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The Guilty Pleasure Thread

#1

Baerdog

Baerdog

Some of us are cinephiles, others are gourmet chefs, but all of us have one thing in common: guilty pleasures. This is the place to talk about those things you may not admit to your friends, but still enjoy the hell out of.

Con Air is still one of my favorite movies. John Malcovitch and Steve Buscemi are hugely entertaining to watch and Nick Cage is hilarious.

It may be girly, but I still occasionally listen to Sarah Barielles...and John Mayer......and Jack Johnson.........

I love great literature but when I'm getting on the airplane there's nothing I'd rather read than Vince Flynn or Clive Cussler books.

That'll get me started. Tell use about your own guilty pleasures!


#2

Espy

Espy

Buffy the Vampire Slayer right now for sure.


#3

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

<_< . . . >_> . . . I like Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall. :(


#4



makare

Something I do that I might be ashamed to tell my friends?

Well I spend a lot of time online on this forum.....

Cheesy1 said:
<_< . . . >_> . . . I like Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall. :(
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Ooo me too. I really love Foxworthy's book... that's right I said his book.


#5

Terrik

Terrik

I....I actually started rewatching some of the Pokemon anime. I was feeling really nostalgic one day and......


#6

Cajungal

Cajungal

Sex and the City. 90% of the time, I fucking hate that show. I think the characters are imbeciles, and the stories are dull. But some nights I just curl up and watch the episodes that I *do* enjoy. I never watch it when anyone is around, though... When my friends catch me doing girly things they try to take me shopping or to nail salons.

There must be others... Probably back later.


#7



makare

Cajungal said:
Sex and the City. 90% of the time, I fucking hate that show. I think the characters are imbeciles, and the stories are dull. But some nights I just curl up and watch the episodes that I *do* enjoy. I never watch it when anyone is around, though... When my friends catch me doing girly things they try to take me shopping or to nail salons.

There must be others... Probably back later.
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Which eps are the ones you like? I love that show. It's such a complete nonmental strain.


#8

Cajungal

Cajungal

Usually Miranda-heavy episodes. She's wonderfully severe and far less stupid to me. Carrie is completely unconvincing ad someone interesting and clever enough to be a writer.


#9



makare

Yeah I like Miranda the best too. If Carrie wasn't on the show it would be at least 75% better (that number is just an estimate). I like the other two ok but yeah Miranda is the most amusing. I like Steve.


#10

Dave

Dave



#11

Cajungal

Cajungal

D'aw, Steve.


#12



makare

Cajungal said:
D'aw, Steve.
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He is so adorable! I was just watching the one where he comes to the apartment and tells her what she did was shitty. that whole scene cracks me up.

I think the reason Carrie is so pointless is if any of the other girls were narrating the show it would have more of a bias too it. Carrie has no bias because she is a vapid shell of nothingness in overly priced shoes.


#13

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Dave, there is nothing guilty about the Safety Dance.

My guilty pleasure? I am... not really a CLOSET weeaboo, but most definitely one flying under the radar


#14

Krisken

Krisken

Up high on Jack Johnson, Baer. I feel guilty about enjoying Jason Mraz.

Espy, it's not a guilty pleasure until you watch all 5 seasons of Angel.


#15

Gusto

Gusto

Nothing that I won't openly admit to.
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ie. "YOU play the SIMS!?"

"Of course I do, it's fucking incredible!"
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Krisken said:
Up high on Jack Johnson, Baer. I feel guilty about enjoying Jason Mraz.

Espy, it's not a guilty pleasure until you watch all 5 seasons of Angel.
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I couldn't make myself finish Angel.

Yspeii, if I could negrep you for calling Buffy a guilty pleasure, I would.


#16

figmentPez

figmentPez

I watch The Soup on E! (ugh, it's such vapid drivel, but it's like an accident on the side of the road. So hard to not crane your neck and see what happened.)

I listen to Superchic[k], among other bands that don't fit my demographic.

I spend hours and hours searching through Flickr for cosplay photos. (This one gets to hit my guilt buttons twice! First I get worried that I'm wasting time on a hobby that doesn't give me any benefit to my health or future. Then my perfectionism kicks in, and I feel guilty about falling behind on searching/sorting/posting.)


#17

Baerdog

Baerdog

The Soup might be mindless drivel, but it is fucking hilarious mindless drivel.


#18

Krisken

Krisken

Yeah, I like The Soup too. What I see of it anyways.


#19

Cajungal

Cajungal

The host is funny.

