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[g0ne]

The 'Oh, but you look perfectly fine' look, and all the other things associated with it.

 

Oh, you look fine, stop thinking you're sick. It's all in your head. Stop thinking about it and it will go away. ...who the hell are you? My rheumatologist? :dodgy:

 

When the old people say, oh our knees hurt too. You're young, you don't hurt. Hey, old lady, since when has it been a competition? 

 

Oh, you know X! Oh, X is so smart, they're loved by everyone, X is perfect. Be more like X. Learn from X's example. I'm not X and X isn't me! :frustrated:

 

Being told that you were not there for me for a long time, when I was lying in bed, unable to move because everything hurt so much. Haha, this one left me with a baffled look on my face.

 

When I can't understand a simple sentence, and I get those looks with "You are soooo dumb" plastered on them, and more examples of the overachieving X, Y and Z. Do you have any idea how frustrating it is when your brain is away on a loooong vacation?

 

*berserk mode, lots of screaming and stomping, parrots will most likely disapprove*

[Gegenji]

Computer maintenance and troubleshooting can choke on a fat, disgustingly hairy chode and die.

 

I think the worst time to have computer problems is when you're trying to do something you NEED the machine for. Of course, I haven't heard of many situations where you're just popping on for something mundane like checking your email and go "Oh, hey, it's not working" and remain positively chill about it.

 

I still remember one time when I had a WoW raid and something went wrong with my machine. So I'm sitting there getting a beep code that I couldn't look up because I needed the INTERNET for that and my computer was the only source of it and THE RAID IS IN LIKE FIVE MINUTES WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU COMPUTER? It was pathetic but I started worrying I was gonna let the raid down and getting rather emotional about it. Like, overly so.

 

Ended up pulling open the case and pushing and prodding at everything until I finally got it to work. After having banged angrily on the case like that was going to help. Even in the modern age, "hit it until it works" seems to be a primal response to malfunctioning machines.

[Cliodhna Eoghan]

*insert minor rant about needing ONE thing from the dollar store and the person in front of me has literally bought 47 dollars woth of stuff* ¬_____¬

posted this waiting in line.

[Gegenji]

The Wednesday thread and a few incidents the past couple days have brought to the forefront of my mind another traffic-related hate of mine: Thic Drivers. No, that is not a typo, it's a term I actually coined specifically because of how much I dislike these people. It stands for Three Invisible Car Drivers.

 

Basically, those people who feel the need that the cushion between them and the car in front of them has to be wide enough to fit a sixteen wheeler comfortably. As if there were three more, invisible cars that only they can see and have to accommodate for, which led to the term. I good sign of a Thic Driver is seeing them brake for no reason or because that car WAY AHEAD OF THEM also braked.

 

As if to add to the irritation factor, it's almost always the same type of people doing this too. It's either the elderly (bonus points if they're hunched over their steering wheel - which is a thing I never got, is it like putting up your hands on a roller-coaster to make it seem like your going faster?) or, and this is what always gets me, DISTRACTED DRIVERS. Nitwits who are so self-important and "busy" that they're talking on their phones and the like while driving. I even saw one guy WRITING DOWN NOTES ON A NOTEPAD as I passed him, what the hell.

 

I've gotten into a debate with a guy once on this, and he likened it to holding his fiance's hand and talking to her while driving - he said he does that just fine and has no problems. That was his only real defense for it - no real defense against the fact that said fiance can see what's going on in the car with you, or the difference in holding a hand to holding a phone to your ear. And that's not even getting to the fact that it's illegal in various states, whether you can do it or not!

 

I've seen this so much that I can actually look through the back window of the car in front of me and I can TELL if they're distracted. Like, I can tell the difference of a head silhouette that's looking forward and one that's looking down at their lap (or, more precisely, at the phone they're looking at). And it's even easier if they're actually holding the phone up to their ear.

 

Of course, the opposite end of the spectrum is no better. The people who ride your ass even if you're going 10-15 over the speed limit. Nope, you're not going fast enough for this jackass and he's going to be right on your bumper until either YOU change lanes or there's juuuuust enough space for HIM to change lanes and peel on past you. And I always seem to get these guys when I'm wondering if I'm going too fast (or I just see one blow past me in lighter traffic, bonus points if it's a cop car without its lights on). It's like the world telling me "Nope, you're fine, everyone else just drives like maniacs."

[Warren Castille]

Re: THIC

 

I'm slightly guilty of this. I leave the MD-mandated "two-seconds" between my car and the one in front of me, which can be a little long if you're doing 75 down 95. In my defense, I always make it a point to do AT LEAST the legal limit; If you're upset there's room in front of me despite us all breaking the law, well, you can do 80+ and pass me.

[Gegenji]

Re: THIC

 

I'm slightly guilty of this. I leave the MD-mandated "two-seconds" between my car and the one in front of me, which can be a little long if you're doing 75 down 95. In my defense, I always make it a point to do AT LEAST the legal limit; If you're upset there's room in front of me despite us all breaking the law, well, you can do 80+ and pass me.

