Thread for Things That Made You Frown Today

[AnticorRifling]

Fear, respect and love.

If you make a threat, always go through with it, and make it unpleasant as much as it pains you.

This sounds cold hearted but, kids know how far they can push and will push right up until they think they are getting in trouble. Just don't bend, whatsoever.

I never got spankings from my Father. He absolutely terrified me. He never yelled, but he was very stern. The fear of not knowing what he would do was the best deterant.

On the other hand, my mother spanked the shit out of me (they were divorced). I would misbehave and push the limit every time, because I knew she threatened punishment in exasperation and usually if I would act good for a moment, her anger would subside (sometimes I went over the limit and got the belt, though.), and I could start the whole process anew.

Mileage may vary, I suppose.

Pretty much this.

I love the count down method as well. You'd better move before I hit 1 and if you're not (doing whatever it is they are supposed to be doing) you're standing in the corner. Then it's 10, 9, 7, 4, 2, 1. Sometimes I just say I'm going to count down to "now". They've learned that waiting to move is bad and there's no reason I should ever have to repeat an instruction.

On the opposite side they call guys sir and ladies ma'am because they see/hear me do it. I often call them sir or gentlemen and they understand that's just how you're supposed to talk to people.

Kids are no different than troops, lead by example not by fear. Earn the respect by showing their trust is properly placed, don't demand it without follow thru.

[Aylien]

I am NOT afraid to spank my kids. My daughter knows this. And I will go up in front of ANY judge in the good old US of A and tell them why.

Fucking hippy dippy child-rearing is why we have generations of entitled brats running around now. My daughter knows I will put my foot squarely up her ass.

[Liagala]

Kids who will ignore/goof off during/enjoy "talking to" sessions like Anticor staring at his kid in the garage are those who don't respect their parents to begin with. Sometimes it's just the kid, but that's pretty rare, IMO. Far more often than not it seems to be parents who don't follow through, who aren't consistent with discipline, who cave in and give the kid their way, etc. Parents who buy into the "every childhood problem can be solved with sweet words and friendly talks" school of thought fall into this category too. The children may love their parents to death, but if Mommy and Daddy are pushovers, the respect necessary for proper discipline won't be there. You don't want your kid to fear you, but you want them to know that you can and will do things they certainly do not like if they misbehave, and that whether or not said things happen is 100% tied to the child's actions.

When I was a kid, my mother had a 4-step process for when I did stuff wrong. The first time, there was no anger whatsoever. She'd sit me down and explain, in a normal, conversational fashion, what I did and why it was bad. The second time I got the explanation again, but she was pissed. The third time I got yelling and threats, and if I did it again, said threats were carried out. I learned not to push Mommy - when she said something, she meant it.

[AnticorRifling]

I think that's kind of awesome, but it makes me laugh to realize that with a lot of kids that would NOT work. My sister-in-law's three year old boy is a hellion. He screams, he yells, he does NOT listen. If my sister tells him not to scream, he'll get up and scream right IN HER FACE. It's pretty amazing to see, and I don't know where the bad behavior comes from because they've never been a house to let kids get away with shit. My mother-in-law lives there too, and both she and my sister are all about spanking if it's warranted.

Justin tells me stories about how when he was a kid and was bad, he'd have to go into the backyard and pick his own switch to get spanked with. He once made the mistake of picking the smallest he could find. Once. lol

I could fix them, it's the parents not the kids. If they're only 3 or 4 it's still early enough to correct.

[AnticorRifling]

It's also important to have an understanding talk after a punishment. Make sure they really understand the why of the action and reaction.

[Liagala]

I could fix them, it's the parents not the kids. If they're only 3 or 4 it's still early enough to correct.
This. I used to babysit a couple girls who never learned to respect their parents. The father came home from work one night and the older girl (4 years old) asked for a popsicle. He said no, wait until after dinner. She immediately dropped to the floor in a screaming fit, and he started walking toward the fridge. I wasn't even thinking - I looked at her and said, "Ashley, get up. Your father said no." She shut up, stood up, and walked off to watch TV until dinner.

He just stared at me, and I kinda felt like a dick for making him feel bad in front of his kid. Not too much though, since it was his fault. He gave in to fits, I didn't. The first time she threw a screaming fit with me I picked her up, carried her to her bedroom and placed her on the bed, said, "come out when you're done and we'll talk" and shut the door on my way out. The look on her face was priceless.

[CrystalTears]

It's also important to have an understanding talk after a punishment. Make sure they really understand the why of the action and reaction.
Anticor = Supernanny??

[AnticorRifling]

Reported.

[Latrinsorm]

Speaking of hillbillies...

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/120905/tink-tank-tink-tank.gif

[Stry]

Blame the parents, not the kids. No follow thru is a great way to make a brat or shit bird out of your kid.

Vote #2 for Supernanny Anticor! and yes... this is so true. You MUST be consistent and you MUST follow through on what you say.

I really like the 'talk' idea in the garage where they have to set their own consquence. I had to do that a few times as a kid and I always made it WAY worse than it needed to be for some reason. haha

Right now my kids are to young to really 'talk' about it, so my 3 year old just gets timeouts and the occasional spanking if she's just completely out of control. But afterward I always talk to her, tell her I love her and let her know that what she did is unacceptable. She has to apoligize to me and mom.

She's sooooo stubborn. I've had her sit on time out and refuse to follow very very simple directions for the better part of an hour, just because she doesn't want to... crazy child. If we weren't consistent with her... it would be a disaster.

[AnticorRifling]

Normally I say "So what are we going to do, do you think I need to spank you?" Of course that's a quick No so then I ask "Well what should the punishment be, and I don't know is not an answer (one of my trademark sayings is I don't know is not an answer)?" Their usual reply is no wii for the night, I consider that acceptable for most issues.

[Tgo01]

Little does Anticor know his kids hate the Wii anyway.

[AnticorRifling]

I almost hope that to be true because that makes them devious. Which makes me proud.

[4a6c1]

Recent interviews unsuccessful (I think). It turns out there are a shitload of laid off cops with loads more experience behind a badge looking for jobs.

[Aylien]

It's also important to have an understanding talk after a punishment. Make sure they really understand the why of the action and reaction.

I agree with this completely. I also don't spank because I am angry. It's a very last step, but she knows it's an option. I can count the times I have actually had to spank my oldest on one hand.

And then after any punishment we have "the talk", which consists of "Do you understand what you did that was wrong? Do you understand why it was wrong? Do you understand why I had to punish you for it? What we going to do in the future to keep this from happening again?". I get down on her level and look her directly in the eye while we're having this conversation. Then we have hugs and kisses and I explain to her that even though I may not like what she did, I still love her very much. It can be a very long conversation, but I think she is better off for it.

[AnticorRifling]

Recent interviews unsuccessful (I think). It turns out there are a shitload of laid off cops with loads more experience behind a badge looking for jobs.

Booo. You should have put me down as a reference! Just point them to my avatar, instant success.

[Celephais]

http://i.imgur.com/npb9k.png

[Cephalopod]

Whore Island? That's not... a real place.

[pabstblueribbon]

Whore Island? That's not... a real place.

