Things I hate that everyone else loves.

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A new writer asked me yesterday how I deal with negative reviews and the answer is that I don’t deal with them.  I let other people I love check that shit out and they tell me if it’s something I should take to heart or not.  Sometimes feedback can be really helpful but often it just fucks with your head so it’s good to have someone who isn’t you look at it objectively so you don’t have that shit in your head forever.  The thing I’ve learned that is the most helpful is this:

I’M NOT FOR EVERYONE.

And that’s actually great because if I was for everyone then I’d be so bland and pointless that no one ever would say, “OMG ME TOO!  I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY WEIRDO.”

You are totally not the only weirdo.  Welcome home.

Whenever I start to doubt that someone rejecting me isn’t necessarily a reflection on me as a person I remind myself that there are amazing, brilliant things that are so important that people base their lives around them but that I personally do not get the appeal of at all.  It’s not that I’m better than those people and honestly I wish I loved a lot of stuff that I don’t because I know I’m missing out, but we are all unique and that is what makes it so magical when we find the things make our hearts sing.

So, right now, I want you to share at least one thing that everyone else in the world seems to love but that you could totally do without for the rest of your life. And remember that even though you don’t like it, it doesn’t mean those things aren’t important.  That goes for you too.  Not everyone is going to like you.  But so many people are going to love you.

I’ll go first.

Things I could live without forever that the rest of the world loves:

Tolkien.  Oreos.  Steely Dan.  Cherry popsicles.  Sweaters.

Your turn.

PS.  Later this week we’ll look at things you love that no one else seems to appreciate so start thinking about that too.

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  3. I don’t like coffee, tea, or wine. They all taste bitter and gross to me. And, yes, I know everyone thinks I’m weird.

  13. Horror and terror movies. I cannot for the life of me understand the appeal of them. Why… just why, argh. Also, jelly and flan. The consistency… yikes.

  15. Professional family photos. Grey’s Anatomy. Facebook. Car decals. Gluten free food.

  22. Elvis. I lived in Memphis for most of my life and just didn’t get all of the fans coming there just to see his mansion that’s not really even a mansion. Some of these people came all the way from Japan, Germany, Australia, etc. just to do this. 😒

  30. I don’t like The Big Bang Theory (the show). My family loves it and since I’m the designated nerd in the family they are shocked every time they relearn that I don’t like it. Also I hate paper plates because of pollution and I don’t mind washing my plates and the texture makes me cringe.

  35. I don’t drink coffee or alcohol. I don’t like the taste. Though out there, there are one or two alcoholic beverages that I have enjoyed, but I don’t actively seek it out.

  36. Avocado.
    Food so spicy it sears your taste buds and nostril hairs right off your body.
    Seafood (for eating); in the ocean where it belongs, it’s awesome.
    Coffee. It is just burnt water, and you are all wrong 😉
    But on the flip side…
    You lost me at Tolkien. I must confess though, I do have a good reason for loving him – my parents named me from his LOTR series (the little Elanor flower in Lothlorien) so I guess I have an excuse. 🙂
    Also, I also absolutely adore spiders in all shapes and sizes. My friends now send me random spider posts on FB asking me to identify them.

  39. Parades, apple pie, baseball, asparagus, and rhubarb. Oh, and Gmail. But gmail pretty much loathes me too.

  43. Cheeseburgers. I like cheese and hamburgers but not together. Holy fuck that’s gross! And I hate maple syrup, most nuts (except cashews), and maple syrup and pumpkin anything and butternut squash. NOPE.

  46. I am 100% with you on Steely Dan and sweaters. Well, “Dirty Work” by Steely Dan I like but seriously bleh.
    And sweaters get too hot because everyone keeps the heat too high in winter and they’re itchy and bulky and frankly just not comfortable.
    Things I can do without: the song Sister Christian. Sausage. Taylor Swift (YEAH I SAID IT). Beer.

  55. Doctor Who. Marvel movies. Beyonce. (She’s gorgeous and has an incredible voice, but her style of music is not up my street, okay.)

  56. Kardashians, thongs, ketchup, crowds, amusement parks, movie popcorn, high heels, parades.

  57. Mocha. Yuck. I like my chocolate to taste like chocolate and my coffee to taste like coffee. Don’t try to confuse the two greatest things on earth.

  59. Religion. Gone with the Wind. Lawyers. Purposely-distressed furniture. Jeans faded on purpose. The Saw movie franchise. The desert (love desserts, though ;-). Actually, the outdoors in general. Summer. Hot (anything above 60 degrees) weather.

  62. ice cream
    Ice cream It really is a big no matter to me
    Even i’m brazilian and i don’t speak english very well so i’m sorry if i say something that doesn’t make much sense

  67. Coffee. Game of Thrones. Superhero movies. iPhones (and people who act like iPhones are the only smart phones available). Concerts. Facebook. OK, I’ll say it, friends that attend concerts with mutual friends and post pics on Facebook using their iPhones so friends who weren’t invited can see. TOTALLY kidding, but it just seemed to all go together so well (I could not figure out how to work Game of Thrones, superhero movies and coffee into the drama). I am too old to care who does what with who on Facebook, and usually too tired to join in anyway.

  68. Things I could live without forever that the rest of the world loves:

    Country Music. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Billie Eilish.

  69. Things I could live without forever that the rest of the world loves:

    Country Music. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Billie Eilish.

  70. Modern jazz (makes me want to bite something or someone), Black Friday/and, actually, stores open on Thanksgiving, and a lot of the crap/hype that has become Christmas….and so-called Christians who seem to have missed a LOT of the points made in the New Testament. Oh- and people who won’t vote because they think their vote doesn’t matter. And finally, as a now-retired teachers, politicians who think that testing=teaching. Whew! I feel better already!

  71. I know you will probably say I’m sick, but I honestly have to say sex. Only had experience with 2 partners, and maybe they got it wrong, but I could live without it The rest of my life. The only good things that came from it were my daughters.

  72. Chicken, semi sweet and dark chocolate (let’s simply say bakers block when a kid, big bite),1970’s El Camino, and wine

  76. Journey. As in the band. I absolutely HATE them. I can’t even tell you why, but I really do and people are in absolute shock if this ever comes up. There are definitely others (I’m so with you on Tolkien), but this is the one that upsets the most people.

  78. Bob Dylan and coffee. Maybe if I had coffee WITH Bob Dylan they’d both be better? If so, maybe Bruce Springsteen should come too.

  80. Coffee. Alcoholic beverages. Jello (total sensory nightmare). The movie Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio.

  81. I didn’t read the fine print. I listed Trump. The rest of the world doesn’t love him…strike him off the list.

  85. For me it is snow, ice or anything other thing associated with coldness. People go all gaga over snow and I just don’t get it.

    Luckily, (not really luck, I planned this) I now live in Vietnam and will never be cold again.

  87. black pepper, coffee, dark chocolate, game of thrones, skinny jeans, high heels (low heels, any heels)

  90. Paintings like those of Mark Rothko, puffy vests, mochi, baseball or soccer, beer, EGGPLANT, scented products because they come together with all the other random scents in other products=ewwww, and probably too many other things I just can’t think of at the moment.

  91. Game of Thrones…I just do not get the appeal…I couldn’t even stick through 1 episode.

  98. Brussels sprouts. The Office. Lemon in my water just stop it! Red velvet flavored anything (except Cupcake wine – that shit is good). The words momtreprenuer or girl boss. Thank you for this safe space. xo

  101. Coffee, dark chocolate, Princess Bride, bloody violent anything, horror whatever, Twitter, and chalk paint!

  102. Hallmark movies. Reality TV. People Magazine. Lipstick. Walmart. Avocado Toast. Rap music. Christmas decorations before Halloween. (Don’t even talk to me about Christmas until after Thanksgiving.)

  103. Agreed with so many of the ones already written. Also for me, Red Velvet. Yes to the cream cheese icing, but you can put that shit on anything and make it delicious. The actual Red Velvet cake…nope.

  104. Duplin’ dots. Especially tutto frutti. Yuck. Asked husband for ice cream at a baseball game (have been married almost 24 years and he Knows I love all things chocolate) and he brings me this sticky atrocity?

  112. Two books: A Wrinkle in Time, and Catcher in the Rye (also Gatsby so, 3).
    Also….Ryan Gosling, nothing against him, I just don’t see the sexy, guess he’s not my personal brand of catnip.

  113. Game of Thrones-I tried, I swear. I can’t.
    Blue October-his voice is so fucking whiney makes me want to stab myself in the eardrums
    Sports in general
    Dark chocolate. The number of times I have bought it on accident only to discover my mistake in a chocolate emergency is an absolute travesty

  115. Tomatoes. Cucumbers. Reality TV shows. Pugs. Romance novels. Watermelon. Guacamole. Most sci-fi novels. Rap/hip-hop.

  116. Any form of organized religion. Guns. Definitely Steely Dan (and I went to William and Mary). Nail polish. Going to a hair stylist, even though it’s a big plus. Just for S&G I’ll throw in lima beans.

  117. Disneyland. Peanut butter. Tolkien and modern jazz….makes
    Meme want to slap people.
    To

  119. Baseball, the band Kiss, card games, James Patterson and the phrase “it is what it is”!!!!

  121. Sitcoms. Romcoms. Reality shows. Reggae. Designer bags. Harry Potter. Grey’s Anatomy. Karaoke. Cigars. Hollywood/celebrity culture.

  124. Sports – any of them. I have never cared about sports and AS A MAN, it seems to baffle people.

    Name brand anything – I have never been a brand chaser and am not impressed if you got the new “whatever”

    Babies – the cute stories people tell about thie newborn are not as interesting as they think. and NO, I do not want to hold him.

  142. Shabby chic, basketball, hot yoga, cauliflower, skinny jeans, beards, scooters laying all over
    sidewalks, spike heels

  143. Friends. Ketchup. Mayo. Outlander. Game of Thrones. A Discovery of Witches (Holy cow, I caught it a couple weeks ago from some of my tour guests when they found out I was not able to finish the book – let alone the following books.)

  144. Christmas I pretend to like it but really it’s my least favorite holiday, Designer handbags, , makeup. and Joe Hill the author.

  146. In no particular order, and as noted, with the awareness that this doesn’t make me better than people who like these things: Christmas and the associated treacly music. Winter. Team sports. The idea of fame and celebrities. The idea of ‘working hard and playing hard.’ Mission statements. Dancing. Country music (I live in the southwest.) Reality TV. Practical jokes. There are more, but that’ll do for now.

  149. OMG someone else who doesn’t like Oreos!!!! The whole WORLD loves Oreos except me – and you!!!! I also hate coconut and coffee, two more things the whole world loves. Except I have found a few people who hate one or the other of those, too. Yes, I’m a weirdo and I am proud to be one of YOUR weirdos. If that isn’t too weird…

  150. As a Canadian, I feel like a social pariah that I don’t dig the Tragically Hip at all. It’s like a Canadian “thing” to like this band… I keep it quiet. Oh, and ice cream. Also not my jam.

  151. Beyonce, pickles, wine, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Chick Lit/Rom-Coms, Reese Witherspoon, summer, ham (especially hot ham)

  152. Coffee, wine, soft drinks, shopping malls, most junk food, football, cooking, and heavy makeup. There are many others but that will do for the moment. Yay for weirdos!

  154. Sweet corn, lobster, prestige TV shows with unlikeable “heroes”, and any sport where opponents beat the crap out of each other: boxing, wrestling, MMA, football,…

  155. I hate most sports, pumpkin spice anything, all mlm’s, the term “boss babe”, all Kardashians, hallmark christmas movies, Tolkien books, Steeley Dan, the Jonas Brothers, high waisted Jean’s.

    I’m sure there is so much more, but I’ll leave it at that for now.

  156. I hate most sports, pumpkin spice anything, all mlm’s, the term “boss babe”, all Kardashians, hallmark christmas movies, Tolkien books, Steeley Dan, the Jonas Brothers, high waisted Jean’s.

    I’m sure there is so much more, but I’ll leave it at that for now.

  158. I don’t care for Instagram and pumpkin pie, but I understand why other people love them.

  164. Double sinks in a bathroom. SERIOUSLY , that is just one more sink to get nasty and needs cleaning.

  165. Chocolate chip cookies, social media, soft blankets (because my cat jumps them ALL, specifically the section next to my leg)

  166. The movie Forrest Gump, mayonnaise, country music, Harry Potter books or movies, the show Friends, meat, beer, pot, football, basketball, Hallmark movies, popular fiction. And that’s just a start. I love looking at everyone’s lists. (But GAWD, I did love Game of Thrones!)

  167. Expensive cars. Diets. Admitting your depressed or not happy, ie. being honest when someone says “how are you?”

  170. The Alamo. When I moved to San Atonio I put it on my un-bucket list. Seriously, it wasn’t our land to begin with…what am I missing here?

  171. I’ll try almost anything once, but often once is enough. Most new shows on TV, Starbucks/fancy coffees, mcmansions, morning radio DJs, having my own children, and buying the latest car/phone/etc.

    Now, you damn kids — get off my lawn! 😉

  173. High heeled shoes – NOBODY’s got time for that and you can’t run away as fast, baths (sitting in your own dirty water for an hour? How is that relaxing?), dark chocolate, drill teams, bras, Hemingway. Apparently I think non sequiturs are the bomb though.

  174. Celebrities, Reality TV, most Starbucks drinks, medical TV shows, all spinoffs of Law & Order (original is the only watchable series), TV adaptation of GoT. I could go on…

  175. Oh, reading others’ comments make me think of even MORE again: pugs, Star Trek, GOT, face time (without warning), yoga pants, pumpkin spice, scented candles, subway tile, The biggest of all — and this is more of a pet peeve — is the word “like” used as anything other than a verb or simile. It drives me CRAZY. The record I’ve heard was five times in one sentence. PLEASE STOP!

    Thanks for letting me rant on that last one.

  179. Cantaloupe. I call it gagaloupe. It permeates and pollutes a fruit salad so don’t tell me to just pick it out. It is the only food I can’t eat so leave me alone.

  182. Bars, high heels, “reality” television, country/heavy metal music, loads of makeup (especially “contouring” items), designer/name brand anything, “influencers”, Twilight, Fifty Shades of Gray, most talk shows, beer, recreational drugs, The Fast And The Furious (ad nauseum), superhero movies, and expensive cars.

  187. Coffee, most alcohol, fish, my own kids, onions, mushrooms, spicy food, Kanye West, pumpkin, politics, sports, turtle, most fashion. I need to stop thinking about this because I just keep coming up with more

  188. Bacon, avocados, steak (hopefully, these three are never together in my presence), football, horror movies

  192. Marvel, reality TV (ESPECIALLY The Bachelor), celery, soda, high heeled shoes (why?), almost anything that costs <$1 and is plastic, promotional items, plastic bags

  193. Football.
    Eating dead animals.
    Socks.
    Oprah (she’s fine so I guess I mean her products).
    Horror/thriller movies
    Ceremony of any kind but especially weddings

  196. Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. Baseball. Ariana Grande. Country music (except for The Dixie Chicks and Dolly Parton- their awesomeness transcends). Poetry. The Wizard of Oz. Bleu cheese. Air fresheners/ plug-ins. Cake. Carbonated beverages.

  197. In no particular order. – Hazelnut, avocados, diets, James Joyce, I agree about Tolkien, romance genre, most modern music beyond 1999, reality TV, anything pink, makeup, babies, marriage, high heels, fingernail polish, sports, social media, clowns, gossip/drama, tea of any sort, and I’m sure I could come up with more.

