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10 people I meet everday (and subsequently despise)

by Jordan Meisner

Pet peeves of a hostile, non-confrontational sports writer

Throughout my years, people have used adjectives such as calm, non-confrontational, and passive to describe my personality.

Still others have used words such as volatile, hostile, temperamental, and bi-polar to describe my nature.

Well folks, today we get the chance to meet a few of the people who describe me as the latter.

Though my list is long, the boundaries of this column allow me to choose but 10 of these fine, upstanding individuals, starting with:

No. 1 - The guy who post ambiguous "begging-the-question" Facebook statuses, Tweets, or Myspace bulletins. Soliciting pity or interest on an internet social network is probably the bottom of the barrel in terms of fending for attention. Saying "PAY ATTENTION TO ME" would garner more respect.

No. 2 - Along the same lines, the guy who post something like, “Just found out some really bad news,” on their Facebook, then when someone asks them what the problem is, they are quick to respond back with, “That’s not really any of your business.”

No. 3 - The guy who says "I’m not racist, but (insert racial slur)." Oh, you're clearly not a racist because you told me so, so obviously that epithet you just hurled is not reflective of your actual disposition toward other races, I believe you.

No. 4 - The girl who dresses obnoxiously provocatively and then whines when they catch some poor pervert staring down their shirt.

No. 5 - “If they establish a run game, play good defense, and don’t make any mistakes, they have a good shot to win.” Signed, professional football analyst. You’ve got to be kidding me; you mean to tell me that if you play flawless football you have a chance to win? Where have I been?

No. 6 - Also, “I could care less,” is completely redundant. Saying this insinuates that you have some less to care about, in which case you could have just saved your breath. “Over-exaggerate” falls into the same category, but it has supplanted itself in our culture in a such a way that I’ll just let it pass.

No. 7 - The guy that made infomercials that make it seem as though normal, everyday tasks are impossible. Oh no, there is no possible way I can watch "Law and Order" and handle a remote at once underneath a blanket, I’m gonna need that Snuggie.
No. 8 - The guy who doesn’t like any movies made after 1948 b/c they lack “artistic excellence.” In the same breath, the guy that discontinues his fanship of a band once they get on the radio b/c they have gone “mainstream.” Similar to the guy that only likes music that no one else has heard of.

No. 9 - The guy who uses plastic at a gas station or grocery store and don't know the difference between debit and credit and the cashier has to explain. (Yes, these people really exist)

No. 10 - Our fine group of citizens that lack simple table manners. Is it that difficult to ask not to bite your fork and pull it through your teeth? Or to not blow your nose at the table? Where has our old-school sense of manners gone? Grandma would not be proud.

Well, that’s about all the room I have, so I’ll discontinue my rant. I hope I didn’t over-exaggerate too much, but if you don’t like it, I could care less. I still have my Austin City Limits Music Festival tickets and copies of "Citizen Kane" and "Gone With The Wind" to get me through my day.

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