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If youāre feeling like a pacified balloon person bobbing between bland aesthetics and anodyne conversation and the siren song of someone elseās outrageā¦ I can recommend really truly clearly and articulately disliking something.Ā Ā
Pulling out the exact thread of your distaste. Being at the ready to defend your hatred to yourself in the shower or when, like, Saltburn or something comes up over drinks. Helps the world feel real.
Disambiguation: not to be confused with a hot take or a rant in the style of a podcaster making content for YouTube shorts (āsend this to someone who hates pickle juice on pizza!ā) Related: self righteous shower arguments
Disambiguation: not to be confused with a hot take or a rant in the style of a podcaster making content for YouTube shorts (āsend this to someone who hates pickle juice on pizza!ā) Related: self righteous shower arguments
Mar 3, 2024
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š·Do you have one person in your life, a family member, acquaintance, co-worker etc who just rubs you the wrong way?
Itās not even like theyāre really that bad of a person. Maybe they subtlety one-up your accomplishments, or always find themself the center of a new and totally-not-their-fault drama.
Maybe theyāre super kind and canāt seem to stop humbly accepting praise. Maybe theyāre incredibly attractive but also according to them sooooo out of shape.
Maybe theyāre that person from high school who always complained about how hard they had to work for everything despite being born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
Or maybe theyāre that person thatās just so weird and quirky, but also canāt seem to take accountability and has absolutely no self awareness on how their actions affect others.
Did someone immediately pop into your mind?
CONGRATULATIONS! That is your Dinkleberg.
They are probably not even that bad of a person and perhaps you may even feel guilty for disliking them so much. They may not even be in your life anymore- In fact, I havenāt seen mine in six years. But I still think about them far more often than is reasonable for a well adjusted person.
Finding your Dinkleberg is a freeing experience. Humans are so complex, allowing yourself to have one person you detest despite them having no outward character flaws is acknowledging the beauty that is existing as an irrational being.
You donāt have to be mean to them, and you certainly donāt have to tell them that they are your Dinkleberg. Just know in your heart of hearts you are allowed to dislike this person for no reason at all, and nobody can stop you. Give yourself permission to embrace the fact that they yuck your yum, and be at peace with it.
Authors note: if you have multiple Dinklebergs in your life, you may actually just be a hater.
Itās not even like theyāre really that bad of a person. Maybe they subtlety one-up your accomplishments, or always find themself the center of a new and totally-not-their-fault drama.
Maybe theyāre super kind and canāt seem to stop humbly accepting praise. Maybe theyāre incredibly attractive but also according to them sooooo out of shape.
Maybe theyāre that person from high school who always complained about how hard they had to work for everything despite being born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
Or maybe theyāre that person thatās just so weird and quirky, but also canāt seem to take accountability and has absolutely no self awareness on how their actions affect others.
Did someone immediately pop into your mind?
CONGRATULATIONS! That is your Dinkleberg.
They are probably not even that bad of a person and perhaps you may even feel guilty for disliking them so much. They may not even be in your life anymore- In fact, I havenāt seen mine in six years. But I still think about them far more often than is reasonable for a well adjusted person.
Finding your Dinkleberg is a freeing experience. Humans are so complex, allowing yourself to have one person you detest despite them having no outward character flaws is acknowledging the beauty that is existing as an irrational being.
You donāt have to be mean to them, and you certainly donāt have to tell them that they are your Dinkleberg. Just know in your heart of hearts you are allowed to dislike this person for no reason at all, and nobody can stop you. Give yourself permission to embrace the fact that they yuck your yum, and be at peace with it.
Authors note: if you have multiple Dinklebergs in your life, you may actually just be a hater.
Feb 28, 2025
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spitting, like when mfs spit outside on the ground.
killing bugs outsideā¦like actually kill yourself next. in the same vein, mean to animals.
not wanting kids is one thing. but hating kids? absolutely not. i once rejected a guy bc he joked about wanting to punt a kid.
uncomfy in their sexuality in a way that harms others or promotes a harmful rhetoric (this is mainly for men).
vaping (smoking doesnāt bother me at allāunless youāre an outside spitter!! but a plastic vape? someone get this guy out of here.) [even worse when they fiend for it and have to secretly puff indoors].
when white guys bash on women but make sure they specify theyāre talking about white women thinking it makes them exempt from misogyny. i know what u areā¦
calling things cringe unironically in a condescending way. grow up.
