{"id":1387489,"date":"2016-03-17T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1387489"},"modified":"2016-03-21T14:10:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T18:10:29","slug":"calling-all-sparklers-whats-the-one-thing-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/calling-all-sparklers-whats-the-one-thing-you-hate-that-everyone-else-loves\/","title":{"rendered":"CALLING ALL SPARKLERS: What&#8217;s the One Thing You Hate That Everyone Else Loves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\" http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/UGHMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People are generally sensible. I&#8217;m lying, we&#8217;re all terrible. We can&#8217;t agree on anything and we&#8217;re always ready to fight. Sometimes the disagreement is 50\/50, with half the population heartily in favor and half the population vehemently opposed. Example: Kanye West. I feel like it&#8217;s a pretty even split with Kanye West. Sometimes it&#8217;s more like 70\/30, like with garlic bread. Most people like it. Some people don&#8217;t. That&#8217;s okay.<\/p>\n<p>But other times you&#8217;re the lone sane person in a vast sea of delusion. Everyone likes the thing, but you know the truth: the thing is terrible. For me, this thing is summer. In theory, I like it. There&#8217;s no school. The sun is shining. Popsicles are everywhere. But beneath this bright and shiny popsicle-laden surface lies something sinister. Everyone&#8217;s gross and sweaty. I&#8217;m allergic to pollen. Bugs are back, and this time it&#8217;s personal.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry. I know that hating on summer makes me a black-hearted wraith of misery. It&#8217;s just that I really hate flip-flops. I hate them so much.<\/p>\n<p>So tell me\u2014what do you despise? What do people hate you for hating? I&#8217;m asking out of my own self-interest, actually. I need to know that there is as much hate coursing through the veins of others as there is in my abominable, summer-loathing carcass.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cream cheese frosting is our MORTAL ENEMY and anyone who likes it is FOOLING THEMSELVES. What&#8217;s wildly popular thing do you hate?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are generally sensible. I&#8217;m lying, we&#8217;re all terrible. We can&#8217;t agree on anything and we&#8217;re always ready to fight. Sometimes the disagreement is 50\/50, with half the population heartily in favor and half the   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1356,1073,1011,165,190],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387489"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}