I’ve been a grumpy young man, a grumpy middle-aged man, and I guess I’m pretty well into the grumpy old man years by now, and I’m gonna let my fury flag fly. So without further fucking ado, here are some things and people I find annoying. Enjoy. Or don’t. I don’t give a shit.
People who enjoy being in the way. Obstructionists. I’m not talking about the common oblivious shitheads. I’m talking about people with a glint of satisfaction in their eyes when they stop to adjust their Airpods at the top of the escalator. I’m talking about the asshole who parks his car at the gas pump then wanders into the Kum-n-Go to take a leisurely shit and buy himself a SlimJim before getting around to pumping his fucking gas. Fuck that guy!
The Buffalo Bills. Who names a team after a man who became famous for his brutal efficiency in killing thousands of bison with a high powered rifle in order to starve the Indians of the plains? “Buffalo Bill” was a murderous, ignorant piece of shit of a human being. So you name your team after this fucker and then put a buffalo your logo? What the fuck is wrong with people?
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