[Redway]

“Brands” in this context could (in-line with however you choose to interpret it) be anything to-do-with cars, food, clothes/sports-merchandise, T.V. shows, supermarkets and/or everything in-between. I’ll get the ping-ball rolling.

1. Selfridges (because I said-so)

2. Tesco. It’s convenient and not-too-expensive (which is important in these grave economic-times) but it’s a bit of a cliche (and I’ve never been hot on £3 meal-deals). I like big-Tescos but otherwise I’d much-rather do a decent spot of grocery-shopping at Morrisons, Asda and (on the rare instances that I can actually afford-to) Waitrose/Costco.

I’ve never liked Tesco that much. Anyone who goes to the superstore/s (which do actually tend-to be quite nice) is obviously making a deliberate effort to shop at Tesco-Tesco but otherwise I feel like it’s just there for convenience. It’s not terrible by any means but it’s just not my kind-of shop.

3. Hollyoaks. I know it’s only-really for teenagers anyway but I just feel like Waterloo Road (which I actually really like, at-least the first four seasons, and binge-watch when I can to this day) is there for good entertainment, that both teenagers and adults (including teachers) can enjoy. I saw two episodes of Hollyoaks circa Year 8/9 and told a 5-minute lie at school that I was starting to get into it (not that the lads I spun that to even wanted me in their esoteric Cheshire-teen. fan club) but like I say I wasn’t being serious. It never actually did anything for me.

4. Emmerdale. I still watch EastEnders and Corrie - I picked both up again properly a Christmas-or-so-ago after getting more-bored-than-usual with them over the 2020 side of the pandemic but I just can’t do Emmerdale, no matter how-bored I might be on any-given weeknight. There was a time I tried to hop-a-board (albeit for all-of 10 episodes max.) 11-ish years ago (Jimmy, Kelly and Rhona were quite-prominent then) and I think I vaguely-liked what I saw but evidently not enough to have me back for more. Enough was enough way before the 40th-anniversary.

4. Manchester (as a city, not any of the football clubs). It’s definitely not bad and it’s good for a day/night out (and MediaCity is just-amazing) but the city’s culture by-and-large just comes-off as a bit grim, toxic and unfriendly to me. I much-prefer Liverpool, Cheshire and London.

5. Even the game football (it’s good and-everything and I’m obviously a Reds-supporter but it’s not even in my top-fifteen list-of interests, compared to blokes who literally-obsess the life out of every poor pig whose skin might get used to make the next football).

6. Clubbing. I don’t know if it’s naturally because I’m quite socially-introverted (or at-least reserved) but pubs and (when I can afford-to) are two places outside of the invariable comfort of my own space I’d much-rather spend my Friday-and-Saturday-nights. I’m not the sort of person who’s particularly-sensitive to external stimuli (not that I love loud noise) but I’ve just never been into clubs. I’ll go if someone invites me (which doesn’t happen a lot anymore because people know how I’m set and I’m getting a little old for the scene anyway) and probably have a decent night but I can think of a million places I’d rather spend my free time.

7. Gucci (not that it isn’t still good)

[Redway]

I might’ve ended-up writing a lot more than I thought I would but y’all get the drift either way.

[Swan]

Minecraft and Fortnite. Been a gamer all my life, still don't understand their popularity.

[Redway]

Never really played either.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Heinz

overrated, expensive marketing led garbage for the masses

also BMW/Audi - show off brands with poor poor reliability

[swine]

McDonalds. Soggy fries and greasy burgers. And BK has the Impossible Whopper so it blows McDick out of the water.

[Redway]

I can’t agree about Maccies and Heinz (at least as far as ketchup and baked-beans go) but on the subject of food-brands/chains I’d say Wetherspoons is a little-overrated. The food’s nice-enough (especially on Thursdays) and drinks cheap (importantly - I definitely don’t have £7.50 to fork-out on a pint of ordinary San Miguel) but the aesthetics leave a lot to be desired. It’s just a bit greasy a/round-the-edges and the fact that you have to trek to Narnia to do a number (when you’re probably tipsy-enough to not have a gait sturdy-enough to go anywhere other than inside the taxi) is a bit weird. The screaming kids don’t help, either.

