NationStates Jolt Archive

Didn't we have this one before the driving-related one? "Things that arent illegal" or something like that?

That System Shock 3 is being made by EA, and to top it off, the guys who made The Godfather game. :mad:

what are some things that bother you? (non-driving related)

People who get in the subway and then just stand there blocking the whole damned door.

no, that was minor crimes. I am not talking about crimes, I am talking about things that just bother you.

Like pet peeves but not so specific. A pet peeve is something that bothers you for no discernible reason, like it bothers me when cabinet doors are open, but it's not something that I can back up with any real evidence as to why exactly it bothers me.

Other things bother me for good reason, like people who don't unplug electronics when they aren't using them.

Surveyors who lunge at you like hungry tigers while you're trying to enjoy the mall.

Blueblood;13063456']Didn't we have this one before the driving-related one? "Things that arent illegal" or something like that?

no, that was minor crimes. I am not talking about crimes, I am talking about things that just bother you.

Like pet peeves but not so specific. A pet peeve is something that bothers you for no discernible reason, like it bothers me when cabinet doors are open, but it's not something that I can back up with any real evidence as to why exactly it bothers me.

Other things bother me for good reason, like people who don't unplug electronics when they aren't using them.

all i can think about now is driving pet peeves and irriations :p

I'm gonna go with...reality TV...and people who allow themselves to gain excessive amounts of weight like 500+ lbs

That System Shock 3 is being made by EA, and to top it off, the guys who made The Godfather game. :mad:
I'm going to go with EA in general.
And that Eidos refuses to patch Just Cause.
And that they ruined the Tribes series.
And Counter Strike and Halo and their respective fanbois.

I'm gonna go with...reality TV...and people who allow themselves to gain excessive amounts of weight like 500+ lbs

I have absolutely no problem with the latter and rather encourage it, especially on the female half of the species...

That said, as for the former...only crappy reality shows are bothersome. And the proliferation of them. Just because they're cheap doesn't mean they're a good idea. (But there are some good ones...or at least "better than most scripted shit" shows...)

Gataways points.

Those people that will wave to a Hells Angel as he walks by an old lady in an unlocked car and then lock it and glare at a teenager as they walk by. (True Story)

People that dont listen to what people under 18 say just because they are under 18.

things that bother me....

people who say things like "I am putting my life on hold"

people who don't understand "no" and then continue to guilt you

socialists

people who take their dogs everywhere with them

more later.

Fixed for clarity. :)

iwasjokingpleasedonthurtme

things that bother me....

people who say things like "I am putting my life on hold"

people who don't understand "no" and then continue to guilt you

people who are lazy and then bitch because someone who isn't lazy has more things

people who take their dogs everywhere with them

more later.

things that bother me....

people who say things like "I am putting my life on hold"

people who don't understand "no" and then continue to guilt you

people who are lazy and then bitch because someone who isn't lazy has more things

people who take their dogs everywhere with them

more later.

Yeah preachers or convertist that come to your door, and won't take, no I already have a faith as a viable answer.

That said, as for the former...only crappy reality shows are bothersome. And the proliferation of them. Just because they're cheap doesn't mean they're a good idea. (But there are some good ones...or at least "better than most scripted shit" shows...)
There is a difference between reality shows and reality based shows. Discovery Channel reality shows? Good, they are based on reality. Bullshit they have on FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS, MTV, E!, etc - shit, it is carefully scripted reality. The "go into the lives of your favorite semi-has-been celebrities!" shows are between those. They arn't scripted reality but they try to be.

I'm going to go with EA in general.
And that Eidos refuses to patch Just Cause.
And that they ruined the Tribes series.
And Counter Strike and Halo and their respective fanbois.

Those too. The video game industry would be so much better if I ran it. :p

Right now? Statistics.

In a few hours? Statistics, probably.



Apart from that and on a regular basis? Crappy E-Bayers. Indoor flowers spreading their petals everywhere. The color pink. Knuckles cracking. Itches and bruises. Self-imposed curfew when the sun is shining. Hairy toes when/where I have to see them. Self-made ice cream that doesn't freeze properly. Dry eyes. Inexplicable spots on my ceiling. The noise my laptop makes. Cold hands. Weak hearts. Empty chocolate boxes. People who click their pens incessantly. Little yapping dogs. Kids who are off their leash and running about places being an obstacle in everyone's way. Empty Ben&Jerry's containers. People with unsightly bodies walking around our house rather naked. The same people (strangers to me!) asking me (!) for a washcloth (!).

People who don't know a damn thing about science, but who believe that talking about it over dinner, watching the Discovery Channel, or reading the science section in the news qualifies them as "in the know."

yes, or worse one came to my door recently and was like

"have you ever lied?"
"yes"
"have you ever looked at someone with lust?"
*thinks about hubby* "sure"
"do you know you are now doomed to eternal torment in hell?"
"no"
"you must come to our church to rectify this situation or you will die in your sin"
"I like my church"
"your church is bad"
"you don't even know where I go to church"
"well, they let liars and adulterers in, so it's bad"
"what?"
"you are a cheater and a liar, you are going to hell"
"are you going to hell?"
"no"
"good, I won't be seeing you again then?" *shuts door*

Bloody hell, insulted on your own doorstep!

I had the JW's in few times, and one lot borrowed a veggie cook book from us, and then I never saw them again, I wonder if that counts as stealing?

Yeah preachers or convertist that come to your door, and won't take, no I already have a faith as a viable answer.

yes, or worse one came to my door recently and was like

"have you ever lied?"
"yes"
"have you ever looked at someone with lust?"
*thinks about hubby* "sure"
"do you know you are now doomed to eternal torment in hell?"
"no"
"you must come to our church to rectify this situation or you will die in your sin"
"I like my church"
"your church is bad"
"you don't even know where I go to church"
"well, they let liars and adulterers in, so it's bad"
"what?"
"you are a cheater and a liar, you are going to hell"
"are you going to hell?"
"no"
"good, I won't be seeing you again then?" *shuts door*

The noise my laptop makes.
Pfft, mine makes a high pitch whining noise. If my ears were better, I would be hitting it with a hammer (it is a high pitch sine wave just out of range of my shitty hearing because it is ass for my age).

Oh, and I forgot. My family not being able to pick up after themselves. Or throw shit away. Or take out the trash. Or let my dog in from outside while they are sitting five feet away from the door and I would have to walk across the house to do it. Or putting their damn dishes at least in the kitchen when they are done instead of leaving them in their rooms for 3 weeks.

There is a difference between reality shows and reality based shows. Discovery Channel reality shows? Good, they are based on reality. Bullshit they have on FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS, MTV, E!, etc - shit, it is carefully scripted reality. The "go into the lives of your favorite semi-has-been celebrities!" shows are between those. They arn't scripted reality but they try to be.

oh, yes, also, when reality shows have the footage of someone opening the door to "surprise" the reality show people.....

"OMG! OMG! IT'S SUPER NANNY! I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU!"

riiiiiight, and you didn't notice the full camera crew following you around all week and also that they are set up by your front door waiting for you to answer it and feign surprise? riiiiight. :rolleyes:

- Medics as a general group

- People who are impatient

- Less experienced and skilled people telling me what to do

- Public displays of affection

- People who take 'depression' to be a synonym for 'lazy and weak'

- People trying to take advantage of my good nature and then get all pissy when they're stopped in their tracks

People who make sweeping generalizations.

Proctologists with poor depth perception.

People who use the plural when addressing one person: "how are WE today?" If I'm in a crowd, I'll respond, "Well, I can't speak for them, but I'm fine." If I'm by myself, I'll say, "We? WE?!? I never told you about...about...THEM!" and then begin to talk to myself. Scares most folks away.

Deliberate literalists, especially in a classroom.

People who allow their children to run rampant and unsupervised in public.

People who can't walk a few more steps out of a doorway before stopping and having a conversation, and then look at you as if YOU'RE the asshole for wanting to use the doorway for its intended purpose.

Non car owners who don't understand that when I give them regular lifts I might want some petrol money to cover the stupidly high costs

People who use the plural when addressing one person: "how are WE today?" If I'm in a crowd, I'll respond, "Well, I can't speak for them, but I'm fine." If I'm by myself, I'll say, "We? WE?!? I never told you about...about...THEM!" and then begin to talk to myself. Scares most folks away.

People do that a lot to kids, annoys the hell out of my oldest.

"we don't run in the building"
"you don't, but I obviously do because I just was"
"well, you shouldn't"
"why not?"
"because it bothers me"
"well, then what you should have said was 'please don't run in the building, because it bothers me'"

Pfft, mine makes a high pitch whining noise. If my ears were better, I would be hitting it with a hammer (it is a high pitch sine wave just out of range of my shitty hearing because it is ass for my age).

