This is not The Haters Club You're Looking For discussion
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I hate that I joined goodreads to discuss books and
I hate when people can't make up their minds about what they like.
I just finished reading Tale of Despereaux to second graders and it was beautiful. Books = Best.
My daughter loves that book. It was her favorite in second grade.
Why don't we list a title of a book. Then list below an important (in our eyes) fact or interesting tidbit read. Everyone who wants to can comment on it.For example,
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
He was killed at relatively young age so was unable to promote his legacy. As a result his status is not as high as some of the other founding fathers.
Some would say it served the Republic well that he died at a young age.
I hate it when people fight duals with the sitting Vice President in Weehawken New Jersey and don't aim for their opponents properly.
The Tale of DespereauxIs Despereaux a reference to despair or living in desperate times?
His mother named him that because she had no hope in him. He proved her wrong, that stupid bitch!
Although this book is a quick read it really doesn't start getting good until chapter 14 or so when they start talking about black holes.http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/00303...
I hate it when people join Haters Club and don't want to talk about things they hate.
I hate that I have to work today instead of finishing the book I started reading last night, Thirteen Reasons Why, which I don't recommend to any of youse guys, because it's a YA book? About this girl? She made these tapes that explain why she committed suicide, and has been sending them to this list of people that got her to that point.
Except for one, Clay, who is listening to the tapes. He loved her, and he's going all around town to the important places in her story listening to the tapes on a walkman, and feeling really bad about everything.
It's not a particularly GREAT book, but it's one of those page turners you can't put down. But I HAD to, darn it!
I hate it that I can't think of anything else to talk about other than hating things.
I hate that I have finally succumed to the compulsion to join a group. At least everyone here is very encouraging and positive and there are no monthly reading lists.
I hate it when people talk about how they finally succumb to the compulsion to join groups. I mean, they make it seem like some kind of disease or something. Like they were better than we were before -- but now they've sunk to our level of base stupidity or something.
What else do you hate, tadpole? We want to know!
Larry: Oh no, nothing like that. My first group experience was an epic fail because of my insistence on reading my own books and the guilt from not keeping up with that group's reading list as well (uh...kind of like college).Montambo: Off of the top of my head definitely wal-mart and some coworkers. I'm sure individual threads for these already exist, and when I find them I will add appropriate rants of Denis Leary-like proportions.
Oh Wal~Mart -- yes! I hate Wal~Mart, too.And I knew it wasn't really like that. :)
Why so many people hate Wal-Mart??? I don’t get it… in every movie when somebody is depressed people recommend em to go out and buy stuff… (Apparently buying stuff makes people happy) and Wal-Mart love to sell… in that in mind we add the fact the Wal-Mart It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue… Wal-Mart is making the world happy right?Perhaps I should go visit one, and see what is all about…
Well, if you like waiting in long lines to check out while 40 nearby registers are closed, be my guest.
Alfonso, there are so many reasons to hate Wal-Mart that everybody hates it for a different reason:
--They are so widespread and gigantic that they get major cost breaks from manufacturers and other businesses can't compete, so Wal-Mart is constantly putting smaller businesses out of play. It's called predatory pricing. They've also been known to open a Wal-Mart right next to competition. When that place dries up, they close shop and move to a nicer location.
--They treat employees unfairly. There have been various lawsuits against them, but it's difficult for David to take down Goliath most of the time, and lawsuits that DO get judged against Wal-Mart make such little impact on them that they keep on being jerks. They have zero tolerance for labor unions and use sizable amounts of money to fight labor laws in all 50 states.
--Wal-Mart is very closely tied to China. Each is helping to make the other richer and richer and richer.
--Wal-Mart is responsible for countless jobs being moved overseas, which hurts our poverty population, who then can only afford to shop at Wal-Mart. People who used to work for decent wages and benefits in manufacturing are now working for poverty wages and crap benefits at Wal-Mart.
--Actually, they are diabolically unhealthy for our poverty population in many ways. They sell crap at cheaper prices, which is short-lived and ineffective. They sell cheap food that is highly processed and causes obesity and other health problems. When the economy started going down, Wal-Mart's sales went up and are still rising.
--They are shit for the environment as they have absolutely no ethics. People who work high up at Wal-Mart must have NO shame. Seriously. Every time I read an article about Wal-Mart, I get the creeps.
--Many of their "manufacturers" are human trafficking situations and/or have subhuman conditions.
--I could keep going. For me, personally, all of the above is reason enough to stay away, but even if none of those things WERE true (which they are, and they're only skimming the surface), I'd stay away anyway because their stores are SO FUCKING UGLY you feel like slashing your wrists when you're done.
--They are so widespread and gigantic that they get major cost breaks from manufacturers and other businesses can't compete, so Wal-Mart is constantly putting smaller businesses out of play. It's called predatory pricing. They've also been known to open a Wal-Mart right next to competition. When that place dries up, they close shop and move to a nicer location.
--They treat employees unfairly. There have been various lawsuits against them, but it's difficult for David to take down Goliath most of the time, and lawsuits that DO get judged against Wal-Mart make such little impact on them that they keep on being jerks. They have zero tolerance for labor unions and use sizable amounts of money to fight labor laws in all 50 states.
--Wal-Mart is very closely tied to China. Each is helping to make the other richer and richer and richer.
--Wal-Mart is responsible for countless jobs being moved overseas, which hurts our poverty population, who then can only afford to shop at Wal-Mart. People who used to work for decent wages and benefits in manufacturing are now working for poverty wages and crap benefits at Wal-Mart.
--Actually, they are diabolically unhealthy for our poverty population in many ways. They sell crap at cheaper prices, which is short-lived and ineffective. They sell cheap food that is highly processed and causes obesity and other health problems. When the economy started going down, Wal-Mart's sales went up and are still rising.
