NationStates Jolt Archive

I'm usually a fan of the 'think of the good things' threads, but it's a shitty, rainy day, and I'm sick, and I want to be pissy today.

So what things irk you to no end? It can be about people, places, happenings, whatever.

Here's a recent one of mine:

My sister-in-law was over the other day, and I was barbecuing some steaks. I like to season the meat, then soak it in beer. Now she always makes a big deal out of alcohol...she doesn't drink, and she is annoying to those who do. I long ceased giving a shit. I'll drink when I please, and if you don't like it, go away. Anyway, she also makes a big, stupid stink about COOKING with alcohol. So she tastes the meat, asks if I used beer on it, and when I said yes, she made this disgusted face and passed her steak on to someone else.

I wanted to smack her right in the face. "I don't drink." is what she said. MY GOD WOMAN, get an education! Any alcohol in the beer evaporated long ago.

So really, things like this irk me to no end. When people hold on to their stupidity just for the sake of being stubborn. Fine, if you don't like the TASTE, that's one thing...but don't make it about something stupid.

Etc.

So? RANT ON!

I hate it when people ask me to talk about things I hate, and it makes me angry when people ask me to talk about things that make me angry...:p

I'm usually a fan of the 'think of the good things' threads, but it's a shitty, rainy day, and I'm sick, and I want to be pissy today.

But it's sunny here... :(

People who think the various smoking bans have something to do with trying to get people to stop smoking. Sorry, the world is not out to get you, we're going to need that cross back.

I hate it when people ask me to talk about things I hate, and it makes me angry when people ask me to talk about things that make me angry...:p

I hate people who think they're funny, but are actually just a big pain in the arse.





:D

People who think the various smoking bans have something to do with trying to get people to stop smoking. Sorry, the world is not out to get you, we're going to need that cross back.

Oh, that's a good one...

The whole cry of 'FREEDOM' that smokers somehow manage to croak out of their ulcerated throats...

Right now I'd have to say having to sit in work on a sunny Sunday afternoon with nothing to do but stare at a computer.

The place is dead, why can they just let me go home?

But it's sunny here... :(

The sky over MY head is all that matters to me at the moment, thanks.

I hate when people make nasty little jokes, but not enough to warrant me beating the shit out of them, so I have no idea what the appropriate way to respond is. Stupid bloody assholes. No wonder so many people just take a mode that's like, I kill anyone who so much as looks at me funny.

I hate when people make nasty little jokes, but not enough to warrant me beating the shit out of them, so I have no idea what the appropriate way to respond is. Stupid bloody assholes. No wonder so many people just take a mode that's like, I kill anyone who so much as looks at me funny.

*reconsiders the 'ulcerated throats' comment*

I knew you'd be in this thread:)

I hate people who think they're funny, but are actually just a big pain in the arse.

:D

Finally someone called me a pain in the ass

What really irritates me? When I am talking to someone on the phone, especially if it's long distance, and they say, "Hold on a sec while I see who's calling." :mad: I hate call waiting. By the way whenever people do that to me I just hang up.

People who tell the depressed to just get over it

Tandem skydivers who get all pissy when the weather is bad (patience is a virtue and all that) even though they tend to get priority over solo divers

My flatmate who acts all holier than thou just because he has never passed out in a strip club,

The president of the uni catholic society who claims to be a good catholic when he drinks, smokes weed, and spends £100 a visit at the strip club

Bricks and the amount of damage i've done to my hands with them in the past month

Oh and every medical student

Oooh, and another one. Well I suspect most of you know this already, but I truly hate when people believe themselves qualified to give legal opinions. No, I don't mean just your average, 'wow, that was dumb' or 'holy crap, he did what? That's insane!'. No, I mean the, 'well obviously he's going to be acquitted' or 'the Constitution says this so...'.

No. Sorry. People study this shit for YEARS. You are not smart enough to pick it up with a quick scan of a court cased, or of the Constitution. Hate to burst your bubble there, bucko, but the study of the law is actually a fairly intense, very specialised field. So when I laugh at your totally ignorant legal opinion, yes please take it as a hint to stop thinking you can actually be an armchair lawyer.

Kaczyński and his party. Hello, they actually believed that the teletubbies are homosexual propanda, tried to get out of a meeting with Germany after they refused to punish the writer of a satire article called "Poland's New Potato", and seem to enjoy bashing liberals on radio and TV.

What really irritates me? When I am talking to someone on the phone, especially if it's long distance, and they say, "Hold on a sec while I see who's calling." :mad: I hate call waiting. By the way whenever people do that to me I just hang up.

Ditto, unless it's a particularily important call that I have to wait on the line for. I actually hate talking on the phone at all. I'd much rather see someone in person and chat, instead of juggling my phone while I do chores. Quite a few of my friends are real phone chatterboxes, and I tend to screen my calls because of it. When 'I have to go now' stretches on for 15 minutes because they have 'just one more thing' to tell you, it makes me want to rend something with my nails.

An associated irk? People who don't leave messages. Look, I'm not a fan of the answering machine either, but I leave a message. Nothing worse than coming home to a machine full of recorded hangups.

Oooh, and another one. Well I suspect most of you know this already, but I truly hate when people believe themselves qualified to give legal opinions. No, I don't mean just your average, 'wow, that was dumb' or 'holy crap, he did what? That's insane!'. No, I mean the, 'well obviously he's going to be acquitted' or 'the Constitution says this so...'.

No. Sorry. People study this shit for YEARS. You are not smart enough to pick it up with a quick scan of a court cased, or of the Constitution. Hate to burst your bubble there, bucko, but the study of the law is actually a fairly intense, very specialised field. So when I laugh at your totally ignorant legal opinion, yes please take it as a hint to stop thinking you can actually be an armchair lawyer.

I'll apply that to medicine as well

Oooh, and another one. Well I suspect most of you know this already, but I truly hate when people believe themselves qualified to give legal opinions. No, I don't mean just your average, 'wow, that was dumb' or 'holy crap, he did what? That's insane!'. No, I mean the, 'well obviously he's going to be acquitted' or 'the Constitution says this so...'.

No. Sorry. People study this shit for YEARS. You are not smart enough to pick it up with a quick scan of a court cased, or of the Constitution. Hate to burst your bubble there, bucko, but the study of the law is actually a fairly intense, very specialised field. So when I laugh at your totally ignorant legal opinion, yes please take it as a hint to stop thinking you can actually be an armchair lawyer.

Yeah, encountering armchair [whatever]s must get pretty annoying after years of work to be a [whatever].

Though it would make showing them up to be wrong much much easier.

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Global warming irks me to no end. It's a quarter to seven in the evening and it's freaking 30 degrees, with no wind whatsoever on June 10! In Sweden of all places! Gaah!

I'm gonna throw in homeopathy as well.

Next door neighbours, they universally suck, wherever you are.

People who cut in front of you in traffic or suddenly stop for no apparent reason in the middle of the road right in the front of you, and then act pissed at you.

People who drive thirty-five miles an hour on the highway.

People who walk straight down the middle of the road, ignoring everyone who has to go around them.

People who hold on to their petty, ignorant hatred like it's a badge of honor. Or, as they would call it I suppose, a "moral value". Go pretend to be a Christian (or whatever you call yourself without ever acting like) somewhere else.

Holier-than-thou people who brag about what good Christians/whatever they are and look down their noses at everyone else while acting like self-absorbed bigoted jerks every single day of their lives.

And, since I work at Burger King, the people who come up to drive-thru and then say they don't know what they want yet (we have a timer which is ticking away while they're making up their mind like they should have done beforehand, and when it gets past a certain point we get chewed out by our manager for it).

Also people who make an order, sit waiting while it's made, wrapped, packaged, and about to be handed out to them, and then, and only then, suddenly decide they want something different.

Finally, just to cover everything else we get at BK, just bitchy customers in general. Yes, our job is to "serve you", but we're not your personal servants/slaves, we are trying to do our job without getting our manager breathing down our neck, we are people with feelings who get frustrated too, so please, just show a little basic consideration.

I'm usually a fan of the 'think of the good things' threads, but it's a shitty, rainy day, and I'm sick, and I want to be pissy today.

So what things irk you to no end? It can be about people, places, happenings, whatever.

Here's a recent one of mine:

My sister-in-law was over the other day, and I was barbecuing some steaks. I like to season the meat, then soak it in beer. Now she always makes a big deal out of alcohol...she doesn't drink, and she is annoying to those who do. I long ceased giving a shit. I'll drink when I please, and if you don't like it, go away. Anyway, she also makes a big, stupid stink about COOKING with alcohol. So she tastes the meat, asks if I used beer on it, and when I said yes, she made this disgusted face and passed her steak on to someone else.

I wanted to smack her right in the face. "I don't drink." is what she said. MY GOD WOMAN, get an education! Any alcohol in the beer evaporated long ago.

So really, things like this irk me to no end. When people hold on to their stupidity just for the sake of being stubborn. Fine, if you don't like the TASTE, that's one thing...but don't make it about something stupid.

Etc.

So? RANT ON!

I hate it when people tell me to shave. I like my stache. And none of the girls seem to have problems with it, so what do I care? I also hate it when people give me shit for being an atheist Hindu, like saying 'Holy cow!' to piss me off (now it actually does, sort of), or make the joke that when I die, I grow into a tree, which is cut down and the Bible is written on the paper. One, both jokes stink, and two, I'm as much a human being as any theist. Fortunately for me, that doesn't happen a lot.

The newspaper delivery guy that doesn't deliver the Sunday paper. After you call his boss. Twice. On consecutive Sundays.

I'll apply that to medicine as well

Absolutely. I'd apply to any specialised field.

The thing is, most people don't claim to be doctors, or capable of giving complex medical advice. But those same people will turn around and believe that their legal opinions should be given consideration.

No. It's offensive. Just as offensive as discussing how to build bridges, with no prior training on the matter. Go ahead and do it...but do not demand respect, or notice.

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Global warming irks me to no end. It's a quarter to seven in the evening and it's freaking 30 degrees, with no wind whatsoever on June 10! In Sweden of all places! Gaah!

Hahahah...there's another related one...people who still claim that Climate Change/Global Warming 'isn't really proven' or is some sort of conspiracy and doesn't exist.

Get a fucking grip.

Hahahah...there's another related one...people who still claim that Climate Change/Global Warming 'isn't really proven' or is some sort of conspiracy and doesn't exist.

Get a fucking grip.

Or they could at least push their heads further into the sand so as to reach the non-aerated strata...

Or they could at least push their heads further into the sand so as to reach the non-aerated strata...

Allowing the rest of us to actually DO something about climate change. Yes, that is an excellent solution!

Next door neighbours, they universally suck, wherever you are.

This. Actually, expand that to "everybody within earshot". Shut the fuck up, already, and learn to modulate your voice and close doors quietly, you bunch of cunts! Oh, why does killing people have to be illegal?

Lately, just about everyone, and just about everything ever have been pissing me off or getting me down. I've been in a pretty rotten mood.

today? well, today what irks me is people who are stupid (okay that irks me everyday)

prime example, when we arrived at church today I had my morning soda.....this isn't my breakfast, I ate my breakfast at 5am this is my mid-morning junk snack, it's about 10am at this point.......anywho, my kid asks for a drink, so I give her a sip.

this other woman says "my children haven't had a drink of soda yet, and they are way older than yours, don't you think you are setting a bad example by giving them soda for breakfast?"

