So, I thought to myself, "how should I cure this boredom?". Then I looked at the forum and wept (metaphorically speaking) over the inactivity. I hope this makes it seem a little less quiet...
Well then.. what is your pet peeve? Not just on CW, but EVER? Everyone likes to rant about things they hate!
My pet peeve is prejudice... I'm always saying crap like "typical american" or "typical man" etc... but.. I don't mean it. I may have gone sour over the years after repeatedly being disappointed by various people or nations but I'll always give someone another chance.. even though I mock mercilessly. I mean, I've BEEN the victim of prejudice before. I don't see how anyone, ANYONE who has been subject to it feels that it's ok to turn around and subject it on others. To make others feel what they have? I don't see it. I always try to withold judgement until I'm sure I'm right or wrong. I'm perfectly willing to change my opinion of someone. And I certainly never base my first like or dislike based on skin colour, sexuality, nation of birth...
Here's a HUGE example: Women were put down for centuries. Beaten, seen as nothing but baby factories etc etc etc. Now that they're getting equality, they want to be MORE equal. Adverts for cars in which the woman knows nothing is seen as sexist. Adverts for cars in which men know nothing are perfectly acceptable. Seeing women as sex objects is deplorable. Seeing men as sex objects is perfectly ok.
I mean, really. I'm a woman and I see this as VERY wrong. Either it's ok on both sides or not at all - don't act like because 50 years ago we had no rights means that now we get to take away the rights of men. We've BEEN there. We know it wasn't nice - WHY subject other people to it? Wouldn't it be kinder to let them remain ignorant?
Bah.
Pet peeves agogo.