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19 July 2007

Today's 'Do What I Just Did,' Post. →[More:]

Things I Love That Everyone Else Seems To Hate: Chuck Klosterman, Twisted Sister, Kevin Smith, Peter Bagge, FARK.com, Manowar, TV Dinners, Rhino Records, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Beetle Bailey, Journey, Rachael Ray, Soul Asylum, Kiss, Billy Joel

Things I Hate That Everybody Seems To Love: The Smiths, The Cure, Radiohead, Mushrooms, My So-Called Life, Arrested Development, Jonathan Franzen, Coldplay

Things that are neither as good or as bad as some people think: The Grateful Dead, Creed, King Of Queens, NASCAR.


Yours?
post by: jonmc at: 09:43 | 75 comments
I'm not that much of an individual. Pretty much I like stuff that most people like, and I don't like stuff that most people don't like.

although jon, I also hate Jonathan Franzen and Coldplay
posted by gaspode 19 July | 09:50
No one likes coldplay, many people just lose the will to live while their songs are playing, so they get left on a bunch.


Who hates Rhino records? Someone with half a smushed banana for a brain?

Dude, Nascar is dumber than fuck, (except for the racing engine noise, that's cooler than fuck) Look a car dressed as a box of soap is making endless lefts for hours and hours. I'm fairly down with the redneck arts (dynamite fishing, hunting boars with handguns, getting beered up and punching your friend, chainsmoking, casual disregard for the law, etc.) But Nascar is firmly in the thumbs down bucket.

This is fun, I'll be back.
posted by Divine_Wino 19 July | 10:03
Who hates Rhino records? Someone with half a smushed banana for a brain?

I've heard people call them 'hacks' and 'repackagers of crap' etc.

The NASCAR thing...it's kind of like when you get stuck inside on a rainy day watching some reality show marathon-in spite of yourself you wind up picking a favorite based on personalities or whatever. That's happened to me watching NASCAR a few times.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:06
I never seem to know what everybody else hates and loves. I suck at pop culture.
posted by BoringPostcards 19 July | 10:07
I want to do it too, this is fun. Jon, I like Klosterman and who likes Franzen? What people? Wierd. I do love Arrested Development.
posted by rainbaby 19 July | 10:07
Don't like that others do:

Lobster as a food, David Foster Wallace, Adam Gopnik, Arcade Fire



posted by Miko 19 July | 10:08
I like Klosterman

I love the guy, even when I disagree with him, and when I met him at a reading, he was genuinely affable. But some people really despise him.

on preview: I'm with you on Arcade Fire, even though it may be more of a hatred of the hype surrounding a 'what's the big deal' band than atual hatred per se.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:11
I know that it puts me in some sort of cultural minority, but I have never cared much for Kim Jong-il. Flame away.
posted by danf 19 July | 10:11
How can you love Manowar? You must be insane.

The Smiths rule. Morrissey's solo stuff - not so much. Everybody seems to like Morrissey, but I don't. On a similar note, everyone hates Michael Jackson because he's a freak. I don't. I've never been into his music, but I'm cool with him being a freak.

Nascar sucks, and F1 sucks even more.
posted by Daniel Charms 19 July | 10:13
Here's the thing though jon, I just had a quick think about it and it turns out that mostly I like things that are awesome, so who is going to disagree with that?

Things that I don't like that other people like are endless, just a few examples:

Being a stupid teenager (so many people like this, actually it's horseshit).

Not making room on the subway? You are a whoresmelt sir or madam and I hope you get triple cancer of the head.

50 Cent- Garbage in a flak jacket.

Lobster as food? That's just delightfully crazy.

What part of Nascar has personalities, what an insouciant left that viagramobile just made. What an imp.
posted by Divine_Wino 19 July | 10:13
How can you love Manowar? You must be insane.

