re: Overrated Lifetime Experiences

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Things like Stonehenge, Golden Gate Bridge, the pyramids, Notre Dame, etc are fundamentally passive activities. You look around and think this is more crowded than I imagine. There isn’t a lot of engagement with the experience and certainly nothing unique for you versus the other millions of people who have similarly visited.

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Exactly the opposite for me. Do you think about what you are looking at, how the people lived, what they had to endure, how brilliant they were about finding ways to make a primitive life easier/more efficient, etc. Have you no imagination or no interest in history? If you do a little research before you visit these places, it is a lot more interesting.

Getting married to your high school sweetheart. I’d love to see statistics of how often those marriages fail these days.

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I think you fail to realize the depth that goes with these things. You sound like a stick in the mud or have no perspective

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I sorta agree with him. I think I like the idea of saying that I've seen the grand canyon or Stonehenge or the pyramids more than actually seeing them. It's really interesting to think of the history behind those things, but the actual act of being there and observing them is sorta secondary.

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Yeah, if you’re not impressed by the pyramids, you’re hard to impress. That was the tallest structure on Earth until 1884. It was the largest built structure by man for over 4,000 years. How can you not be impressed by that?

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Not the person you're replying to, but I don't think anyone is saying that the tallest building on earth isn't impressive. But I'm not sure there is much of a difference in the emphasis on how impressive it is that's separate from just knowing that. I totally see stopping by places like that if it's feasible, but I'm not going to seek out Stonehenge or the pyramids because seeing those things, while they are historic and it'd be an honor, is just not worth the cost and hassle.

It's sorta the way I feel about outer space. I think it's silly when we ascribe these magical experiences to the cosmos. Anything could be out there, but also it could be a whole lot of nothing. If you told me I could go to space for an affordable price and be 100% of a safe return, I'm not sure I'd go. To humans its mystical and the unknown, but its most likely that its just a bunch of space debris.

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I think you should tour the Louvre

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I visited The Louvre while stationed in Germany and traveled to Paris. Although I would recommend The Louvre, the Mona Lisa is very overrated and disappointing. Overall, I found Paris overrated and don’t have to go back.

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2 chicks at the same time.

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Yeah no.

One chick working the bag while the other works the stick. Not overrated.

Plowing a chick from behind while her face is buried between the other chicks thighs. Also not overrated.

I’ve only done it twice, but overrated was not my first thought

What is overrated:
-any tourist pier or wharf
-any famed regional fast food

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What kind of miserable frick are you.

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This

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In n Out


It might be the most disappointed I’ve ever been is eating their burger.

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But did you get a double-double with grilled onions?

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my 2 year old daughter today threw a nightmare of a fit that included screaming, flailing on the floor, kicking, knocking things off the table, wrestling and hitting me and my wife, and kept it on for about 30 minutes

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Kids can be so stubborn. Luckily nobody else around to witness...

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all started at a restaurant

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Oh. You're that special mother fricker that lets their kid ruining dining for everyone else.

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Marriage

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No. Wedding itself, yes.

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Disneyworld

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100x this. Pointless manufactured nonsense waste of money.

Skydiving was meh.

All graduation ceremonies.

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Oh. You're that special mother fricker that lets their kid ruining dining for everyone else.

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No, dipshit. We left.