Be back later
I'll be gone for a few days, so no posts while I'm gone!
-Ramit
-Ramit
Saturday, July 30, 2005
About Me
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- Name:Ramit Sethi
- Location:Palo Alto, California, United States
I just graduated from Stanford, where I studied technology and psychology. Now I'm working on a bunch of my own stuff. And pretty much mocking the things I see every day.
- More info: http://www.RamitSethi.com
- Email: ramit@ramitsethi.com
12 Comments:
Since Ramit is gone, I'm going to get the ball rolling with some thick, oozing hatreds:
When you put something where it belongs, but forget having done so, and then tear your hair out looking frantically in all sorts of obscure places because while you were organized enough to put it in the right place, you weren't organized enough to remember jack shit. Maybe this is just my special talent, but I'm betting not.
When everyone you know is being lame at once. This Friday, I swear everyone I talked to was going to bed at ten. The only person I wa able to convince to do something was on drugs - not that I didn't appreciate it.
People who hog the karaoke machine. I was at the Office Bar this weekend (820 E. El Camino), in my modest appraisal the pinnacle and holy shrine of karaoke. There was a whole group of folks there who were doing one "Avenue Q" song after another, complete with lengthy dialogue interludes. And the same people were getting to go four or five times before I got to perform one miserable song!
People who try to tell you how much you can afford. I got a call from the Stanford Fund last week asking me for money (!), and I calmly said "You know, I just graduated and I'm broke, sorry." The girl then told me "Well we're not asking for that much, you can afford to give us just $25 if you stop and think about it." I then informed her that our interview was now over. Maybe I have more pressing needs for those twenty-five dollars. Like buying enough drinks to make me attempt to sing "Georgia On My Mind" at the Office Bar.
Falling asleep in work clothes and being too apathetic to get up and change.
Balding guys with shitty ponytails. Note to would-be Steven Seagal: Your lost youth is not going to return as a result of having something that resembles a chihuahua's penis sticking out of the back of your head. And why do I see a thousand of these guys at every car show I go to?
I suppose I'll try my hand at this:
When you're working on the computer and go to save something, and your computer crashes at that exact moment when you're saving. Maybe I'm insane for not saving religiously every 2 seconds, but god damnit, it takes all the self control I can muster to avoid putting my white-knuckled fist through the monitor.
When you are in line, at CVS for example, where the line system is fairly disorganized. The person behind you decides to stand as close to you as physically possible, because they have sized you up as being too meek and meager to not let someone break you in line when it is finally your turn to go up to the register. Little do they know, I will backhand them with my purchases if they try it :)
People on airplanes who sit in the wrong seat to be near a family member and then act incredibly inconvenienced when the correct seatholder has to ask them to move. Understandably parents want to be by small children and such, but I think old Roger and Laverne can be separated for the duration of the flight without too much emotional trauma. Also, families who assume other passengers will have no problem switching seats to accomodate them, rather than making the effort of getting seats together at any point prior to boarding the plane. There are many ways to do this, like choosing them originally online, talking to the representative who checks your bags, or talking to the desk people at the terminal. There is nothing more awkward than getting on a plane and shoving your carryon under the seat only to be asked to get up and somehow shuffle around a plus size mom and her kids in the aisle so they can sit together. Invariably your new seat is right in front of the child and you get kicked the whole flight.
Fat people on airplanes-- not simply overweight people, but those fat people who are so obese they spill into the seat next to them. I also hate the airlines who won't charge them for two seats. The fat people say that double-charging them would be discrimination, but this doesn't make sense. If a small pizza will satiate a normal person, but your fat ass needs a large to feel full, then it's not discrimination to charge your fat ass for the extra pizza. So go get your stomach stapled or pony up the extra dough for an extra seat.
i hate opinions: keep them to yourself. yea you know who you are. did i ask for them?
I really hate when guys are called "Trey". Gimme a fucking break. This was cool, in, what, 1991? No one has this on his birth certificate. Stop kidding yourself already.
Purses (or anything) that have the label or designer's initials printed all over them. This isn't a pattern, it's a logo! Ugly, and pretentious too, because now everyone knows in an instant exactly how much it cost. Even worse are the knock-offs that spell out some no-name designer's initials- now everyone knows that your bag is a cheap knock-off of something that WOULD be pretentious if it were real.
Long flights, where you feel like you're almost there, because you're relatively close, but you still have about 2 more hours to go. Those last 2 hours are the worst.
For some reason everyone I meet in a class or work setting thinks I'm extremely timid, shy, and studious. I guess there are worse preconceptions people could have about me and it often works to my advantage, but EVERY TIME I go out with new people or run into acquaintances they ALWAYS say "wow, you're a lot different than I thought! I never expected to be out doing this with you!" And so I hate that people assume others' personalities are one-dimensional. Sometimes a person is bitchy, other times they're sweet, loud, quiet, awkward, social butterfly, etc. Behavior is a function of both the person and the situation. AHH NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!
Except Ramit, a fellow (ex) psych major. I think he will.
Friends that won't sit your ass down and tell you you're being a moron when you are. After I ended a fairly idiotic relationship, my roommate and friend of 2 YEARS was like, "uh... yeah, I never liked her and she was totally wrong for you" Thanks for the newsflash, where were you when I frikkin' needed you?
Corollary: Anyone who would not appreciate a friend giving you 1) their honest opinion but also 2) their friendship even when you don't take their advice.
People that are determinedly, stubbornly wrong about an easy determinable fact.
why do people say things with no substance? i ask for input on a project or an opinion and they ramble about general ideas. "oh you should use viral marketing to make it successful". wow that was so profound, helpful and a great opinion on making my site a huge success. by the way go check that site: www.collegeup.org: free college classifieds that don't suck
Why is it that the coffee shop is always out of plain old chocolate chip cookies, and full to the brim with oatmeal apricot and other detestable and Bolshevik flavors?
people who do reply all instead of just replying to the sender. they should teach that skill in college
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