__________ is/are overrated.

[Rothman]

HOT/HOV lanes are overrated.

[Scott5114]

Addiction takes several forms, doesn't it?  I have a friend from church who really struggles at staying off weed.  Maybe it's not a true addiction because it isn't physiological, but it's realistically an addiction nonetheless.  He's noticed an improvement in his ability to concentrate at work when he's successful at staying off weed, but it's an inner struggle for him.

That's why I went back to edit my post to specify that it's rarely a physiological addiction, in my experience, so there's little risk of actual withdrawal symptoms. Of course, behavioral addictions exist too, and those can center on weed. But a behavioral addiction can also easily center on gambling, porn, video games, food, work, church, Internet forums, or any other aspect of life that gives someone pleasure. So it's not exactly fair to call it a "weed addiction" any more that it is a behavioral addiction in general.

In my experience, you can't even really get addicted to weed, at least not physiologically. The biggest pothead I know took a month off from smoking to clear a drug test for employment purposes. The only "symptom" he experienced was being annoyed that someone was telling him he couldn't do something he enjoyed.

I guess that goes to show effective drug testing is.

And as soon as they said he passed, he headed home, went inside the house, and lit up a joint.

[Avalanchez71]

Interstates are so overrated.

[kkt]

Ratings are overrated.

[kphoger]

Of course, behavioral addictions exist too, and those can center on ... Internet forums

hey

[jeffandnicole]

Ratings are overrated.

Lot of truth to this one.

[kphoger]

9. Premarital sex.

Or, at least, pre-engagement sex. Again, sorry if I'm sounding like your parents, but... fuck fucking. Hard to pass the opportunity to say that. I'd rather sit out on a fleeting sense of temporary superficial primordial pleasure than to risk exposure to STDs like syphilis and AIDS, causing unplanned pregnancies, and ruining other people's lives. It's so upsetting how the age at which people have been getting into intimate relationships has been getting lower and lower over the years.

Over the last several days, I've thought about this one, considering how many people disagreed with you, but I forgot to say this earlier:

I've been trying to think of a single benefit to my life that came from having pre-marital sex, that wouldn't otherwise have come to me if I had waited until marriage.  And I can't think of a single one.  I could list several detriments to my life that came because of it, but no benefits.

So yes, I agree that pre-marital sex is overrated.

[JayhawkCO]

9. Premarital sex.

Or, at least, pre-engagement sex. Again, sorry if I'm sounding like your parents, but... fuck fucking. Hard to pass the opportunity to say that. I'd rather sit out on a fleeting sense of temporary superficial primordial pleasure than to risk exposure to STDs like syphilis and AIDS, causing unplanned pregnancies, and ruining other people's lives. It's so upsetting how the age at which people have been getting into intimate relationships has been getting lower and lower over the years.

Over the last several days, I've thought about this one, considering how many people disagreed with you, but I forgot to say this earlier:

I've been trying to think of a single benefit to my life that came from having pre-marital sex, that wouldn't otherwise have come to me if I had waited until marriage.  And I can't think of a single one.  I could list several detriments to my life that came because of it, but no benefits.

So yes, I agree that pre-marital sex is overrated.

For me, a single benefit to my life that came from having pre-marital sex is... more sex.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Newspaper/magazine restaurant reviews.

[JayhawkCO]

Newspaper/magazine restaurant reviews.

You can add Trip Advisor and Yelp to your list.

[Rothman]

Shake Shack.

[hbelkins]

I've noted that caffeine has absolutely no effect on me. My drink of choice is Diet Coke. I don't drink coffee, at all. And I certainly don't miss the social aspects of "going out for a cup of coffee" that so many seem to indulge in. But it makes no difference to me if I drink gray-label Diet Coke with caffeine, or gold-label Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. You could pour one of them out in a glass and serve to me and I wouldn't know the difference. I wouldn't be any more sleepy if I drank CF Diet Coke vs. regular.

[XamotCGC]

I've noted that caffeine has absolutely no effect on me. My drink of choice is Diet Coke. I don't drink coffee, at all. And I certainly don't miss the social aspects of "going out for a cup of coffee" that so many seem to indulge in. But it makes no difference to me if I drink gray-label Diet Coke with caffeine, or gold-label Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. You could pour one of them out in a glass and serve to me and I wouldn't know the difference. I wouldn't be any more sleepy if I drank CF Diet Coke vs. regular.