Oh, and I forgot. My family not being able to pick up after themselves. Or throw shit away. Or take out the trash. Or let my dog in from outside while they are sitting five feet away from the door and I would have to walk across the house to do it. Or putting their damn dishes at least in the kitchen when they are done instead of leaving them in their rooms for 3 weeks.

Reminds me: My ears clogging shut with such regularity that I either have to have them professionally cleaned every 3 months or decide to undergo rather drastic hearing loss just as soon. And tinnitus.

And people who let their dog shit in other people's front yard. And on the sidewalk.

And people who 'do the dishes' and afterwards you can still know what they ate form looking at said 'clean' dishes. People who get angry at you when you point that out to them.

People who store their motorbikes indoors. People who store their motorbikes indoors when said motorbikes leak oil. People who store their oil-leaking motorbikes indoors and not clean it up. Pople who store oil-leaking motorbikes indorr, not cleaning it up on their own initiative, and get angry at you for asking them to do it. People who store their motorbikes indoors and refusing to clean up the oily mess they create in the whole fucking hallway yelling the words "I have a hard life and can't be bothered with that now". Especially if those people are fucking 18 years old. Most especially if those 18-year-old motorbike-owners then proceed to stomp into their room and crank their stereo up to the max playing German country songs.

People do that a lot to kids, annoys the hell out of my oldest.

"we don't run in the building"
"you don't, but I obviously do because I just was"
"well, you shouldn't"
"why not?"
"because it bothers me"
"well, then what you should have said was 'please don't run in the building, because it bothers me'"

Smart kid. Reminds me of Dan St. Paul and his kid, Roy. Roy goes to first grade and the teacher says "Roy. Now there's a name you don't hear very often." And Roy counters, "Nope. I hear it all the time."

Smart kid. Reminds me of Dan St. Paul and his kid, Roy. Roy goes to first grade and the teacher says "Roy. Now there's a name you don't hear very often." And Roy counters, "Nope. I hear it all the time."

:p

Fixed for clarity. :)

iwasjokingpleasedonthurtme

People who do stupid stuff like this, and then think adding a smiley makes it less dumb.

People who do stupid stuff like this, and then think adding a smiley makes it less dumb.

ohh yeah that reminds, grammar nazi's, seriously you get what I mean, lay off me coz i can't speil!

People labeling other people they don't even know

dog crap

people not shutting the door when they leave my room

yes, or worse one came to my door recently and was like

"have you ever lied?"
"yes"
"have you ever looked at someone with lust?"
*thinks about hubby* "sure"
"do you know you are now doomed to eternal torment in hell?"
"no"
"you must come to our church to rectify this situation or you will die in your sin"
"I like my church"
"your church is bad"
"you don't even know where I go to church"
"well, they let liars and adulterers in, so it's bad"
"what?"
"you are a cheater and a liar, you are going to hell"
"are you going to hell?"
"no"
"good, I won't be seeing you again then?" *shuts door*


My experience was kinda like:

"have you ever lied?"
"no"
...
...
"erm... you MUST have lied at some point..."
"no, I'm obsessive-compulsive and can't bring myself to say something untrue"
...
...
...

Then they wen't into a group huddle and decided (about 5 minutes later) to try the different tack of asking me if I'd heard the 'good news'.

ohh yeah that reminds, grammar nazi's, seriously you get what I mean, lay off me coz i can't speil!

You'll want to make the fine distinction and use the more specific "orthography nazi" there.

.. does this make me a semantics nazi now?


Which reminds me that I seriously despise what somewhat older people, like my mother, do, i.e. 'correct' language that would have been wrong 30 years ago but isn't any longer (this may or may not apply to English, too; I'm not good enough in English to judge such, uh, subtleties).

You'll want to make the fine distinction and use the more specific "orthography nazi" there.

.. does this make me a semantics nazi now?


Which reminds me that I seriously despise what somewhat older people, like my mother, do, i.e. 'correct' language that would have been wrong 30 years ago but isn't any longer (this may or may not apply to English, too; I'm not good enough in English to judge such, uh, subtleties).

Grrrrr! shouldn't that be 'I'm not good enough, with English'?
Bwhahahahah!

I get road rage when I'm walking. Someone in front of me's dawdling and drifts across the path stopping me getting past, that really pisses me off. Also when I'm walking with people and they're walking really slowly, and I have to really try to slow down to their pace or just go off ahead and end up waiting for them. I really don't understand how people can make shuch short steps and move their legs so slowly, it has to be deliberate.

Ummmmm,

Those people that walk like thunderbirds and give the joke away by explaining it.

:upyours:

people who piss on the toilet seat and then leave it. just because i'm always careful and then a new person comes along and leaves the bathroom a mess everytime he uses it. also he smokes out of his window and it blows back and fills the flat with the smell.

people who leave washing up in the sink so nobody else can use it, there's a perfectly good sideboard next to the sink.

people who don't rinse all the pubes and soap scum out of the shower when they've finished.

people who don't vote out of plain apathy and laziness. i really struggle to understand political apathy.

i don't much like my new flat.

people who piss on the toilet seat and then leave it. just because i'm always careful and then a new person comes along and leaves the bathroom a mess everytime he uses it. also he smokes out of his window and it blows back and fills the flat with the smell.

people who leave washing up in the sink so nobody else can use it, there's a perfectly good sideboard next to the sink.

people who don't rinse all the pubes and soap scum out of the shower when they've finished.

people who don't vote out of plain apathy and laziness. i really struggle to understand political apathy.

i don't much like my new flat.

Hehe or your new partner?

Grrrrr! shouldn't that be 'I'm not good enough, with English'?
Bwhahahahah!

Well, for starters, the comma definitely doesn't belong there. As far as the word choice goes - I'm not sure. However, in case it is decided by someone more proficient than us that the correct word choice should indeed by "good enough with English", I'll go out on a limb and that I was intending a more, uh, marinade-related twist to it, saying I don't, uh, do well in an English-style marinade - you know, sort of like some people start to smell atrociously when bathing in French dressing for too long.

my list of non criminal peeves...

1) People who rush into the elevator without letting those inside get out first.
2) Groups of people who feel that the corridor was made special for their group and so they feel they must walk shoulder to shoulder and as sloooow as possible to savor the experience of walking down a hallway.
3) Elderly people who not only feel that the world owes them, but has to make that point by pushing and shoving their way to the front of anything.
4) Employees that feel their discussion of their weekend plans are more important than helping customers.

In all honesty though, number three, you should really let them get away with. If only so that you can enjoy the same when you are older.

my list of non criminal peeves...

1) People who rush into the elevator without letting those inside get out first.
2) Groups of people who feel that the corridor was made special for their group and so they feel they must walk shoulder to shoulder and as sloooow as possible to savor the experience of walking down a hallway.
3) Elderly people who not only feel that the world owes them, but has to make that point by pushing and shoving their way to the front of anything.
4) Employees that feel their discussion of their weekend plans are more important than helping customers.


yes, or worse one came to my door recently and was like

"have you ever lied?"
"yes"
"have you ever looked at someone with lust?"
*thinks about hubby* "sure"
"do you know you are now doomed to eternal torment in hell?"
"no"
"you must come to our church to rectify this situation or you will die in your sin"
"I like my church"
"your church is bad"
"you don't even know where I go to church"
"well, they let liars and adulterers in, so it's bad"
"what?"
"you are a cheater and a liar, you are going to hell"
"are you going to hell?"
"no"
"good, I won't be seeing you again then?" *shuts door*
OMG, I'm glad I never ran into such people here.

I dislike ginger people, and vegetarians, but especially ginger vegetarians.

Hehe or your new partner?

no, just the flatmates.

I dislike ginger people, and vegetarians, an especially ginger vegetarians.

ginger people dislike you too :P

Whiners. God I hate them. I work next to two of the biggest complainers in Ohio. Every little thing is a disaster.

I care not for your pain.

In all honesty though, number three, you should really let them get away with. If only so that you can enjoy the same when you are older.

normally, I do let them go ahead of me. but one time this elderly... gentleman, actually stuck his arm out and pushed me away (and several others) to board the bus first.

ginger people dislike you too :P

They probably do, because I suffer from a phobia of ginger people. I'm not even joking. I was once trapped in an elevator with a "bad" ginger (there's some gingers who are "passable" as based upon my judgement) - "bad" gingers have bright orange hair, pale skin, freckles and, subjectively due to my irrational phobia of them, excessive dandruff and dirtiness.

Anyway, while trapped, I was literally gagging every five minutes. It took all my willpower not to vomit on them. I must've held my breath for 30 minutes total that day.

A lot of things really bother me. How stupid most people are most of the time, for one.

Professors who insist I cannot be absent more than three times when all they do is rehash the shit I read in the book the night before class. Oh, and especially bothersome is when those same professors make the end-of-chapter review questions mandatory and 63% of the total grade.

Door-to-door anything.

Ridiculous and nonsensical portmanteaus.


Living.

