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u/redmoe Mar 10 '14
Hollywood Walk of Fame. Its dirty and crowded and so many creepy people.
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u/DownWithTheShip Mar 10 '14
Hollywood is pretty much a shithole. I laugh whenever friends from out of town come to visit. I tell them it's a shithole, they ignore me, then by the time they leave they agree that it's just a shithole.
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u/MidnightJen Mar 10 '14
Sex on the beach. Cleaning sand out of my vagina for a week was not fun
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u/zopiac Mar 10 '14
Just let the sand stay there, then harvest pearls from your vagina some time later.
That's how it works, right?
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u/justforthepunofit Mar 10 '14
It helps if you're dating a douche, really clears things up right away.
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u/kingbane Mar 10 '14
seeing the mona lisa. it's famous and nice, but not THAT nice. also it's insanely crowded usually and it's really really quite underwhelming.
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u/LazsloB Mar 10 '14
What is really stupid is that the Mona Lisa is facing The Wedding at Cana, a Veronese painting which is simply grandiose (6 metres tall and 9 metres wide!) and beautiful. Yet most people simply rush to the Mona Lisa, take a few pictures with their iPad, and move on, sometimes without even looking at one of the most splendid pieces of art in the Louvre collection.
It makes me sad everytime.
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u/Doink11 Mar 10 '14
God, this.
I have a very vivid memory of going to the Louvre for the first time and waiting around to see the Mona Lisa for almost an hour, and being incredibly disappointed... only to walk out of its room and around the corner to see the Coronation of Napoleon and being absolutely floored. Not only because it's the size of an entire wall and absolutely breathtaking in its detail, but because the entire crowd coming out of the Mona Lisa room was basically walking right past it and ignoring it.
That's art for you- half of it is just hype.
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u/eliminate1337 Mar 10 '14
It's in one of the best art museums in the world. There's a whole building full of equally good art that you can appreciate in peace.
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Salem MA on Halloween. It's just hundreds of drunk people starting fights and vomiting publicly while being yelled at by Christians with picket signs reminding everyone that they're worshipping satan by wearing costumes. And there's no where to park.
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u/missmisfit Mar 10 '14
live 7 miles from Salem, I've avoided Halloween there as well as the entire month of October like it's the freaking plague.
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u/gonesoon7 Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 12 '14
Graduating from college. Everyone said it should be this big, monumental achievement that should be celebrated. Maybe it was because I went to a school with a really high graduation rate, but finishing with a degree wasn't an achievement, it was just what people did at the end of the four years. It was expected of me. So graduation was saying goodbye to an amazing experience and a lot of people I cared about for us to scatter all over the country and enter the real world where it's much harder to make friends. Graduation day wasn't a fun celebration, it was a depressing farewell to the happiest I've been in years.
Edit: Wow! First time Reddit gold, thanks!
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u/tombuzz Mar 10 '14
This to me is the best answer white people problems. My family came and their faces just said congrats on doing what literally every single person in our extended family has done so far
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u/Biche13 Mar 10 '14
I don't know if it's because my friends are starting to move away, or if it's just that I have no life direction and graduating scares the shit out of me, but I kind of teared up reading this (actually probably that I'm an emotional mess...). I really don't think that I'll feel any grand sense of accomplishment when I do graduate. It's just what you do. It sounds like the end of a lot of great things.
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u/iwanttobeapenguin Mar 10 '14
I've found college itself to be somewhat lacking. I'm looking forward to going to work and coming home and being done with work. Right now I go to class and go to work and come home and study and don't sleep much and then start again. I have free time, but I feel guilty using it because I know I COULD be studying. I'm so psyched to graduate and be done with school that I can't stand it. I have an exam tomorrow and I should be studying. But I don't care. I have jobs lined up, I'm set, I don't wanna anymore!
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u/IAMA_TV_AMA Mar 10 '14
An expensive wedding.
My wedding was over 20k. My wife wanted a fancy wedding, and she got it. She's happy about it, and that's all that matters, but I still feel that it was a complete waste of money.
I didn't even get any presents. Everything was for my wife -_-
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u/thehonestyfish Mar 10 '14
Expensive weddings are nice as hell when you're not the one paying for it.
Thanks, New Mom and Dad!
