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Oh lord... I hope I don't offend anybody. FYI: I just got home from being out of town this week and discovered my pet sitter somehow missed my guinea pig developing a massive eye infection and now they think he's going to be permanently blind in that eye. To say that I'm upset would be the understatement of the year. Distraught would be more accurate.

I'll start with my animal related ones:
1) People who let their dogs ride loose in the back of pick up trucks. For crying out loud, do they not realize how dangerous that is? I've even seen them with the back gate thing down.
2) People who give their pets to shelters over small stupid life changes such as moving or having a baby. My opinion is that when you get an animal you are promising to take care of it for its entire life. Before you get that animal you should be darn sure you have the money to pay for all that it will need, including veterinary care in extreme cases. One of my dogs was dumped at a shelter because her family moved (she was only four months old so how long could they have had her?) and the other was tossed on the streets because he has defective hips. My cat is mysteriously missing nearly all of his bottom teeth (abuse? who knows). These animals are the lights of my life and bring me immeasurable joy every single day. They also cost me a bloody fortune. If you can't deal with this, don't get a pet. If you can't take care of a dog, what the hell are you doing with a baby?
3) People who eat meat and get squeamish over horror movies, dogs and cats being killed, or the idea of cannibalism. Sorry folks- it's all the same to me. If you can't personally stomach watching it being killed or kill it yourself, I don't think you should eat it. This is not to say that killing things for sport doesn't make my list.

other less controversial things:
4) drivers who fail to use turn signals
5) students who view their college education as shopping at a mall
6) those little short ruffled skirts that barely cover girls' behinds
7) sweatpants with writing on the behind
8) extremely out of shape people who refuse to consider a healthy diet or exercise
9) parents who don't control their children
10) really obvious spelling or grammar mistakes on the internet
11) obnoxious know-it-all grad students who find the support for their position continuously in identity politics
12) snotty historians who decry interdisciplinary programs as inferior
13) pink eye
14) the expression "you go girl"
15) internet forwards

This seems good for tonight.

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