Thus, the frown. :(

[Paradii]

So should I cancel my flight to Iceland?

[Gibreficul]

So should I cancel my flight to Iceland?

Yes, mid-flight without a parachute. (Couldn't resist.)

[diethx]

Finally remembered to get my HP tickets, and realized that 1) Fandango doesn't sell tickets for AMC theaters, and the best theater around here is AMC, and 2) The only showing left for Thursday night was 1am.

[Darkwynde]

Spent a humid morning doctoring two horses. Boo. They are fine, but "I ARE HAWT!"

[Androidpk]

Allergies. Non stop allergies.

[Showal]

Allergies. Non stop allergies.

This. And the train this morning came late and when it did arrive, it had no lighting or ventilation. In other news, I also think I have diarrhea. At least, it feels like i will.

[pabstblueribbon]

I think I'm somewhere in Hollywood. I see the mountain with the sign on it. 2 hours early to my meeting and I forgot my cigarettes.

Commence nicotine fit.

[diethx]

I took my midterm on Tuesday last week. It was 70 questions, 100% of which were scantron. My professor still has not posted our grades, and this exam is 45% of our class grade. Why is it he hasn't been able to take 5 minutes to run the exams (there are only like 30 of us in the class, too!), and then another 20 posting them online? IN A WEEK!?!? fao8iwegaoerngoeainb /anger

[Fallen]

I took my midterm on Tuesday last week. It was 70 questions, 100% of which were scantron. My professor still has not posted our grades, and this exam is 45% of our class grade. Why is it he hasn't been able to take 5 minutes to run the exams (there are only like 30 of us in the class, too!), and then another 20 posting them online? IN A WEEK!?!? fao8iwegaoerngoeainb /anger

Took over a month for my teacher to grade our scantron finals as well. I contacted him and he said there was a "problem" that they were dealing with. Maybe their machine is broken and he doesn't feel like doing it by hand. Either way, they have a due date that must have the grades reported by, so it will get done sooner or later.

[diethx]

Took over a month for my teacher to grade our scantron finals as well. I contacted him and he said there was a "problem" that they were dealing with. Maybe their machine is broken and he doesn't feel like doing it by hand. Either way, they have a due date that must have the grades reported by, so it will get done sooner or later.

Each class building has a scantron machine, and we have probably 8 or 9 class buildings on campus, at least. ZERO EXCUSES!! Honestly, I know it's not the machine being broken or anything, he's just a slow grader. Before registering for his class I saw that one of the big issues people had with him, according to pickaprof, was that he took FOREVER to get grades back. My only real issue is that the exam is such a huge portion of our grade and the withdraw deadline was last week, so even if we got it now and did poorly, it's too late to drop. It would have been considerate of him to get the grades up before the withdraw deadline. Not saying I think I did poorly, but still.

[TheEschaton]

You can withdraw a class AFTER you've finished it? WTF.

[diethx]

You can withdraw a class AFTER you've finished it? WTF.

Uh, what?

[TheEschaton]

You can take a W in a class after you've taken the exam? That seems kind of ridiculous, how can you withdraw a class you're already finished with?

Our withdraw dates were more than a month before finals even started.

[Liagala]

I took my midterm on Tuesday last week
That's how she can withdraw.

[TheEschaton]

Oh, I'm a retard, it was your midterm.

[diethx]

You can take a W in a class after you've taken the exam? That seems kind of ridiculous, how can you withdraw a class you're already finished with?

Our withdraw dates were more than a month before finals even started.

6+ years of higher education and still you cannot read?!?!?!


I took my midterm on Tuesday last week. It was 70 questions, 100% of which were scantron. My professor still has not posted our grades, and this exam is 45% of our class grade. Why is it he hasn't been able to take 5 minutes to run the exams (there are only like 30 of us in the class, too!), and then another 20 posting them online? IN A WEEK!?!? fao8iwegaoerngoeainb /anger

[TheEschaton]

It's fucking July! Forgive me for not thinking in terms of "middle of the semester."

[diethx]

Oh, I'm a retard, it was your midterm.

lol, yes. Honestly I'm quite sure I did well. I was the first one done and I felt really good about it afterwards. Still though it would've been nice to get the grade in time for withdraw JUST in case.

[Cephalopod]

I was the first one done and I felt really good about it afterwards.

That's what he said?

[diethx]

That's what he said?

Ahahahahaha, slut.

[NocturnalRob]

That's how she can withdraw.
Pulling out never works.

[Asha]

My best mates baby's funeral on Thursday. 1 month old.
I'm not going to the wake, I'm going to walk to my mums who lives down the road. I will be in bits. I've never tried to prepare myself for something like this before.

[Kerranger]

Losing almost 500GB of data on a backup external hard drive. =/

[Gnome Rage]

crispy (http://i55.tinypic.com/rirst4.jpg)
Apparently, at the ripe old age of 19 my skin decides it wants to burn when it hasn't since I was about 7...

should. have. worn. sunscreen.

[AnticorRifling]

Three voicemails, all from different clients, before I even get in to the office. It's going to be one of those days.

[Kaittee]

crispy (http://i55.tinypic.com/rirst4.jpg)
Apparently, at the ripe old age of 19 my skin decides it wants to burn when it hasn't since I was about 7...

should. have. worn. sunscreen.

Ouch....! And yes, that is pretty much my mantra all summer. Being pale sucks. Get some aloe.

[Parkbandit]

Dealing with big companies and government regulations.

I've been working on this deal for about 6 fucking months... and the hangups are always small and stupid.

[Delias]

crispy (http://i55.tinypic.com/rirst4.jpg)
Apparently, at the ripe old age of 19 my skin decides it wants to burn when it hasn't since I was about 7...

should. have. worn. sunscreen.

Could be worse. I used to blister from the sun before I learned not to expose myself to it.

Edited to add: The sun is one of few things I won't expose myself to.

[Gnome Rage]

Still hurts like a mofo and I can't get aloe or anything on it until my roommate comes back for lunch.

My legs are much better today though!

[ravashaak]

Still hurts like a mofo and I can't get aloe or anything on it until my roommate comes back for lunch.

My legs are much better today though!

Refrigerated aloe gel ftw

[Liagala]

Refrigerated aloe gel ftw
Italian skin FTW. I burn once every couple years, but it tans over within a day or two.

[Delias]

Italian skin FTW. I burn once every couple years, but it tans over within a day or two.

Yeah, I mean, that's nice... but you also have to be italian, which is a pretty big negative.

[CrystalTears]

Yeah, I mean, that's nice... but you also have to be italian, which is a pretty big negative.
Blasphemy!!

[Delias]

Blasphemy!!

Tell it to your mustache, super mario.

[Gibreficul]

Could be worse. I used to blister from the sun before I learned not to expose myself to it.

Edited to add: The sun is one of few things I won't expose myself to.

I smell ginger...

[AnticorRifling]

Thing two got up around 11:30p last night and told me it hurt when he was breathing. Apparently yesterday he'd turfed it at the pool and bruised his ribs so that's what the pain was from (probably rolled on that side while sleeping which woke him up). Wife had told me he'd spilled but I didn't think he hit that hard.