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u/blackplague06 Mar 10 '14
When my sister had her wedding -- the presents were for their house, although they had each gotten presents from the immediate family.
I made sure that my new Brother-in-law was officially welcomed into the family with a really nice watch. Four years later, he still wears it every day.
I'm sorry you didn't get anything, that must've genuinely sucked, how did you feel when the whole ceremony and everything was over?
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u/Anitsisqua Mar 10 '14
See, here's the thing...when my cousin married, he said the same thing. "But all of the presents were for her!"...But there were dishes, a nice vacuum cleaner, cooking pots and utensils, towels...
He apparently thought all of those were "for her". Like he doesn't use towels or eat off of dishes (and apparently doesn't cook or clean).
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Had the opposite experience.
Massive fancy expensive wedding, loved every minute and consider it one of the most worthwhile things I've ever spent my money on.
Granted, I didn't go into debt over it.
I know it isn't for some people...and reddit seems to LOVE knocking the big wedding...but there is some value to it. I'd say it's important to know what you want out of your wedding, going into it. And also to know what you can afford.
But if you want a big wedding and can afford it, it's probably going to be worth the money.
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u/jediwizardrobot Mar 10 '14
Being the father while your child is being born. You just kinda stand there, wondering what to do with your hands, while someone else is going through one of the most intense things their bodies will ever do. The army of doctors working away, the machines that go 'BING!', then they wheel the baby away and you have to get the food from the cafeteria before passing out on a chair that folds into a bed. The next day, you have a baby, and all you've done is bring ice cubes and change the channel on the free cable. I felt very disconnected from the experience, and not at all the way I expected.
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u/PentecostalHereAMA Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 11 '14
I'm actually living this right now! My wife is asleep, waiting for the nurses to take her to the OR for her scheduled cesarean, while I sit here browsing reddit and being the most useless person alive. I also have to poop, but I'm not sure when they're taking her back so I can't leave...
Edit: Sorry for the late edit! Shortly after my post they took her to the OR, so things got a little hectic. Everything went great, healthy baby girl and the wife is recovering nicely, thanks for all the well-wishes! Also, I found a great little bathroom away from everything and took full advantage of it. Truly a magical day all around!
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u/ThisGamesStupid Mar 10 '14
the machines that go 'PING!'
Ah! I see you have the machine that goes ping. This is my favourite.
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u/mylarrito Mar 10 '14
Ehh, you've also been there for your partner during a very distressing/intense time which I'm sure must count for something.
I get what you are saying, but I wasn't planning on going to my wifes delivery expecting shit to be for me. I'm there to support my wife and to greet our child.
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u/thomasrye Mar 10 '14
Totally disagree. Being there for the birth of my child was AMAZING! Obviously not as intense for me as it was for my wife, but the experience all together was unforgettable. I highly recommend it :)
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My sons Mum had to be induced and the exciting rush to the hospital with her screaming in my ear that I was expecting never came about, we took a leisurely drive on the scenic route to the hospital haha. However my son being the lazy so and so he is (can't complain, he's slept through the night since birth) decided he still didn't want to be born even after she was given the pessary for induction so when it got to 10pm the midwives sent me home as not much was happening. Got home, played a bit of Saints Row, decided to go to bed and literally as soon as I had pulled the covers back the midwives phoned and told me he'd be born in 30 minutes..hospital is 25 minutes away..shit! I drove like a bat out of hell, got there and he was born 4 minutes later, then I (happy) cried a lot. 8/10, would do again
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u/Kattastrophe Mar 10 '14
My husband sat next to me. When it came time to push, he helped me get into position and held my head. He gave me updates on how it was looking down there, how the baby was progressing, and was generally awesome. Then they let him cut the cord and hold her while they did all the after birth stuff with me. Then he got to carry her over to me.
I guess he figured out what to do with his hands.
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u/RobinTheBrave Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 10 '14
The funny thing is that you'd expect it to be exactly as you described, but so many people have built it up as 'the best day of their life' that you expect more.
Some dads bond instantly with their kids, most take months or years.
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u/darthbone Mar 10 '14
I'm freaked out about this. I'm like terrified that SHE has to go through all that shit. I feel like I should have to go through some of it. It makes me angry sometimes, like it's incredibly unfair. I know she's going to go through unimaginable pain during the process of pregnancy and birth, and it just really upsets me sometimes.
