Making a thread to talk about the stuff I see every now and then that just really irks me. Some of this could probably go in fail quotes, but not everything I post here will be politically related, so I figure I'll just make my own thread to talk about these things.
With that out of the way, I guess I'll get started.
You know what pisses me off? Douchebags in the Youtube Gaming Community who, ever since Nintendo went full dipshit on the copyright front, decided it's time to shit all over people who choose to make money off of their videos and lambast them as being both greedy and "not in it for the love of gaming."
You know what? Fuck those people. What about those who want to make a living off of doing something they love? This really just stems from the old "profit = greed" argument from the left (which the YGC is full of by the way.) Quite frankly, I'm getting pretty tired of it.
Oh! let me join in:
You know what pisses me off? Comments on YouTube videos that mock those who downvote. Have you ever watched a video, specifically one made by some overrated hack, with OVER 9000 upvotes and maybe a handful of downvotes? Then you scan the comments and you see a comment along the lines of "nine people need to go freak a cactus" or "twelve people have no idea what true art it"?
Oh yes, how dare somebody not like something and express their disapproval of it. Don't these people realize that popular always means great? How dare they not be like everyone else and like this masterpiece. We need to treat them like crap, because how dare anyone not submit to the hivemind. How dare they have their own opinions! How dare you think for yourselves!
Public restroom slobs
One of the greatest signs of class is how you treat those who have to clean up after you. No, you're not too good to flush, the garbage can is NOT that hard to reach and for crying out loud, just wash your hands with the water, you don't need to play with it. HOW old are you?
People who curl in the squat rack...just...guys, you already have places for that like this:
(http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/exerciseImages/sequences/180/Male/m/180_2.jpg).
(And many of them even have a place where you can set the weight done when you're done.)
And there are often TONS of them. But most gyms only have one (or two) squat racks/power cages (if you're lucky), and I'm pretty sure these guys can always do their curls standing up like the rest of us.
People who interrupt you in the middle of a set to tell you how to do it causing you to lose your concentration and lose track of your rep count. Seriously? They can't just wait until I'm done with the set before doing that?
People who bang the weights together while doing dumbbell flies. It's VERY annoying and breaks people's concentration (and ears if you're too close).
Quote from: Lord T Hawkeye on June 02, 2014, 01:03:37 PM
Public restroom slobs
One of the greatest signs of class is how you treat those who have to clean up after you. No, you're not too good to flush, the garbage can is NOT that hard to reach and for crying out loud, just wash your hands with the water, you don't need to play with it. HOW old are you?
I feel ya, man. I work at a private country club. Have to deal with the same bullshit.
I swear the five year olds eat cleaner than our adult members.
You know what pisses me off?
The fact that professional wrestling still relies on the clearly dated "foreign heel" gimmick when it comes to making bad guys.
They have this guy on the roster who goes by the name Rusev. He's Bulgarian, but his gimmick is that he's a Russian sympathizer and has a valet named Lana who cuts promos about how Russia is great and Putin is a manly man and what not. They even go to the extent of using Edward Snowden in order to get the crowd to boo.
First off, last time I checked, Edward Snowden is arguably the world's greatest babyface (wrestling lingo for good guy) at the moment. Secondly, I understand that Russia has been in the news lately, but for fuck's sake give your characters something deeper than "I like Russia and I hate America." The thing is, he only gets the proper reaction if they're down south where all the super jingoistic rabble show up. When they're in other places, the guy gets damn near silence when he comes out. They tried to pull this shit off in England recently and the crowd did not give a single shit.
Simply put, in the year 2014, we should be past this bullshit nationalism based story telling. Only very specific crowds give a single shit about characters like this and the rest of the world couldn't care less.
Quote from: D on June 02, 2014, 11:00:10 PM
You know what pisses me off?
The fact that professional wrestling still relies on the clearly dated "foreign heel" gimmick when it comes to making bad guys.
They have this guy on the roster who goes by the name Rusev. He's Bulgarian, but his gimmick is that he's a Russian sympathizer and has a valet named Lana who cuts promos about how Russia is great and Putin is a manly man and what not. They even go to the extent of using Edward Snowden in order to get the crowd to boo.
First off, last time I checked, Edward Snowden is arguably the world's greatest babyface (wrestling lingo for good guy) at the moment. Secondly, I understand that Russia has been in the news lately, but for fuck's sake give your characters something deeper than "I like Russia and I hate America." The thing is, he only gets the proper reaction if they're down south where all the super jingoistic rabble show up. When they're in other places, the guy gets damn near silence when he comes out. They tried to pull this shit off in England recently and the crowd did not give a single shit.
