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Why is hating such a cool thing to do?

As kids, it was cool to love things. Kids loved riding their bikes, loved being outside, found so much joy in watching the older kids do tricks at the skate park. No one hated on you for embracing what you loved.

As adults, it seems like the cool thing to do is sit around and criticize people for loving what they do. “How can she like that movie? It’s so stupid!” … “Ugh, Nickleback is the worst! You clearly have no taste.” … “How can you jump out of a perfectly good airplane?” … “Tattoos are ugly, you should stop getting them.”

Now to be fair, Nickleback is terrible and anyone who does enjoy their music clearly has no taste.

Ha! Kidding. Kind of.

Note: This is all just an observation – I’m not hating on haters or anything. I have plenty of friends who I would classify as “haters,” but I still love ‘em.

I have three questions for the criticizers:

1) Is this how you make friends, by laughing at the pleasure others get out of their lives? 

2) What makes you an expert on what’s worth enjoying and what’s not?

3) Is there anything that you actually enjoy, aside from hating on others?

Don’t be ashamed of your obsessions. If you love something, go ahead and fucking love it - loudly and all over the place. That’s how you find your people, after all.

And why shouldn’t we embrace what we love? So what if it’s not “popular.” We’re fucking adults – why on Earth would we make rational, adult decisions to dismiss what we love because someone else thinks it’s stupid?

Our differences are what make us unique, people. I don’t want to live in a world filled with 5 foot 9 blonde chicks who skydive, have tattoos and spend a little too much time on social media. Fuck that noise!

If hating is what you love, then keep on keepin’ on. I personally, will be spending my time loving life in my own way – I challenge you to do the same.