What hyped thing did you fall for that you now regret and have to live with?

I got into it with no hype, as an Internet-less European who never saw a videogame trailer before (aside from Pokémon ones on TV), and loved it as no other game before it.

The Spore hype was genuinely the reason that killed my thrill of anticipation in video games and movies altogether.

What's funny is I just made another comment about it in this thread and I'm starting to feel nostalgic, but I know if I go back and play it I'll just be disappointed again!