Guilty Pleasures

[Scolar Visari]

Communism, I know it fails in countries that try to use it but there?s something about working for the greater good that really catches me.
4chan: really only visit /k/ but I've gone to /b/ on a number of occasions.
Anime: Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Samurai Champloo.

 

[Seldon2639]

I think the topic is more "things that make you happy that you're reluctant to tell others".

That's what a guilty pleasure is.

Well put. TheNecroSwanson had written:

"Aren't you supposed to feel guilty about it? Like it's bad, and as you do it you hurt inside but on the outside you feel good?
In that case; Nothing. I has no feelings."

I had been attempting to respond to that

 

[Joeshie]

Oh come on guys. How can so many of you feel guilty for liking Weird Al? The man is hilarious.

 

[ThaBenMan]

I guess a guilty pleasure of mine would be perusing message boards specifically, video game message boards. I feel guilty because I spend more time reading and talking about video games than actually playing them.

 

[EnzoHonda]

Communism, I know it fails in countries that try to use it but there?s something about working for the greater good that really catches me.

This is an interesting one that I can relate to. A few years ago in university I really identified with communism. I did all the stereo-typical things. Hated big-business, read all sorts of literature, and had that iconic/silly Che Guevara poster on my wall. I wasn't "out" with it, but I felt like I was skirting the bounds of polite society. However, I was reading a diary of the man who travelled with Che. In it he talks about how Che shot a farmer's dog for no reason and always packed a pistol because he was going to shoot first. I realized that often communist heroes are monsters (or at least incredibly violent). I also looked at every communist nation and decided that I would hate to live in any one of them.

What I realised was that my political beliefs are more aligned with that of a socialist democracy. It allows freedom, voting, the chance to succeed financially, and it does its best help the poor members of society. (Think Norway, France, and even my nation, Canada, to some extent).

 

[tthor]

Anime. Death Note in particular.

I've considered retracting my No Anime policy just becasue that series sounds so intruiging.

Aerosmith and Poison. I would ordinarilly find their subject matter and song lyrics to be awful, but they sound so damn awesome.

And I don't know if I should feel guilty for this, but Goldeneye : Rogue Agent. I really liked it, and can't fathom what everyones problem with it is.

And Fairly Odd Parents. I find it hilarious, and know its wrong whenever I laugh.

if you have a "no anime policy", then im guessing about the only anime you have seen is the childrens junk like yugioh or pokemon (or just go "wtf" when you hear some of the animes out there in english[PS: always watch japanese dubs, english dubs suck]). when in reality, there are acually a lot of really good, (and much more mature,) animes out there.
i would highly recommend you watch DeathNote, its a really good anime in my opinion

 

[Spinwhiz]

Oh, forgot to add that I love 80's hairband music and can air guitar with the best of them!

 

[Anarchemitis]

Homestar Runner.

Seriously, you guys.

 

[BuckminsterF]

Pokemon games and Gogol Bordello (band)

 

[mshcherbatskaya]

Historical fiction, especially Regency romances and Elizabethan/Renaissance swashbucklers.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

And Fairly Odd Parents. I find it hilarious, and know its wrong whenever I laugh.

I love FOP!! I use my daughter as an excuse to watch it even though she is far too young to understand it.

 

[tthor]

i am hopelessly addicted to anime and video games

 

[flamedance58]

1. I once watched the Street Fighter movie, the one with Akuma and his field of coffins, and enjoyed it despite it being horribly made.

2. I once watched a B-Movie titled Orgasmo...it's the stupidest thing I've seen but it gave me some kicks.

3. Anime. Enough said.

4. Really bad porn. If you've ever seen the movie "Pirates" you know what I'm talking about..oddly enough I watch 'em for the laughs

 

[Sparkly-elf]

I love those hopeless romance stories with the girl with a boyfriend secretly wanting the guy who's really strong but brooding and bordering on emotionally inept.

 

[MRMIdAS2k]

Chip Sandwhiches.

mmmmm......yummy.

Chips as in American crisps or chips as in British French Fries?

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

Chip Sandwhiches.

mmmmm......yummy.

Chips as in American crisps or chips as in British French Fries?

no not french fries, thats just what Americans think that we say.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Chip Sandwhiches.

mmmmm......yummy.

Chips as in American crisps or chips as in British French Fries?

no not french fries, thats just what Americans think that we say.

British chips are huge chunks of potato with a crispy outside and fluffy inside. French Fries are splinters with potato flavouring and too much salt.
And Walker's Crisps beat ANY other crisp or American chips.