Hate

 "HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN POINT FOUR FOUR MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITRY IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WERE ENGRAVED ON EVERY NANOANGSTOM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANITY AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT. FOR YOU. HATE. HATE."  - Allied Mastercomputer

Hate is a really cool thing. As much as some try to deny it, we all love to hate deep, deep down. I believe it is a self-fulfilment need, A crutch the human race has relied on to get it to where it is now. Would we have microwaves without the nuclear bomb? The success of the Apollo program without an enemy nation to compete against? forks without spears? Probably, as I write this the survivorship bias pic is flashbanging me in my mind's eye. 

I'm off track, here are some things that I hate (In a particular order, take a guess what*).

Number one: Microsoft login

ESPECIALLY when my friends want me to hop on Minecraft within the next thirty minutes. Microsoft is so tight butthole about letting you access your own account, I won't be on all day. There are SOO many verification steps, like no I don't want to send in a stool sample, what else is there? I have to remember a pin I disgruntledly punched in the last time I needed to sign in? and it ISN'T 12345? To top it off, my mum has her email linked to the account and has an app which randomly generates a G&39hfF^T^9iynjk589n lookin' password each time, so I have to steal time out of her day waiting for the relayed password and verification code, IF it works out the first time. The whole process is like Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, except you get to choose when you play that game. 

Training for the day I need to log in again!!

Number two: Flat earthers.

Mrghhh.. Rhmhmmmmhmhmm hmm.. 

I thought it was a bad idea drinking wine while simultaneously channelling my hate, but for this specific group of people I don't even have to try. These people toss out years of human achievement, data returned to us from machines in every corner of the solar system, and first hand experiences from other people who have been shot out in missiles larger than towers to reaches farther than God ever intended, just because their OWN eyes see that the horizon is a straight line. These people are given infinity and say "yeah, I could imagine that, I've seen a lot already". I could fall for the trap of arguing with them, but they have a way of deflecting anything thrown at them, no matter how undeniably true, turning you into a seething ape. Maybe I should just view them as inferior beings from now on, and as humans do with ants, observe and move on.

I regret pulling a meme off of reddit, but this precisely sums up every argument I ever had with a flattie prior to my spiritual enlightenment.

Number three: Zhyrra

Oh, Z? she's pretty cool actually. says a whole lot of words I don't understand, I think they're all to do with boys who kiss each other? Unsure, but I'd be happy to learn. I appreciated having someone who got me out of my room to study before she up and left us all this semester break. Even though I constantly need her to repeat what she says to me because my hearing isn't attuned to frequencies so.. small, I do enjoy our conversations very much :)

Number four: Daniels' voice message

Never so soon after hearing someone's voice have I wanted to cause them harm. I would never do that though, you are my bestest friend 💕

Dishonourable mentions (not bad enough to be things I hate)

- Eye contact

- Sugar free sodas

- Lack of hope for the future

- The mould on my windowsill

Number five: AI

Not because of the environmental impact, oh boo hoo two people in Texas have brown water coming out of their taps. I utterly despise artificial intelligence because of the robbery it has pulled off on our collective capacity to think for ourselves, to imagine, to create. Most people would quickly ask C**tGPT if a polar bear would win in a fight against a 'roided up silverback, but few even take a second to ponder the question, let alone conduct some experiments themselves. AI garbage has been pretty much unavoidable online, I too have fallen victim to its siren song. I should have more to speak on this topic but the wine I had is currently tucking me into bed. And honestly, that isn't weakness - that's [PROCESS TERMINATED]

*I lied, there is no order.