“Music festivals and outdoor concerts are the worst.
Sweaty, smelly masses crushed together.
The women’s bathroom is always a nightmare.
Food and drink costs 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.
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 wouldn’t do it again if I had a choice.My current job doesn’t require 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!
sf84
3.
“Getting a transplant.
‘It’ll make your life SOOO much better!’
I had to buy an electric wheelchair.”
retrocrebbon
4.“AirPods.
brandeis
5.
“Blackberry was ‘all the hype’ until everyone jumped on the Apple bandwagon.”
donotgogentleintothatgoodnight
6.
“Honestly, theHarry Potterbooks.
The plot was always predictable, the characterization was inconsistent, and the fantasy tropes didn’t land.”
doicareabout
7.
“Any music festival or outdoor concert.
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.”
31, Nebraska
8.
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.
56,New Jersey
9.
“Bridgerton, Season 3.
Other than Penelope, it’s meh.
Penelope deserves a season to herself, but I feel like she is still a background character.
I wanted a plus-sized woman in the front of the season, but god forbid they do that.
So infuriating and disappointing.”
10.“Chick-fil-A.
The chicken is just meh.
And their fries suck.”
52, California
11.“Disneyland.
I’d spent three years with classmates/bandmates/friends telling me what an ‘amazing experience’ Disneyland was.”
“No one understood how I had lived into my early 20s, never having been.
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.
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.
That movie was a mess, even with Keaton.”
“Batman is my favorite hero, 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.
ginnyjensen
16.
“Agatha Christie’s work.
I was not happy with that!”
“And Agatha, only one committed the murder.
Everyone else abused the corpse.
She’s an advanced reader and needs 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.
“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.
50, California
20.
“The original Shake Weight.”
dyan0713
21.
“Going way back here: the Xbox Kinect.
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.
Now, I’m here, and adulting is hard.
Definitely did not live up to the hype”.”
28, Arizona
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
