# Today I hate virtually everyone in the world **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575 "2009-02-19T18:28:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/1 "2009-02-19T18:28:08Z")
My company is, incredibly, still hiring, so here I am giving a test to a roomful of new hires, which leaves me with very little to do, so I’m going to vent. I’m generally pissed with the universe right now. I really am. There’s just so much goddamn pointless shit in the world. Sometimes it’s caused by human stupidity, sometimes by nature, sometimes by selfishness and sadism, sometimes by a combination of them. My wife is … I don’t know. She’s whatever she is. I love her, but I’m tired. It’s not her fault she’s ill, I know. I’m a perfect shit to resent it. But for months now she’s been either miserable and all but catatonic and I don’t know what to do to help her or how to fix it because there is NO DAMN WAY FOR ME TO HELP HER!!! Nothing I do works! Nothing anybody does works!! She’s finished with the hospital for now, great. She’s not a danger to herself or to others, even greater. But she can’t do anything and she hurts and I can’t help her. God damn it. I’m tired of idiots at work. I’m tired of people who go out of their way to screw their coworkers because of their own prejudices and their own vileness and justify it because of the Bible and yes, I am talking about someone in particular. But I’m also tired of people who don’t know things that should be obvious, things that they should have mastered in junior high school and are in the work force and then get upset when they don’t know how to do something. God damn them. I’m tired of myself. I pitted another doper today, a doper who didn’t really deserve it, because I’m so pissed at everything. But that’s not the big thing. I yelled at my stepdaughter this morning for no good reason, and I know she’s sensitive and she did not deserve it. There’s too much stupidity and suffering. That poor woman who got mauled by the chimpanzee. How could the chimp’s owner have not seen it coming? How can people make fucking jokes about? I yelled at my stepdaughter this morning. No good reason. So she didn’t wash the dishes immediately after breakfast, big fucking deal. But I had to yell. And of course she didn’t defend herself, because she never ever defends herself when a man is angry at her, because her stupid goddamn mother put up with endless asshole boyfriends who slapped them both around and the poor kid never ever ever learned to love herself, and me, selfish asshole that I am, I never never intervened. Sometimes I see her whole life stretching out in front of her and it makes me want to scream and cry because, god god damn it, she never got the emotional skills she needs to take care of herself, because except for my dad and my mother there was never anybody in her formative years who was consistently good to her, and that, damn it, includes me, and I just can’t think of any way to make up for it. I’ve helped screw up her life. I hate this world. I just hate the world today. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/2 "2009-02-19T18:34:45Z")
Tomorrow’s another day. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/3 "2009-02-19T18:44:53Z")
We don’t hate you back. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/4 "2009-02-19T18:48:39Z")
Sorry you’re having a bad day, but you really should call your stepdaughter and apologize for yelling at her. No reason you should reinforce her impressions of men in general without showing that SOME men are reclaimable. As for the rest of it, it’s the job of those who can do so to counteract evil in the world by sending out positive energy and not giving in to the urge to be just like the fucktards. If you’re seeing evil, then it’s up to you to combat it whether you’re tired or not. Sorry, but them’s the breaks. FWIW it’s my job too, and yeah sometimes I think I’d rather just be a stupid evilmonger instead, seems like much the easier job. ---
**Author:** ![meow\_meow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@meow\_meow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meow_meow)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/5 "2009-02-19T18:50:09Z")
Me too. I’m thinking of joining [http://www.vhemt.org/](http://www.vhemt.org/) The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/6 "2009-02-19T18:55:28Z")
Dude, **kanicbird** always deserves a pitting. Don’t go around beating yourself up over that. You’ve had a shitty go of it recently. Take a break and do something nice for yourself. Go get a massage and take a long nap - it’s exhausting to be responsible for so many other people and there’s nothing wrong with being tired, or even sick and tired. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/7 "2009-02-19T19:08:40Z")
Well fuck, **Skald**. Sorry to hear about your predicament. I wish I had some earth moving words of encouragment for you but I’m just like you, trying to make it in a shitty world. I wouldn’t worry about pitting **Kanicbird**. I’m sure he’s used to catching hell but a small lesson that you might get from him is that he perseveres. You will too. If I could offer one small bit of advice, it’s to take some time for yourself. Take a walk, enjoy the world without others casting influence upon you. Don’t you write stories? I’ll bet you get some release of stress from that. And of course your evil is legendary.🙂 It’ll all come right. ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/8 "2009-02-19T19:12:56Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > We don’t hate you back. Actually, I hate him. 😉 My favorite Despair, Inc quote: It’s always darkest before…it goes pitch black. Keep your chin up man. We’ll have good thoughts for you. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/9 "2009-02-19T19:19:23Z")
