The 'Little/Stupid Things That Irritate You' Thread
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rockyracoon
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Though it serves multiple purposes, in short it's an observatory.
I find your views on space comical. Suppose, throughout history, inventors and great thinkers had taken your approach to technological advancement. How many "pipe dreams" have become realities because visionaries didn't share your short sighted perspective? And believe it or not, some folks are interested in the lives/well being of their successors here on earth.
Perhaps the thought of traveling to outer space doesn't interest the likes of those who have yet to travel west of the Mississippi. Just a thought.
J-Dubya 777
It NEVER ends
So, are you in favor of people who don't use americanized toilets shitting all over ours because they're used to shitting, quite literally, into a hole in the ground, and because they have some religion based toilet habits? I'm thinking you mean that people all over shouldn't have to conform to US culture, which I tend to agree with. If they are living & working here, they need to adapt to some of the more common things here, just as I would have to adapt if I was in their home country... For the love of the Creator, at least let them use the toilets the right way!
SilentRealm
Member
RE: respecting 'elders' - one of my defining moments in life was when i was about 21 sitting on a bus watching this old italian woman ranting about something, and it occured to me that she was a fucking idiot. and it was from that moment on i truly realised that it doesn't matter how old someone is it's the life they've led and their mindset and attitude and how it has carried them for that time that matters. older people aren't necessarily wiser, it depends on their experiences and moreso how they learn from it. some people live and learn young, and some not at all..
What ?
Short sighted perspective ?
Pipe dreams ? Thoughts about living on another planet when for the life of them they have yet to find a single one that has the slightest doable environment and you are comparing this to what other pipe dreams that have become realities ? And you consider this pipe dream to be proof of your interests in the lives and well being of successors here on earth and I consider the money wasted that could be used elsewhere to be a sign of little interest in those that do or will live here and you write some retarded, wise ass degrading expression of "thoughts".... that were what again ? broad visioned ?
Go watch star trek and jerk off
Phanto
Alalalalalalalala.
There's no space between words and question marks, stop it.
Add that to my list of small things that irritate me.
Add that to my list of small things that irritate me.
schenkadere
Obey my dog!
Genres (in music)
When people bash Romeo saying he's a "yngwie junior"
DT irritates me a little, not the band per se, but how some of the fans are all like "I love prog! DT rules!" and haven't event heard of bands like Genesis, Yes and all those 70's prog kings. I know it's a stupid thing to get annoyed over, but it still annoys me
Everyone knows Joe Stump is Yngwie junior...right down to his scalloped fretboard.
Yes there is, right heres a whole shitload of them... what the fuck is the matter with you ?
ABQShredHead
©1970
How old was she, Charis? Perhaps dementia or Alzheimer's is to blame? Or perhaps she once sat beside her dying daughter in the hospital and watched the life she bore into this wold end, and since that day has been a wee looney?
Or we can consider cross-generational differences as well.
She wasnt an idiot, she was Italian, this is totally acceptable behavior in that blood line.
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Anyone that says they do not become more aware as they see more years, must have been born with a gift
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Anyone that says they do not become more aware as they see more years, must have been born with a gift
Kenneth R.
Cináed
Hahaha yeah, I meant people IN other countries. We strange Americans think when we go there, they should act like we do.
About space research, green energy, and all that "pipe dream" stuff: Even supposing, at the worst possible scenario, that we find no aliens, we learn a bit about the universe, we might make it to mars and say, we don't even terraform it, that's still a better "waste of money" than dumping it all into programs designed to explode each other as a species. We tend to look at cannibalism as savage, uncivilized, and yet, we haven't really developed much above the feral. We simply have shinier ways of doing it.
ABQShredHead
©1970
I lived in the general population of Brussels for three years as a kid. That was a blast for me, especially arguing with the neighbor kids when we couldn't understand a word either person was saying. I think I won, though, when I shot him square in the mouth with my Godzilla launchable fist. He didn't argue with me much after that...
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Why does this have energy and space research conveniently combined in regards to my feelings of people playing astronaut with other peoples money ? Combined with assumption that otherwise it would be approvingly used for exploding people ?
too many off the point distractions going on here.
Kenneth R.
Cináed
I don't think it's offpoint at all. I purposefully stuck that in there. The same people who scoff at space exploration scoff at alternative energy research. They feel we should stick with what we're comfortable with: bombing other countries and seizing their oil. Despite the fact that we will eventually run out of countries and oil, and not exploring space (another potential source of fuel for those backward-thinking people) is like putting all your eggs in one basket. If the Earth goes, bye bye humanity and all the wars, defense satellites, and trivial squabbles about money will be utterly vain. And this isn't something I am projecting in 40,000 years. Despite even today's best efforts, we are unable to track every moving object in our vacinity. Cutting funding to the world's largest radio telescope is like blinding yourself in the eye. Basically, a little/stupid thing that irritates me is how people are obsessed with now now now instead of "in the near future" and how they feel it's more important to play in the international sandbox than advance our real defense - that of all of us.
Jax
Forum Goddess
More than one of you fine folks are right on the brink of a one week ban. Consider this a general warning; you won't get another.
I'm all about respecting elders, though I agree with the general sentiment of having to give it in order to receive it. So many times I've encountered people who feel entitled to have their asses kissed (on a level that is not comparable to standard decorum) just because they're old. I've worked many low-skilled jobs, and nothing is more frustrating than an older person who thinks I'm a moron just because I'm standing behind a counter. Being a little nice can go a long way, especially with people who are serving you food, bagging your groceries or doing some other mundane, thankless job.
SilentRealm
Member
she was about 60 and wasn't loony, she was just spoiled and narrow minded..i have come to realise that things like that stay with people their whole life.. some people are just shitty human beings regardless of age, why respect them?
I'm not sure those that disapprove of the money for space disapprove of alternative energy. Im not sure where you came up with this. I would be one. In fact it seems to me those that are care less about current statis quo are those that think playing in space is cool.
Our planet isnt going any where for a long time Ken. In my opinion its better to worry about quality NOW than if some elite, most likely responsible for a holocaust get to zoom off into space. Where they would only die anyhow, but Im not into paying for their final vacation.
Kenneth R.
Cináed
Respect is earned, not demanded.
Steve: I think you misread. The "escape" would be for you and me, not the idiots who cause the catastrophe. But that's besides the point. There is no escape unless we come up with a plan in the first place. It's not "playing" as much as expanding, like taking the step from being an amphibious species to one that dwells on land, and stands upright. A ridiculous number of your favorite inventions, I would bet, are the result of space research. But people can't see the big picture. So it's highly undervalued.
Steve: I think you misread. The "escape" would be for you and me, not the idiots who cause the catastrophe. But that's besides the point. There is no escape unless we come up with a plan in the first place. It's not "playing" as much as expanding, like taking the step from being an amphibious species to one that dwells on land, and stands upright. A ridiculous number of your favorite inventions, I would bet, are the result of space research. But people can't see the big picture. So it's highly undervalued.
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