Things people like that let you know they suck
 

A very specific post Dave made in TQZ made me think of this. Well, that and The Da Vinci Code. Across a wide range of areas, if people think something is good, they either suck or have pretty bad taste.

I also want to make a distinction between liking something and thinking it is really good. I think a McDonald's burger can be pretty f'in delicious at times. Same w/ KFC. But, I know these things suck. And I concede that Nickelback's song that they've recorded a bunch of times w/ different titles is very catchy and I liked it the first time I listened to it. But, I knew it sucked.

Music: Creed, Maroon 5, or Nickelback

Books: The Da Vinci Code, anythign by John Grisham

Food: McDonald's burgers, KFC chicken

so, what else? Movies, clothes, TV shows, celebrities, whatever - you name it!

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Rims.

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You.

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JA,

Boy, that was a good one. I'll let you know when I make the "stupid obvious jokes people make that indicate they are not very funny and probably pretty dumb" thread.

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el diablo,
big macs are pretty delicious. i can also enjoy a crunchy kfc chicken breast once in a blue moon.

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Popped collars.

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AC,

That reminds me. Pretty much anyone who likes clothes that have a huge logo (ie: VERSACE, DIESEL, D&G, TOMMY, SEAN JOHN) or brand name on them. The exception to this, of course, is people who wear highly-logoed athletic wear from Nike, Adidas, etc. That is cool.

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astro,

I agree w/ both of those statements.

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Music: Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley

Not necessarily because their music is particularly horrible, but naming any of the above among your favorite artists pretty much just says "I'm a boring person who likes to smoke lots of weed."

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Reality television.
By the way, does anyone else feel like people who like 'The Da Vinci Code' are everywhere? It's like a damn zombie movie.

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A Painted House is a great little book.

Bleachers wasn't bad.

A Time to Kill was good.

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Music: Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley

Not necessarily because their music is particularly horrible, but naming any of the above among your favorite artists pretty much just says "I'm a boring person who likes to smoke lots of weed."

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All 3 of the above are very good, not my favorites, but still make very enjoyable music. FWIW, I haven't smoked weed in a long time, and am generally not boring.

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Steven Seagal

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Jamie Kennedy

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did you edit the OP? i didn't see the detail the first time around, that's why i mentioned the big mac/breast. mea culpa if not, good edit if so. i like the thread idea.

i think nickelback is genuinely good at what they do, and i don't think it's accidental, lucky, or on virtue of gimmick that they crank out so many widely popular songs. i agree with creed and maroon 5 but i would put, say, sum 41 up there instead of nickelback.

i think the "symbols good, text logos bad" rule sounds pretty fair.

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El D,

Does the fact that it's obvious make it more or less true? Just curious.

Your "friend,"
The Sucker

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AC,

That reminds me. Pretty much anyone who likes clothes that have a huge logo (ie: VERSACE, DIESEL, D&G, TOMMY, SEAN JOHN) or brand name on them. The exception to this, of course, is people who wear highly-logoed athletic wear from Nike, Adidas, etc. That is cool.

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but why is that? because of the simplicity of the logo? the message it sends vs. the status symbol?

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astro,

Nah, that was there from the beginning. That's what I thought you were responding to.

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You.

The funnier answer is "Me."

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Music: Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley

Not necessarily because their music is particularly horrible, but naming any of the above among your favorite artists pretty much just says "I'm a boring person who likes to smoke lots of weed."

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All 3 of the above are very good, not my favorites, but still make very enjoyable music. FWIW, I haven't smoked weed in a long time, and am generally not boring.

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Are you over 40? Because liking them is much more excusable if you are older and like them in a nostalgic sense. I was mostly referring to people in my age group (early-mid 20s) who like them because it was cool to be a hippie in high school.

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sudoku

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AC,

That reminds me. Pretty much anyone who likes clothes that have a huge logo (ie: VERSACE, DIESEL, D&G, TOMMY, SEAN JOHN) or brand name on them. The exception to this, of course, is people who wear highly-logoed athletic wear from Nike, Adidas, etc. That is cool.

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but why is that? because of the simplicity of the logo? the message it sends vs. the status symbol?

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Maybe because it looks stupid.

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I think this is a very silly thead, if this was meant for kicks and as some sorta joke, then I guess it's ok but dont' I recall Diablo posting bitching how the quality of the threads in OOT are boo hoo?

If it was someone else, my sincerest apologies.


The question itself: People that like to judge books based on the covers and make threads of a similar fashion do NOT suck, but do need to realize being so judgemental to a point where if person likes X then he must be Y is borderline childish.


People have been putting labels on one another, needlessly, for so long... I wish we'd start moving away from that , especially considering how many different people we get to meet on the internet, not try and flourish labelling even further with threads such as this.

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Bison,

What makes you think I was trying to be funny?

Curious,

Sucker

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The question itself: People that like to judge books based on the covers and make threads of a similar fashion do NOT suck, but do need to realize being so judgemental to a point where if person likes X then he must be Y is borderline childish.