They probably do, because I suffer from a phobia of ginger people. I'm not even joking. I was once trapped in an elevator with a "bad" ginger (there's some gingers who are "passable" as based upon my judgement) - "bad" gingers have bright orange hair, pale skin, freckles and, subjectively due to my irrational phobia of them, excessive dandruff and dirtiness.

Anyway, while trapped, I was literally gagging every five minutes. It took all my willpower not to vomit on them. I must've held my breath for 30 minutes total that day.

that's... odd... you get molested by a ginge when you were a kid or something? well i guess you'd better hope you never meet me. actually i probably only have the bright orange hair (for now), my skin isn't especially pale and i don't seem to get freckles anymore. no dandruff either.

what are some things that bother you? (non-driving related)

1. People who insist on using different words than the ones I've been accustomed to...using binder instead of trapper, high-beams instead of brights, and so on and so forth. I'm not exactly obsessive compulsive, but I want you to use the words I use, damn it!

2. Back when I was in high school, one of my largest pet peeves was the way people used certain symbols in grading each others papers. When I grew up in Ohio, a checkmark was for the answer being correct, X was for incorrect.

In Colorado--or at least at the high school I attended, Platte Canyon--the checkmark was used to mean "check your work" which makes no bloody sense. No one else anywhere uses it like that. It's "check" and you're done. You're correct. You can mark that item off of your checklist, ect ect. Who the hell uses it to say "check your work"?! Every damned time I graded a classmate's paper I'd have to write on the top "checkmark symbol = correct!" just so people wouldn't accuse me of "completely failing them" as someone did the first time when I had no idea what they interpreted it to mean.

3. My dog Chester will happily walk all over my feet and any other exposed body part while trying to cuddle up next to me to get me to pet him. When an eighty pound golden retriever walks on your large toes--both of which have had wedge removal operations on them--it really hurts.

4. People unwilling to laugh at themselves. For fuck's sake, you're not perfect. Laugh at yourself. It's a sign of a higher self-esteem, being able to laugh at your mistakes. About a month or so ago when a circuit breaker broke and the electricity to all of the outlets in all of the bathrooms went off(the lights were on different circuits) I was brainstorming what all used electricity in the bathrooms for some reason, and while brainstorming, I tossed out the question "Does the toilet use electricity?" Obviously, it doesn't, and if it did it would probably fry you, but I was just brainstorming. Everyone around me immediately starts laughing.

I did too, because it was pretty funny.

5. People who don't let jokes go. Oh my fuck, mom, that toilet thing happened over a month ago. It was funny then, but now it's just irritating.

6. People who lack compassion for others: Other people matter too, jackasses.

7. Parents who refuse to understand when their child is adamantly trying to explain something extremely important that actually IS important and just dismiss it as the "child being a child" even when said child is TWENTY YEARS OLD AND PROBABLY KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT! :mad:

8. People who lack opportunities for good education, health care, and so on. Or rather, the circumstances themselves rather than the people. It drives me nuts. We establish a standard of living here...why can't we extend it to everyone else?

9. My toes. Damn you, heal already, so I won't be stumbling into the jury summons.

10. The date on my jury summons. Damn it, I've decided that I'm going into the Navy already...hurry up and take place so that's over and done with and I can go speak to a Navy recruiter!

And finally:

11. My own damned laziness and my lack of willpower. In other words, the way I freely give into it whenever it's easier...it's what has lead me to this point. Because I made mistakes due to my laziness, I am forced to the options I am going for now.

that's... odd... you get molested by a ginge when you were a kid or something? well i guess you'd better hope you never meet me. actually i probably only have the bright orange hair (for now), my skin isn't especially pale and i don't seem to get freckles anymore. no dandruff either.

I completely recognise it as irrational, yet it's something I have difficulty rationally suppressing. I have no idea what caused it, I had a good ginger friend in primary school. I really do focus on the dandruff aspect of it, so I dunno if I've been subjected to a particularly unhygenic person who happened to be ginger, and that's the trigger.

I move into a new flat this Saturday with a shared shower room, and I suspect one of my flatmates is ginger. I'll have to get over it, I guess.

EDIT: I've just realised, you're in Edinburgh, where my new flat is, and you're a ginge. Argh!

people who move things of mine without permission.....

I completely recognise it as irrational, yet it's something I have difficulty rationally suppressing. I have no idea what caused it, I had a good ginger friend in primary school. I really do focus on the dandruff aspect of it, so I dunno if I've been subjected to a particularly unhygenic person who happened to be ginger, and that's the trigger.

I move into a new flat this Saturday with a shared shower room, and I suspect one of my flatmates is ginger. I'll have to get over it, I guess.

EDIT: I've just realised, you're in Edinburgh, where my new flat is, and you're a ginge. Argh!

haha! well i'm not expecting any new flatmates imminently, although you can never tell in this flat, people apparently come and go without mentioning anything to the rest.

my cat is bothering me, he keeps jumping up and rubbing my face and licking my nose.....and he won't stop and I put him down and he comes back and sometimes he even tries to hold on with his claws.....he does this like once a week, what's the deal?

my cat is bothering me, he keeps jumping up and rubbing my face and licking my nose.....and he won't stop and I put him down and he comes back and sometimes he even tries to hold on with his claws.....he does this like once a week, what's the deal?

thus why I hate cats...I'd also add people who follow their religion too strictly and try to enforce it on you ...fat people in spandex..(I know some of you like it but im not one of you)....the way some bags of food are filled only half way....and people who fart in an elevator

Things that bother me don't last long. :)

Well I can't really get rid of morbidly obese people...I could run around with a staple gun and hit them in the mouth with it though...that might work

They aren't going to chase you far. :)

Things that bother me don't last long. :)

Well I can't really get rid of morbidly obese people...I could run around with a staple gun and hit them in the mouth with it though...that might work

Well I can't really get rid of morbidly obese people...I could run around with a staple gun and hit them in the mouth with it though...that might work

Work better in the stomach.

My experience was kinda like:

"have you ever lied?"
"no"
...
...
"erm... you MUST have lied at some point..."
"no, I'm obsessive-compulsive and can't bring myself to say something untrue"
...
...
...

Then they wen't into a group huddle and decided (about 5 minutes later) to try the different tack of asking me if I'd heard the 'good news'.

HAH!

You people are amateurs!

I was approached on the street by a JW.

The conversation lasted 10 seconds.

"Hi..."

"I'm an atheist."

And that was the end of it. :) he didn't even bother. I guess the poor guy figured I was a total lost cause!

Work better in the stomach.

But what if my hand got stuck in a roll?

HAH!

You people are amateurs!

I was approached on the street by a JW.

The conversation lasted 10 seconds.

"Hi..."

"I'm an atheist."

And that was the end of it. :) he didn't even bother. I guess the poor guy figured I was a total lost cause!

I can't tell them I am an atheist, because that would be a lie, and then I would be doomed to spend an eternity in hell.

i'm gonna hafta go with great big fat fucks, on this one. they take up too much space, food, air, water, and clothing, congest stairwells, walkways, and sidewalks, are generally unpleasant to look at, and make me seem unacceptably skinny by comparison. is it that much to ask to put down the whopper and, idunno, maybe go for a walk, get a little exercise; hell, just do a bunch of coke until you reach a healthy weight. you'll look and feel a lot better, and you'll have a blast in the process (no pun intended). just remember not to balloon back out to where your fat pants fit again, and the world will thank and congratulate you for making yourself much less painful to look at.

uh-huh. Do you think you are pleasing to be around?

I still don't see how people can eat until they weigh 700+ pounds....

the fact that I have to do harder my best with lesser reward.

pop music or other music I don't like.

having people around me when I want to be alone.

that school begins monday but i haven't really had a holiday.

the weather this week.

the weather this whole so called summer.

that the pub I mostly go is closed on Monday and Tuesday and that the other things me and my friends normally do (drinking while playing RISK/watching movies) are getting boring.

that I have to do the most annoying and boring class again next year, while a lot people who are less intelligent than me don't have to. Even though I don't really think I've ever tried harder.

that I haven't found a room to rent for next year, mainly because I started looking to late.

limited amount of stuff I can download.

people who keep saying stuff like: "it's not that bad" while obviously they have it better.

people who ask what's wrong.

people who laugh with the stupidest jokes.

when people (mostly my mother) move stuff of mine that I've put in a place I can remember (yes, that can be the floor) and put it in "it's place"

phoning, I really don't like to phone to people I don't know well.

organizing stuff I don't really want to do.

going to school by bus.

getting up (especially early)

probably the thing that bothers me most (except for pop music) is the fact that a lot of stuff that bother me are (partially) my own fault. Sometimes I really know what I should do, but still don't. I know that things are only going to get worse when I don't do this or that but still I don't do them. I really don't know why.

i'm gonna hafta go with great big fat fucks, on this one. they take up too much space, food, air, water, and clothing, congest stairwells, walkways, and sidewalks, are generally unpleasant to look at, and make me seem unacceptably skinny by comparison. is it that much to ask to put down the whopper and, idunno, maybe go for a walk, get a little exercise; hell, just do a bunch of coke until you reach a healthy weight. you'll look and feel a lot better, and you'll have a blast in the process (no pun intended). just remember not to balloon back out to where your fat pants fit again, and the world will thank and congratulate you for making yourself much less painful to look at.

