Things That Annoy You

Birdie · May 22, 2014, 06:23:25 PM

Quote from: steelbot on May 22, 2014, 02:56:12 PM
I too recently had a friend tell me he only believes the Earth to be 6500 years old. No shit, not lying, truly believes it. Now trying not to be judgmental about it, I tried to plead as much science as I could, and he ended it with geology is wrong, and I don't believe in carbon dating.... ok...I can no longer take any thing you say serious.

That is scary. I just don't get how some folks can write off decades of scientific evidence.
Interestingly enough, Pat Robertson even believes the planet is millions of years old. I was watching the 700Club last week (our antenna channels are very limited and it was either that or watching the lady on PBS do stretching exercises in her chair), and he was answering a viewer's letter on the subject. I was very surprised to hear his answer, and he said, ' you'd have to be blind, deaf, and dumb to believe the earth is only 6000 years old.' Go, Pat!
Robertson's explanation of solar days were a bit garbled, but he mentioned carbon dating, ice core samples and fossil fuels as evidence.
Another episode I saw had him lamenting the fact that we no longer stone homosexuals, so I don't think I'll become a convert anytime soon...

Birdie · May 22, 2014, 06:24:46 PM

Oops, I was editing a misspelling and somehow reposted.

steelbot · May 22, 2014, 06:26:27 PM

Quote from: Birdie on May 22, 2014, 06:23:25 PM
That is scary. I just don't get how some folks can write off decades of scientific evidence.
Interestingly enough, Pat Robertson even believes the planet is millions of years old. I was watching the 700Club last week (our antenna channels are very limited and it was either that or watching the lady on PBS do stretching exercises in her chair), and he was answering a viewer's letter on the subject. I was very surprised to hear his answer, and he said, ' you'd have to be blind, deaf, and dumb to believe the earth is only 6000 years old.' Huh. Go, Pat!
Robertson's explanation of solar days were a bit garbled, but he mentioned carbon dating, ice core samples and fossil fuels as evidence.
Another episode I saw had him lamenting the fact that we no longer stone homosexuals, so I don't think I'll become a convert anytime soon...

Me neither! But yeah, if even Pat believes some of it lol that's a step in the right direction.

MV/Liberace! · May 22, 2014, 07:19:59 PM

Quote from: Birdie on May 22, 2014, 06:23:25 PM
I was very surprised to hear his answer, and he said, ' you'd have to be blind, deaf, and dumb to believe the earth is only 6000 years old.' Go, Pat!

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Another episode I saw had him lamenting the fact that we no longer stone homosexuals, so I don't think I'll become a convert anytime soon...

heh heh

UnscreenedCaller · May 22, 2014, 07:48:34 PM

Quote from: MV on May 21, 2014, 06:46:11 PM
if i do, each of the people on this forum have a preemptive license to come fist rape me as punishment.

Jackstar · May 22, 2014, 08:02:14 PM

I think there is still a lot of of fine-tuning to be done with the entire theory of radiocarbon dating. There are certain assumptions made, in order to get the science to work, that I simply don't find wholly rational.

I feel the same way about -i, but there's been several hundred more years of peer review on that one.

b_dubb · May 22, 2014, 08:46:12 PM

Quote from: MV on May 21, 2014, 06:46:11 PM
man. what old age and the slow creep of death do to people. i hope i don't go batshit when i get old or close to death and start hedging my bets be believing this shit. if i do, each of the people on this forum have a preemptive license to come fist rape me as punishment.

some of you will line up faster than others, for sure.

And lo there was much butt hurt put upon him. And he did walk much bow legged for the rest of his days.

Jackstar · May 22, 2014, 08:57:33 PM

Quote from: MV on May 21, 2014, 06:46:11 PM
i hope i don't go batshit when i get old

I think it is likely that--dementia aside--age, maturity and wisdom develop over time, and we are so utterly deluded in our youth, that sensible perception seems like "batshit crazy" to us.

For example: once one's penis stops working at all, one votes differently. That's just common sense. However, I suspect that most of today's elderly are suffering from the effects of the pharmacopiea, 1945-present. Have you heard what statin drugs do? Neither did I... until I saw it first-hand.

zeebo · May 22, 2014, 10:52:20 PM

Actors who reprise great characters to make lame tv ads.

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Birdie · May 22, 2014, 11:14:08 PM

Why do all the gigantic, mutant spiders show up in the house while my husband is out? Dammit.

zeebo · May 22, 2014, 11:18:51 PM

Quote from: Birdie on May 22, 2014, 11:14:08 PM
Why do all the gigantic, mutant spiders show up in the house while my husband is out? Dammit.

Hopefully you didn't watch the lame SyFy movie "Camel Spiders" like I did last nite. (Not so much because it's about spiders, but because it sucked and you have enough worries as it is.)

Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost · May 23, 2014, 12:24:01 AM

Quote from: zeebo on May 22, 2014, 10:52:20 PM
Actors who reprise great characters to make lame tv ads.

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Couldn't agree more, zeebo! Thanks for going there!

MV/Liberace! · May 23, 2014, 12:27:46 AM

Quote from: b_dubb on May 22, 2014, 08:46:12 PM
And lo there was much butt hurt put upon him. And he did walk much bow legged for the rest of his days.

Yea.

zeebo · May 23, 2014, 12:40:17 AM

Quote from: Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost on May 23, 2014, 12:24:01 AM
Couldn't agree more, zeebo! Thanks for going there!

Thanks RGG. Why can't more people be like these two - they'd never sell out.

