FIve things that you believe never should have been invented.

[Engarde]

1 - Use of stupid acronyms in regular speech, 'lol' of course, most of all.
2 - Stupid acronyms in the first place
3 - Use of file extensions in regular speech, overdone, stupid, boring, discouraging creativity and causing everyone to sound like cliched parrots, not to mention, they are also annoying.
4 - Children. Godamn things make so much mess.
5 - Myself. Life would be alot less stressful without the bastard.

Grrrr pethates and various other things.

 

[TeeBs]

I also want to go on a slight rant about the people who say Rap.
Rap is a far more expansive genre then you guys probably know, Rap as a vocal styling has a technique, it may not be traditional singing but nether is metal or screamo, and im sure some of you guys are gonna bawl about how I compared Metal to Rap and Screamo, if you describe Screamo as people who scream with the music then screamo is a far more expansive genre as well.
Though Screamo is actually a sub-genre of a variety of genres that use screaming.

/Rant

I'm sorry, but I can't just accept that elementary school poetry laced with constant cussing can be considered "music".

With the lone exception of rhythm, rap doesn't meet any "standards" of music.

I'm open to the possibilities of rap involving ACTUAL musical talent such as the Beastie Boys, but as of now, rap isn't considered a style of music to me.

Like I said its a far more expansive genre then you think.

and Actual musical talent is something I keep on hearing, many hip-hop acts go to music schools and get degrees in music, and you stated "Elementary lyrics" as a bases for your argument which makes you lose ground automatically, strip the musical aspect of any song with vocals and its just a crappy poem.

Though i'm guessing your basing all this "Raps just a bad poem with cursing" from mainstream acts, a curse word used in poetry doesn't lesson the impact if used correctly, the addition of a curse word doesn't make a work of art crude, the same reason why nude statues aren't pornography.

Acts Like Illogic, Nujabes, The Roots, Sage Francis, Shing02, Saul Williams, Paper Planes Project and Many Others incorporate well thought out lyrics and/or this musical talent you seem to think you have an understanding for.

 

[Lullabye]

1. Religion
2. Reality t.v, well, the ones I think are bad.
3. fanboys/girls
4.*slot open*
5. The color violet

 

[gligarman207]

3. Nascar - There is something oh-so-unexciting about watching a bunch of cars (I DON'T GIVE A FUCK HOW FAST THEY'RE GOING) take repeated left turns. Make a random one spontaneously explode every lap, and maybe then I'll watch.

i completely agree. oh another way to make nascar interesting would be to have half the cars goin clockwise the other half counterclockwise. Now that would be fun to watch.

OT: I'm gonna have to go with silly bands on this one, I mean come on ther just retardedly misshaped rubber bands. hell it takes most people I know at least 2 minutes to figure out wat the hell they just bought. for instance, and i quote, ".................... ohhhhhh it's a lizard."

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

Zombies: A generic enemy that is simply there for devs and movie creators to fall back on when they're out of ideas.

War: How much more do I have to say.

Religion: Yeah.

Can't think of anymore, but spray tans is good.

Ok well I can see your problems with War and religion. I mean sometimes War cannot be avoided, and sometimes religion can really help certain people (not me though).

But seriously, Zombies? Yes they are a lazy cop-out, but a lazy cop-out that is fun to kill with shotguns.

OT:

1. Post-grundge music
2. Auto-tune
3. Jeff Dunham's characters
4. Eldrazi
5. Regenerating health in video games

 

[ike42]

Despite religion creating strict social structure and morals

Religion did not create morals, the basic necessity for the the continuation of the species created morals, religion just came along a few thousand years later and claimed credit.

 

[Ekonk]

1. Any lethal weapon ever.
2. Terrorism
3. Right-wing politics
4. Xenophobia
5. Religion

 

[smithy_2045]

Religion.
BluRay/PS3.
Religion
The idea that everyone needs a car.
Religion.

 

[w-Jinksy]

1. Porn.
2. Call of Duty 4.
3. "Never Gonna Give You Up" By Rick Astley.
4. World of Warcraft.
5. Porn again.

EDIT: And could everyone please stop saying religion?

just curious why porn?