I guess one thing that is weird that I like--although I have no problem admitting it--is the Manhattan Transfer Christmas Album. They are one of the most lame-ass groups in the universe. Lame.... ass. But Mom's been playing it every year around Christmas since I was a little girl, and so many great memories are attached to it. I can't help but be happy when it's on. :)


#20

Denbrought

Denbrought

I do all my guilty pleasures openly, so I don't really have any new ones to add here...


#21



makare

Denbrought said:
I do all my guilty pleasures openly, so I don't really have any new ones to add here...
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Den this is a place for guilty pleasures not bizarre pleasures.


#22

Terrik

Terrik

He's still in my closet. Watching.


#23



makare

He is the Spaniard that faps in the night...


#24

Baerdog

Baerdog

He camcords everything...


#25



Crafter

I'd say I'm about 70 percent weeaboo and I listen to Taylor Swift. Sup.


#26



Philosopher B.



SPIRIT FINGERS


#27

Just Me

Just Me

My biggest guilty pleasure is that I totally enjoy The Pirate Movie every time :)



Hoist the Jolly Roger!


#28

Mathias

Mathias

I love the following Pauly Shore movies : BioDome, Encino Man, Son in Law, In the Army Now.


#29



Philosopher B.

I have In the Army Now on DVD. :D


#30

Docseverin

Docseverin

I blast Lady Gaga in my car with the windows up, singing as loud as I can.


#31

Gusto

Gusto

Docseverin said:
I blast Lady Gaga in my car with the windows up, singing as loud as I can.
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#32

gargoyle_eva

gargoyle_eva

i listen to kasey chambers am i not pretty enough at full volume when nobody is home. And missy higgins. Guilty enough for you guys?


#33

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

In enjoy the Wizards of Waverly Place, eating raw oatmeal muffin mix, professional wrestling and Groo.


#34

Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

All anime I have watched, am watching, and will watch.


#35

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Everyone's already said Lady Gaga, but I have no guilt about that. I'm openly a fan. My biggest guilty pleasure is that I watch Sarah Palin's Alaska. It's like a train wreck, I just can't look away.


#36

Krisken

Krisken

I hear that isn't being picked up for another season.


#37

Espy

Espy

Krisken said:
Espy, it's not a guilty pleasure until you watch all 5 seasons of Angel.
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Yeah, we watched the first but haven't really been able to get past that... does it get any better? Is it worth it?
Gusto said:
I couldn't make myself finish Angel.

Yspeii, if I could negrep you for calling Buffy a guilty pleasure, I would.
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Dude. Look. I love Buffy, it's a great show (although season 6 about halfway through is kind of like... WTF happened...) but it's one of those shows that almost everyone I know thinks is a teenage girl show (and since they have never watched it you can't convince them otherwise). Thats why it's a guilty pleasure, because I have to hide it or lose man points even if they don't deserve to be lost.


#38

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I guess that makes sense, Espy.


I guess.


#39

Krisken

Krisken

Um... probably not. The first season was enjoyable, but for the next 4 seasons Joss jerks us around all over the place. Half of those seasons there is no overall plot until the last 4 episodes, leaving you feeling as though he threw it together at a moments notice, while the other seasons are intricately layered over reaching plots. It's a mess, to be sure.

The fifth season is downright painful and ends on a note so sour it makes the whole experience worthless. Where Buffy ended the series with an episode that made up for all the less than enjoyable things of the season, Angel disappoints on an epic scale.


#40

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Krisken, I respect you, and you play with dolls like I do, so you know I have nothing against you.

But seasons 2 and 3, you are so damn wrong that I must believe you haven't seen them since they aired and are letting time cloud your memory. We just watched this stuff--it's great. It actually works a little better when we don't have to wait a week between episodes.

I don't feel Buffy really starts to fall apart until the "Jonathan" episode.


#41

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

I play storytelling roleplaying online.

I drink Coca-Cola as a caffeine substitute.

I enjoy nostalgic children's programming such as Il Était Une Fois... and Alfred J. Kwak.

I pick up fights with dimwits online.


#42

Espy

Espy

escushion said:
Krisken, I respect you, and you play with dolls like I do, so you know I have nothing against you.

But seasons 2 and 3, you are so damn wrong that I must believe you haven't seen them since they aired and are letting time cloud your memory. We just watched this stuff--it's great. It actually works a little better when we don't have to wait a week between episodes.

I don't feel Buffy really starts to fall apart until the "Jonathan" episode.
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Honestly all of season 6 of Buffy feels like the writers had no idea what to do so they decided to make everyone as pissy and annoying as they could. It was bearable until Willow had her very special episode with the "drugs, er, magic is bad!" message. Season 7 is WAY better.


#43

Tress

Tress

Hell's Kitchen. For some reason I love watching Gordon Ramsey go off on people.


