MetaChat - 3 pt - Some things I feel I am "supposed" to like, but can't fully get behind.

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09 January 2009

3 pt - Some things I feel I am "supposed" to like, but can't fully get behind. →[More:]

Asparagus
Vampire Weekend
Slumdog Millionaire

post by: rainbaby at: 13:47 | 54 comments

Thai food.
Strenuous camping (i.e. not drive-up).
Music.

posted by Stewriffic 09 January | 13:53

compact fluorescent bulbs
Twitter
exercise

posted by jamaro 09 January | 13:54

artichokes
day planners
hoppy beer

posted by rmless2 09 January | 14:07

Chess
NPR
Going "green"

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 January | 14:11

pinkberry
alt-folk
Macs

posted by gaspode 09 January | 14:11

Ani DiFranco
Moby-Dick
Beets

posted by Miko 09 January | 14:13

Get over the whole concept of "supposed to like".

posted by Wolfdog 09 January | 14:14

That's what the quotes meant to imply Wolfdog, I like what I like - I just thought it would be fun.

(and I admit I did like some of Slumdog Millionaire.)

posted by rainbaby 09 January | 14:19

HBO shows
Getting and giving restaurant recommendations
Phones that do a lot of non-phone stuff

posted by birdie 09 January | 14:29

Flight of the Conchords
Apple
The Sims 3

posted by BoringPostcards 09 January | 14:29

Chocolate
Doctor Who
World of Warcraft

posted by JanetLand 09 January | 14:31

Flight of the Conchords

BP, I didn't think our friendship would end like this...

posted by gaspode 09 January | 14:31

Springsteen (ducks)
Mesclun Salad Mix
Brokeback Mountain

posted by danf 09 January | 14:31

Oooo! I like this topic!

Philosophy
Reading for fun
Bob Dylan

@Miko - Ani is an acquired taste. I have to listen to her at work, as she gives the Pie hives. lol :)

posted by sakura 09 January | 14:31

Computer dating
Socializing at parties where I don't know anyone
Leaving my cave on weekends

posted by Melismata 09 January | 14:47

Ruby on Rails
High weight, low reps
Anal sex

posted by danostuporstar 09 January | 14:50

liquid eyeliner
Zack Braff
Any one of a dozen indie rock groups that I'm Just Not Into.

posted by muddgirl 09 January | 15:00

Bleu Cheese

That's about it. Everything else I have no problem hating.

posted by stynxno 09 January | 15:14

Seconding compact fluorescent bulbs
Blue Velvet (Lynch film, although I love some of his other work)
Frisee (unless you like eating frizzy hair swept off the salon floor after a cut -- blechhhh!)

posted by marsha56 09 January | 15:27

twitter
mojitos
Eminem

posted by theora55 09 January | 15:30

Totally seconding Zach Braff. He seems so...smarmy. Ha! He always has that smug "Oooh, look at me, The Shins changed my life" look on his face.

Grey's Anatomy
The Ting Tings
Kombucha

posted by sarabeth 09 January | 15:37

(To reiterate) Ani Difranco
Riding a bicycle
Playing any kind of video game, including Wii

posted by pieisexactlythree 09 January | 15:39

Gah, I hate when I find out that people I like don't even like the same things I love!

posted by muddgirl 09 January | 15:40

Danno, try asking her to use a smaller strap-on

muddgirl, try talking to an old man. They hate everything except Matlock.

posted by pieisexactlythree 09 January | 15:41

Good advice for dano, pie. And lube. And relax and try lying on your side or your back.

I don't really hate hate any of the three things in my list. I will try your asparagus. I am simply likely to hate it, although probably once in my life I enjoyed it. And I won't run screaming from the room from the music or the movie. I just don't share the frenzy and never will.

posted by rainbaby 09 January | 15:45

King of the Hill
Video games (I wish I could like them)
I dunno...frisbees? Yeah, frisbees.

posted by mullacc 09 January | 15:51

BP, I didn't think our friendship would end like this...

I'm sorry, gaspode! I can live with my shameful secret no longer!
*faints dramatically on couch*

I don't really hate hate any of the three things in my list.

Same here, rainbaby. They just fail to move me.

posted by BoringPostcards 09 January | 15:55

UFC
Rollercoasters
Mad Men

posted by rocket88 09 January | 16:00

mullac, to me, frisbees are just a source of embarrassment!

posted by pieisexactlythree 09 January | 16:05

exercise
dating
beer

posted by sperose 09 January | 16:08

Lately?

Riding my bike.
Taking photos.
Being active.

