The Like/Hate Thread

[Super Buu]

I hate that my laptop is at 12% power and I'm too lazy to go grab the power cord.

I love Moulin Rouge.

I love Moulin Rouge's version of Like a Virgin even.

Oddly enough, I watched that film for the first time last night. The song-splicing is genius.

Oh, and I hate that my laptop's battery died completely after 2 years, meaning that I can't unplug it. Also the speakers and headphone jacks stopped working. That's what I get for buying a Dell.

[Lucifer]

Ok, as you guys know, I have strawberry blond hair. That's the name of the color, as faggish as that sounds. Its not "red" in the sense that if you actually stand me next to someone with red hair, you see an obvious difference. Very few people I deal with seem to have the common sense to make that observation.

Getting to the point, its obviously hilarious (/sarcasm) and super creative (/sarcasm) to associate ANYONE with the slightest red tint in their hair that also has a penis with either "the Shermanator" or "Carrottop", regardless of if your hair style is anything like those two individuals. So I get called this every single fucking day by random customers who think they are hilarious. This part I don't mind, as I'm trying to joke with the customers, but in doing this, they always go asshole mode and derail the entire convo so that everytime I walk up to ask them if they want something, its "SHHHEERMANATORRRR!" or something, ignoring me completely other than to ridicule me till I walk away.

Ok, well, this is fine, for random customers I likely won't deal with again.

Where it tends to get to the bullshit level is either some of my co-workers, people I work with every single day, that seem to, after nearly 6 years of me working there, not find the joke old and thus still repeat it. Every. Goddamn. Day. And the same repeat nightly regular customers that come in and are already hated for being "ten minutes before closing time" regulars that don't tip. Who have to yell across the building as soon as they see me (and everytime I pass by after), which derails my table.

Because after something like 9 years, the same joke that these same people repeat every single day is still funny? You mean, its physically impossible to beat a dead horse until its god damn soul is eradicated? Is it possible, that maybe, just maybe, the joke is ancient and someone could come up with some new material? I can forgive people that have just run into me for the first time and that's the best that their feeble, tiny, caveman minds can grasp for, but the same people? I totally get that these people, co-workers and asshole customers alike, just lack the brain capacity to move their though process along and find some other joke to associate every single human being with the slightest red tint in their hair to, but they don't, they just spew off yelling just the name of two pretty much ancient joke characters, and it sets them off as if Morgan Freeman just walked into the room yelling "SHOOT THAT MOTHERFUCKER!" (which is hilarious, btw, and an in joke again at work. But I wouldn't fucking repeat it every single day.)

Big annoying rant, I know, but seriously. After a while, the joke gets old, and I would like society to move on to the next method of ridiculing me (because while at first its just brotherly bonding between people over humor, after enough time that's all it becomes). Its as creative as taking a blond chick, no matter what her facial structure, body build, even her hair style or the fact that she's really a brown haired chick with blond highlights, and screaming "OMG TEH BRITNEY SPEARS!" everytime she walks past.

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TLDR: FUCK PEOPLE.

EDIT: I know some might think this is such a minor thing to get annoyed or pissed about. But just think about it. I'm sure everyone has things that people make the same exact joke about every day for years that regardless of how dumb the joke is, will eventually set them off everytime its mentioned. "OK GODDAMMIT I GET IT, YOU THINK YOU ARE QUAGMIRE SO YOU HAVE TO SAY GIGGITY EVERYTIME A GIRL WALKS BY AND THEN LOOK AROUND FOR APPROVAL, STFU!" (yelled by one of my friends to another a long time ago. I don't think he ever said it again. Was hilarious.)

Sorry but...

[Super Buu]

Oh, and along the same lines as what Rei and Reb were saying, people constantly make reference to Canuckdian people on this forum as Canucks. I get the same thing about being a Brit constantly, and Mario gets it about being Mexican. Fat people get called fat by strangers. People have a habit of sending me really boring IM openers like "what's up", when the answer is obvious: I'M AT HOME ON THE INTERNET >=O

All of this stuff has a running theme: it's tiresomely predictable but common as hell and not about to go away. Everybody gets it, you just have to learn to zone it out and become a conversational zombie like me, biding your time for those rare occasions where you meet interesting people who are worth getting to know.

