# What do you think is over-rated? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388 "2010-11-04T00:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/21 "2010-11-04T13:34:07Z")
The Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/22 "2010-11-04T13:53:02Z")
Coffee Mike Rowe Coffee Coffee ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/23 "2010-11-04T13:56:27Z")
Pink Floyd Bob Dylan Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![ramel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ramel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ramel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/24 "2010-11-04T14:10:38Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > Bacon x2 I’ve never got why some people go nuts over bacon. It smells pretty nice, but tastes average at best. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/25 "2010-11-04T14:14:58Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Tom Waits That is not possible ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/26 "2010-11-04T14:21:26Z")
Coffee The Beatles Home Ownership Social Networking Large Cars I guess I’m just un-American, at that. Oh! Being Un-American ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/27 "2010-11-04T14:30:01Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Coffee > > Mike Rowe > > Coffee > > Coffee You and I will be meeting on the duelling field. Being your haddock. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/28 "2010-11-04T14:31:56Z")
Outsourcing Hybrid Technology (in autos) Anything “Green” Organic foods Pharmaceuticals Saving for retirement Honda Toyota Mammograms Rolex In ‘n’ Out Burgers ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/29 "2010-11-04T14:32:12Z")
Taylor Swift. Scrapbooking. Pro sports. Politics Religion. I kinda agree on the premium yarn bit, I like Red Heart, but am in the closet about it. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/30 "2010-11-04T14:42:15Z")
Diamonds Home ownership Children ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/31 "2010-11-04T15:10:45Z")
I don’t think the Prius, at least 2010 forward, is overrated. I own two. They’re fantastic. Deliver as promised on the mpg, comfortable, high tech accessories. Not too expensive. What’s the downside? Now, back to the OP. Overrated: New York City (as rated by New Yorkers at least), filet Mignon, micro brews, the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/32 "2010-11-04T15:11:52Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Home ownership. Ah! You totally snagged mine. Bacon, totally. CHOCOLATE. Yes, I said it. It’s good and all, but… Marriage. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/33 "2010-11-04T15:15:16Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I don’t think the Prius, at least 2010 forward, is overrated. I own two. They’re fantastic. Deliver as promised on the mpg, comfortable, high tech accessories. Not too expensive. What’s the downside? It’s ass-ugly. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/34 "2010-11-04T15:19:22Z")
The Yankees ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/35 "2010-11-04T15:44:18Z")
9 out of 10 current TV shows. Especially ‘reality’ shows. I only know who most of them are because they’ve spread everywhere, like a virus, but I still don’t get what’s so fascinating. Expensive coffee. I like coffee, I drink it to wake up, and I’m fine with the $3 a can store brand. Anything else, IMO, is an attempt to make money off the gullible, or the snobs who must have “the very best”. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/36 "2010-11-04T16:24:52Z")
Quentin Tarantino Steve Jobs and anything Apple City Life “Social Media” Cable Television Pundits & Critics (political or otherwise) International Terrorism (You are more likely to die from Acute Appendicitis) Luxury Cars ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/37 "2010-11-04T16:24:52Z")
Right now, seems like everybody’s wetting themselves over the anniversary of \*The Sound of Music. \* Well, OK. Good songs, interesting (mostly) true story. But the best ever, ever in the whole wide world? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/38 "2010-11-04T16:28:52Z")
Oh, and Disney World. I was taken there by the family some years ago, it was a very expensive vacation, and everyone was just squealing with glee (having been there before). I did have a good time, of course, but it was HOT, and we had to stand in line and wait ages to get on rides. Frankly, it was like being inserted into some kind of big plastic fun-machine where you had to have FUN, or else! I did have fun, yes, but I found a relaxing walk along the beach, looking for seashells, during part two of the trip, actually more ‘enjoyable’. (I’m a nature lover and disgruntled loner at heart, which may explain this.) ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/39 "2010-11-04T16:28:53Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > The chance that the US, by pissing away trillions of dollars, after the already pissed away trillions, will manage to not go down the tubes. > > Bill Hicks. > > Nearly all politicians - they are scum. I have never heard of Bill Hicks, and yet he is mentioned by 3 of the first 14 respondents, so I guess I’ll google him. Even if he sucks, how overrated could he be if I’ve never heard of him? Maybe I’m just not as “up on things” as I should be? Hell, maybe I’m very overrated, then! ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388/40 "2010-11-04T16:40:07Z")
I have probably watched 10 or 15 full episodes of “Seinfeld” in my life, and I just can’t figure out the mass appeal that this show had for so many people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-over-rated/559388.md?page=3)