30 Things That Were Hyped But Truly Deserved The Praise

Driving 8 hours into the desert, escaping the light pollution, and seeing the Milky Way.

I cried.

Seeing the Northern Lights in person. Photos don't do them justice.

Polio vaccine.

My dog, he's still awesome. Well, time to go walk again.

The LOTR film trilogy. I've never been so hyped and at the same time nervous as when I went to see Fellowship. Within the first minute I knew they had pulled it off. Still the best theater going experience I've ever had.

The Grand Canyon. It is 100% worth the trip to see it.

European chocolate.

Marriage.

My wife and I love the same things. We support each other's dreams, but also try to empathize with each other's pains.

I'll take the most mundane day shared with my wife over an exceptional day alone, just because I know she will be there to be the little spoon at night.

Also the whole dual income thing is nice.

Weird Al in concert. He wears a new costume for almost every song, his band is fantastic, and despite being around for ~30 years his tickets are still affordable.

Pompeii. Holy c**p was it amazing.

Heath Ledger as the Joker.

Dungeons and Dragons as a second grader in 1980. S**t blew my mind for years.

Edit: wow happy to see all the folks who still love DnD and PnP RPGs. Still have a scar on my sole from a D4 I stepped on at age 10.

Seeing a solar eclipse in totality it was amazing! 11/10 would recommend to a friend.

Dark Side of the Moon. I finally got a copy when I was...16? I started listening to it and was like...wow, no wonder.

The Internet.

In the early days when it stopped being solely for universities and government, people, media, etc. was unsure what to make of it and how useful it would be.

Scuba Diving. Had friends who wouldn't shut up about it, but I was never sure (I was comfortable in the water, but I didn't like swimming that much).

Holy s**t, after the first time I can only think of when the next dive is.

Naps. The older get man the better they are. With noise canceling headphones it’s even better now. I look forward to them all the time. Hug a pillow, blanket over eyes but not mouth or nose, headphones in and I’m out cold in like 15 seconds. I wanna take a nap now just typing about it.

Deadpool and Ryan Reynolds playing him; oh boy if that didn't live up to be more than we all expected it to be!

Shakespeare. You spend your whole life being told his stuff is just sooo goood and then you're forced to read it in high school and what do you know, it is actually good.

That f*****g Kinetic Sand toy. It's AMAZING. You form it into a ball or a mound and it stays. You squish it in your hands and it runs over your finger tips like water. You break a chunk in half and both sides slowly ooze over itself like lava. What an easy, stupid, but highly therapeutic toy.