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Everyone loves to complain!!!
So go for it!
What are some current ‘popular’ trends that just bug the heck out of you?
Two come to mind for me:
Giant 24” low-profile rims on old Ford Crown Victorias.
Like taking a lame used car and slapping on comically large wheels suddenly makes the car cool…, talk about overcompensating. :rolleyes:
Wearing Bluetooth earbuds as jewelry.
Sure, we know you’re so important and popular that you must constantly be in communication with your hommies, but is it necessary to wear that stupid thing with the blinking blue light all day long? Maybe that was a status symbol back when Bluetooth headsets cost $100+, but now that they’re $19.99 at the mall kiosk, you just look like a tool.
Oh, and BTW, nobody wants to talk to you anyway.
Psylockeslover
08/02/2007, 09:51
I hear ya on the headset thing. My mom got one, and she wears it everywhere. Even in the darned movie theatre! Sure, she turned off her phone, but that damned blinking light is even more annoying in a dark environment!
And I'd like to add reality TV to the list......
Rokk_Krinn
08/02/2007, 09:57
Y'know, they're failing at the "headset jewelry" trend because I didn't even realize that's what they were trying to do. :grin:
I'm going to go with daily updates on Lindsay/Nicole/Paris/Brit/etc. and their "battle against their demons". Forget an angel earning its' wings everytime a bell rings, I'm pretty sure an angel dies everytime we hear how last night one of them got smashed and slept with a bunch of guys.
charlesx
08/02/2007, 10:05
How about the trend of posting threads about people that piss you off, things that annoy you, and complaints about stuff in general? What is this? Festivus? Are we in the process of airing our grievances? ;)
(Just kidding... Unless smart-arsedness is a current trend, in which case you have every right to complain about that, too.)
Rokk_Krinn
08/02/2007, 10:09
(Just kidding... Unless smart-arsedness is a current thread, in which case you have every right to complain about that, too.)
I'm getting kind-of tired of CharlesX and his suspicious sassy attitude...
...BURN HIM!
Er, wait. Sorry. Crossover from another thread. :p
I'm sick and tired of drunk people telling me I'm unsocial, because I'm a "One and done" guy.
Like it's really more social to take yourself to the point where your speech isn't even discernible anymore.
EmperorNorton
08/02/2007, 10:18
I'm tired of people critisizing my drinking habit...
JDKenada
08/02/2007, 10:20
I'll try and keep this short...
-the aforementioned Britndsay Lohilton updates. Could give a rat's ### about the whole damn lot.
-wearing ballcaps slightly crooked or completely sideways. I swear, if I could slap each one on straight by smacking the kid in the head, I would.
-Bluetooth in general (Blackberries are evil here in Canada)
-teenage (and pre-teen) girls dressing like #####s
-Barry Bonds
-DC's Crisis-Go-Round
-anything Quesada touches (didn't think I'd let Marvel off, did you?)
-the media in general (says a former news reporter)
-the H2, H3 and PT Cruiser
-speeding up to about 140 and jumping 2-4 lanes of traffic to catch the off-ramp you would've made easily if you'd pulled in behind the people you just cut off
FoxInStocks
08/02/2007, 10:20
I'm sick and tired of drunk people telling me I'm unsocial, because I'm a "One and done" guy.
Like it's really more social to take yourself to the point where your speech isn't even discernible anymore.
QFT.
Also, I hate everything. :angry:
EmperorNorton
08/02/2007, 10:23
Also, I hate everything. :angry:
But we wuv you. :)
- Stereo systems that cost more than the car they are in.
- People who think it's acceptable while making a left hand turn to end up in the right hand lane.
- Calling a call center and it being redirected to a "Julie" or "Matt" in India.
- $4 a cup coffee drinkers.
- Scions and Elements... just put a box on wheels why don't ya?
- and I'll "ditto" JKenada's comment on Barry "astrisk" Bonds.
QFT.
Also, I hate everything. :angry:
I forgot to mention that I hate Haters. ;)
Superfro
08/02/2007, 10:34
Also, I hate everything. :angry:
Wow....you stole my answer. :cheeky:
Wow....you stole my answer. :cheeky:
I really hate how people complain when their answers get stolen.
sstralkowski
08/02/2007, 10:40
- Scions and Elements... just put a box on wheels why don't ya?
While absolutely hideous, I've found our Element to be quite preactical.
As for the topic at hand, I hate when people find the need to defend X or Y in threads about what annoys you.
Wearing Bluetooth earbuds as jewelry.
Sure, we know you’re so important and popular that you must constantly be in communication with your hommies, but is it necessary to wear that stupid thing with the blinking blue light all day long? Maybe that was a status symbol back when Bluetooth headsets cost $100+, but now that they’re $19.99 at the mall kiosk, you just look like a tool.
Oh, and BTW, nobody wants to talk to you anyway.
People at Ren Faires or Civil War reinactments still wear them.
If you point it out they say they forgot they were wearing it.
While absolutely hideous, I've found our Element to be quite preactical.
As for the topic at hand, I hate when people find the need to defend X or Y in threads about what annoys you.
I have to say that while I hate the look of the Scion, I know several companies that have made a whole bunch of them company vehicles. And with good reason. They're roomy as hell.
Superfro
08/02/2007, 10:44
I have to say that while I hate the look of the Scion, I know several companies that have made a whole bunch of them company vehicles. And with good reason. They're roomy as hell.
Word. That's what sold my wife on hers. There is so much room in that little thing.
Now Hummers on the other hand.....I wish they'd all implode. :rolleyes:
People at Ren Faires or Civil War reinactments still wear them.
If you point it out they say they forgot they were wearing it.
If they're telling the truth, they deserve death.
If they're lying, they deserve death.
You know what you have to do.
Now Hummers on the other hand.....I wish they'd all implode. :rolleyes:
With people in them!!!!!!! :devious:
.........
What the hell is wrong with me today? :confused:
I have to say that while I hate the look of the Scion, I know several companies that have made a whole bunch of them company vehicles. And with good reason. They're roomy as hell.People who justify driving stupid looking cars because they're "practical."
Sheesh!
Now Hummers on the other hand.....I wish they'd all implode.
I keep trying to start a national trend of giving the finger to everyone driving a hummer. It's not catching on. :cry:
I keep trying to start a national trend of giving the finger to everyone driving a hummer. It's not catching on. :cry:
Well that's only because you never told us to do it! :eek:
1) Barry Bonds, and any other guy chasing a record in baseball.
Here's the deal. I just don't care. Baseball used to be cool. It was fun to watch Mark McGwire chase the single-season homerun record. But, then, you had the steroid scandal and, frankly, I don't care if this is the 'steroid era' and 'everyone is doing it'. I don't care if you don't get caught, or your tests come back clean and you outsmarted the system. You're still cheating. And I hate seeing records fall to guys who are cheating. Bring on football season already.
2) Athletes upset because they aren't getting enough money.
I don't care what sport it is, guys, you play a game. For a living, you play a game. I don't want to hear you complaining about not getting a contract deal that you want, or not enough of a signing bonus, or not enough guaranteed money. You work a few months a year for more money than most people will make in their lifetimes. Shut up, suit up, and play.
3) Paris and Britney and Lindsay, et al.
Listen, ladies. You were hot once. Then, Paris, you had your little movie. And your assorted STDs. And, no matter what you might think, that's not hot. As for the others of you, if your fame is killing you, it's time to give it up for a while. Britney, Lindsay ... I'm tired of hearing about you on the news every night. You've already killed your careers with your antics, it's time now for you to get out of the spotlight for a decade or so. Go get your life back in order.
4) Political 'hate' and polarization in the United States.
Here's the deal: Just because someone disagrees with your vision of what public policy should be, that doesn't make them 'evil'. It doesn't mean that they sold out to corporate interests. You shouldn't wish them death, simply because they're a leader in a different political party (I'm speaking to everyone, but I'm looking at you, denizens of DailyKos and DemocratUnderground). They're not 'the enemy'.
They're Americans, just like you. They've got opinions, just like you. And, just like you, they're entitled to share them and govern by them if they can get enough other people to agree with them and vote for them. You think you've got a better idea, then quit assuming that there was some sort of conspiracy theory behind everything and blogging about how you wish so-and-so would be assassinated and get out there and argue for your idea. If it's good, people will go with it. If not, maybe you should listen to them and accept that people just don't agree with you.
I keep trying to start a national trend of giving the finger to everyone driving a hummer. It's not catching on. :cry:
When the zombies come, you'll wish you either had a Hummer or that you hadn't alienated everyone who drives one.
1) Barry Bonds, and any other guy chasing a record in baseball.
Here's the deal. I just don't care. Baseball used to be cool. It was fun to watch Mark McGwire chase the single-season homerun record. But, then, you had the steroid scandal and, frankly, I don't care if this is the 'steroid era' and 'everyone is doing it'. I don't care if you don't get caught, or your tests come back clean and you outsmarted the system. You're still cheating. And I hate seeing records fall to guys who are cheating. Bring on football season already.
Sure, cause there's no performance enhancing drugs in football. :p
I read a story yesterday where (and I'm not making this up) some Italian golfer was banned for testing positive for a performance enhancing drug. And based on what the article said, it's something that a lot of golfers are doing. It's freakin' golf for crying out loud! :ermm: :confused: :rolleyes:
Superfro
08/02/2007, 11:04
When the zombies come, you'll wish you either had a Hummer or that you hadn't alienated everyone who drives one.
Why? The guy in the Hummer will be able to drive 5 miles before his tank is empty and then he'll be in the same boat as everyone else.
Ring_Slinger
08/02/2007, 11:19
1) Barry Bonds, and any other guy chasing a record in baseball.
Here's the deal. I just don't care. Baseball used to be cool. It was fun to watch Mark McGwire chase the single-season homerun record. But, then, you had the steroid scandal and, frankly, I don't care if this is the 'steroid era' and 'everyone is doing it'. I don't care if you don't get caught, or your tests come back clean and you outsmarted the system. You're still cheating. And I hate seeing records fall to guys who are cheating. Bring on football season already.
2) Athletes upset because they aren't getting enough money.
I don't care what sport it is, guys, you play a game. For a living, you play a game. I don't want to hear you complaining about not getting a contract deal that you want, or not enough of a signing bonus, or not enough guaranteed money. You work a few months a year for more money than most people will make in their lifetimes. Shut up, suit up, and play.
Ladies and gentelmen, let's give this guy a standing ovation (is that spelled right?) i couldn't agree more. if i were in charge, they'd be lucky to get $30,000/year max like the rest of us. i mean, would i be so bad to go back to the old days and they'd actually have to *gasp* GET A REAL JOB? :cool: :grin:
technohead
08/02/2007, 11:21
- Scions and Elements... just put a box on wheels why don't ya?
Hey I own a Element and i can tell this much its doesn't look a box, if u want to compare something to a box take look @ a Jeep Commander or Patriot.
Why? The guy in the Hummer will be able to drive 5 miles before his tank is empty and then he'll be in the same boat as everyone else.
Not true.
First of all, if you have an H2, you have a 32-gallon gas tank. If you've got an H1, you've got 51.5-gallons of fuel capacity. That'll easily get you six or seven miles.
(Seriously, though, the H1 gets 16 MPG at 30-40mph on hard surfaces. So, you'd have a cruising range of about 750 miles before you'd have to fill up. The H2 gets about 10 MPG at the same speeds, so you would have about 300 miles or so between fill-ups.)
