Things I Hate
by Giselle A. Nguyen
On Grammar, Spelling and the Written Word
People who can't differentiate between your/you're to/too/two etc. I don't even understand how that is remotely difficult and never will.
People who say "could of" instead of "could have"...unfathomable.
People who say "but" instead of "though" at the end of a sentence.
When people say "all of the sudden" - what? WHAT?
When people say "seen" instead of "saw", eg "I seen her today" - what the FUCK is wrong with the world?
When people label a picture "Ben and I" or whatever - um, Ben and ME? Holy fucking shit, please learn the rules of grammar asap or GTFO.
On Technological Communications, aka The Internet
The abbreviation "bb" for "baby". Um...what?
When people have (L)bOyFrIeNd(L) in their MSN names and are over the age of 14. Is this normal?
Chat rooms and the excess of filthy pedophiles that lurk in them. Once, as an experiment, I went into one and typed "12/f, have never had sex before! teach me!!!!!!!" and got about, seriously, 40 replies. I hate the world.
When AIM screws up on me and floods my screen with Internet Explorer windows. It's bad enough that I'm being flooded - worse that it's IE.
People who think old memes are still funny. Rickroll and Charlie the Unicorn are deliciously last century, please leave me alone.
On General Living and Etiquette
Straight edge people who are high and mighty about it. We get it, you don't drink or smoke or sleep around - here's a gold star, now shut the fuck up while I lead my life the way I choose to.
The C word, which is quite frankly the worst word ever, not because of its meaning but because of its gross sound and look. It is made slightly less foul, but only ever so slightly, when Ben Folds sings it.
People who don't give me a thank you wave when I let them into my lane whilst driving. It takes the same amount of time for you to raise your goddamn hand as it does for me to punch you in the face, you do the math.
Scientology (........)
On Musical Trends
Kings of Leon - I have tried very hard to like this band for several years now, and still I cannot understand the appeal. If I wanted to listen to bogans yodelling with their inbred cousins, I'd go to a music centre in Tasmania.
People who buy current releases on vinyl "because it sounds better". Actually, if you'd care to stop masturbating to the sounds of TV on the Radio, you would know that most current bands record using digital material, and so a vinyl recording of it is the exact same as a CD or mp3. It is only when the recording is analogue or using tapes that the sound quality is different, so please stop being so terribly pretentious and just admit that you buy things on vinyl because Nick Hornby told you it was cool, and so you can woo girls into bed with your vast collection of nonsense.
The lineup for V Festival 2009. How they possibly went from having Pixies, Jarvis Cocker, Air, Modest Mouse and the Smashing Pumpkins amongst others headlining, to Snow Patrol, the Killers and Kaiser Chiefs is beyond me. Shame on you V Festival.
The price of Coldplay and David Byrne tickets. Shame on you Coldplay and David Byrne.
The fact that Coldplay are the biggest band in the world. Yes, I like Coldplay. Yes, I listen to their music. However, I don't think for a second that it's original - they are too derivative of their influences and it sounds like listening to a 2000s incarnation of U2, except that Chris Martin is less of a turd than Bono. Whilst Coldplay is by no means a bad band, I can think of dozens more deserving of the biggest band in the world status, and seeing a $140 price tag on a Coldplay concert ticket enrages me even more. For shame.
On Fashion Trends
Those ridiculous big glasses that people wear with no lenses in them. As someone who has worn glasses for 16 odd years, it frankly offends me that you plebians deem it necessary to wear them for no apparent reason whilst I suffer with my shit eyes. However, it does please me that you have given me easy access to poke your eyes out with burning rods.
Big letter Supre shirts. But I think anyone with a brain hates those.
Crocs. Thankfully I think people are beginning to realise that they look like someone vomited on your feet and that vomit solidified.
this will be added onto when i think of more, and i shall make it a public entry so that all are aware of the abhorrences that infiltrate my life and make me angry.