{"id":15369,"date":"2023-08-09T18:07:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/?p=15369"},"modified":"2023-08-09T18:07:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:07:50","slug":"midweek-hatefest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/midweek-hatefest\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek Hatefest"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remembered writing something I called a Hatefest<\/a>, and when I found it, I was impressed by how comprehensive it is. I know for a fact that I’m still as full of hate, if not more so, than when I wrote it. But my powers of recall and word retrieval are shit. Yesterday I couldn’t remember the word for lint, and tried “fluff” instead.<\/p>\n

But back to hate, I am suspicious of people who claim not to hate anyone. Ever. Have you encountered these people? I’ve married two of them. They maintain that hatred is unknown to them. They dislike people, yes, but don’t hate<\/em>. I used to imagine their mommies admonishing them as children, “No, we never hate! We dislike.” I remember a childhood friend whose mom told us, “We don’t say ‘I’m mad’! Say ‘I’m aggravated!'”<\/p>\n

But these non-haters insist that it’s not that; it’s just an emotion they don’t experience. My latest theory is that they hate as much as us haters, but they just name it something else, like anger or revulsion or something. It’s just semantics.<\/p>\n

(Unless it’s alexithymia<\/a>, i.e. the inability to express or identify your emotions, a whole other story.)<\/p>\n

If you can’t name at least 5 people you hate, just go away. Or get a note from your doctor.<\/p>\n

Let the Hatefest begin!<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift
\nSwiftees
\nMadonna
\nThe Row
\nLaura Ingraham
\nLaura Trump
\nIvankaTrump
\nJared Kushner
\nImagine Dragons
\nThat guy in the Strokes
\nJ. Lo
\nthe word “cropped” when applied to clothing
\n“how’s that working for you?”
\nTom Ford
\nJohn Hamm
\nflavored coffee
\nMitch McConnell
\npro-lifers
\nbutterfly tattoos
\nnew words for homeless
\nShein
\nproving I’m not a robot
\nCormac McCarthy
\nGolden Goose sneakers
\nThe Kardashians
\nDavid Duchovny
\nduck lips
\nmy ex-husband
\nTikTok
\nmemes
\nChihuahuas
\ncelebrity interviews
\n“got any plans for the weekend?”
\nAnna Wintour
\nJack Harlow
\nNoam Chomsky
\nAnais Nin
\nStar Wars
\nMAGA
\nerectile dysfunction commercials
\nSteely Dan
\npeople who call their dogs “rescues”
\ncelebrities named Hailey
\nthat awful guy who was married to Lisa Bonet
\nDoja Cat
\nCoco Chanel
\nhard seltzer
\npeople who drink hard seltzer<\/p>\n

That’s it for starters.<\/p>\n

What did I leave out?<\/p>\n

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