What Grinds Your Gears Reloaded...Again

[Brent]

I check my phone almost all the time. I rarely have missed calls and when I sleep I leave my phone on loud.

I used to keep it on alarm when I went to sleep and I was supposed to call my dad when I got to school after I left the house. I forgot and I woke up to 6 missed calls. My dad woke up in the morning and didn't get a call, thought something happened and drove all the way to my dorm which is a 45 minute drive.
I think you need to talk with them about personal space.

[BeerBaron]

Wow dude....unless they call me or I need something, I go weeks sometimes without talking to my parents, especially when I was in school.

A morningly thing though?

[kalbears13]

I don't think you understand. I went home for the weekend and I was supposed to call once I got back to the dorm just so they knew I got there safely. I left at like 10 PM. My dad went to bed and when he woke up to no voicemail or missed call, he called me but my phone was off. He couldn't get in the dorm so when I called him he already drove home. It was definitely weird and I told him he shouldn't have driven all the way out here.

[BeerBaron]

It grinds my gears when you post something thought out and insightful looking for outside opinions in a thread only to have it be forgotten and ignored by idiots bickering about something dumb and unimportant in the same thread.

[LizardState]

I turn my phone off and put it in my desk at school many times. I won't check it until the end of the day, at which time, I could have missed several calls.

CJ, when you start class do you tell them to turn their phones off? Does your school take them when the enter in the morning?

I've heard church services have to tell parishioners to turn off phones before services now, standard p/o of the opening.

Yes, but you are an oldman. Whole different ballgame than with college students

They make them turn off phones in class too. Maybe should hand over ipods too or anything with earphones (prevents cheating on tests).

[yo123]

If they are dumb enough to use headphones to cheat on a test they definitely deserve to get caught.

[BeerBaron]

They make them turn off phones in class too. Maybe should hand over ipods too or anything with earphones (prevents cheating on tests).

I'm convinced that students who want to cheat will always find a way..no matter how clever the professor gets.

I've seen people print of "water bottle cheatsheets" where you put notes into where the nutrition facts and ingredients on a bottled beverage normally would be and you just set it on your desk during the test. Impossible to notice unless you pick it up and look right at it.

I also had a professor for couple different classes and he liked pop quizzes. He would let us know "possible quiz subjects" at the end of class which were things from the reading due before the next class. Well, people started making like, coded cheat sheets along the left hand column of their notebooks right up against the metal spirals in really small print. Then, when it came time to tear out the page to hand in, they'd do it along the perforation leaving the cheatsheet still in their notebook. He found this out from a student who complained and started handing out sheets of colored paper for quizzes, different colors for each class to boot to prevent this.

Then people started realizing that if he wasn't carrying any random colored paper, he wasn't going to give a quiz that day, so if you had his class in the the 3rd section in the afternoon, you could scope him out walking between classes before the first sections and see if he was carrying any paper...if not, you could stop studying.


Anyway....students who want to cheat will always find a way. I'm sure of it.

[Sniper]

NCAA '11 ******* grinds my gears.

On offense, it's drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, circus catch, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, circus catch, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop. Control the left tackle on a power left play, smash the RE and the computer makes the running back stand flat-footed in the backfield for five seconds and then run to the right for a six-yard loss. Somehow, some way, defensive tackles are as fast as Denard Robinson. Also, scrambling either way with your QB? Well, we'll just make him run almost parallel to the LOS as he's running so he never ******* runs forward, even if there are 30 yards of open field ahead of him. Try to throw a touch pass 20 yards downfield with a linebacker five yards away from you? Oh, sorry, that linebacker, along with every other CPU-controlled LB, has a 981-inch vertical and swats everything down. Read the zone-read correctly and pull the ball as the DE crashes? No problem- that scrub DE on Indiana somehow can reverse field and catch Denard for a five-yard loss.

Defensively...the pass rush never, ever, EVER gets to the ******* QB. Defensive backs drop everything. Quarterbacks escape sacks like they're Michael ******* Vick. Quarterbacks always somehow seem to get rid of the ball to launch a perfect spiral 50 yards downfield into triple coverage (which the wide receiver always brings down) as they're getting their **** rocked by a 300-pound DT. 3rd and 15? No problem. You're not getting off the field.

A punt return of over 10 yards? Keep dreaming. A blocked kick or punt? Get the **** out of here.

I'm good at this game, but it ******* drives me nuts.

[CJSchneider]

CJ, when you start class do you tell them to turn their phones off? Does your school take them when the enter in the morning?



The rule is no electronic devices allowed on campus (MP3 player, DS, etc) If I see one of those, I can take it. If the kid is a jerk about the situation, I always take it and turn it in.

Long story made-short, they can have a cell-phone on them, but not have it out using it, or in a mode to receive messages. If it goes off in class, I tell them to take it out and turn it off; they can check it later. If I catch them using it, I take it from them and tell them their attitude determines how quickly they get it back. I have the right to turn it in to the office. They usually act so perfect that I give it back.

[ATLDirtyBirds]

NCAA '11 ******* grinds my gears.

On offense, it's drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, circus catch, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, circus catch, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop. Control the left tackle on a power left play, smash the RE and the computer makes the running back stand flat-footed in the backfield for five seconds and then run to the right for a six-yard loss. Somehow, some way, defensive tackles are as fast as Denard Robinson. Also, scrambling either way with your QB? Well, we'll just make him run almost parallel to the LOS as he's running so he never ******* runs forward, even if there are 30 yards of open field ahead of him. Try to throw a touch pass 20 yards downfield with a linebacker five yards away from you? Oh, sorry, that linebacker, along with every other CPU-controlled LB, has a 981-inch vertical and swats everything down. Read the zone-read correctly and pull the ball as the DE crashes? No problem- that scrub DE on Indiana somehow can reverse field and catch Denard for a five-yard loss.

Defensively...the pass rush never, ever, EVER gets to the ******* QB. Defensive backs drop everything. Quarterbacks escape sacks like they're Michael ******* Vick. Quarterbacks always somehow seem to get rid of the ball to launch a perfect spiral 50 yards downfield into triple coverage (which the wide receiver always brings down) as they're getting their **** rocked by a 300-pound DT. 3rd and 15? No problem. You're not getting off the field.

A punt return of over 10 yards? Keep dreaming. A blocked kick or punt? Get the **** out of here.

I'm good at this game, but it ******* drives me nuts.

It definitely has some rough parts. It's still a really good game though. Tweak your sliders some. Nothing can be done about the high jumping LBers, but the rest isn't that terrible.

[P-L]

NCAA '11 ******* grinds my gears.

On offense, it's drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, circus catch, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, circus catch, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop. Control the left tackle on a power left play, smash the RE and the computer makes the running back stand flat-footed in the backfield for five seconds and then run to the right for a six-yard loss. Somehow, some way, defensive tackles are as fast as Denard Robinson. Also, scrambling either way with your QB? Well, we'll just make him run almost parallel to the LOS as he's running so he never ******* runs forward, even if there are 30 yards of open field ahead of him. Try to throw a touch pass 20 yards downfield with a linebacker five yards away from you? Oh, sorry, that linebacker, along with every other CPU-controlled LB, has a 981-inch vertical and swats everything down. Read the zone-read correctly and pull the ball as the DE crashes? No problem- that scrub DE on Indiana somehow can reverse field and catch Denard for a five-yard loss.

Defensively...the pass rush never, ever, EVER gets to the ******* QB. Defensive backs drop everything. Quarterbacks escape sacks like they're Michael ******* Vick. Quarterbacks always somehow seem to get rid of the ball to launch a perfect spiral 50 yards downfield into triple coverage (which the wide receiver always brings down) as they're getting their **** rocked by a 300-pound DT. 3rd and 15? No problem. You're not getting off the field.

A punt return of over 10 yards? Keep dreaming. A blocked kick or punt? Get the **** out of here.

I'm good at this game, but it ******* drives me nuts.
I definitely agree with a lot of these.

Why does 40 OVR FCS West QB #12 have such great poise that he can stand in the pocket and throw a perfect strike while getting destroyed by Mike Martin. Even if you jump the snap, the QB almost always gets the ball out with no problem. The only time I ever get sacks is if it's one of the two plays per game that my defense has perfect coverage or if I send the blind side CB on a blitz. My biggest problem with the game though is the corner backs who swat my passes away 40 yards down field without even turning their heads. How do they always know exactly when the ball is coming if they aren't even looking at it?

[BeerBaron]

Sounds like you guys are playing on the All-Madden equivalent. Something I learned in years of playing was that the highest difficulty makes it unrealistically difficult.

If you want more realistic, play on the next setting down but adjust the sliders for more difficulty. That gets rid of ****** players thrashing your team....70 overall speed backs breaking your pro bowl linebackers tackles and such. Very annoying.

[Babylon]

3.80 at the pump today and record profits for the oil companies. Their motto should be, "bend over and i'll drive you home"

[kalbears13]

3.80 at the pump today and record profits for the oil companies. Their motto should be, "bend over and i'll drive you home"

It's $3.99 in my hometown. Luckily I live in a poor neighborhood.

[Babylon]

It's $3.99 in my hometown. Luckily I live in a poor neighborhood.

California always pays the most, that's what you get for being on the coast i guess.

Wish the Vette got better mileage around town, it's great on a trip (usually average about 27 per) but it drops significantly in stop and go traffic.

