Things that are overrated (no sports/politics)

[JB5]

Things that are underrated:

New Jersey
Big Breakfasts
Defense
The Croatian Coast
German Bakeries
Master and Commander
Hockey

[Nevada Hoya]

Overrated:

Run through weddings, while running the Las Vegas Marathon
rap music
30 Rock

Underrated
MI-5 (the TV show, not the organization)

[JohnJacquesLayup]

Overrated:
Asian Bistros
Arlington
World Cup
Holiday Sales
Entre Salads
Segway Scooters
Syracuse

Underrated:
Crab Cakes
Napping
Ping-Pong
Shoes with Wheels
Lists

[TrueHoyaBlue]

Overrated (with much borrowing from several previous posters):

- College Football
- Breakfast, in general
- In-n-Out (tasty, but I can name a half dozen better fastfood/casual burgers in the DC area alone, and their fries are blah).
- Virginia
- Manhattan (with a few exceptions)
- Google wave
- the Sports Guy
- Peter King
- South Park
- Heineken

[Boz]

You know what else is overrated?

Guinness.

Don't get me wrong, I love a nice Guinness or 10, but I increasingly see any number of people who say they won't drink anything else and who scoff at anything that's not celebrating a 250th anniversary this year.

Just relax already. Yes, yes, here's to Arthur, it's a very good stout.

There ARE others.

[SFHoya99]

The Heineken/Beck's combo is another inspired pick. That stuff is nasty. I'd rather drink an MGD.

I'm going to throw out Curb Your Enthusiasm and duck.

[washingtonhoya]

Getting back to the "what's properly rated," Chuck Klosterman tackled said issue in Spin in 2004 and republished it in IV (list here: www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=34821)

That said, Overrated (good, but not as good as reputation)
Chuck Klosterman

[Coast2CoastHoya]

Overrated/bad
- any of the Miller Lite or Bud Lite "special" flavor beers. Ick. Coors scores points by default for not going there.
- wine from U.S. states other than CA, OR, WA, and ID. Sorry, I know there are some out there who swear that NY, VA, and IA are making great wine; I just haven't tasted it.
- timeout and halftime gimmicks, most notably the ubitquitous t-shirt toss*
- indy folk rock

*with the exception of the t-shirt gattling gun. that thing is sweet.

Overrated/good
- Beirut/beer pong
- the 7th inning stretch
- Buffalo/BBQ/teriyaki/etc chicken wings

Underrated
- hot tubs
- sick days
- eye glasses
- hot sauce
- intramural softball
- pre-cooked chicken from the store

[Jack]

Dec 7, 2009 16:51:27 GMT -5 SFHoya99 said:

The Heineken/Beck's combo is another inspired pick. That stuff is nasty. I'd rather drink an MGD.

I'm going to throw out Curb Your Enthusiasm and duck.

Just wondering if you watched this past season- I thought it was outstanding and in consideration for the best season of comedy of the decade, right there with AD Seasons 1-2 and FOTC Season 1 and IASIF Season 2.

[Jack]

Dec 7, 2009 16:49:28 GMT -5 Boz said:

You know what else is overrated?

Guinness.

Don't get me wrong, I love a nice Guinness or 10, but I increasingly see any number of people who say they won't drink anything else and who scoff at anything that's not celebrating a 250th anniversary this year.

Just relax already. Yes, yes, here's to Arthur, it's a very good stout.

There ARE others.

I'll go a step further- American Guinness is simply not very good and not worth drinking in 9 out of 10 establishments that serve it. When you find a place that pours a proper pint, by all means have one or two, but any more than that and I am paying for it later. I don't have a similar problem in Ireland, where it is somehow tragically underrated by many young people- far more trendy to drink Bud bottles over there, which is completely backassward. Drink cheap, ice cold Bud bottles here and creamy delicious fresh pints of Guinness there and you won't ever be too far from happy.

[mchoya]

While we're talking about Heineken, this is what Dennis Hopper has to say on the subject (NSFW-Language):

I think Curb was overrated in season 5 and 6, but this past season was just comedic gold (though maybe 5/6 cause people to overrate season 7?).