#44

Krisken

Krisken

escushion said:
Krisken, I respect you, and you play with dolls like I do, so you know I have nothing against you.

But seasons 2 and 3, you are so damn wrong that I must believe you haven't seen them since they aired and are letting time cloud your memory. We just watched this stuff--it's great. It actually works a little better when we don't have to wait a week between episodes.

I don't feel Buffy really starts to fall apart until the "Jonathan" episode.
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I was talking about Angel. ;)


#45

Tress

Tress

Krisken said:
I was talking about Angel. ;)
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So was he, except for the very last line. And Angel is very good, with a more cohesive story than you would have people believe.


#46

Krisken

Krisken

I stand by the last season of Angel being downright painful.


#47

Espy

Espy

Well when buffy is done in just 5 short episodes we will probably try out more Angel...

Tress said:
Hell's Kitchen. For some reason I love watching Gordon Ramsey go off on people.
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DITTO. Way better than most reality shows. Miles funnier and more interesting.


#48

strawman

strawman

I enjoy "hallmark" made for TV movies and anime and manga aimed at a child and/or youth audience. I enjoy dark humor and sarcasm, but due to people's inability to separate and enjoy the humor taken from reality I rarely employ them (rare, relative to how often I think of a good dark humor or sarcastic statement).


#49

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Tress said:
So was he, except for the very last line. And Angel is very good, with a more cohesive story than you would have people believe.
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Actually, I thought he was talking about Buffy, so I got after him.

Sorry, Krisken.

I've actually barely watched Angel past season 1, but that'll change soon.


#50

strawman

strawman

Oh, I also enjoy the art of subtle trolling.


#51

Gusto

Gusto

Season 4 of Angel actually made me dumber.


#52

strawman

strawman

Gusto said:
Season 4 of Angel actually made me dumber.
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And here I thought it was the alien overlords you welcomed.


#53

Gusto

Gusto

First Lady Puffinstuff said:
And here I thought it was the alien overlords you welcomed.
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#54

Krisken

Krisken

Just out of curiosity, who is everyone's favorite character from Buffy? For me it is Anya.


#55



makare

Oh I guess I enjoy watch that cooking competition Chopped. Although I really only like to see who wins so I like watching it on dvr best.

I read Cosmo and Glamour. I play pogo games.


#56

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

I sometimes read Cosmo too. Bloody hilarious sometimes...

I used to work summers at this telemarketing place, and one of the magazines we sold was Cosmopolitan. We get samples of each magazine in our employee lounge so we can read up on our articles of sale during breaks. One time the newest Cosmo had "Top 100 Sex Tips"... one of which involved sticking your John Thomas through the hole in a donut and have her eat around it.

Apparently the bosses didn't like my vibrant condemnation of said piece of advice due to the smallness of donut holes, because after that we didn't get anymore Cosmopolitans in the lounge.


#57



makare

I love Cosmo. I have actually never read any sex tip like that in there. The sex tips I read usually break down in two ways 1. men like sex 2. if you wish to please your man a. show him your tits b. touch his penis.*

really breaking new ground there cosmo. seriously. whodathunkit?!

*for extra credit touch his penis with your tits.


#58

Gusto

Gusto

Krisken said:
Just out of curiosity, who is everyone's favorite character from Buffy? For me it is Anya.
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Xander or Giles. :)


#59

Espy

Espy

Krisken said:
Just out of curiosity, who is everyone's favorite character from Buffy? For me it is Anya.
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YES.


#60

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Yah, pretty much. Also, I have to say that Cosmo pretty much works on dual standards. Some of the generalizations they make of the male sex are so broad and border-line insulting that if stated about women would cause angry feminists with spaying tools to come crawling out of the woodwork.


#61



makare

I mostly read the makeup and fashion tips. The relationship stuff isn't much interest to me. I really hate the embarrassing confessions segment. I don't enjoy hearing about bad things that have happened to people.

And I do not for one second think there are shoes that drive men wild. Most men don't even notice what shoes you are wearing... most men barely notice what shoes they are wearing. Cosmo is pure vapid silliness.

This may sound silly talking about fashion magazines but honestly Glamour is a smarter magazine. Really. It's still a fashion magazine so don't expect much but it is more intelligent than cosmo.


#62

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

makare said:
And I do not for one second think there are shoes that drive men wild. Most men don't even notice what shoes you are wearing... most men barely notice what shoes they are wearing.
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Oh, I dunno ;) Depends on what else the person is wearing. Or isn't wearing.

Call me strange, but there is a certain kinky value to certain kind of high-heel shoes ;) But that's purely a matter of taste and preference. But little things like that can work in the right circumstances. I think. Heck, I dunno.


