r/hatethissmug 3h ago

Non-fictional I hate when people walk slow

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480 Upvotes

I think it's great you're enjoying your walk and all, but the most common place for this to happen is at school. Seriously? One of the very few places on earth where you have a deadline on walking from one spot to another, and you decide to talk a leisurely stroll in front of everyone else.

"Just go around them!" you might say. But slow walkers must release some sort of pheromone to attract other slow walkers because they create this big ass human wall across the hallway that is IMPOSSIBLE to get around. The few times I've ever been late to class are always because of people deciding to walk slow. I really don't get it.


r/hatethissmug 5h ago

Art & Fanworks I've come to dislike the "strong and interesting woman paired with a lame guy" trope, and wish people had the courage to make a strong/hot girl AND guy couples.

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756 Upvotes

Yeah, the endless "strong dommy mommy girl that is somehow paired with a loser unremkarable, guy" starts to get annoying. It's dishonest and comes off as someone trying to insert themselves without having the decency to idealize themselves.

I wish people more people could appreciate couples where both the guy and girl are both remarkable, powerful, capable, and beautiful.


r/hatethissmug 6h ago

Music I hate AI-generated music

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233 Upvotes

I hate AI-generated music. I’m tired of seeing these stupid videos on almost every social media platform. Even though I keep blocking them, they still somehow show up in my feed. Who genuinely listens to this music? It feels completely soulless to me. I don’t feel anything when I listen to it, and I don’t understand how anyone can enjoy it


r/hatethissmug 2h ago

Non-fictional Justification of p3dofilia

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275 Upvotes

For context this was a short talking about how a 9 year old married a 22 year old in 1937 and it wasn't uncommon to see replies defending it.

These people actually exist among us. How someone could possibly defend this is genuinely beyond me. You don't even need to research this anyone who's ever interacted with a child knows they aren't developed and can't consent. How do you even defend this? And the "fact" that they were happy and never divorced makes no sense because how would she even know if he was a good husband when he's the only person she's ever been in a relationship for? Some people are beyond help and these people are bordering it.


r/hatethissmug 7h ago

Gaming I hate how much "keep inventory" gets bashed.

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4.8k Upvotes

Generally, I don't like it when people impose rules on how you should enjoy something-like saying that if you didn't play the same way I did, you're a fake fan.
But it bothers me even more when those arbitrary rules are applied to a game like Minecraft—a game that actively encourages creativity and doing whatever you want-so I don't understand why anyone would get upset over something the game itself offers you.


r/hatethissmug 9h ago

General stingray hate after Steve Irwin’s death

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210 Upvotes

This may not be a big deal, but it is something that truly makes me seethe with rage and I need to vent about it.

I saw a post about an orca slapping a pregnant sting ray out of the water. It was a debate again on the “morality” (??) of orcas, but the people in the comments were posting this BS.

I’m an avid animal lover so my first thought is, why are we placing human morality standards on fucking animals. Second, I grew up adoring Steve Irwin and watching animal planet all day. To hold any sort of animosity towards an entire species for acting in its nature? These people NEVER LOVED STEVE IRWIN IF THEY THINK THIS WAY. He would be rolling in his GRAVE if he found out people hate Sting rays for this reason.

It makes me so angry people use his name in vain to hate an animal when that was the exact reason he worked with animals in the first place.


r/hatethissmug 10h ago

Idea I genuinely hate this sentiment

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2.1k Upvotes

People wanna act like now is the worst time to live in human history, and that the past was better and the future will be better. Like most of human history was not romantic and heroic, it was significantly more miserable, with a lack of medicine and knowledge making mortality much higher, and life much more painful. There is no guarantee the future will be better, and while it likely will be, being doomer about living in the now is so pointless and stupid. Regardless of the period, all life throughout history has and always will be filled with love, and joy, and beauty that people should revel in, instead of whining about the modern world being "bad" as a whole. I see this idea said seriously and widely agreed upon, despite thinking its complete nonsense. Do you agree with this sentiment and why/why not?


r/hatethissmug 11h ago

Non-fictional I HATE these "gotcha arguments"

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122 Upvotes

"Ohhh, look how I tricked this dumb dumb baby in my trap so now I am right and they are wrong. I'm so smaaart even though it does not adress the actual argument and adds nothing to the debate. They teach arabic numerals in school btw."