Isn't he cute? Can I keep him? :)

if the mods don't notice his name first.

But that's part of the cuteness.

Aww... you're right. Some birds are just not meant to be caged. Their plumage is too bright. :(

Isn't he cute? Can I keep him? :)

if the mods don't notice his name first.

But that's part of the cuteness.

Aww... you're right. Some birds are just not meant to be caged. Their plumage is too bright. :(

He's got lovely plumage!

When either:
(a) I'm wanting to take a shit in a public restroom, but the spacious handicapped stall is already occupied; or
(b) I'm taking a shit in a public restroom, and someone else goes into a stall in the same restroom and starts taking a shit himself.

I can't tell them I am an atheist, because that would be a lie, and then I would be doomed to spend an eternity in hell.

no, but you can say "Hi, are you going to try to convert me to athiesm? please start talking." :p

But that's part of the cuteness.

Aww... you're right. Some birds are just not meant to be caged. Their plumage is too bright. :(
... we can always pluck it first...

i'm bothered at the moment that i can't afford to keep up with the social schedule of my friends. they're out to dinner tonight before seeing superbad, i had to say i'll just meet them at the cinema.

the worst of it is that it's probably my fault, i mean i'll never be able to earn what they do, but i haven't got a proper job at all at the moment and it's so depressing looking for one that i find it really difficult to stick at it and i've probably passed up lots of jobs cuz i don't believe i could do them.

my cat is bothering me, he keeps jumping up and rubbing my face and licking my nose.....and he won't stop and I put him down and he comes back and sometimes he even tries to hold on with his claws.....he does this like once a week, what's the deal?he might just be lonely.

either that or he's checking up on you, making sure you're ok.

what are some things that bother you? (non-driving related)

People who, upon hearing that I like birds, immediately regail me with their latest hunting expedition/chicken dinner/totally incorrect myth about birds exploding from rice.

it also really bothers me when i get the last post of a page and then the next post comes immediately after i posted mine.

People who, upon hearing that I like birds, immediately regail me with their latest hunting expedition/chicken dinner/totally incorrect myth about birds exploding from rice.

you like birds?

Here's one that happened to me.

I once went to the store to pick up some stuff for my mother. while driving, I looked into the rearview mirror and saw a tiny head peeking back at me. A baby chick fell out of his nest somewhere and landed on the trunk of my car and was clinging on to dear life on the rubber lining of the rear window. I pulled over, made a nest out of a box of kleenix and took the poor, shivering, thing to the humane society.

sorry, no hunting tales.

yes, or worse one came to my door recently and was like

"have you ever lied?"
"yes"
"have you ever looked at someone with lust?"
*thinks about hubby* "sure"
"do you know you are now doomed to eternal torment in hell?"
"no"
"you must come to our church to rectify this situation or you will die in your sin"
"I like my church"
"your church is bad"
"you don't even know where I go to church"
"well, they let liars and adulterers in, so it's bad"
"what?"
"you are a cheater and a liar, you are going to hell"
"are you going to hell?"
"no"
"good, I won't be seeing you again then?" *shuts door*

does that mean that they thought that no one in their church lied or committed adultery?

kind of a naive belief isnt it?

People who, upon hearing that I like birds, immediately regail me with their latest hunting expedition/chicken dinner/totally incorrect myth about birds exploding from rice.

I am starting to like birds, as my child gets more interested in bird watching, I still can't stand pigeons though....they dive bomb me.

I saw the state bird for the first time a week ago, it was rather pretty, I also saw a yellow bellied cuckoo, very pretty bird.

I don't like people who make rude comments about my dietary restrictions.

"wanna cookie?"
"no thanks"
"just one!"
"I can't really"
"one cookie won't kill you"
"no, but it will make me very sick"
"oh, I would die if I couldn't have cookies"
"no you wouldn't"
"I would kill myself"

:rolleyes:

I wouldn't do that to anyone else with a health issue/disability

"look at my new watch!"
"I can't"
"go ahead, it's pretty"
"I'm blind"
"oh, I would die if I couldn't see!, I would just kill myself!"

Having to babysit kids that are the same age as me.

I can't tell them I am an atheist, because that would be a lie, and then I would be doomed to spend an eternity in hell.

;) Ah but you see, you admitted to lying and God knows you believe so it wouldn't doom you.

People who are too freaking lazy to walk their shopping carts over to the return areas. This especially bothers me when they think it's a good idea to push them into handicapped parking areas instead.

I have, on at least one occasion, parked my car and gotten out to move a shopping cart that a lady had just shoved into the handicapped parking area (not the actual parking space, but in the extra space left for wheelchair access). She was still standing by her car with her kids talking to someone she knew.

Other people.

Myself.

(Sorry, feeling rather crap right now, will post a proper reply later).

does that mean that they thought that no one in their church lied or committed adultery?

kind of a naive belief isnt it?

and quite hypocritical since he was converting a liar and an adulteress but said her church was bad because "they let liars and adulterers in, so it's bad" which is quite ironic.

Life.

Loneliness.

Having to wait for the stupid cunts at York to tell me what accomodation I'm in.

Getting phone calls from solicitors when I'm supposed to be on the no-call list. And the fact that the no-call list has an expiration date - do they assume that some day we'll change our minds and desparately want to be interrupted at dinner to hear mindless drivel?

Well I can't really get rid of morbidly obese people...I could run around with a staple gun and hit them in the mouth with it though...that might work

What a fun-bundle you are.

Do you do an encore with morbidly black people?

and quite hypocritical since he was converting a liar and an adulteress but said her church was bad because "they let liars and adulterers in, so it's bad" which is quite ironic.

I don't think he was very smart, I just didn't get that "I have an IQ over 10" vibe from him.

You know what else bothers me? People who don't proof read signs before they put them up.

Most recently a restaurant in my area was closed with a printed sign on the door.

"Do to a trajic death we're closed for the weak"

People who are too freaking lazy to walk their shopping carts over to the return areas. This especially bothers me when they think it's a good idea to push them into handicapped parking areas instead.

I have, on at least one occasion, parked my car and gotten out to move a shopping cart that a lady had just shoved into the handicapped parking area (not the actual parking space, but in the extra space left for wheelchair access). She was still standing by her car with her kids talking to someone she knew.

I had just parked my car and watched one woman, who had one small bag of groceries, wheel her cart to her car, remove the tiny bag and put it in her car and then push her cart to the center of a parking space. As I walked to the store, I grabbed the cart and put it right behind her car as she was preparing to back out. The self-righteous anger she displayed was wonderful to behold.

HAH!

You people are amateurs!

I was approached on the street by a JW.

The conversation lasted 10 seconds.

"Hi..."

"I'm an atheist."

And that was the end of it. :) he didn't even bother. I guess the poor guy figured I was a total lost cause!

Approached on the street?

That doesn't even fit with the JW modus operandi, they wouldn't be able to check you off on their lists...

Also - one of my good friends is a witness, and they regularly target atheists... I find myself wondering what denomination it might have been that approached you.

I'm an Atheist, also. I had three rather entertaining hours debating theology before they stopped visiting me. Kinda mean really... if I won't join their church, I don't get the debate. :(

Ah well.

I usually go up to them and am like "do you want me to put your cart up?" and they are like :mad:

I'm not as nice as you are.

I had just parked my car and watched one woman, who had one small bag of groceries, wheel her cart to her car, remove the tiny bag and put it in her car and then push her cart to the center of a parking space. As I walked to the store, I grabbed the cart and put it right behind her car as she was preparing to back out. The self-righteous anger she displayed was wonderful to behold.

I usually go up to them and am like "do you want me to put your cart up?" and they are like :mad:

Approached on the street?

That doesn't even fit with the JW modus operandi, they wouldn't be able to check you off on their lists...

Also - one of my good friends is a witness, and they regularly target atheists... I find myself wondering what denomination it might have been that approached you.

I'm an Atheist, also. I had three rather entertaining hours debating theology before they stopped visiting me. Kinda mean really... if I won't join their church, I don't get the debate. :(

Ah well.

:D

*pictures Grave walking into a church...*

Grave: Hello, I'd like to have an Argument please...

[hilarity ensues]

I'm not as nice as you are.

my husband says I have the quality of appearing nice but being a bitch, that is to say I can piss people off, but they really don't have anything concrete to charge me with.

Ridiculous and nonsensical portmanteaus.


I humbly ask for an example.

HAH!

You people are amateurs!

I was approached on the street by a JW.

The conversation lasted 10 seconds.

"Hi..."

"I'm an atheist."

