__________ is/are overrated.

[Scott5114]

Coffee tastes like doing your taxes, though. Definitely overrated.

[roadman65]

Not if you go to QT. Their coffee bar has many supplements to add to your coffee, buying it there is great fun.

[jakeroot]

FamilyMart coffee ... that shit is the bomb.

I don't know when I started drinking coffee, but it was a hugely acquired taste. I knew offsetting the taste with a bunch of cream and sugar would ruin any potential health benefits coffee had over sugary energy drinks, so I've stuck with black hot coffee. Glad I did, now I really like it.

[mgk920]

Said law firm not only spends IDK how much in ads here in Massachusetts, but is also the official personal injury law firm of the Boston Red Sox IIRC.

How accident-prone are the Red Sox that they need an official personal injury law firm?

I've no inside knowledge, but I suspect it is either the Red Sox's continued desire to increase its national presence (as well as more $$$), or M&M's desire to build a northeast following.

It's just a sponsorship.  No more, no less.

I think every pro team has a sponsorship deal with a big law firm. In Milwaukee it's Gruber, whose commercials are so bad that they're painful to watch.

Yea, I regularly turn the sound down or to 'mute' when they come on - and often forget to turn it back up.



Mike

[Scott5114]

I don't know when I started drinking coffee, but it was a hugely acquired taste. ... Glad I did, now I really like it.

That's called Stockholm syndrome.

[Max Rockatansky]

I can't get into coffee and always preferred sodas.  I do like Red Bull, but only because it takes like Flintstones Vitamins.  There isn't much in the way of soda or energy drinks that I don't drink.

[roadman65]

Apparently lawyers run this country, so they got the Supreme Court to overrule the ban on lawyer ads that was in place due to the advertisements to be conflicts of interest.

However, when it comes to John Morgan, I'm sick of his ads cause not only over does it in advertising, but his lack of humility when he appeals to the general public. All right so you built a big firm, but don't say it as facts will speak for that feat.  Just say "if you're injured, we know how you feel, and we would glad to help you get your life back. "

Plus some of Morgan's commercials are to inform us of his opinions toward political ideals and not lawyer related. He once didn't like a Florida law and let everybody know it, but he got friendly sarcastic and made the statement " Guess who started that law."   What is interesting was he didn't even tell us who the person was, as many of us listeners were curious as who was that person's identity.

[jakeroot]

I don't know when I started drinking coffee, but it was a hugely acquired taste. ... Glad I did, now I really like it.

That's called Stockholm syndrome.

True, though you shouldn't give up on a food or drink item just because you didn't immediately like it. If there are obvious health benefits to it, especially compared to other items that achieve similar results (eg coffee vs Red Bull), it's reasonable to at least try to develop a taste for it.

Moving to Japan, steamed rice was an adjustment. Never loved it back in the states, always bland and too sticky. Now I love it, probably because I've been forced to learn to love it lol. And as a side-dish, it's certainly a lot healthier than, say, fried potatoes.

[Scott5114]

Eh, I've tried coffee a couple times a year pretty much my entire life and I can't ever stomach it enough to get through an entire cup, no matter what I put in it. (When I was at the casino it would have been great, since they had free coffee and I worked graveyard shift part of the time.) I'm the same way with tea and beer, so it must just be some sort of global dislike of brewed beverages.

[SSOWorld]

Eh, I've tried coffee a couple times a year pretty much my entire life and I can't ever stomach it enough to get through an entire cup, no matter what I put in it. (When I was at the casino it would have been great, since they had free coffee and I worked graveyard shift part of the time.) I'm the same way with tea and beer, so it must just be some sort of global dislike of brewed beverages.

You don't represent the globe.

[Scott5114]

Eh, I've tried coffee a couple times a year pretty much my entire life and I can't ever stomach it enough to get through an entire cup, no matter what I put in it. (When I was at the casino it would have been great, since they had free coffee and I worked graveyard shift part of the time.) I'm the same way with tea and beer, so it must just be some sort of global dislike of brewed beverages.