  199. Country music. Folk music. Football. Religion. Uggs. Game of Thrones. Anything fantasy-related (like GOT, Tolkien, etc.) Most sitcoms. Seche Vite topcoat. Louis Vuitton logo bags. (Any logo bags, actually.) I think being unique takes more guts and shows more refined taste than just being a lemming and following the lead.

  204. Cilantro. I’m in Austin and there is cilantro on EVERYTHING. I can’t stand the stuff.

  206. Thanksgiving. TikTok. Bottled water. Ice in beverages. Bacon. Artificial maple syrup. UGG boots. RuPaul’s Drag Race. Hershey’s chocolate. LaCroix, which I will forever insist should be pronounced la-kwahhh and not luh-croy.

  207. beer, coffee, pepsi, sushi, undercooked meat (yes it all must be well done), kardashians, and really following any celebrities…. I mean who has the time…. and they make big money so why do I need to support their lifestyle by buying their shit….

  210. Sitting almost anywhere – hate “comfy” couches, lounge chairs, car trips
    Friday night activities. Sun bathing. Talk radio of any kind. Picnics.

  211. Rap and hop hop music. Pecans. Coconut. Reality TV. Game shows. Ridiculously long IG stories. Christmas shopping. Shoes, unless they are flip flops, but then I’d need to move back to FL. If only.

  213. On “It’s a Wonderful Life”– totally with you. In my book, it’s a horror film about a poor bastard that God tortures until he’s ready to kill himself, at which point God threatens to kill or destroy everyone he ever loved, until he volunteers to go back and endure more torture.

  217. Yes! How could I forget Fifty shades of grey? Trying to read that crap just makes my head hurt.
    Also, gender reveal parties. Whose bright idea were those? Just in my family two dads were crushed (and honestly, kind of hated) when they found out they were having another girl. Both dad’s already have two. Phooey. Who needs to witness their private angst?

  224. Pumpkin Spice anything, reality TV, squash (seriously, no flavor and the most disgusting texture), baby “sprinkles”, gender reveal parties, movies where grown men act like babies (40 year old virgin, Stepbrothers, The Anchorman, etc)

  230. I’m just going to add Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas decorations all coming out in August/September, then Valentine’s & St. Patrick’s day decor at Christmas. Remember when consumerism was more subtle?

  231. Scented fabric softener, body spray, scented candles, scented spray… FEBREZE-SCENTED TRASH BAGS WHYYYYYYYYYY

  232. Big Bang Theory, bras, travel, zombies, horror movies, Twilight Zone, rap, Kardashians, Beyonce

  233. I confess I have no idea what a Steely Dan is…
    My hates:
    Popcorn, aka edible styrofoam with teeny knife shells.
    Rom coms (So bloody sexist. All. The. Time. Also boooooooooorrrring)
    Blueberry pancakes
    Richard Gere. Dude seriously creeps me out.
    Those horrible plasticized jeans that were popular the other year. Can’t even bear to touch them.
    Popular radio stations.

  234. mint and chocolate – ick. James Patterson. Country music. Any booze – it all smells so bad. Axe or other stinky colognes/perfumes.

  236. Wine, coffee, anything bitter, sour, or spicy (I’m a semi-supertaster), mushrooms, shrimp, turtlenecks, CAMPING, decorating for Christmas right after Halloween, most holidays (except for the time off part) … and I like dogs but only when they are someone else’s.

  237. Coffee, Hot peppers, cooked spinach, oreos, mangoes, musk melons, cantaloupes, honeydew melons, raw tomatoes, cigarettes, beer, most reality tv, football, baseball, golf, fashion magazines, car commercials, medicine commercials, mesothelioma commercials, bars, tsa, hallmark movies, murder death kill crime tv shows…

  239. Starbucks. Marvel. Football. Baseball. Musicals (except Hedwig and the angry inch). Pumpkin pie. Peanut butter cups. Corgis. Spas.

  240. Oh more (apparently I mostly hate popular foods?):
    Unbaked/soft cheesecake
    Cupcakes
    Cream cheese icing
    Kale
    Green olives (black or kalamata are fine)
    Most concerts. They’re almost always too loud and crowded for me.
    ABBA
    Loud restaurants
    Water. It has a taste, despite what water likers always claim. A bad taste.

  241. Ketchup, the Kardashians, the real Housewives of anywhere, people who need to take selfies constantly.

  242. Alcohol, Star Wars, eggnog, Lord of the rings, Boba, social media, Starbucks & Dutch Bros. 🙂

  244. sex (I’m asexual), coffee, sports, avocados, peanut butter, all the books we had to read in high school english, anything spicy, friends the tv show, horror, anything scary, seafood.

  246. Coffee, watermelon (any melons, actually), pickles, Earl Grey tea,whiskey, bell peppers, beans, pineapple, grapefruit.

  248. My list:
    Tuna, Mayo, Onions, Liver, Sushi, Country Music, Skinny Jeans, Feet being dirty (I don’t go barefoot), hate, cowneck/turtleneck/choker necklaces (I feel like I’m being strangled).
    Sorry to all fans of the things on my list.

    E

  249. I love that looking through these comments I’m seeing many people listing the same things I would! That shows right there that while tons of people may like those things, it’s not everyone! Now lets see if I can come up with some stuff that may not have been mentioned already…

    For me, pretty much any vegetable and most fruits… There are literally only like 3 things in combined fruits/veggies section that I’ll eat, and even then only every once in awhile. Most soda, I actually used to drink soda way too much but when I had some stomach issues a few years back I tried to cut down on the soda, and nowadays most soda just legit makes me cringe when I take a sip (root beer is an exception, but again only every so often).

    The sun. Sounds weird until I point out that I live in Arizona and sun=heat, soooo much heat. (Seriously, middle of November right now and we are still having high-80s temperatures.) And even without the heat issue, I just like overcast/cloudy days more, I feel like sunny days are just too bright and bold and in your face.

    Most ‘popular’ music of the moment? Like, Beyonce and Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj… I don’t hate their music, and most artists have one or two songs I kinda-like, but I just don’t really get all the hype. I’d say 90% of my normal playlist is songs from before 2010, just not that into much of the current stuff.

  250. OMG.

    I truly have found my tribe. These responses are super funny and fascinating!

    I’d like to add James Corden (carpool karaoke), Amy Schumer, Swiss cheese, Chelsea handler, ambrosia salad, Taylor Swift, Costco, the “Twilight” series, football, breakfast burritos, baseball, Jimmy Fallon, camping, any insect, Christmas music in November, “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, peppermint/mint flavoured desserts… Star Trek… and Star Wars. I know those last two make most people I met say WHHA?!

  252. S6nthetic Cherry (actual cherries are fine), real watermelon (sunthetic watermelon flavor is awesome), coffee, alcohol, children, Tolkien, Game of Thrones

  255. Lobster, pineapple, reality tv, toilet paper hung with the paper dispensed from behind/bottom of the roll, texting while driving (pretty sure I’d get years back from the delays due to texting.), vomiting. I’d rather be sick for days than vomit🤢.

  257. Parades. Never understood the point of standing outside to watch people march by. A televised parade is even worse. Yes, that includes the Macy’s Day parade.

  258. Men. I don’t hate them, just not interested at all. I’ll consider individuals on a case-by-case basis.

  261. Most television but especially TV Dating Shows, Big Brother, and all things Kardashian
    Nailed It
    Dan Brown books
    Non linear video games
    Avocado

  263. Trump, doughnuts–they just turn into a lump in my stomach and then on my thighs! the new flat black car paint–saw a Tesla like that. It just looks like a car that’s not quite done being painted to me. I guess it’s the new “thing.” Downton Abbey, and pretty much every reality show on TV except Project Runway and Top Chef.

  264. Watermelon, oranges, tea, yogurt, blow dryers, winter, sneakers when you’re not exercising, and turtlenecks

  268. Friends, Seinfeld, Golden or Gilmore Girls. Lime flavored candy, watermelon jolly ranchers. Storebought pudding. Ketchup.

  269. Dresses and skirts, tight clothing, sweaters, reality tv, having a nasty judge on entertainment shows, hot weather, billionaires, using ask as a noun and other linguistic dumb downs.

  272. I developed an intolerance to chocolate in my twenties. I can’t eat it without massive headaches, and feeling like I’ve just eaten poison. But… I’m over it.
    People act like it’s so TRAGIC that I can’t eat it because to them it’s magic and amazing and the only thing they ever want in a dessert.
    Okay. That’s great for them! But I really have no interest or desire for chocolate at all.
    And yeah, the fact that SO MANY PEOPLE obsess over it to the point that they HIDE chocolate in otherwise non-chocolate desserts (like salted caramel crunch ice-cream -with hidden chocolate chips-), can make me feel left out and at times even annoyed.
    Yes, chocolate is great! Hurray!
    Now keep it the hell out of my food.

  273. Jeans, alcohol, coffee, tea, chili, very-spicy food, tight clothes & sweaters for me too, pop music, blockbuster superhero movies, and many other things but I don’t have all night.

  275. Facebook, reality tv, sports, high heals, makeup, being a parent (No worries, I’m not one. The children I didn’t have thank me.)

  277. Pumpkin spice lattes, unicorn food/drinks, lord of the rings books, podcasts, parties bigger than 8 people, Seinfeld, marvel avengers.

  279. Relationships. Single has been the best thing for my life and I wish I’d done it a certain number of years ago (2008).

    Never read the bad reviews. With the following you have, you don’t need to. Like you said, if everyone liked you, you’d be mainstream, and mainstream is boring. 🙂

  283. Football (I’m Australian so that’s worse than Texas), Beyonce (seriously if it wasn’t for the other two no-one would have ever heard of Destiny’s Child), Reality TV

  284. Tom Hanks, and especially Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers—although I love Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s profile of Tom Hanks.

    Also, Paul Rudd may be the blandest person on Earth.

  286. I quickly came up with a list of about 40 individual things before I realised that I should cut back. So here are my current top three from each category [which is more than 40 //insert facepalm emoji here//]:

    drinks: coffee, alcohol, bottled water [it tastes gross and everything about it is horrible for the Earth];
    foods: coconut anything [except for macaroons and Mounds bars], raspberries, cinnamon rolls;
    movies: Grease, The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off;
    movie franchises: Evil Dead, The Godfather, Pirates of the Caribbean;
    actors: John Cusack, Al Pacino, Bill Murray;
    actresses: Sandra Bullock [except in The Proposal, Murder By Numbers, and Demolition Man], Judy Greer, Jane Krakowski;
    TV shows: reality shows [except for a couple of things, e.g.The Amazing Race], Grey’s Anatomy, The Walking Dead [I still watch this and have from the beginning but the oversaturation and obsession is baffling to me];
    male singers: Elvis, Bob Dylan, Geddy Lee;
    female singers: most solo Beyoncé [I liked Destiny’s Child], most Taylor Swift, Anita Baker;
    art: abstract, cubism, performance;
    clothing: pointed-toe shoes, drop-crotch pants [the ones that fit everywhere else but for some reason the crotch is halfway to the knees], Western clothing [i.e. cowboy stuff];
    makeup: orange/”warm” contour, obviously fake eyelashes [natural-looking false lashes are fine], foundation that doesn’t match the actual skin color;
    sayings: It Is What It Is, Live Laugh Love, Keep Calm and Carry On;
    holidays: Christmas invasion in stores [shouldn’t be in stores until AT LEAST the middle of November (actually I’d like to make it a rule that any holiday shouldn’t be in stores until a month before the date; no Xmas in October, no Valentine’s Day right after Xmas, no Easter in the beginning of February. etc.)], Thanksgiving [there’s nothing to celebrate about what happened to the Native Americans when Europeans arrived], 4th of July [any patriotic thing, really];
    random: the entire concept of high end/designer things, purposefully-distressed things/stuff that looks “worn in” even though it’s new/expensive, The Muppets [I like some individual Muppets but on a whole, no]

    I’m sure I could sit here and think of more and more but it’s 5am right now and I should go to sleep.

  287. Cake/pies (too much of that when I wad young), pizza (yuck), skinny bottom slacks (I’m a kid of the 80’s but our jeans and slacks weren’t that skinny, and I’m way too fat to wear then), and soccer. I really don’t know what to say about soccer except that I really have a distaste for it.

  299. Jeans, licorice, Disney’s “Frozen,” chocolate cake, church, the movie “Grease,” and all the stuff that’s “supposed” to taste bitter according to snooty folks like dry wines, all the beers, and dark chocolate.

  300. Cadbury Creme Eggs, Miley Cyrus, Circus Peanuts ( the marshmallow candy), the song Last Christmas (drives me insane!! 😂)

  305. Long list. Noise, television, most movies, most cooked vegetables, romance books, being in a crowd, Hallmark movies, stupid plots, grammatical and spelling errors, people who complain about the weather, new to me foods, Christmas shopping, sports, scented products, incense, my pastor, …

    Wow am I a grump! Hey you kids, get off my lawn!

  307. Hot weather, wine, sports, most pop music, romance books/movies, CBD oil, essential oils, Instagram

  308. The Sound of Music, mushrooms, horror movies, and I know this is very controversial, The Beatles.

  309. Chicken dance, electric slide – any dance done in unison…
    GOT=WTF?
    Creamsicles – most fruit/cream combos
    Jelly Rings (Jelly most things)
    Popcorn (first bite is the best – it’s all downhill after that)

  310. Local TV news anchors who think they’ll win an Oscar for over-dramatizing the news: “And NOW, a REAL, LIVE kitten in a tree!” If there are two anchors, they constantly look at each other for confirmation as they read from the teleprompter. Get over yourselves!
    Reality TV.
    Kardashians.
    Fake eyelashes that look like a tarantula landed.
    Orange juice.
    Forced family gatherings at holidays when most of the relationships are toxic anyway.
    Chin hairs (not talking about men here).
    Beards (talking about men here).
    95% of the people I know.

  311. Game of Thrones, reality television, The Shining, wine, Starbucks. I am sure there is more, but off hand, these are the Not For Me things.

    It’s funny how my instinct when reading things that people do not love is to try to change their minds.

  314. TV / videos / movies, podcasts, watermelon, strawberries, pies, and taking baths. It’s funny when someone (… my mother) tries to convince me that I do indeed like these things.

  315. Condiments: ketchup, mustard, salad dressing, mayonnaise, etc. Please send all your Oreos to me.

  317. I work retail so… Christmas. I have nothing against the holiday itself but I don’t understand the stress people put themselves through for it. I also don’t get the appeal of hot weather, FOMO (fear of missing out) olives, sports, make up and fashion, reality tv, and lying about your age. I’m 41 and I don’t care who knows it!
    Oh and also being the center of attention for any reason. I like being appreciated but I don’t like having a fuss made over me or being the center of attention for any reason. My wedding was probably one of the most stressful days of my life.

  318. Sauces (unless they’re really thick), jelly, jam, custard, purple skittles, and milk.

  319. whoops accidently posted that under my husbands name (andrew juell) in the comment above could you please delete it?

