Becky Jane ([info]puppysmuggler) wrote,
@ 2005-11-07 16:26:00
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Current mood: curious

Question for everyone
What are your guilty displeasures?
Guilty pleasures is something people love to talk about. Britney Spears. Paris Hilton. Gossip magazines. The Backstreet Boys. Whatever. Guilty displeasures, no one ever mentions.

I can't remember if it was me or [info]kidwhatever or some strange Captain Planet blending of our amazing brains who came up with this phrase, but I love it and I want to know more. So tell me... what do you NOT like that may be socially unacceptable to dislike? For example, not liking kittens would be a guilty displeasure. This is not something you would blurt out in mixed company.

I'll go first.
I do NOT like Shakespeare. I find his work to be annoying and unenjoyable.
I also do not like cheesecake in any form. I don't care how much your mom/boyfriend/girlfriend/dog likes your recipe, it makes me gag.

Okay... GO!

Edited to add:
Scooby Doo is not funny. I don't like him either.


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[info]swinehund
2005-11-08 01:01 am UTC (link)
This is a good question!

Dancing. I play DDR religiously, I can follow a rhythm and even look good doing it, I just don't get anything out of dancing in public in most circumstances. I feel kind of lukewarm about music in general too. I like it, but I don't *really* like some subset of it like most people seem to.

Babies. I don't find them cute! Kids can start to be cute to me around 4 (then they are sort of amusing like monkeys), not much before that.

Sexy ladies. I'm not really at all bisexual. I've been in a surprising number of situations where that felt kind of politically incorrect, but what can I do about it, really?

Christmas! A couple years ago, I noticed that my mood is elevated significantly when christmas music stops playing. We tend to travel to novel places during the holidays to escape family celebrations, even though we like our families well enough during the rest of the year.

At first I thought this was going to be guilty pleasures, and I was all ready to whip out my not-terribly-secret fixation with macaroni and cheese with veggie dogs in it.

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[info]kristenny
2005-11-08 01:13 am UTC (link)
I'll second babies and the Christmas season. :)

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[info]puppysmuggler
2005-11-08 03:57 am UTC (link)
Oh, how could I forget babies? I see babies and my reaction is "... huh."

They don't make me mad or disgust me, I just have zero feelings for them.

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[info]nerofotia
2005-11-08 12:42 pm UTC (link)
Most other people's babies, I feel that way about. Mine, I adore, but I guess that's a parent thing.

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[info]kristenny
2005-11-08 01:16 am UTC (link)
I do not like Harry Potter.

I do not like Lord of the Rings.

I do not like Bright Eyes, Mighty Mouse, The White Stripes, ColdPlay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cranberries, or The Smashing Pumpkins.

I am a liberal, but I do not like Hillary Clinton. At all.

I do not like domestic-made vehicles. Except Jeeps.

I do not enjoy Emily Dickenson's poetry.

While I like it, I do not think that Family Guy is the greatest/funniest cartoon in the world.

I did not like The Great Gatsby.

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[info]puppysmuggler
2005-11-08 03:55 am UTC (link)
Oh my god, I HATE Emily Dickenson!!

Let's be best friends =D

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[info]kristenny
2005-11-08 04:14 am UTC (link)
Oh thank God, I'm not alone! :D


Drove me NUTS in high school...ugh. "No, people, you're only PRETENDING to be smart. That doesn't make this GOOD, either."

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[info]puppysmuggler
2005-11-08 04:49 am UTC (link)
"Hey, this is really hard to understand! It must be deep."

Or maybe... not very well written?

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[info]kristenny
2005-11-08 04:13 am UTC (link)
(oops...err, "MODEST Mouse"...hee!)

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[info]the2belo
2005-11-08 03:14 am UTC (link)
1) Dogs, for the most part. I can't stand to be around them. There is an actual dog residing at my house, but she lives outside and I rarely make contact because she is a big hairy stink and poo grenade. I don't go out of my way to hate dogs, but it is impossible to persuade me that dogs are cute.

2) Fantasy imagery with sappy themes involving hono(u)r and samurai-like warrior spirit. This includes Harry Potter; Lord of the Rings; the Final Fantasy series; Dragon Quest; Dungeons & Dragons; Excalibur; Lineage 2; World of Warcraft; any fantasy RPG; any movie containing magick, elves, orcs, or dragons; blacque magickque; wizards with long beards; witches; potions and spells; bubbling cauldrons; foreshadowing involving ravens; ceremonial blades; Klingons. A special exception is made for Star Wars because a) Vader is cool and b) Yoda is too silly to take seriously.

