h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

i like:
chilly gonzales, chocolate, orange juice straight from the fridge, peaches, george micheal, straightening balm, new pajamas, chris moyles, shakira, running in the rain, pop-rock, old buffy, scruffy boys, louis theroux, scruffy boys in retro t-shirts, the smell of fresh tarmac, george clooney, money. lo-fidelity allstars, anarchy, amelie, early morning/late night, weezer, risqué lyrical content, wonderland, miss sixty jeans, blue on black, haikus, ben folds five, soulwax, david dickinson, the guardian on saturday, dairy fudge, nice teeth, bella pasta, basement jaxx, bailey's, tight denim, drunk speak, sales, boys with individual style, strawberries, men who shake my hand in clubs, optimism, silver rings, james lance, reading, finding replies, other people being drunk, winking at bouncers.

i don't like:
tequila, worms/slugs/snails, passport photos, nu metal, meat, authority, other people's birthdays, running in intense heat, patronising & sad & nasty, my pen running out, idle chit-chat, hairy fingers and toes, people who are proud of their flatulence, cat food, meaningless prose, holly valance, scott mills, lucky people, dirty 'posh' shoes, hotmail, passive smoking, happy couples, audiobooks, budgies, dog excrement on the pavement, animated films, [censored] without facial expressions, asda, big pinstripes, stomach-dread, underarm hair, boys with earrings, boys who mess with my friends, boys who mess with me, dirty bathrobes, nu labour, being all alone on an empty dancefloor, crushing debt.

Why no replies?! I thought it was pretty self-evident what it entails and is also darn fun to do.

Yes - but a lot of work and we're terribly lazy!

Will start thinking about it - get back to you, say, a week on Tuesday?

Things that are rather good:

Friendly dogs, Gang of Four, Fugazi, Rage Against the Machine, Charlie Brooker, Paul Rose, Chris Morris, Tramps, Noam Chomsky, Nintendo, the Bournemouth Media School, drumming until it hurts, little egg shakers, Fugazi’s album The Argument featuring two drummers, being sent free CDs, not having to pay various taxes yet, Brass Eye, The Day Today, On The Hour, Father Ted, The Presidents of The United States of America, MP3s, Trillian (the IMer), The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in its many forms, Public Service television, Ask2g2, people with imagination, people that won’t follow the crowd, independent music stores, DIY musicians, independent ANYTHING, the original release of God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols), people that don’t drink and still have a great time, the collected works of Ian MacKaye, going to a new place and making new friends, George Orwell, Pokey the Penguin, the redevelopment of Basingstoke town centre, the Classic Goo Skin, talking in the third person, Marmite, Godspeed You Black Emperor’s live shows, The h2g2 Post’s fantastic cartoonists, being horribly opinionated, saying ‘horribly’ a lot, Neighbours, realising that I do actually like quite a lot of things – enough to get everyone REALLY bored, knowing when to stop, and actually having enough free time to write big lists.And footnotes. Pity we can't put them in conversation postings...



Things That Get My Goat (this may take a while):

The Daily Mail, people who get their opinions from the Daily Mail, rightwing types, George W Bush and his government, the Labour Party, The Conservative Party, capitalism, multinational corporations, self-interest, pop music, pop-punk and pretty much anything preceded with the word ‘pop’, commercial television, being ignored, people that think their looks make them superior to others and so only talk to other people with equally ‘good looks’, horses that look at me funny when I walk the dog, big record labels, bigots, xenophobes/racists/homophobes/sexists/etc (see Daily Mail...), people who always insist they’re right about things they don’t actually KNOW (see: all sides of religious debates), Basingstoke town centre, my own hypocrisy, Starbucks (comes under ‘multinational’ I know but so bad it deserves its own mention), consumerism, Public Relations, ‘talking heads’ on List programmes (“good thing their aren’t any here” says that Stuart guy), punk sellouts, the rise of nu-metal and all its identikit followers, little metal scooters, hating too much, people that think violence is the solution to everything/anything, mobile phone pricing systems, mobile phone shops, mobile phone salespeople, ALL salespeople in shops, people that shout instead of listening, apathy, being told not to look into things so deeply, being told to stop being silly, pop-up adverts, my own laziness, the fact that the weather’s not too good right now, being hungry, the opinion that alcohol is the best thing ever and that it is required to socialise, and finding it hard to stop listing everything that Gets My Goat.



Believe me I could go on in both lists. But I don't want anyone to get a headache...