I hope I didn't come off as an asshole in this post.

[Kaden]

You forgot cycloptic and lazy. And annoyingly arrogant.

For me, anyway.

[Sage]

lol.

But your my favorite lazy, one-eyed Mexican, Mario. <3

Hay Rei, sorry to rain on your parade buuut:

I have strawberry blonde hair too and nobody has ever called me carrot top or shermanator (I don't even know what the second one means). My hair's probably not as red as yours though. It's more blond than red. =\

In the Dominican all the locals called me Shaggy from Scooby Doo. So, I guess I have celebrity status, too. :p

[Lucifer]

I saw the Nutcracker.

I love the Nutcracker.

People just aren't up for a good trip to the ballet anymore.

[Super Buu]

Cycloptic is a new one for me =o

[Kaden]

Cycloptic is a new one for me =o

Oh... damn...

[Vad]

Oh, and along the same lines as what Rei and Reb were saying, people constantly make reference to Canuckdian people on this forum as Canucks. I get the same thing about being a Brit constantly, and Mario gets it about being Mexican. Fat people get called fat by strangers. People have a habit of sending me really boring IM openers like "what's up", when the answer is obvious: I'M AT HOME ON THE INTERNET >=O

All of this stuff has a running theme: it's tiresomely predictable but common as hell and not about to go away. Everybody gets it, you just have to learn to zone it out and become a conversational zombie like me, biding your time for those rare occasions where you meet interesting people who are worth getting to know.

I hope I didn't come off as an asshole in this post.

I hate how I'm one of those boring IM opener people. =(

EDIT: Except for Celipa and Dehan, them I just do random shit to in the IM window. >=D

[Super Buu]

Well now you know better, so you can send me crazy interesting and unexpected openers

I think I'm probably the only one who finds it annoying. People have to understand that I'm pragmatic to a fault. Someone asks a question that semantically has the meaning "are you there and free to chat?" and I just interpret it literally. Conversations and small talk just don't come naturally to me.

[Vad]

Well now you know better, so you can send me crazy interesting and unexpected openers

I think I'm probably the only one who finds it annoying. People have to understand that I'm pragmatic to a fault. Someone asks a question that semantically has the meaning "are you there and free to chat?" and I just interpret it literally. Conversations and small talk just don't come naturally to me.

Your window is mine! Muwahahahaha

[Szar]

I have red hair, and I am a ginger. It's the most annoying thing in the entire world.

[Super Buu]

I think my hatred of the phrase "what's up" got intensified when my one of my friends found out about it and started opening every conversation with it. Since then I've had him blocked about half the time <_<

[Szar]

I'll try to be more arbitrary in my greetings from here on, Greg.

[Super Buu]

I think your sig is my best conversation opener.

[Lucifer]

I really hate people with no understanding of the Israel-Palestine situation but who feel the need to act like moral crusaders anyway.

[Vad]

I really hate people with no understanding of the Israel-Palestine situation but who feel the need to act like moral crusaders anyway.

I hate the fact that the UN is trying to come up with a solution.

LET ISRAEL KICK ASS DAMMIT!

[Dehan]

I hate my ex's sister is looking mighty fine, just turned 18 *sigh*. Sadly I don't mess with chicks who can't buy their own drank...I may make a itty bitty exception.

I love having got like eight hours of sleep that felt so damn good and being in a empty house, once these mofos come back I'm heading back to my apartment rotfl. I also hate it feels fantastic when certain family members are out of the house you know? I mean it should always be 'smooth' and easy going at home, no drama at all but when a certain person is around it's drama 24/7 unless they're gone or people just leave. I hate that.

[Jack]

It's probably best not to think about it.

In my mind, it was the ending more than anything else that prevented that show from being the best ever.

As far as how deeply it connected with me, it's probably going to be my favorite show for a while.

I don't know how to feel about it from a writer's point of view. He gives you the opportunity to think the series went in either direction. I'm only frustrated because I can't decide on one. >_<

I'm going to watch the series again though, and that's what he wanted.

[Sol]

I really, really hate being sick.