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The masses of the tech world will, more often than not, refuse to agree on anything. But there are still those few bits of magic that mysteriously and periodically bring joy to almost every single disgruntled cynic out there. Everyone, that is, except you.
For me, it’s Temple Run. I’ve downloaded both versions, forcing myself time after time to try and find some modicum of pleasure in the game, but I can’t. I’ll smile and nod when friends discuss it; when someone opens my phone, they’ll even still find the icon on the screen. By all appearances, I’m one of them. Everyone seems so happy, who am I to disagree with the source of that happiness? But it’s all a lie. I officially declare here and now that I hate Temple Run. And it feels good. It feels free.
You next. What do you hate that, up until now, you’ve just found easier to go along with? It’s ok, say whatever’s in your heart. This is a safe space.
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You know ? The picture gave me an idea : Articles on Gizmodo must have a Like – Dislike button !!! (I’m not referring to this article, just in general ).
Everything. Except its no secret that I hate it. I hate the vapid self indulgent shit that makes up the majority of social networking. I hate that my own Internet life is now more or less solely run by Facebook. I hate that I can’t break the Facebook loop because I like to know what’s going on with bands I like and now their sole method of communication is Facebook. So, all in all, a lot of hate about social networking.
I guess you probably hate me too, but I like your comment
You can beat it – you just think you can’t – go on, close your account! I know, it can be done!
The Big Bang Theory.
if someone tells me they love The Big Bang Theory I literally have to walk out of the room and hit something.
I love the big bang theory
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpclch5aljo7jrb/citizen-smith.jpg
Yeah, I’m not keen at all. Personally love the show Community, and since that’s more of a ‘nerd-friendly’ show, a lot of its fans tend to hate on Big Bang Theory for pandering to negative stereotypes so much.
I’ve yet to see that. For my ‘nerdy’ sitcom I just watch The IT Crowd on 4OD.
IT Crowd is really fantastic, probably my favourite sitcom until I watched Community
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Now you’re talking my Changuage
#SixSeasonsAndAMovie!
People that hate The Big Bang Theory.
Touché.
BAZINGBOB
Lego and those that say they love it, yet haven’t picked up a brick since they were a kid, well if they loved it that much they would be making shit from it all the time. bloody Lego hipsters
Probably because Lego costs an arm and a leg and foot pain in the dark.
Inbetweeners. Awful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESW60xjO1Rg
Haha, you lad.
FaceBook. Period.
Don’t worry, you are not alone. I prefer: FaceBook. Menstrual.
Lol! You got me there!
The fascination with crap, retro, granny like, Oxfam brought clothes from Topshop. Seriously, what. the. duck.
I guess what everyone loves is going back in time, I hate that. The only direction should be forward.
It’s ok, they’re ‘Hipsters’. We all hate them too
Define “forward” in this context? The reason people are reaching back to the past for inspiration is that we’ve gone so totally off the deep end with ‘casual chic’ that there are practically no more depths left to probe. The only remaining step is to schlep to the sklep in your pyjamas, bathrobe and slippers to buy your milk, unwashed, like The Dude. Seriously, “classic” design and fashion is classic and iconic for a reason.
I agree to look forward you always need a finger in ‘the pie of the past’ but some (non lazy) designers tend to look to more sensible, naturally aesthetically pleasing fashions and inspirations of the past – not the contents of their grandmas/granddads attic. There are more avenues to go down, ‘new’ is not yet exhausted and in a way never will be. You will get a resurgence in ridiculous, non practical fashions like we have today but ever so often you will see something new. The best place to see this type of new design is in a place you’d expect it to be terrible…..
GIFS!!!! F*cking GIFS!
You shove them down our throats without hearing the screams of your commenters.
Stop trying to make them cool again (if they even were once!?)
hear hear!
Don’t go to The Verge then…
Although to be fair, the GIFs those guys manage to find (usually the commenters, but sometimes the staff in the forums) are pretty amazing.
The only place they’d be cool would be Harry Potter’s Razzle collection
Arkham City, seriously there doesn’t seem to be another person alive that thinks its boring.
Arkham Asylum was better if that’s what you mean. The open world definitely made it worse IMO, way more unfocussed, and it was just full of goons you had to kill to get anywhere.
I love the combat system, but yeah I only managed to play for an hour before I was bored.
Classic case of adding to take away, where asylum was tight and focussed, city was sprawling and unwieldy.
Jesus Diaz? Oh wait…
Dubstep.
so true, waste of noise.
Porn.
Bullshit.
Odd, I thought most people disliked bullshit?
Not if it is your major source of fuel for cooking and heating.
Are there really that many?
That many people using bullshit to cook, or that many bullshit lying around?
The former, especially in the case of “Is There Something Everyone Loves That You Secretly Hate?”
It does seem a bit odd for people to love bullshit.