#63



makare

Ok fair enough heels are naughty. But that isn't what they are talking about. More like color or brand.

Same like with the article makeup that drives me wild. It's all context I suppose.


#64

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

makare said:
Ok fair enough heels are naughty. But that isn't what they are talking about. More like color or brand.

Same like with the article makeup that drives me wild. It's all context I suppose.
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Black or red :p


#65



makare

I think they were more pastels and pinks.

That being said I could write a better more applicable article.


#66

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Music:
James Blunt
Boy bands from the 90s..
Super indie/emo bands. (But I can't stand the culture..)

Movies:
Grease
Chick Flicks. love em

TV:
Cartoons.
Phineas and Ferb. (If you haven't watched this, give it three episodes and you'll see the awesomeness, too.)
Big Brother
Wrestling

Couple of things that I get shameful looks for in the real world, but still don't deny to my friends:
Harry Potter fan
Listen to John Mayer a lot

It took a bit longer than I thought it would to come up with some guilty pleasures.. I just picked things that I thought the people I interact with at work and school would not find as interesting as I do ;)


#67

LittleSin

LittleSin

I like Bumbles format!

Music:
Lady Gaga
Lordi
mainstream 'techno' pop

Movies:
hmmm...People laugh when I tell them I love Mystery Men.
I also will go see bad comic book movies.
Musicals

TV:
DRAGON BALL Z
Phineas and Ferb *high fives Bumble*
Paranormal State
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel
huge documentary nut
Those sex shows that come on Discovery and Showcase late at night

I get a lot of grief over being into mainstream DC comics and not liking much of Alan Moores stuff.

Here's the big one: I love watching porn, especially hentai. I get a huge kick out of it.


#68

Denbrought

Denbrought

makare said:
I love Cosmo. I have actually never read any sex tip like that in there. The sex tips I read usually break down in two ways 1. men like sex 2. if you wish to please your man a. show him your tits b. touch his penis.*

really breaking new ground there cosmo. seriously. whodathunkit?!

*for extra credit touch his penis with your tits.
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#69



makare

hahahah YES

touch his penis. it's true because it works.


#70

Mathias

Mathias

Yeah, I never got those Cosmo "man sex secrets". We just need a damp hole.


#71



makare

I think originally the idea there was it was an outlet for women to discuss sex and to think about sex in a culture that (outwardly) discouraged that. If it were about ways for women to please themselves during sex it would be obscene but if women wanted to learn to please their mate then that was more reasonable.

That is just my theory.

That being said.... let's not forget the passion propeller

http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-&-sex/cosmosutra-77-sex-positions/107279/gallery


#72

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Krisken said:
Just out of curiosity, who is everyone's favorite character from Buffy? For me it is Anya.
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Willow. I love her varying attitudes, and also how much of a caretaker she was over everyone in season 2 and 3.


#73

Baerdog

Baerdog

makare said:
I think originally the idea there was it was an outlet for women to discuss sex and to think about sex in a culture that (outwardly) discouraged that. If it were about ways for women to please themselves during sex it would be obscene but if women wanted to learn to please their mate then that was more reasonable.

That is just my theory.

That being said.... let's not forget the passion propeller

http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-&-sex/cosmosutra-77-sex-positions/107279/gallery
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makare's guilty pleasure is that she really wants to find someone who will be her propeller prince.


#74

Emrys

Emrys

I like peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiches.


#75



makare

Baerdog said:
makare's guilty pleasure is that she really wants to find someone who will be her propeller prince.
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uh no..... so no.


#76

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

... *stops stretching*

:(


#77

Baerdog

Baerdog

See what you did? You made Bumble all sad!


#78



makare

I am very sorry *cuddles bumble*


#79

Mathias

Mathias

makare said:
I think originally the idea there was it was an outlet for women to discuss sex and to think about sex in a culture that (outwardly) discouraged that. If it were about ways for women to please themselves during sex it would be obscene but if women wanted to learn to please their mate then that was more reasonable.

That is just my theory.

That being said.... let's not forget the passion propeller

http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-&-sex/cosmosutra-77-sex-positions/107279/gallery
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Um how the hell does that work? A guys dick can't bend "down" 60 degrees.


#80



makare

I saw a japanese porn of people supposedly doing this. But my personal opinion is the guy is going to get hurt.. badly... just attempting it.


#81

Baerdog

Baerdog

Someone is going to end up getting kicked in the face and the other person is going to be spending a very passionless night on the couch afterward.