Simply put, in the year 2014, we should be past this bullshit nationalism based story telling. Only very specific crowds give a single shit about characters like this and the rest of the world couldn't care less.
The character might actually work if they turned him into a good guy, and gave him more of a story. Other than that, I thought we were over the "foreign dickhead model character" thing when they back staged William Regal.
Quote from: dallen68 on June 03, 2014, 02:05:38 PM
The character might actually work if they turned him into a good guy, and gave him more of a story. Other than that, I thought we were over the "foreign dickhead model character" thing when they back staged William Regal.
Yeah, so far this guy's story is about the equivalent of a Bulgarian Ivan Drago, only with less work out montages.
What kills me is when he was in the developmental system, his gimmick was that he was just a massive brute who could beat the piss out of you and displayed feats of strength like breaking 2x4s with his head. At least that was interesting and they didn't pull the old nationalism card for cheap reactions.
Quote from: D on June 03, 2014, 02:51:25 PM
Yeah, so far this guy's story is about the equivalent of a Bulgarian Ivan Drago, only with less work out montages.
What kills me is when he was in the developmental system, his gimmick was that he was just a massive brute who could beat the piss out of you and displayed feats of strength like breaking 2x4s with his head. At least that was interesting and they didn't pull the old nationalism card for cheap reactions.
Heh, Bulgarian here, and this guy is complete news to me, LOL. It was extremely bizarre for me, when I watched a clip of him, and I could hear him scream "ILL CRUSH YOU" in my own language.
Too bad got tired of wrestling years ago. Doesn't seem like it's become any better.
Oh, and btw, not offended by this at all, but yeah, it's an old, tired gimmick. Then again, so is the "Super big tough guy who can crush you", but that one is an essential part of the pro-wrestling flavor (to me, anyway).
At least Andy Kaufman knew how to create a bad guy: elitist, misogynist, and just plain asshole.
Well you know what Piss me Off the DMCA and why is that my friends well if you don't all ready know Blip.tv kicked out a lot of people from their site including yours truly so I started to upload all of my old reviews on dailymotion then when I put up my Wrestlemania 30 crossover review with a fellow wrestling fan TWK cool guy by the way it got taken down because of copyright but my other reviews fine but my WM 30 review was too much for them then I went to another video sharing service Vimeo.
And guess what my WM 30 Review has been taken down again. Man the DMCA is awesome I mean who cares about Fair Use when I can watch tons of WWE matches on YouTube,Vimeo, and dailymotion including Recent PPV Matches that's fine. but me and a friend criticizing one of their PPV's
That's wrong that's evil Ugh looks like I'm uploading my New WWE & TNA PPV reviews to zippcast and rise of the critics now :sigh:
You know what pisses me off?
Those stupid "tests" you see on sites like Buzzfeed where people find out what (insert literally anything you want here) they are.
It's basically the modern equivalent to astrology, but it's worse because I've seen people who fucking know better fall into this shit.
Seriously, any con artists out there want to know how to find a good mark? Talk to anyone who takes these quizzes more than once a week. Folks, while the quiz may be telling you how smart and great you are, it's lying to you. If you were truly as smart as they said you were, you would have realized what bullshit it is and moved the fuck on.
Also, I've told people how these are pure bullshit and while they tell me they know it's bullshit, they'll continue to post their results and go, "YEP THAT'S TOTALLY ME GUYS." I don't know if it's just that they like having their egos stroked every once in a while (and by once in a while, I mean every 10 minutes with some people) or if they think these things are totally legit. Either way, I'm tired of fucking seeing them.
Quote from: D on June 13, 2014, 07:58:09 PM
You know what pisses me off?
Those stupid "tests" you see on sites like Buzzfeed where people find out what (insert literally anything you want here) they are.
It's basically the modern equivalent to astrology, but it's worse because I've seen people who fucking know better fall into this shit.
Seriously, any con artists out there want to know how to find a good mark? Talk to anyone who takes these quizzes more than once a week. Folks, while the quiz may be telling you how smart and great you are, it's lying to you. If you were truly as smart as they said you were, you would have realized what bullshit it is and moved the fuck on.
