Irrational Hatred
I wasn't pouting the whole time I was on hiatus; I had to work (gasp!) on Wednesday and Thursday. It is getting dangerously close to August, and you know what that means for teachers (well, and students, too).
Ed Burns was on the Daily Show the other day, and I was reminded how much I hate him, but I don't know what the source of the hatred is. I just don't like him. I'm one of those people that has irrational hatred for people and things. My ex used to get a good laugh at my feisty, irrational rants about one of these people or things; others do not find them so endearing. Here is a list of my Top Ten irrational hatreds (*but this one goes to 11):
1. Star Jones (in fairness, I developed this hatred years ago, when she was still fat, and there was no real reason to hate her except for the fact that her huge, ugly face took up the whole screen when she was on television and she was a pitch person for Payless Shoe Source, which I contend never made shoes that could withstand the weight of her fat ass)
2. Rush (unfortunately for me, my boyfriend LOVES Rush)
3. Steven Spielberg
4. Jane Fonda (I don't think I'm alone with this one)
5. Football
5. Pepsi products
6. Ed Burns
7. Rich people
8. Grey's Anatomy
9. Natalie Cole (the first person for whom I developed an irrational hatred; the 'duet' she created with her dead dad was truly unforgettable- and unforgivable)
10. Superman
11. This girl I see all the time at my gym (with her perfect abs, cute tennis skirts and her giant diamond ring)
Do you have an irrational hatred?
* Name that movie
Ed Burns was on the Daily Show the other day, and I was reminded how much I hate him, but I don't know what the source of the hatred is. I just don't like him. I'm one of those people that has irrational hatred for people and things. My ex used to get a good laugh at my feisty, irrational rants about one of these people or things; others do not find them so endearing. Here is a list of my Top Ten irrational hatreds (*but this one goes to 11):
1. Star Jones (in fairness, I developed this hatred years ago, when she was still fat, and there was no real reason to hate her except for the fact that her huge, ugly face took up the whole screen when she was on television and she was a pitch person for Payless Shoe Source, which I contend never made shoes that could withstand the weight of her fat ass)
2. Rush (unfortunately for me, my boyfriend LOVES Rush)
3. Steven Spielberg
4. Jane Fonda (I don't think I'm alone with this one)
5. Football
5. Pepsi products
6. Ed Burns
7. Rich people
8. Grey's Anatomy
9. Natalie Cole (the first person for whom I developed an irrational hatred; the 'duet' she created with her dead dad was truly unforgettable- and unforgivable)
10. Superman
11. This girl I see all the time at my gym (with her perfect abs, cute tennis skirts and her giant diamond ring)
Do you have an irrational hatred?
* Name that movie
posted by Sue Ellen Mischke at 3:54 PM
23 Comments:
Oh my god, Grey's Anatomy is so shite. I thought it was just me...!
And the movie: This Is Spinal Tap, of course.
I have reasons for my hatred of large SUVs, Wal-Mart, and President Bush.
But I've no reason to hate a number of other things, including cauliflower, which has an absence of color that is freakish and makes my skin crawl to even think about.
Also I want to smash to smithereens a player piano that is ALWAYS FREAKING PLAYING in the lobby of the hospital where my father is. I literally have to stop myself from kicking it every time I walk past.
Mimes make me want to do violence, too. There's no such thing as an inoffensive mime.
Good call, *, on the movie. It's one of my all-time faves. And I think we are the only two people who don't like that show.
E, I have reasons for my hatred of those exact three things as well. I make a mean face and shake my fist when I drive past people who drive large SUVs. Mimes are stupid. I love cauliflower though. Although now that you mention the lack of color thing, I'm a little creeped out.
When go I through my hatreds (Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, anyone on the Yankees, Keanu Reeves) I discover two things. First, all my hatreds have some sort of logic behind them. Second, the only thing I have any real passion about is sports.
Lots n lots n lots...
(When yer say football yer mean that American crap of course not soccer)
1) Tony Bliar
2) Bush
3) Prescott
4) oh fuck it...all politicians
5) terrorist scum
6) warm beer (now we're gettin' to the important stuff)
7) garage music ('cause I haven't got one and even if i did it's shite)
8) hoodies
9) Oldham Athletic Football Club (who i actually love but hate briefly when they make me cry)
10) Becks (but only when he's bonking Posh who I fancy rotten)
Actually I like American Football ('specially the Dolphins) but don't tell anyone...
I like Rush too.... go figure
Dan, I won't hold that against you.