āiām not into politics/you know the bad stuff is gonna happen no matter what you do/you canāt change the world so why botherā
bragging about how niche your tastes are. love when someone thinks outside the box but youāre not better than anyone because you like obscure things. but in the other direction, calling those with more obscure or avant garde tastes āpretentiousā bc they have no desire to open up their mind.
killing bugs outsideā¦like actually kill yourself next. in the same vein, mean to animals.
not wanting kids is one thing. but hating kids? absolutely not. i once rejected a guy bc he joked about wanting to punt a kid.
uncomfy in their sexuality in a way that harms others or promotes a harmful rhetoric (this is mainly for men).
vaping (smoking doesnāt bother me at allāunless youāre an outside spitter!! but a plastic vape? someone get this guy out of here.) [even worse when they fiend for it and have to secretly puff indoors].
when white guys bash on women but make sure they specify theyāre talking about white women thinking it makes them exempt from misogyny. i know what u areā¦
calling things cringe unironically in a condescending way. grow up.
āiām not into politics/you know the bad stuff is gonna happen no matter what you do/you canāt change the world so why botherā
bragging about how niche your tastes are. love when someone thinks outside the box but youāre not better than anyone because you like obscure things. but in the other direction, calling those with more obscure or avant garde tastes āpretentiousā bc they have no desire to open up their mind.
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šI read a one star review of wicked on the letterboxd app on my iPhone that changed my life a little bit. Iāve been taken aback by the ferocity with which Iāve been hating things recently. I feel frustration and anger seeing an advertisement. I am a graphic design major who up to a recent point was content and expecting to follow the pipeline towards creative advertising. I have not yet accepted that We Live In A Society. I am unsure whether this is something everyone must learn, whether itās something important Iāve missed, or whether I have spent so much time online being a contrarian that it is now just a facet of my personality. I think Chappell Roan is a poser hack. I like to harp about celebrities that I donāt know or enjoy seeing.
I think Chappell Roan is a poser hack! I think sheās playing the gay community, not in a malicious way, but in the way where Chappell Roan as a character was not created by the girl who plays her, it was created by her wide team of incredibly talented and interesting artists and a Pinterest mood board, and we are lifting the girl who plays her up to mythical status. She is a fledgeling star who has been taken in by artists, who will hopefully show her to research and reference. She is a fabulous singer, but I donāt see her as an artist.
The one-star Wicked review made one Large and Good point. The author, who I will have to go back and find as I accidentally cropped his name out of the screenshot, says, āI tend to feel that a piece of entertainment is only worth hating if it actively makes the world a shittier place and/or represents evil of some kind that canāt afford to go unchecked, and as much as I hated sitting through Wicked, at the end of the day thereās no part of me that thinks this film meets that criteria... If I can reverse-engineer a rationale from my reflexive decision not to review it, I think itās because I feel like we need to be more pointed and emphatic about the things we hate, not less.ā
Yeah, yeah, okay. I wonāt try to justify my disdain for Chappell Roan with these guidelines. If I was reaching, Iād say she represents the degradation of authenticity. What the fuck do any of us know about authenticity? I changed my mind because of a Letterboxd review. I went into the theater expecting to hate Wicked as much as Twitter hated it. Every day I think about a meme I saw on my Instagram explore page. Nothing of me is original! I donāt know what this means. Iāll have more to say later I think.
I think Chappell Roan is a poser hack! I think sheās playing the gay community, not in a malicious way, but in the way where Chappell Roan as a character was not created by the girl who plays her, it was created by her wide team of incredibly talented and interesting artists and a Pinterest mood board, and we are lifting the girl who plays her up to mythical status. She is a fledgeling star who has been taken in by artists, who will hopefully show her to research and reference. She is a fabulous singer, but I donāt see her as an artist.
The one-star Wicked review made one Large and Good point. The author, who I will have to go back and find as I accidentally cropped his name out of the screenshot, says, āI tend to feel that a piece of entertainment is only worth hating if it actively makes the world a shittier place and/or represents evil of some kind that canāt afford to go unchecked, and as much as I hated sitting through Wicked, at the end of the day thereās no part of me that thinks this film meets that criteria... If I can reverse-engineer a rationale from my reflexive decision not to review it, I think itās because I feel like we need to be more pointed and emphatic about the things we hate, not less.ā
Yeah, yeah, okay. I wonāt try to justify my disdain for Chappell Roan with these guidelines. If I was reaching, Iād say she represents the degradation of authenticity. What the fuck do any of us know about authenticity? I changed my mind because of a Letterboxd review. I went into the theater expecting to hate Wicked as much as Twitter hated it. Every day I think about a meme I saw on my Instagram explore page. Nothing of me is original! I donāt know what this means. Iāll have more to say later I think.
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The beats of the whole convo were older than time, straight from a textbook, but I walked away feeling like weād been written by Aaron Sorkin (despite both being women).
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