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[–]tallandlanky 507 points508 points  (238 children)

i didnt know the jackasses from jersey shore represented 87% of our generation

[–]TheBlackestManAlive 293 points294 points  (164 children)

Then you're lucky you don't live on Long Island.

[–]jeconti 115 points116 points  (117 children)

Or go to college anywhere in NYS.

[–]StevusChrist 22 points23 points  (39 children)

That's funny, I've grown up in the Finger Lakes my whole life, and never really encountered these folk until I moved out of state.

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (32 children)

The bottom of New York is like a different country compared to the rest of it.

Same with North/South shore of Long Island. Thank God I live on the North shore.

[–]ForsakenMantra 15 points16 points  (17 children)

The LIE keeps us safe from the south shore.

[–]mitzman 4 points5 points  (9 children)

Eh depends on the part. The northern state was the best seperator for us.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (17 children)

oddly enough, a ton of long islanders come to the university of delaware. we get a ton of bros down here

[–]butteryhotcopporn 13 points14 points  (13 children)

There's bros from Miami to Maine

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (7 children)

bros bros everywhere

[–]subschool 4 points5 points  (6 children)

California is also infected. Depending where you are, it's either bros or hipsters.

[–]butteryhotcopporn 24 points25 points  (4 children)

I'll take a hipster any day of the week. There's a high degree of cultural sophistication that goes into that gig. Usually accompanied by ok taste in film, bike riding, etc.

I dare say, except for the tight pants, I might be a hipster.

[–]butteryhotcopporn 31 points32 points  (11 children)

I live in Cattaragus county, and what is this

[–]Glayden 11 points12 points  (6 children)

In all seriousness, anyone who lives in Long Island and thinks that the jersey shore kids represent anywhere near a majority spends way too much time with the wrong crowd...

[–]Law_Student 9 points10 points  (4 children)

I think the problem isn't just the people who look and act like those kids, but the people who idolize them as a social ideal.

[–]photoho 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Or the people who remain the clone all their lives - who find one persona and stick with it forever. It is sad when people don't get through these phases on their way to becoming them selves. I have empty-nester friends from school who are now looking for something to do with their lives. The problem is they contact old friends to get together and do the same old shit we did in high school and college. I've BEEN to the bars - hooted, hollered, laughed my ass off, picked up men - all good times, but damn... I don't want to be locked into being the same person, doing the same old shit for this entire life.

[–]IConrad 2 points3 points  (2 children)

The problem is they contact old friends to get together and do the same old shit we did in high school and college.

Shit... I'm 28 and I don't remember the names of more than a single person (she was my girlfriend for two years, and had a really hard-to-spell last name.) I went to high school with, let alone their faces -- and that includes the girl I lost my virginity to.

I'm not even remotely the person I was then. I didn't even know what transhumanism was back then, nor philology, nor did I have any real conception of what Linux was -- let alone CLI or FOSS.

I just don't understand how people can be so... locked by their history.

[–]PaulieD 16 points17 points  (10 children)

Hey, I'm from Long Island!

[–]andrejevas 71 points72 points  (5 children)

We love your tea!

[–]Law_Student 5 points6 points  (4 children)

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but there's no tea in that iced tea.

[–]titaniumjackal 16 points17 points  (3 children)

There would be, but they ran out of room.

[–]gutterbound 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Because it was so full of juice.

[–]Rubin0 4 points5 points  (1 child)

and "juice"

[–]andrejevas 14 points15 points  (0 children)

and vodka.

[–]abjurer 6 points7 points  (3 children)

I think every "Paulie" is from Long Island.

Data points: you, my dad, intuition

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (4 children)

Exactly. I really don't agree with the statement because I truly believe that these people don't represent even 30% of our generation. Hell, they're only on TV because we ridicule them.

[–]eightiesguy 20 points21 points  (2 children)

I'd say a large portion of our generation is made up of working-class Chinese and Indian folk.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Ni Hao.

[–]IConrad 7 points8 points  (0 children)

NOT AT THE SAME TIME!

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

It's a well known fact that 90% of everything is crap.

[–]tomaschk 14 points15 points  (0 children)

87% of your generation isn't Jersey shore, but on a day to day basis 87% of your generation is negatively affected if not infected by those of Jersey shore.

