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Shit that bothers me: Weight lifting gloves

Okay, so I understand that some of those big `ol dudes that lift all day every day need them. They're lifting a ton of weight and doing it every damn day. But what really gets to me is the fact that I was at the gym the other day and every last jackass had them on, literally. And there was at max two guys who were doing enough weight to justify not being kicked in the scrotum. Most of them were either smaller than me and doing like eleven pounds on the bench press or they were bigger guys at most doing about the same amount of weight I was.

I'm not exactly the manliest man of all time and I sure as hell don't need them, why do they? Do they not want callouses? Do they think they look cool? Does their boyfriend think they make them sexy? Give me a break. You look like an idiot.

A lot of these guys even wear them when they're doing lower body workouts or freaking sit-ups. What do the gloves do then, keep their fingernails shiny? Every last person under 245 pounds that wears them should be summarily kicked out of the gym and then shot. It's hard to workout sometimes I'm trying so hard to contain my laughter.

Oh yeah, and while I'm at it the mirrors in the gym are there so you can watch your form while you lift. They're there to make sure you don't kill yourself. They are not, I repeat, they are NOT so that you can look at your thighs and abs from a 360 degree view. Stop doing it, you make the gloves guys look cool and straight.

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