# Things you're supposed to love but can only bring yourself to tolerate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914 "2018-05-10T12:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/21 "2018-05-10T16:37:46Z")
Mexican food. TexMex, predominantly. I like all the ingredients and seasoning just fine. It’s the presentation that’s completely unappealing to me. It arrives like it’s already been partially pre-digested. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/22 "2018-05-10T16:41:30Z")
M_A_S\*H ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/23 "2018-05-10T17:17:00Z")
sports… …maybe even ‘tolerating’ is being generous. I hate going to the gym and seeing the bro’s have ALL the TV’s on one stupid sports game that they can’t influence or makes a damn bit of difference in their lives. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/24 "2018-05-10T17:17:05Z")
Eh, everyone finds things they love and then wants to find people to share it with. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/25 "2018-05-10T17:30:27Z")
The band Tool. They’re ok but for some people they were a religion. Also wine. Most wines are very bitter. The handful of wines I actually like the flavor of, most wine enthusiasts scoff at. manischewitz, arbor mist, boones farm, etc. I will gladly drink one of those over a $50 bottle that tastes bitter. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/26 "2018-05-10T18:01:53Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Eh, everyone finds things they love and then wants to find people to share it with. Well, that’s where the “tolerate” part comes in. I’ll go to a party or barbecue and the host will have six different types of beer and little else. It’s obvious that he likes his beers and is trying to be a good host by giving an array of wonderful beers and I’m not about to be a dick about it. So I’ll pick one of the least offensive beers and nurse it because my other options are tap water or stealing their kid’s juice boxes. I don’t hold it against him, I get it… I just don’t especially care for beer like he expects all his guests will. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/27 "2018-05-10T18:11:40Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > Superhero movies. > > I’m smack dab in the middle of the demographics who go to superhero movies the most, and I’ve seen maybe 3 of them in the past couple of decades. > > I don’t understand the hype behind watching something that has no story and is filled with CGI. Another for my list! ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/28 "2018-05-10T18:37:01Z")
Being British…tea. Last had a cup, oh, five years ago? If I was at a friend’s house and they handed me a Lady Grey, no milk or sugar (obviously) then I would drink it, if only to be polite. It’s not unpleasant. But it isn’t enjoyable enough to justify even the tiny effort involved in making a cup. Mind you, note how I can be snobbish about a drink I don’t even like. j ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/29 "2018-05-10T18:37:03Z")
Babies/little kids. Wine (really, alcohol in general) I agree about “A Christmas Story,” and I’ll raise you one “Princess Bride.” Most professional sports (I kinda like hockey, but I’m not a rabid fan) ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/30 "2018-05-10T19:12:45Z")
> [@Sigene](#): > > sports… > > …maybe even ‘tolerating’ is being generous. I hate going to the gym and seeing the bro’s have ALL the TV’s on one stupid sports game that they can’t influence or makes a damn bit of difference in their lives. I’ve never understood this criticism of sport. If you watch a movie or read a novel you also can’t influence and it doesn’t make a damn bit of difference in your life either. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/31 "2018-05-10T19:24:20Z")
I couldn’t make it 10 minutes into _A Christmas Story_. No interest in superhero movies. Don’t like beer. And so many other things. Luckily, most people don’t bug me about such stuff. Honestly, my mom is one of the worst -she’s always trying to get me to drink. I really don’t much like alcohol, and it’s a 2+ hour drive from her house to mine. No, I’m not going to have some wine, thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/32 "2018-05-10T19:24:35Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > I’ve never understood this criticism of sport. If you watch a movie or read a novel you also can’t influence and it doesn’t make a damn bit of difference in your life either. I mostly dislike professional sports because of the big deal they’re made of. A bunch of guys getting paid way too much money for what they’re doing, and a bunch of fans getting all rabid over tracking statistics, getting way too invested in who wins, and treating it like it’s some kind of religion. I don’t care \*how \*well you hit a ball with a stick, you’re not worth multiple millions of dollars per year. Especially if your pay isn’t tied to your performance. I have no issue with sports _per se_–just the rabid culture that has spun them way out of control. No offense to sports fans–it’s just my opinion, I know others feel differently. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/33 "2018-05-10T19:39:53Z")
Here is a short list of things I’m not into, that most people assume I like base on my demographic.😃 Beer as a daily beverage or intoxicant Foot/base/basket ball Wrestling ETA. I didn’t answer the OP very well. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/34 "2018-05-10T21:02:34Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Babies and small children, boys in particular. Babies are featureless blobs that I don’t find cute in the least (including my own), and young boys are largely annoying little shits who should be locked away until age 13, when they should trade places with 13-year-old girls, who would in turn be released at age 17. +1 to this! My brother and sisters absolutely fawn over niece’s son (my grand-nephew?) remarking how cute everything he does is. He’s 4 or 5 and has no cousins so he’s only around adults most of the time. I completely ignore him and his cutesy act and my sisters and sister-in-law have caught on to my silent “don’t bother uncle” reactions. I especially hate it when people tell me “You have to hold the baby!”. NO I DON’T!:mad: If I find someone or something cute, I’ll openly fawn all over him/her/it, but babies are not in my repertoire. When my ex-girlfriend and I talked about having children, I said “Sure, if you can hold it in until they’re 18 and I kick them out the house as soon as they’re born”. 😃 Obviously my joke didn’t go over well.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Santelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Santelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santelia)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/35 "2018-05-10T21:23:51Z")
Being English and all, Fish and Chips. Had it for the first time in years recently …no, still gross. Yet Ma and Da seem to love the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/36 "2018-05-10T22:54:22Z")
I don’t drink wine, either. I finally understood wine enthusiasts, though, when I came to realize that most people don’t think wine tastes like mold. It does to me, though. Perhaps it’s another joy of being a super-taster - I don’t drink coffee, green tea or beer either, predictably. And like **Chefguy** , I don’t like babies or toddlers. I like children, even teenagers, but I have no use for anyone under the age of 3 to 4, depending on language abilities. I have never in my adult life asked to hold a baby, and usually beg off being offered to by claiming I worry I might be coming down with a cold. I seriously don’t understand the “magical” baby smell other women rave about. Babies smell like sour milk, baby shampoo, and poop. As someone who likes scifi and fantasy, I’m apparently supposed to love Star Wars. I don’t. I _hate_ the original trilogy from the 70s/80s, mildly dislike the next three and Rogue One, and tolerate The Force Awakens (haven’t seen the latest yet). I’ve basically only seen them to please my brother. It startles and offends some people that I feel this way. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/37 "2018-05-10T23:19:50Z")
Any kind of cheesy potatoes. Meh. Boston Market. Meh. Person of Interest. This show was my biggest disappointment in a long time(watched the WHOLE thing). So meh…something terrible. Black Panther movie. Meh. (loved Infinity War) Dunkirk(the movie). Meh. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/38 "2018-05-10T23:28:49Z")
People. ---
**Author:** ![ChickenLegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@ChickenLegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickenLegs)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/39 "2018-05-10T23:47:08Z")
Most semi-auto handguns, especially the plastic ones. I prefer older revolvers. (I do like Browning Hi-Powers, though. But have little interest in 1911s.) AR15s. I keep thinking I should get one, but why? I have several AKs. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914/40 "2018-05-10T23:55:31Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Wine > Bob Dylan > Mayo, ranch, pickles, ketchup, mustard, olives…pretty much any condiment (I don’t even tolerate those!) > Watching any sport (unless my kid/grandkid is playing) > Casinos +1 Bob Dylan and just barely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-supposed-to-love-but-can-only-bring-yourself-to-tolerate/813914.md?page=3)