Winter slluuuummmmmp.

posted by CitrusFreak12 09 January | 16:18

Facebook
Madonna
iStuff

Madonna's continuing mainstream presence is really the only thing that makes me go ???!

posted by moonshine 09 January | 16:25

Grateful Dead (I'm of that generation)
Television
Obama (I am not at all convinced that Congress won't steamroller him, but at least he ain't Bush.)

posted by Ardiril 09 January | 16:37

Sauerkraut
Nail polish
Gym memberships

posted by lysdexic 09 January | 16:44

Any 'amazing' trendy gadget made in China be it Blackberry, Ipod, Iphone, Pre, whatever. Goodbye domestic jobs, hello waste of natural resources.

New audio formats i.e. surround 5.1, 7.1, 9.3.42rev.b, SACD, whatever.

Expensive HDMI cable (or any borderline worthless 'improvement' in transfer interface) that I *had* to buy to connect notebook to TV.

Positive: Shopped, found, and bought nice new pair of Lowa boots made in Germany. By craftsmen.

posted by buzzman 09 January | 17:32

Sarah Vowell
"30 Rock"
Blu-Ray

posted by scody 09 January | 18:10

Twitter
blogging
Creme brûlée

posted by lonefrontranger 09 January | 18:29

Wonderful! I also don't get (from comments)

Grateful Dead
Mojitos
Facebook (scary! worlds collide!)
Zach Braff
Mad Men

Sorry ly - you'll have to pry my sauerkraut from my etc. etc., but that's cool.

posted by rainbaby 09 January | 18:55

sweets, esp. chocolate/ice cream
facebook
flu vaccinations

(Yeah, I know, I was here before.)

posted by sakura 09 January | 18:58

Twitter, or any of the other weirdly-named social connectivity networks

artichokes, and the hearts therein

television

posted by Lipstick Thespian 09 January | 19:04

Twitter, or any of the other weirdly-named social connectivity networks

artichokes, and the hearts therein

television

posted by Lipstick Thespian 09 January | 19:04

I'm with the others on the Dead. Which doesn't bode well for being a permanent resident of Boulder. They and every other jam band and wanky prog-rock group win a resounding "meh". I'll support all those twee indie bands muddgirl Just Doesn't Get tho Andrew Bird did take getting used to.

posted by lonefrontranger 09 January | 19:09

Twitter
Avatars
Front page

posted by Claudia_SF 09 January | 19:27

the "indie rock" genre
vegetarianism
dating

posted by Deep Dish 09 January | 19:31

people who can't get into the Dead
twitter
i pretty much love everything else in the world other than the 5 things I listed in this tread

posted by danf 09 January | 19:46

the Dead
people who can't get into Twitter

posted by mullacc 09 January | 21:39

Sushi
NPR
Obama

posted by jessamyn 09 January | 22:07

BP - I've heard of love for Flight of the Conchords being divided male/female, but every Kiwi and Aussie I know loves it, across gender lines. I think there is a distinct antipodean sense of humour (viz. US Kath and Kim - what the hell were you people thinking? I hate to see how Rob Thomas rapes Outrageous Fortune) and it's not everyone's cup of tea.

And Miko - yay! I can't get through Moby-Dick - I've tried, Lordy knows I've tried, but 80 or so pages in I'm snoring, every single time. It's the one 'classic, meaningful' novel I just can't get through. I'm glad it's not just me.

Otherwise I haven't yet succumbed to twitter and facebook, and probably won't in the near future.

posted by goo 10 January | 00:37

lobster
Nabokov
cachaça

posted by misteraitch 10 January | 02:38

Blackberry-type devices (only when I can afford a data package; then I will like you)
true liberal Democrats
Charles Dickens (I take him on a book by book basis)

posted by TrishaLynn 10 January | 08:44

sushi
Facebook (though I'll probably end up drinking that goddamned koolade just to see what the hell my friends & family are up to, since thanks to FB they don't email or post their photos somewhere I can freakin' see them without a Facebook membership. Sorry, wasn't this a shouting thread? Oh. Oops.)

healthy living

posted by elizard 10 January | 10:36

Dogs
Children
Sushi
Movies in general
The iPhone
World of Warcraft
Single-malt scotch

posted by BitterOldPunk 10 January | 14:27

- beer
- wine
- cell phones
- most vegetables
- sea food

posted by deborah 10 January | 17:30

Ani DiFranco -- I agree with Miko
Liz Phair -- her too
Bjork -- maybe a trend
Wheatgrass
Speaking of prog rock -- Prog rock in general

posted by halonine 11 January | 00:41

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