# What is the worst thing in the world (that would fit in cafe society)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479 "2010-04-17T20:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/21 "2010-04-19T00:50:05Z")
The worst possible of all forms of art has already been created. R. Kelly’s hip-hopera is just cosmically stupid and dumb. ---
**Author:** ![bramma23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@bramma23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bramma23)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/22 "2010-04-19T01:18:02Z")
Salo. The answer is always Salo. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/23 "2010-04-19T01:31:28Z")
Original movies on the SyFy network? Currently unrolling on my TV screen is the latest attempt to bring _Riverworld_ to the screen. I remember liking the first couple of books in Philip Jose Farmer’s series but understand why extensive rewrites might be needed. Just not _these_ rewrites… ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/24 "2010-04-19T01:51:09Z")
_Return of the King_, movie obviously. and rap, of course. Intangible toxic waste. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/25 "2010-04-19T17:39:22Z")
Hatecore music, perhaps? And some of that “transgressive literature” that’s been discussed here seems like it might qualify. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/26 "2010-04-19T17:41:11Z")
Cold soggy canned spinach. Burned hair smell. Lifetime channel. Cat poo. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/27 "2010-04-19T17:44:32Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > [Leonard Nimoy’s “Highly Illogical” album](http://www.last.fm/music/Leonard+Nimoy/Highly+Illogical) Oh, come on. That’s nowhere near as bad as a Train song. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/28 "2010-04-19T17:48:11Z")
Burger King, and the advertising it rides in on. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/29 "2010-04-20T07:41:12Z")
Autotune is pretty awful. OK fine, as a random musical special effect it was tolerable. But as a solution to bad singing? No!!! That’s why we have duplication (making a singer sound like they are singing with a chorus of themselves). That’s the proper production solution to bad singing. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/30 "2010-04-20T07:48:42Z")
[Fucking magnets! How do they work?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7jsg3sWejA) I win. What’s my prize? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/31 "2010-04-20T08:09:54Z")
John Carpenter’s Vampires. God damn. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/32 "2010-04-20T14:02:19Z")
[Cheese in a can](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/33 "2010-04-20T15:26:16Z")
I too hate autotune, except for the fact that it gave the world [Autotune The News](http://www.youtube.com/show/autotunethenews?pl=77D122FA6AE9B04D), which I can listen to every day. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/34 "2010-04-20T16:19:03Z")
Any incarnation of “The Christmas Shoes”. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/35 "2010-04-20T16:45:24Z")
Prefab pop music and the hacks who purvey it. I’d like to throw a vapid pop star party in an enclosed space and Zyklon B the fuck out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/36 "2010-04-21T01:17:51Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I too hate autotune, except for the fact that it gave the world [Autotune The News](http://www.youtube.com/show/autotunethenews?pl=77D122FA6AE9B04D), which I can listen to every day. That is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/37 "2010-04-21T02:30:44Z")
> [@bramma23](#): > > Salo. The answer is always Salo. [Salo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_%28food%29) or [Salo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%C3%B2,_or_the_120_Days_of_Sodom)? ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/38 "2010-04-22T23:16:06Z")
What about [The Human Centipede?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_centipede) ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/39 "2010-04-23T01:36:54Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > [Leonard Nimoy’s “Highly Illogical” album](http://www.last.fm/music/Leonard+Nimoy/Highly+Illogical) I’d say his [music video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04&feature=PlayList&p=B9690077E55F44FD&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=17) is worse. (Warning, YouTube!) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479/40 "2010-04-23T02:34:44Z")
[The Brown Bunny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bunny) was arguably even worse than [Manos: The Hands of Fate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate), which is like saying that something is colder than Bose condensates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-that-would-fit-in-cafe-society/536479.md?page=3)