As for me (with some stuff that has probably been said already):

- Arrested Development --> The critical hype for the show was such a turn-off that I didn't start watching until it was already cancelled.
- Any post-Seinfeld venture undertaken by the four main characters --> If Jason Alexander wasn't attached, who was gonna watch "Kornheiser: The Sitcom"?
- Mashups and remixes --> Not every song needs to be combined with another; many times it doesn't work
- Top 25 polls in college sports --> They either ruin the system (Cincy doesn't play for the mythical national championship because old, stogy voters never heard of Cincy until last month) or are irrelevant (does it matter that we're 14th in the nation in mid-December)
- John Lennon --> McCartney was the visionary and produced better music when they started writing individually. You can't convince me otherwise.
- The power of new media --> Though I might be breaking the no politics rule, this selection applies to anything. Whether its organizing or microblogging, I don't want everyone's opinion on minutiae all the time. We don't have fast, reliable connections that make new media the end all, be all just yet.
- NASCAR and poker on ESPN
- Apple products --> I love my Macbook Pro, but the amount of obsession for Apple (especially in the tech community) is astounding. Google is getting there, but they have a much greater variety of products that I'm interested in using. Having said that...
- Cloud computing --> Not everyone is going to have an internet connection all the time. Sometimes it's good to have actual programs that don't need connectivity to run.

Underrated:
- Winter Olympics --> Much more exciting sports with more variety than its summer brethren (can't beat the combination of skiing and shooting stuff that is biathlon)
- The NHL --> Mainly because no one rates it at all, but also because it's really the best sporting event to see live out of the big 4 American sports
- Swordfish --> It's delicious when prepared well, but because of all of the mercury fears no one wants to eat it. More swordfish for me!

[redskins12820]

Overrated (bad):
-Olympics (both versions)
-Philly Pizza/philly cheesesteak (sober)
-Rhino's
-chicken finger thursdays
-MSB
-cable news
-preppy kids
-David Letterman
-will concur on the IPA's


Overrated (good):
-Rolling Stones
-Tombs (sorry, it's a good bar, but to think that people go for 99 straight days...)
-Baseball
-World Cup
-Yankees/Red Sox
-Celtics
-Back to the future II
-SFS
-Lobster
-Blackberries

Underrated:
-In N'Out- for all the stuff non-californian's say out of jealousy, it is underrated.
-Euro Cup
-Original nintendo
-Alladin
-Parks and Recreation
-John Oliver
-Spinach
-Crab
-PC's

[SFHoya99]

Dec 7, 2009 17:11:58 GMT -5 Jack said:

Dec 7, 2009 16:51:27 GMT -5 SFHoya99 said:

The Heineken/Beck's combo is another inspired pick. That stuff is nasty. I'd rather drink an MGD.

I'm going to throw out Curb Your Enthusiasm and duck.

Just wondering if you watched this past season- I thought it was outstanding and in consideration for the best season of comedy of the decade, right there with AD Seasons 1-2 and FOTC Season 1 and IASIF Season 2.

Jack,

It was so hit and miss for me I gave up a while ago. I did see an episode with a Seinfeld reunion -- it was good but hardly some kind of divine revelation.

[HoyaSinceBirth]

Things that have been mentioned in this thread that are not overrated:
Arrested Development
Booeymongers
Fajitas
Sweat Pants
Halloween( I suppose after you get to your 30s)
Lost
Soccer
Gnocchi
World Cup
Entre Salads
Breakfast, in general
Tombs( I like sitting down and having people bring me drinks I don’t think I’ve been to another bar in DC where this happens( suggestions for places like that?))

Things I agree are overrated:
In & Out( ok i haven't tried it yet, but at this point it has to be)
Cats
New York style Pizza
Caviar
Ethiopian/Eritrean food.
U2
french toast( originally had this in the disagree column but then I realized the only French toast I really like is when my mom makes it. From a restaurant it usually sucks.)
Awards shows - Oscars, Grammies, Emmies
College football/NFL football
Segway Scooters
Virginia
Manhattan( pretty much all of New York)
Guinness( I can’t even drink that stuff it’s so thick it’s like syrup. but then again I’m a terrible beer drinker I pretty much hate any strong tasting beer I prefer liquor)
NASCAR and poker on ESPN
Olympics
chicken finger Thursday(only because they ruined it my sophmore year by switching chicken fingers)
Rolling Stones