And that was the end of it. :) he didn't even bother. I guess the poor guy figured I was a total lost cause!

Yup. I either tell them I'm a Deist because I dare not presume on God's time as to use my lowly human mouth to speak His glorious truth, or I just say I'm Jewish. I'm always surprised at how often that latter claim works, and works fast.

He's got lovely plumage!

Look, the plumage don't enter into it -- it's stone dead!

[/Dead Parrot Sketch]

I had just parked my car and watched one woman, who had one small bag of groceries, wheel her cart to her car, remove the tiny bag and put it in her car and then push her cart to the center of a parking space. As I walked to the store, I grabbed the cart and put it right behind her car as she was preparing to back out. The self-righteous anger she displayed was wonderful to behold.

That.
Is.
Awesome.

I'm sooooo stealing that.

HAH!

You people are amateurs!

I was approached on the street by a JW.

The conversation lasted 10 seconds.

"Hi..."

"I'm an atheist."

And that was the end of it. :) he didn't even bother. I guess the poor guy figured I was a total lost cause!

Once a JW came to my door. I was taking a nap and i opened the door in my boxers and the previous night had been quite rough so i guess I had the appearance of a drug-user. He handed me a small paper something with people hugging lions and riding bears or stuff while he mumbled "we hand these out for free" and then ran away.

I had just parked my car and watched one woman, who had one small bag of groceries, wheel her cart to her car, remove the tiny bag and put it in her car and then push her cart to the center of a parking space. As I walked to the store, I grabbed the cart and put it right behind her car as she was preparing to back out. The self-righteous anger she displayed was wonderful to behold.

ive had it happen that the lazy bitch (or bastard) who used to be in the space next to me put their cart not in the empty space, not in the cart corral, but RIGHT BEHIND MY CAR. whats up with THAT?

Oh now I've just remembered my ultimate peeve, and while it is technically illegal, I've NEVER seen anyone pulled over for it, and yes, it's kinda driving, but I still say it needs to be mentioned.

PEOPLE WHO FLICK THEIR SPENT CIGARETTES OUT THE WINDOW.

Lit is worse than not lit, but both bespeak a combination of supreme arrogance and unconscionable stupidity. Especially if the car in question -- wait for it -- HAS A DAMNED ASHTRAY IN IT!!!

To be fair, many modern cars don't have ashtrays at all...some sort of automotive attempt at making smoking more difficult...but look what that encourages! Forest fires and littering.

Someone does that shit in front of me, and I lean on my horn and hold it for as long as it takes for my anger to bleed out...at least 10 solid seconds.

Come to think of it, littering in general bespeaks that same arrogance/stupidity combination. I'm walking my adorable Briard puppy up to the playground to let her herd swallows (she's a herding breed, and sheep are thin on the ground back home), and these douchenozzles who partied the night before have broken their empty bottles all along the sidewalk! I wanna FIND them and make them clean it up using neither hands nor feet!

I suppose the whole rant ends up being about lack of consideration or even imagining other people just MIGHT wanna walk on that public surface without having to dodge the shards from your fuckwadded bottle of Bud.

*panting with exertion*

Thanks. I feel better.

People who light up cigarettes without asking people around them if they mind or not. It's just rude, to be honest. As a Dirty Smoking Bastard myself, I'm disgusted by some peoples' nonchalance about the whole thing.

Life.
http://www.msnemotions.org/massuploads/emoticon/988-violin.gif
Loneliness.
Get off NSG and get to the pub, then.
Having to wait for the stupid cunts at York to tell me what accomodation I'm in.
It's a very mixed bag, so I wouldn't be rude about them ;)

-snip

Is it bad that I just got a mental picture of Foamy the Squirrel while reading that?

Of course, I agree, though I have to restrain myself from what my preferred response would be: waiting for a stoplight and then rear-ending the idiot at full speed. Though that seems to be my solution for just about every car-related annoyance in my life lately...

Come to think of it, littering in general bespeaks that same arrogance/stupidity combination. I'm walking my adorable Briard puppy up to the playground to let her herd swallows (she's a herding breed, and sheep are thin on the ground back home), and these douchenozzles who partied the night before have broken their empty bottles all along the sidewalk! I wanna FIND them and make them clean it up using neither hands nor feet!

I suppose the whole rant ends up being about lack of consideration or even imagining other people just MIGHT wanna walk on that public surface without having to dodge the shards from your fuckwadded bottle of Bud.


seconded. what is the fucking point of breaking the beer bottle when youre done or tossing it out the window to smash on the street? i hate that SO much.

People who light up cigarettes without asking people around them if they mind or not. It's just rude, to be honest. As a Dirty Smoking Bastard myself, I'm disgusted by some peoples' nonchalance about the whole thing.

Depends on the context. If there's a typically Daily Mail reading middle class housewife next to me, it is bloody funny to see how narked they get without "losing face" and actually complaining. I know its immature, but we all need a laugh at times.

Is it bad that I just got a mental picture of Foamy the Squirrel while reading that?

Of course, I agree, though I have to restrain myself from what my preferred response would be: waiting for a stoplight and then rear-ending the idiot at full speed. Though that seems to be my solution for just about every car-related annoyance in my life lately...

Nope. That's what I look like when I get to rantin'. I admit it.

People who leave taps dripping, lights on, TVs on, i.e. wasteful activity. Also, when people don't bother recycling, when companies sell items in ridiculous amounts of packaging, and littering.

seconded. what is the fucking point of breaking the beer bottle when youre done or tossing it out the window to smash on the street? i hate that SO much.

that's very stupid, don't they get money when you return a full case of beer?

Depends on the context. If there's a typically Daily Mail reading middle class housewife next to me, it is bloody funny to see how narked they get without "losing face" and actually complaining. I know its immature, but we all need a laugh at times.

It's not about "losing face". People who aren't acting like assholes often put up with those that are, for a while, in the hope that the obviously socially inadequate will realise the error of their ways, and act like civilised people.

People who leave taps dripping, lights on, TVs on, i.e. wasteful activity. Also, when people don't bother recycling, when companies sell items in ridiculous amounts of packaging, and littering.

Oh yeah, that's one. I hate when people leave the bathroom light on after leaving it.

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Get off NSG and get to the pub, then.

It's a very mixed bag, so I wouldn't be rude about them ;)

Many thanks for the sympathy:D

I can't go to the pub anyway; my local charges £3 a pint, and, truth be told, I'm still hungover from last night.

As for loneliness; it's not loneliness for friends, more genuine best friends/ genuine girlfriends. I think I've only ever met 3 people in whose company I feel totally at ease.

It's not about "losing face". People who aren't acting like assholes often put up with those that are, for a while, in the hope that the obviously socially inadequate will realise the error of their ways, and act like civilised people.

Typical Daily Mail reader mother is an arsehole; she just doesn't want the rest of the women she pretends to be educated around to realise as much.

that's very stupid, don't they get money when you return a full case of beer?

i wish.

no bottle return law in new mexico.

add the illegality of "open containers"-- meaning the empty beer bottle in the car--and you have a huge incentive to toss the bottles (and cans) onto the street.

i wish.

no bottle return law in new mexico.

add the illegality of "open containers"-- meaning the empty beer bottle in the car--and you have a huge incentive to toss the bottles (and cans) onto the street.

both those laws sound really stupid. (please tell me that open containers doesn't include containing non-alcoholic beverages)

But what if my hand got stuck in a roll?

God help you. And the poor sod who has to do the amputation.

both those laws sound really stupid. (please tell me that open containers doesn't include containing non-alcoholic beverages)

no only alcoholic

people who are lazy and then bitch because someone who isn't lazy has more things


You really meet that many people who fit this category?

To be fair, many modern cars don't have ashtrays at all...some sort of automotive attempt at making smoking more difficult...but look what that encourages! Forest fires and littering.

Come to think of it, littering in general bespeaks that same arrogance/stupidity combination. I'm walking my adorable Briard puppy up to the playground to let her herd swallows (she's a herding breed, and sheep are thin on the ground back home), and these douchenozzles who partied the night before have broken their empty bottles all along the sidewalk! I wanna FIND them and make them clean it up using neither hands nor feet!

I suppose the whole rant ends up being about lack of consideration or even imagining other people just MIGHT wanna walk on that public surface without having to dodge the shards from your fuckwadded bottle of Bud.


douchenozzles...:p

I agree.
The worst for me is when I am hiking on a nice trail deep in the woods and come across a sort of clearing with a tree burnt in half on the ground with half-empty fuel cans and who knows how many beverage bottles strewn about the forest. I mean..what the hell? Can't people just screw up their backyards or something... If I ever came upon one of those gatherings in progress, I would probably attempt to make a citizens arrest. I wonder if open fires and littering in a government wildlife reserve/park/hiking trail is a felony..

You really meet that many people who fit this category?

lots.

lots.

yeah there are a surprising number of people who resent that others have more than they do when they couldnt be bothered to do the work required to get it.

