Christianity and Trump Don't Mix

 The past year, I decided to start posting about more political topics on this here blog, something I never really thought I would do. I was growing increasingly frustrated with the way things were going in this country and how our current President (and all his friends) is abusing his power and hurting the lives of millions of Americans in the process. It just keeps getting worse as the months go by, and it feels like Trump will never actually see any kind of justice for all his abuse. There's something else that's been bothering me for years now, though, pretty much since Trump decided to run for President the first time he ran. That's how a lot of Christians in the USA decided that he was the one who was the best representative for them. 

It's not that weird that Christians in America would side with whoever was running in the Republican Party by default, as that party has aligned more with their beliefs for a long time now. It's strange how Christians and the church think of Trump as some special God-chosen politician that was destined to take the Presidency. It's also a big part of the rise of Christian Nationalists and how they seem more and more confident that the USA is going to turn into exactly what they want with Trump in charge. The reality probably is that Trump really doesn't care about any of that and is just using Christianity as a way to get more people to fall for his schtick and vote for him. Nothing about the way Trump lives or presents himself makes me think that he in any way cares about religion or Christianity as a concept or way of life. Here are some reasons why I believe that.

1. Greed

It's no secret that Trump loves money, which is obviously the easiest way to get to heaven, as Jesus said in the Bible: "Rich people can buy their way into heaven". Wait, no, he actually said that it's incredibly hard to get into heaven if you are rich, my bad. Ever since Trump became a prominent name in the media, he's made his whole image about his wealth and his businesses. He pretty much became the default image of the rich lifestyle in the '80s and '90s. He started countless businesses where he would sell any kind of product and just slap his name on it and call it a day. Trump Steaks, a Trump restaurant, a Trump College, even a Trump airline. Even recently, he and his wife made cryptocurrencies with their names on them that turned out to be pretty much just a pump and dump scheme. He even slapped his name on a Bible that's being sold for 100 dollars, or 1000 dollars if you want a signed copy. It's literally just the Bible, but it has the Declaration of Independence and song lyrics inside for two American anthems. You know Trump wouldn't put his name on a Bible if he wasn't making SOME money off of it. Also, the "God Bless the USA Bibles" were apparently being made in CHINA. Hilarious. Trump has a long history of ripping people off and screwing over people to make a buck, and it looks like that never actually changed. His whole presidency seems to be about doing that, too, with a lot of billionaires siding with Trump because he's trying to help them make even MORE money that they don't need. On top of him selling tons of merch like gold watches, guitars, Bibles, cologne, shoes, cell phones, and starting his own social media, most of these while he was President. 

2. Hate

One of the things Trump is known for is how bent out of shape he gets when talking about anyone he doesn't like. Trump is terrible at showing any restraint when he gets annoyed at someone, or when he gets a chance to talk bad about someone, he usually takes it. He's notorious for coming up with mean nicknames for people he doesn't like; there's literally an entire Wikipedia page with just all the nicknames he uses. Sometimes it goes further than that, though, like recently at Charlie Kirk's memorial, he decided to spew hate against the "Radical Left." Even more recently, he posted that he believes some Democrats should be punished with death after they released a video telling active military to refuse illegal orders. Let's not forget the countless times he's had a chance to separate himself from hate groups in the USA, but he always found a way to dodge it. "There are very fine people on both sides," he said. He even recently was rude to a reporter who asked him a very reasonable question, by telling her to "quiet piggy". Guy clearly has no respect for anyone outside of his inner circle, or that he feels he can get something from. You know, like a Christian man is supposed to be. 