  321. whoops accidently posted under my husbands name please delete (317 andrew juell) or change the name to janet. Thanks

  324. Red velvet cake. Red dye tastes really bitter to me so why ruin a perfectly good cake with it?

  326. Cilantro
    Licorice
    The Great Gatsby
    Cold brew
    IPAs
    Any talent-oriented reality shows that invariably award the top prize to the blandest act, especially ones involving Simon Cowell
    Auto-tuning
    Team-building events
    Manual transmissions (I mean, why not just get a hand-crank starter while you’re at it?)
    Counter-service restaurants, especially ones that shout “Welcome to ___!” at you the second you walk in the door
    Neil Young’s singing – excellent songwriter but sings like a wounded cat
    Extra-dark chocolate, extra-hoppy beer, extra-spicy hot sauce, sour toe cocktails, or anything else that no one would ever consume except on a dare

  327. Marvel movies, pants (skirts and dresses all the way even in MN), milk, being on boats, pasta, and country music.

  329. Taylor Swift. Game of Thrones. The Patriots (I’m from New England). Pretty much, if it’s been popular, it’s rubbed me the wrong way since junior high.

  330. Game of Thrones, pumpkin flavored everything, Harry Potter, football, alcohol

  331. High heeled shoes
    Social Media
    Spiced dessert
    Team Sports
    Sport cars
    Disney Vacations
    Winter
    Cliques
    Alcohol

  332. peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, sugar cereals i.e. Cap’n Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, etc., most jazz music

  334. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings or any fantasy, most sci-fi, improv jazz, guns, cilantro, hazel nuts, crowds

  336. Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Ranch Dressing (all the excretions of Satan).
    Bologna.
    Cold Play.
    The English Patient.
    Professional sports.
    “Trends/Trending”

  337. All sports except tennis, those signs with the inspirational messages on them, Hallmark movies, dresses, John Grisham, Marvel comics, Super Hero movies, all stars wars movies except for the original three, James Bond, Mission Impossible, Christmas stuff everywhere in October, Christmas music, Pop music, brightly colored hair.

  338. Avocados. Attending any sort of concert or sporting event in person. (I mean, why? You’ll have better seats on your couch…) but mostly coffee. It’s one of those things that smells better than it tastes, so it was always a huge disappointment.

  341. Wine, coffee, The Eagles, parades, Disney vacations, manicures, high heels, reality tv, Facebook, Christmas music, Christmas shopping, Christmas decorating, church services… I could go on for days.

  343. Going to movies. I don’t hate actual movies, I just hate the movie theater going experience.

    Oh, and Tom Cruise (since the beginning of time). And tv shows/movies deliberately trying to be funny, cuz usually that “humor” is derived from people being embarrassed, and I take it too personally and feel like I’M the one being embarrassed.

  344. Wine, Leslie Nielsen movies, fashion scarfs (the big floofy ones right up by your face)

  345. Mushrooms (they are fungi! that grow in poop!! come on people); coffee; skittles; The Office (TV show – I just can’t do awkward humour)

  347. Movies: Titanic, Thelma and Louise, Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Seinfeld; beer; Credence Clearwater; getting drunk or high; loud music; unstructured jazz (makes me really nervous); football; the TV show Glee and Mamma Mia (and I’m a former theater geek); reality TV

  348. November 1 through January 1. I could really just skip the holidays. Too much family. That doesn’t even include the drama. That is just the icing on the family cake.

  353. The Mall of America’s. Or just malls (and shopping) in general. But mostly the MOA.

  356. Coffee. And I have TRIED because it seems like a cool thing to like. And there are so many fun ways to drink it. But I can’t stand the taste of it.

    Star Wars. Just…meh. Not for me.

    Ditto with Tolkien.

    Leggings as pants. I wear them occasionally because everyone seems to love them. I prefer jeans.

  357. Turtlenecks, The Beatles (sorry y’all!!), horror movies, breakfast sausage (but I love me some bacon!), big/chunky necklaces

  358. professional sports, jogging, coffee, people, travel (I like being there okay, but getting there sucks), adulting in general

  361. Peanut butter (except in Reece’s)
    Seafood
    Vinegar
    Avacados
    Showers (yes I do keep myself clean, I just don’t enjoy the process)
    Swimming
    Sand
    Petting short haired dogs (I love them still and will totally play with them)
    Cable tv
    Roller coasters

  363. Potato Salad, Chicken Salad, Tuna Salad…any “salad” that involves no lettuce whatsoever and contains large amounts of mayonnaise. Iced Coffee. Black Friday Shopping from anywhere other than my couch. The Super Bowl.

  365. The Royal Family. Drake. Quentin Tarantino. Babies (shout-out to those who have already put that one out there!).

  368. Things I could live without forever that the rest of the world loves:
    Sloths, Minions, Will Ferrell, Tom Cruise, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Sia, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, team building events, baths, wine, cilantro, ham/pork/bacon, lobster, shrimp, any kind of shellfish, turkey, scarves, manicures and pedicures, condiments on any of my food……

  369. I just saw someone else’s comment about turtlenecks, and I agree. I don’t need my shirt to choke me. Also, 80s music.

  371. Nutella, sweet tea, chocolate cake, donuts, essential oils, pumpkin spice anything, “Happy Fall Y’All”. Lord of the Rings….

  373. Rap & hip hop; Cars & Trucks, Reality TV, Horror shows, Romance novels, Licorice, Halloween

  374. Marriage, cilantro, sports, most television, smartphones, spicy food, makeup, coconut.

  375. reality TV, cruises, & Disney vacations and I love people that love these things – just not me

  378. Black licorice, AC/DC, the song Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger, sweaters especially itchy ones, hot summers, and last but certainly not least, day after Christmas shopping.

  379. Beer. Bananas. Roller Coasters. I feel like I’m part of a group now, so many people dislike the same things. Haha <3

  381. Clothes shopping. Fiction TV. Large crowds of people. Sitting around not doing anything……GAAHHHHH!!!

  384. Any one of the Peanuts holiday specials. Something about them just irks and depresses me.

  386. Concerts. The beach.

    There are few artists I like to watch live. I like to see the beach and hear the beach, I do not feel the need to sit on the beach.

  387. Peppers, coffee, wine, beer, cucumbers, hot dogs, mustard, honey, seafood, zoos, birds in cages,sports ball, people who think they know my body/mind/taste better than me.

  388. Cinnamon scented pine cones. Do not understand how that even happened, yet every year they appear.

  391. Things I could live without forever that the rest of the world loves:

    Golf (miniature, top or standard); reality TV; celebrities famous for no reason, TV preachers

  394. Superhero movies, paper straws, Christmas – like the decorations, hate the expectations.

  395. Coffee. Avocados. Coconut. Ice cream and yogurt with fruit in. Raisins in anything other than cereal.

  398. Religion. Scary movies. Niceness for niceness’ sake. Cloying children’s entertainment.

  400. Cake, donuts, iphones, The Beatles (I thought I was the only one but I see I have some people above!)

  401. It’s a Wonderful Life, Kardashians, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, donuts, infinity scarfs (I feel like I’m choking), and Star Wars. That last seems to insult everyone and question my worth, especially since I’m a huge Marvel and Harry Potter nerd.

  403. Horror and creepy suspense movies (7 seriously nearly killed me ). Being on the front row rail at a concert even if I love the band. The b52s. Rock lobster is the worst thing ever. Lizards, spiders etc as pets. Sports on tv..

  409. Sex and recreational drugs. I hate how everyone assumes I must be doing it wrong. Nope! Just rather be doing something else.

  410. Wine, coffee, tea, Harry Potter, LOTR, Star Wars, The Beatles, cosplaying, comicon, bourbon, beans (of any kind), mustard…

  412. Kardashians, Beyonce, insta brows, guacamole, Chipotle, flip flops, contouring, country music.

  417. I’m always thrilled to find another writer who doesn’t care for Tolkien!

    Here’s the rest of my “I Just Don’t Get the Appeal” list (aka Things I Said I Didn’t Like & People Looked at Me Like I Murdered Their Mother):

    Seinfeld
    Anime
    Panera Bread
    Ferris Wheels
    Rap

  418. I’m with you on the Tolkien and the sweaters. Boring and itchy, respectively. Also: women and expensive shoes and men and motorcycles. I don’t get either of those at all! And shows like This Is Us and Grey’s Anatomy. I see the value! I used to love Grey’s and This Is Us is very well done but I’m past the point in life that I can tolerate borrowed angst and suffering. So I just…don’t and I’m so much happier!

  419. I could live forever without hearing the following words or phrases that everyone else seems to love using:

    amazing
    LOL
    peeps
    fur babies
    Have a nice rest of your day.

    Thanks for providing the forum to say so!

  421. IPAs, running (unless there are margaritas at the finish line), Titanic, huge beards, reality TV, kids.

  422. I just don’t groove on:
    superhero movies (or many new movies in general)
    pop music (never have I ever seen American Idol)
    video games (don’t even own a computer)
    Dancing with the Stars (see comment number 2)
    the cult of personality (I have publicly stated that I wouldn’t know Kim Kardashian if I tripped over her dead body in an alley)

  423. Mayo, wine, Bachelorette or ANY of those shows, news of anyone’s “baby bump,” THE WORDS “baby bump.”

  425. Coffee and peanut butter are my big ones. Anything melon. Ketchup unless it is with mustard on a burger. All things scary.

  427. Dave Matthews Band.
    That song – Hard Candy Christmas… I just don’t think it’s a Christmas song and I wish they’d stop playing it.
    Cilantro.

  429. ALL seafood (Even if it’s “not fishy,” if it came out of water, I don’t want it. That includes lobster, shellfish, seaweed.) . I hate marzipan and almond flavoring with a passion (but I eat almonds). Manicures, dressy shoes (especially heels but flats too), handbags, wine, hard alcohol, tea. Sometimes people (I would miss them eventually, but I’d do better on a deserted island than most.)

  430. Old movies shown at the holidays where current celebrities give their “take” on them; the recent Little Mermaid Live; anything Kardashian; reality television, period. Ugh Ugh Ugh

  431. The Office, sea food, any of the Bachelor/Bachelorette shows, sloths, black licorice, Kanye, politics and people being offended by everything!

  433. Eric Clapton. I acknowledge he is a fine musician, but his songs just don’t do anything for me.

  436. Shrimp, oysters, red/green bell peppers (ruin the taste of everything else), Game of Thrones, being warm all the time, professional sports

  437. I’m back…add to previous list these items: beer, olives, beets avocados, country western music and Star Wars movies.

  439. Sausage of any kind, pickled beets, onions, any thing star wars related (i’m a trekkie, thank you very much) and sweet tea

  442. drinking coffee (the smell is delicious), owning a car or a house, winning at sports or getting an award, dessert/sugar in any form, getting high or drunk. That last one might be because it was such a relief when I finally got stabilized on SSRIs. I’ll take feet solid on the ground any time, thanks.

  443. I’m with you on everything but the Oreos!

    Things I hate that everyone else loves: Game of Thrones, comic book movies, pickles, lobster, porn.

  446. YES re: Tolkien! I read The Hobbit as a teen and was like, “Meh.” But people got so goofy-eyed talking about it aver the years, I picked it up again as an adult, figuring my dumb youth brain had missed it’s beauty.

    I dragged that book around for three months trying to get through it. Everywhere I went, people saw the cover and said stuff like (swear to g) “Ohhhh, I wish I could read The Hobbit for the first time again. It changed my life! Enjoy this moment!”

    It made me so sad because a) it wasn’t even my first time, b) I knew they were telling the truth, c) I was trudging through the most boring story ever.

  447. Jenny, I love you! There isn’t enough room here for my list but I thank you and everyone else for their lists. I feel less weird but not sure if I want to feel less weird! Hooray for being different, for not wanting to be like others, for wanting to be an individual!

  448. *Gift giving out of social obligation – listen, if you are giving me a gift because it’s expected just don’t, I have enough stuff. Let’s go do something fun together unless I don’t like you then a gift card is fine.
    *The expectation that I am going to give gifts out of obligation. That’s a big nope.
    *Just In Case gifts.
    *The stress people put on themselves to pull off the “perfect” holiday. I prefer the stories like how Uncle Bob passed out in the snow while trying to taking a piss or the turkey caught on fire and nearly burned down the garage. Nobody is going to remember the perfect cranberry stuffing.
    *Holding onto grudges. I forgive you, I just don’t want to be around you. Vice versa is cool too.

  449. Avocados, The Real Housewives of Anywhere, clumpy eyelashes, complaint rock, snow, Tolkien, unsweetened tea

  451. Chocolate. Opera. Reality TV. I”m sure there are many more, but those three come to mind immediately.

  452. Lemon, peas, game of thrones, horror movies, turtlenecks, abstract art, hard alcohol, pepper, Mickey Mouse, reality tv…

  453. I never realized there is so much stuff that is popular that I don’t like!

    Here’s an abbreviated list:

    Olives, spicy food, country music, Claire Danes, raw fish, Fox news, and Kanye West

  454. Pie (warm fruit makes me anxious), Back to the Future movies, The Superbowl, hot drinks, PSLs, mint and chocolate together. Ya’ll nasty

  455. What a fun post, Jenny.
    Febreze, unnaturally scented anything.
    Excessive profanity. There are other words.
    Greasy food. Fast food, except In-And-Out.

  459. New Years. 99% of donut places. Breaking Bad/Game of Thrones. Honestly most TV that people love. Beer. Make-up. Beyonce and Taylor Swift. Reality TV that isn’t a cooking show.

  460. Binge-watching TV shows in general (but especially shows like The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. Who needs all that yuckiness in their life?)

    Horror movies (see above)

    Halloween (the holiday) (sorry, y’all)

    Spicy food

    Beer (any form of alcohol, really–it all tastes like poison to me)

    Dogs (yeah, i said it)

    Camping

    Pickup trucks

    And pretty much any popular fiction book that has the author’s name printed larger on the cover than the title, lol.

  461. The Kardashians. I’m sure they’re all very nice people, but why should we give a sh*t about them and their lives?

    Also, the custom of hand shaking. It’s nice to meet you, but I don’t know where your hands have been. Please keep them to yourself. Thank God for Purell.

  467. The Wizard of Oz – storms scare me, who thought flying monkeys were a good idea and a little girl alone with three creepy guys…uh, no. Hard liquor – it hurts and I’m pretty sure it’s poison, same for chili hot food. Pain NO LIKE!

  468. I’m going to have to join in with everyone on the abstract art thing. Picasso? Nope. Rothko? Nope. Pollack? Nope. NO THANK YOU, SIRS.

  473. The Beatles. Ice cream that isn’t rock hard. The slightest hint of it being melty and I’m barfing.

  474. Disneyland, Boy Bands, Reality TV, Starbucks, Doughnuts, Athleisure worn outside of the gym, horror movies, It’s a Wonderful Life, Nutella. And definitely Steely Dan!

  476. White Castle
    Avocado
    professional team sports

    (But I adore Tolkein and read LOTR every year or so)

  477. Wine. Reality TV. Hallmark movies. People calling skinny jeans “skinnies” and sunglasses “sunnies”. Any video game.

  478. Wow this is fun! Jazz. Hate it. Irritating noise. Yes to all those who say abstract or “modern” “art”. What a scam! People pay actual money for that garbage. Yes! Hated Lala Land with a passion. Also Ladybird. Ah, I feel so good saying all this. I could go on… but that’s enough for now.

  484. Freaking avocados.
    They’re awful!
    I can only eat it if it’s in sushi, and even then, sometimes I pick it out and hope the roll doesn’t fall apart.

