I'm so tired of...

[Tisket]

...parents who use the term autistic to describe their underachieving offspring.

I know the condition exists, there is at least one parent of an autistic child that posts here, but jesus fuck, it's general catchall overuse is out of control.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/health-officials-50-school-kids-autism-18768933

[Tgo01]

It's much easier to say your child has a medical condition then accept the fact you failed as a parent.

The bible told me so.

[Buckwheet]

Same thing happened with ADD/ADHD.

[msconstrew]

... people who have no sense of anyone else around them in the street or on the sidewalk. For fuck's sake, if you're going to dillydally, get the hell over to the right so people who need to go places don't impotently seethe behind you.

[Tisket]

Fucking cell phones. Even people who would generally term themselves as polite can be so clueless and rude when texting or talking on a cell.

[Tgo01]

Maybe it's just me but I hate when people answer the cell phone when they know they can't talk. Like I'll call someone and start chatting then 30 seconds later "Well I really can't talk right now, I'll call you back later."

When I can't talk at the moment I just don't answer the phone and call the person back when I am able to. Am I the crazy one here?

[Delias]

Honestly, as the parent of a kid who has legit autism, I probably find it more frustrating than you do. I just spent the last hour cleaning up a carpet that was painted in shit, and then giving an emergency midday bath to a child who was screaming and shaking the entire time.

On the bright side, his language comprehension is far more advanced than his ability to communicate, so at least he can follow instructions.

The kid is fucking amazing at puzzles though. He has probably... I'd say 20 or 30 puzzles that are 30+ pieces. He can put each one of them together in just a couple of minutes, if it takes that long. Honestly I am not sure if he has them memorized or is just that good with patterns. I've seen him spend 20 minutes studying the pattern on the back of a playing card.

Sort of rambling about my kid now. Anyway, I am very tired of kids who are maybe a few months behind their peers developmentally getting labeled as autistic.

[msconstrew]

... people who have no sense of anyone else around them in the street or on the sidewalk. For fuck's sake, if you're going to dillydally, get the hell over to the right so people who need to go places don't impotently seethe behind you.

Building on this - people who do 56mph in a 55mph and stay in the left lane. Driving behind these people makes me understand how road rage occurs.

[Ryvicke]

... people who have no sense of anyone else around them in the street or on the sidewalk. For fuck's sake, if you're going to dillydally, get the hell over to the right so people who need to go places don't impotently seethe behind you.

Yeah, wow. This is my number one. The number of times people come to a dead stop right in front of me in the subway when it is obvious we're all headed towards the stairs/exit/train car etc. I really just want to bowl them the fuck over, but my instinct is always to use every faculty I have to come to a stop without touching them. Meanwhile if I get anywhere near them they give me the stinkeye turnaround like I'm invading their personal space cause they just stopped for no reason. I have so much hatred for these people.

[Ryvicke]

Building on this - people who do 56mph in a 55mph and stay in the left lane. Driving behind these people makes me understand how road rage occurs.

Fuck multiquote!

I'm interested to know if everyone else learned to drive with the whole "drive in the right lane unless you need to pass, then get in the left, pass, then return to the right lane" type deal that I did. In the midwest it's pretty common to see the left lane empty except for passers, in the northeast though I feel like highway driving is just barbarian-style, whatever lane is open, do your shit. I refuse to pass people on the right, ever.

[Tgo01]

What I like is when you're behind someone going agonizingly slow in the right lane so you get in the left lane and as you're about to pass them they suddenly realize they were going slow or something because then they suddenly accelerate, preventing you from passing them. They then stay right by your side forcing you to either go faster or slow down to get back in the right lane.

"This is MY lane bitch!"

[Whirlin]

Fuck multiquote!

I'm interested to know if everyone else learned to drive with the whole "drive in the right lane unless you need to pass, then get in the left, pass, then return to the right lane" type deal that I did. In the midwest it's pretty common to see the left lane empty except for passers, in the northeast though I feel like highway driving is just barbarian-style, whatever lane is open, do your shit. I refuse to pass people on the right, ever.

I see this a lot in the Northeast... Some areas are just too heavy traffic to always stick to the right lane... It's not like the midwest or further north where the population density is a lot lower... so it's not ALWAYS feasible to always stick to the right lane. But, I've learned to be an obnoxious left lane person when I'm trying to pass. I have no qualms about laying on the horn or flashing my highbeams at drivers sticking to the left lane.

You can drive in the left lane all you want... but if you're in the left lane, and someone is behind you, and more than 1 car is in front of you, you're doing it wrong. If there's only 1 car in front of you, and cars lining up behind you, it's YOUR responsibility to get that front person out of the way.

[msconstrew]

I see this a lot in the Northeast... Some areas are just too heavy traffic to always stick to the right lane... It's not like the midwest or further north where the population density is a lot lower... so it's not ALWAYS feasible to always stick to the right lane. But, I've learned to be an obnoxious left lane person when I'm trying to pass. I have no qualms about laying on the horn or flashing my highbeams at drivers sticking to the left lane.

You can drive in the left lane all you want... but if you're in the left lane, and someone is behind you, and more than 1 car is in front of you, you're doing it wrong. If there's only 1 car in front of you, and cars lining up behind you, it's YOUR responsibility to get that front person out of the way.

LOL. Yeah. Well, I am in the midwest and I encounter slow, plodding jerks in the left lane all the time, so your theory that this doesn't occur in the midwest is way off base.

To answer Ryvicke's question - I'm from Jersey and the general rule was that cars on the right should be going slower. But when I am in Jersey, the real "rule" is that if some fucknut is going too slowly, you just pass that jerk on the right. This is doubly true for the parkway, the turnpike, 287, and any of the shore roads (esp. in the summertime).

[Methais]

The kid is fucking amazing at puzzles though. He has probably... I'd say 20 or 30 puzzles that are 30+ pieces. He can put each one of them together in just a couple of minutes, if it takes that long. Honestly I am not sure if he has them memorized or is just that good with patterns. I've seen him spend 20 minutes studying the pattern on the back of a playing card.

Are you signing him up for Black Swan?

I'm tired of assholes who pull out in front of you when there are no other cars behind you, and then they go half the speed limit. Then they look all offended when you pass them.

Some asshole did this once and I started riding their ass. They kept brake checking me, so I waited for the next one, and as soon as their brake lights came on I jumped in the other lane and floored it. About 30 seconds later they caught up to me and rolled down the window so they could yell at me. I told them I would kill them and then they turned off at the next street.

I wish I would have had time to describe the violence to them in the way that Neil/Jubuls made in some old epic post on here that consisted of something like jumping up and down on someone's stomach after first performing plethora of slick sounding ninja moves. If I wasn't so lazy today I'd go find that awesome post. I think Klaive posted a similar one too, except I think he really believed he could do those things.

[Tisket]

...people who drop by unannounced. I love my family and friends but call first! I'm a pretty good housekeeper but give me time to shove dirty laundry in a closet and make sure my family and I are somewhat dressed.

[Tisket]

...people who get behind you on a freeway at night and turn on their bright lights. I've been known to slow down until they go around and then getting behind them and doing the same thing to them.

[Gnome Rage]

...people who get behind you on a freeway at night and turn on their bright lights. I've been known to slow down until they go around and then getting behind them and doing the same thing to them.

I was gonna post this.

[Tgo01]

...people who get behind you on a freeway at night and turn on their bright lights. I've been known to slow down until they go around and then getting behind them and doing the same thing to them.

People where I live do this shit ALL THE FUCKING TIME. It's like people figure "Oh gee, it's after 8, time to turn my brights on and leave them on no matter what." People behind me, people passing me coming the other direction. It can't possibly take that much energy to turn your brights off and on real quick.

[Tisket]

Maybe I'm just light sensitive but it's so annoying.

[Tisket]

People where I live do this shit ALL THE FUCKING TIME. It's like people figure "Oh gee, it's after 8, time to turn my brights on and leave them on no matter what." People behind me, people passing me coming the other direction. It can't possibly take that much energy to turn your brights off and on real quick.

They do it here behind a car that they want to move or go faster. It reflects in your eyes.

[Ashliana]

Maybe I'm just light sensitive but it's so annoying.

Ever have someone pull up in a huge truck who has incredibly bright halogen lights, which, because of the height difference in cars, shines right in your cabin? Insanely annoying. Sometimes I wish I had a prison-strength search light in the back to shine right back in their face.

