Technically Excellent, But Unappealing

As the_gneech noted in a followup to his post about the troll that failed, different styles appeal to different audiences which might not necessarily overlap. I regularly read Suburban Jungle[1] for instance, but find the style of It's Walky unappealing. Not bad, just unappealing to me.

That's just one example. The Animaniacs character of Rita (the cat) was voiced by Bernadette Peters. Rita often sang, the singing also done by Bernadette Peters. And the singing was, of course, quite good. But somehow it never appealed to me. Was it too many high notes? Too much like a whine? I'm not sure. When I listen to the singing to judge it, it's fine. But I can't listen to it for enjoyment.

There's a lot of stuff out there that isn't actually bad, but I simply don't like it very much. There is, of course, also an astonishing amount of genuine crud. Those are not the same, but sometimes I think folks get the impression that they're all lumped together. In the sense of "don't care for it" they are lumped together. The reason for not caring for each class differs, however.

( Example: Breakfast )

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[1] Suburban Jungle is being done by guest artists for a little while, so if you're looking at it around the time I post this, you're not getting a representative sample unless you check the archives a bit.

Ten things I have not done...

1. I did not cause the extinction of the dinosaurs.

2. I did not start the Peshtigo Fire. Or the smaller Chicago Fire.

3. I did not plot against Archduke Ferdinand.

4. I did not sleep in the Lincoln bedroom.

5. I did not start a cult on a bet. Or otherwise, for that matter.

6. I did not invent "creation science" whatever that is supposed to be.

7. I did not make a full-scale model of the planet Saturn.

8. I did not go on stage with a boomerang fish act.

9. I did not build this city on rock'n'roll.

10. I did not build a doomsday device.