Popular things you absolutely hate....
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Soccer. Loads of people obsess over it and for the life of me I can not figure out why they find watching over-paid people kick a ball around is so fascinating. And how people say "we won" or "we lost" or claim to despise certain teams that are rivals of the ones they support when they aren't even from the same area as the team they're supporting.
An unexplainable hatred is just stupid and irrational, I'll pass on that. And hate is such a strong word being tossed around so carelessly.
I do however find myself in a position of having a rather strong dislike of Naruto.
I do however find myself in a position of having a rather strong dislike of Naruto.
I tend to ignore the things I don't like so I can pretend that I live in a world in which Mitch Benn is the most famous musician of all time, and that they televise RPGs instead of poker. But there are a few things worthy of mention:
Football - The lynchpin of my theory that the social acceptability of a pastime directly corresponds to the number of stupid people that like it. That said, I don't have a problem with people liking it, just the ones who literally cannot comprehend not liking it and who treat anyone who doesn't as if they're either some sort of eldritch squid-roach from Neptune or A Gay.
Wolverine - A guy in my school wouldn't shut up about how great Wolverine was, even when we'd been talking about which flavour of crisps is Best, and it kind of put me off him a bit. Also that "GRRR SLASH ANGRY BROOD" bobbins has never really done it for me. Though I must say I'm warming to him since Hugh Jackman (mmm...) played him In The Films and the first issue of Wolverine & The X-Men is one of the best flat-out things I've read for ages.
Actually, I don't like any of the triumvirate of Comics It Is Acceptable To Like (Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns and Maus). It is no exaggeration to say I've been on the brink of being physically attacked for voicing that particular opinion.
The Beatles - This may seem unforgiveable to many people, but I grew up and live a stone's throw from Liverpool, where people LITERALLY DO NOT SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT HOW THE BEATLES CAME FROM THERE.
Bonus joke, originally told by Ed Byrne (I think):
Q: Why is Liverpool's airport named after John Lennon?
A: 'Cause it's the first place he went as soon as he made some fucking money.
Football - The lynchpin of my theory that the social acceptability of a pastime directly corresponds to the number of stupid people that like it. That said, I don't have a problem with people liking it, just the ones who literally cannot comprehend not liking it and who treat anyone who doesn't as if they're either some sort of eldritch squid-roach from Neptune or A Gay.
Wolverine - A guy in my school wouldn't shut up about how great Wolverine was, even when we'd been talking about which flavour of crisps is Best, and it kind of put me off him a bit. Also that "GRRR SLASH ANGRY BROOD" bobbins has never really done it for me. Though I must say I'm warming to him since Hugh Jackman (mmm...) played him In The Films and the first issue of Wolverine & The X-Men is one of the best flat-out things I've read for ages.
Actually, I don't like any of the triumvirate of Comics It Is Acceptable To Like (Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns and Maus). It is no exaggeration to say I've been on the brink of being physically attacked for voicing that particular opinion.
The Beatles - This may seem unforgiveable to many people, but I grew up and live a stone's throw from Liverpool, where people LITERALLY DO NOT SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT HOW THE BEATLES CAME FROM THERE.
Bonus joke, originally told by Ed Byrne (I think):
Q: Why is Liverpool's airport named after John Lennon?
A: 'Cause it's the first place he went as soon as he made some fucking money.
Great to not be alone.StorytellingIsAMust said:
I also don't seem to like at all:
Family Guy
Team Fortress 2
American Dad
Hey Arnold!
Samuel L. Jackson
Halo
Tupac
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Wu Tang Clan
Chuck Norris jokes
Duke Nukem
The NFL
The NBA
Grand Theft Auto
Chris Rock
* "Idol"(British TV meme)
* "'s Got Talent!" (British TV meme)
Survivor
Evangelical Christianity
Large boobs
Three and a Half Men
The Fairly Oddparents
The Boondocks
Phineas and Ferb
The Incredibles
Cars
A Bug's Life
Shrek
Antz
Shark Tale
Madagascar
Megamind
Dancing with the Stars
Jersey Shore
Oh, how very many more?
