What grinds your gears?
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Topic: What grinds your gears?
Posted By: PAINTBALL1
Subject: What grinds your gears?
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:03am
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This thread is for all of lifes little annoyances that arn't really worthy of creating a new thread.
Post things such as "Peoples cellphone ringing in Wal-Mart", although rants/vents can be good threads, a lot of times they are poorly constructed and are more deserving of a mention. Your dog eating your favorite bunny slippers may grind your gears, if so let us know! Being the only one in my workcenter on a super slow night, and dealing with the AFs' web filter is making this night dragggg, thus grinding my gears. ------------- USAF Special Weapons Technician. |
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:10am
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People that don't pick up their feet when they walk. I'll stop walking and pretend to get something out of my backpack if I'm going to or from class and some lazy person is around me grinding their feet on the ground just so I can get away from it. Good lord does it annoy me way more than it should. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:16am
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Your/you're, to/too/two, there/their, hear/here mistakes, but the first one annoys me more than the rest. Oh, and I forgot loud music with deep bass past 1am and when a group of 4-5 people make more noise in public than your average group of 20 people. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:23am
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Game changer. That phrase needs to just stop. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:26am
If it did, that would be such a game changer. |
Monk wrote:Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:28am
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Slow walkers. Seriously, they annoy the living piss out of me. There's nothing worse than getting a group of people walking 3 abreast on the sidewalk who are walking at half the speed that you're going. You can't get around them, and walking at their pace is literally impossible. You have to stop between steps to go that slow. NYC is proposing a "slow" and "fast" lane system for sidewalks, kinda like escalators where you stand on the right, or walk on the left. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:37am
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Drivers who go below the speed limit in the left lane of travel for no other reason then "just because" (ie no bad weather, no traffic, no cops)
Just as illegal to go 5 under as it is 5 over. ------------- 
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:40am
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"It is what it is".
That phrase annoys the everloving hell out of me. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:41am
Not really, on I70 it is legal to drive 45mph when the limit is 70mph. |
Posted By: PAINTBALL1
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:41am
Wow, its gotten that bad? Are they going to impose a tax on slow walkers to help reduce the deficit? I'm sure it's somewhere in the proposed tax on soda bill. ------------- USAF Special Weapons Technician. |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:41am
Also, people who take themselves too seriously. ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:45am
Explain that one? Last time I checked, the sign says Speed Limit. That said, the left lane is for passing. If there's not a car next to you in the right lane, you shouldn't be in it. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:48am
Your state =/= my state. In the state of Texas, if you are in ANY lane but the right lane of travel, and a vehicle is coming up behind you faster than you are driving, you are required to move to the right. Now, granted, reality is different than technicality, but it still irks me as it's just common sense and common courtesy to move out of the way of faster people (so long as they aren't being asses, that is) -------------
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 1:30am
| People who insist on taking their little kids with them everywhere. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 1:42am
What possesses parents to go "Oh, Vegas is a family friendly city, lets take our 10 year old there and let him roam the streets at 2am!" -------------
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 2:08am
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I've expressed my dislike for this before on this forum, but: I really, really don't like when people perpetuate urban myth or legend, or claim things as truth that have been proven false. Things like FWD: e-mails. I just hate it, so much.
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Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 2:13am
This. I cannot stand being forced to walk slow. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 2:20am
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I'm an easily annoyed person, so my list is huge.
