It's So Under-rated...

[LitNetIsGreat]

I'm feeling myself live up to the title of 'grumpy old man' thanks to brother C's over-rated thread, so I thought I would attempt to redress the balance.

Under-rated: opera, road-bikes, Cox Orange apples, Quark :D, tap water, teachers, French bread, plain vinaigrette dressing, hand push mowers...

[Lulim]

I agree to almost the whole list, special thanks for mentioning Cox Orange Apples :), and want to add: sparrows, meadows as opposed to lawn, daisies, Frank Zappa, bird song, and silence.

[1n50mn14]

Bicycling, pet rats, olive oil mayonnaise, throw pillows, Full Metal Alchemist, Portishead, Titanic...

[motherhubbard]

Rain, vegetable gardening, having the laundry all done, sleeping children, the public library, plastic, algebra, peace, paved roads...

[Hurricane]

A good sandwich.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Excellent, excellent suggestions.

Rice, quiet, ice cubes, deckchairs...

[Katy North]

Throwback Pepsi.
Hope and Optimism...

[The Comedian]

Under-rated: snow, cheap beer, using less, physical labor, non-fiction, comics, parasites, bats

[Lokasenna]

Ooh, lovely - nice idea for a thread!

Afternoon tea, barn-dancing, Pimms, peace-and-quiet, Wales and curious home-made cocktails...

The list goes on...

[Emil Miller]

Ooh, lovely - nice idea for a thread!

Afternoon tea, barn-dancing, Pimms, peace-and-quiet, Wales and curious home-made cocktails...

The list goes on...

Barn Dancing?

Hmm

[papayahed]

Magazines in the restroom.

[Scheherazade]

Lentils

[papayahed]

headboards

[Scheherazade]

Libraries

[papayahed]

John Cusack

[papayahed]

Cotton

[Emil Miller]

Tofu
Corned beef
Shark fishing
Snorkeling
Musical chairs
Sky Diving
Egg and Spoon racing
Pancake Tossing
The Military Twostep
Bungy jumping
Thousand year old eggs
Beethoven's late quartets

The list goes on...

[JuniperWoolf]

Comic Books
Tap Water
Darren Aronofsky
Physical Labour
Minimalism
A properly done scientific experiment

[Scheherazade]

Also, Kitkats... Kitkats are underrated.

[Virgil]

Wikipedia
wood
steel
CNC Lathe Machines
Quality Engineering departments
Statistics
MATLAB computing language
Newtonian Physics
Burger and fries!


Magazines in the restroom.
You haven't seen the kind in the men's rooms. :p


vegetable gardening, algebra
Good ones. Gardening and math in general, though i can see how math can be over rated too. :wink5:

[1n50mn14]

John Cusack

Yessss.

[IJustMadeThatUp]

Yessss.

I'll second that!

Sometimes, the fact that things are under-rated is half the appeal.

[BienvenuJDC]

John Cusack

That's funny...I watched Sixteen Candles for the first time in many years. Could not figure out who the one guy was...then it dawned on me...

[motherhubbard]

Lentils

I really love the pink ones!


John Cusack

My husband was just making fun of me this weekend for only having movies with John Cusack in my Netflix queue

[Lokasenna]

Barn Dancing?

Hmm

Oh yes. Particularly after a wee drinky!

[Wilde woman]

Nyqil, chrysanthemum tea, pretty scarves, Saint-Saens


Wales

Yes, and Welsh literature! At least the early stuff.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I'm feeling myself live up to the title of 'grumpy old man' thanks to brother C's over-rated thread, so I thought I would attempt to redress the balance...Yes... Brilliant idea for a thread :hurray:

Underrated:
Neely (for starting this thread),
Spring (cannot possibly be overrated)
People helping people (They are important)
Comedy in any form (it's good for you to laugh)
Reading (us bookworms need to cheer each other on in a world that does not always understand us :nod: )
...and the list could go on forever.



