What do you hate? Hatred is meaingful!!
June 22nd 2007 05:42
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Hate? Hate, hate, hate! I hate, you hate, we hate..where does it end?
Hate is a perfectly respectable and useful word. It can mean the abscence of love or something malevolent. How do you see it? Most see the word as something vile. Let me try to purge that thought from your skull. I have enough duct tape to stop most bleeding that may occur.
I hate ignorance; I hate lazy people; I hate evil; I hate stingy people; I hate people that kick puppies and kittens; I hate apathy; I hate social inequality; I hate violence against women and children; I hate poorly made pizza; I hate bullies and dictators; I hate Paris Hilton news breaks; I hate the arrogant; I hate unbalanced news; I hate the thought of a future without hope; I hate votes cast without thought; I hate that life is often unfair; I hate hot beer and cold women; I hate the absence of love; I hate the high cost of gasoline; I hate haters; I hate writers on a tangent; I hate people that fart in elevators; I hate never ending stories; I hate that life is so short; I hate duct tape that won't stick; I hate not having things to hate and most of all, I hate grey!! It’s bland, uncommitted and drab, but it is a great tool for contrasting color against.
Even the vile things of life have their uses. What do you really hate?
Raven is asking.
Hate is a perfectly respectable and useful word. It can mean the abscence of love or something malevolent. How do you see it? Most see the word as something vile. Let me try to purge that thought from your skull. I have enough duct tape to stop most bleeding that may occur.
Even the vile things of life have their uses. What do you really hate?
Raven is asking.
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Comment by David
I love the subtext in this Post. The signature sign-off most of all.
Hate definitely seems the Orble theme of the day.
David ...
Comment by Damo
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See our way is more colourful.
Comment by katyzzz
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I hate lots of things and some even hate me.
Glad to hear hate becoming acceptable.
katyzzz
Comment by Lana Marie
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You could probably turn that list of hate into a song!
I cant say I 'hate' much, but the negativity in today's society really does annoy me. -- Lana Marie
Comment by JohnDoe
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Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
This thing started out as a response to your blog, and kept growing. It wouldn't quit and I couldn't, so I posted my comment to your blog. And everything eslse wound up here. The signature sign off should be a standard, it puts an exclamation point to your argument.
Damo,
I have to agree; progamme and colour has a flair that American english lacks. Lets spam BG at MS.
katyzzz,
Actually, it wasn't my face speaking, I was blowing smoke out my, ...other oriface. That particular hate is on my list too; I hate everything that hates me.
The way I see things is like this; A good hatin is always in vogue.
Raven
Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
Groundless hate is a vile thing. Considered hate is another matter altogether. I'd be alright with societies angst but the damn negativity stuff has got my head spinning counter clockwise. Most of us already know whats wrong with society, but right now we're in dire need of answers. And leaders that can actually lead with conviction.
John Doe,
Most four letter words invite emotion or provoke an emotion or mental image that provokes an image; it’s a great literary merry go round we can set people upon. All of that power can be contained within a single four letter word we unleash on our unsuspecting audience.
I fought every school bully, in every school I attended, until I went to college. No clear winners were ever declared, but my willingness to engage them became a deterrent.
Raven
Comment by JohnDoe
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Comment by Sarah White
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As mentioned Hate is such a strong word, there are a lot of things in life that I dislike but rarely do I find myself hating things/people (well except for the brats that loitered outside my home for years and made my life hell). Maybe society should learn to use the word hate less and the word love more.
Take Care.
Sarah. xxx
Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
Piss off the herd; you may as well, it's as easy as pissing off a single dullard.
I would like to encourage people at large to live life deliberately, even if I have to anger them to do so.
Sarah White,
Yup, the; 'I hate peas' declaration should have been on the list along with the, 'I hate the parenting of noisy, unruly, undisciplined kids'.
Next blog: I love luv??? Yours or mine?
Raven
Comment by D. Armenta
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What constitutes bad manners?
The male mystique
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L.A.M.P.
And people who litter.