You don't represent the globe.

sounds like original research to me

[Max Rockatansky]

I've given both coffee and tea numerous tries/chances but they are still not appealing to me.  My wife especially taken aback by this and often tries to get me to sample whatever random new iteration of coffee or tea she is trying.  Now the one thing I did like that she offered me was whatever the Red Bull laced drink from Dutch Brothers was. 

[kirbykart]

Milk chocolate is overrated.

Chocolate milk is overrated.

Neither is true.

In my opinion, both are true.

Coffee tastes like doing your taxes, though.

You like doing your taxes?

[kphoger]

Milk chocolate is overrated.

Yes!  Hershey's milk chocolate is disgusting.

[Rothman]

Milk chocolate is overrated.

Yes!  Hershey's milk chocolate is disgusting.

Pfft.  Fairlife.

[CtrlAltDel]

Milk chocolate is overrated.

Chocolate milk is overrated.

Neither is true.

In my opinion, both are true.

Coffee tastes like doing your taxes, though.

You like doing your taxes?

I do. Always have. It's true though that my taxes are not especially complicated.

[kphoger]

I like coffee OK, as long as I put some milk and sugar in it.  It's now part of my Sunday morning routine.  But I still agree that it's overrated.  It's just a hot, caffeinated beverage–not the nectar of the gods that so many people seem to think it is.

Not if you go to QT. Their coffee bar has many supplements to add to your coffee, buying it there is great fun.

The bolded part is a gross overstatement.

[Scott5114]

Coffee tastes like doing your taxes, though.

You like doing your taxes?

I think I like it more than coffee, actually.

[JayhawkCO]

You like doing your taxes?

I did this year. We installed solar so we got $6k back.

[jakeroot]

I've given both coffee and tea numerous tries/chances but they are still not appealing to me.  My wife especially taken aback by this and often tries to get me to sample whatever random new iteration of coffee or tea she is trying.  Now the one thing I did like that she offered me was whatever the Red Bull laced drink from Dutch Brothers was.

I think some things like coffee and tea are not designed to be, like, delicious or tasty, like a mixed beverage from Dutch Bros. They're just drinks with a particular set of benefits that some may like and some may not.

[Scott5114]

You like doing your taxes?

I did this year. We installed solar so we got $6k back.

I had to pay a bunch this year because the idiots in payroll at my wife's job thought they only needed to withhold $39 in taxes for the whole year. That was an unpleasant surprise.

[kphoger]

I had to pay a bunch this year because the idiots in payroll at my wife's job thought they only needed to withhold $39 in taxes for the whole year. That was an unpleasant surprise.

My boss is payroll.  So, when we switched payroll companies this past year (from Paycom back to ADP), she helped me go over it with a fine-toothed comb to make sure everything would be as similar as possible to what it had been the year before.

[GaryV]

I don't remember what company I was with when this happened. But one year they revised payroll systems and everyone was switched to "Single, No Dependents". Lots of people suddenly had much more withheld, and those that lived paycheck to paycheck were screaming.

[kphoger]

I don't remember what company I was with when this happened. But one year they revised payroll systems and everyone was switched to "Single, No Dependents". Lots of people suddenly had much more withheld, and those that lived paycheck to paycheck were screaming.

At least that's something that can be fixed within a couple of pay-periods.  Scott's wife, on the other hand, apparently didn't notice anything was amiss for a whole year (or whatever portion she worked there) and got socked with a much bigger surprise.

[GaryV]

I don't remember what company I was with when this happened. But one year they revised payroll systems and everyone was switched to "Single, No Dependents". Lots of people suddenly had much more withheld, and those that lived paycheck to paycheck were screaming.

At least that's something that can be fixed within a couple of pay-periods.  Scott's wife, on the other hand, apparently didn't notice anything was amiss for a whole year (or whatever portion she worked there) and got socked with a much bigger surprise.

I don't recall how long it took them to resolve it, but it was a while. Because the withheld funds had been transferred to the government, and there was a hassle to try to get them back. I don't remember how it was resolved, just that it took a while. They got the withholding fixed for future paychecks, but the refund was the problem.