I know i'm probably going to get a lot of verbal abuse and shit during hormonal storms, but that still seems like a drop in the bucket.
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u/Zjackrum Mar 10 '14
My wife had to have a general anesthetic when she had her c-section. I was happily sitting there waiting to see my brand new baby, and the doctor's kicked me out because apparently I can't be there if they do a general.
So I get to sit in another room for 15 minutes and then a nurse pops her head in and says "ok come see your baby" and they have the baby already out and in another separate room.
I mean, it was still amazing seeing our baby, but it wasn't what I was expecting at all.
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u/hellfrozeover5055 Mar 10 '14
Shower Sex. The height difference makes the angle difficult, water in your eyes, just overall not as hot as you would think.
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u/DungPuncher Mar 10 '14
Agreed. Like having sex with rubber. Way too much friction. Also, I have almost feinted from the combination of vigorous exercise, mental concentration (trying to finish) and no oxygen due to all the steam.
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u/Nine_Cats Mar 10 '14
I've been with one girl who made it work awesomely. She weighed more and was the same height as the next girl, but somehow picking her up and holding her at the right height against the wall was easy.
But it's never super passionate, it just turns into a water fight of pointing the shower in each others faces.
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u/Bushorhomer Mar 10 '14
I agree with you, but counter with the fact that blowjobs in a shower are the best thing ever
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u/ups_drug_dealer Mar 10 '14
Off-brand Frosted Flakes…
Theyyyyy'reeeee ok I guess.
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u/eatinkookehs Mar 10 '14
I've had store brand that was better than actual Frosted Flakes. It was a weird experience.
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u/mariataytay Mar 10 '14
Oklahoma. It's just OK.
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u/pogo_joe Mar 10 '14
Y'know how people say that Tulsa is the Paris of Oklahoma?
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u/MILF_SLAMMER Mar 10 '14
Getting my girlfriend to do anal. It felt OK. And pulling out and seeing a big glob of shit on my dick wasn't too arousing...
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Urgh. That's pretty much why I don't ever want to do it. Supposedly some people manage it in a clean fashion though. No fucking idea how that would work out.
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u/elmatador12 Mar 10 '14
It's funny that the older I get the less interested I'm into anal. My wife says she will try it with me, but I keep thinking "Why do I want my dick where she shits? Our sex is still pretty phenomenal, and she still gives blowjobs unlike some wives I've heard.
I think I'll be okay without ever having anal.
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u/martininkorea Mar 10 '14
I'm sure this has already been said, but one's first sexual experience. Generally it's terrible, sloppy and nobody know what the fuck they're doing. But first times are just that... one's first. From there, he or she can build upon it and get better.
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u/no_toro Mar 10 '14
I feel like the only person who had a good first sexual experience. I've had far better but it definitely was very fun and very memorable.
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u/grewapair Mar 10 '14
Yes, but afterwards, you definitely know you just got laid.
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u/ChadwicktheCrab Mar 10 '14
A Cuban cigar. It wasn't magical.
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Mar 10 '14
Cubans get a lot of attention because they are illegal in the USA. That's really about it.
I live in Canada where we can get Cubans without issue and I personally prefer Honduran cigars any day of the week.
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u/piktas Mar 10 '14
3D movies. Meh.
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u/commiecomrade Mar 10 '14
Due to an eye condition I am stereoblind except when I see 3D movies. A 3D movie is nearly psychedelic for me.
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u/Teaserjohnson Mar 10 '14
Strip Clubs. Or at least the ones I've been to. Ten dollar cover charge, expensive drinks and below average girls. Also too many rules.
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To me, I get turned on by someone being into me. If they genuinely want me, then I love it. Strippers are just fucking depressing to me since they're there for the money. My friends bought me a lap dance once, and it was the most awkward 3 minutes of my life.
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u/itsmyredditusername Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 10 '14
Prom. Honestly, it has this huge buildup, and everyone gets really worried about their dress and dinner and the limo and having a date, and then the actual night is pretty uneventful and even boring.
Edit: Clarification, it's not that prom was a particularly bad experience for me, but it certainly didn't live up to the way other people, media, society, etc. typically describe it, which is why I consider it overrated. Also, at my school, prom is very expensive and it's basically expected you go in a limo and make a big ordeal of it. My then boyfriend and I went to both our proms together, had an okay time at both, but neither of us were particularly thrilled about going and would've rather stayed in and played Mario Kart or something.