3. Sexism

There was a huge case that Trump lost recently, which involved his affair with a porn star who was paid to keep that affair quiet. This all happened just after Trump's wife had just given birth, mind you. I mean, having an affair is bad enough, but paying a bunch of money to keep it secret because you don't want it to affect your upcoming election is insane. Obviously, he knew a lot of his voters were Republicans, and a lot of them are probably Christians who would really dislike those actions. Trump just seems like a sexist man in general, but a lot of Christians still think women belong in the kitchen, so sexism probably isn't too much of a problem for those types of Christians. Unfortunately, a lot of Christians probably just blame the porn star he slept with and let Trump off the hook. Look, I'm not saying people are not allowed to make mistakes; everybody does, and it's normal. But Trump has never shown any kind of remorse or growth from these mistakes, nor has he asked for forgiveness or admitted fault, because to a man like him, this is a sign of weakness. Everyone around him needs to please him, and if they don't, then his wish is to make them please him or get rid of them. That's probably why he said that infamous line years ago, "grab them by the ****." It's because he has no shame, and he thinks his power and money mean he can do whatever he wants to, and it'll be fine. Not the first President to think that, let's be fair. Honestly, his getting away with almost every bad thing he does probably empowers him to keep doing it. Mind you, he won the election even after people heard him say that. Then won another election after the Jan 6 riots, so maybe he's not completely wrong in thinking he can get away with everything, because he kind of has to this point. 

4. Pride

I mean, he might be one of the most prideful men in the whole world. It goes with some of the things I mentioned before about him never admitting fault for anything he does wrong. Never saying sorry and always being right, even when he's just straight up lying to everyone. The man thinks he's the greatest thing to happen to this country, even while he's actively making things worse for the average American. Remember when Trump got mad at a Bishop when she pleaded with him to be kinder to immigrants and other marginalized people? Is that how a man of God should behave when receiving a plea? It's not like she was telling him off or trying to shame him; it was a simple plea on behalf of people Trump was planning to go after in his second term. Anytime anyone confronts him and calls out his lies, he just lies some more or starts name-calling as a defence. When his lies get people hurt or cause trouble, he still doesn't admit fault or even correct himself. Like when he lied about Haitians in Ohio eating their neighbors' cats and dogs, a really stupid lie that he never apologized for. This is just one example of many. 

I also want to bring up that horrible photoshoot he had, where he was holding a Bible in front of a church awkwardly, like it was the first time he'd touched a book. Doing this photoshoot during the protests that were happening after the unjust murder of George Floyd was just another bizarre moment in this man's Presidency. It felt like an obvious moment of pandering to Christians, and I think a lot of them saw right through it, but unfortunately, not all of them. 

What other qualities can a man of God, such as Trump, show in his life? Is the greed, hate, sexism, and pride not enough? Is the violence towards immigrants in this country similar to how Jesus would treat outsiders? Is helping the rich get richer and the poor struggle more something Jesus would be proud of? Is selling a Bible for way too much money because it has your name on it the right move for a man with as much power and money as Trump already has? What do you do with your position of power, but spread hate throughout the country as your message of "empathy is for the weak" rings across the nation. 

Look, American Christianity has a lot of problems. I'm not here to say that being a Christian is bad or that all Christians are like Trump and Charlie Kirk because that's not true either. There are Christian people in positions of power out there who don't spread messages of hate or let greed make most of their choices in life. I'm just talking about Trump and his circle here, and all the Christians who decided to join his bandwagon and live more like him and his beliefs. I mean, even Joe Biden was a better representation of what an actual President who is Christian should behave like. Anyway, the point of this post is to say that Trump isn't a Christian, and I'm pretty sure even he would probably admit that if he were ever honest. But really, it just confuses me why so many Christians still support him despite all the clear signs that he's a terrible person who doesn't care about what God even thinks of him. Guy probably thinks Jesus would bow down to him because he's the President of the USA. 

