What Grinds Your Gears Reloaded...Again

[Mr. Goosemahn]

So much advertising like that....1800, Miller Lite, Dr. Pepper 10. I hate them all.

Really, a lot of beverage companies are trying to rip off the Most Interesting Man In the World's manliness and epicness. Because that campaign boosted the **** out of XX's sales.

I also hate the Arby's guy. Especially the new ad with the "I'm on a boat" at the end.

I like their food, but their ads are annoying as ****.

I hate ads copying Apple with the white background stuff, like T-Mobile.

I hate the fact that all toothpaste commercials show a dentist in a blindingly white room. I've been the multiple dentists, and absolutely no one has such a white room. Stupid, and generic.

[eaglesalltheway]

You know what grinds my gears? People who turn left to turn right (without a turn signal) only to come to a near complete stop in the middle of the turn because they don't know how to ******* drive a car. I should also mention a school bus (yeah, a full size 60' long SCHOOL BUS) took this turn in front of them with absolutely no ******* problem.

Terrible drivers, they grind my gears more than anything.

[BeerBaron]

Ugh...bad drivers...so many of them out there.

Just last night I was in the driving lane on a two lane highway with a tractor trailer passing me in the passing lane. There was an on-ramp coming up with a solid chain of cars WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO ******* YIELD and not a god damned one of them did.

One car slotted in front of me by just a few feet and the next slotted behind me, all while that tractor trailer was still next to me.

I'm very lucky I didn't end up getting sandwiched. All because those morons wouldn't ******* yield.

[CJSchneider]

My 5th period class grinds my gears.

[raiderz4life]

Ugh...bad drivers...so many of them out there.

Just last night I was in the driving lane on a two lane highway with a tractor trailer passing me in the passing lane. There was an on-ramp coming up with a solid chain of cars WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO ******* YIELD and not a god damned one of them did.

One car slotted in front of me by just a few feet and the next slotted behind me, all while that tractor trailer was still next to me.

I'm very lucky I didn't end up getting sandwiched. All because those morons wouldn't ******* yield.

One time I was going down to work from school in the middle lane of the freeway, have one car a bit too close behind me and this dumbshit SUV starts changing lanes and he's right next to me and essentially forces me to change lanes also since the car behind me would probably hit me if I braked, bastard is so ******* lucky I was able to change lanes and there wasn't any cars there.

[iowatreat54]

People that just assume you are exactly like the population you make up. Look, most generalizations are true for the majority of a population. Yes, most white guys are hilarious awful dancers. Yes, most Cub fans aren't really fans but like to go to games to get drunk.

But don't assume that I'm one of them before you even meet me. Actually use your ******* eyes, ears, and brain for 2 minutes and then decide. Yes, I like going to Cubs games because they are fun and realize 95% of the people there think Ryan Theriot is still our 2nd baseman. Yes, most Iowa fans are huuuuuge homers that think Iowa football is a top 10 program and should compete for NCs every year. I don't, so **** off if you're gonna just start telling me how much Iowa sucks because our fans are idiots.

[yo123]

Speaking of bad drivers, I had a cab driver this past weekend who didn't know you could turn right on a red light. Yeah.

[BeerBaron]

Speaking of bad drivers, I had a cab driver this past weekend who didn't know you could turn right on a red light. Yeah.

A CAB driver? Seriously? ****, those guys usually don't even need to be turning right, they'll just blow through it anyway.

[prock]

People that just assume you are exactly like the population you make up. Look, most generalizations are true for the majority of a population. Yes, most white guys are hilarious awful dancers. Yes, most Cub fans aren't really fans but like to go to games to get drunk.

But don't assume that I'm one of them before you even meet me. Actually use your ******* eyes, ears, and brain for 2 minutes and then decide. Yes, I like going to Cubs games because they are fun and realize 95% of the people there think Ryan Theriot is still our 2nd baseman. Yes, most Iowa fans are huuuuuge homers that think Iowa football is a top 10 program and should compete for NCs every year. I don't, so **** off if you're gonna just start telling me how much Iowa sucks because our fans are idiots.

I'd be pissed too if people assumed I was a bad dancer.

[njx9]

speaking of bad drivers... i hate people who won't turn left (from a one way, onto a one way) on a red light. idiots.

[Prowler]

I hate the idiots who only drive 40 mph while merging into 70 mph highways, then ride my ass after I pass them. Show me your speed and manliness while merging, punks.

[prock]

**** the **** out of Madden franchise mode. You literally cannot make any trade. I tried to give away 99 overall Cam Newton for a 7th rounder and they reject it. Literally there isn't a single trade you can make that they will accept. How ******* pointless is that? I hate you Madden. EA Sports is the god damned devil.

[wogitalia]

I hate the idiots who only drive 40 mph while merging into 70 mph highways, then ride my ass after I pass them. Show me your speed and manliness while merging, punks.

Lol at least they will do 40mph... You should come to Perth and all of a sudden you will feel like everyone you've ever seen in the USA is the greatest merger on Earth.

We are awful drivers over here at the best of times but something about merging just ticks us over the top...

For example, I had a car come to a complete halt on the FREEWAY today to try and change lanes only to realise they'd changed into the wrong lane and do the same thing(ok it was down to like 10kph and not a stop the 2nd time) to get back into their original lane.

Honestly... Perth drivers are without a doubt the worst drivers in the world.

[BeerBaron]

Are your driver's sides on the right? If you merge from the right like we do then that's gotta be annoyingly hard.

[Ness]

**** the **** out of Madden franchise mode. You literally cannot make any trade. I tried to give away 99 overall Cam Newton for a 7th rounder and they reject it. Literally there isn't a single trade you can make that they will accept. How ******* pointless is that? I hate you Madden. EA Sports is the god damned devil.

The newest Madden? That's unusual.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

**** the **** out of Madden franchise mode. You literally cannot make any trade. I tried to give away 99 overall Cam Newton for a 7th rounder and they reject it. Literally there isn't a single trade you can make that they will accept. How ******* pointless is that? I hate you Madden. EA Sports is the god damned devil.

I managed to trade Brady Quinn and a second rounder for VY. Obviously a pretty bad trade, but if you don't see why I needed to pull the trigger, you've never tried using Tebow on all-pro. Just brutal. Vince Young has a 1:2 TD:INT ratio, but at least I can move the ball through the air for those days when my blocking only gets Willis 2 ypc.

But yeah, Madden ******* sucks. I didn't get last year, wasn't gonna this year but decided to do it on Boxing Day for 40 bucks. Total POS. You can't change players numbers........... seriously. I've been doing that since PS1 but I can't in Madden 12.

[njx9]

my apparent inability to stalk chris while in canada grinds my gears.

[MetSox17]

Disconnected internet. I was without SWDC for a whole week and i was on the brink of murder-suicide.

[raiderz4life]

Disconnected internet. I was without SWDC for a whole week and i was on the brink of murder-suicide.

Felt like
http://i39.tinypic.com/214d2rc.jpg

But for a few days. Was wondering what kinda trouble you had gotten yourself into.

[CJSchneider]

Disconnected internet. I was without SWDC for a whole week and i was on the brink of murder-suicide.

I was scared that you had finally been apprehended by the Federales.

[njx9]

I was scared that you had finally been apprehended by the Federales.

i'm still convinced metsox is the federales.

[CJSchneider]

i'm still convinced metsox is a mariachi.

You're welcome.

[MetSox17]

Don't worry guys, the business is still running on all cylinders. The Federales are on our payroll so we have nothing to worry about on that front.

[njx9]

You're welcome.

dude, of course he's a mariachi. i thought that went without saying.

[wogitalia]

Are your driver's sides on the right? If you merge from the right like we do then that's gotta be annoyingly hard.

You are meant to keep left over here... but people just can't merge...

There are basically two kinds of mergers in Perth... the impatient dickhead who wants to get as far forward as possible which just creates a massive bottleneck and the over courteous moron who lets every single person in. Not sure which is worse when you get two together but basically it's a disaster as soon as it happens.

[jrdrylie]

There is only one attractive girl at my job. Out of about 400 people in my office, only one of the girls is hot. So what do they do? They move her from an desk directly across from me to another building offsite. And then they replace her with a James Earl Jones lookalike. So instead of having some decent scenery around me, I'm surrounded by a fat woman with an eye patch, a old fat black guy, and a woman who sounds like meat wad. That grinds my gears.

[SuperMcgee]

Are they also a James Earl Jones soundalike? Because that would be a decent consolation.

[Ngatachance92]

Are they also a James Earl Jones soundalike? Because that would be a decent consolation.

If he at least sounds like Stanley Hudson it would be manageable, and a woman that sounds like Meat Wad? Sounds like you should be spending at least 30 minutes a day googling ATHF quotes and acting out scenes.

[ccB]

You should be focused on your job instead of being a creep and eyefucking your co-worker anyway.

[raiderz4life]

You should be focused on your job instead of being a creep and eyefucking your co-worker anyway.

I'm guilty of that with 2 of the 4 females we have here. lol

[jrdrylie]

Are they also a James Earl Jones soundalike? Because that would be a decent consolation.

Unfortunately not. He doesn't even have a Stanley Hudson voice. Just a normal voice. There is nothing redeeming about it.

You should be focused on your job instead of being a creep and eyefucking your co-worker anyway.

Shut up.

[ccB]

Shut up.

Fine dude, continue to creepily gaze at people because they are the only "hot" women in your vicinity, I'm sure one day that will pan out for you, yup, that's exactly how you land attractive women, you make them feel like they are only there to appease you aesthetically ... that's not awkward and oft putting for them at all, nope, you do your thing, play on player...