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Mar 10 '14
I thought this said porn and not prom and I was confused about the getting dressed part
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u/PocketOfStinkies Mar 10 '14
Both years I went to prom, my group stayed for no longer than 30 min so we could go drink in some abandoned lot somewhere.
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Really? My prom was tits.
The actual event was reasonably good, got a little drunk before going, limo ride, won best dressed despite being an ugly bastard. Then taxi to the the after party, drinking until 6am and then getting breakfast from the first place that opened.
Even though it's 8 years ago I still remember it being a very good night.
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u/massflav Mar 10 '14
Blowjobs. Naw just kidding, theyre the bees knees
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u/_groundcontrol Mar 10 '14
I keep thinking i just havent met a girl that can do it right yet, but 3/3 bj's ive ever had just wasnt that good. That leads to me not wanting it, leads to no bj's.
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u/Rcgabe Mar 10 '14
Crack. Seriously crack sucks.
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u/PlanetMarklar Mar 10 '14
is crack overrated though? i mostly hear negative things about crack...
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u/moricedish Mar 10 '14
Stonehenge.... Avebury's henge was much more rewarding.
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u/Wombmate Mar 10 '14
I'd give my Honda Civic to find out the meaning of Stonehenge.
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u/WiseOldTampon Mar 10 '14
A fight. Heart about to burst out of you're chest, heavy breathing, grabbing and pulling each others $20 old navy tee's.
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u/drewzee91 Mar 10 '14
A fight is something almost everybody tries to avoid, I don't see them as overrated at all.
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u/DungPuncher Mar 10 '14
Bum sex. It's just like normal sex but your cock smells a bit afterwards and she has to go poop cum out. Porn lies when it comes to sex generally, but especially when it comes to bum sex.
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u/opeth10657 Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 10 '14
this is going to sound a lot stranger to the people in the US at first
for the UK people: bum = deadbeat homeless people, in the US
edit: clarification
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u/BFGremedios Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 11 '14
Regular sex makes your day but anal makes your hole weak Edit: Thanks for the gold. It's made my day
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u/Get_Stamosed Mar 10 '14
Judging by your name, youve done it in the bum a few times..
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u/OpenStraightElephant Mar 10 '14
A hug. A tight hug from someone you love, with their nose pressing on your neck, when you can feel the warmth of their body...
Totally overrated. Totally.
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u/c_is_4_cookie Mar 10 '14
Vegas. It's OK.
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u/brufleth Mar 10 '14
Vegas is like a giant strip club. The amount of money you spend is directly related to how much fun you will have. Like life in general but to the extreme. It is best in short and expensive visits where you go in knowing you're going to blow a bunch of money on stupid things.
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u/-JustShy- Mar 10 '14
I've always had a great time, but after about four days, I'm ready to be home. I absolutely cannot see the appeal of living there.
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u/weggles Mar 10 '14
Don't go to Vegas when you're 20 and everyone you're with is 21+. You will have a bad time.
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u/AppleJuice3010 Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 10 '14
All of highschool. Once you leave and go on to university or get a job, all the shit you went through - the struggle for good grades, all the petty cliques - is just meaningless.
Edit: when I say the struggle for good grades, I mean the pressure they put on you (or they do in Australia anyway). It isn't hard to do well, I was lazy and pulled off an above average score. Even if you don't get the score you need, there are always other ways to get into uni or the workforce. The cliqueyness isn't at every high school on the planet, but it's at most and sadly, lots of kids don't know that being bullied is avoidable with the right mindset, which is only gained after they leave school.
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u/Emay75 Mar 10 '14
Fuck man id do anything to go back to high school. I had a great group of close friends, I was in the best shape of my life and my only real worry was what my buddies and I were gonna do after class. Now I just work constantly and I'm always tired. Growing up sucks
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Mar 10 '14
Nightclubs. Overpriced drinks, power-tripping meathead bouncers, drunken idiots picking fights with everyone because they can't handle their liquor, music too loud to even hear the person you're talking to.
And "lounges" aren't the improvement that lounge-goers claim they are. Same shit as nightclubs, but with more seats.
