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Monday, February 25, 2013

Overrated and Underrated

Hola y’all! The late, great Christopher Hitchens once declared that “the four most overrated things in life are champagne, lobsters, anal sex, and picnics.” Man, that dude was pretty observant wasn’t he? Anyway, I thought I would put together a little list of things that are overrated and underrated for you guys today.

Overrated: NFL’s obsession with a player’s 40-Time. So a guy can run 40 yards in 4.3 seconds. That’s great. How ‘bout making sure he can pick up a blitz? Or better yet, hold onto the football when someone hits him.

Underrated: Sour Cream and Onion Pringles. Oh sure, Nacho Cheese Doritos are the bomb, but Pringles provides us with a really quality product with great taste in a very convenient tennis ball tube. You can’t beat that.

Overrated: The 80’s. Sure, everyone remembers the 80’s so fondly, but three words. Acid. Wash. Denim.

Underrated: Chrissy Teigen. Everyone slobbers all over Kate Upton and her great big unnatural and somewhat scary boobs, but totally forgets about the super hawt, sweet Chrissy and her delightfully weird Twitter feed.


Overrated: Snow. Sure it’s pretty and all that, but it brings out a level of panic in people that just isn’t healthy. 90% of the people on the road become a huge threat to our wellbeing as soon as they see the first snowflake. Worse than that even is the nationwide panic that ensues anytime a major winter storm moves across the country.

Underrated: PBS. Most Saturdays I leave my TV on PBS the entire afternoon. Home improvement, gardening and cooking shows beat virtually everything else on TV.

Overrated: College Basketball. These kids coming out of high school today can’t play the game. They can’t dribble, pass, shoot, rebound, play defense or hit their free throws. Other than that they’re a blast to watch.

Underrated: Silence. Just sitting there reading a book with no radio or TV on is one of life’s little pleasures that people forget to take advantage of.

Overrated: Smartphones. There is such a thing as being “too connected” guys. You can’t get away from people if you have a smartphone. No matter where you go or what you do they can contact you in some way. Also, you are paying a ridiculous amount each month to do things on your smartphone that would be much easier and more enjoyable on that laptop sitting right next to you.

Underrated: People watching. People are hilarious when they don’t realize someone is watching them. Just kicking back on a park bench or at the mall or airport or a casino and watching people as they wander aimlessly through life is just about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on.

Overrated:  Home ownership. While it does provide some pros, there are so many cons to owning a home and spending all your free time trying to keep it up tops the list of cons. All that yard work isn’t exactly fun either. But what sucks most about home ownership is that you’ll NEVER get back what you put into it. You add up the principal plus the interest plus all the expenses of fixing every little thing that needs it and you’ll spend 3 or 4 times what you finally get back on a house the day you sell it.

Underrated: Frozen Pizza: Frozen pizza gets a bad rap, but it can actually be pretty damn yummy. Of course, sometimes it needs a little help from you. The problem with most frozen pizzas is they need more toppings. Okay, put more topping son them! More pepperoni, maybe salami, slice up summer sausage or kielbasa and some shredded Colby and mozzarella cheese you can fancy up that .99 cent frozen pizza from Aldi nicely.

Overrated: Buffets: Badly prepared food that you probably don’t really want anyway that’s been sitting around for the last hour and is either super-hot or cold? I’ll pass. Not to mention the fact that kids have probably touched everything on the food bar with their snot covered fingers. Pizza buffets are actually the worst. The only thing they put out is cheese pizzas or something with green peppers or pineapple on it. Gross.

Underrated: Podcasting. Everyone should have a podcast. Wait, almost everyone does! Anyway, you can talk about anything you want. Do comedy bits. Interview interesting people and do it all without anyone trying to control your content.

Okay, that’s enough for now. We’ll revisit this from time to time in the future I’m sure. Maybe I’ll even change my mind about some of these things. Feel free to tell me what YOU think is overrated/underrated in comments.


Speaking of Podcasting and people who are underrated, we have a wild and crazy time on IWS this weekend. Our very special guest was the wildly popular and somewhat infamous Debi Daly! We talked about haters, stalkers, elite troll teams and all kinds of other fun stuff. Definitely check it out! 



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21 comments:

I'm With Stupid said...

I agree with you for the most part, but the over sized Kate Upton tits...unnatural or otherwise? What is you problem?

Matt-Man

Mike said...

Underrated: PBS - The go to station when nothing else is on. Especially PBS World. 9.3 here in St. Louis.

Edita said...

I agree with the frozen pizza part. It is so damn yummy, often better than a take away. CHEAPER, too. Uh-huh.


Edita
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Dianne said...

I'm too stupid for my smartphone and we have a terrible relationship

PBS rocks

Michele said...

I'm pretty much in agreement with everything but I can't speak about Kate's tits since I haven't seen them.

PBS and NPR are the best ever and not because they air my stuff but because they just are.

Dana said...

Wait a minute ...

College basketball is overrated?? Mehhh ... but if they did away with the one-and-done it would be better.

And smartphones? Here's the deal, smart phones are only as smart as the people using them ... it's the people who are overrated, not the phones!

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I'm With Stupid said...

Matt-Man: I'm sure she's a very sweet and intelligent lady, but it's just too much sometimes! haha

Jay

I'm With Stupid said...

Mike: There's so much good stuff on PBS it's hard to see it all.

Jay

I'm With Stupid said...

Edita: If you ever come over to visit I'll make you a fancy semi-homemade frozen pizza. ;-)

Jay

I'm With Stupid said...

Dianne: I don't actually have a smartphone, but most of it's potential would be lost on me.

Jay

I'm With Stupid said...

Michelle: PBS and NPR are both awesome! And so are you!

Jay

I'm With Stupid said...

Dana: Do away with the one and done? In the NCAA tournament? OMG! That's the wrongest wrong thing you've ever said. The one and done is what makes the tournament awesome. Crazy!

Jay

Dana said...

No wonder you thought I was crazy! I was talking about one-and-done for NBA draft eligibility, not for the NCAA tournament ;)

I'm With Stupid said...

Dana: I'm glad you cleared that up. I thought you had completely taken leave of your senses. Of course, I have good reason to think that what with you being a Duke fan and all. ;-)

Jay

Jo said...

I agree with everything except maybe silence. When things get quiet my brain gets super-excited & then I end up spazzing out like Nietzsche. I do better with some white noise, like when people talk and I smile & wiggle my eyebrows attentively, I'm really taking a little vacation.

Chrissy really is delightful, I peeked at her twitter!

I can't get the crust right on frozen pizza. It vexes me.

I'm With Stupid said...

Jo: Now I would be afraid to ever be silent around you. You might freak out on me. Wait, that might be fun. ha

The crust is a problem with frozen pizzas. That's the only thing you can improve.

Jay

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