The thread of Overrated stuff.

[Link Antilles]

Post things that you think are overrated and why.

Cell phones – Yeah, I have a cell phone. The bill is crazy and I still don’t get the text-messaging thing and the point of it. I have to check it all the time. I’ve also, been in countless instances when I almost wrecked into people talking on a cell phones while driving. I’ve seen drunk drivers drive better then ‘em.

SUVs – I used to want one, until I started driving….. the gas is way to much. I have a Mitsubishi Eclipse ’03, it’s an awesome little car, it looks, handles, and runs better than a SUV. The price for gas per month is less one/third of want the SUV we have costs. They tip over way to easy also, I came within’ a hair of doing that, it’s not fun. Also, I live in the South, why do I need 4 wheel drive?

PS2 – Note: I’m not referring to the games. The PS2 is way to overpriced; it’s like your spending the $200 to buy the right to play the games your purchase. Seriously, I’m trying to get why people spent some much money on a system very few impressive games, when, It was released. Wasn’t it $400? I know people resold them for insane prices. And then the publicity stunt were the Japan government said they were afraid to release the PS2 because it was so advanced and dangerous in the wrong hands. And when Sony exaggerated the polygon count. I find the whole thing funny, though.

Piercings are overrated. How is making a hole somewhere on your body and sticking a piece of metal through it neat? What did those cute lil' earlobes ever do to you? *runs away crying*

[Bobtheduck]

Hmm... The PS2 is overPRICED. Not overrated. It's the best system because it has the best games. It should be lowered to 100 dollars, though, since it IS the weakest of the 3 system. I may buy a cube once I get my credit card (use that to keep my card alive that month... Gotta buy something on it every month and pay it off)

I can't wait... I'm finally going to be able to buy things online without asking my parent's permission... I'll stick to amazon and half, though... Just to stay on the safe side.

Oh, and for overrated? The atkins diet... It's not right for everyone, and I personally think it's not right for ANYONE... I think it's hurting the bread industry and if millions of weight-obsesed dieters cost me my whole wheat bread, I'm going to be very angry...

[Zilch]

Hygenie

[Azier the Swordsman]

Nadesico.

Hygenie

So THAT'S what that smell is....

*backs away from Vash*

[Straylight]

Windows and other m$ products.
Celebrities
Valentines Day

[ZiP]

I was gonna say, myself, but then realized, im not overrated.

Hmm

Valentines day

very overrated
nintendo

well i mean if you think about it,
it's even worse to sit in front of than X-box or PS2 because mario and super smash bro melee etc. are mind numbing to even more of an extent than any other games.

Halo/Halo 2

I like the games, but i mean cmon don't get to into em...

[cbwing0]

I second the overratedness of the following:
Nintendo
SUVs
Valentine's Day (if you're single)

And then a few new ones:
Reality TV
Award Shows

[Ashley]

High school. Yes folks, high school is overrated. Everyone says in junior high "oh high school won't be this nice to you" but my school treats us like a big elementary school and refuse to listen to any voice but their own. And all the social drama and stress and all is just bleh. Oh, and when you get to be a senior, you can realize your life has no direction in it yet and you're scared out of your socks to go to college. Woo.

[CobaltAngel]

Valentines day
XD

And:
- high school... YES!!
- cell phones... XD
- FFCC... *is murded by Archy, Sarah, and Siren*

[Technomancer]

The Matrix (deep and original only if compared to Hollywood's usual offerings)

[Straylight]

The Matrix (deep and original only if compared to Hollywood's usual offerings)

What!?

[The_Marauding_Maniac]

Coby is correct! FFCC!
Surgies... They hurt alot AND you can't do much for awhile.
MAgazines.... Admit it....

[Ashley]

As a notorious leader of the math angst gang, I am obliged (privelieged?) to say anything beyond algebra is way overrated. Oh, and multiplication.

[Technomancer]

[Omega Amen]

As a notorious leader of the math angst gang, I am obliged (privelieged?) to say anything beyond algebra is way overrated. Oh, and multiplication.

...

I was about to recommend that you take enough math in college so that you can understand a "Probability and Statistics" course, which I personally think will be a really eye-opening experience to people regardless of their career path.

However, since you have stated that multiplication is overrated, I now turn to Technomancer for inspiration for a response.

:P

I will add to this, "Nyah, nyah, nyah." *chuckles*

*clears throat*

Oh, what is overrated?

Hmmm..., well, although I just turned to one for inspiration to respond to the leader of the math angst gang, I think emoticons are really overrated. Sure, I understand their use and they are cute (which is a plus), but I believe careful writing can acheive so much more. (Geez, there goes my popularity... not that I was ever popular.)

[Reverie]

Attempting to be cool/normal is very overrated. Be original and unique (and yourself) — make an impression on the world and everyone around you.

"You laugh at me because I am different. I laugh because you are all the same."

[madphilb]

Oh, and for overrated? The atkins diet... It's not right for everyone, and I personally think it's not right for ANYONE... I think it's hurting the bread industry and if millions of weight-obsesed dieters cost me my whole wheat bread, I'm going to be very angry...

