General Annoyances with Humanity, Part I

So... I could rant for pages and pages, but instead I'll only say a few things that I got angry about on the drive home tonight.





Complaint Number One... I think we need to do a quick refresher course on traffic signs. "U-Turn Must Yield" is, as far as I'm aware, not a code for "U-Turns Must Yield... Unless They Really Would Prefer To Talk On Their Cell Phone And Turn Whenever They Want. It's Up To Them." Maybe I missed the memo. Personally, I can't think of a time when I'll see a sign like that and think to myself "okay... a car is about halfway in the middle of a right turn from a side road into the right lane of the side of the road that I'm about to make my U-turn onto... great plan! I'm going to do my turn -- into the far lane -- even though that car's there. Hell, they're a small 1997 Honda Civic and I'm in my Hummer... even if I do hit the car, it probably won't even dent my bumper." (Background knowledge -- it was two in the afternoon and my blinker was on... it wasn't easy to just "not see me." Though, thankfully, my dear Marvin -- my car got it's name from the robot from the awesome book of Awesomeness (a.k.a. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) -- has new brakes that work very well... not that the other car attempted to stop, though the driver did slow down and get off his cell phone long enough to flip me off).





Complaint Number Two... smoking is nasty. It really is. I'm not going to go into a whole spiel about why it's disgusting and gross, but, for the sake of this complaint, even if you think it's cool and sexy (insert other words here), pretend that you agree that it's vile. Anyway... if you want to smoke, that's your business. But if you're driving and I'm behind you, don't just throw your cigarette butt out the window. Not only is that littering and it's disgusting (plus Mother Nature will hate you and she will make it rain at the most inconvenient times, like when your car is really, really, really far away from the store), but I don't want that on my windshield. It's not even like I was that close to you (at least four seconds behind or whatever it is they teach you in Driver's Ed), but still. Eew.





Complaint Number Three... is more of an acknowledgment of a lot of stuff that bothers me, without the actually complaining part. For the most part, these are topics I could rant on for pages and pages (entire blogs each, really), but that will only serve to get me really angry, and won't change any opinions. I could also provide a few succinct, logical arguments against why I think your viewpoint is ridiculous, ignorant, and just-plain-dumb, but I won't bother. I won't. But I will acknowledge that there are a multitude of subjects that I may not ever rant about (but I could if I ever decide that I have enough self-control to not injure my computer in the process), but I still have very strong opinions about. (And I am using sarcasm for some of the below reasons... because if I honestly sat and wrote all my opinions... you'd get one very angry book to read). For example...

"Homosexuality is an unnatural sin! We must urge these people to change their lifestyles!" Since when do we actually care if someone else is sinning? Aside from taking a perverse joy in spreading the gossip about which celebrity is 16 and pregnant out of wedlock (the scandal!), people ignore (or condone) lots of behaviors that are "abominations" according to the Bible. (Don't get me ranting about how people pick-and-choose what they want to believe... I could yell for hours).

"Same-sex marriage will ruin the institution of marriage!" To that, I could always respond with the 12 Reasons Same Sex Marriage Will Ruin Society. Then again, most people who I've shown that to just don't get the sarcasm, which really makes me sad. Simple solution to this whole issue? If you don't agree with same-sex marriages... don't get one! (Problem solved!) Honestly... we have a 52% divorce rate. How can letting two gay men in a committed relationship to get married going to ruin that?

"Global Warming is not real!" A multitude of responses to this... but I won't get into that. Just one question for you. If it's not real... can we build a habitat for the polar bears in your backyard?

"The Holocaust never happened!" No response aside from a slap and a trip to the Holocaust museum. (Which, incidentally, I haven't actually been to, but I've heard a lot about it and I've read a lot about it.)

"You-Know-Who has not returned!" So Cedric just dropped dead of his own accord?