The H2 can also scale a 60-degree slope, traverse a 40-degree side slope, drive over vertical obstacles less than 16" tall, and drive through water up to 20" deep. The H1 can scale 22" vertical obstacles, and drive in water up to 30" deep. That'll come in handy.
The first bullet I expend during the zombie plagues will be on a guy who had enough money to buy a Hummer.
ludd_gang
08/02/2007, 11:26
I'm so far outta it, I don't know what's trendy.
But here's sort of a trend: Airport security. My wife took my 5-year-old to Missouri last week. A jackhole from security had them both in tears by the end of a routine pass through the metal detectors. The security guy started yelling at my wife. My son freaked out and gave his mom a hug, and the dude forcibly seperated the two, then had my son searched. I guess it was my wife's fault: She had forgotten to take off her belt. :rolleyes:
If I see a dictatorship sprout up here in the US during my lifetime, I will not be in the least bit surprised.
Superfro
08/02/2007, 11:33
Not true.
First of all, if you have an H2, you have a 32-gallon gas tank. If you've got an H1, you've got 51.5-gallons of fuel capacity. That'll easily get you six or seven miles.
(Seriously, though, the H1 gets 16 MPG at 30-40mph on hard surfaces. So, you'd have a cruising range of about 750 miles before you'd have to fill up. The H2 gets about 10 MPG at the same speeds, so you would have about 300 miles or so between fill-ups.)
The H2 can also scale a 60-degree slope, traverse a 40-degree side slope, drive over vertical obstacles less than 16" tall, and drive through water up to 20" deep. The H1 can scale 22" vertical obstacles, and drive in water up to 30" deep. That'll come in handy.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that you don't know how to have fun. :rolleyes:
:cheeky:
Dude, it's advance planning. I also have a map in my mind of which gas stations are more likely to still have gas, so that when I'm evacuating my family and driving over folks like you who're flipping me off for being in a Hummer, we don't have to waste time making it to our safe house.
technohead
08/02/2007, 11:44
Drive thru ATM, I must waited 15 mins the other day, because someone in the car in front wasn't prepared to make a deposit. I mean he couldn't find his card, he didn't know where the deposit envelops were... I wouldn't be so surprised if he came over and ask to borrow a pen.
Iron Ham
08/02/2007, 11:49
Old People - I'm sorry, but it's one thing to want to "impart your wisdom" on ourgeneration... but make sure you HAVE some wisdom, and you're not just going senile.
Yeah, we had my grandmother over for dinner last night :rolleyes:
ludd_gang
08/02/2007, 11:49
Dude, it's advance planning. I also have a map in my mind of which gas stations are more likely to still have gas, so that when I'm evacuating my family and driving over folks like you who're flipping me off for being in a Hummer, we don't have to waste time making it to our safe house.
Of course, pollution from your Hummer is melting the Greenland glaciers which will in turn free the disease frozen in time that will release the zombie plague. This is for the countless dead you have doomed to rise up in putrid unlife, you selfish Hummer jock! *flips JacinB the bird*
;)
ludd_gang
08/02/2007, 11:50
Old People - I'm sorry, but it's one thing to want to "impart your wisdom" on ourgeneration... but make sure you HAVE some wisdom, and you're not just going senile.
Yeah, we had my grandmother over for dinner last night :rolleyes:
Age doesn't wise us all
And its wasted on the dead
So many days could be better spent
If the kings aged on and went... :laugh:
(edit: this is not aimed at your grandmother, rather all the "elders" who deem themselves wise because they are old. I grew up with bombarded with that attitude and discovered my kin to be horribly wrong about almost everything.)
Of course, pollution from your Hummer is melting the Greenland glaciers which will in turn free the disease frozen in time that will release the zombie plague. This is for the countless dead you have doomed to rise up in putrid unlife, you selfish Hummer jock! *flips JacinB the bird*
;)
See? With that one little gesture, you've just ensured that I won't stop to pick you up.
:cheeky:
Iron Ham
08/02/2007, 11:53
See? With that one little gesture, you've just ensured that I won't stop to pick you up.
:cheeky: *flips Ludd_Gang the bird*
:grin:
Dude, it's advance planning. I also have a map in my mind of which gas stations are more likely to still have gas, so that when I'm evacuating my family and driving over folks like you who're flipping me off for being in a Hummer, we don't have to waste time making it to our safe house.
You, my friend, are a disturbed and scary individual.
:laugh:
Dude, it's just a good plan to have.
I mean, there all all sorts of situations when it could come in handy: Major terrorist attacks that cause the collapse of the government, zombie plagues, Royals winning the World Series ... any number of 'end of the world' scenarios.
Royals winning the World Series
Oh hell, just wait until the loyal Royals fans come out of the woodworks........
........
Okay, you can stop waiting...
anonym0use
08/02/2007, 12:07
1.) Semi-quasi-kinda-pornographic Avatars - just because Powergirl has her clothes painted on doesn't mean she's "wearing" them. There's more than a few photoshopped naked people running around the realms, and every time I see them it gives me the creeps. It's not that I don't appreciate the superhero photo manipulations - some are very well done in fact, but I'd hate to be trolling the threads at work and have someone look over my shoulder to find me reading a post by a miniskirt wearing Mary Marvel Avatar. The end result is that I end up glossing over the person's post. Seriously - comics have gotten enough bad press for objectifying women and the nearly nude real-life Avatars don't further the cause.
2.) Texting/Cellphones in theaters. I don't care if you're just checking the time - everytime someone in front of me flips open their phone it's like shining a beacon in my face. It's gotten to the point where I want to carry a mini flashlight with me to shine it right back at them.
3.) People that don't shut down dead trade threads - it's a simple procedure to close the thread and open a new one...
Iron Ham
08/02/2007, 12:09
Oh, another one -
What's with all the negativity these days? :p
Rokk_Krinn
08/02/2007, 12:27
Dude, it's advance planning. I also have a map in my mind of which gas stations are more likely to still have gas, so that when I'm evacuating my family and driving over folks like you who're flipping me off for being in a Hummer, we don't have to waste time making it to our safe house.
Don't you live our in the Midwest? I didn't think there was any terrain out there for you to have to rough it over. :rolleyes:
Don't you live our in the Midwest? I didn't think there was any terrain out there for you to have to rough it over. :rolleyes:
Clearly, you've never driven on Missouri highways.
Why? The guy in the Hummer will be able to drive 5 miles before his tank is empty and then he'll be in the same boat as everyone else.Not true.
First of all, if you have an H2, you have a 32-gallon gas tank. If you've got an H1, you've got 51.5-gallons of fuel capacity. That'll easily get you six or seven miles.
(Seriously, though, the H1 gets 16 MPG at 30-40mph on hard surfaces. So, you'd have a cruising range of about 750 miles before you'd have to fill up. The H2 gets about 10 MPG at the same speeds, so you would have about 300 miles or so between fill-ups.)
The H2 can also scale a 60-degree slope, traverse a 40-degree side slope, drive over vertical obstacles less than 16" tall, and drive through water up to 20" deep. The H1 can scale 22" vertical obstacles, and drive in water up to 30" deep. That'll come in handy.Another pet peeve, people who turn statements that are clearly hyperbole into factual arguments.
"Man, that fish I brought home last week weighed a ton!"
"No it didn't. You boat isn't rated to carry more than 987.5 pounds, nor can your winch pull up more than 613 pounds. Additionally your half-ton rated pick-up truck is actually rated for .479 tons, and not a true half ton. Therefore there was technically no way you could have caught and taken home a one ton fish - metric or gross."
PashaJoshua
08/02/2007, 13:00
Finnally a place to vent.....
- I hate all the garbage about celebrities and their lives and the overblown and glorified media attention it gets. I could care friggin less about what they do when they are not making movies or tv or music or whatever. I hate the shows and websites and magazines and gossip rags and tabliods dedicated to anything and everything other than the work that the people produce. Just tell me when the next movie or albulm or whatever is coming out and then shut up.
- I hate the rate of inflation and the high cost of living. nuff said!
- Actually not 'nuff said' becuase I really HATE the cost of gas. Not 10 years ago I could fill up with a 20 dollar bill and have change to spare. Now I'm lucky to get out of there under 50 bucks. I don't know how high school or college kids afford it.
- I hate professional athletes in today's era that whine or complain about anything. Shut your spoiled mouths you babies. You get paid more than most do to play a freaking game for living.
- I hate MTV cribs! (Mainly jealously though)
- I hated Civil War and Captain America dying and Spidey going public and it not really meaning anything. I just read WWHulk and the Heroes wreck up a ton of buildings fighting Hulk and his warbound but when the Anit-Reg crew are fighting for ideals and rights of this country, Cap ( a lifelong soldier) sees some collateral damage that really was minor, he surrenders and cries. You got to be kidding me. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I Hate Joe Q at Marvel
- I hate how DC's crisis stuff has gotten out of control.
- I've hated the Spiderman books since Larsen on Spider-man
- I hate Rob Leifield and Todd Macfarlane
- I hate that I have to wait for new Heroes episodes.
- I hate that being a judge, and having all the Galactus events run on the same day at the same time, I cannot play in a tournament for one.
- I hate even more that Starro, which I would want ten times more, will be the same way.
- I HATE MY EX WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for all the #### she pulls and how she uses my 2 year old baby boy as a weapon to try to hurt me or get my attention or get me back in her life. I hate her.
- I hate the cost of food at the movie theater and for that matter 9 dollar tickets.
- I hate working to live instead of living to work
- I hate not havng any of the chase heroclix figs
- I hate terrorists
- I hate people having to fight and die for the things they are fighting and dying for.
- I hate innequality, injustice, racism, bigotry, violence against your fellow man, animal or nature herself, poverty, disease, overcrowding, pollution, fascism, corruption, apathy, laziness, selfishness, hiposcrisy, manipulations, crime, etc, etc etc. I could go on.
and I will
- I hate dial up internet
- I hate that the old napster's gone
- I hate Metallica
- I hate ring tones
- I hate Myspace
- I hate cell phones. well actually I just hate that now everyone is in constant contact with everyone else and there is no peace and quiet and a moments solitude from it.
- I hate not sleeping well
- I hate not being able to think of something else I hate.
I'm sure more will come.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Josh
FoxInStocks
08/02/2007, 13:04
Wow....you stole my answer. :cheeky:
Oh, look, someone put Guitar Hero down. :cheeky:
ShellShock
08/02/2007, 13:07
You know what I hate
Family Guy since it came back
it isn't funny
Jackofhearts2005
08/02/2007, 13:11
- Stereo systems that cost more than the car they are in.
My sister's tap shoes cost more than her car. I'm not joking.
I'll also say I'm tired of the trend that is Barry Bonds. He'll be in the record books and then taken out of them in a few years. :laugh:
malakim2099
08/02/2007, 13:26
4) Political 'hate' and polarization in the United States.
Here's the deal: Just because someone disagrees with your vision of what public policy should be, that doesn't make them 'evil'. It doesn't mean that they sold out to corporate interests. You shouldn't wish them death, simply because they're a leader in a different political party (I'm speaking to everyone, but I'm looking at you, denizens of DailyKos and DemocratUnderground). They're not 'the enemy'.
Rush, Drudge, Coulter, Savage, Liddy, et al.