Additional things I think are overrated:
The Simpsons( early on amazing last 10 seasons or so not good)
Olives
Rhino's(The bar)
New South
Coffee(tastes terrible)
Wine
Seinfeld

[The Stig]

Overrated:
New York
Florida
Wine
Lord of the Rings
iPods
U2
NASCAR
College football
NBA
Indian food
Mercedes/BMW
Harvard
Twitter
The Simpsons
Fiction books
First class on planes
Luxury hotels

Underrated:
Canada
New Zealand
College hockey
Lebanese food
Audi
Pyjamas
Top Gear
Rugby
Papa John's
Amtrak
Electrical outlets in airplane/train seats (coach class)
Good hostels

[Boz]

Some completely random side-by-side comparisons:

Dance/Club Music[/u]
Overrated: Lady Gaga
Underrated: La Roux

Seth McFarlane Indulgences[/u]
Overrated: Family Guy
Underrated: American Dad

Celebrity Vanity Bands[/u]
Overrated: 30 Seconds to Mars
Underrated: She & Him

McDonald's Breakfast Sandwiches[/u]
Overrated: McGriddles
Underrated: Steak, Egg & Cheese Bagels

Chuck Palahniuk Adaptations[/u]
Overrated: Fight Club
Underrated: Choke

English Beer[/u]
Overrated: Bass
Underrated: Newcastle Brown Ale

D.C. Late Nite Grub[/u]
Overrated: Ben's, Gigantic pizza slices
Underrated: Julia's Empanadas

Very Expensive Musical Video Games[/u]
Overrated: Guitar Hero
Underrated: DJ Hero
(having said that, as someone with some experience on this subject, I agree with the poster who mentioned remixes and mashups to be overrated...it's still fun to do at home though)

Internet Browsers[/u]
Overrated: Firefox
Underrated: Google Chrome

Spike TV Programs[/u]
Overrated: Pretty much everything except.....
Underrated: Deadliest Warrior
(caveat: I have not seen Super Dave yet. I might put him in the underrated)

Hot Actresses[/u]
Overrated: Megan Fox
Underrated: Abbie Cornish

I would think of some more, but I got distracted by looking at pictures of Abbie Cornish.

[FewFAC]

Star Wars
Star Trek
George Lucas
Steven Spielberg
Tom Hanks
Tom Cruise
Russell Crowe
Sarah Jessica Parker
Saturday Night Live
Heroes (the TV show)
Entourage
Twilight
Miley Cyrus
Taylor Swift (aren't you too young for botox?)
Beyonce
Jay-Z
Drake
Ray Lewis
Baltimore
The South
Rain
Seasons
Ben Bernanke
Tim Geithner
Brad Pitt
George Clooney

[PhillyHoya]

Seconding the recent love for Top Gear and She & Him. I heartily endorse both.

[jgalt]

Dec 7, 2009 19:31:56 GMT -5 Boz said:

Chuck Palahniuk Adaptations

[/u]
Overrated: Fight Club
Underrated: Choke

[/quote]

Is this fair? This is a total set of two. Wait til Survivor gets green lighted then I you could make comparisons. But yeah fight club is over rated, book was much better.

[washingtonhoya]

Man, I wanted to play this game more earlier but unfortunately work's ability to kick my ass was underrated today. (Edit: oh right, no sports)

Overrated (bad)
How I Met Your Mother
Twitter
Everything to do with Twilight
Extra-hoppy IPAs (agreed with the discussion above because, seriously, it's not an arms race)
Jeff Dunham
The Office (season 6)
New Years
Most of Los Angeles
Thomas Friedman

Overrated (not as good as reputation)
Jon Stewart
Five Guys AND In-n-Out
Space Needle
Village A rooftops
Just about everything Apple has produced
Whole Foods
The Office (season 5)
24 (after Season 6, Episode 4)
Halloween
Chappelle's Show
Hunter S. Thompson

Underrated
The Green Line
Smaller regional airports (Orange County, Little Rock, Spokane, etc.)
Olympic National Forest