Between global warming, political discord, and Harry Style’s acting career, humanity is speeding towards self-destruction faster than you can say, “I hate everything.”

Chances are, you find it funny to hate everything. Despising people is considered a joke that everyone makes nowadays. People use “hate” without any thought about the harshness of what they are saying.

The youth of today have turned into a bunch of modern Ebenezer Scrooges. However, instead of a vendetta against Christmas, young people have a mission to passive aggressively rebel against society by hating (or mildly disliking) everything.

While overusing “hate” seems funny, it also gives insight into a larger problem: our generation’s entitled mindset has twisted the meaning of a simple word. We believe that our vendetta against ‘The Man’ is strong enough to justify hatred, even if we’ve never experienced true injustice in our entire life.

Our generation has embraced “hate” in excess, using the word to describe everything. Any inconvenience is a cause for hatred.

But when did people begin overusing “hate”? It’s always been present, but as far as I can tell the trend grew exponentially when the recent election began to pick up speed. As candidates began to create more inflammatory discussion on minorities, economics, and immigration laws, the future of the election seemed more and more bleak.

For example, I was discussing politics with my friends when the conversation turned into a hate fest for all the candidates.

“I hate the way Ben Carson speaks.”

“I hate Trump.”

“But I hate Hillary, too.”

“I hate this election. I hate everything.”

In reality, it’s impossible to feel that strongly about everything. Having others hear our opinion satisfies our need to be justified in our feelings and validates us.