NationStates Jolt Archive

Name something annoying that makes you want to go back in time and punch whoever invented it..... mine would be toll booths and car alarms.

Clingfilm (not sure what the Americans call it)

It's supposed to keep food fresh but always ends up wrapped tightly around my arms before it contracts into a tiny ball......I hate the stuff

political parties

Clingfilm (not sure what the Americans call it)

It's supposed to keep food fresh but always ends up wrapped tightly around my arms before it contracts into a tiny ball......I hate the stuff

Oh, In the US , it's usually known as plastic wrap, or the brand name "Saran" wrap. Yes, it deos tend to stick to everything, but the plate

political parties

(Laughing), Why didn't I think of that? ;)

"Heelies" those shoes with the wheels in the heels.

and the creator of the "head on" commercial.

"Heelies" those shoes with the wheels in the heels.

and the creator of the "head on" commercial.
I thought the "Head On" commerical was funny just because it annoyed the hell out of a realtive of mine, I used to turn the TV up when it would come on;)

"Heelies" those shoes with the wheels in the heels.

and the creator of the "head on" commercial.

I disagree, both of those things are in fact brilliant.

I like the head-on commercials.
I like the head-on commercials.

Sham Wows. I want to punch that entire commercial.

Sham Wows. I want to punch that entire commercial.

doesn't the guy who does those commercials look like a meth head?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRISkyV_B8

I like the head-on commercials.
I like the head-on commercials.

"Head-On" apply directly to the forehead! lol i haven't seen that commercial in the longest time, I know some people thought that the Verzion wireless "Can you hear me now" commercials were annoying a few years ago.

Sham Wows. I want to punch that entire commercial.

If you see it too much, it could get annoying, but I think the Oxyclean commericals are much worse...

Cell phones. I have one, and I loathe it.

Cell phones. I have one, and I loathe it.

To me, cell phone aren't annoying in themselves, but the people who use them can be. Talking outrageously loud, talking while driving, answering a call while you are trying to talk to them.....

Pakistanis. They stink, invade towns like a cancer and are mostly found commiting driving offences or dealing drugs.

I've noticed a few Joe Rakis moving in around here. Need to move before we become the next Bradford of Blackburn.
Don't have those kind of problems in the US, they mostly own gas stations, and donut shops, lol. Reminds me of the convience store owner on the Simpsons

money

It opened the way for so many problems and abuse it should have been called Pandora.

Pakistanis. They stink, invade towns like a cancer and are mostly found commiting driving offences or dealing drugs.

I've noticed a few Joe Rakis moving in around here. Need to move before we become the next Bradford of Blackburn.

I like Pakistanis.
I like Pakistanis.

I like Pakistanis.
I like Pakistanis.

apply directly to the forhead?

the wheel. fuck that shit, man.

Sham Wows. I want to punch that entire commercial.

doesn't the guy who does those commercials look like a meth head?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRISkyV_B8
I love that guy. I'd date that guy, if he talked dirty in that voice. He could have me "sayin' WOW every time." ;) :D

Have you seen his latest ad for the Slap-Chop? "We're making America skinny again, one slap at a time." :D :D :D Fucking golden!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKtBM99kAc
You're gonna love his nuts!

This is the reason I still have television.

I love that guy. I'd date that guy, if he talked dirty in that voice. He could have me "sayin' WOW every time." ;) :D

Have you seen his latest ad for the Slap-Chop? "We're making America skinny again, one slap at a time." :D :D :D Fucking golden!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKtBM99kAc
You're gonna love his nuts!

This is the reason I still have television.

"Stop having a boring tuna! Stop having a boring life!"

I've found my mantra.

Pakistanis. They stink, invade towns like a cancer and are mostly found commiting driving offences or dealing drugs.

I've noticed a few Joe Rakis moving in around here. Need to move before we become the next Bradford of Blackburn.
Annoying invention = the internet, because it encourages people to say xenophobic shit like the above, especially in contexts where it's totally uncalled for (i.e. nobody was asking you who you think you badly of).

"Stop having a boring tuna! Stop having a boring life!"

I've found my mantra.
"You're gonna have an exciting life now." :D

apply directly to the forhead?