Well, I'll have to take your word for it since I don't meet that many lazy whiners.

And even if I did, I'd assume they'd be moaning about the majority of people who don't get their wealth through hard work. It would seem a bit strange to specifically point out hard working people when there are so many people out there who get their wealth through luck of birth

who's talking about wealth?

lots.

Well, I'll have to take your word for it since I don't meet that many lazy whiners.

And even if I did, I'd assume they'd be moaning about the majority of people who don't get their wealth through hard work. It would seem a bit strange to specifically point out hard working people when there are so many people out there who get their wealth through luck of birth

The lack of general knowledge. When Jay Leno does Jay Walking I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

When I was teaching at the college level it was hard to give examples to students because many hadn't watched the news ever. They didn't know much more about the government than maybe who the president was. They certainly couldn't name 5 of his policies. And they certainly couldn't give two sides to any issue. "This is what I believe", but not what do those that disagree believe.

This is one of the great things about NSG. At least people get a chance to see both sides.

This is one of the great things about NSG. At least people get a chance to see both sides.

We truly are a Tornado in the flat plain of Opinion.

The lack of general knowledge. When Jay Leno does Jay Walking I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

don't watch this game show (http://imdb.com/title/tt0284787/)...

Many thanks for the sympathy:D

I can't go to the pub anyway; my local charges £3 a pint, and, truth be told, I'm still hungover from last night.

As for loneliness; it's not loneliness for friends, more genuine best friends/ genuine girlfriends. I think I've only ever met 3 people in whose company I feel totally at ease.
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:p



Oh and aye, Mail-reading Mothers are fair game, although not if they have small children with them. Spreading the love cancer-wise = not the kind of thing I like to do.

http://www.javys.com/hario/violin_pic/glass_violin.jpg

:p



Oh and aye, Mail-reading Mothers are fair game, although not if they have small children with them. Spreading the love cancer-wise = not the kind of thing I like to do.

Now thats a violin. Almost like the fiddle from Futurama.:D

yeah there are a surprising number of people who resent that others have more than they do when they couldnt be bothered to do the work required to get it.

yeah, those people are the ones I am talking about.

the ones who complain about my new paid for car and say "wow, you must be lucky" and I say "no, I worked my little tail off" and they are like "but I don't want to work 60 hours a week" and I am like "then you don't really want a new car that's paid for do you?".....

yeah, those people are the ones I am talking about.

the ones who complain about my new paid for car and say "wow, you must be lucky" and I say "no, I worked my little tail off" and they are like "but I don't want to work 60 hours a week" and I am like "then you don't really want a new car that's paid for do you?".....

Much as I agree with the principle behind the above, somewhere between the "yeah, and I was like..." and the insufferably self-righteous tone is the reason most christians really do get my goat.

Much as I agree with the principle behind the above, somewhere between the "yeah, and I was like..." and the insufferably self-righteous tone is the reason most christians really do get my goat.

oh, I am not a Christian anymore, so :P

what are some things that bother you? (non-driving related)

Non-driving? So I can't complain here about the fact that I get charged to enter my own country (well, constituent nation), but not to leave it?

Then I'll say... evangelists. The sort who stand in the town square and scream at you through a megaphone.

- Public displays of affection

You must be single, because that annoys me too and I am single. Whenever I see it, it makes me wish I were in a relationship.

*ten-second pause*

I assume you're talking about romantic affection, am I right?

oh, I am not a Christian anymore, so :P

what do you mean by that?

People who use the plural when addressing one person: "how are WE today?" If I'm in a crowd, I'll respond, "Well, I can't speak for them, but I'm fine." If I'm by myself, I'll say, "We? WE?!? I never told you about...about...THEM!" and then begin to talk to myself. Scares most folks away.

I always counter with, "We? Have you got mice in your pocket?"

if the mods don't notice his name first.

Fat chance.

Teachers who are convinced high school kids are three...

People who think my school is racist just because we aren't "diverse" enough...

Atheists who feel like they have to prove to me there is no God.... especially the ones that I haven't even talked to before that... let alone tried to prove God exists...

Teachers who are convinced high school kids are three...

High school kids who act like they're three...

Seriously. What the hell is the point of walking in three minutes after the late bell, and then arguing that one is not late?

What is the point of saying, "I'm not talking," when one's lips are moving and the person whose attention one is trying to gain is telling one to shut up?

What's the point of arguing that one is not listening to one's iPod when in fact the headphones are hanging out of one's head and everyone in the class can hear it?

you like birds?

Here's one that happened to me.

I once went to the store to pick up some stuff for my mother. while driving, I looked into the rearview mirror and saw a tiny head peeking back at me. A baby chick fell out of his nest somewhere and landed on the trunk of my car and was clinging on to dear life on the rubber lining of the rear window. I pulled over, made a nest out of a box of kleenix and took the poor, shivering, thing to the humane society.

sorry, no hunting tales.

Awww. :> Though a better idea might've been placing it back in the nest, your heart was in the right place.

Awww. :> Though a better idea might've been placing it back in the nest, your heart was in the right place.

I would've... IF I knew which tree at which stop the poor thing fell out from. for all I know it could've plopped down while I was at a stop sign. :p

what do you mean by that?

well, firstly I was told earlier in the thread that it was okay now to lie about my religion because God luvs me, second I wanted to see if anyone would say anything, and third.....I am about to send you a TG.

well, firstly I was told earlier in the thread that it was okay now to lie about my religion because God luvs me, second I wanted to see if anyone would say anything, and third.....I am about to send you a TG.


well doesnt "once saved, always saved" imply that.... well maybe its not OK to lie but that it doesnt matter much if you do?

your nation description made me laugh. postmen selling junk mail as insulation. newscasters breastfeeding on air.

Strong British accents. I just cannot understand it. I can understand a bunch of others fine, but as soon as someone talks British I am like "huh?"

People who talk about how smart I am, or how lucky I am to be as smart as I am, or how they wish they were as smart as I am, or how stupid they are when compared to me.

New cashiers who think that they are all pimp and try to tell me how to get my shit to work.

Customers that out and out refuse to read the part of the sign that inconveniences them.

Customers that get pissed off when they have to wait in a line, then suggest we stop being cheap and hire more cashiers (we are so desperate for employees we have "We're hiring" signs every ten feet or so).

Teachers who change the assignment after I have done the part that has been changed. I hate homework in general, so you can figure out why this pisses me off.

Things further the bother me continuously include Jews, that one black guy in my class, Paris Hilton haters, people who are imitating Chris Crocker to get any kind of attention, Katganistan, Smunkee, asexuality, when TMZ is having a slow night, when things don't happen, my dog having flees and me not being able to fucking kill them all like I'm Hitler and they're Jews, my dog chewing off his fur, my dog pissing everywhere, when I smell good but my clothes look like shit, when I look really good and I smell like shit, Smunkee, the US postal service, the lack of public transportation in my area, the lack of knowledge of how to install this god damned DSL and being stuck with shitty cable because of it, the fact that I'm getting bored with all of my music.

well, firstly I was told earlier in the thread that it was okay now to lie about my religion because God luvs me, second I wanted to see if anyone would say anything, and third.....I am about to send you a TG.

Thank God... I was having micro heart attacks everytime I read that post.

I wanted to say something but I kept thinking "It's Smunkee's choice, it's her life to live and I don't want any hard feelings between her and me."

You may congratulate yourself for putting one over me.


again...

did dare just ASK eh?

why would I question WHY someone (especially a friend) made the choice they did?

if they want to share, they will tell me. if they don't want to share, then I won't pry.

but they know that if they need one, I am always here to listen.

And Smunkee knows she can talk to me anytime.

Thank God... I was having micro heart attacks everytime I read that post.

I wanted to say something but I kept thinking "It's Smunkee's choice, it's her life to live and I don't want any hard feelings between her and me."

You may congratulate yourself for putting one over me.


again...

did dare just ASK eh?

noooo i meant "what do you mean by that?"

its good to know if there has been a big change or she is still ticked at the guy who told her to lie to JWs.

I know... but I was heavily distracted at work also. so I wasn't thinking clearly. :headbang:


but that is what I thought each time I saw the post. so...

yeah, i didn't think of asking such a simple question.

why would I question WHY someone (especially a friend) made the choice they did?

if they want to share, they will tell me. if they don't want to share, then I won't pry.

but they know that if they need one, I am always here to listen.

And Smunkee knows she can talk to me anytime.

noooo i meant "what do you mean by that?"

its good to know if there has been a big change or she is still ticked at the guy who told her to lie to JWs.

Things further the bother me continuously include Jews, that one black guy in my class, Paris Hilton haters, people who are imitating Chris Crocker to get any kind of attention, Katganistan, Smunkee, asexuality, when TMZ is having a slow night, when things don't happen, my dog having flees and me not being able to fucking kill them all like I'm Hitler and they're Jews, my dog chewing off his fur, my dog pissing everywhere, when I smell good but my clothes look like shit, when I look really good and I smell like shit, Smunkee, the US postal service, the lack of public transportation in my area, the lack of knowledge of how to install this god damned DSL and being stuck with shitty cable because of it, the fact that I'm getting bored with all of my music.

