Picnics
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:06 (seven years ago)
Camping
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:06 (seven years ago)
life
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:07 (seven years ago)
weddings (parties in general, really)
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:09 (seven years ago)
ilxor dot com
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:09 (seven years ago)
I haven't been on a bad camping trip but I chalk that up to dumb luck
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:10 (seven years ago)
making trenchant observations on the internet
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:10 (seven years ago)
I've had some really nice picnics.
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:11 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIfBHXjYgBY
― Wes Brodicus, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:11 (seven years ago)
challop: I'd rather be eaten by a bear than by ants and/or mosquitos
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:12 (seven years ago)
hiking. idgi.
― two cool rock chicks pounding la croix (circa1916), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:12 (seven years ago)
parties
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:13 (seven years ago)
theatre
― devvvine, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:14 (seven years ago)
crowded pubs and bars where you can't get a seat or even comfortable standing room, can't hear yourself talk and have to wait at the bar for half an hour. i presume if these things weren't enjoyable they wouldn't be so crowded.
― lana del boy (ledge), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:16 (seven years ago)
tea.
― lana del boy (ledge), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:17 (seven years ago)
full intercourse
― you never really her (darraghmac), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:25 (seven years ago)
full intercourse with dmac
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:31 (seven years ago)
magnetsghoulspeople's knees
― nashwan, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:33 (seven years ago)
Gatherings (with or without Juggalos).
― a REAL SCARIE robot!!!! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:50 (seven years ago)
was gonna post 'full intercourse with your mom' but I can't lie
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:08 (seven years ago)
wine
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:16 (seven years ago)
Christmas. New Year. Birthdays.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:16 (seven years ago)
nobel prize
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:17 (seven years ago)
New Year's Eve has to be the all-time classic of the genre. Birthdays too, but only if it's your own birthday.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:17 (seven years ago)
*Clubs.
(*from distant memory)
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:17 (seven years ago)
"getting to know each other/tell us a lil about yourself/team-building 'game'" bits at beginning of work meeting/conference. basically anything cooked up by HR like this or by that one person in an office who wants coworkers to be their substitute family.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:20 (seven years ago)
live music at a restaurant/cafe
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:21 (seven years ago)
strip clubs
hearing music in any place that's not a music venue, a karaoke bar, or my apartment
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:24 (seven years ago)
all-inclusive resorts
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:25 (seven years ago)
Las Vegas
― jmm, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:34 (seven years ago)
dancing
― Greece is the word (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:37 (seven years ago)
Babies.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:39 (seven years ago)
blowjobs
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:39 (seven years ago)
steaks
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:40 (seven years ago)
restaurant staff singing happy birthday to you (I haven't seen this happen in years...maybe everyone realized it was awful for all involved?)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:45 (seven years ago)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, May 1, 2018 11:20 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
These things are meant to be enjoyable?! I guess to that one person, maybe. I just assumed it was like seventh level of hell shit to everyone else.
― a REAL SCARIE robot!!!! (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:45 (seven years ago)
Taste of _____ festivals
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:46 (seven years ago)
Music festivals.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:49 (seven years ago)
xp I assume they're meant to smash the stuffiness/tedium/unfunness/automatonity of mandatory office functions but yes they make them so much worse
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:49 (seven years ago)
see also: Secret Santa and its variants at offices
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:50 (seven years ago)
(god it's nice to work from home full time)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:51 (seven years ago)
any kind of event or venue with loud music where the main attraction is not actually the music
― silverfish, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 17:00 (seven years ago)
AutechreHaving a beard
― brimstead, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 18:08 (seven years ago)
having a beard is the best thing ever
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 18:31 (seven years ago)
holidays
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 18:40 (seven years ago)
Facebook
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 18:57 (seven years ago)
London
― raise my chicken finger (Willl), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 18:58 (seven years ago)
all-night raves
― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 18:59 (seven years ago)
So far I enjoy nearly everything posted in this thread, and I've never been to London.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:00 (seven years ago)
Most of today's popular entertainment (shakes cane in the general direction of whippersnappers).
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:05 (seven years ago)
the silence
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:26 (seven years ago)
http://stuffyouarenotallowedtonotlike.blogspot.com/
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:28 (seven years ago)
interaction with people
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:39 (seven years ago)
ilxor.com
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:39 (seven years ago)
'nerd culture' that is actually the most populist shit going: Star Wars, comic book tie-in garbage, anything that is probably enjoyed by the protagonists of The Big Bang Theory (although I haven't seen any of it since the first couple of seasons)
Also, The Big Bang Theory
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:54 (seven years ago)
expensive champagne. tbh I love it, especially dom perignon, but lots of people don't like champagne at all
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:03 (seven years ago)
expensive wine, same
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:10 (seven years ago)
rushes of adrenaline
― brimstead, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:19 (seven years ago)
India Pale Ales
― brimstead, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:20 (seven years ago)
Vicodin, again I love it but lots of people get sick, the savages
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:45 (seven years ago)
carnivals & state fairs
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:46 (seven years ago)
weed
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:49 (seven years ago)
Confidence-building exercises
― albvivertine, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:54 (seven years ago)
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 21:06 (seven years ago)
Cigarettes
― albvivertine, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 21:27 (seven years ago)
rollercoasters
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 21:56 (seven years ago)
Avengers: Infinity War
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 22:17 (seven years ago)
movies
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 22:19 (seven years ago)
Even having a TV.