#82

strawman

strawman

Mathias said:
Um how the hell does that work? A guys dick can't bend "down" 60 degrees.
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#83

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Sure it can! Just... don't expect it to work afterwards... ever again


#84



makare

oh wait i just looked at the pic again. the video i saw was doggy style. that pic.. that's just ridiculous.


#85

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

LittleSin said:
Lordi
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While Lordi really isn't my cup of tea, I'm nationally obligated to high-five you for that ;)
LittleSin said:
I get a lot of grief over being into mainstream DC comics and not liking much of Alan Moores stuff.
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I have to admit I'm a little baffled due to not being into DC or Marvel. They aren't too big here in Finland, and somehow trying to get into all the frickin' lore just sounds like too much work.

Also, I admit being ambivalent about Alan Moore's work. I loved the Watchmen movie, but when I tried to read the comic... well, the visual style just kinda failed for me :( I am, however, a hardcore League of Extraordinary Gentlemen fan due to the fact that Kevin O'Neill's visual style is just perfectly suited for the somewhat irreverent writing style of Mr Moore. The movie, however, sucks monkey bollocks.

LittleSin said:
Here's the big one: I love watching porn, especially hentai. I get a huge kick out of it.
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I do the same, from time to time. I have to be in the right kinda mood for porn, though... sometimes I just simply get bored trying to watch it.


#86



makare

I guess I don't see porn as a guilty pleasure in general.

I mean I watched it this afternoon. I feel no guilt.


#87

figmentPez

figmentPez

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Phineas and Ferb.
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There's a platypus controlling me. He's underneath the table!


#88

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

figmentPez said:
There's a platypus controlling me. He's underneath the table!
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I love you.


#89



makare

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I love you.
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Aw I thought we had something special :(


#90

LittleSin

LittleSin

I posted that recently in another thread!

I got no Bumble love.

Is it because I have an octopus face, Bumble?


#91

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

makare said:
Aw I thought we had something special :(
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Naww gurl, dun be like that. You know yuh my numba one
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LittleSin said:
I posted that recently in another thread!

I got no Bumble love.

Is it because I have an octopus face, Bumble?
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Naww gurl, dun be like that. You know yuh my numba one


#92

LittleSin

LittleSin

I'm startin' to think you are a scrub Bumble.


#93



makare

I see a set a pliers heated by a blow torch in bumbles future.


#94

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

>_< Run man! Think of the plums!


#95

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Quick Bumble, use your perfected propellor technique to escape!


#96

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Helicopter, helicopter, HELICOPTER!


#97



makare

get to the choppah!?


#98

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

He IS da choppah!!


#99

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

:unibrow:


#100



makare

Choppa's turn OC on.


#101

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Oddly enough... yes. That, and heavy artillery.


#102



makare

me too >.>


#103

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Bumble's still in it, ladies and germs!


#104

Cajungal

Cajungal

I loooove watching Snapped. Something about hearing stories of women who were either driven to a moment of madness or simply wanted to swindle a man out of his money makes me feel a little saner on those not-so-sane days.


#105

figmentPez

figmentPez

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I love you.
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You should love Barry T. Smith (webcomic artist of the Ink Tank, Angst Technology and Weak-end Warriors, but his site is currently dead.) He tweeted that completely out of the blue about a month back. It took a little bit for my brain to register the reference, but I was giggling when I finally made the connection.


#106



JCM

Reading the forum


#107



Wasabi Poptart

Vapid chick flicks and eating ice cream (while my kids are asleep so they can't have any which is why it's a guilty pleasure).


#108

Emrys

Emrys

Dancing around the house to '70s disco.


#109



Jiarn

Josie and the Pussycats.


#110

Adam

Adammon

Moulin Rouge, movie, soundtrack, Nicole Kidman in lingerie, you name it.That's really not a secret though. At one time, I could do a passable imitation of Ewan McGregor singing most of the songs in the movie.


#111

Emrys

Emrys

Adammon said:
Moulin Rouge, movie, soundtrack, Nicole Kidman in lingerie, you name it.That's really not a secret though. At one time, I could do a passable imitation of Ewan McGregor singing most of the songs in the movie.
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You dress up like Nicole Kidman in lingerie?


#112



makare

I'd like to see that.


#113

Adam

Adammon

No, no you wouldn't :(


#114



makare

Yes I would..... It's a lady thing.


#115

Adam

Adammon

You ain't no lady!


#116

Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

Well, you, sir, are no gentleman.


#117



makare

I'm a lady damn it.


#118

Emrys

Emrys

And according to Null, she has the parts to prove it.


#119

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

No no no, the proper response is:

"Fuck you, I'm a LADY!!!"


