What is something you should like/get but just don't?

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bunsNT 4 2018-02-02 04:32:52

For me, the music of the band Radiohead. Love Talking Heads. Really like Wilco. Have never been able to get into them.

CleoPatreon 6 15m

Tattoos. I get it, but I don't. A small tasteful tattoo, perhaps. But massive all back, or all up the legs? Nope. Or worse, a bad tattoo of any size or style.

Yes, some are incredibly artistic and amazing. I still don't get why some people will pay large sums of money and have it permanently. Aging is going to change your artwork pretty dramatically, and what is relevant at 20 is not likely to be relevant at 50.

More power to you, it's your body and your money, but I just don't get it.

umlaute 1 2h38m

For me it's similar but reverse. I don't get the small tattoos but I think huge pieces can look very nice.

The rest is the same though. Anything "meaningful" I would've tattooed onto me in my early twenties would seem pretty pointless or embarassing by now (late twenties). And I doubt that it will get better with age.

BPSteve 1 9h44m

I could never commit to something permanent like that, and expect that I'll think it looks good for the rest of my life. I have clothes I bought just a couple years ago and now I think "What the fuck, I thought that looked good?"

FleetwoodMag 1 10h20m

I completely agree. I also got 2 tattoos when is was 16 and 18. C’est la vie.

Breezy834 5 13m

Rap nowadays

Celestrael 5 1h7m

I don’t get cars. How to fix them, upkeep them, or why people get obsessed with them. I’m extremely utilitarian with them. When I lived in a city with only street parking I drove a Scion iQ because I could park it literally anywhere.

When I moved to a more suburban sprawl city and traded it in for a 2017 Toyota Prius because I drive a lot more miles and the Little iQ was impracticaly small since I spend most of my time on an interstate highway. Car people hate everything I’ve driven. Lol

cincinattimynigga 4 9m

I should get girls but I don’t. Momma says im a handsome black boy.

also don’t get Migos at all.

imakeitmoist 1 4h34m

also don't get Migos at all.

Same but with Kendrick Lamar. His voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard

RealFoxD 3 3h17m

Geek culture. A lot of people are surprised to find out that a bookish, introverted person like me doesn't like stuff like Star Wars, comics, anime, fantasy (except dragons, because dragons), would never be caught dead at a con, and except for a love of video games has just about nothing in common with your average geek.

I'm a sports guy, kind of a walking beer commercial, but you'd never know it from the surface. I just don't get the appeal of "geek stuff."

bunsNT 1 13h19m

Yeah. Geek culture is a strange thing and I think it's evolved a lot over the last 10-15 years.

Walk with your head high non-geek

noiwontsharemyfries 2 6h3m

Coffee. Guess I'm not a real adult.

bunsNT 1 8h2m

Sames. I drink way too much soda but have never gotten into coffee. I think part of it is coffee culture

Terminator_t101 2 13h10m

Bacon. It’s a really dry food that makes me nauseous whenever I try it. Somehow, everybody loves and worships it.

Bacon. It’s a really dry food that makes me nauseous whoever I try it. Somehow, everybody loves and worships it.

bunsNT 1 13h18m

This is the saddest answer yet.

JamesDJohnson519 1 11m

Basketball and soccer.

I can watch hockey, football, or lacrosse all day, but nothing that either scores too much or too little in one game. The former makes the scoring feel meaningless, the latter is boring.

PathlessRabbit 2 13m

Basketball is fun for me because there’s so many chances for exciting plays

bunsNT 2 14m

Have you tried watching basketball live? I'm not a huge fan either but I think it's more fun at an arena.

JamesDJohnson519 1 17m

I agree that I find it more fun, but only comparatively speaking. Between having best friends who played in HS and watching a fair bit in person in college, I found myself only going for the social aspect with friends. The game itself is just so meh for me.

BPSteve 1 9h46m

I feel like just about anything you may not like is better live. Like you said, I've been to NBA games and they were fun, and I hate basketball. It translates to other things as well, for example I don't like country music, but a country music band live is still entertaining.

RealFoxD 1 3h20m

I love basketball because of the flow of the game. The whole "no 20-point lead is safe" in today's NBA really makes you appreciate what happens when you chain together a series of events with a high but not too high probability of success.

A football team down 20 points is losing just about every time (unless they're the Patriots in the Super Bowl.) A soccer team down two goals is in a lot of trouble, and three goals, they're pretty well sunk.

A basketball team down 20 in the fourth quarter still has a chance if they make some shots and get some stops. It's thrilling.

vickers24 1 5h44m

As someone who literally loves playing soccer more than any other activity possible. I don’t really enjoy watching soccer either. It’s quite boring. I only watch big players like Messi because their individual talent is insane, but watching the game of soccer as a whole is slow and boring.

Fernis_ 1 3h4m


All my friends love this style of music, it plays everywhere all the time. Yet I would almost never put on a rap for myself. Sure, over years there were couple of songs and even one or two albums I enjoyed but for 99% of the genre, I just don’t like it to the point where it annoys me.

bunsNT 1 13h19m

Do you want hip-hop recommendations???

simcity4000 1 9h50m

I've been trying to watch the series The end of the **ing world because its been hyped a lot recently, and i love black comedies usually but it's just not doing anything for me.

I think its because while watching awful characters doing bad things can be fun, watching awful teenagers isnt nearly as interesting, especially when they're portrayed with a (realistic at least) teenage 'wit' which is just sarcasm and sulky tantrums.

I think its because while watching awful characters doing bad things can be fun, watching awful teenagers isnt nearly as interesting, especially when they're portrayed with a (realistic at least) teenage wit which is all about the sulky tantrums.

bunsNT 1 10h4m

I was able to overcome that and enjoy the movie lady bird but the main character did not make it easy for me

Aksfsc 1 13h23m

Ugh, I tried to give the series a go too after a bunch of people recommended it to me. I hate the characters, they're so frustrating and annoying, I wanted to backhand them both.

RedderBarron 1 22h25m

Cars & football.

Dont know the first thing about cars other than how to drive them and i never liked football. Which sucks cos i live in a small town where football is the only thing around.

downto66 1 1d2h33m

Why men like getting drunk. I've been drunk once (accidentally) and hated it. Many men boast about how drunk they were or how much alcohol they drank.

Laughing_Breeze 1 1d5h23m

Another thing that I will never quite get. And it doesn't help that I hate the taste and smell of alcohol, to the point that I can sniff out an open bottle from across the room.

Laughing_Breeze 1 1d5h19m

The Sportsball. I've just never been able to muster more than the faintest shred of care for sports.

cursedbylot 1 1d9h54m

Game of Thrones watch first episode was unimpressed.

23ioo 41m

A Ferrari F50?


Most marvel shit. Remember having my fucking Netflix spammed with those new hot marvel shows and then being asked what was wrong with me for not liking some show related to their favorite hero.

Also not a fan of piercings anywhere, nose rings just remind me of a cow.

You can say I have a stick up my bumb for not liking marvel, piercings or tats but I don't see the appeal.