[NocturnalRob]

So you gave him a dram of whiskey and sent him back to bed?

Ahhh...parenting.

[AnticorRifling]

So you gave him a dram of whiskey and sent him back to bed?

Ahhh...parenting.

Pretty much.

[NocturnalRob]

Also, what the fuck is a dram?

[AnticorRifling]

I thought it was half a shot.

[CrystalTears]

Tell it to your mustache, super mario.
I'm not Italian, but I love them. But Super Mario is probably the only "Italian" you know of anyway.

[Parkbandit]

I'm not Italian, but I love them. But Super Mario is probably the only "Italian" you know of anyway.

Can you imagine the problems he would have understanding this Italian woman?

http://maxcdn.fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/1145/645/648/sophie_sandolo_green_a_in_piedi_2006.jpg

[NocturnalRob]

Mmm...Sophie.

[Delias]

I'm not Italian, but I love them. But Super Mario is probably the only "Italian" you know of anyway.

My step dad was a Sicilian. It's close enough.

[AnticorRifling]

My step dad was a Sicilian. It's close enough.

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0805/inconceivable-demotivational-poster-1211219787.jpg

[Delias]

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0805/inconceivable-demotivational-poster-1211219787.jpg

Think more guns and an enormous mustache... but the height was about the same.

[Stry]

The douche bag county worker I vented about previously is now telling people to send me paperwork I can't do anything with. It's been the process for the last 7 months to send this paperwork to him. Why change it now? Oh apparently we've got extra applicants recently and he's just doing his best to avoid work. It's so utterly rediculous. All I can do is take the paperwork and forward it right on back to him for processing. Enjoy!

Then at a recent meeting, my supervisor reported that the guy sat in the corner, and anytime the project I'm helping spearhead was brought up, he'd scoff, or snort. Even though everyone was talking about how well it was going.

Wtf dude... just wtf.

[Parkbandit]

Beat his ass... problem solved.

[Atlanteax]

The douche bag county worker I vented about previously is now telling people to send me paperwork I can't do anything with. It's been the process for the last 7 months to send this paperwork to him. Why change it now? Oh apparently we've got extra applicants recently and he's just doing his best to avoid work. It's so utterly rediculous. All I can do is take the paperwork and forward it right on back to him for processing. Enjoy!

Then at a recent meeting, my supervisor reported that the guy sat in the corner, and anytime the project I'm helping spearhead was brought up, he'd scoff, or snort. Even though everyone was talking about how well it was going.

Wtf dude... just wtf.

Sounds like there will be a possible career-altering confrontation between the two of you at some point, albeit mostly indirectly.

Presumably your supervisor and others consider you the more valuable asset.

[Stry]

Sounds like there will be a possible career-altering confrontation between the two of you at some point, albeit mostly indirectly.

Presumably your supervisor and others consider you the more valuable asset.

Yeah, fortunately I've done enough to prove myself as a competent and hard worker since I started this job last fall, this guy apparently already has a poor reputation long before I arrived.

So, win for me I guess.

Incompetence and passive agreessive bullshit frustrates me when I'm simply trying to do a good job. You're right though. In the end it he's only making himself look more like an idiot.

[Stry]

Beat his ass... problem solved.

:club: Big club, please.

[diethx]

Went out to run errands, and it is so hot here right now. Weather channel says 96, feels like 103. I say feels like 115 (and a million-billion in my car). Honestly it's so hot, the A/C in my car didn't seem to make much of a difference. I got home and I was literally dripping with sweat.

I also realized I need get a new steering wheel cover because I burned my hands. :(

[Kuyuk]

So glad I'm not in that hellish atlanta during summer

[DCSL]

I've become some kind of espresso snob. This afternoon, I found myself seriously talking about the "swill" Starbucks was trying to pass off as a triple. This is twice now that Starbucks has led me to a trough of pig feed and I refuse to make it three times.

My boyfriend suggested it as diluted for some reason because I asked for a triple. I responded that I'd hardly want to drink PURE poop which I firmly averred is what their coffee is made with.

I feel horrified that I said all that. I sound like some kind of coffeehouse haunter. Should I be wearing a black turtleneck and a beret? I hate turtlenecks. And berets.

Seriously, horrified.

[ravashaak]

I've become some kind of espresso snob. This afternoon, I found myself seriously talking about the "swill" Starbucks was trying to pass off as a triple. This is twice now that Starbucks has led me to a trough of pig feed and I refuse to make it three times.


Starbucks espresso hardly deserves to be called "espresso", it's so horrible. Try ordering a shot straight up and you'll see what I mean. I love a good espresso, but theirs is the worst I have tried. I assume it's why they dump a gallon of flavored sugary syrup into each and every thing they make - to cover up that crap they call espresso.

And yeah, their regular coffee is pretty bad too.

- Ravashaak (unapologetic coffee snob)

[Asha]

http://i.imgur.com/OgV9P.jpg

[Drakefang]

http://i.imgur.com/OgV9P.jpg

OMG WTF OWWW!!

[Gibreficul]

Why is it that people who drive Jeeps can't drive? I'm not talking the REAL Jeeps, you know, the rag tops that you can take the doors off of... I'm talking the Liberties, Grand Cherokees, Patriots... Every time I get behind one of these stupid people, they wanna go 10 MPH under the speed limit... then they get an attitude when you pass em.... (I was following a Jeep home from work, at 4:30 AM, who wanted to do 30 MPH in a 40... unacceptable.) They're even worse on the highway... I don't think they come with cruise control... I was following one guy who couldn't decide if he wanted to do 60 MPH (in a 65) or 85. I hate retards in Jeeps! All those people should die in a fire.

[DCSL]

http://i.imgur.com/OgV9P.jpg

Holy shit, that is one of the worst things I've seen on the internet. That includes the woman with the watermelon and Mai Shiranui pooping in someone's mouth.

[Asha]

inorite! I can't even look at it.

[Drakefang]

Why is it that people who drive Jeeps can't drive? I'm not talking the REAL Jeeps, you know, the rag tops that you can take the doors off of... I'm talking the Liberties, Grand Cherokees, Patriots... Every time I get behind one of these stupid people, they wanna go 10 MPH under the speed limit... then they get an attitude when you pass em.... (I was following a Jeep home from work, at 4:30 AM, who wanted to do 30 MPH in a 40... unacceptable.) They're even worse on the highway... I don't think they come with cruise control... I was following one guy who couldn't decide if he wanted to do 60 MPH (in a 65) or 85. I hate retards in Jeeps! All those people should die in a fire.

I know right! Around Richmond insert Rav4 or CR-V instead of the above Jeeps.

[msconstrew]

http://i.imgur.com/OgV9P.jpg

Ugggggh. This reminds me of those scenes in "Cat's Eye" where the girl peels the skin off of her feet.

[Asha]

Ugggggh. This reminds me of those scenes in "Cat's Eye" where the girl peels the skin off of her feet.
Urrghghgh..
You just reminded me of those scenes in "Cat's Eye" where the girl peels the skin off of her feet.

[LMingrone]

I'm about to record myself giving myself stitches. Was holding a piece of stainless steel, and fucked up a line of code on the CNC machine. Cut to the bone. Yum.