And these type of comments always get tons of likes


r/hatethissmug 10h ago

General The fact that some people are trying to normalise this

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1.2k Upvotes

It’s genuinely so gross, I’ve seen a lot of arguments for it and while there’s some interesting philosophical elements to it, I just find posts like these to be incredibly wrong. Not only is it your daughter (who you’ve raised for her entire life creating a massive power imbalance as youve been around her for as long as she’s been alive) but I also think it’s actual borderline grooming behaviour. Dating for 6 months at 19 is already bad but who knows how long he’s “loved” her for, i genuinely think he is a pedophile or at leas t someone with a fucked up mental state who needs therapy and mental help ASAP.


r/hatethissmug 11h ago

Gaming I hate that such banger character designs are forever stuck in a shitty game

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165 Upvotes

Blizzard made awesome looking characters, incredible cinematics and now... nothing. I just want to see them more, even in game i can't see my character because it's in first person. They struck gold and turned it into "shitty skin simulator", they have the potential to make a banger show or movie and everyone would like it


r/hatethissmug 10h ago

Thing i do not enjoy the DESIGN of the 2021 pride flag

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2.2k Upvotes

I feel like I'm walking on eggshells here,

I'm bisexual, love the LGTBQ, I am purely talking about the flag from a design standpoint. There is no metaphor here, no underlying implications, I'm just talking about how it LOOKS.

I really like the 2018 one, the triangle on the left works well and the color combination and visual design is very aesthetically pleasing.

The issue I have with the 2021 is the purple circle. The flag is all stripes and the circle just doesn't really work in that context. It's also too thin, the actual intersex flag has a much thicker circle, and this one has a thinner one which looks weird compared to the thick stripes. Yellow next to the white pink and blue is also not a very good color combo.

Please don't ban me guys there is no hate to any group of people here


r/hatethissmug 53m ago

Web Fiction I hate the movement to censor AO3

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I just view it as conservatives and puritans trying to get their boot in the door so they can ban more lgbt spaces.

My personal opinion is that if a fictional work has not harmed anyone in its production and that any non authorial material in the work has been consensually given then it should not be censored.


r/hatethissmug 22h ago

Animation I hate the guy who sues Mr. Incredible for saving his life. And his lawyer. They’re both just awful.

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7.3k Upvotes

Every time The Incredibles is on I want to reach into my screen smack these two. Like I get it, he obviously didn’t want to be saved in the moment, but you get a second chance and this is what you do? Sue the guy who saves you and whine about it? What was Mr. incredible supposed to do? Not save someone jumping off a building? And his lawyer feels like exactly the kind of scumbag who would ruin the lives of innocent people and not lose a wink of sleep over it. I think it just annoys me because legal bullshit like this happens all the time in real life.

That and they both just have really punchable faces.


r/hatethissmug 13h ago

Media Tropes I hate how the concept of honour and chivalry is spat upon in modern media

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1.1k Upvotes

There seems to be a shift in adventure stories and the like that lean away from the typical kind, strong, charismatic knight/paladin archetype to favour more brutal rogue/assassin flavoured characters that laugh at the concept of fair play or mercy. Or maybe I’m just reading too much manwha idk. Now there’s nothing inherently wrong with this, the latter can be awesome in its own right, but I dont like how they often make the former look like bumbling fools in order to prop up their respective MCs. The good guy is a dumbass for sparing the life of his enemy. He’s a naive idiot for letting his opponent have a fair fight, even if they wouldn’t do the same to him. He’s an antiquated fool who cares more for his pride than the innocent if he’s morally against torture, terror, poison and other such tactics (This obviously has nothing to do with the historical codes of honour or the lack thereof, I’m only referring to the idealised fictional version here.)