I'll add to that... .living in Florida Oranges are a big deal... and from what I was hearing the other morning, orange juice isn't selling as well due to the whole "no carb/low carb" craze.... I think I'll buy some Orange Juice later today when I goto the store


Reality TV - If I want to watch people doing stupid things and acting all nasty to one another, I'll go to the mall thank you very much.

[Debitt]

I second:
- Reality TV (if it's reality, then why are all the people on the shows so darn false?)
- celebrities (let's all look up to a bunch of fakey people who more often than not don't have ANY redeeming qualities except for the fact that they're stinking rich)

And also:
- over-paid major league atheletes (because they run around and endorse sports drinks to become millionaires, but teachers and fire fighters and police etc. work their butts off to get a fifth of what these guys make)
- FLCL (I can't see what's so great about it. :\)
- modern fashion (need I go on?)
- being rich (nothing wrong with it, but I can't see why people would take "be rich" over "be happy")

[EireWolf]

High school. Yes folks, high school is overrated. Everyone says in junior high "oh high school won't be this nice to you" but my school treats us like a big elementary school and refuse to listen to any voice but their own. And all the social drama and stress and all is just bleh. Oh, and when you get to be a senior, you can realize your life has no direction in it yet and you're scared out of your socks to go to college. Woo.

Aww... I can empathize with you. I've been in your place... but I survived! And actually, college is *much* more fun than high school. Your life will change, in good ways.

Okay, overrated things...

Television in general.

Sports and famous athletes.

Microsoft. Definitely Microsoft. Every time I go back and try to use my PC for some simple thing, I am reminded of why I switched to a Mac....

Shopping. I hate it, as a general rule.

The opinions of Society.

[DrNic]

nintendo

well i mean if you think about it,
it's even worse to sit in front of than X-box or PS2 because mario and super smash bro melee etc. are mind numbing to even more of an extent than any other games.

You have no taste.

Anyway, *perks up*, hmmm...things that are over rated...heres my list (of complaints:

Pop and R&B

How can so many people like something that sucks soooooooo much. Rock, heavy metal, thrash metal and punk are so much better!

Valentines Day

Just sucks every year. Nobody loves me...*crys*

People that think the X-Box is better than the PS2 or Gamecube (or both)

Something is really wrong upstairs, seriously.

Child Actors

Annoying. Overpaid. Cant act. Richer than yours truely. (Someones got a chip on their shoulder.) *runs after S Club 8, Mary-Kate and Ashley and Harry Potter with a gigantic electric cattle-prod.*

Cats and Dogs

This wasn't overated, it got a bad review. It just generally deserved to be in this thread.

Final Fantasy X

Dont even start me on this one...Im gonna shut up now to stop arguements from a-brewing.

[Reverie]

The opinions of Society.

I second that one.

[Bunny]

How 'bout the Terminator trilogy?

[Shao Feng-Li]

People that think the X-Box is better than the PS2 or Gamecube (or both)

xbox IS better when it comes to graphics

hmm overated.... Life *Let's head fall on desk*

[Zilch]

Survivor. Record companies.

[Bobtheduck]

ruroken: X-box is better when it comes to GRAPHICS? NO, X-box is only better in power. The graphics really depend on how good the creators of the games are at USING that power. PS2 has something about it that people can get a lot more out of it than they should, if they tweak it... X-box is not NEARLY as tweakable, and so what you see now isn't that far off from all you'll ever see on X-box. Also, people get lazy because of the power, and turn out a lot of crappy games... The most powerful system will always have that problem... It was PS2's problem before X-box and GC came around, and PS2's games are only as good as they are because the other systems are so much more powerful.

GC, on the other hand, is owned by a GAME producing company, so it won't suffer the same sort of "power trip" fates as sony did, and as microsoft IS. It will stay at a happy medium. I don't expect much innovation on the BOX, but the best PS2 developers get more and more innovative (specifically konami)

Ahem...

Chris: How do you figure Nadesico is overrated? It's popularity nowhere near approaches some of the anime on TV or the one we can't discuss. (he who's name must not be mentioned, hehehe) If we're gonna go there, then Ruroni Kenshin and Trigun are very overrated. I was very disappointed to find out how cartoony Trigun was... I was expecting more like CB style... I wasn't expecting that for RK, but I could just never get into it.

[glitch1501]

all these "reality tv" shows

[Bobtheduck]

Ooh... Reality TV shows... I forgot about that! And, then there's the sitcom... Very overrated.

[Azier the Swordsman]

Chris: How do you figure Nadesico is overrated? It's popularity nowhere near approaches some of the anime on TV or the one we can't discuss. (he who's name must not be mentioned, hehehe) If we're gonna go there, then Ruroni Kenshin and Trigun are very overrated. I was very disappointed to find out how cartoony Trigun was... I was expecting more like CB style... I wasn't expecting that for RK, but I could just never get into it.

Too much fan hype. That's the reason I bought it in the first place... only, I just wasn't as interested in it as I am with other anime.

And speaking of too much fan hype: add Love Hina to the list.

[Debitt]

And speaking of too much fan hype: add Love Hina to the list.

Ah, forgot that one! Love Hina and Chobits. -.-;;

[kirakira]

Being fashionable is overrated.
Being "normal" is overrated.
What everyone else thinks of you is overrated.
School uniforms are overrated. (I say comfort before fashion, although my uniform is neither)