[njx9]

i hate summer (or summer lead-up) gas prices. someday, colorado will build a functional mass transit system and i can stop having a car.

[kalbears13]

California always pays the most, that's what you get for being on the coast i guess.

Wish the Vette got better mileage around town, it's great on a trip (usually average about 27 per) but it drops significantly in stop and go traffic.

Oh yeah I forgot you're the Corvette guy!

I know! it's almost a 10 mpg difference.

[bsaza2358]

Bonus and raise time at my company. Got $0 bonus ($7500 target) and $0 raise. Gas and food prices are going up, and I'm making the same.

[Babylon]

i hate summer (or summer lead-up) gas prices. someday, colorado will build a functional mass transit system and i can stop having a car.

Summer season coming raise the gas prices, trouble in Tripoli raise the gas prices, more cars on the road in China raise the prices.

I love driving my car (one of the few real pleasures i have in life) so i'd probably pay whatever but i feel bad for the poor slobs that rely on their car to make a living.

[kalbears13]

Summer season coming raise the gas prices, trouble in Tripoli raise the gas prices, more cars on the road in China raise the prices.

I love driving my car (one of the few real pleasures i have in life) so i'd probably pay whatever but i feel bad for the poor slobs that rely on their car to make a living.

You have a stick right?

[P-L]

3.80 at the pump today and record profits for the oil companies. Their motto should be, "bend over and i'll drive you home"
Frustrating for sure; but in most, if not all, states the government (federal and state combined) makes more off of a gallon of gas than the oil companies do.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

NCAA '11 ******* grinds my gears.

On offense, it's drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, circus catch, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, circus catch, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop. Control the left tackle on a power left play, smash the RE and the computer makes the running back stand flat-footed in the backfield for five seconds and then run to the right for a six-yard loss. Somehow, some way, defensive tackles are as fast as Denard Robinson. Also, scrambling either way with your QB? Well, we'll just make him run almost parallel to the LOS as he's running so he never ******* runs forward, even if there are 30 yards of open field ahead of him. Try to throw a touch pass 20 yards downfield with a linebacker five yards away from you? Oh, sorry, that linebacker, along with every other CPU-controlled LB, has a 981-inch vertical and swats everything down. Read the zone-read correctly and pull the ball as the DE crashes? No problem- that scrub DE on Indiana somehow can reverse field and catch Denard for a five-yard loss.

Defensively...the pass rush never, ever, EVER gets to the ******* QB. Defensive backs drop everything. Quarterbacks escape sacks like they're Michael ******* Vick. Quarterbacks always somehow seem to get rid of the ball to launch a perfect spiral 50 yards downfield into triple coverage (which the wide receiver always brings down) as they're getting their **** rocked by a 300-pound DT. 3rd and 15? No problem. You're not getting off the field.

A punt return of over 10 yards? Keep dreaming. A blocked kick or punt? Get the **** out of here.

I'm good at this game, but it ******* drives me nuts.

At least it's not as bad as the PS2 generation games.

Kick return? Fumble.
Running play? Fumble.
Pass to someone covered? Interception.
Pass to someone open? Drop or fumble.
Drop back longer than 2 seconds? Sack fumble.

Prevent defense with 5 seconds left preserving a 6 point lead and the ball on the 50? Deep bomb into double coverage to win the game.

R.I.P. to like 5 PS2 controllers because of those games. Luckily I bought the $10 knockoff controllers.

[Babylon]

Frustrating for sure; but in most, if not all, states the government (federal and state combined) makes more off of a gallon of gas than the oil companies do.

You're probably right but i still cant feel bad for those blood suckers.

[Babylon]

You have a stick right?

Automatic, has the paddles on the steering wheel which allows you to shift through the gears if you want (2006 and above).

[Sportsfan486]

The rule is no electronic devices allowed on campus (MP3 player, DS, etc) If I see one of those, I can take it. If the kid is a jerk about the situation, I always take it and turn it in.

Long story made-short, they can have a cell-phone on them, but not have it out using it, or in a mode to receive messages. If it goes off in class, I tell them to take it out and turn it off; they can check it later. If I catch them using it, I take it from them and tell them their attitude determines how quickly they get it back. I have the right to turn it in to the office. They usually act so perfect that I give it back.

Serious question. Has a student ever offered you services for a better grade? Or just because they were a ****?

[CJSchneider]

I'll tell you about it sometime.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

It grinds my gears when I'm on my phone and I click a thread, but it hits "unsubscribe" instead because of my large thumbs.

[kalbears13]

It grinds my gears when I'm on my phone and I click a thread, but it hits "unsubscribe" instead because of my large thumbs.

OH NO! It totally sucks being able to go on SWDC wherever you go...

http://clearcricket.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/reservoir_dogs-worlds_smallest_violin.gif

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

OH NO! It totally sucks being able to go on SWDC wherever you go...

http://clearcricket.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/reservoir_dogs-worlds_smallest_violin.gif

Yeah, the best part is the $91 phone bill for my $50 plan because the ******* phone company decided not to text me that I was approaching, and then surpassing by almost $40, my data plan limit.

[kalbears13]

Yeah, the best part is the $91 phone bill for my $50 plan because the ******* phone company decided not to text me that I was approaching, and then surpassing by almost $40, my data plan limit.

Can't you use #DATA?

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

Can't you use #DATA?

I've never heard of that before. Maybe it's only in the states you can use that. BUT I did sign up for text alerts when I hit 75% and 100% of my monthly data allotment. They sent me one in October. Nothing the last two months, which saw me go over by $20 and $40 respectively. Except near the end of the $40 month where they kindly told me I had gone $10 over :).

[Scotty D]

Smashing a 40 at the gas station while trying to buy beer. I grabbed one and the one behind ******* shot out of there. The bottle fell in slow motion but I couldn't do anything because I had beer in both hands. I just stood there froze and the lady came over and looked at me like I was a giant dumbass. I told her I could help her clean it up but she was like "lets ring you up and get you out of here,". FML

[Splat]

The NFL.....

[Jvig43]

The NFL.....

What NFL? haha

[Splat]

Exactly......

[Bosanac01]

The MLB. Why are pitchers still hitting in NL?

[ATLDirtyBirds]

The MLB. Why are pitchers still hitting in NL?

More like, why is there a DH?

[BeerBaron]

More like, why is there a DH?

No one wants to see pitchers bunting or hacking at pitches like idiots. The more chance for long balls the better.

[Brent]

No one wants to see pitchers bunting or hacking at pitches like idiots.
**** that, maybe your players should be more well-rounded

[The Unseen]

DH's are for pussies. Real teams waste a hitting spot in the line-up and have to strategize about how to make it not suck as much.

[killxswitch]

Trying to look up anything about Madden pisses me off. So many idiots who shouldn't have an opinion on anything spouting off poorly written nonsense and it messes up my searching. I hate having to wade through waist-high bull **** just to find an answer.

[yodapoop]

I am in total agreement with people on the DH. I am not sure which one I'd rather have, but it defntly needs to go away in the AL or it needs to go away in the NL. I think I'd rather see the NL get a DH. I mean lets say a home team is tied up 0-0 in the bottom of the 7th. Two outs and the pitchers spot is up. U are gonna send up a pitcher, which most can't hit or some dude cold off the bench and taking out the pitcher during the shut out just try to get something offensively. I would rather see it in both leagues or in neither. Leaning toward both. But it needs to change!

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

I successfully didn't buy Madden this year. First time since 2004. In 2010 I almost made it. Well not quite almost, I made it till October. Every other year I've gotten it on release day. Feels good, man.

[killxswitch]

I successfully didn't buy Madden this year. First time since 2004. In 2010 I almost made it. Well not quite almost, I made it till October. Every other year I've gotten it on release day. Feels good, man.

I didn't intend to buy it but my wife got it for me for Christmas.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

I didn't intend to buy it but my wife got it for me for Christmas.

Sounds like a good reason to stay single.

[BeerBaron]

Things like this: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft/results/top100?year=2011&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnba %2fdraft%2fresults%2ftop100%3fyear%3d2011

6 players in the top 10?

You can mark this down right now if you want, but I guarantee....I absolutely GUARANTEE, that there will be 10 players selected in the top 10 picks.

Try and get cute, try and get creative...whatever....but things like that just annoy me. Maybe that's how those guys stack up compared to other years, but there will be more than 6 players selected in the top 10. Therefore, you should have your top 10 players rated, as top 10 players.

Comparing one draft class to another is pointless. There will be 10 players from any given class selected in the top 10 no matter how strong or weak that class may look compared to other years.

And when people think they're smart and say like "Oh, I only have these 6 guys rated as top 10 quality players," I call bull ****.

[ATLDirtyBirds]

I think I'd rather see the NL get a DH. I mean lets say a home team is tied up 0-0 in the bottom of the 7th. Two outs and the pitchers spot is up. U are gonna send up a pitcher, which most can't hit or some dude cold off the bench and taking out the pitcher during the shut out just try to get something offensively. I would rather see it in both leagues or in neither. Leaning toward both. But it needs to change!

I find it nice to actually to actually have some strategy involved in the game.

[Chucky]

Things like this: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft/results/top100?year=2011&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnba %2fdraft%2fresults%2ftop100%3fyear%3d2011

6 players in the top 10?