  486. Bows, ruffles, flutter sleeves, glitter, peter pan collars and other infantilizing details on clothing for women and girls. Bath products that make you smell like food. Business people and politicians who speak only in metaphors because for some reason they can’t just say what they mean. And probably most of the stuff above. I’m working on being a curmudgeon. 🙂

  487. Can I have your Oreos?

    Babies, toddlers, mayo, mustard. Lemon in my water. Spicy food. Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, reality TV, Investigation Discovery. American football. Strawberry ice cream or cake. Coffee. Anything that cream cheese has even THOUGHT about getting together with.

    Star Trek. Disney.

  488. McRib. Everyone I know RAVES about those things, so a couple of years ago when they came around again, I decided to try one. No taste, bad texture. The only interesting thing about it was the BBQ sauce – and that wasn’t great. Never again. And no one seems to understand my dislike.

  490. Detective/cop shows, mushrooms, asparagus, liver, crowds of any kind, heights, really hot weather

  491. First, I have to say please re-think Steely Dan. I just discovered them later in life and it gives me a really feel-good peaceful feeling when I listen to them. Things I don’t like – the Beatles, the Big Bang Theory.

  493. “Feeling cute.” Beer. Metal music (which is a difficult and complex music skill that doesn’t do it for me, so…. respect to you metalheads for your dedication). Having margaritas with a group of women I just met (it’s a thing, and I don’t get it, or do it). “Game of Thrones”. “The Watchmen”. Elton John. Black and white kitchens.

  497. Starbucks coffee, avocados, IPAs, The Catcher in the Rye. Steely Dan is also very much not for me, and I once got Deacon Blue as an earworm. Two long weeks of “AND DIIIIEEE BEHIIIIIND THE WHEEL!” over and over on an endless loop.

  498. Nutella, watermelons, and most sweet sodas (including Coke – bleh). And Breaking Bad.

  499. Chai, pickles, hard boiled eggs, turtlenecks, pumpkins as anything but a decoration, sports (also in TX), and beer

  500. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Papaya. Soft cheeses. Religion. Babies/ children. Reality TV. Running. Marriage.

  501. Sigh. I’ve been waiting so long for someone to ask me this question so that I can finally get this off my chest without looking like a douchebag who’s all, “I just don’t get why you like that…” But I still feel like I’m going to break some strangers’ hearts when I say….

    Dr. Who. Don’t get it. Not at all. Not even remotely tempted to take an afternoon to binge and figure out why people go nuts over it. Must be something there for so many avid fans, just not for me.

  502. Fifty Shades of Gray (and all the rest). Twilight. Big Bang Theory. Sports. Reality TV. Babies (children in general). Makeup.

  503. Many of the things above.
    Jazz, Hendrix and Chopin (I swear Fredrick came back as Jimmy) Rod Stewart and Steely Dan.
    Meditating – or I should admit TRYING to meditate.

  505. Celebrity worship – including that of the current invader of the White House, parties, the need to procreate, sci-fi, horror, wine, beer, cruises, reality tv (most tv, actually)…so many things.

  507. Game of thrones, kale, and dogs (I’m not heartless, just allergic so I’ve never spent a lot of time with dogs.)

  509. Social Media. I like Blogs but have no use for the rest of the modern world’s nonsense.

  510. Television. The world iwants to talk about shows and I feel freakish every time I say that I don’t watch TV.

    Famous people. It’s OK to be famous, but I like people for a reason vs. learning to like or love the famous.

    Avocados & tomatoes.

    Relating to things 100% emotionally (vs. logically analyzing).

    Loud, crowded events pumped full of energy.

    Cruise ships (refer back to loud & crowded)

    Political one-ups-man-ship on a personal level, professional level, national level, etc. I’m OK if you want to think you are better than me. I’m usually more comfortable hiding my strengths than flaunting them.

  513. Pickles. Relish. Miracle Whip. Baths. Saunas. Having to endure any footwear that is not a flip flop. Vanilla candles.

  514. Coffee (tastes disgusting), Fifty Shades of Grey (never read more than a page, it’s terrible).
    So so many foods.

  516. Mens’ beards
    Black licorice
    Monkeys— I lived in Tropics, they were aggressive and mean. Sorry Curious George.

  520. Coffee, onions, thanksgiving dinner(the food itself, not the family time or what it represents)

  522. Stranger Things (just don’t care for it , you know) and Taylor Swift (I mean she’s fine, but like meh.)

  523. Comic books. I understand and respect the art, language, story, and care that goes into them, and that they have inspired and entertained and even helped so many people.

    But they just leave me cold. I want to “get” them, I really do, but it’s just not happening.

  540. The Muppets (although they are growing on me a little. I didn’t like them as a kid). Eggs Benedict. Guinness. Precious Moments figurines.

  541. the big bang theory, coffee ( used to but I am intolerant and now one sip makes me sick 🙁 ), the cold ( i like snow in theory but the temp makes me the hangry version of temp lol… coldrey? ), People who dont have actual OCD saying omg my ocd cant take it and stupid faux science articles like “science says beaded men make better lovers” oh and labels …. man i really dont like a lot of things cause i feel like i could comment forever lol

  544. Christmas cards, reality TV, office celebrations, crew-neck tshirts, bragging about being busy

  547. Christmas on days other than Dec 24-25th (decorations, music, everything… why does it last so long?!?) and coffee!

  550. Pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice candles, pumpkin spice melts, pumpkin spice sprays, pumpkin spice blizzards, and pumpkin spice coffee! I hate them all.

    Oh…also I hate almost any food that is good for you….

    Oh oh…..I also hate crunchy things in soft foods (ice cream, jello, etc).

  551. Wine, beer, alcohol in general (like to cook with it, drinking it=eeew). Shows like Breaking Bad, Mad Men, OITNB. The current obsession with beards.

  552. Tom Hanks (sorry, Tom), pickles, ketchup, mayo, potlucks, sweet side dishes like yams with marshmallows (WHY?!?), tearjerker non-scifi/fantasy novels (why do I want to read a depressing realistic novel?), reality tv, and most autobiographies (I’ve read too many that are I’m wonderful and here’s everything fabulous I accomplished). And the jukebox autobiographical musical (why are there so many?)

  554. Pie (of the dessert variety), Krispy Kreme donuts, the term fur baby, the Bronte sisters (I know!)

  555. Over the top displays of patriotism, esp military flyovers. The His Dark Materials series. GoT books. Big Bang Theory…. actually most network tv.

  556. Seafood. I grew up on the Gulf Coast so yes I have had “good” seafood and no, I still don’t like it.

  557. Pulp Fiction. I’d rather watch an Ed Wood movie on repeat than five minutes of this “masterpiece.”

  561. Toed socks. Socks with individual toes like gloves get hence.
    Getting in early for the loves: picking follows on Twitter based on shared first name. I found a Jenny Lawson and by god she’s awesome.

  562. Young Adult fiction (book or movie versions), such as Harry Potter. Twilight, etc. Lord of the Rings series. Fast action movies, and Downton Abbey.

  563. Cheesecake. Cats (although “hate” is a strong word. It’s more a dislike born of two rounds’ antibiotics due to cat scratch fever – damn feral cat bit the ex-husband first and he was fine. Maybe I had Scott scratch fever??)

  564. Game of Thrones–the books and the TV show. Mad Men. Beer. Wine (other than Prosecco and Champagne). Heels. Taylor Swift. Home Christmas trees or decorations with themes. Olives.

  568. American football. Cilantro. Celine Dion. Gladiator sandals. String beans. Diane Sawyer. Swimming in lakes.

  571. Pulp Fiction. Turtlenecks. Jeans. Tabasco. Beer. Beer is bitter and gross. And hard cider or real booze anyday over Guinness. That stuff is just mushroom juice. ( shudder )

  574. Chocolate… I’ll eat it, but candy bars etc would be so much better without it!

  575. Cold shoulder shirts. Downton Abbey. Cookie cutter houses. Expensive pocketbooks with ugly logos on them. Lawns.

  577. Young Adult fiction (book or movie versions), such as Harry Potter. Twilight, etc. Lord of the Rings series. Fast action movies, and Downton Abbey. Any Starbucks coffee, and any fancy dolled-up coffee based drink anywhere else.

  578. The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, The Simpsons and all their spin-offs, Twilight books and their ilk. Country music, Bad Canadian alers – Celine Dion and Tragically Hip. Pepperoni on pizza.

  579. Coffee, Doughnuts, Wine, Cilantro, Organized Religion, Maple Syrup, Black Licorice, Brussel Sprouts, Asparagus, Mayonnaise, and Kanye.

  580. Bacon on everything, coffee, and Disney movies that have totally ruined the actual fairy tales. I’m sure the Grimm brothers and Hans Christian Anderson would agree with that last one.

  584. The English Patient movie. Trader Joe’’s. Steely Dan (absolutely hate the sound!), Game of Thrones, IKEA stores.

  586. Scrambled Eggs, Sports, all forms of hot sauce, turtlenecks/mock necks/cowl necks, milk chocolate.

  591. I would say eating dead animals are better than live ones but you do your thing lol.

  595. Horror books and film, influencers, makeup, me too on the Oreos (actually most cookies). After a day spent working pop-up shop in a mall I discover pop music is insipid as, uh, all get out.

  597. All yours, plus rose wine, Starbucks, Disney, cold shoulder shirts, turtlenecks, etc

  599. Horror flicks, Rollercoaster, peanut brittle, sardines, anchovies, vinegar based bbq, cheetos, walnuts, the DH rule in all levels of baseball, Madonna, pro sports.

  600. Beer- and let me tell you, living I Wisconsin this is apparently unacceptable. The Catcher in The Rye. I hated it in high school, read it again as an adult and still hate it. Led Zeppelin. I can tolerate some of their stuff and I know they are musical icons or whatever but they just don’t do it for me.

  608. reality tv, wine, beer (indeed most alcohol), sports (particularly team ones like football and basketball), turtlenecks, the color orange or lime green, wearing bras or high heels (give me comfort every time), the pink aisle in toy stores.

  613. Iron Man. (This is seriously not a diss on RDJ, whom I love, but even he can’t save this character for me.)

    Thanksgiving food. (Except ham.)

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

    Outlander. It’s one of the very few books that I’ve torn in half and thrown in the trash.

    The phrase “LOL”.

  614. Keto. Essential oils. Ketchup. Seinfeld. Horror movies. IPAs. The phrase “gut health.” People putting moustaches on everything.

    This was weirdly cathartic. Thanks, Jenny.

  615. Coffee, Citrus, The Doors, Sublime singing Rivers of Babylon(I love the rest of Sublime but that song makes me nuts), mashed potatoes

  616. Bourbon, Ketchup, Mayo, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, “Real Housewives”. . . well, ANY so-called reality show (though I admit getting sucked in to one occasionally), infomercials, amusement parks, etc, etc, etc.

    I’ll stop there . . .

  617. slim-fit men’s suits (they all look like their clothes shrunk), avocado, asparagus, and turnips.

  618. Sports, Coffee (I like the buzz, but I’m sure the buzz is only for people who seldom drink it) and I hate Twitter.

  620. -Seafood
    -Comercials with Sarah McLachlan singing about sad dogs
    Chocolate dipped strawberry

  622. Pasta, icecream, whipcream, velour, satin,silk,and microfiber. Pretty much anything soft or silky. It’s all about the texture.
    Yes I do have weight issues. Unfortunately I like other stuff too much and my self control is limited.

  623. Beer (Alcohol in general, actually), sushi, avocado, selfies, designer bags/clothing, Ernest Hemingway…

  624. Ranch Dressing, Cheese on pizza, Bacon (or any meat, really), Animal Milk (I am not a baby cow!)

  634. Skittles, fruit loops, sour patch kids, coffee, beer, wine, pumpkin spice in almost anything but I like pumpkin.

  636. Reality TV, Most comedy movies made in the last 20 years (I don’t find them funny), The Kardashians, The Simpsons, eggs, pears, Pho, avocados, coconut.

  638. Goats. Baby goats. Yoga. Goat yoga-just no. Pumpkin anything. Capers. “Reality” tv.

  640. Beer. Breaking Bad. Twilight books/movies. And anything to do with “Reality” TV & celebrities and social media “Influencers”.

    Oh, and since it is the season for it…Hallmark movies.

  642. Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Brussels Sprouts, Coffee, The Voice/Dancing With the Stars (most competition shows with the exception of the Masked Singer) and summer. Yeah, I said it SUMMER.

  645. Champagne. It’s one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever tasted. Actually, almost anything that’s fancy and adult. Give me the kids menu please.

  646. Pad Thai, the original Star Wars trilogy, Tolkien, and a martini made with vodka or anything other than gin.

  649. The mere thought of Disney theme-parks or cruises. It nauseated me. Frankly, Disney in general, with very few exceptions, I find to be over-rated.

  651. he Beatles. I do not enjoy British people’s singing. My Beatles loving husband realized I absolutely despise British singers to the point where I can’t be around that ear trash. It’s something about how nasal they are, I’m gen x and have been drowning in this my whole life. God.

  652. Christmas letters, like who cares. Stand up comedy shows on TV. Comedy Roasts on tv. They are vulgar. Rap. Kanye West and all the Kardashians.

  653. The song “American Pie”, avocados, pickles, Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Big Bang Theory.

  655. I’m going to type this and then duck. The Beatles. Can’t stand them. And yes, I am a music lover and that includes plenty of classic rock but omg there is not one single Beatles song that doesn’t make me roll my eyes. There.

  656. Game of Thrones (uggggggh), Beyonce, basketball, college football, brussels sprouts, beer. I live in a city that is famous for its many microbrews and I just don’t get it.

  659. FootbaII, posts about being thankfuI EVERY damn day in November, the phrases “I can’t wait, I can’t beIieve” and gender reveaI anything.

  660. -Seafood
    -Comercials with Sarah McLachlan singing about sad dogs
    -Chocolate dipped strawberry

  663. I have a story. This has nothing to do with things I hate, but everything to do with criticism.

    Years ago my husband and I went to a quilt show and he saw a quilt that was made from purple, green, and cream colored fabrics. He asked me if I could make something like that for our bed. I said sure. Then I pulled together a bunch of fabric I had and bought what I thought was an acceptable cream solid from the fabric store because I needed it in a large quantity. When I showed him all that I pulled together his first comment was that the cream wasn’t “CREAMY” enough. NOT CREAMY ENOUGH. So I went and bought another “cream” that was fractionally CREAMIER than the one I had. And he approved of its creaminess. But it is years later and I still can’t make myself start the damn thing because I’m afraid that he’s going to nitpick every single farkin’ thing about the damn quilt.

  667. Meat, religion, Trumpism, reality/singing/dancing competition TV shows, upspeak and vocal fry, pinkwashing, Christmas, adults in onesies, “Friends,” chitchat, bucket lists, most network television, the word “preggers.”

  672. Hocus Pocus, This is Us, avocados, anything banana-flavored, the Kardashians

  673. Pumpkin spice anything, candles, coffee, smart phones, Star Wars, spicy food, new cars, New Year’s Eve, audio books.

  674. Coffee, avocado (even guacamole), coconut, pineapple, sushi, jerky. Football, basketball, all college sports. “Famous” people who are only famous for being famous (how does that even work?). Reality TV aside from cooking or home decorating competitions.
    Icould go on

  675. Mainstream comedies. It all seems to be toilet humor or all about embarrassment. Not for me.

  676. Avocados, beer, SPORTS, Halloween, tiny dogs, designer anything, cherry flavored anything, almond flavored anything, eating…, Brad Pitt or celebrities in general, Friends trying to sell stuff (oils, nail polish, makeup, etc).