--They are shit for the environment as they have absolutely no ethics. People who work high up at Wal-Mart must have NO shame. Seriously. Every time I read an article about Wal-Mart, I get the creeps.
--Many of their "manufacturers" are human trafficking situations and/or have subhuman conditions.
--I could keep going. For me, personally, all of the above is reason enough to stay away, but even if none of those things WERE true (which they are, and they're only skimming the surface), I'd stay away anyway because their stores are SO FUCKING UGLY you feel like slashing your wrists when you're done.
Guahahahaha, so Wal-Mart is on its way to achieve world domination… I think I just found me a minor deity for my personal pantheon of evil… making other people poorer and more depress while making money out of it!!! Hail Wal-Mart my new demigod of inequity!!
And then I wonder why people get so angry at me =P
Bunny, I’ve never been to a Wal-Mart… I’m not pro Wal-mart, i just don’t give a fuck… but you have to admit they are pretty evil… I mean if half of what the Tambonator said is true… damn I wish I was their CEO!!!
Bunny, hon, do me a favor… read my plan for world domination in this thread http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5... and you’ll see why I’m so excited about wal-mart’s busyness strategy…
Montambo: Awesome! You are a fact Goddess!BunWat: Very good point about the wal-mart circle of hell. I worked in one for a time and used to say that if there is a hell and I go there, I'd better get credit for time served.
Alfonso: I was going to threaten you by saying that your minionship would be rewarded with a door greeter position, but now I'm thinking that you are at least assistant mgt. material :).
Also, this might be more of a Midwest/Southern thing, but why do other shoppers feel compelled to have emotional reunions with long lost grade school friends right in the middle of the f'n aisles? It's like yeah, we're all touched, but could you please move your carts AND asses so that I can get to the Tide? Christ!I also hate the lack of shopping choices that a smaller town such as mine has to offer. There are two other grocery stores in this town. One is a smaller evil corporation that probably treats its employees slightly better (Schnucks). Their prices are much higher, so if one shops outside of the sales the bill could easily be two to three times more. It all boils down to self-interest (the wallet) vs. doing what's slightly more right. The third option is somewhat locally owned with prices that fall into the middle of the other two, but it smells like rotten oranges and sour milk and kind of scares me.
I also think that there is some sort of psychic mindsuck conspiracy thing afoot in every wal-mart store as well. Have any of you ever been stuck in a wal-mart for a long period of time just wondering around for whatever reason? I guarantee that in such a situation even the most rational, well-read person will start thinking things like "...hmm, pork rinds...I do get hungry late in the evening" or "wow...a car air freshener with Dale Earnhart's racing number on it...that just might look pretty snazzy in my car...". I'm not kidding, disturbing shit is going on there.
Oh, and yeah Larry, the three lanes with ten people waiting in each lane thing drives me bonkers too.
I think there's a real "we gotta treat you (the customer) like crap 'cause that's how we keep the prices so freakin' low, you moron" thing going on there. It's very depressing to go in that place. (That's why I get my wife to do it for me.)
Wait ... Schnuck's? That is scary just at face value.
Larry: Despite the weird spelling, it rhymes with "shook". There's also a grocery chain with several stores in Columbia, MO called Gerbes (pronounced "ghurbs"). This always bothered me because that sounds like something a little baby would say.BunWat: That's brilliant! Now I have the urge to visit that store again just to check out the ceiling.
I think I read a book titled "I Seem to Be a Gerbe."If you see a picture of the Virgin on the ceiling, let me know. I have a holy site tour business that I run on the side.
I'll keep an eye out, Larry. Once I did spot a nectarine there that appeared to have the image of Pope John Paul II. Unfortunately, upon closer inspection, I realized it was just Cormac McCarthy.I'm really kind of shocked and dismayed that our fair city isn't already one of the stops on your tour, Larry. There is a floodwall mural of famous Missourians and hometown boy Rush Limbaugh is featured very prominently. I know that your clients would be all over that shit...
Oh yeah -- feed me the coordinates, could you?
37° 18′ 33″ N, 89° 32′ 47″ W:)
Oh, ya gotta be fuckin' kidding me!!!
I just found that someone posted a pic to Flickr, feast your eyes on the horror:
http://flickr.com/photos/66433420@N00...
Sure, maybe I shouldn't mock since I like pictures of monkeys wearing fezzes and Flat Stanleys, but come on!
And what's with the boob fruit next to him? Do boobs grow on trees in MO?
BunWat: Had to look that one up, it's Rose O'Neill, inventor of the Kewpie doll.Dave: I'm not sure what's up with the boob fruit. I wish boobs grew on trees here, that would have made for the most awesome male puberty experience ever!
I’m bored... entertain me!
Ha! I kept waiting for something really awesome to happen at the end, but the title didn't lie.OK...one more, but it is kind of not safe for work...or maturity...or any hopes for human evolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAnoJV...
And they say the hood is the most dangerous place to be at night… dude there is nothing more dangerous that a bunch of white kids bored in a suburban environment…. That was freaking hilarious!!!
Here for your enjoyment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndiRRj...
Tadpole, maybe I'm a little tipsy, but your video in message 52 really did it for me. GOD! What did we do before youtube?
Something about that video makes me laugh like an idiot everytime, no matter if i'm drunk or sober.
Nice one Alfonso! I liked the green ball and the fact that they were all Asian.(Sorry, a little late on the response, can't youtube safely at work...)
aw, shucks. i missed the "walmart sucks" party. laaaaaaame.
It's funny that everyone hates Wal Mart, yet they always post a sizeable profit.hhhmmmmmmm..........
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Oh, wait a minute. I like that!