NationStates Jolt Archive

I'm fairly sure this thread has been done before, but I can't see it nearby... so meh to you.

Right. I'm seeing all of these best and worst threads going about at the moment, and it makes me sick. Sick to my small intestine, and possibly beyond. And thats sick. Also, I was feeling particularly depressed, and I need to take my mind off reality for a minute, and I'm still taking a break from drawing. All of those people want pictures, and there's about a million more I've forgotten, and I'm sticking with the tried and tested "ignore problem, it'll solve itself" approach.

Anyways, what do you think, in the world, is severely over-rated. Anything at all. Even multiple things. I have a huge list of things that I think are rubbish that common opinion thinks is great, or similar. Certain things are not normally discussed by the masses, mind, but nothing obscene.

The Roman Empire. What an over-rated piece of rubbish. Carthage any day of the week. In fact, if it wasn't for Romes progressive stance towards citizenry. Carthage would've beaten Rome up all day.

Grand theft auto. Except the first one. See here's the thing. GTA 1-SA are all the same game. It's really true. The only difference is that GTA 3 onwards have nice graphics. That's it. Stealing cars and running over your whatever takes your fancy does get old in ten minutes, regardless of how much swearing there is. More blinking innovation in pong than there is in Vice city.

The real world. Now this is the big-daddy. The real world is a rubbish place. 'nuff said. I say freeze me 'til a GSV can come rescue me.

Movies that DON'T have zombies in them: Nobody can dispute this. A movie without zombies is like... a goldfish without ninja abilities. it's missed a trick. How much better would say... the movie of pride and prejudice be if it was a zombie movie directed by mr Romero? a million times better, that's how much. But yet, some people like movies without zombies in them. The only exception is assault on precinct thirteen, or ninja movies. I'll think about pirates, but they're still better with zombies, and ninja movies tend to have zombies in them anyway.

This is just a small example of what I think is over-rated. the rest falls to you. What do you hate that everyone likes?

life in general is overrated

Religion. Honestly, it's not as cool as people think (except for Norse/Greek/Egyptian mythology, which kick ass), and not necessary.

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I think you're fantastic :D

life in general is overrated
WHAT?!?!

Life is waaaay underrated

America.
There i said it happy now!?

WHAT?!?!

Life is waaaay underrated
its not, think about it

will you miss it when its gone?

Personally, I think zombies are over-rated - go go Vampires!

I think you're fantastic :D

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I know it, honey!

Mobile phones. Wow, so you've got infra-red, and bluetooth, and wireless GPRS connections. Find a friend and you're sorted!

Sobriety is overrated. Let's all get drunk!

Happy tree friends is waaay overrated.

Watch 'Retarded Animal Babies' !

http://www.newgrounds.com/collections/rab.html

its not, think about it

will you miss it when its gone?
I would

I would
I doubt you'd notice. Being dead an' all.

Pedro Martinez.

Peace is overrated.

more stuff that I think is over-rated.

Trees: All they do is suck up my carbon dioxide that I worked so hard to provide for the world. Someone should put a really big brick on top of every forest, because that would amuse me greatly. wait... come to think of it. Bricks are only amusing when they fly.... maybe a neon forest? That'd be useful. You'd never be lost in a dark forest again.

Turkish delight: now in days gone by, I'd never have said such a thing. in its pure form, Turkish delight is the greatest thing EVER. However, more and more people are making the stuff now, and it's getting worse and worse. Normally, now when I eat it, I can't taste the stuff! Damnit!

The Caspian sea. Everyone seems to like the Caspian. I hate it. the only good thing from the Caspian was the Caspian sea monster, and it's not even a real monster. Just an Ekranoplan.

rich tea biscuits: This is foul heresy to my ears. How can anyone like rich tea biscuits! you can't dip them because they break, they don't taste of anything, and they taste BAD when you dip them in tea or coffee! now a digestive. That's a real mans biscuit. Hob-nobs too, they're my favourite. But not chocolate hob-nobs. Too far, I think.

Bob Dole

Plastic (anything)

Hob-nobs too, they're my favourite. But not chocolate hob-nobs. Too far, I think.

Now why did you have to go and say that. I had almost got over the addiction.

