Things that make you lose respect for the human race....

War
Weapons of mass distruction. I think it's quite twisted that we've created something that might just end life on this planet.
Genocide
Gratuitous violence.
Cruelty
Lack of tolerance to one's sexual orientation, religion, skin color and so forth.

(1) People who drive around a parking lot waiting for a close spot to open up. Just park and walk in.
(2) People who drive to a gym to use a treadmill or stationary bike. Why not buy running shoes or a bike?
(3) People who feel that the whole prius ownership makes them better than me. You are damn right I drive a 1977 Ford Pickup that causes emissions. But I didn't have someone cause a ton of emissions to build me a new car.

1. People who smoke and then then throw their butts out the car window, because the worth is their trash can.
2. People who don't watch your kids when their out in public at stores, public pools, restruants, ect.
3. People who are crappy parents, if you’re not going to make your children your #1 priority don't have kids.
4. People who complain about how bad they have it in life when in reality they have better then 80% of the world
5. People who make excuses for crappy behavior, it you don't want it done to you then you shouldn't be doing it

War
Weapons of mass distruction. I think it's quite twisted that we've created something that might just end life on this planet.
Genocide
Gratuitous violence.
Cruelty
Lack of tolerance to one's sexual orientation, religion, skin color and so forth.

all of these

People who like Captain America.

Had big, dumb fight this with acquaintance. >.>
Also I have never had respect for the human race.

Women in the military who demand equality but wont meet the same fitness standards, shave their heads, take out their earrings, and not apply makeup while in the field. Yeah, I said it.

Recently this:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-adult-child-seriously-wounded-in-woodlawn-shooting-20130311,0,3502423.story

Summary: 6 month old and father shot yesterday in their car. Baby died this morning. Just heartbreaking.

So heartbreaking and enraging. If I could, I'd hop a plane and find the b**t**d myself.

People thinking that "lol" is a punctuation device to denote the end of a sentence.

Yes, yes and thrice yes! I also cannot abide 'KTHXBAI'. Are you trying to communicate or have you fallen asleep on your keyboard?! Bastardisation of a perfectly good language is not cool.

Quite, and by extension anyone who feels the need to talk and/or write like a lolcat. It was vaguely novel for about a week in 2005, back when nobody knew what 4chan was and widespread internet memes were still uncommon. By 2006 it was annoying. Now it's just disturbing.

People who are over 13 and say 'Just saying' at the end of their sentence. Yes, we know you're 'just saying' it and the clue was in the fact that you 'just said' it. You don't need to justify yourself, you're an adult.

Yes, yes and thrice yes! I also cannot abide 'KTHXBAI'. Are you trying to communicate or have you fallen asleep on your keyboard?! Bastardisation of a perfectly good language is not cool.

Using an S when it should be a Z

Americans assuming that their version of "English" is a universal standard and that English people must have it wrong.

Indeed. *Doffs cap*

women who think we are the same as men and should be treated as such, no I don't think they should be disrespectful to us but in my home my husband is the leader I love staying at home with my children and taking care of our home, I wouldn't have it any other way there are many things that I wouldn't want to have to do that women try to fight the men for

I'm glad that works for you! Not all chicks can afford to stay home and juice a fat paycheck. I am a take charge kind of chick; I've never had anyone to take care of me and I don't need anyone to take care of me. I love it that way. It builds character, strength, and compassion. I suppose we would not get along very well...

I'm with you. I pay my own way and my own bills.

The perpetuation of selfishness and its' pervasiveness in society today.

Honey Boo Boo

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-new-products-that-prove-humanity-doomed/

War.

Pretty basic.

It is good for absolutely nothin'

Say it again!




My biggest (besides all kinds of abuse and inequality previously mentioned) are:

1. People who think that being asked to treat others equally and respectfully is the same as having their freedom of speech taken away. Treating others as you presumably want to be treated is hardly limiting your rights.

2. People who can't imagine being in certain situations, and therefore have no sympathy for others - and then, don't even care that they are horrible, uncaring people.

3. People who attempt to communicate through written language and have no clue how to write. I'm not talking about making a typo (everyone makes mistakes), or putting an apostrophe in a word just because it has an "s" on the end (which drives me nuts), or using the wrong variation of a word (like when my high school posted a sign saying "tell us if YOUR not a junior" - which is just embarrassing beyond belief)...I'm talking about people who write "sentences" like this: "i no u cant becsaue it so for u ne 1 no's why that duh lol." Usually their verbal skills aren't much better. Nobody knows who or what they're aguing with, for, or against, and I'm not sure if even they know what point they're trying to make.

4. Massive amounts of stupidity. People who think that gay people choose to be gay, or that seeing gay people will make you gay. People who think you can't be a good person if you're not afraid of God or praying to some higher power. People who think that, because they're religious, they can say and do atrocious things to other people and still be good and right. Rich companies that don't pay their workers enough to be able to afford the company's products - because, if people can't afford the crap you're selling, then who's going to buy it? People who think all ________ (fill in the blank: men, women, gays/lesbians, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, etc.) are the same as everyone else who fits into that "category." People who think that voting is a privilege or should be earned. People who think that rape is "God's will" and that if you get pregnant from a rape, you must have secretly kind of wanted it. People who think birth control is only for women who can't "keep their legs shut." Reality TV. News outlets that distort facts or outright lie and are still called "news" channels/stations/papers. Most rap and hip-hop passing as "music" (and the stuff that uses derogatory language...really?). SO MANY OTHERS, and actually, some of these deserve their own category.

5. People who think that using facts and logic makes you an elitist snob. This is so massively stupid that it needed its own slot. Once upon a time, people used to look to smart people to help their country out of rough times and just generally make the country a better and more advanced place. Now when an American tries to use facts and logic, another American will call him/her a bleeding heart liberal scum communist, wish him/her a horrible rape and death, and offer to deport him/her.

6. The fact that people still try to justify the great financial inequalities here in the U.S. - especially when working class and poor people try to fight on behalf of the people/companies who screw them. The fact that the people who attended the Oscars are already making more on average than two or three poor working people, and on top of that, they received gift baskets worth something like $48,000. They're already wealthy...but you know who could use that money? People with high medical bills, people who got laid off and can't pay their mortgage, college students who are, on average, close to $50,000 in debt by the time they graduate, single parents who are trying their best to be there for their child while working 2-3 jobs...and plenty of other people.

However, I have hope that people are slowly (more like sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly) coming to their senses. Some people are already there, some always were, and some are reaching the tipping point. It's the ones who stick their fingers in their ears, screaming "la-la-la-I-CAN'T-HEAR-YOU-la-la-la!", who really make me worry about humanity. I think if enough people talked to them, face-to-face, they'd come around eventually, too. Most human beings want the same thing - safety (for their family and their objects), food, clothing, shelter, and enough left over to have a decent life - and if people could focus on the fact that we're all in the same boat, then I think we'd have a lot less of the stuff I mentioned above. The human race will one day be worthy of respect.