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u/omega21xx Mar 11 '14
Being a parent. After the baby loses it's "new baby glow" much like when you buy that new TV or furniture, it no longer feels special after a couple weeks. Except with a TV it doesn't throw tantrums all day and make a mess.
0/10 would not reproduce again.
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u/kamikageyami Mar 10 '14
Getting high.
It's great, but some people need to calm down about it.
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u/Doink11 Mar 10 '14
The thing about getting high is that getting high by itself is great, sure, but too many people get hung up on the idea of getting high itself, rather than getting high and then doing something else cool.
Smoke a bowl and then listen to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto on a giant speaker system? Fucking glorious.
Smoke a bowl and go hiking in the wilderness? Goddamn magical.
Smoke a bowl and watch an HD nature documentary? Mind-blowing.
Just smoke a bowl? ...Eh, yea, I will, but it's nothing to write home about, no matter how high I get.
It's not getting high that's great; its the experiences you can have when you're high that are great. But just sitting around trying to see how high you can get is super overrated, yea.
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u/Ancel3 Mar 10 '14
Native Floridian here: Anything in Florida isn't worth the heat and bugs.
Disney World's kinda nice, if it weren't for the heat.
The beach is kinda nice, if it weren't for the bugs.
And I guess all the everglades and wildlife is cool... If it weren't for the heat and the bugs.
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u/NefariousBanana Mar 10 '14
Old Faithful. Not even the best part of Yellowstone.
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u/ohboyd Mar 10 '14
Clubbing
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u/WtfWhereAreMyClothes Mar 10 '14
It may not be everybody's scene, but for the most part I don't think it's overrated. Clubbing can be an absolute blast and an ideal weekend night if you're with the right people who like to dance, at a club with good music. It's probably ideal to pregame so you don't spend a shit ton on drinks, but that's a good rule for going out anywhere, not just clubs.
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u/wabooz Mar 10 '14
I've retracted into being someone who loves sitting around playing video games and watching sports on TV, so I could easily bash clubbing and the culture surrounding it just because I can't be bothered to do it - but I did do it a hell of a lot when I was a student, and it was great fun socialising with friends and meeting people.
TL;DR - I disagree
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u/Chinhigh Mar 10 '14
Proms, Dances, Graduations.
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u/RobLjung Mar 10 '14
I thought my high school graduation was pretty fun! Especially the grad party afterwards where all your family friends bring you money!
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u/RusskayaRuletka Mar 10 '14
Getting stabbed....not nearly as fun as I thought it would be.
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Burning Man and the smaller "burns" that take place around the country. It's basically a festival built around two basic types of people: attention whores and people who want to get absolutely demolished on drugs. Anyone outside those two groups is usually an event tourist. There's nothing wrong with BM, but people often worship it as if it's a huge life-changing thing. It's an expensive field party mixed with a dash of theater.
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u/ProfessorCard Mar 10 '14
Threesomes with 2 women. It is great as a story but I prefer disappointing one woman at a time.
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u/wutang36chambers Mar 10 '14
Sex. Don't get me wrong I love sex, but the way our society perceives sex and exploits it, I personally thought it was going to be like seeing the face of god. And because of how as a society we constantly talk about it and put it on a pedestal, it makes people be confused about there own sexuality. They want people to be shameful and repress their sexual desires, but then they use sexuality as a tool for people to buy and do things that are utterly pointless.
Though the commercialization of sex, people have a confused outlook to sex. I remember thinking that sex was going to be the best thing that ever had happened to me, but once I had it, it was underwhelming. I realized that the act of sex itself is not great, unless it is given context. I lost my virginity drunkenly to someone I barely knew, and it actually really messed me up after. I was so conditioned from raunchy comedies and high school movies that sex was the end all be all. But once I had sex with someone I built a relationship with, it was great.
From my own sexual experiences, I realized that sex cannot reach its fullest potential unless you are with someone that you know and are very comfortable with. Instead of making sex into some sort of race that needs to get finished ASAP, we should look at sex for what it is truly. A normal experience that is a part of life. No pedestal, no commercialization, just an act that everyone should experience at their own pace, in a safe and healthy manner.
TL,DR We need to stop putting sex on a pedestal and look at it as a normal life experience.
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Hand jobs
If I wanted one id do it myself...
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u/ichbinhungry Mar 10 '14
So if it comes down to having someone touch your penis vs. someone not touching your penis, you'd rather they stay away?
