It also took a chunk out of the time I wanted to spend playing Splinter Cell. So that's what I would have been doing. Playing Splinter Cell.
And the band seems to have some real haters out there. There was this group of people who basically spent the entire concert talking. Really loudly. In Idiot-Speak, too. I therefore concluded that they were a bunch of idiots who had a grudge against this band, and wanted to ruin the concert for them. Either that, or they were just idiots. Doesn't change the fact that they should kill themselves for the betterment of the human race.
Anyway, that was pretty much confirmed when the brasses made a really obvious mistake in part of Phantom of the Opera. They gave a loud, forced, row of laughter that rang through the hall. Golly. Thankfully, the band ignored this and kept playing.
Seriously, why would anyone waste 20 bucks and 3 hours on a concert, just to try to make things difficult for some people? I mean, why would anyone do this unless they were total asshats. With all the money they wasted on the concert... I could have bought myself a nice Christmas present.
I'll admit it. I bear grudges against people. I stay away from them, and refuse to do anything that might bring me in close quarters with them. It usually begins when someone does something that greatly wrongs me. Anything that particularly goes against my beliefs and morals. Could be an action, or a word. What they all have in common is that they all stem from some very illogical thinking. However, I find that it is not in my nature to hate. I can get angry, I often become frustrated. But I never dislike someone in- Oh wait. Damn. I actually am capable of hating. You'll often find me laughing out of spite at the mistakes of people I don't like. I would be wishing them ill fortune and mentally conjuring the most horrible fates they could suffer. And I'm not talking pain and death. I'm talking failure at life. And it's not difficult to imagine, either. Whenever I hear that these people come out of an exam with a shitty grade, or are being idiots in general, I have this sick, sadistic feeling of happiness; Only a bit more till they reach ultimate failure.
Another thing is, I don't feel bad about it at all. Whenever someone questions it, I just say "Do you believe in justice?" So far, no one's challenged me yet. But I expect sooner or later someone will come to me with "How about forgiveness?" Yeah, eventually, once I've forgotten about it. If I don't forget, I can't forgive. This is because the people I hold grudges against are constantly being idiots. You can't forgive someone for constantly being an idiot, because then you'd have to be constantly forgiving it. The only options are to ignore, or eliminate. I like eliminate better. It works permanently. But it's got that minor drawback of murder being illegal, so no deal.
That leaves me with somehow accepting without grinding my teeth, how many people are. I haven't been able to do this. Even if I present my point logically, that the world would be a better place to live in if people could stop being jackasses, I wouldn't get anywhere. It is simply easier for other people to be that way. It's easier to perform acts of asshattery than good deeds. And people, being the way they are, just go with the flow.
The moral compass can only point you in the right direction. It can't make you follow it.
-Gil Grissom, CSI: Las Vegas
I also want to add that I love CSI. Lol.
You can't change the world. Not without becoming Hitler. The state of society can never go up. We have turned our graph to emulate gravity. As more people get lazier, more people choose the easy way out. Being a dick, basically. You may think that we have less wars now, but that's a delusion held by many modern citizens. War doesn't always need a fleet of warships, or a battery of armoured tanks. War does not necessarily mean ranks upon ranks of men, fighting for their country, making others die for theirs. War is when people turn themselves upon one another, fighting for needless reasons. The causes of war are all retarded, because no situation can't be solved without violence. All you need is understanding and patience.
I try, you know. I really do. But some people just insist on starting wars. Call it a social complex. Blame it on bad upbringing. Whatever. I'm just saying, I didn't start it. And it's also not my responsibility to end it. I now have a slight case of misanthropy. That means that I dislike humanity in general, for its many flaws. I already know that some people who read this are going to try their best to state why the human race is worth loving. Go ahead. I'd like to read them. Because sometimes you need a point of view that isn't in line with that of a maniacal dictator. I don't want to destroy or dominate the human race. I want them to stop being assholes to each other.
So, be nice to people. If people aren't nice to you... Don't follow in my footsteps. I spend a lot of time imagining myself torturing someone with lightning bolts. It's probably not very good for my health, so whatever you do... try not to do that.
Yeah, and Shaun, I have advice for you.
That is all. Thank you.
-Joe