  678. As a Canadian (soon to be in witness relocation) – I despise Hockey and Tim Hortons and winter in general

  679. I don’t like beer, wine or champagne. And yea I’ve tried different types and/or brands still don’t like it. But I do love fruity alcohol drinks:

  682. Things I could live without forever that the rest of the world loves:

    Most things marshmallow (Fluff, Peeps, Circus peanuts, rice crispy treats, etc. Exceptions: Mini marshmallows in cocoa; S’mores). Coffee. Beer. It’s a Wonderful Life. Catcher in the Rye.

  684. Cords (the pants)
    Pickles
    Wine
    Vinegar
    Squash of ANY kind
    Spiders
    Massive heat in summer
    Cilantro
    Peanut flavoured sauces
    Nuts or seeds in salads
    Vinegar based dressings
    Avacado
    Using a cellphone while driving (seriously, STOP IT)
    exercise

  685. Pumpkin Spice anything, salted caramel, fake meat, Gluten free packaging, and boob sweat

  686. Tim Horton’s, Hockey (most sportsball, really – I am in serious jeopardy of losing my Canadian citizenship, I know!), Jello

  689. Watching football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, golf, soccer, boxing, hockey… you get my drift. I couldn’t care less about any of the sportsings. Also, beer. You can infuse it with unicorn glitter and rainbow morsels and it will still taste like piss water to me.

  692. Modern comedy. I just don’t get it. Parks and Rec, the Office, Big Bang, none of them are funny to me. I’m not too crazy about the actors either. I tolerated Chris Pratt in Guardians. I don’t get it.

  700. do not like almond flavoring in anything and ANYTHING in my black coffee. I don’t like antibacterial anything, margarine, Trump, people who put food on my plate without asking, animals in cages who belong in a forest/savannah, (that includes birds), Trump, and horror movies. Among other things. The older I get, the longer the list gets.

  702. I hate over the top marriage proposals and the soldier surprising their kid(s) videos.

  703. Bob Dylan. I get that he’s a ‘folk icon’ or whatever, but I can’t stand him singing. Or the harmonica.

  705. Tim Hortons (I might lose my Canadian citzenship for this one)
    Star Wars
    Reality TV shows
    Cotton candy, Gummies & similar candies
    Talking on the telephone

  706. Stupid Hallmark Christmas movies!! I despise them. Would rather poke my own eyeballs out than watch more than 15 minutes of one!

  709. shirts with shoulder… holes, videos of people falling down or off of something, big everything foods–super milkshakes, mondo hamburgers with 400 toppings, etc.

  710. I’m with you on the oreos. We have many better biscuits here but people still buy that wheat dust and sugar cement. eugh.

    Pumpkin. Big Bang.

  712. Harry Potter… UGH, and why is he so popular entire FB feeds are dedicated to if you are a Slitern or Snuffleluffagus!!!?? vacations where you go places (home is a place), people commenting when you sneeze (bless you, are you officially ordained to bless me or is this a general heathen blessing and why bother in the first place?), handshakes (ew, I just met you, don’t touch me), watching TV every night (brain drain), spending holidays with family (toxic, toxic, toxic), TURKEY (it’s that time of the year where I have to tell everyone for the love of all that is holy I am not having turkey pizza but regular pepperoni pizza).

  713. Coconut water, alcohol,eating seafood, coffee(unless it doesn’t taste like coffee-hello frappacino),

  715. Also sweaters, football (American), the tv show “this is us”, Twitter, BBQ, greeting cards, and bonfires.

  716. Pretty much all sports, receiving flowers as a gift, beer and wine, and Christmas music. I’ve also got a very strong, visceral yet completely irrational dislike of Don Cheadle.

  717. I love this – I’m reading through and thinking, oh yeah, I hate that too! Although I’m amused by the hatred of Steely Dan; I didn’t know they were a big thing that everyone loved.
    Anyway, for me – the band Journey (especially “Don’t Stop Believin'”), fish of any kind, reality TV, and like many before me, the movie Titanic.

  718. Silicone in everything especially household and kitchen products, I can’t stand the texture. Lyocell, tencell fabrics, super soft microfleece, the feel of these fabrics literally makes my skin crawl. Music that claims to be rock and roll from the 90’s and 2000’s, but isn’t rock OR roll, it’s whiney emo music…. I’d rather listen to elevator music from the 70’s than that stuff. Anything from Oprah’s book club. Athelesiure clothing as street wear. Eggplants and mushrooms. Canned mandarins oranges in salad, or flowers. Fruit salad, but I love fruit by itself. Bananas in liquid form, like in juice, ugh! Wine, it’s too bitter for me, or margaritas. Fruit flavored yogurt. The trendization of just about everything sold in America for marketing hype purposes. Boy bands and teen idols. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, other social media with the exception of blogs, because blogs are like journals or mini essays.
    Things that everyone else says is most popular right now, because I don’t want to jump off that bridge if everyone else is doing it.

  719. Christmas crap, Game of Thrones, anything Kardashian or even remotely Kardashian, dark chocolate and cashews.

  721. PRINCE
    I skimmed the responses and didn’t see him mentioned yet. Otherwise I cosign to 75% of what’s been mentioned.

  722. ESSENTIAL OILS- seriously? Science fiction/ anything with dragon characters, swimming in the ocean(sharks,jellyfish,undercurrents and sand. UGH)
    Donuts- grossest food ever. Tweeting- even the word grates on my nerves.
    The thought of eating raw cookie dough anything.

  723. Beer, Friends (tv show), Jennifer Anniston, Titanic (movie), all the adult Kardashian/Jenner/West family and their associates, Christmas decor before Thanksgiving, marshmallows, commentary “news” (more actual news, less opinions).

  725. Fireworks
    Sweet potatoes
    Vanilla (smell)
    Beer
    Celebrity gossip/related tv shows
    Autotune
    Shopping
    Big Bang Theory, Friends, South park, Superhero/Comic Character Movies
    Holidays

    …
    -mumbling- get off my lawn. 😉

  728. Can totally do without TV shows Friends and Seinfeld. And onions. Stop putting green onions on everything. You have ruined food for me because of this.

  729. Fancy restaurants, long hair, high end cars, fishing/hunting, wrestling, sushi, red wine

  731. Ketchup, mayonnaise, hot tea, salsa, The Office, barbeque sauce or flavor, most reality television (unless it’s cooking; those don’t count), networking

  732. Both opera and sportscasting, for the same reason: they both just feel like someone yelling at me and I don’t like it.

  735. Dead Russian authors. Most candy that doesn’t contain chocolate. Most vegetables. Rush. Politics. Videogames. Hiking. Sports. Country music. Fashion week or fashion magazines. Leonardo DiCaprio and Ryan Gosling.

  736. The movie Mean Girls
    Tomatoes, sweet potatoes, cantaloupe/honeydew melons
    Kpop music

  738. Pad Thai, tater tots, avocado, kettle corn, clubbing (the loud dance kind, not the baby seal kind. Though I assume the crowd here is largely anti-both, being a lot of introverts). Dystopian future books and movies also, to the dismay of my husband.

  739. OMG, I can’t believe I forgot red peppers (I hate ALL peppers) and chilis in everything. I do not need jalapeno, chipotle, sriacha, habenero, spicy ANYTHING. I am sick of every damn thing coming with some sort of pepper or chili or both in it.

  742. Gory horror movies, ketchup, strawberries, stranger things (just have never felt the need to watch it)

  748. Sports. Gyms. Politics. Neutral, American primitive, or distressed decor. Fake plants. Decorative signs. Distressed, fringed, animal print, or logo fabric. Shooties. Athleisure. The return of white sneakers. Bacon, wings, caviar, pate, mayonnaise, olives, eggs, milk, coconut water, processed cheese, grape jelly, white bread. Country or rap music. Most current music and TV. Text-speak. Twitter and Snapchat. Nicholas Sparks. Kevin Bacon. Sudoku. Abstract art. Ombré hair. Clear eyeglass frames.

  749. Styx, The Walking Dead, Chunky Peanut Butter, Beer, Titanic (never saw the movie & don’t plan too either), Baseball & 99.99% of Reality TV (don’t try to take Bake Off from me-I’ll cut you).

  750. Game of Thrones, video games, running as anything other than a means to escape zombies, Instagram

  752. Let’s see … wine, dark beer, cartoons, Game of Thrones, any reality show, dancing, and sleeping in. That’s the most prominent list, anyhow.

  755. OMG, Yes on Tolkien. Ugh.

    I also hate coffee. All of it. Everywhere. Yes, even that one too.

    And I can’t stand alcohol. It just tastes awful. No, I don’t want to try this one. Yes, I’m sure you think I can’t taste the alcohol in it, but if I can smell it from 10 feet away, I ASSURE YOU I CAN TASTE IT.

    Hamilton. Just shut up about it already!!

  757. Michael Jackson music. It was the one thing that was on the do not play list at my wedding

  761. Christmas, coffee, small talk, drama.
    Had to add to previous list.

    I love how reading thru the comments reads…. One person comments on some things and the next person mirrors those and then adds more, so the the third person has to do all of #1 and #2 lists and then their own…. could be never ending.

  765. Meatloaf (the food, the singer is good), mayo, grits, cottage cheese. I can’t stand the texture. Sitcoms, Game of Thrones, Dumbledore (the real Dark Lord in my opinion.) Those last two are made more difficult because I work in a bookstore. I just smile and nod when people gush over them.

  769. Eggs, Brie, children (except a few), pickles. It’s totally weird to not like children much. There’s the odd one who is nice, but mostly they are boring & smelly & loud. I actually trained as a teacher, but found out in time that I don’t like them, and thus have saved hundreds of them from a horrible fate. (mean teacher)

  771. Thank you for validating my intense distaste for Oreos. I really was starting to think I was the only one.

  776. “Cherry popsicles”

    YEESSSS. Cherry flavored anything, really. I like CHERRIES, but that fake cherry flavoring is like just a big mouthful of chemical medicinal taste.

  777. Avatar (the Movie, NOT the Last Airbender – that is awesome). Coconut (anything flavoured or scented coconut puts me right off). Friends (the TV show, not my actual friends – coz they are awesome). Twilight. People who loudly state that YA or Graphic Novels don’t ‘count as reading’ (I am a Librarian and I hear that waaaay more often than people would think).

  778. Jane Austin, Reality TV, Maple anything, snap chat filters, those onesie jumpsuit things that adult women wear (what? really? why would you want to get totally undressed in a public restroom just to pee?), Any internet article that starts off with “You have been doing ______ wrong your whole life”

  779. Any Donna Tartt book, including The Goldfinch; Disney corporation – they’re taking over the world; social media; electric vehicles – they’re not as environmentally sound as people think.

  780. Sushi, cheesecake, beer, runny-yolk eggs, Beyoncé (yes, she’s talented, but I cannot listen to her songs). And I don’t get the mommy wine culture. I’m ok with missing out on all of them!

  783. Just reading all of your replies is cathartic! I am not alone in my weirdness. I love that you are honest and open enough in this safe place to really let it out! Thank you! Mine? SEX.

  784. So many foods! Bbq sauce, baked beans, chicken teriyaki, Waldorf salad, canned cranberry dressing, and American cheese. Professional baseball and football.

  786. Root beer. Led Zeppelin. Game of Thrones. Although to be honest, I never actually gave GOT a chance.

  792. Beer, coffee, anything grape flavored(can’t even stand the smell), football, cola (coke or Pepsi). There are other things I don’t like but these are the things that seem to surprise people.

  795. Tolkien, Oreos, Game of Thrones, police procedural TV shows, TV shows set in fictional hospitals, TV shows featuring fictional lawyers, Sex and the City, Bond movies, Batman (or most of the DC universe, minus Wonder Woman)

  797. Nutella. American football. Zombie anything (except Plants v. Zombies, which is great). The whole Twilight saga.

  801. Coffee, tea, wine, popcorn, holidays in general (except national peanut butter day – I like that one)

  805. The whole ‘holiday’ season….EXCEPT I do enjoy listening to Transiberian Orchestra xmas music, I do NOT decorate, I do NOT go to the holiday bazaars, I do NOT send out cards, I do NOT exchange holiday gifts, I do NOT do the family dinner thing..ugh!. It’s the worse time of year for me and I go in to my ‘hermit’ mode and don’t emerge til after the 1st.

  807. Hot beverages, brewed beverages (coffee, tea, beer), carbonated water/seltzer, cherry-flavored anything, pumpkin pie, Oreos (except Golden Oreos), The Wire (although I may give that another shot someday), doughnuts, beans (refried, in chili, in soup – don’t mind green or wax beans), books about time travel – the list goes on seemingly forever.

  808. Reality TV. I know people are entertained by watching train wrecks but I just can’t see horrible life decisions made public as entertainment. Not to mention there are kids (and adults) that think these people are role models.
    Not for me.

  810. I have an unreasonable hatred of the winky face. Every time I see someone type 😉 or 😉 or 😉, I immediately deduct a star.

  812. Tolkien, Grateful Dead, the Beatles, Tootsie Rolls, artificial banana and lime flavors

  815. Cilantro, ketchup, beverages made using hops, high-heeled shoes, cold and/or windy weather, people who tell the same joke repeatedly and still think it’s the funniest thing they’ve ever said, climate change deniers.

  816. Sports
    The Kardashian clan
    Beer
    Orange is the New Black
    EGGS ugh
    Seafood
    Distressed jeans
    People using slang/text speak in actual conversations
    Prince / Michael Jackson
    Obsession with celebrities/sports figures

  818. Coffee. Bananas. Tolkien. Elvis. The Beatles. Horror books and movies. Jewelry. Makeup.

  819. Tolkien (Thank you!!!!!!), beer, faux distressed anything, cutesy signs/decor, coffee, most pie, long sleeves

  821. Beer, reality shows, Indian food, Uggs, Men’s skinny jeans, facial hair, hot weather and memes with baby talk – no thanks to all these things!

  823. Rush, coffee, wine, anything touching the front of my neck feels like a strangulation, horror and suspense anything (except true crime for whatever reason), Harry Potter, most new music, Cybermen, Arizona (I’m a Phoenix native, this place sucks balls).

  824. shopping, Disney anything, pumpkin spice everything, most perfumes, professional team sports, giggling/laughing children/babies, flavored coffee (except mocha, I love mocha!)

  827. I can’t stand turtlenecks or any kind of choker necklaces because I swear they are well, choking me. I read everything but have not ever managed to get more than a few chapters in on any Tolkien book, ever. I do not enjoy most of Bruce Springsteen’s music. Same with Led Zeppelin.

  828. I do not like The Beatles. I loathe Christmas. I am not a fan of popular music.

    Also, someone else’s opinion of you is none of your business. Don’t take it personally.

  834. Feet.
    Most TV shows, but especially reality TV.
    Beer. Coffee. Tea. Avocado. Brownies with nuts in them.
    Workout wear as regular clothing or leggings as pants without a shirt long enough to cover the assets. ::shudder::

  836. Manicures/pedicures, scented trash bags, prank phone calls/practical joke TV shows, the phrase “I love her/him/it/you TO DEATH” (shudder). Men on dating apps who say they want a girl who “takes care of herself” as code for fit/pretty/polished. Spanx, the song lyrics “she doesn’t know she’s beautiful and that’s what makes her beautiful” (misogynist much?), and also the song lyrics “some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the gangster of love” (no. No, they don’t. Promise).

