I just don't get why that's popular

[Stark]

Zombies. Get this: zombies are a dramatic tool to create a situation in a story. They're not interesting by themselves. A great many people are obsessed with zombies, and this is something I just don't get.

[Ghost Rider]

Japanese anime and baseball.

Baseball is so damned boring to me. Literally man hits ball, runs, then repeat ad nausem.

As for anime? Most of it is shit that doesn't even make sense usually, and even when you understand the culture and the jokes it's inane shit. It's literally sitcom crap...but done with animation instead of live actors. Same boring plots, same hackneyed characters, only this time more explosions and blast lines.

[Beowulf]

To those complaining about anime: you're forgetting Sturgeon's Law: 90% of anything is shit. Sure, significant amounts of what is produced is shit, but that applies equally to all other mediums you watch, like film, live action TV, etc.

[Stark]

Dude, inflation. It's more like '97% of everything is shit' these days.

Someone claiming ownership of this concept is laughable, however.

[Zor]

cigarettes - who can enjoy inhaling smoke?

Nicotine Junkies that need an hourly hit. That simple.

But how do they get hooked? and same goes for the chewing tobacco and dip.

Morons spread the idea that it's Rebellous in highschool (which appeals to teenagers are for some reason or another wired to be like that) and that it is 'cool' to suck on papper tubes of burning leaves for tar laced Carsonogenic smoke or their parents do it and, well, monkey see monkey do. It takes only a couple of Cigs to get people started and it is as addictive as crack.

Zor

[Big Orange]

Friends - A very bad and flat TV show that never appealed to me.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - I liked FireFly, Serenity, and Joss Whedon's influence on Russell T. Davies, I can maybe get into Angel if I got the chance, but I never understood the appeal of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and that is mainly due to the lead character, athough I always prefered Anthony Head and Marsters.

CSI: Miami - I still adore the original CSI, I find CSI: NY competent, but I never saw the appeal in Miami itself or Caruso's gravely voiced overacting. A bad show that gives the original CSI half of it's bad reputation, and annoyingly is the most watched show on Earth.

24 - Yet another person who never got into this dross; the first season was half decent, but the appeal wore off quickly, and this show imploded in it's second season. I found the second season of Prison Break, what little I've seen of Spooks, and the part-BBC miniseries, The State Within, far superior.

Bad Boys - People dislike Bad Boys 2, me included, but at least it doesn't put me to sleep like the original Bad Boys does.

I despise coffee as well, and so it seems many North Americans. I don't mind beer, but I don't like to binge drink on it. I find sports boring in itself; I find the trappings around it more interesting.

[Diomedes]

Scarlett Johansson. A significant number of people seem to think she's spectacularly beautiful. I mean, she's not ugly - though she does remind me of a fish sometimes for some reason, but the fanaticism I see about her just doesnt seem warranted.

South Park. I've watched the odd episode now and then as well as the movie, and there have been a few entertaining moments, but there's too much unfunny and annoying mixed in for my tastes. And I dislike the style and poor quality animation.

Everybody loves Raymond. Boring, unfunny show. I dont see the difference between it and all the other crappy sitcoms that dont make it past their first season, why did this one become successful?

Beer. I also dislike the taste, what's the point of a bitter drink? People argue that it's very refreshing, great after a long day at work etc, but a more pleasant tasting beverage served at a similarly cool temperature would provide the same benefits, minus the bitter taste. Plus, if I want to feel any sort of alcoholic buzz I need to consume so many beers that I feel uncomfortably bloated with liquid.

Lobster and Crayfish etc. The meat doesnt seem anything special to me, and it's difficult to access. Is it just the novelty thing of eating this weird shelled creature? Bloody expensive as well. This also applies to an extent to prawns. Shrimp are better.

[18-Till-I-Die]

South Park.

I used to watch every episode, like every one. Now i scarcely watch it at all. It used to be very funny, and had little if any obvious political comentary. One hilarious episode with no actual political comentary at all was the one where they fought the psycho at the planetarium. Now every single episode is filled with preaching and i'm sick of it. The last time i watched it regularly was years ago, but from what i understand, it's only gotten worse. The two retards who write it DEPEND on "shocking" people to get their stories sold, then after the initial shock is over they fill the episode with comentary on their political pet peeve of the day. Their attempts at Dead Baby Humor are childish, and their sorry excuse for political satire is easily eclipsed by shows which much less of a "sneer factor" like the Daily Show or the Colbert Report.

