Laughs at the expense of others; destructive gossip; scapegoating; stereotyping. Brutal truths, stating the unpopular but correct opinion. Pina coladas and gettin' caught in the rain.
Jason Bateman, David Cross; that's about it.
The Hold Steady, Mike Gunther, Lifter Puller, Belle & Sebastian, Elliott Smith, Pixies, Joy Division, Sleater-Kinney, Kentucky Gag Order, REM, Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, Franz Ferdinand (I know, I know, shut up), The White Stripes, Spoon, Radiohead...I could go on.
The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Godfather I and II, The Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman, Best in Show, Say Anything, My Flesh and Blood, My Life Without Me, The Deer Hunter, Godfather I and II, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Secretary, 28 Days Later, and also any bad teen movie along the lines of Can't Hardly Wait, Final Destination, or that one with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachel what's-her-name.
Real Housewives of Orange County, Top Chef, The Hills, Simon & Simon, Rockford Files, Arrested Development, Project Runway, Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Family Guy, Veronca Mars (yeah, so?), Forensic Files, Cold Case Files, The First 48, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (there, I said it, okay?), Weeds, Blow Out, The Real World
"Dry" by Augusten Burroughs, Catch-22, A Heartbreaking Tale of Staggering Genius, Harry Potter
'Hero' is like the number one most abused word in the US.