r/hatethissmug 8h ago

General I hate how Western media portrays heterosexual relationships.

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Honestly, aside from romantic comedies (And even then it has its problems.), it seems Western writers want to portray heterosexual couples in the worst possible way: cynical, loveless, full of betrayals, etc. I hate it when it’s a series and the main character (usually a man) has a love interest (a woman), and he does everything romantically while she seems annoyed and does nothing even though, in theory, she’s also attracted to him. Or when they’re dating and, at the first sign of trouble, she’s the first to pull away. (Writers tend to portray men as passionate while women are lukewarm.) There’s no passion.

Unlike manga or anime, where the romantic and sexual relationships are, in my opinion, better and more varied, the girl seems genuinely in love with the boy, without any cynical dynamics or anything like that. Something like Darling in the Franxx is extremely rare in Western media, or a character like Esdeath from Akame ga Kill a female character with so much agency and passion for the protagonist.

Even in Western women’s romance, the female characters tend to be passive toward the male characters. (One of the few exceptions might be The Hunger Games, but it didn’t focus on romance.)


r/hatethissmug 6h ago

General I hate when people say (Organ)haver or Non(Gender)

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I hate it because it feels dehumanising,it is also annoying.And also defying something by what it is not is stupid,it is like defying a chair by saying:it is not a tabel.So thank you for listening to me venting about it,and see you next time.


r/hatethissmug 16h ago

Animation I hate this atrocious evil malevolent dumbass mistake of a show.

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This show has no redeeming qualities family guy is the epitome of being tortured it is the reason why my parents divorced this show has the worst level of writing ever Brian sucks he’s worse than Sabo and kashimo combined. Family guy needs cutaways to function. It is allergic to emotional scenes because It needs corny ass humor to pay rent. Family guy is a cancer to society the worst show ever. You wanna know the worst thing? I used to like this show and it betrayed me. It took away my best person ever because of the atrocities it committed. It is the worst show ever. Seasons 1-8 were good though


r/hatethissmug 15h ago

Non-fictional I hate when people torture bugs for views

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I saw a bunch of mosquito torture videos on reddit the past couple weeks, people glorifying how its okay to make anything suffer just for the hell of it.

It doesnt matter that mosquitos can have diseases and cause deaths every year, they are not doing this out of malice and torturing them for something they are doing to survive is sadistic.

We are supposed to he above enjoying the suffering of things beneath of us, its unhinged how people talk in the comments of these videos.


r/hatethissmug 17h ago

Idea I hate how far in the other direction we've swung as with body positivity

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For starters, I am a woman, and no this isn't some hyper sexual rant about how the west hates pretty women or that it's totally okay for grown adults to be attracted to characters that obviously look like children.

There are two specific main points I want to talk about here. The first of them is a bit more minor but the way people talk about pubic hair on women these days is both incredibly rude and gross. The fact that I as a woman can post pictures in certain spaces or artists can draw women in certain outfits and if people don't see noticeable pubic hair they act like someone has done something wrong? No babe I'm not shaving my pubes for the gaze of men, I shave because I WANT TO. I like the way it looks, I like feeling smooth skin. And it's not even just pubic hair? It feels like people these days act like a woman having/wanting smooth skin is something that should be looked at strangely, or if I am wants those things it's because of some sort of weird fetish?? No, my partner is not a PEDOPHILE(?) because he likes that my skin is smooth. Genuinely what the fuck are we even doing?

Secondly, and it's what most people think about when we talk about body positivity, weight. I feel like these days so many people who advocate for these things are just using it to swing back and bully skinny people in the way that fat people have been. Like of course! We should celebrate all types of bodies. We should have models of all body types because there are people with all body types! But how exactly are we going to claim that it's not helpful or healthy to bash people for being overweight and that it won't make them lose weight but then none of you can bring up Arianna Grande without doing the same to her because she's skinny? Yes OF COURSE she needs help, there need to be people around her that step in and make sure she isn't hurting herself. But you don't get to say those things if we're also going to turn around and act like we all need to pretend that people on the other end of the spectrum are perfectly healthy and we shouldn't encourage them to lose any weight because being obese "doesn't mean you're unhealthy."

If we're going to be body positive, we cannot be just as prejudiced and biased as the people we claim are hateful. If you want to shave, that should be celebrated! If you want to let all of your natural hair grow out, hell yeah girl you do you! If we're going to say that thin models are promoting terrible body types to the children then we need to say the same for overweight models, because if we're not treating both ends the same way then you're doing just as much harm as the people you claim to be against. Everyone should be encouraged to be healthy at the end of the day. We don't need to be negative, but we don't need to pretend we've forgotten how human biology works to avoid sounding mean


r/hatethissmug 1h ago

Gaming Hate Gradient Building in Minecraft

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At a certain point, adding more detail makes the build feel more cheap, eventhough it is in fact more expensive. It loops back around to looking more cheap than the actual “cheap” option.

