Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[TiQuinn]

I'm not sure if everyone else is like this, but I've noticed something about myself.

The more hype I hear from my friends and neighbors about something, the more likely I am to try it--but only to a point. Past a certain point, I mentally check out and all the positive mentions in all the world won't bring me back. Even if I'm initially intrigued by it (the Game of Thrones TV series, for example) and it contains numerous elements that I like (dragons, magic, swords, court intrigue, Emilia Clarke), my interest will only handle so many people telling me how great it is. It's not a very high number either--it's like, twelve.

1 mention: I'm curious about it.
2-3 mentions: I'm interested in it.
4-5 mentions: I'm on board. Let's watch it next weekend!
6-7 mentions: Look, I said I was on board already.
8-9 mentions: C'mon, I said I'll watch it as soon as I can.
10-11 mentions: Seriously, you need to shut up about this.
12+ mentions: You lost me, I'll never be interested in it again.

It's been over a decade and I've only ever watched the first two episodes of Game of Thrones. It was...fine. It's not that it didn't measure up to the hype, it's not like it didn't meet my expectations, it's just that I was already saturated with it before I started. It felt like showing up at the gym when I'm already tired: it's not the gym's fault.

Given the success of the show (and other pop culture elements like it), I think this is a "me" problem. Or at least my friends seem to think it's a problem; it disturbs them far more than it does me.

Anyway. Am I the only one?

Sometimes, but often it’s because I’m waiting to see how it all ends up. Case in point: I didn’t watch Breaking Bad until it was done and I loved it.

 

[gnarlygninja]

Some days I will see a person I've ignored posting, decide to view the blocked content, and change my mind about ignoring them.
Today was not one of those days.

 

[payn]

Sonic has excellent tater tots. In fact, they're the only fast food joint around here that does, which is generally the only reason we go -- my partner is a potato-product connoisseur.

I wont lie, I sometimes go to Taco Johns just for the potato oles (what they call tater tot crowns).

 

[Scribe]

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[trappedslider]

I forgot that SDCC is going on

 

[overgeeked]

For me, Sonic Drive-In is the best fast food burger joint, and all others tie for last place.

Holy crap. I find their food to be inedible.

Their drinks are amazing, but their food feels like they're actually a front for selling drugs under the counter or something.

LOL. I was going to mention them. When one opened relatively near us we drove out to try it. The food was meh. The shake was good, but I’ve had a lot better.

 

[overgeeked]

We're spoiled for choice here in Portland, with all the food carts on every corner. Fast food here is on a whole other level.

That is absolutely true. If you’re in the mood for an upscale churro, find a Don Bigote. Amazing.

 

[gnarlygninja]

Sonic was my favorite fast food place as a kid. The expansive drink menu, the fact it was a drive in, and the fact that eating there was synonymous with visiting my grandparents all really helped it out. I don't know how much of that is the quality going down, the lack of other options I'd tried, or just nostalgia. But yeah, the food is pretty terrible now.

 

[Velderan]

I wont lie, I sometimes go to Taco Johns just for the potato oles (what they call tater tot crowns).

…

Now I have a craving for those and there’s one about 5 minutes from my house.

 

[Ryujin]

Sonic was my favorite fast food place as a kid. The expansive drink menu, the fact it was a drive in, and the fact that eating there was synonymous with visiting my grandparents all really helped it out. I don't know how much of that is the quality going down, the lack of other options I'd tried, or just nostalgia. But yeah, the food is pretty terrible now.

Hearing the expression "drive-in" really makes me miss the A&W restaurants of the early '70s where you would drive up to one of a series of intercoms, to order, then they would bring your food out to you 1950s style. Oh, and the comedy movie XXX style massive refillable jugs of root beer and cream soda, as well.