[Gnome Rage]

One time I was driving home, probs 2am, going 55 in a 45 because no one else was on the road really, so i'm ALREADY speeding, and this truck comes out of NOWHERE right up on my ass like they might run me over and followed me half way home with their high beams on. I had to pull off onto a side road and turn around so they'd pass me. We went through like 3 passing zones and they just hung out behind me being a d-bag.

[Ashliana]

My biggest traffic pet peeve--when there's a short left turning lane at an intersection (especially a LONG light), and you can't get into the turning lane because everyone in the non-turning lane leaves a car length or more in-between them and the next car--usually because the car in front of them pulls up a bit, but they're too busy mashing away at their cell phone to move up.

[Tisket]

Ever have someone pull up in a huge truck who has incredibly bright halogen lights, which, because of the height difference in cars, shines right in your cabin? Insanely annoying. Sometimes I wish I had a prison-strength search light in the back to shine right back in their face.

I'm very passive aggressive when this happens. I slow way down. If they can't pass right away this annoys them more than the lights annoy me. This makes me happy.

[msconstrew]

Ever have someone pull up in a huge truck who has incredibly bright halogen lights, which, because of the height difference in cars, shines right in your cabin? Insanely annoying. Sometimes I wish I had a prison-strength search light in the back to shine right back in their face.

Or when someone is coming from the other direction and either has their brights activated OR they have those xenon lights OR they are in an SUV ... and either way you're just blinded by the light and can't see and it's dark and you worry you're going to hit a tree head first and die, and they won't even stop because they're the kind of person who has douchebag headlights.

[Tgo01]

Or when someone is coming from the other direction and either has their brights activated OR they have those xenon lights OR they are in an SUV ... and either way you're just blinded by the light and can't see and it's dark and you worry you're going to hit a tree head first and die, and they won't even stop because they're the kind of person who has douchebag headlights.

I have no idea what kind of lights this guy had on his car but when he was behind me I was fucking pissed because I could hardly see a thing, it was the only time I literally had to pull over and let someone pass me because their lights were too bright and I couldn't see very well. When I was behind the guy though I was impressed, these lights were bright. There was like a tunnel of light in front of him that literally lit up all the way to the top of 30 foot trees.

[MotleyCrew]

My first thought when I saw this thread was..old people. Sorry, but they drive me bat shit insane for so many reasons.


Also, building on the autism/add/adhd stuff. People who blame everything shitty in their lives on everyone else. I could go on for hours on this one.

People who don't fucking shovel/salt/sand thier fucking drive ways, stairs and sidewalks. :mad:

Bah, I just fucking hate people.....

[Delias]

Also, building on the autism/add/adhd stuff. People who blame everything shitty in their lives on everyone else. I could go on for hours on this one.


There are plenty of shitty things in my life that are not things I am at fault for... but I do have plenty on my plate derived directly from my own idiocy.

[Candor]

My first thought when I saw this thread was..old people. Sorry, but they drive me bat shit insane for so many reasons.


Also, building on the autism/add/adhd stuff. People who blame everything shitty in their lives on everyone else. I could go on for hours on this one.

People who don't fucking shovel/salt/sand thier fucking drive ways, stairs and sidewalks. :mad:

Bah, I just fucking hate people.....

In my area, we have 48 hours to clear snow and ice from our sidewalks/driveways. Most people (including myself) do it within 24 hours.

What fries me are people who decide that even though it's 20 degrees outside and the streets and sidewalks are covered in ice, they still need to walk their dog or do their jog at 6:00 in the morning, even though the snow and ice just fell the previous night. And then if they slip or fall near my house, they think it's my fault because I didn't get up at 5:00am to clear the sidewalks (I live on a corner and have a lot of sidewalk to deal with).

Of course legally they have no case, but I have had the above conversation twice with a dog walker and a jogger who both clearly had no brains.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

People. Most of them. They sorely vex me.

[DCSL]

I'm so tired of people assuming I'm going to do something horrible to their dogs. I'm in the business because I love dogs. I do NOT want to hurt them. Outside of froofiness, what I do for them is to the benefit of their hygiene and health. Yes, they hate having their nails clipped and they may cry about it but better that than having their nails curl into their feet and harm their ability to walk because you're too much of a fucking pussy to do it yourself at home.

And people wanting me to brush out terribly matted dogs. Do you have any idea how much that will hurt them? If you don't like how Precious looks shaved then maybe you'd better learn to pick up a fucking brush at home. Or bring your dog to me more often. I'm not going to put your dog through what amounts to an hour or more of torture just so your neighbors won't know you abuse your animal through outright neglect.

I wish people would just come to terms with it and think of it like going to the dentist. No one likes it. Most people are not happy when they arrive at the dentist's office. But it's for their own good. Just because your dog shakes when he comes into the salon doesn't mean I'm back there whipping him. I do an uncomfortable thing as fast and as kindly as I can but it needs to be done.

[AnticorRifling]

I do an uncomfortable thing as fast and as kindly as I can but it needs to be done.

You slept with Delias?

[Rucca]

...your mom.

[Tolwynn]

People who think it's their life's mission goal to proselytize their political affiliation, dietary choices, religious beliefs/atheism, etc. If I cared, I'd ask you about it, ffs.

[DCSL]

You slept with Delias?

Did that need to be done?

[Delias]

Did that need to be done?

Still needs to be.

[Latrinsorm]

...nothing! :)
Maybe it's just me but I hate when people answer the cell phone when they know they can't talk. Like I'll call someone and start chatting then 30 seconds later "Well I really can't talk right now, I'll call you back later."

When I can't talk at the moment I just don't answer the phone and call the person back when I am able to. Am I the crazy one here?I can't find any Scripture passages backing you up, so yes.
Yeah, wow. This is my number one. The number of times people come to a dead stop right in front of me in the subway when it is obvious we're all headed towards the stairs/exit/train car etc. I really just want to bowl them the fuck over, but my instinct is always to use every faculty I have to come to a stop without touching them. Meanwhile if I get anywhere near them they give me the stinkeye turnaround like I'm invading their personal space cause they just stopped for no reason. I have so much hatred for these people.It's so funny that you describe this physical interaction, I've used similar in fiction to create romantic frissons (although not in a subway) (yet). Be a lover, not a hater!
I'm interested to know if everyone else learned to drive with the whole "drive in the right lane unless you need to pass, then get in the left, pass, then return to the right lane" type deal that I did. In the midwest it's pretty common to see the left lane empty except for passers, in the northeast though I feel like highway driving is just barbarian-style, whatever lane is open, do your shit. I refuse to pass people on the right, ever.I was verbally taught that, but I also grew up with a father who drove 100% of the time in the left lane and glared at anyone who dared to pass him on the right or get close behind him or basically do anything anywhere on the road. I suspect this is a common refrain.

[Tgo01]

I can't find any Scripture passages backing you up, so yes.

Jesus is often quoted as saying "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." Obviously Jesus is saying "He who is available to hear, let him hear." It does NOT say "If you're busy you should pretend to hear for a few seconds then stop hearing."

Jesus said this man, JESUS!

[thefarmer]

People who want to go 70mph in a school zone. With it clearly being the pickup/dropoff times posted on the sign we both just passed. I can't count how many people ride my back bumper and honk/yell/etc at me to go faster than the listed 25. I also can't count how many people pass me on the left side (into either the other lane, or the carpool turn lane).


edit: And it's not even annoying because I'm picking up my own kid. Even before kids, I never sped thru school zones either. Fuckers.

[Latrinsorm]

Jesus is often quoted as saying "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." Obviously Jesus is saying "He who is available to hear, let him hear." It does NOT say "If you're busy you should pretend to hear for a few seconds then stop hearing."

Jesus said this man, JESUS!Judges?

I'm sorry, Terrence, overruled, which in this context means Ruth hammers a tent peg through your brain.

[Allereli]

groundhogs that cannot predict the weather

[Methais]

Wiggers.

[Gweneivia]

...Spending stupid amounts of time to fill out online applications (especially when they have you attach your resume, but then they still require you to fill in all your resume information on their site), and then NEVER hearing anything back. If you have the technology to make me fill all that crap out, you should have the technology to send me a form email to AT LEAST acknowledge that you received it, if not to let me know that the position was otherwise filled.

One site warned me that their online application process would take at least two hours. Yeah, sorry, but I'm not investing two hours so a program can go through and determine that I didn't answer with enough buzzwords to be considered.