[ccB]

I'm guilty of that with 2 of the 4 females we have here. lol

I've obviously been guilty of being attracted to a co-worker but to be let down like "man they took away the only attractive woman!" just seems lame to me, like do you not encounter attractive women in your daily life? or You can't go 8 hours without being in close vacinity of someone who's at least moderately attractive? If you work with her and haven't made some kind of personal connection yet, it probably wasn't going to happen anyway...and if you have made a personal connection that's dope because you can text her/call her, and possibly **** her and not have to see her at work the next day.

[MetSox17]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say he wasn't being as serious as you're assuming he was being, CCB.

[CashmoneyDrew]

Since when is actually having sex with a girl always the end game with a girl you've eye ******? If that were the case no one would give two shits about super models, porn stars, or female actresses.

Sometimes you just gotta do what ya gotta do.

[ccB]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say he wasn't being as serious as you're assuming he was being, CCB.

Oh I doubt it was a big deal to him in the grand scheme of things, I am more or less speaking generally because I have encountered people who are like that, and they don't realize that it's counter productive to actually landing these bitches instead of just marveling at their appearance from a far.

[jrdrylie]

I'm married so I live with an attractive woman. But it's still nice to have some attractive women around for the nine hours I'm at work every day. It's actually more of a problem that I don't work with anyone else my own age. I'm 25, there is one guy who is 27 and I think she was 26. Now everybody is about twice my age. Most of them have worked here longer than I've been alive.

[prock]

Well, CCB definitely missed that one there.

[Mr. Goosemahn]

Corn dogs and pizza rolls heated up. Outside is tolerable, inside is lava.

Also, my tongue hurts.

[ccB]

Since when is actually having sex with a girl always the end game with a girl you've eye ******? If that were the case no one would give two shits about super models, porn stars, or female actresses.

I can only speak for myself but, landing the chick is the only reason to engage in such activities, because if you can't land her then I could do like you said and go online and gaze at porn stars, or w/e from the comfort of my home without making someone who is uninterested feel uncomfortable by me eyefucking them whenever they are in my vicinity.

[BeerBaron]

Turned NFL Live on for like 3 seconds while my food cooks and what are they talking about?

Tim Tebow.

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Die in a ******* fire you network from hell catering to the completely mentally ******** ADD generation of this day and age. He hasn't even been relevant in weeks yet there they are talking about him...

[CJSchneider]

There are two other teachers here who are "meh" at best. We need a hot foreign exchange teacher.

[ccB]

I'm married so I live with an attractive woman. But it's still nice to have some attractive women around for the nine hours I'm at work every day. It's actually more of a problem that I don't work with anyone else my own age. I'm 25, there is one guy who is 27 and I think she was 26. Now everybody is about twice my age. Most of them have worked here longer than I've been alive.

If you were personally interacting with her on a daily basis and she made your work day go by faster because you enjoyed interacting with her, and it wasn't just because she was nice to look at, I understand why it would be oft-putting that she relocated.

I was more or less ******** on the type of guy who either just gawks, or is constantly hitting on and getting rejected by the pretty chick at work, which can make it weird for everyone (especially when it's the boss that's acting this way) basically desperate guys grind my gears, not saying you are one, but your post made me think of such people.

[MetSox17]

Desperate guys at work get laid off due to class action sexual harassment suits.

[Mr. Goosemahn]

There are two other teachers here who are "meh" at best. We need a hot foreign exchange teacher.

two other teachers here who are "meh" at best

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http://www.personal.psu.edu/amr27/blogs/uhs_website/alcohol%20bottles.jpg

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hot foreign exchange teacher

[CJSchneider]

One is also married and the other seems like she would run her mouth. Fooling around isn't my style, but it would be nice if there were something good to look at on occasion.

[njx9]

One is also married and the other seems like she would run her mouth. Fooling around isn't my style, but it would be nice if there were something good to look at on occasion.

in before pedobear image.

Desperate guys at work get laid off due to class action sexual harassment suits.

you're assuming there's justice in the world. they just keep hanging around making everyone else uncomfortable.

[DraftSavant]

in before pedobear image.



you're assuming there's justice in the world. they just keep hanging around making everyone else uncomfortable.

YOUR AVATAR..... sfaf
It. Is. Amazing.

[njx9]

i'm just pissed i can't add a sig. i was going to see if anyone would recognize me with both. but this worthless 2kb limit....

[BeerBaron]

So I have this cousin, she's a little older than me and is one of those people that deems it necessary to take a picture of everything that happens every 5 minutes and put it on Facebook.

Easy enough to ignore I guess, and I usually do, but recently, I've been noticing this fairly attractive girl showing up in them. Now my cousin and her typical friends...they aren't photogenic, so that's why it caught my attention when this girl started showing up in a lot of the pictures.

So now I'm intrigued. I've been watching the pictures for the past week thinking about making a trip home to see if I can meet this girl.

Well, a picture posted about 5 minutes ago solved the mystery. She's my other cousin's (her brother's) girlfriend.

Damn.

[Caddy]

So I have this cousin, she's a little older than me and is one of those people that deems it necessary to take a picture of everything that happens every 5 minutes and put it on Facebook.

Easy enough to ignore I guess, and I usually do, but recently, I've been noticing this fairly attractive girl showing up in them. Now my cousin and her typical friends...they aren't photogenic, so that's why it caught my attention when this girl started showing up in a lot of the pictures.

So now I'm intrigued. I've been watching the pictures for the past week thinking about making a trip home to see if I can meet this girl.

Well, a picture posted about 5 minutes ago solved the mystery. She's my other cousin's (her brother's) girlfriend.

Damn.

Stop being a mega creep!

[Prowler]

I don't believe in 'creeping'. Its just real world porn.

[BeerBaron]

Stop being a mega creep!

Hey, by a person accepting/sending a friend request, it says that they're ok with me looking at anything they post on Facebook.

[M.O.T.H.]

lol. Facebook stalkers grind my gears.

[raiderz4life]

So I have this cousin, she's a little older than me and is one of those people that deems it necessary to take a picture of everything that happens every 5 minutes and put it on Facebook.

Easy enough to ignore I guess, and I usually do, but recently, I've been noticing this fairly attractive girl showing up in them. Now my cousin and her typical friends...they aren't photogenic, so that's why it caught my attention when this girl started showing up in a lot of the pictures.

So now I'm intrigued. I've been watching the pictures for the past week thinking about making a trip home to see if I can meet this girl.

Well, a picture posted about 5 minutes ago solved the mystery. She's my other cousin's (her brother's) girlfriend.

Damn.

Hasn't done anything you might need to take revenge for? Like taking your PBnJ sandwhich when you were 5?

[prock]

lol. Facebook stalkers grind my gears.

By putting **** like that up constantly they obviously want people to look. It's like girls posting pictures of them in bikinis and being creeped out when people look at them. Hmmmm, maybe putting pictures of yourself on a public forum isn't the best idea then.

That being said, there are some creepy mother ******* out there.

[raiderz4life]

By putting **** like that up constantly they obviously want people to look. It's like girls posting pictures of them in bikinis and being creeped out when people look at them. Hmmmm, maybe putting pictures of yourself on a public forum isn't the best idea then.

That being said, there are some creepy mother ******* out there.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2lif0pe.jpg

hahaha

[prock]

Yeah, I wouldn't go that far lol, but the point is I just don't have any patience for girls who complain about it.

[Mr. Goosemahn]

I once read of a guy who printed the pictures and jizzed on their faces :s

[BeerBaron]

I once read of a guy who printed the pictures and jizzed on their faces :s

That's terrible...

Printer ink is so expensive.

[Bengals78]

http://i43.tinypic.com/2lif0pe.jpg

hahaha

This is true.

and...Adam Lambert is "replacing" Freddie Mercury.
I am not happy. At all.
Brian May needs to just start a new band and quit raping what is left of Queen.

[Grizzlegom]

By putting **** like that up constantly they obviously want people to look. It's like girls posting pictures of them in bikinis and being creeped out when people look at them. Hmmmm, maybe putting pictures of yourself on a public forum isn't the best idea then.


All the people posting that annoying paragraph on Facebook right now referring to the timeline thing and how they want people to change the security settings reminded me of this. Perhaps if you don't want people to see what you are saying/doing, maybe try not saying/doing those things on a SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE.

[Mr. Goosemahn]

People who discredit evolution because they don't understand it.

"If we came from monkeys how come none of my relatives are monkeys?"

This isn't pokemon, ************, you don't just evolve from one generation to the next. What the hell were you doing during middle school science?

[CJSchneider]

My outlook on evolution is dependent on what perspective I am choosing to look at the Hebrew word "yom".

[hockey619]

im a giants fan, but i hate when they say theyre WORLD champions.

youre the nfl champs, every team is located in the US and most of the players are american (like 99% id guess). there is nothing 'world' about it you didnt win the olympics morons.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

Considering they would demolish a team made up of all of the best players from every other football league in the world, I don't see a problem with it. If the MLS champion started calling themselves "world champions," then I'd have a problem.

[njx9]

im a giants fan, but i hate when they say theyre WORLD champions.

youre the nfl champs, every team is located in the US and most of the players are american (like 99% id guess). there is nothing 'world' about it you didnt win the olympics morons.

i'm sure if a bunch of europeans wanted to put together a team, the nfl would let them play the combined practice squad of every team. that *might* keep it under a 300 point game.

i don't understand why this bothers people, especially in sports where the us teams are clearly better. swear at the nba, on the other hand, all you want.

[BeerBaron]

Is this really being discussed? I'm going to punch the next person who says that line square in their pretentious face.