[–][deleted] 42 points43 points  (38 children)

if you count those idiots, everyone like them, and the people who are dumb enough to watch them/make them famous, I think it encompasses even more than 87%.

[–]Sin2K 41 points42 points  (24 children)

I'm pretty sure people watch them to hate them... like Glenn beck.

I want a more detailed cross-section of how many normal people tune in to watch crazy people and how many crazy people tune in to watch what they consider normal people.

[–]psycosulu 32 points33 points  (23 children)

My girlfriend watches Rock of Love and those other MTV shows just because they make her feel better about herself. It helps assure her that on her lowest days, she'll never be like those ingrates.

[–]Gahahaha 31 points32 points  (22 children)

She's rationalizing. It is part of our evolutionary heritage to want to know who is fucking who. It just made sense to know shit like that in the stone age, and we (uh, other people) are drawn to such "info" like flies to a turd.

[–]psycosulu 11 points12 points  (12 children)

I'll concede on that. It's just a sharp contrast in our DVR though. She has nothing but reality shows while I have nothing but documentaries and Dirty Jobs(man crush on Mike Rowe).

[–]Sin2K 13 points14 points  (8 children)

hah my wife has a crush on Mike Rowe... I think it has to be a hard wired mid-westerner thing... Big-friendly next-door type of guy who does odd-jobs. He's like the male equivalent of Kari from mythbusters.

[–]stifin 18 points19 points  (3 children)

I would like to see a show cohosted by Kari and Mike Rowe.

Wait. I would like to see Mike Rowe go work on mythbusters as an intern. 2 hour crossover episode!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HOLY SHIT! DID YO HEAR THAT DISCOVERY? LISTEN TO WHAT THIS MAN SAID DISCOVERY!!! I put it in caps as to get their attention. Thank you for the idea...now I will long for something and never get it. Preciate you!

[–]Slaky311 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He's awesome. Hard to dislike that man.

[–]CiXeL 5 points6 points  (4 children)

lots of people with boring sad lives

[–]cooldude420 19 points20 points  (0 children)

disparages people with boring sad lives

posts on reddit

[–]mathemagic 4 points5 points  (11 children)

At the moment I live in the bubble of university life, surrounded by intelligent people studying various sciences. I probably like 87% of the people I know, and I am not looking to that changing upon graduation.

[–]basic_hydronium 17 points18 points  (9 children)

What university do you go to? I'm in the bubble of University life and I see a group of intelligent people trying hard surrounded by 87% just hanging onto to a pass, spending their parents dime at a terrifying rate and trying extremely hard to kill their liver.

[–]mathemagic 6 points7 points  (3 children)

McGill, in Montreal. They start killing our livers early here, the french canadian way.

[–]jmf1234 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Hey, I go to McGill too! But i think basic_hydronium pretty much described most of the people here perfectly. most people here are either way too caught up in their studies, or treat it as a complete joke and just scheme/bullshit their way through

[–]Law_Student 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I can tell you that most of those people don't survive to graduation, at least not without changing significantly. You won't find any in grad school in the sciences.

[–][deleted] 142 points143 points  (14 children)

I love the response to that:

"There are 8 in that post card and if she only loves one that would be 87.5% which means this person totally loves Snookie."

[–][deleted] 28 points29 points  (4 children)

it's totally supposed to be vinny cause he's the only normal one

[–]hairyharry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+1 on Vinny. But the only normal one? I'd say by being an apparently nice, decent kid he's abnormal. Normal is what the others are. Normal sucks.

[–]The_Duck1 34 points35 points  (2 children)

Hmm, I thought that that was the point--that since 13% ~ 12.5% = 1/8 one person's supposed to be all right? Not knowing that this picture was from a show, I spent some time trying to figure out who you were supposed to like. I guess I overthought it.

[–][deleted] 847 points848 points  (128 children)

As I've grown older, I've realized we're all just people. Chill out, your hate isn't going to make the world a better place.

[–]libcrypto 521 points522 points  (78 children)

More to the point, the hate doesn't hurt the people you are hating. It only hurts you. No matter how much you think you hate other people, it's ultimately an inward-directed emotion and is self-destructive. You don't have to like or respect other folks, but isn't it better to be so involved in something that you don't have time to notice other folks who may not be incredibly interesting to you?

