Tonight's important question
What popular things that everyone else seems to go nuts over do you actively dislike?

I'm not a fan of tea or coffee, children, apple mac products or pasta.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 21:46, 80 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Agree with you on a couple of those
Coffee: the second foulest brown liquid
Children: like rats, but you get in trouble if you attack them with a spade

also

Harry Potter: Any series longer than 4 books is almost always rubbish*
Wheel of time: see above (though it lasts slightly longer before becoming too repetitive)
Games consoles, all of them: why don't people just develop single screen multiplayer on PCs?

*Discworld doesnt count, due to not being continuous narrative. Nor do plotlines that span multiple series provided there is a decent gap between the sets of books (for example Geomancer and Song of the Tears by Ian Irvine).
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Sun 19 Jul 2009, 21:53, Reply)

Games consoles, all of them: why don't people just develop single screen multiplayer on PCs?
Four people using 1 keyboard and 1 mouse...?
( Captain V, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 21:58, Reply)

Plug the control pads in via USB
and then you're done. keyboard mouse for those that want it (theres no particular reason to limit it to one on USB), so you can get a choice of controllers.
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:01, Reply)

Bit cramped round the desk?
And what about all the different controllers you'd end up with because of the lack of a standard?

Also you'd never get the sorts of graphics you get in console games because very few people don't have PCs that can handle it.

More prevalent hacking in online multiplayer games?

And never really owning a game because of DRM would be crap.
( Captain V, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:09, Reply)

beckyjsbx

(Bert's other profile wants to wear your balls on a necklace, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 21:54, Reply)

Fuck off Kaol

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 21:59, Reply)

Haaaaaahahahaha

( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:05, Reply)

Like
You didn't see *that* one coming... really.
(pizzaforcat ate some cement and HARDENED the FUCK UP on, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 4:48, Reply)

Tea, coffee, butter, cheese, mayonnaise

( Captain V, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 21:56, Reply)

you had butter last night,
you pretender!
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:11, Reply)

But it was melted and full of garlic nom
That'd different.
( Captain V, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:25, Reply)

Children.
Macs are ok, but I'm happy with my windows machine right now
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:00, Reply)

Camden

( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:05, Reply)

do you live there ?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:05, Reply)

No...I live near there.

( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:06, Reply)

I thought you loved it the other night?
I don't mind it in the evening, but hate it on weekends.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:07, Reply)

I think I had such a good time there I was finding a liking for it.
But now that's over.
Until next time.
( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:08, Reply)

Vows to drag Clendrix to Camden sometime soon, but not too soon

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:12, Reply)

*allows dragging*

( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:16, Reply)

camden is fun to visit
but I imagine its not fun to live there
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:08, Reply)

I agree.
It would drive me nuts to live there.
Still, I seem to end up there every other week or so.
( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:20, Reply)

its good shopping

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:25, Reply)

Yes,
and for sudden 'oh I fancy another piercing' moments :)
( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:27, Reply)

Coronation Street.
X Factor. Britain's Got Talent. Tomatoes. Fruit in general. Especially pineapple. If anyone coming to ancrenne's bash next month brings gifts of pineapple as a present they will be forced to sleep in the pond without a snorkel.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:06, Reply)

Wookiee is obsessed with pineapple.

( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:07, Reply)

That doesn't surprise me, frankly.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:11, Reply)

Even mango?
I like mango
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:08, Reply)

Mango chutney - yay.
Mango on it's own without a bit of curry to take the taste away - verily, booooooo!
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:10, Reply)

I had mango curry for dinner.
But I cheated - it was an M&S sauce.
( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:12, Reply)

No no no, none of that shit.
Mango slices or a whole proper mango that you peel and eat and saaaaaaavour.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:13, Reply)

*Bloik*

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:37, Reply)

Cats.
And kittens.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:09, Reply)

You wuv the fwuffy fwuffles really
rubs CHCB's face in fur til she loves it. AND you're dating catface FFS
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:10, Reply)

Yes!
Cat's are freaking awesome especially walking ones.
( Captain V, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:12, Reply)

Catlegs and everything huh?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:13, Reply)

I make an exception for catface.
But one wrong move and he'll be put to sleep.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:13, Reply)

I'll get the Euthatol drawn up

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:17, Reply)

I love the sig.
I don't think the world is ready for The Son of V.
( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:11, Reply)

I concur

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:11, Reply)

You mean the daughter of CHCB
She's maaaaaad!
( Captain V, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:12, Reply)

She's my bearded friend.

( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:12, Reply)

He's jealous
because our beards are better than his.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:13, Reply)

On Saturday morning, Wookiee opened his bag
and was enraged to find a rogue beard hiding in there.
"Some bastard put this in my bag," he shouted.
I admitted it was me and he threw it at me. You'd think he'd appreciate the help.
( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:14, Reply)

Help me help me
I can't stop laughing!
( Captain V, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:15, Reply)

Now I am too.

( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:16, Reply)

He's not allowed to tell you his good news til the second trimester

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:12, Reply)

Shhh
They'll work out that I'm pregnant
( Captain V, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:17, Reply)

Telling my parents was the worst.
They think I've thrown my life away. But I said I'd stick by you. I'll see you right.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:18, Reply)

Sex and the City, Lord of the Rings, The Apprentice, cocaine.
Most of these things I've not tried. I just can't even go there because of the hype, and because of the idiots I know who rave about them.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:16, Reply)

Cider,
Pesto, tea, children, sanity.