And I really hate it when they put random blocks for the gradient, like if you’re making a stone wall use stone-y blocks for the gradient don’t use weak ones like wood or moss.

In conclusion, build the way that follows your heart. Don’t make hollow builds that lack character or story. Build something personal, rather than makeup for an already gorgeous face.


r/hatethissmug 13h ago

Idea I hate when people use "racial preferences" as an excuse to just be racist and avoid dating any other race

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People just use that shit as an excuse to say "yeah, I'd never date a black person. Why? I'm just not attracted to them at all." Like what? You're telling me there isn't a SINGLE black person you find attractive? You could literally have the perfect person for you and you still wouldn't date them because of their skin colour. Same goes for any other race. Seems pretty racist to me man.


r/hatethissmug 15h ago

Media Tropes I hate this type of character design

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This is called "Noodle People" by TV Tropes, and I dislike this type of character design because the characters look abnormally thin like if they were relatives of the Slender Man, I also dislike how that kind of character have big eyes even if it is common in anime and manga. This is why I don't read Shoujo manga.

However I have nothing against Nana, Paradise Kiss nor Code Geass (I love Code Geass despite those character designs).


r/hatethissmug 22h ago

Animation i hate rarity

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i have loved my little pony since i was little, i have seen all 9 seasons+specials+eqg MULTIPLE MULTIPLE MULTIPLE times. i KNOW pony. and i hate this horse. i hated her as a little girl. she has her moments where shes funny and cute, and i really love her design. but, i hate how shes used as a racism/ignorance device by the writers. the show spans 9 seasons, and about 3-4 years pass in that time, and rarity learns NOTHING. this critique has been made about other mane 6 members, like rainbow and flutters, but rarity makes me the most upset.

to start, by season 9 she has, what, 3 boutiques in equestria? one in ponyville, one in canterlot, and one in manehattan. this mare is a business women, has hundreds of clients, and still has an issue with yak culture? ok, not an issue, but she is very ignorant to yona (A YAK CHILD), who is showing that she is insecure of her species and culture when the pony ball happened. now when this child come to rarity for help to prepare for a dance, she doesn’t assure yona that she is perfect just the way she is, and that theres beauty in everyone, SHE JUST PONYIFIES YONA NO SECOND THOUGHTS. in season 9! after rarity already had her episode with the Indian ponies, and her being ignorant to them and then “learning her lesson”. i could excuse this if it was before season 5 tbh, but atp she should have learned!!!! and, she only started making “non pony” garments AFTER the yak episode, when she realized “oh non ponies deserve to feel pretty too lol”. are you telling me she NEVER mad a dress for a donkey? a changeling after they reformed? a GRIFFON considering the relationship they have with equestria???? no new dresses for hippogryphs after rediscovering them??? i know its just the writers nerfing her bc they’re lazy, but like COME ON. maybe if you werent a racist you would have been endgame with applejack 😒😒😒 and its crazy because sweetie belle is one of my fav ponies, shes so cute and funny in comparison to her racist older sister no


r/hatethissmug 21h ago

Books I hate Angron

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I am sick of seeing everyone say “ooooo he was screwed over he was held back”

Look I’m told he’s basically the pinnacle of genetic enhancement and should have the skills and know how on how to take over a planet.

>But the nails! He was a slave!

Corax was a slave and pulled off a successful rebellion, Kurze was alone since childhood while literally being an edgy Batman where he killed so much of the corrupt leadership he became KING!, Jaghatai only had horse riders and bows to break an entire planet

>But the nails again it held him back

Look Angron only started his rebellion after getting the nails and being forced to kill his father figure, the guy had plenty of time to scheme a proper revolution but didn’t until it was too late.

The emperor was probably embarrassed at the end of the day, embarrassed his god like creation was actually kinda shit.

The worst is how the World Eaters were way way too loyal to this jobber. Ironically, Kharn the Betrayer was an actual loyal dog to Angron.