Empathy is good

Racism needs to die

Billionaires don't need even more money

Immigrants aren't all violent drug-dealing criminals, and they helped make this country great

And yes, not all Christians are Trump-loving weirdos. I think more people are waking up from this Trump obsession as they see more and more broken promises from him. But this is just how I feel. At the end of the day, how you feel about all of this is up to you.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-democrats-death-penalty-sedition-military-orders-rcna245003

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s1-5252582/trump-supreme-court-appeal-sentencing

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-demands-apology-after-bishop-asked-him-to-have-mercy-on-lgbtq-people-and-migrants

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-amplifies-false-racist-rumor-about-ohios-haitian-immigrants-in-debate

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Worst Songs of the 2020s (SO FAR)

Living in the year 2025 has been ROUGH. I mean, I think anyone living in America can feel that right now, unless you happen to be a billionaire. If you are a billionaire, what are you even doing reading this blog? Shouldn't you be doing rich people stuff, like taking advantage of the lower classes? Jokes aside, I've been really enjoying the music this year, especially outside of the pop charts. The reality is that the pop charts are actually pretty stale right now, and it's been so easy to just avoid all that music. I actually recently made a post of my favorite songs of the decade so far, so if you want some new music to check out, you can read that. This here will be all about hate. All the terrible music we've gotten over the last 5 years (almost 6 now). Here I will list my least favorite songs of the decade so far, songs that I just truly hate.. for fun. 

THE TOP 15 WORST SONGS OF THE 2020s... SO FAR

Here are a few songs that almost made the list before I start the actual list.

ALEX WARREN - ORDINARY

This could potentially be one of the most boring songs of the decade; it's certainly the most boring song of the year so far. Only time will tell how much I will hate this song in the future, but it might be too early to put it on this list, as it's only been around a few months. Feels like an eternity at this point. Such a forgettable song, the fact that this was the biggest song of the summer shows how bad this year has been for hit songs. 

WALKER HAYES - FANCY LIKE

Remember that Applebee's song from a few years ago? Yeah, I didn't either until I was making this list. It still sucks, but it's at least a so bad it's almost good kind of suck. That being said, it's still a dumb song that's basically just made for that one commercial, and listening to it outside of that is just pointless. 

LIL DICKY - MR.MCADAMS

God, I really hate Lil Dicky's music. His 2024 album "Penith" was one of the worst things I've ever heard, but the only reason I'm not putting this song on the list is that it wasn't even a hit song. It was sorta viral for the music video and the name-dropping of famous actor Rachel McAdams, but outside of that, not much else. Lil Dicky is so unfunny it's actually painful to listen to. Not even the worst track on the album, as he has an almost 9-minute joke song about him going to jail for accidentally exposing himself to minors.

15. EMINEM - HOUDINI (2024)

One last ride for Slim Shady, and it was pretty freakin bad. This song was everything that's wrong with recent Eminem albums, as it features outdated jokes and references that aren't nearly as funny as Eminem thinks they are. I was so excited to get one last album with the Slim Shady characters, and it really seemed like it was going to be a nice farewell to an iconic part of Eminem's career. Instead, it just highlighted all of Em's flaws from the last 10 years of his music career. So disappointing. 

14. SELENA GOMEZ - LOSE YOU TO LOVE ME (2020)

Remember when I said the song "Ordinary" could potentially be one of the most boring songs of the decade? Well, this is one of the songs that's going to be competing with for that title. Selena Gomez has always been someone who I feel wastes a lot of her talent by making the worst possible songs that she can't pull off. This song is meant to be an emotional story of a person who is going through a tough time in her love life, but it doesn't do a good job at actually BEING emotional. Instead, it feels like a lifeless slog going through the motions. 

13. Tekashi 69 / Nicki Minaj - TROLLZ (2020)

When this song first came out, I was so annoyed by Nicky Minaj's feature on this song. Why waste your talent working with Tekashi 69? The years have not been kind to Nicki, though, as she keeps taking loss after loss in the music industry and in real life. She recently decided to join the Trump bandwagon, so that's how desperate she is for any kind of relevance. The worst part about this song was that it was actually a number one hit, the only one for Tekashi 69. We were so close to just not having this guy have a big hit before he disappeared. The song is your typical trash with the terrible lyrics and annoying vocals by 69. Nicki joins with her own verse, and it's lackluster. Still the best part of the song, mind you, but that's not hard to accomplish on a Tekashi 69 song. Thankfully his last hurrah before going away. 