I wish people wouldn't call me a traitor because I was right (granted, according to my ex-wife, I'm not right often, but I cling to it tenaciously when I am). ;)
I wish people could have reasoned discourse and not resort to sound bytes or bumper sticker slogans.
While staying on politics, I wish that we could avoid having the next election cycle start up the day after we vote (seriously, the week after Bush was elected in 2004, we had "Countdown to 2008" on CNN. I don't agree with the man on about anything, but could we at least let him pretend to govern for a few months?)
I wish people driving Hummers would spontaneously combust.
I wish Vick would be devoured by a rabid wolfpack.
And I really wish people would lighten up. :)
darius_dax1
08/02/2007, 13:37
Oh hell, just wait until the loyal Royals fans come out of the woodworks........
........
Okay, you can stop waiting...
...and they will once Jacin Bs Hummer causes global warming to melt Greenland's Ice Caps to release the rare and ancient disease that will unleash a zombie plague (i.e. loyal Royal's fans) on us all.
CarlosMucha
08/02/2007, 13:40
I hate to work EVERY sunday.
I keep trying to start a national trend of giving the finger to everyone driving a hummer. It's not catching on. :cry:
Hey I do that too! I mean giving them the finger, not trying to start a national trend. I'll be the Midwest branch, though.
You know what I hate
Family Guy since it came back
it isn't funny
Quoted for truth.
I liked the first episode when it was back.
And then it was already tired.
I think the biggest deterrent for me is how many high school kids think it's cool to constantly quote the show. It has gotten to a point where I can't even enjoy the original episodes.
but I'd hate to be trolling the threads at work and have someone look over my shoulder to find me reading a post by a miniskirt wearing Mary Marvel Avatar.
User CP>Edit Options
Uncheck "Show Avatars" checkbox
;)
"Therefore there was technically no way you could have caught and taken home a one ton fish - metric or gross."
I cleaned it before I put it in the truck to bring it home, silly. :p
Quoted for truth.
I liked the first episode when it was back.
And then it was already tired.
I think the biggest deterrent for me is how many high school kids think it's cool to constantly quote the show. It has gotten to a point where I can't even enjoy the original episodes.
Dear Diary, ...JACKPOT! giggitty..giggitty.
malakim2099
08/02/2007, 14:02
...and they will once Jacin Bs Hummer causes global warming to melt Greenland's Ice Caps to release the rare and ancient disease that will unleash a zombie plague (i.e. loyal Royal's fans) on us all.
Hey, the Royals DID win the Series in 85, no? At least say "Cubs fans" or something. ;)
(And no, I'm a Twins fan that wishes our Mr. Burns owner would spend money on the team for once.)
JDKenada
08/02/2007, 14:03
You know what I hate
Family Guy since it came back
it isn't funny
*channels a Dudley*
TESTIFYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
I wish Vick would be devoured by a rabid wolfpack.
You know, when I first heard about what he did, I was like, "Dogfighting....that must be interesting."
Then I actually read up on what they did to those dogs.
And now I want to inject him with the Ebola virus, and subject him to death by Snoo Snoo...............with this woman as executioner (http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/data/media/2/HPIM02062.jpg)
I hate when people swear the economy is doing better. Maybe for the rich, but for the poor, it's not.
I hate when sub-driving-age teens wear skimpy clothing. But I'm not sure why. When I was 12-14, I wished more girls would. Now that I'm 29, I wish they'd stop. I'm not sure if it's because it's morally bankrupting them, if it's because it's disgusting, or if I'm just upset I couldn't legally hit 'em up.
I hate the Internet, actually. I'm all for being anonymous, I'm all for freedom of speech, but combine the two, and you get every idiot who shouldn't be talking about any subject pretending to be an expert, even when they're obviously wrong. I fully believe part of freedom of speech should be, "But if you say you're an expert in something, and you aren't, the real experts are allowed to beat you with heavy, sharp objects."
Superfro
08/02/2007, 14:06
with this woman as executioner (http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/data/media/2/HPIM02062.jpg)
I hate that my mom found the internet, cause she keeps putting pics like this of herself out there. :disappoin
Charaxes
08/02/2007, 14:07
What are some current ‘popular’ trends that just bug the heck out of you?
All of them.
turdburglar47
08/02/2007, 14:10
When the hell did all shoes become flip-flops? That's irritating. Flip-flops are for beaches and backyards. What's next, sweat pants as the new low-riders?
I hate that my mom found the internet, cause she keeps putting pics like this of herself out there. :disappoin
That.........that explains so very much......:laugh:
Rokk_Krinn
08/02/2007, 14:18
I hate that my mom found the internet, cause she keeps putting pics like this of herself out there. :disappoin
Well, if you'd stop letting Carlos take them of her. :noid:
I hate when people swear the economy is doing better. Maybe for the rich, but for the poor, it's not.
I hate how many city governments don't understand how their economy WORKS! I live in a city of 75,000 people, and our city government continually swears the economy is doing great. Mind you, they've broken their pathetically small annual budget already, and the average lifespan of a business in this town is 3 months............but oh no, we get about 3 new banks put in each week.....
I hate when sub-driving-age teens wear skimpy clothing. But I'm not sure why. When I was 12-14, I wished more girls would. Now that I'm 29, I wish they'd stop. I'm not sure if it's because it's morally bankrupting them, if it's because it's disgusting, or if I'm just upset I couldn't legally hit 'em up.
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of the 17 yr olds hitting on me. Is there a contest between 17 year old girls that I don't know about? Who can get this mid-20's guy in jail the fastest?
Speaking of lady troubles, here's one that's bothered me for the past few years:
Why can't I have a female friend?
Is it really so much to ask for? A female that wants to be friends, and stays that way? Every female friend I've ever had goes one of two ways:
1. They want to go to the "next step", meaning they want to go out.
2. They go out with another guy, and he tells her to stop talking to me, because he's jealous of our relationship. Which, I gotta tell ya, should be sending the girl huge warning signs if he's threatened by ME.
Well, if you'd stop letting Carlos take them of her. :noid:
Nobody's knocking Rokk off the Carlos-is-a-stalker train, today! NOBODY! :p
Another pet peeve, people who turn statements that are clearly hyperbole into factual arguments.
"Man, that fish I brought home last week weighed a ton!"
"No it didn't. You boat isn't rated to carry more than 987.5 pounds, nor can your winch pull up more than 613 pounds. Additionally your half-ton rated pick-up truck is actually rated for .479 tons, and not a true half ton. Therefore there was technically no way you could have caught and taken home a one ton fish - metric or gross."
Actually, I'd be more concerned with how that managed to catch a fish that heavy using a traditional rod and reel equipped with 30lb. test line. And also, while it doesn't solve the issue of their small boat, if they drove a Hummer, they could still haul it ...
I mean, the H2 has a winch capacity of 9,000lbs (4.5 tons) and the H1 has a winch capacity of 12,000lbs (6 tons), and they've each got a towing capacity of 8,000 - 10,000lbs., which is more than sufficient to winch and haul almost any fish caught nearly anywhere (except, perhaps, whale sharks ... but they're notoriously hard to catch with traditional bait as they only eat phytoplankton).
:cheeky:
What's next, sweat pants as the new low-riders?
Around here? Yes. Where I live, women rarely wear sweat pants, sweat shorts, or pajama-style pants above hip level. Most of these women can also be seen jogging around the local college campus.
... not that I've noticed.
DS-00-0, FSD
08/02/2007, 14:34
Actually, I'd be more concerned with how that managed to catch a fish that heavy using a traditional rod and reel equipped with 30lb. test line. And also, while it doesn't solve the issue of their small boat, if they drove a Hummer, they could still haul it ...
I mean, the H2 has a winch capacity of 9,000lbs (4.5 tons) and the H1 has a winch capacity of 12,000lbs (6 tons), and they've each got a towing capacity of 8,000 - 10,000lbs., which is more than sufficient to winch and haul almost any fish caught nearly anywhere (except, perhaps, whale sharks ... but they're notoriously hard to catch with traditional bait as they only eat phytoplankton).
:cheeky:
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to JacinB again.
Cause this is fillllllerrrrr!!!
bagman04
08/02/2007, 14:39
My list
Crocs
Booty shorts
Hillary Clinton
People wearing flip flops to weddings, religious events, anything that requires dressing up
Will Farrell
Adam Sandler Movies
Children being dressed up like teenagers
Free parenting (i.e. parents scared to say no or lookiing "un-cool")
Cell phone useage in lines
Family Guy
Ahhh too many more to list.
Rokk_Krinn
08/02/2007, 14:46
Free parenting (i.e. parents scared to say no or lookiing "un-cool")
How about we expand that to "letting kids run rampant in our society because we're scared to tell them "No" or that we might "stunt" them somehow"? Seriously, I'm getting tired of one story after another of schools that, say, debate no longer using a grading system because it could "Hurt a child's feelings if they do poorly in a class." or that "Tag is a vicious and competitive game" (okay, it probably is but we all survived it!).
Furthermore, not every kid needs "counseling" or to have their own therapist and God help me if I hear one more person say every other child is "ADD" - while ADD is out there, it's waaaay over-used as a diagnosis. I mean, can't a kid just be a kid?!?
Whats worse is my 50+ Brother-In-Law suddenly decided he has ADD.
I swear my family could be on Jerry Springer.
My wife says I'm adopted.
I think I've got ADD.
Yeah, but you're 73, so that's no big deal. That's just being old. ;)
anonym0use
08/02/2007, 14:57
I think I've got ADD.
I think I've got A-D... wait. What were we talking about? Ooops gotta run - Batfink's family is on Springer again... :grin:
You know, when I first heard about what he did, I was like, "Dogfighting....that must be interesting."
Then I actually read up on what they did to those dogs.
And now I want to inject him with the Ebola virus, and subject him to death by Snoo Snoo...............with this woman as executioner (http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/data/media/2/HPIM02062.jpg)
"I sentence them to Death....by Snoo Snoo!"
:laugh:
:cry:
:laugh:
:cry:
:laugh:
:cry:
:laugh:
:cry:
bagman04
08/02/2007, 15:27
How about we expand that to "letting kids run rampant in our society because we're scared to tell them "No" or that we might "stunt" them somehow"? Seriously, I'm getting tired of one story after another of schools that, say, debate no longer using a grading system because it could "Hurt a child's feelings if they do poorly in a class." or that "Tag is a vicious and competitive game" (okay, it probably is but we all survived it!).
Furthermore, not every kid needs "counseling" or to have their own therapist and God help me if I hear one more person say every other child is "ADD" - while ADD is out there, it's waaaay over-used as a diagnosis. I mean, can't a kid just be a kid?!?
Because when they go to college they will be horribly dissapointed when they realize that at college, you are expected to act like an adult.
Who are we kidding, eventually colleges will become soft just like the public school system.
- Office politics - I am here to work not be your bestest buddy and certainly not to buy you presents for your new baby, anniversary, birthday, etc. I don't even celebrate my own, why should I celebrate YOURS!
- Idiot local politicians who try using threats to jack taxes 10-12%
- people who don't even bother reading the freakin' rules
- low pants, turned hats, faked limps - all on 'gangstas'
- children dressing like they are hookers
- cellphones (turn it off in the goddamn theatre...what kind of needy, pathetic person are you that you cannot go 2 hours without someone calling you?)