You can mark this down right now if you want, but I guarantee....I absolutely GUARANTEE, that there will be 10 players selected in the top 10 picks.

Try and get cute, try and get creative...whatever....but things like that just annoy me. Maybe that's how those guys stack up compared to other years, but there will be more than 6 players selected in the top 10. Therefore, you should have your top 10 players rated, as top 10 players.

Comparing one draft class to another is pointless. There will be 10 players from any given class selected in the top 10 no matter how strong or weak that class may look compared to other years.

And when people think they're smart and say like "Oh, I only have these 6 guys rated as top 10 quality players," I call bull ****.

That is a legit statement. Based on the average caliber of top 10 prospects their can easily be a year where their aren't ten prospects who hit that level

[VoteLynnSwan]

misuse of their, there, and they're grinds my gears. ^

[SuperMcgee]

Littering. You're really going to toss your cup of Dew to the ground 3 FEET AWAY from a garbage can?? Are you just that sweet of a dude? Make sure you do it with enough obviousness to impress your bros. And right in front of the old guy who spends his day picking **** up around campus? I swear I'm closer to this helpful old bum than 99% of the inconsiderate assclowns on campus.

[BeerBaron]

Littering. You're really going to toss your cup of Dew to the ground 3 FEET AWAY from a garbage can?? Are you just that sweet of a dude? Make sure you do it with enough obviousness to impress your bros. And right in front of the old guy who spends his day picking **** up around campus? I swear I'm closer to this helpful old bum than 99% of the inconsiderate assclowns on campus.

Did the perpetrator look something like this?

http://images.memegenerator.net/Scumbag-Steve/File/367508/Scumbag-Steve.jpg

[SuperMcgee]

More like the overly wanting to fit in kid that's decked out in college gear from the bookstore.

I think the only thing that upsets me more right now is how often my sisters watch ******* Rent.

[LizardState]

Yeah, the best part is the $91 phone bill for my $50 plan because the ******* phone company decided not to text me that I was approaching, and then surpassing by almost $40, my data plan limit.

I signed up for AT&T highspeed internet on their $25/mo. for a yr. plan around Christmas, & they overbilled by $205 & change after I installed thier modem. Appears on every monthly bill since, trying to intimidate the consumer into paying the extra $205, I havve to call their billing office, asking for something in writing saying I don't owe it. They get all pissy saying It's OK, you don't have to pay it, it's subtracted in your list of billable items, right?

Yeah but that isn't what your ******* bill says on the remittance stub.

Got the operator's name, made a note on the stub to remit to them with my pymt., initialed & dated it.

************* :( To think all they want is your EXTRA $ is exactly all they want. I have zero confidence they would rescind it later.....

[jayceheathman]

People that don't pay on ebay after winning the bid. I have sold 4 things the last week and a half or so and 2 of them never paid. I have to wait 4 days before I can file an unpaid item case and then I have to wait another 4 days before I can end the case and get my money back. Then I have to re-list the item and use up another 3-5 days.

Oh, and people that start their bid at like $1 and then put a huge reserve. I wanted Final Four tickets and they would put a reserve of like $1100 while putting the starting bid at $1.

[kalbears13]

People that don't pay on ebay after winning the bid. I have sold 4 things the last week and a half or so and 2 of them never paid. I have to wait 4 days before I can file an unpaid item case and then I have to wait another 4 days before I can end the case and get my money back. Then I have to re-list the item and use up another 3-5 days.

Oh, and people that start their bid at like $1 and then put a huge reserve. I wanted Final Four tickets and they would put a reserve of like $1100 while putting the starting bid at $1.

Why don't people just start at $1100?

[jayceheathman]

Why don't people just start at $1100?

Thats what I am thinking and it's annoying when they dont do that. Eventually people got annoyed and stopped bidding it up at about $700 and he never sold it although he had decent seats. Other bids were going for $1000 and up that didnt put a reserve on it or at least started the bid at the price they were willing to sell it at.

Eventually went to Stubhub and got the tickets.

[Brent]

Why don't people just start at $1100?
so when you sort by lowest price, that comes up first.

[StickSkills]

It grinds my gears how much I sleep. I just can't wake up on time for stuff. I've set 3 alarms, even had someone told to try and call me.

[stephenson86]

http://stephenson86.wordpress.com/ (Delete if breaking the rules)

[ATLDirtyBirds]

**** NCAA 11. I mean, I appreciate that it's the best football game in a while and all, but still. Go to ******* hell with your predetermined loss ********. I just want a realistic game. But nope, even up 35-7 at the half I have to have 3 fumbles in the 2nd half and my CBs magically become slow as **** and get burned on every single ******* 3rd and long bomb. Then we go to OT and I hit my WR right in the hands. Only to have it bounce into the hands of the safety. Then I send 10. That's ******* right. 10 ******* players in against the run. Magically, as he's being hit by 4 ******* people he spins the **** out of there and runs for a ************* touchdown. **** that ****.

[Bosanac01]

**** NCAA 11. I mean, I appreciate that it's the best football game in a while and all, but still. Go to ******* hell with your predetermined loss ********. I just want a realistic game. But nope, even up 35-7 at the half I have to have 3 fumbles in the 2nd half and my CBs magically become slow as **** and get burned on every single ******* 3rd and long bomb. Then we go to OT and I hit my WR right in the hands. Only to have it bounce into the hands of the safety. Then I send 10. That's ******* right. 10 ******* players in against the run. Magically, as he's being hit by 4 ******* people he spins the **** out of there and runs for a ************* touchdown. **** that ****.


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[prock]

I really hate close-minded, ignorant people. Especially close-minded, ignorant people who think they are the ****. It is like talking to a wall.

[thefalconer]

i ******* hate my ex. actually, i just hate having to get over her and the process being difficult as ****. al;ksdvmngwierhtgaes;dlfkj

[CJSchneider]

Honey-"do" lists.

[kalbears13]

When it drizzles in california and people drive like ******** grandmothers.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

People who are way, way, WAY too defensive about every ******* thing.

[BeerBaron]

People who just have NO common sense, at all. I don't know why the call it "common" when so damn few people seem to have it.

[Paul]

Humidity....

[CJSchneider]

People who are way, way, WAY too defensive about every ******* thing.

What's that supposed to mean?

[killxswitch]

Zealots of any kind.

[scottyboy]

females. just in general. yea, i know i'm the millionth one to say this but jeebus

[BeerBaron]

People who just have NO common sense, at all. I don't know why the call it "common" when so damn few people seem to have it.

females. just in general. yea, i know i'm the millionth one to say this but jeebus

Your's and mine go together pretty well actually.

[MichaelJordanEberle (sabf)]

Your's and mine go together pretty well actually.

Mine actually slots right in there too, hah.

[BeerBaron]

Mine actually slots right in there too, hah.

Girls getting defensive about things they concluded while not employing common sense?

That never happens...nahh....no way....

[MetSox17]

Your's and mine go together pretty well actually.

What i wanna know is what in the blue hell were you thinking when you added an apostrophe to the word 'Yours'.

[BeerBaron]

What i wanna know is what in the blue hell were you thinking when you added an apostrophe to the word 'Yours'.

Scotty was the "your" and it was his idea, so I added possession to it. I guess it's that gray area...idfk.

[njx9]

fat people on airplanes - buy a second seat, or stop flying. i'm ******* sick of only getting 1/3 of my seat because i actually bothered to exercise twice in my life. and no, there is zero chance you can put the arm rest up. i will not snuggle up with your rolls of hip-fat.

also, douchebags with rollaboards in airports. you do *not* stand next to your rollaboard when going up escalators or using moving sidewalks. period. i will knock your **** over. and you won't be able to catch me, because there's a 95% chance you fall into group 1 above.

after summer/spring break travel season, this could go on for a while.

[Bosanac01]

I hate youtube comments.

+ rep me if you agree.

[VoteLynnSwan]

Vain attempts at gaining rep grind my gears.

+rep me if you agree.

[Bosanac01]

Vain attempts at gaining rep grind my gears.

+rep me if you agree.

You missed the point.

[jayceheathman]

fat people on airplanes - buy a second seat, or stop flying. i'm ******* sick of only getting 1/3 of my seat because i actually bothered to exercise twice in my life. and no, there is zero chance you can put the arm rest up. i will not snuggle up with your rolls of hip-fat.

also, douchebags with rollaboards in airports. you do *not* stand next to your rollaboard when going up escalators or using moving sidewalks. period. i will knock your **** over. and you won't be able to catch me, because there's a 95% chance you fall into group 1 above.

after summer/spring break travel season, this could go on for a while.

Good luck knocking him over.

http://healthhabits.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/fat-sprint-andre-smith.jpg

[Bosanac01]

Fat people ruin it for everyone else. I really like this line:

"i'm ******* sick of only getting 1/3 of my seat because i actually bothered to exercise twice in my life."

touche

[njx9]

Good luck knocking him over.

http://healthhabits.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/fat-sprint-andre-smith.jpg

those are some mega-boobies.

[vikes_28]

I hate it when people ***** about something but then don't do anything to help their case. one of my biggest pet peeves.

[Giantsfan1080]

It's re-sign people. Resign has a totally different meaning and it's annoying as hell.

[HawkEye30]

It's re-sign people. Resign has a totally different meaning and it's annoying as hell.

Loose and lose drive me crazy.