-People who don't close their mouth when they chew. This is number one for me, especially with gum. Unless you have some terrible injury that prevents you from closing your mouth, it's incredibly lazy / rude, and the sound makes me want to murder. -Self importance / ego. Everyone should read Nietzsche's gnat analogy (disregarding his blatant ego issues). -Road rage. Yelling at people in traffic simply displays your limited understand of sound waves, and also I don't give a crap that you're pissed. In fact, it amuses me. -Flaky people. If you say you want to hang out, at least call and let me know plans have changed. -People with a sense of entitlement. Life never promises anything, get over yourself. -People who think their petty drama supercedes everything else. -People who blatantly argue about things they know nothing about. -Unfair blanket statements. -Racists / Bigots -People who get in your face, or worse yet, wag their finger at you. I will break your finger for that. -Young kids with egos who disrespect people with authority and elders. Kind of falls under self entitlement, but worthy of its own mention. -People that can't argue or debate without invoking personal feeling. I hate it when, in a heated debate, people get offended by something silly and then go straight for the jugular. Ad hominem is silly. -People who try and turn everything into racism if it's about another race. The only thing worse that racists are people who try and make you look like a racist for making any negative observation about any other race but your own. -Those people on Facebook who have to make everything into a religious discussion. This works opposite as well for athiests that feel the need to rail on Christianity with every status. We get it, you don't like Christians. -Wat r u doing 2nite? OMG ur soooo luckyyy to be at thatttt concerttttt. STOP shortening words that don't need it, and then adding unnecessary letters at the end. That's both confusing and obnoxious. |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 2:35am
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You know what really griinds meh gears?
Family Guy. ------------- 
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 2:40am
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Also: People who complain but do absolutely nothing to improve their situation. ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: Flurry
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 3:15am
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-Liberals that feel that the world can be fixed by a hug and $20.00.
-People in red mini vans. Every time I go out of town and get on a 2 lane highway I end up off of the road because some donkey in a minivan "All of them have been red" decides to pass a semi. I have road rage issues with that.
-People who have never done my job or had any expierance in my field telling me how to do my job.
-People that don't wave or tip their hat after they have been waved through a stop sign by another driver. What happened to the thank you wave?
-Last but not least MIMES. ------------- It sucks being antisocial alone. |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 3:17am
I get that. I'm in the same boat. However people with a limited understanding of road rules and the efficient flow of traffic piss me off even MORE and generally incur my wrath. I know they can't hear it, but venting one's spleen does sometimes help. My personal favourite if someone does something idiotic right in front or next to me in traffic is the golf clap. It is much more effective than shouting. But sometimes shouting at the guy in the fast lane doing 42kph is worth it. Especially as he's in the fast lane because he is passing someone in the middle lane doing 41kph. They are in the middle lane because they don't want to be stuck behind the guy in the slow lane doing 40kph. Then, I shout. Maybe it is the ATC in me who understands how to move lots of fast moving metal into restricted spaces efficiently, but most of the traffic issues we have here are because everyone on the road thinks they are more important than everyone esle. The traffic flow would be so much easier if people decided that 42 isn't that much better than 40 and everyone pulled into the slow lane. Then use the middle lane for people actually wanting to drive at the 120kph speed limit. Use the passing lane for, oh I don't know, PASSING. Honestly as is stands now if you want to go about 70kph, use the passing lane. Everyone else is going slow in the other two. Then they do stuff like drive past tail backs and pull in at the front. Blocking the tailback and whatever lane they happened to be in when they stopped to pull in. Now the 3 lane highway is down to one lane because you are an ass. Congratulation. Or in bumper to bumper traffic (rush hour or restricted lanes for whatever reason) they drive down the emergency lane and pull in at the front. Because THEY don't need to sit in traffic like the other people. It isn't a hard conecpt. Other things that annoy me? Women who are liek 35 and speak in a sing song 5 year old girly voice. It makes me want to commit murder. People who make obvious statements. For like the 300th time. I got it the first time, you were wasting oxygen then, you are wasting it now. Example, I've been in the same company for 16 years now. I read books. I read a lot of them. I often read them as I'm walking from one place to the other. There are two people who insist on saying "how di you not walk into things" or "wow you read a lot". Firstly, because I have peripheral vision. Secondly, yes. Yes I do. I have for 16 years. Congratulation. People who always, ALWAYS need to bring the conversation back to themselves. Other people also need to talk about things. A little compassion or empathy might be nice. Or we can talk about how your cat fell off the couch. Again. No really. Go ahead with your cat story, it is more important than me discussing my dad's chemo course. Suprisingly a lot annoys me. It mainly revolves around people not being logical. But I'm on the whole a pretty mellow guy. KBK |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 3:44am
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People who don't capitalize the "G" in God. God is a name, so you capitalize it (unless of course its plural or you are using it not as a name). I don't really care if you believe in Him or not, but it's a name regardless and it's disrespectful when you don't capitalize it. Especially when there are other names in the paragraph that are capitalized. (not trying to start another religious debate, just saying what grinds my gears) |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 4:24am
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 6:30am
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Sneaky beat me to it. People that complain but don't fix their situation.
