At a concert, will bring the hate in 2-3 hours when I get home, but go ahead and skip me in the meantime.

I'll pick...gimme a minute

ROUND 5

Spoiler:

category: song

Spoiler:

Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae

On the surface, this is just an innocuous, albeit bad, pop song that we hear all of the time. No different than any other. But this song IS different. It's insidious. It's an ear worm non nonpareil that will destroy your equilibrium and ruin your day. Forget the boring, insipid lyrics, or how disgustingly bland they are sung...forget the melody - and you will, because it is instantly forgettable.

It's the "la la la...LA la la" before the chorus that will sneakily slip inside you and bury itself in your brain...and will reside there for the rest of the day. So blatant in their obvious attempt to create an ear worm, they don't even give this thing any real words - just the stupid la la la's.

At first listen, it might not seem so bad. But this is how it's so insidious. It's not the straight listen that does it - it's when the song is in the background and you hear it just on the edge of your consciousness that makes it so disturbingly catchy.

Like when you're playing poker in a casino.

You can barely hear the rest of the song, but you WILL hear the LA LA LA's. Over and over and over and over again, until you cry out JESUS GOD MAKE IT STOP, and you will get some blessed relief when the song is finally over...

But then IT begins in earnest.

Because it is stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Not the song, oh no. For the song being in your head - as bad as this one is - isn't the torture that awaits you. All that stays in your head is the damn La La la...LA la la. Over and over again.

By then, I usually want to dig a spike into my brain to make it stop.

I HATE this song more than I can hate anything on this Earth. If you could kill a song, I would kill this one. Even if it meant life in prison.

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DOM'S HATE LIST:

TOMI LAHREN - Celebrity
SRIRACHA - Food/Beverage
KEITH HARRING - Artist
The NBA - Brand
TONIGHT TONIGHT - Song

you guys can skip ahead of me...I'll need some time for my next pick

The AVClub feature "Hate Song" did one for that song and it's hilarious!!!

Really? I gotta find that. Glad to know I'm not alone.

I never heard that song either, and I stopped listening after 5 seconds or less.

mrbaseball is now on the clock!

Round 6

TV

MSNBC



The Ying to Fox News' Yang. Fox is on the far right and MSNBC is on the far left. Both are only considered news in the loosest of intrepretations. This is the far lefts infotainment channel to spread their propaganda and agenda. This may be the largest assortment of douchebags ever assembled. O"Donnell and Maddow are exceptionally foul and even though I have never seen Morning Joe I see the commercials for it all the time and according to those I despise that creepy couple.

so far:
The Chicago Cubs
Apple
The Man Bun
Unbreakable
Don't Worry Be Happy
MSNBC

so far:

Not to get political, but comparing MSNBC to FOX is a false equivalency. That's all I'll say about it here.

Typical lefty I am fully willing to admit Fox is pure bias (I don't watch it) but MSNBC is also pure bias (I don't watch it either). Only time I really turn either on is on election nights. Both are extremely one sided and if you can't see that you are blind.

ROUND 6

Spoiler:

category: city

Spoiler:

Houston

Why did anyone bother building a city in this mosquito-infested, hot (except when it's hailing) and humid swamp?

Fattest people in the country? Check
Boringest cuisine in the country? Check
Least interesting architecture in the country? Check

Seriously, if someone showed you a photo of downtown Houston, would you recognize it? It's so boring and bland and..nothing.

BTW, that photo above is of Des Moines, Iowa, not Houston. But you didn't notice. That's how nondescript this boring-ass city is.

I mean, at least Dallas has Cowboy culture and is relatively cosmopolitan. Houston has no personality at all. Bad food. A wheezing, fat populace that thinks Ed Hardy matched with cowboy boots is still the epitome of fashion.

I've spent weeks in Houston at a time. ****ing hell, I wanted to kill myself. I've spent time in Oklahoma City and it wasn't as bad and boring as Houston.

Sorry about Harvey, though...maybe now they can start over and build something interesting?

