20 Things The World Would Be A Better Place Without
4. Street Fundraisers
If we want to donate to charity, we'll do it. We don't need a constant guilt-trip every time we head down the high street from charity workers boundless approaches. Charity fundraisers of these sort basically make you feel like Hitler for saying no to their emotional ploys.
"15 million children die every year. Do you think that's right?"
Oh my God, just take my card details and don't publicly crucify me will you, all I wanted was get from the chemist to the bus station without having to pretend to answer my telephone eight times and furiously avoiding eye contact at all costs. I'm not saying these people are bad, they're doing good work; but do you really think THEY enjoy having people raise their palm as if they were a dog, shouting abuse or simply just ignoring them? Hell no they don't, so just get rid of the whole notion before somebody ends up in hospital with a collection box up their A-hole.
3. The X Factor
"I wanted to become a singer when my dog died - he used to love Whitney Houston and he always encouraged me to live my dream. This opportunity is everything to me." Cue tears, massively OTT violins leading to a rambunctious emotional orchestra of overhyped bullsh*t. Now watch as the vote flood in with the tears of millions of X Factor viewrs - fooled by yet another wannabe's sob story. This leads me to the best rant on the topic ever. Enter, the man; the legend; the Dave Grohl:
"It's destroying the next generation of musicians! Musicians should go to a yard sale and buy an old f*cking drum set and get in their garage and just suck. And get their friends to come in and they'll suck, too. And then they'll f*cking start playing and they'll have the best time they've ever had in their lives and then all of a sudden they'll become Nirvana. Because that's exactly what happened with Nirvana. That can happen again! You don't need a f*cking computer or the Internet or The Voice or American Idol."
It's unnatural to believe you become a musician by standing in a line for 10 hours with another thousand people at a convention centre, where you sing your soul to someone, just for them to tell you it's not good enough. Make it stop.
