Things that everyone still seems to love ... except you

Avocado toast

Fucking cold bean salad.

Pickleball.

Ina Garten.

I like many of her recipes but she herself is very off putting. So fake. And, her delusions about Jeffrey really are odd to behold.

Dame Edna.

Christopher Guest movies.

So cloying. Especially HIM.

Marvel and DC comic films. If you have kids/teenagers, ok - fine. But as a grown adult?

I never understood gaming culture either. We had a lot of video games in the 80s and I know the new versions are totally different, but still - it's just a gaming system?

Also Disney for adults - the 'magic' of the parks is lost on me as an adult. They're clean and can be fun - but, without kids, to spend your vacation there?

I know I sound very condescending - but these things are for kids, teens and very young adults. You're supposed to outgrow this.

Yes I know - super judgey and it's not hurting anyone. But it's creepy to me - it's like older women with doll collections and men with baseball card collections.

Wilco.

Fucking Wilco.

Connie Francis

Sex.

I think I've had sufficient.

[qoote]Also Disney for adults - the 'magic' of the parks is lost on me as an adult. They're clean and can be fun - but, without kids, to spend your vacation there?

I recently went to Universal Hollywood (I'm 48). I went more for the studio tour, but the entire tour also included fast pass to the popular rides so I went.

Did I have fun? Yes.

Would I do it multiple times a year? No.

The Hollywood Horror nights look interesting, and I would like to try that out sometime.

R11 - Ngl, Universal Hollywood has been on my list for awhile - I think that's very different than Disney. I still love amusement parks - and Universal seems like a pop-culture amusement park - plus it's a studio set.

I'm talking Disneyland, Disney world/Magic Kingdom - staying IN the park in Orlando - that stuff.

I would totally do what you did and want to. How much was the studio tour and fast path?

Cars Land at Disney's California Adventure...one of the best places to be

...when the sun starts to set and those neon lights in Radiator Springs kick on 🤩 Ask a cast member when the neon lighting “ceremony” is and don’t miss it!! 🏎🏎🏎✨✨

The word 'queer'.

Public transport. I do not enjoy hoi polloi.

Bleu cheese.

Being a car passenger.

That reminds me how much I dislike driving. Used to love it.

This one is rather specific: Caitlin Doughty and her Bettie Page aesthetic.

[quote]Dame Edna.

Have you noticed that she makes fewer appearances since her death?

Star Trek and all its incarnations.

Star Wars and all its incarnations.

M

venetian blinds.

Lollipop

I signed up for the VIP tour R12, and it as $399. That included a private tour of the studio, lunch at Moulin Rouge, and we rode each ride once completely skipping the line (like we even just walked past the people in the fast pass lane).

Mine started at 9, and was done by around 3. You then had a fast pass for the rest of the day.

I thought it was worth it for a one-time thing.

Gray plank flooring.

Open floor plans.

Big box stores except for Costco.

Minimalistic decor.

White walls.

Shelving over toilets.

Lab grown "gemstones".

Kitchen cabinets without doors. All that cooking grease and dust just means constantly cleaning your dishes; even the ones you don't use often.

Cacti indoors

The resurgence of macrame (why couldn't it stay buried?)

Hipster hats like women's floppy hats and men in long, folding over slouchy knit beanies that look like a loose sock

Podcasts

Brachycephalic dogs

R28 - I agree with you about the macrame and the overgrown house plant BS from the last 10 years. It looks awful and the tens of houseplants looks messy and without reason.

This shit looks awful. No restraint - just a ton of assorted house plants taking up way too much room and creating visual clutter. I don't understand it.

Oh and I think (I hope) the animal skull adornment is finally done.

And cottage core can kiss my ass - I just see Grandma and cheap old second-hand furniture that nobody wants anymore.

The vast majority of modern Broadway musicals.

Gypsy!!!!!

Rollercoasters or any other rides that take you off the ground.

Taylor Swift, Stanley cups, Yeti cups. All the basic AF all American crap I usually hate. Anything that goes viral, etc.

Stainless steel appliances - we have them but I actually much prefer white. Dark wood floors. Leather furniture. Shorts. Logos for companies on clothing.

Grocery home delivery. I don't like someone to see, and worse, comment on my purchases.

^Grocery delivery was useful during Covid, but I prefer doing my own shopping. Also food delivery apps - never used them. It's one thing to order a pizza or something occasionally, but I don't understand people who are so lazy that they have to order food multiple times a week. It gets expensive too.

The look of bodybuilders on gear.

Amusement parks of any stripe and the adult freaks who like them

Barbeque (flavor & event)

Road trips

Musicals

Divas

Clean lines

People who think Ikea is a one-stop lifestyle shopping center

People who don't have art or anything interesting in their houses or make any effort at all

Moisturizer queens (you can see them coming from the sheen)

R37 I'd rather have a plain house with no art and basic, than someone with god awful taste and horrid art, who's really committed to it.

R38, you have a good point in that choice - and if the difference turns on money, all the more so.

Maybe I lived too long in a city where educated people bought very expensive houses and never missed an opportunity to brag about how much they paid, yet for all their worldliness they decorated their houses like a college student on a financial needs based scholarship. If you're an accountant, it's forgivable. If you're head of a major arts organization, it's criminal

Alcohol - I've never gotten the taste for it. Just give me a soft drink and I'm happy.

Music on tv shows over dialogue to tell us this is a poignant moment. the plucked guitar or one note piano. I'm looking at you, Party of five.

And speaking of party of five - Jeremy London.