:mad:

a) none of your business
b) it wasn't their breakfast
c) it was just a sip, it's not like I gave her a 42oz Coke and said "drink up"

oh, and then not five minutes later she gives her kid his "breakfast" and you know what it is? a donut. a freaking donut. can someone explain to me the effective difference between a donut and a piece of cake? there isn't one? that's what I thought.

later she gives him a before lunch snack.......

ingredients in my soda

* Carbonated Water
* High Fructose Corn Syrup
* Caramel Color
* Phosphoric Acid
* Natural Flavors
* Citric Acid
* Sodium Citrate
* Sodium Benzoate

ingredients in his "healthy snack"



High Fructose Corn Syrup
Sucrose
Gelatin
Artificial flavors
Artificial colors



yeah, her kid is so not having "bad evil soda" and is def. eating healthy!

What really irritates me? When I am talking to someone on the phone, especially if it's long distance, and they say, "Hold on a sec while I see who's calling." :mad: I hate call waiting. By the way whenever people do that to me I just hang up.

oh, I hate that. what I hear is "let me see if someone more interesting than you is on the other line"

:mad:

I don't think they teach phone etiquette anymore.


It annoys me that with more and more technology becoming available it just seems sometimes to aide people in being ruder.

* High Fructose Corn Syrup

That's regular Coke in the USA, no? Eeuw...

I hate people who believe in collective punishment. Or collectivism in general.

Supernaturalists of all kinds annoy me, particularly creationists, neo-paganists et al. I look at people who cannot see through the sham that these creations are and worry for the future intelligence of humanity.

I hate people who believe in collective punishment. Or collectivism in general.

I hate people who ignore things that a large minority do because the majority aren't doing it.

well lately its been:

people who disappear without any warning leaving me to ponder if I've done something

people who bitch and moan about there "issues" then when I give them good advice that they may not like decide that suddenly I'm butting in and am thus an asshole

people who eat all my chocolate :mad:

vacuum cleaner noise (why on Earth hasn't anyone solved that!)

or make the joke that when I die, I grow into a tree, which is cut down and the Bible is written on the paper.

you should send a nasty letter to Dane Cook!

What irks me to no end:
People going on and on about their myspaces in RL. Okay, they have plenty of friends IRL, they have their phone numbers and emails and everything. They can communicate with each other IRL, yet their lives revolve around Myspace and leaving comments and everything. And it's not that hard to meet people IRL (high school football games and stuff liek that) so WHY must they always go on about what they evidently believe to be the entire internet?

Oh, and people who mess with my stuff and think it's funny, when it's annoying as hell and not funny at all. Fortunately nobody has had the guts to mess with my notebooks, in which case I will curse at them and possibly use physical violence. I hate people messing with my notebooks.

Speaking of my notebooks/writings, I also hate people who ask stupid questions about my writing, especially my mom. She's worried because my writings often use words such as "jealousy" "invisibility" and "fail at life". Then she proceeds to give me completely crappy avice that has never worked and then gets pissed off at me because it doesn't work. :mad:

That's regular Coke in the USA, no? Eeuw...

mine was. he had "fruit snacks" I read the label, I found nothing that led me to believe there was any fruit in them at all.

Her main reason for bitching about my soda use (which she takes any opportunity to) is the high fructose corn syrup, which was the first ingredient in his "healthy snack"

stupid bitch.

stupid bitch.
!!

Turn the other cheek, sister!

today? well, today what irks me is people who are stupid (okay that irks me everyday)

prime example, when we arrived at church today I had my morning soda.....this isn't my breakfast, I ate my breakfast at 5am this is my mid-morning junk snack, it's about 10am at this point.......anywho, my kid asks for a drink, so I give her a sip.

this other woman says "my children haven't had a drink of soda yet, and they are way older than yours, don't you think you are setting a bad example by giving them soda for breakfast?"

:mad:

a) none of your business
b) it wasn't their breakfast
c) it was just a sip, it's not like I gave her a 42oz Coke and said "drink up"

oh, and then not five minutes later she gives her kid his "breakfast" and you know what it is? a donut. a freaking donut. can someone explain to me the effective difference between a donut and a piece of cake? there isn't one? that's what I thought.

later she gives him a before lunch snack.......

ingredients in my soda

* Carbonated Water
* High Fructose Corn Syrup
* Caramel Color
* Phosphoric Acid
* Natural Flavors
* Citric Acid
* Sodium Citrate
* Sodium Benzoate

ingredients in his "healthy snack"



High Fructose Corn Syrup
Sucrose
Gelatin
Artificial flavors
Artificial colors



yeah, her kid is so not having "bad evil soda" and is def. eating healthy!

Maybe it was a cunning feat of reverse psychology. Give the kid something "healthy" and hope that he decides to eat the opposite instead and eats actual healthy stuff.

Wait...............no, even if that was true it's still really stupid.

!!

Turn the other cheek, sister!

Shut your hole! She's coming along nicely.

Shut your hole! She's coming along nicely.

I was being sarcastic.

But okay, too true, don't want her getting mixed messages!

People who really think God is in control of every little aspect of their lives and should obey those who claim to know what he wants. Also those who attack America for the idiocy of the current government and for policies that have nothing to do with me. We are not the same. Stop generalizing, ok? I also get irked over the things the media focuses on. Like Paris Hilton going to jail. Yeah, it should happen but do you need to keep talking about it? Hell no. Nothing else is going on in the world but the tantrums of some rich girl? Ugh.

Things I hate? Hmmm

1. The extreme right-wing nut jobs who won't listen to reason or a well placed arugment.

2. The extreme Liberals who won't listen to reason or a well placed arugment.

3. Rich ass spoiled kids who get any car they desire.

4. People who use Myspace more than once a week.

5. Dogs.

6. Idiots who think they're smart and try to sound smart but fail at it.

7. Most Fox programming.

8. Those morons on Deal or No Deal who throw away opportunities to make 200 thousand dollars because they think they're going to win that one million.

There's more, but this comes to mind.

Lesbianism. :gundge:

Lesbianism. :gundge:

Teenage angst spilling over into hatred of women.:gundge:

Teenage angst spilling over into hatred of women.:gundge:

the :gundge: smiley.

(i know what you were using it for though, Nees... :fluffle:)

Teenage angst spilling over into hatred of women.:gundge:
People ASSuming that I'm still a teenager. :rolleyes: (i'm 22 now. you trying to get me banned? :mad:)

People ASSuming that I'm still a teenager. :rolleyes: (i'm 22 now. you trying to get me banned? :mad:)

Quit bitching, I'm 17 and I look like I'm 13.

*sitting in the exit row on an airplane*

"Are you 15?"

"I'm 17."

"You don't look 17"

"Yeah... I know."

Bitch.

i'm pissed off about my tendancy when very drunk to test the friendship of my friends. i'm going to end up burning all my bridges at this rate.

People ASSuming that I'm still a teenager. :rolleyes: (i'm 22 now. you trying to get me banned? :mad:)

People make that assumption because you often moan about what bitches women are for not wanting you, and generally post like a teenager. I am frankly shocked at your age, and plan to give you short shrift in the future.

And how on earth would you get banned for being a teen? We have kids as young as 12 here.

Oh no, I must be one of the evil woman, all against you.

Irrationality.

"how old are you?"
"25"
"you look 14, where is your mom?"
"I am 25"
"you don't look 25"

:headbang:

"how old are you?"
"15"
"really? I thought you were 12"
"I'm 15"
"you look 12..."

:mad:

Quit bitching, I'm 17 and I look like I'm 13.

*sitting in the exit row on an airplane*

"Are you 15?"

"I'm 17."

"You don't look 17"

"Yeah... I know."

Bitch.

"how old are you?"
"25"
"you look 14, where is your mom?"
"I am 25"
"you don't look 25"

:headbang:

"how old are you?"
"25"
"you look 14, where is your mom?"
"I am 25"
"you don't look 25"

:headbang:

I'm curious, do you have any shirts that say "I love to talk to stupid people"? Because you always have lots of examples of really stupid people saying really stupid things to you, or just generally being really stupid in your presence.

"how old are you?"
"25"
"you look 14, where is your mom?"
"I am 25"
"you don't look 25"

:headbang:

Yes... we can add braindead people to the list. Those who get the answer to their question yet continue asking it. Do they think you are lying or did the information just go through that hollow space in between their ears and disappear into the ether? A mystery for our greatest minds to mull over...

People make that assumption because you often moan about what bitches women are for not wanting you, and generally post like a teenager. I am frankly shocked at your age, and plan to give you short shrift in the future.

And how on earth would you get banned for being a teen? We have kids as young as 12 here.

Oh no, I must be one of the evil woman, all against you.
The post you quoted was originally a nasty flame. That's why i said "you trying to get me banned?".

And what's shrift?

Anyhoo, on topic, other things that irk me:

puritanical anti sex laws
puritanical age of consent laws
Puritans in general
sex-haters
my mom's ability to turn everyone against me

and more.

The fact that I can't afford the place I currently live in on my own and have to share it.
It wasn't so bad, cause I originally shared with a friend. But she moved out (she had been planning that for half a year, but only told me a month before she did move.) Had she told me before, I could probably have arranged moving myself as well, but as it was I had to find a new housemate in a hurry, and he's annoying. He's loud, not as in having parties and being loud, but just doing everything he does a good deal louder than I'm used to. When he's walking through his room I almost feel the house shake, when he's cooking something he seems to be throwing the pots and pans around (so much so that sometimes I can't hear the TV any more, despite closing the door to the kitchen), he brings over his baby (no, he didn't tell me about that before he moved in) who already smashed an expensive porcelain bowl someone brought me from Japan...

In short, I can't wait to find a job where my BF lives and then move there. I applied for a few and might have interviews soon, so keep your fingers crossed for Cabra :)

today? well, today what irks me is people who are stupid (okay that irks me everyday)

prime example, when we arrived at church today I had my morning soda.....this isn't my breakfast, I ate my breakfast at 5am this is my mid-morning junk snack, it's about 10am at this point.......anywho, my kid asks for a drink, so I give her a sip.

this other woman says "my children haven't had a drink of soda yet, and they are way older than yours, don't you think you are setting a bad example by giving them soda for breakfast?"

:mad:

a) none of your business
b) it wasn't their breakfast
c) it was just a sip, it's not like I gave her a 42oz Coke and said "drink up"

oh, and then not five minutes later she gives her kid his "breakfast" and you know what it is? a donut. a freaking donut. can someone explain to me the effective difference between a donut and a piece of cake? there isn't one? that's what I thought.

later she gives him a before lunch snack.......

ingredients in my soda

* Carbonated Water
* High Fructose Corn Syrup
* Caramel Color
* Phosphoric Acid
* Natural Flavors
* Citric Acid
* Sodium Citrate
* Sodium Benzoate

ingredients in his "healthy snack"



High Fructose Corn Syrup
Sucrose
Gelatin
Artificial flavors
Artificial colors



yeah, her kid is so not having "bad evil soda" and is def. eating healthy!

Haha, this is exactly like when fat, and I mean orca fat people go to McDonalds and order a salad because they think they're eating healthy when in fact, the salad is just as bad if not worse than any McBurger or McChicken.

After ordering their McSalad, they order a massive 50 gallon diet coke because it's healthy right?