Death Cab for Cutie is popular, but I think they make awfully pretty music.
Same with CSS. And lots of other popular, well known "indie" music. But then again, it's popular. Yes, popular.
Same with CSS. And lots of other popular, well known "indie" music. But then again, it's popular. Yes, popular.
I generally hate the following:
Modern Military Shooters: one's okay, two's fine, but we're up to... how many, now? Why is there a consistent need for more? Why not release a *single* Modern Warfare or Battlefield title and patch it regularly? You'd buy the maps you like, the weapons you'd like, and occasionally stay on your toes for a massive mandatory update that changes the engine up a notch. All of it micro-transactioned. Why not? It'd make for this much less useless CD or DVD sleevage on the market.
Boxing Games: they tend to control like ass, and I don't get the sport's virtual appeal. Watching a boxing match is cool, yeah, but if you want to beat the crap out of someone for the heck of it, why not play Mortal Kombat?
Writers who ride on the Potter-slash-Twilight craze with piss-poor knockoffs: granted, Twilight is a piss-poor knockoff of itself, so... Yeah. I just don't get it. The Southern Vampire Mysteries looked like a worthy successor to the Vampire Chronicles, but all social commentary goes out the window as soon as the books start to focus on Sookie and Bill's respective love lives - which are fucked up as all Hell. The TV series replicates the same exact problems.
Don't get me started on The Vampire Diaries, The Little Vampire and other crap like that.
Horror franchises that go for the camp or the smart-aleck routine: I love the first Nightmare on Elm Street, and the recent remake does a passable job at returning Freddy to a darker, more threatening source. The first Freddy sequels, though? Poor Robert Englund. Poor, poor Wes Craven, too.
People who call themselves bookworms because they've downed the Potter or Twilight series, and nothing else: um. No. A true bookworm has withdrawal symptoms if he doesn't have one five-hundred page brick per week to seek his teeth into.
Academics who piss on popular culture: the last thing I'd like to become is this, an elitist asshole who ignores anything that isn't written by the latest recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the Goncourt or some book convention. Modern literary studies are working really, really hard at debunking the perception that popular culture is absolute drivel, but you'll still find blowhards who curl up their nose if you state you haven't finished reading the Illiad.
Idiots who persist in trying to fuel the console wars or the "casual VS pro" debates: for God's sake, a game is a game is a game is a motherfucking GAME. I don't give a shit if it has a simpler ruleset than chess or if it's one of the yearly hi-def killfests with a ladder and a competitive scene - if it's a game, it provides enjoyment. Everything else can go straight to Hell. This puts Gears of War on the same footing as Parcheesi, yes, but are both products really all that different? When you play them with other people, there's a winner and there's three or more losers. If you're not a twat, you'll GG the other players and offer a rematch.
Idiots who persist in defining themselves as "hardcore": no. Hardcore people create. They invent, they revolutionize a given field, they change the way we live our lives. You with your insane kill-death ratio in Modern Warfare 2 are NOT a person who deserves praise or song. Leonardo Da Vinci deserves praise. Marie Curie deserves praise. Games can make us feel pretty good about ourselves, but saying you "pwn n00bs" on your resume will not get you ANYWHERE in life - even if you're applying for a game developer.
Sore Losers Online: stop cussing, stop threatening me, and decide whether or not you're leaving the lobby. You lost a match in a game. That's all. You weren't butt-fucked by rabid monkeys or drugged and bereft of one of your kidneys. Get over it.
Hypocrites in general: especially hypocrisy in the news. Don't act like you're a candidate for sainthood when we both know you're not as white as the driven snow.
Trolls: just... Why? Is your life so meaningless and empty of gusto that the only way you can derive a sense of achievement is by spoiling a thread for everyone else involved? If so, why are you so dense? Not that I'm referring to the more heinous forms of trolling out there, not tongue-in-cheek jokes like those you'll typically find here. I'm referring to grade-A assholes, not to the fine folks here who occasionally post image macros and such.
Y'know... 4Chan-level trolling. "For the lulz" just fails to explain it, past a certain point. It feels more like some kind of sick desperation.