[Halsey]

I read this today in an AP article on Osama:

"But they were also eager to address the mythology already building in Pakistan and beyond that bin Laden was somehow still alive."


I believe it should say "myth". Mythology is the study of myths. Unless the author meant there's a growing study of myths on Bin Laden...

[HawkEye30]

Taking a **** and then it seriously takes forever to wipe your ass, it's like never ending.

[PackerLegend]

Taking a **** and then it seriously takes forever to wipe your ass, it's like never ending.

hahahhaahaaa real men just pull up their pants and carry on without ever touching the TP.

[HawkEye30]

hahahhaahaaa real men just pull up their pants and carry on without ever touching the TP.

Hahahaha I am no real man by those standards then.

[Bosanac01]

wipe until you're close enough.

[prock]

Wanna know what grinds my gears? Liriano threw a no-no, but we are still 8 games below .500.

[Halsey]

Erecting statues of current and recent football players and coaches is such hero lame, dumb, hero worshipping stupidity. The recently erected statue of Vince Dooley UGA is really lame, but Alabama and Auburn have taken it to the next level of lame with the Saban and Newton. So lame. Why don't the people paying for those statues donate that money to help the storm victims or something.

And no, I will not get off my high horse. It's comfy up here and it's fun to ride him when he's high.

[Splat]

Looking for a new job.

[J-Mike88]

Looking for a new job.
Good call.

Let me add this one:
Chelsea Handler

[prock]

Writing group papers with people who suck at writing... I spent like 3 hours completely rewriting 6 pages of terrible writing, and we will all get the same grade. So ******* annoying.

[njx9]

people using hashtags. it's as ******* lame as the old www.totallyfunnypithyjoke.com 'jokes' that stopped even being passed off as funny in 1995.

[TitanHope]

Right now mine is busting my knuckles trying to fix the window on my car and yet it still won't roll up straight. #frustrated

[njx9]

Right now mine is busting my knuckles trying to fix the window on my car and yet it still won't roll up straight. #frustrated

*simultaneously stabbing you and mocking you for believing that punching a broken window would fix it*

[TitanHope]

*simultaneously stabbing you and mocking you for believing that punching a broken window would fix it*

Silly Njx. Busting your knuckles means banging them up and making them bleed when you've got your hands working in a really tight area, or in my case, forearms deep in door innards. #knowledgeispower

I almost punched the damned thing though!

[njx9]

i prefer to imagine you repeatedly punching the closed window, wondering why it won't work.

[jayceheathman]

I don't like it when I am 3rd in line at a stop light that is turning left. One car always takes one lane and the 2nd car in line always takes the other lane no matter what. Then they both go 5 under the speed limit and block me from passing. It happens all the time. They never choose the same lane.

[prock]

people using hashtags. it's as ******* lame as the old www.totallyfunnypithyjoke.com 'jokes' that stopped even being passed off as funny in 1995.

Obviously you hate hashtags. Anything that more than 10 people in the world do you hate.

[njx9]

Obviously you hate hashtags. Anything that more than 10 people in the world do you hate.

it's not even that. it's that the people using them don't know why they're using them. it's like a cute joke. like, 'tee hee, i'm so hip! i've seen a tweet!' then they has **** like #njx9 as if anyone would reasonably ever need to sort/search by 'njx9'. i think, more reasonably than saying, 'i hate **** a lot of people do' is 'i hate **** idiots do.'

(acknolwedging full well that hash tags can be extremely useful in some cases. joe schmoe's twitter/facebook feed aren't those cases)

[prock]

it's not even that. it's that the people using them don't know why they're using them. it's like a cute joke. like, 'tee hee, i'm so hip! i've seen a tweet!' then they has **** like #njx9 as if anyone would reasonably ever need to sort/search by 'njx9'. i think, more reasonably than saying, 'i hate **** a lot of people do' is 'i hate **** idiots do.'

(acknolwedging full well that hash tags can be extremely useful in some cases. joe schmoe's twitter/facebook feed aren't those cases)

Don't get me wrong, I agree, I hate lame uses of hashtags as much as you do. I see annoying bitches doing it all the time thinking they are funny. I was just remarking on your anti-popculture tendencies.

[SuperMcgee]

They do know why they're using them. And it is exactly as a cute joke. Such usage is certainly the majority for twitter users, who are "joe schmos", so you're probably better off just letting live and hoping they're not too lame. Nothing is useful about an average person's twitter, so I don't see reason to get upset about the inner details of pointlessness.

[njx9]

They do know why they're using them. And it is exactly as a cute joke. Such usage is certainly the majority for twitter users, who are "joe schmos", so you're probably better off just letting live and hoping they're not too lame. Nothing is useful about an average person's twitter, so I don't see reason to get upset about the inner details of pointlessness.

not getting pissed about meaningless bs would so not fit in with my personality, though.

[nobodyinparticular]

it's not even that. it's that the people using them don't know why they're using them. it's like a cute joke. like, 'tee hee, i'm so hip! i've seen a tweet!' then they has **** like #njx9 as if anyone would reasonably ever need to sort/search by 'njx9'. i think, more reasonably than saying, 'i hate **** a lot of people do' is 'i hate **** idiots do.'

(acknolwedging full well that hash tags can be extremely useful in some cases. joe schmoe's twitter/facebook feed aren't those cases)

Read that over again. I believe you just repeated yourself.

[nobodyinparticular]

Writing group papers with people who suck at writing... I spent like 3 hours completely rewriting 6 pages of terrible writing, and we will all get the same grade. So ******* annoying.

I will second this one. Really, I wonder how teachers pass their students in 4th grade.

[CJSchneider]

Group assignments without a device to ensure equity of work are pointless.

[njx9]

then they has **** like

when people talk like this, it really grinds my gears.

[Splat]

Scenes in movies that are so dark you can't see what the hell is going on.

[jayceheathman]

Scenes in movies that are so dark you can't see what the hell is going on.

What's worse is when the music is a lot louder than the actor's voices in the movie so you have to constantly adjust the volume on the tv.

[Bosanac01]

Group assignments ******* suck. There are always lazy people who don't give a ****.

[CJSchneider]

A lack of football grinds my gears.

[General Zod]

One overly "sensitive" annoying poster on these forums. Who flies off the handle at the slightest criticism. They come off looking like a 12 year old who gets to play on their parents computer.

That is all.

[CJSchneider]

One overly "sensitive" annoying poster on these forums. Who flies off the handle at the slightest criticism. They come off looking like a 12 year old who gets to play on their parents computer.

That is all.

DO NOT!!!!!!!!!!

[jayceheathman]

One thing that is annoying is that at the end of my neighborhood there used to be two options and one would be to turn right and the other would be to turn left at the stop light. They extended the street so you can now go straight. They have 3 lanes and one of them is the left turning lane. Now there is always someone that gets in the far right lane to go straight and blocks everyone that wants to turn. There was no one in the lane to the left of this guy but he still stayed in the right lane to go straight and there was a line of about 12 cars waiting behind him to all turn right. The light is not quick either. You will be waiting a good amount of time for the light to turn green.

[HawkEye30]

One overly "sensitive" annoying poster on these forums. Who flies off the handle at the slightest criticism. They come off looking like a 12 year old who gets to play on their parents computer.

That is all.

Hahah who?

[SuperMcgee]

Hate when people say "-insert a most likely uninteresting activity/occurrence-, no big deal."

It's not. It's not a big deal, and I find your tone annoying.

[Bosanac01]

I hate when you have no idea if someone is in a restroom or not, but you don't wanna knock or anything, don't know what to do.

[jayceheathman]

I hate when you have no idea if someone is in a restroom or not, but you don't wanna knock or anything, don't know what to do.

Why dont you want to knock? I find it more awkward when someone keeps trying to open the door while it's locked and just figure the door is jammed instead. They will try for awhile before giving up.

[njx9]

I hate when you have no idea if someone is in a restroom or not, but you don't wanna knock or anything, don't know what to do.

i find it far more awkward when they didn't bother sliding the locking thing on a porta-potty and then they get pissed because you opened it. things shouldn't be this hard.

[Jamaal-Football]

Speaking of restrooms..


What the hell is the point of having a restroom stall open out of the stall? If the padlock breaks (as is common with public RRs), the door will swing open on it's own, and you can't even hold it back. If it's the kind you push in, at least you have a last ditch chance to push it closed if someone would knock. Same with the door. Restroom doors should ALWAYS open out, so you can kick that ***** open after you've washed your hands instead of having to touch the handle again.

[jayceheathman]

Speaking of restrooms..


What the hell is the point of having a restroom stall open out of the stall? If the padlock breaks (as is common with public RRs), the door will swing open on it's own, and you can't even hold it back. If it's the kind you push in, at least you have a last ditch chance to push it closed if someone would knock. Same with the door. Restroom doors should ALWAYS open out, so you can kick that ***** open after you've washed your hands instead of having to touch the handle again.

I would rather have the stall door open out instead of in. I hate it when you nearly have to lean next to the toilet just to get enough room to squeeze out. At least it's like that in smaller stalls.

[jayceheathman]

Speaking of restrooms..


