Pet peeves

[ShinigamiSama]

*backs slowly out of the thread*

-agrees with bear and backs away-

 

[bartrules]

There is a fluffy orange cat who has taken to sitting outside my door and meowing during the evenings. Every time it shows up, my two indoor kitties go nuts. Yet, when I open the door it runs away. What does it want? I don't think it's feral, it looks pretty well fed but it is quite fluffy so it's hard to tell.

I'm not sure why I'm posting this here. You guys solved my popcorn problem last night so I thought I would give this a shot.

This might just be a coincidence, but I noticed this at KittyRotica.com's Furball thread:

My latest furball is that I can't seem to just hang out any more without somebody ripping doors open willy-nilly and scaring the fuckin' bejeebus out of me. Like last night - I was hanging out by this house where a couple of cool cats I know live (purely platonic, before you say anything - they walk funny now, if you know what I mean ) when this chick yanks the door open and starts sizing me up like she's going to eat me or skin me or something. I just ran for my fuckin' life. True story.

 

[Ekserb]

I've got a song playing over and over in my head and I can't get it out.

Well, I said a song, but it's really just two lines from the song, and the two lines that are playing back-to-back in my head are not in the same order they were recorded by the original artist, so it's even worse.

 

[MsTexas]

people who wont let you get a word in edgewise

people who clearly ignore you

Ok people in general today

 

[trysail]

Of Pols and Popcorn

As a generality, over the course of my life, whenever Congress and the politicians start "fixing problems," it has typically been a sure sign that the free market has either already solved the problem or is working on the solution. I have to admit that I shudder a bit at the thought of what the potential unknown consequences of the inevitable operation of the law of unintended consequences will be. We may wake one morning to discover that a gallon of milk costs five times more than a gallon of gasoline (rather than the current ~1.5x ratio). If history is any guide, when the politicians start meddling in things they don't understand, the result tends to be bizarre dislocations in the economy. As anyone with any knowledge of science and economics knows, ethanol is a boondoggle of epic proportions. As taxpayers, we fork over a $0.51 per gallon subsidy to Archer Daniels Midland. Has anyone asked why we don't import ethanol? Answer: There is a gigantic tariff (free trade, anyone?) The farm special interests are feeding at the trough. Why? It's a matter of mathematics. How many Senators are there from states that grow corn?

Ultimately, notwithstanding the flogging of the Hellespont by Hon. Kennedy, Specter, Richardson, Clinton, Biden, Boxer, Pelosi, McCain, et al, in the long run, waves and markets trump political fairy tales spun by politicians pandering for the votes of the lowest common denominator.

I do have to admit that there are times I am virtually certain that the U.S. is well on the way to bankruptcy. With an estimated $45 trillion of unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare, I'm not sure I want to be around when the politicians either start "unpromising" or taxing to pick up the tab (for the economics-challenged, the entire U.S. stock market is worth roughly $15 trillion).

Lastly- Lorali, as long as there has been popcorn (and I'm an old hand- going all the way back to wire mesh baskets through Jiffy Pop in the round aluminum containers through hot air poppers all the way to microwave (ugh!)), there have always been unpopped kernels. Every method always requires trial and error through which one adjusts one's technic. Every now and then, even I (the King of Popcorn preparation) end up with a bad batch- it's the nature of the beast.

 

[ShyGuy68]

I might have posted this before

People who bump threads where the thread starter haven't posted for months or years!!! *geez*

 

[Ekserb]

As a generality, over the course of my life, whenever Congress and the politicians start "fixing problems," it has typically been a sure sign that the free market has either already solved the problem or is working on the solution. I have to admit that I shudder a bit at the thought of what the potential unknown consequences of the inevitable operation of the law of unintended consequences will be. We may wake one morning to discover that a gallon of milk costs five times more than a gallon of gasoline (rather than the current ~1.5x ratio). If history is any guide, when the politicians start meddling in things they don't understand, the result tends to be bizarre dislocations in the economy. As anyone with any knowledge of science and economics knows, ethanol is a boondoggle of epic proportions. As taxpayers, we fork over a $0.51 per gallon subsidy to Archer Daniels Midland. Has anyone asked why we don't import ethanol? Answer: There is a gigantic tariff (free trade, anyone?) The farm special interests are feeding at the trough. Why? It's a matter of mathematics. How many Senators are there from states that grow corn?

Ultimately, notwithstanding the flogging of the Hellespont by Hon. Kennedy, Specter, Richardson, Clinton, Biden, Boxer, Pelosi, McCain, et al, in the long run, waves and markets trump political fairy tales spun by politicians pandering for the votes of the lowest common denominator.

