90% of all human beings disgust me sometimes.. and this is one of those times.
Warning: Rant ahead.
If you are particularly inclined to read this, do so. If not, use the power of not reading.
I have spent the past few days getting increasingly disgusted with the self centered nature of most human beings. I suppose it started when I read about the Buddhist statues being destroyed because "They were an affront to Islam" . That's just such narrow minded BS. I'm sick of people who think like that.
Then there was the whole Jenna thing. Jenna is Aus's ex-stepsister- and a pathological liar. It is probably not her fault, considering that her mother was such a psychotic bitch. But still. She didn't go to the funeral for Aus's grandfather, then tried to play it off like it was Aus's fault, and she was really all concerned, when she wasn't, and it was no one's fault but your own. If you're going to be an insensitive bastard, at least be an honest one.
I'm also tired of all the instant gratification junkies our society brreds. As the leaders of a very large guild on Neopets (722 people) and the creators of a roleplaying system, we get this -alot-. "I want my free stuff right now!!" "Why isn't anyone playing rightright now?". We do not exist to entertain or please others. We are not here for the enjoyment or the amusement of others- we are not pawns in some larger game. We are human beings, the same as any other, and have the right to not be in the mood to play on demand, or to provide yet another free service for the greedy grasping hands.
And I am sick to death of people that hurt your feelings, then turn around and say "Gee.. I'm really sorry I did that..." then do it again, and be completely bewildered by the fact that you're not going to sit around and take it. Once is usually all it takes for me to be waiting for the other shoe to drop. That's not mistrust, that's common sense.
Then there's the person who's so completely self absorbed they'll blather for hours about their new clothes, and their hair, and about what stupid thing they did with their equally inane little friends- then completely ingore you when you try to tell them one little thing about your life, because its not about -them-. Shallow, spoiled, nasty little bitches.
Oh, and then there's the person who can't understand why you don't trust them, or give them a chance to do things, after you've repeatedly tried to get them to do something so simple, yet they never seem to have the time to help. This is usually the same person who has plenty of time to babble vapidly about their clothing.
I'm sick of people who don't live up to their responsibilites, try to blame others, stab each other in the back, and are generally false, jealous and nasty.
I don't like liars and cheaters. At all.
I don't like buttkissers, senseless flattery, manipulators, or holier than thou people.
That's just so much bullshit.
I especially don't like prejudiced people, whether against gays, religious groups, or races, or gamers, or anything, really. Every person has the right to exist as they wish, so long as they are not harming others.
I hate it when people act stupid because they think its "cool".
I hate it when people just follow the crowd, and let the media or their friends decide what they should like, wear, or listen to.
I can't stand power plays, political bs, or other hostile actions that seem to have become part of polite society because we can no longer just invade someone's castle and decapitate them when we want to make a "takeover".
I hate that there are starving children in the world while every day I hear kids in America whining because they can't have a new pair of sneakers, or a fucking Rio, or yet another CD.
It totally disgusts me when people think the online world is any less real than the offline one. You can't just treat people you meet online like shit because you can turn the computer off and forget about them. Each person out there on the net is a person with feelings, dreams, and sorrows- just like you. To think otherwise is cruel.
I really hate the fact that people who are part of this problem will read this rant and go "wow.. other people suck" and not realise that parts of this are parts of how they live.
There are, however, reasons I don't lose complete faith in humanity. There are those few beings I have met who have truely beautiful souls, who love, and give, and do not hurt others. Unlike the people who are those 90% (and you know who you are) , these people genuinely make the world a better place.. and keep me from wondering why the gods are insane enough to let our species continue.
Maybe its that 10% that makes everything worth while. Maybe someday, when natural selection gets itself back in gear, the good people will be the majority. One can only hope.
If you are particularly inclined to read this, do so. If not, use the power of not reading.
I have spent the past few days getting increasingly disgusted with the self centered nature of most human beings. I suppose it started when I read about the Buddhist statues being destroyed because "They were an affront to Islam" . That's just such narrow minded BS. I'm sick of people who think like that.
Then there was the whole Jenna thing. Jenna is Aus's ex-stepsister- and a pathological liar. It is probably not her fault, considering that her mother was such a psychotic bitch. But still. She didn't go to the funeral for Aus's grandfather, then tried to play it off like it was Aus's fault, and she was really all concerned, when she wasn't, and it was no one's fault but your own. If you're going to be an insensitive bastard, at least be an honest one.
I'm also tired of all the instant gratification junkies our society brreds. As the leaders of a very large guild on Neopets (722 people) and the creators of a roleplaying system, we get this -alot-. "I want my free stuff right now!!" "Why isn't anyone playing rightright now?". We do not exist to entertain or please others. We are not here for the enjoyment or the amusement of others- we are not pawns in some larger game. We are human beings, the same as any other, and have the right to not be in the mood to play on demand, or to provide yet another free service for the greedy grasping hands.
And I am sick to death of people that hurt your feelings, then turn around and say "Gee.. I'm really sorry I did that..." then do it again, and be completely bewildered by the fact that you're not going to sit around and take it. Once is usually all it takes for me to be waiting for the other shoe to drop. That's not mistrust, that's common sense.
Then there's the person who's so completely self absorbed they'll blather for hours about their new clothes, and their hair, and about what stupid thing they did with their equally inane little friends- then completely ingore you when you try to tell them one little thing about your life, because its not about -them-. Shallow, spoiled, nasty little bitches.
Oh, and then there's the person who can't understand why you don't trust them, or give them a chance to do things, after you've repeatedly tried to get them to do something so simple, yet they never seem to have the time to help. This is usually the same person who has plenty of time to babble vapidly about their clothing.
I'm sick of people who don't live up to their responsibilites, try to blame others, stab each other in the back, and are generally false, jealous and nasty.
I don't like liars and cheaters. At all.
I don't like buttkissers, senseless flattery, manipulators, or holier than thou people.
That's just so much bullshit.
I especially don't like prejudiced people, whether against gays, religious groups, or races, or gamers, or anything, really. Every person has the right to exist as they wish, so long as they are not harming others.
I hate it when people act stupid because they think its "cool".
I hate it when people just follow the crowd, and let the media or their friends decide what they should like, wear, or listen to.
I can't stand power plays, political bs, or other hostile actions that seem to have become part of polite society because we can no longer just invade someone's castle and decapitate them when we want to make a "takeover".
I hate that there are starving children in the world while every day I hear kids in America whining because they can't have a new pair of sneakers, or a fucking Rio, or yet another CD.
It totally disgusts me when people think the online world is any less real than the offline one. You can't just treat people you meet online like shit because you can turn the computer off and forget about them. Each person out there on the net is a person with feelings, dreams, and sorrows- just like you. To think otherwise is cruel.
I really hate the fact that people who are part of this problem will read this rant and go "wow.. other people suck" and not realise that parts of this are parts of how they live.
There are, however, reasons I don't lose complete faith in humanity. There are those few beings I have met who have truely beautiful souls, who love, and give, and do not hurt others. Unlike the people who are those 90% (and you know who you are) , these people genuinely make the world a better place.. and keep me from wondering why the gods are insane enough to let our species continue.
Maybe its that 10% that makes everything worth while. Maybe someday, when natural selection gets itself back in gear, the good people will be the majority. One can only hope.