3) Austin Powers. I never understood how this bullshit is supposed to be funny. Yes, a parody of James Bond, har har. So what makes this one of the most overquoted movies in the history of the entire god damned internet? It drives me up the wall past the pictures. Stop it.

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[info]nerofotia
2005-11-08 12:45 pm UTC (link)
News updates. Bad shit happens, I get it. But there are still good things happening in the world, too. Why doesn't that shit get equal representation?

I'm not particularly open minded about some things. I like it that way, and I HATE it when someone tells me I'm being closed-minded. No shit. If I thought I might be wrong, I wouldn't think that way, now, would I? STFU and let me have my opinion.

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[info]lucifrix
2005-11-08 02:46 pm UTC (link)
1. Jazz and blues music

2. Live theater

3. Restaurants where they care a lot about the food being unusual and pretty rather than big and tasty

4. Talking to strangers, especially old people--while I wish most people to have happy, fulfilling lives, I want them to do it without my involvement

5. "Serious" films

5a. Quentin Tarantino

6. Museums

I'm sure there's more, I just can't come up with them right now.

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[info]lucifrix
2005-11-08 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Addendum:

1a. "World" music
1b. "Wimmin's" music

5b. David Lynch

8. Poetry as an art form, especially "slam" poetry

9. Scooby Doo (you reminded me) and the Flintstones, and most other "classic" cartoons

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[info]puppysmuggler
2005-11-08 10:45 pm UTC (link)
I suppose I should come clean and mention I've never even seen the Flintstones. I just kind of assume I wouldn't enjoy it. The only classic cartoons I like are the really classic ones. You know, old school Warner Brothers. That's pretty much it! ^_^

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[info]lucifrix
2005-11-09 05:28 pm UTC (link)
Apropos of nothing, it occurred to me recently we should do another music swap. Care to share 3 for 3?

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[info]puppysmuggler
2005-11-09 10:39 pm UTC (link)
I would love to, but my music is on my non-internetty computer :( The computer that now makes spoooky sounds when I turn it on.

I could reccomend 3 if you'd like!

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[info]dreal
2005-11-08 11:27 pm UTC (link)
1. I don't like most kids. Especially the ones that come into my store. They are loud and unruly, and think CVS stands for "Playground". Guess what, mom, it doesn't, reel in your little bastardos and gag the little fuckers.

2. Gin, Rummy, Gin-rummy, Go-Fish, etc. Basically, any card game that doesn't require ANY skill to win at. Give me a break, I'm not 5 anymore.

3. Large pets. Be they BIG dogs, FAT cats, Overly fed weasels/ferrets. Also, if your pet smells like ass marinaded in diarrhea, please, cage the SOB and keep it away from me.

4. People who had everything growing up and wonder why once they move out on their own, their parents refuse to continue to pay for everything they need so they have to get a job. Umm, hello? Moving out requires you to ACTUALLY take care of YOURSELF! I understand it being tough, and having to hit mom and dad up for some grociery money while you get everything you need to furnish your house, but after, let's say, 2 years of living on your own, you shouldn't need your parents money short of some god awful unforseen emergency. And no, your buddy scoring some Maui Wowwie is NOT an unforseen emergency.

5. People that are currenty high on illegal drugs. So you do them, yeah, great. So you have fun doing them, wow. Do you really think that SOBER people care? 'Nuff said.

6. People who have the nerve to say things under their breath about you, but if you ask them "What was that?" they say, "Nothing." You had the balls to say something with me present, either share it, or STFU, thanks.

7. Pacheesi. I hated Sorry, and I hate "advanced" Sorry, too. I'm not too slow to understand the rules, I get them just fine. The game is stupid.

8. Blame Lilylith for this one... Ur Mom. :P

9. Waitresses, and anyone really, that calls me Hon. ESPECIALLY if I don't know them. I'm not your freakin' hon. Go away.

10. Most people in general. I like specific people, but as a whole, people suck. We all know it, we see it everyday. Assholes EVERYWHERE. I'm sorry, but we're doomed.

11. Rap Music, and any derivative there of. *gag*

12. Country Music, and any derivative there of. *gag*

That's all for now, I'm sure it's more than enough.

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[info]puppysmuggler
2005-11-09 10:38 pm UTC (link)
Those aren't really guilty displeasures though... just things you don't like ^_^

Well, except for kids and big pets. Those are unusual. =D

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[info]dreal
2005-11-09 10:59 pm UTC (link)
How about my need to brush my teeth whenever I smell bad breath? Or is that just a weird quirk?

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[info]puppysmuggler
2005-11-10 09:43 pm UTC (link)
That's just a weird quirk ;)

Weird quirks are funny, too. Especially if they're gross!

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