“Mercy upon the ruthless is evil to the weak” is a sentiment you often see in regards to this, as if sparing the life of someone you’ve resoundingly beaten will 100% of the time lead them back to stealing/killing instead of them turning their life around after this sudden brush with death by the hand of a person who could’ve killed them but was good-willed enough to give them a second chance. Isnt this way cooler than the other cynical view? Not to mention that I am CERTAIN that the same people supporting this notion wouldnt be okay with cops executing surrendered criminals on the street, so why is it a problem if a Samurai or Knight doesnt do it?

John Mongol is here because GOT (great game btw, play it if you haven’t already, it’s old enough to read and write) does something similar to this. They make Shimura, who in universe is a highly accomplished and respected Warlord who has won unwinnable battles against “dishonourable” foes before (the Yarikawa rebellion), seem like a bullheaded dumbass who’d punch a wall 20 times and come to the conclusion that he needs to punch harder in order to overcome it instead of just climbing over. His in-game ideals about honour dont even apply to his own troops, how do you “look your opponent in the eye” as an archer trickshotting pissants from a mountain range over? Or using fire and hornets on your foes? Im assuming his bowmen acted like actual bowmen in his battles instead of doing the CQC bow strat Yuna does, so how does he explain that away? He’s deliberately made to look like a dullard in order for the audience to more readily agree with the brutal, cutthroat tactics Jin is adopting. The mongols won because they had an obscene number advantage and knew all of the tactics the Samurai employed, not because (fictional) Samurai tradition is inherently stupid.


r/hatethissmug 1h ago

Comics Jean Grey is BECOMING MJ/being pushed to be "insert Spidey Love interest" 2.0 Because of BND, and I genuinely DON'T really understand why

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ONE of the biggest reasons I dislike and almost DESPISE the Peter/Jean pairing isn't simply because “Scott and Jean are a better couple.”which I could give multiple reasons in favor of,but Naaaah, It's that a LOT of the fanon surrounding Peter/Jean seems to require Jean Grey to become a COMPLETLY.DIFFERENT.CHARACTER.

Look at the fanarts.

1-Put Jean in Peter's Spider-Man suit. 2-Put MJ in Peter's Spider-Man suit. 3-Change the hair a little bit, or not even that...and suddenly the visual distinction between the two becomes almost entirely superficial.

And that's exactly what bothers me,Jean is not supposed to be “the new redheaded love interest for Spider-Man.”, because She isn't MJ with telepathy NOR a premium replacement for MJ because Peter/MJ's relationship is currently (and has been)for most, an embarassement in the comics.

She isn't “the redhead who understands Peter better.” either,she literally SA'ed him in the movie(which some people got a kick of I guess) and put people he loved at risk,at the end of the movie the takeaway should be that she is at stake 0 to become actually decent,not that she is ready to get a new BOYTOY,which,previously thanks to her reckless behavior btw,LED TO HIM GETTING SHOT!

She's Jean fucking Grey.

Jean has an enormous identity and mythology COMPLETLY independent of Spider-Man. this isnt an obscure fact, people should know this even from the DISASTROUS romantic triangles with hugh jackman movies (Wolverine),cartoons,etc as a whole.

Maybe they dont,but the thing is that She's originally one of the central characters of the X-Men, a telepath and telekinetic, a Phoenix host, a mutant dealing with constant persecution and existential threats, a teacher, a leader, a mother, and someone whose life is deeply intertwined with Scott Summers and the entire history of the X-Men.

And yet, in a lot of Peter/Jean fanart,heres what happens to all of that:

-Peter saves/comforts Jean while Jean somehow completly understands Peter.

-Jean wears Peter's suit(which I can understand for fanarts whatever)

But then she just becomes Peter's superpowered redheaded girlfriend...

At some point, what exactly is left that makes this Jean Grey rather than “MJ, but she's,more dependent on someone else somehow,and a mutant”???

That's my biggest problem with the pairing.

And the Scott issue makes this even worse

Scott isn't some random ex-boyfriend who happens to be inconvenient piece to the ship.

Jean and Scott have literal decades of SHARED history. They're teammates, leaders, family, parents, and have gone through some absolutely batshit insane stuff together. Their relationship is pratically woven into the mythology of the X-MEN itself.

Remove Scott from Peter's story and obviously Peter Parker is still fundamentally Peter Parker.