Perfect balance of ruthless parody and earnest homage. PLus "Carry On" is catchy as hell.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:15
I love: Rolling Rock, cheesey reality TV (Rock of Love!), Will Ferrell, Dave Grohl, The Carpenters

I hate: Grey's Anatomy, Harry Potter, Kevin Smith movies (although Smith seems like a nice enough guy), Kurt Cobain, The Beach Boys
posted by jrossi4r 19 July | 10:24
Things I Love That Everyone Else Seems To Hate: France, The NHS, British Weather, Popping Bubblewrap, Joanna Newsom's Voice, The National Trust, Hybrid Cars, Mexican Food*

Things I Hate That Everybody Seems To Love: Celebrities, Marmite, American Idol, Sports, Athletes, Fashion Models, Pork, Beef, Coffee, Eminem, 50 Cent & Commercial Rap, New R&B, Garth Brooks & New Country, Madonna & Unashamedly Commercial Music, Bob Seger, Bad Disco, 'Having a Disco'-British Style, Stella Artois, Cocaine, Fast Food, iPhones, The Dumb Girl Stereotype

Things that are neither as good or as bad as some people think: America
posted by chuckdarwin 19 July | 10:29
Ooh, I hate Grey's Anatomy too!

Like: Survivor, Horse Racing, Silence, The smell of skunk (within reason, Styx

Hate: Paul Harvey, Kathy Griffin, Barbeque Flavored Anything, The Princess Bride, The Caveman Commercials

Not as good or bad as people think: The Beatles.
posted by rainbaby 19 July | 10:31
jrossi4r: I also hate Kevin Smith movies. Otherwise, I don't really know what people love and hate. Except that people seem to love flip-flops and I despise them.
posted by crush-onastick 19 July | 10:35
Is Survivor still on the air?
posted by chuckdarwin 19 July | 10:38
(by 'everyone' I guess I mean 'everyone in my general peer group and/or demographic')
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:38
Is Survivor still on the air?

Well, you sometimes hear "Eye Of The Tiger" late at night.

*shadowboxes*
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:39
Things I Love That Everyone Else Seems To Hate: Pirate Master, Magma, cheesecake nudy pix, yamaimo tanzaku, beef tongue, Charlie Sexton, the immensely influential guitar wizardry of Steve Stevens, crowds, touching crazy homeless people, French hip-hop, advice, The Divinyls, Duran Duran, okra, pleated trousers, wearing a suit, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, failure.

Things I Hate That Everyone Else Seems To Love: Forrest Gump, Neil LaBute, Billy Joel, hugs, most current singer-songwriter music, advice, 12-string guitars, myself, Infinite Jest, Shawshank Redemption, 2-Pac, children's entertainment marketed to adults, success.

Things That Are Neither As Good Nor As Bad As Some People Think: Deadwood, cilantro, Big Brother 8, The Daily Show, Spanish wine, the Democratic Party, Coldplay, second place.
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 10:41
Ha. What a shitty band.
posted by chuckdarwin 19 July | 10:43
chuckdarwin: not to be reflexively contrarian, but they fall under my 'neither as good nor bad..' pile. It was one of my favorite songs when I was 11 or 12. It's still nice to hear occasionally.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:47
Random thoughts Re: Hugh's list:

Pirate Master - couldn't get into it. Maybe it was too piratey. Magma?
Cheesecake... like pinups? Charlie Sexton rocks. Steve Stevens? Who is the best French hip-hop artist? Duran Duran = Birmingham's finest (not really, it's Black Sabbath)

I'm guessing that you looooove that James Morrison record.

I love cilantro. Deadwood is too cocksuckin' gritty for me.
posted by chuckdarwin 19 July | 10:52
jonmc - when I was a lad, my band played 'Turn Me Loose' by Loverboy in the gymnasium on hot day in May. Far be it from me to cast aspersions on your favourite youthful follies.

I used to like KISS, too. It didn't last long. Now, when I see Gene Simmons I get physically ill. What a slimy, slimy, slimy man.
posted by chuckdarwin 19 July | 10:55
I used to like KISS, too. It didn't last long. Now, when I see Gene Simmons I get physically ill. What a slimy, slimy, slimy man.