#120

Fun Size

Fun Size

For the most part, if I enjoy something, I don't feel any reason to feel guilty about it. I guess the exception is laughing at videos of people getting hurt on the internet, but only because I frequently don't know how seriously they were injured. Still, it's the definition of comedy.

Mel Brooks said:
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
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#121

Hylian

Hylian

I have gotten over feeling guilty about the stuff I like long ago


#122



makare

Hylian said:
I have gotten over feeling guilty about the stuff I like long ago
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Even that thing with the guy, the hedgehog and the chocolate pudding.

Hylian has no shame.


#123

Fun Size

Fun Size

Oh get off it. The guy was a close friend and the hedgehog was clearly of age.

Prude.


#124

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

figmentPez said:
You should love Barry T. Smith (webcomic artist of the Ink Tank, Angst Technology and Weak-end Warriors, but his site is currently dead.) He tweeted that completely out of the blue about a month back. It took a little bit for my brain to register the reference, but I was giggling when I finally made the connection.
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I loved Ink Tank! Barry's da man


#125

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

TV - Smallville

Movie - Star Wars ep III

Music - Billy Joel, John Denver


#126

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Movies: Kung Pow, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, What Women Want. Also, I actually like romantic comedies, even if they're formulaic as hell.

TV: Power Rangers (really enjoying Linkara's series by series reviews), Boy Meets World

Comics: Ultimates (1 & 2). It's like a big dumb action flick with lotsa shit blowing up.

Books: Wrestling autobiographies. Mick Foley and Bret Hart's are both really well written and I find myself re-reading them several times.

Music: Bryan Adam, Musicals. Though with musicals, not all of them. RENT, Whedon's musicals (Buffy & Dr. Horrible) and Avenue Q.


#127

Gusto

Gusto

There are a lot of posts in this thread that make me glad I live my life and enjoy my pastimes openly and without irony.


#128

figmentPez

figmentPez

Dave Kellet tweeted a link relevant to this thread:
Guilty Pleasures T-Shirt designed by Meredith Gran of the webcomic "Octopus Pie"



#129

General Specific

General Specific

I thought the Matrix sequels weren't bad. Nowhere close to as good as the original, but not as bad as most people say.

Also, Star Wars Episodes 2 & 3 were not THAT bad, discounting all romance scenes & any/all appearances of Jarjar.


#130



makare

Most of the movies that guy with glasses hates I like.

Surf Ninjas for the win.


#131

Krisken

Krisken

I have a friend that will defend Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skulls. His defense is "Go back and watch Temple of Doom and tell me it's not the same level as Crystal Skulls."

I'm still not convinced.


#132

General Specific

General Specific

I enjoy the music of Enya


#133

Jay

Jay

Whenever I eat lebanese/arabic food, I always take a piece of baklava for desert.


#134

General Specific

General Specific

Jay said:
Whenever I eat lebanese/arabic food, I always take a piece of baklava for desert.
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I don't see what's so bad about that, baklava is delicious


#135

Cajungal

Cajungal

Mmmm.... baklava.


#136

Jay

Jay

I love Lebanese/Arabic food... so often I'm on the road and if I see a place, odds are, I'm going there... baklava is so yummy... but... so fattening. At least the sodium and cals are resonable. And they make me sleepy too. :)


#137

Krisken

Krisken

I've had meh baklava. I'd love to have some really good stuff someday.


#138



makare

I've only had walmart baklava and it was ok but I cant imagine it was very good. It was so rich. Yikes.


#139

Jay

Jay

Yeah, you'll not get the good stuff unless you hit a small diner/resto who only cooks this type of cuisine or an ethnic bakery. The best though comes from my mother-in-law and her hummus, god damn. Get that woman away from me. :)


#140



Philosopher B.

LittleSin said:
Lordi.
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Lordi rules. So does Mystery Men.

I just thought of an artist I like listening to that is kinda embaressing. >_>





#141



JCM

>_>

<_<

Boyzone


#142

fade

fade

Guilty pleasures? I don't know... I love the new Avengers cartoon. My kids, too. All three of us get all giddy when a new one comes on. My 3 yr old daughter loves Thor. I'm hoping the live action movie isn't too highly rated. I also love most of the popular shonen manga and anime series, especially Bleach. I couldn't care less that there's some (subjectively) better stuff out there. I'm on mangastream every Thursday for my fix.

Bumble: My son loves Phineas and Ferb. I'm not much of a fan. I asked him, "Why? It's the same friggin' plot every time! It's almost like they animate new pictures, but use the same dialogue." Though, I do have "Doofenschmirtz Evil Incorporated" as my ringtone.


