What do you think is over-rated?

Human intelligence.

Seinfeld
The Rolling Stones
Little Miss Sunshine
Prince
Parenthood (having children, not the show)
Cats (again, having cats, not the musical)

Apocalypse Now
Godfather [all of them]
Grateful Dead
Seinfeld, Friends, the entire Survivor Series, the 4 bitches in NY, All realism TV garbage except Ghost Hunters and Destination Truth [we watch it to see if anybody gets seriously injured or killed by the stupid crap they pull like running around in a totally strange wilderness in the dark]
pointy toed high heeled shoes that destroy healthy feet
torture porn movies. Give me more psychological stuff like Psycho.

Blasphemy! (blaspheyou, blasphe-everybody in the room…)

Busy-ness. Stress. Both involved in that oh-so American activity of “look at my life I’m working so hard to accomplish so much and I’m always running and my stress is a badge of honor.”

Of course, it’s my default way of being.

Being NUMBER 1!

Measuring success by material wealth.

Patriotism.

Additions to my list:

Hotel California.

Harley Davidson

Nancy Grace

Expensive wine

Airport security

San Francisco.

The world series (which only takes place in the U.S. That should tell you something right there)

Facebook.

American Football

Football (soccer)

Zach Galifianakis. I like pretty much all stand-up that I’ve seen, but I saw his act on DVD, and was largely unimpressed. Occasional funniness, too much just-being-drunk-ness.

Elton John
Second that American football is overrated
Fast food
Being “pampered” at a restaurant (usually = too many waiters for one table)
Snooty versions of comfort food
John Malkovitch
Movies that are considered art

Agree somewhat. Disney World can be a nice experience if the weather is comfortable and the crowds are low. But going in the heat and humidity of the summer in crowds? Hell no, you couldn’t pay me to go there.

I’ll agree with:
Disney World
American Football
Chocolate

I’ll add:
Designer Jeans (companies like 7 and Diesel)
Wine (though I love microbrews, so I probably just haven’t sampled enough to appreciate)
In-car Navigation Systems

I’ll see your cats and add “dogs.”

They’re okay, but definitely overrated.

Atheism

Facebook

American Idol

Buffy (Angel kicked ass though.)

Starbucks

Cars. I own one, so I clearly consider them useful, but:

(1) if taking the train is faster, cheaper, or easier for a particular trip, I do that. Yes, easier. Sleeping or surfing the web as someone else “drives” downtown is easy. :cool: Grinding along in stop-and-go traffic on the "express"way is not. I bought a condo a short walk from a suburban train station so I could both have a car and take the train as I choose.

(2) it’s a tool for transportation, not an indicator of my status, not a symbol of freedom (see par. 1), not a member of my family. I have a 1998 Ford Escort sedan that I bought new and will keep until it stops running reliably. I bought a sedan so I could carry passengers without doing the fetal-position bend to let them into the backseat of a coupe. I bring it regularly to the mechanic so it runs properly (like a top it does! :D) and I wash it at a gas-station car wash if it gets dirty. I don’t baby it, I don’t bring it to the mechanic every three months when I drive 300 miles or less a month, and I don’t ever “detail” it. :rolleyes: If I ever buy some shiny chrome or faux-chrome gew-gaw “accessory” for it (free bumper stickers don’t count), my friends will know I’ve fallen victim to a Body Snatcher because it ain’t really me. :wink:

Cars are over-rated.

Sex. Boo hoo.

The only thing better than bacon is more bacon.

Seriously,

bacon and eggs
bacon cheeseburger
bacon lettuce and tomato
bacon and spam
bacon bacon and spam
bacon bacon, spam and bacon…

Everything is either over-rated or under-rated.

Justin Beiber (what do I win?)

me

and college

The Lord of the Rings

Star Wars

Superhero Comics

ETA:

The beatles

The Stones

Zep
Clutch is a better band than all of them.