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This is a pretty fun one, but still a social responsibility study nonetheless. See? Studying CAN be fun! Basically, I think the word “hate” is overused in our popular culture today, especially when paired, as the verb, to the subject, “I”. The overuse of the word hate has kind of sucked the meaning out of a word and sentiment that once packed a punch in our society. And I don’t think that’s a good thing. I mean, come on, right now when you say, “I hate that,” it really sounds like you’re saying, “Ugh, that again.” Doesn’t really convey true, utter, blinding, rage-filled hate, now, does it? Or at least: if that’s going to happen, we’ll be needing a new  word with widespread acceptance as very bad to balance out our vernacular yin and yang, I think.  So…what to replace hate with, what to replace hate with… Loathe is always a good one, but too archaic-sounding for the masses to use properly… Abhor sounds way too snooty… Repelled is nice, but it generally requires a preposition in this context and implies more of a physicality than pure hatredOooh! Oooh! I think I have one. Abominate! How about we start using abominate when we really hate something? And then it’ll make people laugh too because they’ll immediately picture the abominable snowman and…ok, maybe not. Crap. I hate it when I can’t think of the right word. Just forget it. Move along. Nothing to see here. Except of course for this social responsibility commentary video action, natch.

90 Responses to “The Word “Hate” is Overused”

  1. ilililhy Says:

    i love this woman reporter shes sexy hot hot ,i just( hate )it ,she does not know me . kiss to you kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss and a thousand more kisses i send you my sweetheart

  2. YearoftheKlown Says:

    Strange I haven’t used that word in years.I forgot it existed (really)

  3. YearoftheKlown Says:

    [..YouTube..] Strange I haven’t used that word in years.
    I forgot it existed (really)

  4. tothemax01 Says:

    Hate is the natural response to injustice, evil and stupidity. Hate by its self is not wrong. Nor is love by itself right. Is the man who loves to hurt people a good man? Same rule applied to intolerance. Hate when its due, love when its due.

  5. tothemax01 Says:

    [..YouTube..] Hate is the natural response to injustice, evil and stupidity. Hate by its self is not wrong. Nor is love by itself right. Is the man who loves to hurt people a good man? Same rule applied to intolerance. Hate when its due, love when its due.

  6. Martinez1887 Says:

    i do hate the USA and every us-american, u are fucking war-criminals, go and hang yourself so we can live with a lot less hate, u do massmurder ppl all around the world

  7. Martinez1887 Says:

    [..YouTube..] i do hate the USA and every us-american, u are fucking war-criminals, go and hang yourself so we can live with a lot less hate, u do massmurder ppl all around the world

  8. Rewipeslideass Says:

    Martinez1887…Nice Little Wayne videos on your page, He is American…

  9. Rewipeslideass Says:

    [..YouTube..] Martinez1887…Nice Little Wayne videos on your page, He is American…

  10. Mounhas Says:

    The Resident for President…

  11. Mounhas Says:

    [..YouTube..] The Resident for President…

  12. stp52x Says:

    Did that one lady say the word love was overused?!?!?!?! Good god!!

  13. stp52x Says:

    [..YouTube..] Did that one lady say the word love was overused?!?!?!?! Good god!!

  14. SquallLionhart409 Says:

    I hate the crap the US has gone through because of its involvement in the Middle East.Sadly I like the though of George Carlin’s satire of Hit and Runs. “Leave these people alone; they’ve just been in a major traffic accident!” Let just say sorry and leave.Actually on topic, many words are overused. Swearing has become so common that saying ‘damn you’ is one of those things that people would just laugh at.If someone says “I hate you” it means almost nothing. Words have lost their meaning.

  15. SquallLionhart409 Says:

    [..YouTube..] I hate the crap the US has gone through because of its involvement in the Middle East.

    Sadly I like the though of George Carlin’s satire of Hit and Runs. “Leave these people alone; they’ve just been in a major traffic accident!” Let just say sorry and leave.

    Actually on topic, many words are overused. Swearing has become so common that saying ‘damn you’ is one of those things that people would just laugh at.

    If someone says “I hate you” it means almost nothing. Words have lost their meaning.

  16. FnHilarious101 Says:

    I hate faggots i hate canadains and i hate british people.

  17. FnHilarious101 Says:

    [..YouTube..] I hate faggots i hate canadains and i hate british people.

  18. Zeaky0arteest Says:

    Lol did you watch the video? Or…

  19. Zeaky0arteest Says:

    [..YouTube..] Lol did you watch the video? Or…

  20. eb8323 Says:

    Was that Ghandi at the end? If so he did not “have it all figured out.” Ghandi liked to give enimas to young girls, in some cases pre-teen, but we all have our faults I guess.