And princesses/princes who act as though your courtesy to them (opening doors, letting them in front of you in a long line at the grocery because they only have one thing, etc.) is their just due and don't bother saying "Thank you."
And people talking on cell phones whilst driving, in a theatre, at a restaurant, on a date..the list goes on and on.
And self-righteous types.
And textspeak. I really really hate textspeak. LOL or WTF--in small doses, okay. But no more.
And catty, gossipy people.
And run-on sentences..STOP ME!! I'll just keep going on and on!
Comment by Lilla
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That supertramp song is playing in my head... '...when I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful, etc....'
Nw all the birds in the trees actually talk to me.. but that's just me *chuckle* the point is this, I'm too old to hate, I'd rather waste my liver on a gold old fashioned drop of Merlot.
Hate and Love - opposites - to me now, that's just all a matter of polarity thinking to trap me on lower planes of existance...I try to rise above it as often as possible.
I guess you could say, that I hate hate ...there you go, you see, stuck in the polarity hoop...*lol* while I'm there, I hate consumerism, corruption and pollution.. oh and did I mention TV? well technically without the first two, you could say we wouldn't have the last two would we?
Loved this post *giggle*
Lilla ...
Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
What you are doing is exactly what got this thing going, I was commenting on one of David's posts and the next thing I knew it morphed.
So, you go girl, have at it. Post a follow up blog: ...hate, the prequel or, Love, the ...dark of side of hate, or Why I love hating.
The theme really set me on a roll and it'd be funny if it weren't so full of hate.
Lilla,
A drop of Merlot, ha! Ya hafta swill Merlot like a pig at a trough and then blog. It clears up reality issues.
The hate themes can be a lot fun, once your get past the hate issue.
Raven
Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
I mean REALLY!!!!
bloody limp lettuce!!??!!....EEEWWWWWWWEE EEEE!!!!!!!
fog
Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
Crimmey, that one would have to be in a class unto itself.
Well, with enough Tabasco sauce and drink, I could ... maybe.. ...ooooh, hell no, there isn't enough drugs or alcohol on the planet to get me to that sandwich land.
I gonna go rinse my mouth with Draino. raw... gelati..
You're so right, I can't get my mind wrapped around that food fest. Bleaaahhhhh.
Raven
Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
I know..it SOUNDS HIDEOUS!!!...but did you know it is actually a real dish?
It is a bizarre story, how these two friends of mine, (well, erstwhile friends now, I have to admit) came into
the clutches of the dreadful sea slug.
You have stimulated the memory depths of my own dusty lobes, recalling the slug story. So, thankyou!
Think I'll put it on my main page blog thing or whatever you call it!!
cya
fog
Comment by Sarah White
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Other thinks I hate... The fact that it starts raining just as I've finished putting all the clothes out to dry. Stupid English Summertime weather.
Take Care.
Sarah. xxx
Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
Sea-Slugs, because you asked.
This is a transcript of the George Hunt translation of the sea-slug recipe, as narrated in the Kwakuitl Language, by his wife Elie Hunt, circa 1913. Part 1, is the catching, Part 2 is the cooking & Part 3 is the serving.
(Catching sea-slugs).
When a man wants to take sea-slugs, he first goes for a thin shaft which is used by the salmon fishers. He takes two thin cedar sticks, each one a short span long and a little thinner than the little finger, flat on one side and he takes cedar-bark and splits it in narrow strips. The two cedar-sticks are to be hooks at the end of the sea-slug spear. He puts these near the end of the harpoon-shaft, and ties them on with split long strips of cedar-bark. When it is finished, it is this way: [A simple illustration is omitted, of spear with hook lashed on end].
Then he waits for it to be calm at low tide. When it is calm, he launches his sea-slug-gathering canoe. He takes his sea-slug-gathering paddle, and his knife for cutting off the heads of sea slugs, and also the stick for catching sea-slugs. Then he paddles to a place where he knows there are many sea-slugs. He looks down into the water; and when he sees a place where there are many of them together, he takes his stick for catching sea-slugs and pushes it down into the water. He pushes the hook-end under the sea-slugs. Then it comes up lying crosswise over his canoe.
