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You have finally landed on the one page on this entire site (and on the entire internet for that matter) that is purely without bullshit... my soapbox page. There are a lot of times during our show that, whether it's because of time constraints and other obligations, I don't always get to address some issues that I feel don't get the attention they deserve. There are even more times when I just don't feel like waiting until the show the next day to get some things off my chest. Thus, I have started the "Rob's Soapbox" page. If you have clicked on this page looking for someone to coddle your fragile sense of self-esteem, or tell you what you want to hear or to reinforce your outdated world view, then exit this page right now and go somewhere else. If you are in search of the last forum for reason and common sense left in the world, then sit back, relax, and enjoy. I make only one promise with this soapbox page... if you read long enough and often enough, you will eventually be offended. So here's my latest soapbox. Listen up, 'cause you just might learn something... |
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RANDOM PEOPLE I HATE RIGHT NOW Hate is not only not a negative emotion, it is, in my opinion, a necessary one. Without hate, how would we identify what we love? I’ve had it with society, and it gets worse daily. Here’s who is bothering me today: --Guys who refer to their guy friends as “meat” --Anyone calling the death of Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin a “tragic accident.” The man made a living coming dangerously close to dangerous animals. We all knew he would die in the line of duty some day. The fact that we didn’t know it would be at the hands of a virtually harmless creature like the stingray does not make it “tragic,” nor does it make it an “accident” at all, since he willingly jumped into the water. --Parents who allow themselves to be played like a fiddle by their 3 year-old child who insists on 5 bathroom trips during a 30 minute lunch at a family style restaurant. If the kid’s bladder is that bad, put her back in diapers. --People who deal with the frustrating stupidity of airline security by muttering the asinine and completely un-true phrase “at least we’re safe.” --Anyone who engages in “knuckle bumping” --The assholes that invented “Deal or No Deal” --People, either so incapable of being wrong or so devoid of self esteem that they live life vicariously through their celebrity worshipping, and still claim Barry Bonds didn’t use steroids. --Anyone that still seriously yells out the phrase “you the man.” It’s over. Stop it now. --Fans of the WNBA (both of you). --People that think it’s nothing more than harmless fun to dress their dogs. It’s not only silly and demeaning, it’s cruel. Dogs aren’t idiots, they know what you’re doing to them and it is cruel you ignorant piece of crap. --People who create and/or visit roadside memorials. Grieve with dignity, will ya? --While we’re at it, people who leave cards written to dead people at any type of memorial. Um, hello… they’re dead! --People that believe in global warming as defined today (i.e., humans, more specifically, Americans, caused it) without having ANY knowledge of what it is, what it means, and the junk science behind it. --People who drug their “hyperactive” children because they are too lazy to parent them properly. --Michelle Wie. I have always hated her and I still hate her. --Anyone wearing any of those Lance Armstrong “livestrong” bracelets whether it be to support his foundation or any other stupid cause in some other stupid color. Symbolism is meaningless. --Guys under the age of 65 that wear shorts with socks pulled over their calves. Once you’re old, it’s expected, before that it’s embarrassing. --All of you jerks that, while inside, place your sunglasses upside down, over your head, hanging off the back of your neck, etc. Sunglasses are not an accessory while indoors. Show some class and place the sunglasses out of view you moron. --People that drink Opus One wine because they think it’s a status symbol of some kind. It’s not. It’s the most overrated wine produced today and drinking it shows your ignorance. --Plates that are too hot when served to you at a restaurant (I know, this is a thing not a person. Bite me). I think we’re all un-impressed with your 800 degree oven. Let’s cook the food, not the table and the customers shall we, Emeril? --People who, oh, I don’t know, let’s say… work at a failing radio station but try to proclaim via building-wide e-mail that they have the “best team in the business.” That of course is a totally random example, but you get the idea; greatness does not need to be defined, pointed out, proclaimed or highlighted. Greatness just is. That’s what makes it great. Everyone else is just desperately trying to be great… and failing. --People who yell out “boo-ya.” --People not in the United States military that yell out “hoo-ha.” --Bobby Kielty on the Oakland’s A’s. I love my team, but I hate that guy. --People that put more than one bumper sticker on their car. I’ll allow one for your favorite sport team, memberships like the NRA, Planned Parenthood, et al, or one that touts your pride in your work of choice, i.e., police, firefighter, military fraternities, etc. --Anyone that abuses my “one bumper sticker rule” by placing a pissing Calvin or “my kid made the honor roll” sticker on their vehicle. --Marion Jones. Lying snatch. (in my opinion, of course) --Newspaper and on-line columnists who, rather than taking the time to write a well-thought out essay simply “phone it in” by filling space with a bunch of random ramblings neatly organized using the “bullet point” style. How lame.
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