I have buddies all the time complain about their weight and say how their changing their diet around and starting to work out and such. Then you see them at the chow hall with two A&W's and a burger with fries. They think cutting out slim jims is watching their diet.
I absoultely DESPISE women/men that complain about they're weight nonchalantly like it doesn't matter and you know it kills them. I can't imagine not ever having enough self motivation to change my body if it actually mattered to me. If your fine with your body and looking good isn't a priority for you, that's great and you honestly have a better self-image than 90% of the world. I fully understand everyone doesn't want the same goals I want with my body, but I don't complain about not being able to get a job as a lawyer without going to law school either. ------------- |
Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 7:59am
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People who think god is a "him" And hippies. Damn dirty stinking tree hugging hippies. ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 8:00am
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You guys are in for an intense read after I get out of my day's obligations.
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 8:45am
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My fingers would start hurting if I go on with my iPod. So we will go with 1 for now.
One of verizon's stock ringtones. It's kind of like an old fashioned ring. Wow, when customers have that tone in the store, I want to take their phone and toss it. My dad has it and he takes forever to answer his phone. I flip out an leave rooms when someone calls. So I guess this is really 2. Why can't people just pick up their phones in a quick manner? ------------- 
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:02am
It's really more of a title than a name. Shiva and Vishnu are gods. The Christian god is also a god.
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:04am
Oh, awkward turtle.
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:05am
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guys that don't lift the toilet seat to pee.
Seriously, I'm in here cause I gotta drop a bomb, and it was TOO hard for you to lift the seat...
and really, learn to aim. I can write out my entire name on the sand, and I can't for the life of me figure out why you can't hit the toilet. IT IS 12 inches around, and you are a maximum of 3 feet away...
If your aim is that bad, SIT DOWN.
Never mind, I'll just hold it. ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:13am
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-Bad drivers. I can deal with 'slow' but 'bad' makes me angry.
-people who bite their nails to the point of it being audible. I want to KILL when I hear clicking and chewing. -jackasses who leave shopping carts all over parking lots. -having my ears flicked. I come unglued when that happens. -people who say "oh, I could never learn that" when referencing computers- especially teachers. They'd have freaked if I told them the same thing about their class material when I was a student. -loud talkers. Seriously. If you're in an office, there's no reason for the guy in the parking lot to be able to hear you. -people who get too enthusiastic about hobbies. Story time on this one: As you know, I've been reenacting the civil war for a lot of years. About 15 years ago my father, brother and I started a commemorative walk across the field at Gettysburg on July 3rd in honor of Picketts charge. Well, over the years, its grown to be about 100 people in uniform, and has turned into an attention whoring circus. People who are portraying certain individuals who partook in the charge are pulling out all the stops, and have changed it from a somber event to a hollywood esque farce, including pretending to be shot when we get to the wall. They've taken it SO far, that their facebook accounts are in the names of "George Pickett" and "Gwneral Armistead" it disgusts me and I want to puke. -People who see racism behind every single corner and under every rock and tree. -Prius owners -the incessant weather commentary on facebook. If its really hot, you can guarantee there's 30 wall posts about it. Likewise with ANY notable weather occurances. -Yankees fans -Red sox fans -when something is put back in the refrigerator with no more than a sip or a bite left. FINISH IT More later. Blackberry is annoying to post on- apologies for spelling and grammatical errors. ------------- ? |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:16am
Conversely, anyone who will have a "serious issue" in a restroom and not inform at least one worker that the bathroom is now a mess. You don't even have to say it was you, just say "Man someone sure messed up that bathroom." Nobody wants to walk into a stall and see what looks like where someone was executed with a 12-gauge on top of a brown lasagna.
