What is the most overrated thing?

[civvver]

I'm gonna go a different direction here and say Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

Reagan is hailed by many conservatives and republicans as basically the messiah of presidents. I don't think he was awful but comon, the epitome of conservatism? He lowered, then raised taxes and government spending and deficits blew up during his terms.

And good old slick willy. A lot of people love him cus he produced a budget surplus, but pretty sure anyone could've accomplished the same during the roaring 90s and the dot com boom that drove the economy. And the banking deregulation that happened under his watch was a major contributing factor to the housing market meltdown and overall economic crisis of 2008-2009.



And every movie than wins an Oscar is inherently overrated. They never pick the best film.

Edit: Actually might have to retract that statement since gladiator, braveheart and return of the king all won and their like my favorite three movies. But birdman and the artist? So they get it wrong half the time at least.

 

[Perfection]

What would you have picked otherwise?

 

[Antilogic]

The nicer stuff costs costs triple. And if all you're going to do with it is use it to toast and hold a little peanut butter or keep your sliced ham from from dripping on your fingers, it's adequate.

Give population growth showing no particular sign of dropping off, and no particular solution in the works for poverty, one of these bread types has a future that's probably growing, and it aint the fancy rye(which, admittedly, is delicious).

I think it's closer to double here, but point taken, it is more expensive.

(I'll save the rest for somewhere else.)

In terms of stuff that my generation seems to adore, I think Chipotle is only just okay.

I think Chipotle is good, but not the Second Coming. There are some local burrito shops that I think are just as good and they are a dollar cheaper. Oh, and one offers free house-made guacamole, which means it's like $3-4 cheaper.

I don't like whole wheat bread or oatmeal or potato bread, though.

I like rye or sourdough bread with a worthy crust. Bread shaped like toast will never satisfy me, I don't think.

Not any of those? I figured you would like at least one of those. Am I alone in liking multiple types of bread?

What is bread shaped like toast? Surely people don't use toast to refer to square-shaped bread, right?

I totally dig Panera. It's not as healthy as a lot of people claim but it is definitely one of the better chains out there and the bread is usually pretty nice.

Same here. If I'm eating at a chain, I don't mind Panera.

 

[warpus]

Not any of those? I figured you would like at least one of those. Am I alone in liking multiple types of bread?

I do like different kinds of bread - different varieties of Polish rye, various Italian types of rye and sourdough, French, Portugese round breads, etc. Usually if it's European and it's got a darker floury outside that seems slightly crispy, I will try it.

What is bread shaped like toast? Surely people don't use toast to refer to square-shaped bread, right?

Anything that has this shape:

Spoiler :

That's the classic "toast look" in my eyes. So when I say "bread shaped like toast", I'm referring to bread that has that shape.

 

[downtown]

WHICH ONES

I think Hey Jude is a stupendous song, and I have St.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Imagine on my iPhone, and that might be it. There are lots of other songs that I think a perfectly fine, but they feel really dated to me. I can think of probably 10 Rolling Stones songs or Michael Jackson songs, and even more Zep or Springsteen songs I'd rather listen to than Beatles ones.

 

[Borachio]

I listen to them now and again. And quite enjoy it. They've quite a diverse output, imo.


Link to video.

But, yeah, I can understand people not thinking much of them. Familiarity breeds contempt, I guess.


Link to video.

Who was in the Beatles, again? John Lemon, Paul McCrikey, Harry's son George, and Ringo Startup, I believe were their names. But I may be mistaken.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Biological imperatives. People seem to think there's something neat about getting thirsty or needing to mate.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

I guess I'm in the minority here but I couldn't live without sliced bread. Whenever I buy an unsliced loaf I can't cut it into slices. It always ends up crumbling on me. I'm not sure if its the type of knife I use, my slicing technique, or the bread I'm using but it just doesn't work.

I think your biggest problem is by far not your knife nor your technique nor your purchase choices but your living destination.

I had never a problem to cut my bread in my life and I am far form being a genius knife handler. Sliced bread sucks, as a rule. Very rare exceptions non-withstanding. But then I am not sure Muricans know what bread is You got bagles and toast and that is about it, right? Bagles rock though, I'll you give that.
I forgot burger bums. /lolamerica stereo-typing

 

[Farm Boy]

Biological imperatives. People seem to think there's something neat about getting thirsty or needing to mate.

I think "needing to drink" and "getting horny" is a more accurate description of the situation.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

A weakness by any other name is just as debilitating.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

This seems like question where it's too easy to overlook the base rate on "something else". Without "something else" sliced bread is overwhelmingly the winner. However, I am not confident in passing over all the something else things that might be more overrated than sliced bread.

To even begin to rate a choice accurately, I need some basis for determining how various otherwise non-related items are "rated". It's a non-trivial question.

For example, watch how people answer when they choose "items they can't live without". Sliced bread doesn't actually show up on those lists a whole lot, but other things that are good "overrated" candidates might just, depending on your basis for rating.

 

[Phrossack]

A weakness by any other name is just as debilitating.

How's it a weakness? What are we supposed to do in life, advance science for the sake of advancing science? Is liking to play games nothing but a weakness because it diverts time from other things?

 

[BenitoChavez]

I think your biggest problem is by far not your knife nor your technique nor your purchase choices but your living destination.

I had never a problem to cut my bread in my life and I am far form being a genius knife handler. Sliced bread sucks, as a rule. Very rare exceptions non-withstanding. But then I am not sure Muricans know what bread is You got bagles and toast and that is about it, right? Bagles rock though, I'll you give that.
I forgot burger bums. /lolamerica stereo-typing

Bacon and cheese sandwich with bread. Right?

 

[Borachio]

Argh. Cheese and bacon? Ew!

I can't say I've ever tried it but... ew! Just the thought of it isn't pleasant.

 

[BenitoChavez]

Too Murican for you? We will have to start you out easy then. How about a slice of hot dog pizza?

 

[Borachio]

That doesn't look too bad. But you can keep the pepperoni. Very over-rated, imo.

Also Sex is dreadfully over-rated. All that pushing and shoving, sweating and panting. A very messy business, altogether.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

How's it a weakness? What are we supposed to do in life, advance science for the sake of advancing science? Is liking to play games nothing but a weakness because it diverts time from other things?

So how did you get from "it would be great if we didn't get thirsty" to "nobody should play video games"? Can you outline the logical progression here? I'd really love to know.

Now I'm thinking how much more of my game backlog I could clear if I didn't need to eat or sleep.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Argh. Cheese and bacon? Ew!

I can't say I've ever tried it but... ew! Just the thought of it isn't pleasant.

What? Bacon cheeseburger #1!!!!

Lot's of things have bacon and cheese in them.

Why would a bacon and cheese sandwich not be good?

Cheese is good, and there is nothing good that bacon won't make better.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

So how did you get from "it would be great if we didn't get thirsty" to "nobody should play video games"? Can you outline the logical progression here? I'd really love to know.

Now I'm thinking how much more of my game backlog I could clear if I didn't need to eat or sleep.

There is a solution to that, but I don't recommend it myself.

 

[Phrossack]

So how did you get from "it would be great if we didn't get thirsty" to "nobody should play video games"? Can you outline the logical progression here? I'd really love to know.

Now I'm thinking how much more of my game backlog I could clear if I didn't need to eat or sleep.

Ah--when you said "thirst," I assumed you were talking about alcohol, especially since you put it there with "wanting to mate," so I figured you were saying that such recreational activities were weaknesses and wastes of time. Video games are also recreational activities, and so would have fallen under that category of useless diversions, yet the fact that you're on a gaming website would suggest that you like gaming.

Never mind, then...