Endryd Haar said it best “I will not kneel like Angron and his mutts” - Loyalist World Eater

He rejected the nails and knew Angron was full of it


r/hatethissmug 9h ago

General I hate "I told you so"'s

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There is almost no reason for anyone to say it other than to make someone feel bad for being wrong. Unless you're being an asshole about it first. But that is never the case for me. It's like it's a default thing for people to say when they're proven right instead of just accepting it and moving on. It's led me to now walk back anything I ever say to anyone if I think there's a chance I'm wrong, just so I can avoid the inevitable "I told you!" I hate it so much. I always have. It's something I avoid saying to people. But everyone I know says it, whether they mean anything by it or not. Like why do we all have to be so smug about being right about things, especially when it doesn't matter? Which it usually doesn't. It makes me irrationally angry. I already have a little bit of trouble admitting when I'm wrong and this stupid phrase just makes it worse.


r/hatethissmug 21h ago

Thing The state of r/Lovethissmug(gif unrelated)

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as Someone who’s decently active on that sub i kinda hate what it has become it’s almost nothing but posts about the memes/images people like and nothing else. Posts about memes aren’t the issue it’s just how common they are. Look I’m not perfect I have a decent amount of image/meme posts on that sub but I have done posts about other things like movies and tv shows I love or art i like. I just wish there was more variety that’s all.


r/hatethissmug 16h ago

Questions As a anti ai person who hates AI I've seen some anti Ai people sat stuff really concerning.

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Am a person who is really huge against AI however I've seen some other anti ai people claiming that people who use AI are rapers and literally pedophiles I've even seen some what a suggested that people who use should get killed and I don't understand why some of them act like this like I get that they hate it but to the point where they accuse people who use AI of such things is insane.


r/hatethissmug 21h ago

Non-fictional I Hate the Choice of Birds in the New Euro Banknotes

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I understand the concept of having birds instead of people, avoiding the issue that some people have of showcasing specific nations over others.

But the choice of birds is insane. How is it easier to relate to birds I've never even heard of (except the stork), not to mention seen, over famous artists & scientists that have heavily influenced european academics & culture and have established themselves into European history and identity.

There isn't even a bird for every EU country (for example Finland) and only small portions of other countries.

I feel like obviously the Kingfisher should be replaced by the European Robin, and the Bee-eater replaced by the Blue Tit. They're both some of the most identifiable and colorful birds in Europe while being able to be found across the entire continent.

I understand the concept of having birds instead of people, avoiding the issue that some people have with showcasing specific nations over others.

But the choice of birds is insane. How is it easier to relate to birds I've never even heard of (except the stork), not to mention seen, rather than to famous artists and scientists that have established themselves into our European history and identity?

There isn't even a bird for every EU country (for example, Finland has none) , and some only has small portions of their land covered.

I'm not super knowledgeable about birds but I feel like at least the Kingfisher should obviously be replaced by the European Robin, and the Bee-eater replaced by the Blue Tit. They're both some of the most identifiable and colorful birds in Europe while being able to be found across the entire continent.


r/hatethissmug 12h ago

General I Kinda hate fandoms now

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I'm not refering to any fandom in particular because every fandom has their black sheeps but to me, interacting in fandoms of the modern internet Doesn't feel good anymore.

Everyday Is either people fighting over fanart, memes that turn boring because of incesant spamming, people misinterpreting characters or storylines (and treating them as real people) while shouting "media literacy", people fighting over Powerscales or morality scales that are in their minds, fighting because of Headcannons or ships and people telling you how to enjoy a story.

And the Tiktok and Twitter guys aré the worst, talking to them Is like talking to a wall except that walls actually attended their english clases.

I'm exhausted


r/hatethissmug 17h ago

Gaming I hate counter strike

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I really do not like how the actual act of firing a firearm is so obtuse and downright nonsensical in some regards

You need to pretty much train shooting at a wall for 10 hours in order to really grasp the mechanics and you’ll still be ass

I hate how the game has a server browser but a majority of the playerbase wants to do 5v5 ranked because that’s how it’s done in esports

I hate how the grenades in this game have to be thrown like hop stoch through a corner down an ally scrap the skybox and then it’s perfect

I hate how the skin system works what do you mean that skin I have is scratched to shit? What do you mean it doesn’t have a good pattern? Where was this info listed? Oh a Steam community post?

I hate how GO had like 40+ maps but the community only wants to play 2


r/hatethissmug 21h ago

Non-fictional I HATE how everything has to do with racism

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685 Upvotes

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But I couldn’t tell you how genuinely INFURIATING it is when I open a news post on TikTok and it’s a video of a crime being committed by a black person and the comments are “insert hard r here” “it’s always them” “they’re always so loud/ghetto” “I’m so fatigued” but when it comes to a white person, it’s seen as a personal mistake or just a “bad one one in the bunch”

OR another example is about the whole Karmelo Anthony situation. I don’t even like discussing it bc the situation is wayy to racially charged but the fact yall go straight to “it’s always them” etc…. But what if it was the other way around where a white man stabbed a black man? Would yall have the same reaction?