[Latrinsorm]

(especially when they have you attach your resume, but then they still require you to fill in all your resume information on their site)This is very annoying.

[diethx]

Maybe it's just me but I hate when people answer the cell phone when they know they can't talk. Like I'll call someone and start chatting then 30 seconds later "Well I really can't talk right now, I'll call you back later."

When I can't talk at the moment I just don't answer the phone and call the person back when I am able to. Am I the crazy one here?

I've got you beat. My mom likes to call me up, and say something, and before I can respond or even process it really, she'll be all "Oh I can't talk now I'm doing such and such, I'll call you later" and hangs up. IF YOU CAN'T FUCKING TALK, WHY DID YOU CALL ME? JUST WAIT TIL LATER.


Building on this - people who do 56mph in a 55mph and stay in the left lane. Driving behind these people makes me understand how road rage occurs.

Uh yeah. You aren't kidding.


Fuck multiquote!

I'm interested to know if everyone else learned to drive with the whole "drive in the right lane unless you need to pass, then get in the left, pass, then return to the right lane" type deal that I did. In the midwest it's pretty common to see the left lane empty except for passers, in the northeast though I feel like highway driving is just barbarian-style, whatever lane is open, do your shit. I refuse to pass people on the right, ever.

You'd looooooooooove driving in Atlanta. I thought NY/LIE traffic was bad. Atlanta traffic is 100x worse. There are no rules down here. I have become a MUCH more aggressive driver since moving here, because you basically have to be otherwise you'll never get anywhere. It's a fucking dream. /sarcasm

[Delias]

You'd looooooooooove driving in Atlanta. I thought NY/LIE traffic was bad. Atlanta traffic is 100x worse. There are no rules down here. I have become a MUCH more aggressive driver since moving here, because you basically have to be otherwise you'll never get anywhere. It's a fucking dream. /sarcasm

So far as I can tell, no traffic law is ever enforced in chicago.

[4a6c1]

New: Useless miserable people who radiate negative energy. Like the salespeople at retail centers and things like that. I guess they have sucky jobs so I understand but you can't help but be weirded out at those people who just have a tude for no reason. I mostly don't understand how people can be miserable all the time and then try and put it off on others. Is that a way to live?

Ongoing: Conversations with domestic women who have no apparent interests of their own outside their familys needs. The conversations are inevitably about 1) Their husband 2) Their husbands jobs 3) Their children 4) What their children did/said/pooped. New mothers don't count, they are all drugged up on new mommy hormones, the other ones with no apparent interests besides what OTHER PEOPLE that they know are doing sort of confuse me. Then when I try and ask her a personal question that would encourage self interest she looks confused as fuck. Lucky for me I'm getting good at spotting these folks so I can avoid insulting them with my disinterest. Playgroup woes.

[SHAFT]

I'm so tired of bitches

[m444w]

I'm so tired of bitches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ZObiu6kRU

[Suppressed Poet]

...Spending stupid amounts of time to fill out online applications (especially when they have you attach your resume, but then they still require you to fill in all your resume information on their site), and then NEVER hearing anything back. If you have the technology to make me fill all that crap out, you should have the technology to send me a form email to AT LEAST acknowledge that you received it, if not to let me know that the position was otherwise filled.

One site warned me that their online application process would take at least two hours. Yeah, sorry, but I'm not investing two hours so a program can go through and determine that I didn't answer with enough buzzwords to be considered.

You are doing it wrong. Let me introduce to you effective job hunting circa 2013:

1) LinkedIn - get it and make it look perfect. This your online resume and the way people are going to find you about employment opportunities. Connect with anyone and everyone you know in your profession. Join discussion groups related to your field and post intelligently in them. Google research for plenty of good tips. I get 2-3 messages a week from recruiters and I am not even looking to make any changes right now.

2) Find a staffing agency that specializes in your area and career field and call them. Let them know what you are looking for and what sets you apart as a star. They get paid when you get hired, they are well connected, and are quite frankly better at job hunting than you. You have nothing to lose by taking advantage of them - just clearly outline what it is you want especially must haves like minimum salary, distance from home, etc. Again, google is your friend.

3) Call family, friends, and especialy old coworkers. Ask how they are doing, meet up for lunch, etc. and tell them you are looking for employment. It's not what you know, it's who you know. Get recomendations and get your foot in the door to places you want to work. Don't be affraid to ask for help.

4) Job Events - I haven't done this much but I hear good things if you are seeking entry level positions.

Don't keep doing things the 20th century way. The game has changed and you need to adapt. Good luck out there.

ETA: Don't let your LinkedIn profile be a picture of you at your cube/desk, or you hanging out with friends, or in a car, etc. It looks bad and that's the first thing people see and the last thing they remember. Get a picture of you in formal business attire, by yourself, smile, and preferbly with a good business appropriate background.

[4a6c1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ZObiu6kRU

Badgers be trippin.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnEMJ2YnGeY

[SHAFT]

Catchy song

[4a6c1]

I just like it because it sounds like System of a Down. :worship:

[TheEschaton]

...Feminists who get 2 guys fired because she overheard them making a pun about "dongles" to each other at a tech conference.

Highlights: Sitting 3 seats away from them, they were talking to each other, presentation about dongles, they made a dong joke to each other and giggled.........she takes their picture, posts it to Twitter and publicly shames them and their company, and gets them fired. Proceeds to blog about it and how she's proud of the work she's done and that women are a victim and shouldn't be subjected to guys snickering over the word "dongle."

I mean, I'm a feminist, but come on. Link to her crazy ass blog: http://butyoureagirl.com/14015/forking-and-dongle-jokes-dont-belong-at-tech-conferences/

[Suppressed Poet]

Dongles is an industry word in my field that means card readers for a cell phone...

Tell that bitch to suck my dongle.

[thefarmer]

Ongoing: Conversations with domestic women who have no apparent interests of their own outside their familys needs. The conversations are inevitably about 1) Their husband 2) Their husbands jobs 3) Their children 4) What their children did/said/pooped. New mothers don't count, they are all drugged up on new mommy hormones, the other ones with no apparent interests besides what OTHER PEOPLE that they know are doing sort of confuse me. Then when I try and ask her a personal question that would encourage self interest she looks confused as fuck. Lucky for me I'm getting good at spotting these folks so I can avoid insulting them with my disinterest. Playgroup woes.

You really don't like the idea of a Husband+wife+children unit family do you?

Other than following around Tisket to nip at her balls every chance you get, every other post of yours seems to hate on either men, or 'domestic women'.

[msconstrew]

...Feminists who get 2 guys fired because she overheard them making a pun about "dongles" to each other at a tech conference.

Highlights: Sitting 3 seats away from them, they were talking to each other, presentation about dongles, they made a dong joke to each other and giggled.........she takes their picture, posts it to Twitter and publicly shames them and their company, and gets them fired. Proceeds to blog about it and how she's proud of the work she's done and that women are a victim and shouldn't be subjected to guys snickering over the word "dongle."

I mean, I'm a feminist, but come on. Link to her crazy ass blog: http://butyoureagirl.com/14015/forking-and-dongle-jokes-dont-belong-at-tech-conferences/

That is fucked up. Why would they get fired for it though? The girls' ignorance of the term shouldn't mean that the employer is blind to the fact that dongle isn't a sexual term.

[Tisket]

You really don't like the idea of a Husband+wife+children unit family do you?

Other than following around Tisket to nip at her balls every chance you get, every other post of yours seems to hate on either men, or 'domestic women'.

I think she's trying to kill two birds with one post.

[Suppressed Poet]

You really don't like the idea of a Husband+wife+children unit family do you?

Other than following around Tisket to nip at her balls every chance you get, every other post of yours seems to hate on either men, or 'domestic women'.

Nah - Rojo is cool. That's only characteristic during her medical problem known as vaginal dysentery, and her motivation for that anger towards "domestic" "traditional" women is a secret envy + desire for a good long dicking. Don't hate the handicaped.

[Gweneivia]

You are doing it wrong. Let me introduce to you effective job hunting circa 2013:

1) LinkedIn - get it and make it look perfect. This your online resume and the way people are going to find you about employment opportunities. Connect with anyone and everyone you know in your profession. Join discussion groups related to your field and post intelligently in them. Google research for plenty of good tips. I get 2-3 messages a week from recruiters and I am not even looking to make any changes right now.