Until you realize that it's something of a put-on and that he's really just a nice Jewish boy at heart. (Although I do believe he screwed tons of groupies, but what guy in his position wouldn't have?) and then your left with a dozen or so great pop-metal songs.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 10:59
I love Duran Duran and suits on men.
But anyone who doesn't love Deadwood can "Be Fucked!"
(I miss Deadwood, but I really miss Rome. Oh Titus Pullo, what further adventures you could have had. I have cancelled my HBO in your honor.)

While we're on the subject, everyone seems to love Sex and The City 'cept me. I thought the acting was atrocious and the characters were superficial stereotypes.
posted by jrossi4r 19 July | 11:01
Oh, he's had a lot of sex. He had sex with a girl I knew back in the day. She had polaroids.
posted by chuckdarwin 19 July | 11:03
No, jrossi4r, I hate that show. It's vapid, shallow, oversexed, snobby characters weren't ever that endearing to me (nor were the actresses).
posted by chuckdarwin 19 July | 11:05
everyone seems to love Sex and The City 'cept me. I thought the acting was atrocious and the characters were superficial stereotypes.

I hate it, too. The 'City' in that show bears no resemblance to the one I live in. Nobody I know lives that well, or gets laid that much.

Oh, he's had a lot of sex. He had sex with a girl I knew back in the day. She had polaroids.

Well, think about it: 4 homely goofballs from the outer boroughs form a band and it starts to get succesfull and they suddenly have beautiful women chasing them. Of course they screwed themselves senselss, who wouldn't?
posted by jonmc 19 July | 11:05
Alright, then! I feel less alone in my SATC, Grey's and Smith opinions. Now if someone would just come along and express an embarassing affinity for the swill of the mountain springs of Latrobe, PA....but that's not going to happen.
posted by jrossi4r 19 July | 11:09
Things I Love That Everyone Else Seems To Hate: techno, tacky wood paneling, tacky anything, mediocrity, rainy days

Things I Hate That Everybody Seems To Love: that horrible horrible "Kung-fu Fighting" song (AAAAARG get it out of my head!), wide screen television, PBR, wedges (as in shoes)

Things that are neither as good or as bad as some people think: pasta
posted by bobobox 19 July | 11:14
Huh. I am "meh" on SATC, Grey's Anatomy and Kevin Smith (except Clerks).

Oh for some more strongly held opinions!
posted by gaspode 19 July | 11:15
chuckdarwin:

Yup, Magma, the French prog band who sing in an interterrestrial language of their own invention. It the COS wasn't a bunch of fakers, these guys would be their Bach.

Yup, cheesecake, like pinups.

Yup, Steve Stevens, Billy Idol's guitarist.

French hip-hop? Probably Solaar.

James Morrison? Like, that idiot from the Doors?

Deadwood isn't as good as the book.

Oh, also, I love Schlitz in cans.
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 11:20
A topic confluence! Rainbaby's 'meh' on the Beatles reminds me of this:

Chuck Klosterman, in an old piece from Spin on the "10 Most Accurately Rated Artists in Rock History, on The Beatles:

4. The Beatles: The Beatles are generally seen as the single most important rock band of all time, because they wrote all the best songs. Since both of these facts are true, the Beatles are rated properly.

I happen to agree with that. I know that people disagree and consider the Beatles overrated, but I think it requires a lot of hard work and perhaps the desire to be a bit of contrarian.
posted by Miko 19 July | 11:22
I tried doing this but I find that I can't work myself into enough of a frenzy. Except Drew Barrymore. Hate her.
posted by mike9322 19 July | 11:32
Dislike: Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley, David Cronenberg, Jon Cusack, The Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Big Lebowski, Batman Begins, that "Dick in a Box" guy, Law & Order, Kids in the Hall, all Star Treks that aren't the original series, improv comedy tv shows, nostalgia for crap 80s/90s tv shows (Knight Rider, Full House, Saved By the Bell, etc.), hair metal, David Foster Wallace

Love: Cat Stevens, John Denver, Little House on the Prairie, board games, rainy days, The Danielson Famile, early-period Woody Allen, low-budget 70s/80s slasher flicks