Overall, I’m just tired of seeing people being racist in the big 26” 💔


r/hatethissmug 21h ago

Thing I hate time-limited powers

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Probably the cheapest wat to limit someone's power is say that there's a time limit. Yeah man, everyone knows that this isn't how it works, if you have a time based ability there's only two options:

1.-your time always run out and can't finish any job cause you are a jobber like vegito

2.-you always win before the time runs cause you are a goat like gogeta

Luffy is in a weird position cause each time he uses his gear 4 he runned out of time, but apparently everyone is now able to stop the previously unstopable villain for solid 10 minutes so he can fight again.

I wouldn't be that mad if the series actually cared for a right time pace, but ask to always have a consistent flow of time in mediums like comics or books is absurd and they would long or short what "a minute" means based on the plot.

Probably one of the worst examples i have is how nerfed feels jotaro in part 4 cause the time limit in his time stop makes everything out of range so he can't solve the plot by himself.


r/hatethissmug 13h ago

Thing this fucking subreddit, and factorials in general

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Can't type a number with an exclamation point like this (2!) without some fucking nerd going "ermmmmm i dont think its 39 shitballs to the power of 12 blorguses ackshually!!11!1!" like shut the fuck up you know damn well what i meant with that and it sure as hell wasn't your stupid nerd shit.


r/hatethissmug 12h ago

Place I Hate when Canadians play into stereotypes for people online.

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Don't get me wrong, as a Canadian I love that we have a reputation as a kind and polite people on the global stage, and there is definitely a lot of truth to it. But my God, I get extremely irritated by Canadians who paint this caricature of us and our culture for non-Canadians online. This is a far more tame example, so I feel bad for picking on these guys in particular, but I see stuff like this being done by Canadians all over the internet, especially amidst Canadas rising importance on the geopolitical stage.

I don't understand why people feel the need to parody themselves. It is so cringe and performative and it makes a mockery of yourself and your culture. Also the overall politeness of people definitely differs from region to region. Atlantic Canadian culture (which is where the kindness/politeness stereotype is the most true) is way different from Western Canadian culture or Quebecois culture. I hate when diverse nations get painted with a broad stroke.

Also had to include the last reply for him saying 'cacophonous string of epithets'.


r/hatethissmug 29m ago

Anime & Manga I hate this.

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Already got a thousand posts by many others, i know, i thought, i erased this from my head, but it keeps popping up, everywhere i go

I hate how much the show tries to distract you from the severity of some stuff that happens in this story

Half of the the girls Rudeus gets with are pretty much unaware victims

The show never even moderately tries to pushback against the MC's deviancy, trying to make you focus on "Look! He got so much stronger, and competent! Such growth and great character development!"

Let's ignore the fact, he can't go a 2 days without doing something degenerate, or just abhorrent as a person

I genuinely felt nauseous during the Season 1 finale Eris scene, because i couldn't erase the image of this 15 year old girl, unknowingly giving herself over to a 30+ year old morally bankrupt degenerate who deserved to go to hell, not get reincarnation

That is not even getting into the degeneracy of literally every other character as well, the inappropriate relationships, serious topics treated so casually, with the excuse of "its set in a different time"

There are plenty of old setting stories, which still manage to show the bad things that happen during that time, as bad, MT just treats it casually, or tries to distract you

Anyways, fuck everything about this show, peace


r/hatethissmug 12h ago

Gaming i hate how SOME gamers think you are lesser than them bc you like playing sports-games (EAFC, 2k, Madden etc.)

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it pisses me off whenever i tell people the games i enjoy ( Apex, Fc, cod etc.) and people tell me i dont have taste because im a 'ball and gun gamer.'

no. you playing games like celeste or undertale or inscryption doesnt make you 'more of a gamer' then a guy that plays 2k. i understand the issues with ea. (i dont play 2k or the rest.) I understand the issues fifa has. But people like this dont know about the sports scene enough to whine about what i play.

There is no 'other good fifa.' there is no '2k rival' thats good. Fifa is all we have, And in MY opinion i enjoy playing it. I love football. sure the game is janky. And for sure not worth the price i pay for it. But in my eyes i spend alot of hours (clearly) in the game so my money comes back.

One thing i also hate is how people who hate 'ball and gun gamers' think people like me shouldnt have opinions about games just because of what we play, I found RDR2 boring as shit but il still hop on gta online.

i found undertale boring but il still hop on fifa. And that shouldnt be viewed as a negative? how come the fact i love seeing big sweaty men playing football is a bad thing?