Rokk_Krinn
08/02/2007, 15:45
Who are we kidding, eventually colleges will become soft just like the public school system.
I actually felt they had beat the public school system to that category. :)
I mean, can't a kid just be a kid?!?
At Chuck-E-Cheese they can.
:p
HEELIES!!! :angry: :angry: :angry:
I think I've got ADD.
Hey did you know that ADD doesn't actually exist anymore? It's now ADHD, which stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. :)
The more you know...
JackAssterson
08/02/2007, 16:01
Hey did you know that ADD doesn't actually exist anymore?
What?
I wasn't really paying attention.
Jackofhearts2005
08/02/2007, 16:17
Because when they go to college they will be horribly dissapointed when they realize that at college, you are expected to act like an adult.
Who are we kidding, eventually colleges will become soft just like the public school system.
Not with the amount of money I pay to go to college, they aren't.
I'd just not bother.
Jackofhearts2005
08/02/2007, 16:18
Hey did you know that ADD doesn't actually exist anymore? It's now ADHD, which stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. :)
Not true. Those are two different things.
ADD basically means you don't pay attention as well.
ADHD basically means not only do you not pay attention well, but you are also hyperactive, hence the extra letter.
Not true. Those are two different things.
ADD basically means you don't pay attention as well.
ADHD basically means not only do you not pay attention well, but you are also hyperactive, hence the extra letter.Actually, all ADD was recently diagnosed to be ADHD. They Hyperactivity doesn't have to mean you run around screaming, it means that people with ADHD have a lot of energy / have trouble sitting still & doing 'nothing.'
Not that Wikipedia is a source for completely acurate facts (like Fox News), but it's close. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhd
Jackofhearts2005
08/02/2007, 16:39
Actually, all ADD was recently diagnosed to be ADHD. They Hyperactivity doesn't have to mean you run around screaming, it means that people with ADHD have a lot of energy / have trouble sitting still & doing 'nothing.'
Not that Wikipedia is a source for completely acurate facts (like Fox News), but it's close. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhd
As someone who is diagnosed with ADD, not ADHD, I'm willing to bet this is another mistake on wikipedia.
But hey, maybe I just didn't get the memo. I'll check it out.
Not that Wikipedia is a source for completely acurate facts (like Fox News), but it's close. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhd
After reading and re-reading this sentece, in comparing it to Wikipedia, I think you just said that FoxNews was 'close' to being 'a source for completely accurate facts'.
You just made thugit smile again.
Hey did you know that ADD doesn't actually exist anymore? It's now ADHD, which stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. :)
The more you know...
Which is the most ######## and incompetent thing they could have ever done.
Because now everyone with ADHD is lumped into one broad category, with thousands of definitions for it.
I tried to read the article but I kept getting distracted.
As someone who is diagnosed with ADD, not ADHD, I'm willing to bet this is another mistake on wikipedia.
But hey, maybe I just didn't get the memo. I'll check it out.
Ditto.......
Jackofhearts2005
08/02/2007, 16:42
I tried to read the article but I kept getting distracted.
Me too. filler
Rokk_Krinn
08/02/2007, 16:43
Y'know, I just used ADD as a "simple term with which most people were familiar and that fit the rant" but if folks really want to start cracking out into specifics, I'm up to it. :devious:
After reading and re-reading this sentece, in comparing it to Wikipedia, I think you just said that FoxNews was 'close' to being 'a source for completely accurate facts'.
You just made thugit smile again.That is absolutely what I meant.
And in NO way did I mean that wikipedia is a place where anyone can make up and disseminate anything they want, and pass it off as if it were real facts that people will believe because they don't know better.
That woudl be silly!
obligatory ;)
Not true. Those are two different things.
ADD basically means you don't pay attention as well.
ADHD basically means not only do you not pay attention well, but you are also hyperactive, hence the extra letter.
It's a distinct possibility that you might be correct, but I took a psychology course last semester where we discussed this. From page 534 of our textbook: "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a disorder marked by inability to focus attention or overactive and impulsive behavior, or both."
There used to be just an Attention-Deficit Disorder, but it was merged into ADHD.
Edit: Dang! In the time it took to look that up a lot of people beat me to it.
Edit: Jack, it might be that you were diagnosed with ADD before the change. I think it only happened a few years ago...maybe?
Jackofhearts2005
08/02/2007, 17:01
Edit: Jack, it might be that you were diagnosed with ADD before the change. I think it only happened a few years ago...maybe?
Oh certainly, I just was not aware of any change (nor do I really agree with the idea of being labeled as inattentive and having a deficit of attention in the same diagnosis. It seems redundant, not to mention it fails to address the lack of hyperactivity despite the word "hyperactive" being used in the acronym.)
If you got it out of a text book though, I believe you.
I just wasn't going to take wikipedia's word for it, considering how dumb the concept is. :rolleyes:
EDIT: Seriously, this is the quote from wikipedia and it doesn't make sense.
"Although often referred to in conjunction with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), ADD is, in fact, not a documented diagnosis, and this common misuse of the terminology actually refers to ADHD predominantly inattentive type."
It is a documented diagnosis, cause I've been diagnosed with it. Unless I'm a secret patient, I assume it was documented. With the terms combined, I would think that what has been refered to as ADD would be now called "ADHD without hyperactivity." This would be dumb, but not as dumb as calling a non hyperactive person a person with attention deficit hyperactive disorder predominantly inattentive.
I've underlined the words that don't need to be in that sentence because they are redundant or incorrect. What do you know? Deleting those words leaves us with ADD.
EmperorNorton
08/02/2007, 17:03
I hate the trend of people hiding behind psychological diagnoses.
Most people who claim to suffer from depression don't even know what that is.
Most people don't need a therapist, they need to deal with their lives themselves, but are chosing the option which allows them to blame everything but themselves.
darius_dax1
08/02/2007, 17:39
I hate:
"En vogue diseases/afflictions
crocs (gotta second that)
Bling
Bling bling
ring-a-bling-bling (or like stated earlier Blue Tooth as adornment)
dialouge in many of the prime-time soaps and sit-coms...people don't talk like that.
Prime-time soaps and sit-coms
reality TV
taking a successful idea and running with it....and before you know it you have a gazillion spin-offs
Rob Liefield, although not current...I have saved up enough hate for at least another decade
anime
manga
Air America
Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, Britney Spears, etc..
cellphones in movie theaters
children in restuarants after 10pm
local, crooked politicians getting awway with it...and getting re-elected
IRS
investment in defeat
fast food
amnesty programs
yellow wax beans
lima beans
white chilli
people expecting everyone to behave like they think they should instead of being free thinking individuals
Grand Theft Auto, the video game
grand theft auto, the crime
Pokemon
Yu Gi Oh
Frontman
08/02/2007, 20:14
Texting.
Using the phrase "emo."
The attention on the "bad boys" of sports, when there are so many great stories to be told of the good guys in sports.
That because of passion, we'll fight tooth and nail with folks who care about the same things, just different ways to taking care of them.
FoxInStocks
08/03/2007, 13:43
I hate the trend of people hiding behind psychological diagnoses.
Most people who claim to suffer from depression don't even know what that is.
Most people don't need a therapist, they need to deal with their lives themselves, but are chosing the option which allows them to blame everything but themselves.
So true. I know quite a few folks who just need to grow up, but they run to a therapist because then they can apply stupid, long scientific names to their "problems".
Gacy's Clown
08/03/2007, 13:48
I love Hummer commercials that basically BRAG about getting 20 mpg! WOOHOO!!!:rolleyes:
lukebuchanan
08/03/2007, 15:50
Ahem...done to the background of "My Favorite Things", now you get "Luke B's Most Hated Things":
Attention seeking loser, known as Kathy Griffin,
Opening a $10 booster, 20th Piledriver within,
Tyra Banks, Light Beer, and The Burger King "King"
These are a few of my most hated things....
Al-Qaeda operatives and the friggin' war,
J. Micheal Strazynski making Spidey a bore,
Headsets and ring tones and little numbered keys,
these are a few of my most hated things...
when my dice suck,
when my truck's stuck,
anything on Mtv.
when Rosie O'Donnel talks,
when fat-arses don't take a walk,
Bob Barker leaving.
Judd Winnick writing anything at all,
The NBA ruining professional basketball,
Splinters, taxes, playing teams with no theme,
these are a few of my most hated things!
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddd..................that's all for now
DocDoom187
08/03/2007, 16:16
You know what I hate
Family Guy since it came back
it isn't funny
YOU DESERVE DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:mad:
:laugh:
You know what I hate
Family Guy since it came back
it isn't funny
Yep.
Sad.
Brian went from a semi-depressed well-read lush to a leftist crusader and they started having plots!
Plots!
mike_houghton
08/03/2007, 19:58
1) Barry Bonds, and any other guy chasing a record in baseball.
Here's the deal. I just don't care. Baseball used to be cool. It was fun to watch Mark McGwire chase the single-season homerun record. But, then, you had the steroid scandal and, frankly, I don't care if this is the 'steroid era' and 'everyone is doing it'. I don't care if you don't get caught, or your tests come back clean and you outsmarted the system. You're still cheating. And I hate seeing records fall to guys who are cheating. Bring on football season already.
2) Athletes upset because they aren't getting enough money.
I don't care what sport it is, guys, you play a game. For a living, you play a game. I don't want to hear you complaining about not getting a contract deal that you want, or not enough of a signing bonus, or not enough guaranteed money. You work a few months a year for more money than most people will make in their lifetimes. Shut up, suit up, and play.
3) Paris and Britney and Lindsay, et al.
Listen, ladies. You were hot once. Then, Paris, you had your little movie. And your assorted STDs. And, no matter what you might think, that's not hot. As for the others of you, if your fame is killing you, it's time to give it up for a while. Britney, Lindsay ... I'm tired of hearing about you on the news every night. You've already killed your careers with your antics, it's time now for you to get out of the spotlight for a decade or so. Go get your life back in order.
4) Political 'hate' and polarization in the United States.
Here's the deal: Just because someone disagrees with your vision of what public policy should be, that doesn't make them 'evil'. It doesn't mean that they sold out to corporate interests. You shouldn't wish them death, simply because they're a leader in a different political party (I'm speaking to everyone, but I'm looking at you, denizens of DailyKos and DemocratUnderground). They're not 'the enemy'.
They're Americans, just like you. They've got opinions, just like you. And, just like you, they're entitled to share them and govern by them if they can get enough other people to agree with them and vote for them. You think you've got a better idea, then quit assuming that there was some sort of conspiracy theory behind everything and blogging about how you wish so-and-so would be assassinated and get out there and argue for your idea. If it's good, people will go with it. If not, maybe you should listen to them and accept that people just don't agree with you.
I agree whole heartedly with everything you say EXCEPT for number two.
People pay to be entertained, IE going to a sporting event, they then choose their favorites and buy products featuring the players or the team based on these things. The owners/organizations make hundreds of millions a year off of these players, either do to their skill, personality, or because they are on their favorite team. The players deserve to be paid a portion of those and should be rewarded for a well played season. The NFL doesnt even have a decent after PROs healthcare/retirement plan. They need to make as much money as they can. Now I am not saying they should hold out of a season and not play, but if they feel they are being treated less then fairly they have every right to go and fight for more based on the market.