/Claes

[Emil Miller]

Nyqil, chrysanthemum tea, pretty scarves, Saint-Saens .

I don't know about the rest, but Saint-Saens is definitely underated;especially the 3rd sympony and the piano concertos. Not forgetting Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix from Samson and Delilah.

[Taliesin]

Functionalism
Umbrellas
Haskell
Nuclear energy
Lambda calculus (I may have a huge respect for Alan Turing, but the concept of lambda calculus is more aesthetic to me than the idea of a Turing machine)

[Katy North]

Philosophy
mounds bars
Sippy cups
Quakers Granola bars

[prendrelemick]

Green olives

hang on a minute, did someone say Wales!

[applepie]

Quiet nights alone
Bad monster movies
Homemade jams
Making crafts/gifts

[LitNetIsGreat]

French Fancies.

These:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:rE37VE328zvo1M:http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/IsolatedStorage/94175874-67b5-4c33-9f38-380233f14049/ContentAssets/Images/Our%2520Products/Speciality%2520sugars/Celeb%2520broch%25202006/FRENCH%2520FANCIES%2520web.JPG

Not necessarily these:
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-cZE-2cMRlCdYM:http://imworld.aufeminin.com/dossiers/d20060405/i3736h110457.jpg

Although...

[BienvenuJDC]

Black and White films....

[Taliesin]

The game of go (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)).
The intellectual game par excellence, yet it is rather unknown in the West.
Each time I see chess being referred to "The greatest strategy game ever" I wonder if the person speaking has ever played go.
Don't get me wrong, I like chess and think it is a very good game, yet when you see a situation where a better game is less popular you get the feeling of underratedness.

[Oniw17]

Old kung Fu movies
Classic Literature
Education
Elitism
Meritocracy
Eugenics
Savings
Self-determination(independence)
Freedom to go where you please
german white chocolate
discussion
platonic love
morality
comedy, even at the expense of indecency
dedication
modesty
cynicism
social standing
family
POOR PEOPLE
cleverness
exercise
mindgames
cruelty, plainess
experience
diversity
sarcasm, satire, other literary elements you can employ in everyday life
a wide vocabulary
stoicism
empathy
the science of psychology
the theory of evolution(MANY PEOPLE JUST WON'T ACCEPT THE MOUNTAINS OF SUPPORTING EVIDENCE)
the Renaissance Man,polymath, sage, whatever
Music
The games of pool, chess, and many others
The ability to influence others profoundly
open-mindedness
confidence
control over one's emotions
deprivation
reason
generousity
the ability to be both viscious and kind hearted
the foresight to see the light at the end of the tunnel
cognitive dissonance
reflection
imagination
uncompromising determination
procreation
the money to everything you want to in life
community
and many, many other things

[motherhubbard]

Elitism
Meritocracy
Eugenics
mindgames
cruelty


Really?

[Oniw17]

Really?

Well, by elitism,I guess I mean more of a perfectionism, like Socrates in the Republic. And by eugenics I don't mean weeding out the people with traits that we don't like, just preventing ailments that no one wants to be born with in the first place. Meritocracy is practiced in the school systems, the military, and almost every career in existence. Even in literature, the writers who write well receive more acclaim and are more successful. Mindgames are an essential part of life, at least for me. That's how I communicated with both of my parents growing up and that's the way I've always communicated with almost everyone who I wasn't being extremely and apathetically direct towards at the time. I see life as a series of mindgames, and if you don't see that, we just have a difference of opinions that can't be solved. And by cruelty, I meant just that type of straight-forwardness that has been my only other means of communication. I'm not sure how to explain it exactly, it's sort of a loving cruelness. You'd have to see me interact with my younger siblings to understand it, they see it the same way I do at least. I'd have thought someone would have guffawed at the fact I put social standing up there before that, which I really did because putting importance on social standing brings about ambition.

[wessexgirl]

ME......:p.