And saying it after this post doesn't count because then it's ironic.

[Brent]

Is this really being discussed? I'm going to punch the next person who says that line square in their pretentious face.

And saying it after this post doesn't count because then it's ironic.
http://www.usafootball.com/teamusa/mens-national-team

no one even comes close to beating us, and we just send out our college football rejects.

[CJSchneider]

http://www.usafootball.com/teamusa/mens-national-team

no one even comes close to beating us, and we just send out our college football rejects.

http://www.usafootball.com/tryout

I wonder if they have a "fat, 35 year old and older, middle school coach" division.

[TitansCJftw]

http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/15/71/58/03/americ12.jpg

[Punisher]

I have dry socket.

It is Grinding my damn gears.

[Babylon]

Companies that ship jobs oversees.

[Ravens1991]

The people who just throw names around and talk **** on a NFL player when tehy havent done anything athletic in their life. Its one thing to intelligently criticize a player but to be a douche like Jim Rome really annoys me.

I had some idiot whos best athletic credentials were that he covered sports in the HS newspaper try to tell me any Ravens player who isnt over blowing the game in 2007 to give the dolphins there only win is a true loser and not a winner. My head almost exploded.

[Caddy]

I don't think you need to be an athlete or have been one in order to be able to criticise/analyse them.

[Ravens1991]

Its the way some people say it that piss me off. If someone said for example "he just isnt a NFL quality QB" I wouldnt mind. But trying to say a guy like Ray Lewis is a loser for being over a regular season game in 2007 is obsurd no reason to call guys who have busted there ass losers because they are over a defeat when he hasnt done anything athletic in his life.

[Brent]

The district I work in has the shittiest servers, I swear. There are ALWAYS problems with our internet. Honestly, how ******* hard is it to hire people that know what the **** they are doing? It's not rocket science, and someone is getting paid more than me to do a ****** ass job.

[Bengals78]

Bengals fans obsessing over Taylor Mays still.

[Brent]

Bengals fans obsessing over Taylor Mays still.
You mean, you don't want a guy who lacks lateral movement?

[Bengals78]

You mean, you don't want a guy who lacks lateral movement?

Apparently half the fans do...

[Scotty D]

CSI Miami on AMC. Just play classic movies.

[Ngatachance92]

Bengals fans obsessing over Taylor Mays still.

The idea of Taylor Mays is awesome... However the reality.....not so much.

[Bengals78]

The idea of Taylor Mays is awesome... However the reality.....not so much.

Unless you play against us. Then it should be awesome

[TimD]

people who insist on meeting up for a group project on a saturday afternoon when the assignment isnt due until wednesday.. and its not like were just starting it now, its basically finished.

[raiderz4life]

I hate group projects...I usually just do what I have to do...give it to the rest of the group and leave me alone....and don't **** up my grade or I'll kill you.

[TimD]

I hate group projects...I usually just do what I have to do...give it to the rest of the group and leave me alone....and don't **** up my grade or I'll kill you.

i agree. unfortunately im a comm major so i have to do a big group project in almost every class i take

[raiderz4life]

A few of my coworkers crying over Whitney's death and somehow implying i'm being blasphemous for not caring one bit.

[Ngatachance92]

When people think because they made a mistake and brought a kid into the world that that makes them a better person... Thanks for contributing to the over population problem and creating another being to consume my resources asshole.

[njx9]

A few of my coworkers crying over Whitney's death and somehow implying i'm being blasphemous for not caring one bit.

they were crying? did they know her personally? do they think she contributed anything to society? i'm actually curious what goes through these people's heads.

When people think because they made a mistake and brought a kid into the world that that makes them a better person... Thanks for contributing to the over population problem and creating another being to consume my resources asshole.

try flying on an airplane every week. these people think that because they were somehow, against all odds, able to procreate (i mean, i know it's a unique ability in the human species), that i should give in to anything and everything they ask for. the seat i booked? their kid wants it. the alcohol i just bought? how could i drink that while i'm their child?! blech.

[Prowler]

A few of my coworkers crying over Whitney's death and somehow implying i'm being blasphemous for not caring one bit.

Try being in Indiana during Dale Earnhardt's death. People were straight up bawling on the street.

[raiderz4life]

they were crying? did they know her personally? do they think she contributed anything

Yea, tears actually flowed. Kept saying how when one of my idols dies I'll cry as well. I said no, because, I've never met them and they don't know I even exist or care about me.

[Ngatachance92]

That **** just gets to me. Why should I be inconvenienced at all or be expected to bend over backwards for your kid? That kid does not give you a license to be an inconsiderate douche, you may think it does but the world doesn't revolve around your kid just your world does.

[Ngatachance92]

Yea, tears actually flowed. Kept saying how when one of my idols dies I'll cry as well. I said no, because, I've never met them and they don't know I even exist or care about me.

Our society cares way too much about celebrities, ****... She gave us anything of any value already anyway. It's mostly just idiots "grieving" though, when moments like that happen it teaches you a lot about that person going forward.

[raiderz4life]

Our society cares way too much about celebrities, ****... She gave us anything of any value already anyway. It's mostly just idiots "grieving" though, when moments like that happen it teaches you a lot about that person going forward.

Seriously. Only time I ever cried over a death was my grandma's and it wasn't until like 3 days after the burial. But you know, she kind of raised me and shared a house with me for 16 years...only...she didn't go platinum or anything.

[iowatreat54]

People I work with that open up excel, and then go File - Open in order to open up a saved file. Every time.

And on top of that, when I say I saved this document on a certain drive, they assume it's in excel and try to open it through excel. When they can't find it, they tell me it's not there. So I freak out that someone moved/deleted it, open the drive and it's sitting right in front of me.

******* learn to computer people, it's not that hard.

Also, kind of similar, but when a system is upgraded, and people see it's different and automatically complain that they don't have access to do things they could before or that the system took away the ability to do things. No, you're just too lazy or stupid to take 5 minutes to play around with the new system to figure things out. And then I have to take 30 mins explaining to you how I found out how to do it in 2 minutes, and you still can't figure it out.

[BeerBaron]

Also, kind of similar, but when a system is upgraded, and people see it's different and automatically complain that they don't have access to do things they could before or that the system took away the ability to do things. No, you're just too lazy or stupid to take 5 minutes to play around with the new system to figure things out. And then I have to take 30 mins explaining to you how I found out how to do it in 2 minutes, and you still can't figure it out.

All people everyone do that. "It's different! I hate it!"

We (my company) recently changed our international website to make it look like our US site (which is a hell of a lot better) but took an assload of calls for the next week from all of these foreign people complaining about it. The new site had far more info in a cleaner, crisper set up but nooooooooo...it was a change and people HATE change.

[iowatreat54]

All people everyone do that. "It's different! I hate it!"

We (my company) recently changed our international website to make it look like our US site (which is a hell of a lot better) but took an assload of calls for the next week from all of these foreign people complaining about it. The new site had far more info in a cleaner, crisper set up but nooooooooo...it was a change and people HATE change.

Oh, I figure it's like that all over. And not to be an age-ist because CJ is the ish, but it's usually middle-aged/old people that hate the change. Look, I know being the younger generation and having grown up all around computers makes me more accustomed to using/figuring things out on one. But to just not even try or act like somehow this upgrade/change purposely got rid of a feature just to make things harder on 99% of users is really annoying. It took me about 15 minutes to figure out the basics of this system I had no previous knowledge of, and about 10 of those minutes was waiting while the internet was acting up.

On top of that, we work with about 20 different banks, so when a bank changes their online system, people ***** to us saying they don't have this or that, or we can't do this anymore. And while we're a good size company and growing really fast, we are nowhere near the size of like Coke or Sony or what have you, our employees expect us to call our guy at the bank and demand they redo their system to fit our needs. It's ridiculous.

I'll tell you what the opposite of grinding my gears (greasing my gears?) is: my boss telling me to leave at 2 because there's nothing to do. Get to go home to play with my pup outside in this beautiful weather + not having to listen to stupidity at least for another 18 hours = success.

[bhaarat316]

they were crying? did they know her personally? do they think she contributed anything to society? i'm actually curious what goes through these people's heads.



try flying on an airplane every week. these people think that because they were somehow, against all odds, able to procreate (i mean, i know it's a unique ability in the human species), that i should give in to anything and everything they ask for. the seat i booked? their kid wants it. the alcohol i just bought? how could i drink that while i'm their child?! blech.

right.

See this is why society has gotten soft, I should be allowed to punish my kid if he acts up. By that I mean slap him. I grew up under the hand, I turned out fine, a little slap here and there can't hurt. All these people now and their i don't think you should do that to the child, i'm calling child services, blech.

[M.O.T.H.]

Crazy bitches grind my gears.

[bhaarat316]

Crazy bitches grind my gears.

You are a magnet for crazy bitches.

[M.O.T.H.]

I reallllllllllly am.

[iowatreat54]

right.

See this is why society has gotten soft, I should be allowed to punish my kid if he acts up. By that I mean slap him. I grew up under the hand, I turned out fine, a little slap here and there can't hurt. All these people now and their i don't think you should do that to the child, i'm calling child services, blech.

Yup, I never got more than spankings when I ****** up as a kid, and that plus taking things away from me were enought to keep me in line.

But today, even the tiniest physical contact = child abuse and people freak out. It's one thing if you are like 200+ lbs and beating the **** out of your 70 lbs kid. The one thing (just my belief) is that you shouldn't do it out in public, it should be handled privately. But unless it's a guy beating the crap out of his kid, I don't care how you discipline your kids as long as it doesn't affect me or seriously hurt them.

