Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

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[JonFromMaplewood]

Saw "Religulous" last night. Bill Mahr makes me mad....not because of his views (I am an atheist as well) but because he's a smug little jerk about his views and a total dick to everyone in his proximity.  You want to pick on Tom Cruise and televangelists, fine. But religious truck drivers?  Tourists at a Christian theme park? Leave them alone, asshole.

And maybe let some of those interviewees watch over your shoulder while you edit the interviews in post-production.

Mahr actually has the nerve at the end to tell people to stop practicing faith and start practicing doubt, because it is more humble.  Humble? Coming from Bill Mahr?  Puh-lease. Maybe the better message would have been "Believe what you want. I will too.  Respect each other in the process. Good night."

I am an atheist, but I do not look down upon those whose beliefs differ from mine, nor do I see religion as the cause of all death and war on the planet as some like Mahr believe.  Atheists have contributed their share to 20th atrocities (Pol Pot? Stalin?).

Grrrr!  That movie made me MAD!

[Stupornaut]

I hate walking into the men's room and seeing some guy standing at the urinal arms akimbo with both hands on his hips, like he's some kind of superhero of peeing or something.

(I fully admit that this is probably the worst thing I've ever posted here.)

[Sarah]

I, too, hate it when men choose to piss in that position.  Not least because it invariably involves more cleanup.

[waltkellysghost]

I hate walking into the men's room and seeing some guy standing at the urinal arms akimbo with both hands on his hips, like he's some kind of superhero of peeing or something.

(I fully admit that this is probably the worst thing I've ever posted here.)

I hate it when they do that AND have their pants and underwear down to their ankles at the same time.

[waltkellysghost]

Zimmerman kind of annoys me too.  It seems like he just finds food items that aren't lethal and eats it.  And it's always gross stuff that he eats.   

My favorite was when Zimmerman ate the sea urchin penis and all the locals laughed at him. He acted like it was good, but he totally got pranked.

[slipperyslope]

Saw "Religulous" last night. Bill Mahr makes me mad....not because of his views (I am an atheist as well) but because he's a smug little jerk about his views and a total dick to everyone in his proximity.  You want to pick on Tom Cruise and televangelists, fine. But religious truck drivers?  Tourists at a Christian theme park? Leave them alone, asshole.

And maybe let some of those interviewees watch over your shoulder while you edit the interviews in post-production.

Mahr actually has the nerve at the end to tell people to stop practicing faith and start practicing doubt, because it is more humble.  Humble? Coming from Bill Mahr?  Puh-lease. Maybe the better message would have been "Believe what you want. I will too.  Respect each other in the process. Good night."

I am an atheist, but I do not look down upon those whose beliefs differ from mine, nor do I see religion as the cause of all death and war on the planet as some like Mahr believe.  Atheists have contributed their share to 20th atrocities (Pol Pot? Stalin?).

Grrrr!  That movie made me MAD!

I appreciate some of his sentiments in regard to government policies and things in some of the things i've seen him talk about before, but he's definitely up there in my mental list of most douchiest men to ever be broadcasted on television. All I can picture when anyone mentions his name is that weird sort of scrunching one side of the face and yelling a lot while pretending saying "oh come ON!" at something he disapproves of is some kind of new phenomenon that he's going to get rich off of.

[mahgeetah]

Saw "Religulous" last night. Bill Mahr makes me mad....not because of his views (I am an atheist as well) but because he's a smug little jerk about his views and a total dick to everyone in his proximity.  You want to pick on Tom Cruise and televangelists, fine. But religious truck drivers?  Tourists at a Christian theme park? Leave them alone, asshole.

You've confirmed all my suspicions about that movie. Ugh.

I'll take a self-righteous religious zealot over a self-righteous atheist any day. Guess what, Bill Maher, you're not the first smug little twerp to take up this argument.

Speaking of smug self-righteous jerks - and I'm sure it's been mentioned here before - I'd like to give a F.U. to Penn & Teller for that "Bullsh-t" show. It's in that same vein: snide, ill-informed arrogance backed up by carefully edited interviews with lunatics.

[Smelodies]

I'll take a self-righteous religious zealot over a self-righteous atheist any day.

Why so?

[slipperyslope]

I'll take a self-righteous religious zealot over a self-righteous atheist any day.

Why so?

Probably because religious zealots can be spotted a mile away, and/or tell you everything you're doing wrong. The athiest variety traps you and tells you a lifelong story about everything they're doing "right".

[dave from knoxville]

I'll take a self-righteous religious zealot over a self-righteous atheist any day.

Why so?

Probably because religious zealots can be spotted a mile away, and/or tell you everything you're doing wrong. The athiest variety traps you and tells you a lifelong story about everything they're doing "right".

I am a semi-religious zealot, but I am a lot more interested in the contours of the way your life is than I am in convincing you it should be more like mine. People are clearly focused on the wrong religious zealots. I guess I am presuming out of turn, but I think Pastor Josh and Bonnie are with me on this.

[slipperyslope]

I'll take a self-righteous religious zealot over a self-righteous atheist any day.

Why so?

Probably because religious zealots can be spotted a mile away, and/or tell you everything you're doing wrong. The athiest variety traps you and tells you a lifelong story about everything they're doing "right".

I am a semi-religious zealot, but I am a lot more interested in the contours of the way your life is than I am in convincing you it should be more like mine. People are clearly focused on the wrong religious zealots. I guess I am presuming out of turn, but I think Pastor Josh and Bonnie are with me on this.

I'm merely using "zealot" in the context the typical non-believer in popular society understands. We're talk'n whackos and perhaps racists and biggots in some cases, that sort of thing. Not to be confused with someone who has simple and/or profound zeal.
Not everyone knows the difference though, because some people ruined it for everyone else. Or at least, they were louder and more shocking than yourself, for example

[slipperyslope]

Back to stuff I hate...

people who agree to call or show up at a certain time for something, and just don't bother without informing you.

I worked all night and should be in bed and some service guy looking after some specialized computer nightmare promised to call 2 hours ago "at the latest".
At least a quick "hey, i'm busy, i'll be in touch later instead" would be nice.

[Matt]

I hate walking into the men's room and seeing some guy standing at the urinal arms akimbo with both hands on his hips, like he's some kind of superhero of peeing or something.

(I fully admit that this is probably the worst thing I've ever posted here.)

I hate it when they do that AND have their pants and underwear down to their ankles at the same time.

Is this a common thing? I was using the bathroom once (the stall, of course) and when I made my exit, a guy was standing at the urinal with his pants down past his buttocks. He was staring at me, which was a little creepy. I honestly thought he was coming on to me, but maybe I was too quick to judge.

[Sarah]

A zealot is by definition a fanatic.  I do not believe DfK, or Bonnie, or Pastor Josh qualifies as such.