# Things you like that everyone else seems to hate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101 "2021-07-22T22:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/81 "2021-07-25T09:57:12Z")
Motion smoothing on my TV. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/82 "2021-07-25T12:07:11Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Being alone. Wholeheartedly seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/83 "2021-07-25T12:25:43Z")
Me three! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/84 "2021-07-25T13:42:46Z")
I’m not a fan of regular licorice but do enjoy the salmiak (ammonia salt) licorice from time to time. Dubbel zoute drop! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/85 "2021-07-25T14:00:14Z")
I love regular licorice, and I need to try salmiak. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/86 "2021-07-25T14:07:44Z")
Sometimes I’ve been in those upscale hotel bars with backlit frosted glass shelves holding dozens and scores of liquors across the spectrum, but never a one of them Pernod. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/87 "2021-07-25T14:07:44Z")
I’d never heard of salmiak, so I looked it up: **Salty liquorice** , **salmiak liquorice** or **salmiac liquorice** , is a variety of [liquorice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice_(confectionery)) flavoured with the [ingredient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingredient) “salmiak salt” ([sal ammoniac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal_ammoniac); [ammonium chloride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_chloride#Food)), and is a common [confection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confection) found in the [Nordic countries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries), [Benelux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux), and [northern Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Germany).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice#cite_note-NYTSL-1) Salmiak salt gives salty liquorice an astringent, salty taste,[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice#cite_note-2) akin to that of [tannins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannins)—a characteristic of [red wines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wines), which adds bitterness and astringency to the flavour. Sounds like something I’d love! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/88 "2021-07-25T14:19:11Z")
> [@saje](#): > > Sounds like something I’d love! Don’t start out with something like dubbel zoute, though. Ease into it with some nice salmiak fish or Rondo’s. Or maybe find a nice specialty licorice store where you can sample a few. Here’s a nice [salty licorice](https://www.licoriceinternational.com/licorice/pc/Salty-Licorice-c43.htm) list to peruse. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/89 "2021-07-25T14:24:00Z")
Hey, thanks! I just started a thread looking for just this sort of thing! ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/90 "2021-07-25T14:43:09Z")
I’m a lover of various cold cut “loaves”. Give me olive loaf, luxury loaf, Dutch loaf….mmmmm good. My impression is that there are many folks that hate these. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/91 "2021-07-25T19:56:53Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I like to watch movies on DVD/Blu-ray. > > I don’t have to screw around with all the online B.S. Just stick it in the player and it plays, with full resolution. +1. Not only that, but you can fast-forward or, especially, reverse it as fast or a slow as you like to review a scene or a quick detail or glimpse you might have missed. You can do this and it won’t get all pissed off at you and lock up the way streaming seems to, thereby requiring exiting the damn thing and re-starting. > [@kitap](#): > > Me. Plus if I own my favorites I never have to worry about their disappearing off the service. Oh yes. That’s another biggie that seems to be getting more and more common. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/92 "2021-07-25T20:29:39Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > But those people are merely coverts in waiting… Or they’re hiding in coverts. Or maybe hiding in culverts? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/93 "2021-07-25T20:41:25Z")
> [@Drsunflower1](#): > > I’m all for (pickled) herring! I prefer inlagd silt (sold in the Ikea supermarket) to rolmops though. But my absolute favourite is Matjes. With onions, please. O.k. google translated inglad silt as pickled silt. I’ll pass. The Matjes sounds yummy though! ---
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/94 "2021-07-25T21:10:41Z")
Inlagd Sill. Sorry, my bad! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/95 "2021-07-25T21:15:05Z")
Heh. I’ll eat _that_. ---
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/96 "2021-07-25T21:17:50Z")
You totally should! My favorite is Senapssill, with mustard seed. And if you’re really adventurous you could try surströmming. But that’s at your own risk, alledgedly it’s pretty gross. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/97 "2021-07-25T21:20:00Z")
Nah, I’ve heard of that before. You can’t trick me! I do really like pickled herring, though. My mom would never eat it, though, because when she was a kid during the Depression, her dad bought a barrel of pickled herring, and that’s all they had to eat for a month. I like it with sour cream and capers. Yummers. ---
**Author:** ![Drsunflower1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drsunflower1/32/12711_2.png) [@Drsunflower1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drsunflower1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/98 "2021-07-25T21:27:12Z")
I like the Swedish varieties. Rollmops, not so much. The Swedish variety is more perishable, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/99 "2021-07-25T21:33:22Z")
Bread crusts including dried out for making dressing. Raw turnip. The “tree leaf” part of celery. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101/100 "2021-07-25T21:44:34Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > or sometimes I just enjoy the silence Speaking of which: silence. I like music, but I’m perfectly happy with total silence. And I definitely prefer it to having things playing in the background. My family on the other hand will turn on a TV just to have some noise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101.md?page=6)