Hate post #1

This is a rant. This rant is not targeted at any particular race, creed, gender or sexual preference. Rather, this is a rant targeted at people that annoys the hell out of me. People that for reasons, maybe known or unknown to them, infuriates me and makes me wonder what kind of upbringing they have that turns them into such irritating beings. Yes. My rage and annoyance goes beyond the very people that annoys me and strikes against their parents, families and ancestries.

1. People that speaks with English with a pretentious foreign accent.

...in a Starbucks coffee shop, where everyone is either reading a book or on their laptops, and only their conversation fills the lounge. It almost makes me wish Starbucks would play their boring indie music to drown out the incessant yawn-inducing small talk between the aforementioned "slangy" guys. Look, speaking like that not only peeves people within hearing distance, but it also makes you seem effeminate and gay, which is fine if you are, but it still annoys me. So there.

2. People who calls themselves photographers just because they have a credit card that allows them to buy a DSLR on credit.

A bonafide photographer knows that originality counts the most. So, taking that picture of the rice field or a hill (which you just painfully lugged your bag that contains your lenses and tripod) where probably a thousand people plus your aunt has snapped before you does not make you a photographer. Not when you still spend your days on a desk running up spreadsheets while dreaming someone pays you to snap their photos. Pictures tell a story if it is snapped by an inspired photographer. Show me a picture of a flower that you snapped just because you think it'll be interesting to prove you understand depth of field and I'll use it as a coaster for my daily drink of whisky.

3. "Click-and-post" happy people

The juggernaut of cheap cameras and the growing number of people who use Facebook has given birth to a new online societal bane, the uncensored posting of photos online. This causes a wide number of annoyance, especially if it is a photo of you that you were not aware was being taken, and is now being shared with the millions of netizens (or the 3 people that actually cares about the postings of you on Facebook).

4. People who calls other people "mate" just because they spent a year or two in Australia.

And also, those who calls another person whom they are disagreeing with "mate" or any other terms of fake affection. This is just way too condescending.