He takes the sea-slug, takes his knife, and cuts off the neck. Then he squeezes out the insides, and he throws it down hard into his canoe, saying as he is throwing it down, "Now you will be as stiff as the wedge of your grandfather". He does this to each of them, and says so as he throws the sea-slugs into his canoe. When he has caught many of them, he goes home.
As soon as he arrives on the beach of his house, his wife takes a basket and goes to meet him and carry up what he has. She puts her basket into the small canoe; and the woman takes one of the sea-slugs, squeezes down the whole length of its body, holding it by the hind part, the head downward; and when what is left of the insides has come out, he throws it into the basket. He does this to all of them.
(Cooking sea-slugs).
When they are all in, she carries her basket of sea-slugs up the beach and takes it into the house. Then she takes a large low steaming box and pours some fresh water into it. When it is half full, she takes the basket of sea-slugs and pours them into the water in the box. She leaves them there for two nights with the water over them. They are ready to be boiled.
The man takes the kettle for boiling sea-slugs and pours water into it until it is half full. He puts it over the fire; and when the kettle for boiling sea-slugs is on the fire with the sea-slugs in it, he goes into the woods and breaks off hemlock-branches. He carries these back and puts them down where the sea-slugs are boiling in the kettle. After he has done so, he takes the low steaming-box in which the sea-slugs are, and places it by the side of the fire, and also the tongs. When the water begins to boil, his wife takes one of the sea-slugs and squeezes the body so that the liquid comes out from the inside.
Then she puts it in the boiling water. Her husband stirs it with the tongs. The woman squeezes out the whole number of sea-slugs; and when they are all in the kettle, the man continues to stir them. When the water begins to boil, the man picks up handfuls of dirt from the floor of the house and throws it into the boiling water. Then it stops boiling over, for the water of the sea-slugs almost always boils over, and only the dirt from the floor of the house stops the boiling-over.
The man tries to take hold of one of them with the tongs; and when he succeeds in taking one, it is done. The skin gets rough when it is done. The (sea-slugs) are slippery when they are raw, and he can not get hold of them with his tongs. When they are done, he takes off the fire the kettle for cooking sea-slugs. He takes a large dish and puts it by the side of the kettle. He pours some water into it; and when it is more than half full of water, he takes the tongs, lifts up the sea-slugs, and puts them into the dish for washing the boiled slugs. As soon as they are all in, the man sits down by its side and washes them, they being stiff.
(Serving sea-slugs).
After he has washed one of them, he gives it to one of his guests to eat first a sea-slug; and the one to whom the first sea-slug is given eats it at once. The man washes the sea-slugs quickly, and gives one to the second man; and he continues doing this with his other guests; and when the first one finishes eating a sea-slug. he is given another one.
After they have eaten enough, they take some to their wives, for sea-slugs are only eaten in the winter, when they are good. They are bad in the summer. That is about one way of cooking sea-slugs.
Compliments of Bruce@hallman.org
fascinating, eh?
That and I remember odd bits of info we all encounter at strange place and times, often stimulated through the over use of frozen Stoli beverages.
Sarah,
Your monkeys are safe, we all just had lunch and misbehaving monkey monster aren't as annoying on a full tummy.
It must rain when you hang fresh laundry out to dry, wash your car or decide to picnic on a clear summer's day; that's what maintains the balance of the universe. Still, I find it irritating.
But then again, I probably shouldn't live in a rain forest if I dislike being rained upon.
Raven
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Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
A loving post about the things we hate; or love to hate.
Sometimes we just hang out and fling jaded barbs at each other in our comments, scratch and split subatomic particles.
Nice to have visit.
Raven
Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
I thought raw sea slug sounded the most revolting thing I could think of...I was wrong...the reality of a sea slug dish and its preparation is FAR WORSE!!!!
The only right thing they did was to throw dirt at the bloody grotesque culinary catastrophe!
gruesome...
fog
Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
My sentiment exactly!
Raven
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