I’ve never understood why parents take their impressionable kids to environments that by their very nature allow a lot of drunkenness and stuff in-general that just isn’t appropriate for anyone younger than 16/17 (not even just little kids). They sometimes cap anyone under 21 on some Friday/Saturday nights (a bit like what some McDonald’s stores are doing at the mo. with under-18s) and I feel like a vaguely-similar approach should be put in-place at all times, really. People under 16 have no business being in somewhere like ’spoons. Toby-Carvery and antique family-oriented pubs, fair-enough. But not a notorious greasy chain like Wetherspoons.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by swine

McDonalds. Soggy fries and greasy burgers. And BK has the Impossible Whopper so it blows McDick out of the water.

Yeah I do think McDonalds is very overrated. Especially their breakfasts - people go mad for them but I've always found the bacon all chewy, the eggs overdone, and the 'sausage' is just a burger the only nice thing are the hash browns

I find most fast food pretty overrated though really, it's never very filling and it's not that tasty

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Yeah I do think McDonalds is very overrated. Especially their breakfasts - people go mad for them but I've always found the bacon all chewy, the eggs overdone, and the 'sausage' is just a burger the only nice thing are the hash browns

I find most fast food pretty overrated though really, it's never very filling and it's not that tasty

Sausage egg McMuffins are amazing, I like that it's a sausage burger rather than a normal sausage too

Also re Swines post, don't know what McDonalds you go to but I've never gotten soggy fries from there

[LeatherTrumpet]

McDs chips are not soggy

they will be if you get a takeaway order as the chips will be in a paper bag and the moisture from the bag and the restricted airflow will make any chip soggy

If you order in the restaurant they will be firm and crispy

The burgers are not greasy as they are cooked on a hot plate

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Sausage egg McMuffins are amazing, I like that it's a sausage burger rather than a normal sausage too

Also re Swines post, don't know what McDonalds you go to but I've never gotten soggy fries from there

A burger does not meet the definition of a sausage in my book

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

A burger does not meet the definition of a sausage in my book

You can get a sausage in cafe though, this is McDonalds it's different and delicious

[LeatherTrumpet]

#teamneem

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

#teamneem

[Redway]

Yh, I’ve got-to agree with what’s been said about McDonald’s chips being perfectly-fine (at least as-far as my tastebuds have experienced). Burger-King-chips, on the other hand, are so tasteless you might-as-well not even bother (unless you’re convinced that the flat taste makes them healthier; somehow).

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Redway

Yh, I’ve got-to agree with what’s been said about McDonald’s chips being perfectly-fine (at least as-far as my tastebuds have experienced). Burger-King-chips, on the other hand, are so tasteless you might-as-well not even bother (unless you’re convinced that the flat taste makes them healthier; somehow).

BK chips are horrible

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

BK chips are horrible

Oh, they are.

[LeatherTrumpet]

BK is expensive, the chips are rank and it needs to close

[Redway]

But the actual burgers are pretty-nice. The fact that it’s called “Burger King” makes sense. That’s literally all they’re good-for.

[Niamh.]

They did do a really nice Spicy Bean Burger that I used to get back in the 90's when I was vegetarian, at the time other fast food places veggie burgers were horrible

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

They did do a really nice Spicy Bean Burger that I used to get back in the 90's when I was vegetarian, at the time other fast food places veggie burgers were horrible

yep I used to love that one

[Swan]

Soggy chips at McD's is like a 50/50 chance down here. Also, you order a large fries and it's a 50/50 chance you'll get a good portion, sometimes it's like they put a small fries in a large carton.

The breakfast is hit and miss too. Sometimes is dripping with oil. Other times it's cooked pretty much perfect.

[MTVN]

The truth is that Greggs just blows McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Subway and all the others out the water

[MTVN]

Also not here for Redways Wetherspoons hate

[Josy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

The truth is that Greggs just blows McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Subway and all the others out the water

Get out

Greggs is ****e!

Infact all of them are apart from Burger King