To say that they only work a few months out of the year is also crazy. With all the camps, and training, the offseason prep, and the insane hours and work that their bodies endure they take a lot more of a beating then you or me.
mike_houghton
08/03/2007, 20:01
Ahem...done to the background of "My Favorite Things", now you get "Luke B's Most Hated Things":
Attention seeking loser, known as Kathy Griffin,
Opening a $10 booster, 20th Piledriver within,
Tyra Banks, Light Beer, and The Burger King "King"
These are a few of my most hated things....
Al-Qaeda operatives and the friggin' war,
J. Micheal Strazynski making Spidey a bore,
Headsets and ring tones and little numbered keys,
these are a few of my most hated things...
when my dice suck,
when my truck's stuck,
anything on Mtv.
when Rosie O'Donnel talks,
when fat-arses don't take a walk,
Bob Barker leaving.
Judd Winnick writing anything at all,
The NBA ruining professional basketball,
Splinters, taxes, playing teams with no theme,
these are a few of my most hated things!
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddd..................that's all for now
really good except for the fatarses needing to take a walk. Highly offensive, maybe you should open your eyes, and your mind a little bit.
lukebuchanan
08/03/2007, 21:35
really good except for the fatarses needing to take a walk. Highly offensive, maybe you should open your eyes, and your mind a little bit.
Sorry brother...no dice!! Everywhere I look these days people are TREMENDOUSLY out of shape. No reason for it.
A bit heavy, hey what the hell....
Have to cut a hole out of th wall of to get you out....take a walk.
I can't stand folks that are TOO dern big....it's so much better to be healthy and feel better...
Gacy's Clown
08/03/2007, 22:03
I also hate those commercials for those cellphone trivia games that are so easy I can't believe people actually call in thinking they have shot at winning $10,000-$15,000:
What is this secret word???
HLOIDAY
What is the capital of the United States???
A. Miami
B. Washington DC
Seriously...two choices and I'm sure my cats could answer that one.
really good except for the fatarses needing to take a walk. Highly offensive, maybe you should open your eyes, and your mind a little bit.
Have a more open mind about fat arses?
What is this secret word???
HLOIDAY
Hloiday?
Is that a Greek holiday where the hoi polloi get a day off?
CarlosMucha
08/03/2007, 23:30
Nobody's knocking Rokk off the Carlos-is-a-stalker train, today! NOBODY! :p
:tired: :tired: :tired:
I hate week-long 35-Celsius-plus-humidity heat waves.
Psylockeslover
08/04/2007, 00:57
I agree whole heartedly with everything you say EXCEPT for number two.
People pay to be entertained, IE going to a sporting event, they then choose their favorites and buy products featuring the players or the team based on these things. The owners/organizations make hundreds of millions a year off of these players, either do to their skill, personality, or because they are on their favorite team. The players deserve to be paid a portion of those and should be rewarded for a well played season. The NFL doesnt even have a decent after PROs healthcare/retirement plan. They need to make as much money as they can. Now I am not saying they should hold out of a season and not play, but if they feel they are being treated less then fairly they have every right to go and fight for more based on the market.
To say that they only work a few months out of the year is also crazy. With all the camps, and training, the offseason prep, and the insane hours and work that their bodies endure they take a lot more of a beating then you or me.
Well put, and much better than I can ever do. Though, the money team owners make (NFL anyway) is more up in the billions. And I also see no reason that the people who actually work for that money shouldn't get a piece of it.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.....
I hate celebrity worship.
It's fine to want to know which movies Will Smith will be showing up in next, it's borderline creepy to follow Paris Hilton's jail experience day-to-day, and it's just plain scary to need to know where Angelina Jolie was shopping at 1:43 PM on Tuesday the 3rd.
mike_houghton
08/04/2007, 17:02
Sorry brother...no dice!! Everywhere I look these days people are TREMENDOUSLY out of shape. No reason for it.
A bit heavy, hey what the hell....
Have to cut a hole out of th wall of to get you out....take a walk.
I can't stand folks that are TOO dern big....it's so much better to be healthy and feel better...
obviously this is a stance that you feel strongly about... heck it compares greatly to a certain doctrine claiming anyone that wasnt blond haired and blue eyed was a lesser being. If this is really bugging you I suggest you seek help. It is their life and the statement you made was a lot broader then the people who need to have a hole cut out. The way you make it sound is that you want everyone to fit into your perfect little mold of a person.
mike_houghton
08/04/2007, 17:03
Thanks, its a subject I love to talk about.
Well put, and much better than I can ever do. Though, the money team owners make (NFL anyway) is more up in the billions. And I also see no reason that the people who actually work for that money shouldn't get a piece of it.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.....
mike_houghton
08/04/2007, 17:04
also do teams individually make billions a year? I didnt realize it had gotten that bad.
Caitriona
08/04/2007, 21:47
I really can't stand:
Grills - WTF? Where did this come from? Did someone put foil in their mouth one day and decide this looked good??
Low-rider pants. If I can see your underwear, if they are large enough to slide over your hips without unbuttoning/unzipping them and if you need to grab the crotch to walk - they are TOO BIG!! This is a fashion DON'T!
Sweatpants/shorts with a saying on the butt. Why? Just why?
Flip-flops everywear. Yes I wear them, but not to the office, the theater, a wedding etc. There is a time and place.
Britney, Paris, Lindsey, Nicole et al. I don't care, plain and simple.
Reality shows - it's been done, I want some good quality family time TV. Bring back the Muppet Show!
Barry Bonds - Get off the roids and restart the count then we'll see if you can achieve any records.
Non-parenting Parenting - what ever happened to spare the rod, spoil the child? Children need to be corrected and punished. Bring back tag, dodgeball and every other sport that has been deemed as confidence killers. We all survived, and I know I was the last picked for everything in gym!
To go along with the parenting - Entitlement - Since when does every 12 year old think they "need" an iPod, Cell Phone, insert item here. And what about this whole Sweet 16 thing? OMG! Have you seen the MTV Show? One got a $100K Range Rover!!! Her parents spent $250K on the party and the presents!!! One threw a tantrum because daddy wouldn't buy her the $50K car she wanted!! That girl wouldn't have been given anything and ended grounded in my house..
The huge sunglasses - Since when did we want to look like a bug?
and yes AZS - I agree - HEELIES!!!!
People who drive into the gas station and try to pump gas when the place is obviously closed annoy me.
That's all...
for now.
Ya wanna know what else bugs me? They eliminated recess in grade school.
mike_houghton
08/05/2007, 20:03
lol how about them getting rid of dodge ball too... wtf
DocDoom187
08/05/2007, 20:04
Ya wanna know what else bugs me? They eliminated recess in grade school.
Lol, tell em about it. I went to a jewish Grade School, meaning i had 9 hours of class, with no recess, and the only break was 30 minutes for lunch. I'd come home and collapse on my bed!
Frontman
08/05/2007, 21:12
Ya wanna know what else bugs me? They eliminated recess in grade school.
Wait, how can teachers gossip and smoke when they don't let the prisone....erm, kids go out in the yard?
Prof. Aragorn
08/06/2007, 03:39
Liberal humor - yeah, I hate Bush, too. But it's not funny anymore. Just stop trying, you failed the second you thought Kerry would make a fine president . . .
I don't like Spongebob.
It's not funny, and I've never found it funny. It's a similar comedy level as the current Simpsons, and I barely find that funny anymore - mostly because of familiarity.
I don't like Harry Potter.
It's lame, truly and honestly. I'll give J.K. props for being a better writer than Anne Rice, but jeezus, the stories are so damn trite.
While girls are easy on the eyes when they dress like #####s, it's kinda skanky and detracts from me actually finding interest in them beyond their physical appearance, and on little girls its just wrong.
Ipods. I-#### is more like it.
Cell-phones that can make toast - of course, I speak in hyperbole, but jeezus, a phone needs to be able to dial other phones and provide speedy communication. It doesn't need to serve much more of a purpose.
Emo's or as I generally refer to them - losers who do nothing but whine and complain about how their life sucks and no one else understands them or their pain. Grow up and shut up. Or better yet, #### off and die. If you think your life sucks, just grow a pair and kill yourself since you obviously don't understand what it means to live.
Now, bear with me, I can understand if your life has generally been lousy - parents abusive, family negligent, but if your going for that tortured soul #### mostly to score with ladies or whatever, then I hate your guts. If you feel that your life sucks because your parents won't let you stay out until the wee hours of the morning, then you need to learn to live with having people in your life that care for you.
I do not care about celebrities and athletes. I don't like the sporting industry and how the franchises make so much money yet have no real importance in life. The arts? Sure, films and books provide entertainment and meaning, but sports just provides . . . action. I mean if you want to play then play, I got no problem with playing the game, but just wanting to observe the game and developing an obsession over it, then something is wrong.
Fashion - I don't get it. I like to wear a t-shirt and blue jeans.
Capitalism - I know it's not a trend, but I despise this corrupt system. It's like cheese in heroclix - it makes the whole thing a sourful experience. The problem is, while I despise capitalism, I love money and thus the vicious cycle continues.
Vegetarians - not because of health or religious reasons, but because they don't want to hurt the animals. Give me a break, like killing plants is better - it's still a ####ing living thing!
Diets and the people that believe the work.
Diseases.
Ah! The list is too long and I think my blood is boiling.
lukebuchanan
08/06/2007, 09:31
obviously this is a stance that you feel strongly about... heck it compares greatly to a certain doctrine claiming anyone that wasnt blond haired and blue eyed was a lesser being. If this is really bugging you I suggest you seek help. It is their life and the statement you made was a lot broader then the people who need to have a hole cut out. The way you make it sound is that you want everyone to fit into your perfect little mold of a person.
I just saw a psychiatrist for the first time about my problem. He told me that comparing my hope that people would take better care of themselves and not be so lazy to Nazi's is just about the most insane thing he's ever heard of. :laugh:
Just sad when SO many Americans are grotesquely obese...I'm talking morbid. And then their kids live that same live, just fast food and video games, and then they don't have much of a chance. If Mommy and Daddy weigh 300 pounds each, why shouldn't I :confused: ?
Agree to disagree....
Clearly, you've never driven on Missouri highways.
Come on now, Jacin.
I-70 is the only good thing to ever come out of Kansas.
Kansas: Sunshine, Sunflowers and sons of ......
;)
Liberal anything
Yep.
Hippies.
People who think hippies are/were cool.
You know what's really cool? Bathing and being a productive member of society. The bums will always lose!
Alleged men who wear sandals. A man wears a boot of some sort.
Metrosexuals. Get over yourself. If you're prettier than your girlfriend...well, you need to re-think some things. (And get a new girlfriend.)
George Clooney's arrogant little smirk that he has in every movie.
The Dave Matthews Band and everyone who follows them around. Deadheads weren't even cool--how cool can you third-rate wannabes be? This applies to Phish, too.
Come on now, Jacin.
I-70 is the only good thing to ever come out of Kansas.
Kansas: Sunshine, Sunflowers and sons of ......
;)
Wasn't it just this past year that the Missouri legislature had to pass a law to tell the Highway department to stop building new roads until they started repairing the old ones ... ?
Seriously. One of my co-workers drove her car through a pothole there on the way back from St. Louis, and they're still trying to find her.
Seriously. One of my co-workers drove her car through a pothole there on the way back from St. Louis, and they're still trying to find her.