  842. could live without beaches, rum, and salt water and I live on a boat in the southern Caribbean

  844. I’ll probably have my Canadian Citizenship taken away for saying this, but I can’t stand the band The Tragically Hip (or as I refer to them, The Tragically Shit). I feel bad because the lead singer died a couple of years ago, but just NOPE.

    Also anyone with the surname Jenner or Kardashian. Who the eff are those assholes, anyway?! #rhetorical

  845. Football, hamburgers, you tube personalities, GOT, cigars, sweat pants with words on the butt, hairspray, cliques, churches, convertibles, and orange people.

  846. Mayonnaise. Chewing gum. Twilight/50 Shades. Fox News. Uggs. Selfie sticks. People who put on Chapstick aggressively.

  852. Window treatments. I don’t mean you can’t have blinds or simple curtains to keep people from looking in. I mean full-on window decor.
    Hair bleach and dye that’s trying to look natural. These are two middle-class social climby things that take tons of time and maintenance and money and no matter what you do you end up saying ‘maybe it would be better a few inches shorter and a shade lighter’. Yet millions take these social constructs so seriously.
    And, by the way, I don’t get Frank Sinatra. The guy could really sing, at least when he was young, but the stuff was boring and he ended up sounding like a parody of himself.

  853. Sushi, Disney, Chocolate covered fruit of any sort, Xmas music, selfies, babies, religion, Crocs.

  854. Terry Pratchett’s writing. Which makes me sad, because many people I adore love it. But it just isn’t for me.

  858. Watermelon, Jello, Twitter, black licorice, DisneyLand/World, videogames. Yeah, could live without those in a heartbeat and forego all conversations related to me saying No thank you.

  860. Agree with football and basically all professional sports, dancing with the Stars, the voice and videogames

  861. Dogs. ALL dogs. I fecking hate dogs. All they do is bark and shit and jump up on you. My son says I really hate bad dog owners, but no. I HATE DOGS.

  862. Coffee, Gone with the Wind, soaps like Days of our Lives, avocado, vodka. And that’s only a few without thinking too hard about it.

  865. ASMR, youtubers, love songs, avocado (and guacamole), eggs, mayonnaise, the BeeGees

  867. For some reason I’ve never been able to enjoy jam/jelly/preserves. I think it’s the texture and cloying sweetness? And the fact that they’re cold. Also everyone seems to be wearing Blundstones lately and I HATE them.

  869. Judy Collins. She sounds off-key to me.
    Coffee. Bourbon on the rocks. Friends shouldn’t let friends drink bourbon on the rocks. Red velvet cake.

  870. Kale. Okra. Oysters. Sushi. Parties of all kinds. Organized Sports of Any Kind, except if my nephews or nieces are playing in a kid league. Danielle Steel’s writing.

  873. Baby forks….like not forks with babies on them but tiny forks
    The three stooges
    Bloody Mary’s
    Alarm clocks

  876. Starbucks, Game of Thrones, Mexican food, Disney, All of Disney and OMG Star Wars!!

  877. Movies that have space in them. Not Star Wars franchise, but anything with an astronaut in it floating in space.

  878. Holy Kamoly! I commented before I read everyone else’s dislikes. I agree with a huge number of you. I have been avoiding certain things so long, I forgot they exist. I also hate turtlenecks, Twilight series, raw onions, and beer-the smell as well as the taste. Yuk.

  881. kale, decaffeinated anything, anything made of fleece, hoodies, clothing with words on it, spectator sports, reality tv that -doesn’t- prominently feature performance art

  883. Peaches. And it’s not that I dont like how peaches taste. They legit give me the creeps… the weird fuzzy skin is unnerving to me and the thought of touching wet peach makes me feel sick to my stomach.

  884. Disney anything, Girl Scout cookies, makeup other than mascara and lip gloss, 50 shades series, wine, dressing up…

  885. sugary breakfast cereals. having my photo taken. the holidays (they suck for some of us). texting in lieu of phone calls.

  886. The movie Hocus Pocus, onions, Clearwater Beach FL, talking on the phone, coffee, krispy kreme donuts

  888. Can’t believe I forgot to include medical shows in my first comment. I have medical PTSD. NO, I do NOT want to hear what happened in Grey’s Anatomy, because I don’t enjoy having the poop triggered out of me.

  889. Mickey Mouse, Reggae music, following the likes/lives and Twitter feeds of movie/rock/tv stars

  891. Coffee. Sweaters & turtlenecks. Reality TV. Horror movies/books. Cruises. Candles with artificial scents. Memory foam mattresses.

  894. Cilantro – I don’t care if you say there’s just a tiny bit, I can taste it and I will gag.

    Dolls – they creep me out and always have. Remember “Talking Tina?”

    Tobacco – ANY kind of tobacco product whether smoked or sucked on it is DISGUSTING!

    I think I’m the first to mention tobacco, surely I can’t be the only one.

  899. I thought I was the only one who hated Oreos. I also don’t like wine, historical movies, Nicholas Cage, BMW drivers and most people.

  900. Cable TV, Alcohol, soy milk, tofu, and tempeh. flavored coffee and flavored coffee creamer.

  901. Suntanning.
    Wedding dresses (got married in black).
    Chihuahuas.
    Nicholas Cage.
    The Carpenters.
    Sunday news shows where they rehash the same topics over and over.
    Beans (except green beans).
    Motor boats, jet skis, and ski-doos (all that noise)
    Talking on the phone.
    To do lists.

  906. Cooking and shopping, particularly grocery shopping. DO NOT get why people find cooking so enjoyable/relaxing.

  907. Fleetwood Mac, Rick & Morty, Hollandaise sauce, pumpkin spice anything, turtlenecks, and the idea of keeping birds as pets.

  911. Star Wars
    Star Trek
    (And she ducks)
    Pretty much anything with the word star in it
    Kraft dinner
    (Has now slid into a protective bubble and protective glasses for this one)
    Shitzus

  912. Mint chocolate anything (bleurghh!!), Beyonce (can’t stand all that shrieking), Catcher in the Rye (I thought it was a bit boring) and people who say “addicting” instead of addictive (they just sound stupid!)

  916. Breakfast food- especially eggs. Blue cheese. Apple pie. Football (any sports really)

  917. Chocolate
    Coffee
    Sports
    The entire royal family
    Treating pets like they are human beings
    Halloween
    Crops tops and high waisted pants
    Ice breakers
    Retreats
    Camping

  918. Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, wine, cilantro, Disney World, wearing makeup.

    I could probably come up with a much longer list if I thought about it long enough. But those are some of the big ones.

  919. Steely Dan, Grateful Dead, Beatles, Star Wars, The Big Lebowski.
    Thank you for letting me vent. Very few people can handle that list of mine 🙂

  922. It’s funny, but “I’m not for everyone” is something I recently came to embrace as well. I kept trying to follow all these “mommy blogger” on Instagram and they would unfollow in droves and I was like…”Why don’t they like me? I’m a mommy who blogs!” and then I just figured you know…I’m not for everyone.
    I fully agree with everything on your “I could do without” list. I would add: Perfume, musicals and leggings. (I still think everyone looks like they forgot to put on pants and I feel like we’ve taken a step back to medieval times where everyone just wants to wear a tunic and tights)

  923. Donald Trump, watching the Kardashians (did I even spell that right?), news about the Royals (could we just leave them alone like we did in 1783?), drinking booze (fine for others, just never got into that scene like I never got into water skiing), going out to eat, and traveling.

  925. Willful Ignorance; why wouldn’t you want to educate yourself every…single…day?

  926. Watching sports except for the Olympics. I love playing sports but watching them is so boring to me.

  933. Disney anything, Will Ferrell movies, Adam Sandler Movies, any movie that popular culture says I MUST see.

  934. I agree with a bunch of the comments and apparently have lots of dislikes!
    Coffee (smells fantastic, tastes gross). Beer (EW!). Most wines (some light/sweet are ok)
    Parmesan (tastes like throw-up). Pasta. Bananas. Olives. Grape flavored anything (I like real grapes though)
    Anything touching my neck.
    Adam Sandler. Reality tv. People who are famous just for being famous. Trump.

  937. Coffee, wine, avocado, Doctor Who, Reality TV, Popeye’s food, eyebrow threading, narwhals, llamas, sloths, memes with that screaming “Millenial” chick…I’m sure I’ll think of others. But I have plenty for the “Things you love” list too.

  941. Automatic transmission cars, kombucha, talking about work and what people “do” for a living, watching human babies or other animal babies sleep, salmon, letting dogs lick my face, leggings, socks, belts, Cheesecake Factory, online shopping, Walmart, meal prep kits, crockpots, Chicago in the summertime, any mall, white kitchens, upper cabinets, Alexa/Siri/Google home, ice cream toppings, emojis, Friends (the tv show), open floor plans.

  945. Trump, Andie McDowell, country music, distressed jeans, Indian food, homemade chicken soup – I’m Campbell’s only, video games, mustard greens, “the Christmas Shoes” song, the movie Les Miserables

  949. Cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Stuck with “you gotta haves” And everyone is going to gain weight. I’m not crazy about a ton of leftover white turkey meat, rather have any of 6 other pies than pumpkin and why add rolls on top of everything and best ones are from scratch and involve hours. Hate having to start days in advanced to prevent being so tired that it’s not special to me when I get there.

    But I love mashed potatoes, stuffing and green bean casserole- especially if someone else makes them 🤗

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  950. Oh Jenny! You totally remind me of where I live: Nebraska. Did you know that some marketing genius has given us the slogan: “Nebraska. It’s not for everyone.” You should come home/here some time! 😊❤️

  951. Eggplant
    Zucchini…well, actually pretty much all squashes, but I will eat pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread
    Makeup
    Shorts/skirts shorter than below my knees
    Blouses with frilly things on the boob-area
    Wine
    Most teas
    Coffee (taste and smell, but I love the smell of coffee beans?)

  956. Peas. Ranch dressing. Ketchup. White chocolate. Zucchini bread. Buffets in general. Tom Hanks. Walmart. The Kardashians. Ayn Rand. Baseball.

  957. Licorice. Green bell peppers. Scat-style jazz. Most of Monty Python. All of The Honeymooners. Futuristic costuming for Shakespeare plays.

  958. Omg! Star Wars. Video games. (Nintendo switch etc ) Football. Baseball. Basketball. Soccer.

  959. “Reality” shows. Talent shows. Food shows. Dating/relationship shows. Opera. Selfies. Home sales parties. Networking.

  961. But I want to list things I love that everyone hates NOW. The chicken dance. I LOVE THE CHICKEN DANCE AND PEOPLE WHO DON’T JUST DON’T WANT TO BE HAPPY. OK fine here are things other people love that I’m not into. T shirts. 90s music. Harry Potter. The chicken dance, though. It’s so fun.

  963. Pumpkin spice. Tiramisu. Dark meat. Oreos. Chocolate chip cookies. Milk chocolate. Raspberries. Turnips and rutabagas. Food that’s supposed to be “smoky” in flavour (esp. chipotle, cheese, and tea). Horror anything–movies, television shows, and books. Poorly lit rooms. Being cold. Thongs (both the shoes and the undergarment).

  964. Mushrooms and Thong Underwear. I spend my life digging it out of there. Why the Hell would I put it there on purpose?

  966. Christmas music
    Grateful Dead
    Actually, any music with words
    Dogs
    Movie theaters
    4th of July

  968. Dogs, most of Christmas (not including lights, I like the sparkly lights), sports, bacon, pumpkin pie.

    I am sure there are many many more things that I don’t like that seemingly everyone else loves.

  970. Mustard
    Phil Collins
    Being cold
    sports
    Flip flops
    Beer
    Frogs
    Seafood
    Scarves
    Coffee
    Watching TV (it’s stressful to keep up with)
    Cooking

  971. Calamari, mushrooms, makeup, and people celebrating “birthday months”. I mean, really, how self-centered can you be?

  975. Taylor Swift. Cilantro. High-waisted jeans. “Reality” TV. Baby showers. Country music. Reese’s-flavored anything. CrossFit.

  976. The Bachelor/Bachelorette (shudder), Dancing With The Stars, Lifetime movies, reality tv, talking on the phone, shopping, all the “mommy juice” memes pushing women to think they have to drink to relax, gossip…thanks for asking!! Feels good to share. I feel like I’m the woman weirdo around other women.

  978. The Kardashians. “Reality” TV. Any wine that’s not a Moscato. Tequila shots. (I like tequila, just not by itself. Because apparently I am a FREAK.)

  981. Coffee, Spongebob square pants, 24 hour news cycle, doughnuts, reality tv (it makes my skin crawl)

  984. Ugh I hate dill, pumpkin, ginger, maple…when I was pregnant I hated chocolate WTF???! V

  987. kombucha – why would anyone want to drink flavoured fizzy vinegar??? Quinoa – tastes like dirt, Drake – horrible, horrible whiny voice, Crab – stringy seafood blechhh!!

  988. Coconut, the Mona Lisa, Monet (I don’t hate him, I just don’t like his paintings like other people do.), and the Beach Boys.

  989. coffee, Game of Thrones, camouflage clothing, dim sum, poke and the Lord of the Rings movies.

  994. I’m so relieved that there’s someone else who’s not a Van Morrison fan. Nothing against him personally, but I can’t stand his vocal timbre. My husband knows to change the radio station quickly if a V. M. Song begins…to add to my weirdness, I can’t make myself eat ground meat, ground tofu, or sausage (textural issue) I also dislike peanut butter cups, trucks, country music, or competitions of any sort – including but not limited to – sports. Fortunately, my list of things I really like is a lot longer!

  996. Christmas music, sour cream, mushrooms, the Outlander series and Rhianna – her songs are so repetitive.

  1002. Bananas, olives, Fox News, Piers Morgan, fungi, working more than 4 days a week, microwaved fish sauce, burnt popcorn, blue raspberry flavored anything, and cigarette smoke(severe asthma)

  1005. Onions. I know people think they add flavor. But dear god, it’s like craving the taste of someone’s BO

  1006. If you do not like coffee, dark chocolate, and alcohol, you are probably in the 25% of people who are supertasters. Yes, that’s a teal thing. Food tastes different to you.

  1007. Things I dislike:
    IPAs, pumpkin pie, Starbucks, frappuccinos, raw tomatoes, football, romance novels.

  1010. Potato salad. (I’ve never said that out loud before.’Cuz when you live in central MN…)

  1011. I live in California wine country and I hate wine. So over pumpkin spice. Reality tv “stars”.

  1012. I live in California wine country and I hate wine. So over pumpkin spice. Reality tv “stars”.

  1014. Game of Thrones – zero interest and all the clips I’ve seen just make me less interested. I have friends who have read the books and then watched the series and I still think it sounds awful and cannot even attempt to get into it.

    Also cherry flavored anything. Including cherries.

  1016. After more than 1000 comments, I doubt anyone is reading anymore. But just in case.
    Pumpkin spice anything. I just don’t get it. Pumpkin pie is awesome, for the record.
    Twitter.
    Sex. Yeah, I said it.

