" Music festivals and outdoor concert are the bad . Sweaty , smelly hatful crush together . The women ’s privy is always a incubus . Food and drink price are not just price gouging , but price - eviscerating . "
We recentlyaskedtheBuzzFeed Communityto tell us which things got a ton of hype but ended up being disappointing. Here’s what they had to say:
1.“College. People told me it would be the best years of my life; I would discover who I was and learn how to be an adult. I was miserable. I changed majors three times and learned nothing that would help with my career. I was at my lowest point mentally and had breakdowns constantly.”
" I commuted , so I did n’t finger like I had much community or opportunity to build a community at school . I’m proud of finishing a degree and made a few great friends , but otherwise ? I would n’t do it again if I had a option . My current line of work does n’t demand a degree . If you ’re considering college , remember that what comes after really matters . "
— Anonymous , USA
2.“Y2K. Turn off your computers on NYE 1999, or everything will crash! Nope.”
— sf84
3.“Getting a transplant. ‘It’ll make your life SOOO much better!’ Six months after, I went into rejection, and they gave me a buttload of steroids to save it. After that, my body reacted and put on twice my weight, and I couldn’t stand or walk for long without agonizing pain. I had to buy an electric wheelchair.”
" And now , because my Dr. left me withC - Difffor a year , my transplant has died , and I ’m back on dialysis and hoping that someone really horrible with my blood line eccentric dies so that I can get another secondhand kidney . "
— retrocrebbon
4.“AirPods. Everyone had to have them because of how ‘compact’ and discreet they were, and now, I think they’ve mostly been replaced with over-the-ear headphones or corded ones since they don’t stay in your ears, and the audio quality goes way down after a couple of months.”
— brandeis
5.“Blackberry was ‘all the hype’ until everyone jumped on the Apple bandwagon.”
— donotgogentleintothatgoodnight
6.“Honestly, theHarry Potterbooks. Everyone hyped it up so much that I remember thinking that they were gonna be thebest booksI ever read (I read them about 10 years after they came out). The plot was always predictable, the characterization was inconsistent, and the fantasy tropes didn’t land.”
" For example , Harry , a nestling who was failed by the system so many times and even criminalise under it , became a wizard cop when he grew up . It just felt like after the first Holy Scripture , no thought went into them , and it was just a cash catch . "
— doicareabout
7.“Any music festival or outdoor concert. I’m over them, and I will never go to another one no matter how many of my friends say, ‘But this one will be better/more amazing/so fun.’ No. They are the worst. Sweaty, smelly masses crushed together. The women’s bathroom situation is always a nightmare. Food and drink costs are not just price gouging, but price-eviscerating.”
" And all so I can either learn a terrible interpretation of a song I love do by an artist or only hear the mass around me badly ' sing ' that Sung . I’m already too previous for that ; I ’d rather spend my money on a nicedate nightor a new control panel biz to play with my friend . "
— 31 , Nebraska
8.“Running barefoot. It was a thing, and I was talked into it by a fellow runner. It was a complete hour of painful humiliation followed by a week of bruised and battered recovery. Never again.”
— 56,New Jersey
9.“Bridgerton, Season 3. Other than Penelope, it’s meh. I’m more just outraged at waiting two years, getting four mediocre episodes with so much going on; I have to have an ‘A Beautiful Mind’-style chart next to me each episode. Penelope deserves a season to herself, but I feel like she is still a background character. I get they had to establish Francesca (which they are at fault for giving her one minute of screen time in the first two seasons) — BUT the fact they are taking the spotlight away from Penelope to do it is tragic. I wanted a plus-sized woman in the front of the season, but god forbid they do that. Also, every time Colin is on screen, I’m like, ‘Someone come and tell this guy to shut up.'”
" Cressida can go hide in her sleeve for all I like ; a snake is a snake , no matter how much pitiful backstory you endeavor to thrust down my pharynx — the whole Violet Bridgerton is getting towards letting her ' garden bloom , ' etc . Penelope is one of the few redeem graces of the season ( that mint dress at the top of instalment two was amazing ) , if not her female parent / sister ’s interaction on the sidelines , which each time were way funnier than they had a rightfulness to be . She is an amazing actress who I do n’t recall they get on concealment enough , even in her own damn season . So infuriating and disappointing . "
10.“Chick-fil-A. The chicken is just meh. Nothing great. And their fries suck.”
— 52 , California
11.“Disneyland. My first trip to the park was with the USC marching band, and we were there to show off for the upcoming Rose Bowl. I’d spent three years with classmates/bandmates/friends telling me what an ‘amazing experience’ Disneyland was.”
" No one understood how I had last into my former 20 , never having been . I was n’t from California , and my syndicate had been dirt poor , sogoing on holiday to an expensive tourist cakehole some 1,300 international mile from home base was n’t an option . "
— 44 , USA
12.“The Tesla Cybertruck. It looks like it lost service while loading and only managed four pixels.”
— 32 , Michigan
13.“The McRib Sandwich, every single time. I tried it again during the last promotion, thinking I was just not giving it a fair chance. Nope! Now, return the chicken wraps, McDonald’s! You owe us for that, and it’s the least you could do.”
— Anonymous , New York
14.“CW did an amazing job with the DC shows. Snyder was a sure thing when his version ofJustice Leaguewas released.The Flashmovie was amped up and advertised a lot, emphasizing Michael Keaton’s return as Batman. That movie was a mess, even with Keaton.”
" Batman is my pet submarine , but CW did it better without Batman . "
— 34 , Missouri
15.“Something I ordered because it looked pretty effective on TV — a little drain snake for home use. Appeared to work great in the ad, but what I got was a little piece of Velcro on a wire that was too wobbly to ever go into a drain.”
— ginnyjensen
16.“Agatha Christie’s work. I readMurder on the Orient Expressa few years ago and was enjoying it throughout, trying to pick up on clues and figure out whodunnit before getting to the end. Oh, no! I get to the end with about three suspects out of 14, one being significantly the most suspect, and the detective solves the crime with new information presented at the end. I was not happy with that!”
" And Agatha , only one committed the murder . Everyone else ill-treat the remains . P.S. : The other mean solar day , I recommended AC ’s works to my sister - in - law for my 10 - yr - honest-to-goodness niece ’s summertime recital . She ’s an advanced reader and take to find out sooner than later . "
17.“Cryptocurrency. It was supposed to revolutionize commerce from the ground up, but it made no sense to me initially. The fact that these coins had to be ‘mined’ using wild amounts of electricity further distanced me from investing.”
" Many people have lost serious money , and there ’s really no way to recoup it . "
— purplepizza82
18.“Schitt’s Creek.It just wasn’t funny. Felt like you had to laugh at it because people told you it was hilarious.”
— 45 , Canada
19.“Turning 50. I thought it was a big deal, but it was really just another day like the day before and the one after.”
— 50 , California
20.“The original Shake Weight.”
— dyan0713
21.“Going way back here: the Xbox Kinect. It was Microsoft’s answer to the Wii, and everyone got one, used it for three months, and then never touched it again. Gimmick technology has that tendency, but at least it was fascinating to experience it at the time.”
— angrycoyote45
22.“Avengers: Endgamewas a fantastic movie. The next MCU phase was looking to be good.Spidermancame out and was amazing. Then, every movie from there was such a disappointment.”
And finally…
23.“Being an adult. I know they tried to warn us when we were kids, but all I wanted to do was grow up. Now, I’m here, and adulting is hard. Definitely did not live up to the hype”."
— 28 , Arizona
observe : Some reply have been edited for length and/or clarity .