What the hell is the point of having a restroom stall open out of the stall? If the padlock breaks (as is common with public RRs), the door will swing open on it's own, and you can't even hold it back. If it's the kind you push in, at least you have a last ditch chance to push it closed if someone would knock. Same with the door. Restroom doors should ALWAYS open out, so you can kick that ***** open after you've washed your hands instead of having to touch the handle again.

haha That happened to me once although I could have sworn I slid the lock all the way back. I saw the guy's feet approaching the stall and figure it wouldnt open anyways and it did. He jumped back as fast as you could blink. It was embarrassing.

[Bosanac01]

Speaking of restrooms..


What the hell is the point of having a restroom stall open out of the stall? If the padlock breaks (as is common with public RRs), the door will swing open on it's own, and you can't even hold it back. If it's the kind you push in, at least you have a last ditch chance to push it closed if someone would knock. Same with the door. Restroom doors should ALWAYS open out, so you can kick that ***** open after you've washed your hands instead of having to touch the handle again.

I don't know if it's against the law or anything, but they don't make doors that open out so people are not trapped inside.

[Jamaal-Football]

haha That happened to me once although I could have sworn I slid the lock all the way back. I saw the guy's feet approaching the stall and figure it wouldnt open anyways and it did. He jumped back as fast as you could blink. It was embarrassing.

It's the worst. You're in pretty much the most vulnerable position you could ever be in. Caught with your pants down.


I don't know if it's against the law or anything, but they don't make doors that open out so people are not trapped inside.

I know a lot of rr doors don't lock at all. They just swing open and closed, but some swing out, some in.

[yo123]

Another bathroom question...what is the point of urinals? Why can't we piss in the normal toilets? I've never understood this.

[Jamaal-Football]

Convenience. Taking a **** takes way longer than pissing, i know i wouldn't wanna be waiting around for the toilet to open. I'd prolly just piss in the sink.

[YAYareaRB]

Netflix.. particularly the instant watch

I have a bone to pick with netflix. they say the wonder years would be made available for instant watch and look.. no ******* Kevin Arnold.. no bully brother Wayne. No Paul Pfeifer or Whinny Cooper.. I'm getting mad!

[Splat]

Looking for a new job.

Still this getting very frustrated. (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDAQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefreedictionary.com%2Ffrust rated&rct=j&q=frustrated&ei=MI8CTt6BEI_xsga8gPGJBA&usg=AFQjCNG1gW5H1BgvbyUpukc050jQBVqpoQ&sig2=w-vX0wo23iz0Q9Ci3iwGWw&cad=rja)

[killxswitch]

Still this getting very frustrated. (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDAQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefreedictionary.com%2Ffrust rated&rct=j&q=frustrated&ei=MI8CTt6BEI_xsga8gPGJBA&usg=AFQjCNG1gW5H1BgvbyUpukc050jQBVqpoQ&sig2=w-vX0wo23iz0Q9Ci3iwGWw&cad=rja)

Sorry mang. I hate job searching. Are you currently employed and just looking for something better?

[Ngatachance92]

I hate when someone says "I don't mean to cut you off, but" and then they proceed to cut you off. So.... what your saying is, you don't mean to be a douchebag it just comes naturally?

[MetSox17]

I hate when someone says "I don't mean to cut you off, but" and then they proceed to cut you off. So.... what your saying is, you don't mean to be a douchebag it just comes naturally?

Same with, i'm not racist, but..

I don't wanna be a dick, but..

If you're gonna be a douche, why don't you just be straight up and act like a douche? It's a lot easier, there's no need to dick around trying to act like you care what the other person thinks of you, and its just so much more gratifying.

Besides, more people appreciate your douchiness when it is sincere.


I missed this thread.

[Ngatachance92]

Same with, i'm not racist, but..

I don't wanna be a dick, but..

If you're gonna be a douche, why don't you just be straight up and act like a douche? It's a lot easier, there's no need to dick around trying to act like you care what the other person thinks of you, and its just so much more gratifying.

Besides, more people appreciate your douchiness when it is sincere.


I missed this thread.

Exactly, like that little preface before you speak is a shield you throw up blocking peoples douche radars. Everyone does douchey **** on occasion at least be open about it, those little words do not absolve you of being a douche any less than a Pedo who writes in his chatlog to a 13 year old girl he's just coming over to watch a movie with her for anyone reading, he's still a pedophile.

[njx9]

i generally use 'i don't mean to cut you off, but...' as the interruption line, because inevitably someone's going to try to keep talking, and i'd rather have them talk over a worthless, insincere apology than what i'm actually going to say.

[Brent]

people who say "legit"

[prock]

Pompous rich asshole Jews from NYC. Too ******* many of them study abroad.

[Mr. Goosemahn]

ppl who write Lik dis!!!

[thefalconer]

Pompous rich asshole Jews from NYC. Too ******* many of them study abroad.

half of my school. ******* JAPs everywhere.

[BeerBaron]

I think if a driver of a really nice car is driving far too slow or stupidly, one of the rules of the road should be that you are allowed to commandeer that vehicle by force to take for yourself.

For example, the other day I was driving home from work behind this sick white mustang. The drive was an old man driving 10 under the speed limit and who got pissy and rode my ass after I passed him. **** that guy.

[MetSox17]

I think if a driver of a really nice car is driving far too slow or stupidly, one of the rules of the road should be that you are allowed to commandeer that vehicle by force to take for yourself.

For example, the other day I was driving home from work behind this sick white mustang. The drive was an old man driving 10 under the speed limit and who got pissy and rode my ass after I passed him. **** that guy.

Next time that happens, slam your brakes.

[jrdrylie]

I think if a driver of a really nice car is driving far too slow or stupidly, one of the rules of the road should be that you are allowed to commandeer that vehicle by force to take for yourself.

For example, the other day I was driving home from work behind this sick white mustang. The drive was an old man driving 10 under the speed limit and who got pissy and rode my ass after I passed him. **** that guy.

I work with a woman (she has an eye patch, huge FUPA, and a lisp) who drives a 2010 Mercedes. When it is dark out, she drives 25 MPH (even when the speed limit is 55) with here hazard lights are on. I've definitely thought about car jacking her.

[raiderz4life]

I usually make a pass and then go slow to **** with them...if they try to pass me I just speed up. Sometimes it doesn't work if they have a car with 250+ hp vs my little 140hp DC2 =/

[cmarq83]

Professors who don't understand that a 1 credit class shouldn't be a a lot of work.

[BeerBaron]

Professors who don't understand that a 1 credit class shouldn't be a a lot of work.

Is it a health class? My college forced that one on us...so annoying. It was basically a rehashing of any high school health class...but in college!

[raiderz4life]

Is it a health class? My college forced that one on us...so annoying. It was basically a rehashing of any high school health class...but in college!

I'm taking a health class. Its a transfer req but its 3 units.

[diabsoule]

I ******* hate it when people use the phrase "mind you" and "beg your pardon". Just shut up. You sound pretentious as hell.

[jsa230]

when people ******* suck their teeth. The most annoying thing someone can do in .25 seconds is suck their ******* teeth.

[cmarq83]

No it's a business writing class. It's basically like memo writing and informational reports and stuff like that, and every with other professor it's basically like a pass/fail type grade where if you don't write in the first person and write in the proper format you get an A. I'm a History major too so I'm very accustomed to writing a lot, and have never gotten below an A on a paper before this class. My professor will make 2 corrections (which aren't always right because she's an idiot) on my paper and give me a B-. Then she says we can only change our grade if we go to the learning center at our school, which is all well and good, but I don't think it's necessary for me to get writing advice from a student who probably got a lower grade in English class than I did.

Plus, like I said before this is all for a ONE credit class.

[CJSchneider]

People who insult a certain theology then get upset when those who subscribe to it defend it.

[BeerBaron]

People who insult a certain theology then get upset when those who subscribe to it defend it.

I circumvent this by insulting every theology equally. And I get upset when anyone disagrees with me period.

It's a good system.

[raiderz4life]

I circumvent this by insulting every theology equally. And I get upset when anyone disagrees with me period.

It's a good system.

That works lol

I just don't like ppl who start belittling everyone else and feel superior to those who don't follow their ideals and what not. Just mind your own business and do what you do and let everyone else do what they do.

[diabsoule]

Jim Rome. I ******* hate him. And how the piss does he still have a radio show?

[jayceheathman]

Gruden calling everyone "Dog" every 5 seconds. I don't know how much more of MNF I can stand without muting it soon.

[Xonraider]

Jim Rome. I ******* hate him. And how the piss does he still have a radio show?

Every time you think about how much you hate him, look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNgqQVHI_8

[TACKLE]

Jim Rome. I ******* hate him. And how the piss does he still have a radio show?

I can understand how you could find him annoying but he's easily one of the best interviewers out there.

[Bosanac01]

When I wake up in the morning with a hangover and then realize my wallet is empty. **** me. I spent all my money to feel like this and I have no memories to take from this because I barely remember ****.

[7-11]

When I wake up in the morning with a hangover and then realize my wallet is empty. **** me. I spent all my money to feel like this and I have no memories to take from this because I barely remember ****.

Haha, it's depressing for a moment but then i remember i how much fun i probably had.

[raiderz4life]

Pisses me off when my mom asks me to do something....I go try and do it and when I tell her it can't be done for X reason...somehow I'm not doing it right or she'll go and try to do it even though I give her the reason of why it didn't/won't work. Like if I somehow have a reason to lie to her.

[Bosanac01]

I never do **** my parents tell me to do.