It's better to apply indirectly if you want to avoid a violent scene. This goes for most nationalities, as well.

(i.e. nobody was asking you who you think you badly of).

most confusing thing I've read all day..

anyway, the most annoying invention has to be really loud amps/stereos. Especially if its in a car.

Pakistanis.

as the inventor of pakistanis, i think you are just jealous of the fact that people love my invention and nobody likes yours. but come one dude, your 'home cheetos dispenser' is reliant on living in your parents' basement and having your mom bring you more cheetos. it just isn't that helpful for most people.

Scooters. They are noisy and stinking pests.

Let's just acknowledge that the vast majority of inventions are annoying in some way. Especially since the 1950s. In fact, any time there has been a major advancement in some area of invention, it will be accompanied by a host of irritating bad ideas spinning off it. Examples: The printing press advanced civilization profoundly, but it also led to people generating garbage for other people to throw away -- hand-out flyers, junk mail, etc. Also, advancements in telecommunications (cell phones, the internet) have changed the dynamic of the world and opened the way for major social change, but they also bring us novelty ringtones and ads stuck inside forum posts that we then have to download special software to get rid of.

Pakistan - 'invented August 14 1947'. Home of stinking terrorists. Only exports - heroin, taxi drivers and benefits cheats/criminals.
Racist = invented too fucking long ago, never updated, added to ignore list.

Pakistan - 'invented August 14 1947'. Home of stinking terrorists. Only exports - heroin, taxi drivers and benefits cheats/criminals.

... don't they also export convience store workers? :p

http://www.agoravox.fr/IMG/do_not_feed_trolls.jpg

Nahasah Pinabandistick, or whatever his cunting name is, is Indian. The Pakis are what is destroying Britain. All they need to do is have a washand get a job, but no. Bring on the Zyclon B.
Oh, I don't watch the Simpsons much, didn't know he was supposed to be Indian

Didn't know a lot of Brits don't like Pakistanis..... or maybe it's just a few Brits on Nationstates....

Can we get back to the orginial subject?

Can we get back to the orginial subject?

usually people don't post 3 things in a row like that... You can just edit your previous post to add anything else you want to say.

Texting.

Pros: would introducing 1337-speak to the masses be a pro?

cons: hundred-dollar phone bills because each text apparently costs five dollars or something.

Why talk to the guy standing two feet in front of you when you can rack up your phone bill by texting him?

Those stupid ads. I'm not going to text some random company for jokes when I can learn the same jokes by reading popcicle sticks. I'm not going to text them for my horrorscope when I can get my horrorscope from a 75 cent newspaper.

cons: hundred-dollar phone bills because each text apparently costs five dollars or something.

there are people that txt a lot that are not on an unlimited plan?

Name something annoying that makes you want to go back in time and punch whoever invented it..... mine would be toll booths and car alarms.

The land mine.

i think we can really blame most of our problems on the invention of helium. what, one proton wasn't good enough?

TV Channel logos that are constantly on screen

i think we can really blame most of our problems on the invention of helium. what, one proton wasn't good enough?

Damn fusion!

Anything peddled by Billy "MUST YELL!" Banks.

Pakistan - 'invented August 14 1947'. Home of stinking terrorists. Only exports - heroin, taxi drivers and benefits cheats/criminals.

Guess where I was born.

That's flaming, sir, and is against the rules. Reported.

Only if they are on the rob. And claiming benefits at the same time.

The chav doth protest too much, methinks.

Stop looking in a mirror when you post. That might help.

The Mullet.

usually people don't post 3 things in a row like that... You can just edit your previous post to add anything else you want to say.

Well, I'm kind of odd like that, lol. Sometimes I make seperate posts to respond to seperate posts or ideas in a post too.

The Mullet.
A friend of mine said during the 2008 US election that she thought that Hillary Clinton's hairstyle looked like a mullet, lol.

TV Channel logos that are constantly on screen

Worse are ads that play at the bottom.

The land mine.

Not just annoying, but downright horrible invention, how many innocent civillians in war zones have been killed by them?

Didn't know a lot of Brits don't like Pakistanis..... or maybe it's just a few Brits on Nationstates....

