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RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Kage - 01-27-2015
(01-27-2015, 10:28 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: Re: Driving stuff
Truth be told, I hate everyone on the road that isn't me.
Also, please. It fucking rains every year. Stop acting as if it's once in a lifetime.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Ritual - 01-27-2015
I uh, don't get annoyed at things all too easy, I guess one thing that gets to me if I had to choose would be slow people, if you're elderly or whatever I don't care, but if you're in your teens or a young adult moving in a group walking down a busy sidewalk slowly then you just stop dead for no other reason besides your phones or to talk WTH!? Â Why!? Move! It's worse if you have a bus to catch or you're meeting someone, it doesn't sound like much but that gets to me.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Ritual - 01-27-2015
If my cat could rant she'd probably say how much she hates me for getting a laser pointer at Christmas, best thing ever watching your cat fly across the room after the mysterious red dot.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Gegenji - 01-27-2015
(01-27-2015, 10:28 AM)Stormwind Wrote: Don't even get me started when the weather gets bad. Yes, I get it, the weather is bad so we need to slow down and be more careful. Slowing down and being more careful does not mean doing 30 on the highway, its only a drizzle.
I am in the process of creating a mathematical proof on the relation on the correlation between how heavy the rainfall is and how fast people will drive.
Okay, not really, but this seems to be a thing. Light drizzle? 30mph. Torrential downfall? 80.
Seriously, I was an idiot and ventured through a vicious rainstorm to get to my college classes once. Rain coming down in sheets and kicking up a mist that made it horrendously difficult to see the car in front of you, let alone anything beyond that. I'm going 10-15 miles below the speed limit due to that and have my wipers going full tilt.
Some dude BLOWS past me going 80-90, I swear to God.
Meanwhile, late last year, there was a light misting of rain and the beltway backed up like an overused toilet. It boggles the mind.
Also, why do people insist on not TURNING THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON in this sort of weather? It's not a big problem, but I ALWAYS see at least two or three cars with their lights off in inclement weather. Or worse - I've had it be NIGHT out, as in NIGHT night... and I saw people with their headlights off. Are they just ASKING to get sideswiped when someone doesn't know they're freaking there?
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Kage - 01-27-2015
Some people are just -bad- and they don't know how to turn their headlights on.
Seriously.
I know someone who drove miles AT NIGHT with their headlights not turned on.
Because they did not know.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Inessa Hara - 01-27-2015
Im stupid when it comes to math and do not understand common core mathematics. I need simple math.     xD
With that said, at least the media has calmed down recently about stupid internal BS. Right now they seem to be going through the terrorist phase again.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Unnamed Mercenary - 01-27-2015
I can finally rant about something.
College. Loans.
Dear banks, when you want 60% of my paycheck, and rent/utilities wants the next 35%, I can't afford to even eat $1 ramen every meal for the month, let alone anything else.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Gegenji - 01-27-2015
(01-27-2015, 12:39 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: I can finally rant about something.
College. Loans.
Dear banks, when you want 60% of my paycheck, and rent/utilities wants the next 35%, I can't afford to even eat $1 ramen every meal for the month, let alone anything else.
Ouch, I really avoided a bullet by getting my college paid for by my time in the military... albeit in return for potentially taking a literal bullet.
Maybe it's my unflagging faith in humanity (Ha.)... but can you talk to whoever you got the loan from and see if you can get it at a lower amount for a longer period? See if there's SOME alternative so that you can at least afford groceries for the month.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Kage - 01-27-2015
(01-27-2015, 12:39 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: I can finally rant about something.This is why you weren't supposed to buy so much stuff so frivolously. >.>
College. Loans.
Dear banks, when you want 60% of my paycheck, and rent/utilities wants the next 35%, I can't afford to even eat $1 ramen every meal for the month, let alone anything else.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Unnamed Mercenary - 01-27-2015
(01-27-2015, 12:46 PM)Gegenji Wrote:(01-27-2015, 12:39 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: I can finally rant about something.
College. Loans.
Dear banks, when you want 60% of my paycheck, and rent/utilities wants the next 35%, I can't afford to even eat $1 ramen every meal for the month, let alone anything else.
Ouch, I really avoided a bullet by getting my college paid for by my time in the military... albeit in return for potentially taking a literal bullet.
Maybe it's my unflagging faith in humanity (Ha.)... but can you talk to whoever you got the loan from and see if you can get it at a lower amount for a longer period? See if there's SOME alternative so that you can at least afford groceries for the month.
Yeah...
I think if I can get them consolidated at least, I can find something negotiable to fit my wages. ...at least then I'll have enough money for food, paying off other bills, and if lucky, some leisure money to go out here and there and maybe buy something nice from time to time.Â
Or I could always sign away my soul to the military for a few years.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Naunet - 01-27-2015
(01-23-2015, 06:56 PM)Coatleque Wrote: You are right.
But this is still a math class.
In my day, what you wanted was the "Philosophy and Critical Thinking" course.
They are two different subjects.
No, this is the kind of thinking that we're trying to step away from. Critical Thinking is not its own, isolated course. In order to engender deep thought in people in a way that it becomes instinctive for that person, it MUST be embedded in everything.
(01-27-2015, 10:43 AM)Gegenji Wrote: Okay, not really, but this seems to be a thing. Light drizzle? 30mph. Torrential downfall? 80.
I love how Houstonians always without fail behave as though they've never seen rain in their entire life. YOU LIVE IN HOUSTON. You should know how to drive in rain by now. XD
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Gegenji - 01-27-2015
(01-27-2015, 12:49 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: Or I could always sign away my soul to the military for a few years.
That is always an option. However, it is not for everyone.
I'm from a military family, so when I was at a loss as to what to do out of High School, I enlisted. Scared my mother a bit too, what with the Iraqi War going on.
If I had to do it all again, I would. I learned a lot there, made friends (and got into WoW which, despite my raid gripes, I had fun enough in), and it helped give me skills along with the money for college to learn still more.
However, it's... also a stressful place. I was originally slated as a Linguist and washed out of that because of stress caused by inter-branch rivalries going too far (had some Army sergeants that were ACTIVELY trying to get us Air Force kids kicked out - fresh from Basic too, so I hadn't yet learned I could call them out on their BS). Dealt with Integrity First being replaced with "It's okay as long as you're not caught," and freshly promoted NCOs abusing their authority.
I'm not saying it's all going to be like that but... it's definitely something I wish I had known beforehand. Oh, and that Japanese was an officer-only language, since I had had totally weeaboo'd over the idea of learning Japanese in the military.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Kage - 01-27-2015
I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY MORE THAN JUST ONE GAME AT A TIME.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Warren Castille - 01-27-2015
(01-27-2015, 01:15 PM)Kage Wrote: I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY MORE THAN JUST ONE GAME AT A TIME.
I've been digging back into Diablo 3 lately. Adventure Mode is great for quick bursts of doing stuff.
RE: RANT ABOUT IRL THINGS AKA HUMANITY WHY - Unnamed Mercenary - 01-27-2015
(01-27-2015, 01:15 PM)Kage Wrote: I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY MORE THAN JUST ONE GAME AT A TIME.
This is why I dual monitor. ...and controller. I can play FF13 and FF14 at the same time. ...waiting for DF? unpause 13 and finish a battle/run around/make Pink Cloud suffer.