Daily Archives: August 27, 2008

So, mostly to piss off Brian Heater and a few of my Twitter followers, I made a list of things that the average Twitter user wets him/herself over, but which are just not as awesome as purported. OSX Leopard. Bob Dylan. Firefox. Heath Ledger’s Joker. Afternoon naps. Kittens. In hindsight, I should have added Barack Obama to the list. These are the sacred cows about which there can be no debate nor dissension. Eff that.

Some of my Twitter friends chimed in with overrated crap of their own. From jessiejensen: “Lightly flavored water. The new Facebook. Overrated.” YES!

From egriffith: “Led Zepplin, Family Guy, hot tubs, any kind of beer, and most of Kyle’s list (giving u Dylan).” Brilliant. Why do we have to pretend to like these things?

Fight back against the society that makes you swallow bad-tasting beer, fake-laugh at animated non-funny non-sequiturs, and listen to Led Zeppelin (did anyone hear that TERRIBLE rendition of “Whole Lotta Love” at the Olympics closing ceremony? Jimmy Page should be ashamed. In fact, he looked like he was).

So what’s on YOUR list of totally overrated sacred cows? The Yankees? Park City, UT? Flossing? Please share.

Also, add jessiejensen and egriffith to your Twitter feed. They’re both hilarious.