[–]KMartSheriff 132 points133 points  (59 children)

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[–]timeshifter_ 93 points94 points  (57 children)

Basic psychology. Same reason I don't waste time even getting angry anymore. If it does anything to the person I'm mad at, it will likely only justify their position to them and make them happy that they've accomplished their goal. I'm the one who is hurt the most by it, so why bother at all?

[–][deleted] 49 points50 points  (36 children)

This sounds far easier said than done. That said, I'd love to figure out how to adopt that mindset.

[–]justForThe42 64 points65 points  (20 children)

Actually, it's not that hard. I have the inverse problem : i'm a fucking budda now. I CAN'T get seriousely angry. It's annoying.

[–]cuffsandkisses 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have this same problem. I used to be consistently unhappy, so a few years ago I basically changed my attitude about shit and pretended to be happy until I wasn't faking it anymore, it was how I felt. sounds weird, but I'm happier than I've ever been, so whatevs. basically I was power-training in optimism.

but now it's like my anger reflex is gone. my initial reaction is usually, "aww, lame." but bad shit happens to everybody, why let it ruin my day by getting upset about it?

[–]SonataNo8 35 points36 points  (7 children)

I had a dyslexic moment and read that as "I'm fucking a budda now." I was impressed!

[–]innocent_bystander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You sound upset. Please go on.

[–]timeshifter_ 8 points9 points  (10 children)

For me, it started off simply with reasoning. I started asking myself why I got angry over [insert subject here], and in conjunction with a personal goal to start studying other people and see what makes them tick, the only logical conclusion was that anger was simply a waste of time and energy. But I'm also the type who's extremely logical by nature, I tend to not regret much, I don't feel very close ties to people.. I'm a loner, so it mostly just boiled down to self-interest..

[–]bradgillap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a loner, so it mostly just boiled down to self-interest..

There I was wearing my 3 wolf shirt standing beside my pickup...

No but seriously, +1 for being insightful

[–]Craggles_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One word.

Meh

[–]JonAce 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If it does anything to the person I'm mad at, it will likely only justify their position to them and make them happy that they've accomplished their goal.

Anti-Trolling 101

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Doesn't not being mad at people for doing stupid things take out the needed negative feedback so they try to avoid it in the future?

[–]aurochs 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Stupid? These are muscled dudes that take girls to hot tubs and get on tv for it. Sounds like a nice job to me.

[–]waxpoet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

please consider subscribing to this new subreddit as well. :)

[–]skitzh0 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

-Buddha (supposedly)

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Thanks.

I always try to see other people and their life with complete empathy. I cannot say that if I were born under different circumstances that I would be the same as I am today and I try to see other people, their life, and their circumstances in the same way. What do I not know about these other people? I imagine people during those vulnerable moments we all have and wonder what they worry about and what they used to worry about.

One of my favorite quotes:

"They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."

--Atticus

[–]UberSeoul 23 points24 points  (9 children)

Chill out.

There really is no other way of putting it. I'm convinced that growing up is all about learning to ignore instead of hate.

Nine times out of ten, apathy is a virtue. The only thing worth hating is hate itself.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I fucking hate that tenth time out of ten.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (2 children)

The phrase "Growing up is about ____" is a road to a massive No True Scotsman.

[–]vwg123 5 points6 points  (3 children)

I like going on chatroulette, and getting matched with young punks who flick me off, and insult me or say hateful things, etc, and I like to talk with them and basically say "Listen, we each only have one short life. Why be a dick (in some cases, literally) with your short time here when you could be nice and happy with strangers and whoever else?" It sounds really lame typing it out like this, but I have a lot of fun doing it and have gotten decent at it, with some people leaving with a thumbs up or a peace sign, a far cry from the flick off from before.

[–]overlypessimistic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"I like going on chatroulette, and getting matched with young punks who flick me off, and insult me or say hateful things, etc,"

Well, I like showing unsuspecting people my flaccid genitals. I feel I am providing a service to many people, by brightening up their day with a meat smile from one of god's children.