I do have to admit that there are times I am virtually certain that the U.S. is well on the way to bankruptcy. With an estimated $45 trillion of unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare, I'm not sure I want to be around when the politicians either start "unpromising" or taxing to pick up the tab (for the economics-challenged, the entire U.S. stock market is worth roughly $15 trillion).

So, your pet peeve is the general state of the union? Could you narrow that down a bit?

 

[pookies]

 

[Ekserb]

I have totally lost interest in this thread.
This, and any thread he posts on.

You should have seen my eyes light up when I read this!

So, all I have to do is post to every thread that you've posted to or have an interest in posting to and you won't post at all? Holy shit. I had no idea I have this kind of power. It's intoxicating!

Where do I go first? <tapping fingers ... thinking>

 

[pookies]

 

[bluebell]

Cousin IT wouldn't have this problem.

People who pluck outside of their designated brow line.

 

[Lorali82]

After a recent trip to the mall, I've become convinced we collectively as a society have lost our sense of shame. Why can people keep their voices down when they're having a conversation about something I don't need to know about? Like your daughter's itchy irritation around her eye? Or the idiot your friend is currently fucking? One girl actually belched practically in my face while I was shopping on the same rack as her and when her friend chided her for it, her response was, "What? We all have to do it. Mine just came out in the store."

People are animals.

 

[Lorali82]

Also, I think it's kind of obnoxious when some Litsters decide to berate others for their unconventional sexual preferences (in a non-sarcastic manner). I don't really see the point of that unless said sexual preferences are cruel or illegal.

 

[Mercury_Maniac]

Mine: taking the time to post something nice to a persons thread and they dont give you the courtesy of a response...now i know the occasional multi response is neccessary, however not to acknowledge a post is rude!

man that happens to be constantly.


sometimes i wonder why the fuck i even post to begin with.

 

[mattdchef]

man that happens to be constantly.


sometimes i wonder why the fuck i even post to begin with.

see glad i am not alone

 

[Daizie]

Civilization as we know it is declining at a rapid rate.

 

[ShinigamiSama]

see glad i am not alone

we're male what do you expect?


on another note I agree, society is going to hell in a hand basket and media companies are making record profits from it

 

[mattdchef]

ok not suer how to say this, but WTF. a few adds for a cartoon program and the entire city of boston shuts the fuck down.....it was crazy here today.

oh and another thing. our new prick of a govenor has already broken 3 compaign promises....go figure.

 

[Lorali82]

ok not suer how to say this, but WTF. a few adds for a cartoon program and the entire city of boston shuts the fuck down.....it was crazy here today.

oh and another thing. our new prick of a govenor has already broken 3 compaign promises....go figure.

The terrorists have won.

Also, I want one of those things. The guy should sell them on ebay.

 

[koalabear]

IM"S

Trying to talk to someone who is trying to talk to 22 people at the same time. Good Bye.

 

[Lorali82]

People who don't clean their sweat off of the machine at the gym when they're done.

 

[koalabear]

People who don't clean their sweat off of the machine at the gym when they're done.

Flip em in the ass with your towel......

 

[shyblacktoy]

First - Inconsiderate couples or groups of people walking down the street in the opposite direction to me - on a collision course.
They can see the pavement is not wide enough for us all to fit at the same time without bumping into each other and yet they don't make room for me to get by. Would it kill them to walk in single file for 2 seconds?! It's like they expect me to walk in the road with the cars. I must get knocked down by a car just so that they can carry on holding hands? Or perhaps I should walk on the walls or in the bushes just so that they don't have to pause their totally engrossing conversation for even a second.
It's even worse when they're not even speaking to each other and they still do this.

Second - People who listen to music on public transport without the use of earphones. Everyone on the bus must be subjected to their questionable taste in music. It's usually through poor quality mobile phone speakers which makes it even worse.

 

[ShyGuy68]

First - Inconsiderate couples or groups of people walking down the street in the opposite direction to me - on a collision course.
They can see the pavement is not wide enough for us all to fit at the same time without bumping into each other and yet they don't make room for me to get by. Would it kill them to walk in single file for 2 seconds?! It's like they expect me to walk in the road with the cars. I must get knocked down by a car just so that they can carry on holding hands? Or perhaps I should walk on the walls or in the bushes just so that they don't have to pause their totally engrossing conversation for even a second.
It's even worse when they're not even speaking to each other and they still do this.

I hate it when people do this as well. So when I encounter those people I walk to one side of the sidewalk, and just keep walking. If people don't move, well then they'll bump into me. I don't see it as my problem when I've made room for them to get by.

 

[shyblacktoy]

I hate it when people do this as well. So when I encounter those people I walk to one side of the sidewalk, and just keep walking. If people don't move, well then they'll bump into me. I don't see it as my problem when I've made room for them to get by.

That's exactly what I do. Luckily no one has ever reacted violently so far. I've heard some grumbles but that's their problem. Weirdos