 

When you're going faster, I don't mind there being a larger buffer. But with most THIC drivers, they're usually going under the speed limit too. Especially if it's someone on their phone.

[Hihimi]

I took a caffeinated aspirin-and-tylenol pill this morning and I'm still not tired. God help me...

[Desu Nee]

Pokemon fanfiction. Just...

 

 

Pokemon fanfiction.

 

 

Seriously fuck Ash, fuck chosen one bs, fuck everything this is not worth 10 dollars.

[Hihimi]

Pokemon fanfiction. Just...

 

 

Pokemon fanfiction.

 

 

Seriously fuck Ash, fuck chosen one bs, fuck everything this is not worth 10 dollars.

I see nothing wrong with Pokemon Fanfiction...

 

...As long as it doesn't involve any of the anime characters.

[Kage]

I... totally enjoyed Pokémon MASTER by Ace Sanchez like 10 years ago.

http://www.acesanchez.com/index/pokemon.htm

[Hihimi]

I... totally enjoyed Pokémon MASTER by Ace Sanchez like 10 years ago.

http://www.acesanchez.com/index/pokemon.htm

what the flying frickly pear is that my immortal trash weeaboo wanton destruction of all things good and pikachu?

[E'jusana]

I'm a teacher and today was our Valentine's day party. I have frosting and strawberries smooshed into my carpet, 12 three year old children bouncing off the walls (I feel like I'm herding cats today), and to top it all off I forgot my lunch. The only redeeming thing so far today was that my mommy brought me lunch when she found out that I didn't have any and she even packed a cookie. I haven't lived with my parents for 7 years but she still loves taking care of me =) A little rant and a little positive :love:

[Kage]

[spoiler=Small cat abuse ]

 

 

One of the Reddit posts on the front page is this.

 

Someone threw their cat through a small bit of snow because they're karma whores.

 

The cat even looks back with a "You dick" look.

 

:<

[Gegenji]

Hooray, fresh thing to rant about and - GUESS WHAT - it's a car thing again.

 

Went to go to my car after work today and got in. Start up the car and notice a RATHER SIZABLE crack in it that seems to have started at the bottom edge of it and went IN BETWEEN the panes (or whatever the terminology is, I don't car(e)). And I mean sizable as in that stupid "longer than a hand's length" ones that you apparently can't just get filled in and be done with it. The "if you don't want it, you're replacing your whole damn windshield" ones.

 

How do I know this? I had a SIMILAR CRACK that suddenly appeared around the same time LAST YEAR (I think it was April/May, since a chunk of my refund check went into it), except it was coming down from the upper edge of the windshield. Which I had to replace.

 

Since I could drive, I have owned I owned a '90 Ford Truck (used), followed by a '98 RAV4 (also used). I have never had cracks in my windshield. Brand new car? TWO IN A YEAR. And I don't even see the "start" of these stupid goddamn cracks, it's just SUDDENLY HUGE CRACK.

 

I have no freaking clue how or why this happens but it COMPLETELY soured an otherwise mundane drive home. At least, mundane for DC traffic. Which means a manageable level of annoyance.

[Kage]

That sucks :C I have had the tiny small road debris cracks that could technically perpetuate further one day into a much larger one but so far no changes in a few years so bleh.

 

My dad though had an incident where someone could have killed him. A sizeable object hit the driver side roof/windshield leaving a large dent in the roof and the large crack in the glass. Thankfully people have made it so that the windshields for cars don't just shatter or that the object wasn't something like a bowling ball. My dad could have died. We're lucky he wasn't injured. Fuckers.

[Aoi Fukiku]

Patient throwing my desk phone.

 

Yup. It happened. Thought I would be nice and let him call for his ride. Speedy Cab...apparently wasn't speedy and the man flipped and threw my phone across the room.

 

I didn't need to answer calls for the rest of the day though. But seriously, have respect for property that isn't yours!

[Maril]

Can't help but get very moved when I see pictures of the flowers that have been laid out to honor and remember the two victims of terror in Copenhagen, had I lived anywhere closer I'd have gone there and put some myself. 

It restores some faith in humanity, and the spirit in the whole country is really one of togetherness and unison, everyone is doing what they can to drown the voices of the people who blame the wrong people, beliefs and so on for tragic events. 

 

.. And to keep it slightly on topic. People who take opportunities to spread more hatred. As if we need it ._. I won't say more cause it's a pretty sensitive topic. It just makes me go "urgh". 

 

Putting in a picture of the flowers - it's grown since, being in multiple layers now and reaching onto the street. 

 

 

[Gegenji]

That sucks :C I have had the tiny small road debris cracks that could technically perpetuate further one day into a much larger one but so far no changes in a few years so bleh.

