My hates today, in no particular order:

1. tailgaters. I hate drivers who will not go with the flow. No matter whom they get behind or how fast that person is going, they ride bumpers until they can pass the person. obnoxious. note: I get out of anyone's way who wants to pass me-you wanna go faster? Have at it. But some people cannot be behind anyone and they need to stop fucking driving.

2. People in stores who have no concept that other people are in the store and they may need to get to an item. I am not talking about people who take a minute to look at things and compare items--I'm talking about people who park in front of shit and look at their cell phones or are generally oblivious when someone else may be trying to access something in front of them.

3. I have an acquaintance on FB who was my neighbor approximately 15 years ago. I never hear from her unless she wants me to donate to one of her church related causes. She just asked me for my address again and I'm sure a mailer is coming about some mission critical Xtian indoctrination mission in another country, some dumb fundraiser for one of the holy grand brats or some MLM type venture. Seriously, do people have no shame? I would be embarrassed but I guess that means I'm not an MLM type person.

4. Anyone under 25 who calls themselves a "seasoned professional" on LinkedIn. Someone I know has a kid who is 24 and he is touting himself as a "senior influencer" or "senior strategist." Just stop it already.

5. "Influencers." Not a real job. Just stop it already.

I realize today I have another hate, and it often is from Southern women:

Women with "little girl" voices. You are a grownup--talk like a damn grownup, please.

I share that same visceral reaction to artificially childlike voices...in adults of any gender.

There's a joke between the spouse and I that I subconsciously trained an acquaintance of ours to modulate her voice when around me. But it's true. I certainly wish her no ill, but we're not really friends either. She seems to think I'm cool, though, and so we'll chat when at parties together. And she uses a regular adult voice and conversational cadence with me. I honestly don't know how this happened really.

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I realize today I have another hate, and it often is from Southern women:

Women with "little girl" voices. You are a grownup--talk like a damn grownup, please.

I hate that too. I also hate the "mom voice" that a lot of women put on when they are with their kids. Or when they talk to their kids in the third person, like "Mommy wants you to put that down, MacKinzlee."

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People in stores who have no concept that other people are in the store and they may need to get to an item. I am not talking about people who take a minute to look at things and compare items--I'm talking about people who park in front of shit and look at their cell phones or are generally oblivious when someone else may be trying to access something in front of them.

Allow me to add an introvert spin to this hate: when someone is standing right where I need to be and refuses to move, and because I don't want to talk to anyone when I shop to say "excuse me," I may go all the way around the other end of the aisle in order to have access to the other side of this person to reach the thing I want. But by the time I do this, the motherfucker in question has relocated themselves juuuust enough to be in my way again. I know this is partly my own fault for being unsocial, but goddamn it I want to brain these assholes with a sack of rice just so they get out of my fucking way already.

I hate most people who get rid of their pets because it's most often for bullshit reasons. I'm on one of those Buy nothing groups on Facebook. There have been two older cats there in the past two weeks.

1. A woman said her husband "just doesn't like" the cat and she's rehoming him because he's "not living his best life." The cat hides during the day and comes out during the night to sleep between her legs. He's declawed of course. Thanks for mutilating your cat, then wanting to dump him. (And gee, why is he hiding? Is the husband mean to him while she's not looking?) And why can't her asshole husband just live and let live? Is it really so offensive to have a cat living there who ignores you? (Sounds like she needs to get rid of HIM.)

I rescued a cat who was afraid of men who RAN from my husband for at least four years. My husband didn't have a problem with that--he gave the cat time and space. Now the cat is stuck to my husband every time he sits down.

2. Cat #2 is an older male cat who is "very sweet" but is having "urinary problems." Moo readily admits the vet recommended more litter boxes. Moo says there's "no room" for another litter box because of "the kiddos?" And he's peeing in the house of course. Moo wants "no judgement" because it's "taken them a long time to get to this point." How about not being lazy? You have one damn cat. Add another litter box and teach your kids some responsibility. Make a game out of it.

I get REALLY IRRITATED when people blame cats for peeing when they won't put out another litter box or take it to the vet's. Cats are clean animals and they want to go in the box. You should often have N+1 litter boxes. If you have a two story house, you should have a litter box on each floor for the cat. (I know someone who has litter boxes only in the basement and the cats use it without issue. She's lucky.

If you aren't prepared to have a litter box on each floor, and aren't prepared to scoop it, don't get a cat! Humans typically have a bathroom on each floor, and you expect your cat to go to another floor when it has to pee or poop? I currently have four cats (thanks to inheriting two) and I have SIX litter boxes throughout my house: three in the cats' bedroom, one in our MB sitting room (it's in an Armoire thing) one in a closet downstairs and one in the downstairs bathroom. The one in the bathroom is in a carpeted enclosure that looks like a bench.

There are pieces of furniture that allow you to hide the litter box. I scoop at least twice a day. It's not that haaaaaaard.

Whenever someone posts something deplorable about animal neglect or unnecessary rehoming or cruelty and say, "No judgment please" you know that they realize that what they're doing is wrong and others will call them on it. Those poor cats.

ANIMAL CRUELTY WARNING IN FOLLOWING: read at your own risk.

I've been on several avian forums and once I read some stupid bitch asking for "no judgment" because she forgot to give her lovebird water for days. She claims it was only for a day or two, but I've had birds my whole life and it usually takes a long time for all the water in the dish to evaporate. Apparently the poor bird was so thirsty when she finally decided to give it water that it drank so fast it aspirated and died.

What makes me think this wasn't the FIRST time this happened? And how do you forget about a pet bird? I don't know about every pet, but I've had birds my whole life and they make a lot of noise.

Apparently she was such a bizzy moo she neglected her poor little bird to death. This woman should be stuck in a cage and not given water for a week and see how it feels.

She didn't want any judgment, but requested sympathy for how bad she felt. The only sympathy I have is for her lovebird and any other future pets she may bring into the house. I judged her very harshly in my head, but didn't post. I also left the forum because I can't fucking stand reading about animal neglect and cruelty. It makes me want to cry.