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timefly posted:A friend of mine will say things twice, as if not responding within half a second means you must not have heard him: "hey, so my brother called earlier. My brother called." Hey did I tell you my brother called? I'd like shorter explanations for $200, Alex. As in, my mom went to a cat rescue site today to check out some cats and kittens, see if one would fit for a foster for us. We used to foster kittens and that wore me out, so 1-2 adult cats is fine. So off she goes. Comes back without a cat. I ask her what happened/why no cat. Cue 15 minutes of backtrack talking, ummms, and lots of attempts to shove her phone in my hands so she can narrate each photo. All she had to say? "The cat I did like wasn't open to fostering and the house was a mess and I think most of the cats are sick." I also hate my lead dispatcher's attitude. He talks down to you all the time, is clearly angry when you call him for help, and gets irritated if you inform him of a potential issue (like, you know, a closed highway). If he puts you on a 90 minute drive to get to pickup A, which is an hour from delivery site B, and you tell him hey, that is a lot of windshield time, you sure you want me to do that? During our busiest time of the day? The reply is always a passive aggressive sigh and babytalk about how he waaaaaants me to do it because no one else can. I missed my lunch today, got bad knee cramps, and worked over 30 minutes for this poo poo. Because he can't dispatch for poo poo. But the loving tone of voice, like I'm in the loving well and he's Jame Gumb, I wish I could strangle the gently caress. You're not my boss, dickhead, you're my level in the company and we're supposed to work together!
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People shouting at the television when they're watching the sports. That's pretty obnoxious and just as annoying.
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Apr 29, 2017 16:18
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People who honk the instant the light turns green.
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Apr 29, 2017 20:42
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People who honk period. The instances where you need the horn on a car is so rare that it should be one of those "Break glass in case of" things. That after you use the horn. It remains stuck and you need a service to reset it.
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Apr 29, 2017 22:10
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My daily commute includes at least one of the following: People who speed right up to your bumper before passing you on the highway. People that run the red light because "it's only been red for a couple seconds/the person in front of me ran it." People that don't know how four-way stops work and treat it as a free-for-all. Alternatively, people that wave at you for you to go even though its their turn. Just GO! You have the right-of-way! You're not being helpful, you're loving things up for everyone else! People that think yield signs mean "loving floor it before this car hits me and get pissed off because it almost hit me," and not, you know, "yield to oncoming traffic"
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Apr 29, 2017 23:00
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Catberry posted:People who honk period. The instances where you need the horn on a car is so rare that it should be one of those "Break glass in case of" things. That after you use the horn. It remains stuck and you need a service to reset it. Living in a state where people don't honk much, that is very popular for Californians to move to makes me want to kill them with their honking at everyone all the time. I honk my horn like 4 times a year and these loving assholes can't drive 5 feet without leaning on it.
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Apr 30, 2017 00:10
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Catberry posted:People who honk period. The instances where you need the horn on a car is so rare that it should be one of those "Break glass in case of" things. That after you use the horn. It remains stuck and you need a service to reset it. My one exception is when they just sit there when the light turns green. Usually staring at their phones. Those people get honks. I wait a long time, too. At least 5 seconds.
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Apr 30, 2017 02:53
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OMG Cowslips, you are drinking diet soda? That will kill you! It gives cancer to lab rats! Said while smoking a cigarette.
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Apr 30, 2017 05:04
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Cowslips Warren posted:OMG Cowslips, you are drinking diet soda? That will kill you! It gives cancer to lab rats! my mom (smoker for 40+ years) said the same thing to me while smoking except it was about putting my phone in my bra 🤔
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Apr 30, 2017 05:18
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Cowslips Warren posted:OMG Cowslips, you are drinking diet soda? That will kill you! It gives cancer to lab rats! "Good thing I'm not a lab rat." I suspect she might not know how to respond if you say that.
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Apr 30, 2017 05:43
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Wasn't the aspartame being bad for you thing shown that for it to have any sort of effect you would have to consume like 5 pallets worth every day for like 5 years. Like it's an insane amount of aspartame to do anything.
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Moai Ou posted:People that don't know how four-way stops work and treat it as a free-for-all. Also known as three-way-stops or everybody-else-stops.
