Football, especially the Superbowl. I live in Patriots country (everything stops when the Patriots are playing, even when it is Christmas Eve like yesterday). IMO Bill Belichick is the most annoying man ever. He’s just plain rude. Can you tell I don’t like anything about the game at all.
Cruises
@marvin100 – the nuclear family? NPR? And… Hamilton!!!
Cologne.
Especially when men wear it to work.
In densely populated offices.
Early in the morning.
Ugh.
Oh…cologne at the gym. Nothing like breathing hard and getting a nose full of Axe.
Pears.
Bread Pudding.
Nicholas Cage and Will Ferrell.
New Year’s Eve.
High heels.
Makeup.
Meringue on pie.
Boston Cream Pie.
Brides and grooms smooshing cake in each other’s faces.
Jacuzzi, bathtubs. Not comfortable in there.
Salad with milk in it, macroni salad.
Mint flavor.
Tailgating.
Wearing a pullover sweater.
Sandwiches
Mashed potatoes
Pumpkin pie
“pumpkin spice” anything
popcorn
Breaking Bad
Sting
U2
Every portrayal of “love” in Hollywood movies
The narrative that North Korea is run by “insane” people
Reagan
All cruises (Tom included)
Reality tv
Pumpkin spice lattes
Caffeine
Sashimi
Oysters or any seafood eaten whole (clams, mussels, etc.)
Sandals with straps between your toes
Raisins
Horror movies
Brad Pitt
Angelina Jolie
Other Jolie-Pitts
Fruit - the texture grosses me out.
Beer
The Wizard of Oz
Anything asymmetrical
Seinfeld
I always hated the series Sex in The City and was very annoyed when the movie came out. Never watched the show because the characters seemed too self focused and shallow. Yech.
Feels good to finally get that off my chest.
Here’s a strange one:
For a couple of years, I was so incensed and literally nauseated by people wearing sandals. I would get the urge to stomp on men with hairy toes, but I never did. A year ago, I had blood work that showed that I had a certain condition. I had surgery and although I am still turned off by bare feet, I no longer have the urge to stomp people who show theirs in public.
As I read these lists, I add to mine:
Sushi
Angelina Jolie
Starbucks - just the smell makes me gag
flip flops
women who don’t shave under their arms or shave their legs (I try to knock them off the panel when I select juries)
cheeseburgers
macaroni salad, chicken salad, shrimp salad
Holly Hunter
dogs
Never liked/hated most of those series with folks who are dysfunctional and often have different often dumb, panic-inducing situations every week:
The Middle
Seinfeld
Kramer
Big Bang Theory
Sex and the City
Cheers
Frazier
Everyone loves Raymond
Cosby show
Also never liked/hated reality TV and various contests:
Cooking
Deadliest catch
Dancing
Singing
Survivor
Bachelor/Bachelorette/Dating Game
As you may guess, we watch little to no tv.
@WalknOnEggShells - Seinfeld was way too New York for me. Also, in its heyday I was a SAHM of two small kids and just didn’t see the humor in it - no bearing on my own life.
@lje62 - I seriously thought I was the only person in the known universe who hates fruit. Thanks for showing me that I’n not alone.
Despite how many posters have listed mayonnaise and pickles no one has listed the caviar of the Midwest: Bologna Salad. This dish consists of ground ring bologna, ground pickles or sweet relish, and mayonnaise. It’s optional to add in ground boiled eggs and/or mustard. Probably yellow! Likely French’s (with too much turmeric) rather than Plochman’s. Or go crazy and use Miracle Whip rather than mayonnaise.
Jazz
wine
Dislike both intensely.
Oprah
Dr. Phil
Self-help anything
“Life hacks”
Efficiency as a moral value
Protestant work ethic (as a moral imperative)
Employers who expect their low-paid workers to smile and act happy
Employers who combat unions
The war on unionization writ large
Steven Colbert
Greenwich Village
Champagne
Computers