T-shirts that say Geek on, I’ve spoken to at least 4 people who I’ve seen wearing that T-shirt, the only geek part of them is that they know how to use an android phone, and all 4 of them have said the quote “I wanted an iPhone but they’re too expensive” (mummy and daddy didn’t want to spend that much on a phone I’ll ultimately break or lose when I’m drunk)
So I’m not sure if its the t-shirts, the people wearing the T-shirts or the whole collective of the non-hipster hipsters
I think it’s all three of the things you’ve listed. I hate those who claim to be geeks just because they watch The Big Bang Theory too.
Damn amateurs! Come back when you’ve got a computer science degree!
Gangnam Style and Harlem Shake, both equally dire.
What HArlem Shake?
You know, I still haven’t watched Harlem Shake. Not a single video.
I agree with you on the Harlem Shake, but I don’t mind Gangnam Style (unless the BBC play it at Sports Personality of the Year, which of course, they did).
I’m with you on Temple Run, it’s dreary at best. Subway Surfers is every gleaming polished piece of endless running fun that Temple Run wishes it could be… With the added bonus of teaching kids the importance of graffiti, running train tracks and evading portly authoritarian figures.
Nah, I’m pretty open with my hatred.
JJ Abrams version of Star Trek.
Alicia Keyes.
This. Girl. Is on. FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE, in New YOOOOOOOOORK.
I don’t hate as that’s too strong a term but below are two things I dislike.
People who harp on how much they love bacon.
Oh and Adele, I really don’t get it.
Fanboy wars
I think everyone hates fanboy wars, except fanboys, and it’s a bit of a stretch to class them as people.
instagram
Just had to hit “like” on everyone’s comments as there’s too much hate in the world man – spread the “like”. And after that love-in, I’m off for some recreational genocide courtesy of some pixels…
Internet memes
Life-the game with best graphic yet worst setting and plot
Mario Brothers, Super Mario Brothers, Super Mario Brothers 2, Super Mario Brothers 3, New Super Mario Bros, New Super Mario Bros Wii, New Super Mario Bros 2, New Super Mario Bros U, Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2, Super Mario 64, Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, Mario kart: Double Dash, Mario Kart DS, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 7, Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario All Stars 25th Anniversary Edition, Mario Golf, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Mario Golf World Tour, Mario Tennis, Mario Power Tennis, Mario Tennis Open, Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, Mario Party 4, Mario Party 5, Mario Party 6, Mario Party 7, Mario Party 8, Mario Party 9, Mario Party DS, Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Super Paper Mario, Paper Mario Sticker Star, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Super Mario 3D Land…
Seriously, fuck Mario and fuck Nintendo. I’ll never buy anything with that stupid little plumber on it.
Mario Kart 64 is brilliant, rest I agree with!
:O. I admire your thoroughness. May I inquire why you hate Mario and Nintendo? (They seem so utterly harmless I can’t quite understand)
You gotta wonder why, after all the times Bowser kidnaps Mario’s Girlfriend, that he still invites him around to go karting?!
The constant rehashes of the same damn games, with minor improvements every now and then. Every time Nintendo release a new console you just know there is going to be a remake of a Mario game, then a ‘new’ Mario game, a rehash of Mario Kart, then a Zelda remake, a new Zelda game, a Mario Party game or two, and then maybe another Mario game or two.
you must proper hate fifa then
Not as much as Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged.
Totally true, but if you think as Mario as a mascot and not a game series then you may start to see why Nintendo would see him as a character to pop in almost any game at all. Why? Generally Nintendo games only need a basic plot, and Mario’s story is already there. He’s recognisable and a seal of quality of Nintendo’s own work. Either way, I agree rehash, rehash, rehash. But Zelda and Mario have such fantastic formulas, and Nintendo are so committed to quality level design, I will happily play every single one. I still routinely enjoy Zelda games more than just about any other game out there, and the joy in them is that you know the structure, but what puzzles they are going to use, the art style and the atmosphere, the items and the dungeon bosses are all different. It’s fitting that I think many would consider Zelda a genre unto itself. Anyway, I don’t necessarily expect to evangelise you into enjoying games you clearly don’t like, but I just wanted to share why I enjoy the franchises so much.
The interesting thing is I tend to vehemently dislike repetition and get frustrated by oversaturated genres like the military FPS, football games, etc. But I’ve always loved Mario and Zelda no matter how many entries there are, and I put it down to the masterful gameplay design that Nintendo can weave. Out of interest, have you played any of either series?
When I was 8 years old Super Mario World was released for the SNES. It was colourful and a good way to waste some time, but nothing fantastic. If you went back in time and then told my little 8 year old self that in the next 2 decades games consoles would get more powerful, enabling larger and more detailed games with fully realised 3D worlds, I would have been fascinated. If you mentioned that the controllers would have up to 14 buttons and little sticks to control movement and camera angles I’d be amazed. If you then said we’d be using these great consoles to play 2D platformers and only utilise the right directional button and jump button I’d have said you were lying.
I understand he’s the mascot but with appearences in over 200 games he’s been over used. Instead of rehashing their old games and adding their latest controller gimmick to the mix, maybe Nintendo should retire the little plumber and try creating new IP.
