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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 28, 2009 22:38:21 GMT -5
*Anti-intellectualism. Appreciating art, history, or the sciences, or reading nonfiction, doesn't make you "nerdy" or "weird." It makes you cultured and intelligent. It makes you a deeper, more well-rounded person. Ignorance does not make you "one of the people," it makes you foolish and gullible. *Indecisiveness. Either do something properly, or not at all. If you need to do something but are afraid you cannot do it properly, seek the advice of someone who can teach you or do it for you. There is no shame in being incompetent, but to waffle weakly or give up without trying to do something useful, while things fall apart around you, is a tragedy. *Modern "art." Ever notice how, in writing, we are expected to communicate clearly and eloquently, but in painting and sculpture, random, ambiguous shapes are praised? Any art that is intended for an audience is communication, and if it to be be good art, it must communicate well. No more of this abstract gibberish. *Interrupting another person speaking. This happens to me far too often. It is rude and unkind. *Discussing another person's private life in public. I can tolerate gossip, so long as it is done privately and does not spread false rumors. But to talk about how many hours a friend was in labor--as one of my teachers did in front of my class today!--is unseemly and crass. At the very least, confine such speech to the ears of trusted friends. *People that are rude and arrogant to anyone beneath them, yet slimy and boot-licking towards those in authority. For instance, the teacher who yells constantly at his students yet kisses up to their parents. Such two-faced, underhanded behavior puts these people beneath contempt. They require a ten-pound rock hurled at their heads; perhaps the impact will teach them to be gracious. What he said. A thousand times what he said. Especially about anti-intellectualism and modern "art." My eldest cousin is into this crap, and even paints it quite often. I can understand being abstract, but painting random, meaningless colors doesn't fucking make you "deep" or "brooding," it just makes you a fucking slouch with less talent than a god damned three year-old with Down's syndrome. Also, people who won't talk tech with you because you don't look like a "professional." I don't need to look or even act like a professional, because I know I'm good. I may not be the best, but I know (or at least can bullshit you into believing that I know with epic gusto) what I'm talking about. Hell, half the "tech talk" I hear from so-called "professionals" is just bullshit to make them sound more elite, but just come off, to me, as stuck-up, elitist pricks.
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Post by spaniel on Aug 28, 2009 22:53:56 GMT -5
Man, speaking of the modern art thing, I remember being in a gallery in Sacramento(friend had work there) and there was this thing called "Cupcakes". It was a melty looking cast-iron box with a cupcake crinkle around it, about 6" in diameter. Someone bought it for $500.
Let's see, annoyances
People who assume that violence in media causes violence in real life.
People who assume that animation and comics are either for kids, or pornography.
People who insist that they are being non-conformist, but are really just blending with everybody else.
Magazines that are 93% adds.
People who insist that you should learn how to play real guitar instead of playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band for funsies.
My own clumsiness.
People who act are annoyed and snarly around you, but say that nothing is bothering them when asked.
The beast within.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 28, 2009 23:24:00 GMT -5
You don't even wanna know what my beast is saying...mostly because if I posted it, I would probably be committed within the hour.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Aug 28, 2009 23:29:00 GMT -5
People who don't use turn signals.
People who feel the need to shove their beliefs on you.
People who gossip
People who claim Avril Lavinge is "punk".
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 28, 2009 23:32:57 GMT -5
*People who claim Avril Lavigne is anything other than crap. You know some retards actually put her on the same level as Metallica? What the fuck? Someone needs to get their head smashed in with a brick for even so much as thinking that.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Aug 28, 2009 23:48:13 GMT -5
When people say something to you just as you take a bite out of something, and then stare at you while you're hurriedly chewing so you can reply without having food splurt out of your mouth.
When people interrupt your thoughts and then refuse to let you continue until they're finished.
People who belong to a minority and act like total stereotypes. No, showing off that "bling" and whining about how the "white man is pushing you down" is NOT conducive to helping decrease racism, in fact, it's more likely to increase racism.
People who act like total stereotypes even when they don't belong to that minority. Any white "rappa" out there, I'm looking at you in the hopes that poisonous daggers will come out of my eyes, stab you, and kill you slowly and incurably.
People who show disgust over a woman pairing two fictional men together while simultaneously drooling over men pairing two fictional women together. The very definition of hypocrisy.
Yaoi fangirls who make stupid pairings that don't make sense and instead of passing it off as "crack fanfiction", try to make it sound legitimate. Yes, two characters may look hot together, but they would never even touch each other with the exception of stabbing each other in the chest. Insisting that they ACTUALLY "love each other" is just stupid.
Teachers who won't give you due dates for their assignments.
Assignments that require you to actually know people within a certain criteria. How is a video game nerd going to school for IT stuff supposed to know two people in a "business" that work with technology other than computers? Geez...