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 22:22 (seven years ago)
Sleeping in
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 22:28 (seven years ago)
C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 22:34 (seven years ago)
pets
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 23:56 (seven years ago)
Kanye
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 00:04 (seven years ago)
netflix
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 00:37 (seven years ago)
challop threads by other names
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 00:51 (seven years ago)
camping is the clear answer here
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 01:41 (seven years ago)
― thots and players (rip van wanko)
"supposedly" nothing, masaki batoh 4 lyfe
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 01:52 (seven years ago)
anyway, the beach
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 01:53 (seven years ago)
Alcohol
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 01:55 (seven years ago)
The beach is the correct answer. let's close this thread.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 01:56 (seven years ago)
Ugh. Wrong.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 02:03 (seven years ago)
The beach during the off season/winter is one of the most spectacular things.
you all may hate on camping and the beach all you want. it just leaves MORE FOR ME! WHOOPEE!
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 03:09 (seven years ago)
I love the sea, the cliffs/sandy-soiled um beach-adjacent areas a lot but yeah the actual beach is a dull featureless area in the way of getting between them.
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 03:14 (seven years ago)
swimming
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 03:14 (seven years ago)
fishing
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 03:15 (seven years ago)
“getting away from it all”
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 03:16 (seven years ago)
by all means. please do not 'get away from it all' in the places where I choose to get away from it all, because I much prefer to find places away from it all that includes being away from as many people as possible.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 03:37 (seven years ago)
aimless likes getting away from et al
― estela, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 03:44 (seven years ago)
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, May 1, 2018 4:13 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is my biggest answer.
camping/beach/outdoors are so completely relaxing to me but the key is to do them alone imo?
i guess my general answer would be "things where you're expected to interact with more than a handful of people you don't know"
also movies, tv, netflix. i know it's super weird and i want to enjoy zoning out to them for hours but i find even the most mellow program like really stressful to watch. makes me very antsy.
xp lol
― you bet, nancy (map), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 03:48 (seven years ago)
I’ve enjoyed doing all the things I listed... on occasionit’s not “unenjoyable things”
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 12:35 (seven years ago)
BBQs
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 12:50 (seven years ago)
stand-up comedy
― the vomming of the snark (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 12:51 (seven years ago)
― A is for (Aimless)
i'm told detroit is lovely this time of year
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 13:00 (seven years ago)
pizza
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 13:12 (seven years ago)
ok just stop it right now
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 13:36 (seven years ago)
tipping
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 13:38 (seven years ago)
adding more people to something definitely a common thread with a lot of these. makes sense.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:01 (seven years ago)
Anything Avengers-related definitely a subset of mine
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:03 (seven years ago)
i always hated the big dinner party at a restaurant thing. it always takes forever and makes me anxious and just makes me feel bad for the server no matter how big their tip is gonna be.
actually, just going out to restaurants these days might belong here for me. i often can't wait to leave. especially if they are crowded/loud. i should really just drink more. then i wouldn't care about anything.
i have absolutely no patience for anyone who tries to be "funny" with a waitperson when they order. so don't do that if you are with me.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:06 (seven years ago)
also, just anything where you have to wait in a really really long line in order to do something supposedly fun is dud to me and not fun.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:08 (seven years ago)
poker
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:10 (seven years ago)
twitter
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:41 (seven years ago)
restaurants are heavenly if you're in a booth.. or certain counters. otherwise they're pretty much hell
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:51 (seven years ago)
yeah, the booth is key.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:56 (seven years ago)
i more or less always feel uncomfortable in restaurants but on the other hand i like food so
― the vomming of the snark (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 14:58 (seven years ago)
there is a breakfast spot i love to go to in town that all the locals go to - its usually filled with cops in the morning - and i love it there. i'm so comfortable. great booths and always tons of room to breathe. also, i never ever see anyone i know there. i like the anonymity.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:02 (seven years ago)
are taxi rides supposed to be enjoyable? i guess not. and they're not
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:05 (seven years ago)
i liked taxi rides when the drivers would let me smoke
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:06 (seven years ago)
i'll bet horse-drawn carriage rides aren't as enjoyable as they should be. just a hunch.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:09 (seven years ago)
omg smoking is a big one. i finally quit, but when I did smoke, I only enjoyed maybe one out of give cigs and the rest were just feeding a habit while grossing myself (and others) out
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:10 (seven years ago)
also, for me personally: owning a dog.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:10 (seven years ago)
having a dog is one of the main things that makes going to the beach enjoyable ime
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:12 (seven years ago)
gin
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:13 (seven years ago)
one of the only things i miss about living on an island is going to the beach at night. that is so enjoyable to me.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:15 (seven years ago)
Beaches.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:16 (seven years ago)
(in the holiday in the sun sense, in fact...) Sunbathing.