We don't even have digestives here. :( :( :(

Sex.

Seriously. I don't get why it's such a big deal. Not. That. Great.

And no, I'm not a virgin, either.

Pedro Martinez.

Baseball in general.

And flannel during the early 90's, maybe the most overrated thing ever.

Hrmmm.....

More stuff:

Small Pets: I can't stand small pets. The only small pet that is good is a turtle. Turtles rule, and they don't ever go anywhere. Everything else is just evil to keep. Small pets are not meant for miniscule cages, really! It's not a very nice thing to do! Also the small ones bite more often, damn them.

Airplanes. Helicopters are infinitely cooler, as are zepellins. Airplanes, however, are boring.

Sports games: They're self defeating, I find.

Sport on TV: It's fun to participate in, not to watch. I wouldn't mind, but it's given unfair priority on TV, meaning good programs have to get out of the way for sport.

Quiet pcs: I want to attach pistons and steam engines to my pc, to make it louder, damnit! whisperquiet pcs are booooooring.

Flat screen TVs: This hardly warrants explanation. How often do you watch the back of your TV, behind the screen? YOU DON'T. So why does it need to be flat? All that flatscreens are is expensive.

Sex.

Seriously. I don't get why it's such a big deal. Not. That. Great.

And no, I'm not a virgin, either.
Not. Doing. It. Right. ;)

And flannel during the early 90's, maybe the most overrated thing ever.

Hell. The 90s in general.

Quiet pcs: I want to attach pistons and steam engines to my pc, to make it louder, damnit! whisperquiet pcs are booooooring.


You'd love the PC I have at home. So many fans it sounds like a jet plane taking off.

Hell. The 90s in general.

No, the 90s were good, and fun.
The new millennia sucks arse!

You'd love the PC I have at home. So many fans it sounds like a jet plane taking off.

I think my record for a loud pc was six fans, and the case taken off. You could hear it in every adjacent room with the doors shut. There's a reason headphones exist, people!



F1: people are finally beginning to catch on to this one though. Fast cars and a circuit does not necessarily mean a race! We need to bring back 1930s racing, with even less safety measures.

People who AREN'T Al Capone: We should all be ashamed of ourselves, except me. I'm beyond reproach.

Hrmmm.....

Sport on TV: It's fun to participate in, not to watch. I wouldn't mind, but it's given unfair priority on TV, meaning good programs have to get out of the way for sport.


You have good stuff on TV?! :eek:

No, the 90s were good, and fun.
The new millennia sucks arse!
I'll second that. The 90s produced Pantera, Soundgarden, The Happy Mondays, The Lovers Guide, the end of the '80s (although that wasn't without it's good points), my first girlfriend and my access to the internet. The 'naughties' (off to a bad start with a piss poor name) has produced shoddy music, Metallica gone really bad, lonliness and lack of self-confidence for me, the twin towers, another George Bush as president, the end of Friends, mobile-mania and stupid gangliness as I go through random growing spurts. Tell me where that gets good.

Calling things overrated is overrated.

It's more than stupid word play, I seriously think calling things 'overrated' is overdone-usually says to me that the person was just too late to the party.

You have good stuff on TV?! :eek:

Nope, because Sport is on. But this is British terrestrial TV I'm talking about. You only get 5 channels. When four broadcast solid sport... I'm hypothesising that there might be something good on when there isn't sport on.

Fluffles are overrated, they are used far too much.

Fluffles are overrated, they are used far too much.
AH! You are the anti-fluffle! The one who will reject the happy little fluffle of love and fluffiness! :fluffle: !

Calling things overrated is overrated.

It's more than stupid word play, I seriously think calling things 'overrated' is overdone-usually says to me that the person was just too late to the party.
I guess you were a late arriver to the calling-stuff-overrated party. No great loss.

Nope, because Sport is on. But this is British terrestrial TV I'm talking about. You only get 5 channels. When four broadcast solid sport... I'm hypothesising that there might be something good on when there isn't sport on.

Ahh, The Beeb, maybe some chance of something decent then.

Caranaval in Rio is an overrated expensive tourist trap.