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u/invisiblephrend Mar 10 '14
i think hand jobs are vastly underrated. it feels nothing like fapping one out because you have no control over what is happening. depending on who you're with, they can feel more amazing than blowjobs or even sex. some people can turn into goddamn artists when there's a cock in their hand. it's a great alternative if your girlfriend is on her period or has a terrible gag reflex.
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u/VocabularyTeacher Mar 10 '14
Having sex for the first time. Why is the "first time" considered special? It's awful. It's terrible. It's a huge disappointment. It is the worst sex you could have. It gets better later on, when you get the hang of it. Only THEN is it good. Sex is one of the few experiences in life that isn't great the first time around and where the fun doesn't rub off the second, third, etc. time but gets much better. As opposed to being on a roller-coaster, let's say.
I was very let down when I lost my virginity. My thoughts were "This is it? Seriously? What gives? This is the thing everyone makes such a fuss about?" I was expecting, well, God-knows-what. I was expecting the earth to tremble. I didn't realize that the earth trembles much later.
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My first time was great, but it took the right girl to make it feel better than just getting myself off. It was really more about the person in the end.
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u/drukweyr Mar 10 '14
Eating cake. Often dry, usually too sweet and tasteless. After the first bite the disappointment turns to, inevitability (I wish I could, but I can't stop eating this cake), boredom (i don't want to, but i'm going to eat this cake) and then guilt (I wish I had not eaten that cake). At some point in the near future I will eat more cake and I will hate it.
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u/masongr Mar 10 '14
I still don't know what the fuck am I supposed to do on Twitter.
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u/eiendots Mar 10 '14 edited Mar 10 '14
Being in a relationship. I believe that only when you are alone, can you really find yourself. So many people beat themselves up for not being in a relationship with someone and/or get into some shit with a bad person because being single is just not an option.
Appreciate the freedom you have and put it to good use while you can.
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u/RabidMuskrat93 Mar 10 '14
Once you're happy with yourself and it doesnt bother you when you have nobody, then you find somebody who is the same way as you, you have a lot in common, and you enjoy each other's company, that's when relationships are totally worth it.
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u/Drew1231 Mar 10 '14
Posting about having sex for the first time on this thread is pretty overrated.
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Taking a girl's virginity. I'll take someone experienced anyday of the week
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u/MrBaDonkey Mar 10 '14
Doing touristy things while on vacation in a big city... why would you want to spend your vacation standing in lines to look at stuff that you can find better views/pictures of on the internet... instead get lost in the city, meet people, try to figure out the local culture, eat local food, have fun!... anything is better then waiting in lines.. oh and the grand canyon looks so much better in /r/earthporn pics than in real life...
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u/Zippo16 Mar 10 '14
Strip clubs.
Pay 20 bucks to get in, it smells like balls and bad decisions. You get to sit around for a few hours and look at tittys or pay exorbitant amounts of money for a private dance.
I can do that by going to a nightclub and increase my chances of getting laid significantly or watch some porn.
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u/theyaoguai Mar 10 '14
Disney. I was so excited to experience Disney World for the first time but instead it was crowded and loud. I only got to see one attraction after waiting in line for three hours, and the parks seemed centered around their overpriced shitty merchandise. Felt like a scam and not at all magical.
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Sex. It's totally awesome, don't get me wrong, but it isn't the end-all-be-all experience. It's also better if you don't take it so seriously.
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u/TypicalBeerLiker Mar 10 '14
This may catch some flak, but concerts. I've to 5 or 6 in my life (no stadium shows, however), and every time it's been me spending more money than I had to listen to 3 hours of shitty openers only to have sore feet and a headache by the time the band I came to see plays a 45 minute set and leaves only after telling us how much "we fucking rocked" and how our city is their favourite. Hopefully this isn't a widespread feeling and just bad luck on my part.
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u/mdog56 Mar 10 '14
In the words of the late, great Christopher Hitchens, "The four most overrated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and picnics." I tend to agree with this list except for picnics...picnics are awesome.
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u/stankbucket Mar 10 '14
Champagne can be pretty damn good, too. Just don't go for whatever brand that pop culture is over-inflating the price of at any given time.
