Yeah, it's been a while. Six days straight of child care doesn't leave me either the time or mental energy to blog. It does, however, give me time to brood. Hence, may I present my first list:
25 Types Of People I Dislike On General Principle
1) People who are infinately world-weary before they have even seen their third decade.
2) People who go to restaurants for the scene, not the food.
3) Posers.
4) Hipsters.
5) People who, upon being introduced, feel the need to acquaint you with their political/socio-economic/marital/sexual/religious status. If it's important, it'll come in a general conversation. And if I have a burning desire to know, trust me - I'll ask.
6) People who want to tell me about their personal journeys. See the word personal, people? It's a clue to keep it that way. Their's a reason that they're not called public journeys.
7) Zealots and fanatics.
8) People who think God will send you to hell forever if you don't suscribe to their sectarian belief system.
9) People who belittle others who do well in science, or mathmatics, or literature, or any skilled field, simply because they themselves don't understand these subjects. Their are a myriad of fields in which my stupidity and inability are noteworthy. But I can't imagine putting someone down because they have knowledge that I lack.
10) Saleclerks whose lives are far, far more interesting and important than my own, to the point where it really is a dreadful burden on them to actually consider waiting on me.
11) People who overschedule, overspend on, and overindulge their kids.
12) People who tip horribly, and congratulate themselves for ripping off some poor waitress.
13) People (generally mothers) who stay at home/ work/ breast feed/bottlefeed/spank/don't spank their kids, and feel compelled to tell that what you're doing is terrible and insane and will completely screw up your unfortunate children. Fortunately, most of these folks tend to congregate on Internet message boards, posting dozens of messages a day, and are thus easily avoided. (One does wonder when they have time to care for their own alleged kids.) However, you do stumble across them occasionally in the real world, so beware.
14) People who think that their time is far more valuable than anyone else's.
15) People who really and deeply care what Badgley Mischka's 2003 spring line will be like.
16) Vegans. This is more of a general observation than a principle, as I have never met a vegan in whose company I have passed an enjoyable block of time. My husband claims to know a very nice vegan lady in Oregon, so I guess I'll have to leave this one open to change.
17) People who believe that their superior tastes in music confers upon themselves superior social status.
18) People who believe that name-calling, slogans, and general bitchiness translates into trenchant, thoughtful political commentary.
19) People who habitually use logical fallacies in their arguments.
20) People who don't think before they speak.
21) People who have read a book, or an article, or an Internet entry on a
complicated subject, and herein believe that they know all there is to know about it.
22) Quacks.
23) Anyone who would even think on appearing on ABC's Are You Hot? The Search For America's Sexiest People.
24) Men who read Maxim.
25) Spammers.
I'm sure that, given time, I could think of many more, so I'll probably be adding to this in the future. Feel free to add your own at any time.
Posted by at February 08, 2003 10:19 PM