I don’t deny 2D Mario is a little stale, I tend to prefer Super Mario Galaxy, which was bloody fantastic IMO. But yeah, Nintendo do make new IPs, it’s just they tend to target the casual crowd, because they know the best way to appease their large hardcore fanbase is replicating old games. That probably won’t change any time soon tbh.
Anyway, some of my favourite games of the past year are 2D platformers! Rayman Origins and Fez were fantastic.
The only platformer I’ve enjoyed recently has been the LittleBigPlanet series thanks to the huge variety of level designs you can get from the online community. Maybe Nintendo can start looking at some of their other games to rehash, how about F-Zero or a remade Conkers Bad Fur Day?
They could certainly do F-Zero, last time they had an entry was on the GameCube. However, Conker’s Bad Fur Day was Rare, so I’m pretty sure they couldn’t make a new one of those. Besides, Nintendo do revive old franchises every so often, Kid Icarus had a bit of a comeback the last few years (although I can’t say I like the games).
Lord of the Bloody Rings!
The last series of something, because they have low ratings
Then people watch because its the last series
So the creators make more series
STOP IT!
Works with film franchises too, we don’t need any more Resident Evils, no matter what dimension they’re in!
I really dislike Facebook…and that’s saying alot because i’m an early adopter of all things web.
Oh.. And Hugh Jackman!
As I lie in bed each morning and ask myself why I should put both my feet on the floor, there are precious few reasons that I’ve ever come up with. The chance to escape Jordan’s morning breath, sure. Scotch. It’s too early to drink it, yes, but it is never too early to think about. And, of course, the ever-present possibility that I might finally happen upon Hugh Jackman and give him the present I’ve been holding for him. Bam!
Crappy Giz articles, apparently they “get a lot of pagehits so the must be popular”. Admittedly I am not exactly secretive in my feelings about them.
many many things! facebook, youtube, star wars, lord of the rings, football, beats headphones, the iphone and macs in general, the list is near endless. to be fair though i make no secret about any of the things i hate
Twitter. Vast majority of users are regular twats with nothing interesting or important or useful to say. And I fucking hate this hashtag bullshit. I guarantee people will cringe at the thought of it in a few years’ time. It’s like cycling shorts in the 90′s
Cue launch of cycling shorts with a hashtag graphic. Double dislike.
Adele, but I don’t secretly hate her, I hate her openly.
Her music is boring and there’s something about her that makes me want to punch her square in the face.
Dragon Ball Z. Can’t stand it.
Birthdays.
oh yh and Lord of the Rings
Chintz. ****ing hate chintz.
There’s nowhere near enough space in this text box to describe popular mainstream stuff I hate – although I will say : any kind of “competitive performance” TV, like Britain’s Got Talent or X Factor etc. It’s about one nanometre removed from the Victorians going down the asylum to have a laugh at The Lunatics, except nowadays we televise it.
i hate GIFs. They’re pointless and frustrating.
Also, contrarians…
Angry Birds. Why, dear God, WHY is it so popular? I swear it’s all an Emperor’s New Clothes conspiracy theory and no one actually likes it… surely?
Facebook. And anyone naive enough to overshare their life through an omnipotent “social network”.
This should be a weekly thread.
Complaining about things that we don’t normally complain about.
Websites asking questions that I can’t think of answers to so I feel left out
But seriously, just Facebook, like so many others. I used to feel I had to look at it every day or I’d be neglecting my friends but I rarely have time to look at it now, just skim through occasionally to see if there’s anything interesting.
…and then the same day a friend on Facebook who I only became requainted with because of Facebook sends me something incredibly moving and personal and it reminds me that despite all the crap that gets dumped on there it still has its positive uses.
People who say they don’t read (not becasue they can’t but because they don’t want to)
Also people who don’t proof-read their own comments
it is no secret…TWITTER absolute shit.
I have had an account for about 2 years and still find it useless. Facebook and Google+ are much better
I don’t secretly hate anything.
But for some reason I get a lot of disdain from people when I mention how much I hate the Beatles.
If you hate The Beatles, I think that’s usually down to overexposure or due to the fact people put them on a pedestal. They’re a band that achieved a lot of awesome things during their lifetime, and they’re absolutely part of our pop culture, so I think anyone can appreciate them from that stand point. But they’re just a band
. That said, I quite like them, but I remember I used to really not get the fuss at all. You listened to anything they’ve done outside of radio play?
Your probably right. Also their music is not my cup of tea.
I cant stomach Lennon , McCartney and Starr.
I did like George Harrison though.
In the past I have listened to most of their music and solo stuff.
Rupert and the frog song is the only decent thing Paul McCartney has done.
Tech: Facebook, Google+ etc.
Real Life: Sweetcorn & Baked beans
Doctor Who
Lego.
Star Wars.
Lego Star Wars.
Star Trek.
Star Trek fanboys.
Fanboys.
Religion. Really, really hate that.
And Skyfall. I was seriously underwhelmed by it but every raves on about how good it is.