#143

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

fade said:
Bumble: My son loves Phineas and Ferb. I'm not much of a fan. I asked him, "Why? It's the same friggin' plot every time! It's almost like they animate new pictures, but use the same dialogue." Though, I do have "Doofenschmirtz Evil Incorporated" as my ringtone.
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The same plot thing does get kind of old. I'm still amazed they can keep cranking out such great songs every episode! I love it :3


#144

Cajungal

Cajungal

That's a pretty cute show. It's also enough proof for me that most TV is terrible for kids. A lot of people think that shows about kids who like to do creative and interesting things will inspire kids to try and do the same thing themselves. They think the same thing about The Wiggles. Those guys are constantly moving around, so the kids will want to also! Not so... They imitate TV until they start to realize that the parents might want them to imitate TV... crafty little bastards.

That said, Perry is adorable.


#145

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Pfft, screw the children, I just wanna watch me some cartoons :D


#146

Cajungal

Cajungal

Well obviously it's perfectly ok if grownups watch them. We can do whatever the crap we want, damnit!


#147



makare

Because we're adults... and we can open the presents... WHENEVER WE WANT!!


#148

figmentPez

figmentPez

We can stay up late and have parties with clowns and a pony.


#149

jwhouk

jwhouk

This place is a guilty pleasure in and of itself.


#150

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

We can dance if we want to


#151



makare

but only if you record it and post it on the internet.


#152

Bowielee

Bowielee

N-N-N-Necro!

I love The Rocky Horror Picture Show as a film to just watch. I don't really like going to live showings with people yelling out and throwing shit around.[DOUBLEPOST=1353321931][/DOUBLEPOST]
JCM said:
>_>

<_<

Boyzone
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Also, best part of necroing this thread.


#153



JCM

Where is the "extremely dislike" button?


#154

Krisken

Krisken

JCM said:
Where is the "extremely dislike" button?
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Fade was overusing it so it had to be removed.



Just kidding, Fade.


#155

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Jack in the Box $0.50 tacos.


#156

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

sixpackshaker said:
Jack in the Box $0.50 tacos.
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Why do I feel like I contracted diarrhea just by reading that?


#157

Tress

Tress

Soda. I know the stuff is basically battery acid with 40 pounds of sugar/HFCS added, but it's soooooo good. Other people have coffee, cigarettes, etc. Let me have my Coke.


#158

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Tress said:
Soda. I know the stuff is basically battery acid with 40 pounds of sugar/HFCS added, but it's soooooo good. Other people have coffee, cigarettes, etc. Let me have my Coke.
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Ditto. Its especially bad for me as I have a damn bone condition.

Mid-night snacks. I stay up late a lot and I end up making ramen or something.

Japanese or Korean pop music. The tunes are just so damn catchy! Even if I don't know the words most of the time.


#159



JCM

Dora the Explorer.


#160

Emrys

Emrys

This version by Led Zepplin of The Maid Freed from the Gallows. The change in the lyrics and the twist ending make me giggle every time I listen to it.
I'm a bad person.


#161

Gared

Gared

I have to admit, finally, that my guiltiest of guilty pleasures is... Starbucks coffee. I know, I know, I've been horribly derisive towards it in the past, and I still don't like the kinds of seattleites that hang out at Starbucks, and I still have a few coffee houses I prefer over Starbucks, but I do like their drinks, and I do like the fct that you can get it almost everywhere.


#162

fade

fade

I've honestly never understood the hate for Starbucks coffee (not the corporation or the culture). I've had coffee at a pretty wide selection of places, and Starbucks isn't some kind of far-field outlier. It tastes pretty good to me.


#163

Cajungal

Cajungal

I used to really dislike their coffee because every drink seemed to have a really strong burnt taste. Somehow, I haven't had the same experience at every store, though. So far I've had passable coffee from Starbucks in California, London, and an Atlanta airport... But not Louisiana. Not sure why it tastes different in different places; the preparation can't be *that* different. The best coffee for me comes from a stainless steel French press. Stays hot foreeeever!


#164

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Fried chicken. I know it is artery clogging BUT ITS JUST SO DAMN GOOD!


#165

Silent Bob

Silent Bob

fade said:
I've honestly never understood the hate for Starbucks coffee (not the corporation or the culture). I've had coffee at a pretty wide selection of places, and Starbucks isn't some kind of far-field outlier. It tastes pretty good to me.
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It's cause it's mainstream, yo.

I personally am a Chock full o nuts man.


#166

Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

Cappucinos. Not cos their bad for me, but because they can be mad expensive depending on where you go.


#167

Vagabond

Vagabond

Yeah sure, I'd love to watch another marathon of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, thanks Food Network.


