why does java suck?

I've noticed in the short time I've been reading this board that there's a lot of java bashing, so I was wondering why people actually think it is so bad. I'm no java fan, but I've used it for some stuff before and it didn't seem terrible to me. An argument used to be that it runs slow as a guro-fied loli, but they've improved a lot in that aspect.

Please give good reasons, rather than stuff like "it's for certified professional consultants" or whatever you guys say.

fair enough, >>13, but there are a couple instances where java can be handy.  Nothing serious, but things like ourtunes where it doesn't need amazing performance to download some music.  Things you don't leave open for significant amounts of time.  A torrent client is taking it too far.  Business-class software is a horrible idea.  But small things?  Sure.  Saves people the trouble of porting it to *nix, a common concern for software built on a Windows platform (See: dbPowerAMP, dvdshrink, Musicbrainz Tagger (Though you'd never want to write these in java, to be sure))