  21. eb8323 Says:

    [..YouTube..] Was that Ghandi at the end? If so he did not “have it all figured out.” Ghandi liked to give enimas to young girls, in some cases pre-teen, but we all have our faults I guess.

  22. xxmack10xx Says:

    “Ive never met the guy” lol that was funny

  23. xxmack10xx Says:

    [..YouTube..] “Ive never met the guy” lol that was funny

  24. dblite1 Says:

    Martinez1887. Eat a dick, and you are definitely out of your mind. I’d bet $100 that you live in MY country as we speak!! Martinez…..Mexican….a million of your people here illegally, your home country sucks, why else would you be here?????? Last time I checked, there are muchos mas mass murders in LA than Minnesota. Why???? less Mexicans.Have you ever heard of war criminals in Mexico??? How about machetes and beheadings. You are an ignorant puta madre. INO Fuck you

  25. dblite1 Says:

    [..YouTube..] Martinez1887. Eat a dick, and you are definitely out of your mind. I’d bet $100 that you live in MY country as we speak!! Martinez…..Mexican….a million of your people here illegally, your home country sucks, why else would you be here?????? Last time I checked, there are muchos mas mass murders in LA than Minnesota. Why???? less Mexicans.

    Have you ever heard of war criminals in Mexico??? How about machetes and beheadings. You are an ignorant puta madre. INO Fuck you

  26. dblite1 Says:

    [..YouTube..] Martinez1887. Eat a dick, and you are definitely out of your mind. I’d bet $100 that you live in MY country as we speak!! Martinez…..Mexican….a million of your people here illegally, your home country sucks, why else would you be here?????? Last time I checked, there are muchos mas mass murders in LA than Minnesota. Why???? less Mexicans.Have you ever heard of war criminals in Mexico??? How about machetes and beheadings. You are an ignorant puta madre. INO Fuck you

  27. mylitlepwny Says:

    FnHilarious101why do you hate Canadians? learn how to spell it first

  28. mylitlepwny Says:

    [..YouTube..] FnHilarious101

    why do you hate Canadians? learn how to spell it first

  29. mylitlepwny Says:

    [..YouTube..] FnHilarious101why do you hate Canadians? learn how to spell it first

  30. Tehafterlife Says:

    why does spelling matter so much ehh oh oh oh waitwy dose spe4ling matjer sa mach hmm

  31. Tehafterlife Says:

    [..YouTube..] why does spelling matter so much ehh oh oh oh wait
    wy dose spe4ling matjer sa mach hmm

  32. Tehafterlife Says:

    [..YouTube..] why does spelling matter so much ehh oh oh oh waitwy dose spe4ling matjer sa mach hmm

  33. Tehafterlife Says:

    lol i totaly didnt the the not as much as love comment coming but its so true wow lol

  34. Tehafterlife Says:

    [..YouTube..] lol i totaly didnt the the not as much as love comment coming but its so true wow lol

  35. patrickisready Says:

    I HATE being a FAT ASS!!

  36. patrickisready Says:

    [..YouTube..] I HATE being a FAT ASS!!

  37. landrovercrazy Says:

    Slightly hypocritical? is it not?

  38. landrovercrazy Says:

    [..YouTube..] Slightly hypocritical? is it not?

  39. jackuy12345 Says:

    I hate ppl with microphones that randomly asking u questions

  40. jackuy12345 Says:

    [..YouTube..] I hate ppl with microphones that randomly asking u questions

  41. 910burns Says:

    ???? I didn’t enjoy this video as much as your others.

  42. 910burns Says:

    [..YouTube..] ???? I didn’t enjoy this video as much as your others.

  43. SugarTomAppleRoger Says:

    I hate being called an alien by Americans. If the Americans and their rotten Constitution even take away my human status, then I can hate this.

  44. SugarTomAppleRoger Says:

    [..YouTube..] I hate being called an alien by Americans. If the Americans and their rotten Constitution even take away my human status, then I can hate this.

  45. sunstrippers Says:

    usa sucks fucking donkeys

  46. sunstrippers Says:

    [..YouTube..] usa sucks fucking donkeys

  47. hominidae7sp Says:

    perhap$ they wa$ blinded by the mirage of american hook materiali$t dream but historically…_all the continent was invaded by abusive mass mourderous spaniels & english idiots that left some idiotic genes, mostly incorsso to destroy shamanic cultures, that time the country of Mexico was called ANAHUAC & it was allready ocupied by Mexicas, from ALASKA, to NICARAGUA all that was used to be Mexico.. digg it up! THERE HAS BEEN TO MUCH SH*T, going on in this planet since sooo long ago!!