[jayceheathman]

Pisses me off when my mom asks me to do something....I go try and do it and when I tell her it can't be done for X reason...somehow I'm not doing it right or she'll go and try to do it even though I give her the reason of why it didn't/won't work. Like if I somehow have a reason to lie to her.

Do you have a reason to lie to her?

[Brent]

I hate loud-mouth Texas fans who did not go to UT.

[raiderz4life]

Do you have a reason to lie to her?

Yes...but...she doesn't know that and usually not about the petty **** she asks me to do lol

[thefalconer]

I hate loud-mouth Texas fans who did not go to UT.

WOOOOOO HOOK 'EMMMM

KAiXNqwSkXc

[jayceheathman]

When you go to the computer lab and all anyone uses it for is a place to hang out and talk the whole time. I swear, no one here is doing work and it is so hard to concentrate.

[raiderz4life]

When you go to the computer lab and all anyone uses it for is a place to hang out and talk the whole time. I swear, no one here is doing work and it is so hard to concentrate.

I kept having that issue, invested in a good pair of noise-cancelling headphones. Does the job pretty well for the most part...especially if you listen to some music or something.

[vidae]

Southwest Airline commercials. **** them in the ass.

[BeerBaron]

Other message boards.

I don't really post anywhere else much anymore, but I've been going to the Bethesda message boards since Skyrim came out and most of the people there piss me right the **** off.

Example that just happened:

Some guy was asking if there was a way to test if his PC could run Skyrim. So I posted a link to a website which will test it for him for free and that I've used in the past.

He was happy enough with that and thanked me.

Then some other asshole comes in and says (quoting):

"don't go by those, their totally unreliable"

With nothing else. No explanation, no reasoning to back up his claim, poor grammar... he just says that and leaves.

**** that guy. But everyone is like that. They just piss and moan and pile on when people are **** talking something. **** all of those people. 80% of them, if they came here, would be considered trolls.

And everyone knows how I feel about ******** trolls.

[prock]

Dry balls. Like the actual scrotum, not the metaphor. No one likes a dry sack.

[Paul]

I never do **** my parents tell me to do.

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/watch-out-we-got-a-badass-over-here-meme.png

[Bosanac01]

That was more of putting myself down than trying to sound like a badass.

[jrdrylie]

Old women at work really grind my gears. They just sit around talking, gossiping, and listening to Christmas music while at work while I get stuck with all the work. I just got 1800 Logistics transactions dropped on my desk. I would have them do some of them, but they are worthless. Each takes about a minute to do, which translates to 30 hours of work, none of which is my responsibility. Old ladies just need to retire instead of sitting on their asses, collecting a paycheck, and making me stay late.

[CJSchneider]

Let's see who/what makes the list today:

-6th graders
-people who criticize what the fail to fully understand
-my iPhone that puts me at a disadvantage for having large fingers
-6th graders

[prock]

The front page of ESPN grinds my gears right now.

[Ravens1991]

What really grinds my gears is when people drop the im from where line I can fight. I have seen it repeatedly from a kid who is from Long Island and can admittedly only do 8 push ups. He swears he can hang with anyone because he is from long island despite the fact he has never been in a fight and is weak as hell

[Ngatachance92]

Yeah where your from is only part of it, every neighborhood has bitches.

[TitanHope]

So apparently my little sister has been letting her guy friends call her **** (the "C" word), and my parents are mad about it. Whatever. She's in college, and supposedly didn't know it was a bad word. I just shook my head. But I agreed with them, and said, "Yeah, it'd be like me calling my buddies 'dick' or something."

That analogy apparently set off some latent insanity in my mom, who then blatantly said calling a woman the "c" word was just as bad as calling a black person the "n" word.

I looked at her with the "The **** you just say?" look, and said, "No it's not," and she's goes "YES IT IS! *slaps hand on table* YES IT IS!" And I said, "Women weren't called that while being whipped for 200 years." But she replied that it objectifies women, which apparently is just as bad as slavery. Ugh. So I just said, "You're right. It's a very rude thing to say."

And my dad...he just sat there...

UhQst2mFlJM

[Ngatachance92]

Did you then tell that **** to make you a sandwich?

[MetSox17]

I wouldn't go as far as saying it's as derogatory as "the n word", but a lot of women, particularly older generations, would find it extremely disturbing and offensive.

[Brent]

what a ******* ****, right?

[TitanHope]

Did you then tell that **** to make you a sandwich?

what a ******* ****, right?

I wouldn't go as far as saying it's as derogatory as "the n word", but a lot of women, particularly older generations, would find it extremely disturbing and offensive.

Woah, woah, woah...did Metsox just call my mom old?

[Philliez01]

It's in between dick and the n-word in terms of offensiveness. It doesn't have the history of the n-word, but is offensive enough to be called the "c-word". If it was like dick, you would've said **** not c-word.

[TitanHope]

It's in between dick and the n-word in terms of offensiveness. It doesn't have the history of the n-word, but is offensive enough to be called the "c-word". If it was like dick, you would've said **** not c-word.

I only said "c-word" because of the censors on here. **** would've been a toss up between the "c-word" and the "s-word" for girls, so that was just for clarity's sake. I'd definitely agree with this though.

[MetSox17]

In order for us to properly judge the severity of the situation, we're gonna need pictures of your sister. Go. We'll wait here.

[TitanHope]

I googled "th's sister," and came up with this:

http://thatwifeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/55eb931.jpeg

I believe this should be satisfactory.

[CashmoneyDrew]

I've seen TH's sisters. Be jelly.

[BeerBaron]

I know more women who throw around **** like it's nothing than I do men. I'm never sure how to react.

Me, i just stick with the f-bomb in all situations. It offends everyone equally...peace and harmony in the world.

[raiderz4life]

I know more women who throw around **** like it's nothing than I do men. I'm never sure how to react.

Me, i just stick with the f-bomb in all situations. It offends everyone equally...peace and harmony in the world.

That's pure win right there

[Philliez01]

I only said "c-word" because of the censors on here. **** would've been a toss up between the "c-word" and the "s-word" for girls, so that was just for clarity's sake. I'd definitely agree with this though.

Oh I wasn't like calling you out, I just meant that there's a reason the "c-word" is censored on places. I actually think the "s-word" is the appropriate synonym for dick. I don't think any real girl takes offense to it since it's almost used jokingly now. The rest of them who do are just c-words.

I heard a girl call another girl a douchebag once. I had no idea that girls could be douches.

[yodapoop]

I know this is kinda on topic and all, but u know what grinds my gears. I AGREE, ESPN is taking this Tebow bull **** way too far. And the 24 hour extravaganza of Tebow annoys me. But when u got Jermichael Finley and Joe Flacco bitching about that, they need to shut the **** up and let the fans do that. And they should go work out or something. U know what Jermichael and Joe? Ur teams teams are ******* boring. Oooooh Packers, u win every ******* game by 30 damn points and u are awesome and Aaron Rodgers is having the best season ever. BUT U ARE BORING. Plus, we just saw a team go 16-0 four years ago, go undefeated and win the Super Bowl, people's ears will be bleeding about how ******* great the Packers are. And Flacco, please, u guys maybe 10-3 and all but u guys have and always will bore me. TEBOW IS FUN. Yeah ESPN talks way too much about it. But u two, SHUT UP, I think ESPN talks too much about football, and should try to talk about hockey more. Cuz if I wanted football 24/7....thats what the NFL Network is for. But yeah, every1 is pissing me off. BOOM!

[prock]

Alarms that don't go off. Too screwed.

[TimD]

I know this is kinda on topic and all, but u know what grinds my gears. I AGREE, ESPN is taking this Tebow bull **** way too far. And the 24 hour extravaganza of Tebow annoys me. But when u got Jermichael Finley and Joe Flacco bitching about that, they need to shut the **** up and let the fans do that. And they should go work out or something. U know what Jermichael and Joe? Ur teams teams are ******* boring. Oooooh Packers, u win every ******* game by 30 damn points and u are awesome and Aaron Rodgers is having the best season ever. BUT U ARE BORING. Plus, we just saw a team go 16-0 four years ago, go undefeated and win the Super Bowl, people's ears will be bleeding about how ******* great the Packers are. And Flacco, please, u guys maybe 10-3 and all but u guys have and always will bore me. TEBOW IS FUN. Yeah ESPN talks way too much about it. But u two, SHUT UP, I think ESPN talks too much about football, and should try to talk about hockey more. Cuz if I wanted football 24/7....thats what the NFL Network is for. But yeah, every1 is pissing me off. BOOM!

unfortunately this will not happen until espn carries nhl games. its unfortunate (and frustrating), but it makes sense. why would you advertise a product that is apart of the competition (nbc sports)?

[BeerBaron]

Getting a computer virus at work while using work related websites. Now I have to sit at a different computer I'm not set up on for at least a day or two....grumble....

[jrdrylie]

To weigh in on the c-word debate, women do really find it offensive. A girl I worked with a year ago had one of the dirtiest mouths I have ever heard. She was a former marine, so it wasn't too surprising, but she dropped the f-bomb about twice every sentence. However one of my other coworkers said the c-word once and it offended her. She said it was the only word that offended her.

As for me, the word I hate is "snatch." It doesn't offend me, I just don't like the sound of it when it describes a vagina.