*Pats on head.* Awww. You're having a rough day, aren't you? Don't worry, it'll get better.

I always counter with, "We? Have you got mice in your pocket?"


Classic -- I'm using that!

High school kids who act like they're three...

Seriously. What the hell is the point of walking in three minutes after the late bell, and then arguing that one is not late?

What is the point of saying, "I'm not talking," when one's lips are moving and the person whose attention one is trying to gain is telling one to shut up?

What's the point of arguing that one is not listening to one's iPod when in fact the headphones are hanging out of one's head and everyone in the class can hear it?

Amen. Preach on.

Things further the bother me continuously include Jews, that one black guy in my class, Paris Hilton haters, people who are imitating Chris Crocker to get any kind of attention, Katganistan, Smunkee, asexuality, when TMZ is having a slow night, when things don't happen, my dog having flees and me not being able to fucking kill them all like I'm Hitler and they're Jews, my dog chewing off his fur, my dog pissing everywhere, when I smell good but my clothes look like shit, when I look really good and I smell like shit, Smunkee, the US postal service, the lack of public transportation in my area, the lack of knowledge of how to install this god damned DSL and being stuck with shitty cable because of it, the fact that I'm getting bored with all of my music.

Somebody needs a nap!

overbearing parents...moochers...people working in a service industry who can't speak a word of English...in an English speaking country...metro sexual males...give it up you're gay......racists...

overbearing parents...
*nod*
moochers...
*agrees*
people working in a service industry who can't speak a word of English...in an English speaking country...
I am somewhat patient with them, mostly.

metro sexual males...give it up you're gay......
grooming oneself and dressing stylishly makes one gay? I thought you had to be like into boinking people of your same gender to be gay?


racists...
meh.

Things further the bother me continuously include , Paris Hilton haters, when TMZ is having a slow night,

How can you hate Paris Hilton haters and like TMZ? It's like schadenfreuden central.

And seriously, just because you're 'rich,' it doesn't mean you have to defend every other 'rich' person. Some are just worthless.

grooming oneself and dressing stylishly makes one gay? I thought you had to be like into boinking people of your same gender to be gay?


He's just not trying hard enough. There's plenty of reasons to not like metrosexuals without reverting to the schoolyard "lol yur GAY"!

Like, say, buying into a buzzword marketed (not created) by a corporate schill for the express purpose of opening up the male demographic to things like styling products.

*nod*

*agrees*

I am somewhat patient with them, mostly.


grooming oneself and dressing stylishly makes one gay? I thought you had to be like into boinking people of your same gender to be gay?



meh.

You really have no sense of humor do you...whats wrong with paris hilton..? she's made a career out of being a slut...I think she's a genius for that one.....and there are clearly enough fools out there interested enough to make anything she does news worthy...

Things that currently annoy me the most:

- People who spit on the ground.
- Solicitors that try to give people a guilt trip.
- People who think conversations involve just them giving a long monologue.
- Students in lecture that are so loud, that people around them can't hear the professor.

You really have no sense of humor do you...

I actually have a wonderful sense of humor........I just didn't sense any humor in your statement.

How can you hate Paris Hilton haters and like TMZ? It's like schadenfreuden central.
Well since Paris has been filming in Canada, there's hardly anything about her on TMZ.
And seriously, just because you're 'rich,' it doesn't mean you have to defend every other 'rich' person. Some are just worthless.

I'm not defending anyone because of my possible association to a high financial status.

I love you, you're awesome, that'll never change---but when you're blurting out "She's worthless." you're the only worthless thing I can think of.

what are some things that bother you? (non-driving related)

people who use mobile phones in places they shouldn't, people who don't move fast enough when they are in front of me, stupid people, negative people, people invading my personal space and Islamophobes(I'm looking at you Glenn Beck)

people who use mobile phones in places they shouldn't, people who don't move fast enough when they are in front of me, stupid people, negative people, people invading my personal space and Islamophobes(I'm looking at you Glenn Beck)

you should never look at glenn beck.

he was on the radio here for a short while and i caught a couple of his shows.

i was horrified.

yeah, those people are the ones I am talking about.

the ones who complain about my new paid for car and say "wow, you must be lucky" and I say "no, I worked my little tail off" and they are like "but I don't want to work 60 hours a week" and I am like "then you don't really want a new car that's paid for do you?".....

What? How many times can you possibly have that conversation? How many people would reply with "but I don't want to work hard"?

And - again - I'd like to point out that the biggest factor in wealth is luck of birth.

you should never look at glenn beck.

he was on the radio here for a short while and i caught a couple of his shows.

i was horrified.

its true but he's sort of like a car crash, I don't really want to look, yet I find it hard to look away.

Things that bother me:

People that are easily capable of winning Darwin awards (http://www.darwinawards.com/), yet refuse to do so and stick around.

What? How many times can you possibly have that conversation? How many people would reply with "but I don't want to work hard"?
I have the conversation a lot, and most people don't want to work 60 hours a week and most of them still want what I have.

And - again - I'd like to point out that the biggest factor in wealth is luck of birth.
like Ashmoria said, who's talking about wealth? Besides, even if we were, most of the "wealthy" people I know weren't born into it.

I have the conversation a lot, and most people don't want to work 60 hours a week and most of them still want what I have.


like Ashmoria said, who's talking about wealth? Besides, even if we were, most of the "wealthy" people I know weren't born into it.

Firstly, "having nice stuff" is wealth, as is the car you talked about.

Most people don't work 60 hours a week, and most wealthy people don't have to work 60 hours a week.

And "born into it" is your phrase which is an entirely different thing from "luck of birth". I don't mean that they're living off inheritence - I mean that natural talent, education, opportunities, good parenting and other things out of their control play a far larger role in gaining wealth than work.

And of course, I've got to remark yet again on the awfully odd conversations you must be having with your friends

Firstly, "having nice stuff" is wealth, as is the car you talked about.

Most people don't work 60 hours a week, and most wealthy people don't have to work 60 hours a week.

And "born into it" is your phrase which is an entirely different thing from "luck of birth". I don't mean that they're living off inheritence - I mean that natural talent, education, opportunities, good parenting and other things out of their control play a far larger role in gaining wealth than work.

And of course, I've got to remark yet again on the awfully odd conversations you must be having with your friends

people who have the trappings of an average middle class life werent given it. they had to work for everything they have. all they got from their parents was the understanding that work is required if you want an average middle class life.

you can be poor or rich through no fault of your own but being middle class requires a certain amount of work.

Firstly, "having nice stuff" is wealth, as is the car you talked about.
no it isn't, I know a lot of people who have much nicer things than I do, who are in debt up to their eyeballs, having things is not wealth, things are not worth much, they are just things.

Most people don't work 60 hours a week, and most wealthy people don't have to work 60 hours a week.
most people don't choose to work 60 hours a week. We all make sacrifices for what we want, some people want to sit on their ass more than they want to have the things they whine about other people having.

And "born into it" is your phrase which is an entirely different thing from "luck of birth". I don't mean that they're living off inheritence - I mean that natural talent, education, opportunities, good parenting and other things out of their control play a far larger role in gaining wealth than work.
I don't think I have had many "lucky" circumstances in my life.

And of course, I've got to remark yet again on the awfully odd conversations you must be having with your friends
why? People around me (not my friends) envy the life I have, they don't seem to want to put the work into it to get it though.

I had just parked my car and watched one woman, who had one small bag of groceries, wheel her cart to her car, remove the tiny bag and put it in her car and then push her cart to the center of a parking space. As I walked to the store, I grabbed the cart and put it right behind her car as she was preparing to back out. The self-righteous anger she displayed was wonderful to behold.

Awesome!

I know a man who is quadriplegic. He, his wife, and his step-child were going to the store one day. As they turned in, someone parked in the only remaining handicapped space. The person did not have a handicapped tag and was having no difficulty walking. So his wife parked the handicapped van directly behind the offender and, apologizing to him, went into the store without him. When the lady came out (having only run in for something brief), she was irate, but had to wait for the wife to finish up, come back, and move the van.

no it isn't, I know a lot of people who have much nicer things than I do, who are in debt up to their eyeballs, having things is not wealth, things are not worth much, they are just things.


most people don't choose to work 60 hours a week. We all make sacrifices for what we want, some people want to sit on their ass more than they want to have the things they whine about other people having.


I don't think I have had many "lucky" circumstances in my life.


why? People around me (not my friends) envy the life I have, they don't seem to want to put the work into it to get it though.

Repeating over and over that work = nice stuff doesn't make it true. Even the most out-of-their minds capitalist hardliners here don't believe that.