Also, I've told people how these are pure bullshit and while they tell me they know it's bullshit, they'll continue to post their results and go, "YEP THAT'S TOTALLY ME GUYS." I don't know if it's just that they like having their egos stroked every once in a while (and by once in a while, I mean every 10 minutes with some people) or if they think these things are totally legit. Either way, I'm tired of fucking seeing them.
Your post reminds me of this video from Glove and Boots that does a nice job of showing just how stupid those quizzes are.
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Quote from: FeatheredTerror on June 13, 2014, 08:49:04 PM
Your post reminds me of this video from Glove and Boots that does a nice job of showing just how stupid those quizzes are.
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those?
yeah, I take them, but only for laughs: They're pretty dumb, and almost never reflect who I am.
once it predicted that my "Victorian Style" death would be via an overtight corset...which is funny since I don't wear corsets (and really, I thought women wear those: if there really be male ones, I've never heard of them).
Quote from: Ibrahim90 on June 14, 2014, 01:32:35 AM
those?
yeah, I take them, but only for laughs: They're pretty dumb, and almost never reflect who I am.
once it predicted that my "Victorian Style" death would be via an overtight corset...which is funny since I don't wear corsets (and really, I thought women wear those: if there really be male ones, I've never heard of them).
They do exist, but where you grew up you'd not likely ever see one, as they're often (but not entirely) worn by crossdressers (to create a more feminine shape), or in a subset of the gay scene that involves a lot of tight leather, or by bikers as part of their fall protection gear (which is likely how they came into the gay leather scene). Occasionally, medieval recreationists wear them as well as part of a fall-protection system for horseback riding. (They have been known to actually try out jousting, and others just aren't very good on horseback.)
Quote from: evensgrey on June 14, 2014, 10:47:30 AM
They do exist, but where you grew up you'd not likely ever see one, as they're often (but not entirely) worn by crossdressers (to create a more feminine shape), or in a subset of the gay scene that involves a lot of tight leather, or by bikers as part of their fall protection gear (which is likely how they came into the gay leather scene). Occasionally, medieval recreationists wear them as well as part of a fall-protection system for horseback riding. (They have been known to actually try out jousting, and others just aren't very good on horseback.)
interesting. learn something new every day.
You know what I really hate, the anti-capitalist tones on cyberpunk games. The setting is always everything is being run by tyrannical corporatins. Its like the writers never considered what would happen when people decides not to buy from them.
Quote from: AnCapBrony on June 14, 2014, 10:04:49 PM
You know what I really hate, the anti-capitalist tones on cyberpunk games. The setting is always everything is being run by tyrannical corporatins. Its like the writers never considered what would happen when people decides not to buy from them.
Also, if SuperMegaCorp is doing all the things Govco traditionally does, how is it not a government?
Quote from: dallen68 on June 14, 2014, 10:22:35 PM
Also, if SuperMegaCorp is doing all the things Govco traditionally does, how is it not a government?
Yeah, that's basically how Buy 'n' Large is in WALL-E. The CEO of the company even gives talks at a lecturn with a seal, just like the President.
Libertarians should agree that a corporation becoming a monopolistic government is A Very Bad Thing To Happen.
Quote from: MrBogosity on June 14, 2014, 10:36:03 PM
Yeah, that's basically how Buy 'n' Large is in WALL-E. The CEO of the company even gives talks at a lecturn with a seal, just like the President.
Libertarians should agree that a corporation becoming a monopolistic government is A Very Bad Thing To Happen.
Well of course its very bad, its just that in cyberpunk games thats always the setting. They never change it up.
Quote from: AnCapBrony on June 14, 2014, 10:04:49 PM
You know what I really hate, the anti-capitalist tones on cyberpunk games. The setting is always everything is being run by tyrannical corporatins. Its like the writers never considered what would happen when people decides not to buy from them.
I made a forum thread a while back and I argued that this mistrust of corporations is a hold over from our mercantile days with the East India Trading Companies and the like.
I do have to admit tho, that the evil corporation as the main villain is pretty cliche and overrated.
Also there was one feature on Youtube I absolutely
loathed. That was comment pending approval feature
(I do not know if YouTube still has it after their google plus changes, does it?)
I absolutely loathed this because religious fundamentalist channels and statist channels on YouTube used it to
block and censor people and give unsuspecting viewers the appearance of overwhelming positive feedback with tons of green thumbs up. Which is absolutely dishonest in my view.
Quote from: AnCapBrony on June 14, 2014, 10:04:49 PM
You know what I really hate, the anti-capitalist tones on cyberpunk games. The setting is always everything is being run by tyrannical corporatins. Its like the writers never considered what would happen when people decides not to buy from them.
