Who ever thought there would be a guy who could make travel seem boring and wimpy? Well, that guy is Rick Steves, and PBS loves him. Maybe it's his whiny, Canadian-like effeminate voice. Maybe it's just some chemical thing with me, but God, I hate his travel show! Mind you, I've nothing against nerds. Hell, some of my best friends... But a travel writer should be able to impart some romance, some adventure, to travel. Steves just makes it sound so planned and dull and... weinerish. Did this guy ever ONCE get laid in his travels? Go skinny dipping in Yugoslavia? Get roaring drunk in.... well, most any country and do stupid things at 3 am and have to evade police? (I have!) You can bet he hasn't. He was too busy writing in his journal and planning his itinerary for the next day. Has this guy been middle-aged since his teens?
In summary, I hate Rick Steves.
16 comments:
well first of all he's married you fucking jealous faggot, secondly he leads the cause for legalizing marijuana. yes that's right you stupid pussy. Rick has the balls to risk his livlihood by speaking out against the drug war. He also gets stoned regularly while traveling and yes goes skinny dipping as well.. SO nice try. You are a buffoon who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
P.S if you weren't a giant douchebag coward, you'd allow my comment to be viewed, and then reply to me if you have the balls. But you won't you'll erase it like a little faggot, PS nice viewership on your blog too btw .. i bet all 5 of your page views were from yourself lmao ..
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your angry, poorly-punctuated diatribe. At first I just thought you were a stoner, but then I was like, dude! You're too hostile and humor-less for that! Then it hit me: You're Steve himself! How else would you be able to state with such certainty that "he leads the cause for legalizing marijuana" that "Rick has the balls to risk his livlihood [sic -- you really need to stick with your editor...] by speaking out against the drug war", and that "he also gets stoned regularly while traveling and yes goes skinny dipping..."
So Steve, I'm sorry you read my humble opinion as fact. I'm just a simple man calling 'em as I see 'em. But you really shouldn't be Googling your name like that late at night. It's bad for your thin skin. Now, please lay off the weed and try not to call anyone any more childish names.
p.s. I still hate you.
All of Steve's shows are pro Catholic, anti Muslim and anti Slavic Cristian. This guy has some kind of hidden agenda to get America smoking dope and convert the world to Catholicism.
Steve's you are one hated Mutha.
I was just listening to Rick Steves and thought to myself "This guy is a major douche" I Googled "Rick Steves is a douche" and was happy to see all the results. I don't care if his politics are good. I actually don't disagree with most of his commentary. But the guy is a total douche! Just listen to him!
Rick Steves is Lutheran, so I doubt he is out to convert the world to Catholicism. His special on Iran earlier this year also illustrates his reverance for Islam.
I found your blog post by googling "I hate Rick Steves" and really agree with you.
Beyond the boringness of his writing, his lame attempts at humor, and manic itineraries, he's annoying in his fundamental approach to travel. See this, not that. Do this, not that. Not on my list? Not worth seeing. It's a really bad attitude that goes against the very reason for travel in the first place: exploration!
Dude, this guy is so annoying... he travels to really cool places, but in my opinion, Anthony Bourdain does the same thing and makes it really fun to watch. The difference between the two, Anthony doesn't fake and accent and gets drunk and has fun, steve does the total tourist bullshit, screw that... i can do that, i want to see the real country and the real people, steve you suck!!!!
I agree, Rick Steves makes travel look boring. His show should be titled "Geriatric travels with Rick".
I can't stand the guy. Keep my small children,(especially girls away).
He's a liberal Lutheran Norwegian American and his voice is almost a parody of the vapid, simpering North European Protestant Mainline.
But not his fault. What is his fault, and Public TV's, is allowing him to promote his products and travel shows on public airtime with public money.
PBS claims to be "progressive" and while the opinions and politics of those who work there would probably not go down well at the average NASCAR race, the programs themselves are about as vibrantly divers as the Protestant Mainline church Rick Steeves belongs to-i.e., about as colorful as cream cheese.
Last snarque-for a man who claims to love being international and Europhile, his pronunciation of non-English words is lousy, even for an American. Christ, even his Norwegian is terrible!
Steve's SUCKS big time. The sorry assed anti-American wienie promotes his 'Europe through the Back Door' yet he neglects to pay tribute to the military that allowed him to even have a business in the first place by going straight through the FRONT DOOR and liberating namby pamby individuals like himself. He had the audacity after 9/11 to personally pick up the American Flags placed by the VFW that were gracing the sidewalks of the town he does business in. This doesn't even take into account of his mindless dope pushing of marijuana legalization. What a POS!
Steve's is a douchebag. i hate that dude.
No-as of 2010 he's divorced. Probably too many nights away from home for both of them.
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Hahaha! I have to agree with your description of Rick Steve's as the travel Weiner. I'm 52 years old and he seems old and boring even to me. I cringe as he creeps around the world and..well....creeping. Eric Olander from Arlington, Va.
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