Things That I Hate

People Who Believe in Brand Superiority

I am so sick of hearing my friends say that every time I drop a call it’s because I’m using Sprint, and that I should get Verizon. To them, I’m lucky to get off one call a day, and every time their device is clearly at fault, they don’t acknowledge it. Same goes for Mozilla Firefox vs. Internet Explorer. They ignore that Firefox is just as prone to errors as IE but complain every time something happens and say its because of some inherent inferiority. Brand superiority does not exist. It is created by advertisements and quoting something you heard in a chat room doesn’t make you right.

Parents Who Don’t Trust You

My mum never trusts me with anything. Every time I get a text, she’s always right there asking “who was that?” and I reply “friends”. So now she takes my phone and goes through all my texts and my call log to check for anything “suspicious”.

Pronunciation Symbols

I hate when I look up a how to pronounce a word or term that’s used with symbols like ~/ɪ/,[ˈwɔɹʃ, and /u/~/ʊ/. I’m not a linguist and as I understand it those symbols have never been on a curriculum, so why do all sources assume the average person can? Would it really be so hard to show how the word sounds, such as “fantom” when you look up “phantom.”

Ads Making Fun of Breast Cancer

I hate the pink ribbon shirts that say things like “Protect the Tatas! Save Second Base!” Ads like these make light of breast cancer, as if it wasn’t a serious disease, and as if raising awareness wasn’t a good cause. More people wear these as a joke than actually care about the cause. They are lame and immature. There is nothing funny about cancer.

Turkeys

I hate them. They are scary and they chase you around and torment you, all while making these horrible gobbling sounds. I absolutely hate them.

Prom Committee

I hate the prom committee at my school. It’s made up of a bunch of those preppy, popular girls. Since they are popular, they were the ones who were chosen to be in charge of the prom committee because they had all of their other popular friends vote for them to be in charge. They will only let their friends help them come up with ideas for the prom, and if anyone else wants to, they say “no” and shoot down the idea, saying that it is stupid or that they already have enough help. It’s my prom too. Not just yours. If I want to help, I should be able to help.

Parents

I want to get a cat (a rescue, not from a breeder) and I am very responsible, but my parents won’t let me get one! I even offered to pay for the whole cat, plus accessories, plus food… and they still won’t let me! Nobody in my family is even allergic.

The Intruding Friend

So what if you don’t like the current life decisions I’m making? Since when was it your job to tell me who I can and cannot hang out with? I’m fairly certain that since this is my life, I can live it the way I want to. So quit ignoring my calls and texts just because I’m hanging out with a guy you don’t get along with. Just know that it’s not gonna stop me from doing as I please. I hope that you can learn to get over yourself because I’m not gonna be your pushover.

Subjective

As I was reading the Nike entry, I thought, “Really? Vans are better then Nikes?” Honestly, who cares? It’s like saying the color blue is better then the color pink or vice versa. It’s an opinion! Understand that! It is subjective!

Pants

If they’re too long, you trip. Too short, they look weird. They give you wedgies and are almost always too tight or loose. I vote no pants. Swimsuits all year sounds good.