Remove Scott from Jean's story and you're literally removing an enormous structural component of who Jean is.

Peter doesn't need Jean to be Spider-Man,sure, Jean also doesn't need Scott to possess an identity either, obviously, but pretending Scott can simply be REPLACED by Peter without fundamentally changing Jean's character is ridiculous.

And that's where the “MJ 2.0” feeling comes from.

Peter/Jean fanon frequently doesn't expand Peter's world by introducing him to Jean Grey's world.

It takes Jean Grey and moves her into Peter Parker's world,like any other spider man fantasy,the female characters are just add-ons to Peter,and instead of them having something that was much more understandeable as a mentorship,it became seen as unecessary romance and the actual "ideal outcome" between characters that literally have no reason to follow that path.

Instead of Peter having to enter the X-Men's world, understand mutant politics, understand Jean's responsibilities, understand her history with Scott, her family, the Phoenix, her complicated relationship with power and responsibility, etc.(Which tbh would thankfully never happen),even in scenarios with context from the comics people have Jean simply becoming another person orbiting SpiderMan.

Another thing is that this Spider man fantasy of saving her is especially bizarre.

Jean has spent decades dealing with powers that are vastly more dangerous and psychologically complicated than ANYTHING Peter could possibly “teach” her how to handle.

She doesn't need Spider-Man to rescue her from herself.

She doesn't need a man to make her powers manageable.

She DOESN'T NEED Peter to give her "purpose".

If anything, the interesting question would be what Peter would have to learn from Jean.

But that's rarely what the fanon actually focuses on.

The ship's internal logic is as complex as the critical thinking behind it:

So once again, Jean's enormous character history gets reduced to “powerful redhead who needs Spider-Man.”

Yeah, That's not Jean Grey,but she really seems like She's being cast in the MJ role.

And that's precisely why the “Jean Grey + Spider-Man suit” fanarts are so revealing.

Because when you strip away the X-Men costume, the Phoenix mythology, Scott, Rachel, Cable, the mutant experience, the X-Men, etc., what are you left with?

Another redheaded woman standing next to Spider-Man.

Jean Grey should not have to become Spider-Man's next MJ to justify her existence in his story,and frankly, I find the idea that there seem to be fans who are dissatisfied with Peter/MJ and therefore immediately start looking for another iconic redhead to slot into Peter's romantic life incredibly reductive.

Jean Grey deserves better than being somebody's MJ replacement.


r/hatethissmug 2h ago

Thing sympathybait slop 🫩

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98 Upvotes

it's just pathetic if it was where the kid wasn't in the hospital and they said it it'd be bad but bc he's sick suddenly it's "normal" or "omg im so sorry"

he's literally begging and baiting for sympathy it's pathetic

It's pathetic.

No hate to that guy ofc

if he ACTUALLY cared he'd get a job instead of sympathy baiting 🫩

and besides commenting barely does jackshit

thing over


r/hatethissmug 16h ago

Meta I hate this pattern on Reddit

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857 Upvotes

Why is an objectively unfunny (often unrelated to the post’s content) reaction image paired with a completely unoriginal title more likable than content that someone put time and effort into making?? Personally, my top post is asking if a stray cat is pregnant. How does that warrant THREE THOUSND UPVOTES??? I’d much rather get appreciation for my artwork or photography, which I spend a lot of time doing. This pattern also makes it laughably easy for bots to karma farm and then immediately start political spam.

Edit: this post is proving my point so well lmao


r/hatethissmug 6h ago

Animation This specific modern cgi kids cartoon artstyle.

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127 Upvotes

It’s not just nick jr stuff, it’s also a lot of regular 6-11 age range kids shows. I don’t like how the monster high reboot looks.