It's just cocks like this guy.

war.

I mean... really... what is it good for?

Uhmmm... absolutely nothing.

Worse are ads that play at the bottom.

The combination of the two makes any programme unwatchable

Religion, Racism/Xenophobia, Misogyny, Homophobia/Transphobia, Right-libertarianism, Neo-conservatism, Paleoconservatism, Neo-Liberalism, Communism, Fascism/Nazism, Bicycles, the PT Cruiser, Arsenal F.C., NASCAR.

Thats a list off the top of my head.

The Mullet.

You monster! You're just jealous that you don't have one! :mad:

Religion, Racism/Xenophobia, Misogyny, Homophobia/Transphobia, Right-libertarianism, Neo-conservatism, Paleoconservatism, Neo-Liberalism, Communism, Fascism/Nazism, Bicycles, the PT Cruiser, Arsenal F.C., NASCAR.

Thats a list off the top of my head.

In other words, any ideology that doesn't match up exactly with yours? You just don't like people, do you?:p

Dwarf Fortress.

In other words, any ideology that doesn't match up exactly with yours? You just don't like people, do you?:p

How dare you! I don't have any problem with people who disagree with me. So long as they are on fire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKtBM99kAc
You're gonna love his nuts!
Slap Chop and Graty.
One is a mute Chinese martial artist, who practices an ancient form of open handed combat, the other is a short, rotund and easily amused British gentleman. Together, they fight crime in mid-19th Century Europe.

as the inventor of pakistanis, i think you are just jealous of the fact that people love my invention and nobody likes yours. but come one dude, your 'home cheetos dispenser' is reliant on living in your parents' basement and having your mom bring you more cheetos. it just isn't that helpful for most people.

Good sir, I just want you to know that your invention has had a most profound impact on my life! Many, many thanks, and good fortune in your future endeavours!

Clothing. Srsly, just move to the equator if it's too cold.

I have some serious issues with ramps, wedges, and levers. Pulleys make me nervous too.

Clothing. Srsly, just move to the equator if it's too cold.

If I move to the equator, I'll be wearing a garish Hawaiian print shirt.

Nuclear Weapons...

Slap Chop and Graty.
One is a mute Chinese martial artist, who practices an ancient form of open handed combat, the other is a short, rotund and easily amused British gentleman. Together, they fight crime in mid-19th Century Europe.
Greenlight that baby. :D

Religion, Racism/Xenophobia, Misogyny, Homophobia/Transphobia, Right-libertarianism, Neo-conservatism, Paleoconservatism, Neo-Liberalism, Communism, Fascism/Nazism, Bicycles, the PT Cruiser, Arsenal F.C., NASCAR.

Thats a list off the top of my head.

WTH is wrong with NASCAR? NASCAR is "AWESOME BILL"!!! I am not even a red-neck. The rest I can get with, except bicycles.

TIVO.

"Hey guys, did you watch Battlestar last night?"
"No, we TIVO'd it. Gonna watch it later."
"..."

"Hey did you catch Hell's Kitchen last night?"
"No I never watch TV when it comes on. It's on my Tivo list. I'll watch it eventually."

All I know is all you Tivo watching bastards are gonna be sorry when I start dropping spoilers because you keep making me wait days and says to discuss TV episodes...

Television (especially if you need another device that it actually shows a picture), cinema, cell phones, Windows, cooperative multitasking, flash, the BASIC programming language, the JAVA programming language,...

I could go on and on...

But what is the issue if the logo of the station is visible during a program? I mean, as long as it just unobstructively sits in a corner, it doe not destroy the program.

Television (especially if you need another device that it actually shows a picture), cinema, cell phones, Windows, cooperative multitasking, flash, the BASIC programming language, the JAVA programming language,...

I could go on and on...

But what is the issue if the logo of the station is visible during a program? I mean, as long as it just unobstructively sits in a corner, it doe not destroy the program.
On a lot of stations, it doesn't just sit unobtrusively. A lot of stations animate their little logo-pets so there is something jumping around at the bottom of the screen. A lot of them run ads for other shows at the bottom. One of the worst offenders in the US is TNT, which, for just one example, ran ads for "Leverage" that had an animation of a character bungie jumping down the whole screen and copping a pose, pretty much screwing with the whole image of the show they were actually running at the time. If I could have carried my tv to the office of the CEO and thrown it at his head, I would have. Yes, it was even worse than OMAC's new stupid trick.