[MetSox17]

****, when i was in elementary our principal had permission to spank us. He had a wooden paddle, too. We were all scared to death of getting spanked so that kept us in line. ******* wimpy kids these days.

[bhaarat316]

****, when i was in elementary our principal had permission to spank us. He had a wooden paddle, too. We were all scared to death of getting spanked so that kept us in line. ******* wimpy kids these days.

This is not Mexico. I think in India they stopped doing this as well, though it might still happen in some parts, idk I was born here.

[MetSox17]

This is not Mexico. I think in India they stopped doing this as well, though it might still happen in some parts, idk I was born here.

LOL. Silly kids. This was in the Mission CISD of Mission, Texas.

[Rob S]

LOL. Silly kids. This was in the Mission CISD of Mission, Texas.

Pretty much Mexico. You're not fooling anyone.

[prock]

MS is definitely from Mexico.

[bhaarat316]

MetSox17....hmmm more like MS13, couldn't make it into the 13, so he started his own gang. Watch out guys you might get stabbed, lets back away slowly.

[Rob S]

I've been to his hometown. It's Mexico except you will on occasion bump into some people that speak English as their 1st language.

[UKfan]

What grinds my gears, ******* injuries. Little irritating and stupid **** that makes you look like a ***** if you whinge about it but combined make you feel absolutely ******* awful.

[CashmoneyDrew]

What grinds my gears, ******* injuries. Little niggly stupid **** that makes you look like a ***** if you whinge about it but combined make you feel absolutely ******* awful.

Questionable word use, but I'll currently allow it.

[Bengals78]

Questionable word use, but I'll currently allow it.

He's in England....could be different...

[UKfan]

It wasn't meant in any sort of racial context, I probably should have used niggling rather than niggly, or even something else entirely, but just to show my point...

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/niggling

Petty, especially in a nagging or annoying way; trifling:

Apologies if any offence was caused, have edited anyway.

[CashmoneyDrew]

You guys are taking that way too seriously. lol

[Babylon]

Crazy bitches grind my gears.

Just figuring that out?

[CJSchneider]

You guys are taking that way too seriously. lol

Yeah, stop being so niggly.

[njx9]

I've been to his hometown. It's Mexico except you will on occasion bump into some people that speak English as their 1st language.

you're giving mcallen *way* too much credit. unless you meant mission.

[Rob S]

you're giving mcallen *way* too much credit. unless you meant mission.

Nope, mcallen. The friends I visited down there were loaded though, so I met the occasional "English as a first language" guy.

[thefalconer]

It wasn't meant in any sort of racial context, I probably should have used niggling rather than niggly, or even something else entirely, but just to show my point...

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/niggling



Apologies if any offence was caused, have edited anyway.

way to pull a suarez.

[TimD]

way to pull a suarez.

http://t.qkme.me/35ftk8.jpg

[M.O.T.H.]

Just figuring that out?

Yeah....just now. lol.

[TitanHope]

He's in England....could be different...

English probably isn't even his first language...

[Bengals78]

English probably isn't even his first language...

Probably speaks Chinese

[kalbears13]

You guys are taking that way too seriously. lol

Maybe he should just be more niggardly with the word "niggy". Somebody might get offended.

[jrdrylie]

The video game "Zombies Ate My Neighbors." I have been playing this game since 1994 (first on the Sega, now on the Wii Virtual Console) and I have never beaten it. The game has 48 freaking levels. That is just ridiculous! For 18 years (over 2/3rds of my life), this game has been grinding my gears. Anyone else ever play this game only to get your ass kicked?

[SuperMcgee]

Haven't played it in many years, but I doubt I ever made it too far. Then again, I was way better at video games when I was 8 than I am now.

[MetSox17]

Nope, mcallen. The friends I visited down there were loaded though, so I met the occasional "English as a first language" guy.

Haha, yeah there's definitely a ton of those here. And the richest people from around here aren't even American. All the Mexican Government workers have moved here and brought all their money with them, which is great for the local economy, but bad in the sense that they're all ******* unbearable douchebags.

[ImBrotherCain]

People who don't listen...

[Bengals78]

Bud Selig....

[BeerBaron]

Traffic circles. I just printed off directions to my friend's place tonight for his going away party, and the directions involve going through a traffic circle.

**** those things. Terrifying contraptions...I drove through one exactly once and hated it. This one has me worried.

[Jensen]

people who have been dating for like a week and constantly say things like "ilu baby <333," "my boyfriend is so amazing <heart>," and "best girlfriend i've ever had!!!." bitches shut the **** up, you've been dating for one ******* week.

[jrdrylie]

Traffic circles. I just printed off directions to my friend's place tonight for his going away party, and the directions involve going through a traffic circle.

**** those things. Terrifying contraptions...I drove through one exactly once and hated it. This one has me worried.

How have you only driven through a traffic circle once in your life. Every place I've lived has had one. I like them. They keep traffic from getting back up which happens with stop signs and traffic lights.

[yo123]

Traffic circles. I just printed off directions to my friend's place tonight for his going away party, and the directions involve going through a traffic circle.

**** those things. Terrifying contraptions...I drove through one exactly once and hated it. This one has me worried.

I'm sorry BeerBaron but people who don't understand these things grind my gears. How hard is it to go in a circle until you've reached your turn? I once witnessed a lady DRIVE THROUGH THE ******* MIDDLE OF IT. Yeah, she saw that the road curved itself in a circle, decided **** that, that's not for me and proceeded to drive over the grass median in the middle. My god.

[Prowler]

Non-naked women drivers. Seriously, if you're going to be driving then at least take your clothes off.

[jrdrylie]

Non-naked women drivers. Seriously, if you're going to be driving then at least take your clothes off.

If women drove naked, men would become worse drivers than women because we would either be staring at the hot naked women or clawing our eyes out after seeing the naked fatties.

[eaglesalltheway]

Non-naked women drivers. Seriously, if you're going to be driving then at least take your clothes off.

Seriously... this grinds my gears... If you're not going to flash your turn signal, at least flash me your boobies..

[BeerBaron]

I'm sorry BeerBaron but people who don't understand these things grind my gears. How hard is it to go in a circle until you've reached your turn? I once witnessed a lady DRIVE THROUGH THE ******* MIDDLE OF IT. Yeah, she saw that the road curved itself in a circle, decided **** that, that's not for me and proceeded to drive over the grass median in the middle. My god.

It's not so much that I don't understand it, it's that I'm terrified of people like your lady who don't understand it. I drove through the one back near my parents house once and rode through it a few times and every time, people are driving like retards through it.

It's the same reason I hate driving in the snow and I. I got slow and carefully, but not everyone does. I could be minding my own business, driving carefully, and then there are those people who are still going 20 over the speed limit weaving around you because you're not going fast enough.

[Prowler]

clawing our eyes out after seeing the naked fatties.

Guns? Allow us to shoot the tires out on the fatties? Or actually...a tint rule to be applied by mandatory tit/tint inspectors.

[jrdrylie]

Guns? Allow us to shoot the tires out on the fatties? Or actually...a tint rule to be applied by mandatory tit/tint inspectors.

Being a tit/tint inspector would NOT Grind My Gears.

[yo123]

It's not so much that I don't understand it, it's that I'm terrified of people like your lady who don't understand it. I drove through the one back near my parents house once and rode through it a few times and every time, people are driving like retards through it.

It's the same reason I hate driving in the snow and I. I got slow and carefully, but not everyone does. I could be minding my own business, driving carefully, and then there are those people who are still going 20 over the speed limit weaving around you because you're not going fast enough.


Fair enough, for the most part I'm still a fan of them though. Really speeds up traffic when used correctly.

[Brent]

people who have seen 2-3 games of a prospect but think they know all their flaws.

*LOOKS AT THE TANNEHILL THREAD*

[Ngatachance92]

people who have been dating for like a week and constantly say things like "ilu baby <333," "my boyfriend is so amazing <heart>," and "best girlfriend i've ever had!!!." bitches shut the **** up, you've been dating for one ******* week.

And they post the date after it like " I love you blah blah 2-15-12"
So you have been able to tolerate them for a week congrats..then a week later thier FB relationship status goes back to single.

[Mr. Goosemahn]

EA Sports games. They all suck.

Been playing FIFA lately, and the controls are just a mess, at least for me. I want to send a strong pass, and it sends it to the guy on the other corner of the map. I cross the field with my player and there's a teammate there, and instead of getting out of the way, he blocks my shot. I successfully tackle a guy to get the ball and he falls down, trips my guy, and another teammate of his gets the ball while my guys stand idly by.

Really frustrating.

[Caddy]

Fifa is easily the best sports game out there

[Mr. Goosemahn]

Fifa is easily the best sports game out there

I prefer the new NBA 2ks.

[MetSox17]

Yeah, FIFA shits on just about every other sports game, but of course EA is gonna start slacking, if they haven't already. I haven't played '12, but with the rise in popularity of the game, pretty soon they're gonna stop giving a crap about making a good game and just sell to make money.

[Nalej]

People who say,

"I don't workout because I don't want to look gross like those bodybuilders"

Dumbass. Do you know how much ******* work goes into that?!
Get off your ass, go to the gym for 30 mins three times a week and quit making dumb ass excuses

[vidae]

Golden Corral commercials. I think I hate them more than almost anything.

In their most recent one someone says "Cherry Macaroon dipped into the chocolate waterfall! Made.. my.. year!"

HOW PATHETIC is your life if eating a cookie covered in chocolate makes your year? Who actually wrote that line and didn't think it sounded ridiculous? And who proof-read it and approved it? And at no point during the filming of the actual commercial did anyone stop and think "Wow, this is probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard. We should change it".. COME ON.