Finally, after eating their McSalad, they go home and drink their remaining diet coke while going for a brisk walk on their treadmill, and actually feel if they've accomplished something.

Man people are stupid. :p

I'm curious, do you have any shirts that say "I love to talk to stupid people"? Because you always have lots of examples of really stupid people saying really stupid things to you, or just generally being really stupid in your presence.

there are a lot of really stupid people where I live. The only time I get to talk to non-stupid people outside of family, a few friends from church and a few people in my Mensa group......is here.

my mom's ability to turn everyone against me

Judging from what you write here, especially about women and especially that nasty thing you wrote about WYTYG in that thread a while back (oh, I saw it before you deleted it), it isn't your mother doing that.

my mom's ability to turn everyone against me.

Oh, don't hate your mum. You're quite capable of doing that all by yourself...

Edit: FFS, Fass >_<

there are a lot of really stupid people where I live. The only time I get to talk to non-stupid people outside of family, a few friends from church and a few people in my Mensa group......is here.

Coming here for non-stupid people? Poor thing, you must be desperate.

Judging from what you write here, especially about women and especially that nasty thing you wrote about WYTYG in that thread a while back (oh, I saw it before you deleted it), it isn't your mother doing that.
I know. I was talking about in real life, not here on teh interwebz.

I know. I was talking about in real life, not here on teh interwebz.

No, your mom's turning us against you too.



:p

there are a lot of really stupid people where I live. The only time I get to talk to non-stupid people outside of family, a few friends from church and a few people in my Mensa group......is here.

Curiously, there's a surprisingly large amount of stupid people in Mensa. Perhaps not intellectually stupid, but certainly a kind of stupid that boggles the mind when they talk.

No, your mom's turning us against you too.



:p
:p

The post you quoted was originally a nasty flame. That's why i said "you trying to get me banned?". Being irked by lesbianism is a nasty flame?

Okay...

Well, if you think it's a nasty flame, then posting it is YOU risking a banning, now isn't it?

Yeah, encountering armchair [whatever]s must get pretty annoying after years of work to be a [whatever].

Though it would make showing them up to be wrong much much easier.

Armchair physicists need to be taken out back and smacked until they cry.

Being irked by lesbianism is a nasty flame?

Okay...

Well, if you think it's a nasty flame, then posting it is YOU risking a banning, now isn't it?
I assumed you were flamebaiting me. My bad.

I know. I was talking about in real life, not here on teh interwebz.

I was talking about real life as well. Don't blame your mother for something no one's gonna buy.

I do believe this once fine thread just went to shit.

Kind of like... Rhodesia!

I do believe this once fine thread just went to shit.

Kind of like... Rhodesia!

The thing that irks me is when threads like these go to crap just because a bunch of people get so hung up over one little post.

Not that I support Plutonian Empire's comments, but still, come on people...

Armchair physicists need to be taken out back and smacked until they cry.

Smacked by an elaborate machine that demonstrates a number of the fundamentals of physics. Maybe they'll actually learn something about physics.

The thing that irks me is when threads like these go to crap just because a bunch of people get so hung up over one little post.

It isn't one little post, he keeps posting almost the same post everywhere... and had you read what he wrote should happen to WYTYG because she opposed what he wrote about women, you too would smack him on the face with a figurative rolled-up newspaper.

Then you obviously haven't met her.

Your acquaintance is sufficient.

I was talking about real life as well. Don't blame your mother for something no one's gonna buy.
Then you obviously haven't met her.

Smacked by an elaborate machine that demonstrates a number of the fundamentals of physics. Maybe they'll actually learn something about physics.

I honestly honestly wish that were true. I'd use that machine on most of the south.

Coming here for non-stupid people? Poor thing, you must be desperate.
well, there are a few.........I won't mention their names though because some of them already have an ego the size of Jupiter.

Curiously, there's a surprisingly large amount of stupid people in Mensa. Perhaps not intellectually stupid, but certainly a kind of stupid that boggles the mind when they talk.
I know, there are a few in my local group that I am sitting there listening to them and wanting to scream out "you @#$%ing idiot", but I can't.

well, there are a few.........I won't mention their names though because some of them already have an ego the size of Jupiter.

Naah, Sin's is only the size of Saturn.

It isn't one little post, he keeps posting almost the same post everywhere... and had you read what he wrote should happen to WYTYG because she opposed what he wrote about women, you too would smack him on the face with a figurative rolled-up newspaper.

Hmm.

In that case, have you tried ignoring him? I don't support his comments either (nor do I know what he said about WYTYG, but I can guess that I definitely wouldn't support that), but I'm ignoring him.

And TPE, stop assuming that women are out to get you or soemthing. Your posts do sound like you have way too much teenage angst that carried over into your 20s. That's not good.

Anyway, there's no use in derailing a perfectly good thread over one guy's teenage angst. If he bothers you so much put him on ignore.

Then you obviously haven't met her.
Freud would love you. Do you happen to smoke cigars?
I honestly honestly wish that were true. I'd use that machine on most of the south.
Commission LG to design it.
Naah, Sin's is only the size of Saturn.

Yeah, until she reads this.

I know, there are a few in my local group that I am sitting there listening to them and wanting to scream out "you @#$%ing idiot", but I can't.

Yeah, that reminds me. People who are obviously intelligent but hold stupid beliefs irritate me too.

And TPE, stop assuming that women are out to get you or soemthing. Your posts do sound like you have way too much teenage angst that carried over into your 20s. That's not good.
I'm seeing an anger management therapist, if that helps.
Anyway, there's no use in derailing a perfectly good thread over one guy's teenage angst. If he bothers you so much put him on ignore.
:(

Naah, Sin's is only the size of Saturn.

I am quite egoless, thank you.

But stroke me anyway, baby...

Yeah, until she reads this.

Don't make me scalp you.

Don't make me scalp you.

Hmmmm, I could use a haircut......

Naah, Sin's is only the size of Saturn.
good to know (I was mostly talking about you......but don't tell you because then you would know)

Yeah, that reminds me. People who are obviously intelligent but hold stupid beliefs irritate me too.

you are trying to bait me now aren't ya?:p

oh, and also on topic........people who don't listen to me

waiter: do you guys need anything else?
me: I need more sugar
waiter: there is some on your table
me: yeah, I said I need more sugar

Don't make me scalp you.

*remembers that you're part Cree* *puts on solid steel skullcap*

Your ego is the size of Saturn :p

you are trying to bait me now aren't ya?:p


Not intentionally. Or rather, the statement was not intended as a bait, even though I realise it could theoretically apply to you. :)

i know someone who's all ways right no matter if you know more on what they are going about then them
mind you this person once looked for a use by date on a 15.0L water bottle

The kids who wear those DAMNED "heeli" shoe things...I want to break every little buggers legs and beat them with every inch of life....I swear, people can barely walk let alone glide around on shoes with little wheels in the back....For christ sake just go out and BUY a pair of roller skates....Ok...Im good now...:headbang:

Things that irk me:

One thing in particular is my housemates best friend, who has decided that our house is his. This results in him farting all over our sofa, leaving his laptop everywhere, leaving the TV on as a matter of course, spilling drinks everywhere, throwing bottles and being noisy as hell when drunk, calling my best friend and housemates sort-of-ex a fat bitch, being a pretentious git, continually watching big brother and describing the black constestant as 'the schwarze', and whinging about how Hyde Park is so full of asians - the same asians who he rings up for takeaway and hurls abuse at over the phone. So yeah, he's a dick.

People who put me on Ignore, and think I should go ahead and commit suicide. :(

Not intentionally. Or rather, the statement was not intended as a bait, even though I realise it could theoretically apply to you. :)

I am quite aware that all of my irrational beliefs are irrational, so it doesn't bother me much, until people start in with the "you are brainwashed/stupid" speeches.

Not intentionally. Or rather, the statement was not intended as a bait, even though I realise it could theoretically apply to you. :)

It could apply to any of us, depending on who gets to decide which beliefs are stupid and which are not.

I am quite aware that all of my irrational beliefs are irrational, so it doesn't bother me much, until people start in with the "you are brainwashed/stupid" speeches.

Well, I'm careful to distinguish between stupid people and intelligent people with (what I consider) irrational beliefs. I don't consider you stupid (because you're quite obviously not), but I can't say the same about your beliefs. It irritates me, mostly because I can't understand it, but it doesn't make me think less of you or anyone else in the same position.

People who put me on Ignore, and think I should go ahead and commit suicide. :(

People who put other people on ignore are close minded assholes.

There are a bunch of people posting here whose posts I can't see...

I'm usually a fan of the 'think of the good things' threads, but it's a shitty, rainy day, and I'm sick, and I want to be pissy today.

So what things irk you to no end? It can be about people, places, happenings, whatever.

Here's a recent one of mine:

My sister-in-law was over the other day, and I was barbecuing some steaks. I like to season the meat, then soak it in beer. Now she always makes a big deal out of alcohol...she doesn't drink, and she is annoying to those who do. I long ceased giving a shit. I'll drink when I please, and if you don't like it, go away. Anyway, she also makes a big, stupid stink about COOKING with alcohol. So she tastes the meat, asks if I used beer on it, and when I said yes, she made this disgusted face and passed her steak on to someone else.

I wanted to smack her right in the face. "I don't drink." is what she said. MY GOD WOMAN, get an education! Any alcohol in the beer evaporated long ago.

So really, things like this irk me to no end. When people hold on to their stupidity just for the sake of being stubborn. Fine, if you don't like the TASTE, that's one thing...but don't make it about something stupid.

Etc.

So? RANT ON!



Is she aware that the alcohol burns off when heated... and that many fine restaurants douse their meats in fine wines to add to the scrumptious taste whan sauteed or poached... Does this woman have any respect for the delicasies of excellent food? SHAME!!!


oh. and ice cream irks me.
just because i'm lactose intolerant.
OH ICE CREAM... WHY MUST YOU BE MADE WITH MILK???

Is she aware that the alcohol burns off when heated... and that many fine restaurants douse their meats in fine wines to add to the scrumptious taste whan sauteed or poached... Does this woman have any respect for the delicasies of excellent food? SHAME!!! We've explained this many times. I must therefore come to the conclusion thta she is a fucking idiot who is stubbornly trying to make an idiotic point. And it makes me want to kick her ass each time. Then again, this is a woman who will generally only eat her mommy's cooking, and has no cooking skills of her own. So she can go take a flying leap.


oh. and ice cream irks me.
just because i'm lactose intolerant.
OH ICE CREAM... WHY MUST YOU BE MADE WITH MILK???
You ARE aware that there is soy-based icecream?

There are a bunch of people posting here whose posts I can't see...
Way to rub it in my face, bitch.:upyours:

Well, I'm careful to distinguish between stupid people and intelligent people with (what I consider) irrational beliefs. I don't consider you stupid (because you're quite obviously not), but I can't say the same about your beliefs. It irritates me, mostly because I can't understand it, but it doesn't make me think less of you or anyone else in the same position.

nobody really ever fully understands me, so don't feel bad. In fact, half the time I confuse myself....

People who try to justify arbitrary rules annoy me, I ask them "why?" and they say "because"

for example.... the kids and I were "finger painting" on my driveway (which means we were using cornstarch/food coloring/water paint on the driveway and my neighbor says "don't do that" and I say "why?" and he said "because you aren't supposed to wash chemicals down the street drain, and I said "isn't that the same drain that my kitchen waste eventually ends up in?" and he says "yeah" and I explained what the "paint" was made out of.......and he still said "you shouldn't do that because you are making a mess"

who freaking cares if we make a mess?! I don't.