#168

Gared

Gared

fade said:
I've honestly never understood the hate for Starbucks coffee (not the corporation or the culture). I've had coffee at a pretty wide selection of places, and Starbucks isn't some kind of far-field outlier. It tastes pretty good to me.
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Around here they used to have the nickname Charbucks, and for good reason, as CG pointed out. They used to really, really burn their coffee during roasting and an especially nasty burnt flavor carried over into the coffee - no matter how much flavored syrup you had them add. I was also displeased with them when they cut back on the varieties of syrups they offered, because my favorite drink was a tall Irish cream latte, and then they stopped offering Irish cream. Now all I drink from them is their caramel macchiato, or their dark roast coffee, and I enjoy both of them - as they've stopped burning the damn coffee. It's just that I don't really have time most work days to enjoy a cup of coffee, to really sit down and relax and have a nice cup of coffee, so what I tend to drink instead is just a way to transport caffeine from the coffee to my bloodstream, and it's usually the free stuff they have at work, which is pretty damn nasty. Which says more about how it's brewed then anything else, because it's a medium roast Starbucks breakfast blend, which I also enjoy at home.


#169

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Cajungal said:
I used to really dislike their coffee because every drink seemed to have a really strong burnt taste. Somehow, I haven't had the same experience at every store, though... But not Louisiana. Not sure why it tastes different in different places...
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It is because they forgot to strain the Swamp out of the water...


#170

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

There is one Starbucks near my house that has very tasty coffee drinks. There is another one nearby that always has burnt tasting coffee. I think it has to do with the barristas and how the new people working at the stores are trained by them. But I will say that after 10 days of drinking "cafe" at a bar every morning in Rome, I got spoiled. My mom brought me a Starbucks latte, my usual go to drink then, when she picked me up at the airport and it was repulsive. Dunkin' Donuts coffees tasted closer to what I had in Italy.


#171

Bowielee

Bowielee

It's like anything else, if the employees of the Starbucks are lazy douchebags, the coffee is going to be terrible because they probably leave the pots on to burn and don't descale or thoroughly clean their equipment often. Just because we have chain stores/restraunts/coffee shops doesn't change the fact that some people do their jobs properly and some people just squeek by doing the minimum amount of work. It's always baffled me that people expect different branches of chains to be exactly the same everywhere they go in terms of quality and service.

Also, that wasn't directed at any particular post or poster in the thread, just something that I've observed.


#172

fade

fade

Some people don't like dark roasts, and Starbucks made them popular. That's cool--to each their own. I like them personally. I'm not much for really light roasts myself. But then, the light roasts don't inspire hatred in me, either.


#173

Bowielee

Bowielee

One think I did notice is that back in the UP of Michigan, they make THE most watered down coffee. It's basically slightly brown water. I never noticed it until I visited back home a few times. If I can see the bottom of the mug on a full cup of coffee, it isn't worth even drinking.


#174

Espy

Espy

It actually has way more to do with starbucks using mediocre beans that have little flavor. They buy cheap, mediocre coffee beans and don't really care about the quality. They aren't the worst beans mind you, they are just ok. Their drip coffee, while improved using Clovers and Pour over methods, is nothing special but it's decent if you need a cup of coffee.
I do feel extremely comfortable saying that they have the worst espresso of any chain for the most part and they have no desire to make sure you get a good shot in any of their drinks. It's honestly just horrible.

I say this as someone who loves dark and light roasts. There are dark roasts that are actually very good and flavorful out there but you won't find them at Starbucks for the most part. You will find a decent cup of coffee. And usually thats just fine. They treat their employees great so they are a good place to support if you don't have a good indie shop near you though.


#175

fade

fade

That's odd to me, because I actually was going to write earlier that I like the strong flavor of Starbucks over the weak stuff the mom and pops usually make. Especially their Verona blend. I'll buy that stuff in a heartbeat. I'm not trying to preach from the pulpit of starbucks here--I've had some awesome blends elsewhere, but really, they weren't what I'd call radically different. Maybe I don't have a sophisticated coffee palate.


#176

Espy

Espy

It's not that their coffee doesn't have flavor, but it's from the often harsh roasting sbucks does, rather than from the bean. Which is what you do with beans that don't have great flavor to begin with. Keep in mind, I'm not saying that it tastes bad, it tastes "normal" to most folks and i think its about the best chain coffee you can get. Good coffee beans actually have some really phenomenal and complex flavors, not unlike wine.

That being said, it took me a long time before I started like more complex coffees. They tasted really weird to me at first. Now I can't get enough of them. I still like a good dark roast and I'll drink sbucks when I'm on the road. It's consistent and it's decent. Just not their espresso. :p


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