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Apr 30, 2017 06:15
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Mu Zeta posted:Most people don't get it though. So it's easier to just fully explain it to everyone. A lot of people say "okay", "uh-huh", "got it" to explanations and then proceed to say or do something that reveals that they have no idea what they are doing. It's better to overexplain than underexplain IMO.
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Apr 30, 2017 06:35
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veni veni veni posted:Living in a state where people don't honk much, that is very popular for Californians to move to makes me want to kill them with their honking at everyone all the time. I once had a neighbor who would honk the horn as a signal for his wife to hurry up. This would happen at least once a day.
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Apr 30, 2017 07:06
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Catberry posted:I once had a neighbor who would honk the horn as a signal for his wife to hurry up. This would happen at least once a day. What a colossal rear end in a top hat. I hate that poo poo, it's pure disrespect, plain and simple. Floridian here: do other states have the same prevalence of "I was BORN in this state, so NYAH" bumper stickers? In the past year or two I see a ton of "LOCAL" (with an upside down FL as the "L") and "FLO-GROWN" stickers, usually in addition to hunting gear brands or occasionally stickers that subtly indicate the owner is racist. Look, being born here is nothing to be proud of, especially in 2017. That said this is my town, all the snowbirds need to get da gently caress out including the shitbird who has a gold apartment in NY.
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Apr 30, 2017 15:36
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:What a colossal rear end in a top hat. I hate that poo poo, it's pure disrespect, plain and simple. Yeah these are really popular amongst idiots in Colorado right now. About a million people moved here over the course of 2 years and doubled rent/home prices so I agree with the sentiment but it's just tacky as hell on a bumper sticker. That said I might eventually move to Florida lol.
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Apr 30, 2017 17:38
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veni veni veni posted:That said I might eventually move to Florida lol. As one of those Florida born people, let me please dissuade you from this choice.
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Apr 30, 2017 17:39
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it's kind of funny that we think we have any sort of claim to a state by being born there. Don't get me wrong I get it. Between weed and tech start ups Denver has been turned upside down and I kind hate these motherfuckers for making it so I can't afford an apartment in the city I was born in anymore without taking on a roommate (which I had no problem doing for the past 15 years). At the same time it's all just the US. Being able to move wherever you want is kind of the point I guess?
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veni veni veni posted:it's kind of funny that we think we have any sort of claim to a state by being born there. Don't get me wrong I get it. Between weed and tech start ups Denver has been turned upside down and I kind hate these motherfuckers for making it so I can't afford an apartment in the city I was born in anymore without taking on a roommate (which I had no problem doing for the past 15 years). At the same time it's all just the US. Being able to move wherever you want is kind of the point I guess? No, no, no, you misunderstand. This isn't a "don't move here, it's too nice and I hate more people coming here" thing. This is a friendly warning. Don't move here, it's poo poo, the people are poo poo, the weather is poo poo.
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Apr 30, 2017 17:55
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Lol yeah I went out to Tampa in February and it was perfect and everyone I know who is from there was like "wait until summer it's awful". I just loved all the water and crazy animals everywhere. My brother was out there in July and the AC broke and he said he thought he was going to die.
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Apr 30, 2017 18:29
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Not really a thing people do but nerds do do: using "X doesn't exist" to mean "I don't like X". As in "There are only two Robocop movies" or "I'm glad they never made a movie out of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" or poo poo like that.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Not really a thing people do but nerds do do: using "X doesn't exist" to mean "I don't like X". As in "There are only two Robocop movies" or "I'm glad they never made a movie out of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" or poo poo like that. loving same. I know too many grown-rear end adults that, when they don't like something even a little bit, claim it's "THE WORST THING EVER!!!!!" That new tapas place is worse than the Rape of Nanking? Are you absolutely sure the Power Rangers movie is a million times worse than the reign of Pol Pot? You suuuuuuure? I hate people that are so boring and lame that they invent medical issues for why they can't do something. I'm sorry that your mild dandruff is getting in the way of going hiking.
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To be fair if someone is complaining about dandruff being an excuse to get out of hiking you probably dodged a bullet. They don't sound like fun company on a walk.
