### Author:  [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/41 "2012-12-27T19:20:38Z")
I quite like it.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/42 "2012-12-27T19:35:12Z")
> [@Isamu](#):
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> hypocrites
You’re only _saying_ you hate hypocrites.
> [@Alessan](#):
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> Windows Vista.
If never understood the purported hate for Vista. I’ve never had a problem with it.
> [@Enright3](#):
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> Stepping in dog shit.
This gets my vote.
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### Author:  [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/43 "2012-12-27T19:46:40Z")
Herpes.
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### Author:  [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/44 "2012-12-27T20:06:48Z")
> [@colander](#):
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> Also, I think Andy Dick is endearing.
\ Liar! \
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/45 "2012-12-27T21:42:20Z")
The automated phone answering system:
If you are calling to…press 1
If you are calling to…press 2
If you are calling to…press 3
If you are calling to…press 4
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### Author:  [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/46 "2012-12-27T21:58:05Z")
Tailgating
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### Author:  [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/47 "2012-12-27T22:02:40Z")
Dead snakes decomposing on rough pavement, in the August summer heat.
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### Author:  [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/48 "2012-12-27T22:10:48Z")
> [@Enright3](#):
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> 1. Do you think Vista is more universally hated than Windows 98, or Windows ME?
I’ll see your Windows 98 and Windows ME and raise you [Microsoft Bob](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob).
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/49 "2012-12-27T22:13:32Z")
> [@Terrifel](#):
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> I think it’s an entirely safe bet that if humanity can think of a thing, no matter what that thing is, sooner or later someone will decide that thing is the Best Thing Ever.
I hate people who are like this. And stepping in dog shit.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/50 "2012-12-27T22:15:57Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#):
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> I’ll see your Windows 98 and Windows ME and raise you [Microsoft Bob](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob).
It looks like you’re trying to win the thread. [Can I help?](http://cache.ohinternet.com/images/2/20/Clippy.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/51 "2012-12-27T22:20:21Z")
> [@Enright3](#):
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> Stepping in dog shit.
This is my pick, particularly when barefoot on a beach. At least there was a handy body of water nearby so I could clean it out from between my toes. _boak_
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### Author:  [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/52 "2012-12-27T22:21:33Z")
Why oh why did you do that?!
I call Uncle!!
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/53 "2012-12-27T22:27:43Z")
Male mosquitoes are pollenators of many wildflowers, so I’d have to take them off the list.
Telemarketers, while a good choice, is not the most hated because people who have that job do get a paycheck that supports them - presumably they like getting paid (does not mean they like the job).
I am going to go with cancer as something universally hated.
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### Author:  [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/54 "2012-12-27T22:48:38Z")
In a sane world the answer would be black licorice. There’s this one liar that works down the hall who claims he likes though.
Maybe people who back into parking spaces during rush hour?
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/55 "2012-12-28T05:21:32Z")
Any empty toilet paper roll which doesn’t get noticed until it’s too late.
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### Author:  [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/56 "2012-12-28T05:44:58Z")
Smells: decomposing flesh, rotting seafood, vomit, skunk spray, rotten eggs, body odor, bad breath.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/57 "2012-12-28T07:28:36Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#):
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> It can’t be something that humans do, because presumably if some humans are doing it it isn’t universally hated. So WBC is out, baby raping is out, eating circus peanuts is out, etc.
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> \
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> This is tough…
A human action could qualify if it’s something one person does to another that is universally hated by the recipient of the action, not the actor of the action. Even the actor could hate it, when done by somebody else.
I nominate: Getting jilted.
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### Author:  [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/58 "2012-12-28T15:35:30Z")
_“My Heart Will Go On”_ by Celine Dion.
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### Author:  [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/59 "2012-12-28T17:40:55Z")
You know, Emily, I really hate this thread!
(See the tag on the SDMB homepage.)
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-thats-universally-hated/645271/60 "2012-12-28T18:09:15Z")
When someone takes a Sawzall to your Achilles tendon.
Although in a perfect world, the correct answer would be _A Christmas Story_.
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