I feel like this specific style really started with boss baby. Just something about the sanitized look, the bean heads, the giant wannabe-anime eyes, etc that kinda just make me hate it.


r/hatethissmug 13h ago

General I hate problems related to bad posture

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420 Upvotes

People with lordosis, scoliosis, or kyphosis will understand this. Bad posture can have several negative effects on your body and overall well-being. It can cause neck, shoulder, and back pain, especially when you spend long periods sitting or looking down at a screen. Poor posture can also lead to muscle tension, headaches, reduced flexibility, and stiffness.


r/hatethissmug 9h ago

Thing I hate these types of posts

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170 Upvotes

I hate these types of posts and I’m not even Christian but come on man using religion for likes is a new low. and I went to the comments and people are falling for it? they are just spamming “amen” and I know they are mostly kids or old people but you can’t do that?


r/hatethissmug 1d ago

General i specifically hate this type of thumbnail

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5.4k Upvotes

let me preface. i dont really hate the youtubers who use this thumbnail format automatically, its more of a me thing and im sure theyre decent people. i just feel like im being looked down on???? like 'oh look at me im so smart and normal so im im the middle of the thumbnail! and look at those people behind me, arent they crazy and weird?' and the thing is that even if i 100% agree with what is said in the video title i just. wont click it. it just pisses me off. its like... i hate this smug...


r/hatethissmug 2h ago

Corporation/Company i hate when i'm pirating something and the creator puts in on fucking MEGA OF ALL THINGS

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52 Upvotes

IF I WANTED TO PAY MONEY TO DOWNLOAD MORE THAN A FUCKING GIGABYTE, THEN I WOULDN'T BE PIRATING IT

WAS IT THAT HARD TO PUT IT ON DRIVE? MEDIAFIRE? OR ANY OTHER CLOUD SERVICE? FUCK IT, I'D TAKE FUCKING TERABOX'S DATA SELLING ASS OVER THIS SHIT

PEOPLE BE ALL ABOUT GAME AND MOVIE PRESERVATION, BUT WHENEVER I WANNA FIND SOMETHING SLIGHTLY LESS MAINSTREAM, ITS ON FUCKING MEGA AND I CAN'T DOWNLOAD IT WITHOUT PAYING 5 BUCKS FOR A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION TO A SERVICE I'M MOST LIKELY NOT EVEN GOING TO USE THAT OFTEN

seriously, i tried to watch this animated french movie called Lascars, and i found somebody who did a proper fan-translation of it since the official localization is kinda shit, and i was able to download the subtitle file, and when i was gonna download the actual video file, GUESS WHAT? IT WAS ON FUCKING MEGA, AND IT WAS 3GB

SO I HAD TO DOWNLOAD A BITCRUSHED 1080P RIP OF THE RUSSIAN DUB OF THE MOVIE, FIND THE FRENCH AUDIO FROM A LOWER QUALITY UPLOAD, AND THEN SETUP VLC TO PLAY IT, ONLY FOR THE MOVIE TO BE LIKE, A 6.5/10 MOVIE AT BEST CARRIED BY VISUALS

I WASTED AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON, AND MANY OTHERS TRYING TO FIND SHIT BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST KEEP USING MEGA FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON

like no hate to those people, you gotta be ballsy to distribute pirated content, but come on, be convenient man, if i'm coming for you for your content, thats because i don't wanna pay money to a big company, so please, don't put it on mega unless your file is small, its so inconvenient and i hate it


r/hatethissmug 3h ago

Gaming I hate genshin impact named iansan after a African god then not show it in her design

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What irritates me most about Iansan's design is a lack of any African inspiration that is visually noticeable, such as not having a strong red base and copper accent trim dress, along with the design being entirely based on vaguely Latin American-influenced clothing traditions, which just defeats the purpose of having a character named after a mythical figure when nothing in their design shows the original inspiration. I want to make it clear my issue is with the design is a lack of any visually inspiration rather then it not being a 1-to-1 accurate representation given Natlan is ment to be a mixed of a Latin American, African and Polynesian cultures.


r/hatethissmug 8m ago

Animation I hate The Amazing Digital Circus humor, and I’m glad that kind of humor is slowly dying out.

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Dude, that humor is just fucking ridiculous and feels like that old Tumblr humor.

Genuinely unbearable humor. Even the few jokes that are actually funny get annoying really quickly.

No, but the worst thing is Jex's jokes. This guy is the sex man and I hate him.

definitely the joke of this show in my opinion is its worst aspect.

definitely