I "hate" to say this but...

[johnnie]

Poll question: I "hate" to say this but...

The word "hate" is used a lot around here it seems. The last few weeks have been pretty much filled with "downer" threads and I am wondering if there is a forum at DU that is a bit more "light-hearted" than the Lounge?
I get pissed at some thing in my life, but for the most part I try to lighten up as much as I can. Is it just me or does the heat seem to be getting to a lot of people lately?


So I made a poll.

Poll result (41 votes)
I hate more things than I like	(1 votes, 2%)	Vote
I like more things than I hate	(14 votes, 34%)	Vote
I like everything	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
I hate everything	(3 votes, 7%)	Vote
Shut up Johnnie	(18 votes, 44%)	Vote
Other. Say whatever you want.	(5 votes, 12%)	Vote

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Other: I hate you.

You asked for it.

[johnnie]

4. Lol

Well, I got 4 shut ups and an "I hate you" so I guess you aren't alone. Oh well, at least my mom still loves me.

[Ikonoklast]

22. I hate to say this, but

your mom told me she only "pretends" so as not to hurt your feelings. Sorry.

[caty]

2. I reserve the word "love" for

people, not things or situations. And, I reserve the word "hate" for things or situations, not people.

[johnnie]

6. Cool

That's why I didn't use the word "love". It's a bit "heady" for a lot of people.

[Moochy]

3. I Wub U

Feel the wub!

[johnnie]

17. Oh yeah.. that wub

What a wubley thought that is too.

[WeRQ4U]

5. I just hate the Yankees

[johnnie]

14. Who doesn't?

But that's beside the point.

[WeRQ4U]

21. Oh, you missed out.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[johnnie]

28. Oh crap!

I missed that one. My post above should double my "shut up Johnnie" votes. LOL

[TK421]

7. The heat does make people cranky and irritable, so it's not you

I'm just counting down to the end of this miserable frigging season...oh, it makes people dumb,too

[johnnie]

19. At the end of this season

..will start the cold and snow, and people seem to hate that too.

[TK421]

27. Not me, Fall and Winter are my favorites.

I love snow, but I hate shoveling it....oh,well

[progmom]

8. i try really really really hard not to hate

on edit - i just did an archive search. i have used the word "hate" 175 times since I joined DU. guess i'm a hater.

[johnnie]

11. Plus the three on that post

I'm just sayin..LOL

[Misunderestimator]

13. 295 times here... but I've been here longer...

and it's all about context... like... "Lovely how the new pope hates me"... that doesn't make ME a hater

[progmom]

23. interestingly enough

the search seems to also pick up the word whatever. whatever.

maybe we're not so much haters as we are dismissive smart-asses?

[Misunderestimator]

33. Now that I would admit to being... why lookie...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[progmom]

38. both my husband and my mother have, at different times, asked me to stop

...using that word. apparently i deliver it in an impressively dismissive way.

[kick-ass-bob]

25. I queried myself and found no references to hate.

I will not accept that I searched incorrectly...

[Debi]

9. Will 'shut up Johnnie' replace 'Robb is a Dingbat'?

[johnnie]

12. Oh, no way

Nothing will replace the classic.

[Misunderestimator]

10. Shutup Johnnie...

I just love that choice... couldn't resist...



Seriously though... I suppose I like more things than I hate... but a lot of nasty things are really stacking up lately.

[johnnie]

16. LOL

Just as I couldn't resist putting it in the poll.
I like those swingin' yellow people btw. That bow kills me.

[kmla]

15. Other. Robb is a dingbat.

I hate polls that don't have that selection...

[johnnie]

20. That's why I didn't add it

I figured you needed something to hate.

[redqueen]

18. Maaaaan... I dunno... I like a lot more things than I dislike...

I hate to say I "hate" anything.


I'm not good at judging trends, so I can't really say if the Lounge is any different now... but in general, complaining has always been a very popular pastime.

[johnnie]

24. yeah..lol

Complaining is very popular everywhere. I am just being more reluctant to click on threads.
I like being happy, being sad sucks. <-- heavy...

[redqueen]

29. Wow, man... that's, like... so deep!

Just go crazy, then you can do both at once!

[LynzM]

26. Suggestion:

Replace 'hate' with 'loathe' or 'despise'.... more descriptive, and generally, more accurate

[freesqueeze]

30. Hate

is a wasted emotion.

Mr. Spock

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. I voted for I love more things than I hate...

And I try to behave that way here as well...Just call me little Miss Sunshine, lol! There's enough trouble in the world...my sig line actually speaks for me more eloquently than I can...

[johnnie]

37. There ya go

There is enough unhappiness in the world, why add to it? I am with you Peggy.

[enigmatic]

32. Please!

Just what a fucking guy from Cleveland would say..................hey, wait a minute..........

[johnnie]

35. Well..........

What would you expect?
Just don't let everyone in on the secret Cleveland code, they might catch on.

[UrbScotty]

34. Check out DU's Humor Group! (nt)

[Greyhound]

36. Definitely love waaaay more than I hate

It is a waste. I think the nature of a political BBS causes people's passions to rise with the inevitable resulting conflicts.
I reserve hate for ignorance and political 'leaders'.

[hyphenate]

39. It's less hate and more burnout

for many of us. We worked tirelessly for 4 years through the first admin of this nutcase, and yet through lying, cheating, stealing and yes, killing, these assholes got back into power. So we're more wary now, more resigned to what has become the norm of continual lying, cheating, stealing and killing, and are just too tired to argue about it anymore, because we're done in. It's supposed to be the time around when our new president is supposed to be in power and we're supposed to be relaxing, and we know we're due for more years of this shit and corruption, and it ain't fun.

[SOteric]

40. Personally, I like to think of it as a catalogue.

There are going to be things I don't like and I'm not interested in, but, too, there will be things I want after and keep turning back to the dog-eared page.

Some folk just have a better time going through the catalogue focused only on what they can disdain, mock and put down in general. Others seem to not even see what they're not interested in, flipping rapidly through the pages until they find what they want.

Objectively, life is a catalogue that caters to a diverse community. There's something in it for everyone.

I agree that it can seem a bit of a downer sometimes around here. So much frustration and sadness and none of us is immuned. Spend some time learning which posters have dispositions you most enjoy and mesh with and focus on interacting with them.

[johnnie]

41. It was just an observation

Most of the people here make me laugh a lot. Outside of DU I try to hang out with people that have a positive outlook even when times are tough. That sort of stuff just seem to rub off on ya when you are around it.
I get down too, I'm human, but this thread was just a bit of a thought that got out of me head.