Something You Hate That Everyone Loves

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bigtenchamps1899 said:
while i enjoyed breaking bad, it started this trends in "tv" dramas of having extended periods of extremely boring time. better call saul and ozark, while interesting at times, are incredibly boring.
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Completely disagree but get what you are saying. I like shows that breath. Saul is as good as it gets imo.
 

WilliamsArenaGuy said:
Maybe you'll disagree again, but I'll add on to this. I don't care much lakes/boats. It can be fun, but the people who make a lifestyle out of it...no way.
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Nah, we're back on track again. My Dad dragged me out on the boat every opportunity growing up and it just wasn't my thing on the regular-at least it was for fishing, not just aimlessly cruising around.

It extends out to camping also. On occasion, yes, but I have family that hauls themselves to the same campground, year after year, same neighbors, weekend after weekend. I just don't understand putting your leisure budget into the repetition like that.
 

coolhandgopher said:
I love going to the movie theatre, and I hope the experience survives this pandemic. I was on the tail end of the era where seemingly every small town had their own movie theatre and I remember the excitement of seeing the lights emblazoned in the night time and viewing the coming attraction posters with anticipation. I've had great times in packed theatres from Footloose in 6th grade to Pulp Fiction during college to Sex and the City with my wife where I was one of a handful of men in the theatre on opening night. I've also seen movies where I (and whoever I go with) are the only ones in the theatre-especially mid-week summer matinees to beat the heat and the crowds.

Just a couple weeks ago, I was reminiscing with a college friend about scaring her during the original Scream in a packed movie theatre. I can instantly recall experiences with friends from high school through adulthood where if I was to text or call and say, "Remember when we saw _____ in the theatre?" we'd be tripping down memory lane.

I love movies in all forms and even before the quarantine, viewed a vast majority of movies from my couch. But there's still a bit of magic for me in going to the theatre, no matter the movie that's up on the big screen.
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Agree. I still have fun going to the movies. The added availability of beer is great. I still sneak in my own snacks every time.
 


fan of Ray Williams said:
Beastie Boys. Never understood the attraction.
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They put together at least two masterpieces album wise. Saw them twice and they brought it live. Like a punk show that was seeped in hiphop. Or the other way around.
 


tikited said:
They put together at least two masterpieces album wise. Saw them twice and they brought it live. Like a punk show that was seeped in hiphop. Or the other way around.
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Oh yeah? Well Ted, now I dislike them even more.
 


Ogee Oglethorpe said:
While I probably enjoyed "Breaking Bad", I certainly didn't think it was the best thing to ever grace my television screen like many, many people. I have literally had people be almost offended that I didn't gush about it. Sure, it was a decent show, maybe I need to plow through it again, but I can think of a handful of shows I liked better. The Wire is still the best and smartest show I've ever seen and Billions is really, really good up to this point.

Shame, shame, shame on you for not liking loud music (yes, that was 3 shames). For me, music takes on a different vibe and impact with every couple notches from as low as nothing more than background music to entertaining to full on powerful motivation and inspiration!
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FFS, Ogee! How could you not love Breaking Bad?? :)
 

I watched one episode of Game of Thrones. I thought it was beyond stupid. (Beautiful women, though.) OK, have at it.
 



coolhandgopher said:
Nah, we're back on track again. My Dad dragged me out on the boat every opportunity growing up and it just wasn't my thing on the regular-at least it was for fishing, not just aimlessly cruising around.

It extends out to camping also. On occasion, yes, but I have family that hauls themselves to the same campground, year after year, same neighbors, weekend after weekend. I just don't understand putting your leisure budget into the repetition like that.
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Hate camping.

Love going to movies. It was also the best thing for my son and I to do together too. We watch at home, but the experience of going out to the theater is still way better.
 

coolhandgopher said:
Nah, we're back on track again. My Dad dragged me out on the boat every opportunity growing up and it just wasn't my thing on the regular-at least it was for fishing, not just aimlessly cruising around.