[BeerBaron]

An odd "doesn't grind my gears":

Putting two packets of hot chocolate into one drink.

http://i.imgur.com/QZJ03.jpg

[Ngatachance92]

I sometimes add a packet of hot chocolate to my coffee...

[raiderz4life]

Ugh i hate it when i get to school and I'm going to class only to receive an email saying class is cancelled...its 7:50am and the 105 freeway i need to go home is a disaster at this time....fml

[BeerBaron]

Yeah, but dude, no class. Go home, smoke a bowl and take a nap. That's what I always did when class was canceled.

[raiderz4life]

Yeah, but dude, no class. Go home, smoke a bowl and take a nap. That's what I always did when class was canceled.

I'm not mad class got cancelled...I'm mad i didn't get the email earlier drove 12 miles and now gotta drive 12 back on the streets lol

[BeerBaron]

Ah, I kind of spaced and missed the driving part. That's lame. Still though, no class.

I really wish one day I would just show up to work and there would be a sign on the door "Work is canceled today, 2/28."

[killxswitch]

I'm not mad class got cancelled...I'm mad i didn't get the email earlier drove 12 miles and now gotta drive 12 back on the streets lol

How long does 12 miles take for you? Here it would take 20 min or less. For you I'm guessing... an hour?

[raiderz4life]

How long does 12 miles take for you? Here it would take 20 min or less. For you I'm guessing... an hour?

Bout 20-25m on the freeway...problem is...at this hour everyone is going to work so the freeway back to my house is barely moving would take about 45m...by street its about 30-35m

[BeerBaron]

That sounds awful. After California becomes the first state to completely legalize Marijuana in the next 10-20 years and I've written a couple of novels, I'm going to move there with my modest fortune but I'm going to live somewhere other than LA itself.

San Diego seems nice.

[raiderz4life]

I'm leaving LA at some point....I love driving and as you can see...LA isn't exactly driver friendly...specially with stick

[vidae]

I grew up and learned to drive in LA.. it is literally the worst place on the planet if you enjoy driving.

[CJSchneider]

Those who prove their intelligence by adding such brilliant points to a conversation. [/sarcasm]

[Brent]

people who work at my school

[Bengals78]

Someone on the Bengals message board seriously just implied we should pass on Trent Richardson if he is there for a RB by committee found later in the draft.

[Mr. Goosemahn]

Someone on the Bengals message board seriously just implied we should pass on Trent Richardson if he is there for a RB by committee found later in the draft.

It was probably Mike Brown, or Marvin Lewis.

[BeerBaron]

I'm typically against RBs in the first round for a variety of reasons I won't get into here, but Trent Richardson in the late teens miiiiiight just be acceptable.

Store brand tuna noodle grinds my gears. I wasted a can of my good albacore on it. I am disappoint.

[wogitalia]

Someone on the Bengals message board seriously just implied we should pass on Trent Richardson if he is there for a RB by committee found later in the draft.

Not sure what is outrageous about that... as far as I know he doesn't have a criminal record, which for the Bengals would be the equivalent of someone running a 5+ 40 time to the Raiders, on top of that, you guys have plenty of needs outside of RB that could also use addressing but mainly... criminal record not present.

Women in the workplace... I'm sure I've posted here before but our air con is "patchy" at best, but the women who get to wear whatever the hell the want(read a skirt and singlet with open shoes) always complain because it is cold whilst the guys who are forced to wear professional attire(read long sleeve shirt, ties, long pants, closed shoes) have to sweat our rings off, when the obvious solution to everyone but them is for them to just bring a jacket/jumper or anything else to work and put it on...

But it would be sexist to imply that they are irrational idiots so you have to just sit there in the pool of sweat /rant

[BeerBaron]

Not sure what is outrageous about that... as far as I know he doesn't have a criminal record, which for the Bengals would be the equivalent of someone running a 5+ 40 time to the Raiders, on top of that, you guys have plenty of needs outside of RB that could also use addressing but mainly... criminal record not present.

Women in the workplace... I'm sure I've posted here before but our air con is "patchy" at best, but the women who get to wear whatever the hell the want(read a skirt and singlet with open shoes) always complain because it is cold whilst the guys who are forced to wear professional attire(read long sleeve shirt, ties, long pants, closed shoes) have to sweat our rings off, when the obvious solution to everyone but them is for them to just bring a jacket/jumper or anything else to work and put it on...

But it would be sexist to imply that they are irrational idiots so you have to just sit there in the pool of sweat /rant

That is my every god damn day at work. I just naturally run warmer than most people anyway, so what is comfortable to most people is usually too warm for me. But that makes everything so much worse...

A woman's "logic" in general grinds my gears. I'm starting to realize that it's not something that I'll ever, ever understand.

For example, here is an argument I had a little bit back with two of my female coworkers.

Somehow the discussion turned to birth control. I said something along the lines of "if I was a woman, I'd absolutely be on the pill even if I wasn't having sex. It's protection 'just in case' and helps with other things too."

To which one replied: "Yeah, but it's so expensive."

And I rebutted: "It's a lot less expensive than a kid though. I mean, a months worth of birth control pills probably costs less than $50 I'll bet. A kid costs much, much, much more than that. Right?" (I turned to my other female coworker who does have a kid for verification.)

Coworker with a kid: "Yeah, birth control is really expensive."

She just ignored everything I said and those two went on saying how guys should just always wear condoms or something. I felt my points were entirely logical, reasonable and based completely within common sense...and they just ignored them as if I didn't say anything at all.

Also, "but you have to" or "that's just how it is" arguments. I'll point out how stupid, pointless, annoying, etc. something that women do is, to which they'll reply with one of those statements instead of making any real argument.

I can't grasp it and that bothers me. I couldn't live my life based off doing things "just because." Everything I do has some sort of logic behind it. Occasionally I find out that it's faulty logic, but at least it was thought out.

[eaglesalltheway]

That is my every god damn day at work. I just naturally run warmer than most people anyway, so what is comfortable to most people is usually too warm for me. But that makes everything so much worse...

A woman's "logic" in general grinds my gears. I'm starting to realize that it's not something that I'll ever, ever understand.

For example, here is an argument I had a little bit back with two of my female coworkers.

Somehow the discussion turned to birth control. I said something along the lines of "if I was a woman, I'd absolutely be on the pill even if I wasn't having sex. It's protection 'just in case' and helps with other things too."

To which one replied: "Yeah, but it's so expensive."

And I rebutted: "It's a lot less expensive than a kid though. I mean, a months worth of birth control pills probably costs less than $50 I'll bet. A kid costs much, much, much more than that. Right?" (I turned to my other female coworker who does have a kid for verification.)

Coworker with a kid: "Yeah, birth control is really expensive."

She just ignored everything I said and those two went on saying how guys should just always wear condoms or something. I felt my points were entirely logical, reasonable and based completely within common sense...and they just ignored them as if I didn't say anything at all.

Also, "but you have to" or "that's just how it is" arguments. I'll point out how stupid, pointless, annoying, etc. something that women do is, to which they'll reply with one of those statements instead of making any real argument.

I can't grasp it and that bothers me. I couldn't live my life based off doing things "just because." Everything I do has some sort of logic behind it. Occasionally I find out that it's faulty logic, but at least it was thought out.
That's because a lot of women either are too dumb or too lazy to have an original thought. Those "just because" arguments are just an excuse because they don't have an reason to actually have that opinion. Obviously this **** pisses me (and I'm sure every other sane male) off as well. But don't ever, EVER make the mistake of verbalizing that after a woman says something like that. Then you're just an ignorant asshole... more "woman logic" for you, lol...

[raiderz4life]

Problem is we are hindered by our need to be logical where as women will not let a silly thing like logic hinder their argument. They're in it for distance and irritation.

[iowatreat54]

That's because a lot of women either are too dumb or too lazy to have an original thought. Those "just because" arguments are just an excuse because they don't have an reason to actually have that opinion. Obviously this **** pisses me (and I'm sure every other sane male) off as well. But don't ever, EVER make the mistake of verbalizing that after a woman says something like that. Then you're just an ignorant asshole... more "woman logic" for you, lol...

But if you contest the "just because" argument, it's because you are sexist. If you try to introduce logic to that argument, or even just ask a question out of your own curiosity (not even arguing or trying to involve yourself), you are a sexist and they win the argument. Everything after that is irrelevant, because you are a sexist.

But back to BBs point, my office has the dumbest set up for ventilation. Our office is set up so that 75% of it is an open floor, with offices around the outside. The control for heat/air is not out on the floor, but in the individual offices. Not only that, but the control in one office will be for two adjacent offices plus the area outside the office.

So, the control for my area is in the office where half the wall is facing outside in the winter (so no real insulation) and the guy is natrually cold blooded and gets cold easily. So because he gets cold in his office, he cranks up the heat, which also cranks up the heat in our area where it's quite comfortable because we aren't right up against a window and have a lot of people giving off body heat.

I'm naturally warm blooded and if I had my way would sit and work in 60 degrees (maybe high 50s). So when the heat gets cranked up to like 75-80, I'm pissed. ******* brand new office, design that **** so it makes sense and not as cheap as possible.

[eaglesalltheway]

But if you contest the "just because" argument, it's because you are sexist. If you try to introduce logic to that argument, or even just ask a question out of your own curiosity (not even arguing or trying to involve yourself), you are a sexist and they win the argument. Everything after that is irrelevant, because you are a sexist.

I wasn't accused of being sexist, but an "ignorant asshole". (could be synonyms in woman logic).

