What's something incredibly popular that you just don't get the appeal of?

[MidnightBear]

Marvel movies. I've tried, genuinely tried, sat through several of the big ones people insisted were essential, and I walk away every single time feeling completely neutral while everyone around me is talking about it for weeks

This isn't really about hating on anything people love, more curious about that specific feeling of watching something everyone's obsessed with and just not connecting to whatever the actual appeal is supposed to be

Feels different from just disliking something, it's more like standing in a room where everyone's laughing at a joke you can genuinely see was told but somehow doesn't land for you specifically

[Daz92]

Golf. Completely baffled by the appeal, four hours to hit a ball into a hole, expensive equipment, and everyone involved seems to love it and I just cannot access whatever that feeling is

[Matt95]

Wine tasting culture, I've tried to learn to appreciate the subtle notes everyone describes and to me it just tastes like wine, I think a lot of it is social performance rather than actual perception difference

[Jenny]

Marathon running. People talk about runner's high like it's a religious experience and I've run exactly once far enough to test it and felt nothing but genuine misery the entire time

[Cosmos Scholar]

True crime podcasts, don't get it at all, the sheer volume of people fascinated by the details of real tragedies happening to real families feels strange to me even though I understand the appeal intellectually

[ProperJobs98]

Reality TV dating shows, watched two full seasons trying to understand the obsession and came away with absolutely nothing, just felt like watching strangers argue for hours

[ECWCole36]

Craft beer culture specifically, IPAs all taste like bitter grapefruit to me and I cannot tell the difference people insist exists between different breweries

[HeartbreakKid]

Airport lounges