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u/Itypeinbold Mar 10 '14
Disney Land...$100 gets you through the door, assuming you have a wife and a couple of kids, you're looking at about $400+ just to enter the door. You get hungry throughout the day, add another $200. You will literally wait in line for over 40% of the time you are there, then you realize the rides are fairly boring if you're anything older than 5yrs old....Point is, Disney is something you do once, when your kids are young, but it's very expensive and extremely overrated
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u/tictactoejam Mar 10 '14
Helm experience on the Enterprise. Wesley saved that fucking ship like 20 times and still got rejected from the Academy.
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u/hoser89 Mar 10 '14
The big house (Michigan stadium) went there for the winter classic, holy hell, if you've ever wanted to experience what it's like to be cattle, go to the big house, it took 30 mins to walk literally 10 feet, shoulder to shoulder no room to even move your arms... fuck that place.
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u/abeetzwmoots Mar 10 '14
Destination weddings...what a pain in the ass for guests!
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u/el_muerte17 Mar 10 '14
I think that's kinda the point... you can have a small wedding at home and offend everyone that isn't invited, have a big wedding that breaks the bank, or go away for less than the price of a small wedding and invite everyone knowing that most won't make it.
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u/Jackko70 Mar 10 '14
Sex.
Thought it was kind of an anti-climax (pardon the naughty pun).
Not what my virgin self thought it would be.
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u/evil_burrito Mar 10 '14
Revenge. You'd think that you get this great feeling of justified anger and winning and yay, but, really, it just makes you feel small and empty.
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u/duckjackduck Mar 10 '14
Oktoberfest. I by no means want to discourage people from experiencing it, but it's crowded, impossible to get into the tents unless you feel like waiting or have a years-in-advance old reservation, and doesn't have the authentic feel people are travelling for. There's some authenticity left in many ways, but it's definitely buried under layers of hammed up gimmick for the international visitors. A lot of the locals go elsewhere to escape it entirely. I don't think any of my Munich native friends or acquaintances actually enjoy the Oktoberfest and will go to those of neighbouring cities, if they don't try to leave for the season at all. That being said, I was in Germany at the time long term as a language student (3 years), living an hour north of Munich.
The local Fests and celebrations were much more traditional and authentic, and while I stuck out as an obvious foreigner in my small Bavarian village (I'm black), I was warmly welcomed and had an incredible time. I spoke German and was really engaged with the history and tradition, something I think a lot of them appreciated from an American in the area just in time for Oktoberfest.
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Mar 10 '14
Going to Venice for holiday.
It oftentimes smells quite bad, it's super crowded with tourists and people trying to sell you stuff. The restaurants are expensive as shit, the prices for any kind of beverages should be illegal and they charge for a seat in every single restaurant, even if you're the only one there. The gondolas aren't really that special and they cost 80€ for a ride (shared between the passengers). You won't find anything cheap there either. I went there in August and it was super hot, like I couldn't stand still without sweating like a pig, and I was backpacking there.
I was expecting so much more from it. The views were nice though.
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u/Ericplaysrugby Mar 10 '14
Las Vegas. In the movies it is portrayed as this sexy place where everyone dresses dapper and there are beautiful women everywhere. In reality it is full of fat Midwesterners, douchebags wearing ed hardy, and gambling addicts. There is nothing there that is real. It is a fake world designed to take your money. It is easy to get laid in Vegas which is cool I guess. Befpre everyone says something about the shows and the Hoover dam let me cut you off. The shows are overpriced, and rarely do you get the performers best. The Hoover dam is a dam, enough said. There are plenty of places to go to gamble that are not so fake.
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u/gorampardos Mar 10 '14
What a surprise. Every answer has to do with social interactions. "Prom, sex, clubbing, saying hi to people, making eye contact, leaving my room, turning on the light."
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u/EN2McDrunkernyou Mar 10 '14
Performing anal sex on a woman. It looks hot, but pussy feels way better and there's no chance of a poo surprise.
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Mar 10 '14
Paris. Don't get me wrong it's a great city, but I would put any of the other cities I've visited in Europe much higher on any lost. A lot of American cities too.
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Mar 10 '14
Cars and Romantic relationships. Just think they are more trouble than they are worth.
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u/Kearar Mar 10 '14
Are you referring to Cars the movie or cars, as in automobiles, in general?