She's from Kansas. No one actually cares that she's missing.
freakazoid_x
08/06/2007, 12:30
You know what bugs me? Those shoes with the wheels on the heel. Like, it REALLY bugs me. Because I see kids wheeling along through grocery stores and in movie theaters and I know if the little jerk falls and breaks his neck mommy is going to sue the theater instead of taking inventory and realizing it was her own damn fault for not telling her child that it's not okay to rollerskate at the Wal-mart.
Alleged men who wear sandals. A man wears a boot of some sort.
The Romans & Spartans wore sandals. :cheeky:
EmperorNorton
08/06/2007, 13:56
The Romans & Spartans wore sandals. :cheeky:
Yeah, and everybody knows they were sissies.
mike_houghton
08/06/2007, 18:35
Samuari wore sandals too.
Jesus did too, but I bet if they had Heelies he would have had a pair
Pashmina
08/06/2007, 18:38
Sandals are funny.
As are Emos.
I hate heelies though. I think I may have been the first in the western hemisphere to really experience them.
My cousin has had them for about 4 years, and he is allready a pushy brat, so with him constantly on heels it's even worse.
mike_houghton
08/06/2007, 18:41
not if hes near stairs and not paying attention... then its your time to be pushy
Samuari wore sandals too.
Jesus did too, but I bet if they had Heelies he would have had a pair
He walked on water, turned water into wine and raised himself from the dead, too.
I suppose if you can do that, you can wear sandals.
Amora's_best_friend
08/06/2007, 18:57
Jesus is actually the coolest person I've ever heard of.
Actually the definition of being funny. like not even bothering to tell people the truth, just leave them bedazzled with a funny parable.
Who is walking on water?
The christian church ruins him for me though.
mike_houghton
08/06/2007, 18:59
hey now... we aint all bad :(
BoyGenius 1991
08/06/2007, 23:27
QFT.
Also, I hate everything. :angry:
do you even hate hating stuff?
obviously this is a stance that you feel strongly about... heck it compares greatly to a certain doctrine claiming anyone that wasnt blond haired and blue eyed was a lesser being. If this is really bugging you I suggest you seek help. It is their life and the statement you made was a lot broader then the people who need to have a hole cut out. The way you make it sound is that you want everyone to fit into your perfect little mold of a person.
Not a damned chance. Born with dark hair? Born with dark eyes? Not much you can do about that. No use fussing about genetics. On the other hand, there is no excuse for being as ridiculously obese as so many people in North America are. It's unhealthy. It brings much harm with no benefits.
I see people who choose to be obese no differently than people who choose to waste themselves on cigarettes or alcohol. Wake up and shape up or get the hell away from me.
i have some opinions, but i'd rather keep them to my self.
bagman04
08/10/2007, 10:51
I cant stand high school the musical. Absolutly stupid.
Rokk_Krinn
08/10/2007, 10:55
Ghost town days on the Realms. I have no one fun to pick on so instead I have to take it out on interns and medical students. You guys need to come back from Cons and Tournies to save those poor folks. :grin:
EmperorNorton
08/10/2007, 11:08
Do you need me to throw a gauntlet?
mike_houghton
08/10/2007, 19:11
Not a damned chance. Born with dark hair? Born with dark eyes? Not much you can do about that. No use fussing about genetics. On the other hand, there is no excuse for being as ridiculously obese as so many people in North America are. It's unhealthy. It brings much harm with no benefits.
I see people who choose to be obese no differently than people who choose to waste themselves on cigarettes or alcohol. Wake up and shape up or get the hell away from me.
1. Its there lives, so what business is it of yours? Stop hating them for being overweight. You have no right to hate them for that. Its a shallow, egotistical way of thinking, and shows a lack of heart.
2. Cigarettes and alcohol, as well as food can be habit forming and addicting. If it was so easy to give up any of them we all would be in tip top shape. Its not though, they are laced with different chemicals, whether manafactured or natural that cause you to be addicted.
3.Yes it is their fault in a small way due to self control,but the addiction can also be genetic, as well as a nurture issue. The way they are raised, as well as they way they are made can help fuel this addiction.
BudPalmer
08/10/2007, 19:18
Y'know, they're failing at the "headset jewelry" trend because I didn't even realize that's what they were trying to do. :grin:
I'm going to go with daily updates on Lindsay/Nicole/Paris/Brit/etc. and their "battle against their demons". Forget an angel earning its' wings everytime a bell rings, I'm pretty sure an angel dies everytime we hear how last night one of them got smashed and slept with a bunch of guys.
Does an angel just get roughed up when they slam their fancy cars into trees and whatnot?
Rokk_Krinn
08/10/2007, 20:08
Do you need me to throw a gauntlet?
You could but I think you'd cheat and load it with lead shot first. :noid:
EmperorNorton
08/10/2007, 20:55
You could but I think you'd cheat and load it with lead shot first. :noid:
I'd never do that.
(I would, however, hit you in the head with a frying pan the instant you stooped to pick up the gauntlet.)
Rokk_Krinn
08/10/2007, 20:58
I'd never do that.
(I would, however, hit you in the head with a frying pan the instant you stooped to pick up the gauntlet.)
I knew it! You're not really German! You're Chef Gordon Ramsay!
I can totally see you clobber me with a frying pan while cussing me out. "You call that the way you stoop to pick up a gauntlet? I've seen quadriplegics that could have snagged that out of the air easier, you lazy arse!" :ermm:
Pashmina
08/10/2007, 21:06
Apparently women that wear the bug eye sun glasses are a danger behind the wheel, a new study has said.
It decreases eyesight or something. (I skimmed past a headline in the free newspaper on the bus)
Rokk_Krinn
08/10/2007, 21:11
Apparently women that wear the bug eye sun glasses are a danger behind the wheel, a new study has said.
It decreases eyesight or something. (I skimmed past a headline in the free newspaper on the bus)
Let's be fair now: the study also showed that bugs wearing women's-eyed sunglasses were also rather hazardous behind the wheel.
i have some opinions, but i'd rather keep them to my self.
Then they are just nasty little thoughts
Break free, opine!
Tell us what's buggin you
What is on your mind?
Take a chance
Make a stand
It will all be fine
But spare us all your surefire solutions to life
cause then you're startin' to whine!
Another patented BigSoph answer in song (I just finished listening to a whole mess of Amy Winehouse... sing it like her)
operator7g
08/17/2007, 13:00
I hate that you guys are making me want to go mortgage my house so I can buy a H2.
Frontman
08/21/2007, 10:20
I hate the trend for folks to defend illegal behavior; due to it "not being against the rules."
Example,
"Barry Bonds has never failed a drug test. There is no proof of him cheating, and it wasn't against MLB's rules."
Yes, but beyond his grand jury testimony (ie "I took the cream and the clear, but I was told it was flaxseed oil.") it is against the law to use steroids without a percription.
Now, following that logic, since MLB has no rules on its books against kidnapping, I recommend that the Red Sox kidnap Alex Rodriquez, Mariano Rivera, and Derek Jeter for the rest of the season to keep the Yankees from catching them.
*Hopes AJ Pierzynski and Darrin Erstad is reading this and thinking the same thing about Johan Santana and CC Sabathia for next season.*
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 10:24
You really want to get us (okay, me and I'm assuming at least a few other folks) on how it's repulsive to see everyone boasting about Bond's "breaking the record" when he did so via illegal methods? :grin:
anonymous92
08/21/2007, 10:48
Current trends that bug me: people that complain about everything :p
Why am I here then?
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 10:50
Current trends that bug me: people that complain about everything :p
Why am I here then?
Because the internent is 90% porn and 10% complaining and you fell in the 10% part (hopefully...*shudders at the thought of HCRealms Porn* Settle down Carlos! It's not a real idea!). :)
anonymous92
08/21/2007, 10:51
There's TV shows on the internet too.
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 10:57
There's TV shows on the internet too.
Yeah, but I've never figured out how to pirate all the good stuff. :laugh:
(Actually, I've never learned how to pirate, period, but maybe that's because I hang around too many people that drop their "Ahhr's"?)
anonymous92
08/21/2007, 11:31
And there's youtube, with hours of entertainment.
Just don't read the comments!!
malakim2099
08/21/2007, 12:32
*Hopes AJ Pierzynski and Darrin Erstad is reading this and thinking the same thing about Johan Santana and CC Sabathia for next season.*
I think after this season Ozzie might have enough free time to do just that. :p
freakazoid_x
08/21/2007, 13:04
Has anyone done anything about those wheel shoes yet?
TheNumberOfTheBeast
08/21/2007, 13:27
O god, I hate those things. Anytime I see someone wearing them I have the urging feeling to push them down the stairs or trip them as the ride by me.
I got one word for the worst trend EVER. Rap.
Frontman
08/21/2007, 13:34
I think after this season Ozzie might have enough free time to do just that. :p
They won't fire Ozzie this year. Too many things beyond his control caused this team to fail.
Next year? Probably on the hot seat.
Has anyone done anything about those wheel shoes yet?Sugar packets.
You ever get a sugar packet stuck under the wheel of a shopping cart and it jams to a stop?
Now apply that to a 10 year old zipping down the hallway in a crowded mall.
:angry:
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 16:03
They won't fire Ozzie this year. Too many things beyond his control caused this team to fail.
Next year? Probably on the hot seat.
I think Ozzie quiting's more likely than him being fired. No matter what they do, the Sox will never have a Leyland, or La Russa, and they know that. They have to take what they can get, and they won't get anyone much better than Ozzie. I wouldn't, however, be surprised to see Ozzie walk. Especially since he's unjustly, blamed for the Sox's Struggles this year.
Poor Jenks. 1 strike away from a new record. ONE STRIKE.
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 16:03
Sugar packets.
You ever get a sugar packet stuck under the wheel of a shopping cart and it jams to a stop?
Now apply that to a 10 year old zipping down the hallway in a crowded mall.
:angry:
I'd say "Go for it." but you won't believe the number of kids I've had to fix up that - in a true sign of "survival of the fittest" is falling by the wayside - then want to leave the hospital skating on those darn things.
*We so need a -facepalm- smiley-icon*
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 16:07
I'd say "Go for it." but you won't believe the number of kids I've had to fix up that - in a true sign of "survival of the fittest" is falling by the wayside - then want to leave the hospital skating on those darn things.
*We so need a -facepalm- smiley-icon*
Rokk, what field of Medicine are you in?
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 16:11
Rokk, what field of Medicine are you in?
Primarily trauma care and mass-crisis specializations though I am certified - and do moonlight (frequently in family care) - for some others (I also went internal and surgical double-internships route; not sure it was worth the time but I'm one of those types that likes to be prepared for anything).
I'm not even close to being primarily a psychiatrist as you keep insisting (though I can see why you thought that as I paid my way through med. school working - after getting my masters - as a forensic psychologist; I'm not exactly a grief counselor-type though I obviously have training/experience in areas like that...except in a lot of cases I want to tell the person "Get over your father not buying you a pony!" :) ).
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 16:19
Primarily trauma care and mass-crisis specializations though I am certified - and do moonlight (frequently in family care) - for some others (I also went internal and surgical double-internships route; not sure it was worth the time but I'm one of those types that likes to be prepared for anything).
I'm not even close to being primarily a psychiatrist as you keep insisting (though I can see why you thought that as I paid my way through med. school working - after getting my masters - as a forensic psychologist; I'm not exactly a grief counselor-type though I obviously have training/experience in areas like that...except in a lot of cases I want to tell the person "Get over your father not buying you a pony!" :) ).
