Here's a short list of some things I find to be overrated or annoying. Before you read it and call me a hypocrite, note that I'm also guilty of using/doing some of these things
Macs I'm a Mac And I'm a PC I'm so much cooler than the PC. I come in white AND black, but you might have to pay more for the black guy. I'm the graphic designer's dream, and I don't get viruses. I look stylish and sleek, so you can show me off to your friends. You also cost A LOT more than I do, and don't have nearly the customizability and upgradability that I have. What happens when you need to upgrade your video card or your hard drive? ..... uh, did I mention I come in white or black? And, uh, I come with itunes! You can connect your iPod to me and download music. I do that too... dipshit.
God, is there any other commercial I hate more than those stupid mac ads? Way to generalize PC users as uncool, Bill Gates-looking nerds, Apple. Although macs may be stable computers, nothing beats the value that you get from a good ol' PC. Not to mention the fact that you'll find much more software for the PC than the mac, at better prices. Bottom line, I'd rather pay half the price for a comparable PC than shell out my money for an iMac because it looks cool.
Poetry What's the big deal about poetry? Let me begin by saying that I enjoy reading, and although I don't consider myself an avid reader, I can say that I read more than the average person my age. However, one thing that I could never understand or appreciate is poetry. I'm not talking about any specific poetry, mind you, but poetry in general, from haikus, to sonnets, to free verse poetry... About 98.649% of the time, when I read a poem, I come away not with some sort of deep understanding and insight, but with a sense of WTF. Seriously, half the time, it's really just a bunch of overly flowery (or somber)-sounding phrases strung together. It's so melodramatic.... it's so.... emo! Here, let me write you a haiku:
I farted outside Where did the wind take the smell? Breathe deep, it's gone now
iPod Yep, it's Apple again. I'm impressed with Apple's marketing and advertising department, cuz they sure have a lot of people buying into their shit. What exactly is so great about the iPod that another mp3 player wouldn't suffice? I've seen smaller mp3 players with just about the same amount of memory that an iPod has. Besides, does someone REALLY NEED 30 freakin gigs of memory to hold their songs? My hard drive has 30 gigs!
Don't even get me started on the iPod video. Ooooh, look, I can download movies into my 60 gig iPod video. Wanna watch it with me on this 2 inch screen? I hope you don't mind watching just 4/5 of the movie, because I don't think the battery's gonna last past 2 hours.
The iPod Shuffle is a low rate piece of shit that doesn't even have a screen, thereby negating any advantage that the Shuffle has over similarly priced offerings. It's no wonder TD Canada Trust gives them away to people switching banks. It's like the Mercedes Benz B-Class - it looks like a piece of shit, but at least it has the logo on it. About the only version of iPod I don't mind is the Nano, just cuz it's actually pretty darn small and skinny.
Overpriced (fake) 'vintage' clothing and graphic tees "Hey guys, look at the clothes bought at Abercrombie! Yep, the pants come pre-ripped and pre-faded, so that I can get that grunge, beach bum look without having to break these jeans in! Oh, and look at this graphic tee I just got. It says "Fresh Fish Tacos" on it! Isn't that great?! Uh.. what's a fish taco anyway? Don'tcha just like how it looks faded and worn in too? And hey, they had a sale... I only ended up paying $30 for the shirt, and $120 for the pants! Great deal eh? Oh yeah, there's more... I got this trucker hat, just like they used to wear in the '80s.. remember? It cost me like 30 bucks, but it's well worth it!"
I bought a trucker cap once... cost me 6 bucks at H&M, and it didn't have any embarassing pre-made rips on the brim. Shame on people for selling this shit for more than 10 bucks. But hey, there's a sucker born every minute.
Getting Drunk Now I'm not talking about getting tipsy, cuz that's ok... butwhat exactly is the point of getting piss drunk? Do you like making a fool out of yourself in front of your friends? Do you enjoy throwing up, passing out, and waking up the next morning with a huge hangover while trying to recall just WTF you did last night to deserve this crap? Drunkeness is highly overrated.
Premium Beer Now here's something I'm guilty of consuming. Seriously though, are imported beers THAT MUCH better than the competition that it warrants being double the price of cheaper beers? To some, beer is beer... and a cheap case of Lakeport Honey has the same effect as a case of Stella, at half the price. I met this one lady who said she only drinks Stella because it's "nice and light"... seriously, there's other lighter beers out there that are lighter on the wallet and still taste good.
And no, I wasn't trying to buy that lady a drink... She's one of my mom's friends, and I asked if anybody wanted anything to drink during my mom's birthday party. Escargot If you've never tried escargot, especially how it's usually served with butter and garlic, you're not missing much. It basically tastes like tougher mushrooms, with an earthier flavour. Did I mention that it has 4 nasty antennae/eyes/whatever the hell those are!?!?!?
