Things That Annoy You

[McPhallus]

I have nothing against the one you call "Earl," but the political forums are a very different animal than the rest of the site. Truth be told, Quick Karl can be as big an ass as anyone.  The eieio poster didn't deserve to be bitch-slapped because his posts might lack fluency.

Feel free to project any nebulous undesirable quality you want onto me if it makes you happy.  Quick-witted though you might be, your behavior thus far tells me you might have some issues.

As you guys just finished doing with me...yes?  Meaning, by your example, that I can comment right back, two-weeker status notwithstanding.

I'm a little surprised that you chose that particular post to call me out about being "trigger happy," as there are so many better candidates directed at Earl, and the post to eeiii wasn't necessarily as "harsh" as it might have seemed.  Maybe that's because what would otherwise be bad behaviour gets a pass so long as it's directed at someone you dislike.  Do you apply that same reasoning in your real life, say towards certain categories of people?  Surely not.

[McPhallus]

Or has he?

Do tell, sir.

[aldousburbank]

They say a wave in the ocean isn't the same water, just the same energy. I don't believe they.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

The eieio poster didn't deserve to be bitch-slapped because his posts might lack fluency.

I've told you several times now that "bitch-slapped" is your interpretation of what I wrote and not mine (or his, apparently).  Still, you persist.  That puzzled me, briefly, until I continued reading...

Feel free to project any nebulous undesirable quality you want onto me if it makes you happy.

And then, without pausing for breath:

your behavior thus far tells me you might have some issues.

Looks like someone has been sipping from Falkie's cup of fresh-roasted awareness deficiency.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

Or has he?

We have one who can SEE!

[aldousburbank]

We have one who can SEE!

Yeh but life with the Hoffman Lenses on (Hippie Trivia bonus fact- they are really called that in TL) can really screw up your social life. 

[eeieeyeoh]

The window refers to the time of year and is self imposed. I'm not responsible for anything that slips past the goal keeper.

Thanks for clarification. 4 more before me and my Mom had enough at 38. That took serious responsibility efforts from both parents back then being just common-ordinary paying the bills and feeding hungry mouths good food. Dad knew the value of tools though, kept everything working, but didn't like being disturbed when trying to get something done. The penalty for not being at the dinner table at 5PM was washing the dishes.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

Last year I received a notice for a 29 cent toll for driving a short way on a local toll road. I snickered and gave the bill no more notice. Big mistake, I received another notice a month later for $30.29... fines for late payment. I called, waited on the phone for about 10 minutes, only to have to dance through a beauracracy that would confound the best minds. No one but me saw the absurdity of a 30 dollar fine for a 29 cent toll.

For private businesses, this kind of fine would not stand up to legal scrutiny.  Private entities are not allowed to assess penalties for late payments.  If the magic words "penalty" or "fine" are used in correspondence, you've already won.  What is allowed is an assessment to cover losses incurred by the private entity as a result of your late payment.  Since trying to calculate the actual loss would be difficult and more expensive in time spent than the actual loss, in most cases, the system allows for a set figure or a schedule based on criteria that represents an estimate of losses.  Thus, you'll see things like "late payment fee."  A $30 late payment fee for a 29 cent balance would be considered usurious and invalid.

As a practical matter, no sane person is going to file a small claims action to recover thirty bucks, no matter how unjust and illegal it may be.  On the other hand, should you not pay, the entity can take action against you.  That might be dinging your credit or, in the case of HOAs, selling your house.  It's unfortunate, but the system isn't balanced.  It anticipates that the private entity will generally behave rationally while the individual won't.  Best to just chalk it up to one of those unfortunate things in life, like stubbing your toe, and move on.