[WRoss]

I'm about to record myself giving myself stitches. Was holding a piece of stainless steel, and fucked up a line of code on the CNC machine. Cut to the bone. Yum.

Live feed? Enable us to talk to you so you won't fuck up.

[pabstblueribbon]

Ugh... might have to stay in L.A. for another week.. and its carmeggedon weekend..

[Showal]

I'm about to record myself giving myself stitches. Was holding a piece of stainless steel, and fucked up a line of code on the CNC machine. Cut to the bone. Yum.

If you give yourself stitches its going to be a bad decison.

[Showal]

Why is it that people who drive Jeeps can't drive? I'm not talking the REAL Jeeps, you know, the rag tops that you can take the doors off of... I'm talking the Liberties, Grand Cherokees, Patriots... Every time I get behind one of these stupid people, they wanna go 10 MPH under the speed limit... then they get an attitude when you pass em.... (I was following a Jeep home from work, at 4:30 AM, who wanted to do 30 MPH in a 40... unacceptable.) They're even worse on the highway... I don't think they come with cruise control... I was following one guy who couldn't decide if he wanted to do 60 MPH (in a 65) or 85. I hate retards in Jeeps! All those people should die in a fire.

The patriot has a cvt. If you keep the rpms under 2k you will get about 20% better mileage. Downside: you drive like an old woman.

[Gibreficul]

The patriot has a cvt. If you keep the rpms under 2k you will get about 20% better mileage. Downside: you drive like an old woman.

If you're buying a Jeep and you're concerned about fuel economy, you bought the wrong brand of vehicle. There's a reason my friend's Jeep has a vanity plate on it that says HMM GAS.

[Showal]

If you're buying a Jeep and you're concerned about fuel economy, you bought the wrong brand of vehicle. There's a reason my friend's Jeep has a vanity plate on it that says HMM GAS.

Yeah, you're right. Someone shouldn't buy a car for interior space, looks, some off-road ability, AND fuel economy. You want fuel economy? Get a Smart Car or Prius!

Nevermind the fact that the Grand Cherokee Overland Summit has one of the most sophisticated 4WD systems ever created, you can't take the doors off, it's not a real Jeep. You know, the kind with the rag top.

Jeep should not be allowed to offer cars that appeal to a wider market. They should focus on gas guzzling REAL jeeps. Rag tops. Doors off. Fuck yeah.

[AnticorRifling]

Looks? The entire brand of jeep looks like they said "How can we take a sweet looking vehicle and add about 60000000 lbs of gay to it".

I'm with Gib on this one, if you can't take the doors off of it then it's about as much a Jeep as the H3 is a hummer.

[Showal]

Looks? The entire brand of jeep looks like they said "How can we take a sweet looking vehicle and add about 60000000 lbs of gay to it".

I'm with Gib on this one, if you can't take the doors off of it then it's about as much a Jeep as the H3 is a hummer.

You're 60000000 lbs of gay.

[Showal]

inorite! I can't even look at it.

Makes me hungry.

[Drakefang]

You're 60000000 lbs of gay.

Showal must own a Liberty. He's projecting again.

[NocturnalRob]

Showal must own a Liberty. He's projecting again.
Worst Jeep ever.

2001 Jeep Cherokee, on the other hand...

[Gibreficul]

Showal must own a Liberty. He's projecting again.

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe not a Liberty, but one of those gay Jeep models.

[Showal]

If you're buying a Jeep and you're concerned about fuel economy, you bought the wrong brand of vehicle. There's a reason my friend's Jeep has a vanity plate on it that says HMM GAS.

I do own a 2011 Jeep Patriot.

I needed a car that could take me off-road for the amount of camping/hiking I do. I needed a car that had 4WD, skid plates, and enough room to drive around both of my dogs (who are quite larger than Anticor's dogs). I also wanted an American made car. I plan on going back to school full time and didn't feel like having a $450 a month car payment while I was not working. The Wranglers were impractical for my needs AND I now get good gas mileage.

The Patriot is the most off-road capable vehicle in its class. It's in the top 10 for most fuel efficient SUVs. It also get ranked the safest consistently for its class.

What brand of vehicle would you have suggested I buy that also met all those needs?

[AnticorRifling]

2011 Dodge Nitro Heat 4x4 would be like 290 a month in my area.

2001 Jeep Patriot Sport 4x4 would be like 260 a month in my area.

I think you'd get about 7 mpgs on the Jeep.

[Showal]

I don't like the look of the Nitro. It's built on the same chassis as the Liberty. It's essentially the same car with less of a 4WD system. It doesn't get as good mileage.

The 4WD isn't as good on the Nitro as it is in the FDII patriot. The Nitro has less ground clearance. The Nitro does not have skid plates or tow hooks. So yeah, I would end up paying more every month for something that doesn't do what I need.

They made some changes to the outside of the 2011 Patriot. It doesn't look like it used to so much. Plus, I think it's the only Jeep currently being produced that looks the most like the old Cherokee, which is one of my favorite cars.

http://images.vannsuv.com/pictures/40573240.jpg

That's the same color as mine. Mine has tow hooks and shit on it though.

I think that looks better than:

http://www.dealsondodges.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011-dodge-nitro-1.jpg

[diethx]

Say what you will, I loved my mom's Jeep Liberty. She had to sell it after my step dad passed, but when I was up there and driving it I wanted it SO DAMN BADLY.

[Showal]

My last car was a 2002 liberty. I loved it and got 170k from it with no problems.

[AnticorRifling]

I don't like the look of the Nitro. It's built on the same chassis as the Liberty. It's essentially the same car with less of a 4WD system. It doesn't get as good mileage.

The 4WD isn't as good on the Nitro as it is in the FDII patriot. The Nitro has less ground clearance. The Nitro does not have skid plates or tow hooks. So yeah, I would end up paying more every month for something that doesn't do what I need.

They made some changes to the outside of the 2011 Patriot. It doesn't look like it used to so much. Plus, I think it's the only Jeep currently being produced that looks the most like the old Cherokee, which is one of my favorite cars.

http://images.vannsuv.com/pictures/40573240.jpg

That's the same color as mine. Mine has tow hooks and shit on it though.

I think that looks better than:

http://www.dealsondodges.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011-dodge-nitro-1.jpg

I'd didn't look at spec sheets on both but it doesn't look near as good as the old Cherokee. And when comparing the patriot to the nitro on looks alone the nitro wins, hard.

[Showal]

I didn't say it looks as good. I said it is the only current model that looks similar. In regards to look of it compared to the Nitro, we can agree to disagree. I like how it looks.

[Gibreficul]

My 2011 Subaru will have a higher resale value (relative to the original price) than your Jeep. With the exception of American made, a Forrester would cover every other "requirement" you listed... and you wouldn't be one of those jackasses in a gay Jeep. (Just trolling now, it's awesome to have a brand new ride, and I hope you enjoy it.)

