Most underrated and overrated things

Tikki Wang Wang

To start....

Most overrated thing - bad sex
Most underrated thing - a good dump

saintsaltynuts

overrated ...sex
underrated...a ****

McMurphy

Hate to say it again.

Mrs Brown's Boys.

completedit

Reading is overrated. Not like it shouldn't be done but advantages of it are completely overstated. It's just another form of entertainment/media.

Making loads of money in some soul crushing job- Nobody actively wants a soul crushing job but they'll cope by pursuing some job blindly by the lure of the pay check. Whatever floats your boat, but **** me, not for me mate.

The gym- Going to the gym isn't the be all and end all of positive living that people make it out to be. In can have negative side effects such as increased body anxiety/ unhappiness and obsession. It's good to a certain point but I've found I sometimes feel better when I abandon it and just focus on jogging, a few sprints a few times a week and long walks with some homemade workouts thrown in.

I see sheep

completedit wrote: »

Reading is overrated. Not like it shouldn't be done but advantages of it are completely overstated. It's just another form of entertainment/media.

I agree, Slough is much better

I see sheep

Tikki Wang Wang wrote: »

To start....

Most overrated thing - bad sex
Most underrated thing - a good dump

I've never heard anyone rate bad sex very highly.

BuboBubo

Is bad sex better than no sex though?

Overrated - love island (load of bollexe)

Underrated - the smell of no kids in the morning

kneemos

Kilkenny.

completedit

BuboBubo wrote: »

Is bad sex better than no sex though?

Overrated - love island (load of bollexe)

Underrated - the smell of no kids in the morning

If anything, I'd say Love Island is underrated. If you take it as not scripted(which is hard to look beyond) it's an insight into human psychology and attraction and a whole host of other behavioural and social customs. The problem with it is, it's just so bland. They are literally all just regular joe soaps who are looks obsessed so the entertainment is pretty much equivalent to your typical office. They need to get better contestants with TV star quality.

BuboBubo

completedit wrote: »

If anything, I'd say Love Island is underrated. If you take it as not scripted(which is hard to look beyond) it's an insight into human psychology and attraction and a whole host of other behavioural and social customs. The problem with it is, it's just so bland. They are literally all just regular joe soaps who are looks obsessed so the entertainment is pretty much equivalent to your typical office. They need to get better contestants with TV star quality.

I have to admit, I've never watched it. The trailer on the telly was enough for me.

completedit

Another overrated thing is British humour. Especially how people offset it against American. I think most people just think because they curse more(they really don't though) it makes it funnier.

Also insert any American fast food establishment that people wish was in Ireland. Take ''in and out'' in California, it's delicious but it's not like you can'g get a good burger and chips in Ireland. In and Out suits the California landscape, if it was along the M50 would just look poxy

adox

completedit wrote: »

If anything, I'd say Love Island is underrated. If you take it as not scripted(which is hard to look beyond) it's an insight into human psychology and attraction and a whole host of other behavioural and social customs. The problem with it is, it's just so bland. They are literally all just regular joe soaps who are looks obsessed so the entertainment is pretty much equivalent to your typical office. They need to get better contestants with TV star quality.

Reading overrated and Love Island underrated.

I despair.

BuboBubo

kneemos wrote: »

Kilkenny.

The "City" or the county?

BuboBubo

Double post, apologies

completedit

adox wrote: »

Reading overrated and Love Island underrated.

I despair.

I don't watch Love Island but some people act as if something like Stranger Things(no idea if this is your view) has way more value than something like Love Island. Both are just for entertainment, both can be seen as interesting/having value or lame and waste of time depending on perspective.

Bobblehats

completedit wrote: »

I don't watch Love Island but some people act as if something like Stranger Things(no idea if this is your view) has way more value than something like Love Island.

Your Face

Over-rated: things a large amount of people like

Under-rated: things a small amount of people like

completedit

completedit wrote: »

Another overrated thing is British humour. Especially how people offset it against American. I think most people just think because they curse more(they really don't though) it makes it funnier.

Disagree, but each to their own. I believe that Peter Sellers, John Cleese, Chris Morris & Sacha Baron Cohen are among the funniest people that ever drew breath. Special mention to Peter Cook, an underrated genius.

Speaking of overrated, Mrs. Brown's Boys is the pits of the world.

Martina1991

BuboBubo wrote: »

Is bad sex better than no sex though?

Overrated - love island (load of bollexe)

Underrated - the smell of no kids in the morning

WTF does that smell like?

completedit

I love some of them(Cohen and Ali G) but take the inbetweeners, it's funny and so British but I hate those bellends that make british comedy out to be lame because they compare it to American humour by being more refined. They think it's a good thing but they actually make British humour seem cringeworthy.

touts

Overrated: paying €500 to sleep in a leaky Aldi tent in the middle of a muddy field with a smell coming from the row of hundreds of clogged portaloos just so you can listen to some bands who were big in the 90s fail to copy the sound of the songs the produced in a perfect studio environment aided by computers and autotuners.

Underrated: paying for the fast pass at theme parks. You haven't lived until you pass the same angry man for the 3rd time in 20 minutes as you skip ahead for another go on the ride he has been waiting for 2 hours for.

Mad_maxx

Over rated = salmon

Under rated = haddock

BuboBubo

Martina1991 wrote: »

WTF does that smell like?

Peace and quiet. It's a popular meme

Leg End Reject

Martina1991 wrote: »

WTF does that smell like?

Freedom

banie01

My experience has led me to conclude that one thing can be both!

Ladies, and particularly gentlemen...
For your consideration, I present!