Have you ever tried an energy drink like red bull?

[kphoger]

The amount of caffeine in a Coke doesn't affect me either.  The amount of caffeine in a strong cup of coffee does, however.  And I've never even tried an energy drink.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Cool Whip is overrated.

Cool Hwhip.

[CtrlAltDel]

Cool Whip is overrated.

Cool Hwhip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmqJQ-nc_s

[Takumi]

Cool Whip is overrated.

Cool Hwhip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmqJQ-nc_s

That's not the sitcom that came to mind first for me, I tell you hwat.

[hbelkins]

I've noted that caffeine has absolutely no effect on me. My drink of choice is Diet Coke. I don't drink coffee, at all. And I certainly don't miss the social aspects of "going out for a cup of coffee" that so many seem to indulge in. But it makes no difference to me if I drink gray-label Diet Coke with caffeine, or gold-label Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. You could pour one of them out in a glass and serve to me and I wouldn't know the difference. I wouldn't be any more sleepy if I drank CF Diet Coke vs. regular.

Have you ever tried an energy drink like red bull?

No, because I haven't really felt the need for one. Plus, I don't know what they taste like, and I'm one of those who's set in his ways and doesn't really like to taste something new.

Closest I came was many years ago when Mountain Dew was marketing some sort of hybrid soft drink-energy drink beverage. I bought one because it was at a low introductory price, and I was thirsty. I didn't like the way it tasted so I poured most of it out.

[kphoger]

I'm one of those who's set in his ways and doesn't really like to taste something new.

From what I've read on this forum, the above statement is so true that you ought to make it part of your forum sig.

[kphoger]

"Juneteenth" is overrated.  Not the holiday, but the name.  It manages to come off as cute rather than serious, and it somehow manages to obscure both the holiday's meaning and its date.

The name is supposed to be a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, except June 13th through 18th could just as easily be the date referred to–such that I can never remember the holiday's exact date, even though it's supposedly right there in its name.

Literally all of its other, secondary names are better:  Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day.  None of them specifies the date, but at least they indicate what the holiday is commemorating.

And yet so many people seem to love it.

[CtrlAltDel]

"Juneteenth" is overrated.  Not the holiday, but the name.  It manages to come off as cute rather than serious, and it somehow manages to obscure both the holiday's meaning and its date.

The name is supposed to be a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, except June 13th through 18th could just as easily be the date referred to–such that I can never remember the holiday's exact date, even though it's supposedly right there in its name.

Literally all of its other, secondary names are better:  Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day.  None of them specifies the date, but at least they indicate what the holiday is commemorating.

And yet so many people seem to love it.

What.

[kphoger]

What.

"Juneteenth" is overrated.  Not the holiday, but the name.  It manages to come off as cute rather than serious, and it somehow manages to obscure both the holiday's meaning and its date.

The name is supposed to be a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, except June 13th through 18th could just as easily be the date referred to–such that I can never remember the holiday's exact date, even though it's supposedly right there in its name.

Literally all of its other, secondary names are better:  Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day.  None of them specifies the date, but at least they indicate what the holiday is commemorating.

And yet so many people seem to love it.

[Rothman]

What.

"Juneteenth" is overrated.  Not the holiday, but the name.  It manages to come off as cute rather than serious, and it somehow manages to obscure both the holiday's meaning and its date.

The name is supposed to be a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, except June 13th through 18th could just as easily be the date referred to–such that I can never remember the holiday's exact date, even though it's supposedly right there in its name.

Literally all of its other, secondary names are better:  Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day.  None of them specifies the date, but at least they indicate what the holiday is commemorating.

And yet so many people seem to love it.

What.

[Rothman]

I like Juneteenth since I get the day off for good reason.

[JayhawkCO]

What.

"Juneteenth" is overrated.  Not the holiday, but the name.  It manages to come off as cute rather than serious, and it somehow manages to obscure both the holiday's meaning and its date.

The name is supposed to be a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, except June 13th through 18th could just as easily be the date referred to–such that I can never remember the holiday's exact date, even though it's supposedly right there in its name.

Literally all of its other, secondary names are better:  Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day.  None of them specifies the date, but at least they indicate what the holiday is commemorating.

And yet so many people seem to love it.

What.

I don't disagree. The name seems a bit... contrived. Happy to celebrate it (as much as I celebrate any holiday other than Christmas or Thanksgiving); wish it were called something else.