It's best not to ignore things from an HOA, no matter how idiotic it may seem.  I don't believe for a minute that that woman wasn't properly notified that her house was going to be sold.  It would be a violation of the Due Process clause.  There are some dumb shits who ignore seemingly stupid stuff, such as you did.  What makes them dumb shits while you are not is that after the fact they don't own up to ignoring it.  They pretend that they were completely unaware from A to Z, which is simply not credible.  Another misleading aspect of that story is the aftermath.  The HOA is not allowed to have your house sold and then keep all of the proceeds.  They can take out what they are owed and nothing more.  So if (for example) that woman's house was sold for $130,000, she gets $129,712 or whatever (assuming she doesn't have a mortgage).  The notion that she's been reduced to poverty and renting out the home she used to own is utter horseshit.

[McPhallus]

And then, without pausing for breath:

Nice dodge.

Looks like someone has been sipping from Falkie's cup of fresh-roasted awareness deficiency.

There's that projection thing again.  Hmm.

[West of the Rockies]

Anyone who's been here for a while probably knows that I often push for net civility.  If that makes me a so-called concern troll or hand-wringing old geezer with one hand reaching for the fainting couch, then so be it.

We see loads of misspellings here (I've been guilty of contributing a few).  We see (or don't see, I guess) lots of missing commas.  Run-on sentences, fragments, comma splices abound.  Claims made without evidence are are no longer a bug on this forum but a feature (especially on the political threads). 

I threw out two words, one a casual adverb (kinda) and an adjective (harsh).  I'll keep my opinions to myself in the future, DP, and let others assess your tone and diction.  I'm not getting paid for this, and frankly, the push for civility is mostly an exercise in futility.

[Camazotz Automat]

I'm not getting paid for this, and frankly, the push for civility is mostly an exercise in futility.

Especially in movie theaters.

(I, however, am getting paid. MeeVee overnights an exotic sub samich every Fool moon to keep various demons in check and/or entertained. Fashioned by the careful hands of his wife, N_____, the food always carries the slightest hint of Rick's Café. I am grateful for the humanity of the agreement and always transformed by the lunar offering.)

[West of the Rockies]

I concur.  I am not without sympathy for movie-goers who have to put up with imbelcilic people texting, chatting, kicking chairs, making a racket with a friggin' celohane candy wrappers... These people send up my blood pressure.  I want to see them bodily escorted from the theater, told what knuckleheads they are, and forced to write a grammatically-correct essay of apology!

I don't want them murdered.  But that's just me.  And YorkshirePud.  And a few others....

[Heather Wade]

Sometimes it is not clear what the right thing to do is.  Or the right direction to go.
That is fucking annoying. 

Had to rant a bit.  Carry on.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Adding on to people using phones in movie theaters,
I hate people that bring their infants to expensive restaurants at 10pm.
Up in LA this always happens. Some yuppie couple (and their two friends) thinks its ok to bring their one year old an then wonders why the kid cries for half an hour. Ruins the restaurant for everyone.

[Juan]

Yelling at humanoids in Serbo-Croatian tends to quiet them.

[gbneely]

Adding on to people using phones in movie theaters,
I hate people that bring their infants to expensive restaurants at 10pm.
Up in LA this always happens. Some yuppie couple (and their two friends) thinks its ok to bring their one year old an then wonders why the kid cries for half an hour. Ruins the restaurant for everyone.

You should try WalMart at two in the morning. What the fuck, people?

[ziznak]

Adding on to people using phones in movie theaters,
I hate people that bring their infants to expensive restaurants at 10pm.
Up in LA this always happens. Some yuppie couple (and their two friends) thinks its ok to bring their one year old an then wonders why the kid cries for half an hour. Ruins the restaurant for everyone.

I know man children should just be put down at birth spartan style... remember the dead baby hill in 300?

[wr250]

For private businesses, this kind of fine would not stand up to legal scrutiny.  Private entities are not allowed to assess penalties for late payments.  If the magic words "penalty" or "fine" are used in correspondence, you've already won.  What is allowed is an assessment to cover losses incurred by the private entity as a result of your late payment.  Since trying to calculate the actual loss would be difficult and more expensive in time spent than the actual loss, in most cases, the system allows for a set figure or a schedule based on criteria that represents an estimate of losses.  Thus, you'll see things like "late payment fee."  A $30 late payment fee for a 29 cent balance would be considered usurious and invalid.