2) Find a staffing agency that specializes in your area and career field and call them. Let them know what you are looking for and what sets you apart as a star. They get paid when you get hired, they are well connected, and are quite frankly better at job hunting than you. You have nothing to lose by taking advantage of them - just clearly outline what it is you want especially must haves like minimum salary, distance from home, etc. Again, google is your friend.

3) Call family, friends, and especialy old coworkers. Ask how they are doing, meet up for lunch, etc. and tell them you are looking for employment. It's not what you know, it's who you know. Get recomendations and get your foot in the door to places you want to work. Don't be affraid to ask for help.

4) Job Events - I haven't done this much but I hear good things if you are seeking entry level positions.

Don't keep doing things the 20th century way. The game has changed and you need to adapt. Good luck out there.

ETA: Don't let your LinkedIn profile be a picture of you at your cube/desk, or you hanging out with friends, or in a car, etc. It looks bad and that's the first thing people see and the last thing they remember. Get a picture of you in formal business attire, by yourself, smile, and preferbly with a good business appropriate background.


Hey! Thanks for the condescending post!

But...already on linkedin. Sadly, until recently I didn't have a degree. The people I am "linkedin" with are NOT people I've ever worked with, because I used to work at places where apparently most people are NOT linkedin, since I can find basically 0 previous coworkers. My husband is a great guy and all but somehow I doubt my knowing him is finding me a job.

I've already been to the staffing agency, and again I think you're making some basic assumptions. First off is that I live in an urban area. Unfortunately they specialize in temp work in a lot of industrial fields (I can be a meat packer!).

I've been looking for a job since August. I know plenty of people but if there isn't work, there isn't work, and the professionals I know are either in vastly different fields than I am, or there's just nothing available.

Job events - Again, this would probably be great if I lived in a more urban area.

Sorry if I come off pissy and all but don't tell me I'm "doing it wrong," I've had about 300 friends and others tell me how to be an effective job seeker, and I've tried it all, and still nothing. So I've decided to just be one of those moms that Rojo hates instead. Have I told you about the cute/smart/funny thing my son said the other day?

[Suppressed Poet]

Sorry for the gross assumptions and if that came off condescending - not intentional. I've been where you are and feel your pain. Good luck and keep at it.

[AestheticDeath]

...people who get behind you on a freeway at night and turn on their bright lights. I've been known to slow down until they go around and then getting behind them and doing the same thing to them.

Ever have someone pull up in a huge truck who has incredibly bright halogen lights, which, because of the height difference in cars, shines right in your cabin? Insanely annoying. Sometimes I wish I had a prison-strength search light in the back to shine right back in their face.

One time I was driving home, probs 2am, going 55 in a 45 because no one else was on the road really, so i'm ALREADY speeding, and this truck comes out of NOWHERE right up on my ass like they might run me over and followed me half way home with their high beams on. I had to pull off onto a side road and turn around so they'd pass me. We went through like 3 passing zones and they just hung out behind me being a d-bag.
You have to know sometimes it isn't just because they are assholes. Sometimes they are looking for targets. If your going between towns, and someone does this - don't stop at a rest stop IMO. If your carrying, pull your gun and flash it in the air :P, it works wonders. Hell, buy a real looking toy gun just for that purpose. Might get in trouble, but it might also save your ass. One night a long time ago, we had a big ass truck pull up on our bumper, had what appeared to be four big guys in it, and it was like we had 50 dome lights on at the same time, the whole fucking 4 door car interior was lit up seemingly brighter than day. After they followed us like that for 1-2 minutes, Dad pulled his gun out so they could see it under the rear view mirror, and you could hear their tires locking up on the pavement as they hit the breaks.

edit: I forget not everyone lives in Texas and carries. I am tired of that... and people who don't think others should be able to for whatever reason.

[TheEschaton]

That is fucked up. Why would they get fired for it though? The girls' ignorance of the term shouldn't mean that the employer is blind to the fact that dongle isn't a sexual term.

Oh, she knew what a dongle was. There's even a part in the blog where she analyzes how the joke doesn't make sense, and and she finds it not funny, because dongles are supposed to be small and unobtrusive, and they were making "big dongle" jokes.

Edit: I mean, FFS, it was a Python conference, all high level nerds here, including the woman, who is a coder.

[SHAFT]

Dongles is an industry word in my field that means card readers for a cell phone...

Tell that bitch to suck my dongle.

Yeah, tell that bitch to suck my dongle.

She qualifies for a drive-by shooting. Just sayin

[Suppressed Poet]

Yeah, tell that bitch to suck my dongle.

She qualifies for a drive-by shooting. Just sayin

And with that, please upload another sensational rare picture/gif that captures the beautiful delicate jiggle of a woman's fine plump buttery smooth-skinned ass.

[subzero]

When I can't talk at the moment I just don't answer the phone and call the person back when I am able to. Am I the crazy one here?

No, but I find when I do this the motherfuckers call back like 2-3 times in a row. Sometimes I really hate cell phones. People these days don't seem to be able to 'disconnect' or accept that someone else isn't near or willing to use a phone sometimes.

[Delias]

No, but I find when I do this the motherfuckers call back like 2-3 times in a row. Sometimes I really hate cell phones. People these days don't seem to be able to 'disconnect' or accept that someone else isn't near or willing to use a phone sometimes.

I miss the "I'll get to you when I have a chance" nature of the pager.

[Ryvicke]

I miss the "I'll get to you when I have a chance" nature of the pager.

You miss the cocaine that necessitated the pager.

[Androidpk]

I don't carry a cell phone anymore and I love it.

[4a6c1]

You really don't like the idea of a Husband+wife+children unit family do you?

Other than following around Tisket to nip at her balls every chance you get, every other post of yours seems to hate on either men, or 'domestic women'.

I'm glad you're good at reading. I totally DON'T like Husband+wife+children units and I've specifically said these words many many times. I prefer angel/demonoid relationships, tbh. I like the idea of two transgenders going at it. Or, when necessary transnasal penetration. Really angiosperms have it made. I would like to lay on the ground and rub my eggs on animals. Let THEM do the work. Excuse me, I have to go find Tisket.

Or...(maybe what I meant was) I don't fucking understand women with no personality. I don't understand people who LIVE AND BREATH for other people and can literally find no other thing to talk about. In the world. That's not a way to live.



Sorry if I come off pissy and all but don't tell me I'm "doing it wrong," I've had about 300 friends and others tell me how to be an effective job seeker, and I've tried it all, and still nothing. So I've decided to just be one of those moms that Rojo hates instead. Have I told you about the cute/smart/funny thing my son said the other day?

Lying whore!! Any one of you cunts on this website, even Tisket (two birds!!) is more interesting on their worst day than my aforementioned, typical Texas suburban mom. Suppressed Poet can suck a cock.

[4a6c1]

I don't carry a cell phone anymore and I love it.

But how.....
Do. You. Live.

[Androidpk]

The same way people lived before cell phones?

[subzero]

...people who get behind you on a freeway at night and turn on their bright lights. I've been known to slow down until they go around and then getting behind them and doing the same thing to them.

Heh, I drive an F150 and tend to keep the fog lamps on which I think makes people believe I have the brights on. This occasionally leads to them getting behind me and kicking their brights on, to which I just laugh as my auto-dimming mirrors work their magic.


Ever have someone pull up in a huge truck who has incredibly bright halogen lights, which, because of the height difference in cars, shines right in your cabin? Insanely annoying. Sometimes I wish I had a prison-strength search light in the back to shine right back in their face.

>.>

[Delias]

Or...(maybe what I meant was) I don't fucking understand women with no personality. I don't understand people who LIVE AND BREATH for other people and can literally find no other thing to talk about. In the world. That's not a way to live.

I live and breathe for other people and yet manage to retain a personality. Not a very good one, but I DO have one. Honestly, you should save your judgement for people who are genuinely loathsome instead of simple people who you find boring. Spend more time hating rapists, less time hating soccer moms. You might not be happier for it, but people will think you are less of a cunt. Maybe you'll even make a friend.

[Tenlaar]

Heh, I drive an F150 and tend to keep the fog lamps on which I think makes people believe I have the brights on. This occasionally leads to them getting behind me and kicking their brights on, to which I just laugh as my auto-dimming mirrors work their magic.


So you're saying you're one of the dbags all the people in this thread are talking about.