You ARE aware that there is soy-based icecream?
That sounds like adding insult to injury to me...

Way to rub it in my face, bitch.:upyours:

TPE failed his sense-of-humour check! :p

People who put other people on ignore are close minded assholes.
Agreed.

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Global warming irks me to no end. It's a quarter to seven in the evening and it's freaking 30 degrees, with no wind whatsoever on June 10! In Sweden of all places! Gaah!
Replace Sweden with Germany.


people who disappear without any warning leaving me to ponder if I've done something

That. Also, people who quit looking at you for no reason discernible. People who randomly quit coming over and then just as randomly start doing so again. People who turn around and leave without warning or discernible reason. Oh yes, and always leaving you to wonder whether you've done something. And feeling like crap.



Additionally, I'd like to file:

Flatmates who tell me with the cutets little astonished smile on their innocent little faces "Oh, really, you consider cleaning the shower and the lower part of the toilet as part of cleaning the bathroom? Why, I never knew! And you really think cleaning the kitchen inlcudes doing the countertops et al. too and not only cleaning the floor? How peculiar, but interesting!"

Flatmates who leave you rotten, molding food sitting on the kitchen table as a token of their affection when they leave for a 3-day vacation.

Flatmates you thin it's a very nice addition to the flat whe they bring their hairy, fat, smelly, loud, obnoxious, belching boyfriend to stay the afternoon, night, and morning every other day and have him run around the flat in his boxers. It's a special honor to be allowed to try and sqeeze past him real close when he's in the kitchen and you want to pass through it (central room, and all) , too.

Adult people who have yet to discover the overwhelming civilized item called a hadnkerschief/tissue.

Adult people who have yet to discover that giving away what has been eaten off them is not a quality commonly found in correctly washed dishes.

nobody really ever fully understands me, so don't feel bad. In fact, half the time I confuse myself....

People who try to justify arbitrary rules annoy me, I ask them "why?" and they say "because"

for example.... the kids and I were "finger painting" on my driveway (which means we were using cornstarch/food coloring/water paint on the driveway and my neighbor says "don't do that" and I say "why?" and he said "because you aren't supposed to wash chemicals down the street drain, and I said "isn't that the same drain that my kitchen waste eventually ends up in?" and he says "yeah" and I explained what the "paint" was made out of.......and he still said "you shouldn't do that because you are making a mess"

who freaking cares if we make a mess?! I don't.

Would it be worth pointing out that the 'chemicals' you are using are all natural and bio-degradable? Maybe... if you pointed it out the next time your neighbour was washing his car?

That sounds like adding insult to injury to me... It's really quite good. But if you go into it with THAT kind of attitude, you're bound to hate it:)


TPE failed his sense-of-humour check! :p
What a shock. It must be because I'm one of the ebil wimmin.

Irksome, eh? Hmm.

At the moment, it would have to be allergy season. Damn it, I didn't have allergies as a kid, how come I'm all sniffly and sneezy the last couple of years? And it seems on again, off again. No allergy conditions last year, and back again this year. I swear there are allergy fairies that crawl up your nose and writhe around in the back of your throat. Beats science.

That, and people who walk really slow in malls. They ought to sell hunting licences for that. But I'm sure everyone hates those people.

What a shock. It must be because I'm one of the ebil wimmin.
No, It's because the post you made that I quoted was edited before i was able to see it and quote, so I assumed it (both the original post and it's edit) was aimed at me in a negative light.

No, It's because the post you made that I quoted was edited before i was able to see it and quote, so I assumed it (both the original post and it's edit) was aimed at me in a negative light.

I have no fricking idea what you are on about.

Additionally, I'd like to file:

Flatmates who tell me with the cutets little astonished smile on their innocent little faces "Oh, really, you consider cleaning the shower and the lower part of the toilet as part of cleaning the bathroom? Why, I never knew! And you really think cleaning the kitchen inlcudes doing the countertops et al. too and not only cleaning the floor? How peculiar, but interesting!"

Flatmates who leave you rotten, molding food sitting on the kitchen table as a token of their affection when they leave for a 3-day vacation.

Flatmates you thin it's a very nice addition to the flat whe they bring their hairy, fat, smelly, loud, obnoxious, belching boyfriend to stay the afternoon, night, and morning every other day and have him run around the flat in his boxers. It's a special honor to be allowed to try and sqeeze past him real close when he's in the kitchen and you want to pass through it (central room, and all) , too.

Adult people who have yet to discover the overwhelming civilized item called a hadnkerschief/tissue.

Adult people who have yet to discover that giving away what has been eaten off them is not a quality commonly found in correctly washed dishes.

*sigh* We ought to open an NS club for people with horrible flatmates/housemates, I think.

I have no fricking idea what you are on about.

I'd like to take this opportunity to be the bearer of the olive branch... to bring peace, and understanding.

I'd like that.

Unfortunately... I have no fricking idea, either.

I have no fricking idea what you are on about.
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which to me, looked like you put me on ignore, and then rubbed it in my face.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h157/PlutonianEmpire/editedpost.jpg

So because I changed 'who's' to 'whose' I am a bitch?

Let me just say....HUH!?

And...perhaps you need to relax. Oh noes! Another edit! ARGHH!! It's all a conspiracy!!

*sigh* We ought to open an NS club for people with horrible flatmates/housemates, I think.
People who think they can compare their slight irritations from short-time arrangements to my year-long suffering irk me to no end - I'm oh so much more irked than you, and I want that recognized!!

.... ;P

Why yes, let us. And let's bring arms; I'm in the mood for arms. Prferably arms that can shoot through walls, but that shouldn't be much of a problem with walls that'll let sound through this easily, right?

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h157/PlutonianEmpire/editedpost.jpg
It never occurred to you that Nees may have been simply adding a ' in can't? Possibly? No? Jeez.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h157/PlutonianEmpire/editedpost.jpg

which to me, looked like you put me on ignore, and then rubbed it in my face.

Wait...what did you edit in your post!? Maybe you said horrible things about me, then went back and changed it! I am going to overreact and flame you just in case that's what happened!

Enough of this bizarre hijacking.

*snip*

Oh I've missed you!

Would it be worth pointing out that the 'chemicals' you are using are all natural and bio-degradable? Maybe... if you pointed it out the next time your neighbour was washing his car?

I tried. I even explained to him that his car that leaks antifreeze is a much bigger problem than my "paint"......since you know that yucky chemical really does drain into the street drains.....

Good. Now I can focus venting my frustration on my new blog.

Thank goodness.

Enough of this bizarre hijacking.
Good. Now I can focus venting my frustration on my new blog.

Good. Now I can focus venting my frustration on my new blog.
Oooh, that reminds me.

Blogging in NSG. That gets old.

Civilization.
Agriculture.

Although, without agriculture there would be no civilization, so maybe it should just be agriculture...

I tried. I even explained to him that his car that leaks antifreeze is a much bigger problem than my "paint"......since you know that yucky chemical really does drain into the street drains.....

Would it be worth showing the difference between the naturally-occuring and the synthetic? The natural chemicals that constitute your 'paint' are already in your environment, pretty much - and will be getting washed into the drains from somewhere, no matter what you do.

On the other hand, the synthetics used in engines, or in detergent products, etc... are entirely alien to the natural environment - and thus are EXTRA pollutants?

Maybe not. It sounds like you just live near a dumbass.

Is this the same dumbass that we heard about in a thread before...?

Would it be worth showing the difference between the naturally-occuring and the synthetic? The natural chemicals that constitute your 'paint' are already in your environment, pretty much - and will be getting washed into the drains from somewhere, no matter what you do.

On the other hand, the synthetics used in engines, or in detergent products, etc... are entirely alien to the natural environment - and thus are EXTRA pollutants?

Maybe not. It sounds like you just live near a dumbass.

Is this the same dumbass that we heard about in a thread before...?

nope, this is a brand new one. those people moved, and in their place I got a really nice really old lady and her jerky grandson.

nope, this is a brand new one. those people moved, and in their place I got a really nice really old lady and her jerky grandson.

I guess it's an improvement... of sorts.

It irks me that it's not allowed to 'dummyslap' people that are being jerks...

Oh I've missed you!

I do too. Those days when I was an agreeable, easy to please and easy to get along with flatmate who had no problem whatsoever overlooking the legion that was my flatmates' faults seem so far away now.. I miss myself. These days, I'm just a highly irritable bitch with a flaring temper and a hitherto unmatched proneness to feel insulted. And when I say days, I mean weeks..

Anyhow, off to bed now. Sweet dreams of know-it-all wannabe-lawyers who take other calls while you are on the phone with them and simultaneously abuse NSG as their blog while you hear them smashing pots and pans at 1a.m. in the background.. or something :]

you should send a nasty letter to Dane Cook!

And get lynched?

There is always something that pisses me off, usually other people. In addition to this, sometimes something 100% innocent makes me _really_ mad for no reason.

But above all, football (soccer) fans with their culture (songs etc.). I'd :mp5: them all :upyours:

:D

Way to rub it in my face, bitch.:upyours:

Way to seriously overreact. Go take a nap or a hike or something.

Okay, here's what annoys me to no end - and this is NS-related, too so here goes:

I see a thread and post a comment. Hopefully it's on-topic, hopefully it's amusing or provocative or in some way entertaining. I move on. Later on, I take a look back at the thread and see that someone has misinterpreted and responded to what I've posted, usually by way of being either extraordinarily literal-minded, or by some degree of obtuseness that apparently prevents my fellow posters from understanding such things as subtlety, wit, irony or satire. A quick check in Moderation will find some dullard complaining bitterly about how nasty and awful and ever-so unfriendly I really am after all.

Phooey.

There's a dire sense of humourlessness that pervades the sensibilities of many of those who've made a point of taking me to task for really pointless shit over the years. "USian" debate, anybody?

*chuckles*

Way to seriously overreact. Go take a nap or a hike or something.

Do both. Sleephike.

People who put other people on ignore are close minded assholes.Really? I find that the posters on my ignore list are pointless and annoying. Why should I subject myself to their prattling?
Not that I'm not a close minded asshole, or anything ;)

Man people are stupid. :p

this thread so needs this (everybody sing now) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmeSBUPswM)

edit: why on Earth I had to quote something from page 4 I will never know

Okay, here's what annoys me to no end - and this is NS-related, too so here goes:

I see a thread and post a comment. Hopefully it's on-topic, hopefully it's amusing or provocative or in some way entertaining. I move on. Later on, I take a look back at the thread and see that someone has misinterpreted and responded to what I've posted, usually by way of being either extraordinarily literal-minded, or by some degree of obtuseness that apparently prevents my fellow posters from understanding such things as subtlety, wit, irony or satire. A quick check in Moderation will find some dullard complaining bitterly about how nasty and awful and ever-so unfriendly I really am after all.

Phooey.

There's a dire sense of humourlessness that pervades the sensibilities of many of those who've made a point of taking me to task for really pointless shit over the years. "USian" debate, anybody?