People who don't read a question and answer with something that the questioner either already know and explained as such or is entirely irrelevant to the subject matter.
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Post by Aqualung on Aug 29, 2009 8:55:05 GMT -5
Some people I work with who like to talk shit about our customers and for some reason feel the need to tell me. "That guy smelled bad!" "That woman's teeth were all rotten." "That lady doesn't wash her hair!" and my favorite, though I didn't hear the first part of it, "He shouldn't even be here!" .... Look, it may be true, but who gives a flying fuck?? They're here to spend their money on our stuff. Are you trying to be funny? Because all you're doing is looking like a judgmental asshole. I heard a lot of those things in grade school. That shit isn't cool.
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Post by Sandafluffoid on Aug 29, 2009 10:13:54 GMT -5
People who belong to a minority and act like total stereotypes. No, showing off that "bling" and whining about how the "white man is pushing you down" is NOT conducive to helping decrease racism, in fact, it's more likely to increase racism. This, I particularly hate people who let being a minority define them so that everything they do or say, or everything that is done to them is in some way related to them being gay/black/asian/sikh/etc.
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Post by Caitshidhe on Aug 29, 2009 11:47:23 GMT -5
People who have such a forceful love or hatred for a certain thing--music genre, book series, movies, games, whatever--that they get almost VIOLENT towards people with differing opinions. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU MISERABLE SHITBAG?? FINAL FANTASY VII IS THE GREATEST GAME EVER CREATED ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME EVER IN THE HISTORY OF ALL MANKIND! YOU DESERVE DEATH FOR THINKING OTHERWISE!!" "(Insert band or artist name here) is ABSOLUTELY the WORST THING EVER in the world. EVERYTHING they/she/he has ever done is utter shit! If you like anything they've ever done, you're one of the stupidest human beings alive!" I understand we all have things we love and things we can't stand--just live and let live. You sound like an idiot no matter which side of the love/hate spectrum you're on.
People who go ten or more miles below the speed limit.
Cicadas.
Yaoi fangirls who view any female character as a personal attack that gets in the way of their TOTALLY SEXY BOY-ON-BOY OTP with such an intensity that it borders on misogyny. Bonus points if they accuse people of being homophobes just because they don't like a particular pairing. Again, live and let live, kids.
Anybody who ever suggests to me that I should cut off my hair and send it to Locks of Love or any similar hair-charity scam. Especially if they try and guilt me into it by accusing me of wanting all children with cancer to die. Right, because giving my much-loved hair to a scam is going to magically cure a kid of leukemia.
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Post by The Lazy One on Aug 29, 2009 11:55:16 GMT -5
When people loudly talk about things that should be kept between them and the other person in restaurants. Seriously lady, I didn't need to know about your foot fetish when I'm trying to eat my freaking pasta in peace!
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 29, 2009 12:18:15 GMT -5
Anybody who ever suggests to me that I should cut off my hair and send it to Locks of Love or any similar hair-charity scam. Especially if they try and guilt me into it by accusing me of wanting all children with cancer to die. Right, because giving my much-loved hair to a scam is going to magically cure a kid of leukemia. This, but add any other reason they could think of, as well. No, the only time I will cut my hair is when I trim off split ends and whatnot. Got a problem with it? Too damn bad.
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Post by Hades on Aug 29, 2009 12:28:36 GMT -5
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU MISERABLE SHITBAG?? FINAL FANTASY VII IS THE GREATEST GAME EVER CREATED ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME EVER IN THE HISTORY OF ALL MANKIND! YOU DESERVE DEATH FOR THINKING OTHERWISE!!" This... reminds me of someone.
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Post by spaniel on Aug 29, 2009 14:22:21 GMT -5
Dear women who use the bathrooms in my workplace, There is a sign that asks you not to flush tampons or sanitary pads. This sign is hard to miss. There are trashcans. Do you think we enjoy calling a plumber every goddamn week because you thought the sign didn't apply?! I know that many women who use these lavatories put their sanitary devices in the trash. But for every group of sane people, we get an illiterate fucker who clogs the pipes.
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Post by dice on Aug 29, 2009 17:10:41 GMT -5
People who go ten or more miles below the speed limit. Bingo. I have a ~500 mile drive tomorrow (in 8 hours, shit, why am I still up?). By the last hundred miles I will be so high on caffeine that anyone doing this is standing into danger.
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Post by ironbite on Aug 29, 2009 17:20:46 GMT -5
Anybody who ever suggests to me that I should cut off my hair and send it to Locks of Love or any similar hair-charity scam. Especially if they try and guilt me into it by accusing me of wanting all children with cancer to die. Right, because giving my much-loved hair to a scam is going to magically cure a kid of leukemia. I'm sorry but giving a kid a wig is not gonna cure him of cancer. Ironbite-ever.
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