Not always, at least not in all games. In Shadowrun (basically cyberpunk fused with fantasy, so it has rolls, dwarves, elves, vampires, magic, etc. in it, and is also the apparent origin of the saying "Never deal with a dragon") some areas are run by corporations, but most of the UK (except Northern Ireland, which is part of Ireland and thus run by the elves) is under the rule of the Lord Protector, who is about as nasty as the first two were.
Quote from: evensgrey on June 15, 2014, 04:08:33 AM
Not always, at least not in all games. In Shadowrun (basically cyberpunk fused with fantasy, so it has rolls, dwarves, elves, vampires, magic, etc. in it, and is also the apparent origin of the saying "Never deal with a dragon") some areas are run by corporations, but most of the UK (except Northern Ireland, which is part of Ireland and thus run by the elves) is under the rule of the Lord Protector, who is about as nasty as the first two were.
Well that's very comforting. Which edition of shadow run do you recommend?
Quote from: Skm1091 on June 15, 2014, 01:02:00 AM
Also there was one feature on Youtube I absolutely loathed. That was comment pending approval feature (I do not know if YouTube still has it after their google plus changes, does it?)
Yes and no. The feature is still there, and it stops people from commenting directly, but if they share it on Google+ and comment it still shows up as a comment on the video.
Quote from: MrBogosity on June 15, 2014, 01:46:47 PM
Yes and no. The feature is still there, and it stops people from commenting directly, but if they share it on Google+ and comment it still shows up as a comment on the video.
??? I have to admit this Google plus thing is a tad confusing :shrug:
The only real problem I had with the pre Google plus YouTube was the character limit and the inability to post other website addresses and links.
And as I mentioned before the reason I loath Comment pending approval is because it has a way of making it appear that the users has overwhelmingly positive feedback with tons of thumbed up comments. And this in some cases is used to trick more less knowledgeable people into subscribing and whole kinds of other stuff, which is dishonest and even malicious. THAT is why I hate it.
Quote from: AnCapBrony on June 15, 2014, 12:07:06 PM
Well that's very comforting. Which edition of shadow run do you recommend?
Mostly, I don't. Try Hero instead, with the right supplements you can do fantasy/cyberpunk fusion quite well. Just be aware that Hero is a point-based system. It's most easily used if you get one of the spreadsheet templates for character generation.
Quote from: evensgrey on June 15, 2014, 04:21:08 PM
Mostly, I don't. Try Hero instead, with the right supplements you can do fantasy/cyberpunk fusion quite well. Just be aware that Hero is a point-based system. It's most easily used if you get one of the spreadsheet templates for character generation.
Well I kind of had the idea of taking pathfinder, putting the pathfinder modern system on top,
and adding cybernetics and etc from star wars saga edition I found the polymerPath book that looks promising. Im more of d20 guy and i LOVE the pathfinder and star wars systems.
Quote from: AnCapBrony on June 15, 2014, 04:25:28 PM
Well I kind of had the idea of taking pathfinder, putting the pathfinder modern system on top, and adding cybernetics and etc from star wars saga edition I found the polymerPath book that looks promising. Im more of d20 guy and i LOVE the pathfinder and star wars systems.
Last time I played in a Star Wars game, the current system was the one from West End Games (with the lovely critical failure rules that made it so much fun when amateurs picked up light sabres), so I have no idea what the current one is like.
Quote from: evensgrey on June 15, 2014, 05:16:26 PM
Last time I played in a Star Wars game, the current system was the one from West End Games (with the lovely critical failure rules that made it so much fun when amateurs picked up light sabres), so I have no idea what the current one is like.
well saga is a d20 system like pathfinder and the system is really good in my opinion.
You know what pisses me off? The dishonesty of feminists when it comes to video games.
They act as if just because there aren't as many well written female lead characters in video games, somehow means there aren't any at all.
What also kills me is how when a male character is poorly written it's attributed to bad writing, but when a female character is poorly written, it means it MUST be sexism. It kind of reminds me of how gun control douchebags will say how a knife wielding loon is the problem with a stabbing, but when a shooting happens, it's clearly a sign that we need stricter gun control. The only thing though is that while the gun control debate might be more important in the grand scheme of things, feminists are equally as annoying as gun control advocates.
The thing that pisses me off is people who disregard a series as bad because of one thing they don't like.