The concept of invention itself.

http://www.reallifecomics.com/comics/2003/20031230_1097.png

To me, cell phone aren't annoying in themselves, but the people who use them can be. Talking outrageously loud, talking while driving, answering a call while you are trying to talk to them.....

The ring tones are the worst thing, so I would have to call them an annoying invention

Sham Wows. I want to punch that entire commercial.
But it's German. And you know Germans always make good stuff. Besides, you're totally going to spend $20 on paper towels every month anyway...

Just for conversations sake, 24 rolls of 60 sheets of Scott on Amazon cost $31.25.
war.

I mean... really... what is it good for?

Uhmmm... absolutely nothing.

Say it again.

Clingfilm (not sure what the Americans call it)

It's supposed to keep food fresh but always ends up wrapped tightly around my arms before it contracts into a tiny ball......I hate the stuff

Haha, we refer to it as Gladwrap. But yeah I swear that sort of thing was invented by a woman for women they seem to be the only ones who can wrap up the food with style and ease.

Girl bands

Girl bands
The whole concept of modern music is overrated. I want the old days back, when music meant some completely naked old guy stomping around a field shouting, "Oy-ehhhhhhhh-oy-oy-ooooyyyyyy-ooooooooohhhhh-oy-ehhhhhhh-oy-oy-ooooyyyyyy-ooooooohhhh," etc.

Batteries are also annoying. They're expensive, and a bitch to replace.

cigarettes. those things are just all manner of nasty. Pipes can be great, and I actually enjoy the smell of a GOOD cigar... but cigs. yuck.

Sham Wows. I want to punch that entire commercial.

doesn't the guy who does those commercials look like a meth head?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRISkyV_B8

Yeah, the first time I saw that commercial this old skit came to mind..
http://ca.video.yahoo.com/watch/460399/2541309



Child-proof lighters piss me off..

Warrentless wiretaps.

Clingfilm (not sure what the Americans call it)

It's supposed to keep food fresh but always ends up wrapped tightly around my arms before it contracts into a tiny ball......I hate the stuff

"Clingwrap" is what we call it here...

Personally, we could have done without social networking sites like Facebook.

Those pay toilets they have in airports and bus stations.

Speed cameras.

On the other hand, the same invention is used for electronic toll collection, fighting the evil of toll booths. Nonetheless, tolls on public roads are one of the most ridiculous things in the world in the first place.

"Clingwrap" is what we call it here...
Cling, Saran, Glad (the three mentioned here so far) are all brand names. Funny, huh, how they come to be just the generic names. I think the US generic for that product is just "plastic wrap".

And it doesn't fucking work.

Personally, we could have done without social networking sites like Facebook.
I agree.

Alarm Clocks.

...the fucking buzzer. THAT FUCKING BUZZER. 4am right now, and yet again I'm woken up by some random guy I don't give a shit about pressing that fucking buzzer. RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGEEEE

...the fucking buzzer. THAT FUCKING BUZZER. 4am right now, and yet again I'm woken up by some random guy I don't give a shit about pressing that fucking buzzer. RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGEEEE

*taps the buzzer*

Fffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Fffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

You're the second person to tell me that.

Ahh now I won't be able to sleep.

...the fucking buzzer. THAT FUCKING BUZZER. 4am right now, and yet again I'm woken up by some random guy I don't give a shit about pressing that fucking buzzer. RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGEEEE
I am befuzzled. Seriously, my current state of being is befuzzled, my fuzzled status has just been switched to "be-", and I'm not even sure that is a real word and what is with that damned ticking noise?

Name something annoying that makes you want to go back in time and punch whoever invented it.....Let's go with zealotry.

Ooh, wait, how about abstinence?

"Clingwrap" is what we call it here...

Personally, we could have done without social networking sites like Facebook.
What? Facebook? It's great! How dare you say that! ;)

advertisement

Although not an 'invention'. It was thought up somewhere, sometime.. and it's sure annoying.

