Wow. No. And fuck anyone who thinks all those public servants, many of whom chose to work in that area, are working hard to dissuade their clients.

It seems like society also does a good job of grinding down the employees associated with administering the “social safety net,” practically guaranteeing that there will be a mixture of ineptitude and burnout. People who get into social work from a perspective of truly wanting to help others find themselves with…

I bet you're a fucking beam of sunshine at parties. Unclench, for fuck's sake. 

When did ripping people apart and advantageously attempting to destroy the self-esteem of others become the “in thing” in America? When did jealously and malcontent become a license to spew hateful rhetoric across the internet? Instead of taking away from yourself by writing such angry words about someone or a group…

If you think Pentatonix's arrangements are bland you haven't listened to very many of them.  That's a laughable assertion

I really don’t understand the hate toward Pentatonix. People need to get off the internet...

Urbane-Legend is correct.  The other “female” voice you hear is Mitch.  They can absolutely perform these songs live without track layering.

I remember when I was in the closet, and there were two proud gay members who weren’t embarrassed about their sexuality on TV, and it meant a lot to me. For what it’s worth.

I am embarrassed for you by the fact that you think it’s cool to shit on something completely harmless.

I would say the only thing truly to feel embarrassed about is by being a smug jackass about young people aho have talent and give kids a strong role model. Lord knows we will not evee hear the words of a parent or kid, wishing they grow up to write hateful or shady internet articles for yet another mockery site.

Oooooo you're so edgy.

Too much snark and jadedness. Everyone trying to be artfully jaded with their hit pieces. Penatronix is totally fine. no need for all this bottled up hate. 

Because one of them is Mitch Grassi

Some people never grow out of this phase. I have a relative in his forties that constantly shits on anything remotely popular. I’m just like, can’t you enjoy life a little bit without worrying about being cool all the time? I would find that so exhausting.

Indeed. They aren’t my thing; but they make more money in a year than I will see in my life, and they can sing, which I also cannot do.

Well, this is an embarrassing article. Let them do them, and you do you, judgmental Sally.

You’re pathetic. Fine, you don’t like their music but that doesn’t mean you have to be a total douche. Luckily you’re opinion doesn’t really matter, you’re an editor with jezebel... not exactly life goal material. 

I am so tired of the jaded elite who cannot just let people enjoy something without needing desperately to show how brilliant, how sophisticated and yes, how “high brow” they are — so above the bourgeois as the sophisticates of the 1950s use to say. I think people like you are the reason almost half our country’s…

In high school, I spent too much time being “too cool” for certain activities and shitting on those who participated.

The inability to feel embarrassment is the first thing one looks for in an a capella tryout. The second is sick vocal percussion skillz.