Popular Things You're Just Not Interested In

[jeffandnicole]

Paying with debit cards.

What do you have against debit cards?

There are safety aspects against them.  Someone steals your credit card or number; you're limited to $50 in bad purchases which most credit cards will waive.  Someone steals your debit card or number - there's no financial protection.  While most banks will work with the customer, the bank may not quickly provide funds back into their accounts.

[Scott5114]

Paying with debit cards.

What do you have against debit cards?

There are safety aspects against them.  Someone steals your credit card or number; you're limited to $50 in bad purchases which most credit cards will waive.  Someone steals your debit card or number - there's no financial protection.  While most banks will work with the customer, the bank may not quickly provide funds back into their accounts.

This very much varies from institution to institution. I've had a few different instances of fraud at my Oklahoma-based credit union, and almost every time it happened they caught it before I did, called me to ask if the transaction was fraudulent, and if I confirmed it was, they waived all the charges, and sent out a new card, all within five minutes of me picking up. The one exception was me catching it before them, and the only difference was I had to call them first.

Banks can make debit cards that easy. They just don't want to.

[kphoger]

Smoking.  I've never lit anything on fire, stuck it in my mouth, and then sucked in the smoke.  Seems like a weird hobby.

[mgk920]

Paying with debit cards.

What do you have against debit cards?

(harking to that ad from a few years ago) - when that finely choreographed dance comes to a screeching, grinding halt when a card comes back "TRANSACTION DENIED". Yes, if you lose the card, you may not be out anything, but it is a * HASSLE * (a hassle that I frankly don't need).  Now, if you prop a $20 bill, yes, you are out that $20 - but, OTOH, you are out that $20 - AND NOTHING ELSE.  Life goes on and you might not have even noticed its absence.

Mike

[JayhawkCO]

"Drinking holidays"

If I want a Guinness, I don't have to wait until March 17th.
If I want a margarita, I don't have to wait until May 5th.
If I want champagne, I don't have to wait until December 31st.

The only holidays I really care about are Thanksgiving and Christmas and both mainly for nostalgia. I care a little more about Independence Day now just because it's fun to watch my son watch fireworks, but I inherently don't care about that day any more or less than another summer day.

[JayhawkCO]

Smoking.  I've never lit anything on fire, stuck it in my mouth, and then sucked in the smoke.  Seems like a weird hobby.

Cigars actually taste nice. Weed makes you feel funny. A cigarette will never makes sense to me since it smells bad and doesn't do much in the inebriation department.

[Bruce]

Cheese, because my lactose tolerance is pretty low and I'd rather spend it on ice cream.
Alcohol, because getting drunk induces headaches and is just not pleasant.

[kphoger]

This is basically a rehash of the 'overrated' thread, isn't it?

[kphoger]

Alcohol, because getting drunk induces headaches and is just not pleasant.

Then don't get drunk.  Problem solved.  It's perfectly acceptable to have a single serving.

[JayhawkCO]

This is basically a rehash of the 'overrated' thread, isn't it?

I guess the difference is subtle, but if something is popular but just not for you, then it's properly rated amongst others.

[roadman65]

I'm not interest in Television since the internet.

I also never was interested in in VTRs ( probably because I don't watch TV).

Then Alexa I'm not interested at all.  Or Siri either. Nor the voice activated automobile radio and phone connection in the car.  I still use presets and the knobs to change stations.

[JayhawkCO]

I also never was interested in in VTRs ( probably because I don't watch TV).

What is a VTR? A cursory Google search returns multiple options.

[kphoger]

fictional renumbering plans
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Mob-Rule

[kphoger]

What is a VTR? I cursory Google search returns multiple options.

Technically, there were video tape recorders that didn't use cassettes.

For example:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIAJ-1

Panasonic NV-3130:

[JayhawkCO]

What is a VTR? I cursory Google search returns multiple options.

Technically, there were video tape recorders that didn't use cassettes.

For example:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIAJ-1

Panasonic NV-3130:

Just seems like a rare enough thing to be strange to call out. Because I don't like modern rap, I never liked mini-disc players either, or Zunes.

