Don’t Need No Hateration
First of all - Congrats Robert, apparently your post was the 100th post. So… w00t!
Now. While driving on Highland the other day, I spotted this on the car in front of me. I knew there was a reason I always carry my camera with me! Fulton County on there is what makes it so beautifully ironic.
But seriously folks… I don’t understand this kind of stuff. Why, if you live in Atlanta, would you go to the trouble of getting an “I Hate Atlanta” license plate? I’m not trying to be one of those “either you’re with us or you’re against us”/”if you don’t like it you can get out!” people but… I mean, why expend such effort to proclaim your hateration to all around you? Do you just like to bitch? -I mean, hey, I like to bitch, I’m not going to lie. But I also like to at least attempt to be part of the solution. You see what I’m sayin’ here?
Commence flaming me…
August 4th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
SUV, right?
August 5th, 2005 at 9:37 am
Actually, it was an Acura. (I shouldn’t have cut that part out of the picture.) I think it I would have drowned in the stereotypicalness of it all if it had been an SUV.
August 5th, 2005 at 9:49 am
How do you know they aren’t attempting to be part of the solution?
What if someone said to you:
I mean, I just think you know nothing about this person.
Hey, maybe they just hate the airport, and thus are using its standard three-letter code…
August 5th, 2005 at 10:23 am
Well, it’s like Bill Clinton said after the Oklahoma City bombing. You can’t love your country, yet hate your government.
Policies are different, though, unless it means “all policies.” It’s entirely conceivable to love your country, but disagree with some of its policies.
August 5th, 2005 at 10:43 am
I should follow what I said, by the way, with an observation of how strange and foreign it is to me that someone would go out of their way to hate where they live. It’s a clear excuse to either be lazy, or deliberately break windows.
August 6th, 2005 at 4:19 pm
I had the same thought as Garrett - maybe they just really, really hate the airport. I’m starting to hate it a little, myself.
August 8th, 2005 at 2:38 pm
Big difference between saying you hate the policies of a government and hating a whole place itself. The tag bearer has no reasonable doubt about how the message will be received by those that read it.
I don’t saying it to this person- “Get out of Atlanta.”
November 3rd, 2005 at 8:09 am
Atlanta DOES suck.
And what does “w00t!” mean?
November 25th, 2005 at 11:01 pm
Jeez, y’all are reading way to much into this. Dude/dudette wasn’t trashing the city or the airport. He/she was just expressing their contempt at the sub-standard programing found on the WB channel 36. My money is on it actually being Drew Jubera…
January 22nd, 2006 at 3:32 pm
Hi all of you Atlanta hating fans, I hate Atlanta. I have been here on and off too may years and I am certainly planning to leave this darn city within the next year. This time, Atlanta will be in my rear view mirror for the rest of my life. I am a college student to retrain in a new field that is much more stable than my present line of work. This is my personal subscription to plan a solid foundation to move to a smaller Georgia town far away from Atlanta. For me, Atlanta is living in hell.
Sincerely,
Bruce
March 20th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
I’ve only lived in ATL for about a year now, and yeah the traffic sucks, but, I love it here. It’s a great city, it’s got great music, great personality, and great people (most of the time).