Repeating over and over that work = nice stuff doesn't make it true. Even the most out-of-their minds capitalist hardliners here don't believe that.

work+proper money management= getting what you want.

work+proper money management= getting what you want.
I find whining and getting someone else to buy it works great.

that is... it worked until I turned 5.

work+proper money management= getting what you want.

Or winning the lottery..or getting a nice inheritance+ proper money management

Or winning the lottery..or getting a nice inheritance+ proper money management

most people who win the lottery are bankrupt within 2 years, same with most people who get an inheritance.

if you can't count on winning the lottery (and who can) or having a rich uncle die and leave you everything, you are going to have to work.

if you get money and can't manage it, you won't keep it for long.

I find whining and getting someone else to buy it works great.

that is... it worked until I turned 5.

yes, but before you turned 5, how did being angry and envious work for you? ;)

"I want a glass of water"
"go get one"
"you have one, I want one"
"go get one"
"it's not fair that you have water when I want water"
"go get a glass of water"
"but you have one, and you probably always had one"
"no, I went and got one, they are sitting right over there"
"everyone with water is lucky, I want water but I am unlucky"
"go get the water, it's right freaking there!"
"you just say that because you have water"

most people who win the lottery are bankrupt within 2 years, same with most people who get an inheritance.

if you can't count on winning the lottery (and who can) or having a rich uncle die and leave you everything, you are going to have to work.

if you get money and can't manage it, you won't keep it for long.


Originally Posted by Gataway View Post
Or winning the lottery..or getting a nice inheritance+ proper money management

Umm...?

Umm...?

I was expounding.

Oh...I was like wtf..I already said that part lol

yes, but before you turned 5, how did being angry and envious work for you? ;)

"I want a glass of water"
"go get one"
"you have one, I want one"
"go get one"
"it's not fair that you have water when I want water"
"go get a glass of water"
"but you have one, and you probably always had one"
"no, I went and got one, they are sitting right over there"
"everyone with water is lucky, I want water but I am unlucky"
"go get the water, it's right freaking there!"
"you just say that because you have water"

I usually fought Their Reason and Logic with Pitch and Volume. :D

of course in your Scenario... my parents and older siblings learned not to try that kind of reasoning with me. :p

"I want a glass of water"
"go get one"
"ok" (I patter of to the kitchen. several moments of silence broken only by the scrape of a chair being pushed, some draws being opened, then the clatter as something gets knocked into the sink, then the scream as my mother walks into the kitchen to find me trying to climb on top of the coffee maker to get to the glasses on the upper cabinets...)

(Followed by a lecture to the others as to how they should always keep an eye on me...)

Then the conversations changed to
"I want a class of water"
"Say Please"
"Pleeeeeeese"
"Ok, let's get you a glass of water."

Oh...I was like wtf..I already said that part lol

:p now I annoyed you for once :eek::D

:p now I annoyed you for once :eek::D

I don't really get upset via things on the internet I don't think anyone should...otherwise you shouldn't be using the internet...you did however make me have a wtf :confused: moment which is just as good as annoying me I suppose...touché

High school kids who act like they're three...

Seriously. What the hell is the point of walking in three minutes after the late bell, and then arguing that one is not late?

What is the point of saying, "I'm not talking," when one's lips are moving and the person whose attention one is trying to gain is telling one to shut up?

What's the point of arguing that one is not listening to one's iPod when in fact the headphones are hanging out of one's head and everyone in the class can hear it?

No, high school kids in general.... the teachers that call the ninth graders babies and give that as a reason they're not allowed to do stuff. The ones who read childrens books to their honors english classes and makes them color pictures. And I can only think of 5 people who've actually tried those things.... of course, I guess there wouldn't be too many in a group of about 150...?

All the companies that bitch about having no workers, but refuse to pay more than minimum wage.

Why chocolate has to be so unhealthy. :mad:

work+proper money management= getting what you want.

It doesn't matter hard you work or how smartly you save, if all you can do is clean offices then it's going to be a tough life. There's no way around it.

More personally, If I swapped my talent and education for work and financial management I'd be way worse off.

It doesn't matter hard you work or how smartly you save, if all you can do is clean offices then it's going to be a tough life. There's no way around it.

More personally, If I swapped my talent and education for work and financial management I'd be way worse off.

what kind of person can only clean offices?

Stupid people. They really annoy me.

what kind of person can only clean offices?

Hey, way to be pedantic in place of discussing the issue in hand (I wonder what says?). I clearly meant "if you have no real skills".

Hey, way to be pedantic in place of discussing the issue in hand (I wonder what says?). I clearly meant "if you have no real skills".

I made a lot of money without any real skills, you just have to work more. My husband only has to work 35 hours a week to make what I do in 60, because he is skilled and I am not. If I wanted I could obtain more skills and get a better job. Being unskilled doesn't mean you can't learn something new.

You aren't coming up with any good excuses.

Forum burps. Dogs and cats. And every pseudo-intellectual on this forum.

I made a lot of money without any real skills, you just have to work more. My husband only has to work 35 hours a week to make what I do in 60, because he is skilled and I am not. If I wanted I could obtain more skills and get a better job. Being unskilled doesn't mean you can't learn something new.

You aren't coming up with any good excuses.

No amount of good, old fashioned graft can surmount a lack of education. Only with sufficient qualifications is one likely to make significant social progress.

define significant social progress.

define define. the term simply confuses me.

No amount of good, old fashioned graft can surmount a lack of education. Only with sufficient qualifications is one likely to make significant social progress.

define significant social progress.

Forum burps. Dogs and cats. And every pseudo-intellectual on this forum.

What is a forum burp?

No amount of good, old fashioned graft can surmount a lack of education. Only with sufficient qualifications is one likely to make significant social progress.

Acutally, people can obtain skills without an education.

they just have to work harder, but they can achieve success.

I've always been annoyed by the roundness of spheres. They sit there, always smug and secure in their absence of corners, and convinced of the superiority of their closed curves.
I want to shout at them, "Would it kill you to have even a single radius that isn't the same length as every other? Why don't you live a little?", but I know it would do no good: A sphere can not, will not, does not contemplate another way of being. They are constantly positive that a constant positive mean curvature is the secret to happiness and fulfillment, and there is no man who could ever convince them differently.

I made a lot of money without any real skills, you just have to work more. My husband only has to work 35 hours a week to make what I do in 60, because he is skilled and I am not. If I wanted I could obtain more skills and get a better job. Being unskilled doesn't mean you can't learn something new.

You aren't coming up with any good excuses.

What do you do?

Why do people clean if they could simply do another better job?

Why do people clean if they could simply gain some skills and work less for more reward?

What do you do?

Why do people clean if they could simply do another better job?

Why do people clean if they could simply gain some skills and work less for more reward?

Hey hey don't go giving people ideas...who else am i gonna pay to clean my house and mow my lawn...if they all go get educated and want to do more "rewarding" work?

Reminds me: My ears clogging shut with such regularity that I either have to have them professionally cleaned every 3 months or decide to undergo rather drastic hearing loss just as soon. And tinnitus.

And people who let their dog shit in other people's front yard. And on the sidewalk.

And people who 'do the dishes' and afterwards you can still know what they ate form looking at said 'clean' dishes. People who get angry at you when you point that out to them.

People who store their motorbikes indoors. People who store their motorbikes indoors when said motorbikes leak oil. People who store their oil-leaking motorbikes indoors and not clean it up. Pople who store oil-leaking motorbikes indorr, not cleaning it up on their own initiative, and get angry at you for asking them to do it. People who store their motorbikes indoors and refusing to clean up the oily mess they create in the whole fucking hallway yelling the words "I have a hard life and can't be bothered with that now". Especially if those people are fucking 18 years old. Most especially if those 18-year-old motorbike-owners then proceed to stomp into their room and crank their stereo up to the max playing German country songs.

Wait, that exists. The world just got a whole lot darker.

Add that to the list of evil shit the Germans have made....


The Burger king guy...and Pokemon....bother me...something about a guy that creeps around and suddenly is in your bed with your breakfast is just not right

and Pocket Monster...hrmm I don't remember them being called that but i guess times have changed

Only one thread on the first page has a vowel as the first letter.

*annoyed*

Blueblood;13063499']Surveyors who lunge at you like hungry tigers while you're trying to enjoy the mall....and stick their guide platforms stakes in your gonads so they can shoot their little laser levels into innocent bystanders' eyes! Bastards!

.something about a guy that creeps around and suddenly is in your bed with your breakfast is just not right

Ah, you're just green to the dating scene. It grows on ya.

I'm bothered by the fact that

1) There have been no babe threads in AGES
2) I am not naked more often.

I'm bothered by the fact that

1) There have been no babe threads in AGESLike Sexiest NS'rs?

2) I am not naked more often.Who are you blaming that on? No more jumping jacks on the keyboard, and eardrum-thumping?

I'm bothered by the fact that

1) There have been no babe threads in AGES

fixed.