Meh. I hate the world every day. It’s ok, y’know? You have a shitload of shit on your plate right now. I understand the frustration about not being able to fix your wife. It’s a part of being a problem solver. Vent away, friend, things eventually get better, but in the meantime, vent to your heart’s content. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/10 "2009-02-19T19:25:15Z")
> [@raindog](#): > > My favorite Despair, Inc quote: > > It’s always darkest before…it goes pitch black. John McCain would always say a quote similar to this and for some reason attribute it to Chairman Mao. It was so hilarious I considered voting for him for about 5 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/11 "2009-02-19T19:37:42Z")
So I called my stepdaughter to apologize, and she spent the entire conversation apologizing to me, and now I feel even worse because I just don’t know how to convince her or teach her that from time to time she she should really say “Fuck off, asshole.” But I know what I’m going to do next. I’m going to make one of the other trainers finish this class, because I’m not coming back after lunch. I’m going to go to break some inanimate objects till I feel better, and then I’m going to give my stepdaughter some money so she can go out with her girlfriends or something. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/12 "2009-02-19T19:39:16Z")
Call the daughter, apologize in a calm mature fashion. Then take her and the wife out for frozen yogurt. Nothin’ so bad frozen yogurt won’t help. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/13 "2009-02-19T19:55:30Z")
Get her a cake, have it say “It is ok to tell me to fuck off”. Of course, you will have to tell us about your experience placing the order for the cake. I don’t join in much here, but I look for your threads and relish reading them. Take some time for yourself, do what you want for an evening. My choice is dinner out, alone, with a good book. Just to bask in the thrill of not having to engage with anybody for an hour. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/14 "2009-02-19T20:11:30Z")
> [@howye](#): > > Get her a cake, have it say “It is ok to tell me to fuck off”. Of course, you will have to tell us about your experience placing the order for the cake. I know of a place that will make you a cake that has some very interesting variations on those words. It probably wouldn’t be appropriate to give to an underage relative, though. Years ago, someone gave a female coworker a cake from that place. She had to hide it to avoid potential lawsuits. Just as well, as I didn’t feel entirely comfortable with the idea of eating the splatters of white frosting. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/15 "2009-02-19T20:12:04Z")
**Kanicbird** likes getting reamed out. Don’t feel bad about that. I’m with you on the “weary-from-the-world” front. I think the state of the world is weighing heavily on everyone’s ability to keep it together. Right about now I’m in the mood for a girl’s night out. Forgetting about our problems and surrounding ourselves with people who love is has proved to be a powerful tonic for what ails us. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/16 "2009-02-19T20:22:40Z")
Going shooting, Skald? Little fresh air, some clay pigeons, little bright nature around you? Always good for catharsis. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/17 "2009-02-19T20:28:12Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Going shooting, Skald? Little fresh air, some clay pigeons, little bright nature around you? Always good for catharsis. Catharsis good. Man who hates everyone in the world, plus a gun: maybe not so good. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/18 "2009-02-19T20:33:16Z")
Well, that was just so intriguing I had to go read that Pit thread! But then it lead to some other thread about Ouija boards that I didn’t want to go read and I’m supposed to be working and I have a book here and they’re testing the fire alarms here and it’s making my head hurt. So fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/19 "2009-02-19T20:34:24Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Catharsis good. Man who hates everyone in the world, plus a gun: maybe not so good. He should get his toenails painted instead. Who doesn’t like a pedicure? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575/20 "2009-02-20T00:56:14Z")
Dude, you need a dandelion patch. Get the stepdaughter into some sort of martial art class and ask the trainer to help her work on her self assertion skills. Put your wife out in the sunshine so she can manufacture scads of vitamin D. Then give her a massage. (I’m assuming that she’s suffering from depression. Both sunlight and touch help immensely.) Then, crush a small country under your heel. When you’ve done that, find a dandelion patch and relax. It’ll be okay. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-hate-virtually-everyone-in-the-world/486575.md?page=2)