[eaglesalltheway]

Oh I wasn't like calling you out, I just meant that there's a reason the "c-word" is censored on places. I actually think the "s-word" is the appropriate synonym for dick. I don't think any real girl takes offense to it since it's almost used jokingly now. The rest of them who do are just c-words.

I heard a girl call another girl a douchebag once. I had no idea that girls could be douches.

For whatever reason, I think its sexy as hell when a girl calls another girl a douchebag...

[eaglesalltheway]

As for me, the word I hate is "snatch." It doesn't offend me, I just don't like the sound of it when it describes a vagina.

I'd imagine you're not a fan of futz then either...?

[jrdrylie]

I'd imagine you're not a fan of futz then either...?

I've actually never heard that term used. But hearing it now, it's not that bad. I don't know what it is about the word snatch but it just grinds my gears.

[Brent]

I'd imagine you're not a fan of futz then either...?
"gash" is my preferred gross-sounding-word-for-vagina

[BeerBaron]

An old roommate of mine (crazy but awesome guy) called it a "Fish Box." That's my personal favorite.

[jrdrylie]

The Christmas letters that people send out every year really grind my gears. Who cares? I don't need an update on everything that has happened in your life. My wife's aunt and uncle send one out and give us an update on all NINE of their children! Last year was the worst. Their oldest son (16 I think) was said to have one of his best years. Not because he started driving or had a date (he's a loser so I know that isn't happening). No, he had a great year because he got a chicken coop. What 16 year old boy considers it a great year when they get a freaking chicken coop?

And at the end of all these stupid letters, they always list "funny" things said throughout the year. First, WHO THE **** CARES? I hate children. I don't find them cute or funny. So when they say "Mommy I go poopy all by myself" I don't find that funny or cute. I find it annoying as hell. Second, who remembers things that have been said throughout the year? I just had a conversation with a friend at work ten minutes ago. I've already forgotten what we were talking about. Third, it's not funny. Maybe, MAYBE if I had been there it might have been slightly funny. But without any context and in written form, it's just stupid.

So my fellow NFLDCers, NEVER send one of these out. If your wife says she wants to, refuse. If she does it anyway, refuse to sign it and then send out your own letter to the same people and on it say "These ******* letters are ********. I apologize on behalf of my wife for putting you through this asinine ****. I will try my best to stop this from ever happening again."

A4VbOHvaPRc

[BeerBaron]

I too hate kids. Especially little, little kids. Like, under age 5. They're totally worthless at that age. Dogs are more intelligent.

[Brent]

People who do not pick up after their dog. Congrats, your dog takes a **** that's bigger than some of my own work, but I don't need to see it. The complex puts waste stations all over the ******* place (WITH BAGS!) so no one has to ever have to worry about stepping in poop, ever. How ******* pathetically lazy are you that you let your dog **** on the nearest grass to the exit? That means you aren't walking your dog, and considering that pile of **** it left is about the size of a baseball glove, there is no way you are taking that thing on proper length walks. ******* ridiculous.

[jrdrylie]

I too hate kids. Especially little, little kids. Like, under age 5. They're totally worthless at that age. Dogs are more intelligent.

Exactly. When my wife and I were engaged, we talked about wanting two kids. Now we are both happy having a dog and maybe getting another when we get a bigger place. I have 4 nephews and a niece and I hardly care about what they do? Truthfully, I don't see the point of children. Otherside of making sure the human race doesn't end, I don't know why you have them. Can someone with children explain the upside to having children? Because here is what I see. For the first year, all they do is sleep, cry, eat, and poop. Who cares? Then they start talking and never shut up. Then they become teenagers and become little ass holes. Then they go to college and cost you all sorts of money. Then they move out. Wow! Having kids is ******* awesome!

[Brent]

Wow! Having kids is ******* awesome!
I can't say I see the appeal, but one could frame it as a bit of narcissism, because would be more self-absorbed than creating another human that you raise and train to act how you think people should act?

I am a proponent of adoption though, if you have to have a child, why not take one who is unwanted by someone else?

[BeerBaron]

Yeah, I wouldn't be against adopting if I had to have a kid. It's the women folk though....they absolutely MUST have their own kids!

A good half of the guys I know who I've had a conversation like this with straight up don't want kids, and 90% of them don't really feel strongly about it anyway.

Girls I've talked to about....like 1 or 2 have said they don't want kids. I don't get it. You put your body through all of that to host a parasitic life form that can literally steal the calcium right out of your bones only to have it be born and be a drain on you your entire life? What the hell?

I'm sure it's in some way society's doing. But I think there's a biological imperative too with women.

I work with mostly women in my department and one recently had a kid. They were all talking about him and one said to me something like "aww, someday you'll have one of your own!" And I was like....no, no I won't. "You'll change your mind when you meet the right girl." she replies.

Why? I have no desire to procreate and this is viewed as a negative. I don't get it.

[njx9]

it will be entertaining to come back to this thread in 5-8 years. most guys i know wanted nothing to do with kids until they were right about 30. then they were suddenly all 'ok with the idea' or some such. i'm in the vast minority of people i know who still hate kids and want nothing to do with them ever.

[Brent]

it will be entertaining to come back to this thread in 5-8 years. most guys i know wanted nothing to do with kids until they were right about 30. then they were suddenly all 'ok with the idea' or some such. i'm in the vast minority of people i know who still hate kids and want nothing to do with them ever.
I always think of the 30 Rock line: "Thank God I don’t have your biological need for children, Lemon. That would make success impossible."

[BeerBaron]

I feel like I'm pretty strong set against it. And even if I do break down and have a kid or two, I don't think I'll ever be one of those overzealous parents who works his kids into every conversation and thinks they're perfect. I hate people like that...

Like, if my kid gets a bad grade at school, I'm not going to call up the teacher and *****. The kid was probably stupid and didn't study hard enough.

[Giantsfan1080]

I feel like I'm pretty strong set against it. And even if I do break down and have a kid or two, I don't think I'll ever be one of those overzealous parents who works his kids into every conversation and thinks they're perfect. I hate people like that...

Like, if my kid gets a bad grade at school, I'm not going to call up the teacher and *****. The kid was probably stupid and didn't study hard enough.

I'm not really convinced one way or the other but I agree with the bolded part. I don't want to hear you talk about your damn kids every other conversation. My boss at work had his his first 2 children and he's in his young 30's and it's all he talks about. Shut the F up I don't give a ****.

I also hate people that think you're "selfish" if you don't want children.

[jrdrylie]

I'm not really convinced one way or the other but I agree with the bolded part. I don't want to hear you talk about your damn kids every other conversation. My boss at work had his his first 2 children and he's in his young 30's and it's all he talks about. Shut the F up I don't give a ****.

I also hate people that think you're "selfish" if you don't want children.

The thing I hate the most is when people imply that you aren't a family just because you don't have kids. Shut the hell up. My wife and I are every bit the family you are. In fact, we are better because we aren't some stupid, tactless assholes.

And while we are on the topic of children. Something else that grinds my gears are stay-at-home moms. If they choose to stay home, fine. My mom did. But don't pretend you are a better mother than moms who work. A woman I know said that being a stay at home mom is the hardest job because they have to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week while working moms only have to work about 40 hours a week. I was so offended by this. She basically implied that after the moms get home from work, they go get in the bubble bath and ignore the children. No, they have to do everything a stay at home mom has to do in addition to working full time. What a *****.

[BeerBaron]

My mom worked 10 hours of overtime (staying 2 extra hours each night) and then 6-8 more on Saturday while my dad worked overnight shifts for pretty much my entire childhood.

AND she came home and did all the mom stuff. When she couldn't, my grandma helped out. (She was basically a 3rd parent in my life.)

My mom worked her ass off and I appreciate that. If she didn't work, we never would have had a house or property or two vehicles or decent lives.

Being a stay at home mom is all well and good when money is no object, but my mom didn't have that option.

[Brent]

Like, if my kid gets a bad grade at school, I'm not going to call up the teacher and *****. The kid was probably stupid and didn't study hard enough.
I wish more parents were like that.

[eaglesalltheway]

I wish more parents were like that.

I wish more teachers had the security in their jobs, and the balls, to tell parents that they are ******* up and their kid is a dumb **** because of it.

[njx9]

I also hate people that think you're "selfish" if you don't want children.

i have never, ever understood this. it's generally end of friendship material when people say it to me out loud. though i get the same selfish crap for refusing to ever, under any circumstances, get married, so apparently selfish is the new 'you don't want what i want and i want you to feel bad about it.'

[eaglesalltheway]

i have never, ever understood this. it's generally end of friendship material when people say it to me out loud. though i get the same selfish crap for refusing to ever, under any circumstances, get married, so apparently selfish is the new 'you don't want what i want and i want you to feel bad about it.'

"You don't have the same priorities as me, YOU are a horrible person"

/me freaks the **** out.

Generally people this ignorant and closed minded aren't worth the time anyway, and also, are horrible people, lol.

[BeerBaron]

Sometimes you're stuck around them, say at work or they're friends of friends and you have to put up with them. They're not always easy to avoid and cut out of your life.

[njx9]

meh. i don't have a problem with simply refusing to respond to people, or leaving when they show up places.

[eaglesalltheway]

meh. i don't have a problem with simply refusing to respond to people, or leaving when they show up places.

I'm a fan of the dead stare and then shaking my head as I turn and walk away, honestly...