I really, really wanted to turn that around and just say something like "So the person who doesn't have an original thought about anything and just spits back whatever they hear is calling ME ignorant?!" But I figured since I don't stick my dick in this ***** on occasion, and have no wishes to, and there was a chick there who I wish to at one point put my dick inside on occasion, I'd just let it go and let her figure out for herself how ******** she was.

[BeerBaron]

I keep my apartment around 65 degrees and wear gym shorts and a t-shirt year round. Like, right now, I don't even have my heat on. I'm on the ground level with two apartments on both sides and one above me. I'm sure they all have their heat blast because, unless I open up the door, it hovers around 70...which is warmer than in the summer when I just blast my AC 24/7.

And did I mention how my own heat isn't even on?

I used to freeze out my roommates because of the way I am. They'd complain it was cold but I'd just tell them to put on a sweatshirt or something because I didn't want to roast to death.

That worked 3 of the 4 years...but the year I lived with 2 girls was awful. Just awful. I had to live there in a constant temperature of like 80 degrees. Horrible. And they weren't even good for doing "girl stuff" like housework.

I think I'm pretty clean for a guy...I don't know that the cleanliness of my apartment right now would please my mom, but it beats the hell out of any other guy my age's place I've ever been. But those girls were ******* useless that year. (It should be noted I lived with them as a backup plan because my previous roommate decided he was dropping out of school for a year WHILE we were apartment hunting...)

I remember before I moved in, my mom gave me this long speech about how I should do my part and not make them do all of the cleaning. Ha. They barely did a god damn thing. I'd do the dishes, and then those two would argue that it was other one's turn...so the dishes didn't get done until I needed something we were out of, forcing me to do them again.

Thank god for weed and the fact that one of them was hot. It was the only reason I tolerated it.

[eaglesalltheway]

You should've told them that they either turn the thermostat down, or you walk around naked to stay cool.

Bitches *love* ultimatums...

[iowatreat54]

It was my experience living through college that girls are just as messy, if not messier, than guys.

Whereas guys will let **** sit out because they are lazy, usually we will make an effort to clean up after the weekend or by like Tuesday/Wednesday. A lot of the girls I knew we would go over to their place, and they would just leave the trash piled up in a corner because they didn't want to walk 20 feet to the dumpster. Or they just leave gross ass **** laying around EVERYWHERE. With guys, it will be like beer cans/beer, leftover food, maybe some random trash, but we usually have enough decency to not leave like used condoms laying on a table in the living room. With girls, it's either they clean everything or NOTHING. I couldn't believe it when I started living on my own.

Also, I got really lucky in school that my frosh year my roommate was from Minnesota, so it was December out and we left our window open 24/7. Come home, lounge in shorts/tshirt. Put on sweatpants or sweatshirt if chilly. Go to bed, wrap up in blankets and sleep in blissful cold air. Never think about ever shutting the window. Same thing for next 3 years...glorious.

[raiderz4life]

When people come into my work they have to fill out some paper work if it is their first time visiting the clinic. Its just one sheet, fill out info in the front, disclaimers and what legal stuff in the back and requires 2 signatures. One in the front and one in the back.

Now I can understand when people miss the back signature, even when I tell them as I hand them the gtdamn clipboard to sign both sides. But it really chaps my ass when the idiots don't sign either side. How do you miss.....Patient Signature:____________________

Also pisses me off when they don't even listen to what I say and leave me hanging and then fill out the form the wrong way and I have to fix their mistakes. People can be so gtdamn stupid.

[yo123]

When my credit card company calls me just to tell me that there is no problems with my account. THEN WHY ARE YOU ******* CALLING ME?

[iowatreat54]

The fact that I have not one person in my office to talk sports with without having to walk away after 2 minutes because I'm scared I'm going to call them a moron.

I just listened to two guys say that the Bulls should trade Noah + Boozer/Taj Gibson for Tim Duncan. I wasn't even involved in the conversation and I had to get up from my desk and walk away.

[eaglesalltheway]

You know what grinds my gears, you sit down for dinner, and it seems like every ***** that breathes decides NOW is a brilliant time to start talking about vomit. *****, I just started eating, I don't want to hear about that ****, let alone the detail in which you're going into. What happened to the classy broads? Ha

[Brent]

The fact that I have not one person in my office to talk sports with without having to walk away after 2 minutes because I'm scared I'm going to call them a moron.

I just listened to two guys say that the Bulls should trade Noah + Boozer/Taj Gibson for Tim Duncan. I wasn't even involved in the conversation and I had to get up from my desk and walk away.
I pretend to know nothing about sports at work.

[iowatreat54]

I pretend to know nothing about sports at work.

That's pretty much what I have to do. Every once in a while someone makes such an idiotic or untruthful comment, that I need to say something. I usually regret it immediately afterwards.

Like the time my coworker tried to convince me that the Pirates almost made the World Series in the late 90s but lost to the Braves in 6 or 7 games in the NLCS. When I told him the Pirates haven't made the playoffs in like 20 years, and that he was probably thinking the early 90s, he maintained that it was like 97 or 98 that they had a good team. I'm just forced to accept the argument, and hope my silence prevents any further discussion.

[raiderz4life]

My coworkers piss me off all the time when they start talking about the Lakers....they're effing retards.

Only person I can talk to about any sport is the security guard and only about soccer lol

[Brent]

That's pretty much what I have to do. Every once in a while someone makes such an idiotic or untruthful comment, that I need to say something. I usually regret it immediately afterwards.
I have walked out of our lunch room numerous times to avoid having to listen to uneducated sports discussion. The worst, however, are the male students I teach. They just regurgitate ESPN.

[njx9]

the best thing about my job is putting in headphones when people talk about sports around me. what's funny is everyone thinks i hate sports now.

[CJSchneider]

I have walked out of our lunch room numerous times to avoid having to listen to uneducated sports discussion. The worst, however, are the male students I teach. They just regurgitate ESPN.

I assure you it is worse at the MS level.

They are broken records who just spout profanities if you are not a fan of the same team they are.

[scottyboy]

what sucks is that I plan on being a basketball coach when I'm a teacher so I can't feign ignorance in sports.

[BeerBaron]

Rare gear grinding aversion.

There are a bunch of huge, flat screen TVs on the walls where I work. They're normally set to crap channels like Fox News, Fox News in HD, PCN And the local access channel that seriously shows nothing but town council meetings.

And these are pretty tightly controlled by our upper management...but it looks like someone set one of them to the Big 10 Network, and they're showing a replay of the Nebraska/Northwestern game. Sweet. There's no sound, but I don't recall who won this game so it's like watching a live game.

Sweet.

[iowatreat54]

Rare gear grinding aversion.

There are a bunch of huge, flat screen TVs on the walls where I work. They're normally set to crap channels like Fox News, Fox News in HD, PCN And the local access channel that seriously shows nothing but town council meetings.

And these are pretty tightly controlled by our upper management...but it looks like someone set one of them to the Big 10 Network, and they're showing a replay of the Nebraska/Northwestern game. Sweet. There's no sound, but I don't recall who won this game so it's like watching a live game.

Sweet.

I work in the treasury department for my company, and my boss has been trying to get a tv for his office so that he can "keep up on the market and foreign currencies." Of course, he already does this with a little thing called the internet. But he really wants to get a tv so that we can throw on March Madness while having "meetings."

Our office has one TV out in the reception area, and it's usually on like CNN or MSNBC. I generally don't have a problem with that, except every mouthbreather in the office will stop and watch a story about how some one got arrested or some one died. They then use that as an excuse to force current events conversations on people.

If there's a close 2nd place to ignorant people talking sports that grinds my gears, it's people pretending to be all knowledgable to current events by just watching 2 mins of a news clip and saying how it's the fault of the media, government, spaghetti monsters, etc.

[Babylon]

How it takes some minor obscure event to raise gas prices through the roof and then takes what seems like forever for them to come down.

[zachsaints52]

I hate trying to talk to my frat brothers about the NFL. I have one brother who understand football, but the rest scare me. They try to say that Drew Brees is a Top 10, not Top 5, and that Matt Ryan is Top 5.

[iowatreat54]

36 minutes before Bulls-Knicks and my cable is out...

[Rob S]

Reading textbooks grinds my gears. It grinds them a lot.

[TitanHope]

Talking to someone on the telephone. If I had one legit phobia, it's telephone conversations.

[CashmoneyDrew]

Talking to someone on the telephone. If I had one legit phobia, it's telephone conversations.

Hey. You've called me before. Guess you're glad I wasn't around to answer.

[TitanHope]

Hey. You've called me before. Guess you're glad I wasn't around to answer.

That was an emergency, though. Sacrifices must be made for forum mocks and fantasy drafts...AND FRIENDSHIP!

But if we're hanging out one day and you get took in a gang hit, which is surprisingly common in Murfreesboro and/or Chattanooga, and somebody has to call an ambulance... I hope that Siri lady (which is also what an Asian guy calls a female comedian) keeps cool under preshuh.

[njx9]

everyone talking on the phone while driving should be drawn and quartered.

[Jimmy]

everyone talking on the phone while driving should be drawn and quartered.

this too

http://blog.usalaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/texting-while-driving.jpg

[njx9]

i don't see that as much in denver. though, i try to be fair to those people. i know it looks like i'm texting when i'm just hitting next song.

[DoughBoy]

everyone talking on the phone while driving should be drawn and quartered.

I love you. I work part time at Chick-fil-a and I hate when people are on their phones while I am trying to deal with them in the drive-thru. Plus I have yet to meet a human that can drive for **** when multitasking.