[4a6c1]

I live and breathe for other people and yet manage to retain a personality. Not a very good one, but I DO have one. Honestly, you should save your judgement for people who are genuinely loathsome instead of simple people who you find boring. Spend more time hating rapists, less time hating soccer moms. You might not be happier for it, but people will think you are less of a cunt. Maybe you'll even make a friend.

A real live friend Delias? Do I have to be unemployed first? Can you teach me how to make real live friends while I chat with strangers all day on a message board? You're so awesome dude.

[Delias]

A real live friend Delias? Do I have to be unemployed first? Can you teach me how to make real live friends while I chat with strangers all day on a message board? You're so awesome dude.

I really can't. I've maintained the same close core group of friends for the past fifteen years. Oh, I take that back, I made one friend two years ago. That's new, at least by my time scale.

Yeah, you caught me. I am unemployed, thanks for the update on my work status, PB. I was already a stay at home dad 5 days a week, cutting out the two days I week I worked at a shit job a hundred miles from my home is really ruining my life. Just for the record, I am fucking awesome- put my old lady through school so she could have a career and then when she had one, becoming the primary caretaker of a special needs child. I'm not saying I deserve a medal, but god damn, I am a pretty swell guy. Especially if you consider my starting point.

None of that is really relevant though- you apparently hate people who are happy living lives that are spent in the service to their families. Sounds like your problems run much deeper than my employment issue.

[cor aut mors]

You have to know sometimes it isn't just because they are assholes. Sometimes they are looking for targets. If your going between towns, and someone does this - don't stop at a rest stop IMO. If your carrying, pull your gun and flash it in the air :P, it works wonders. Hell, buy a real looking toy gun just for that purpose. Might get in trouble, but it might also save your ass. One night a long time ago, we had a big ass truck pull up on our bumper, had what appeared to be four big guys in it, and it was like we had 50 dome lights on at the same time, the whole fucking 4 door car interior was lit up seemingly brighter than day. After they followed us like that for 1-2 minutes, Dad pulled his gun out so they could see it under the rear view mirror, and you could hear their tires locking up on the pavement as they hit the breaks.

edit: I forget not everyone lives in Texas and carries. I am tired of that... and people who don't think others should be able to for whatever reason.

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[Tgo01]

dongles are supposed to be small and unobtrusive, and they were making "big dongle" jokes.

You really should have referred her to the Bible, specifically Ezekiel 23:19 and 20 where it says:

Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

Obviously dongles are supposed to be huge.

[SHAFT]

The same way people lived before cell phones?

I hear ya. It'd be nice. However, my business has exploded with the help of items such as the iPhone and iPad. I've embraced the notion I can be reached and contacted at any given moment. Sigh.

[4a6c1]

I really can't. I've maintained the same close core group of friends for the past fifteen years. Oh, I take that back, I made one friend two years ago. That's new, at least by my time scale.

Yeah, you caught me. I am unemployed, thanks for the update on my work status, PB. I was already a stay at home dad 5 days a week, cutting out the two days I week I worked at a shit job a hundred miles from my home is really ruining my life. Just for the record, I am fucking awesome- put my old lady through school so she could have a career and then when she had one, becoming the primary caretaker of a special needs child. I'm not saying I deserve a medal, but god damn, I am a pretty swell guy. Especially if you consider my starting point.

None of that is really relevant though- you apparently hate people who are happy living lives that are spent in the service to their families. Sounds like your problems run much deeper than my employment issue.

You'll be alright dude. Take a breather from the internet though. This lengthy paragraph of explanation to internet stranger who was just fucking with you tells me you need it. And this thread is called "I'm tired of..." not "I hate...". Blowing things out of proportion is not useful to anyone and suggests I'm not the only one with "deeper issues". ;)

[subzero]

I miss the "I'll get to you when I have a chance" nature of the pager.

This is why I like texting. A lot of the times, you don't need that whole conversation full of bullshit. Just send the text and it'll get a response when the person is able/ready. Or they're dead and you should go kick in their door to check on them. These days, it's one or the other.

[Delias]

You'll be alright dude. Take a breather from the internet though. This lengthy paragraph of explanation to internet stranger who was just fucking with you tells me you need it. And this thread is called "I'm tired of..." not "I hate...". Blowing things out of proportion is not useful to anyone and suggests I'm not the only one with "deeper issues". ;)

I hope, and I say this with all sincerity, that someone kicks you in the twat. Soon.

[Latrinsorm]

Especially if you consider my starting point.Uterophobe.

[subzero]

So you're saying you're one of the dbags all the people in this thread are talking about.

I guess. That's what they get for hogging up my lane. The easy solution is to get the fuck out of my way.

[4a6c1]

I hope, and I say this with all sincerity, that someone kicks you in the twat. Soon.

U be bad son

[4a6c1]

I guess. That's what they get for hogging up my lane. The easy solution is to get the fuck out of my way.

This is the correct attitude. Except I think there should be an old people/young people lane. I'm not serious. (but I've fantasized!)

[Candor]

I guess. That's what they get for hogging up my lane. The easy solution is to get the fuck out of my way.

Sure I'll get out of your way. But if you're one of the idiots going way over the speed limit, I'll also call 911 and let them know about you.

[Tisket]

I guess. That's what they get for hogging up my lane. The easy solution is to get the fuck out of my way.

I'll be the one that slows down just to further annoy you.

I fully expect to be shot in a road rage incident one day.

[Asha]

Hippies on Facebook.
Who post up and share nothing but endless quotes about friendship or life lessons printed on pictures of wolves in snow.

[4a6c1]

Wolves in the snow > regular facebook pics

[Asha]

Correct. JUST wolves in snow.

[subzero]

Sure I'll get out of your way. But if you're one of the idiots going way over the speed limit, I'll also call 911 and let them know about you.

Cool story. Hope you can keep up to let'em know where I'm headin.


I'll be the one that slows down just to further annoy you.

I fully expect to be shot in a road rage incident one day.

When people slow down because they think I have my brights on, I respond by actually turning them on. They usually get out of the way after that, probably feeling stupid, but either way they're out of mine.

On another note, they recently changed the law down here so that you aren't automatically at fault for hitting someone in the rear, so I'm not too concerned with people wanting to play break-check games. My truck is going to win vs your little car.

[Androidpk]

I had a car riding right on my ass once and its highbeams definitely were on, shit was blinding me. It was a one lane road too so it's not like I could have switched lanes so I sped up a little bit. As soon as I did the police lights came on. It was a police car doing that bullshit. It didn't help that I was in Virginia at the time with a New Hampshire driving license. Bitch of a cop gave me such a hard time.

[Merala]

I am so tired of companies asking me what I'm looking for as far as salary and then pulling shit during the interview. I've already lowered my asking price by a third because I know it's tough out there, and I'm okay with it. However, when you ask, after I factor in the commute and tell you that I absolutely cannot accept less than x and still make money, don't say "Great!" then schedule me for an interview knowing you're only authorized to pay half or two thirds of that.

Considering the commute to the interview in the first place costs me money, you have effectively wasted three hours of my life and a half of a tank of gas with your bullshit. If you know you can't pay it, don't ask me to come in. Believe it or not, my time is valuable, I used to bill for it hourly until I got laid off.

My time could be better spent pursuing other leads than can afford to pay me what I need to survive, or something more local where I can cut my salary further and still end up with the same net income.

This rant brought to you by...angry job seekers everywhere.

[4a6c1]

Wow that's some crap. Good luck on the job hunt.

[Merala]

Hunt is definitely accurate.

[4a6c1]

So................do u need ammo?

[Androidpk]

Hunt or scavenge?

[Merala]

I almost feel like I have to take hostages to get some form of reasonable employment.

[Thondalar]

I almost feel like I have to take hostages to get some form of reasonable employment.

My company reduced every non-salaried employee (roughly 2,000 people) to 30-hour week maximums, to prepare for Obamacare.

This isn't really the thread for discussing right or wrong in that, just saying....most of them, everyone at my location anyway, started looking for another full-time job, and none of them have found one. Only part time. So they're all going to work two part-time jobs with no benefits, just to pay the bills.

-Thond

[Merala]

At this point business has sunk. Things were okay, even though there were some rough patches. I'm part time at the moment, but considering most of my hours are busy work amounting to something in the realm of 10 hours a week (sometimes less or even none), I'm considering myself unemployed. I can call that prematurely since I contract and therefore don't pay unemployment and as a result don't receive benefits. The owner is really just doing me a favor for giving him 5 years of my life at this point.