[DraftSavant]

I can't say I see the appeal, but one could frame it as a bit of narcissism, because would be more self-absorbed than creating another human that you raise and train to act how you think people should act?

I am a proponent of adoption though, if you have to have a child, why not take one who is unwanted by someone else?

This, this, this, this, this.

No kids for me. I'm protecting them from my own narcissism.

[raiderz4life]

I wanna have kids at some point. I hate them right now, oh do I hate them.

But I know eventually I want to be a dad. I think about it and its probably selfish reasons I admit but I won't be one of those idiotic parents either like BB said. My psych professor kept using her kids as examples and sometimes would talk about them for like 5 minutes straight, I'd be sitting there like "Idgaf about your kids lady...teach me about damned psych already".

[TitanHope]

I'm gonna be an uncle soon, and I think it'll be fun to be the fun uncle. It'll be like renting a car instead of buying one. When I get bored with it, I can just take it back. Everybody wins.

And by everybody, I mean me.

[CJSchneider]

I guess as a father, I'll go ahead and chime in on the parenting bit.
First off, if you and your spouse choose not to have kids, personally, that is fine with me. That's your choice. As I set here and think about it, if I could put the simple joys of being a parent into words, that may just end up proving that I don't really understand it myself. The best I can do is to say that no one can help share with others the greatest events in their life. Think about how often people share about going to a good restaurant or their new cell phone. Now filter that desire to share through the fact that you are responsible for creating, raising, developing what you are sharing about (in this case your kids).
I'll give you an example. Today my son asks me to go out and throw the football around with him. Imagine a little dude who looks just like you who asks you to do with him one of the things that brings you joy in your life. That, however, is not the kicker. As we threw the ball, our conversation went like this:

Son: Dad, I was thinking.
Dad: About what?
Son: Well, I know you and Santa are gonna bring me some cool stuff for Christmas.
Dad (inner thought: greedy turd): Yeah, what about it.
Son: Well, I don't know where I'm gonna put it all.
Dad (inner thought: damn greedy turd): Well, I can get some L-brackets and some wood and make you another shelf.
Son: Well, I thought maybe later today, you and I could go through my stuff, and the things I don't play with anymore, we could donate to the orphanage or something. You know to kids who won't get anything, so they can get something.
Dad: (TEARS) That's a good idea.

That's just one example. Imagine being able to have the ability to mold something like that. That is the epitome of joy. I won't lie to you and say that I don't teach my kids what morals and values I feel are important, but even more so, I get to encourage them to find what they believe is truth and what is right and I get to watch that process unfold.

If you say it is not for you, than so be it, but let me tell you that I wouldn't trade it for anything. Your friends won't encourage you to go to a crappy restaurant or to buy a crappy cell-phone. So when they share with you some of the wonderful things their kids have done, at least know it is sincere.

[ATLDirtyBirds]

This, this, this, this, this.

No kids for me. I'm protecting them from my own narcissism.

My son (daughter is not an option) will fall victim to mine.

[MetSox17]

I want to get married and have children some day.


Wat, come at me.

[raiderz4life]

I want to get married and have children some day.


Wat, come at me.

You gonna end up with like 12-15 kids. Its in your nature.

[MetSox17]

You gonna end up with like 12-15 kids. Its in your nature.

Haha, no chance. I have a niece right now and she's a little lightning bolt. If my kids are anything like her, one is all i'll be able to handle.

[Paul]

Just means more help when doing yard work. Win Win.

[yo123]

I love kids until they get to be about 5 then I can't ******* stand anything about them. So I don't think I would be great at parenting.

[MetSox17]

I love kids until they get to be about 5 then I can't ******* stand anything about them. So I don't think I would be great at parenting.

Thankfully that's the age where you can ship their ass off to school and you cut the time you spend with them in half.

[diabsoule]

My fiance and I are planning on having 3-4 kids starting in a couple of years. Both of us just really want children.

[Ngatachance92]

I'm gonna be an uncle soon, and I think it'll be fun to be the fun uncle. It'll be like renting a car instead of buying one. When I get bored with it, I can just take it back. Everybody wins.

And by everybody, I mean me.

That's where I'm at right now. I love my nieces, but to not be able to turn them back over to their parents when were done playing is scary. I'm a Co-Godfather so my brother his wife and a few more people would have to die before I'm tasked with ruining their lives.

[jrdrylie]

See, I would love to have a son like CJ has. Unfortunately, a lot of my interactions in the last 8 years or so have really soured me. I worked in a grocery store and I saw so many poorly behaved children. Many of them would ***** and moan and get their way immediately. Others would ***** and moan, their parents would do that little count to three thing but never get to three or get to three and not do anything and the kid would get his way. Terrible parenting. I also lived in a pretty nice area. I saw so many rich spoiled bastards who did whatever they want without consequence. Long story short, the vast majority of parents I see now are just the worst parents ever. If I did half of the crap these kids do when I was younger, I don't think I would have lived to be 25.

I'm sure in the next few years my opinion will change and I'll have a few kids. Hopefully a boy so I can teach him sports. I'll just parent in the exact opposite way that most of the parents I've known do.

[raiderz4life]

lol my mom did the count to three ******** but she never got to 3 because my sister and I knew 3 meant a beat down from our dad so we stopped immidiately.

My parents raised my sister and I with an iron fist. I love my mom to death and she has always been great, but man, she was a total hard ass on us between 5-15 on me. Broke me like a mule.

I also never had that one parent is strict as **** but another one is very chill and laid back. No, I had strict parent and borderline illegal beatings parent hahaha

[BeerBaron]

I definitely wouldn't say I was "beaten," but my parents could get a little physical if I got out of line.

I totally deserved it most of the time too. I was a complete smart ass as a kid.

[jrdrylie]

I got spanked by hands, spoons, and belts. I was never beaten, but I knew if I stepped out of line, there would be definite consequences. That's the problem with many parents I see today. They baby the kids rather than be strict and then their threats have no consequences behind them. The closest i ever got to being beaten was during my senior year of high school. I did something ridiculously stupid and by dad (who is much bigger than me) pushed me into a wall. I deserved that and much more and it definitely scared me straight.

[raiderz4life]

I over-exaggerated a little bit, but I deserved it most the time as well. TBH, I don't think my parents really could have done it another way.

I'll probably raise my kids in a similar manner. I do like that my parents were up front with me and told me I was the guinea pig and that whatever mistakes they made with me they didn't with my sister. I noticed it but at least they didn't try to hide it.

[DI]

People who use the phrase 'Leggooooooooooooooooo' or 'Lessssssssgoooooooooooooooooo'. When did the letter T become so insignificant? Just write let's go and be done with it.

[scottyboy]

i just don't want to change any ******* diapers

[DraftSavant]

People who use the phrase 'Leggooooooooooooooooo' or 'Lessssssssgoooooooooooooooooo'. When did the letter T become so insignificant? Just write let's go and be done with it.

Lessssgooooo whaaassgoooood

[CJSchneider]

i just don't want to change any ******* diapers

I'm not gonna ******** you, that and 2 AM feedings are not fun. You tend to look back and say "Thank God that part is over."

[ImBrotherCain]

I definitely wouldn't say I was "beaten," but my parents could get a little physical if I got out of line.

I totally deserved it most of the time too. I was a complete smart ass as a kid.

Smart ass kid...? I think that is a trait that has never left you.

[BeerBaron]

Smart ass kid...? I think that is a trait that has never left you.

I'm really fairly quiet and shy in person. I grew out of mouthing back to everything everyone said to me, lol.

I think the internet is my vent for that.

[CJSchneider]

I think the internet is my vent for that.

I can relate to that. I am far more reserved in person than I am here.

[ATLDirtyBirds]

You gonna end up with like 12-15 kids. Its in your nature.

I'm going to be on the Antonio Cromartie fatherhood plan. One of them will grow up to be a pro athlete and support me in my old age.

[scottyboy]

I'm not gonna ******** you, that and 2 AM feedings are not fun. You tend to look back and say "Thank God that part is over."

yeah you know what...shut up

[CJSchneider]

yeah you know what...shut up

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[Babylon]

See, I would love to have a son like CJ has. Unfortunately, a lot of my interactions in the last 8 years or so have really soured me. I worked in a grocery store and I saw so many poorly behaved children. Many of them would ***** and moan and get their way immediately. Others would ***** and moan, their parents would do that little count to three thing but never get to three or get to three and not do anything and the kid would get his way. Terrible parenting. I also lived in a pretty nice area. I saw so many rich spoiled bastards who did whatever they want without consequence. Long story short, the vast majority of parents I see now are just the worst parents ever. If I did half of the crap these kids do when I was younger, I don't think I would have lived to be 25.

I'm sure in the next few years my opinion will change and I'll have a few kids. Hopefully a boy so I can teach him sports. I'll just parent in the exact opposite way that most of the parents I've known do.

Boys are great till they're about 12 then you as a parent turn into an idiot. Thankfully the boy came back around the time i helped pay for 4 years at Gonzaga. My daughter to this day is daddy's little girl. The best time is when they're little, especially at Christmas time.

[Philliez01]

I hate when people say that they want to watch more film on a prospect. Or "I was looking at the film of "x"; I would love to know what film they are describing.

I just find it a piss poor way to legitimatize an argument. Actual draft experts and scouts are obviously exempt from this.