I'm guessing most of the world has been through this, and it's been a meaningful milestone in many of my friends' lives: turning 20. By the time you read this, I will have completed that task.
In memory of the 20 years I have lived in this simulated reality we call "life," here are 20 things I genuinely hate now that I'm 20.
1. Everyone my age.
I've grown up, but no one else has.
2. Going to school.
I'm done learning and I'm ready to go back home and be unemployed.
3. Popular music.
I've hated this for a while, maybe since birth, but now it's getting hard to believe that the people who are singing/rapping nowadays are actually adults.
4. People telling me I have no right to call myself an adult.
Yeah, Mom, this one's about you.
5. My more successful friends.
Like the one who basically owns multiple Dominos stores. You know who you are and so does everyone else.
6. My past favorite foods.
Flamin' Hot Cheetos want to burn my heart to pieces. And they have.
7. All my old clothes.
Why do I have so many "Lego Movie" T-shirts??
8. Shopping for new clothes.
Being an adult and still shopping in the junior's section feels like being a teenager still shopping in the children's section. Wrong and kind of gross.
9. People with meaningless advice.
Oh, really, I should "forge my own path???" Wow, what an original thought.
10. People who judge me for playing Dungeons & Dragons.
As if you don't secretly want to join.
11. When my little brother wants me to play cops and robbers.
There's a group of kids right over there, but no, I'm the chosen one.
12. Workplace and classroom interaction.
No, I don't want to hear about whatever you did on 6th Street this weekend and no, I definitely don't want to hear your newborn child's name.
13. Talking to someone on the phone while they're talking to someone else who's actually physically near them.
Rude.
14. Birthday parties.
Why celebrate your life only once a year? Celebrate your life every day. Or celebrate your life no days. I really don't care.
15. Odyssey listicles that add no meaning or purpose to anyone's life.
You're probably only reading this because you know me, and isn't that kind of sad on my part?
16. Lightbulbs that are half-lit.
Make a decision.
17. Hearing Disney songs in any context.
Except for the "Tangled" soundtrack.
18. Strangers.
Especially friendly ones. There's no way you do or should care how I'm feeling today.
19. ...
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20. ^ Writer's block.
Will this be a lifelong problem? We'll find out if I make it to the end of my life.