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There’s a certain website centered around a certain phrase and a certain three-letter abbreviation that I absolutely cannot stand. Now, for anyone who doesn’t know me, there are a lot of words and sayings that I can’t take whatsoever, but this is not because of any sort of semantical or overused reason. I hate this abbreviation and the idea behind it because it exists in the first place.

I’m not going to say what it is. I don’t want to give it any more direct attention, as I firmly believe it does not deserve even a shred of anyone’s time, yet there are hundreds, thousands of people who love using it, and think they’re, I don’t know, funny, or interesting, or whatever because they use it.

The idea behind it is that it’s used when one believes that whatever situation they’re currently in is absolutely horrible, the worst possible. They use it to show displeasure in how their life is happening, as if it couldn’t possibly get worse than how it is at that moment. But what’s actually more horrible about it is that it’s become a part of everyday usage for some people. They just casually throw it around, maybe to get a laugh, maybe to get a rise out of someone. As far as I can tell, the phrase/abbreviation is the most popular in North America.

Let me tell you something; you don’t have it bad. You don’t have to dig through rubble to find your loved ones. You don’t have to worry about whether or not you’ll be killed by a suicide bomber on your way to get food for your family. Further more, you probably don’t even have to worry about not having enough food for your family.

Dinged your car? Missed a payment on a credit card? Ok, are you still alright? Still breathing? Be thankful, perhaps for more than 1 day a year when everyone says you should be. I sincerely do not wish anything bad upon anyone at all, ever, but it’s tough for some people to find perspective until they REALLY get into trouble, and that’s sad. You shouldn’t have to have a loved one go through something horrible for you to appreciate life, just appreciate it right now. Anyone who doesn’t is a fool.

And Fools Must Learn to appreciate rather than complain.