Why is there no “Hate” button beside the “Like” button. Or, for those pansies who hate the word hate (oh, I know you’re out there, you hypocritical bastards), how about a more PC “Dislike” button?

This question has plagued me time and time again. Why can’t we hate, dislike, give the thumbs down or reject anything anymore. I don’t remember the last time I went to a website where I could tell the world I don’t like your comment / photo / business. I have a single choice (which actually prevents it from being a choice) – like it – this is no more obvious than sites like Facebook, where all I can do is Like everything. Thing is, I don’t like everything that my friends and acquaintances do or think all day every day. I don’t agree with them constantly, in fact, many of them would attest that I never agree with them on anything, therefore the chance is even lower for people I don’t know.

Even in places where I have more than one option, none of those options let me say, I don’t like this, it is utter shit. No, they don’t even let me say it is bland, boring or even “I mostly agree with you, but there was that sentence where you offended all women, children and dogs on the planet at the same time, so I can’t like this”. So, I’m stuck with forever liking all toss-pots, bigots, morons and serial killers. Sometimes I wonder if these types, and more that we all dislike, are only increasing in number due to the fact that it has been made impossible for us to actually let them know that we don’t like them and their views.

These things don’t even have to extend to people, let’s say I discovered there was an asteroid hurtling towards us, and our impending doom was only days away. I could post it on Facebook, and if the whole world was reading my status, no one could click “That’s shit”, because it doesn’t exist. No, you’d all be forced to like the fact that you were going to burn a fiery death before being pummelled a kilometer into your local rock bed.

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