  1017. Scary movies. Spicy food. Oranges and orange juice. Goat cheese. Designer label anything. Reality TV. HumVees. Disney anything. Star Wars. Movie adaptations of books (except for Jurassic Park). Concerts. Parties. Bar-hopping. Video games. Cell phones that cost more than $50. GPS (I use old school maps). Hugging. Pinterest. Facebook. Nikes on infants. Rich people who don’t think they had any advantages and don’t owe society anything. Young kids in 9 afterschool activities just to look good for college. Labradoodles and all the other stupid doodles. Hairless cats. Game of Thrones. The Hobbit. Sweet tea. Nylon socks. Bitter hoppy beer. 24/7 cellphone use. Gender reveal cakes/parties/explosions. Dancing in public. Flossing.

  1018. Also Bob Dylan. I want to ream out my eardrums with screwdrivers when I hear him.

  1019. Wine and beer. Reality TV. Trashy magazines. Ed Sheeran. Baby showers. New Years Eve. Romance novels. Jennifer Aniston.

  1021. I no like:
    Coffee
    Colas
    Mint of any kind
    Avocados
    Seafood
    Ranch dressing unless it’s served with cheese/bacon fries 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️
    Most animated movies – especially by Disney
    Beer
    Yellow wine (I know … it’s called white wine)
    Bologna
    Pasta salad including macaroni salad (which is a huge deal because I’m from Hawaii)
    The Big Bang Theory
    Modern Video games
    TV shows in general
    Any news broadcast
    Mansplaining
    Manspreading
    Female helplessness w/out working for a solution
    Peanut butter + chocolate
    Peanut butter cookies
    NFL

    I likey:
    Peanut butter + celery
    Lucky Charms cereal for dinner
    Reading eBooks better than real books
    Listening to books better than reading books
    Graphic Novels
    College Football
    Kawaii
    Hello Kitty
    Stickers and toys coloring
    Sewing and crafts
    Cussing

  1022. I don’t like beer or wine, coffee or tea – they have never appealed to me at all. When I went to college I met someone who kept going on about how I had never read “Catcher in the Rye,” as if it was the sort of thing that would appeal to me. I am familiar with the gist of the story and have never seen the appeal, so I have no desire to ever read it.

  1023. Disney, modern country music, the fact than no one on TV has real hair. teeth, nails, eyelashes or eyebrows.

  1024. I have 2 essays in draft form on my Medium. About things I hate etc, LOATHE and detest: Musicals, dark chocolate, soup, GAH SOUP.

  1025. Socks. Bruce Springsteen. Any of the storyline in the core Star Wars movies. Watermelon.

  1026. Avocados. Donuts. Peanuts or other nuts in food. Football. Eyebrow shaping and shading. Rose gold. Troll beards (my husband has one he loves). The smell of pine. Coffee. Beer. Red meat.

  1028. Peanut Butter. Coffee. Sports. I just couldn’t care less but apparently this makes me strange.

  1029. I was inspired by reading other people’s comments:
    Thanksgiving
    Family pictures
    Country Music
    Football
    (All of this is made harder by living in Texas 😆)

  1033. being a fully put together, makeup done, work clothes on, hair styled woman to drop your kid off/pick them up from daycare. it just seems like a pissing contest to see who can be the most supermom and have all this done as early as possible.

  1034. Wine, ketchup, cilantro (I have that gene), pugs, and professional sports with the exception of the Olympics and ones with animals (polo, horse jumping, dog sledding etc)

  1036. Paying for air conditioning in summer
    Turning the heat way up in winter

    (I want to wear seasonally appropriate clothing inside AND out! I don’t want to have to bring a sweater to visit your house in summer but shorts in winter, it makes no sense!)

    Dark chocolate
    Putting extra ingredients in coffee
    Hot coffee
    Orgasms
    Going somewhere on vacation just to sit around and do the same things you would have done at home

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  1039. I love being a weirdo with you.
    Some of my dislikes are always good for a strange look:
    avocados
    coffee (smells wonderful, tastes gross)
    flan
    pickles
    oysters (even though I love most seafood)
    ranch dressing
    Mountain Dew
    Game of Thrones
    almost all alcohol (some beer / champagne is ok)
    (un)reality TV
    shoes – especially heels
    pink Starburst
    PB & Jelly mixed (separate they are awesome… together I’ll toss it in the trash)

  1040. show tunes, Harry Potter, white rice, cats (the play and the animal), parsley, raisins in cookies, people that meet you at a 4-way stop and it is their turn to go but they wave you ahead first like you are somehow in their way and everything would just be fine if they’d just follow the rules of the road and go on their turn

  1041. Cilantro – demon weed. The Kardashians, every last one of them. Sushi, come on, it’s just bait in my book.

  1042. I live in NE Ohio….Fall…I could totally do without. Give me spring 1000 times over.

  1043. Oh yeah…
    ELF ON A SHELF!!!
    Frigging Christmas decorations in stores in AUGUST
    People who don’t take their Christmas lights down until March
    People who drive 42 in a 45 mph zone
    Kim Kardashian’s butt
    Guys wearing pants half way down their butt
    Country music
    Current pop music with people who say words all weird (like “gooid” instead of “good”)
    AMY SCHUMER
    So many more…

  1044. Hummus, local tv network weather reports, white chocolate, the song “Sweet Home Alabama.”

  1045. hot yoga, Harry Potter, The Tolkein, ham, Christmas, milk chocolate, most TV programs, nuts in meat dishes, people on special diets unless there is a REAL medical reason, weddings, vampire movies

  1049. Sports. Onions. Kale. Grocery store cake. Sitcoms. Adam Sandler. 4-Way Stops.

  1050. Coffee and wine.
    Not liking wine can truly affect social events. At fine dinners I’m often mentally twiddling my thumbs while everyone else goes on about this great wine or that and I feel like an uncouth peasant because to me it’s fancified rancid grape juice. And is it even legal to visit France or Italy if you don’t love wine?
    You can feel left out too if you don’t like beer. Which I also hate.

  1051. Coffee. Video games. Any of the sweets from the grocery bakery section. Wine. Beer. Hallmark channel. Romance novels. Mustard and mayo.

  1052. Eggs, Marvel and DC entertainment, cartoons of any kind, and Agatha Christie. There! I said it!

  1055. Coffee. Beer. Elf on the Shelf. Branding/logos/lettering prominent on purses or articles of clothing. Eyebrow makeup.

  1056. I don’t understand how the smell of popcorn affects a lot of people. It doesn’t make me want to eat it, or drool or anything. I don’t even care to east much of it at all. I hate the way the husks get stuck in my teeth.

    I also don’t understand why bathroom humor is so appealing. It just makes me cringe and feel crappy. Also movies that seem to assume everyone’s intelligence level is that of a 12 yr old boy.

    My worst ever thing I detest? exercise. I never enjoyed it, just felt the pain, sweat and exhaustion, even as a kid.

    I live in an Italian area, and there’s this Christmas song “Dominick the Donkey” that totally ruins the holidays for me! Don’t google it, you will regret it!

    Another biggie is the adulation of people famous for basically nothing, like the Kardasians. Or the way “famous” people are almost worshiped. Why? Does what they do better life on earth? Why not admire teachers, or doctors, nurses, scientists, humanitarians, social workers, judges, people that make a difference, that can change the world?

    Oh, and eating liver, or any organs for that matter. Just yuck, run far away.

    But as my dd says, “Don’t yuck my yum!” LOL

  1057. Elf on the shelf, staged family photos, polar express, complaints about immigrants, white privilege, hanging out with people just like me, the phrase “boys will be boys” use of gender specific pronouns, assumptions, all inclusive resorts, cruises, Facebook, gossip, CCR, Eddy Money, 45 and how much time 45 takes up (let’s just vote him out of office already), how many candidates the democrats still have in the primary, manicured lawns, Botox, MAGA hats, fake tans, persecution of sex workers, Round Up, off season fruits and vegetables, prepackaged meals, microwaves, pumpkin spice anything, flavored coffee, perfumes, unnaturally white teeth, organized religion, the Dollar Store, New Years resolutions, selfie sticks, tour packages, carry on baggage, shiplap, Jetted tubs, Minivans, hockey, ice dancing.

  1062. Disney World & mayonnaise. Just no. The first just sounds like a nightmare. And then my friend keeps buying mayo to keep in my fridge and I make my husband throw it away as soon as she leaves. I can’t touch the container.

  1065. This is easy..>TELEMARKETERS! I get bombarded with them every single day. NO matter how many times I block their numbers they come back with new ones. The worst ones are the ones where the caller doesn’t even speak the same language as me. Please stop wasting my time!!

  1066. The height of fashion right now–skinny jeans and leggings. All it does is accent one’s body flaws. Overweight–it all hangs there and wobbles for the world to see. Skinny? it aggravates how skinny you are– you end up looking like a pencil with no interesting curves., And I am so tired of having to wear long, long shirts to cover the camel toe that would inevitably show if you didn’t. And in cold weather, tight pants/leggings do nothing to help keep you warm because there is no thermal layer of air between your skin and your clothes. Looser pants with some air between is a natural thermal layer. Duh.But hey, doesn’t matter if you look like a walking bowl of pudding or walking on stilts, as loooong as you wear what everyone else is. P.S. the fashion industry loves stretch leggings because no effort has to go into fitting them to different body types and sizes. PPS–do you know what the greatest amount of plastic pollution found in lakes is? Microfibers (a shite load), which come from your polyesters. If it’s plastic clothing of any type it will end up in your lakes, your oceans, your fish, your cattle, your world (article: American Scientist, Sept-Oct 2019–Sherri A. Mason).

  1067. Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, mornings, potatoes, working from home.
    And The Big Bang Theory, of course, because that show is terrible.

  1068. Chocolate, coffee, tea. I have never eater a McRib and never will. I have an aversion to shaped meats. No dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets for me.

  1070. Yawning without covering your mouth. Twitter, Instagram, mushrooms, Starbucks, morning talk “news” shows, wearing leggings as if they were pants, bare ankles because visible socks are somehow no longer a thing.

  1076. I can live without: Any kind of alcohol, Macarons (yuck), Game of Thrones, a second on Steely Dan, and shellfish

  1078. L’Oreal’s Lash Paradise mascara. I just don’t get the hype.
    Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – couldn’t get through the first episode. I finally got so fed up at being told yet again that I HAVE to watch it, it’s so good! that I snapped at a very sweet coworker and almost made her cry and felt like I’d kicked a puppy. Still not watching it, though.

  1080. Harry Potter, Horror movies and those TV shows that gag people or trick them for fun, how is that fun? Its mean and I really don’t get it. Most reality TV shows have this element so don’t get and don’t care.

  1082. Sting. Has anyone ever actually LISTENED to the words of “Every Breath You Take”? Full on stalker song. The opposite of romantic. Also, The Human League – “Don’t You Want Me”. Again, listen to the words. Dude, no one wants you. You’re a controlling, threatening jerk.

  1083. Things I could live without forever that the rest of the world loves:
    alcohol
    mac & cheese
    Harry Potter
    Jell-O
    Game of Thrones
    sportsball
    Hootie
    Black Friday
    Country AND Western music
    Skinny Jeans / low rise jeans / “jeggings”
    pumpkin spice everything

  1084. All things Lord of the Rings – I appreciate the fandom, but just can’t get through it.
    Will Ferrell

  1087. Coffee, Wine, Beer, Cheryl Strayed’s book Wild (hated it with a fiery passion, yet I know people who think it’s the best book they’ve ever read), Mango, the world’s obsession with making everything scented (hello asthma trigger!), and single-use items, over-the-top and/or overly crude, reliant on potty-humour comedians/actors.

  1089. I am late to the party, but my hates are: ABBA, why does their music endure, it was always mediocre. And pecan pie. And dry cereal.

  1090. Wine, beer, coffee, dresses, makeup, hairdressers or haircuts, football, ham, mustard, pickles. There’s so much more. I’ve been happy to be unique. And weird like the best of us!

  1092. Bob Dylan. Wine. Photoshopping pics. Online gaming.
    PS: I’m glad you have a food taster of sorts for your reviews……….

  1098. Guacamole, toe shoes, bath bombs, jogging, bbq, the Twilight series. I just don’t get any of it. Y’all have fun and enjoy; count me out though.

  1100. Cilantro, Rush, maple syrup (extra scandal because I’m Canadian), James Patterson

  1101. Videos of a band playing on stage at a concert posted on instagram. It makes no sense, I don’t know who the band is, I can’t really hear it anyway, flashing lights, sudden loud noise while I scroll. No thanks.

  1102. Strawberries!! Everyone says they’re so sweet and I just have to find one that isn’t sour, but I’ve even had ones others say are sweet and they’re still awful!

  1108. The Ellen Show. I know, I’m going to proverbial hell…I just hope they don’t have vapid gushing, stupid games and (supposed to be heart-wrenching) giveaways or it will be real hell.

  1112. Fleetwood Mac, the way people spell things when they text, the Kardashians, Seinfeld, hops heavy beer, gin, morning television, and yoga teachers saying, “Namaste.”

  1113. Fall, winter, college and pro football, cold weather and too many layers of clothing, bare trees, gory Halloween things, and really all the winter holidays. Goat cheese, “French” as an adjective, eels, talent competitions, “mommy” as an adjective, lavender scented or flavored anything, Danish pastry, coffee cake, and Corvettes.

  1114. Oh, I forgot the important part. This is major. I didn’t let/have my children watch Mr. Rogers, it was so slow and it bored me. I have apologized to the children.

  1116. macaroni and cheese. ugh. but i love you and glad to be in the company of weirdos.

  1117. Jazz. Jazz makes me itch. Flavored coffee. Yoga. no it is not going to help my pain. its going to make things worse. Bridesmaids- the movie. I didn’t find it funny, just cringey. Friends, Seinfield. also not funny. Reality TV with the exception of Top Chef and Great British Baking Show.

  1120. Ketchup, the combo of orange and chocolate, football on television (in person is okay), leggings, jeans with holes in them.

  1122. Almost all condiments except Caesar dressing, coffee, Game of Thrones, egg nog, deviled eggs, coleslaw, potato salad, beef, chili, Christianity, Radiohead, Dave Matthew’s Band, Hootie and the Blowfish, beer, any fruit pie, Stephen King.

  1123. Traditional Christmas music, cantaloupe, high heels, an obsession with sports teams, gossip about Britsh royals and what they wear, the proliferation of TV shows about serial killers

  1131. Advertising for prescription medicine, dyed hair, beards longer than 1″, unsafe footwear, verbs used as nouns (and vice versa), any audible sound coming from someone else’s cell phone, singing/whistling/humming in public or at work, cannabis billboards (and newscasters using the term “pot”), deviled eggs, chicken wings, rap/hop “music”, publicly visible piercings and tattoos, and several things (alcohol, avocados) previously mentioned by others. Thank you.

  1132. Ohhhh, this list is long. But such a relief to be able to tell someone.

    Foods and drinks: Bacon, coffee, pumpkin spice anything, melon, pickles, eggs, mayonnaise and Miracle Whip, BEER, onions, tomatoes, peppers, avocado (except guacamole), ketchup, olives. There are more, but I’ll leave it at that.

  1133. Foods and beverages:
    Bacon, coffee, BEER, tomatoes, onions, peppers, avocadoes (except guacamole), melon, eggs, pickles, mayo/Miracle Whip, pumpkin spice everything, ketchup, olives.

    Miscellaneous: Snow, winter, kids, dogs, monkeys (they gross me out!), Oprah Winfrey, flip-flops, essential oils, goats, Birkenstocks, sweatpants, loud music, the uneducated masses.

