# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/101 "2007-08-14T15:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Well, the first thing that leapt to my mind was Nickelback. I don’t know a single person who doesn’t find them hilariously bad. I have to believe someone is out there taking this band seriously, because why else would they play it on the radio? Though to be honest, I feel that way about a lot of today’s rock music… [/QUOTE] I really don’t see why people particularly hate Nickelback. Why are they any worse than Fallout Boy or Linkin Park or whatever? Yeah when you see them the lead singer has a really strange hair thing going on, but their song _Photograph_ is loved by all the young females I know. I despise that song because it sounds like something I would have written in 6th grade, but songs like Rock Star or Never Again aren’t bad. And this is from a person whose favorite bands are Metallica, GnR, Nirvana, and The Misfits. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/102 "2007-08-14T15:04:46Z")
Meant to add an edit to my post to make it relevant: I second the nomination of Muzak. I, who, will choose to listen to almost anything, despise Muzak. Of course, having worked in Muzak corporate headquarters early in my career and having been forced to listen to it during working hours did not help either. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/103 "2007-08-14T15:20:26Z")
> [@](#): > > I really don’t see why people particularly hate Nickelback. Why are they any worse than Fallout Boy or Linkin Park or whatever? I guess because it seems like they are supposed to be appealing to an older audience. I really liked the first hit by Fallout Boy, ‘‘Sugar We’re Going Down,’’ and I enjoy Linkin’ Park in small doses, because they sort of remind me what it was like to be in high school, and you can kind of imagine young kids thinking they’re cool. Nickelback on the other hand, sounds like some 20-something guy who still relates to others in adolescent way, which is just pathetic. This is clearly evidenced by the stirring ballad, ‘‘Photograph’’ which makes me lol everytime I hear it. Because if you listen carefully, the hidden subtext is, ‘‘Man, I was such a drugged-out, law-breaking high-school drop out loser, hahaha those were the times. Good thing I managed to sign a record deal or I’d still be living with my Mom.’’ It’s hard to respect any band after a song like that, which, as you noted, does sound like it was written by a sixth grader. It wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t take themselves so Og darned _seriously._ ETA: Nirvana, now THERE is a melodramatic band that doesn’t take itself too seriously. That’s how alternative _should_ be done. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/104 "2007-08-14T15:22:12Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] But isn’t fruit cake supposed to have, well, FRUIT in it? Not that weird gel stuff. [/QUOTE] That “weird gell stuff” tastes good. I don’t care is it’s candied goat boogers, it tatstes good. I think it is fruit though. Candied fruit. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/105 "2007-08-14T15:32:14Z")
[QUOTE=whole bean] That “weird gell stuff” tastes good. I don’t care is it’s candied goat boogers, it tatstes good. I think it is fruit though. Candied fruit. [/QUOTE] I’ve had cake with actual slices of apple in it, and it was good. I guess I just don’t like “candied” fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/106 "2007-08-14T16:35:38Z")
\*\*Things that seem to appeal to no one \*\* Intestinal parasites ---
**Author:** ![MichaelQReilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MichaelQReilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelQReilly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/107 "2007-08-14T17:01:30Z")
I can’t believe that this thread has gotten to page three and no one has yet to mention sideline reporters. I mean have they ever provided any insight whatsoever? I would make up a generic sideline reporter dialog, but its just too easy to do. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/108 "2007-08-14T17:09:32Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] 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” … [/QUOTE] ::crying with laughter:: Re: circus peanuts. They are slightly banana-flavored. For reals. I saw one of those Food Network shows on them. My mom loves them and has gotten my sister’s dog to the point where she thinks they are her doggie treats. I have a weird family. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/109 "2007-08-14T17:12:17Z")
My best friend _loves_ Nickleback. I had to seriously reconsider the relationship when she proudly showed me the dvds and explained the creepy lead singer is “just her type”. Ugh. Double ugh. I mostly pretend I never learned that fact about her. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/110 "2007-08-14T18:31:49Z")
[QUOTE=cookeze] “In the Year 2525” … [/QUOTE] I loved that song when it came out ( I was 10?) I still have a soft spot for it. Feel free to pile on. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/111 "2007-08-14T19:07:37Z")
In the pointless interviews category, does anyone really care what the contestants on game shows do for a living or how many kids they have or that they have an “interesting” hobby that involves collecting antique gumball machines? Also, video game levels with slick icy floors. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/112 "2007-08-14T19:08:55Z")
I absolutely love “Beautiful Music” aka easy listening… A few years ago, I was playing _The Sims_, and realized I actually liked the background music in the construction screen. I found a Beautiful Music station on my Direct TV system, and I started listening to it all the time. Even better, I just found a Catholic station on the web so I now listen to it at my desk all afternoon (I stream Dennis Miller in the mornings). Plus, I get my daily prayer rations (giggle…) I despise silence, and it’s the perfect background music, calming, and it’s fun to sing along in my head with super-schmaltzy versions of pop hits. But I also like “soft-tastic 70s” pop music, along with Mose Allison, Donald Fagen, Bill Monroe and the Allman Brothers. And Poison, Frank Sinatra and Jackson Browne. And many, many, many others… “Lite-Rock” is a different animal (Faith Hill, Gloria Esterfan, the Elton John “Lion King” years, etc.), which should be taken out back and shot… ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/113 "2007-08-14T19:11:18Z")