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Catsmile · May 23, 2014, 01:13:46 AM

Quote from: Birdie on May 22, 2014, 11:14:08 PM
Why do all the gigantic, mutant spiders show up in the house while my husband is out? Dammit.

Make sure you check under the seat before you go.

jazmunda · May 23, 2014, 01:20:21 AM

Quote from: Catsmile on May 23, 2014, 01:13:46 AM
Make sure you check under the seat before you go.

Thank you. Now I will never use the toilet ever again. Depends FTW!

Catsmile · May 23, 2014, 01:35:20 AM

Quote from: jazmunda on May 23, 2014, 01:20:21 AM
Thank you. Now I will never use the toilet ever again. Depends FTW!

Living in Oz you have much larger spiders, big enough to smack you with your shoe.
Didn't one carjack someone down there, or was it a baby it ate?

http://youtu.be/bRV4d9LCawU

Birdie · May 23, 2014, 01:38:40 AM

You son of a bitch. That is horrifying! Gak.
I read an article about an excessively aggressive, tarantula-sized spider in India that travels in groups and jumps at people. Supposedly, a couple people have died from these mass attacks. I no longer want to visit India. Or use the toilet.

jazmunda · May 23, 2014, 01:39:37 AM

Quote from: Catsmile on May 23, 2014, 01:35:20 AM
Living in Oz you have much larger spiders, big enough to smack you with your shoe.
Didn't one carjack someone down there, or was it a baby it ate?

http://youtu.be/bRV4d9LCawU

I must live in the civilized part of town.

popple · May 23, 2014, 03:54:58 AM

How John Travlota expects us to believe that lace front wig is his real hair, or that this unconventional facial hair on his chin looks at all attractive. What is he hiding under there? IS THIS HIS NHL PLAYOFF BEARD? So much testosterone.

It also annoys me that I don't know the dirty shameful secrets he uses against Kelly to keep her from running away in the night.

paladin1991 · May 23, 2014, 11:58:57 AM

Quote from: popple on May 23, 2014, 03:54:58 AM

It also annoys me that I don't know the dirty shameful secrets he uses against Kelly to keep her from running away in the night.

One has to be a Grand Admiral in the Scientologica Scatological fleet. Or maybe you have to be the Great Kazoo. I forget.

Unquenchable Angst · May 24, 2014, 01:02:38 PM

Ladies, A good reason to forgive your man for leaving the toilet seat up...

Things could be worse than a spider.

zeebo · May 24, 2014, 04:50:24 PM

Sexy women whispering in songs - Yay.

Cheesy guys whispering in songs - Boo.

jazmunda · May 24, 2014, 04:57:40 PM

Quote from: zeebo on May 24, 2014, 04:50:24 PM
Sexy women whispering in songs - Yay.

Cheesy guys whispering in songs - Boo.

Examples please.

Cynnie · May 24, 2014, 05:00:36 PM

Quote from: Unquenchable Angst on May 24, 2014, 01:02:38 PM
Ladies, A good reason to forgive your man for leaving the toilet seat up...

Things could be worse than a spider.

What woman seriously bitches about the toilet seat being up ?
I grew up with 5 sisters and I always have looked before I sit ..
I save my bitching for when dude eats the last of the ice cream..priorities people !

McPhallus · May 24, 2014, 05:05:26 PM

I believe it's called a "soul patch," i.e., one of those names that's every bit as irritatingly stupid as the thing it represents.

Quote from: popple on May 23, 2014, 03:54:58 AM
How John Travlota expects us to believe that lace front wig is his real hair, or that this unconventional facial hair on his chin looks at all attractive. What is he hiding under there? IS THIS HIS NHL PLAYOFF BEARD? So much testosterone.

It also annoys me that I don't know the dirty shameful secrets he uses against Kelly to keep her from running away in the night.

jazmunda · May 24, 2014, 05:06:15 PM

Quote from: Cynnie on May 24, 2014, 05:00:36 PM
What woman seriously bitches about the toilet seat being up ?
I grew up with 5 sisters and I always have looked before I sit ..
I save my bitching for when dude eats the last of the ice cream..priorities people !

What crazy guy would ever think of doing that?

Hell hath no fury like a hungry women.

That's how it goes right?

Oh and there's no right answer to "do I look fat?" either guys. Just so you know.

onan · May 24, 2014, 05:06:59 PM

Quote from: Cynnie on May 24, 2014, 05:00:36 PM
What woman seriously bitches about the toilet seat being up ?
I grew up with 5 sisters and I always have looked before I sit ..
I save my bitching for when dude eats the last of the ice cream..priorities people !

Yeah, if a toilet seat is too hard to control... maybe driving should be off the list.

Jackstar · May 24, 2014, 05:11:01 PM

Quote from: McPhallus on May 24, 2014, 05:05:26 PM
I believe it's called a "soul patch,"

My understanding is that term refers to the small square of hair that grows directly below the lower lip, and above the chin--you can see The Dude's patch quite clearly in Onan's icon.

That little chin patch must have another moniker. I admit to some mild curiousity as to what it might be. However, I'm presently bemused by a what a wonderful world it would be, if John's surname really were "Travlota." I think it sounds much better.

zeebo · May 24, 2014, 05:28:08 PM

Quote from: jazmunda on May 24, 2014, 04:57:40 PM
Examples please.

I listen to this groovy downtempo stream all day long, especially when programming. I don't know the names of any of the songs or artists since I'm long past any aspirations of hipster-ness that I once had. However it's a great station and if you listen for awhile I promise you'll hear examples of both and I suspect you'll agree with me.

http://somafm.com/groovesalad/