  48. hominidae7sp Says:

    [..YouTube..] perhap$ they wa$ blinded by the mirage of american hook materiali$t dream
    but historically…
    _all the continent was invaded by abusive mass mourderous spaniels & english idiots that left some idiotic genes, mostly incorsso to destroy shamanic cultures,
    that time the country of Mexico was called ANAHUAC & it was allready ocupied by Mexicas, from ALASKA, to NICARAGUA all that was used to be Mexico.. digg it up! THERE HAS BEEN TO MUCH SH*T,
    going on in this planet since sooo long ago!!

  49. hominidae7sp Says:

    [..YouTube..] perhap$ they wa$ blinded by the mirage of american hook materiali$t dream but historically…_all the continent was invaded by abusive mass mourderous spaniels & english idiots that left some idiotic genes, mostly incorsso to destroy shamanic cultures, that time the country of Mexico was called ANAHUAC & it was allready ocupied by Mexicas, from ALASKA, to NICARAGUA all that was used to be Mexico.. digg it up! THERE HAS BEEN TO MUCH SH*T, going on in this planet since sooo long ago!!

  50. greenlawnmover Says:

    I think, that the word hate is loosing it’s former shape, so how can it be overused if the original word doesn’t match the new meaning of the word? If everybody somewhat agree that hate nowadays stands for anoyingment (spelled right?? xD) and understands that the person in front of you really means it that way, that is the meaning of the word as any other words there are. It’s kind of the definition of words isn’t it? Does I make any sense at all?

  51. greenlawnmover Says:

    [..YouTube..] I think, that the word hate is loosing it’s former shape, so how can it be overused if the original word doesn’t match the new meaning of the word? If everybody somewhat agree that hate nowadays stands for anoyingment (spelled right?? xD) and understands that the person in front of you really means it that way, that is the meaning of the word as any other words there are. It’s kind of the definition of words isn’t it? Does I make any sense at all?

  52. RuflessRecords Says:

    3:00 “why should I hate Bin Laden”? Take it up with some 9/11 family members who were burned and then splattered all over the sidewalks in NYC. And watch his video afterwards all excited about it.How can you hate Hitler, I mean, you’ve never seen him so…

  53. RuflessRecords Says:

    [..YouTube..] 3:00 “why should I hate Bin Laden”? Take it up with some 9/11 family members who were burned and then splattered all over the sidewalks in NYC. And watch his video afterwards all excited about it.

    How can you hate Hitler, I mean, you’ve never seen him so…

  54. RuflessRecords Says:

    [..YouTube..] 3:00 “why should I hate Bin Laden”? Take it up with some 9/11 family members who were burned and then splattered all over the sidewalks in NYC. And watch his video afterwards all excited about it.How can you hate Hitler, I mean, you’ve never seen him so…

  55. sk8well37 Says:

    [..YouTube..] i tend to have a strong dislike for all the wanna be gangsters and the glorification of the gangster mentality. please pull up your pants and stop acting tough. you might think that you look intimidating and scary but its not fear that you instill but actually you come across as so overwhelmingly ignorant, and thats what scares people.

  56. BILLYBOBAROSKI Says:

    [..YouTube..] suck suck suck my Cock………..

  57. garethac81 Says:

    [..YouTube..] “Do you think the word hate is overused?”

    “Not as much as love…”

    Great answer. Love is overused as a word FAR more than hate…and yes, that does have a negative effect. It dilutes the purity and integrity of the concept.

    It’s important to love, and to hate (one cannot exist without the other, and without either of them all you have is cold indifference)…but be careful what you choose for each of them, and never use either of them unless you mean it.

  58. garethac81 Says:

    [..YouTube..] “Do you think the word hate is overused?”"Not as much as love…”Great answer. Love is overused as a word FAR more than hate…and yes, that does have a negative effect. It dilutes the purity and integrity of the concept.It’s important to love, and to hate (one cannot exist without the other, and without either of them all you have is cold indifference)…but be careful what you choose for each of them, and never use either of them unless you mean it.

  59. br3n7l337 Says:

    [..YouTube..] bahahaha why was that one scratching his bellybutton when she asked him about her shirt 1:44 lol

  60. Cordantheman Says:

    [..YouTube..] Actually there is no other evidence to connect Bin Laden to the 9/11 tragedy other than a random video tape. You can look his poster up on the FBI website and see that it isn’t even on his wanted poster. ^^

  61. RuflessRecords Says:

    [..YouTube..] other than many statements, other than him saying repeatedly on tape that he was going to attack us, afterwards that his group had attacked us, other than countless audio tapes and video tapes he’s made plus all the Alqaeda terrorists who see him as their leader, refer to him as their leader, all the people who’ve seen him in real life at Alqaeda training camps esp. before September 11th, plus the word of his own family, other than that, there’s not too much more…

  62. Cordantheman Says:

    [..YouTube..] Still not legally proven though which is why it’s not on his wanted poster. On another note, I’d also like to point out that none of the terrorists involved in 9/11 were form Iraq….