4D, those are all perfectly rational hatreds. Except, why the hell do you "fancy" Posh? She's awful! Someone needs to feed that woman a sandwich. I'm totally with you on hoodie. I even hate the word. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a cute shirt while shopping only to turn it around and see that they've gone and sewn a hood onto the back of it. Great way to ruin a good garment.
1. It's nice to see you cutting across partisan lines in your hatred. Liberal hates (Spielberg and Fonda) and conservative hates (Rush and Rich People).
2. As if you needed another reason to hate Gray's Anatomy... I give you Ellen Pompeo at her worst. I guarantee you that after you watch this clip you will never see "Meredith" in the same light again.
3. Pepsi products? But what would the world do without Mountain Dew?!
Ok, Marc, I should clarify--- Rush as in the band, not as in Limbaugh (although I hate him as well, but that's not really irrational now is it?). As for Ms. Pompeo... She's disgusting. Is she wearing my grandma's nightgown in that video? They must have edited out the part of the film where she goes into the bathroom to purge the crabcakes. I hate her, too, but that's not at all irrational. Does anyone like her? Ugh... awful.
Oh and one last thing, Marc, I've never consumed a drop of Mt. Dew. The commercials alone are enough to make me want to boycott pepsi prods.
would you hold anything against me? oh wait, that's supposed to be my line, as in, I'd like to hold that against you.
Dan, get your mind out of the gutter please. This is not that kind of blog...
Anyone who hates RUSH, must not know what great music is all about. You probably listen to some indie rock garbage, but then, I guess the world isn't a perfect place because everyoen doesn't LOVE RUSH!!!
Alrighty, all my irrational hates center around emo kids and especially those with hair in their face. I usually launch into a huge tirade about individuality and blah bluh bleh but I am too drained from yelling at these kids out my window.
I'd like to introduce everyone to mr. anonymous there... aka my boyfriend. I had a feeling a good Rush-bashing would get you riled up enough to comment.
Julian, you'd HATE the high school where I work. Emo kids make up about half the population. I don't even like that word 'emo.' I try never to use it. And I've went and used it twice in this comment so now I'm annoyed.
What the hell is an emo?
Yes, yes I'm older than most of you.
Sue - I knew you were talking about Rush the band... my characterization of them as conservative is based off the fact that the National Review included more Rush songs on their lists of "Conservative Rock" tunes than any other band (six, count 'em, six tracks).
Esbee - Emo can be summed up in two words: Dashboard Confessional
Marc, that's right, I did notice that when I read that list on your blog. Just another reason to hate them I guess, as if Geddy Lee's grating voice weren't enough. Nicely done on the description of emo, but that still may not clarify things for Esbee.
I looked it up on Wikipedia and it describes it as a sub-genre of hard core punk, which it is not anymore if you ask me. And it also describes it as indie, which if Dashboard fucking Confessional is emo, it certainly is not also indie either. I think it's like the supreme court's defintion of indecency. I can't describe it, but I know it when I see it (I'll let Marc tell everyone exacty which supreme court justice said that and in which case [probably one relating to Larry Flint] it was said).
Julian, can you explain better what emo is, since you seem to have such a strong opinion of it?
My irrational hatred really isn't so irrational. The whole cutesy mommy thing. I hate soccer mom BS and minivans. Motherhood isn't a damn social club, people.
Don't get me started.
And anti-kid people, who surely don't realize it, but they are worse about discussing their damn pets than we are about our kids.
Z, sounds like you have some strong opinions about cutesy moms! I'd probably be the same way if I had kids. And people who talk about their pets are the worst.
1) It was Justice Potter Stewart's description of hard-core porn in Jacobellis v. Ohio in 1964.
2) Definitive Emo Definition:
Punk music on estrogen. Often acoustic guitar with soft, high male vocals that dwell exessively on the singer's feelings, especially melancholy remembrances of past relationships/mistakes in life. A form of music that diverged from punk in the '80s, the name "emo" is derived from the emotive style of the lyrics and music. This genre has lately been marketed heavily by the music industry to teenagers with bands such as Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday, and has seen much commercial and mainstream success. The music has also spawned a subculture which conforms to certain conventions in dress such as tight sweatshirts, tight band T-shirts and horn-rim glasses. Adherents profess to exessively melancholy temperments. Males that adhere to the emo subculture are sometimes confused with metrosexuals; indeed the line between the two is somwhat blurred, though both groups claim to be intouch with their emotional side. The ephemeral and hackneyed nature of emo songwriting suggests that its audience will be restricted largely to teenagers. the genre suffers from a lack of credibility outside the aforementioned demographic group, much like current Nu Metal bands.
Holy shit, Marc. That's amazing. Did you write that yourself or did you get that from another source?
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