Worse yet, their politics are really, really scary to think about. Basically they believe, honestly believe, that anyone who choses a side is wrong. That only somewhere in the middle can "truth" be found. Ergo there is no right or wrong, only some vague middle ground where everything is both right and wrong. I guess it's the political equivalent of Shrodinger's Cat, in a quantum state of good and ungood until the wave form collapses. Or it's a golden mean fallacy, either way. What absolutely terrifies me is the fanbase. These people are FAR more rabid than any Trekkie or Warsie i've ever met, and many i've met actually base their political beliefs on South Park. Let me repeat that: i've talked to people, scores of them, in RL and on the web, who base their beliefs about politics on South Park.

Now of course the South park fanboys, cockeaters to a man, will immediately tell me i dont "get" it, and that i have "bad taste" and that it's "biting political satire" or other such vague, unprovable bullshit. Personally if i have to like this shitheap to have "good taste" and be "cool" and "with it" i'd rather not. I'd rather have a goat give me a BJ actually. If South Park is the new cool then thank God i'm not. If i want to watch insultingly bad animation, weather constant propaganda, have my beliefs (political or otherwise) constantly mocked, and watch two morons masturbate themselves raw on TV each week...i'll watch Fox News.

[Flagg]

Parker and Stone seem to think that if you care enough about an issue to be an activist for it, then you're "gay". That's pretty much their entire political philosophy. If 2 people are yelling at eachother, no matter what the subject, then both are just idiots and some compromise is the answer.

Really about the only exception I've ever seen them make for this is child molestation.

[18-Till-I-Die]

Yeah but if you look at the implicit underlying concept behind that world view, it's really scary. By that logic, literally ANYTHING could be justified by simply finding a "compromise". Indeed, it's fairly obvious that they actually believe that, if you look at some of the episodes. It's just a way to excuse their own personality traits and habits, i'd imagine.

The fact they "took a stand" on pedophilia is actually somewhat telling, because it means they're not only completely amoral, but hypocrites too.

Edit: actually, i'd figure they were told to do that, more than chose to do so on their own. They've shown not one iota of remorse for what amounts to earthshaking duchebaggery in the past and i simply cant imagine them caring enough about it to make that choice on their own. After all, caring about anything is stupid and wrong. And gay.

[Morilore]

Spectator sports. Seriously, what the hell are you doing watching other people do fun things, instead of doing those fun things yourselves?

[Flagg]

Yeah but if you look at the implicit underlying concept behind that world view, it's really scary. By that logic, literally ANYTHING could be justified by simply finding a "compromise". Indeed, it's fairly obvious that they actually believe that, if you look at some of the episodes. It's just a way to excuse their own personality traits and habits, i'd imagine.

The fact they "took a stand" on pedophilia is actually somewhat telling, because it means they're not only completely amoral, but hypocrites too.

Edit: actually, i'd figure they were told to do that, more than chose to do so on their own. They've shown not one iota of remorse for what amounts to earthshaking duchebaggery in the past and i simply cant imagine them caring enough about it to make that choice on their own. After all, caring about anything is stupid and wrong. And gay.

No, it was part of the show. One of the pedophiles was trying to make the case that pedophelia was about freedom and some other shit, and Stan said something along the lines of "I agree with freedom and all, but you have sex with children".

They aren't amoral at all, really. They clearly think that child molestation, murder, and other shit is wrong. They just don't seem to grasp the concept that just because someone is vocal, doesn't mean they're automatically wrong.

[Adrian Laguna]

It would be incredibly amusing to put Parker and Stone in the antebellum USA and see how they handle the slavery issue. I can see it now, they'll endorse a compromise wherein slavery is abolished but the dirty niggers remain legally inferior to mighty whitey.

The actual "middle ground" position at the time was letting the people of the territories vote on whether they would be free or slave upon said territory being granted statehood. Morally though, any position other than the one of the radical abolitionists was deficient.

[Shroom Man 777]

I'll have to agree with the beer. I mean, I like my drinks with a diabetic amount of sugar, and that's not healthy. If you're poisoning your body, at least do it with something that tastes good, like antifreeze. Beer just tastes like shit.

But it's manly man-man-manny-man-man shit! Lookit me, my ears are all red and so're my balls! I'm a Real Man! Glug-glug-glug-glug! And burp.