Wine Connoisseurs My mom is a part of the Peller Estate's wine club, and they regularly send a couple bottles of wine a month. Although she likes to drink wine, she admits that she's no wine connoisseur. One time we tried the whole routine of swishing it around in the glass to let it "breathe", sticking our noses into the glass to smell it, sip it, sift it around in our mouth... and it still tasted like red wine. I never tasted the hint of chocolate, or raspberries, or the grassyness that was alluded to in the wine descriptions provided. Only after reading the description was I able to pick out the hints of peppery smell in the wine, which was probably just my mind playing tricks on me.
Fauxhawks Everybody and their mother seems to be sporting these nowadays. It was cool when only a few people were doing it, but now it's overdone. Besides, does it make you any more of a punk and a rebel to sport the fauxhawk? It's like goths... high maintenance, but it's all show, no substance. If you were a real rebel, you'd be sporting a real mohawk.
myspace Can anybody tell me what's so great about this website? It's ugly as sin, and very cluttered as well. Why does it seem like everyone has a myspace page nowadays? I've seen people refer to (insert celebrities name)'s myspace page... isn't it possible that many of these celebrity myspace pages are fake? Does anyone actually like the layout of myspace anyway? It's like someone just threw a whole bunch of random shit on a page, asked his/her friends and acquaintances to say something nice about them, and then vomited all over it. (ok, maybe I'm overdoing the hyperbole, but whatever)
skating (ie skateboarding) As an avid snowboarder, I actually would've loved to learn how to skate and do tricks and shit. However, nobody told me how hard and boring it actually is unless you get really good. Basically, like Lupe Fiasco says, you just "kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, and coast"... ad nauseum. Maybe once you start doing kickflips and grinds it's fun, but I'm too old to learn all that shit, and the coasting bit isn't as fun as I had envisioned.
Caviar Admittedly, I don't think I've ever tried the real expensive stuff that comes from sturgeon, but I have tried the cheaper varieties, and basically, it's really salty. That's it?!?! Why is this stuff so great? You know what else is salty? Bagoong. (Basically, shrimp paste, for my non-Filipino readers)
Canadian culture This was basically sparked by those Molson "I Am Canadian" ads... With that in mind, can anyone tell me what Canadian culture actually is? Someone please enlighten me. So far, all that commercial has told me is what isn't Canadian (ie "aboot" and igloos), and basically, my impression of our culture is one centered around hockey, beer, beavers, and the letter "zed"... Is that it? what a shame.
Comments? I'd like to hear them. Is there anything you'd like to add to the list?
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Apparently, it's a show in the Philippines... here's a caption from the site of the online game:
"Separated from birth and fighting on different sides of warring tribes,
Amante and Miguel grew up as differently as night and day. Ngunit sa
muling pagkabuhay ni Apo Abukay, kinailangan magsanib ng puwersa ni
Amante at Miguel upang mailigtas si Isabel, ang babaeng pareho nilang
minamahal.
Join Miguel and Amante as they train to fight Apo Abukay, and save the woman they both love!"
Not only does it have my first and last name.. but that of my sister's too!! WTF?!?!?! To top it all off, Miguel and Amante are both in love with Isabel... WHAT.THE.FUCK?!?!
Hmmm... Should I be concerned? Flattered? Who the hell came up with this?!?!?! ... WTF?!?!?!?
The Raptors just released Alvin Williams.. probably one of the cornerstones of the Toronto Raptors organization, and one of the fiercest competitors to ever don a Raptors jersey. Here's to a great hustle player, and an excellent role model for kids.
Seriously now... this has got to be THE lamest excuse out there.
Recently, one of the free agents that the Toronto Raptors had been wooing, John Salmons, reneged on his verbal agreement with the team, and decided to sign with the Sacramento Kings. His reasoning? God wasn't leading him to Toronto. WTF!!!!
I'd like to go on the record by saying that I'm sick and tired of people using God as an excuse for everything! Seriously, God gave you a brain, He gave you free will... couple those two together, and you're pretty much set to make your own damn decisions. I think that's what God wants us to do. If God was truly leading everyone who believed in Him and telling them what to do, I highly doubt that there would be fighting going on in the Middle East, or extreme poverty and inequality in the world.
I surely hope that John Salmons gives 10% of his fat juicy $25.5 million salary to the church!
As an aside, I find it highly convenient that Salmons signed for $25mil, instead of the $23mil and the $21 mil being offered by Toronto and Phoenix respectively. Could be that John's god is the almighty dollar.
As another aside, if God really did lead him, maybe it's because Colangelo sold his soul to the Devil himself in exchange for amazing GM skills.
