Following a recent trend I’ve seen of people listing 10 things they hate, I thought it would be fun (and a bit of a break from the more serious posts I’ve written recently) to come up with my own list.

In that spirit, here are some things I hate:

  1. When people listen to things out loud on a speaker in public.
  2. Trader Joe’s. The food is fine, I suppose, but the store is always so crowded that I end up anxious and panicked trying to move around people and not get in anyone’s way.
  3. People who don’t seed their torrents.
  4. Ranch dressing. Nothing personal, I just can’t stand the taste.
  5. When drivers camp in the passing lane, going at or below the speed limit.
  6. People who talk or use phones during a showing at the cinema.
  7. When people bring pets into restaurants or grocery stores. This obviously doesn’t apply to service animals. I see way too many people bringing their dogs into restaurants and grocery stores, but no one asks them to leave so they keep doing it.
  8. AI generated photos and videos. Oh, and AI generated blog posts. In fact, most AI generated things.
  9. When the plumbers/electricians/technicians don’t show up during their scheduled window.
  10. “The Cloud.” Benefits of instant data backups and easier sharing aside, most of our data can be stored locally just fine, where it doesn’t get leaked/shared with the government to benefit the police state/used for training machine learning models.

What about you? If you end up making your own list, please be sure to link me to it.