1. Mini motos - stop driving up and down the street on a tiny bike that's ridiculously loud it does not make you look cool

2. Final Fantasy beyond number 9 - everytime one of these games come out i have to play it and every fucking time its a massive let down that fuck boring, and then for not liking it everyone assaults me for it. only one good thing has come out of any ff released after number 9, sazh.

3. Heroine - iv'e seen a family member go down to this drug not a pretty sight

4. COD - fuck off i dont want to play cod, also girlfriends acting surprised when you talk to them instead of playing cod just makes me sad.

5. WoW - i lost a good chunk of my life to you, you son of a *****.

 

[Gluzzbung]

1. currency, possibly the most evil thing known to man, it created the class system, brought us into recession so we could not further our race before we sorted out a reccuring problem with out currency system and it generally makes people feel greedy or screws over the people who need helping.
2. religion, see richard dawkins for reasons.
3. computers that are limited by their graphics card, I'm sure you've all had experience with that
4. bad internet connections
5. bad television and movies

 

[Substance-E]

I don't get all the hate on religion. Ya, it has lead to some serious dark chapters in humanity's history, but so much of our civilization was built around it.

We were bashing each other's skulls in over phatloots and women folk long before we had fancy ideologies to squabble over...

 

[Enigma6667]

~In no particular order~

Vuvuzelas
The Wii
Reality Television
Boy Bands
Social Networking Sites
Pornography (Hard for me to include it, but for all the good it brings, it has also caused an increase in teenage immaturity levels, and is still exploitative, and blah, blah, blah)
Gossip
Racism
Pop Music
Religion
Fan-boys
Online Multiplayer Communities (MW2, etc.)
Online Massively Multiplayer Communities (WoW, etc.)

You may think this list is more than five, but it's not...jus' sayin'

 

[Sacman]

1. Porn.
3. "Never Gonna Give You Up" By Rick Astley.
5. Porn again.

A lot of people are gonna disagree with you there...

OT:
1. Metroid: Other M...
2. Gangster Rap...
3. Realty TV...
4. Standardized Testing...
5. God...(oh edgy)

 

[Mr. Omega]

1: Snuggies for dogs. I'm going to admit, I have a snuggie. But this...

2: Rule 34. Not EVERYTHING needs porn...

3: Censorship. It tends to get out of hand very quickly. Then it dies down. Then builds up. Then gets out of hand. Rinse, reapeat for 50 years, people...

4: iPad, or as I like to call it: iPhone Morbidly-Obese-People-Friendly Edition

5: reality shows consisting of "Let's just put people in a house and watch them do shit, and have maybe one challenge." I mean, if there is a premise other than that, I can at least try to see the appeal, but what's so great about seeing people in a house acting like assholes?

Edit: On the topic of religion being hated, I don't hate religion. I hate religious extremists. These people aren't even religious, they're just taking a single quote from their sacred text (many times which is very open to interptiation) and using that as justification. Jesus taught about love and acceptance as well as saying he was the son of God. YOU DON'T ONLY QUOTE THE PARTS OF THE BIBLE THAT ARE CONVINIENT FOR YOU!

 

[smithy_2045]

I don't get all the hate on religion. Ya, it has lead to some serious dark chapters in humanity's history, but so much of our civilization was built around it.

We were bashing each other's skulls in over phatloots and women folk long before we had fancy ideologies to squabble over...

Exactly. Religion does nothing to stop people being jerks to each other. If anything, it makes it easier. It is completely unnecessary, except as a form of brainwashing.

 

[Baralak]

I don't get all the hate on religion. Ya, it has lead to some serious dark chapters in humanity's history, but so much of our civilization was built around it.

We were bashing each other's skulls in over phatloots and women folk long before we had fancy ideologies to squabble over...

Exactly. Religion does nothing to stop people being jerks to each other. If anything, it makes it easier. It is completely unnecessary, except as a form of brainwashing.

They're only jerks about it when they don't get the message. On some level, every religion promotes peace and helping others and the like. The jerks are people who just listen to it, but don't apply it, or who only think it applies to those of the same religion.

 

[Jethro Baarda]

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