# Things you HATE that everyone else seems to like **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424 "2002-07-11T14:57:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Honesty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/81 "2002-07-14T18:04:45Z")
Harry Potter. I don’t get it. Its stupid, trite, and done so many times its ridiculous. The whole series is the metaphorical Mojo Jojo of the fantasy genre. None of these people have done any reasonable research into really “good” fantasy. I just want to beat them with on the head with a hardcover copy of “American Gods” by Neil Gaimen. Even more to the point, any Valdemar book by Mercedes Lackey easily outclasses anything in the genre that this Rowling chick could ever come out with. I hope Harry Potter dies in the next book. ---
**Author:** ![sKipping\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sKipping\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sKipping_girl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/82 "2002-07-15T01:28:14Z")
I PASSIONATELY HATE HOLDENS… argh… oh and for all of those who don’t know what Holdens are, they are the most evil, annoying cars in australia… and i don’t understand why i seem to be the only person who actually hates them!!! arrrgh!!! can’t you people see how beeeautiful Fords are??? i would like to burn every single monaro, commodore and gemini and all the yobbos who drive them… grrr… damn the Holdens!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/83 "2002-07-15T02:11:07Z")
I don’t like coffee or beer. Coffee makes me physically ill, beer just tastes horrible. I also dislike sushi. YECH. I don’t like the Beatles. Saying I HATE them would be a little much, I suppose, but I could go the rest of my life without ever listening to the Beatles again and be perfectly happy. I used to work in a bookstore, and we got a stereo to pipe calm music to the store. However, we didn’t have any calm music yet, so one of my coworkers brought in every Beatles album ever and proceeded to play them to us. After a couple CDs, I was going nuts and turned it off. He was totally irate, and became more so when I told him that I didn’t like the Beatles and would much prefer no music than boring, bubble-gum tripe. (I think I said it nicer than that, though.) I love _Fight Club_, though! The special features DVD has the transcript of an interview with Edward Norton on it, and he says that a lot of people assumed that the premise of the movie is that Fight Club and Brad Pitt are _good_ things; actually, the opposite is true. Being a Space Monkey and following unquestioningly is never good. The perspective of the movie (ie, as told by Jack) makes this a difficult message to pick up on, though. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/84 "2002-07-15T03:59:53Z")
2 story houses. Or 3 story houses. You know, houses with more than one level. People will go out of their way to buy a house with stairs. What’s so great about stairs? You have to lug stuff up and down them. You have to lug yourself up and down them. Should you live in your house long enough to get old and feeble you won’t be able to get to half your house. I hate houses with stairs. (sigh, why am I living in one??) ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/85 "2002-07-15T05:29:56Z")
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who hates to hear people immitate or parody the catch-phrases or speaking styles of certain popular Hollywood characters. “Like, that’s so grooovy, man . . . shagadelic!” “Ah’ll be back.” Grrr . . . I’m also with the people who hate fish, sunshine, reality TV, and the beach. Oh yeah, I almost forgot–I seem to be the only person who likes to drink but hates thick brown foreign beers. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/86 "2002-07-15T06:14:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\*I love _Fight Club_, though! The special features DVD has the transcript of an interview with Edward Norton on it, and he says that a lot of people assumed that the premise of the movie is that Fight Club and Brad Pitt are _good_ things; actually, the opposite is true. Being a Space Monkey and following unquestioningly is never good. The perspective of the movie (ie, as told by Jack) makes this a difficult message to pick up on, though. \*\* \ The appeal of _Fight Club_ to me is that it repeatedly asks the question: who are you? and keeps unfolding different answers. \ Oh, and **Mephisto** , although I like a good porter or stout occasionally, I hate it when people keep knocking “American” beer. American beer is simply lager, and I **like** lager. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/87 "2002-07-15T12:28:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squish \* > \*\* > Ever? Never, ever, ever? Not even in the 13th hour of the 13th day of the 13th month when there’s a blue moon? > > Really? :eek: \*\* I do not like sex. I do not like it in the bed. I do not like it in a shed. I do not like it with males or females. I do not like it in my e-mails. I do not like it in the park. I do not like it after dark. I do not like it in the pool. I do not like it with a fool. I would not like it with ALW. Or even with George Dubya. I would not like it if I got paid. I simply do not like getting laid. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/88 "2002-07-15T18:21:05Z")
LOL! Okey-dokey… Can I have your share, then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/89 "2002-07-15T19:07:51Z")
