Secret or guilty pleasures

Well at the top of that list is Star Trek. I not only own all of the series and movies but the complete collection of the Playmates ships and 8" figures (as well as hundreds of other ST figures, toys, and memorabilia). Not really a secret pleasure but a source of occasional teasing by colleagues and friends.Probably the most embarrassing is the fact that I LOVE Survivor. I completely hate all other reality TV, but during the Survivor season my whole family becomes obsessed, it is a good part of our conversation, etc. We made the error a few times of discussing it outside of our family, and got to hear the whole "it is exploitive..." lecture. But it is our Thursday night family activity.

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Doctor Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which were true and which weren't?"
Elim Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true"
Doctor Bashir: "Even the lies?"
Elim Garak: "Especially the lies"

I get what you are saying, but enjoy the treknobabble! I have more than once lost beverages through the nose when Geordi tries to explains something. Reminded me of this awesome song by Voltaire:

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Doctor Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which were true and which weren't?"
Elim Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true"
Doctor Bashir: "Even the lies?"
Elim Garak: "Especially the lies"

I am known by friends and relatives as someone who loves and is immersed in classic American hardcore punk - Black Flag, the Freeze, Crucifux, Dead Kennedys, MDC, etc. I often wax nostalgic about how sad it was when punk died in 1985 etc.But now and even back in the day I would listen to (and like a lot) of 70's and 80's AM stars such as Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, Partridge Family, and other such bands (not cross-comparing those, just naming a few). Music that I was quite ashamed of liking and certainly denied thrice before the cock crowed back in, say, 1983. Now enough time has passed that such music has become classic (no longer "commercialized pop crap").

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Doctor Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which were true and which weren't?"
Elim Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true"
Doctor Bashir: "Even the lies?"
Elim Garak: "Especially the lies"