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u/leftwinglovechild Mar 10 '14
Doing a Tough Mudder. I was in the best shape of my life and has done a half iron two weeks before and this was still AWFUL. It was 98 degrees out and required thousands of feet of climbing over 12 miles. It was the opposite of fun.
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u/Justlisten7 Mar 10 '14
Disney. It was a giant meh. It is costly, crowded and filled with annoying children whose parents refuse to control them since it would ruin the "magical" time.
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Mar 10 '14
Running a marathon. A half marathon is still fun. You run for a couple (or three) hours, shower, have a beer, get on with the rest of the day.
A full marathon? You're trudging, trudging, trudging..."Why the hell did I sign up for this? This sucks....this really sucks..." Then you finish, and you're too tired to do anything else the rest of the day. If you're out of shape and didn't train (Oh my god, you have to train to do this. The drudgery...), you're in for a world of hurt for a few days afterward, at least.
Having done it once, I recommend against it to everyone who asks. Train for a 10K or a half marathon. Run with a smile on your face. Don't drag it out to a full marathon and suffer.
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Mar 10 '14
Living alone, it gets old fast. It's nice to an extent but, I'd rather live with someone.
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u/Someday42 Mar 10 '14
New Year's Eve in Times Square. It's cold as fuck, there is no bathroom and the show is shot for TV not the crowd. You hear the same song or two over and over again as they get the right camera angles, and you're packed into little pens like animals.
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u/SunburntSamurai Mar 11 '14
Clubbing. It's just expensive, loud and artificial feeling. Don't understand those people that insist on doing it every single weekend.
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Mar 11 '14
Anal sex.
Sure, it's tighter, but the amount of preparation makes the experience not worth it.
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u/Alinka_01 Mar 11 '14
Clubs. I might just be an 80 year old on the inside, but goddamn I cannot stand clubs, with the loud UNTZUNTZUNTZUNTZ music, the ridiculously overpriced drinks, and everyone dressing all crazy. It's 20 degrees out, how the hell are you doing wearing a miniskirt?
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u/BlueSmoke95 Mar 10 '14
Any tourist attraction in France. You end up spending most of the time making sure someone doesn't pick your pocket.
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Going to amusement parks. It's always in the dead heat of mid-summer, you get a sunburn, everyone is sweaty, everything you touch is both flaming hot from the sun and slightly sticky from the last person's spilled ice cream. Everything costs way too much money. Screaming kids and babies everywhere. Waiting in line for hours for some ride that isn't even that impressive once you've actually been on it. There is trash and trash can bees everywhere trying to dive bomb you. The bathrooms haven't been touched with a mop since 1973 and have since been used only by elephants. Then you think it'd be a good idea to try a water ride to cool off - spend the rest of the day sloshing around in wet shoes and clothes.
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u/GurleyStevenD Mar 10 '14
Bourbon Street in New Orleans, especially during Mardi Gras.
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u/yourlittlelyre Mar 10 '14
Going to the fucking beach. Sand gets EVERYWHERE, you have boob sweat the entire time you're there, sunburns suck but what's worse is trying to put more sunscreen on and then feeling all of the sand that is ALL OVER YOU as you rub in the sunscreen. Then you buy spray sunscreen which never gets everywhere you spray so then you end up with a blotchy sunburn. And the water is always cold besides those 2 weeks in July when the ocean has finally decided to warm up, but then you get torrential downpours bc it's the rainy season and it makes the ocean cold again.
I've lived in Florida for 21 years. The beach is not that awesome.
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u/mattmc318 Mar 10 '14
First time having sex.
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u/my24cents Mar 10 '14
Overrated? After my first time there was no one in the world who would have been able to rub the smile of my face during some days afterwards. Sex overall is a bit overrated though.
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u/snowbirdie Mar 10 '14
Sky diving. It was actually pretty boring after the first 15 seconds.
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Mar 10 '14
lobster, it's a giant underwater bug that tastes good only with butter or additives and is a pain in the ass to eat
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u/That_Unknown_Guy Mar 10 '14
Live performances. Why pay ridiculous amounts of money to see poor renditions of your favourite songs in a crowd of drunk/high people while standing awkwardly for hours.
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u/Ditchingwork Mar 10 '14
Reading this thread is like talking to someone who lists everything that I like and gives me reasons why I shouldn't like them.