Like people completely disregard Kill La Kill because of the fan service.
Or people who watch a minute of a show and say that they don't like it.
Hell, I give Vampire Knight a shot until the incest crap showed up. That's when I said, "Okay, too weird for me, I'm out."
I'll usually give a show at least a few episodes. If you haven't grabbed me by then, you're doing something wrong.
When someone--especially my parents--talk down to me like, "Oh, you just think that because you're young/inexperienced with life!" Good lord, can people not see how fucking condescending and irritating that is? While she bitches about me "not having empathy." And then have the gall to get angry at me when I rightly get indignant at that kind of smarmy bullshit...
Happened today earlier when talking with my mom. She was teaching me about money/credit/etc. I asked her how having no credit/loans for a long time effects it. She gets all, "Oh, that's something that doesn't ever happen! YER JUST TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND!" Good lord! Douchebag, much? And yeah, even if that IS true "debt 'til you die" and always needing to take out money in a loan for emergencies and shit (um, just save some fucking money? Good lord!) You'll have to excuse me when I don't pity anyone for that if they--like her--support the same policies of govco debt, inflation, taxes, regulation--especially of the banking industry that allows that sleazy shit in the first place--that makes people "have" to do that stuff in the first place.
Quote from: Travis Retriever on June 15, 2014, 10:51:49 PM
When someone--especially my parents--talk down to me like, "Oh, you just think that because you're young/inexperienced with life!" Good lord, can people not see how fucking condescending and irritating that is? While she bitches about me "not having empathy." And then have the gall to get angry at me when I rightly get indignant at that kind of smarmy bullshit...
Happened today earlier when talking with my mom. She was teaching me about money/credit/etc. I asked her how having no credit/loans for a long time effects it. She gets all, "Oh, that's something that doesn't ever happen! YER JUST TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND!" Good lord! Douchebag, much? And yeah, even if that IS true "debt 'til you die" and always needing to take out money in a loan for emergencies and shit (um, just save some fucking money? Good lord!) You'll have to excuse me when I don't pity anyone for that if they--like her--support the same policies of govco debt, inflation, taxes, regulation--especially of the banking industry that allows that sleazy shit in the first place--that makes people "have" to do that stuff in the first place.
Actually, other than the student loan I had when I was like 17, I've never had credit as part of my life, ever. It's perfectly possible to go entire life WITHOUT it. In fact, if I was doing it again, I wouldn't have gotten the student loan!
Quote from: dallen68 on June 15, 2014, 10:56:57 PM
Actually, other than the student loan I had when I was like 17, I've never had credit as part of my life, ever. It's perfectly possible to go entire life WITHOUT it. In fact, if I was doing it again, I wouldn't have gotten the student loan!
It's actually getting easier and easier to live a life without credit, too.
For instance, here in Canada we've had debit cards for many years now. Years afterwards, banks in the US began providing things like the 'VISA Cheque card' which is, as I understand it, really just a debit card that works through the existing credit card system (which is easier to work inside than trying to set up something like Interaq among the much larger number of US banks). Now, my Canadian-bank issues debit card also has this feature, allowing me to use it anywhere that I could use a VISA card, including online. If this had been available to me in 2005, I would never have gotten a credit card in the first place.
Quote from: evensgrey on June 16, 2014, 08:25:03 AM
It's actually getting easier and easier to live a life without credit, too.
For instance, here in Canada we've had debit cards for many years now. Years afterwards, banks in the US began providing things like the 'VISA Cheque card' which is, as I understand it, really just a debit card that works through the existing credit card system (which is easier to work inside than trying to set up something like Interaq among the much larger number of US banks). Now, my Canadian-bank issues debit card also has this feature, allowing me to use it anywhere that I could use a VISA card, including online. If this had been available to me in 2005, I would never have gotten a credit card in the first place.
Actually, in the U.S., the Visa Debit Card is called "Visa Debit Card" and has been widely available since the mid '90's. It comes in two varieties, pre-paid and locked to your chequeing account. Visa Cheque Card was a pre-cursor to that from the '80's, and all it really did was give merchants a "guarantee" your cheque was good. (Since most stores didn't have EFT back then.) Everything else is correct.
Quote from: evensgrey on June 16, 2014, 08:25:03 AM
It's actually getting easier and easier to live a life without credit, too.