[TitanHope]

Texting while driving isn't hard, anne frankly, I'm glad those teenagers died sending "lol."

[iowatreat54]

36 minutes before Bulls-Knicks and my cable is out...

Just wanted to let everyone know its like 2 hours later and I still don't have cable. When I call in, they have a generic message stating, "If you're hearing this, it means we've been notified of an outage in your area." Yea, well no ****, when's it back on? I finally talk to someone, and they won't tell me anything other than my cable is out. Any idea when it might come back on? Is it something that will take until tomorrow and I should stop getting my hopes up?

Talking to someone on the telephone. If I had one legit phobia, it's telephone conversations.

Me too. At work, I let the voice mail pick it up like 50% of the time if I don't recognize the number, just so I can listen to it and determine if it's someone I have to talk to.

[BeerBaron]

The average person's language skills.

I sent an email to a user of one of my companies applications and in it, I used "per se."

They didn't know what "per se" was and thought it was some kind of function of the app.

[jrdrylie]

The average person's language skills.

I sent an email to a user of one of my companies applications and in it, I used "per se."

They didn't know what "per se" was and thought it was some kind of function of the app.

I'm working with this new guy and he had never heard the word "sycophant." I've come to expect this kind of idiocy living in Alabama, but this is a guy from Maryland with a masters degree. How have you never heard the word sycophant?

[BeerBaron]

On a positive language note, I did get to use one of my favorite words, "cattywampus," in a sentence yesterday.

And it was unforced. It was the perfect word to describe the situation.

I think it's even better than the time I got to legitimately use "doppelganger."

[jrdrylie]

People who write in cursive. I can't read that ****!

[TACKLE]

People who can't read cursive.

[Brent]

On a positive language note, I did get to use one of my favorite words, "cattywampus," in a sentence yesterday.
Cattywampus would be a great name for a cat.

That said, I ******* hate people who don't follow ******* leash laws. I'd rather your 80lbs lab not ******* jump on me and scare the **** out of my dog, as you halfheartedly apologize from across the goddamn parking lot.

[raiderz4life]

People who can't read cursive.

Cursive can be tough to read depending on the writer. Had a friend who had our teachers force him to totally rework his writing by taking off points because his cursive was so bad no one could read that ****.

[jrdrylie]

People who can't read cursive.

Cursive is completely worthless. It is harder to read. The only time you ever use it is when you sign stuff. The fact that we waste time teaching it in schools is ridiculous.

[bhaarat316]

I love cursive, so much quicker.

[Brent]

Cursive is completely worthless. It is harder to read. The only time you ever use it is when you sign stuff. The fact that we waste time teaching it in schools is ridiculous.
It can actually be far quicker as the letters flow continually, rather than stopping for each letter. It's simply a matter of training yourself.

[Caddy]

I write in cursive plenty...

[raiderz4life]

I mix cursive into my writing...like a very technically unsound but still legible hybrid.

[Jvig43]

Cattywampus would be a great name for a cat.

That said, I ******* hate people who don't follow ******* leash laws. I'd rather your 80lbs lab not ******* jump on me and scare the **** out of my dog, as you halfheartedly apologize from across the goddamn parking lot.

Dude seriously this. If your dog doesnt stay by your side and leave me alone put it on a ******* leash you god damn ass hats.

[raiderz4life]

Dude seriously this. If your dog doesnt stay by your side and leave me alone put it on a ******* leash you god damn ass hats.

Only dogs I'll ever consider walking with no leash are my 2 chihuahuas cuz they never leave my side and listen when I call.

I would never ever ever let my German Shepherd or Pit loose, I've had them charge at me trying to play and even being their owner, that's some scary ****.

[TitansCJftw]

The "2012 NFL Draft Forum"(grinds my gears) as a shock to none this is why I joined... now all I read is pure idiocy for the most part... ugh sigh

[CJSchneider]

My Governor grinds my gears.

[BeerBaron]

The "2012 NFL Draft Forum"(grinds my gears) as a shock to none this is why I joined... now all I read is pure idiocy for the most part... ugh sigh

I barely go in there at all anymore.

I just...

http://i.imgur.com/ApqhC.gif

[jrdrylie]

People who schedule meetings at work for 6:30 in the morning (an hour before I'm supposed to get here) and then cancel them without telling me grind my gears.

[MetSox17]

I mix cursive into my writing...like a very technically unsound but still legible hybrid.

this x1000. cursive is useless, but the hybrid is perfect for efficiency and legibility.

[thefalconer]

oy vey. i took a day trip to destin, fl today where i was pulled over for going 75 in a 45. i live in atlanta but have to make a tuesday morning court date 6 hrs away. i was entering a highway from a ramp and was accelerating because it was a ******* highway and a cop was right around the bend and nailed me with the radar. i noticed today floridians are quite the slow drivers but 45 mph speed limit on a highway?!

anyone know if online traffic schools are only limited to residents of the state? apparently the fine will be reduced if i take an approved traffic course but i'm not sure if i am eligible being a georgia resident. ****.

[General Zod]

I barely go in there at all anymore.

I just...

http://i.imgur.com/ApqhC.gif

Not to be a debbie downer or anything, but Im running out of places to go on these boards *sadface*

[CJSchneider]

People who do not follow THE PLAN!!!!!

[jrdrylie]

The University of North Florida grinds my gears. I graduated from there and during my time there, I went to almost all of their home baseball games. Even after I graduated, I went to as many games as possible. So what do they do as soon as I move and can't attend the games anymore? They start selling beer at the stadium for $1.00. You couldn't do it 7 years ago when I started college. **** off UNF.

[TimD]

my parents made me reject the only job offer ive received because its a temporary position. and it was teaching english as a second language abroad so **** it would have been a cool experience.

and now im back to zero leads on a job with my bull **** communications degree

[jrdrylie]

my parents made me reject the only job offer ive received because its a temporary position. and it was teaching english as a second language abroad so **** it would have been a cool experience.

and now im back to zero leads on a job with my bull **** communications degree

How old are you? Why are you letting your parents tell you what job you can or can't accept?

[Brent]

The University of North Florida grinds my gears. I graduated from there and during my time there, I went to almost all of their home baseball games. Even after I graduated, I went to as many games as possible. So what do they do as soon as I move and can't attend the games anymore? They start selling beer at the stadium for $1.00. You couldn't do it 7 years ago when I started college. **** off UNF.
Houston is the only college that I know of that serves beer during football games.

[TimD]

How old are you? Why are you letting your parents tell you what job you can or can't accept?

when your parents paid your tuition, continue to put a roof over your head, and have been pretty damn generous you listen to what they have to say. its probably for the best because i wouldnt have been paid well and it was really just a way to stall growing up for a little while longer

in the end tho, im ******

[iowatreat54]

my parents made me reject the only job offer ive received because its a temporary position. and it was teaching english as a second language abroad so **** it would have been a cool experience.

and now im back to zero leads on a job with my bull **** communications degree

Wait...what?

Do your parents not realize how hard it is to get a decent teaching job? Most everyone I know had to start off subbing or in some sort of temporary position just to get the experience. I mean, even if it's for like a month, you can still put that on a resume to show you've had some experience.

No offense, but are your parents that dumb?

[njx9]

if your parents paid your tuition, i don't have any idea why a temporary job is an issue. i took one just to cover my bills while i sorted things out post-graduation.

but then, iguess some people are in a really, really big hurry to have a 'career'.

[iowatreat54]

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-03-22/new-orleans-saints-bounty-sean-payton-gregg-williams-suspension

Bountygate reaction: What they're saying about Saints punishment

******* unoriginal, mouth-breathing media...

[BeerBaron]

Just saw a really, really, really BAD mock draft from an actual media outlet. I just left the page and I'll pretend it doesn't exist. It's like prospect names were just sneezed onto a list of teams by draft order.

[CJSchneider]

My school secretary's voice grinds my gears. She ends every announcement with this sickly sweet "Thank You". The only problem is it comes out sounding like "Thank Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu".

[eaglesalltheway]

Just saw a really, really, really BAD mock draft from an actual media outlet. I just left the page and I'll pretend it doesn't exist. It's like prospect names were just sneezed onto a list of teams by draft order.
I almost want to see this...

[raiderz4life]

Ppl who try to convince me their crap isn't crap.

Lil Wayne and JLo are not good...wish my coworker would stop trying to feed me their ****

[CJSchneider]

People who do not subscribe to the idea that your image weighs heavily on how others interact with you.

[TimD]

for the fourth ******* time in two years my car has been towed out of my apartment parking lot (which costs 60 dollars a ******* month)

in the previous three times, my parking pass fell from my rear view mirror onto the dash/my front seat/the floor. it was in plain view from the window but these ******* central pennsylvania rednecks towed it anyways. it cost me 150 to get my car back each time.

i know for a fact that my parking pass was in my car yesterday so it must have fallen yet again. and now i get to pay another 150 unless i want to try to argue with them (for the fourth time) and have them threaten to call the cops on me again.

now i understand that my parking pass falling isnt their fault but they have a god damn file of all the vehicles that are registered in my lot. instead of calling me or my land lord to verify that the car is illegally parked they just tow it. im livid right now

[BeerBaron]

for the fourth ******* time in two years my car has been towed out of my apartment parking lot (which costs 60 dollars a ******* month)

in the previous three times, my parking pass fell from my rear view mirror onto the dash/my front seat/the floor. it was in plain view from the window but these ******* central pennsylvania rednecks towed it anyways. it cost me 150 to get my car back each time.

i know for a fact that my parking pass was in my car yesterday so it must have fallen yet again. and now i get to pay another 150 unless i want to try to argue with them (for the fourth time) and have them threaten to call the cops on me again.

now i understand that my parking pass falling isnt their fault but they have a god damn file of all the vehicles that are registered in my lot. instead of calling me or my land lord to verify that the car is illegally parked they just tow it. im livid right now

Where do you live? I live in Park Forest and just saw a couple cars getting towed from the lot across the street there yesterday.