Things that are neither as bad nor as good as some people think: religious belief (not to be confused with religion, the institution)
posted by Atom Eyes 19 July | 11:46
One more thing I hate that everyone else loves: bacon

Hmm... I seem to have an easier time getting frenzied about the things I hate than the things I love...
posted by bobobox 19 July | 11:49
Things I Love That Everybody Else Hates: anchovies, the X-Files, Afternoon Delight, the Silver Dollar Diner, cheesy monster movies, lava lamps, wall to wall carpet in moderation, tofu, morningstar farms fake bacon, bacon & peanutbutter sandwiches, jesus bread, morning glories, the smell of diesel fuel, metatalk freakouts with lots of pissy namecalling, the Incredible String Band, Yes, old Genesis, cold black coffee.

Things I Hate That Everybody Else Loves: celebrity gossip blogs, Sex & the City, Uma Thurman, news on TV, the vast majority of TV, Rush, fried green tomatos, lima beans, People magazine, Wes Anderson.

Things I Have Absolutely No Idea What the Hell They Are So I'm Not Sure If I Love Them or Hate Them or Just Don't Give a Flying Shit: Gray's Anatomy, Coldplay.
posted by mygothlaundry 19 July | 11:59
Things I love that everyone seems to hate: anchovies on pizza, strip clubs (amongst women, at least), staying home (for weeks at a time, if I can), flying, heights, snakes, Miracle Whip, beets, Hemingway (I can't understand when people say they hate Hemingway), paying the bills

Things I hate that everyone seems to love: gardening, manicures, tanning (unless it's at the beach), wearing make-up, health food stores (they smell like vitamins), slivered almonds on anything, playing any kind of team sport, panty hose, dresses, perfume, raw oysters, Abbot & Costello

Things that are neither good or bad as some people think: religion, shaving your legs, surgery, parents dying (fewer greeting cards), not having kids, the circus
posted by Pips 19 July | 12:03
Oooh, Miracle Whip, YUM.
posted by mike9322 19 July | 12:12
I don't like Hemingway because whenever someone says Hemingway they should be saying Nelson Algren or James Jones.

Healthfood stores do smell like vitamins, it's gross.

Bacon? Raw Oysters? Insanity, madness, bedlam. I love you crazy fuckers.
posted by Divine_Wino 19 July | 12:14
It's hard to think of anything that everybody, really everybody, loves or hates. What with the so-bad-it's-good and the contrarians and the nostalgists and the postmodern appreciation and whatnot. But anyway.

TILTEESTH: Metrical verse, comfortable shoes, trackballs.

TIHTESTL: Star Wars, Texas Hold-Em, Halo, rock music.

TTANAGOABASPT: Target, Amelie, Wes Anderson movies, Michael Moore movies, Radiohead, Harry Potter, the Wii.
posted by box 19 July | 12:17
A couple of caveats: I tend to reserve my hate for things that truly deserve it, like animal abusers or the Bush administration. If I can convince you to read "strongly dislike" for "hate", we can proceed. Also, I'm not all that tapped into the pop zeitgiest these days, and if you take "everybody else" to mean my peer group (white males 45-50), I'm even less so. With that in mind:

Things I Love That Everybody Else Hates - small older houses with yards, Jeremiah Johnson (I have no idea why I love this film as much as I do), Richard Brautigan, and a whole bunch of other stuff that I'm not thinking of because of stress/lack of sleep.

Things I Hate That Everybody Else Loves- tearing down small older houses with yards and replacing them with McMansions that take up the entire lot or hideous quads, post-modern architecture in general and the work of Frank Gehry in particular, whatever we're calling "freak folk" (anti-folk?) these days (seriously, it's neither folk - acoustic instruments do not always equal folk - nor is it particularly freaky; what it is is dead boring), twee and/or precious music, televised poker (WTF?), CGI/computer animation, the taste of salmon.

