Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] You’ve never had good coffee, or you simply don’t like coffee and would likely be happier trying one of the many, _many_ kinds of tea. I, however, _love_ black, rich coffee. No additives. Not even sugar. [/QUOTE] Preach it, brother! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/57 "2007-08-13T04:15:16Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] Wow, you are the Uber Hippie Chick. You can grow six months worth of leg hair in three months. 😃 [/QUOTE] 😛 (We really need a better “sassy tongue-sticking out” smilie. Kermit here just ain’t doin’ it for me.) I didn’t say my urges were evenly spaced, Mr. Smarty Pants! ---
**Author:** ![cookeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@cookeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cookeze)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/58 "2007-08-13T06:03:30Z")
“In the Year 2525” The films of Pia Zadora The marching band version of “Stairway to Heaven,” if there is such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/59 "2007-08-13T06:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] I still don’t believe that people actually use Nair… more than once. WhyNot and Anaamika are making it up. They’re part of the global Nair conspiracy to convince unsuspecting neophytes that chemical burns are fun. I am white. White, white, white, white, white. Nair chapped the skin before it took off the pale hair on my arms. My legs? I have permanent scarring. Fuggedaboudit. [/QUOTE] I’ve used Nair much more than once, because I always end up cutting myself and missing little patches on my calves if I shave. But I wear long pants, tights and skirts, or just don’t care about the hair on my legs about 99% of the time, literally, so I haven’t used Nair in ages and haven’t shaved my legs since late April or early May. Still, though, I’ve never gotten a chemical burn; I’ve had much worse skin reactions from applying Queen Helene cocoa butter moisturizer the same day I have to wear powdered latex gloves. (Neither of these things bug me unless I combine them.) ---
**Author:** ![Whifton\_Polekitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@Whifton\_Polekitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whifton_Polekitty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/60 "2007-08-13T07:06:43Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] It’s not that it appeals to anybody. It’s that it _offends nobody_. In theory, anyway… [/QUOTE] 1. My father in law really really likes muzak and easy listening music. The last time I was in a car with him I suffered through not Michael Bolton, but easier-listening covers of Bolton. Painful. 2. Muzak offends me. What did that poor synthesizer do to you that you make it play a sanitized version of “Theme to a Summer’s Place”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234.md?page=4)