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Permalink Reply by Reason Voyager on November 30, 2011 at 7:33pm

Loves (these are a few of my favorite things...)

Natural Beauty, Science (Especially Anthropology), Star Trek TOS and Next Generation, History, Music (Classic Rock, Jazz, Classical to name a few), Adventures Great and Small, Hiking, Running, Swimming & Boating, Animals, Humble People, Knowledge of All Kinds

Hates

Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Controlling Personalities, The Reality of Death, Selfishness, a lack of confidence in humanities future

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Permalink Reply by Scott A. Hunt on December 21, 2011 at 2:22pm

Loves: Cycling (road and mountain), fishing, camping, board games (Euro), science, technology, blues music, science/history shows, the sun and being in it, the feeling of cresting a climb on the bicycle and still having energy left over

Hates: traffic, religion, standing in line, shopping, people that don't use google (or other search engine) before sending stupid emails, anything woo woo, most politicians, most TV sitcoms, all reality TV, being bored

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Permalink Reply by AtheistTech on December 21, 2011 at 2:35pm

I thought this discussion was dead 'cause it drew no interest. I hope your post is a start of an avalanche. Thanks!!!

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Permalink Reply by Pat on December 21, 2011 at 3:35pm

Loves: Art, music, history, sex, travelling, Paris, London, Havana (the people and architecture - not the  government), and Las Vegas (but only for about 3 days, then I've had enough), science (even if I have difficulty with it sometimes), flying, a few cold ones every now and then, the TV show Jeopardy (OK, I'm a dweeb), and cooking .

Hates: Child Abuse (this one is closer to detestation), willful ignorance, arrogance (this, coming from a lawyer - LOL), bigotry, blind hatred based on irrationality, politics (former candidate and elected official - it really is slimy), dumb assed conservative chain emails, religion (though that is subsumed under the headings of willful ignorance and bigotry), constant holiday TV specials about how little Bobby "saved" Xmas, and automotive breakdowns.

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Permalink Reply by Carla on March 31, 2012 at 4:53pm

LOVES: Sunrises/sets on the beach, mountains, most types of music, riding on the back of our Harley, dogs, grandkids, camping, photography, road trips, family time, boating, Starbucks, astronomy, learning new things.

HATES: Racism, homophobia, fundies, praying, fakes, being stuck indoors, cold weather, reality tv.

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on March 31, 2012 at 5:45pm

This really is a nice idea.

Likes:  Sci Fi, gardening, growing fruit trees and vegetables, grapes right off my vines, plums and figs right off my trees, fresh home grown tomatoes, cooking, baking bread and pies, chocolate, garlic, specialty olive oil, Italian food, Chinese food especially dumplings, chili peppers, the smell of coffee even more that the taste of coffee, social history, human history (as opposed to political or military), science, orchids, my dog, sex (much more than like), growing orchids, talking about things that I enjoy, art and history museums, birds, feeling like I'm doing something important, critical thinking, R&B, blues, popular songs that contain the work "fuck" (as in Cee Lo Green), being able to make a good & meaningful living using my mind.  Sometimes I love being alone.

Dislikes:  Political lies, feeling manipulated, bullying at school and workplace, narcissism, that damn squirrel that keeps getting into the bird feeder, that damn squirrel that keeps eating all of my filberts, that damn squirrel that dug up my bean seeds, religious hypocrites, spin, spin, spin, newspeak, doggie flatulence, narcotics and abuse of them, racism, kneejerk responses, lack of critical thinking, noise, being out of shape, being overworked endlessly, disingenuousness.  Sometimes I hate being alone.

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Permalink Reply by Nerdlass on March 31, 2012 at 6:11pm

Loves:

Arts (Fine art, Music, Theatre...), writing, living in Japan, Movies, Books, Sci-Fi (From Trek to Dr. Who to Babylon 5, Tron, Dune, SG... list goes on.), superheros, zombies, some Fantasy (LOTR, Dark Crystal), public transportation (outside the US 9.9), emotions :D, mythology (as opposed to the religions based on them), cross-culture learning, education in general, puns (My friends call me 'oyaji' or 'old man' sometimes, because in Japan, puns are old men jokes), cooking, more stuff I can't think of right now.

Hates: myopic party(ing) mentality; bigotry (this encompasses a LOT, basically the lack of human rights--religious strong-arming comes under this IMHO); working through grief of the dead (it was easier when I believed they moved on--I'm fine with my own death, saying goodbye otherwise is very difficult); the misuse of PC in place of common sense; allergies; the current US presidential election; politics in general; needing to pass gas when it's quiet and amongst other people and I can't pardon myself to the bathroom; forgetting that my laptop isn't a touch-screen; pedestrians taking up the shoulder, when it's a small road and there is car traffic next to me while I'm on a bike; ATMs in Japan aren't 24/7; grocery stores here open at 9 AM...

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Permalink Reply by MB on March 31, 2012 at 9:44pm

Hates

Making lists

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Permalink Reply by booklover on April 1, 2012 at 9:37am

Loves:  My kids (20 and almost 18!), all animals (except lots of humans, lol), the beauty of nature, books!, open-mindedness, diet Coke or Pepsi with Lime, coffee, traveling with my hubby and kids, dessert!, the internet (most of the time), cell-phones (because it keeps me from worrying about my kids).

Hates: Intolerance, the Tea Party, type 1 diabetes (my son has it~it's an auto-immune disease, unlike type 2), sad songs, disease, mushrooms :), anyone who is mean to my kids, religion, and seafood.

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Permalink Reply by Idaho Spud on April 1, 2012 at 3:07pm

LOVE:
Truth.
Laughing.
Green growing things.
Eating berries & peas fresh from my garden.
Science.
Technology.
Intelligent, kind, humble, and honest people.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Pat Condell.
Music (mostly the rock&roll of the 60s, folk, and A cappella).  I Also enjoy singing.

HATE:
Liars, which include most advertisers, businessmen, salesmen, politicians, and religious leaders.
Egotists.
Bullies.
Noise.
Religion and all Woo.

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Permalink Reply by Idaho Spud on April 1, 2012 at 3:17pm

Under LOVE, I forgot one of my heroes:  My father, who was the kindest man I know.

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Permalink Reply by Chantal Wallace on April 1, 2012 at 3:20pm

Likes: Music from around the world, Cooking, Reading, Complimenting people, That sentimental look on people's faces when you tell them something positive that they haven't heard in a long time, college life, love, hugs, and the simple things in life. 

Hates: Bystanders who do nothing to stop injustice when they see it (not thousands of miles away but) directly in front of them, bigotry, hate, narrow closed minds, any phobias developed from ignorance, booty calls, and poking.

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