Things that are neither good or bad as some people think - Radiohead, religion, porn.
posted by bmarkey 19 July | 12:36
Raw oyster, it doesn't matter who else loves you or hates you, you will always be mine. I love the way you glisten at me, winking on your way down; sometimes you cling to your shell like clover to a cliff and I have to nibble a little at your sweet tendon until you let go. Maybe you give Shonen Knife stomachache, maybe headache, but that doesn't bother me, they're crazy anyway. I'm crazy for you, raw oyster, I don't need hot sauce or lemon like those fakers do, who claim to love you but just like to dress you up and suck you down. My mouth waters for you every day, my nostrils ache for your estuarine scent. I love you for who you are, my darling, my naked, wet, cold, raw oyster.

PS Please don't tell Velveeta I said any of this, okay?
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 12:37
Now if someone would just come along and express an embarassing affinity for the swill of the mountain springs of Latrobe, PA....but that's not going to happen.

I used to love a beer made in Latrobe (make sure to accent the first syllable) but it's now made from the sparky mountain springs of Newark, New Jersey. They make Sam Adams in Labtrobe now.
posted by octothorpe 19 July | 12:39
Things I Hate That Everybody Seems To Love: Harleys, Kevin Smith movies, American Idol, iPhones, the Academy Awards show, celeb gossip, anything touched by Larry David, movies based on comic books, Wes Anderson movies, Twitter and it's ilk, fast food, iTunes, New Hampshire, Radiohead


Things I Love That Everybody Seems To Hate: Nickelback, David Cronenberg movies, Atom Egoyan movies, On the Lot, public transit, new stage drama, train travel, wearing a suit, any pop music from the 80's with a danceable beat, Pittsburgh, The Great Gatsby (1974)


Things that are neither as good or as bad as some people think: Metafilter, Fark, Something Awful.
posted by arse_hat 19 July | 12:40
I still love that Laurel Highlands spring water, though. Also the Arnold Palmer.
posted by box 19 July | 12:41
Things I love that everyone seems to hate: Tom Cruise movies, brussel sprouts, being around little old ladies

Things I hate that everyone seems to love: Buckaroo Banzai, girly grooming (nails, waxing, eyebrow plucking...), thongs, oldies, the word panties, my dog (sometimes), being the center of attention, whiners (squeaky wheels DO get the grease, but not from me, cuz I hate ya)
posted by iconomy 19 July | 12:43
I know why I fucking love Jeremiah Johnson:

Jeremiah Johnson: [Jeremiah and Bear Claw hunt elk] Wind's right, but he'll just run soon as we step out of these trees.
Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Trick to it. Walk out on this side of your horse.
Jeremiah Johnson: What if he sees our feet?
Bear Claw Chris Lapp: Elk don't know how many feet a horse has!

Hugh,
I know a place that has 50 cents Oysters for happy hour around my office way, pretty good uns, too. We need to make a plan.
posted by Divine_Wino 19 July | 12:44
On more thing I hate that everyone seems to love these days, open plan kitchens.
posted by arse_hat 19 July | 12:44
I'm ready when you are, Divine_Wino.
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 12:47
pips, I'm coming to NY just so we can order a large pizza with extra anchovies and eat it all in front of the anchovy haters. Yum! Can we have feta cheese too?
posted by mygothlaundry 19 July | 12:50
I'm not familiar with James Jones, DW. I'll have to check him out. But The Sun Also Rises, Farewell to Arms, and stories like "Indian Camp," "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," and "Big, Two-Hearted River,"? The mind boggles.

(Oooo... I adore brussel sprouts and lima beans. And now I know what to bring Mike if we come to Bunnystock. : )

(I do like fried oysters... *wants to belong* : (
posted by Pips 19 July | 12:50
Things I Love That Everyone Else Seems To Hate: Rachel Ray, fruitcake, black olives, black liquorice, brussel sprouts, Pamela Anderson, Pat Buchanan (smart talking head even if his views are whacked)

Things I Hate That Everybody Seems To Love: Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, most network television, Oprah, logos, skinny jeans, gossip magazines, flashy cars, flashy cellphones, martinis.