*chuckles*
Yesh, the self-appointed forum police can be vury annoying, running off to the Mod forum at any provocation. I call 'em "FAPs." I could still use something good for the "A," to make it a true acronym, though. Any suggestions?

this thread so needs this (everybody sing now) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmeSBUPswM)

Every thread needs this ;p

Yesh, the self-appointed forum police can be vury annoying, running off to the Mod forum at any provocation. I call 'em "FAPs." I could still use something good for the "A," to make it a true acronym, though. Any suggestions?

Forum Assholish Police?

Yesh, the self-appointed forum police can be vury annoying, running off to the Mod forum at any provocation. I call 'em "FAPs." I could still use something good for the "A," to make it a true acronym, though. Any suggestions?

I refer to them as Junior Hall Monitor-wannabes, myself. Particularly the ones who like cruising Moderation to chime in on anything going. But as to the acronym FAP:

Hmm, lessee now...

Forum Authoritarian Police?
Forum Anti-fun Police?
Forum (Ahh, geez not this shit again) Police?

I'm reaching a bit, I know - c'mon, help me out here.

I refer to them as Junior Hall Monitor-wannabes, myself. Particularly the ones who like cruising Moderation to chime in on anything going. But as to the acronym FAP:

Hmm, lessee now...

Forum Authoritarian Police?
Forum Anti-fun Police?
Forum (Ahh, geez not this shit again) Police?

I'm reaching a bit, I know - c'mon, help me out here.
"Forum Anti-masturbation Police"? ('cuz some people use "fap" as a word for masturbation, lol.)

The line people like to draw between being a Nazi and a person that shows faith in there home country.

People that dont listen to conflicting opinions simply because:
"Your to young to understand, youll get it when your older."

And of course, the various and locust like Liberal mass that inhabits NSG. That is why I stick to the shadows and only post in such a place during the night. :p

Forced sterilization of animals.

Pisses me off to no end.

My sister-in-law was over the other day...
Tell her she doesn't need to come eat at your house if it's such a big problem -- she can feed you and YOUR household next time.

Coach McGuirk: Per day, I would say I hate far more than I feel like I like something. I like my western omelet, but while I'm eating that there's about 17 other things that I hate, like my apartment, my breath, whatever's on the TV, whatever's in the paper. Then I walk outside and it'll be a nice day. Well that's great that's a good feeling for a split second and then I realize I hate my neighborhood, because I... you apparently can't play music after 6:00 pm... in this country

Pretty much sums up my life. :D

oh, I hate that. what I hear is "let me see if someone more interesting than you is on the other line"

:mad:

I don't think they teach phone etiquette anymore.


It annoys me that with more and more technology becoming available it just seems sometimes to aide people in being ruder.

Heh, except I handle it a little differently. I apologize to the first person and ask if I may check the other line, then tell the second person (if no one is dying) that I'll call them back, then click back, apologize, and complete that call. I think once in my life I have ever clicked back to the first person to say, "I'm terribly sorry, but an emergency's just popped up -- may I call you later?"

The overwhelming urge I have to post "Your MOM irks me to no end". I need sleep.

I refer to them as Junior Hall Monitor-wannabes, myself. Particularly the ones who like cruising Moderation to chime in on anything going. But as to the acronym FAP:

Hmm, lessee now...

Forum Authoritarian Police?
Forum Anti-fun Police?
Forum (Ahh, geez not this shit again) Police?

I'm reaching a bit, I know - c'mon, help me out here.

hmm... F.A.P.S
Forumite Asshole Protection Society
Forum Assumption Procurement Society
Freedom for Asshole Proliferation Society

sorry... Scrip Frenzy is taking up all my Creative Juices... :(

Armchair physicists need to be taken out back and smacked until they cry.
*Hides*

Back on topic, people who refer to evidence as proof. A proof is a proof because it proves something (that sounded a lot like a certain Chretien statement), not because it happens to coincide with a theory.

Ioh. and ice cream irks me.
just because i'm lactose intolerant.
OH ICE CREAM... WHY MUST YOU BE MADE WITH MILK???

Lactase does wonders. Pop a few before digging into your ice cream.

Lets see:

When my neighbor's friends come over to her house. Each time, 5 or 6 cars are there, and some of them are so lazy, that they park their car right in front of my driveway, so that we have to go over there and tell them to move their car. Or when they're leaving and I ask them to stop doing that, and they just ignore me and don't even give a shit.

When someone likes to make snide remarks about strangers for no reason. I was walking to my car last semester, and some guys in front of me were making fun of some girl who was walking by just because she was fat. Seriously, who cares? She was 40 feet away and she wasn't bothering anyone.

People who stop in the middle of the crowd justs to talk to their friend, so that everyone has to try and go around them. I can understand that they're distracted for a second, but at least try to move over to the side instead of standing there for 5 minutes.

I'm usually a fan of the 'think of the good things' threads, but it's a shitty, rainy day, and I'm sick, and I want to be pissy today.

So what things irk you to no end? It can be about people, places, happenings, whatever.

People who walk extremely slowly down the dead center of the sidewalk, forcing anybody else who wants to use the sidewalk to walk on the grass or in the gutter to pass them.

Also, people who decide that they and their large group of friends must hold their social conversation smack dab in the middle of a crowded sidewalk during rush hours. It's a sideWALK, jackasses. Enjoy my elbow in the small of your back.

The futility of complaining.

Say someone's being annoying. If you complain they will, at best, ignore you. At worst they'll do the annoying thing more to spite you.

And there's nothing (legal) you can do about it.

So what irks Kryo you ask? Ah yes... now it's my turn! This will be fun! I love nothing more than whining about all the shit and assholes that piss me off to no end. There's nothing more satisfying than sounding off like the self-righteous bitch I can be! :D

Cleaning my floor only to have the cat puke on it five minutes later

Shopping for clothing; nothing ever fits me right and women's clothing can bo so insanely expensive, ugly and tight (why the hell do they call it a "large" when it's not even a damn "small"?)

When someone says they'll do something on a certain day so I can finish it the next and then forgets the paper and envelops. (My fiance was supposed to take the paper and envelops we bought yesterday to his parents house and print off the invites for the wedding so I could take them to the post office and send them off tomorrow - Tuesday - but he didn't and I can't reach him to bitch at him and time's running out).

Waiting over 5 months to have the buzzer code listing updated in the front entrance and having to ask the building manager dozens of times to update it.

People who spam my blog

Not being able to find files even though I know I saved it in the same spot as other files like it.

Finding a great website, forgetting to bookmark it and never finding it again.

People who say marijuana is as evil as heroin without doing their research.

When the government ignores the need to invest in healthcare and education and inflates the military budget.

When the government makes a promise that it breaks after promising to be ACCOUNTABLE

Buses that won't stop even though it's fucking obvious you are trying to catch it and you want on

Tailgaters

Drivers that come too close to your lane

Drivers that just go too damn slow

People who use their cellphones while ignoring the road

Cyclists who swerve in and out of traffic

People who cross away from the light, which is barely feet away

People who take too long to order while in line

People who argue with the cashier even though it's perfectly clear the coupon has expired

When the people giving free samples assume I'm not old enough. At least I now have a solution for it, I just take the shit and tell them to fuck off because they can't tell an adult to ask for parental permission. They really don't know how to respond when you're assertive.

Pigeons - ugly ass rats with wings is all dey is!

People who feed pigeons and seagulls

People who take up the whole width of the sidewalk

People who won't move out of the way when you try and pass on the sidewalk

People who just stand in the middle of the sidewalk without moving

Parking enforcement officials who don't ticket people who truly deserve it

Neck-craners; you know, the people who slow down to gawk at an accident thus slowing the rest of us down. It's not like you've never seen car wreckage before, they show it plenty on the news.

People who try and force their morality on me

People who have their car windows rolled down and blare out their awful rap music

People who play music so loud on their personal music players that you can hear it through the headphones

People who let their children scream in public and do nothing about it

Hmmm.... I guess that's it for now...

*People "in charge" who excel at 'networking' with the powers that be but can do fuck all else.
*People who ask others to do what they can't do, won't do, and almost certainly never had to do.
*Overpriced medical products.
*Not being able to buy in eletrical good from the EU because of a half arsed "green tax". Single market my arse.
*Restrictive weapon ownership laws
*"Something must be done" knee-jerk bollocksology.
*Conservative religons
*Smarmy bastards
*limp hand shakes
*two faced people
*hypocrites
*whiners.

I'm usually a fan of the 'think of the good things' threads, but it's a shitty, rainy day, and I'm sick, and I want to be pissy today.

So what things irk you to no end? It can be about people, places, happenings, whatever.

Here's a recent one of mine:

My sister-in-law was over the other day, and I was barbecuing some steaks. I like to season the meat, then soak it in beer. Now she always makes a big deal out of alcohol...she doesn't drink, and she is annoying to those who do. I long ceased giving a shit. I'll drink when I please, and if you don't like it, go away. Anyway, she also makes a big, stupid stink about COOKING with alcohol. So she tastes the meat, asks if I used beer on it, and when I said yes, she made this disgusted face and passed her steak on to someone else.

I wanted to smack her right in the face. "I don't drink." is what she said. MY GOD WOMAN, get an education! Any alcohol in the beer evaporated long ago.

So really, things like this irk me to no end. When people hold on to their stupidity just for the sake of being stubborn. Fine, if you don't like the TASTE, that's one thing...but don't make it about something stupid.

Etc.

So? RANT ON!
Suggesting that you "wanted to smack her right in the face", for not wanting to eat steak cooked in alcohol, suggests to me that you certainly have some anger issues, and violent ones at that.

You also appear to be intolerant (you could have cooked her steak without alcohol), and a tad egotistical for suggesting that she is stupid.

/answer to rant end

You also appear to be intolerant (you could have cooked her steak without alcohol), and a tad egotistical for suggesting that she is stupid.

I don't see any particular reason why someone should change the menu completely for one particular person, espescially if that one person annoys them. Nothing more annoying than a holier-than-thou model of sobriety.

And you would have to be particularly clueless to think that food cooked in alcohol is 'alcoholic'. One can also be polite about such things, particularly if they're a guest at someone's house.

I don't see any particular reason why someone should change the menu completely for one particular person, espescially if that one person annoys them. Nothing more annoying than a holier-than-thou model of sobriety.

And you would have to be particularly clueless to think that food cooked in alcohol is 'alcoholic'. One can also be polite about such things, particularly if they're a guest at someone's house.

surely you would accept someone requesting modification if they had say a food allergy or something? what about a vegetarian who doesn't want bacon on their salad?

asking someone to not marinate one piece of meat in alcohol doesn't seem like that much of a request to me

Another thing: My sister.

She takes my stuff and messes it up and then acts like she's so perfect because she managed to take my stuff and that she's prettier than me and that she's also apparently smarter, then when I tell her to stop taking my stuff she gets all mad at me and tells me I'm ugly and stupid and my getting mad at her for taking my stuff is the entire reason I hav no friends.

1. I do have friends. My sister just hasn't met them.
2. What does being mad about her taking my stuff have to do with my social life!?

God, I want to smack her...

surely you would accept someone requesting modification if they had say a food allergy or something? what about a vegetarian who doesn't want bacon on their salad?

asking someone to not marinate one piece of meat in alcohol doesn't seem like that much of a request to me

That's different. Absolutely, if the chef knew in advance that someone couldn't or wouldn't eat a particular dish, they would probably have a few other options made. From what it sounds like, this particular instance was someone who spit her food back out in disgust over something rather silly. Not even remotely polite.