 

Mine... is. I thought it was a little longer this morning, but I wasn't sure so I took a picture with my phone. Went to get lunch today and, yep... the crack is at least an inch longer than when I first found it. I won't even be able to just ignore it for a while either, apparently.

[Kou]

Customers that seem to expect you to cater to their every whim and desire for their $5 meal even though your shift was over approximately 30 minutes ago and your boss wanted you off the clock yesterday.

 

Seriously. If something is out of stock, and the worker is obviously frazzled and in the middle of doing something a little more important than your not-actually-gluten-free-corn-tortilla, maybe you could... I dunno, have a heart and not be a demanding prick?

 

*breathesheavilywhileburyingfaceinhands*

[Kage]

That sucks man T_T

 

So I was highly anticipating the delivery of this really delicious calzone and hot wings... but then I got a call that their oven is down. T_T

 

 

 

I need to find out what my dinner is and get something to eat for lunch.

[Warren Castille]

IT'S FREEZING AT WORK AND I HAVE ON A HOODIE AND ALSO MY COAT AND NOW I HAVE AN ITCH ON MY ELBOW AND I CAN'T ADEQUATELY SCRATCH IT

 

THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO SET MY ARM ON FIRE

[Kage]

IT'S FREEZING AT WORK AND I HAVE ON A HOODIE AND ALSO MY COAT AND NOW I HAVE AN ITCH ON MY ELBOW AND I CAN'T ADEQUATELY SCRATCH IT

 

THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO SET MY ARM ON FIRE

What you need is a Zippo Hand Warmer!

[Khoure]

The Wednesday thread and a few incidents the past couple days have brought to the forefront of my mind another traffic-related hate of mine: Thic Drivers. No, that is not a typo, it's a term I actually coined specifically because of how much I dislike these people. It stands for Three Invisible Car Drivers.

 

Basically, those people who feel the need that the cushion between them and the car in front of them has to be wide enough to fit a sixteen wheeler comfortably. As if there were three more, invisible cars that only they can see and have to accommodate for, which led to the term.

 

you would not like me behind the wheels lmao. I hate driving and it scares me, so I'm only comfortable on the road when I have 3 full seconds of space, or in general enough to fit probably 2 cars, the 3rd if they had little room between them. I do go the speedlimit though, just with the buffer. Except when its rainy or icy. I understand why you don't like it, but driving is dangerous and sometimes I don't have the greatest reaction times and creating a larger amount of time to react in makes me feel safer

[SessionZero]

IT'S FREEZING AT WORK AND I HAVE ON A HOODIE AND ALSO MY COAT AND NOW I HAVE AN ITCH ON MY ELBOW AND I CAN'T ADEQUATELY SCRATCH IT

 

THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO SET MY ARM ON FIRE

 

I feel your pain. Despite temps reaching -25 with wind chill, our tiny IT office keeps the A/C cranked and I sit directly underneath the vent.

[Gegenji]

The Wednesday thread and a few incidents the past couple days have brought to the forefront of my mind another traffic-related hate of mine: Thic Drivers. No, that is not a typo, it's a term I actually coined specifically because of how much I dislike these people. It stands for Three Invisible Car Drivers.

 

Basically, those people who feel the need that the cushion between them and the car in front of them has to be wide enough to fit a sixteen wheeler comfortably. As if there were three more, invisible cars that only they can see and have to accommodate for, which led to the term.

 

you would not like me behind the wheels lmao. I hate driving and it scares me, so I'm only comfortable on the road when I have 3 full seconds of space, or in general enough to fit probably 2 cars, the 3rd if they had little room between them. I do go the speedlimit  though, just with the buffer. Except when its rainy or icy. I understand why you don't like it, but driving is dangerous and sometimes I don't have the greatest reaction times and creating a larger amount of time to react in makes me feel safer

 

Haha, well a space to fit two cars or so is fine. That's still in the two-three second buffer that people like to have to have some reaction time. When I refer to three invisible cars, I mean including the invisible buffers for THOSE cars too. So it's not so much a space where you could squeeze three cars in if they were all willing to ride the bumpers of the others, and more like you could fit three school buses.

 

And, as mentioned, it's usually less folks wanting to have a comfortable cushion and more that it's some nitwit talking on their cell phone and thus also going well under the speed limit too. I tend to glance over as I go past them, and they're usually distracted in some way or another. On the phone, digging through a glove compartment, taking notes on a notepad. That sort of thing.

 

I won't lie and say I've never glanced at my phone when driving, but I at least try to have the common sense to do it with STOPPED. Like, at a light or something, or gridlock traffic where I'm not moving anyway. And even then, it's usually just glancing at the map app. Not, like, texting or holding a conversation like these nimrods seem to be doing.

 

If I need to call someone, I will either pull over for it or - a new option with my newer car - use the hands-free system so I can just talk and keep both hands and eyes focused on driving.