Things that are neither as good or as bad as some people think: Mariah Carey, Woody Allen, religion, Nascar. I don't follow Nascar, but I can't hate it. I can't, I'm from Daytona Beach for goodness sake. My dad used to watch the Daytona 500 when it was held on the beach. Besides, it's fun to go to the races to drink beer and watch those crazy hardcore fans.
posted by LoriFLA 19 July | 12:51
Oh yeah, I also love professional bull riding and professional wrestling. They're the same thing except they don't cinch the bulls' nuts up quite as tight as they do the wrestlers'.

I hate live chickens, there's nothing cute about them, I'd kick their heads off if you weren't looking. Stop looking.
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 12:57
Things that I love that everyone seems to hate: doing research; liver; mass transit; small talk.

Things that I hate that everyone else seems to love: "reality" programming; driving; long-stemmed roses*; Hawaiian pizza.

* "Hate" is a bit strong; they just seem unimaginative and showy.

And just to be contrary:

things I hate but also love wholeheartedly once in a great while: Velveeta; tv dinners; cheezy frozen drinks; mass-market Tex-Mex chain restaurants; high heels.

I'm solidly in the No Franzen camp. The last time (and I do mean last) I worked my way through hundreds of pages of Franzen, I was grateful the book was so very thick, in case I got to whack him in the head with it.
posted by Elsa 19 July | 13:06
Hugh - I saw Magma a few weeks ago in a small Greenpoint Polish disco. I shoulda called you. I forgot you like them. Sorry. I will say that it was a fucking phenomenal show. Everyone cheered nonstop for 10 minutes until they finally got permission from the club to play another "song". We even hung out with them after the show, although that was mainly just looking at each other and smiling, due to the language barrier. Seriously, in my top 5 shows ever.
posted by Hellbient 19 July | 13:12
No, fucking way, really? Oh, man, that's so cool! You gotta tell me next time, I'll be there in a heartbeat, even Brooklyn.

smiling, due to the language barrier.

What, nobody spoke Kobaļan?
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 13:16
Things I Love That Everyone Else Seems To Hate: 'Contestant' shows (Apprentice, Top Model, Project Runway, etc.); Manchester United; olives; Steve Earle (at least before he became an even bigger asshole in the last few years); Jordan/Katie Price; cleaning the bathroom; King of the Hill; Morgan Spurlock.

Things I Hate That Everyone Else Seems to Love: Friends, Sex In The City, EastEnders, Big Brother; sweetcorn (niblets to USians); Jamie Oliver; Sainsbury's, Tescos and Marks & Spencer; prawns (underwater bugs - ugh!); Lord of the Rings; Star Trek (except the original); motor sports; golf; Porsches.
posted by essexjan 19 July | 13:34
Hey, Magma! Kickass!

I agree that pure vengeful hatred should be spewed upon those that deserve it (Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, etc.)

So... dislikes: huge wall-filling televisions, the original Star Trek series, Sex and the City, nostalgia for 80s cartoon shows and 70s sitcoms, The Lord of the Rings (the books, movies were okay), Harry Potter (badly written), clams, crab and lobster, shiny new cars, huge suburban houses with master suites the size of my entire apartment, going to the beach as an activity (as opposed to going for a walk on the beach), sitting in direct sunlight, Coke/Pepsi, ballet dancers en pointe, cats (allergies), going to the hairdresser, shopping, popcorn, being drunk, Yes and old Genesis as well (hi MGL!), "language" poetry, shoe fetishization, self-help books, dressing to look "sexy", dying your hair blonde unironically.

Loves: Old house hardware such as vent covers and doorknobs, old houses, the smell of musty basements, old books with annotations in the margins, old typewriters, the Church of England Evensong service, sari material, too many books and too many bookshelves, rocks and broken glass as a decorating scheme, biographies of people who led ordinary or obscure lives, historical stats, clothes that look like they could pass for 1918 fashion, 1920s popular hits, women who have never even considered playing dumb, geriatric bohemians, Handel, early operas, "updated" productions of opera or Shakespeare (when it works, it really works), wearing one piece of black clothing at all times (it just seems to happen that way), maps, particularly inaccurate ones, Alan Hollinghurst, Ethel Wilson, Mavis Gallant, Emma Donoghue, Marianne Wiggins, Alice Munro, Sarah Waters, etcetera, etcetera.