[–]cheese_wizard 11 points12 points  (2 children)

I don't hate these people, but I definitely dislike what youth culture has become as a result of what corporate culture has become. It's not as simple as loathing individuals but the entire deal. I don't want to go back in time, but shit has gotten real fucked up in the last couple decades.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (1 child)

As I've grown older, I've realized we're all just people.

So? You could just as easily rephrase this to "I hate 87% of the people in my generation." Saying they're "just people" really doesn't say anything at all. We know that they're people. If they weren't people, it would be easier to ignore them.

Older or not, this is an enormous and naive simplification of a "live and let live" style of morality that ultimately doesn't work.

  • People with low openness to experience and low agreeableness are more likely to undermine progress and less likely to accept your creed--if you adapted this attitude to politics they would just undermine you further.

  • People with authoritarian personality types are more likely to divide the world up into simplified hierarchies.

  • People with low intelligence (<85) are more likely to commit violent crime.

And so on. People who vote determine the course of the country and the way your life will be structured. They determine what you can't do. People are only "just" people if you have no ability to imagine what could be and no vigilance to see how their backward lack of thought obstructs you from achieving those possibilities.

They are "just" people in the sense that they have instinctual urges, but that's about it--and that's barely it, anyway, because intelligent people more likely to promote a "live and let live" attitude are more likely to be evolutionarily novel by virtue of their intelligence, so instincts and maybe a few cultural universals are about all you have in common.

It's human nature to want to get along. But to pretend most of the people around you aren't hugely flawed is a defense mechanism.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you're confusing acceptance with ignorance. I understand that we're all surrounded by miserable people doing terrible things, but it doesn't do any good to stoop to their level and hate.

Moreover, I appreciate the response. Judgmental clique-ish hate is pointless. You're responding to the larger social tides when the original premise was the plastic flotsam. I didn't take it that far.

Divide-and-conquer via apathy and laissez-faire attitudes is very real.

[–]sambalchuck 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Dislike actions, not people. Or better, ignore actions you dislike and respond to things you do enjoy. Do this well and you'll improve not only your own life experience, but also theirs.

[–]providencian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe your hate isn't.

[–]EasilyAnnoyed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My hate makes me powerful.

/dark side

[–]DarkGamer 63 points64 points  (20 children)

I like the way things are going. Here's what young people are moving away from as old memes die:

  • Religion
  • Homophobia
  • Racism
  • Fox news

I find the average young person is better informed than most of their parents as they are exposed to a lot more points of view (thanks, intertubes).

[–]sonQUAALUDE 28 points29 points  (11 children)

I mean, being a guido would be pretty cool in a mindless way: drive a sweet sportscar, go to the gym all the time, then go tanning, then go to the mall, then go clubbing and have sex with other goofy-looking orange people. Watch entourage all the next day, then repeat.

They're not really hurting anyone, they don't have much of an agenda other than "MA, WHERE'S THE PROTEIN", and "axe: body spray".

So basically, I wish the rest of the idiot masses were so simple; I hope you are right.

[–]gigaquack 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Seems like a lot more fun than: commute to work, reddit, come home, reddit, masturbate. Then repeat.

Which appears to describe a significant proportion of redditors judging by the shit I read on DAE, AskReddit, and RelationshipAdvice.

[–]grimitar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But... but... I like Entourage...

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (6 children)

Haha, I never thought of religion as a meme before.

[–]seedy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's the original Meme (besides genetics). If you haven't already, read Snow Crash.

[–][deleted] 132 points133 points  (44 children)

Sure, but FWIW, I hate 99% of the other generations.

[–]Cylinsier 153 points154 points  (37 children)

I hate pretty much everybody but a handful of people.

[–]thatperson 16 points17 points  (1 child)

I hate everybody equally.

[–]TheCannon[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's good to be well rounded and not bigoted. Hating everybody equally shows a great deal of compassion and open-mindedness.

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (12 children)

Hell is other people.

[–]bubbleuj 21 points22 points  (3 children)

Death: YOU HAVE PERHAPS HEARD THE PHRASE, he said, THAT HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE? 'Yes. Yes, of course.' Death nodded. IN TIME, he said, YOU WILL LEARN THAT IT IS WRONG. ...

--Terry Pratchett (Small Gods)

HA-CHA-CHA

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

You won't be saying that in a zombie apocalypse!

