Things That Annoy You

MV/Liberace! · August 18, 2012, 04:53:53 PM

when people tell soldiers, "thank you for your service." fucking nauseates me. seems so patronizing and awkward.

also, do you thank police officers? or surgeons? what about teachers? mechanics? why does a soldier deserve so much more thanks than the guy who works in the heat to keep my home powered? or the guy who makes sure the front of my home doesn't become a festering garbage dump?

ChewMouse · August 18, 2012, 05:02:55 PM

Quote from: MV on August 18, 2012, 04:53:53 PM
when people tell soldiers, "thank you for your service." fucking nauseates me. seems so patronizing and awkward.

also, do you thank police officers? or surgeons? what about teachers? mechanics? why does a soldier deserve so much more thanks than the guy who works in the heat to keep my home powered? or the guy who makes sure the front of my home doesn't become a festering garbage dump?

You have a guy for that last thing?

We just use our kid.

MV/Liberace! · August 18, 2012, 05:14:10 PM

Quote from: ChewMouse on August 18, 2012, 05:02:55 PM
You have a guy for that last thing?

We just use our kid.

you let your kid drive a garbage truck?

ChewMouse · August 18, 2012, 05:17:53 PM

Quote from: MV on August 18, 2012, 05:14:10 PM

you let your kid drive a garbage truck?

If that's what it takes, hell yes! He owes us. And we never thank him for his service, for cryin' out loud.

ziznak · August 18, 2012, 05:47:29 PM

I think the thanking soldiers thing has to do with the perceived occupational dangers being more prevalent for soldiers in combat zones than most other jobs.

Eddie Coyle · August 18, 2012, 08:49:12 PM

Quote from: MV on August 18, 2012, 04:53:53 PM
when people tell soldiers, "thank you for your service." fucking nauseates me. seems so patronizing and awkward.

also, do you thank police officers? or surgeons? what about teachers? mechanics? why does a soldier deserve so much more thanks than the guy who works in the heat to keep my home powered? or the guy who makes sure the front of my home doesn't become a festering garbage dump?

Sir, you're risking "Great American" status.

I also have a problem just automatically thanking someone whose job entails possibly shooting me during martial law or if I'm in the general area of a protest that goes awry.

MV/Liberace! · August 18, 2012, 09:25:12 PM

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on August 18, 2012, 08:49:12 PM
I also have a problem just automatically thanking someone whose job entails possibly shooting me during martial law or if I'm in the general area of a protest that goes awry.

exactly. you've articulated my subconscious opinion on this subject.

stevesh · August 19, 2012, 06:26:19 AM

Quote from: MV on August 18, 2012, 04:53:53 PM
when people tell soldiers, "thank you for your service." fucking nauseates me. seems so patronizing and awkward.

also, do you thank police officers? or surgeons? what about teachers? mechanics? why does a soldier deserve so much more thanks than the guy who works in the heat to keep my home powered? or the guy who makes sure the front of my home doesn't become a festering garbage dump?

As a veteran, 'patronizing and awkard' is exactly how it feels. Another cultural meme that can't go away fast enough.

coaster · August 19, 2012, 09:15:22 AM

Back pain. Every morning when I wake up, l have to lie on the floor to straighten my back out. I basically have to roll out of bed in the morning, and fall into the floor. I can't even stand up until doing so. Its brutal. It doesnt help that my bed is ancient. I didnt get an hours worth of sleep last night.

MV/Liberace! · August 19, 2012, 12:02:23 PM

Quote from: coaster on August 19, 2012, 09:15:22 AM
Back pain. Every morning when I wake up, l have to lie on the floor to straighten my back out. I basically have to roll out of bed in the morning, and fall into the floor. I can't even stand up until doing so. Its brutal. It doesnt help that my bed is ancient. I didnt get an hours worth of sleep last night.

you need to bite the bullet and spend some real $$$ on a mattress/box spring.

b_dubb · August 19, 2012, 12:09:55 PM

i blew a small fortune on a tempurpedic and sleep like a baby. you don't have to go memory foam but if you can afford it you should upgrade your bed. you'll feel so much better

PB the Deplorable · August 19, 2012, 12:41:27 PM

Quote from: stevesh on August 19, 2012, 06:26:19 AM
As a veteran, 'patronizing and awkard' is exactly how it feels. Another cultural meme that can't go away fast enough.

The worst is when callers start off by thanking Noory for his

stevesh · August 19, 2012, 02:10:39 PM

'Annoy' probably isn't the right word, but these assholes who can't end their worthless lives without taking other people with them really piss me off.

Had some prick in a Detroit suburb last week who crossed the median on an expressway in Indiana and deliberately ran head-on into another motorist, killing them both. When the cops got to his house to notify his family, his wife and two sons, four and seven, had been stabbed to death. Supposedly he was distraught over the end of his marriage.

Kill yourself (please) but leave the kids and other people alone.