  1137. Coconut. When the local sports team is winning and everyone’s wearing team shirts and I just don’t care but feel a little left out.

  1138. Also, Jenny – this is a brilliant thread idea! I’ve so enjoyed reading these responses!

  1139. Led Zeppelin. . . I will literally cringe when I hear it. My late fiance L9VED them and would drone on about their virtuosity. It was one of those times when you roll your eyes and find a reason to be elsewhere.

  1142. I’m in on turtlenecks. I would also like to add adulting but I suppose that’s unavoidable. Thanks for being you. We all love you.

  1143. I’m in on turtlenecks. I would also like to add adulting but I suppose that’s unavoidable. Thanks for being you. We all love you.

  1144. It’s a Wonderful Life. Can’t get through more than half of it before Jimmy Stewart’s over-acting ruins it for me. I think he was a lovely man in real life, one of the best of his era, but I just can’t stand his acting style.

  1145. Salads with fruit in them (unless it’s slathered in whipped cream – that shit rocks!)

  1146. I had a girl scout meeting yesterday and did this activity with my 6th graders to talk about the fact that we all like different things — and that some people won’t like what you create. We’re working on a screenwriting badge, so it fit well. Thanks for the great idea!

  1147. Steely Dan (totally there with you), the song “Horse with No Name” (worst song EVER), anything Kardashian, superhero movies, “It’s a Wonderful Life” (so depressing), Disney , most hip hop, James Joyce, Carol King’s voice (she writes good songs; she just shouldn’t sing them), and the current Republican party

  1148. ha, it feels good to write these down! In no particular order:
    -alcohol
    -E-scooters (no they are not eco-friendly. If you’re able to walk, do it! That’s the greenest solution for short distances)
    -fast food
    -stretch fabric (does it stretch? then it’s full of plastic)
    -fancy workout clothes (no need to look sexy while you sweat, it’s just another excuse to spend money)

  1150. Ketchup, mustard, mayo, ranch dressing, video games, tattoos, facial piercings and ear gauges

  1152. Bananas, cola, Christmas, reality tv, Shakespeare. And I absolutely love that almost all of these has been mentioned before, because they’re really weird things not to like. I don’t actually think I’ve ever met anyone who didn’t like bananas or some variant of cola. Now I know I’m NOT alone 😀

  1153. k-pop, pineapple on everything and pineapple flavor, hemmingway, medical dramas (with one exception, i do like The Good Doctor,) and crime dramas, spicy food, the macy’s thanksgiving parade and all parades.
    i mean… i like a lot of things, but also… i don’t like everything.

  1156. Beer, coffee, tea, mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, cilantro, olives, fish/seafood, runny eggs

    country music, horror movies, true crime, superhero anything, Big Bang Theory, The Kardashians

    makeup, fashion, politics, religion, most sports

    FaceBook, Instagram, Pinterest

    following news of any sort

    microfibre anything

    *Jenny, thank you SO much for asking this question. Responding to it feels so liberating, as more than a thousand comments have validated thus far! * 🙂

  1160. Wow, I used tagcrowd.com to filter the top 100 words on this thread so far (minus words such as “comment”, “like” or “anonymous”):

    alcohol avocados babies bacon bananas beatles beer books butter cake cats cheese children chocolate christmas cilantro clothing coconut coffee country cream dan dark disney dogs donaeurtmt dressing drink dy eat eggs facebook family flavored food football friends fruit game harry heels holidays horror iaeurtmm ice itaeurtms jeans kardashians ketchup kids life live makeup movies mushrooms music olives oreos pants parties peanut people person pickles pie potter pumpkin read real reality salad shoes shopping shows social song spice sports star starbucks steely stuff summer sure sushi sweet taste tea television thrones tolkien turtlenecks tv video wars watching water wine world years

  1162. Chicken (to eat, they’re pretty cute as birds doin’ their thing but I think chicken tastes too chickeny),Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and, ET.

  1163. Using “it’s” when you mean “its,” especially if you know the difference and don’t care.
    Those sweet hot milky drinks with whipped cream and caramel “swirls” on top.
    Ear gauges…can’t even look at them.
    Tattoos.
    Selfies. And the word “selfies.”

  1164. The song “The Hotel California” gives me shivers — a long bad story with this song. Peanut Buster Parfaits for a similar reason. I hate when people “lol” FOR NO REASON, or because they are afraid to just write what the mean without softening it. Wine is gross. Hard alcohol makes me scream from the pain. High waisted jeans. Low waisted jeans. The excessive arches on my flat feet when I wore Birkenstock’s. People who REVIEW THINGS ON AMAZON AND ONLY WRITE: “I don’t know, I didn’t buy it.” THEN WHY ARE YOU ANSWERING, KAREN??? 🙄

  1167. Jenny – what a great way of thinking and a great topic! People have really sparked about this!
    For me: parades, fireworks, following a sports team, waterparks and swimming, bathing suits, Christmas, getting a haircut, reality tv, practical jokes, sparkling water, olives, Andie MacDowell,
    “keep calm” and anything, etc. 🙂

  1169. Bread

    Always and forever – i hate it so much it’s down in my baby book under disliked in all caps, underlined and exclamation points

  1170. Coffee taste like dirt. No seafood of any kind (yes, that includes Lobster and Shrimp and no, NONE OF IT TASTES LIKE CHICKEN). Halloween. Any kind of televised sport. Exercise.

  1171. I could do without most team sports, with the possible exception of soccer played really well. Don’t get why people go so nuts over it.

  1172. Religion. I envy people who believe in a God who handles all things. “Let go and let God.” That there’s an afterlife so no need to worry or grieve the dead. My son died over a year ago and if I believed, I would know he’s in another place, not just dead. And perhaps I’d be able to get over it.

  1173. I forgot to add bottom hamburger buns, Just the bottom ones. I will not eat them. I always eat my plain cheeseburger like an open faced sandwich.

  1175. I hate alcohol, weddings, baby showers, Christmas and Christmas music, country music, winter, makeup, dresses and skirts, spicy food, inflatable lawn ornaments, texting, leggings, i Phones. Being called ma’am or lady, or miss.

  1179. OK, there are more things…maybe I don’t “hate” them, or maybe not “everybody” loves:
    Disney: Disney films, Disney toys, Disney products, Mickey Mouse club (although I can enjoy Disneyland)
    slice-of-life reatlity shows, such as “Real Housewives” “Jersey Shore” ad nauseum
    babies/small children (this is a “don’t hate” but just don’t get–especially newborn pictures…they aren’t cute!)
    souped-up cars/trucks

  1185. I cannot stand the taste of coffee (even in ice cream form), but I love the smell of it. I also don’t like the Beatles, although I don’t mind their songs when performed by someone else.

  1186. Hot liquids of any kind, fruit punch or bubble gum scented things, anything that is banana flavored (but I like bananas – go figure), people talking about their toes, reality shows of any sort but ESPECIALLY shows where people try to sing, people who flap their hands when they sing…
    Oh, the list goes on and on. Thanks for this safe space to vent and to see that we are not alone in our lists!

  1187. The Office
    Reality shows
    Steve Carell comedies
    Will Ferris humor
    Catcher in the Rye
    Beer
    Shellfish of any kind (not allergic, just don’t like the texture)

  1188. Oh, I forgot, Starbucks coffee. I like the other stuff, but their Pike’s roast beans are totally burnt tasting to me.

  1189. I agree with you on Tolkien and Oreos! I also don’t get the obsession with Game of Thrones.

  1190. This feels like some sort of confession! I think I’m an alien because there are things that I can’t stand (and can not even understand the appeal) that EVERYONE else loves and it makes me feel like I might not actually be a human. I hate: coffee, alcohol, music, pets.

  1191. Things that others love that I don’t get:

    Running (like, as a hobby/career)
    American Football
    Basketball
    The Wheel of Time series
    Actresses like Megan Fox
    Anything to do with the Kardashians

  1194. Tomatoes. Salmon. Sushi. Sweating. Probably lots of other stuff, but that’s all I’ve got for now 🙂

  1195. Dr. Who. I know it’s a favorite of yours. I wanted like it. My mother likes it. I just can’t get into it even after watching the first two modern seasons.

  1196. Such brave answers. Cheese, seafood, math, mushrooms, cilantro, sleeping, Christmas, spicy food, milk, skittles, captain america, going to parties and me. Most people think I am funny and smart and like talking with me and stuff….but I am bipolar so most of the time I am giving myself the side eye cuz …I cannot be trusted.

  1197. Titanic Movie! Bras; t-shirts (especially with logos); hot sunny days, cactus plants, wool blankets, showers

  1201. Starbucks. Pretentiousness taken to the extreme. and those aren’t even real sizes!!!

  1203. Elevators
    Fish all sea creatures as food… like them to look at not to eat
    Country music
    Beer
    Working unless it’s fun job or for myself
    Football

  1205. Sports. Small children. Classic books. Dogs. (Sorry but I don’t get the appeal.) Coffee. Carbonated drinks. News. Dr. Who. Fantasy books. Video games.

  1207. I don’t like coffee but love cappuccino. Also don’t like horror movies (being scared is not my idea of entertainment), the Kardashians, video games, any of the Bachelor/Bachelorette dating shows, cheeseburgers.

  1209. Pineapple in food, coconut in food, candles that smell like ANY kind of spice at all or have names like CALMING BEAUTY, or chamomile tea that is cootied with orange peel or rose hips

  1210. Green Peppers, SciFi anything, sweet smelling candles, DISNEY (and I just had a baby, Lord help me).

  1212. Coffee, hot tea, Hallmark Christmas movies, rosemary (tastes like licking a pine tree to me), Seinfeld, Friends, the Office, most carbonated beverages,Nutella, seafood, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, running/jogging. Oh and Dancing with the Stars.

  1213. Cheese. When I tell people I hate cheese they often act like I am insane or trying to offend them, but I Just. Don’t. Like. Cheese.

  1214. Chocolate cake/icing. Gimme vanilla, lemon…almost anything else and you’ll have to fight me for a bite.

  1215. Star Wars, tv in general, career politicians, movie star activists who use their fame to influence others instead of their time and money to make a difference, polyester

  1216. The Great Gatsby, Romeo & Juliet, Mad Men, Jack Nicholson, mushrooms as a substitute for meat, summer, Southern California, BMWs.

  1224. Bacon and spaghetti sauce (Which everyone in my family LOVES) I make it then eat the garlic bread)

  1226. So many great ones but I absolutely cannot believe there is someone else out there who hates Journey!

  1229. Football, reality TV, any kind of peppers, ranch dressing, tequila, Robert Plant’s voice.

  1231. Bacon. Bananas. Deviled eggs. U2. Journey. Too many days in a row of sunshine. Any form of reality TV. James Patterson books. So many more things than I thought I could come up with. 🙂

  1236. Dave Mathews Band. U2 for that matter. Seafood. Game of thrones (though the first book was good).

  1237. The smell of gasoline and polecats aka skunks, listening to the elderly talk about their prime, dill pickle martinis which I drink after listening to those stories!

  1243. Onions. And people get genuinely offended when you say you don’t like them and try to convince you you do. “oh, you’ll love them cooked!” No, no I won’t. “oh, but you’ll love it, I cut them up small!” Did you turn them into something that isn’t onions, because otherwise, no. “But they give everything it’s flavor!” Yes, the only food in the world with flavor is onions. Or the alternate (often tried by the same person right after explaining they are the flavor) “but you won’t even taste them!” I don’t get it, just let us onion hates hate them, please? 😉

  1244. Facebook!!! We are all turning into pillars of salt. Trust me on this.
    “Real” Housewives of Anywhere. Chocolate.

  1245. I don’t believe gluten intolerance is real. (Celiac disease is real) I think gluten intolerance is made up by people that don’t want to tell anyone they think carbs make them fat because people now roll their eyes so hard it pulls muscles when they hear that. I can’t name a single person with a “gluten intolerance” that isn’t white and upper middle class.

  1246. Summer. Too much sun and heat (gives me migraine) and sweat (oh the smell) and noice/light (no sleep, so tired). Yep. Weird.

  1250. Nutella. I like hazel nuts and frosting, but the idea of Nutella just doesn’t do it for me.

  1251. Pedicures…they tickle then hurt. Hillary. Except Lady Gaga, any singer under 30 who uses autotune, reality tv, nutella, coffee, and scary movies

  1252. Harry Potter, wine, beer, Nutella, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and romantic comedies…..

  1253. Celebrating, or even acknowledging birthdays. I just don’t see why the day you were born is “your special day” and I try to keep my birthday as low key as possible. I wish I didn’t have to worry about keeping everyone’s birthdays in mind so I don’t forget to wish them a happy birthday.

  1255. I love to hear that I am not the only person who dislikes Oreos. Every time I say that, I get so much hate. I am also anti-coffee and beer. Love tea…I have like 20 varieties and I can drink the heck out of most hard liquors, but beer and coffee are gross (to me).

  1259. Drake. Barbershop quartets. Family-style Italian restaurants. Organ meats. NASCAR.

  1262. OMG – Coca Cola, and really any type of carbonated non-alcoholic beverage

  1264. Mayo, spring & summer, reality shows, liver, Jennifer Lawrence movies, ketchup, daytime, exercise, cheerful perky people, black licorice, Indian food, all of the star wars movies, social events, crowds, religions, the use of the “n” word, root beer, beer, cinnamon, people in front of me walking slowly.

  1267. game of Thrones – I’m glad i’m not the only one. I just don’t get why ppl hype it up so much.
    Avocado on it’s own is a Big NO for me, just the thought of the Texture makes me nauseous. Guacamole on Toast i like though.
    Marvel/superhero movies
    Small talk. I prefer deep/real talks more.
    Football games. Nah they’re bring as hell to watch.
    Ketchup
    Musical movies. High school does’nt count!

  1268. Star Wars, smartphones, SpongeBob Squarepants (especially the memes), superhero films, Super Mario (especially when every online cartoonist is drawing him constantly.) Those all began with S.

  1270. Starbucks, Post Malone, The Property Brothers, tight leggings, ground beef, driving, Sitting through movies that aren’t my specific interest, watching memes, hot dogs, riding bikes

  1271. I’m 76 years old and I have never even heard of some of the things people hate but others supposedly love. Many of the things others hate, I love, but I also share a lot of hates. I love dark chocolate, red wind, popcorn. Person who hates eggplant should have a really good eggplant Parmesan. I made it a few times years ago. Lot of trouble. A man I used to work with (Italian ancestry, great cook) brought it to work several times and it was fantastic. I hate sports, most current movies, all current music, celebrities, anything related to “pop culture”. Don’t really like exercise either, but you better do it if you want to maintain your mobility – very important as we age. Luckily, I love being in the woods, so hiking is very acceptable to me. Not camping. Love to walk in the woods, but I then want a hot shower, good dinner and comfy bed.

  1272. Pizza. Why do people even like this food? I think it’s a piece of trash.

  1273. Star wars!!! What is that fim and what’s with the hysteria around it?

  1274. Babies. I have nothing against them but I don’t want one. People seem to go especially nuts over mixed race babies.

    Fall. It’s okay. I don’t understand what the big deal is though.

    Europe. Same.

    Sunrises. Same.

    C.S. Lewis. (Can we all find someone else to quote please)?

    Pit bulls.

  1275. dogs, tattoos, white claw, running, beards, high-waisted bathing suit bottoms or pants, salad

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