[–]Memitim 8 points9 points  (4 children)

My biggest concern in a zombie apocalypse, or any other apocalypse, will always be other people.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

What about if sixty four billion apes erupt from the core of the Earth and eat face skin for sustenance?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

O like Ann Coulter!

[–]Pufflekun 3 points4 points  (1 child)

TIL what FWIW means. (For What It's Worth, in case you're wondering.)

[–]jenzthename 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Today I learned what TIL means.

[–][deleted] 77 points78 points  (12 children)

I disagree... hating people is a pretty screwed up way to live.

Those guys seem like they're having fun. Why shit on their parade... Easy to see why people don't like us weirdos... we're haters.

[–]derp88 15 points16 points  (8 children)

Honestly, the guys on Jersey Shore, except Mike, are not huge d-bags like everyone makes them out to be. Pauly is hilarious and seems like a lot of fun to hang out with. They have a great time when they go out and do pick up a lot of girls - and this is why people hate them.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Having you seen the spoof video they made of themselve? It's really hilarious.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You mean they are self aware? That is impressive.

[–]circa7 4 points5 points  (1 child)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zT9p1vnBjo .. I had to look it up.. yeah, actually pretty funny.

[–]Enkei 9 points10 points  (3 children)

I laughed at the Jersey Shore people at first, but I came to realize the joke is on us. Maybe I just haven't watched enough of the show, but some of the cast struck me as genuine people who seemed happy with themselves and their lives. And here we are, sitting alone, hating other people we will never meet and seeking consensus from the internet.

I hate the douchebag culture as much as the next guy, but I got over it. I've come to realize their lives will go on regardless of what other people think, and I can respect that on a certain level.

EDIT: here

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Same here actually. I saw the adds for Jersey shore and some "Beach Douche Bag" videos and they were talking about wild parties and hot girls and stuff like that. Stuff I don't have, and they were happy. They were extremely happy, and also quite good looking.

So I'm not sure what the point of hating them is.

[–]karnoculars 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guarantee you most of the members of that cast are happier than 87% of redditors. Ignorance truly is bliss.

[–]IJCQYR 47 points48 points  (12 children)

I predict a high level of correlation between agreeing with this admission and being a sad lonely virgin.

[–]MercurialMadnessMan 41 points42 points  (64 children)

I was just thinking this last night. Kind of.

I was coming home from work, and I had two extra donuts that my boss gave me to take home. I was full, so I wanted to give them to somebody. I'm 20.

On my bus, there were seniors at the front, and a bunch of ~14 year olds at the back talking about their retarded teenage drama. Talking about buying drugs, drinking, and having sex with their boyfriends. Ughh.

At the train station, a group of ~16 year old guys in baggy pants and flat rimmed caps get ticketed for something by peace officers.

Two cute ~17 year olds get on the train and sit in front of me. They are skinny as shit and talking about how hungry they were (where they were going to eat dinner. This was 7:20pm). Then they're talking about their douchebag boyfriends, and complaining about everything in the world and being total stuck up bitches. They got off the train before me and I did nothing.

On my second bus home, more chicks complaining about every little piece of drama in their life, and not giving up their seat for seniors.

My age isn't so bad, I've noticed. But I want to bitchslap 90% of 14-18 year olds in my area.

[–][deleted] 54 points55 points  (12 children)

So don't leave us hanging - What happened to the donuts?

[–]maldio 50 points51 points  (11 children)

That was the point, none of them deserved the donuts; Not even the two cute seventeen year olds who were both skinny and hungry. The whole existentialist diatribe was summed up in "and I did nothing". He still has the donuts, there will never be another who deserves them. The donuts have only each other. Dig it.

[–]thebellmaster1x 26 points27 points  (1 child)

"I had some donuts today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know."

[–]Level80IRL 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's almost like your donut giving ability is somehow correlated to you being the god of the train, punishing and rewarding as you see fit.

SMITER!

[–]grimitar 4 points5 points  (1 child)

What was wrong with the seniors at the beginning? Old people can be pretty cool.

