I enjoy _________, but I can't stand _______.

Inspired by RabbitMage saying "I enjoy pot, but I can't stand stoners." What are hobbies or interests you enjoy, but dislike the culture around them?

For me, it's the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). You know, stuff like the UFC. I've loved the sport for years, and I've enjoyed watching it evolve from a bush league of unskilled meathead brawlers windmilling their arms at each other, into a serious sport.

But any time I'm in a public place (e.g. Buffalo Wild Wings) watching an event, it's inevitably full of loser wannabe tough guys in hideous Tapout and Affliction t-shirts, and it's a better than even bet there's going to be a fight in the parking lot afterwards. It's why I tend to order the events I really want to see at home on pay-per-view.

Anyone else?



ETA: Paging Cluricaun. If you don't post here, the libruls win.

I enjoy an occasional bout of alcohol imbibing, but I cannot stand drunkards.

What is there to say about people who can't have a drink without getting so insensible the only person who wants to listen to them, or be with them, is someone who is equally drunk?

Oh there's lots of things for me, and MMA is one (considering I got into a bar fight at the last PPV with some of those assorted douchebags) but since that one is covered, allow me to begin.

I enjoy heavy metal. I cannot abide by bands like Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, or Linkin Park. Pretenders, all.

I enjoy guns. A lot. I hate the standard "gun culture" to such a degree that words will fail me to express it correctly. I hate fat rich white racist tea-bagger morons that make up the majority of gun culture.

I enjoy punk rock. I cannot stand punk rock.

I enjoy cooking, I cannot stand Williams Sonoma. Turning art into edifice is a grave sin and so is the worship of costly cooking implements that serve no better purpose than to be costly and to sit unused in a gallery of a galley.

I enjoy poker, but I really dislike only ever getting to play Texas Hold 'Em. It's not poker, it's just money. The cards take a back seat to the betting and it ruins the game of playing cards.

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I enjoy heavy metal. I cannot abide by bands like Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, or Linkin Park. Pretenders, all.

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This is a great one. I love metal, and I can't stand a lot of metalheads.

It was actually worse in high school in the late 80s; I loved Slayer and Megadeth and Celtic Frost, and pretty much everyone else at my school who liked them had mullets, wore denim jackets that reeked of smoke, and were just kind of destructive and self-destructive and misogynistic and dumb. I dislike most new metal (to say nothing of nu metal), but at least it's partially overcome the "hesher" metal culture that made Beavis and Butthead relevant.

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Originally posted by Cluricaun

I enjoy guns. A lot. I hate the standard "gun culture" to such a degree that words will fail me to express it correctly. I hate fat rich white racist tea-bagger morons that make up the majority of gun culture.

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This is the one I conjured you up for, and I disagree that words fail you; you've expressed yourself quite eloquently on the subject several times on this forum. ;)

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I enjoy punk rock. I cannot stand punk rock.

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Yeah. Like metal, I refer back to high school for this, only in this case I was the problem; I was the pretentious little wannabe punk rocker who couldn't admit to his friends that he liked Metallica. :fail:

Oh, here's another good one. I love the Grateful Dead, but I hate hippies. I'm that guy.

And I like reggae and I can't stand Bob Marley.

And I don't know what I like to hate on this one, but let's say I enjoy classic rock, but Pink Floyd is the worst band in the history of music.

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And I don't know what I like to hate on this one, but let's say I enjoy classic rock, but Pink Floyd is the worst band in the history of music.

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And Pink Floyd is one of those bands that's so idiosyncratic, and have released so damn much material, that their fans can often be of the obsessive type. I've known guys who didn't listen to much but Pink Floyd. :smack

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Oh, here's another good one. I love the Grateful Dead, but I hate hippies. I'm that guy.

And I like reggae and I can't stand Bob Marley.

And I don't know what I like to hate on this one, but let's say I enjoy classic rock, but Pink Floyd is the worst band in the history of music.

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I'd say the hate is for the Pink Floyd fans. ;)

I love King Arthur lore; it's one of the reasons my emphasis in my lit degree was medieval and Renaissance lit. But there just aren't words to describe how much I loathe and abominate Tennyson and Idylls of the King.

I like the Eagles but I HATE the Eagle fans.
I like the Eagles but I HATE Andy Reid.

I like fried chicken and watermelon but I can't stand sterotyping. (Ha!)

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I like fried chicken and watermelon but I can't stand sterotyping. (Ha!)

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In the words of Dave Chappelle, if you don't like fried chicken and watermelon, something's wrong with YOU, motherfucker. :sci:

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In the words of Dave Chappelle, if you don't like fried chicken and watermelon, something's wrong with YOU, motherfucker. :sci:

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Yeah, everybody loves fried chicken and watermelon. And if they don't, they suck.

I love bands like Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Great Lake Swimmers, etc, but I can't stand the fucking hipsters that show up at every concert.

I have a lot of things I like where I cannot stand a lot of my fellow fans/enthusiasts.

To wit:

Joss Whedon shows*
Lord of the Rings*
Star Wars
Supernatural*
Sci-Fi/Fantasy in general
The Cure
Neopaganism
anime*

* present company always excepted

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I have a lot of things I like where I cannot stand a lot of my fellow fans/enthusiasts.

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I tend to avoid the word "fan" for that very reason. Fandom is not generally a laid back kind of place.

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Originally posted by pepperlandgirl

I love bands like Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Great Lake Swimmers, etc, but I can't stand the fucking hipsters that show up at every concert.

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I like stuff like tattoos and post-rock music and indie stuff too. But I hate hipsters more than I hate hippies. I think I just hate the word "hip". That's maybe why I hate Bo Jackson so much.

I like country music, but I don't like the "I'm proud to be stupid and xenophobic" types who are often associated with it.

I like folk music but I can't stand hippies.

I don't like the pot culture. Pot smoking is for fools.

And I'm right with Rube: I like folk music but I can't stand hippies.