If she had said in advance, 'I'm looking forward to your barbecue, but could you please leave me one steak unmarinated', or something to that effect, then that's perfectly fine. This seems different.

That's different. Absolutely, if the chef knew in advance that someone couldn't or wouldn't eat a particular dish, they would probably have a few other options made. From what it sounds like, this particular instance was someone who spit her food back out in disgust over something rather silly. Not even remotely polite.

If she had said in advance, 'I'm looking forward to your barbecue, but could you please leave me one steak unmarinated', or something to that effect, then that's perfectly fine. This seems different.

Sin seems to be aware that her sister in law doesn't like alcohol, maybe she could have foreseen that she wouldn't like a beer soaked steak. (not that she is psychic or anything)

Sin seems to be aware that her sister in law doesn't like alcohol, maybe she could have foreseen that she wouldn't like a beer soaked steak. (not that she is psychic or anything)

Perhaps, although I agree with her that some strange moral opposition to alchohol really shouldn't cross over into cooking with alcohol (as the alcohol is burned in the cooking process). But then again, I suppose she could offer a non-marinated steak as a peace token.

Although I probably wouldn't bother, if she were my sister-in-law and carping about me drinking, in my own home every time she came over. She can order pizza.

other drivers irk me no end. i basically hate anyone else on the road, because they all either a) can't drive, or are b) assholes :headbang:


the new car makes it easier to get away from the assholes though :D

People who walk extremely slowly down the dead center of the sidewalk, forcing anybody else who wants to use the sidewalk to walk on the grass or in the gutter to pass them.

Also, people who decide that they and their large group of friends must hold their social conversation smack dab in the middle of a crowded sidewalk during rush hours. It's a sideWALK, jackasses. Enjoy my elbow in the small of your back.

I have the same problem, only at school rather than on the (non-existant) sidewalks.

God, people... MOVE!!!!!!!!!! Just because it doesn't take 5 minutes to get to yOUR class, doesn't mean that everyone else can make it to the opposite end of the school in 5 mintues walking slower than the speed of jackass!

Sin seems to be aware that her sister in law doesn't like alcohol, maybe she could have foreseen that she wouldn't like a beer soaked steak. (not that she is psychic or anything)

It seems that the sister doesn't like alcohol because of the alcohol itself, not the flavor. AFAIK, alcohol is has no flavor (other than, 'hey, this crap burns'), and what flavor there is in a drink is provided by the other ingredients (in this case, barley and hops).

It seems that the sister doesn't like alcohol because of the alcohol itself, not the flavor. AFAIK, alcohol is has no flavor (other than, 'hey, this crap burns'), and what flavor there is in a drink is provided by the other ingredients (in this case, barley and hops).

that's like saying that a vegetarian doesn't like meat because of meat itself and not the flavor, so it's okay to rub steaks all over their vegetables.....

okay, that was a sucky analogy.

anyway, if you want to host dinner you should accommodate your guests, if you don't want to accommodate your guests maybe you shouldn't invite them over.

What irks me? Groups of people who stand and talk in doorways! Why pick the most inconvenient place to stop and have a little chat?
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Also, galagos. God, they're freaky.

that's like saying that a vegetarian doesn't like meat because of meat itself and not the flavor, so it's okay to rub steaks all over their vegetables.....

okay, that was a sucky analogy.

Yes. It was. :)

anyway, if you want to host dinner you should accommodate your guests, if you don't want to accommodate your guests maybe you shouldn't invite them over.

True. Neesika should have asked first, but her sister could also have handled it better.

oh, and then not five minutes later she gives her kid his "breakfast" and you know what it is? a donut. a freaking donut. can someone explain to me the effective difference between a donut and a piece of cake? there isn't one? that's what I thought.

Actually the difference is that cake isn't deep fried in lard.:p

As for what irks me, are people who are arrogant enough to believe that they have all the answers. That somehow through divine inspiration and/or their boundless intellect they know "The Truth" that the rest of us scum-sucking-bottom-dwelling-moronic-sinners fail to realize. What they fail to realize is that they too are scum-sucking-bottom-dwelling-moronic-sinners who just think they have the answers, so actually the are self-deluded scum-sucking-bottom-dwelling-moronic-sinners. Of couse this post is not directed to anyone in general especially here on NSG since no one here would ever do that!

Sin seems to be aware that her sister in law doesn't like alcohol, maybe she could have foreseen that she wouldn't like a beer soaked steak. (not that she is psychic or anything)
Exactly!!

What irks me: people who believe doing the same thing over and over will garner DIFFERENT results.

See: women dating abusive boyfriends, men dating abusive girlfriends, driving drunk, etc.

anyway, if you want to host dinner you should accommodate your guests, if you don't want to accommodate your guests maybe you shouldn't invite them over.
Another excellent point!!

What irks me: people who believe doing the same thing over and over will garner DIFFERENT results.

See: women dating abusive boyfriends, men dating abusive girlfriends, driving drunk, etc.
They are all cruisin' for a brusin'??

I checked out a copy of "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut from the library, and some asshole wrote his various retarded opinions in the margins, besides underlining and otherwise marking the living hell out of part of the book.

Also, ugly middle-aged people who dress like they don't understand the concept of being ugly and middle age.

Idiot Ministers talking about how the fuck much God fucking loves you and how Jesus will be your fucking fuckbuddy when he comes back for the goddamn second coming (pun sort of intended)

People who go on and on and fucking on about their fucking personal lives in elevators.

I hate people who believe in collective punishment. Or collectivism in general.

I agree. Everybody talking about how "One person ruins it for everyone" Do you know who that one person is? It's not the guy who did something stupid, it's THE FUCKING RETARD WHO THINKS PUNISHING EVERYONE IS OKAY!

Zarakon -- chill out, man.

Zarakon -- chill out, man.

Come on, Kat, didn't you hear?

CAPSL OCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!!!

Or something like that.

It's also one thing that irks me... is when people type in all caps. Like, entire posts in all caps. It's annoying. I don't mind using caps for emphasis, but no entire posts. And when people Typ3 Liik3 DiiZ bcus iiT L00kz t3H k3wllz nD rapp3z da eNgLiizh lngUAg33 @ da sm3 tYm3.

:headbang:

You know what else irks me? Mikesburg. I know it's flamey and all, but I don't care, that guy's a tool.

You know what else irks me? Mikesburg. I know it's flamey and all, but I don't care, that guy's a tool.

NO YOU'RE WRONG! I LIKE MIKESBURG YOU $^#&^$&*#^($!!!!111!

NO YOU'RE WRONG! I LIKE MIKESBURG YOU $^#&^$&*#^($!!!!111!

:p

You clearly don't know him like I do. He's all 'insert random joke here' thinking it will garner some sympathy for him.

Don't trust him. He has a hidden agenda.

You're such an arse. You have no right to judge Mikesburg that way! :upyours:

NO YOU'RE WRONG! I LIKE MIKESBURG YOU $^#&^$&*#^($!!!!111!

You clearly don't know him like I do. He's all 'insert random joke here' thinking it will garner some sympathy for him.

Don't trust him. He has a hidden agenda.

You know what irks me? The people on this forum who take every opportunity to mention that god doesn't exist, or the religious are fools, or whatever.

I mean, I f*cking get it already. I'm an idiot for being catholic, you gain twenty IQ points for being atheist, my god doesn't exist, whatever.

Jackasses.

I have some other things to add:

People who use laser pointers at the movie theaters. It's stupid and if they're going to be a bunch of assholes, at least try to be clever about it.

Kids after school who just stand at the street corner, confusing me as to whether they're actually going to cross or not. And just as I decide to turn, they run across the street without even looking, so that I almost run in to them with my car. I'm seriously surprised that they haven't gotten hit by a car yet.

So, do us all a favour and hit them already!

I'd rather not go to jail...and it'd make me feel bad.

I have some other things to add:

People who use laser pointers at the movie theaters. It's stupid and if they're going to be a bunch of assholes, at least try to be clever about it.

Kids after school who just stand at the street corner, confusing me as to whether they're actually going to cross or not. And just as I decide to turn, they run across the street without even looking, so that I almost run in to them with my car. I'm seriously surprised that they haven't gotten hit by a car yet.

So, do us all a favour and hit them already!

I have some other things to add:

People who use laser pointers at the movie theaters. It's stupid and if they're going to be a bunch of assholes, at least try to be clever about it.
You know what's great? When they're in front of you, just a row or two ahead. Just say to the person in front of you "Hey, look out for a sec", and then dive into them, elbow first.

And then relocate yourself before they see you.

Kids after school who just stand at the street corner, confusing me as to whether they're actually going to cross or not. And just as I decide to turn, they run across the street without even looking, so that I almost run in to them with my car. I'm seriously surprised that they haven't gotten hit by a car yet.
Believe me, we're just as confused as you are.

"Are you gonna stop wasting my time and turn, or not, asshole?"

That's me. But generally, I just walk behind the lead car to remove the problem.

I hate it when I'm being served in a shop and the salesperson interrupts dealing with me to answer the phone. I hate that.

I've been known to dump the purchase on the counter and walk out.

Believe me, we're just as confused as you are.

"Are you gonna stop wasting my time and turn, or not, asshole?"

That's me. But generally, I just walk behind the lead car to remove the problem.

I encounter the same thing when I walk on the street also. Whether I'm driving or walking, I wave with my arm to signal them to go first. However, when the other person isn't paying attention to you...it gets a little more problematic.

I hate it when I'm being served in a shop and the salesperson interrupts dealing with me to answer the phone. I hate that.

I've been known to dump the purchase on the counter and walk out.

And then after you leave, we laugh about the jackass customer who just dumped his crap on the counter and left.

EDIT: And that's another thing I hate. Dealing with customers who happen to be total pricks.

Getting to a traffic light just in time for it to turn red.

Elderly drivers who drive as if their eternal destiny hangs on them driving less than 1 MPH. Even on the Interstate.

Bush-bashing. (It's not that I'm a fan of W (FTR I'm not), but I've heard so much of it that it's starting to get on my nerves. ATTENTION, BUSH-HATERS! YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT: "BUSH IS AN IDIOT!" I GET IT! SO SHUT UP ALREADY! FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO RANT ABOUT IF YOU INSIST ON RANTING!)

Women who stereotype us men negatively...and object to us doing the same thing to them :mad:

Drunks.

Governor Phil Bredesen, for shoving a $4.20 cigarette tax increase down smokers' throats (and all the state legislators who voted for it), CLAIMING it's for "education". GOVERNOR BREDESEN, IF YOU'RE READING THIS, WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU ANYMORE WHEN YOU SAY IT WILL BE SPENT ON EDUCATION! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE? YOU GET $4.10/CARTON FROM IT, BUT ONLY SPEND ONE DOLLAR OF IT ON HEALTH CARE! WHERE'S THE OTHER $3.10 GOING?

Spending the lottery money on college scholarships instead of the part of the education system that needs it most: the grade schools and high schools.