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Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:48am
score 1 for whale. "God's" actual name is something like "YHWH" only with some unknown vowels thrown in there somewhere. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:25am
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Failed logic nonwithstanding- don't we capitalize titles? ------------- ? |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:31am
The Christian Gods name is Jehovah. Though I still think you are supposed to capitalize God since its the title of an individual. ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:31am
Before a name, yes. After a name, no. Length of title is the determining factor. Three words or less, in front of name and capitalized. Four or more and it goes after the name, lowercase. Example City Commissioner John Smith. John Smith, director and special adviser to the city.
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:31am
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a bad clutch ------------- They tremble at my name...
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:53am
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People who whine about minor annoyances on the internet.
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 11:05am
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Whale, thanks. Now what aout usage of titles in lieu of a name?
Ex: "Mr. President" "Captain" or...."God?" ------------- ? |
Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 11:36am
| PAINTBALL1. Do you still live in Spotsy county? |
Posted By: oldsoldier
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 11:39am
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A bad clutch setting ------------- 
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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 11:53am
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busted valve bodies ------------- 
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 1:32pm
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Drug commercials. First of all, I'm going to take whatever my doctor prescribes to me, so there's not "talking to my doctor about." Second of all, if I need a drug I'll research it myself. I don't need some commercial to tell me what I need to take. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 2:38pm
Bad view on your own health there, buddy. -------------
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 3:50pm
Because the guy with the degree in medicine couldn't possibly be better at prescribing medicine than I am? .......? KBK |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 3:54pm
So how many medical conditions are you managing with pills on a daily basis? ------------- 
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 4:00pm
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In Canada, and many other countries its illegal for drug companies to advertise directly to the public. Rx drugs should not a be commercial product. Though 99% of our channels are American so we see it all the time.
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 4:08pm
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 4:48pm
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Boosters in free for all.
lil wayne
people who wear ed hardy or american eagle- only if collar is popped though
hippies
backyard tattooists DC hippies who want Mary J legalized but do nothing for the cause except hold marches with other hippies. ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 4:51pm
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1. That CAPTCHA software crap. It usually takes me around 10 tries on this forum because I cant read it(I also have 20/20 vision and a decent graphics card).
2. People who think that Im retarted because I dont know everything about a windows computer. I dont think you are retarded for not knowing how to rebuild an engine, you shouldnt think lesser of me because I cant install a new OS.
3. China. Damn communists.
4. My ipod case. It saved my ipod enough times but I hate how the corners dont allow the screen to work.
5. Touch screens.
6. Physics.
7. Obnoxious exhaust systems.*
8. Obnoxious sound systems.*
9. AGGlets.
10. People who want to drive a "7.3liter turbodiesel f350 4 door longbed" but dont know a single thing about vehicles. Someone at my school who drives a cummins didnt believe that solid front axles existed.
11. People who drive vehicles much larger than what they need. A station wagon is much more practical than a suburbam, tahoe, sequoia, exploder, etc.
12. 4-door pickup trucks.
13. People who feel like they are descriminated.
14. the Anti Defamation League.
15. the NAACP
16. Al Sharpton
17. Westboro Baptist Church.
*inB4 lol carguy, musclecar, etc. Im all for loud exhausts(hell, I have two), but if I can hear you inside my house on a 25mph street, driving at what should be 2k rpms, I believe you might be crossing a line. Also for example, when I was pulling out of a car show last night, someone with header cutouts decides to begin revving his engine. I was temporarily deaf, and he scared the hell out of my dog which almost caused me to hit someone while going 5mph. Im pretty sure a few straightpipes wont hurt street performance. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 5:06pm
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That d-bag the ko'd snookie, snooks, snickers, snacks. That chick is damn annoying but you should never hit a girl... unless she outweighs you by minimum of 150lbs ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 5:14pm
The 12 seconds of exposure I've had to her on television was enough to make ME want to punch her. He has been given a pass because it was such an awesome, and well deserved punch. In fact, if he'd have knifed her in the face, I'd have a T-shirt made with his face on it. (wouldn't WEAR it, because you're right, he's a d-bag too....but still) ------------- ? |
Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 5:31pm
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But still nothing. I don't care how annoying the chick is, walk away. Like what if I found your wife super annoying and just decided to give her the ol Ali Shuffle one day. I doubt you would say she deserved the punch ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: PAINTBALL1
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 7:27pm
APU! How's it going? No, not anymore. I'm stationed out in Great Falls, MT. 
Edit: While I'm at it, Commanders. I understand that my Commander called you to "help" me with my situation. However we both know that your way to freakin busy to really deal with my issue. So the whole purpose of wasting an hour pretending to care is just to make me feel all warm and fuzzy. You already had your mind made up before I walked in. My CC and you have already discussed at length whats going to happen so my little Airman input is falling on your deaf ears. And seriously, I needed to speak with the CC to get a referral pushed through so my wife can get a second opinion from a cardiologist? On the flipside, this may just be misguided frustration and some good may have come out of todays meeting. We shall see in a day or so, if that happens I will be very grateful. ------------- USAF Special Weapons Technician. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 7:59pm
| People who insist that their computer is incredibly messed up and they need me to fix it when a simple google search would allow them to fix it themselves. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 8:18pm
That does not qualify as a sample of womanhood any more than a tight coil left under a bridge abutment by a hobo. Punching it was completely in line. ------------- ? |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 8:20pm
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Lawn chairs. ------------- |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 8:35pm
Just a couple. Plus - what Kayback said |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:09pm
FTW. Equal rights baby, you want to get in someones face, get ready to be violently removed. Though, having never seen the show (and no plans to), just from pics,I think I'd hit her in a couple of ways. |
Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:26pm
Drug reps are able to hold jobs for a reason you know, they reward doctors who prescribe their medication...pharmaceutical companies are businesses just as private practices are. |
Posted By: Impulse.
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 9:30pm
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Yankee fans
Boston fans
Raider fans
Cowboy fans
Laker fans. ------------- [IMG]http://www.word-detective.com/berry.gif"> |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:14pm
That is a correct thing to say. But we must think of the title this way. But the word got isn't necessarily a title. A god (M-W lowercase definition) is a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship. If the religion of Bob is the religion to follow, both of these will be correct: Bob is God, Bob is a god. To say the previous sentence is to say: Bob is a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship. ACK! No time to make my list. No worries folks, the super hate is going to come soon. -------------
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Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 09 June 2010 at 10:48pm
This is actually not technically correct - Jehovah is a guess as to how it may be pronounced, which has gained much traction in christianity due to early translations using it. Yahweh is another guess. We actually don't know exactly how it should be pronounced as the ancient Isrialite scribes removed the vowels to prevent it from being speakable. Modern christianity has taken the commandment not to use the lords name in vain to mean uses of his title, however, the scribes took it much more litteraly, hence thier rendering it unpronounceable. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 2:22am
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 10:31am
Thats very cool, I did not know ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 11:26am
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I always thought it was amusing that the Jews don't know their god's real name anymore because they thought it was bad to write it down. Seems somewhat silly to me. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 11:36am
In formal writing you don't use a title in the place of a proper name. |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 12:02pm
I am surprised anyone cares, that something that Jews always used as a way to differentiate there religion. All religions had names for there gods, but the Jews had the God. Anyway, something that always drives me crazy is people on the internet who freak out over grammar issues. There is a time and a place for proper, professional, and formal writing, internet forums and blogs etc.. are not one of those places. ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 1:05pm
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Well it's not very different, considering the Christians took it up as well, and Muslims do the same ("Allah" just being "God" in Arabic -- if you were a Christian who spoke Arabic, you would say Allah when you prayed as well).
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 1:35pm
Then it isn't about finding a drug that's good for you, it is about finding a more ethical doctor. I don't mind the doctor giving me whatever gives him the best kickback, of the meds I need. But I still don't have a degree in medicine, so whatever he tells me is his reason for giving me X over P ain't gonna change my mind now is it? KBK |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 1:39pm
| What grinds my gears? Someone that writes in their signature (in this case their initials) showing who posted on this forum even though their screen name is just to the left. |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 1:40pm
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 2:04pm
The reality is that isn't true. The reason they stopped writing down the name of God was because they didn't want to accidentally step over the line at some point, not because writing his name down (or saying it) is a sin. Much like Jesus says "Cut off your hand if it makes you sin", they stopped writing down God's name because occasionally people sinned by using it improperly. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 2:08pm
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 2:45pm
Seems right up there with killing people for drawing a picture of one's god to me.
I'm the opposite, people who don't try to communicate in a basic understandable manner shouldn't bother posting. ( http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=185863 - Example link ) -------------
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 3:11pm
Jews, Christians and Muslims all have the same God. ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 3:21pm
I think there are quite a few good examples of that (Mack brought up my favorite). That one may actually dive off the deep end into downright scary, though, now that I consider it some more. If you're interested, I suggest you check out http://www.amazon.com/Year-Living-Biblically-Literally-Possible/dp/0743291476 - this . I'd give you my copy but I like it too much. I thought it was an interesting way to challenge my own assumptions about my religion, in addition to others.
Well that's my point. I mean I guess it's hard to tell people to stop copying your religion while adding small but theologically important changes, but it just doesn't seem all that special to me. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 3:26pm
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 4:22pm
Because having the forum automatically put in a picture of your paintball gear and a comment about someone on the forum is so much cooler? Do you know how boring this world would be if we were all the same? Did you ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe, a person might post on more than one forum, some of which don't have auto sig lines ? And that they like having something to tie in all their forum personas? OR maybe they like to be different? And seriously, it is like 30 pixels. Heck, just block the person who does that's posts and your problem will be solved. KBK |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 4:38pm
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 4:42pm
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I don't have to grind gears...I make them on a laser.
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 4:53pm
First, as Dave said, Docs get rewarded / kickbacks from pharm companies. Second, 50% of all doctors were at the bottom half of their class. I had a Doctor refuse to give a patient with chest pain Aspirin because I, a Paramedic, was not on scene yet... And third... everyone should have a vested interest in their health. If a doctor wants to put you on a medication, know why, ask why that one, and know everything you can, not only about your medical condition, but about the drugs you're on. -------------
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 5:21pm
Like I said, no problem with the doc giving me a med he gets a kickback from, if I need the med. I'll agree with you that if I DON'T need the med we are on the same page.
It's people like you that get put into the hold. Seriously. I hate it when people second guess me. Everyone does things differently. While there must be a basic plan that everyone will follow, there are many ways to skin a cat. Just because something doesn't always gel with what you expect doesn't mean it won't work. Like I long to tell the pilots who question me, shut the hell up and fly my headings/speeds. It is amazing how everyone hits the ILS at 3000' @ 11nm @ 180kts 5nm entrail. Wow. It's almost like I know what I'm doing and have spent 15 years getting there. I don't need to ask why, or why that one, or know everything I can know about my meds/condition. Mainly because I trust my doctors, but also because they tell me up front. I've recently finished a course of antibiotics with a decongestant and a nasal spray. The doc told me up front why that one anti biotic, why thet decongestant and why that nasal spray. They told me what they will do, and why they recomended those over the others. It doesn't help that I have a fairly restrictive list of what I can take and still work, but thems the breaks. I go to a medical practitioner for them to fix a problem. It sort of invalidates the whole idea if I'm gonna try self medicate anyway. Sure, ask if you want, but really they could tell you whatever they wanted and mostly people won't be able to argue. KBK |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 5:50pm
And that is exactly why I said know why you're taking something. How will you know if you need it if you don't ask?
If you REALLY want the play the "I know what I'm talking about" game, I will just have to pull out my Paramedic card and trump you on the topic of medicine we are currently talking about, as I would assume a healthcare professional would know more about medicine than an air traffic controller, just as an ATC would know more about planes than a Paramedic, no? I'm not saying act like you know better than the person who you go to help for... I'm saying know about your condition. I don't understand how ANYONE would not want to know what's wrong with their body. I've asked people if they had high blood pressure, and they would answer no. Looking at their meds, I'd see they were on medications ONLY for high blood pressure, and I'd ask why they take those meds. Answer would be "Oh something called hypertension". (For those not in the know, hypertension IS high blood pressure) I had someone tell me they had an "arrhythmia", and when I asked which one, they said "There's more than one?" and couldn't recall the name, assuming "arrhythmia" WAS the name.
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 7:18pm
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People that get totally off topic and start talking about health crap in a thread about grinding gears.
With that said, most everything mentioned in the previous posts plus:
People passing on country roads only to slow down and turn 1/4 down the road. I like to honk and wave when I catch up to them and have to sit behind them while they wait for oncoming traffic to go by.
People that have to "one up" all of the time.
Hypocrisy. Especially among Christians.
Lying. Especially among Christians.
Deception. Especially among Christians
People that complain about how things are done wrong, but refuse to help change them or lend a hand. Especially among Christians.
People with kids that are nearly self sufficient, but say they can't contribute because they have to watch the kids. Especially among Christians.
Oh, yeah, it's that time of year when my wife is trying to finalize things for the Church camp that my father in law and she organize every year. Can you tell?
White trash parents who come into school and accuse my wife of telling her 5 year that he probably deserved getting his arse kicked because he called someone a f...er, or told them to lick his "unit" for about the 10th time this year.
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 7:34pm
Which is kinda my point. The guy I'm paying R300/visit knows more about it than I do. If he says the antibiotic will clear up the infection in my sinus, the nasal spray and the decongestant will decongest me, and there isn't anything in those meds I'm allergic to and they aren't on the proscribed list, what's the issue? If he gets a bigger cut from the purple pill company and the purple pill and the yellow pill will do the same job and cost the same, what difference does it make if he gives me purple pills?
Yeah, the drugs are probably going to treat whatever symptoms you are presenting when the doctor examines you. Even if docs make mistakes, I wouldn't know any better, would I? If they are mistaken, they can tell you all the right reasons for giving you the purple pill, but they could be mixing it up with the Magenta pill. How would you know anyway? Like often happens we seem to be talking across each other. I've never had a doctor give me any meds without telling me what they are for. I don't see the point in asking questions about it. You are paying them to give you the meds. If they don't volunteer ANY info up front, then I'll probably agree with you. But in my exprience I've NEVER had a doc give me something without saying what it was for, or why he was giving it. You can pull the Paramedic card all you want. I was just saying that people questioning professionals always strikes me as a little silly. You don't get to be a professional without going through some pretty serious training.If you don't trust them, why go to them? I also don't have any expereince with paramedics and prescribing medication. Honestly? I'd want a medic to patch me together after an accident, but I'd still go to a doctor to fix the sore throat I've got. You might operate in the same general field, but that's like getting a Procedural controler's input on a Radar controler technique. I'll agree that if you have a medical condition that is chronic, or will change treatement given later in life, know the details. Maybe that's where the miscommunication has come in. I'd split it as anything a GP treats you can probably ignore the details. If you see a specialist, start writing things down :p KBK |
Posted By: PAINTBALL1
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 7:37pm
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I feel as though so much of my gear grinding has come from the clinic on base. From the dbag NCO that attempted to make me leave the room during my wifes appointment while I was proving him wrong; to the LNP that told us she (a civilian) would have to discuss with a LtCol about whether or not they will get my wife a referral for a second opinion.
A second opinion is a right, not something granted by someone who has their finger in the bowl that doesn't belong to them. I'm also extremely annoyed with the amount of BS that we have to endure in order to get things done. The past 16 months of dealing with this clinic have been hell. ------------- USAF Special Weapons Technician. |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 7:39pm
People who get their gears ground by a forum being more than just a list of bulleted points.
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 7:42pm
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 8:40pm
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oh I thought of another one, Centrifugal Force! There is no such thing, stop sounding like idiot and call it centripetal force. and De-Acceleration, ugh. ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 9:44pm
Ahh, but here's the thing, what if you are prescribed Lisinopril for your high blood pressure but instead you really needed Lebatolol? You don't know either of those two drugs, do ya? How would you without caring about your own health? How would you know what is / is not for you without first asking why that drug in particular, and second, knowing about your disease, even just to a rudimentary level? I don't expect my patients to know half as much about their disease as I do, but they need to know what they do or do not have. -------------
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 10:38pm
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Pretty much Kayback said it. All of the doctors that I've been to told me up front the side effects and the reason for giving me the drug. Plus they know what they are doing because I've never been to a doctor who has had less than 10 years experience in their field. Maybe it's because we research doctors/use other doctor's referrals to find the right one before hand. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 10 June 2010 at 10:40pm
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 5:22am
I thought so, we are talking about the same thing. I say find a doctor you can trust up front, you say make sure you can trust your doctor. I honestly don't see the point of going to a professional and then questioning them. I'll trust their extensive training. Because of your inside info you probably aren't inclined to. You probably also have enough knowledge to be able to debate with them. OldPBNOOB. Yeah, I probably should have but honestly that IS something that grinds my gears. When people post things like TL:DR! Or Wall of text post! and then complain that someone had the audacity to write more than 100 words in a single topic. Or complain that when a topic is on page 15 that it is no longer on topic. (I know this isn't page 15, but you get the idea). KBK |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 7:26am
Sorry, but centrifugal force is real, regardless of it not being a force. There's a reason the term was invented. ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 9:56am
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People who will correct the slightest mistake in writing or speaking. Even when it's still clear what was meant. Your, You're etc we get it, your dead clever don't point it out. If you do you are a knob. People who say "I could care less" When they dont care. Rude/ ignorant people. When I meet someone I'll introduce myself and have a chat with them when someone just sits there like im talking to a brick wall or doesnt even make eye contact so I cant introduce myself in the first place. Naggers. Credit checks when applying for a job. Why the hell do you need to know that? How can i sort out my credit when I have no job thus no dosh? The Spanish. The English (Not just in a Auld enemy way but they are all backwards people) Fat chicks. Fat dudes. Being poor. there are loads more but I cant really think just now. |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 10:54am
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 11:14am
I'll agree up to a point. Typo's and spelling mistakes and the like I'll accept. But we are talking (reading/writing) English here. If you don't have the basic levels of proficiency in it, look them up. If you consistantly don't use punctuation and use the wrong words it can make reading someone's post a headache. Refusing to follow the basic rules of grammar because "you are special and everyone should know what you mean" makes you the knob. Seriously. Language and writing was developed to convey abstract ideas to people, it has taken many many years to get to where it is. Follow the rules and there won't be any misunderstandings. They aren't that hard. Does it really save time to type "your" instead of "you're" when you are trying to shorted "you are" ?! Lack of use of propper grammar grinds my pecks. KBK |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 11 June 2010 at 11:35am
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