And just because other people have mentioned them, Radiohead. Me, I plan to be cremated with a copy of Kid A, so be gentle.
posted by jokeefe 19 July | 13:38
Things I Hate That Everybody Else Loves--the mainstream male culture of spectator sports, golf, lawn care, cigars, fancy luggage, suits, and overall seriousness. Jeezus. Relax. Do what you want to do. Sure, if you really like golf and cigars, fine, but there seems to be some sort of master list of what it's OK for men to enjoy, and within what certain, super-restricted parameters, certainly on Capitol Hill where I work and live.

Oh, and skinny women who walk around with their arms pulled up in their sleeves, hunch-shouldered and arms crossed, like they're freezing to death or something, even outdoors in mid-summer. Let it out!

Things I Love That Everyone Else Seems To Hate--hippies. God, I love me some dreadlocked, sweaty, peasant-dress wearing hippies. I love the smell of compost, of anchovies, and of stinky, stinky cheese.
posted by mrmoonpie 19 July | 13:57
Things I Love That Everyone Else Seems to Hate: tripe and other organ meats, mushrooms, olives, tofu, gin martinis, dressing up (though I still can't deal with colored makeup yet), the Internet, unsweetened iced tea.

Things I Hate That Everyone Else Seems to Love: ranch dressing, jeans with elastic content, cats in general (I like certain individuals), ketchup, steak sauce, iTunes, Sex and the City, Quentin Tarantino, the American cult of celebrity, summer, television.

Things I Once Loved But Am Starting to Hate: Whole Foods, Harry Potter.
posted by casarkos 19 July | 14:27
I guess I'll have to add Yes to the list of things I hate that others like. There's good prog out there, but Yes' monumental pomposity was in and of itself a good enough reason for punk to have to happen.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 14:50
(the same could go for a lot of the artier bands currently making the rounds. Today's ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead is tommorrow's It's A Beautiful Day.)
posted by jonmc 19 July | 14:52
Things I Love That Everybody Seems to Hate: Smoking, drinking, evil puzzles, tourists, early rising, grey days, [more I can't remember now - hold this space].

Things I Hate That Everybody Seems To Love: Shopping, gyms, manicures, massages (from anyone but my husband), salon hair/beauty things, POMO (mostly), pretty suburbs, electronica, porn, nightclubs, sexay clothes (I don't do earthmama styles, but tight/plunging/see-thru -on me- makes me want to crawl under the asphalt).

Glad to see others also hate Sex in the City... it's one of those things that make me drearily repeat myself every time I happen to catch it: "These women are utterly boring - do they ever talk about anything but men and shopping? I'D NEVER SPEND TIME WITH ANY OF THESE BORING, BORING, STUPID, SHALLOW PEOPLE. STOOPID!" And... repeat.
posted by taz 19 July | 15:02
Hey! White Bird is one of my favourite songs of all time.


(Also, I feel I should revise the "being drunk" thing. Give me a glass and a half of Strongbow and I'm a happy girl. But anything over the threshold of too much more and I get ill very quickly, that's all.)
posted by jokeefe 19 July | 15:03
Hey! White Bird is one of my favourite songs of all time.

I'll assume you were on very powerful acid.
posted by jonmc 19 July | 15:13
Also a fan of "White Bird", although I'd be very hard pressed to name another song they did.

Things I Love That Everybody Seems to Hate, Part 2 - "bad" weather (rain, fog, cold, snow, etc.), mornings, wine that actually tastes like wine (rather than a combination of Kool-Aid and Everclear)

Things I Hate That Everybody Seems to Love, Part 2- coffee, Lucinda Williams' voice, bright sunny days
posted by bmarkey 19 July | 16:11
...who likes Franzen? What people? Wierd.