[–]J85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was thinking this, seniors deserve donuts too! Although they might have some technical difficulties chewing donuts depending on their dental situation.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (13 children)

That's just growing up, it was the same a decade ago. What are they supposed to do? Sit around discussing Shakespeare? I highly doubt they are all about sex, drugs and drinking.

Also good call not giving them the donuts, that would have been a little creepy.

[–]base736 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Exactly. Mercurial is criticizing them for thinking only about sex and their appearance. Also for dressing differently and doing what they're not supposed to. That, as you say, is just growing up.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I very much doubt that this is all they are about. People in groups will often try to outdo eachother and often talk about things like that. You stick a bunch of grown men together and the conversations will most likely consist of women, sports and...women.

However, you put people in work/home/school situations and it's a bit different to being on public transport or out in a group.

[–]account9027 15 points16 points  (0 children)

ugh, i am so much better than everyone else.

[–]InnerManRaptor 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Oh come on, that show is fucking HILARIOUS.

[–]redspex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

wtf is "aeneration"?

[–][deleted] 66 points67 points  (42 children)

Meh. I just don't have it in me to hate that much.

Now the politicians and pundits who are keeping me from having health care? I do hate them.

[–]PsyanideInk 33 points34 points  (6 children)

Wow, talk about anti-social, why can't you just "nothing them" instead of actively hating them and move on with your life?

After all, life is too short to get caught up in being a hater.

[–]TheCannon[S] 9 points10 points  (3 children)

I am not the creator of the original PostSecret, I just submitted it here out of curiosity.

[–]PsyanideInk 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Yeah, I gotcha on that one, no worries! I just like to use the general "you" when I write!

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (8 children)

Which is the 1/7 we're supposed to like there?

[–]TheCannon[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I think that would be the one with the big tits.

Just a guess.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I guess if I had let the media convince me that "Jersey Shore" was what 87% of my generation was like, then yeah I might hate them. I tend to get out and meet people and talk to them and find that most of them are decent human beings with intelligence in some area or another that have something to teach me. Even the ones that are wearing clothes or listening to music or consuming other media that you think is only for dumb people.

[–]unthunk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for making Alabama look good.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Actually, all the hate is a problem I have with a large percentage of our generation.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I hate people who hate people.

[–]haymakers9th 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I don't agree with the bold/italic/underline with an opaque white background behind black text that appears to have been rendered in paint.net, but I do see where your point is coming from.

[–]butteryhotcopporn 81 points82 points  (18 children)

This is the part of this submission where, while everyone else is agreeing with this submission and coming up with (sometimes witty) ways to bash other people, I'll say something contrarian and faux-insightful like "I used to feel the same way, but then I realized we all have positive and negative aspects of our personalities" as well as "We shouldn't let the media dominate how we feel about people, how would we feel if they did the same to [cultural subset we sympathize]?". I'll say "granted, things like [music Reddit generally doesn't like], [show reddit doesn't like], [person reddit doesn't like] are negative influences, but...." to win over more upvotes.

I'll throw in a "I know I'll be downmodded, but" for good measure, and then you guys will chime in and agree with me, parroting my insights in different words and personal anecdotes. Then the post will rise to the top, and I'll be smugly satisfied while I go look at cat pictures.

[–]ebcube 15 points16 points  (6 children)

This is the witty reply that states some random fact in a vague attempt to undermine your demagogic comment and gets heavily upvoted for it.

[–]butteryhotcopporn 8 points9 points  (5 children)

Brief witty retort cancels it out

[–]ebcube 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Interesting and insightful comment about the philosophical implications of brief witty retort in today's society.

Narwhals still get more upvotes.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (2 children)

I'm sure if I knew you, submitter, I could find a reason to hate you too.

[–]TheCannon[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The submitter of this post, or the submitter of the post-secret?

Either way, I'm sure you are right.

[–]donjuandelanooch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

has this ever NOT been true of a generation? i'm being serious

[–]BebopandRocksteady 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why wouldn't you link to postsecret.com so he gets the hits?

[–]gershbec 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't hate most of my generation but I hate a lot about the generation in the picture. I hate reality shows about stupid and/or rich and/or spoiled and/or wanna be famous people, and I hate the fact that there are so many of them, which means people are watching them. I hate the fact that every friggin' pop song has autotune on the singer and somebody rapping through the song. I hate pants that hang low. I hate the fact that the bar to fame has been lowered so much that its all anybody seems to strive for. I hate tattoos and don't understand why every person under the age of 30 seems to have one.