12. Oliver Tree - Miss You (2023)

Man, I just never understood all the love that this dude gets. I can't stand most of his music, and this song is one of his most annoying. The stupid chipmunk vocal effect makes this song impossible to listen to, not that everything else in the song is much better. A loud mess of a song that honestly gives me a headache the longer I listen to it. I cut it off after a minute, that's as long as I can take it. Well, unless the second half of the song somehow turns into a masterpiece, I'll never know. It's Oliver Tree, so that's not even possible. 

11. Jelly Roll / Dustin Lynch - Chevrolet (2024)

COUNTRY SONG ABOUT TRUCKS! COUNTRY SONG ABOUT TRUCKS! TRUUUUCKS!!!

Did you guys know that trucks are a staple of country songs? Not like there's been like 10 hit songs in the last few years about trucks. In fact, this isn't even the last song about trucks on the list. There's a worse truck song coming up soon. As for this one, well, it's pretty much a lazy sample of the classic song "Drift Away" but with some of the lyrics changed to make it about a Chevi. It's gotta be American-made, dude, we ain't got time for no Japanese trucks. Jelly Roll is a talented singer, but man, does he love to make some of the worst songs to hit the charts in the last few years. Giving Morgan Wallen a run for his money. As for Dustin Lynch, well, he's here too, I guess? I mean, I wouldn't have been able to remember his name if you had a gun to my head and asked me. Which is also the only way I'd get into a Chevi truck. 

THE TOP 10. Gayle - abcdefu (2021)

An edgy teen girl swears a lot, and it becomes a TikTok sensation. The main appeal of this song is the lead-up to the chorus, where Gayle says the ABCs, but ends when it gets to F so she can say FU. U does not go after F, but how else would she tell her ex to "fuck off"? The transition from the verse to the alphabet is just awkward, and it feels forced. The song is just overall uninteresting, with the most basic music possible. The lyrics aren't as clever as they seem to think they are, as they are mostly generic breakup lyrics that aren't really about anything specific enough, but I guess that's the point when you want as many people to relate to it as possible. To be fair, this song was written by a teenager FOR teenagers, so that's why it's not too high on the list. Teenagers think that saying "fuck" a lot is the edgiest thing you could ever do, this coming from a person who also thought that back in the day. Hm, maybe I'm starting to understand this song a little more. It also just annoys me how she disses her ex for having a job and a crappy car. I'm sure there are better reasons to diss someone, not just the fact that they work hard for the little they have. 

9. AJR - Bang! (2021)

One of the most hated bands of the last 10 years, and rightfully so. AJR is just one of those bands that make tons of mediocre music and still somehow have found a lot of popularity. I don't think this is their worst song, but it was one of their biggest hits, and that's why it's on this list. Loud and annoying is the signature sound of AJR, complete with nonsense lyrics. It's just a sound I could never get behind, as it just feels like it's trying too hard to sound big and epic with all the different instruments being used. Just because your sound is big and bold doesn't automatically make it good; it still has to make sense together, and this doesn't. The song just feels like it's missing the energy it should have for a song called "Bang!". See Jessie J's "Bang Bang" to see how to make a song with an actual "Bang!". 

8. Maroon 5 - Memories (2021)

(Adam Levine staring at you like he's about to eat you)

What's worse than a loud and annoying song? A boring, lifeless song with zero originality. The melody is obviously taken straight from the classical song "Pachelbel's Canon in D", which is often used at weddings. I mean, that's lazy enough, but the rest of the song is so damn boring as the song stays at the same level the whole time with no interesting chorus or bridge. I mean, this is Maroon 5; they haven't done anything groundbreaking in about a decade now. Just going through the motions still gets them hits. That being said, they did release a new album this year, and it hasn't had any big hits yet, so maybe the world is finally moving on from this band. It's annoying because I recently went back to their second album, and it still had a lot of solid songs on it; clearly, the band is capable of making interesting or at least fun music. 