[Latrinsorm]

My 2011 Subaru will have a higher resale value (relative to the original price) than your Jeep. With the exception of American made, a Forrester would cover every other "requirement" you listed... and you wouldn't be one of those jackasses in a gay Jeep. (Just trolling now, it's awesome to have a brand new ride, and I hope you enjoy it.)You slur other vehicles when you drive a Subaru?

[Kuyuk]

I liked my beater Pooparu when I had it.

[NocturnalRob]

My 2011 Subaru will have a higher resale value (relative to the original price) than your Jeep. With the exception of American made, a Forrester would cover every other "requirement" you listed... and you wouldn't be one of those jackasses in a gay Jeep. (Just trolling now, it's awesome to have a brand new ride, and I hope you enjoy it.)
No, you'd be the lesbian-in-training in a fucking Forrester.

Seriously, Gib, stfu.

[Showal]

My 2011 Subaru will have a higher resale value (relative to the original price) than your Jeep. With the exception of American made, a Forrester would cover every other "requirement" you listed... and you wouldn't be one of those jackasses in a gay Jeep. (Just trolling now, it's awesome to have a brand new ride, and I hope you enjoy it.)

Choose a car I didn't want and pay more for it because someone in the brand of car I did want would drive slow at 4:30 AM in PA and piss off Gibreficul? I would rather be a jackass in a gay Jeep.

[Gnome Rage]

Matt woke up with a bad headache this morning :(

[Gibreficul]

You slur other vehicles when you drive a Subaru?

Yes, I most certainly do. Especially in bad weather... I've driven exactly one car that went better in the snow than my Subaru, and that was my dad's 2003 Jaguar X-Type, with the 3.5 motor. The AWD on that thing was ridiculous.... (4x4 trucks go in the snow, but they don't seem to grip the road like AWD does.) The sticker price on the Jaguar was more than 2x the sticker price of my Subaru, so you get what you pay for. Well, not really, I bought a Subaru, I got more than I paid for. My dad currently has an '08 Infinity G35, which is AWD. My Subaru kicks its ass in the snow... and that fucker was also 2x the cost of my Subaru.

(Oh, and I clicked on Car and Driver, that 1 star rating for the Patriot (albeit, the 2010 model) doesn't have me too sold on the quality of that vehicle.)

[Showal]

Yes, I most certainly do. Especially in bad weather... I've driven exactly one car that went better in the snow than my Subaru, and that was my dad's 2003 Jaguar X-Type, with the 3.5 motor. The AWD on that thing was ridiculous.... (4x4 trucks go in the snow, but they don't seem to grip the road like AWD does.) The sticker price on the Jaguar was more than 2x the sticker price of my Subaru, so you get what you pay for. Well, not really, I bought a Subaru, I got more than I paid for. My dad currently has an '08 Infinity G35, which is AWD. My Subaru kicks its ass in the snow... and that fucker was also 2x the cost of my Subaru.

(Oh, and I clicked on Car and Driver, that 1 star rating for the Patriot (albeit, the 2010 model) doesn't have me too sold on the quality of that vehicle.)

You can relax. You didn't buy the Jeep Patriot.

Car and Driver is known to not like CVT engines, since they're louder. The complaints about the 2010, except the CVT, have been changed for the most part. They've added extra sound insulation now, so the noise of the CVT is limited. The 2011 Patriot is considerably different than the 2010. Coming from a car that had a custom exhaust that was loud, I don't notice the noise.

They also say it's "uncomfortable". I'm comfortable in it and I enjoy it. Does it really matter at that point what a reviewer says that I should feel when I'm sitting in it?

My Jeep has AWD with on-demand full time 4WD. It drives fantastic in the snow. This winter in Boston, I had plenty of time to test it out.

Don't worry, Gib. I know you're always ready to e-rage. I like my car and I didn't feel like paying more for a car I didn't want to buy. Given my requirements (which don't need to be put in quotations, because they're actually what I was looking for when I bought it), the Jeep fits my needs. The Subaru and the Nitro were both more and didn't fit my needs.

I'm sorry that someone drove slow in front of you one morning. Something tells me it wasn't the gay Jeep that forced the driver to drive slow, but rather it was the driver's fault. I doubt if they were in a "real Jeep" that they would have been going faster, even if they had a vanity plate and a rag top to prove that they were in a real Jeep. If the doors were off, they still would probably have been driving too slow for you.

Next time you come up you come up on someone on the highway who is driving too slow for you, especially at 4:30 AM with few other people on the road, take a deep breath and pass them.

[AnticorRifling]

The nitro is still sexier, and that's the most important requirement for any and all vehicle purchases.

[Gibreficul]

My Jeep has AWD with on-demand full time 4WD. It drives fantastic in the snow. This winter in Boston, I had plenty of time to test it out.

SCORE, I've been fishing for that. You're from Boston, you're a Patriots fan, so you wanted a Jeep Patriot. That's why you bought it... and you know it. Checkmate, another faggot in a Jeep.

[DCSL]

Having to stay in bed all day to make up for yesterday 'cause I'm an idiot. And it was a nice day out, too, from what I could see from the window.

[Androidpk]

SCORE, I've been fishing for that. You're from Boston, you're a Patriots fan, so you wanted a Jeep Patriot. That's why you bought it... and you know it. Checkmate, another faggot in a Jeep.

Now I know what type of car to buy to run you over with.

[Middian]

This is an easy one, I was moving to Teras to try it out for a week or so. So I move my cleric and empath to the ticket agency. I thought i d be smart and grab my cash from the bank. On my way back from icemule i forget i had 30m on me and slip and fall, death. Since i have an empath and cleric i have not departed in a while. You know where the story goes, 30m is now down the DRAIN! (pulls hair out and then frowns)

[Androidpk]

This is an easy one, I was moving to Teras to try it out for a week or so. So I move my cleric and empath to the ticket agency. I thought i d be smart and grab my cash from the bank. On my way back from icemule i forget i had 30m on me and slip and fall, death. Since i have an empath and cleric i have not departed in a while. You know where the story goes, 30m is now down the DRAIN! (pulls hair out and then frowns)

You purposely departed? Frown indeed.

[Warriorbird]

SCORE, I've been fishing for that. You're from Boston, you're a Patriots fan, so you wanted a Jeep Patriot. That's why you bought it... and you know it. Checkmate, another faggot in a Jeep.

You know you'd drive a vehicle named after one of your teams (and I hate Boston).

[Gibreficul]

This is an easy one, I was moving to Teras to try it out for a week or so. So I move my cleric and empath to the ticket agency. I thought i d be smart and grab my cash from the bank. On my way back from icemule i forget i had 30m on me and slip and fall, death. Since i have an empath and cleric i have not departed in a while. You know where the story goes, 30m is now down the DRAIN! (pulls hair out and then frowns)

There's some holes in your story... who were you grabbing cash with? Regardless, the empath should've gone along. 1107 would put you on your feet no problem. Losing 30 mil... that's rough though, and major frowns all around.

[Gnome Rage]

Cereal with water cause we had no milk

[Androidpk]

Cereal with water cause we had no milk

Are you kidding? Kids in Africa would kill for some fruity pebbles with water!