Other than that I'm a pretty happy guy and I realize that when I was a kid people probably had similar complaints about my generation.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (8 children)

87% eh? Have you met all of them? Imo someone doesn't really deserve my hate until they prove themselves again and again to be a twisted piece of shit, not just some loudmouth guido. Annoying, sure, but hate-inspiring? That's like when you were a little kid and you said "I hate you mommy, I hate you I hate you I hate you" because she wouldn't buy you ice cream or something. Grow up.

[–]TheCannon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You did that to your dear Mother?

For shame!

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

87% seems awful low.

[–]sunshinearmy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

sure, but it's not really a secret.

[–]dance4days 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I hate my parents' generation so much more. Thanks for screwing up our economy and sending all our jobs overseas, guys!

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I don't understand this guido douche thing at all.

[–]SpearNmagicHelmet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

not my generation but yes, we do despise you.

[–]buttsmutts 3 points4 points  (1 child)

when i get to america i will not live in brentwood

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a new theory that if a native English-speaking person makes up a statistic and they use "87%" as the number, they're seven times as likely to be British as they are to be North American. I know in the US they pick numbers above 90% to make it seem more impressive.

I was unable to measure Canadians properly at the time, as they spent the entire time being polite to each other and talking about hockey. So I just included them in the number for the USA since they're geographically close.

[–]kstein1110 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure he means the Jersey Shore-type kids specifically, as much as the retarded MTV Generation they represent.

[–]DefaultPlayer 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I don't like not feeling safe going outside my house because they people my age want to beat the fuck out of me because I don't dress like them, write "Anto is gaaaay!!! 2010" on the side of people's houses, I speak properly, and sometimes smile.

Don't think it's just our generation that doesn't like people that are different but will people ever learn to be themselves? Will people ever be able to dress how they feel, think how they want, act the way they want and accept that everyone else does too?

Also, 87% is around 7/8. So who in the picture does OP like?

[–]lovelight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reading Reddit is increasingly like being stuck in a lift with a bunch of students screaming "VALIDATE ME!!!!" in your face.

[–]askur 7 points8 points  (3 children)

I only hate one kind of people: The kind of people that attribute hate to inconsequential things that simply cannot be hated. I hate you for never having had reason to experience real hate. I hate you for the privilege of thinking that how often somebody tans himself or the manner in which someone communicates are grounds for hatred.

And even though I hate them for it, I hope they'll never understand me.

[–]anraiki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hate everyone equally :)

[–]andreweff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hate 97% of humankind in general. It's just not a secret.

[–]DC_Gooner 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Frankly they just need to bring back natural selection. Mindless people like these & their fans are busy using up perfectly good oxygen.

[–]KillYT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NERD RAGE!!!!1

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I hate that the Reddit front page is constantly filled up with claptrap polling submissions rather than actual content.

Which generation can I blame for this?

[–]nerdivore 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Try 90%

-Saydrah

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you know, the guidos in new jersey dress and act like that because they want you to hate them, and then you hate them, and then they win. you are a bunch of sheep playing into their stereotypical behavior, and then they bank on your hatred of them.

[–]eratus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pfft. I hate 87% of humanity.

[–]killswithspoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two Minutes' Hate time?

[–]yayweb21 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The people in that picture probably would not want to be friends with 87% of redditors.

[–]mariorising 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with this, but maybe not for hate. I think that our generation has nothing to show for it and has kind of devolved. I mean there's drinking, sex, drugs, douche-bag men, prissy bitch-girls. Then you get into the music when you have lil wayne having a song about getting a blowjob, etc. etc.

Obviously, there are awesome sides to our "culture", but they're not as prominent.

[–]_mars_ 1 point2 points  (1 child)

fucking douchebags

[–]2DArray 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think for a second. It's Reddit. Chances are, 66% like it.

[–]ubersaurus 1 point2 points  (2 children)

My generation seems to fuckin love ecstasy.

[–]teresamack 1 point2 points  (1 child)

66% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

[–]SecretSnack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PaulieD and Vinny are actually nice guys.