I'm getting really fucking tired of passwords

It seems that NO MATTER WHAT I DO, I can't seem to get away from fucking passwords. And this is for everything, including things that don't need a fucking password. Sometimes, I don't care for a password, but in order to do ANYTHING, EVERYTHING wants a fucking password. And they don't make it simple so you can just choose one or a few and keep using those. No, they each have stringent stupid requirements to them so that no matter what you do to comply with one password service, the next one wants you to do something else. So, because I happen to be unfortunate enough to be just living, I have 128347018275075987575 passwords that I'm expected to remember. Take Kaiser Permanente, for example. They didn't even let me choose a password. They supposedly sent it by mail, and they'd like to keep choosing my password for me. Take my Internet service (well, one of the many that I have). They want me to have over 10 characters, of which one of them must be a number. Another Internet service of mine requires 8 characters, a number and a symbol. Another Internet service of mine requires 8 characters, a number, a letter, a capital letter, a symbol and alternative spellings of my mother's maiden name. Another requires anything I want for a password, but it has the added fun bonus of not actually working no matter what password I actually chose. Thanks Comcast. Love your password system.

I understand the need for security, but let's be honest here. There are a lot of things out there that don't require security, but the security is added to somehow make us feel "safe" in an environment where we really don't care if we're safe or not. I'm on a gaming site where ALL I CAN DO is look at new content updates. I don't pay a fee, and they offer the information for free. But you have to register WITH A PASSWORD in order to access the site. There is NOTHING that can be compromised with this service, OTHER THAN MY PASSWORD IF I CHOOSE TO USE A SIMILAR ONE SO I CAN REMEMBER IT. I can't tell you how many things like this exist.

My computer wants me to use a password. I live with my stuffed animals. I trust them. A lot. They're probably watching when I enter my passwords anyway, so it's not like it's that safe anyway.

I signed up for several newspapers. Each one wants a password created. It's a freaking newspaper. Are we worried someone is going to cancel my service? Who cares? Are we worried someone is going to take my newspaper and not allow me to read it? Someone already does that now. That's how you define "neighbor". I do ZERO business with the newspaper companies online but because I made the mistake of signing up for the newspaper online, it wants a password created. Now, in order to do any business, which you used to be able to do sans online, I have to remember a password I created six months ago when "omega" didn't work because it is neither 8 characters long, 10 characters long, doesn't include a symbol, a capital letter or any reference to sex tapes by Paris Hilton.

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