  63. RuflessRecords Says:

    [..YouTube..] Good to know you keep up with the latest. Did you hear they didn’t find WMD’s too?

  64. Brulluhman Says:

    [..YouTube..] The woman 3:15 is right. If you use it to often it loses it’s meaning. I think that counts for many things involved with what you feel.

  65. FunHappySprinkles Says:

    [..YouTube..] HATERS GONNA HATE

  66. Lisadotcom Says:

    [..YouTube..] I hate stupid and ignorant ppl too naaw :)

  67. Rebelchikaa Says:

    [..YouTube..] ok wow….this is such great reporting. I didn’t learn anything.

  68. boredism07 Says:

    [..YouTube..] hate is thrown around too much… try loathe. for me i loathe ignorance, i loathe being broken hearted.

  69. idontcare80 Says:

    [..YouTube..] I hate people that don’t hate anything. If you don’t hate something about the way us humans live ours lives then you must not know anything about it!

  70. rebeleyens Says:

    [..YouTube..] I hate over educated dumb kids who smoke too much pot. When people use words like new agey, they definitely don’t have a broad enough vocabulary to warrant listening to their opinion.I hate that everyone’s opinion is now considered important to consider b4 anything gets done, because nothing gets done as a result. I hate lobbyists and I love the West Coast where people seem like they are sane. We should move the capital of the US out here, Seattle anyone?

  71. tacitus7 Says:

    [..YouTube..] If we loved nothing, we would hate nothing. Love is the greater act of the will. It is the greater emotion. I try to avoid hating. It tends to drain me. “Love thy enemies, do good unto those who hurt you.” I think Jesus nailed that one on the head.I can be angry at a situation or person. It helps me oppose them so they do no harm that which I love. But I try not to allow it to become hate.

  72. filoufilsmoker Says:

    [..YouTube..] @tothemax01 Proving that love by itself isn’t necessarily right doesn’t prove in any way that hate must be right

  73. tothemax01 Says:

    [..YouTube..] @filoufilsmoker Agreed. Is this rebuttal or just a statement?

  74. filoufilsmoker Says:

    [..YouTube..] @tothemax01 More of a statement, I am not saying that hate by itself is right or wrong, but that there is a fault in your argumentation. I must also concede that your small text is well written and definitively deserve a thumbs up.

  75. godzillaleas Says:

    [..YouTube..] Niave stupid people piss me off. Like this stupid liberal bitch above me^^^^^^^^^^^^

  76. AztlanMeansWhiteLand Says:

    [..YouTube..] @rebeleyens West Coast is so sane.Only almost every gang in the U.S has come out of California.

  77. 11essexboi11 Says:

    [..YouTube..] haha what about barbers

  78. BlakeCobain Says:

    [..YouTube..] God damn.. Yes, the word hate is overused. Like for example, when people say that they hate their parents ’cause they didn’t let them have a party at their house like one time. Really? Do they really want to hate their parents for that?I mean that (at least for me), that hate is something that can only be used when you really have a gruge against someone. You want to see them dead and/or suffer really bad. Just the thought of them makes your blood bubble of rage, I think that’s hate.

  79. fourtriangles2112 Says:

    [..YouTube..] i like your shirt,you wear it well

  80. 02javis Says:

    [..YouTube..] Hate is good ..when you became conscious of it.

  81. JosefinaChile19 Says:

    [..YouTube..] I love you resident. you’re awesome!!!!!

  82. Raffi2006 Says:

    [..YouTube..] @tothemax01 well said

  83. TheLoneStarWolf Says:

    [..YouTube..] i love asian girls,ill break this hate chain and make snoosnoo with the next asian girl i see

  84. paydog23 Says:

    [..YouTube..] I love to hate and I will defend my right to hate! Hatred is such a passionate, exciting, and confident feeling. It feels good and even when it hurts, it hurts so good. Hating is fun.

  85. paydog23 Says:

    [..YouTube..] I don’t think HATE is a strong word and I hate when people call it a strong word. It’s how I feel about certain things and it’s the best word to describe how I feel. I mean dislike or don’t like just doesn’t cut it sometimes. Seriously. And hey Lori, I hate that you don’t wear something more revealing LOL

  86. pureperil Says:

    [..YouTube..] 3:57 on, WTF!

  87. ZombiePlayerz Says:

    [..YouTube..] hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate

  88. tabbyque Says:

    [..YouTube..] “If I hear someone say hate, hate, hate all the time…” Then maybe they are very full hate and discontentment within themselves.

  89. 5959512 Says:

    [..YouTube..] Hate is like a hot stone you pickup meaning to throw at others and you burn yourself

  90. agoldmanify Says:

    [..YouTube..] I hate that you interviewed a young American John Lennon and didn’t tell the world one existed.

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