[Delias]

I almost feel like I have to take hostages to get some form of reasonable employment.

Ice a couple of boomers who lost their retirement and had to go back to/keep working. That might create a few vacancies.

[msconstrew]

I guess. That's what they get for hogging up my lane. The easy solution is to get the fuck out of my way.

Why are you assuming that the person is going slow? If I am doing 85 in a 65, that's too slow for you? Then pass on a double yellow you dumb fuck.

[msconstrew]

I am so tired of companies asking me what I'm looking for as far as salary and then pulling shit during the interview. I've already lowered my asking price by a third because I know it's tough out there, and I'm okay with it.

I'm unclear on where you're supplying this information, but if it's in a cover letter then just say something like, "My salary is negotiable depending on the amount of responsibility and autonomy expected of me." Further, in my experience, salary is almost never discussed until after an offer is made. This whole scenario sounds really out of whack to me.

[Atlanteax]

I'm unclear on where you're supplying this information, but if it's in a cover letter then just say something like, "My salary is negotiable depending on the amount of responsibility and autonomy expected of me." Further, in my experience, salary is almost never discussed until after an offer is made. This whole scenario sounds really out of whack to me.

You are being entirely too reasonable with your logic here.

[msconstrew]

You are being entirely too reasonable with your logic here.

I apologize. Let me go put on my irrational hat. It's just a regular hat with Pi printed in very tiny numbers until the creator ran out of fabric.

[Drew]

Same thing happened with ADD/ADHD.

But how else would I get my legal speed?

[Tgo01]

I'm unclear on where you're supplying this information, but if it's in a cover letter then just say something like, "My salary is negotiable depending on the amount of responsibility and autonomy expected of me." Further, in my experience, salary is almost never discussed until after an offer is made. This whole scenario sounds really out of whack to me.

Are we forgetting Timothy 2:12 here?

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

[Androidpk]

Speaking of jackasses driving slow in the passing lane..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HROigWi-CcU

[Tgo01]

Speaking of jackasses driving slow in the passing lane..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HROigWi-CcU

That's hilarious.

[Parkbandit]

... kids using the term "nigga".. as if using an "A" at the end makes the term less offensive and less white trash.

It doesn't.

[Androidpk]

I blame hip hop/rap.

[Tgo01]

Thread: I'm so tired of...

shut the fuck up with your fake bible thumping.

Anger can become sinful when it is motivated by pride.

[Fallen]

People who just let their dog(s) bark. Yes, dogs bark. They also will STOP fucking barking if you train them correctly. There is no excuse not to shut your dog up if you're home with the animal.

[Tgo01]

People who just let their dog(s) bark. Yes, dogs bark. They also will STOP fucking barking if you train them correctly. There is no excuse not to shut your dog up if you're home with the animal.

I've never understood why people get dogs if they don't want to actually, y'know, take care of them. When I lived in Florida people actually paid others to walk their dogs for them. At that point what's the point in owning a dog? You pay someone to walk them, I imagine you pay someone to bathe them, you probably have your kids/help feed them, you don't discipline them. So I guess you get the dog for a mouth to feed?

[Atlanteax]

Police officers abusing their badge...

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/20/cop-brake-checks-driver-causes-accident-video/?ncid=webmail19

[Delias]

... kids using the term "nigga".. as if using an "A" at the end makes the term less offensive and less white trash.

It doesn't.

I have a nephew who is old enough to be considered a grown man. Whenever he tries to speak "urban" (which I have learned is the correct term for ghetto-speak, apparently) I tell him to knock it off before I slap the shit out of his mouth. Then I ask him why the fuck he wants to speak as if he was walking around with a mouth full of shit, and then I call him a shitmouth once more for good measure because I really like the term shitmouth.

He's lucky. When I was 11 I got my ear pierced and my uncles threw me to the pavement and held me there until it could be removed.

[Tgo01]

Police officers abusing their badge...

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/20/cop-brake-checks-driver-causes-accident-video/?ncid=webmail19

I'm not trying to defend the officer in any way here but I think they were both acting like jackasses. Yes the officer was (supposedly) going very slow in the left lane but it's a three lane highway, did the driver really have to get over to the far right lane, speed up, then get back in the far left lane and get in front of the officer? Also as the site points out the guy filming could have put his brakes on before the cop put his brakes on. I think both were suffering from road rage.

[Tgo01]

He's lucky. When I was 11 I got my ear pierced and my uncles threw me to the pavement and held me there until it could be removed.

Man Delias, you haven't by any chance killed anyone have you?

[Some Rogue]

Police officers abusing their badge...

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/20/cop-brake-checks-driver-causes-accident-video/?ncid=webmail19

Where's the abuse of a badge? That's just a jackass in a car. Not like the guy filming was charged with anything.

[Some Rogue]

I'm not trying to defend the officer in any way here but I think they were both acting like jackasses. Yes the officer was (supposedly) going very slow in the left lane but it's a three lane highway, did the driver really have to get over to the far right lane, speed up, then get back in the far left lane and get in front of the officer? Also as the site points out the guy filming could have put his brakes on before the cop put his brakes on. I think both were suffering from road rage.

It was two lane at first. He was blocked from passing by both cars. When the third lane opened, he moved into it, passed and then got back in the left lane where faster cars are supposed to be.

[Androidpk]

I don't blame the dude for passing him. If you're driving slow in the passing lane you're a dickhead. He rightfully lost his job too.

[Atlanteax]

Where's the abuse of a badge? That's just a jackass in a car. Not like the guy filming was charged with anything.

You are being too literal.

It is being a dick because you expect all other drivers to cower before your presence on the road (probably a fair assumption that the driver to the right of the cop car was extremely reluctant to go faster than the cop was). It would also be a fair observation to state that traffic in general slows down when there is a cop car nearby (and subsequently speed up when the cop car leaves the scene).

[Atlanteax]

People who just let their dog(s) bark. Yes, dogs bark. They also will STOP fucking barking if you train them correctly. There is no excuse not to shut your dog up if you're home with the animal.

True enough ... and this tend to descend into "I'm gonna let my dog(s) bark all night in your direction, because you let your dog(s) bark all night in my direction before".

[Drew]

People who just let their dog(s) bark. Yes, dogs bark. They also will STOP fucking barking if you train them correctly. There is no excuse not to shut your dog up if you're home with the animal.

Nothing that can't be fixed with a .22 and a little patience.

[Delias]

Man Delias, you haven't by any chance killed anyone have you?

Only their hopes and dreams, never their physical body.

[Tisket]

Why are you assuming that the person is going slow? If I am doing 85 in a 65, that's too slow for you? Then pass on a double yellow you dumb fuck.

^

Some assholes just can't stand to be behind another car, regardless of the maintained speed.

[Drew]

^

Some assholes just can't stand to be behind another car, regardless of the maintained speed.

If you are in the left lane on a non-crowded highway and someone pulls up behind you you should move over and let them pass no matter what speed you are going.

[msconstrew]

If you are in the left lane on a non-crowded highway and someone pulls up behind you you should move over and let them pass no matter what speed you are going.

I would, but I am talking about single lane traffic (there's lot of those roads out here in the country).

[Tisket]

If you are in the left lane on a non-crowded highway and someone pulls up behind you you should move over and let them pass no matter what speed you are going.

I was continuing an earlier discussion about drivers who pull up and turn their brights on so it reflects in your mirror. The times this has happened to me I am not in the left lane. I seldom travel in the left lane at all.

[AnticorRifling]

That button on the mirror is very tough to use and way way to effective at thwarting their dickish bright light move. You're better off stewing about it.

[Tisket]

That button on the mirror is very tough to use and way way to effective at thwarting their dickish bright light move. You're better off stewing about it.

I didn't say there weren't solutions. I can adjust all my mirrors and then readjust them when the asshole moves on. This does not in any way negate the fact that the person who does this to other drivers is indeed an asshole.

[msconstrew]

I didn't say there weren't solutions. I can adjust all my mirrors and then readjust them when the asshole moves on. This does not in any way negate the fact that the person who does this to other drivers is indeed an asshole.

Exactly.

[Suppressed Poet]

The proper technique to combating road rage is to make your driving experience an enjoyable one regardless of traffic conditions. For me that is either conversing with myself/children/God or intrancing myself into the music of some super-fly gangsta shit.