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DOM'S HATE LIST:

TOMI LAHREN - Celebrity
SRIRACHA - Food/Beverage
KEITH HARRING - Artist
The NBA - Brand
TONIGHT TONIGHT - Song
HOUSTON - City

Not sure when I'm up again, so I'll just throw this one out there:

Artist - don't know this dbag's name, but you'll recognize him.
"let's just add a touch of yellow here, and a whisper of pink there"
He starts with a blank canvas and starts slinging' paint all over the ****in' place and adding a ****load of ridiculous comment (a fluffy cloud here, a happy tree there etc) and he delivers this flaming mouthful of mush with a tone that would put a charging Rhino to sleep. What a pathetic waste of air!

See, I actually watch both on a nightly basis. And I can safely claim you have no clue what you're talking about. It's a good talking point, though. You righties are great at those.

I want to change my celebrity hate to Skip Bayless. Jesus he's horrible.

I had no idea you were a masochist I have seen enough of both that I don't want to watch either of them regularly. The main reasons (I think?) people watch either is to hear what they want to hear or hear what they want to hate. There is no in between as far as I can tell. Neither is balanced. It's sorta like the Howard Stern line that haters listen more than people who actually like it. But I have seen enough of both to know EXACTLY what they are.

Sweet pivot!

I gave him some thought but it has been so long since I have seen him (due to hate) I can't remember much about him. Years ago he wrote for the Chicago Tribune and he was the absolute worst.

Oh come on, meng! I'm in control of the situation now and you are after me. I'm after NHL Nut, and I swear if I have to write the NHL Nut is up again... I know Mr B sent that PM.

But seriously, hating on Bob Ross is just wrong.

And no, two wrongs don't make a right. I'm saying the guy's name because I know no one would pick him and I'll allow you to have him.

Okay... wait your turn. I'll be sure to PM you when you are up.

Thanks!

I didn't PM anyone because biggerboat hasn't made a pick in a few rounds and he's skipped, and DC11 has already picked.

Artichokes are awesome, btw. So he's wrong.

I'll wait until tomorrow morning to tally all the people that owe picks. If you have a blank field in rounds 1 to 6 and you are before NHL Nut in Round 6, go ahead and post your pick(s).

I'm going to go out soon, so please skip me. NHL Nut will PM redbuck, then NHL can go again, then NHL can PM mrbaseball. I'll honor Dominic's desire to close the draft at 10 and restart at 8. 10pm in Vegas is 3 hours from now.

stop telling me im up.
stop pming me.
im already a pick behind.
Ill pick when i damn well want.
im starting to hate this thread

Is that the wild card entry?

Category: TV Show

Star Trek: Discovery

I'm so hateful, I'm hating on shows that aren't even out yet!

Hardcore Trek fans have been waiting for ages for a new Star Trek series on my TV, so it was pretty exciting to hear about ST: Discovery. Exciting, that is, until we learned that the show will only air on an obscure CBS streaming service no one uses. Now I love me some ST as much as the next nerd, but I'd rather stick a ceremonial Klingon painstick up my butt than subscribe to an entire streaming service just for one show. How did they not manage to get Netflix or Amazon to buy in to this? Add in a host of rumored production setbacks and continuity problems, and it seems clear that Discovery is going to be the WOAT ST series.

Meanwhile, FOX and Seth McFarlane have teamed up to bring the sci-fi parody Orville to a network that people will actually watch. Early reviews suggest that this show is going to be a smash hit that riffs on the Star Trek franchise while also showing genuine love for the classic original series. As a lifelong Trek fan, I'm super hyped for McFarlane's show and idgaf about Discovery.



Star Trek: Discovery, your show sucks so hard that you're going to get smoked by a ****ing parody.

Wow, I had no idea it was going to be on a streaming service no one has.

Something you forgot to mention about Houston is that it's impossible to drive anywhere there. And driving is the only form of transportation.

Go 'Stros!