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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Sports. I have little tolerance for it because every time a big event is on, people get incredibly obnoxious. They think they know better than the professional players, they keep making so much noise, it polarizes people into arbitrary bands and start talking shit like using that as an excuse to be a homophobic POS, sometimes they'll even riot because their team lost/won (da fuk), and even kill people over their favorite fucking team, and so much more. If the game is on I'd rather steer clear because it really brings out the worst in people.

Big Bang Theory

I thought the American version of The Office wasn't much better. Just constant cringe humor, it's exhausting.

Avatar the last airbender.

Literally the only thing interesting is the serial reincarnation of the Avatar, the disability representation in Toph, and that weird demigod of misfortune people call the cabbage merchant.

Literally everything else sucks. The graphics are meh, the lore is forgettable, the magic system is somehow both overly complicated and restrictive, the characters are cringy and uncomfortable, Aang's pacifism is infuriating, and the plot even more so.

Personally, the James Cameron movie is far superior. Not because of its characters or story. God no. But its worldbuilding is far superior. Eywa and the neural queues the Na'vi and the other local flora and fauna have has been a genuine inspiration to so many of my world building projects its crazy.

The visuals are crazy impressive too for the time period, and those floating mountains are just gorgeous.

Really, ATLA sucks in comparison, and I hate it when people slander the true Avatar just to push up their own cringy mess.

I've got a good one: Andor. People can't stop raving about it and I had to force myself to finish it. Deathly boring all the way through. I didn't like anyone in it so I couldn't root for anyone, and it was just a slog til the end. Crucify me star wars fans, I know you want to. 😇

Friends...

I would rather watch women's tennis or a fishing show. I don't fish, I don't play tennis.

I have seen so much praise for Kingdom of Heaven and all I did was laugh or yell at it, usually both. It's so bad. So, so bad.

I'm sorry, you're telling me they built siege towers in the middle of the desert. Where did they get the wood??? And there's like 12 of them? And you aimed a Ballista and that took down every single one of them in one swoop? ALSO YOU ARE A SMITH APPRENTICE BUT YOU KNOW SIEGE TACTICS? AND YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT DESERT IRRIGATION WHEN YOU ARE FROM FUCKING ENGLAND? AND

I'm yelling again

And that's not to mention how deeply historically inaccurate it is at moments, like even besides all the general Hollywood of it all. Like sure they get some moments right but generally, holy shit it's bad lol

Though I will say watching Will Turner learn sword fighting from Qui-Gon only to be interrupted by Jaime Lannister was pretty funny

Disturbed's cover of "Sound of Silence." I like the original Simon & Garfunkel, or at least the more upbeat version of it. And I like Disturbed (see below). But this cover absolutely blows.

Yes, I know the lead singer is a grade A shitbag. I liked the band long before I knew anything about any of it and have since stopped listening to them.

3 body problem. What a fucking terrible shit waste of paper.

Woah surprised no one mentioned South Park yet, it quite common in discussions like this.

Kinda surprised I didn't see breaking bad already listed. I guess I'm one of the few who dislikes it. I don't like tragedies in general. Life is already a tragedy.

I'm sure it was extremely well executed and totally worth making, but it's not my flavor of ice cream.

Uncut Gems, for pretty much the same reason a lot of people liked it.

Seinfeld.

Life of Pi. My kids warned me not to read it, they had to for school. I read fast, it was a slim volume, I thought why not, it will be quick. It was quick but I want that time back. I don't get what anyone likes about it, it's unlikeable.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Its not just that the humor is unfunny (and basically just bigotry porn with a side of cringe), its that none of the "friends" in the show are even friends with each other. The whole show is just a bunch of assholes being bigoted assholes and then you are supposed to think that its funny.

The Office (All versions) because the movie "Office Space" exeedingly outshines the humor and plot of any of the TV shows.

As with most "comedy" shows it's actually a drama disguised with a specific setting and a couple of meme characters to make it look like a comedy.

I'm convinced people only watched that stuff because they were all in on office drama at work/school but didn't want to admit to that fact.