I don't recall ever calling you a Psychologist......
So you really covered both ends of the spectrum. Surgical internships, and a masters in Forensic Psychology. Seems almost contradictory :p
That sounds like a real workload you have there. So are you an employee of the Hospital. Or do you work for a private practice, and just do consults, and minor work in the Hospital?
My Father's a Urologist, and my brother's in school to be a Bio-Medical engineer. So medicine runs in the family, and it really interests me.
(I hope you don't mind me asking you these questions)
freakazoid_x
08/21/2007, 16:32
I wish I had some sort of grounds to sue the company that makes those damn wheel shoes. Like, they're dangerous to children, which I have none. But I do have a business and from time to time people bring their children here. And a grand total of two times I've had to inform both parent and child that it was inappropriate to roller skate in a machine shop. And a grand total of one time my advice was heralded. The other time I watched the kid trip and almost fall onto our saw. Which wasn't on but it is a huge marvel band saw that would be essentially like smacking the side of a piece of heavy machinery. Not to mention there is a saw blade in it. So if any part of him happened to hit the saw, he'd have gotten cut badly. Luckily for him he corrected himself but I almost had a good guffaw ready for when he hurt himself.
Seriously, those shoes and the children who wear them are menaces.
Frontman
08/21/2007, 17:40
I wish I had some sort of grounds to sue the company that makes those damn wheel shoes. Like, they're dangerous to children, which I have none. But I do have a business and from time to time people bring their children here. And a grand total of two times I've had to inform both parent and child that it was inappropriate to roller skate in a machine shop. And a grand total of one time my advice was heralded. The other time I watched the kid trip and almost fall onto our saw. Which wasn't on but it is a huge marvel band saw that would be essentially like smacking the side of a piece of heavy machinery. Not to mention there is a saw blade in it. So if any part of him happened to hit the saw, he'd have gotten cut badly. Luckily for him he corrected himself but I almost had a good guffaw ready for when he hurt himself.
Seriously, those shoes and the children who wear them are menaces.
I do like the fact that we have to remove shoes to enter airports, yet kids can zip around like goofs on these. If I was still running my shop, I'd make it a rule not to "zip" around my store. One warning, then "HE GONE." (I didn't allow in rollerbladers or skateboards, either.)
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 17:44
I do like the fact that we have to remove shoes to enter airports, yet kids can zip around like goofs on these. If I was still running my shop, I'd make it a rule not to "zip" around my store. One warning, then "HE GONE." (I didn't allow in rollerbladers or skateboards, either.)
What kinda shop did you use to own Modinator?
Frontman
08/21/2007, 18:41
What kinda shop did you use to own Modinator?
Own? Never. But I was the general manager of Game-opolis, in Lansing IL.
It was a very cool game store.
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 18:48
Own? Never. But I was the general manager of Game-opolis, in Lansing IL.
It was a very cool game store.
Oh, thats awesome! I was just thought it sounded like you owned one, and well, my family used to be big into that, and thought I may have something in common with you.. My Father's family had a hardwear store for 50 years, which had a gun shop branch. My mothert started from her kitchen at her mom's home, and built it into, 3 chocolate stores, and 2 factories. And sold to all different stores throughout the country. And one off her creations, was even mentioned in time magazine. After unfortunate turns of events, my parents didn't have any stores, and opened up a Book shop. And during this phase they had All different little things going. So my parents were big into stores and shops, and entrepreneuring. But alas, after all that was done, my father became a physician, and my mother got a doctorate in teaching, and made that her full time profession, and now there's no stores in my family :(
Another realm being cluttered up with "Mafia" threads.
'nuff said.
JackAssterson
08/21/2007, 20:41
Another realm being cluttered up with "Mafia" threads.
'nuff said.
Ah, c'mon, decafollicles. At least they're in the right sub-forum...and it's not like AR isn't the riverbottom depository for HCrealms clutter anyhoo. :grin:
As per the thread, I dislike people who try to run me over when I'm crossing the street, am in a crosswalk and have a green light. It makes me sad. :cry:
charlesx
08/21/2007, 20:53
I hate this current trend of talking about current trends. Why can't we talk about future trends instead?????
JackAssterson
08/21/2007, 21:05
I hate this current trend of talking about current trends. Why can't we talk about future trends instead?????
I hate the way cyborg woodpeckers keep trying to eat my brains. It's a real downer on the way to the slabbery to purchase Soylent Green.
malakim2099
08/21/2007, 21:07
I hate the way cyborg woodpeckers keep trying to eat my brains. It's a real downer on the way to the slabberyto purchase Soylent Green.
I hate that folks keep saying Soylent Green is people.
charlesx
08/21/2007, 21:08
I hate the way cyborg woodpeckers keep trying to eat my brains. It's a real downer on the way to the slabberyto purchase Soylent Green.
Thank you! At least someone got what I was talking about! :p
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 21:19
I hate the fact that JackAssterson keeps getting killed so quickly in those Mafia games about which people complain. Someone should put a stop to the pointless death!
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 21:22
I hate that now that its double donor days, everyones a big shot. I'm not the only person who get s negged into the ground. I've seen at least 25 people, who within the last month, got negged like crazy, for saying their opinion, or making a mistake, and accidentally telling people bad information. Its kind of sad the way some people have to compensate. I'll probably get negged for this too, cuz it makes people fee lbig. I've only negged like twice, and both were for personal attacks to me. Negging to feel like a big man is just dumb, and a very apparent trend. I agree with typhon that should just get rid of the neg feature.
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 21:32
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to DocDoom187 again.
While I may not agree entirely with your point, perhaps now you see why people objected when you went a little crazy with your "free" neg-rep ability awhile back? Figured you deserved some positive rep for at least having a minor epiphany about using it responsibly.
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 21:36
While I may not agree entirely with your point, perhaps now you see why people objected when you went a little crazy with your "free" neg-rep ability awhile back? Figured you deserved some positive rep for at least having a minor epiphany about using it responsibly.
Yea, I realize how wrong it is. I went and Pos Repped, and PMed everyone I negged. It really is just trouble waiting to happen. I could totally live with losing my neg privelage, and having only mods have that ability. Though I don't know why anyone needs it. Don't you think it acomplishes more to just PM a person then neg rep them. Twice I have been negged by a mod, and personally, I feel offended that I'm not worth the time to be sent a PM. I don't see the advantages of ANYONE having neg rep.
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 21:37
I think once you start PM'ing them you're likely to get into a fight whereas if someone's mature, they'll take the Neg-Rep and even if they grumble about it, won't try to extend the matter. A PM is almost like a personal invitation to argue.
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 21:40
I think once you start PM'ing them you're likely to get into a fight whereas if someone's mature, they'll take the Neg-Rep and even if they grumble about it, won't try to extend the matter. A PM is almost like a personal invitation to argue.
That's a good point. Never thought of it like that. But it really is very impersonal. And rep means so little, thats not really a discouragement, to some. WP scare some people, but most just ignore Neg Rep.
I hate that now that its double donor days, everyones a big shot. I'm not the only person who get s negged into the ground. I've seen at least 25 people, who within the last month, got negged like crazy, for saying their opinion, or making a mistake, and accidentally telling people bad information. Its kind of sad the way some people have to compensate. I'll probably get negged for this too, cuz it makes people fee lbig. I've only negged like twice, and both were for personal attacks to me. Negging to feel like a big man is just dumb, and a very apparent trend. I agree with typhon that should just get rid of the neg feature.
Not to get on your case, but you abused the neg rep system last year when you shouldn't of even have had it. Don't go on and say things like "I've only negged twice..." Just sayin!
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 21:41
Not to get on your case, but you abused the neg rep system last year when you shouldn't of even have had it. Don't go on and say things like "I've only negged twice..." Just sayin!
I abused it. And shouldn't have. And know that now. As i said, I did as much as i can to make amends. I don't even really consider that. But I hear ya.
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 21:42
That's a good point. Never thought of it like that. But it really is very impersonal. And rep means so little, thats not really a discouragement, to some. WP scare some people, but most just ignore Neg Rep.
So if most just ignore it, why should it be a big deal and removed? ;)
Antipathy
08/21/2007, 21:42
Why'd AZS neg you about your random comments post?
DocDoom187
08/21/2007, 21:44
So if most just ignore it, why should it be a big deal and removed? ;)
Because its an unnecessary virtua-junk shot, with major potential for conflict.
I abused it. And shouldn't have. And know that now. As i said, I did as much as i can to make amends. I don't even really consider that. But I hear ya.
And that's totally fine, I don't care that you negged people. It's the fact that you said "I only negged twice" and that's what I called you on. But hey it's all good and fine.
anonymous92
08/21/2007, 21:52
I have a friend who has chickens for arms.
JackAssterson
08/21/2007, 21:59
I have a friend who has chickens for arms.
A monster like that can only be killed with a silver pullet.
Hyuck.
Rokk_Krinn
08/21/2007, 22:48
A monster like that can only be killed with a silver pullet.
Hyuck.
You know, the second you go in all ####-y like that, it's when you get pecked off.
Edit: Ne'ermind...forgot using the name for a male rooster gets edited; kinda' shoots the joke if both puns aren't in there. :)
Guess I'll have to keep comb-ing for more chicken and rooster jokes to egg on Jack.
Frontman
08/22/2007, 07:29
I hate this current trend of talking about current trends. Why can't we talk about future trends instead?????
Obviously you haven't seen the gripe threads about Justice League and the price increase for M&M yet.
malakim2099
08/22/2007, 09:05
People putting in KO stats in their sigs of crazy tough Clix. :)
Thanos, Galactus, or Ares KO'ing a bunch of weaker figures is nothing to really boast about. At least to me. (And this isn't directed at any specific person, it's just been bugging me, so there it is!)
I hate that now that its double donor days, everyones a big shot. I'm not the only person who get s negged into the ground. I've seen at least 25 people, who within the last month, got negged like crazy, for saying their opinion, or making a mistake, and accidentally telling people bad information. Its kind of sad the way some people have to compensate. I'll probably get negged for this too, cuz it makes people fee lbig. I've only negged like twice, and both were for personal attacks to me. Negging to feel like a big man is just dumb, and a very apparent trend. I agree with typhon that should just get rid of the neg feature.
When people state that they don't care about rep and then go on a rant about being neg repped. :rolleyes:
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 11:46
When people state that they don't care about rep and then go on a rant about being neg repped. :rolleyes:
I'm not complaining about being negged. I'm saying the whole, negging system is unnecessary, and trouble waiting to happen.
Not true, Doc.
I negged you when you just wouldn't shut up in one of the Mafia game threads because that was the only way I could 'slap' you to get you to de-lather, calm down, and not completely ruin the game with your ramblings.
It wasn't about compensating. It was because, even though I know you claim you don't care about rep, everyone does and that was the only way to get your attention at that point and get you to shut up.
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 11:53
Not true, Doc.
I negged you when you just wouldn't shut up in one of the Mafia game threads because that was the only way I could 'slap' you to get you to de-lather, calm down, and not completely ruin the game with your ramblings.
It wasn't about compensating. It was because, even though I know you claim you don't care about rep, everyone does and that was the only way to get your attention at that point and get you to shut up.
