Though hating on things is generally not one of my favorite past-times, I do occasionally look forward to compiling lists of things I can't stand. With that being said, here goes nothing…
I hate in competence. There is nothing in the world more frustrating than incompetence. I also hate helplessness. Few things in this world are as pitiful as a helpless person, or even a helplessly incompetent person. I hate Skylar White (and her sister Marie for that matter). I hate self-righteous social media users, who shove their views down people's throats on a consistent enough basis that they have almost become infamous for said posts, in certain circles. I hate the whole culture Twitter and Facebook have brought about for our generation. I hate hash tags. No seriously, I really hate hash tags. You won't ever catch me tweeting #anything. I hate prejudice. Not just the obvious forms, but the reverse forms that kind of get ignored and happen quite frequently. I hate ignorance. I hate laziness. I hate a loud mouth and most certainly I hate know-it-all. As more times then not, I find the "know-it-all" to make lofty assumptions and claims that often have zero credibility or academic integrity. I hate "selfies". I also hate that it is now an accepted, dictionary word. I hate drama. Especially on public forums. It shines more light on your insecurities than you may ever know (shout out to all my sub tweeters out there, yes I'm talking about you). Not to mention, the overwhelming majority of people that see those sub tweets either don't give a shit about what you're saying or have a clue what those tweets are in reference to. I hate the frizzy perforations on the end of notebook paper. I hate winter. I hate country music. Seriously, though how often can you create the exact same song? I hate that "Turn up" and "ratchet" and "bae" are a part of the parlance of our times. I hate fake celebrity accounts. I hate vine. I hate the war on drugs. I hate my landlord. I hate small-town gossip. Where I'm from, it's runs rampant like deer in a new, cookie-cutter, housing development. I hate many more things I'm sure, but all this hate is putting me in quite the mood. I'm going to stick to love for the rest of the night.
The most effective of these are the most individual and most personal. So while many people rail against social media and incompetence, you do well to rail against "the frizzy perforations of notebook paper." Lopate talks about the idiosyncratic I being the key to a personal essay, and I think you show that here.
ReplyDeleteI'm also interested in the contrast you've got working here. From that odd one to "winter." The effect is jarringly pleasant, like a move from a distorted guitar solo back to the chorus.
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I also feel similarly to Dave in finding interest in your more quirky hates. It's as if when you brought them up a light bulb went off for me and I was thinking "shit I hate that too!" You had such good back up for your hates as well. I like that you weren't super sold on the idea of making a list of things that you hate so you defended each one pretty well. It shows your sense of justification and definitely allowed for your personality to shine through.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this list. I think it was very thoughtful and I like the format as well. The format was much different from a lot of the other hate lists I have read.