For instance, here in Canada we've had debit cards for many years now. Years afterwards, banks in the US began providing things like the 'VISA Cheque card' which is, as I understand it, really just a debit card that works through the existing credit card system (which is easier to work inside than trying to set up something like Interaq among the much larger number of US banks). Now, my Canadian-bank issues debit card also has this feature, allowing me to use it anywhere that I could use a VISA card, including online. If this had been available to me in 2005, I would never have gotten a credit card in the first place.
Yeah, and you guys have had chip-and-PIN for many years now as well. We're FINALLY getting it here next year, after tons of outrage from all this credit card theft/fraud that's been going on.
Quote from: MrBogosity on June 16, 2014, 09:52:00 AM
Yeah, and you guys have had chip-and-PIN for many years now as well. We're FINALLY getting it here next year, after tons of outrage from all this credit card theft/fraud that's been going on.
Chip-and-PIN credit cards, yes, debit cards with chip are newer. I got my almost three years ago. Supposedly, all the security is in algorithms in the credit transaction processing systems that look for transactions that are out of character for the customer. The chip doesn't carry any information the magnetic stripe didn't already have on it. It will mean that credit, debit, and other cards that currently have magnetic stripes are thus are easily damaged by strong magnetic fields will, in the near future, have only RFID chips and be immune to any normal strength magnetic fields.
WELP apparently Youtube decided to take down one of my channels.
QuoteYouTube account changethechannelkeepwatching@gmail.com has been suspended. After review we determined that activity in your account violated our Community Guidelines, which prohibit spam, scams or commercially deceptive content. Please be aware that you are prohibited from accessing, possessing or creating any other YouTube accounts.
Change The Channel was a show I did where my bro Matt and I watched shit on Netflix and reviewed it. That's it. What the fuck was so damned scandalous about that shit?
You know what really grinds my gears, Sam Seder and people like him who act so smug even though they pretty much never take in new information they don't like.
Quote from: AnCapBrony on June 17, 2014, 07:55:31 PM
You know what really grinds my gears, Sam Seder and people like him who act so smug even though they pretty much never take in new information they don't like.
Can Sam Seder even process other people's speech?
Quote from: R.E.H.W.R. on June 17, 2014, 10:45:11 PM
Can Sam Seder even process other people's speech?
Sometimes I think he's a robot with faulty programming.
Quote from: AnCapBrony on June 17, 2014, 11:47:52 PM
Sometimes I think he's a robot with faulty programming.
If only I could draw.
So, I just got a notice about the resolution of a formal complaint filed against me by another parent. Those helicopter parents of adults piss me off, especially when they hover low. They enable their kids so bad and never let them fail, so the kids never learn anything. I've gotten beautifully written papers (and a large share of trash) in emails forwarded to me by the student. Kids who can't string anything more than 10 words into a grammatically correct sentence. I've had parents show up to class to take notes and one time to take a test(!) because, "Johnny is not feeling well today." More than once, we have had them show up to, and expect to be a part of, the interviews for graduate school. Apparently, that doesn't even compare to others; I've heard stories about kids that barely function without their parents, including inability to pick their own schedules, living arrangements, food, etc. Oh, and if you ever give their kid a bad mark or grade, its because you hate their kid.
Speaking of which, back to my story. I was in my office a month ago when a woman came in with a tirade. I just sat there and let her vent about how I hate her kid, I'm persecuting him for being a Christian (she's read books about it, you see), have a personal vendetta, and on and on. I let her go for awhile and finally asked what she was talking about. She said that I failed her kid and wanted me to explain herself. Now, I didn't fail any kids this semester in any classes; but that doesn't matter as I cannot discuss any kids information, especially specific grades, with anyone, except my direct superior and certain people in the administration, without written approval. So I told her that I couldn't give her any information without said release form. That wasn't good enough for her and she left in a huff.
Today, I got an email about a formal complaint (that she filed with the President of the university) that detailed her side of the story. The last two sentences of the investigation reads, "The above facts naturally lead to the conclusion that the Aggrieved Party [referring to the student, as the complain was "filed" by him] is not, nor ever has been, a student of the Accused Faculty. Therefore, the complaint is dismissed as unfounded and no notice of it will be placed in the Accused Faculty's permanent record." Turns out the kid goes to the community college in town and a professor of one of his classes (which isn't even remotely close in subject matter) has the same last name as me.
Ok, fuck my co-workers right now. I have to work seven hours a day, cleaning toilets, washing dishes and carrying all the heavy shit you can't and you complain about working 4-5 hours as a waitress?!?