We were on the same team. You could have PMed me, and it would have accomplished the same thing. That has been my point. Neg Rep just causes trouble with people, and its not like its needed
We were all fine before it, so why are people so opposed to getting rid of it?
Because people need to stop being babies, get over neg rep, grow up and deal with it. If your negged, it was for something that you did that was stupid. If it's someone being a jerk and just doing it, ignore it, do something extra from your daily routine on here and earn some positive rep.
mike_houghton
08/22/2007, 12:15
Because people need to stop being babies, get over neg rep, grow up and deal with it. If your negged, it was for something that you did that was stupid. If it's someone being a jerk and just doing it, ignore it, do something extra from your daily routine on here and earn some positive rep.
Biz swings.... long fly ball to deep center... GONE HOMERUN! Biz comes through with some wisdom way past his young age
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 12:21
Idk, I don't see the virtue in rep. period.
mike_houghton
08/22/2007, 12:23
then why worry about it all? If you dont care, then why care? Just let us have our fun :) with repping and neg repping
There is a point to rep. It makes us happy when we have a lot. I'll be the first to admit it, I LOVE REP! I love having it, it's just there. But if we got rid of rep entirely, whatever goodbye. It's a pat on the back and honestly when you get rep it just makes you feel like you posted something right.
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 12:25
then why worry about it all? If you dont care, then why care? Just let us have our fun :) with repping and neg repping
So cam I nef you....for fun of course:laugh: ;)
mike_houghton
08/22/2007, 12:30
dude as long as its for a good reason sure... I get out of line sometimes and need to be brought back down to earth....
dude as long as its for a good reason sure... I get out of line sometimes and need to be brought back down to earth....
We all do man, we all do.
Amora's_best_friend
08/22/2007, 12:33
Rep is funny.
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 12:33
dude as long as its for a good reason sure... I get out of line sometimes and need to be brought back down to earth....
I repped you for that. Was it pos, was it neg....
*cues the twilight zone music*
The world may never know....
unless they look in your profile :p
mike_houghton
08/22/2007, 12:36
SUBJECT CHANGE STARTING IN
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2
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I hate people that depend on calculators to do math problems. I decided to put off my math class for my degree until now, so its been close to 10 years since my last math class, its intermediate algebra... its the first day, its stuff these kids learned and used within the last 2-3 years, its the simple refresher stuff.... and the still need a FREAKING Calculator... 2+3=CHAIR!
I hate english... as you can tell from my brilliant writing capability.
Dont know if those are trends but I hate them
mike_houghton
08/22/2007, 12:37
Omg Ruxors I Got Some Rep
madslaust
08/22/2007, 12:39
I hate Tuttle's current direction he's sailing Wizkids.
does he not see the reef?
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 12:47
I hate Tuttle's current direction he's sailing Wizkids.
does he not see the reef?
Oh cmon man. Light hearted discussion. Don't stir the thread in that direction...
mike_houghton
08/22/2007, 12:50
i remember hearing something about customers being 90 percent more likely to complain, then to say something about a postive expeirence
madslaust
08/22/2007, 12:53
Oh cmon man. Light hearted discussion. Don't stir the thread in that direction...
Otay!
I hate digital cameras.
Last week, ours exploded.
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 12:54
Otay!
I hate digital cameras.
Last week, ours exploded.
Oh man that sucks!
How'd it explode. Did you drop it or anything. Or was it just like sitting on a table, and it went kablooey?
And I hate the trend of following celebrities' lives. It's just sad. To me, all that means is that you don't have a life, and need to leach onto other peoples.
mike_houghton
08/22/2007, 12:55
EXPLODED? Literally? Man thats a lawsuit waiting to happen
Johnny get closer to susan... on 3..1..2... BOOM! SONVA##### MY EYE!
madslaust
08/22/2007, 12:58
Oh man that sucks!
How'd it explode. Did you drop it or anything. Or was it just like sitting on a table, and it went kablooey?
And I hate the trend of following celebrities' lives. It's just sad. To me, all that means is that you don't have a life, and need to leach onto other peoples.
I wasn't there, so this is second-hand...
Mom turned on the camera, which proceeded to blow away some of the covering, whose exposed wires gave my mother quite the shock.
She's fine, but it scared the hell out of her.
madslaust
08/22/2007, 12:58
I also hate people who follow celebrity lives.
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 13:00
That's definitely a lawsuit there. Sue them!!!!
And Madslaut, did you hear who Paris Hilton slept with last night!:eek:
:laugh:
madslaust
08/22/2007, 13:04
That's definitely a lawsuit there. Sue them!!!!
And Madslaut, did you hear who Paris Hilton slept with last night!:eek:
:laugh:
my standard response of "your mom" is going to go unsaid, as that is not an image I particularly wish to imagine.
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 13:06
my standard response of "your mom" is going to go unsaid, as that is not an image I particularly wish to imagine.
I don't know what part of thats more revolting. Paris Hilton, or you Mom.....
madslaust
08/22/2007, 13:08
I don't know what part of thats more revolting. Paris Hilton, or you Mom.....
that's why i don't wanna think about it.
;)
I think Ozzie quiting's more likely than him being fired. No matter what they do, the Sox will never have a Leyland, or La Russa, and they know that. They have to take what they can get, and they won't get anyone much better than Ozzie. I wouldn't, however, be surprised to see Ozzie walk. Especially since he's unjustly, blamed for the Sox's Struggles this year.
Poor Jenks. 1 strike away from a new record. ONE STRIKE.
Um, the Sox had Tony La Russa.
DocDoom187
08/22/2007, 13:16
Um, the Sox had Tony La Russa.
I mean the current, old, losing, team
Um, the Sox had Tony La Russa.
Which, ironically, was also the correct response to:
... did you hear who Paris Hilton slept with last night!:eek:
Darn:
"You gotta spread the love before giving it to JacinB."
Frontman
08/22/2007, 22:27
I mean the current, old, losing, team
The Sox lost plenty of games under Tony "Captain Mullet" LaRussa.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7577/1975/1600/CaptainMullet.jpg
Trust me, we were happy when Parrot kicked ol' Mullet overboard.
Granted, he went and won a few championships, but hey, we finally got one in 2005.
And we'll get one again.
malakim2099
08/23/2007, 01:22
Darn:
"You gotta spread the love before giving it to JacinB."
Gotcha covered.
And hey, dogfighting is not a "cultural thing". It is an abomination. I'd respect your "culture" if you weren't doing something that hideous.
(It's the whole Vick thing. Grar!)
DocDoom187
08/23/2007, 01:29
Gotcha covered.
And hey, dogfighting is not a "cultural thing". It is an abomination. I'd respect your "culture" if you weren't doing something that hideous.
(It's the whole Vick thing. Grar!)
Dog Fighting is a blood sport that dates back to the Ancient Greeks. The Ancient Greeks were NOT considered civilized by any means, and look at their society. It collapsed. We should be better than that, and learn from it.
Antipathy
08/23/2007, 02:13
Dog Fighting is a blood sport that dates back to the Ancient Greeks. The Ancient Greeks were NOT considered civilized by any means, and look at their society. It collapsed. We should be better than that, and learn from it.
Wow, just wow.
I don't know what's more disturbing to me, the fact that you think the ancient greeks were not civilized, or that you think dogfighting lead to their demise.
Please, take a few minutes of your time and go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece
DocDoom187
08/23/2007, 02:18
Wow, just wow.
I don't know what's more ridiculous to me, the fact that you think the ancient greeks were not civilized, or that you think dogfighting lead to their demise.
Please, take a few minutes of your time and go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece
I never said dog fighting was what led to the demise of the ancient Greeks. And how were the Greeks Gladiators, and Orgies, "civlized". They may have had a great "Civilization", but that doesn't mean they had Civil, and Moral, Morales. They were violent, brutal people, and look how that worked out for them. That is all I am saying. I hope you don't misunderstand this.
Pashmina
08/23/2007, 06:00
I never said dog fighting was what led to the demise of the ancient Greeks. And how were the Greeks Gladiators, and Orgies, "civlized". They may have had a great "Civilization", but that doesn't mean they had Civil, and Moral, Morales. They were violent, brutal people, and look how that worked out for them. That is all I am saying. I hope you don't misunderstand this.
By today's standards yeah.
Back then they were pretty special. They had a large arts culture running through society too. (Did that make sense?)
Frontman
08/23/2007, 09:30
But Pash/Antipathy; I think that's Doc's point. The Greek's were civilized, but nowhere near to our standard of civilization. For those who have defended Vick and dogfighting, they point to Doc's example as "It ain't uncivilized, look at a culture that died out a 1,000 years ago!"
Current trend that bugs me? Idiots defending Michael Vick. Period.
What is morally acceptable changes with the times and within each society. While Europeans were deep in the middle ages, the Incans were cutting the hearts out of their enemies and even practicing cannibilism during some rites of religious significance. The Europeans would have found the practice completely vulgar and immoral but to the Incans it was just part of their normal life.
To put it into a context of modern life... there are those extremists who think that killing innocent men, women, and children is a perfectly justified way to achieve their goals. However, most people find their 'tactics' morally repugnant.
It all boils down to the time you live in and the societal norms that you're surrounded by.
CornsilkSW
08/23/2007, 19:10
<long post summed up by...>
It all boils down to the time you live in and the societal norms that you're surrounded by.
So very true.
Society also tends to put a spit-polish on its own history too, and that leads to some murkiness when the issue of societal mores are concerned. First you gotta figure out exactly how uncivilized you really are, not just what you pretend to be. Then cross analyze that against history.
We're doing okay, on the whole, I think.
anonymous92
08/23/2007, 19:35
Current trends that bug me:
people talking so that I have to carry a dictionary around to understand them
Rokk_Krinn
08/23/2007, 20:00
Current trends that bug me:
people talking so that I have to carry a dictionary around to understand them
Darn pre-schoolers and their uppity ways! :cheeky:
Frontman
08/23/2007, 20:08
Current trends that bug me:
people talking so that I have to carry a dictionary around to understand them
People also talking/texting using words that never have existed, but made up.
Rokk_Krinn
08/23/2007, 20:11
People also talking/texting using words that never have existed, but made up.
Yet if someone is using them, don't they exist? Quick where's EmperorNorton, our expert on philosophy?!? :noid:
EmperorNorton
08/24/2007, 06:36
Yet if someone is using them, don't they exist? Quick where's EmperorNorton, our expert on philosophy?!? :noid:
Actually this is not a so much a question of philosophy, as of semantics.
If someone uses a word, it does exist.
However, language does not make all too much sense unless there are at least two people using it.
Therefore, a new word has to be accepted and understood by those who hear it.
Most words or phrases that are made up don't make it past the initial step, because they are not accepted by a wider circle of language users.
But still, language evolves continually, and the invention of new words (to describe new conditions, but also to replace existing descriptions [for various reasons]) is an important and absolutely necessary factor in that.
Further reading: Blank, Andreas: Prinzipien des lexikalischen Bedeutungswandels am Beispiel der romanischen Sprachen, Tübingen 1997
(It's in German and deals with the Romanic languages, but despite the confusion caused by this it is the definite book on the matter of semantic change. A true opus magnum.)
anonymous92
08/24/2007, 10:45
Good to know. :confused:
Frontman
08/24/2007, 16:49
Newest current trend that bugs me.
ESPN's solution to having Dan Patrick leave.
Dan Lebatard.
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