As a practical matter, no sane person is going to file a small claims action to recover thirty bucks, no matter how unjust and illegal it may be.  On the other hand, should you not pay, the entity can take action against you.  That might be dinging your credit or, in the case of HOAs, selling your house.  It's unfortunate, but the system isn't balanced.  It anticipates that the private entity will generally behave rationally while the individual won't.  Best to just chalk it up to one of those unfortunate things in life, like stubbing your toe, and move on.

It's best not to ignore things from an HOA, no matter how idiotic it may seem.  I don't believe for a minute that that woman wasn't properly notified that her house was going to be sold.  It would be a violation of the Due Process clause.  There are some dumb shits who ignore seemingly stupid stuff, such as you did.  What makes them dumb shits while you are not is that after the fact they don't own up to ignoring it.  They pretend that they were completely unaware from A to Z, which is simply not credible.  Another misleading aspect of that story is the aftermath.  The HOA is not allowed to have your house sold and then keep all of the proceeds.  They can take out what they are owed and nothing more.  So if (for example) that woman's house was sold for $130,000, she gets $129,712 or whatever (assuming she doesn't have a mortgage).  The notion that she's been reduced to poverty and renting out the home she used to own is utter horseshit.

personally ill never have anything to do with a homeowners ass'n again .
i had a condo once, and of all things the dishwasher caught fire. water and smoke damage everywhere. we informed the HOA of the damage to which they responded " we are not responsible for interior walls or ceilings. only from the siding out." . so our homeowners insurance pays the bill less the deductible. all is fine and dandy right? not according to said HOA. about 2 months later,  they said we needed to get rid of our cat, as the interior walls might be damaged and they would have to fix them. i asked "are you responsible for the interior walls?" ; they said "yes". to which i replied "ill be sure to inform my insurance of your change of heart on the interior walls should you pursue the 'loose the cat' thing". they had no response, and "forgot" about the cat at that point.

[aldousburbank]

personally ill never have anything to do with a homeowners ass'n again .
i had a condo once, and of all things the dishwasher caught fire. water and smoke damage everywhere. we informed the HOA of the damage to which they responded " we are not responsible for interior walls or ceilings. only from the siding out." . so our homeowners insurance pays the bill less the deductible. all is fine and dandy right? not according to said HOA. about 2 months later,  they said we needed to get rid of our cat, as the interior walls might be damaged and they would have to fix them. i asked "are you responsible for the interior walls?" ; they said "yes". to which i replied "ill be sure to inform my insurance of your change of heart on the interior walls should you pursue the 'loose the cat' thing". they had no response, and "forgot" about the cat at that point.

If you can't leak your lizard out front, I would never live in the place.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

hand-wringing old geezer with one hand reaching for the fainting couch

Hee hee.  Loved this line.

When I was younger, a friend and I were walking along a beach at a resort.  There were two old gals, probably late sixties, asleep in their beach chairs.  On a table next to one of them sat one of those disposable cameras, the type you used to use on vacations and turn in to the developing lab for prints.

We took a quick look around, and seeing that the coast was clear, dropped trou and took several cock shots.  Then we gently replaced the camera on the table and sped off down the beach.

I just know that the highlight of that trip for those two old fossils was the moment when the prints came back and they started thumbing through them.  Why?  Because they had something to talk about.  I'll bet you dollars to donuts that every friend, relative, and acquaintance heard the story about the hooligans that gave them the shock of their lives.  Sure, they complained about it, but they loved having something to tell other than boring shit about visiting another fuckin church on the tour.  We made that vacation for them.