[Gnome Rage]

I mean, it didn't make me CRY. It was just sad. Even though I hate milk

[Gibreficul]

Cereal with water cause we had no milk

Nothing in this house ever matches... There's cereal but no milk, peanut and no jelly, Kool Aid and no sugar. DAYAM.

Boy, whatcha doing wit that?

I'm throwin dis away.

You better pour some water on that and eat it...

Dayam...

After you take out the trash!

(how close did I get it?)

:hippie:

[Gnome Rage]

I really don't understand.

and I hate peanut butter too.

[Gibreficul]

I really don't understand.

and I hate peanut butter too.

I feel bad for you... twice.

[Showal]

SCORE, I've been fishing for that. You're from Boston, you're a Patriots fan, so you wanted a Jeep Patriot. That's why you bought it... and you know it. Checkmate, another faggot in a Jeep.

Not a Pats fan.

[Latrinsorm]

Everyone knows Showal is a fan of the Ross Island Redninjas, come on. Try to keep up.

[Stry]

Went to get a few pens from the supply room... and the copy guy freaked out when I tried to take a whopping 5 pens (Oh Noes!) and then proceeded to actually try to pull them out of my hand!

Woooow.

I have 5 computer stations for volunteers that need supplies! Get off me!...


Seriously? Does anyone else have an office lunatic who haunts the copy room or something? eesh.

[Showal]

Everyone knows Showal is a fan of the Ross Island Redninjas, come on. Try to keep up.

Exactly.

I'm not a Patriots fan. I'm just a fan of America.

[Latrinsorm]

I have razor burn on the side of one of my knees. I am nonplussed.

[Androidpk]

Don't shave your knees then?

[Latrinsorm]

That would make me much frownier. This is a freak occurrence, nothing more.

[Parkbandit]

This is a freak occurrence.

My thoughts exactly.

[AnticorRifling]

I can't find the reference information on one of the videos I'm required to cite as a source for my ethics paper that's due in an hour.

Lucky for me class is literally across the parking lot from work so I can go in a bit early, get the info from someone else, edit my paper and reprint it here at work.

[Parkbandit]

Did you try youtube?

[Kuyuk]

did you try the PC?

[Latrinsorm]

I can't find the reference information on one of the videos I'm required to cite as a source for my ethics paper that's due in an hour.

Lucky for me class is literally across the parking lot from work so I can go in a bit early, get the info from someone else, edit my paper and reprint it here at work.Just lie about it.

[Rinualdo]

I can't find the reference information on one of the videos I'm required to cite as a source for my ethics paper that's due in an hour.

Lucky for me class is literally across the parking lot from work so I can go in a bit early, get the info from someone else, edit my paper and reprint it here at work.


Just lie about it.

You're doing it wrong.

[LMingrone]

If you give yourself stitches its going to be a bad decison.

It went okay! I've done it before, and it always worked. I'm an idiot though.I have full medical coverage, and still never go to the hospital. I didn't record though. I pulled them out today because they were getting stuck on my gloves.

What made me frown today: Work from 6am-6pm. Hot as shit all day.

[Latrinsorm]

You're doing it wrong.I'd like to show you some literature, have you ever heard of Ayn Rand?

[Rinualdo]

I'd like to show you some literature, have you ever heard of Ayn Rand?

You're coming dangerously close to socialism. Rupert Murdoch is probably tapping your phone.

[Parkbandit]

You're coming dangerously close to socialism. Rupert Murdoch is probably tapping your phone.

Or having you killed.

[Wyrmx]

Personal laptop is crapping out fast and my new one is still on back order. :(

[Rinualdo]

Or having you killed.

I know, rite?
Also, I heard Glenn Beck killed a girl.

[Sam]

I have no electricity and 20% of my phone battery left.. and we're not even having bad weather.

[Gibreficul]

Supervision has decided we can't use our iPods anymore. :wtf:

[Kaittee]

Work is sending me to Switzerland to deal with unhappy customers. Although a free trip to Zurich sounds nice, I am being sent there to be yelled at by a bunch of incompetent QC people who can't do real science. But, I have to smile and act like they are right. And, I have to leave the day after my best friend's bachelorette party....

[Asha]

Broken my thumb again. I don't want to go the hospital because I know they will encase my entire body in cast.

[Showal]

Work is sending me to Switzerland to deal with unhappy customers. Although a free trip to Zurich sounds nice, I am being sent there to be yelled at by a bunch of incompetent QC people who can't do real science. But, I have to smile and act like they are right. And, I have to leave the day after my best friend's bachelorette party....

I'm being to a conference in san Diego to present a poster that I'm embarrassed by that I was made first author on while I was on Denali for a month and couldn't contest.

[Kaittee]

I'm being to a conference in san Diego to present a poster that I'm embarrassed by that I was made first author on while I was on Denali for a month and couldn't contest.

Ugh nothing like having your name put on something without your consent. Just hide in the bathroom during your poster slot! Though I think you can get in trouble for not being present when you're supposed to be there.

What conference?

[Darkwynde]

Stoooooopid foot refuses to heal (Plantar Fascia injury OVER heel spur), and I have a horse to keep working with. Rabble, rabble, argh. Had to make another appointment for third foot shot. Meanwhile, horse thinks I am a lurching accident waiting to happen.

[Stanley Burrell]

When Wednesday is the weekend.

[Liagala]

I just got a determination from the state that an employee who filed a few weeks ago was awarded unemployment. He's currently a full time employee, averaging 36-ish hours a week, and has been for several months. Apparently people in MA can collect unemployment and earn a full-time paycheck at the same time. AFK, going to unemployment office so I can file too.
Just got the determination from the hearing today - it was overturned. I'm still frowning however, since it took entirely too much time and (my taxpayer) money to sort this stupidity out.

[thefarmer]

Power outages from some fucker crashing into a pole.

[Kuyuk]

Paying my car a month ahead on accident... not that it's a bad thing, but I reeaallllyy coulda used that money for food this week..

[Showal]

Paying my car a month ahead on accident... not that it's a bad thing, but I reeaallllyy coulda used that money for food this week..

Think about how much you'll be able to eat next month!!

[AnticorRifling]

Go to the amish market and barter food for car rides!

[Parkbandit]

Sprinkler system that doesn't go on and I'm hoping I don't have to replace it. Hopefully it's just a clipped wire somewhere.

[Showal]

Old microwave died 2 months out of warranty. Bought a new 30 inch microwave to fit in the 30 inch space ... problem is, with the door open, it's 30.5 inches so the door rubs against the wall and won't open well. Back to Lowe's to see if there's a microwave with the hinge offset or something that'll work with my corner spot. Any suggestions?

[diethx]

It's really early, and I'm extra tired this morning. :(

[Kuyuk]

Getting a phone call from my boss at work bitching about stupid shit.

[diethx]

My car overheated today and coolant got spewed all over the grill. Booooooo. I hope it's just a busted hose!

[NocturnalRob]

Had a BBQ. Did dishes for over an hour. Went to twist off the top of a Coke bottle and just shredded skin off my fingers. Death by pruning!

[Stanley Burrell]

Some rare plantaepomorphic angiosperm nose-sexed me extremely-without-consent.

Oh, allergies. I don't even get them, this is some interdimensional vicarious shniznod.