[bhaarat316]

PSU probably.

[BeerBaron]

PSU probably.

I gathered that, but where specifically. (It doesn't have to be too specific, I'm not trying to be a stalker. Just curious.) Just like, where abouts in town.

[iowatreat54]

for the fourth ******* time in two years my car has been towed out of my apartment parking lot (which costs 60 dollars a ******* month)

in the previous three times, my parking pass fell from my rear view mirror onto the dash/my front seat/the floor. it was in plain view from the window but these ******* central pennsylvania rednecks towed it anyways. it cost me 150 to get my car back each time.

i know for a fact that my parking pass was in my car yesterday so it must have fallen yet again. and now i get to pay another 150 unless i want to try to argue with them (for the fourth time) and have them threaten to call the cops on me again.

now i understand that my parking pass falling isnt their fault but they have a god damn file of all the vehicles that are registered in my lot. instead of calling me or my land lord to verify that the car is illegally parked they just tow it. im livid right now

That's some ********. I would go to the landlord/company that owns the property and explain what's going on. Chances are they are complete dicks like most realty companies, but you never know. I know when I was in school, if they didn't see a pass in your window, they'd check with the company on if the car is registerred.

How does it keep falling down?

And as a new issue, I loathe when people are wearing a backpack or bag over their shoulder, and the strap is twisted/not laying flat against them. It's really just me being anal, but this morning I saw a kid with a bag over his shoulder and the strap was twisted at least 5 times. It just really, really bothers me to see it.

[TimD]

I live in an apt on barnard st (behind the fire station) and my lot is literally right next to my building.

I just got my car and the parking pass was sitting on the dash. it must have fallen from the mirror but it was in plain sight. they told me they would reduce the fee to 115 so i called my landlord and she ripped them a new asshole for me. didnt have to pay a dime.

my savings account was getting low. i needed that to work out. im so relieved

[TimD]

if they didn't see a pass in your window, they'd check with the company on if the car is registerred.

thats exactly why i was so pissed. since this has happened before, i know for a fact that they have a list of vehicles, which i guess they choose not to look at when towing a car.

i watched them put my car on a do not tow list before i left the place. im not dealing with this **** again. now i can finally get back to putting effort into my real priorities haha

[BeerBaron]

That's good at least. My landlords are the same way. We don't have parking passes (we're far enough away from campus that no one really bothers to park here unless they live here) but if we ever do get a ticket or towed, we can let them know and they'll get it fixed.

I haven't had a problem yet luckily, but I know some others around here who have and it's worked out.

[MetSox17]

I'd tape the god damn thing to my mirror if it falling down was a recurring issue.

[BeerBaron]

Apparently, rumors about the next Playstation console say that it will have a means of preventing you from playing used games.

What a joke. I've become so disillusioned with gaming recently and that just shows you how hoggish the industry has become.

It's rare to find an intelligent game anymore. They're all getting so dumbed down now to appeal to the ADD generation that follows mine up (or maybe starts with mine, I don't know anymore...)

If you can't pick up and be a master of the game in 5 minutes, your screwed. And stories? One of my favorite things about any game? They're getting dumbed down or cut out or have absolute garbage endings so more development time can be spend on asinine features like multiplayer....I haven't played a game online since Warcraft 3. I don't want to deal with other stupid people when I play.

I play my games like interactive movies. Give me a good story and an immersible world...

It's weird to think about but ME3 might legitimately be the last new game I ever buy. There's nothing else I'm excited about or looking forward to...the Final Fantasy series is in the gutter now. Bioware has ****** me on their last two games. (DA:2 was a "hit A to win!" abortion and the ending of ME3 showed me that they just stopped giving a **** at some point.) Bethesda is still trending downward. (Skyrim was a step up over Oblivion but still about 10 steps below Morrowind in terms of being dumbed down completely.)

[TitanHope]

I just got my car and the parking pass was sitting on the dash. it must have fallen from the mirror but it was in plain sight. they told me they would reduce the fee to 115 so i called my landlord and she ripped them a new asshole for me. didnt have to pay a dime.

It's cool. I've got a physical disability in my left leg, but aside from a 3-inch lift in my shoe, it's not obnoxiously noticeable with jeans on since I don't have much of a limp. Still, I have a handicap placard and use it when I need to, but I try not to take up a spot if I'm feeling ok.

Anyway, I parked in a handicap spot at the mall and my buddy was with me, and we got out to walk inside. A mall cop sees us and pulls up behind my car, blocking it in the spot (not that I cared, but still), parks her car, and rolls down the window to call me and my friend who are almost to the door back to the car.

So we walk back, and I assure her that everything's legitimate and I have a right to use the spot. She apparently doesn't realize that I have one regular shoe and what would appear to be the sneaker version of disco platforms (should've just showed her the 15-inch scar that runs from my ankle to my knee, but nooooo). But I cooperate. I even give her the handicap placard so she knows it's valid, and she holds onto it until the end of the stop. She decides to make us wait there, leaning against my car, while she ran my plates and had my car blocked in while flashing her caution lights.

Everything ended up alright, though. She was nice enough to give me a warning.

[njx9]

Apparently, rumors about the next Playstation console say that it will have a means of preventing you from playing used games.

What a joke. I've become so disillusioned with gaming recently and that just shows you how hoggish the industry has become.

It's rare to find an intelligent game anymore. They're all getting so dumbed down now to appeal to the ADD generation that follows mine up (or maybe starts with mine, I don't know anymore...)

If you can't pick up and be a master of the game in 5 minutes, your screwed. And stories? One of my favorite things about any game? They're getting dumbed down or cut out or have absolute garbage endings so more development time can be spend on asinine features like multiplayer....I haven't played a game online since Warcraft 3. I don't want to deal with other stupid people when I play.

I play my games like interactive movies. Give me a good story and an immersible world...

It's weird to think about but ME3 might legitimately be the last new game I ever buy. There's nothing else I'm excited about or looking forward to...the Final Fantasy series is in the gutter now. Bioware has ****** me on their last two games. (DA:2 was a "hit A to win!" abortion and the ending of ME3 showed me that they just stopped giving a **** at some point.) Bethesda is still trending downward. (Skyrim was a step up over Oblivion but still about 10 steps below Morrowind in terms of being dumbed down completely.)

meh, it's not like this hasn't happened before. small game publisher makes cool game, ea buys, they get progressively worse, ea disbands label. process repeats.

what's really cool right now is the utterly massive number of indie game developers and titles that are available on the PC (via steam, for instance) or even through the live or psn market things. bastion, for instance, was a tremendous game for the $5 i spent on it, and it's likely something i'll replay several more times.

journey was another (though i haven't had time to play it yet) tremendously highly rated game that costs nearly nothing.

i think the difference is that, like with music, you simply can't go to the big devs and publishers with any expectation of buying a reasonably good game. they don't care. and they don't care because consumers have shown that they'll repeatedly buy the exact same shooter clone, play it online for two months, then dump it when the next 'version' comes out. rinse and repeat. so they have no interest in developing anything with a story, for instance, because the people buying games have demonstrated repeatedly to developers that they're functionally illiterate and incapable of spending more than 3 seconds figuring something out.

so whatever. i won't play those games. i won't pirate them or rent them, i'll just go play/buy other games that are made by developers who still care about their franchise and are capable of building a decent game.

[raiderz4life]

Apparently, rumors about the next Playstation console say that it will have a means of preventing you from playing used games.

What a joke. I've become so disillusioned with gaming recently and that just shows you how hoggish the industry has become.

It's rare to find an intelligent game anymore. They're all getting so dumbed down now to appeal to the ADD generation that follows mine up (or maybe starts with mine, I don't know anymore...)

If you can't pick up and be a master of the game in 5 minutes, your screwed. And stories? One of my favorite things about any game? They're getting dumbed down or cut out or have absolute garbage endings so more development time can be spend on asinine features like multiplayer....I haven't played a game online since Warcraft 3. I don't want to deal with other stupid people when I play.

I play my games like interactive movies. Give me a good story and an immersible world...

It's weird to think about but ME3 might legitimately be the last new game I ever buy. There's nothing else I'm excited about or looking forward to...the Final Fantasy series is in the gutter now. Bioware has ****** me on their last two games. (DA:2 was a "hit A to win!" abortion and the ending of ME3 showed me that they just stopped giving a **** at some point.) Bethesda is still trending downward. (Skyrim was a step up over Oblivion but still about 10 steps below Morrowind in terms of being dumbed down completely.)

I hear ya. I was reading about the new PS and saw that rumor bout blocking used games. That's total crap...there are very few games I'm ok paying $60 for. I also agree with everything you said. Its ridiculous I used to be a huge gamer pre-HS and still into my sophomore year but then stopped for a few years. I tried getting back into it last year but there's so little to choose from now and seems I didn't miss a whole lot during my time away from the xbox. Smh

[njx9]

Everything ended up alright, though. She was nice enough to give me a warning.

wait, you got a warning for using a handicapped placard you have every right to use?

[raiderz4life]

wait, you got a warning for using a handicapped placard you have every right to use?

I read the post and i was like....o nice he just got a war...wait...wuuuuut?? Lol

[TitanHope]

wait, you got a warning for using a handicapped placard you have every right to use?

Yeah. Well, a verbal warning anyway. :)