In an analogous sense, I fulfill the experience for those of you here in the Civility Squad.  I'm a giver, really.  Without me and my antics to bitch about, your satisfaction with posting on bellgab would be reduced by at least half, perhaps more.  I'm very sure this is true about McPhallus, who seemed crushed when our discussion petered out.  Not quite as certain about you, WotR, but I have my eye on you.

[aldousburbank]

Hee hee.  Loved this line.

When I was younger, a friend and I were walking along a beach at a resort.  There were two old gals, probably late sixties, asleep in their beach chairs.  On a table next to one of them sat one of those disposable cameras, the type you used to use on vacations and turn in to the developing lab for prints.

We took a quick look around, and seeing that the coast was clear, dropped trou and took several cock shots.  Then we gently replaced the camera on the table and sped off down the beach.

I just know that the highlight of that trip for those two old fossils was bitching about the hooligans that gave them the shock of their lives when the prints came back.  I'll bet you dollars to donuts that every friend, relative, and acquaintance heard that story.  We made that vacation for them.

In an analogous sense, I fulfill the experience for those of you here in the Civility Squad.  I'm a giver, really.  Without me and my antics to bitch about, your satisfaction with posting on bellgab would be reduced by at least half, perhaps more.  I'm very sure this is true about McPhallus, who seemed crushed when our discussion petered out.  Not quite as certain about you, WotR, but I have my eye on you.

Well then, I love you.
But I'm drinking wine right now.
2011 California Cabernet Sauvignon.

[West of the Rockies]

Well then, I love you.
But I'm drinking wine right now.
2011 California Cabernet Sauvignon.

I'm going with a pretentious little merlot... but I found DigitalPig's story to be very funny.  I'm a little schizo here on these threads, one day urging civility and the next probably stepping on a toe or two. 

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

Well then, I love you.
But I'm drinking wine right now.
2011 California Cabernet Sauvignon.

It's the booze talking.  My tits aren't really that big.

[aldousburbank]

It's the booze talking.  My tits aren't really that big.

More of an ass dude. Don't know why...

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

More of an ass dude. Don't know why...

Not to brag, but I'm callipygian.

[onan]

Not to brag, but I'm callipygian.

as long as the crack runs vertical, I say it's a good one.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

There's a Viet chick that works the counter where I buy my bug juice.  Nice rack, and she has remarkable resemblance to the pornstar Kammy.

Naturally, I turned up the DigitalPig mojo to full blast and tried to pull this burd.  But all of my M4F pings have timed out.

So I take home my bag of broken dreams, pull up some Kammy porn and a box of Kleenex, open up the bug juice and a bottle of hand lotion, party until one bottle or the other is empty, and then cry myself to sleep.

Then, about two weeks ago, I discovered that my burd has a glass eye.  I never noticed it before.  Not like I was looking at her face with those D-cuppers whispering my name, but still.  It was an excellent job.  She was looking to her left, barking out instructions to a younger relative, no doubt a ne'er-do-well forced to help out the family, and then turned to face me.  Everything turned except her (glass) eye.  Over the next several seconds, as I tried to converse with her, the eye slowly drifted back into a normal position.  I figure that she's due for a maintenance reline, or something, to keep it physically matched to the underlying musculature. 

Or whatever.  Not like it should matter to me, except for this: as I was watching Kammy do her moves that night, all I could think of was Marty Feldman.  Have you ever tried to spank it with the thought of Feldman saying "What hump?" photobombing every stroke?

That is the thing that annoys me this week.  Marty Feldman is cockblocking me from beating off.  fml
 

[coaster]

^That entire post annoyed me for some reason.

[zeebo]

Yelling at humanoids in Serbo-Croatian tends to quiet them.

LOL.  There is something perfect about this sentence.  Like it should be go on bumper stickers or t-shirts or maybe be the start of an epic poem. 

[steelbot]

LOL.  There is something perfect about this sentence.  Like it should be go on bumper stickers or t-shirts or maybe be the start of an epic poem.

"...And THAT's the BACK of the T-Shirt!"