[kphoger]

Just seems like a rare enough thing to be strange to call out. Because I don't like modern rap, I never liked mini-disc players either, or Zunes.

Well, yeah, I suppose he must be overestimating the popularity of reel-to-reel TV recording. 

[gonealookin]

Music festivals with numerous acts across multiple stages, with big crowds (see:  Coachella).  That experience is too exhausting to be enjoyable.  If I'm seeing a live musical performance it's in a small room or theater with no more than a few hundred people in attendance...and those people are all there to listen to that specific performer, as opposed to festival attendees' perchant for talking loudly during the music because they consider the experience a gigantic party rather than an artistic performance.

Quite a few festivals have imploded financially in the recent past.  They go unlamented here.

[Molandfreak]

Smoking.  I've never lit anything on fire, stuck it in my mouth, and then sucked in the smoke.  Seems like a weird hobby.

Cigars actually taste nice. Weed makes you feel funny. A cigarette will never makes sense to me since it smells bad and doesn't do much in the inebriation department.

I do like THC products—particularly since I'm a sober drunk so alcohol doesn't really do much for me. I don't feel the need to actually smoke cannabis since the act of purposely inhaling a fume is just too invasive for my liking. I'd rather preserve my lungs as much as possible.

Side question for the mods: is cannabis an acceptable forum topic, particularly if you live in a jurisdiction where it's legal?

[wxfree]

Music festivals with numerous acts across multiple stages, with big crowds (see:  Coachella).  That experience is too exhausting to be enjoyable.  If I'm seeing a live musical performance it's in a small room or theater with no more than a few hundred people in attendance...and those people are all there to listen to that specific performer, as opposed to festival attendees' perchant for talking loudly during the music because they consider the experience a gigantic party rather than an artistic performance.

Quite a few festivals have imploded financially in the recent past.  They go unlamented here.

I dislike all live music performances.  The music is too loud, but it has to be so you can hear it over the noise of the crowd.  I don't see why people keep going to live shows now that we have audio recordings.

I shouldn't say all live performances.  I suppose opera is more like musical theater and there's value in seeing the show.  With complex music like a symphony, it might be more interesting to watch it be performed, and it's a different auditory experience.  In these cases you aren't enduring deafening music playing over deafening crowds.

[Max Rockatansky]

Most live performances sound off compared to recordings done in studios. 

[SEWIGuy]

Music festivals with numerous acts across multiple stages, with big crowds (see:  Coachella).  That experience is too exhausting to be enjoyable.  If I'm seeing a live musical performance it's in a small room or theater with no more than a few hundred people in attendance...and those people are all there to listen to that specific performer, as opposed to festival attendees' perchant for talking loudly during the music because they consider the experience a gigantic party rather than an artistic performance.

Quite a few festivals have imploded financially in the recent past.  They go unlamented here.

I dislike all live music performances.  The music is too loud, but it has to be so you can hear it over the noise of the crowd.  I don't see why people keep going to live shows now that we have audio recordings.

I shouldn't say all live performances.  I suppose opera is more like musical theater and there's value in seeing the show.  With complex music like a symphony, it might be more interesting to watch it be performed, and it's a different auditory experience.  In these cases you aren't enduring deafening music playing over deafening crowds.

I have been to many music performances and it really depends on the band. If they are just going to play their stuff as recorded...no thanks. But if they're going to show their versatility and jam a little, I'm all in if they are actually good.

[kernals12]

White Lotus

[JayhawkCO]

White Lotus

Not your cup of tea, but Sydney Sweeney is worth the price of admission on her own for me.

[Max Rockatansky]

White Lotus

Not your cup of tea, but Sydney Sweeney is worth the price of admission on her own for me.

I've sat through a terrible San Andreas a handful of times because Alexandra Daddario was in it.  The first season of White Lotus was a far superior watch and had a specific scene with her that was rather memorable.

[epzik8]

Xbox and Nintendo. I'm PlayStation all the way.