Oh, and 'zoologists'.
( cackers, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:17, Reply)

You're safe.
No zoologists here.
( thealternativefact, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:18, Reply)

s'pecially wannabe zoologists

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:18, Reply)

well, on the biology theme...
I think I'm newly qualified as a para-proctologist.

And yes, Roota, Sex and the City is vapid/vile.
( cackers, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:26, Reply)

A para-what-now?
Don't make me google it. I like it when people explain things to me.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:33, Reply)

that would be
A doctor of assholes. I just seem to notice them everywhere, as of late.
( cackers, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:41, Reply)

Haha, I'm such a gob shite.
Tonight's Comedy Classics is about Brass. Why does ITV3 always show Goodnight Sweetheart, On The Buses and Poirot, but never Spitting Image, Brass, Full House or That's My Boy? Granted the last two weren't masterpieces, but they'd be an interesting glimpse into 80s culture.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:47, Reply)

TV shows mostly.
Lost, 24, all those shitty soaps that people waste their time watching.
And, of course, Big Brother.
( Cawl, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:45, Reply)

Someone must be watching that Big Brother shit
but nobody I know admits to it. I'll root them out. If this isn't the last series then by god I'll root them out...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:50, Reply)

Some kind of explosive mechanism
With a sensor. I think this is the future.
( Cawl, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:52, Reply)

"Moronic cunt, this is Big Brother..."
Ker-pow!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:56, Reply)

I think we've found our calling in life.
I'll get the grenades, you bring the van around.
( Cawl, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:59, Reply)

Erm, comrade
I can't drive. I'll get the grenades. Climie Fisher, we'll be a force to be reckoned with...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:02, Reply)

You can't drive?
This is terrible news.
( Cawl, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:06, Reply)

Sod off!
You can do the driving. I'll do other useful things. Like sort out the direct debits and flirt with the bizzies to throw em off the scent.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:09, Reply)

I don't mind, as long as I get to scream
"Shut the fuck up, arsehole, or I'll blow your fucking teeth right out the back of your god-damned head."
( Cawl, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:11, Reply)

That's fine.
I'll be too busy screaming "Any of you fucking pricks move and I'll execute every motherfucking last one of you!" and then in my best scouse: "Go an ave a werd wit yaself ya soft twat!"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:17, Reply)

Hmmm...
You win the quotes-game.
I knew that "John Carpenter's Vampires" was a poor choice.
( Cawl, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:23, Reply)

Oh I dunno
Mine was a bit obvious.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:25, Reply)

*shrugs*
It's late, and I'm watching shit films.
( Cawl, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:27, Reply)

i have a van, 2 motorbikes (one with sidecar as well as pillion) and an MPV...
so that makes 4 drivers and 13 passengers...
i have 45 litres of diesel and maybe 20 litres of petrol (including 2-stroke mix), 2 cases (24) of 660ml Fischer Alsace beer bottles (empty and clean, for home-brew) and an old pair of curtains...

is it time yet?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:17, Reply)

We could go down to Elstree for the final
Attack the throng, amassed with their placards on Goody's Mott, or whatever BB's version of Henman's Hill is called...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:20, Reply)

I'm impressed,
But from personal experience, diesel is no use in petrol bombs.
Just warning you, in case you're in a situation.
( Cawl, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:21, Reply)

just for the record...
a 60/40 diesel/petrol mix will burn hotter than the sun...
if you ever want to DESTROY a vehicle (for insurance, or "other" reasons) then douse it internally with diesel, smash the windows and molotov it...
the fire service don't even bother trying to put them out any more, too much hassle!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 20 Jul 2009, 0:11, Reply)

Popular music or anything to do with Simon Cowell
Not only do I completely fail to understand the appeal, the very fact that it exists drives me completely up the wall. JLS can spend an eternity with their heads in a bucket of fetid dingo's kidneys for all I care, such is my antipathy.

The same applies to Cher, Bryan Adams and James Blunt.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sun 19 Jul 2009, 22:53, Reply)

Weak cheddar cheese, tuna, mussells, cats (maybe), video games that takes months to play.
Probably a lot more, but that's what I can think up right now.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 19 Jul 2009, 23:35, Reply)

Facebook
iPods. Oasis (well, in the 90s anyway).
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 0:21, Reply)

Having children
U2, Coldplay.
Spending thousands on a holiday - I have a hard time spening a lot of money on something that's going to last me more than a week or two. It's exceptionally hard to spend it on a holiday.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 8:20, Reply)

I'm with you on the first 3
Especially U2. Over rated or what?

But I do like my holidays. If I had to choose between say forgoing television for a year or not going on holiday, it would be a no brainer. Stuff the telly.

That said, back in the day before I was earning decent money, I saved it and didn't go holidays. And I had a black and white telly!

(Yes, I'm that old)
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 8:37, Reply)

Football
Big Brother
Anything with the term 'Celebrity'in the title
Cricket
R&B
Rap
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 8:32, Reply)

That 'reply' button at the bottom off \OT
that ought to be a 'back' button.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Mon 20 Jul 2009, 9:19, Reply)