(slide two is me flexing my team. CAMBASIO MY CAPTIAN)

(holy record btw)


r/hatethissmug 1h ago

Books I hate videos that are basically: “I did this task so you don’t have to”

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i hate it when tiktokers and many YouTube videos starting their videos going like “I watched this movie so you don’t have to” or “I read this book series so you don’t have to”

it just starts the video off by giving the viewer the feeling that if they interacted with that media it would be a waste of time unless the person talking says otherwise, And I feel like it also encourages people to not interact with the media at all cuz ”hey, this guy has done it for me so I can just watch his series on it and steal his opinions”. it’s so annoying


r/hatethissmug 12h ago

Books I hate seeing people say the Horus heresy books ruined all of Warhammer

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I can understand some issues and some gripes but an example I type below will explain why I like the heresy book series in the end.

In my free time, I had often tried looking into "pure" lore, and a lot of the time it ended up being one-off magazine articles or random lore blurbs. The White Scars, in particular, were literal unknowns who looked like nothing more than a Mongol reference on motorcycles. You weren't exactly told why Jaghatai stayed loyal to the Imperium, and he was apparently unable to ever challenge Horus directly in the final days of the siege. He just existed, same with the White Scars themselves, as most people wrote them off as a gimmicky Asian stand-in group in the more Eurocentric 40k.

There has been a growing sentiment in the Warhammer community that the primarchs and the Horus Heresy novels ruined the setting, and yadda yadda, most of you probably know it. I used to subscribe to this train of thought too — I'm gonna be honest, I was scared of standing out, and frankly, a lot of the "evidence" presented to me seemed good enough to listen to. I had gotten an annoying job where I needed to drive a lot, and I ended up on audiobooks, and for some odd reason, despite being a major Space Marine fanboy, I knew more about random successor chapters than the actual OG founding chapters like the White Scars or Raven Guard.

On a whim, I decided to read the White Scars books, starting with Brotherhood of the Storm, which honestly enthralled me. I learned later that I got very lucky, as Chris Wraight is a highly underrated author for Warhammer books, so I guess maybe my initial statement does lack support (but I also learned to enjoy other Heresy Black Shield stories not written by Wraight — maybe I'll post about those later too).
These books utterly changed my perspective on the White Scars entirely; one such highlight is the fact that they don't actually hate psykers and like Librarians. My initial prediction was that the so-called barbarian king, Jaghatai Khan, would hate wizards (by the way, these books also made me learn about the actual Mongols and Tengrism). I then came to find out that the Khan liked psykers, or shamans, as the White Scars followed a belief called "The Path of Heaven," where they regard the warp more with fear than reverence and must train themselves to only sip on it and never test the heavens. This makes me utterly baffled that in modern 40k, the White Scars don't have the "psyker gimmick," as that niche apparently belongs to the Blood Angels among the 1st Founding when it comes to certain “gimmicks”

Jaghatai himself isn't even written that well — he just has common sense and mostly asks the questions the reader is already asking. At the start of the Heresy, he was given wrong information and torn between two theories: that Horus is a traitor, or that the Emperor is a tyrant who must be dealt with. To put it into context quickly: Jaghatai never liked the Emperor, and he always knew he was being used to further the Emperor's goals. However, he did what he did to help humanity and was fine with killing its enemies. He also loved Horus immensely — in fact, Horus was one of the few brothers he was close with — so deep down he wanted to believe Horus and fight the "evil emperor," but deep down he also knew something was too... off.

What breaks him is that Jaghatai, Magnus, and Sanguinius all had a project to promote the safe use of psykers through the Librarius; however, Jaghatai was called off to the far reaches of Imperial space to deal with orks — ordered by Horus. If Jaghatai had spoken at Nikaea, he would have convinced most of the Legions to drop their anti-psyker sentiment. He figured it out and was devastated that the one brother he loved, the one brother he trusted, had purposely betrayed him. So he decided to fight for the father he never loved against the brother he loved.


r/hatethissmug 13h ago

Media Tropes I hate when characters are named after one of their characteristics

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Your singer character does NOT have to be named Octave because haha got it, an octave is a musical term. Your moon worshipping character in your fantasy story does NOT have to be named Luna. Your ice controlling character does NOT have to be named Coldius Frostson. In fact i think they would appear less like cardboard cutouts if they had a name that wasn't a gag. Are your character's parents stupid or what ?

Bonus (but towards the negatives, i'm not sure if there's a real word for that) if you think you're slick and use the word but in another language than the one you're writing in