[Flagg]

Beer is definately an aquired taste. Nothing like a nice beer with a thick juicy steak or burger. But alas, I cannot drink alchohol...

[tim31]

Really pointy shoes that women wear. I mean the ones that look like they'd fucking castrate you. If anyone can give me a reason why they're hot, or even rationalize why they're 'in', I'll take it back.

[CaptHawkeye]

Zombies. Get this: zombies are a dramatic tool to create a situation in a story. They're not interesting by themselves. A great many people are obsessed with zombies, and this is something I just don't get.

You're not alone. I'm so fed up with the recent zombie fetish that i've pretty much sworn off any further zombie movies for a long time. And i'm not missing anything either. Since 98% of those movies can be sumarized into "bunch of dudes who hate eachother try to hide from zombies in a house/mall/shack or something". The characters are usually raving idiots, the zombies are somehow hive minded and somehow biologically invincible to known weapons. (LOL headshotz!) Can you say biowank? But hey, at least Shawn of the Dead was cool.

Alcohol - Sorry, but it tastes like shit, and just fucks up your self control. These two considered, I might not dislike it so much if people didn't consider it some kind of social requirement for fun.

Poker - Spanky brought up a good one here. I turned my head for a second and WHAM. Within a few months, it seems like everyone at the old high school was playing it.

Cars - Even if Peak Oil and GW weren't happening, I still do my utmost to AVOID driving. I don't like doing it, it's dangerous, boring, and like alcohol, considered some kind of social requirement.

[Perseid]

Reality TV: Seriously whats the appeal of things like Big Brother, it's a shit concept thats getting milked for all it's worth, and unfortuantly shows that the vast majority of people will watch any shit if it's on TV.

Soap Operas: Another shit TV concept, yet loved by millions, they repeat the same story lines over and over just changing the characters.

[Xon]

It takes only a couple of Cigs to get people started and it is as addictive as crack.

Nicotine is more addictive than crack.

[Dooey Jo]

coffee - the bitterness is too much

Pure concentrated black coffee is awful, especially cold *shudder*. Things diluted with milk, like cappuccino, can be damn tasty though.
Also, lol at Wikipedia for having an article on the word "fika"

[Alferd Packer]

Red Bull. Jesus Tittyfucking Christ, this stuff makes my heart hurt. I understand drinking a soda or cup of coffee to wake oneself up, but the last time I had a Red Bull I thought there was a chestburster getting ready to come out.

Also, I can totally see why people would hate beer. I honestly didn't like it that much until after my 22nd birthday. Now, I like trying all different styles of beer, as there seem to be more types than just about any other kind of food or drink.

[ray245]

Sigh...there is nothing in this world that is liked by everyone...all it takes is I person to rate something low...and any perfect score will be impossible.

[Darth Wong]

Sigh...there is nothing in this world that is liked by everyone...all it takes is I person to rate something low...and any perfect score will be impossible.

The fact that nothing scores perfect does not mean that one cannot discuss relative quality. And there's a very strong herd mentality in certain popular preferences. For example, look at the stupid "black culture = cool" idea. Oooh, anyone can be "cool" by acting like he has no education and came from a shitty neighbourhood!!!

[Flagg]

Sigh...there is nothing in this world that is liked by everyone...all it takes is I person to rate something low...and any perfect score will be impossible.

The fact that nothing scores perfect does not mean that one cannot discuss relative quality. And there's a very strong herd mentality in certain popular preferences. For example, look at the stupid "black culture = cool" idea. Oooh, anyone can be "cool" by acting like he has no education and came from a shitty neighbourhood!!!

I find that really funny because I've always seen certain aspects of "black" culture to be cool. Their formal dress (minus the bowties), for instance. The general laid back attitude and manner of carrying themselves.

The ignorant shit I've never found particularly endearing, however.

[Lord Pounder]

I don't get the popularity of horror movies. Fear is a very uncomfortable reaction, so why make yourself deliberately uncomfortable?

I don't get anime. I watched cartoons when I was a kid, the bright colours entertained me. When I became a man I put away childish things.

Whiskey. I know, I'm Irish, I'm supposed to like whiskey, it should run in my veins like blood. I just don't see the point in drinking something I know will make me shudder and generally taste unpleasent.

Real nasty hardcore porn. I am, I think, a well adjusted individual. Seeing someone in pain does not appeal to me, neither does seeing someone demeaned by having the anothers waste or other by broduct dumped on them is not hot to me.