AWESOME? NOT SO MUCH

(September, 2023) Reddit asked, “What is something you found out isn’t as exciting when you tried it out for the first time?” Some of the responses:
– “As a kid, I thought shaving would be awesome. It is not awesome.”
– “Advantage of being an adult: I can eat as much ice cream as I want and no one will stop me. Disadvantage of being an adult: I can eat as much ice cream as I want and no one will stop me.”
– “Stay up all night anytime I want to. NOPE.”
– “Drinking a 400-euro bottle of Claret. I love red wine but it just didn’t seem that special.”
– “Eating raw honeycomb. Every time I saw videos of people eating it I thought it looked absolutely delicious. Turns out it’s very chewy, very waxy, and you’re picking out pieces of honeycomb from your teeth for the next hour.”
– “Owning a horse. Same goes for chickens.”
– “Mousetrap! That game looked amazing on the commercials. We couldn’t even get the damn thing set up without it falling apart, let alone play it.”
– “Virtual Reality. It can become annoying and nauseating fast.”
– “Sky diving was a little more boring than I expected.”
– “Sailing. It’s hard work. Not just sitting around enjoying your surroundings.”
– “Paintball… looks awesome. Hated it.”
– “Being a teenager was a real disappointment.”
– “Sleep cuddling. It sucks, it’s hot, uncomfortable and not much sleep happening.”
– “Ziplining. I really thought it would be exciting. Such a boring, stupid activity. Utterly lame.”
* America: Land of Disappointment.
* Notice that Reddit didn’t include quotes from people who thought Reddit would be fun, but got tired of it after one day.
* All I know is, I don’t get nearly as much fun out of a can of Coca-Cola as the commercial says I should.
* Anybody else feeling like “Why even bother waking up tomorrow morning”?
* PHONE TOPIC: What did you think would be awesome, but it wasn’t?