People who post dupes on torrent trackers and who aren't affiliated to publishers, developers or record labels: again, why? I need "The Remains of the Day" for an assignment and I can't be arsed to go looking for it across town at the local art-house video store - and you stick me with Swedish porn instead?!
I mean, free porn is cool and all, but there's a time and a place for all things. I was looking for Anthony Hopkins and Emma Watson sharing a complex and constipated quasi-romantic relationship, and instead I got five busty blondes and three massively hairy dudes doing what-what in the butt to the tune of an EXTREMELY Blaxploitation-ish soundtrack.
Um, thanks, the girls look cool and all, but no. Not in the mood for a boner.
Virus designers in general: don't tell me most of them work for a government or a given corporation, because it's mostly the hoi polloi that get shafted by things like Melissa. What, are some coders so horribly bored that the only way they can find to entertain themselves and their genius brains is to put a few hundred thousand sheeple in the throes of digital agony? Is the human race really so retarded as to produce people like that?
Modern Military Shooters: one's okay, two's fine, but we're up to... how many, now? Why is there a consistent need for more? Why not release a *single* Modern Warfare or Battlefield title and patch it regularly? You'd buy the maps you like, the weapons you'd like, and occasionally stay on your toes for a massive mandatory update that changes the engine up a notch. All of it micro-transactioned. Why not? It'd make for this much less useless CD or DVD sleevage on the market.
Boxing Games: they tend to control like ass, and I don't get the sport's virtual appeal. Watching a boxing match is cool, yeah, but if you want to beat the crap out of someone for the heck of it, why not play Mortal Kombat?
Writers who ride on the Potter-slash-Twilight craze with piss-poor knockoffs: granted, Twilight is a piss-poor knockoff of itself, so... Yeah. I just don't get it. The Southern Vampire Mysteries looked like a worthy successor to the Vampire Chronicles, but all social commentary goes out the window as soon as the books start to focus on Sookie and Bill's respective love lives - which are fucked up as all Hell. The TV series replicates the same exact problems.
Don't get me started on The Vampire Diaries, The Little Vampire and other crap like that.
Horror franchises that go for the camp or the smart-aleck routine: I love the first Nightmare on Elm Street, and the recent remake does a passable job at returning Freddy to a darker, more threatening source. The first Freddy sequels, though? Poor Robert Englund. Poor, poor Wes Craven, too.
People who call themselves bookworms because they've downed the Potter or Twilight series, and nothing else: um. No. A true bookworm has withdrawal symptoms if he doesn't have one five-hundred page brick per week to seek his teeth into.
Academics who piss on popular culture: the last thing I'd like to become is this, an elitist asshole who ignores anything that isn't written by the latest recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the Goncourt or some book convention. Modern literary studies are working really, really hard at debunking the perception that popular culture is absolute drivel, but you'll still find blowhards who curl up their nose if you state you haven't finished reading the Illiad.
Idiots who persist in trying to fuel the console wars or the "casual VS pro" debates: for God's sake, a game is a game is a game is a motherfucking GAME. I don't give a shit if it has a simpler ruleset than chess or if it's one of the yearly hi-def killfests with a ladder and a competitive scene - if it's a game, it provides enjoyment. Everything else can go straight to Hell. This puts Gears of War on the same footing as Parcheesi, yes, but are both products really all that different? When you play them with other people, there's a winner and there's three or more losers. If you're not a twat, you'll GG the other players and offer a rematch.
Idiots who persist in defining themselves as "hardcore": no. Hardcore people create. They invent, they revolutionize a given field, they change the way we live our lives. You with your insane kill-death ratio in Modern Warfare 2 are NOT a person who deserves praise or song. Leonardo Da Vinci deserves praise. Marie Curie deserves praise. Games can make us feel pretty good about ourselves, but saying you "pwn n00bs" on your resume will not get you ANYWHERE in life - even if you're applying for a game developer.
Sore Losers Online: stop cussing, stop threatening me, and decide whether or not you're leaving the lobby. You lost a match in a game. That's all. You weren't butt-fucked by rabid monkeys or drugged and bereft of one of your kidneys. Get over it.