It extends out to camping also. On occasion, yes, but I have family that hauls themselves to the same campground, year after year, same neighbors, weekend after weekend. I just don't understand putting your leisure budget into the repetition like that.
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Camping. Quite confident, I will never be doing that for the rest of my lifetime. To me staying in a hotel that only has basic cable is as far as I will go towards "roughing it".

God bless the great indoors...

 
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jamiche said:
I watched one episode of Game of Thrones. I thought it was beyond stupid. (Beautiful women, though.) OK, have at it.
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I'm with ya on GoT. It's basically pornography.
 

Ogee Oglethorpe said:
I'm with you, but I'll take it even one step further.

Hawaii

Everything is priced pretty high, it's pretty humid (and I've gotten very used to the desert dry, and love it), and let's be honest, they really hate whitey over there. We're not beach people either, I just don't get the concept of laying in the heat/sun on the sand and doing nothing, yes the salt water sucks, etc.

Been there twice; once for our semi-honeymoon in Maui when the rental car window was smashed and our car was robbed (they know exactly which cars are rental cars) and tried to do too much and felt like we drove a lot. Second time was for the Half IronMan 70.3 race that I did and it was just plain hot and humid, expensive, and outside of the race we didn't do much at all.

Honestly don't know if I would ever go back, unless I wanted to go back for that race again, but I didn't like the course that much
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I liked HI alright, lots to see and do, even the drives were fun & scenic. But being from MN, it just gave me an uneasy feeling surrounded by ocean. What if a tsunami came or Godzilla? I mapped out our route to higher ground just in case.
 



tikited said:
They put together at least two masterpieces album wise. Saw them twice and they brought it live. Like a punk show that was seeped in hiphop. Or the other way around.
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Which two are the masterpieces for you?
 






tikited said:
Paul's. Boutique and Check Your Head.
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Mine are Ill Communications & Hello Nasty. But you are older than me. I feel like they were more themselves on those albums vs. being what they thought rappers should be on the older ones.
 


Nokomis said:
Mine are Ill Communications & Hello Nasty. But you are older than me. I feel like they were more themselves on those albums vs. being what they thought rappers should be on the older ones.
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Check Your Head was so different than anything else a "rap group" had ever done. I see your point with Paul's Boutique, but they were still finding themselves with that one.
 

tikited said:
Check Your Head was so different than anything else a "rap group" had ever done. I see your point with Paul's Boutique, but they were still finding themselves with that one.
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Ill Communications came out just as I was entering my formative teens (14) when all my friends were listening to bands like AC/DC -- so perfect timing. And then third wave ska hit central MN a couple years later, and my world view changed forever. I then regressed a little into a classic rock phase but have since recovered.
 


IPAs, I mean, they labeled it IPA just so everyone knew it was inferior beer and no one in the U.K. would accidentally drink that mush. That, and I like my beer closer to room temp than cold (obviously I spend too much time working in London...).

That, and Paris. Paris sucks, especially now that they burned down Notre Dame.
 

The Beatles.

Golf.

Any alcoholic drink.

Bennie and the Jets.
 

My whole family loves games - board games, card games, trivia games - and it bores me silly. Every time we have a family gathering, it turns into game night, and everyone bugs me to participate.

My brother and sisters are part of a team that competes in a trivia league in LaCrosse, WI - and that winds up being the main topic of conversation at most family events.

"oh, the 3rd part of that last question was tricky....." on and on and on.

I spend most of the evening fighting the urge to start screaming "I don't give a flying f*ck" at the top of my lungs, but if I did that, then I would be the bad guy.

Other things I can't stand - most movie comedies. Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell - wouldn't go to one of their movies if you held a gun to my head.
 



Nokomis said:
My music list: The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, alt country (or whatever you guys call it that you rave about these days), and of course The Eagles.
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Of course, the Eagles. Disagree on Tom Petty somewhat and vehemently disagree on the Rolling Stones.
 

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