I was just thinking this the other day. Funny, I read an article a few years back about how spandex pants are bad for the skin because they don't allow the skin the breath, causing breakouts.For the ladies, tights as trousers.
Worse thing ever invented in weaponry. It looks so silly, like it's made to appeal to the video gamer teenagers who go around talking like weapon specialists when they've never fired a real firearm in their lives. I also hate it on knives. It's ugly. No, not every pocket knife needs to have a tactical stealth look to it. I still like my knives with cold, bare steel.Black, matte colored and plastic guns.
Never liked them in the first place, save for a few of the old Romero movies.Zombie culture.
I don't mind the concept so much as I mind the word. We all have taken a self portrait image at least once in our lives. It's simply human nature. However I find words like "seflie" and "emoji" to be sickeningly cute.Selfies
Whenever I am stuck in traffic in my at one time small town, I find myself grumbling that people need to move back from where they came from.Too many people.
I honestly believe that social media is killing meaningful conversation. The internet forum was the first way humanity could ever engage in a conversation with a person in Germany, a person in England, a person in the US, and a person in Japan all at the same time. It's truly a wonder of mankind that we've invented such technology, and have the ability to have meaningful discussion with people of different cultures, languages and points of view. And what do we do with the technology? Build ourselves bubbles and play Farmville. I firmly believe that the internet forum is a vastly superior form of communication over social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. Why? Because you're forced to come out of your bubble and converse with people that have a different view. There's no echo chamber that reinforces preconceived ideologies. I really do find it a shame that the internet forum is a dying format.People who use Twitter as a substitute for thoughtful engagement.
People who expect to find thoughtful engagement on Twitter.
Well, Nordstrom did manage to sell out of $85 leather bagged rocks last Christmas.People who would buy a gilded dog turd if Amazon sold it.
I really do hate humanity.People who go from their heated house to their heated garage to their heated car without putting a coat on, and then whine like babies when they get to their destination and have to walk twenty feet in the cold before going inside.
I find that, for the most part, people that complain about "PC Police" and "special snowflakes" are the same people who just want an excuse to be cruel sociopaths without social repercussions.The converse, and equally annoying modern trend, is those people who dismiss any critique of society by anyone other than their own socioracial group as "PC whining."
I use Twitter only for journalistic purposes, but I avoid 4Chan like the plague as I do Reddit, which I consider the "poor man's 4Chan".Twitter, the Devil's Island for those too dumb to cut it on Reddit, but who are afraid they might get beat up on 4Chan.
And now for a couple of my own:
- I cannot stand (nor understand) the usage of baby talk when referring to one's pets on the internet. It's not a fekking "Doggo". It's a dog.
-The incessant need for people to be on their phones, especially at inappropriate times such as when they're at a movie or when they're hiking. Do you really need your phone so badly that you cannot go without it for 2 hours? And God help you should you point out how rude it is for somebody to be on their phone during a movie.
-Children with cellphones, or on the internet in general. Children do not belong on the internet, unless they're doing homework, and certainly shouldn't be on social media. Can't tell you how many times I've seen petulant immaturity on Facebook only to realize I'm trying to have a discussion with an 8 year old. Personally, I think all social media should enforce an NC-13 rule, perhaps even an NC-17 rule as was common on Facebook in the early days. Just to keep the immaturity down. When i Was 8, my friends and I still climbed trees, floated down the creek on old wooden doors, and scraped our knees. Oh no, that can't happen NOW! What if Junior got salmonella or fell out of the tree?
-The selfie stick. This is an abomination that MUST be outlawed in most public places. It's hard enough dodging crowds in a museum, let alone crowds carrying 3ft long aluminum sticks.
-Parents who let their children run around without repercussion. They're not cute when they're running around and screaming. Get off your phone and parent!
-Apathy. Apathy has affected everyone from politicians to school teachers, and it's horrifying. People need to start caring about one another. Learn some compassion.
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