Hypocrites in general: especially hypocrisy in the news. Don't act like you're a candidate for sainthood when we both know you're not as white as the driven snow.
Trolls: just... Why? Is your life so meaningless and empty of gusto that the only way you can derive a sense of achievement is by spoiling a thread for everyone else involved? If so, why are you so dense? Not that I'm referring to the more heinous forms of trolling out there, not tongue-in-cheek jokes like those you'll typically find here. I'm referring to grade-A assholes, not to the fine folks here who occasionally post image macros and such.
Y'know... 4Chan-level trolling. "For the lulz" just fails to explain it, past a certain point. It feels more like some kind of sick desperation.
People who post dupes on torrent trackers and who aren't affiliated to publishers, developers or record labels: again, why? I need "The Remains of the Day" for an assignment and I can't be arsed to go looking for it across town at the local art-house video store - and you stick me with Swedish porn instead?!
I mean, free porn is cool and all, but there's a time and a place for all things. I was looking for Anthony Hopkins and Emma Watson sharing a complex and constipated quasi-romantic relationship, and instead I got five busty blondes and three massively hairy dudes doing what-what in the butt to the tune of an EXTREMELY Blaxploitation-ish soundtrack.
Um, thanks, the girls look cool and all, but no. Not in the mood for a boner.
Virus designers in general: don't tell me most of them work for a government or a given corporation, because it's mostly the hoi polloi that get shafted by things like Melissa. What, are some coders so horribly bored that the only way they can find to entertain themselves and their genius brains is to put a few hundred thousand sheeple in the throes of digital agony? Is the human race really so retarded as to produce people like that?
I've worked in a bookshop for a few years, and I've never seen a MBP-winner that a) didn't appear to be groaning under its own ponderous, weighty societal relevance and b) I ever would consider reading.IamLEAM1983 said:
What gets me are the people who seem to think the term 'literature' means 'things I like'.
Here's another one for me: People who get snooty about comics. For much of mainland Europe, in France especially, they're not nearly as esoteric (granted, much of this is due to a broader spectrum of stories and how the actual comics themselves are sold), to the point where many people consider comics the 'Ninth Art' (the other eight being literature, painting, sculpture, music, dance, photography, film, and, um...cheese?). I remember a piece on The Culture Show that was VERY snooty about anything that wasn't Maus, Ghost World or similar, which is the closest I've come to writing the Beeb a stiff letter.
I also quite dislike 'Graphic Novels' as a term, and 'Drawn Book' is hardly better. They both contain a slight whiff of please-take-me-seriously desperation.
Hating on things just because you don't like them or they are not your thing.
If you don't like something that's fine. But don't ruin somebody else's fun by being a dick about it.
Actually... I think I've seen a video about that sort of thing. Where was it...
Ah! Here it is!
I also just realized how ironic my post was. :/
Oh well.
If you don't like something that's fine. But don't ruin somebody else's fun by being a dick about it.
Actually... I think I've seen a video about that sort of thing. Where was it...
Ah! Here it is!
I also just realized how ironic my post was. :/
Oh well.
It's anti-Semitic?StorytellingIsAMust said:
OT: Call of Duty, Halo, The Silmarillion (or at least, its seemingly stupidly popular on this site), Blade Runner, and religion. On the whole, people really seem to fucking love it.
Oh, and GTA IV. I just... no.
Hate. Hard to say. Battlefield(fanboys) vs CoD(fanboys). I like both games. Yea sure Bf has drivable vehicles, but meh. Ill stick with Bf2PR.
And also Bronies. Im one myself, and im talking about the ones who seem put MLP:FiM everywhere. Like, everywhere. Discuss it with other bronies - fine. Start putting the Memes and referring to it in unrelated articles? Goddamn it.
Edit: Forgot Religion. I hate it so much apparently that my brain thinks its not worth remembering.
And also Bronies. Im one myself, and im talking about the ones who seem put MLP:FiM everywhere. Like, everywhere. Discuss it with other bronies - fine. Start putting the Memes and referring to it in unrelated articles? Goddamn it.
Edit: Forgot Religion. I hate it so much apparently that my brain thinks its not worth remembering.