"Hate is a strong word"
It really is. People take the word "hate" and throw it around like it's no big deal, people don't really get it. To "hate" is serious. To "hate" is dark. But I gotta admit, I use the word all the time. I hate studying, I hate cauliflower, I hate when a bug smashes on my windshield after a wash, I hate how the heel of my sock and my actual heel don't actually match up, I hate him, I hate her. I hate hate hate.
But I realized that I don't really hate all that stuff. I'm either just annoyed, confused, pissed off or even scared. I was sitting with a close friend of mine when we were watching TV. His dad asked to flip to the news really quick, and Fox was reporting on the situation in Egypt. The first thing that came to my mouth? "Dude, I HATE this guy, he's so diddlying stupid-"
"No you don't."
I looked back at my friend and before I could explain how I do, indeed, hate this man, he asked me a question.
"If he was drowning, would you let him die?"
And I was completely dumbfounded. I knew that I wouldn't let him die, I wouldn't. Or anyone else for that matter. I didn't hate this dude, I was just annoyed by him. And then it hit me how shallow and ignorant it is to say that you hate something/one so easily.
Now some of you may be like "Dude srsly, I hate veggies" or something. But would you go out of your way to make sure all other veggies were destroyed? If not, then I don't think you hate them, you just don't like the taste, you might not have even tried them.
So what I'm trying to ask is why do people use this word so easily, and by extension, why does it seem like no one gives any thought to what they say anymore? This may seem totally random but I'd really like to hear your thoughts also general discussion is dead now wtf
It really is. People take the word "hate" and throw it around like it's no big deal, people don't really get it. To "hate" is serious. To "hate" is dark. But I gotta admit, I use the word all the time. I hate studying, I hate cauliflower, I hate when a bug smashes on my windshield after a wash, I hate how the heel of my sock and my actual heel don't actually match up, I hate him, I hate her. I hate hate hate.
But I realized that I don't really hate all that stuff. I'm either just annoyed, confused, pissed off or even scared. I was sitting with a close friend of mine when we were watching TV. His dad asked to flip to the news really quick, and Fox was reporting on the situation in Egypt. The first thing that came to my mouth? "Dude, I HATE this guy, he's so diddlying stupid-"
"No you don't."
I looked back at my friend and before I could explain how I do, indeed, hate this man, he asked me a question.
"If he was drowning, would you let him die?"
And I was completely dumbfounded. I knew that I wouldn't let him die, I wouldn't. Or anyone else for that matter. I didn't hate this dude, I was just annoyed by him. And then it hit me how shallow and ignorant it is to say that you hate something/one so easily.
Now some of you may be like "Dude srsly, I hate veggies" or something. But would you go out of your way to make sure all other veggies were destroyed? If not, then I don't think you hate them, you just don't like the taste, you might not have even tried them.
So what I'm trying to ask is why do people use this word so easily, and by extension, why does it seem like no one gives any thought to what they say anymore? This may seem totally random but I'd really like to hear your thoughts also general discussion is dead now wtf
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