Hearing people bash Memphis. LISTEN, MEMPHIS-HATERS! MEMPHIS IS NOT THAT BAD A PLACE. EVERY CITY HAS ITS PROBLEMS, BUT MEMPHIS' BIGGEST PROBLEM IS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD IT! THERE ARE MANY PLACES WORSE THAN MEMPHIS, for example DETROIT; CLEVELAND; WASHINGTON, D.C.; and NEW ORLEANS, to name four. THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO VISIT AND LIVE IN MEMPHIS. I PERSONALLY PREFER MEMPHIS BY FAR TO, SAY, NEW YORK CITY OR CHICAGO. WE'RE SICK OF HEARING HOW MUCH YOU HATE MEMPHIS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PLACE, FINE, BUT DON'T GO AROUND TELLING EVERYBODY HOW "AWFUL" YOU SEEM TO THINK IT IS. IT IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BAD.

People who accuse me of having a "bad" or "hateful" attitude when I don't. When people say I have an attitude problem, that GIVES me an attitude problem. Sort of like a "self-fulfilling prophecy", I suppose. I'm not mad until people accuse me of being mad, and when they do that, THAT makes me mad! If you don't like my attitude, your best bet for changing it is to pretend you DO like it.

School buses stopping ON A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY to pick up or drop off kids. IMO they shouldn't be allowed to do that because it obstructs traffic.

People who slow down at GREEN traffic lights, as if they hope it'll turn red just to antagonize me.

People (usually elderly, but not always) who practically stop to make a right turn. If you're gonna turn, then TURN already and get out from in front of us!

A ringing phone.

Also, ugly middle-aged people who dress like they don't understand the concept of being ugly and middle age.
Oh, we understand the concept. We were weird before you were born, matey. Don't try to outweird us! *mutters about punk kids who think they invented it*

People who hold up the line to argue with the customer service clerk over irrelevant shit. :mad:

Hearing people bash Memphis. LISTEN, MEMPHIS-HATERS! MEMPHIS IS NOT THAT BAD A PLACE. EVERY CITY HAS ITS PROBLEMS, BUT MEMPHIS' BIGGEST PROBLEM IS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD IT! THERE ARE MANY PLACES WORSE THAN MEMPHIS, for example DETROIT; CLEVELAND; WASHINGTON, D.C.; AND NEW ORLEANS, to name four. THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO VISIT AND LIVE IN MEMPHIS. I PERSONALLY PREFER MEMPHIS BY FAR TO, SAY, NEW YORK CITY OR CHICAGO. WE'RE SICK OF HEARING HOW MUCH YOU HATE MEMPHIS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PLACE, FINE, BUT DON'T GO AROUND TELLING EVERYBODY HOW "AWFUL" YOU SEEM TO THINK IT IS. IT IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BAD.
"What about Memphis? Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks. What's that I smell? Is that home cooking? It's only the river, it's only the river . . ."

Drunks.
HEY!

Okay, I'm not a drunk, but still, I do drink and alcoholism is rampant in my family.

So, on their behalf I say UP YOURS!

Hearing people bash Memphis. LISTEN, MEMPHIS-HATERS! MEMPHIS IS NOT THAT BAD A PLACE. EVERY CITY HAS ITS PROBLEMS, BUT MEMPHIS' BIGGEST PROBLEM IS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD IT! THERE ARE MANY PLACES WORSE THAN MEMPHIS, for example DETROIT; CLEVELAND; WASHINGTON, D.C.; AND NEW ORLEANS, to name four. THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO VISIT AND LIVE IN MEMPHIS. I PERSONALLY PREFER MEMPHIS BY FAR TO, SAY, NEW YORK CITY OR CHICAGO. WE'RE SICK OF HEARING HOW MUCH YOU HATE MEMPHIS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PLACE, FINE, BUT DON'T GO AROUND TELLING EVERYBODY HOW "AWFUL" YOU SEEM TO THINK IT IS. IT IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BAD.

Okay, I live in DC. DC >>>>> Memphis. DC is, in some areas, a peepee-soaked heckhole, but anyone who lives in Southeast can, while they're being mugged, just sigh and say "At least I don't live in Memphis".

Oh, we understand the concept. We were weird before you were born, matey. Don't try to outweird us! *mutters about punk kids who think they invented it*
They didn't invent it.

I INVENTED IT! *sprouts tentacles and a pair of hairy bosoms*

And then after you leave, we laugh about the jackass customer who just dumped his crap on the counter and left.

EDIT: And that's another thing I hate. Dealing with customers who happen to be total pricks.

Yep, it's a battlefield ;)

You know what irks me? The people on this forum who take every opportunity to mention that god doesn't exist, or the religious are fools, or whatever.

I mean, I f*cking get it already. I'm an idiot for being catholic, you gain twenty IQ points for being atheist, my god doesn't exist, whatever.

Jackasses.

Agreed. They would get all "offended" and "hypersensitive" if we said the same things to/about them that they say to/about us.

And they DON'T "gain twenty IQ points for being atheist"; religious does NOT mean stupid, no matter what they say.

I hate when people make nasty little jokes, but not enough to warrant me beating the shit out of them, so I have no idea what the appropriate way to respond is. Stupid bloody assholes. No wonder so many people just take a mode that's like, I kill anyone who so much as looks at me funny.

That's another thing that irks me; being in a social situation where I have NO idea how to respond or what to say next. It drives me insane, and on top of that people make fun of me or make me feel inferior or less than human for not automatically knowing, without being told or educated beforehand, what to say, how to act, or how to respond in certain situations.

That's another thing that irks me; being in a social situation where I have NO idea how to respond or what to say next. It drives me insane, and on top of that people make fun of me or make me feel inferior or less than human for not automatically knowing, without being told or educated beforehand, what to say, how to act, or how to respond in certain situations.

I've spent the last 8 years of my life like that. :(

And then after you leave, we laugh about the jackass customer who just dumped his crap on the counter and left.

EDIT: And that's another thing I hate. Dealing with customers who happen to be total pricks.

I agree with you. Though not all customers are "total pricks", just enough of them have been, in my experiences, to give me a bad attitude toward most or all of them.

I've spent the last 8 years of my life like that. :(

Thank God someone knows how I feel. *breathes a sigh of relief and is less depressed, even if only slightly*

People make that assumption because you often moan about what bitches women are for not wanting you, and generally post like a teenager.

Oh, come on. We have plenty of teenagers on here, all of whom aren't like that. That I know of. Darknovae has a noticeable habit of not liking girls, Johnny B Goode tends to have reasonable views on gender and the use of the word "lolz".

Also, plenty of other teenagers on here. Not a single angry sexist one among them. In fact, probably 90% of teenagers are lacking in angry sexist views.

The post you quoted was originally a nasty flame. That's why i said "you trying to get me banned?".

That was a "nasty flame"? That's the NSG equivalent of baking you cookies.

Agreed. They would get all "offended" and "hypersensitive" if we said the same things to/about them that they say to/about us.

And they DON'T "gain twenty IQ points for being atheist"; religious does NOT mean stupid, no matter what they say.

Oh boo fucking hoo.

You know what pisses me off? Religious people who whine about being so persecuted.

Be religious, that's your right.

But DON'T bring your religion to the table when there is a factual discussion in progress. Your 'faith' is evidence of nothing.

DON'T expect me to care what your religious beliefs are.

DON'T demand respect for your religious beliefs.

Have them, enjoy them, live by them...and I'll have my beliefs, enjoy them, and live by them. Somehow, perhaps we can manage to get along regardless.

Oh, come on. We have plenty of teenagers on here, all of whom aren't like that. That I know of. Darknovae has a noticeable habit of not liking girls, Johnny B Goode tends to have reasonable views on gender and the use of the word "lolz".

Darknovae did just say 'women > men'.

Also, plenty of other teenagers on here. Not a single angry sexist one among them. In fact, probably 90% of teenagers are lacking in angry sexist views.

I responded to her by saying that women are sex dolls possessed by demons who cause pain simply via the act of talking. And I'm 17.

Everything you say is wrong!

Oooh, that reminds me.

Blogging in NSG. That gets old.

I think we should have a designated bloggy thread.

I think we should have a designated bloggy thread.

One where people post a link to their blog and people can give feedback but we don't actually blog here.

One where people post a link to their blog and people can give feedback but we don't actually blog here.

Give feedback on people's blogs.

Isn't that the first ingredient in the recipe for Disaster?

Zarakon -- chill out, man.

I'm not actually sure why I used caps there...I think I just wanted to hit the caps button...

What irks me is the double standard people apply to the government. Things that would be considered inconceivable, or at the very least, immoral, if done by individuals, are tacitly condoned, or justified, when done by the state. Armed robbery by ordinary people is a no-no, but when the state does it (under the auspices of "taxation"), it's okay. Similarly, individuals are not allowed to own slaves, but the state is allowed to practice slavery ("conscription" or "compulsory education"). People are awash with horror over private sector "monopolies," yet few people bitch about state monopolies (law enforcement, defense, etc.). Why are certain things considered bad when done by individuals, yet considered good, or at the very least, permissible, when done by the state?

The work irk itself.

People who think that rain is shitty weather. They should be stabbed.

Global Warming. Like Fass, my town has been posting some ridiculous temperatures. I believe it hit 37 last week, and I am damn far north.

Alberta drivers.

Alberta roads.

You know what pisses me off? Religious people who whine about being so persecuted.
Even when we actually are persecuted?

Be religious, that's your right.

But DON'T bring your religion to the table when there is a factual discussion in progress. Your 'faith' is evidence of nothing.

I have never, not once in my life, used religion in a scientific debate or discussion. Yet, I am automatically considered less intelligent for my beliefs.

DON'T expect me to care what your religious beliefs are.

I don't. I really don't give a fuck if you care or not.

DON'T demand respect for your religious beliefs.

I do. Because I respect your religious beliefs. I don't stand on a street corner and shout at you for not having faith. I've never told anyone that their religion (or lack thereof) is wrong, because I honestly believe that they aren't wrong. There are many paths to God, or Allah, or Buddha, or the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, or just inner peace, or whatever is really out there (C'thulhu, perhaps?) and everyone has to find their own way.

I understand the path I chose is flawed; it's a religion based around a book that was written c. 2,000 years ago. The book is a political writing, written by people under duress; it's not the Divine Word of God or whatever, it's just a book. As is the Torah, the Koran, the Sutras, and The Origin of Species. They're all flawed, but they all hold a lot of truth to them.

What I don't understand why so many atheists find it necessary to constantly hurl insults at other people on other paths, just to prove their own superiority or whatever.

Have them, enjoy them, live by them...and I'll have my beliefs, enjoy them, and live by them. Somehow, perhaps we can manage to get along regardless.

Why wouldn't we?

Even when we actually are persecuted? Suck it up princess. Everyone gets persecuted. Your blanket labelling of atheists earns you no points on the holier-than-thou scale.

Suck it up princess. Everyone gets persecuted. Your blanket labelling of atheists earns you no points on the holier-than-thou scale.

Really? A blanket statement? Find it for me? I seem to have lost it...

Tigers has a point, though. It's annoying when anyone goes out of their way to debase someone's beliefs without provocation, no matter what those beliefs may be. Besides, they're only giving themselves a bad image... (cough cough RRS cough cough)

And there was no blanket statement. Tigers was annoyed that some people attacked his religion. He never implied that every atheist did so.

And there was no blanket statement. Tigers was annoyed that some people attacked his religion. He never implied that every atheist did so.

But apparently only atheists make fun of his Catholicism.

Like the Protestants don't have a hand in THAT.

But apparently only atheists make fun of his Catholicism.

Like the Protestants don't have a hand in THAT.