I like:

h2g2, Live Journal, the internet, MSN, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Rants, creative tangents, Mark and Lard, long walks, Surrealism, the principia discordia, Olaf Stapledon, Civ II, Old computer games, geocities web sites, pointless lists, guitar solos, Black Books, Star Trek Enterprise, history, art, the word "quixotic" and other nice words, pi, mini cheddars, pirates, Monty Python movies, Disgruntled Spice miners from the moon's of Naboo

I dislike:

UK garage, pop music, the monarchy, work, revision, computer science, hoodies, scaters, manga, action movies, sport, The American right, exams, capitalism, talk shows, American high schools, English educational system, camping, celebrity gossip, Big Brother, Flame wars, complicated terms, logic, government, nationalism, consumer culture, loud people, having to do anything active or 'exciting', roller coasters, not being on the internet, not being on h2g2, TV chefs, people who write on the internet using words like 'u' or 'thx' or 'wot', people who write the word 'I' as 'i', standardised spelling, people who cant tell the difference between 'your' and 'you're' or 'its' and 'it's', hating more things than I like, Star Wars Episode I, making typos and not being able to change them.

I like:

Chocolate, Zeppelins, pasta, Super Furry Animals, liberty, fresh-air, the Scottish countryside, strong winds, history, ruined buildings, Dr Who, Guinness, old computer games, films, cake, chips (fries to Americans) and gravy, cheese and peanut-butter sandwiches, sci-fi, the World Cup, Scotland winning at football, sunny weather, Edinburgh, eccentricity, bagels, discussion, stilton cheese, cathedrals.

I don't like:

Humourlessness, people who follow an ideology or religion blindly, terrorism, the tabloid press, fascists, liver, neds, Newsnight Review, Margaret Thatcher, authoritarians, designer labels, adverts on the radio, cold-calling salesmen, political correctness, my nose.

You don't like Newsnight Review?! But it gets so pretentious! Their debates are hilarious.

I like...

h2g2, my university, trees, dahlias, peach colored flowers, wooden furniture, msn (when it works), spring, fall, John Keats, cummings, Rumi, Sophocles, CS Lewis, realistic sci-fi, "intelligent humor," Salinger, coffee shops, peach and pineapple fruit smoothies, Monet, art from the Middle Ages, minimalist music, post it notes, random quotes, alternative music, fashion from before 1750, cheesecake, horses, dream theory, John Williams' music, Star Wars, October, April, creative people, anything that challenges me, leaves in the fall, old comedies (pre 1960), accents, the mountains, beaches that don't smell too bad, performing on stage, musicians who play musically, poetry in general, Shakespeare, moderation in all things - even moderation (meaning the Greek philosophy), sleeping in late on Doobry mornings, early morning mist, clear nights, "spring smell," intelligently written novels, conversing in French, thunderstorms in the morning, hiking, being in the middle of nowhere, Dalton's sugar cookies, Easter-time, creating something original, mystery, marshes, phone calls, fireplaces... this could take me hours!

I dislike...

bad dance remixes, short nap carpet, people that cuddle down by the river and then get annoyed when you make noise when you're trying to find someone else down here (it's a public place already!), coloratura sopranos that can't control their vibrato, pop "music," people who don't know/care where the comma goes when one uses quotation marks, people that have three houses and don't care, apathy in general, the years between 1750 and 1825, religious fundamentalists, people arguing about something which they don't completely understand but think they do, beaches that smell, bad romantic comedies, countertenors using their falsettos, cheesy romances, people who try to be hippies/grungies/beatniks cause they think it's "cool" instead of just happening to have their likes/tendancies line up with said group, anyone prejudiced about anything to the point where they're suspicious, modern experimental music, the key of B major, noisy neighbors, moldy bread, Walt Whitman, people who blast their stereos after quiet hours, art from the Romantic period, backstabbers, people who think poetry must rhyme/mean something to be good, rap music, transluscent people, people who use h2g2 soley to pick up somone of the opposite sex, hypocrites, thorns, musicians without an ear, vines, DH Lawrence, ivy, modern furniture, clichés... I'm gonna stop, but there's more...

Blummin' 'eck! What did translucent people ever do to you?

Hmm... I thought I took that out cause it's something of an inside joke between myself and some friends...

Transluscent people are neither see through (transparent, meaning that you can see right through them metaphorically and not in the normal "see through them" way), nor solid (opaque, hard to get to know, hard to understand). I suppose a better description would be the Biblical "lukewarm."

