# What is a plot or genre you hate for personal reasons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988 "2015-04-06T20:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/1 "2015-04-06T20:14:07Z")
I think for me it is dysfunctional or abusive families, I get this is a popular trope most recently seen on the show Empire, but I can’t stand to watch this due to getting my fill of this situation in real. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/2 "2015-04-06T21:56:54Z")
I can’t stomach anything that casts infidelity in a positive light. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/3 "2015-04-06T22:00:58Z")
Humour that is generated by humiliation of someone. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/4 "2015-04-06T22:32:34Z")
Romantic comedies with pretty people in exciting, comical, passionate situations finding love and living happily ever after. I found looking for a mate a mostly disappointing, long tiresome slog. The only men pursuing me with fervor were ugly losers. I got so weary of dating (over 20 years) and getting rejected by the men I was attracted to, it seemed all the good ones really WERE taken. Oh, there were bright spots here and there. I realize what I just said doesn’t reflect well on me. But overall, I found my life was not like Julia Roberts’ or Kate Hudsons onscreen ---
**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:** [April 6, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/5 "2015-04-06T22:44:44Z")
I’m the opposite here: ugly family dramas like **Long Day’s Journey Into Night** and **Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf** give me encouragement that somebody is taking the trouble to write about this stuff, instead of zombies and superheroes. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/6 "2015-04-06T22:51:08Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > I can’t stomach anything that casts infidelity in a positive light. _The Bridges of Madison County._ ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/7 "2015-04-06T22:53:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _The Bridges of Madison County._ Exactly the type of story I hate. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/8 "2015-04-06T22:58:31Z")
Any storyline involving rape or the killing of children is a no for me. I just find it too upsetting. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/9 "2015-04-06T23:06:20Z")
I generally do not like stories that are set in cold, freezing places. I had enough of it during my childhood in Iceland, Minnesota and Newfoundland. I do not remember cold fondly, I remember freezing my little ass off every time I went outside. For example, have not seen “Snowpiercer.” ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/10 "2015-04-06T23:34:57Z")
I hate Action/Adventure films. May little pea-brain can’t keep track of the good guys or the bad guys. I don’t like films that glorify infidelity. " The Bridges of Madison County," as mentioned above… Come to think of it, I’m not really a movie guy at all, at least not modern movies. I love the old classics, and if I do go see a film now it will be to keep my husband company as he’s a huge film fan. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/11 "2015-04-07T00:07:25Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Any storyline involving rape or the killing of children is a no for me. I just find it too upsetting. I also find this upsetting. I lose my mind when there are military subplots. It boggles me how wrong most writers/directors can get it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/12 "2015-04-07T00:13:09Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I generally do not like stories that are set in cold, freezing places. I had enough of it during my childhood in Iceland, Minnesota and Newfoundland. I do not remember cold fondly, I remember freezing my little ass off every time I went outside. For example, have not seen “Snowpiercer.” The only thing you are missing is banging your head against something hard because of the stupid plot and ham-fisted message. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/13 "2015-04-07T00:24:57Z")
Inspirational glurge masquerading as a plot. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/14 "2015-04-07T00:33:17Z")
Many movies about interracial relationships simply reinforce racial stereotyping. And I hate, hate, hate “White men = strong, confident, charismatic; Asian men = dorky, awkward and nerdy” depictions. And cheesy movies - I used to have a high tolerance for cheesiness, actually. Now my tolerance of it is near zero. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/15 "2015-04-07T00:35:22Z")
And I hate it when men are depicted as stupid. Having very much been a late bloomer, and heard “idiot” or “dense” thrown at me, such insults still sting. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/16 "2015-04-07T00:42:40Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Humour that is generated by humiliation of someone. So, really, all your stuck with is puns, then. Nearly all other humor is humiliation. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/17 "2015-04-07T00:44:51Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > So, really, all your stuck with is puns, then. > > Nearly all other humor is humiliation. Uh, no…there is plenty of humor that isn’t. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/18 "2015-04-07T00:46:53Z")
The “absentee divorced father” trope. Can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/19 "2015-04-07T01:17:51Z")
Bodice rippers, wherein the man kidnaps and essentially rapes the woman and she falls in love with him for it. Ugh, sets back women’s rights 300 years. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988/20 "2015-04-07T03:27:42Z")
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