Hot weather, basically.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:17 (seven years ago)
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:19 (seven years ago)
shopping for clothes
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:19 (seven years ago)
^ oh god
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 15:19 (seven years ago)
yeah someone listed hiking I think and I wanted to ask if they've ever done it alone. any time I do hike with other people it seems to go antithetical to the whole point of it. I still enjoy hiking with others tho!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 16:51 (seven years ago)
At the risk of provoking unseemly ribaldry, most things are more enjoyable on your own.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 16:54 (seven years ago)
Golf
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 16:56 (seven years ago)
xp ha trueOne of the "5 Rules of Hiking" or whatever is NEVER GO ALONE and that just strikes me as such a lame "play it safe folks!" overly cautious tenet.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 16:58 (seven years ago)
baths. bonus point for “reading in the bath”.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:27 (seven years ago)
baths are *very very* occasionally enjoyable. after a cripplingly long walk eg.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:28 (seven years ago)
always felt like there was a gender divide with baths. but my evidence is anecdotal at best. we should do a poll.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:32 (seven years ago)
could just be a size or length thing though. if you don't fit in a bathtub you probably aren't going to enjoy a bath that much.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:33 (seven years ago)
Practical jokes.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:33 (seven years ago)
for me, personally, i really kinda can't stand the sound of sloshing water in a silent bathroom. it's an anti-asmr thing for me.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:35 (seven years ago)
― brimstead, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 11:08 AM (yesterday)
otm!!
― the late great, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:36 (seven years ago)
breakfast in bed
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:47 (seven years ago)
practical jokes are the sign of a miserable person. breakfast in bed also a good call. crumbs. can’t really perch up properly. can’t balance need to drink tea and do forceful things like tear bacon, eating cereal in bed reminds you of hospital and dying. also need a downtown abbey tray with legs (this prob has a name) and a maid prob.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:54 (seven years ago)
Baths otm, it took me awhile to realise how little I enjoyed them - I think I resisted their fundamental unenjoyability cause it seemed like something that was meant to be luxuriant
― type your stinkin prose off me, ur damned qwerty uiop (wins), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:55 (seven years ago)
xp. you tear bacon with your hands?
breakfast in bed is fine if you have the aforementioned tray, versions of which can be purchased at ikea for very cheap. i more enjoy making someone breakfast in bed than having it myself tho tbh
― Daniel Johns Hopkins (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:56 (seven years ago)
it me
https://i2.cdn.hhv.de/catalog/475x475/00111/111742.jpg
― Daniel Johns Hopkins (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:57 (seven years ago)
i’m cackhanded, jim, which leads my to hold my toast at an i am told infuriating angle and to less daintily cut than rip at food. things go flying unless firmly positioned on a table.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:03 (seven years ago)
fidget spinners. I confess I only spent about 8 seconds with one, but felt strongly that that was enough
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:19 (seven years ago)
did these cross the pond I wonder?
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:20 (seven years ago)
And how.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:20 (seven years ago)
blame Canada imo
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:21 (seven years ago)
I think somebody already said it but it's worth saying twice: London.
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:24 (seven years ago)
karaoke agree w/ large groups in restaurants; it's always stressful and I just want to eat
― kinder, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:51 (seven years ago)
Private booth karaoke = legit enjoyable imo
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:56 (seven years ago)
aggretsuko has been convince
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:57 (seven years ago)
in trying to think of candidates for this thread Ive inadvertently recalled dozens of activities/circumstances that actually do provide enjoyment, and which I otherwise wouldn't have thought of, so that's cool
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:59 (seven years ago)
for example some of my friends consider driving a rental car one of life's small pleasures, so I asked myself if I agree, and I do, rental cars are great because a) they're generally cleaner than my own car, b) I get to experience driving a different make and model of car than what I'm used to, plus it's almost certainly newer, and c) I get to thrash it if I want to
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 19:06 (seven years ago)
sometimes they have sirius FM or good bluetooth connectivity which my 2002 honda lacks as well
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 19:07 (seven years ago)
― mh, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:57 AM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
i am basically aggretsuko irl
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 19:09 (seven years ago)
Lap dances performed by professional strippers/exotic dancers
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 19:22 (seven years ago)