Where does the Franzen-hate come from? I read The Corrections, and really liked it, but I had no idea that he's famous enough to be listed with such mainstream fare as Arrested Development and Coldplay. I'm vaguely aware of his Oprah scandal, but is there something about him I'm missing? Or do y'all just really hate his books?
posted by mullacc 19 July | 16:15
Hey! White Bird is one of my favourite songs of all time.

I'll assume you were on very powerful acid.

Nah. It's the violin solo, which rocks.

Also, since taz mentioned it as well, (visual) porn. I didn't want to get into a discussion on it, pro or con, but for me it's just... dead, mechanical, faked, unarousing. Also, I have a very good imagination, so it's kind of superfluous.

Not implying that those who like porn lack imagination, of course.
posted by jokeefe 19 July | 16:47
Things I Hate That Everyone Seems To Love: Beer, wine, lobster, Louis Vuitton handbags, electronica, wrestling, ultimate fighting/MMA, auto racing, high heels, most chick flicks, most country music, hospital shows (ER, Gray's Anatomy, etc.), science fiction, The O.C., Laguna Beach and its spinoffs, Matthew McConaughey (put on a shirt once in a while!), Dane Cook, the X Games, McDonald's french fries (why does everyone think they're the best fast food fries? Maybe I always get bad batches.), Norah Jones, anime, Desperate Housewives, Tori Amos, Coldplay, Lost

Things I Love That Everyone Seems To Hate: Disco (yeah, I said it!), cheesy reality shows (please tell me I am not the only one who watched Love Cruise!), the Spice Girls, Jerry Springer, New York pizza (since I am in Chicago and that's considered blasphemy), judge shows, Blue Chips, hair metal

Things Everyone I Know Is Going Crazy About That I Have No Interest In: Harry Potter, World of Warcraft, Amy Winehouse, Heroes, the cast of High School Musical
posted by sisterhavana 19 July | 20:18
please tell me I am not the only one who watched Love Cruise

How can I forget the show that first introduced me to the awesomeness that is Toni Ferrari? Her work on Love Cruise was topped only by her work on Paradise Hotel. (Sadly, her presence on Kill Reality still did not make that show even remotely watchable.)

And yeah, that Tori Amos makes my ears bleed.
posted by jrossi4r 19 July | 20:23
Things I Hate That Everyone Seems To Love: seafood, beer, fancy shmancy crap (clothes, furniture, food, cars, etc.), cell phones, sports (in general), organ meats, hot weather, hip-hop, Miracle Whip, most modern art, McMansions, Velveeta.

Things I Love That Everyone Seems To Hate: Duran Duran, '80s music (in general), celtic music, cold weather, horse racing, non-hoity toity chocolate (give me a Twix or a Kit-kat any time over some 70% chocolate bar), Kevin Smith movies, Star Trek: TNG, Maxfield Parrish, nostalgia.
posted by deborah 19 July | 22:20
Things I Love That Everybody Else Hates - Watching amateur soccer.

Things I Hate/dislike That Everybody Else Loves - To be honest, my biggest difficulty is understanding what everybody else (TM) loves or hates. I feel so disconnected from the judgement of everyone else these days....that said, I'm also such a pansy hater, my hate is soft. It's merely dislike. Uhh...that said, waffles?

Things that are neither good or bad as some people think - Ghosts.
posted by safetyfork 19 July | 23:09
This is too easy for me - I hate everything, regardless of what anyone else thinks.
posted by dg 23 July | 02:31
Things I love that everyone else seems to hate - music from the 80s, Star Trek: TOS and TNG, Zardoz, cutesy Japanese RPGs, Spam, Boston (the band, not the city), relish, Ernest movies, mauve, pastel colours, lounge music, wearing suits and ties, mathematics and particle physics, prairie fire shots (tequila and Tabasco sauce), anchovies

Things I hate (not hate, but, you know, dislike) that everyone else seems to love - sports, Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes, Weezer, lobster, tomatoes, catsup, jeans, sandals, baseball caps, Lost, Boston (the city, not the band), Trent Reznor, Albert Camus

Things that are neither as good or bad as some people think - video games, Tim Burton films
posted by the great big mulp 23 July | 16:52
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