7. David Guetta - Baby Don't Hurt Me (2023)

 My least favorite song of the year 2023... or at least it was at the time I wrote my list at the end of 2023. David Guetta has recently started sampling popular songs from back in the day to get easy hits. This time, he used the popular club hit "What Is Love" from the 90s. The problem is that it really doesn't do anything that is different than the original, and the few things it changes, it does significantly worse. Anne-Marie completely butchers the iconic chorus and comes nowhere near Haddaway's levels of singing. I don't understand why Guetta didn't just get Haddaway to sing the chorus or even just use the original chorus as part of the sample. Turning a classic club hit into just a worse version of a modern-day pop song makes no sense at all. Just play the original from the 90s at that point, it's still an awesome song, and I'm sure most people would love to dance to it. Well, hopefully Haddaway made some money from this at least. 

6. Morgan Wallen - I'm The Problem (2024)

YAWN. What the hell happened to this guy? In the late 2010's Wallen was a fast-rising star in the country scene, but he really broke out in 2021 with his double album "Dangerous". He went from a pretty popular country artist to a megastar in the country scene and even outside of it. That is, until he was caught saying racist slurs, and it felt like his career was in danger of exploding. What actually happened was that he somehow became an even bigger star after that. I should mention he did apologize for the slurs. But this led to his music going into a more modern pop country sound with a lot more hip-hop elements. His music was trending in that direction in some of his songs, but after 2021, he went full in on that sound. His mega hit "Last Night" was about as boring as a country song can be in modern day. Somehow it kept getting worse as he released an album last year called "I'm The Problem" that was almost two hours long. Wallen really doesn't have enough good ideas to make a full album these days, but a double album from him is just insane. The title track, "I'm the Problem," is a whiny song where Morgan just blames his partner for sticking around, even though he's such an awful person. It's such a dumb, gross song, where Morgan just sounds like a piece of shit who doesn't understand how emotions work. Trash.

5. HARDY - TRUCK BED (2023)

Another douchy country song from another whiny dude bro. This time, Hardy sings about being drunk and coming home late, even though his girl told him to come home instead of going to the bar. Fed up with his bullshit, she tells him to sleep outside, and he uses his truck bed as a... bed. Later, he decides to shoot her because he woke up feeling bad after sleeping outside on his truck. Or so the lyrics imply anyway. Seems like a lovely guy, really. He and Morgan Wallen should write a relationship advice book together. Anyway, this song isn't good even if you can somehow ignore the dumbass lyrics. Music is pretty generic rock that would have been popular like 25 years ago, maybe. 

4. Justin Bieber - Yummy (2020)

This song literally came out in the first week of 2020. Starting the decade off in the worst possible not here. Seeing as how the rest of that year turned out, maybe it was a sign all along. Justin Bieber's first album in 5 years ended up being a huge letdown, especially since it was following probably his best album at that point (2015's Purpose). I don't know how anyone who worked with Bieber let this happen. Did no one in the studio tell him how bad this song was, or was everyone just too afraid to be honest with him? The song was still a hit, but it didn't reach number one, and it slipped off the charts a lot faster than his other big songs. The funniest part of this song was Bieber posting on his socials, telling fans to leave the song playing on repeat while they sleep to boost its numbers. It didn't work, as the song was not a number one hit, rightfully so. It seemed like the whole point of this song was for it to go viral with the music video and the "hilarious" use of the word yummy. It wasn't funny, and the song wasn't good enough to become a viral hit outside of the first few weeks, where people made fun of it for how bad it was. 

3. Tones and I - Dance Monkey (2019/2020)

I almost feel bad putting this song on this list because of how much hate it already gets. The thing is, this song is so frustratingly bad, I have to put it here. The vocals are so incredibly annoying and really make it hard to get through this song. I honestly can't get through it. Every time I try to listen, I cannot finish the song. That's pretty much the reason I have to put it on the list and why it's so high. Not that the song is that great outside of the vocals anyway. I do think the lyrics are pretty good at least, and the message of the song is actually good, but it's just impossible to listen to it. Honestly, I thought there wouldn't be another song that could annoy me as much as this one did with its vocals. But then a new contender arrived...

