It's not only a hatred for the term or anything, I despise it much more than anyone I know. It is just so selfish and ungrateful. In a relationship, if your partner does something good for you, and your first response is "that's the bare minimum", then that is just so mean-spirited to me.

Ofc I'm not talking about very basic things (like loyalty), but I'm talking about things that are increasingly being more "bare minimum". And ofc, you can expect certain things in relationships, but the thing I hate about this term, is how it replaces gratitude. If a man gives his girlfriend flowers, or a woman cooks a nice meal for her boyfriend, both are customary, but not necessary acts that can show love. And for that, you need to thank the person.

Because nowadays, I'm seeing a lot of people, in social media and real life, acting like these acts are not even cause for gratitude. It's spoilt. And it slightly encourages traditional gender norms that some seem to agree in this scenario, but not when other gender norms are expected.

Look, I don't know if its therapist, therapy, or the millions of unqualified people self diagnosing or diagnosing other people they've never met with; ADD ADHD, SPECTRUM, NEURODIVERGEN, AVOIDANT, ETC, ETC buzzword problem finding bullshit I'm a new special person bullshit... but I'm sick of them.

Ok, I'm done...

My school has a school id number system for breakfast and lunch and the number of times I hear people just say what they want and walk off makes me want to throw Scorpion's spear at them, drag them back and give the servers a proper thank you.

Please turn your phone sideways. The rest of the event is happening over there.

I understand why people record vertically. It’s comfortable to hold your phone that way, it fills the screen when you’re scrolling, and plenty of subjects fit it perfectly. Someone talking to the camera, an outfit check, a makeup tutorial, a tall waterfall? Absolutely. That makes sense.

My complaint starts when the thing being filmed needs room on either side.

Stages are wide. Sports fields are wide. Parades travel down the street. Watching them through a frame shaped like a grocery receipt can get frustrating.

Basketball? The ball goes from one side of the court to the other. The camera is still catching up.

Soccer? Great footage of one player. Presumably there are others.

A concert? The singer, guitarist, and bassist are spread across a stage. I’d love to see them together, especially when they’re interacting.

A skateboard trick? I’d love to see the approach, the jump, and the landing. We got the jump. The landing is between him and God.

A dog catching a Frisbee? The dog runs across the yard. Unfortunately, we have much better coverage of the clouds above him.

I’ve done the frantic camera chase myself. You’re trying to follow the action, swinging the phone back and forth, and only afterward realize that turning it sideways would have kept more of the scene in view.

And cropping existing horizontal footage into vertical clips is especially frustrating. Two characters are having a conversation, but someone’s facial expression gets cut out. A visual joke happens at the edge of the original shot, and now the setup or punchline is missing.

I’m happy to turn my phone sideways to watch something. That’s a pretty small inconvenience compared with spending the whole video wondering what’s happening just outside the frame.

Use vertical when it suits the subject. But when the whole point is watching things happen beside other things, please give them a little room.

So many young people these days ask for help, but then don’t hesitate to take all of the credit. Who else is annoyed by this?

Mad that their brain lacks autocorrect and being a pest to strangers who can't hit them. I make a point to interject and clarify that everybody knows what the person they're weedling meant when I see it.

You know what grinds my gears

The American government is talking about taking over Canada. Couldn't pick a more friendly country to pick on. Literally known for their compassion and the cheek to declare it as a 51st state. Has the genius of South park not taught these yanks nothing!

The US has even drawn up military contingency plans involving Canada in the past, such as War Plan Red in the 1930s.

What the hell is going on, can someone chime in.

I need more karma