” was added for the purposes of some friendly character assassination. I would not even attempt to discuss the matter with someone under the influence of a perception skewing substances-- like popular opinion.)
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### Author:  [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/8 "2002-07-11T15:56:53Z")
Coffee. I’ve gotten more tolerant of this one but in high school I wouldn’t even go into a coffee shop because they smell so bad. I I’m from Seattle - the home of Starbucks. The city with a coffee shop on every corner.
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/9 "2002-07-11T16:43:31Z")
The Beach. _Any_ beach. When I was a kid my grandmother and some of her sisters had apartments overlooking the boardwalk in Atlantic City, and my sister and I would spend some of our summers there. Cannot think of anything I hated more than lying out there on a blanket iwith all the hot sun and sand and occasionally dipping into the cold dirty water . . . I usually spent my time on the boardwalk (back when it _was_ a boardwalk, in the lovely, fun pre-casino days!).
Upside: no sun damage, no wrinkles!
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### Author:  [@XCchick22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XCchick22)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/10 "2002-07-11T16:50:44Z")
I’m with you there **jacksen9** , I hated that movie for numerous reasons that I have written down and explained to everyone I know that liked it. There were a ton of plot holes.
Also I hate windchimes. Everyone I know thinks the sound is soothing. It just grates on my nerves, and I usually end up having to leave the area.
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### Author:  [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/11 "2002-07-11T16:51:37Z")
Walmart - Ok, so I know that not everybody else loves it, but at least 10 times as many people will sing it’s praises, than complain about it. My boyfriend does not understand my absolute hatred for that store.
Similar to Eve, laying out. A nice tan is fine, every once in awhile, I suppose(definitely not a requirement), but it had better happen by a faster method, or accidentally, just because I happen to be out in the sun enough, doing something that I actually DO enjoy, while getting it. I like lounging, I like relaxing, but laying out is neither of these things. It’s long, boring, and mentally painful(physically, as well, as I do have a tendency to burn).
~V
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### Author:  [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/12 "2002-07-11T16:53:37Z")
I know I’ll get flamed for this later but, I hate cheese. I hate it with all of my being. I despise its existance. As soon as I take over the world, all cheese will be ban. _shiver_ I hate that crap…
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### Author:  [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/13 "2002-07-11T16:55:35Z")
The beach. I cannot understand why people flock by the hundreds to sit/lie on an uncomfortable surface, swim in an unchlorinated bottom of water, and get harassed by drunken guys.
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### Author:  [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/14 "2002-07-11T16:58:02Z")
You’re not alone, **P@cific**.
I watched Fight Club after one of my friends–whose taste in movies I usually share–kept on ranting and raving about it. He claimed that not only was the movie entertaining, but that it carried some deeper, esoteric meaning. . .something new and radical that meant something.
I found it only mildly entertaining. As for the philosophical significance. . .well, I could see where it was supposed to be. I could see what my friend was talking about. But you know what? It didn’t seem all that deep or significant to me. It sounded like the sum of a bunch of disgruntled conversations that my best friend and I had over the years. The whole thing struck me as sophomoric. Because of that pretense, I thoroughly hate the movie. Makes me think that if I channeled all MY bitching and “deep” teenage ideas into a movie, I could make a jillion dollars.
Now, as for something else. . .I never liked the X-Files. I hate-hate-hate coffee, even the smell. And I don’t like getting a tan or sunbathing. Oh yeah…and IMHO, blondes DON’T have more fun.
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### Author:  [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/15 "2002-07-11T17:03:25Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by booklover \*
> \*\*swim in an unchlorinated bottom of water \*\*
For those of you wondering, that was the outcome of mentally combining “a body of water” with “a place where you can’t see the bottom”. The human brain is sometimes stunningly inept.
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### Author:  [@Rug\_Burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rug_Burn)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/16 "2002-07-11T17:08:51Z")
I hate religious people that feel the need to share, witness, convert, whatever, there views on me either directly or indirectly. You found Jesus? Great, keep it to yourself!
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### Author:  [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/17 "2002-07-11T17:18:18Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Wearia \*
> \*\*I know I’ll get flamed for this later but, I hate cheese. I hate it with all of my being. I despise its existance. As soon as I take over the world, all cheese will be ban. _shiver_ I hate that crap… \*\*
_ **Behold… the power of cheese!!!** _
(I’m sorry, couldn’t help myself! Thanks for the confirmation **Angel**!) 😃
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### Author:  [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/18 "2002-07-11T17:22:47Z")
Taco Bell - And their little commercials, too.
Boy Bands/Britney/Britney clones - Ok, so they have their vocal
detractors, but they’re still _way_ too popular.
Krispy Kreme - These are not real donuts.
White Castle - At least, everyone in St. Louis seems to love it.
SUV’s - Glorified station wagons if you ask me.
Farrelly (sp?) Brothers movies - Dumb & Dumber, Kingpin, etc.
Adam Sandler Movies - He _used_ to be funny.
The Big Lebowski - Two hours of my life I will never get back.
Conversely, I’m the only person I know who really liked The Cell.
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### Author:  [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/19 "2002-07-11T17:46:13Z")
Fish and seafood - gag me. Yes i’ve tried it, NO I don’t like it! Awful, nasty stuff.
Most TV. I’ve never watched Buffy or the X files. So don’t try and discuss them with me.
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/20 "2002-07-11T18:28:03Z")
Jim Carey in all forms
Krispy Kreme lard rings
most all movies
most all television, especially “Whos contrived, pained, rehearsed Line is it anyway?”
Dogs and cats. Especially cats.
Gum, coffee and anything you smoke
rap, show tunes, R&B, dance, techno, boy bands
gee, i guess most everything, really! 😃
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“Nobody enjoys a good laugh as much as I do, except for my wife and a few of her friends” - G.C., M.P.F.C.
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