Kansas City: Of course some people here hate it too, but probably not on my level (and I came from Las Vegas!). But the majority of people here think this city is God’s gift to the United States. And I don’t think I’m lying when I say that KC has some of the worst drivers anywhere. Knowing my luck, though, I’ll live here until I’m 99 or something. Driving: Or perhaps it’s just driving with other people around. Now I know I’m the only person who dislikes this when I say: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings movie: I don’t HATE this movie, but I don’t find the appeal. The only other people who say the same are those that hate Fantasy anyway, but I like fantasy movies! I tried to like this movie. I even went to see it twice! But it’s waaay too long, the fans are too rabid, and it could have ended ten minutes before the actual ending. Plus, I felt Elijah Woods played Frodo like a little wimp. Could they have had any more shots of the ring or Frodo’s wide blue eyes? Shit, I don’t think so! I couldn’t really get into the books, either. Dogs: Like LOTR, I don’t HATE them, but they do annoy me. I never realized how much they annoyed me until I worked at an animal hospital. ---
**Author:** ![EmbarrassingDad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/embarrassingdad/32/5441_2.png) [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/90 "2002-07-15T21:07:20Z")
THINGS I HATE THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE LIKE: sitcoms (especially friends) oprah, springer, sally, rikki, etc. judge judy, hatchett, wopner, etc soap operas (like 90210, melrose, etc) the regular soaps too buffy, sabrina, etc. star trek anything on the sci-fi channel cops (real ones not the show) sushi summer (88 outside, 72 inside=me) show tunes hip-hop boy bands & teen idols religion THINGS I HATE MORE THAN I PROBABLY SHOULD girls who wear jeans under their dresses or skirts goths BUT I LOVE CHEESE!!! “hanker for a hunk-a slab-a slice-a chunk-a” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/91 "2002-07-15T21:32:30Z")
**Network television**. Especially “news” shows and sitcoms. **Journey**. Rant, rant, rant, rant. Every stinking dance I went to from 7th to 12th grade ended with “Lights.” God I hate that song. **American Beauty**. Hollywood version of a controversial film. Oooohh, look at us, we said masturbation in a movie, we’re being artistic. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/92 "2002-07-15T22:04:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sirtonyh \* > **England** > > [/Start Ranting and Raving] > I’m English and live here, and let me tell you this place is the pits. Bad weather, bad food, depressing TV, even more depressing music scene and a world leader in most of the “isms”; racism, sexism, elitism etc. > Damn, I miss America > [/End Ranting and Raving] I simply could not agree more. It really drives me to distraction to think so many Americans, who have the privilege of living in God’s own country, actually bother to come here to this dumb, sad, damp little rock for visits. If only they knew what’s it like to live here in this, the stupidest nation in Europe, where the highest taxation and prices meet the lowest standards and worst services. And before anyone chimes in with the ‘If you think Yanksville is so great, why don’t you piss off and live there’, believe me, I’ve tried and will carry on trying until I breathe my last. ---
**Author:** ![Allen\_Parine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@Allen\_Parine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allen_Parine)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/93 "2002-07-16T18:19:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Squish_ > **Anime** and **manga** , because there’s something really creepy about 5-year-old faces on top of 50DD breasts. I HATE, well ok, am peeved by, this type of thinking. Animation and comic books are just visual media, and anime and manga are their collective realizations produced in Japan. If you want to hate them for what they are, and that is all they are, fine. But what you’re saying, it’s like condemning all American periodicals because you don’t like _Hustler_ or all French novels because _Story of O_ creeps you out. ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/94 "2002-07-16T18:21:57Z")
One word: IKEA (shudder) ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/95 "2002-07-16T19:13:31Z")
The video game “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater”. Everyone think’s its great. I’ve played it several times, and I hate the trick system. I’ll take SSX any day instead. And giant blasphemy, “The Godfather”. I’ve tried many times to actually watch it all the way through, and I get through maybe the first hour before I’m bored. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/96 "2002-07-16T19:27:55Z")
1. I can tolerate isolated showtunes, but I CANNOT watch musicals. 2. ALL versions of Star Trek, including the original. I am a sci-fi fan, and ST is so juvenile and predictable it sickened me even when I was a juvenile. 3. Rap music, any and all. 4. Ditto Adam Sandler and Chris Farley. 5. Disney ANYTHING - movies, characters, coffee mugs, etc… 6. Talk shows. Except for Letterman’s Top Ten List, they can all go to hell. 7. Muppets and their stinkin’ movies. 8. Jerry Lewis and his stinkin’ Telethons. 9. Dan Rather really annoys me. 10. Eggs, except when they’re invisibly blended into other foods. 11. Pasta, any and all forms. 12. Tomatos. But don’t get me started on vegetables. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/97 "2002-07-16T19:58:15Z")
The Clash. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/98 "2002-07-16T20:08:00Z")
The Clash. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/99 "2002-07-16T20:11:01Z")
No wait… Neil Young. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-that-everyone-else-seems-to-like/118424/100 "2002-07-16T20:17:35Z")
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