The Book of Despair

1. In the beginning there was the Uncaring Universe. And the Uncaring Universe did not give a shit about you or your problems
2. And, behold, the Uncaring Universe did look upon the vastness of space and say “that’s a lot of room. I should put some shit there”. And the Uncaring Universe did shit upon the space.
3. And when the Uncaring Universe had shat upon space, it gazed upon its shit and it did say “Meh. Good enough”
4. The Uncaring Universe did gaze upon its shit and it saw that one of the pieces was a little less shitty than the rest.  And it said “I should do something about that.  I will create Man and place him upon the less shitty world that he may cause the world to be more shitty.
5. And the Uncaring Universe did place man upon the face of the Earth that he may go forward, multiply, and cause The Earth to be shitty.
6. And shit happened
7. And one day Ian the Campbell was born.  And behold, that was bullshit, because that was not his real name
8. And Ian, whose name was bullshit, did grow into a man
9. And Ian, whose name was bullshit, did wax wise in the sophistry of men.
10. And behold, Ian, whose name was bullshit, did inflict his sophistry upon willing readers
11. And thus he spake unto his willing readers
12. “Willing Readers, this I desirest thou to know:
13. People Suck
14. When someone you’re not related to welcomes you to “The Family”, turn and run like a son of a bitch
15. Whenever a manager uses the word “proactive” in a sentence, you know something is about to suck
16. If wishes were fishes we’d have some to fry
    1. (Corollary)  Actually, If wishes were fishes, they’d probably all get that disease where the fish literally puke their guts out and die and float to the top and all the other fish would devour the dead fish–or wish–in an orgy of cannibalism.
17. If someone preemptively assures you that something isn’t going to happen, you can count on it happening
    1. (Corollary) If someone preemptively assures you of anything, then they are full of shit.
    2. (Corollary) If someone preemptively asserts that they are or are not something then they probably are, or are not exactly that thing
18. The bigger the pickup, the bigger the asshole at the wheel
    1. (Corollary) The bigger the pickup, the smaller the penis on the asshole at the wheel
19. Suicidal teenagers are fucking annoying
20. Teenagers who think they are Vampires are fucking annoying
21. Teenagers are fucking annoying
22. They have mobile phone coverage on the Summit of Mt. Everest now.  Climbing Mt. Everest has jumped the shark.
    1. (Corollary) The phrase “jumped the shark” has, itself, jumped the shark
23. The driver’s side windshield wiper will always wear out before the passenger-side
24. The shitty-ness of the music is directly related to the loudness to which a teenager will feel compelled to turn up the volume
25. The internet is full of shit
    1. (Corollary) People on the internet tend to be full of shit as well
    2. (Corollary) …and they don’t know when to sit down and shut up
26. Everyone thinks that no-one loves music as much as they do
27. When picking up a take-out order from a restaurant, the special order you have to double-check before leaving will be at the very bottom of the bag
28. In the parking lot, that stupid person meandering aimlessly in front of you will be parked right next to you
    1. (Corollary) They will also drive the way they walk
29. Whenever someone comes into your office, the most embarrassing song on your your iPod will come up in shuffle.  No matter how many un-embarrassing songs there are to choose from.
30. Nothing profound has ever been said on Twitter
31. Nothing profound will ever be said on Twitter
32. The further away from New York you were on 9/11/2001, the more likely you are to wax rhapsodic with affected pathos about The World Trade center on any given 9/11.
33. Everybody thinks that they are more like grumpy cat than anybody else
34. Wikipedia:  A million nerds can’t be wrong
35. Unless they’re talking about women, in which case a million nerds are always wrong
36. All internet comments sections are headed to the same destination:  a huge dick-waving contest.
37. You will hit every light green when you just need 10 more seconds to finish surreptitiously sending that text message from your car.
38. Everybody thinks the drivers in their town are worse than everybody else’s town.  The truth is everybody is a bad driver everywhere.
39. Jaywalkers will always run across the two lanes you’re not in, then walk across the lane you are in
40. Any person who declares that they were educated at “the school of hard knocks” or “the school of life” on Facebook is 99% likely to not only be catastrophically ignorant, but also noisily proud of their own ignorance.