This. This guy has to be on something. I wouldn't buy the thing just because of this commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKtBM99kAc

http://www.agoravox.fr/IMG/do_not_feed_trolls.jpg

But he's so cute!

I love that guy. I'd date that guy, if he talked dirty in that voice. He could have me "sayin' WOW every time."

I got a much nicer voice than he does ;). But alas I am but to young for a seasoned woman such as yourself... *sigh*

i think we can really blame most of our problems on the invention of helium. what, one proton wasn't good enough?

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/blimp/

Those pay toilets they have in airports and bus stations.

Those should be considererd a crime against humanity and the inventor lynched by an angry mob! I mean, we hanged Saddam Hussien and he wasn't half that evil.

war.

I mean... really... what is it good for?

Uhmmm... absolutely nothing.


Say it again.


what is it good for?

Uhmmm... absolutely nothing.

Good god y'all...

i think we can really blame most of our problems on the invention of helium. what, one proton wasn't good enough?

Well, I was going to say "the Motorcycle," so that I could invent it now and be a gajillionaire. But I did some research and found out that someone already did that. That is, went back in time and assassinated the inventor of the motorcycle, Leonardo DaVinci. Then the world had to wait until the late 19th century for the Reitwagon.

Well, it turns out that someone had a similar idea with helium. Not to exploit its invention for personal gain, but at the behest of Boeing. By delaying the commercial viability of helium, the Hindenburg was still flying on the power of hydrogen, which in the original time-line had been eliminated from commercial use by then.

The Boeing agent's interference is the only reason we aren't all flying by derigible today. His side-job for Ford is he only reason we're not all riding around on Italian-made steam-driven motor-cycles.

*snip the part about Mur being "seasoned"...light fuse and get away*

Good god y'all...

War -- ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker...

War -- ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker...

War, friend only to the undertaker
Ooooh, war
It's an enemy to all mankind
The point of war blows my mind

Internet forums. Also, unfunny and blatant irony. Also, meta-irony. Also, meta-meta-irony. Also, meta-meta-meta-irony...Also, infinite sequences.

Internet forums.

Then why are you here?


Also, unfunny and blatant irony.

See my first question.


Also, meta-irony. Also, meta-meta-irony. Also, meta-meta-meta-irony...Also, infinite sequences.

See my first question.

Then why are you here?
It was a bad joke.
See my first question.
It was a bad joke about a bad joke.
See my first question.
It was a bad joke about a bad joke about a bad joke.

It was a bad joke.

It was a bad joke about a bad joke.

It was a bad joke about a bad joke about a bad joke.

Ditto! :tongue:

credit cards, cell phones, the petrolium fueled internal combustion powered automobile.

also audio frequence amplification that puts out a gain of more the 60 db, let alone 80.

(yah i'm a grumpy old fart, but freedom of thought is the most basic of all civil rights, and i don't see it as a manifestation of freedom in any rational sense to rob each other of it.)

for that matter, corporate media, corporate economics, and corporate capitolism.

the invention of military force, and with it warfare, even in the most primative times and with rocks and sharp sticks.

the use of hierarchy and social organization for anything other then useful tangable infrasturcture and helping each other out.

the wheel. fuck that shit, man.

If it was such a great idea, how come the only implementation of it in nature is the tumbleweed?

Not even strictly a wheel, not having an axle like that ...

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*snip*

Child-proof lighters piss me off..

Agreed. However, I must give credit to Bic for making their child-proof lighters easy to downgrade. A fork or knife in the flame hole, prise the metal band up and pull it out, then poke the bent metal back down. It takes ten seconds.

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Those pay toilets they have in airports and bus stations.

Yes and no. It's nice to have free public toilets ... but a pay toilet is better than no toilet.

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No-one has mentioned appliances that beep. Microwaves that beep because you haven't taken the heated food out (and keep beeping indefinitely, long after the food is cold again ....) Fridges that beep because you have the door open too long (beeping improves their energy efficiency rating, so that's a government beep!)

It could be worse. Appliances could politely nag you, using a sample of your mother's voice. Perhaps I will one day look back nostalgically at the beep.