2. Jessie Murph - Wild Ones ft. Jelly Roll (2024)

Congratulations, Jessie Murph, you have the worst vocals of the 2020s! For now. I don't know why, but Jessie Murphs' twangy country vocals just annoy me to death. It doesn't help that the song itself is so generic and uninteresting that it could literally be made by any pop country artist in the 2020s. The only thing that could make this worse is a Morgan Wallen feature, but instead, we get Jelly Roll. Honestly, the only decent part of this song IS Jellly Roll, and it's not even that good. Probably only good because it means Jessie Murph isn't singing anymore. I don't know at this point. I'm just getting so tired of these boring ass country songs that have no energy to them. 

1. Jason Aldean - Try That In A Small Town (2023)

(Not posting the video to this garbage song)

Jason Aldean's face looks like he's always on the verge of crying. Look, I talked a lot about this song on my worst of 2023 list, and I really don't want to go over everything wrong with this song again. It's a stupid song that was clearly trying to pander heavily to the MAGA crowd (AKA racists) at a time when that message was really selling. Unfortunately, it worked like a charm for Jason, as the song made its way to number one on the charts for a week or two. The funny thing is, this song isn't even one of his most listened to songs anymore. It's not even top 10 on his Spotify page. That's because it's a trash song. Anyway, I don't want to talk about this song anymore, but it deserves to be on this list. Congrats, Jason Aldean, you made my least favorite song of the decade. It's going to be hard to beat this one. 

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Ranking Streaming Services by How Much I Hate Them (2025 Edition)

 I made a post almost two years ago now where I ranked the major streaming services based on how much I hate them. It's actually changed a lot in just two years, not just my opinion, but prices and content have too. I thought it would be a good idea to check in on the services, see how much they cost now and how much they actually have to offer overall. 

Last time I did this, I found that owning all the major streaming services would cost around 64$ a month if you get the lowest tiers on all of them and about 106$ to get them all ad-free. Let's see how that's changed in two years.

Netflix - $8 lowest tier, $18-$25 for no ads and 4K support.

Hulu - $12 lower tier, $19 no ads

Disney+ - $12 lowest tier, $19 no ads (Hulu/HBO/Disney bundle 20$/33$)

Amazon - $9 lowest tier, $12 no ads

HBO Max - $11 lowest tier, $18.50-$23 for no ads

Peacock - $11 lowest tier, 17$ for no ads (Apple TV bundle $15/$20)

Paramount+ - $8 lowest tier, $13 for no ads (includes Showtime)

Apple TV+ - $13 (Peacock Bundle $15/$20)

That would be 65 dollars a month to get all of these in the lowest tier (if you use their bundle offers). Without the bundles, it's 84 dollars a month. I think it's fair to try to just get the bundle offer because it actually saves a lot of money there. It's actually only a dollar more than it was two years ago, thanks to those bundles.

On the no-ads side of things, you would be paying 96 dollars a month by using the bundles and 117 dollars without the bundles. It's actually 10 dollars less than two years ago with those bundles, so again, it's worth it to get those if you want all of these services. But this does not include the other, more niche services like Crunchyroll for anime or the new ESPN service that's about 30 dollars a month for sports. 

Well, with the prices out of the way, what do these services have to offer these days? I'll rank them here by how much I hate them.

Don't Hate? - Apple TV

This is still by far the best service for original content. Though that 3-dollar price increase honestly hurts it a lot, because Apple TV does not have the same content library that all the other services have. This service is strictly Apple TV exclusives and does not have any other movies or shows that aren't produced by Apple itself. While the shows they make are some of the best out there, their movies aren't as good, usually, and often fall flat (with the exception of the awesome F1 movie this summer). Apple is still producing some amazing shows, and it looks like they have plenty of great content coming in the next few years, so that's why I can't hate on this service too much, despite the gross price increase. 