I say that at the risk of sounding conceited, but I mean it in the sense of doing the job I do, which is underrated by many people. Okay, I'm not a life-saver in the emergency sense, but shocking as it may seem to those on a site like this, who love literature, a lot of people out there in everyday land, don't appreciate how important books and reading are, and a lot of those people should know better :yesnod: I'm griping as I am currently trying to get a regrading at work, as my job is very lowly graded; "loving your work, but although you're a graduate with tons of experience, don't dare to think you should expect more....." I'm paraphrasing how I interpret the situation. The number-crunchers, who are very well-paid thank you very much, have never set foot in a Library or read a book, and have no idea about my job. It's so depressing to think that they are the ones in power....:bawling:.

So as you may gather, I think Librarians and Libraries are vastly underrated.

[Scheherazade]

I think Librarians and Libraries are vastly underrated.Hear, hear! :hurray:

Please read the Overrated thread :D

[Paulclem]

Chips - not the thin weedy french fry kind
Beans - out of a tin
Cooked breakfast - I'm sensing a theme coming on
Cooked breakfast out
Buses
Bananas
Cycles - seen it earlier, but just to second
Terraced houses - warm
Allotments - tasty
Leeks - fresh
Sci-Fi
I'm a simpe fellow - so my wife says...

[JuniperWoolf]

Comedy in any form (it's good for you to laugh)

Oh, absolutely. Life is much better if you see the humour in it.


More underrated stuff:
- Knowing how to do things for yourself (make medicine, grow your own food, do your own taxes, etc.)
- Jews (I mean really, can you think of a group of people who have collectively been through more hardship and yet continue to flourish?)
- Canadian aborigonal women (I'm telling you, they get a lot of crap)
- Rabbits as pets (contrary to popular belief, they really do have a lot of personality)
- Short fingernails (long nails might look pretty and come in handy when you want to open a can of something, but more often than not they get in the way)

[BienvenuJDC]

Submission to Godly authority is under-rated...

Disagreeing with that is over-rated...maybe I should post that in the other thread...

[MarkBastable]

Submission to Godly authority is under-rated...



In the spirit of this...


Don't start a political debate here...

:nonod:

...can I suggest not starting a religious one, either?

[motherhubbard]

Submission to Godly authority is under-rated...



I agree with that.

[BienvenuJDC]

...can I suggest not starting a religious one, either?

Then don't try to debate it. There are rules against politics, not religion. If you disagree with me about my opinion, you are free to disagree.

[Virgil]

Along those lines, and I'm not trying to start a religious debate, the love of God in one's heart is incredibly under rated.

[BienvenuJDC]

Along those lines, and I'm not trying to start a religious debate, the love of God in one's heart is incredibly under rated.

:iagree:
That's okay, those who do not believe in the love of God is free to believe in just love in one's heart...and with all the road rage, texting hate, etc...it should be clear that love IS under-rated.

[billl]

Beans - out of a tin


Paul, could you tell me what I need to know about trying this? I'm wondering if simply buying a can of, say, black beans, dumping them in a bowl, and then microwaving them would be all there is to it--or is it good to add some spice or something? It seems like a lot of just beans. Also, are some beans better than others, when it comes to eating them out of a tin? Where should I start?

BTW, you will soon be able to buy a Chipotle (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091117005462&newsLang=en) black bean burrito in London, and that will blow your mind, I assure you, if you end up there sometime and give it a shot.

SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION EVERYONE!

[motherhubbard]

I could eat a whole can of kidney beans right out of the can. Well, I'd rinse them first, but I wouldn't heat them. I really like beans.

[JuniperWoolf]

Along those lines, and I'm not trying to start a religious debate, the love of God in one's heart is incredibly under rated.



That's okay, those who do not believe in the love of God is free to believe in just love in one's heart...and with all the road rage, texting hate, etc...it should be clear that love IS under-rated.