And Orthodox Christians, let's not forget. :p

*Mocks the Pope*

*In a friendly way, of course* ;)

Oh, I should mention, on topic:

Late fees at the library. $1.25 for bringing a book back a day late? A book no one has checked out in 36 years, according to the punches on the reverse side of the cover?

That irks me. Also, the fact that our library is slowly getting rid of books no one has checked out in over 10 years. But I guess we need the space.

But apparently only atheists make fun of his Catholicism.

Like the Protestants don't have a hand in THAT.

I think that in his first religion-related statement, the when he wrote "Catholic", he meant "insert religion of your (un)choice here". Just a little typo, if you will.
And when he wrote "atheist", he meant "insert your real choice of religion or non-religion here". People should really be more careful when typing, but I'm pretty sure that's what he meant.

Someone should actually do a survey on this: how many NS threads end up on the subject of religion? No, don't say anything, just think about it.

Someone should actually do a survey on this: how many NS threads end up on the subject of religion? No, don't say anything, just think about it.

I'm guessing about 1/5. That's roughly 20%, I think. :p

Bush-bashing. (It's not that I'm a fan of W (FTR I'm not), but I've heard so much of it that it's starting to get on my nerves. ATTENTION, BUSH-HATERS! YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT: "BUSH IS AN IDIOT!" I GET IT! SO SHUT UP ALREADY! FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO RANT ABOUT IF YOU INSIST ON RANTING!)
But, but, but.....Bush is such a great source for his critics!! :p

Hearing people bash Memphis. LISTEN, MEMPHIS-HATERS! MEMPHIS IS NOT THAT BAD A PLACE. EVERY CITY HAS ITS PROBLEMS, BUT MEMPHIS' BIGGEST PROBLEM IS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD IT! THERE ARE MANY PLACES WORSE THAN MEMPHIS, for example DETROIT; CLEVELAND; WASHINGTON, D.C.; and NEW ORLEANS, to name four. THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO VISIT AND LIVE IN MEMPHIS. I PERSONALLY PREFER MEMPHIS BY FAR TO, SAY, NEW YORK CITY OR CHICAGO. WE'RE SICK OF HEARING HOW MUCH YOU HATE MEMPHIS! IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PLACE, FINE, BUT DON'T GO AROUND TELLING EVERYBODY HOW "AWFUL" YOU SEEM TO THINK IT IS. IT IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BAD.
If it is any consolation to ya, I like the lyrics, and tune of this song:

Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis lyrics (http://www.lyrics007.com/Marc%20Cohn%20Lyrics/Walking%20In%20Memphis%20Lyrics.html)

Makes me want to go for a walk in Memphis!! :)

You know what irks me? The people on this forum who take every opportunity to mention that god doesn't exist, or the religious are fools, or whatever.


While I'm not actually guilty of the crime you name... I can certainly see why people do do it. I live in Bible Belt America, and I get told everyday that I am condemned to burn in hell, because I'm a godless heathen. Then they offer to pray for me, and hope I'll see the light, or something equally insulting and condescending.

Turn on the tv, flip on the radio, open the local paper... more of the same.

If people are going to waste no opportunity hammering home just how much god does exist, there is going to be response.

If people are going to waste no opportunity hammering home just how much god does exist, there is going to be response.

Sickly enough, they don't leave room for faith at all.
Just fear and hubris.

Sickly enough, they don't leave room for faith at all.
Just fear and hubris.

They need to broaden their horizons and check some of the other significant literature.

Let the Babel Fish stand as a warning to those who would suggest 'matters of faith' might actually be certain. :)

They need to broaden their horizons and check some of the other significant literature.Isn't that too scary for them, though?

Let the Babel Fish stand as a warning to those who would suggest 'matters of faith' might actually be certain. :)I told you i'd met that fella, right? :)
*mutters*

Isn't that too scary for them, though?


No - because many of the problem cases simply don't admit there could be any other 'significant' literature.

Denial. Not just a river in Egypt.


I told you i'd met that fella, right? :)
*mutters*

Yeah - and my ex met Neil Gaiman. My life sucks. :D

No - because many of the problem cases simply don't admit there could be any other 'significant' literature.

Denial. Not just a river in Egypt.Egypt, how appropriate! :p



Yeah - and my ex met Neil Gaiman. My life sucks. :DThere's still time.
:)
'sides, you make it so it doesn't suck for us on NS.

People who always make little comments like "It must be nice.." or "Where did they get the money?"

Seriously, our house is 22 years old, we fucking needed new windows and a new door that actually locks.. It'll be great fun in a week or two when we have our roof fixed up.. :rolleyes:

Also, people who use "It's the law!" as a reason to not let me have a glass of wine durring our holiday dinners.. in our house.

Also, people who use "It's the law!" as a reason to not let me have a glass of wine durring our holiday dinners.. in our house.
Join some tweaked religion where you can drink it as ... i dunno, sacrament or something.
Or start one, yo!

People who always make little comments like "It must be nice.." or "Where did they get the money?"

Seriously, our house is 22 years old, we fucking needed new windows and a new door that actually locks.. It'll be great fun in a week or two when we have our roof fixed up.. :rolleyes:

Also, people who use "It's the law!" as a reason to not let me have a glass of wine durring our holiday dinners.. in our house.

That's a load of crap, I agree. And it probably *isn't* the law, besides. I don't think it's a crime to drink wine with family or at church in most states, with a few conditions, though it's been a while since I was young enough to have to worry about it. :)

'sides, you make it so it doesn't suck for us on NS.

Ooh, you're good! I remember now why I keep coming back to this place... :D

I might have missed my chance with Mr Adams, though. I still hold some hopes for Gaiman... although, now that he is a Hollywood darling...

*conflicted... he deserves the success, but he doesn't need to become caught up in the ivorytower world...*

Ooh, you're good! I remember now why I keep coming back to this place... :D

I might have missed my chance with Mr Adams, though. I still hold some hopes for Gaiman... although, now that he is a Hollywood darling...

*conflicted... he deserves the success, but he doesn't need to become caught up in the ivorytower world...*

I almost shoved Adams down a flight of stairs. He was a prick.
And the only apology was that posthumous mention in "A Salmon of Doubt" - in that conversation with Pete Townshend.

If not for the anecdotal value, i probably would have been better off not having that whole experience.
As for meeting Mike Portnoy or Chuck Palahniuk, though ... :D

Seriously, our house is 22 years old, we fucking needed new windows and a new door that actually locks.. It'll be great fun in a week or two when we have our roof fixed up.. :rolleyes:


America is so cute... 22 whole years old! Did people even LIVE back then?

America is so cute... 22 whole years old! Did people even LIVE back then?

Ruffy was livin' it up alright ... swimming around and all.
What was i doing ... oh yeah, putting Slinky's on escalators.

I almost shoved Adams down a flight of stairs. He was a prick.
And the only apology was that posthumous mention in "A Salmon of Doubt" - in that conversation with Pete Townshend.

If not for the anecdotal value, i probably would have been better off not having that whole experience.
As for meeting Mike Portnoy or Chuck Palahniuk, though ... :D

Yeah, you said before that you remained somewhat unimpressed. On the subject of genital namecalling - P.K. Dick is one of the authors I really wish I had met.

America is so cute... 22 whole years old! Did people even LIVE back then?

Our "bull-doze it and build something better" attitude is kind of progressive, in my opinion. We don't have protected old houses on many street corners, though you can find the odd 1830s schoolhouse here and there if you're into that kind of thing. ;)

Ruffy was livin' it up alright ... swimming around and all.
What was i doing ... oh yeah, putting Slinky's on escalators.

I think that was part of my phase of crashing my bike. A lot. Between that and the other cityboy occupation (now a sport... they call it 'parkour', I believe), it's amazing I survived...

Yeah, you said before that you remained somewhat unimpressed. On the subject of genital namecalling - P.K. Dick is one of the authors I really wish I had met.
Unimpressed on Adams? Pissed, a little bit. Unfortunate, really.

Portnoy - ROCKS.
Palahniuk - PERVERT.

I second your motion on P.K. Dick. It's funny how many people don't know that Minority Report was written in 1953.

America is so cute... 22 whole years old! Did people even LIVE back then?

In caves, yes.

Our "bull-doze it and build something better" attitude is kind of progressive, in my opinion. We don't have protected old houses on many street corners, though you can find the odd 1830s schoolhouse here and there if you're into that kind of thing. ;)

The 'bulldoze' part, perhaps. A plague of trailers across America might not be considered 'something better', in totally objective terms.

My school was built in 1604, my family's house in 1889.It is awe-inspiring to move to America and see government money being used to 'renovate' a 'historical' building that is more than 30 years old!

Unimpressed on Adams? Pissed, a little bit. Unfortunate, really.

Portnoy - ROCKS.
Palahniuk - PERVERT.

I second your motion on P.K. Dick. It's funny how many people don't know that Minority Report was written in 1953.

How is Palahniuk a pervert? You mean in his writings or personal habits? I've never read him, but I've had him recommended many times. Just curious. :)

How is Palahniuk a pervert? You mean in his writings or personal habits? I've never read him, but I've had him recommended many times. Just curious. :)

In print and in person. There's a form in the books, yet in person, the persona is just BUBBLING with perversion.
Intoxicating, almost - he was even dressed the way you'd expect someone would be dressed in an office setting. How appropriate! :)

He was doing research and citing examples from his soon-to-be-released (then) book, Haunted.
Give it a flip sometime.

I think that was part of my phase of crashing my bike. A lot. Between that and the other cityboy occupation (now a sport... they call it 'parkour', I believe), it's amazing I survived...

I did a few other things, but not much i'd care to mention here. Other than my own little pirate radio station i'd annoy drivers within 2 miles or so with.
:)

In print and in person. There's a form in the books, yet in person, the persona is just BUBBLING with perversion.
Intoxicating, almost - he was even dressed the way you'd expect someone would be dressed in an office setting. How appropriate! :)

He was doing research and citing examples from his soon-to-be-released (then) book, Haunted.
Give it a flip sometime.

Might have to do that! Thanks for the tip. :)

Oh, come on. We have plenty of teenagers on here, all of whom aren't like that. That I know of. Darknovae has a noticeable habit of not liking girls, Johnny B Goode tends to have reasonable views on gender and the use of the word "lolz".

Also, plenty of other teenagers on here. Not a single angry sexist one among them. In fact, probably 90% of teenagers are lacking in angry sexist views. That's because A) I'm not a lesbian or bisexual and B) I have few female friends anyway, the girls I've met are evil.

Oh, and much of NSG is teenagers. bwahahahaha! *joins crusade against adult posters* *in a friendly way of course*

:p

Darknovae did just say 'women > men'.


That's because I was joking. Do you really think I'm sexist? :p

-snippage-
That's because I was joking. Do you really think I'm sexist? :p
Irks?, When certain people don't join forums that they should join.:(

Irks?, When certain people don't join forums that they should join.:(

...

:confused: :(

*...*

I responded to her by saying that women are sex dolls possessed by demons who cause pain simply via the act of talking. And I'm 17.

Everything you say is wrong!

Is the rubbish you post meant to be funny? :confused:

Is the rubbish you post meant to be funny? :confused:

He was joking when he posted it.

And for revenge I stole his trebuchet.

He was joking when he posted it.

And for revenge I stole his trebuchet.

Yep, I'm definitely not getting it. :headbang: