Things that I find mildly irritating v.2

[TAC]

I know it makes me a curmudgeon, but kind of tired of the "2020 sucks" and "2020 can fuck right off" line of reasoning.   I guess it's a defense mechanism, but it doesn't make any sense to me.  Our circumstance is what it is, and we deal or we don't.

I think it's just a small talk way of coping.

That reminds me..when I was a store manager and I would greet the associates, I let everyone know straight off that when I ask them how's it going, there are two answers that were unacceptable:
1. Peachy, or ducky
2. Same old same old, or same shit different day

[King Postwhore]

Shit Stads. Don't follow me on Facebook.   I posts funny shit about that subject all the time.  Lol

[TAC]

Don't follow me on Facebook. 

No problem!

[King Postwhore]

You wouldn't know how to sign up you old fuck.

[Cool Chris]

Don't follow me on Facebook. 

No problem!

 

[Stadler]

Shit Stads. Don't follow me on Facebook.   I posts funny shit about that subject all the time.  Lol

Haha, nah, I'm just being crochety. 

[The Walrus]

I was on vacation all last week and I still didn't motivate myself to sort out my 4500+ song 'favorites' playlist on Spotify into more neatly organized mini-playlists. 2 weeks ago it was, "I'll have all the time in the world to finally do this!" And Monday came and I thought, "I'm not spending all day doing this!" Damn myself 

[pg1067]

Probably more than mildly irritating...

Fucking political ads that are clearly premised on the notion that the viewer is an absolute moron.  Most specifically, ads for ballot initiatives that say little more than, "Don't be fooled by the SPECIAL INTERESTS behind Proposition 947!"  As opposed to the "special interests" that are opposing Prop 947?  What exactly are "special interests"?  Are there "less-than-special interests"?  Even worse is the fact that these ads wouldn't exist if they didn't work to some extent.

DOUG:  "Why aren't you voting for Prop 947, Bob?"
BOB:  "I saw this ad that said voting for 947 will ensure that babies start being born with octopus tentacles, and I sure as heck don't want that!"
DOUG:  "Umm...did you actually read the proposition?  Or the legislative summary?"
DOB:  "I don't have time for that!"

Election day can't come soon enough....

[jingle.boy]

Probably more than mildly irritating...

Fucking political ads that are clearly premised on the notion that the viewer is an absolute moron.  Most specifically, ads for ballot initiatives that say little more than, "Don't be fooled by the SPECIAL INTERESTS behind Proposition 947!"  As opposed to the "special interests" that are opposing Prop 947?  What exactly are "special interests"?  Are there "less-than-special interests"?  Even worse is the fact that these ads wouldn't exist if they didn't work to some extent.

DOUG:  "Why aren't you voting for Prop 947, Bob?"
BOB:  "I saw this ad that said voting for 947 will ensure that babies start being born with octopus tentacles, and I sure as heck don't want that!"
DOUG:  "Umm...did you actually read the proposition?  Or the legislative summary?"
DOB:  "I don't have time for that!"

Election day can't come soon enough....

[TAC]

 

Perfect!

[Stadler]

Election day can't come soon enough....

Word.

(Though, fair is fair; several of the Biden ads are world class.  No fear-mongering, just a plain-faced statement by someone you wouldn't expect to be making same.  Now, that's not to say that someone can't say they aren't therefore in their own way misleading, but still.  Not the typical ad with the picture of the opposing candidate looking like they're squeezing out a crap and doing something illegal all at the same time.)

[Stadler]

Perfect!

I would have gone with this myself:  https://youtu.be/NpYEJx7PkWE

[pg1067]

(Though, fair is fair; several of the Biden ads are world class.  No fear-mongering, just a plain-faced statement by someone you wouldn't expect to be making same.  Now, that's not to say that someone can't say they aren't therefore in their own way misleading, but still.  Not the typical ad with the picture of the opposing candidate looking like they're squeezing out a crap and doing something illegal all at the same time.)

I don't have any problem with candidate ads that say, "I'm great and here's why."  I can't stomach the ads that say, "Navin Johnson is terrible!  He didn't vote to provide funding for poor black children," when, in fact, the reason he didn't vote for that funding is because the bill in question also provided for the harvesting of those children's kidneys.

[pg1067]

I got an email from someone asking if I'm available at "3pm CST today."  Of course, we're still in DST, so...I really want to respond and then, when he hasn't called me at noon PDT, ask what's going on.  But I'll be nice....

[jingle.boy]

I got an email from someone asking if I'm available at "3pm CST today."  Of course, we're still in DST, so...I really want to respond and then, when he hasn't called me at noon PDT, ask what's going on.  But I'll be nice....

OMG... same here.  Someone sent me a note recently to meet at sometime EST, but I let it slide ... especially since I was pretty sloppy about that for a long time.

[pg1067]

I got an email from someone asking if I'm available at "3pm CST today."  Of course, we're still in DST, so...I really want to respond and then, when he hasn't called me at noon PDT, ask what's going on.  But I'll be nice....

OMG... same here.  Someone sent me a note recently to meet at sometime EST, but I let it slide ... especially since I was pretty sloppy about that for a long time.

If it had been someone I knew better, I'd have given him crap about it.  Oh well....

[Kotowboy]

Person : *dies*

Someone online : :"OMG FUCK OFF 2020!!!!"



Yeah it's almost as if people are supposed to live forever...

[Ben_Jamin]

Person : *dies*

Someone online : :"OMG FUCK OFF 2020!!!!"



Yeah it's almost as if people are supposed to live forever...

 

Pretty soon, we're gonna get one a day...

" It used to be that every group in New New York wanted their own parade. Why, when I was a boy, we had a parade every day. Those were dark times."

[TAC]

It's Alex Trebek's day today.

[Hyperplex]

Person : *dies*

Someone online : :"OMG FUCK OFF 2020!!!!"



Yeah it's almost as if people are supposed to live forever...

Yeah, that...

I am so tired of the conception that the year has something to do with natural (or unnatural) occurrences, as if death and tragedy are novel occurrences that pick and choose when to concentrate themselves. This seemingly ubiquitous belief that our position in space and time is somehow making things worse bothers me, too. It's as if people believe the tick over to a new year actually changes the way the universe works.

[The Walrus]

Y'all are entirely missing the point of why people say that

It's not blaming the year for anybody's death so much as it is expressing how much the current year sucks and they want it to end and move on to what is hopefully going to be a better year next year without maybe losing as many beloved celebrities. Literally nobody thinks the year caused the death or is responsible for it

[Stadler]

I get that; but to me it sounds sort of... escapist.   Like "flipping the calendar" is going to make things magically better.

[The Walrus]

Well, it might, in a very small personal way, to an individual. No different from when the clock hits midnight on January 1st and everyone celebrates as if literally anything has changed but the date. Today, class, we're going to learn about the word 'rhetoric'

[Kotowboy]

2021 has already gotten off to a more promising start...

[Ben_Jamin]

Y'all are entirely missing the point of why people say that

It's not blaming the year for anybody's death so much as it is expressing how much the current year sucks and they want it to end and move on to what is hopefully going to be a better year next year without maybe losing as many beloved celebrities. Literally nobody thinks the year caused the death or is responsible for it

 

I'm doing that because, our beloved celebrities we know of who may die is gradually increasing. As we are hitting the era of when TV/Media Celebrity began to hits its uprising.

But yeah, the main point is giving themselves hope of a better new cycle, as that is what a year represents and cultures have different yearly cycles. It's the season of change ( )

[Stadler]

Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

[Kotowboy]

Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

That reminds me of when you see commercials on TV - and literally anything cat related is " Purrrr-fect ! "

Or anything to do with outer space is " Out of This World ! "

And there are people who get PAID to come up with these slogans.

Honestly think i've seen each example used for over 1,000 different products.

[Chino]

Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

Pssshh. Suit yourself. My year has been boring as shit and I don't follow sports. I'm looking forward to the new season of Battlebots, premiering December 3 on Discovery Channel (8pm-10pm EST), more than anything else in life right now. I NEED it. I need some kind of return to the way things were in the before times.

[Stadler]

Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

Pssshh. Suit yourself. My year has been boring as shit and I don't follow sports. I'm looking forward to the new season of Battlebots, premiering December 3 on Discovery Channel (8pm-10pm EST), more than anything else in life right now. I NEED it. I need some kind of return to the way things were in the before times.

No, I hear you, I do.  It's more the idea that I'm being told what I need.   

[Kotowboy]

I've never used "essential" oils. Should I be dead ?

I've never seen Citizen Kane - which is a MUST see film - are the Police after me ?

The last time I watched a "must see" film it was " Y Tu Mama Tambien " and it was a sack of shit.

[hunnus2000]

I've never used "essential" oils. Should I be dead ?

I've never seen Citizen Kane - which is a MUST see film - are the Police after me ?

The last time I watched a "must see" film it was " Y Tu Mama Tambien " and it was a sack of shit.

This makes absolutely no sense. 

[pg1067]

Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

Pssshh. Suit yourself. My year has been boring as shit and I don't follow sports. I'm looking forward to the new season of Battlebots, premiering December 3 on Discovery Channel (8pm-10pm EST), more than anything else in life right now. I NEED it. I need some kind of return to the way things were in the before times.

No, I hear you, I do.  It's more the idea that I'm being told what I need.

But you said that you're being told that it's the "episode WE need."  You're not being told that it's the "episode YOU need."  You're just not part of "we."

I've never used "essential" oils. Should I be dead ?

Ummm...perhaps it will come as a surprise to you, but many words in the English language have more than one meaning.  The word "essential," for example, has many more meanings than "necessary to the maintenance of life."  It could mean "necessary to" any number of things other than the maintenance of life -- e.g., Moving Pictures is essential to a true understanding of Rush as a musical act.  But even that's not it.  The #1 definition of "essential," according to Merriam-Webster, is "of, relating to, or constituting essence: inherent."  An essential oil is an oil that contains the essence of something -- e.g., lemon, spearmint, lavender, etc. -- and the word "essence" has nothing at all to do with being necessary to anything.

I've never seen Citizen Kane - which is a MUST see film - are the Police after me ?

So...in your prior example, you decided that "essential" means "necessary to the maintenance of life," but in this example, "must see" (which is essentially a synonym for that definition of "essential") means only that you "must see" it or face criminal liability (or, since you capitalized "Police," maybe you're concerned that Gordon, Andy and Stewart will try to chase you down)?  Huh?  Do you have no concept at all of figurative speech?  "Must see" in the context of a movie means a movie that must be seen to have a full understanding of a genre or a base of knowledge of classic movies.

[Cool Chris]

Or anything to do with outer space is " Out of This World ! "

I don't think it is common any more, but I remember a time when anything new seemed to be touted as having "space-age technology."

[TAC]

Or anything to do with outer space is " Out of This World ! "

I don't think it is common any more, but I remember a time when anything new seemed to be touted as having "space-age technology."

Wow, that's far out!

[Kotowboy]

wow a lot of people on this forum can't see an obvious joke