5 Reasons We Hate Starbucks, 5 Reasons We Love Them

Starbucks, similar in this regard to McDonald's, is the object of one of America's biggest love/hate relationships--in the corporate scheme at least. This serpentine affair can be divided into two sub-relationships: those of us who both love and hate Starbucks, and those of us who don't know whether to love or hate Starbucks, and thus don't really hate them enough to withdraw our business. Below is a list I've made describing the top reasons we both love and hate this company. 1. Beginning in the mid-90's the initial burst of Starbuck's success was as brilliant to watch as a 4th of July fireworks ceremony, and our eyes were as glued to their stock chart as if it were a sky expectant of a meteor shower. Every jump upward was like another shooting star.

2. After a certain period, hard to pinpoint exactly, the constant growth of Starbucks began to sicken us for a plethora of obvious reasons. They were no longer the former underdog, rags to riches story, but had become the underdog-destroyers. And nobody likes an underdog destroyer.

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Proof That Nobody Would Care If Unicorns Existed

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How I can make such a claim is because basically a unicornesque creature does exist, and though most are familiar with this animal few could name it or say that they've given the creature more than a moment's passing thought.

This animal is much larger than a horse, has a single spiraling tusk (an extended incisor actually) which can grow to be 10 feet long, is rarely encountered in the wild, and is exclusive to the Arctic region.

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Interesting facts about the Narwhal:

-One of two species of white whale (the other being the beluga) the Narwhal is related to the Irrawaddy dolphin.

-Legend has it that inhabitants of the Arctic region thousands of years ago found a Narwhal washed up on the beach. They assumed it was a horse whose legs had rotted off. Thus, the myth of the unicorn was born.

-Narwhal means "corpse whale" in Old Norse, named for the color of its skin. It is also known as the "Moon Whale."

For more information on the Narwhal, go here.