Don’t know if this’ll get me banned from the SDMB or something, but around here I think the most overrated thing is the “secret” of who Cecil is. Migod, there are people here – some of them mods – who act like that game is the single most important thing in their lives, and that the world would literally come to an end if they simply spoke the truth. Some perspective is what’s needed.
That’s just an in-joke. Everybody knows that Cecil is really–
HOLY CRAP! MONKEY NINJAS! OH MY GOD! OH MY ASS!
PINK FLOYD.
Pretentious, overwrought, drama-queen moaning and whining, over the same chord changes over and over again (the ones in Breathe) and some woman screaming her head off for five minutes. What the fuck? From whence comes this band’s Jonestown-esque cult of devoted followers?
I have to give them credit for one thing - the whole Dark Side/Wizard of Oz thing actually DOES work. Well, if you’re really high, anyway.
But listening to a whole PF album straight through? Not for me. What can I say? Give me YES, King Crimson or Jethro Tull any day of the week.
True friends-or the concept thereof.
Mine are all stab in the back kind of people, if they can get a laugh or a few bucks out of it. And, these are the ones that I like, and that like me.
greatshakes
The most overrated thing is life, itself.
It begins in blood and terror, ends in pain and indignity, and the stuff in the middle mostly sucks.
I’m here to defend a few of the things mentioned.
Hummos: When made right, it’s damn good. It may be overrated by some, but it’s really very tasty. (Bear in mind that there is a lot of crap hummos out there).
“Going to the Cinema”: Similarly to hummos, when it’s a good movie at a good theater, I find it extremely enjoyable. Especially when i go with some good friends.
Italian Food: There’s a lot of crappy “Italian Food” in the United States (and a fair amount in Italy, although I think “unexciting” is a better word than “crappy” in this case). That said, well made Italian food is really good.
Are any of these things overrated? Quite possibly by some people, but I’d say that the best examples of these things are pretty good and deserve praise.
In the U.S., Milan is associated with the fashion industry which most people in the U.S. associate with glamorous. The other two are New York and Paris which are really glamorous. Milan just has a district associated with fashion but it is the Cleveland of Italy. I will give it one thing though. Milan has more McDonald’s than any place I can ever imagine. I appreciated that thou because, if I needed to use the bathroom, you can bet money that you are no more than a block from one and it will have free and clean restrooms.