Zircon · August 19, 2012, 02:45:47 PM

Quote from: coaster on August 19, 2012, 09:15:22 AM
Back pain. Every morning when I wake up, l have to lie on the floor to straighten my back out. I basically have to roll out of bed in the morning, and fall into the floor. I can't even stand up until doing so. Its brutal. It doesnt help that my bed is ancient. I didnt get an hours worth of sleep last night.

One of my mosquito bite moments. I'll fly in to fuck with you from time to time. Hey "coaster" (what the fuck does that mean?) ... I can come over and drop you off of the building if you'd like - that will solve your problem. Go to an orthopedic physician and start exercising. I cracked several lumbar vertebrae when in the service millennia ago and had to do that. Stop whining and get off your ass.

coaster · August 19, 2012, 03:19:12 PM

Quote from: Zircon on August 19, 2012, 02:45:47 PM
One of my mosquito bite moments. I'll fly in to fuck with you from time to time. Hey "coaster" (what the fuck does that mean?) ... I can come over and drop you off of the building if you'd like - that will solve your problem. Go to an orthopedic physician and start exercising. I cracked several lumbar vertebrae when in the service millennia ago and had to do that. Stop whining and get off your ass.

I thought you were leaving. :

MV/Liberace! · August 19, 2012, 09:29:12 PM

Quote from: coaster on August 19, 2012, 03:19:12 PM
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Juan · August 20, 2012, 04:00:09 PM

This site being down and my paranoia making me think it was my fault.

Harmness · August 20, 2012, 05:08:10 PM

It was your fault. All your fault.

ziznak · August 20, 2012, 05:15:17 PM

Quote from: UFO Fill on August 20, 2012, 04:00:09 PM
This site being down and my paranoia making me think it was my fault.

I love how everybody got all self concious while the site was down. For future reference you can check site availability here
http://www.websitedown.info/

Eddie Coyle · August 20, 2012, 05:40:54 PM

Quote from: UFO Fill on August 20, 2012, 04:00:09 PM
This site being down and my paranoia making me think it was my fault.

I thought Art was offended by something I said and had MV ban me or else.

"Delusions of grandeur with a persecution complex"

ChewMouse · August 20, 2012, 05:51:01 PM

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on August 20, 2012, 05:40:54 PM
"Delusions of grandeur with a persecution complex"

But we are grand and we don't know yet if we were or were not being persecuted. So it follows that we don't know if we had delusions or if we simply saw the truth. By seeing nothing.

As for me, I was pretty sure it was UFO Fill's fault, like he said. That was just my impression.

b_dubb · August 20, 2012, 06:47:14 PM

Quote from: MV on August 18, 2012, 04:53:53 PM
also, do you thank police officers? or surgeons? what about teachers? mechanics? why does a soldier deserve so much more thanks than the guy who works in the heat to keep my home powered? or the guy who makes sure the front of my home doesn't become a festering garbage dump?

I thank porn stars for their service

McPhallus · August 20, 2012, 07:11:10 PM

Quote from: Paper*Boy on August 19, 2012, 12:41:27 PM

The worst is when callers start off by thanking Noory for his

He did "serve" to prompt the creation of this site, and if it weren't for his efforts, we might forget how good art was.

Evil Twin Of Zen · August 20, 2012, 07:41:41 PM

hmmm... things that annoy me.....

well i gotta tell ya, it's the missing thumb screw that messes up the set.

Eddie Coyle · August 24, 2012, 01:26:49 AM

"mall walkers"
Because nothing says exercise like air-conditioning and frequent stops at Orange Julius and Sbarro.

onan · August 24, 2012, 01:28:46 AM

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on August 24, 2012, 01:26:49 AM

"mall walkers"
Because nothing says exercise like air-conditioning and frequent stops at Orange Julius and Sbarro.

Cinnabon crunches

Frys Girl · August 24, 2012, 12:13:23 PM

The Apple Store and their employees bother the sh*t out of me. I hate going to those stores. I hate their entire system.

Frys Girl · August 24, 2012, 12:14:43 PM

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on August 24, 2012, 01:26:49 AM

"mall walkers"
Because nothing says exercise like air-conditioning and frequent stops at Orange Julius and Sbarro.

i can't imagine you in a mall. no offense!

b_dubb · August 24, 2012, 01:58:00 PM

Quote from: Frys Girl on August 24, 2012, 12:14:43 PM
i can't imagine you in a mall. no offense!

I can imagine Eddie in a mall with a flamethrower

Welcome back FrysGirl

Eddie Coyle · August 24, 2012, 02:11:55 PM

Quote from: Frys Girl on August 24, 2012, 12:14:43 PM
i can't imagine you in a mall. no offense!

How right you are(and welcome back). Actually, I was in a mall for the first time in a decade a few weeks ago and noticed "Mall walking is restricted to the lower level" signs everywhere. I had no idea "mall walking" existed. I plan on not visiting another mall for at least another decade.

B Dubb...you're also correct. Remember "The Exterminator" movies?