My manager (my Mom) happens to work 7:30am to 4:00pm regularly and does doubles constants!
Assholes!
Quote from: R.E.H.W.R. on June 21, 2014, 01:54:33 AM
Ok, fuck my co-workers right now. I have to work seven hours a day, cleaning toilets, washing dishes and carrying all the heavy shit you can't and you complain about working 4-5 hours as a waitress?!?
My manager (my Mom) happens to work 7:30am to 4:00pm regularly and does doubles constants!
Assholes!
How dare you complain about working 7 hrs a day! (j.k) For your Mom no less, you should work 13 hours a day FOR FREE!
Quote from: BogosityForumUser on June 20, 2014, 01:06:42 PM
So, I just got a notice about the resolution of a formal complaint filed against me by another parent. Those helicopter parents of adults piss me off, especially when they hover low. They enable their kids so bad and never let them fail, so the kids never learn anything. I've gotten beautifully written papers (and a large share of trash) in emails forwarded to me by the student. Kids who can't string anything more than 10 words into a grammatically correct sentence. I've had parents show up to class to take notes and one time to take a test(!) because, "Johnny is not feeling well today." More than once, we have had them show up to, and expect to be a part of, the interviews for graduate school. Apparently, that doesn't even compare to others; I've heard stories about kids that barely function without their parents, including inability to pick their own schedules, living arrangements, food, etc. Oh, and if you ever give their kid a bad mark or grade, its because you hate their kid.
Speaking of which, back to my story. I was in my office a month ago when a woman came in with a tirade. I just sat there and let her vent about how I hate her kid, I'm persecuting him for being a Christian (she's read books about it, you see), have a personal vendetta, and on and on. I let her go for awhile and finally asked what she was talking about. She said that I failed her kid and wanted me to explain herself. Now, I didn't fail any kids this semester in any classes; but that doesn't matter as I cannot discuss any kids information, especially specific grades, with anyone, except my direct superior and certain people in the administration, without written approval. So I told her that I couldn't give her any information without said release form. That wasn't good enough for her and she left in a huff.
Today, I got an email about a formal complaint (that she filed with the President of the university) that detailed her side of the story. The last two sentences of the investigation reads, "The above facts naturally lead to the conclusion that the Aggrieved Party [referring to the student, as the complain was "filed" by him] is not, nor ever has been, a student of the Accused Faculty. Therefore, the complaint is dismissed as unfounded and no notice of it will be placed in the Accused Faculty's permanent record." Turns out the kid goes to the community college in town and a professor of one of his classes (which isn't even remotely close in subject matter) has the same last name as me.
The mother, who went to a different person, working in a different building, in a different school, that is a different CLASS of school, in a different part of the city, is the cause and result of those completely afunctional students.
I recall my father being irritated that I hadn't learned to forge his signature so that I could just approve my own report cards and permission slips back in highschool.
Quote from: dallen68 on June 21, 2014, 03:04:46 AM
How dare you complain about working 7 hrs a day! (j.k) For your Mom no less, you should work 13 hours a day FOR FREE!
We actually had a waitress say that she wasn't going to show up because we were working her too hard.
You can imagine the fit Mom threw.
Quote from: evensgrey on June 21, 2014, 10:01:38 AM
The mother, who went to a different person, working in a different building, in a different school, that is a different CLASS of school, in a different part of the city, is the cause and result of those completely afunctional students.
I recall my father being irritated that I hadn't learned to forge his signature so that I could just approve my own report cards and permission slips back in highschool.
Dad was the same way too: it's annoying and a waste of time. usually, he'd be satisfied with most classes, tell me (as usual) to do better in Math (I'm not much good past arithmatic), and then sign the report card. when we started getting just a cheap piece of paper with our grades on it, he was visibly relieved. same advice though: improve my math :P
I never did understand why they make students have their parents sign the report card: most people don't care too much, and even if they did, a guy wanting to get out of trouble would just forge it (and that happened a LOT).
on the other hand, the decision of the school to publicly post the end semester grades of all students was inspired. It's amazing how a person is better motivated when threatened with humiliation by his peers than scolding by his parents.
Quote from: R.E.H.W.R. on June 18, 2014, 12:36:30 AM
If only I could draw.
I'm afraid to ask what image is in that head of yours. XD
Quote from: Travis Retriever on June 22, 2014, 09:53:27 AM
I'm afraid to ask what image is in that head of yours. XD
Seder as a wimpy arrogant terminator.