[QUOTE=Pithy Moniker] In the pointless interviews category, does anyone really care what the contestants on game shows do for a living or how many kids they have or that they have an “interesting” hobby that involves collecting antique gumball machines? [/QUOTE] My wife does. She absolutely doesn’t understand why I want to channel surf during that part. Really, I’m convinced there isn’t anything that **somebody** doesn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/114 "2007-08-14T19:17:26Z")
Tijuana Mama Pickled Sausage. [http://www.conagrafoods.com/consumer/brands/brand\_info.jsp?cookietest=true&page=big\_mama\_sausage](http://www.conagrafoods.com/consumer/brands/brand_info.jsp?cookietest=true&page=big_mama_sausage) I have seen this in every gas station and convience store since I can remember. Last week I decided to try one. I took one tiny taste, the smell was already repusling me, as soon as the “meat” touched my tongue I instinctively spit it out. Thank you evolution. I had the bad taste in my mouth the rest of the day. It’s everywhere so somebody must like these mutant “sausages.” Regarding fruit cake. If it is homemade, with fresh fruits that you like, it is heavenly. The store bought stuff with the candied fruits should be illegal. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/115 "2007-08-14T23:52:49Z")
[QUOTE=Tahssa] Tijuana Mama Pickled Sausage. > **[Home | Conagra Brands](https://www.conagrabrands.com/?cookietest=true&page=big_mama_sausage)** > > Conagra Brands: Creating Delicious Food for Today and Beyond I have seen this in every gas station and convience store since I can remember. Last week I decided to try one. I took one tiny taste, the smell was already repusling me, as soon as the “meat” touched my tongue I instinctively spit it out. Thank you evolution. I had the bad taste in my mouth the rest of the day. It’s everywhere so somebody must like these mutant “sausages.” [/QUOTE] Oh God, you didn’t just say that. I love Tijuana Mamas although I admit I have only met a few other people in my life that like them and have rarely seen anyone else buy one. They may be an acquired taste but they are a lot like wine. One snack pairing may call for a Tijuana Mama and another for a similar Firecracker but that takes experience and a refined palate that most people admittedly don’t have. Some people just don’t have the sophisication to appreciate finer ingredients. For the Tijuana Mama, those include: “Mechanically Separated Chicken, pork, pork hearts, water, beef, spices, soy protein concentrate, salt, corn syrup, flavorings, paprika, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, red 40.” My mouth is watering right now. I may have to run to the gas station. Those things keep forever since they are simply embalmed miscellaneous meat wastes so maybe that is why you always see them. They may have been there since the store opened. I sure do love them though although I have seen plenty of people do the instinctual gag and spit after I offered to share. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/116 "2007-08-15T00:03:21Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] Oh God, you didn’t just say that. I love Tijuana Mamas although I admit I have only met a few other people in my life that like them and have rarely seen anyone else buy one. They may be an acquired taste but they are a lot like wine. One snack pairing may call for a Tijuana Mama and another for a similar Firecracker but that takes experience and a refined palate that most people admittedly don’t have. Some people just don’t have the sophisication to appreciate finer ingredients. For the Tijuana Mama, those include: “Mechanically Separated Chicken, pork, pork hearts, water, beef, spices, soy protein concentrate, salt, corn syrup, flavorings, paprika, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, red 40.” [/QUOTE] 😃 Gross. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/117 "2007-08-15T00:11:51Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] 😃 Gross. [/QUOTE] (Wow. I am a slow typist/editor.) I was just studying the ingredient list…why are “pork” and “pork hearts” listed separately? Why didn’t they list all that “pork” entails: anu- er, nevermind. And why is paprika listed alongside “spices”? And what won’t they put corn syrup in? And aren’t you glad for the food coloring…can you imagine what the natural color of this…snack…must be? I wonder what is meant by “flavorings”? Usually it would say “natural” or “artificial”. Hmm. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/118 "2007-08-15T01:37:06Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] (Wow. I am a slow typist/editor.) I was just studying the ingredient list…why are “pork” and “pork hearts” listed separately? Why didn’t they list all that “pork” entails: anu- er, nevermind. And why is paprika listed alongside “spices”? And what won’t they put corn syrup in? And aren’t you glad for the food coloring…can you imagine what the natural color of this…snack…must be? I wonder what is meant by “flavorings”? Usually it would say “natural” or “artificial”. Hmm. Enjoy. [/QUOTE] I think you would have to go to an official hot vinegared sausage product tasting to understand all those nuances. In high school, I worked in a supermarket and the hottest girl in the school was a cashier there as well. She loved Tijuana Mamas as much as I did and we would sit in the break room while I would naw and mine and she would just kind of suck on hers. We never did anything else but I still consider it a 25% score. Then again, she was one of the best deer hunters around and she butchered them herself. Maybe it takes a certain type. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/119 "2007-08-15T01:44:57Z")
Lindsey Lohan. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234/120 "2007-08-15T02:34:22Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] Lindsey Lohan. [/QUOTE] I’d do her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-appeal-to-no-one/415234.md?page=7)