the 9th amendment

I'd like to take a moment to remind all you Constitution fetishists of the 9th amendment. This is for everyone who thinks that the Constitution is the source of rights, and that people have no rights except those described in the constitution. It reads as follows:

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

my faith in humanity has taken a serious blow

I'm watching "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and the question was "which of these grammatical errors can be fixed with the use of a semicolon?" I forget what the wrong answers were, but the VERY VERY OBVIOUS correct answer was "run-on sentence." This was a $2000 question. She had to use a lifeline. I almost cried.

what. the. hell.

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no whining

You know what I'm sick of? People whining about their problems. I don't mean people with legitimate problems that they are trying to work out or find solutions for. I mean people who are moaning and groaing and feeling sorry for themselves for stupid things. You know what? Bad things happen. Get over it. You think you're the only who has been hurt? Nobody understands your pain? Give me a break. Some people have real problems and you are cheapening their situations by acting like yours are equivalent. Some people lose their parents, their spouses, their children to death. Some people get dumped after years of marriage. Some people have real, serious relationships that they invest a lot of time and energy in and then they are sideswiped by an unexpected breakup. Stop acting like your little fight, or your inability to get a date, or your one-night stand gone wrong condemns you to years of misery. I thought I got away from this when I left high school, but I guess some people never grow up. I'm not an impatient person. I understand that sometimes you get sad about things, and I'm willing to lend an ear for those times. But don't act like it's the end of the world and that life will never go on. Don't blow it out of proportion and turn it into some big romantic tragedy. Stop pretending it was more than it was. The more you whine about it, the less I care. And never, EVER try to use your "pain" as an excuse. I will punch you in the face.

herpes

hehe, i love those commercials for herpes medication. "one study found that 70% of people with herpes got it from their partner when they had no signs or symptoms." what i want to know is wtf is wrong with the 30% whose partners OBVIOUSLY had herpes.