Annoys Me - Netflix

It's funny, Netflix has grown on me a lot over the last two years, with some fantastic original content on top of the giant library of movies and shows they rotate every month. Again, the price increase sucks, but I can literally say that about every service on this list, so I can't really keep using that as a reason one service sucks more than the other. The thing about Netflix that always annoyed me was how they just spew out content on a weekly basis, and it's honestly more bad than good. Netflix was using quantity over quality in their content instead of actually making sure all the content was actually worth watching. This is still a problem, but one I've gotten better at ignoring since they actually do have really good originals in the last few years on top of the insane amount of choices for third-party movies and shows. That alone kind of makes this a must-have service. Though I have to deduct points for making me excited about The Electric State, only for it to be one of the biggest disappointments ever. 

Starting to Hate - HBO Max

A service that seems to keep getting more and more annoying is HBO Max. I mean, the new leadership and all the mergers have made this service a bit of a mess. Really, Warner Bros in general is a huge mess. There's still some fantastic shows on here, like the new Welcome to Derry and Peacemaker, but the HBO name just doesn't hold the same weight it used to. Still, it's nice to have the big Warner Bros library and all the new releases go from the theater to HBO Max in just a few months. 

Mild Hate - Amazon Prime Video

Here's a service that's been drying up on good original content for the last few years. Still got some decent shows like the recent Gen V season and the surprise hit Fallout show. Where they've been failing pretty hard these last two years is more on the movie side of things; there have been some stinkers. The recent War of the Worlds reboot was one of the worst movies I've seen in a while, and the new Chris Pratt movie called Mercy looks awful, too. But this service still has a solid collection of movies from other studios and that alone can make it worth keeping around (especially if it's included in your Amazon Prime account anyway). 

Don't Care Enough to Hate - Disney+

Ah, here's a service I barely use. Honestly, over the last two years, I feel like I've barely even wanted to get on this app because there's just not much here for me. I grow tired of all the Marvel and Star Wars shows being dumped onto this service every year, with not much else happening. I mean, the only reason to get this app is if you have kids or are obsessed with Disney properties, because it doesn't really have much else to offer. 

Shouldn't Hate, but I Do - Hulu

It's actually frustrating how bad Hulu is as an app, because they actually have some good original content. This is more about how bad their interface is and how bad it is to watch anything on this app. I have so many problems just launching the app, as it sometimes takes forever to log in and gets stuck on the home screen with a bunch of blank images where the shows/movies should be. That on top of having the most/longest ads of any streaming service, just makes me hate watching anything on this app. It suck because they actually have some great shows like Shogun, Paradise, Only Murders in the Building, and Alien Earth. So this has more to do with the actual app/interface than it does the content they put out, but it's incredibly annoying. 

You Are Boring, and I Hate You - Peacock

Outside of the Universal movie library, I feel like Peacock just doesn't have much to offer in original content. I mean, their most anticipated show of the year, The Paper, which was the big follow-up to The Office, was just fine. If your most hyped show ends up just being a very mediocre show, that's a problem. Outside of being able to watch new Universal movies a few months after they leave theaters, I don't know what else to really use this for. Even one of their big selling points, which was having a WWE partnership, is now over as ESPN took that from them. Though I will say they recently started streaming NBA games on Peacock, so maybe things can turn around. 

Oh, You Still Exist? - Paramount PLUS

Yeah, I don't use this service much. Honestly, the only reason I still use this app is to watch Champions League games, but other than that, there's not much else to see. None of their original content really calls out to me, especially since they are competing with the other 7 services and just don't have anything that looks that great. Something just seems to be lacking here; even with all the Paramount movies they have to watch, it still feels like the app needs more. It just feels like this is clearly the app that's in last place here, and they don't really have that one show that gets everyone talking. They are desperately missing a show like Stranger Things, The Boys, Shogun, Peacemaker, something that people are talking about and watching on a weekly basis together. Tulsa King just ain't gonna cut it. 

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