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May 1, 2017 04:47
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To be fair you don't know how bad it is. There might be danger of an Avalanche 
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Jerry Cotton posted:Not really a thing people do but nerds do do: using "X doesn't exist" to mean "I don't like X". As in "There are only two Robocop movies" or "I'm glad they never made a movie out of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" or poo poo like that. The ninth season of Scrubs.
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Bogan King posted:To be fair if someone is complaining about dandruff being an excuse to get out of hiking you probably dodged a bullet. They don't sound like fun company on a walk. It took me a while to cut these types out of my life but now I'm free and can BREATHE. There was one guy that would be furious if you didn't invite him to stuff but would almost never show up. If he did, he'd be miserable and never help. Nah dude, you just hang out in your hammock while everyone else gets firewood and sets up dinner. Oh, you don't like what we're cooking? Go catch a rabbit or something, you gently caress.
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May 1, 2017 05:17
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Inzombiac posted:It took me a while to cut these types out of my life but now I'm free and can BREATHE. 
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People who talk on and on about a single subject, retreading the same ground over and over. Usually, this is when I can't escape them, such as at work. "Yes, Clint the Idiot, I'm sure marijuana is very exciting, but can't you talk about literally anything else?*" "Yes, Jakob the Wigger, I know you worship 50 cent, and you've already told me you want to go to prison several times before. I know, ok?" * = I got my wish, and he kept singing Bob Marley songs over and over instead.
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May 1, 2017 07:10
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Also, root beer is uncommon in Australia, which is a shame, as it is my favourite drink.
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People who drive slowly in the right line and then only find the accelerator when you decide to overtake them. Because some people see being overtaken as a personal slight. Except I'm driving a 20 year old Volvo station wagon loaded with work stuff, so now I can't pass them and have to get back in the right lane. With the threat to their dominance of the right lane safely neutralized. They then drift off and gradually begin to slow down again. Catberry has a new favorite as of 07:30 on May 1, 2017 |
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Sic Semper Goon posted:Also, root beer is uncommon in Australia, which is a shame, as it is my favourite drink. We hosted a ton of Japanese students when I was young. Getting them to try root beer for the first time was always hilarious. Apparently to them it tastes like cough syrup.
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Sic Semper Goon posted:Also, root beer is uncommon in Australia, which is a shame, as it is my favourite drink. You can get sarsparilla in most supermarkets though?
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May 1, 2017 07:43
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Yeah, but I like the A&W brand from the USA.
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Sic Semper Goon posted:Yeah, but I like the A&W brand from the USA. You need to get some of the glass bottle brands like Stewart's or Henry Weinhards. I wish we could get Lemon Squash in the US. And lamingtons. And eucalyptus scented Kleenex.
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Inzombiac posted:We hosted a ton of Japanese students when I was young. Getting them to try root beer for the first time was always hilarious. Apparently to them it tastes like cough syrup.
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veni veni veni posted:Lol yeah I went out to Tampa in February and it was perfect and everyone I know who is from there was like "wait until summer it's awful". I just loved all the water and crazy animals everywhere. My brother was out there in July and the AC broke and he said he thought he was going to die. It's proof Hell is really green and humid.
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Sic Semper Goon posted:"Yes, Jakob the Wigger, I know you worship 50 cent, and you've already told me you want to go to prison several times before. I know, ok?" Inzombiac posted:We hosted a ton of Japanese students when I was young. Getting them to try root beer for the first time was always hilarious. Apparently to them it tastes like cough syrup.
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Tiggum posted:Isn't that what it tastes like to everyone? You guys must have some delicious cough syrup down there if you think it tastes like root beer.
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Tiggum posted:Isn't that what it tastes like to everyone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWIVEuK5ATw
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One of my friends has a six year old who likes to hit people. Not hard, but sometimes if you tell him some bad news (IE, the popcorn bag is empty) he'll let a punch fly at you. His parents don't think anything is wrong with this. A coworker (different person) thinks the school principal was 'over the line' in suspending her son for threatening him and damaging school property. So if I, a childless person, tell the adults what for (IE, your kid needs to not loving hit me), the parents get super angry because when I have kids of my own, I'll know how it is! Yes. Yes. IF I ever had kids, I would teach them not to hit people or threaten to blow up a school! "You're not a parent, you don't understand!"
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