I make a concious decision to obey all laws of the road (including speed limits) and accept the reality that slow moving traffic, so fierce as to cause me to be late to my destination, is completely and utterly outside of my control. So the most some asshole that cuts me off is going to get is the blast of my bass when pumping some TechN9e and/or the bird plus my horn. I like to stay happy and no offense to anyone, but this whole fuckin' world is mine.

[Tisket]

Word.

[Atlanteax]

I was continuing an earlier discussion about drivers who pull up and turn their brights on so it reflects in your mirror. The times this has happened to me I am not in the left lane. I seldom travel in the left lane at all.

If you are rarely ever in the left lane and they're doing it ... then yep, it is purely a dick move.

In the meantime, it *seems* to me that some drivers do not necessarily have their brights on, but for whatever reason, their headlights are of higher intensity or whatever at a certain angle. So it provokes the blinding sensation in my rear view mirror, but when they are alongside of me, they do not seem distinctively brighter (other than a seemingly different kind of white glow). Some sort of special headlight lamp?

[Tisket]

Halogen maybe?

[Tgo01]

I don't usually flash my brights at an oncoming car who was their brights on but I was in a particularly pissy mood so I turned my brights on a car who had their brights on. Right afterward they turned their brights off so I said to myself wow! It works! I then turned my brights off then the other guy turned his brights back on. What the fuck?

[Candor]

The proper technique to combating road rage is to make your driving experience an enjoyable one regardless of traffic conditions. For me that is either conversing with myself/children/God or intrancing myself into the music of some super-fly gangsta shit.

I make a concious decision to obey all laws of the road (including speed limits) and accept the reality that slow moving traffic, so fierce as to cause me to be late to my destination, is completely and utterly outside of my control. So the most some asshole that cuts me off is going to get is the blast of my bass when pumping some TechN9e and/or the bird plus my horn. I like to stay happy and no offense to anyone, but this whole fuckin' world is mine.

I *like* road rage. And I make myself feel better by letting the police know about anyone who IMHO shouldn't have a driver's license. The two most obvious examples:

Driving drunk, or otherwise seriously impaired (drug impaired usually)
Driving considerably over the speed limit (say 30MPH over or higher), especially if the idiot is flashing his lights to get other cars to move out of the way

I always feel a nice warm fuzzy after I end the call with the 911 operator.

[AnticorRifling]

Book'em Danno.

[Ker_Thwap]

... people who have no sense of anyone else around them in the street or on the sidewalk. For fuck's sake, if you're going to dillydally, get the hell over to the right so people who need to go places don't impotently seethe behind you.

how to clear a sidewalk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtv2_-2mHck)

[Tgo01]

how to clear a sidewalk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtv2_-2mHck)

I'm riding my bike up this escalator yo! Get the fuck out of my way!

[Tisket]

You know what works even better? Tasers.

[Tgo01]

You know what works even better? Tasers.

I won't believe this until you make a video demonstrating it.

[Tisket]

You think I won't?! brb, charging my taser.

[Latrinsorm]

I *like* road rage. And I make myself feel better by letting the police know about anyone who IMHO shouldn't have a driver's license. The two most obvious examples:

Driving drunk, or otherwise seriously impaired (drug impaired usually)
Driving considerably over the speed limit (say 30MPH over or higher), especially if the idiot is flashing his lights to get other cars to move out of the way

I always feel a nice warm fuzzy after I end the call with the 911 operator.Seriously impaired like making a telephone call while driving?

[Tgo01]

Seriously impaired like making a telephone call while driving?

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

[Candor]

Seriously impaired like making a telephone call while driving?

Although that's against the law in my state, no.

But I did see someone shave while driving one (yeah, really) and I didn't have my cell phone. Pissed me off I couldn't report him.

[Kastrel]

Although that's against the law in my state, no.

But I did see someone shave while driving one (yeah, really) and I didn't have my cell phone. Pissed me off I couldn't report him.

Favorite action observed by the driver of a car:

Saw someone open their door, lean down and . . . "sharpen" their pencil on the highway as they drove 50+ MPH. I never saw exactly what they were writing, a little notepad or something like that. I didn't even know that would work.

[subzero]

Why are you assuming that the person is going slow? If I am doing 85 in a 65, that's too slow for you? Then pass on a double yellow you dumb fuck.

Assuming? Do you not have a speedometer in your car? I do. It tells me how fast I'm going. If I can't at least do the speed limit because you think I have my brights on and are deciding to slow down in front of me, prepare to see the light. I will blind your ass.

[Latrinsorm]

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.No.

Wait... damnit!!!

[DCSL]

One of my old co-workers, a felon (drugs) re-entering the real world, told me that she kept billiard balls in her car for road rage. Don't toss them directly AT the car behind you, just behind your car. It'll bounce up into their engine and voila, rage satisfied.

I've never been mad enough to actually try it.

[Suppressed Poet]

I *like* road rage. And I make myself feel better by letting the police know about anyone who IMHO shouldn't have a driver's license. The two most obvious examples:

Driving drunk, or otherwise seriously impaired (drug impaired usually)
Driving considerably over the speed limit (say 30MPH over or higher), especially if the idiot is flashing his lights to get other cars to move out of the way

I always feel a nice warm fuzzy after I end the call with the 911 operator.

Yeah understand that. I guess I just rely on the fact that bad things are going to happen to them without my input - I rely on people like you to take an aggressive stance or the police to patrol and do their job.

It boils down to two types of people in this world - those that desire to change it (you in this instance, wanting to reshape the world to a society of good lawful drivers) vs those that just wish to make their mark in it (me in this case, accepting that I'm not the person or care to change asshole stupid people that drive cars, but rather have approach of only worrying about me and taking away the power those asshole drivers who i deam will always exist).

Nothing wrong with either - just two different philisophical aproaches.

[Delias]

Favorite action observed by the driver of a car:

Saw someone open their door, lean down and . . . "sharpen" their pencil on the highway as they drove 50+ MPH. I never saw exactly what they were writing, a little notepad or something like that. I didn't even know that would work.

My favorite happened at a toll stop. A woman who looks like she has never worked a day in her life climbs out of her luxury SUV, pulls her fur coat tightly around herself, and tries to stuff dollar bills down the change basket of an automatic toll. It really made my day.

[msconstrew]

Assuming? Do you not have a speedometer in your car? I do. It tells me how fast I'm going. If I can't at least do the speed limit because you think I have my brights on and are deciding to slow down in front of me, prepare to see the light. I will blind your ass.

Maybe wherever you live two-lane roads don't exist. But pretend they do. If I can't move over, then you go ahead and pass. And may you hit a farm implement and get decapitated due to your abject stupidity when you do so.

[subzero]

Maybe wherever you live two-lane roads don't exist. But pretend they do. If I can't move over, then you go ahead and pass. And may you hit a farm implement and get decapitated due to your abject stupidity when you do so.

So let me get this straight. Someone is intentionally being a prick on the road thanks to their inability to determine that the light in their eyes is in fact from the normal, stock lights that come on my truck rather than the high-beams, but I'm the stupid asshole for enlightening them by actually turning on my brights? If you're being an ignorant dickhead, guess what? I'm gonna play, too. I'm good at being a dickhead. The difference is I'll be laughing at and enjoying your rage. As for passing... one lane, two lanes, or six lanes, what does it matter? It's not cool for you to drive slow as fuck because of, again, your inability to determine that I'm not the one being the dickhead.

How's this for an idea? If you are having trouble seeing because of the lights from a vehicle behind you, pull over. Let them pass you. Voila! You can see again. Is it really that difficult for you to just move if the lights behind you are a problem? There's only so many ways to solve this type of problem and it's illegal to drive with the lights off, so that ain't gonna happen. Of course, if I can pass you I will, though I'm doing that regardless of lights or, to a degree, speed. But, if I can't pass and you're being a fuckstick because you're stupid, I have little tolerance for that and will light you up.

I've been known to put my lights square in the mirror of people being shitheads on the road. That seems to have worked well enough so far in getting the idea to them that they should move and/or not be an idiot, but apparently you're not smart enough to move if you find yourself in a situation where my lights are hurting your eyes and ability to see while operating that vehicle you're in. Driving slowly and increasing the time that you're dealing with the lights in your eyes sure seems to be the wrong way to go about things, but what do I know about anything (other than you'll have sore eyes and I won't)?

[Tisket]

You seriously underestimate my willingness to put up with the bright light in order to impede your progress.

[Tisket]

I like to annoy assholes. It makes me happy.

