"There's only two things I can't stand it this world. Intolerance of other people's cultures. And the Dutch."
Nigel Powers in "Goldmember"

Seriously. This applies in all ways and forms of intolerance. Lifestyle choices, racial backgrounds, and sexual alignment being the biggies for me. The fact that this is often a sentiment of people I find to be repugnant, it really is difficult not to feel the same in turn however.

Not bothering to look before asking questions bugs the hell out of me.

Treating other peoples feelings like they are toys.

Myself. I'm my own harshest critic, and frankly, I could be doing much better.

Thinking cynicism is cool. It's not. It just makes you a jaded asshole who thinks a great deal of themselves.

Domestic violence. Do I need to explain?

The Wandering God

Oooh, here's one that really gets my goat: People who give their kids normal sounding names, but then have to spell it all crazily just to be different. This happens to girls more than boys, but either way it pisses me off.

Yup, that made my list too... I weep for the Aschliees of this world.

Also on a parenting theme, I should add parents who smoke around their children. That one always gets me.

#1: Idiots who think they're entitled to every little bit of information and yet are too lazy to look for it themselves, you say you heard something, "where's your proof?" that's one of the reasons I hate forum members so much in general. And then they wonder why they can't get a girlfriend. "I think I have feelings for you!" "where's your proof?"

#2: Dumbasses who believe if the goverment didn't say it, then it must be true!

#3: People who want to rag on America about how horrible it is, yet expect America to feed thier sorry asses with foodstamps and healthcare, if you want to have such a raunchy opinion, you become a libertarian and work for yourself, if you want mommy and daddy goverment to hold your hand, you bite your tongue and say God bless America like a good little boy. Hot or cold!

And #4: Rascism and biggotry. And it pisses me off more then ever because it no longer takes on it's honoust form, I'm not going to hear "get outta' here spick!" in today's day of age, I'm going to be welcomed, then be forced to do everybody's chores, get blamed for everything, and have no real freedoms, yes, immigration is the new slave trade. And I don't care who disagrees because most likely you're probably retarded anyway. Afterall, if you weren't, you probably would not disagree. ;)

Freaky neds, they shout things at ye, throw things at ye, get in your way, but only when they have their big group of other neds behind them. Aggh, what is their problem? They jump people for no reason other than to beat the crap out of them. They wear ridiculous clothes, they look like marshmallows. They're everywhere, like rats. They are full of their own self importance. They are really irritating.:gonk: I jst get really angrified (made up word, but I can't think of another) by them.

Oh yeah, and going into hospitals and staying in overnight....
dozing off.......
BEEEEEEP!
aaagh! awake! wtf?... getting sleepy.....
dozin off.....
BEEEEEEP!
aaagh! awake! wtf?... getting sleepy....
repeat until a) morning or b) you smash that bloody beepin machine into tiny pieces

Thank you, UrbanSpaceman! Finally, someone other than myself who's sick to death of The O.C. I got a ton of things I could rant about, but for now, I'll do one.

Anyone seen that recent episode of South Park where Cartman is trying to get Family Guy off the air, because people assume he likes that show because he's a total jackass, when in fact he hates it and prefers shows like, well, South Park? I was in a similar predicament throughout my high school years. You see, a lot of my favorite videogames were made in Japan. I am also fascinated by Japanese history. And, I think Shogun is the greatest tv miniseries ever. (Anyone ever seen Shogun? It's awesome.) However, many people, both nerds and especially non-nerds, made this assumption, "Gee, the_red_mage, you must really like anime 'cause you're always talking about games and stuff, what's your favorite anime? Yu-Gi-Oh? Tenchi Muyo? Inuyasha?" Let me make it clear right here and now that I am as far away from being an anime fan as an individual can be. Truth be told, I hate Japanese cartoons with every ounce of my being. This applies to every genre, and both English dubbed anime and original Japanese anime with subtitles. I personally find anime to be boring, confusing as Hell, and retarded beyond belief. I know a lot of you here would strongly disagree with me. You're probably thinking, "Oh, he just hates anime because he's never seen (insert name of obscure anime)" and that's cool. We all have our preferences. You like rocky road, I prefer rainbow sherbert. And also, there is one exception; anime-styled games. I don't mind those. After all, two of my all-time favorite games are Chrono Trigger and Tales of Phantasia, both titles heavily influenced by anime. So, unless if all those people were misinterpreting my love of games like Megaman, CT, Xenosaga and the like for anime whoring, then yeah, people assuming that I'm an anime freak really grinds my gears.

I've got more rants, but I'll stop for now. By the way, perhaps you all now know why I've yet to post in the animation threads . . .

Actually, no, you're pretty much right on.

I mean -- speaking as the guy who's actually watched the entire run of (insert obscure anime title), and probably owns the Goddamn OAV -- yes, it's pretty much exactly as retarded as you think it is.

Thing I hate the most? One that deserves ranting? Elitists - arrogant sons of bitches who think that they're better than everyone else. Anytime someone shows them something that is neat or cool or funny, they shrug and say, "Yeah, I've done that before." Anytime someone likes something, they say, "No, you don't know how they really are." and try and prove you wrong, with broken "You-weren't-there-I-was" logic. Anytime you have an idea, they tell you it won't work.

God I fucking hate computer techie elitists. Nothing worse than you coming up with an idea for a tactic in an RTS and them to tell you "Yeah, people do it online all the time," meanwhile you know better.

While we're on the subject, I hate people who are proven wrong and, instead of taking it like a man, they go, "Whatever, it doesn't matter." Oh that's so incredibly convenient! By the time you're proven wrong, it's irrelevent! Nifty!

Moving on, I'd also like a rant on willful ignorance - Anytime someone tells you a fact that's wrong, to your face, and you try to tell them otherwise, but they completely ignore you and state that they're right....

The phrase "Rise and shine". I dunno. I always thought it sounded childish.

Little kids using TeamSpeak or Xbox Live headsets. The little banshee fuckers.

Ugh. I think I'm done.

people on cellphones
people that talk on their cellphone with speakerphone
religious types
non-religious types

I am actually just going to quote W.C. Fields " I am not a racist, I hate everyone equally.

oh yea, and elitists suck cock

Since elitism's been brought up, I do feel somewhat obliged to post this up --

http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/images/war.238.gif

That may actually be my favorite rant of all time.