Make Things You Hate Go Away

There are a shit ton of things I hate. Too many to keep track. I hate when girls scream. Big Bang Theory. Lady Gaga. When there is an unnecessary romance story line in a thriller. Larry the Cable Guy. But what bothers me most is when people constantly talk about things they find most annoying. There is a way to keep those you hate powerless.


@Patton Oswalt I'm asking everyone, from here on, to not respond to, reference, or acknowledge @realDonaldTrump. Let. Him. Fade. #lethimfade

Patton Oswalt had it right. When the shooting happened with the Joker in Aurora, he told everyone not to say the shooter's name. Even before that, I only referred to him as Kid Rock. It takes away the power from someone when you don't refer to them by name or acknowledge their existence. The Lady Gaga craze had me angry and confused, but whenever I mentioned her, someone always defended her and that provoked more debate and thought about the girl. She had so much fame, and now, her antics have faded into the background because we rarely talk about her anymore.

I understand that when you hate something, you want to debate about it with someone. You want to have that satisfaction of bringing someone over to your side, to have them feel what you feel. But celebrity status is not brought down by hate. In fact, people rise to stardom many times because they are so widely hated. How many people watched that Rebecca Black 'Friday" video just to make fun of it? Currently, 42.345.042 people have seen it. Those statistics don't reveal who watches it to laugh. Sure, there are more thumbs downs, but that doesn't make the video or the girl any less popular.

You make a person popular by talking about them or searching their name on Google. You are responsible for something's fame. You can take away that power by never mentioning them. It's difficult, yes. When a group of your friends starts discussing the dummy Richard Mourdock, who said the awful rape comment recently, you want to join in and say that you remember he said similar things before, but that will prompt someone to look it up for conformation. Another search hit. You learn some news on some website, and that article rises in hits. Others see it. How do you think it works?

Next time, just let it go. Go draw a pretty picture or go jogging. Treat yourself to a day at the zoo. Better yourself and you won't get caught up in the silly news stories that seem to frame everyone's lives.