[Tisket]

Also, I'm going to start calling subzero "Kastrel lite"

[msconstrew]

Also, I'm going to start calling subzero "Kastrel lite"

Kastrel at least occasionally has an intelligible thesis, which is more than I can say for subzero.

[Tisket]

I normally have no issue with sub. When he starts ranting I stop reading. Problem solved.

[Allereli]

Bible thumpers

[subzero]

I normally have no issue with sub. When he starts ranting I stop reading. Problem solved.

I'm not going to pretend that I strictly adhere to staying on topic, but 'I'm so tired of...' does sort of invite ranting. Especially when someone's reading comprehension fails them, leading to a sarcastic comment by myself, that is in turn taken way too srsly and a whole new theoretical situation is created with the addition of baseless assumptions. The previous post was probably half rant and half 'did your comprehension of the written word really get you to this conclusion, cause it shouldn't have'. I was, and still am, genuinely confused as to how I would be in the wrong in a situation that I described. I thought lawyers were supposed to be good when it comes to things like reading since a lot of what they do, from my understanding, is researching case law. Oh well.

That said, yeah, after a bunch of dumb shit was tossed onto the statement I made, I went with it. What can I say, I like fuckin with people sometimes.

Oh yeah... I initially thought I was going to have to drive to Seattle(?) and run you over for calling me Kastrel, but then I remembered something that was said about his lengthy posts and figured it must have been that which you were referring to. You may live. For now.

[Tisket]

lol

[DCSL]

Fire ants. Got bitten in the garden today and completely forgot about it until I laid down to start the process of unwinding until I could, just maybe, go to sleep. And then the itching started. FUCK YOU, TEXAS WILDLIFE.

[Atlanteax]

I'm so tired of people not fully reading others' posts.

[Tolwynn]

...Feminists who get 2 guys fired because she overheard them making a pun about "dongles" to each other at a tech conference.

Action, reaction. (http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/21/breaking-adria-richards-fired-by-sendgrid-for-outting-developers-on-twitter/)

[subzero]

Action, reaction. (http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/21/breaking-adria-richards-fired-by-sendgrid-for-outting-developers-on-twitter/)

Haha! They probably only did it because of the DDOSing, but it's still pretty awesome.

[Androidpk]

Action, reaction. (http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/21/breaking-adria-richards-fired-by-sendgrid-for-outting-developers-on-twitter/)

Awesome karma is awesome.

[Tgo01]

I'm so tired of people.

Why are you tired of people?

[Delias]

Why are you tired of people?

Because humans are terrible people.

[AnticorRifling]

Pugging hunters. No more. Ever.

[Androidpk]

Pugging hunters. No more. Ever.


Took me a minute to understand wtf you were talking about. Some random hunter roll on your loot?

[AnticorRifling]

Took me a minute to understand wtf you were talking about. Some random hunter roll on your loot?

No. It seems whenever I pug a hunter for our raid they turn out to be so retarded that it hurts. Last night the one we (ok fine it was me) brought into the raid was 25k DPS behind everyone else. Not to mention after we get ready to zone in he then tells me hey let me know if these fights are different I've only done them in LFR. I just kind of face palmed and said fuck it let's see what happens.

[4a6c1]

People who pretend like Venezuela is a nice place. No, fuck you. I prefer hotel staff who washes their armpits before they cook my food and oh, I don't know, being able to buy things that I need at a store.

[Kastrel]

What didn't they carry?

[Delias]

Everything.

[Kastrel]

Welcome to Venezuela store, please leave, we are out of stock.

[Delias]

Welcome to Venezuela store, please leave, we are out of stock.

Hah no, I meant everything is what I am tired of.

[Atlanteax]

People who pretend like Venezuela is a nice place. No, fuck you. I prefer hotel staff who washes their armpits before they cook my food and oh, I don't know, being able to buy things that I need at a store.

Were you not one of these people in the Chavez thread?

[4a6c1]

What didn't they carry?

Everything.

[4a6c1]

Were you not one of these people in the Chavez thread?

Yes I suppose. If you're a silly hobnob with only minor critical thought capability.

I probably discussed USSOUTHCOM strategy as it relates to the petrol industry, this is literally the only thing in the world I care about on the subject of Venezuela.

[DCSL]

I'm so tired of... The construction radiating around my house for five miles in any direction. And it's all different construction projects too, none of them working on the same thing. It used to be that there were three available left turns to get to my place. All three left turns have been closed. Instead, you had to go to the turnaround under the toll road further down to make the correct turn. We discovered driving home this evening that it is closed now as well and we had to go a much longer way past the toll road to turn around and make the incredibly slow, jammed crawl back to our turn, where they had condensed three lanes down to one.

A different construction site has walled up the exit to my favorite gas station on the way to work. Always has the cheapest gas. Now, if I want to use it, I have to drive an extra two miles out of my way to do so. Which... admittedly, doesn't seem like much. But considering that I have to wade through about an hour and a half of construction-born traffic every morning to make it to work on time, that "out of my way" feels a lot more inconvenient than it might otherwise. I miss the days when my trip to work was a brisk twenty minutes.

[4a6c1]

That's Texas. The only time in my life that I've been here and the construction was stopped was I think 1999 and 2009, right after those respective crashes. I can usually measure the economy by how fast Texas neighborhoods are springing up. (mind you, they're crappy track houses that would not be legal in most other states due to environmental/building laws but that's another topic)

[DCSL]

That's Texas. The only time in my life that I've been here and the construction was stopped was I think 1999 and 2009, right after those respective crashes. I can usually measure the economy by how fast Texas neighborhoods are springing up. (mind you, they're crappy track houses that would not be legal in most other states due to environmental/building laws but that's another topic)

Ugh, I know. I left Austin for five years then returned to find that they were STILL working on that section of 183 on the north side of town.

[4a6c1]

Sometimes they finish things. But you can't really tell because then they start construction nearby. It's a never ending series of double cat from Matrix moments.

[msconstrew]

Dear Hippie, Guinea-Pig Loving Prius Driver:

I'm so glad that you feel stop signs are optional, especially when you're talking on your cell phone in your smug little electric car with the even-more-smug vanity plate. Thanks for running that stop sign and cutting me off; I really did appreciate having to jam on my brakes because you weren't paying attention. It must have been the air of self-righteousness in the car that prevented you from seeing me.

I could have overlooked all of this, but then you demonstrated that you are utterly unfamiliar with the rules of the road as they pertain to school buses. Here is a tip: even if the school bus is picking up children, if it does not have its red lights flashing and its STOP sign out, you can pass the bus. I know that you already demonstrated a total lack of awareness of a STOP sign's function, so I cannot even guarantee that you would have stopped for such a sign even if it was blinking neon. Nevertheless, yellow means "pass with caution", and you were apparently incapable of that. What is usually a five minute drive took me 15 minutes.

In sum: learn to fucking drive, you smug "Healthcare For All" "Guinea Pig Lover!" dumbfuck tool.

Very truly yours,

msconstrew.

[diethx]

Whoa. Are you in Atlanta this morning and you didn't tell me!?

That sounds like my commute, each way, every day.

[Suppressed Poet]

This epidemic or whatever you call all this BS since March 2020…

I was happy. I had great routines. I drove into the office 5 days a week. I took nice vacations at least twice a year. The world made sense to me until it didn’t.

[Bhaalizmo]

This epidemic or whatever you call all this BS since March 2020…

I was happy. I had great routines. I drove into the office 5 days a week. I took nice vacations at least twice a year. The world made sense to me until it didn’t.

Yeah, I feel you. It's been a double-edged sword for me. We in the IT department had been struggling to talk the management into allowing us some work from home opportunities. Their opposition to the idea was inflexible. So the 2020 - 2022 period changed their mind on that fully and we're all able to work from home 100% of the time, so that's been a boon that saved me 10 hours of commute a week.

Otherwise, I miss the vacations, the concerts, etc. I had so many good concerts lined up for 2020 and the ticket vendors all just raised a middle finger to the purchasers that year. I got a couple credits back, but hardly anybody was giving money back.

Hard to see an end in sight for this shit at this time. Maybe in a few months it'll start looking better.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

...of the 2022 stock market.

[Suppressed Poet]

...of the 2022 stock market.

Ohh that’s a good one. I’m not a trader and don’t watch it that closely, but just yesterday I saw the ticker on our company intranet and said out loud “what the hell is going on with our stock?”.