[Asha]

I desperately need more Northern Exposure.

[4a6c1]

Some rare plantaepomorphic angiosperm nose-sexed me extremely-without-consent.

Oh, allergies. I don't even get them, this is some interdimensional vicarious shniznod.

I suggest a derivative of azatadine. A well marketed, second-generation histamine H1 receptor antagonist used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and urticaria.

[diethx]

Fucking cracked radiator dieeeeeeeeee. On the upside, I finally found an awesome mechanic in this state. It only took 7 years.

[Asha]

Fucking cracked radiator dieeeeeeeeee. On the upside, I finally found an awesome mechanic in this state. It only took 7 years.

[insert smooth 70's bass guitar music]

[diethx]

[insert smooth 70's bass guitar music]

Ew, is that what you do when you find a reliable mechanic? You're so gross.

[Drakefang]

I suggest a derivative of azatadine. A well marketed, second-generation histamine H1 receptor antagonist used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and urticaria.

I bet guys really like hearing you talk like this as you play buck the bronco. Such hot pillow talk.

[pabstblueribbon]

Writing a huge quality assurance program thing... and I've never been in the QA dept..

What the fuck do I know about quality assurance?

I hate this job sometimes.

[AnticorRifling]

I love doing QA/QC....it's a sickness.

[pabstblueribbon]

I love doing QA/QC....it's a sickness.

I don't mind doing qc/qa, but writing the whole program for a project from scatch is fucking gay like a fox.

[Rinualdo]

I've done T&E for the last couple years and find it fascinating.

[Stry]

Ugh, it smells like cat food in my office. Someone is eating something somewhere and it's making me gag...

[4a6c1]

I bet guys really like hearing you talk like this as you play buck the bronco. Such hot pillow talk.

There is no talk on pillows and no bedfellows. No mouse in the house. No fox in the box. No green eggs and ham. NO. GREEN EGGS. AND HAM!!

[NocturnalRob]

writing the whole program for a project from scatch is fucking gay like a fox.
This is not a saying.

Or it wasn't.

It is now.

[4a6c1]

lmao

using it

[NocturnalRob]

There is no talk on pillows and no bedfellows. No mouse in the house. No fox in the box. No green eggs and ham. NO. GREEN EGGS. AND HAM!!
What about a dong for your thong? Cock for your sock? Penis for your...mouth?

No fox in the box? Well, no kidding. We've already ascertained that foxes are SUPER gay. They're pretty much the definition of hot mess. Right, AR?

[4a6c1]

Penis and mouth....dont rhyme. :(

[NocturnalRob]

Penis and mouth....dont rhyme. :(
It's a slant rhyme. Slightly to the left. Just ask Emily Dickinson.

Boom. Full circle.

[TheEschaton]

Just when I feel the thread has taken a turn for the horrible, Rojo and Rob come to class shit up. YES.

[4a6c1]

It's a slant rhyme. Slightly to the left. Just ask Emily Dickinson.

Boom. Full circle.


OH. I see your vague anti-feminist mockery and raise you

ONE CERTAIN FUTURE:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_05/tripletsMEN2504_800x590.jpg

[NocturnalRob]

The amount of Disney in that photo makes me want to vomit.

[Rinualdo]

OH. I see your vague anti-feminist mockery and raise you

ONE CERTAIN FUTURE:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_05/tripletsMEN2504_800x590.jpg

Which one will need the exorcism?

[pabstblueribbon]

This is not a saying.

Or it wasn't.

It is now.

I could have sworn it was in Anchorman..


"You're gay!"

"Gay... Like a fox!"

But I'm not finding it.

/fail

[Kuyuk]

It's a slant rhyme. Slightly to the left. Just ask Emily Dickinmouth.

Boom. Full circle.

fixed.

[4a6c1]

I could have sworn it was in Anchorman..


"You're gay!"

"Gay... Like a fox!"

But I'm not finding it.

/fail

LOUD NOISES

http://www.anchorman-quotes.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Brick-Anchorman1.jpg

[pabstblueribbon]

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w73/wtfnancy/banna.jpg

[4a6c1]

http://i52.tinypic.com/50i91d.gif

[diethx]

Ugh, it smells like cat food in my office. Someone is eating something somewhere and it's making me gag...

I hate when people eat stinky food in an enclosed public space that you can't just walk away from. There's a bagel shop in my class building and they make these asiago bagels that stink like vomit, and people love bringing them to class. :(

[TheEschaton]

How dare you hate on bagels?

(I also don't know what asiago is or how it smells).

[Kuyuk]

How dare you hate on bagels?

(I also don't know what asiago is or how it smells).

Really? Parmesan cheese?

[NocturnalRob]

Really? Parmesan cheese?
...wanna try that again, chief? Because Asiago isn't Parmesan.

[Kuyuk]

getting a phone call at 12:45am from my brother whom I do not talk to much... apparently my mother had a heart attack while out training for her iron-girl shit and is now in the hospital.


Hm.

[NocturnalRob]

Sorry, man. Hope she recovers quickly.

[Kuyuk]

Sorry, man. Hope she recovers quickly.

Just called the nurses station and the nurse said my mother already informed them that she would rather just talk to us personally.. so they'll prolly kick her ornery ass out soon (she's an RN, so she'll piss them all off within a few minutes)

[Parkbandit]

Working at a brand new Tampa Housing Authority complex... and seeing how nasty an apartment can get in a mere 3 weeks.

[Cephalopod]

Working at a brand new Tampa Housing Authority complex... and seeing how nasty an apartment can get in a mere 3 weeks.

Poor people are pretty gross.

[Cephalopod]

getting a phone call at 12:45am from my brother whom I do not talk to much... apparently my mother had a heart attack while out training for her iron-girl shit and is now in the hospital.


Hm.

Way to deflect from the cheese debate.

Hope she's doing okay.

[Parkbandit]

Poor people are pretty gross.

No, but some just don't give a shit because it's not theirs.

[Rinualdo]

No, but some just don't give a shit because it's not theirs.

I think the same could be said of people without regard to economic status.

[diethx]

How dare you hate on bagels?

(I also don't know what asiago is or how it smells).

I wasn't hating on bagels, Sir Derpsalot, I was hating on the stinky asiago they melt on top of the bagel. I say this as I eat a delicious everything.


Really? Parmesan cheese?

...no.


getting a phone call at 12:45am from my brother whom I do not talk to much... apparently my mother had a heart attack while out training for her iron-girl shit and is now in the hospital.


Hm.

Sorry about your mom, hope she's ok.

[Parkbandit]

I think the same could be said of people without regard to economic status.

Difference is: They are the ones paying for it.. not someone else.

I give this complex 2 years before it's an absolute shit hole. 2 million pissed away... 650K of which was from the fantastic "Stimulus" package.

[Gibreficul]

Saw the first "Christmas" box at work last night... Big ass Santa Clause printed on the side... Bah, HUMBUG!

[Kuyuk]

Way to deflect from the cheese debate.

Hope she's doing okay.



"Sometimes Asiago is treated as interchangeable with the parmesan and romano cheeses in some cuisines."

Meh - I know it's not the same, but the chances are you've gotten parm on shit and told it was asiago before.