I'll second that. The 90s produced Pantera, Soundgarden, The Happy Mondays, The Lovers Guide, the end of the '80s (although that wasn't without it's good points), my first girlfriend and my access to the internet. The 'naughties' (off to a bad start with a piss poor name) has produced shoddy music, Metallica gone really bad, lonliness and lack of self-confidence for me, the twin towers, another George Bush as president, the end of Friends, mobile-mania and stupid gangliness as I go through random growing spurts. Tell me where that gets good.

But see, the twenty-oughts aren't highly rated to begin with. Hence, they're not overrated. Meanwhile, the nineties have an "I Love the" series already.

And "overrated" doesn't mean you're late to the party. It has very appropriate and very specific uses. For example, in baseball, anytime a sportscaster says "looks good on paper, but . . ." or "they looked like the best outfield, on paper," you can bet your ass there are ten thousand fans in the upper deck and bleachers hollerin' "Over-ra-ted!"

F1: people are finally beginning to catch on to this one though. Fast cars and a circuit does not necessarily mean a race! We need to bring back 1930s racing, with even less safety measures.


and it doesnt help that the guy in charge of the ruling body doesnt seem to know how to make cars more overtakable...

I think my record for a loud pc was six fans, and the case taken off. You could hear it in every adjacent room with the doors shut. There's a reason headphones exist, people!



F1: people are finally beginning to catch on to this one though. Fast cars and a circuit does not necessarily mean a race! We need to bring back 1930s racing, with even less safety measures.

People who AREN'T Al Capone: We should all be ashamed of ourselves, except me. I'm beyond reproach.
Mine has 5 and you can hear it throughout the house.

Ya Mom was over-rated!

Happy tree friends is waaay overrated.

Watch 'Retarded Animal Babies' !

http://www.newgrounds.com/collections/rab.html
You are so right! I have just watched all nine episodes, plus the beer ad, and they are great. Thank you for bringing them into my life!

Reality Television is overrated.

Reality television, "The OC", Inter's forward Christian Vieiri, most pop music, and the power of the United States.

Canada is way underrated. Such a good country....

Reality Television is overrated.

How about just television?

The Illini Men's Basketball Team is grossly overrated. Number one my butt. You'll know what I'm talking about after tomorrow, when they lose to a young, well-coached team.

Mobile phones. Wow, so you've got infra-red, and bluetooth, and wireless GPRS connections.A mobile phone with all of the above, a colour screen, polyphonic ring tones, camera, internal storage for pictures, games, video messaging, mp3 players etc etc and all that crap.
I don't get why almost everybody I know has a mobile phone with at least 5 of the features above. It's pointless. My Nokia 3310 does exactly the same job as a Nokia 6230.

andy warhol

The Illini Men's Basketball Team is grossly overrated. Number one my butt. You'll know what I'm talking about after tomorrow, when they lose to a young, well-coached team.
I was going to say the same thing. They are going to lose and it will hurt. Another team that is always overrated is Mizzou.

The Libertines. They're funny, but best album of the year?

Alright, they're not my favorite music style, anyway? But best album? Never.

Napoleon Dynamite. I only remember laughing at how lame the movie was.

Virgins.

Alexander. One of the most overrated film movies currently.

Alexander. One of the most overrated film movies currently.

Every single critic has hated it. What are you talking about!?

I think they are overrated. The fact that we are not allowed avatars, and other such items, just pisses me off to no extent. Thats why I started a board in my forum that my friends and I use to complain about school.


If you want to join, go here:

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Fight for freedom.

Overrated:

*cutesy animals revamped to be bloody and disturbing (coughhappytreefriendsandretardedanimalbabiescough)
*Lindsay Lohan
*instant messaging
*Halo (any number, I'm sick of hearing about it)
*movie sequels
*Valentine's Day (it's just a day! you can be romantic any other day of the year too. if you have a date go enjoy it, if you don't get over it. no big deal)
*online RP
*the NS UN
*porn

That's about all I can think of right now...

The Movie Magnolia! bah!

vitamins
soy stuff
401 k

Mobile phones. Wow, so you've got infra-red, and bluetooth, and wireless GPRS connections. Find a friend and you're sorted!
Please TXT and PXT its the way to go.
You can take your phone into a gym and take photos of all the crumpets. ;)

Who needs friends when youve got NS :p