Blowjobs!

daveorourke77

Underrated: Toffee Pops
Overrated: Rugby

mr.anonymous

banie01 wrote: »

My experience has led me to conclude that one thing can be both!

Ladies, and particularly gentlemen...
For your consideration, I present!


Blowjobs!

Are you giving or being given them wrong?

Greyfox

completedit wrote: »

I don't watch Love Island but some people act as if something like Stranger Things(no idea if this is your view) has way more value than something like Love Island. Both are just for entertainment, both can be seen as interesting/having value or lame and waste of time depending on perspective.

Of course it has more value, to make stranger things talented people where required, talented people where not required for love Island. Love Island is chewing gum entertainment

Your Face wrote: »

Over-rated: things a large amount of people like

Under-rated: things a small amount of people like

Nonsense, popularity is a good guide for greatness most of the time

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

overrated ...sex
underrated...a ****

I agree with this, I'm cutting back on the owl **** so that I can enjoy sex more.. and it aint easy

banie01

mr.anonymous wrote: »

Are you giving or being given them wrong?

Well when you get a good one, it can be a near religious experience....
That is criminally underrated!

When ya get a bad one....
It can be quite traumatising, imagine being the lad in that Tulisa sex tape?
All up for a session with a then "sex symbol"
And she just slaps the mickey off ya, and gets a bit toothy!
Overratted

Simples!

Your Face

Greyfox wrote: »

Nonsense, popularity is a good guide for greatness most of the time

Do you really believe that or just looking for a rise?

suicide_circus

Overrated: peanuts
Underrated: sunflower seeds

Greyfox

Your Face wrote: »

Do you really believe that or just looking for a rise?

I believe it, most popular things are popular for a reason. Some things like cheesy music or reality TV don't deserve there popularity but most popular things like Star Wars, L of Rings, H Potter, GO Thrones, Marvel films, Friends, Oasis, Netflix or Alcohol are popular because there really good.

Most overrated thing - Social media
Most underrated thing - Computer games

Arghus

Underrated - Catch bars.

Overrated - Wine.

completedit

Greyfox wrote: »

I believe it, most popular things are popular for a reason. Some things like cheesy music or reality TV don't deserve there popularity but most popular things like Star Wars, L of Rings, H Potter, GO Thrones, Marvel films, Friends, Oasis, Netflix or Alcohol are popular because there really good.

Most overrated thing - Social media
Most underrated thing - Computer games

Scoffs at cheesy music, then lists Oasis. I like Oasis but without their personalities, their songs are quite cheesy in general

Sheridan81

completedit wrote: »

Reading is overrated. Not like it shouldn't be done but advantages of it are completely overstated. It's just another form of entertainment/media..

Reading is a vital process in communication, has greatly aided humanity's development and plays a part in how most people function on an everyday basis, as well as being a key element in the production of other forms of entertainment. It's not just a divertissement. We wouldn't get very far without people reading things!

Arghus

Arghus wrote: »

Underrated - Catch bars.

Overrated - Wine.

I love Catch bars. Just the right size too.

I'd include Topic bars there in the underrated ranks. I could marry a Topic.

I had a cheeky little Pinot with a hint of superglue and undertones of youth offender that left an aftertaste of battered cod and cold medicine with dinner last night. Yum.

I hate wine.

Underrated: Those cotton sweatshirts with the fleecy insides. So comfy.

Overrated: The entertainment value of most American sports.

Gonad

Over rated = bad BJ

Under rated = good BJ

Junkyard Tom

Overrated - Microsoft Operating System
Underrated - Chrome OS.

Woke Hogan

Greyfox wrote: »

L of Rings, H Potter, GO Thrones

These are worst abbreviations I have ever seen.

Potential-Monke

Overrated - Fashion. People are spending all their money to wear the clothes that rich "celebrities" in the fashion industry tell them they should wear, and said celebrities just so happen to be making money from the sales of said fashion. Idiotic.

Underrated - The peace and quiet of people f*cking off and leaving you alone.

Underrated: Childhood

Overrated: Adulthood

Dial Hard

Overrated: that football forum quit-post everyone was reminiscing about in the "old Boardsies" thread.

Underrated: eating out alone.

Dog Man Star

Underrated - a cup of tea in bed
Overrated - Riding your sister's arse.

Junkyard Tom

Underrated - Apocalypto

Overrated - Apocalypse Now.

bodhrandude

touts wrote: »

Overrated: paying €500 to sleep in a leaky Aldi tent in the middle of a muddy field with a smell coming from the row of hundreds of clogged portaloos just so you can listen to some bands who were big in the 90s fail to copy the sound of the songs the produced in a perfect studio environment aided by computers and autotuners.

Underrated: paying for the fast pass at theme parks. You haven't lived until you pass the same angry man for the 3rd time in 20 minutes as you skip ahead for another go on the ride he has been waiting for 2 hours for.

Is this aimed at any music festival then or is it Electric Picnic or Oxegen you are talking about, as it doesn't rain too much at EP but nearly every year for Oxegen.

waffleman

Overated: stag dos, hen dos and weddings
Underated: abrakebabra chicken baguette meal

Greyfox

waffleman wrote: »

Underated: abrakebabra chicken baguette meal

Everything in Abrakebabra is overratted

waffleman

Arghus wrote: »

Underrated - Catch bars.

Overrated - Wine.

Just had a Catch bar after reading this. They're great. Far better than Toffee Crisps.

Potential-Monke

On the subject of food...

Overrated: Angus beef
Underrated: Combining curry and garlic

73bc61lyohr0mu

Overrated=Life

Potential-Monke

Charles Echoing Switch wrote: »

Overrated=Life

Underrated: Self-enforced Social Exclusion