/shrug


She's doing OK. On morphine today after surgery.

[diethx]

It doesn't taste the same though, so if you buy that then you're a derp.

[Cephalopod]

I don't want to start a whole thread about this, but this (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/feds-stonewall-on-cell-phone-tracking-of-americans.ars?p) made me frown today.

[Rinualdo]

I don't want to start a whole thread about this, but this (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/feds-stonewall-on-cell-phone-tracking-of-americans.ars?p) made me frown today.

I see your cell phones and raise you all ISPs

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20084939-281/house-panel-approves-broadened-isp-snooping-bill/?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

[Rinualdo]

I can't wait until this guy (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43948021/ns/today-entertainment/) is serving fries.
How the hell did that douche make 55m?

[TheEschaton]

He just supamanned some hos. Gotta admit, that's a fucking catchy song.

[Rinualdo]

It is, but I still can't imagine that as a new singer one song could net 55m. Bono would be a billionaire several times over if that was the case.

edit: holy shit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmgH3bVrbmw).

[TheEschaton]

He was smart in his signing. He was an internet phenom and basically negotiated his own contract. I don't think Snoop even has 55m lying around (to be fair, he's probably smoked away 55m over the years).

[Some Rogue]

He was smart in his signing. He was an internet phenom and basically negotiated his own contract. I don't think Snoop even has 55m lying around (to be fair, he's probably smoked away 55m over the years).

What???

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/lrenzo2/229856.jpg

[4a6c1]

SO CALLED professional emails sent from frazzled contractors with a paragraph-long Subject line that never actually states the subject and ends in alot of ?????

????? Indeed.

[diethx]

SO CALLED professional emails sent from frazzled contractors with a paragraph-long Subject line that never actually states the subject and ends in alot of ?????

????? Indeed.

You know what's worse than lots of ??????

People who over use the ellipsis, substitute them for periods, and instead of actually using the period to create the ellipsis, they use commas. So it looks like this:

"Hello Rojo,,,,,,,,did you hear about that lady that got arrested,,,,for throwing a sausage,,,,,at another lady,,,,that's crazy,,,,"

[4a6c1]

LOL

Yeah that's worse.

[4a6c1]

Where is ClydeR. :(

[Paradii]

Where is ClydeR. :(

in your butt.

[Showal]

Where is ClydeR. :(

Swimming in his in-laws cock pond OR studying the anatomy of a fly.

[Rinualdo]

What, what?

in your butt.

[4a6c1]

I like that we're all quoting like Back now. Back look what you did.


What, what?

[Asha]

lol cock pond

[Rinualdo]

I like that we're all quoting like Back now. Back look what you did.

I was quoting Samwell (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXKE 3dIrRIbg&ei=kgo4TtjSM-Kv0AGfiYHUAw&usg=AFQjCNFV8nnnol1r1g_z2REyJ5qVQRpd7g) :(

[4a6c1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ImZTwYwCug

[Parkbandit]

Obviously he's still around.

He just felt it was time to end that silliness.


Where is ClydeR. :(

Obviously he's still around.

He just felt it was time to end that silliness.

OH LOOK, I AM DOUBLE REBEL!!!

[4a6c1]

lol PB.

[Cephalopod]

What a bunch of mickey-mouse bullsquash.

[Showal]

Still the dumbest way to quote.


I like that we're all quoting like Back now. Back look what you did.

[Androidpk]

Too much poison ivy.

[Parkbandit]

BUT IT GAINS ATTENTION!!!


Still the dumbest way to quote.

[waywardgs]

Seeing a fight break out over the loading space at home depot. You know the economy sucks when contractors come to blows over parking space at 9 in the morning while buying lumber.

[Parkbandit]

Seeing a fight break out over the loading space at home depot. You know the economy sucks when contractors come to blows over parking space at 9 in the morning while buying lumber.

No one fights when the economy is good....

[Asha]

lol

[waywardgs]

No one fights when the economy is good....

Point taken, but then normally alcohol is involved.

[msconstrew]

Point taken, but then normally alcohol is involved.

I'm pretty sure drinking is still a way to mitigate, eliminate, or grow indifferent to bad feelings about the current economy.

[Gnome Rage]

Have to pack up my room this week, wheel it over to my new building and let it sit for another week before moving in because I'm not here next week :(

[4a6c1]

Heat index is 110. Ran in the midday heat and saw some stars. I like to punish myself but my body hates me. Old old old!

[Liagala]

Heat index is 110. Ran in the midday heat and saw some stars. I like to punish myself but my body hates me. Old old old!
Your fault for living somewhere disgustingly hot. Move to a more civilized area of the country.

[4a6c1]

My scholarships are here.

Otherwise I would be in DC.

AND YOU SUCK.

[Warriorbird]

EA.

[Liagala]

My scholarships are here.

Otherwise I would be in DC.

AND YOU SUCK.
Scolarship, shmolarship. Dunkin Donuts is here.

[Rinualdo]

Scolarship, shmolarship. Dunkin Donuts is here.

Indeed (http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20110801/NJNEWS/308010017/-Extra-sugar-investigation-leads-prostitution-arrest-NJ-Dunkin-Donuts-worker-?odyssey=tab|topnews|img|FRONTPAGE) it is.

[4a6c1]

Legalize prostitution. Problem solved.

[Asha]

Reading one of my first threads from 03 when I was 24 years old.
Now I feel OLD!

[leifastagsweed]

1/4 inch mass found today in the right fun bag. Biopsy scheduled. Boofuckinghiss!

In honor of epic boobs everywhere....

http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/epic-boobs.jpg

[CrystalTears]

1/4 inch mass found today in the right fun bag. Biopsy scheduled. Boofuckinghiss!

So sorry. :(

[Inspire]

Sorry your boob gave out on you, hope everything turns out ok.

[Asha]

Shit dude. I have my fingers crossed for you. Good luck xx

I was just about to post how I have a massive urge to smoke a cig after the gym but that's kinda gone now.

[AnticorRifling]

Shit dude. I have my fingers crossed for you. Good luck xx

I was just about to post how I have a massive urge to smoke a cig after the gym but that's kinda gone now.

But then you might get a 1/4 inch mass to match that one in your pants. SNAP!

Also good luck Leif, hopefully it's nothing brutal, keep us posted.

[LMingrone]

I almost frowned....but, check this out. This kid is stalking my wife and her sister. I caught him. His response:

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/273443_1271100102_3502599_q.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1271100102)10 minutes ago
Marc S. (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1271100102)

First off I don't appreciate the
disrespect you have toward me, Jessica is my freind get over it. And for your information I am in the military for a reason. I didn't join for myself I joined because I wanted to represent my country and for reason bigger than myself. I've been in for almost 4 yrs buddy and I'm not a fucking kid. I've been deployed twice to the persian gulf and I'm proud to serve my country so don't even dare knock on my service untill you know what's it like to have served. Btw I'm one of the many members of the armed forces that risk our lives everyday just so that ppl like you can voice your disrespect. Oh and for the record I'm not gay far from it. But apparently your obsessed with me so maybe your sexuality is at question yourself.