Really? Not to play the devil's advocate (heh, sorry; I really couldn't resist the play on words) but it seems to me that people really never shut up about love and their god(s), even if they don't even understand what those words mean. We've got a whole holiday dedicated to "love," and where would the greeting card business be without THAT ideal? Likewise, how much crap have people started over religion? How many people have died for it? How many arguments have occured, either in favour of a certain branch of religious theory or of the existance of religion in general? Love and religion aren't underrated by any standard, they're just things that you guys happen to value.

Aaaand I know it's futile to even post this since neither of you really care anyway. It's just late, I'm sleepy and I couldn't leave that hanging there.

[blazeofglory]

Feelings are underrated in fact. At times we cannot express what really we think and our social taboos or systems censor them. Should we break or obey

[Katy North]

:iagree:
That's okay, those who do not believe in the love of God is free to believe in just love in one's heart...and with all the road rage, texting hate, etc...it should be clear that love IS under-rated.


Speaking for the No-God-in-your-heart kind of people... I agree that love is under-rated!

:grouphug:

[BienvenuJDC]

We've got a whole holiday dedicated to "love," and where would the greeting card business be without THAT ideal? Likewise, how much crap have people started over religion? How many people have died for it? How many arguments have occured, either in favour of a certain branch of religious theory or of the existance of religion in general? Love and religion aren't underrated by any standard, they're just things that you guys happen to value.


I wasn't talking about religion. Most of the crap that has been started concerning religion was started because someone forgot all about the 'love' end of it in the first place. The crusades were not fought because of love, they were fought because of pride and glory...and that's just one little example. Arguments occur, not because of love, but because people feel the need to be right. Leaving the whole 'religion' thing out of it, I stick with the original part....love is underrated.

[Lulim]

I wasn't talking about religion. Most of the crap that has been started concerning religion was started because someone forgot all about the 'love' end of it in the first place. The crusades were not fought because of love, they were fought because of pride and glory...and that's just one little example. (...)
While I agree to most of your post, I want to add, the most important matter about starting wars and missionary crusades was, in my opinion, about collecting riches. Religion just happened to be a convenient pretext.

[BienvenuJDC]

While I agree to most of your post, I want to add, the most important matter about starting wars and missionary crusades was, in my opinion, about collecting riches. Religion just happened to be a convenient pretext.

:iagree:

[papayahed]

Margaritas

[Virgil]

While I agree to most of your post, I want to add, the most important matter about starting wars and missionary crusades was, in my opinion, about collecting riches. Religion just happened to be a convenient pretext.

Absolutely. Thanks Lulim.

[toni]

Underrated:

Being nice
Being polite
Being respectful

also, independent films and black coffee.

[keilj]

Burt Reynolds movies

[Niamh]

The Scottish Rugby team during this years six nations...

[Paulclem]

Paul, could you tell me what I need to know about trying this? I'm wondering if simply buying a can of, say, black beans, dumping them in a bowl, and then microwaving them would be all there is to it--or is it good to add some spice or something? It seems like a lot of just beans. Also, are some beans better than others, when it comes to eating them out of a tin? Where should I start?

BTW, you will soon be able to buy a Chipotle (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091117005462&newsLang=en) black bean burrito in London, and that will blow your mind, I assure you, if you end up there sometime and give it a shot.

SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION EVERYONE!

You're right. I should have elucidated - I meant baked beans mmmmm the ones with the cooked breakfast, or chips ...

I only just noticed your post. sorry.

Sundays
Not going out
Sudden and unexpected spaces in your calendar
Things not going to plan so you do something different
Yoghurt
Hello from a stranger
Not fuming in the queue
A good job
Pan - Asian buffets

All underrated.

[papayahed]

Newscasters who pronounce words correctly.

[billl]

Thanks Paul and motherhubbard!

[stlukesguild]

Under-rated:

Burt Reynolds movies

That's really not possible.

[Scheherazade]

A nod from a friend in an overcrowded room full of strange strangers.

[Lumiere]

William shatner's music career.

[Scheherazade]

"Thank you."