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We All Hate The L.A. Marathon

By  Carman Tse
Published Mar 14, 2015 11:00 PM
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The 2012 L.A. Marathon (Photo by breakmake via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
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What's this? Why are there literally thousands of people running through our streets all of a sudden? It's the L.A. Mara-wha? Nobody warned us about this! They should've marked the route out in advance so we would've known!We're all used a little inconvenience in our lives as Angelenos. Sometimes the Leader of the Free World pays us a visit and it ruins our workday commute.

But Sunday? Sunday is holy! It's brunch day. The contempt we sometimes have for this annual event comes from a deep, deep place and nothing is gonna stop us from spewing that on the Internet. Behold:

Sometimes our hate for the marathon makes us want to emoji-blow our brains out.

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Ugh if only I had advance notice to know not to hit the streets.

To the point.

Don't worry you would've never been able to make it anyway.

Fair.

So much hate hiding behind those mangy locks.

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This person was up at 7 a.m. on a Sunday so it's easy to see where the vitriol comes from.

Like driving the 405 isn't a nightmare of Lynch-ian proportions every other day of the year.

In conclusion, let's wipe away all this negativity by celebrating a goddamned hero:

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