Quote from: R.E.H.W.R. on June 22, 2014, 03:08:50 PM
Seder as a wimpy arrogant terminator.
you could just depict him as a sopio: no artistic talent required. :P
People dismissing the Star Wars Expanded Universe as "fanficiton" that "doesn't count" and saying that this reboot is such a great thing for the franchise. I am ery ery sick of them.
What about Star Wars getting all the credit for "innovations" that were actually done in other SF shows and movies? Sorry, people, but SW is the kindergarten of SF pop culture. Get over it.
Quote from: tnu on June 25, 2014, 01:32:08 PM
People dismissing the Star Wars Expanded Universe as "fanficiton" that "doesn't count" and saying that this reboot is such a great thing for the franchise. I am ery ery sick of them.
If you are going to act like that, then why care about the reboot? If you still managed to enjoy all of it, despite "not counting" (to most people, from what I observe), then why can't you do the same after the reboot? I guess if they cancelled some ongoing storyline because of this, I guess it would suck, though.
Quote from: VectorM on June 25, 2014, 03:59:54 PM
If you are going to act like that, then why care about the reboot? If you still managed to enjoy all of it, despite "not counting" (to most people, from what I observe), then why can't you do the same after the reboot? I guess if they cancelled some ongoing storyline because of this, I guess it would suck, though.
Yeah I kinda feel the same way.
Team four star and Harry Potter: methods of rationality are in my opinion much better than the originals they are based on and they aren't even close to cannon.
When the topic of power and exploitation and whatnot comes up and some AnCom comes along and says "Oh you mean Capitalism?"
Quote from: VectorM on June 25, 2014, 03:59:54 PM
If you are going to act like that, then why care about the reboot? If you still managed to enjoy all of it, despite "not counting" (to most people, from what I observe), then why can't you do the same after the reboot? I guess if they cancelled some ongoing storyline because of this, I guess it would suck, though.
It's complicated. Not only is it being discontinued except for reprints but one of the things that set Star Wars apart was that it had one unierse with one continuity across mediums. Nobody else really had that and now that all the information I invested in is apocryphal it seems......eh
Quote from: tnu on June 26, 2014, 05:54:02 AM
It's complicated. Not only is it being discontinued except for reprints but one of the things that set Star Wars apart was that it had one unierse with one continuity across mediums. Nobody else really had that and now that all the information I invested in is apocryphal it seems......eh
Funny thing is, I know of no other universe where external media is considered canon. In Doctor Who, for example, none of the novels and audio adventures (as good as many of them were) are considered canon.
that's what made Star Wars unique and actualy the Big Fnish audios are definable canon. It just pains me ebcause that's what I loved about Star Wars and now it's gone.
Quote from: MrBogosity on June 26, 2014, 07:02:28 AM
Funny thing is, I know of no other universe where external media is considered canon. In Doctor Who, for example, none of the novels and audio adventures (as good as many of them were) are considered canon.
Almost 100% guarantee that this was nothing more than a marketing strategy.
WHat was a marketing strategy?
It pisses me off when Moms are fine when you rough house with boys, but rough house with girls they treat you like a pedophile.
Every time I've seen the price Chipotle go up -- as well as any other foods, for that matter.
Quote from: Altimadark on June 27, 2014, 04:17:02 PM
as well as any other foods, for that matter.
Seconded. >.<*
Quote from: Altimadark on June 27, 2014, 04:17:02 PM
Every time I've seen the price Chipotle go up -- as well as any other foods, for that matter.
Give me my Queserito or give me death!
I'm reviving this thread because I'm pissed off.
I go to check my Zoomin.TV network account for my Youtube channel and I see the following bulletin posted:
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Activision can fuck off.
Quote from: D on December 02, 2014, 06:28:34 PM
I'm reviving this thread because I'm pissed off.
I go to check my Zoomin.TV network account for my Youtube channel and I see the following bulletin posted:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B34uPT8CYAA8QZ9.png:large)
Activision can fuck off.
Okay, two questions:
1) Why would the "glitches" be a copyright violation when the rest isn't?
2) Does that mean you can't do any videos warning people of software bugs?
Quote from: MrBogosity on December 03, 2014, 08:08:52 AM
Okay, two questions:
1) Why would the "glitches" be a copyright violation when the rest isn't?
2) Does that mean you can't do any videos warning people of software bugs?
That's exactly what it means.
[yt]FFVwer6oi1c[/yt] Sam Seder isn't a huge asshole in this one