People have been putting labels on one another, needlessly, for so long... I wish we'd start moving away from that , especially considering how many different people we get to meet on the internet, not try and flourish labelling even further with threads such as this.


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I think you missed El D's point, he can correct me if I'm wrong. "Like" may be the wrong term. Enjoying John Grisham as some good airplane reading is perfectly okay, and doesn't say anything about a person. Thinking John Grisham is at the pinnacle of literature shows that a person doesn't know too much.

I think that's the point here.

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bison: You're right, THAT would have been funny.

Alex: Don't worry, I'll start the "things that people don't like that let you know they suck" pretty soon and then you can try and make a case for not liking this thread

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I think this is a very silly thead, if this was meant for kicks and as some sorta joke, then I guess it's ok but dont' I recall Diablo posting bitching how the quality of the threads in OOT are boo hoo?

If it was someone else, my sincerest apologies.


The question itself: People that like to judge books based on the covers and make threads of a similar fashion do NOT suck, but do need to realize being so judgemental to a point where if person likes X then he must be Y is borderline childish.


People have been putting labels on one another, needlessly, for so long... I wish we'd start moving away from that , especially considering how many different people we get to meet on the internet, not try and flourish labelling even further with threads such as this.

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El D,

I'll take "touchy-feely feel-good philosophy" for $1000.

Oh, and any modern popular country music. It all blows, and people who like it generally tend to blow as well.

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Are you over 40? Because liking them is much more excusable if you are older and like them in a nostalgic sense. I was mostly referring to people in my age group (early-mid 20s) who like them because it was cool to be a hippie in high school.

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I'm 25. I wan't a hippie EVER. I just think they make good music.

Music is something I try to evaluate based on quality, not the fan base.

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JB,

Exactly. I like lots of things that suck.

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Off the top of my head,
Dave Matthews, Jacques Derridas, CSI: Miami, the Yankees, University of Virginia, Miami football, any sort of continental philosophy, figure skating, Duke basketball, George W. Bush, and Ayn Rand.

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i'm not a fan of the dave matthews band, but those guys are extremely talented.

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I agree with the concept, but not al the specifics. I enjoyed The Da Vinci Code when I read it, I think it's a very gripping read. I imagine the movie will suck. I hope I don't suck.

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Legally Blonde.

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Music: Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley

Not necessarily because their music is particularly horrible, but naming any of the above among your favorite artists pretty much just says "I'm a boring person who likes to smoke lots of weed."

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All 3 of the above are very good, not my favorites, but still make very enjoyable music. FWIW, I haven't smoked weed in a long time, and am generally not boring.

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Are you over 40? Because liking them is much more excusable if you are older and like them in a nostalgic sense. I was mostly referring to people in my age group (early-mid 20s) who like them because it was cool to be a hippie in high school.

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Although I do agree that it's stupid when people listen to a certain type of music cuz it's cool, I think it's worse that you mark a group of people and then go and disregard all of their music as hippy-music, so therefore it's bad and you won't listen to it. All three of those artists have many great tunes that have nothing to do with smoking pot. How much of their music have you actually listened to besides their mainstream hits? Not much at all, I imagine.

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People who like:

Car stereos you can and WILL hear outside the car at 2 in the morning.

Caring what belt buckle you wear.

Telling you how much their hair cut cost.

Looking for every opportunity to say, "Excuse me?"

Trying to get you involved in a clique when you take a new job.

Trying to make you dislike people you've never met, in general.

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Legally Blonde.

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Good one, almost all female law students love this movie, and, probably not coincidentally, suck.

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I worked at a motorcycle dealer that sold the big three Japanese brands and I have never seen in my entire life a more surefire, guaranteed indicator of suckiness than someone who either wanted to buy or owned a Honda Goldwing. Seriously, some of the most unlikable people you ever met.

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people who wear those gold rings with a school crest on them, strangely enough the better the school is the more the person is likely to suck.

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Music: Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley

Not necessarily because their music is particularly horrible, but naming any of the above among your favorite artists pretty much just says "I'm a boring person who likes to smoke lots of weed."

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All 3 of the above are very good, not my favorites, but still make very enjoyable music. FWIW, I haven't smoked weed in a long time, and am generally not boring.

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Are you over 40? Because liking them is much more excusable if you are older and like them in a nostalgic sense. I was mostly referring to people in my age group (early-mid 20s) who like them because it was cool to be a hippie in high school.

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Although I do agree that it's stupid when people listen to a certain type of music cuz it's cool, I think it's worse that you mark a group of people and then go and disregard all of their music as hippy-music, so therefore it's bad and you won't listen to it. All three of those artists have many great tunes that have nothing to do with smoking pot. How much of their music have you actually listened to besides their mainstream hits? Not much at all, I imagine.

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I never said that they suck. Just that their fans generally do.

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Indie rock: Surfjan Stevens, Block Party, Wilco, the White Stripes etc...