Well, I've had a few changed of the mind since I wrote that. Much to do with going back to school (dislike) and seeing my friends (like) again and now having a decent politics teacher (like)

Oh come on, school rocks! (In the post ironic sence!)
Hi there everyone, and V especially, Im back for more!

OK, so Like:

Vicky!, H2G2, being in bands with people who aren't dicks, the things people keep under those [cencored] signs, rainbows, pretty flowers, the smell of cut grass, LEEDS!!!!!, fugazi (who ever said that earlier was dead right!), Silver Sun, Feeder, Pizza, scruffy northen lads, happy songs with depressing lyrics, Reel Big Fish, Muse, Green Day, finding random skateboards in the middle of raods, driving at high speed, leaving drunken messages on peoples answer phones, sending people drunken text messages, having credit, being laughed at by the oiks at school, having people read my tshirts wrong ("Im smiling because they havent found my body yet", hmmmm), the 3am girls (theyre so darned stupid!), Not Another Teen Movie, the daily mirror, playing improvised solos, my saxophone (tis my baby!), my guitar, my bass guitar, A, Malcom in the middle, the simpsons, old school Buffy, knomes, scatch, pig-tails, being dense, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare in general, the fact that all my exams are over, the summer of free love, Cornwall, surfer/skater dudes, mad people, random pub people.


Dislikes:

Vicky!, being in bands with people who are dicks, ants, people who never reply to text messages, being away from my mates too long, havin my mayes drink too much and be sick so I have to hold their hair back, drinking too much, passing out in sick, pub people with ginger pubes, music practical exams, sitting in chewing gum, pissin off my mates, people who dont understand the personal value of musical instruments.

Why is everyone elsed "dislike" list much longer then their "like" one? I must be a very ahppy person!

Hrm, okay...

I like, in no particular order, and certainly incomplete:

The words 'crikey' and 'blimey', India Pale Ale, Bands belonging to the Elephant Six Collective, The Dean Gallery and Modern Art Gallery in Edinburgh, independent cinema, chinese and mexican food, the feeling outside after a very heavy rainstorm, turn-based strategy computer games, Jack Kerouac, the smell of incense, socialism, a well-turned phrase, winning pub quizzes, shouting at Question Time, 'Crying at the Discotheque' by Alcazar and lots of other things

I do not like, and with the above conditions:

People who take ages in front of me at cash machines, mobile phone ringtones (except mine), people who are rude to waiters and the like, nightclubs, indian food (it's an allergy thing), writer's block, lecturers who make an interesting subject boring, the vast majority of hollywood blockbusters, 1960's concrete buildings, unnecessarily long application forms, and others too many to mention...

Well done! *applauds DoctorGonzo* you too have a longer love list then hate list! *waves flag for happy people*

I like: (ahem)

Good food, my PS2, my CD and DVD collection, independent cinema, art galleries (in particular the Modern Art Gallery in Edinburgh), relaxing, incense and all sorts of Eastern jiggery pokery, Japan and the Japanese, history, h2g2 and Hitchhikers, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Terry Pratchett, 'weird' music (well, weird to most!), good books (fiction and non-fiction), alternative thinkers, the Scottish Socialist Party, protesting, sci-fi, my flat, being veggie, living in Edinburgh, the view from my living room window, travelling, Australia, good company, being with people who make me happy....

And my dislikes:

Stupid people, old people, most politicians, people who let their dogs crap in the street, nuclear arms, Trident, George Bush's stupid policies, 'do-gooders', the BNP, my computer (just work! How hard is it to just bloody work?!), neds, prejudice, small-mindedness, eating meat, GM food, conspiracies, going to make some toast and finding the bread mouldy, being late, being let down or letting people down, screaming kids on buses, 'yahs' on trains, late boarders on planes, rude people, a guy at work, broken promises, my inability to communicate properly at the most important times, the fact that I have to get up for work in a few hours' time....

I could go on forever, but I think I'll stop there

Like.......People who are illogical and know it.

Dislike....People who are illogical and don't know it.

Alji

now i have way more. thanks everyone for making the effort, and yes elbow it is a rather sad reflection of society that people dislike more than they like. though, i suppose discontent encourages change which it looks like would not be a bad thing. my additions,

like
sunday lunch, destiny's child, talking heads, guinea pigs, cats, overspending on clothes, sleazy novels, irritating people when they're watching football.

dislike
washing up dishes from sunday lunch, golfballs on stilts, underachieving with maximum effort, smiley faces in forums.

I like:

Short backlogs

B

Yeah, me too, it has to be said. nm.