Yippee-IA, Motherf***ers! IRRATIONALLY ANGRY PT. 2: Irrationally Angrier

the first thing I thought of re bendy S was the auto-reverse symbol on a fancy later-model walkman

it goes through the cycle backwards maybe lol

this conversation has gone on a surprisingly long time in IA without pedestrian/bikers chiming in a judging everyone

*chiming in, a-judgin' everyone

That S is actually two pointed U's on their sides. If someone hasn't turned those U's into snakes forming the letter S already, then I'll brb gonna open a tattoo parlor.

Not knowing what to do when the wind broke the stem on a ball courgette plant this morning. Wondering if it was something I could actually repair at all but now point is moot since despite moving the planter it was in away from the edge of the balcony it had still pretty much totally severed th eplant by the next time I looked at it.
Guess I'd been lucky with wind up to that point, but just don't know what to do if it picks up again.

So, dang weather ripping up my balcony farming.

people walking in any type of crowded walkway (airport, mall, theme park, etc) and then just stop right in the middle and get in everybody's way OORUREAHGGGHGDAFEAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

Lord, I just got home from the mermaid parade and it was wall to wall strollers clogging every artery. Hated a lot of ppl for a while there.

HOW ABOUT DON'T BRING YOUR BABY TO A THING WITH A THOUSAND PPL AND NO SHADE OR SPACE.

People standing on the 'people walking down' side of the escalator down to the Tube platform, and missing a train because the fucker wouldn't get on the standing-still side of said escalator.

people walking in any type of crowded walkway (airport, mall, theme park, etc) and then just stop right in the middle and get in everybody's way

a heralded subset includes people who stop on either side of a portal/transition.

do not check your phone whilst standing in the doorway. do not stop at the bottom of the escalator and have a look around.

^^ do not stand patting your pockets and checking all the compartments in your bag for your subway card in front of the turnstile.

Maybe I said this on the old thread, but: people who don't apologize when it becomes clear that in small or not-so-small ways they screwed up, judged you harshly, led you astray, or whatever else. Every day I get closer to saying and what do we say now??? to these people, in the manner of a nasty aunt talking to a 5-year-old.

I hate it when you post a quote on FB and it's an obvious quote and someone replies like it's actually something you're saying

like you post

"You're givin me, givin me
Nothin but shattered dreams, shattered dreams
Feel like I should run away, run away
From this empty heart"

and someone replies "Running away never solves anything, hopefully God will fill up your heart <3"

HA. Yeah, a few weekends ago I posted some Icona Pop lyrics and my father in law thought I actually crashed my car.

also people that circulate those stupid urban legends

PLEASE SHARE, IF THIS BABY GETS 1,000 CLICKS ITS HEART SURGERY IS FREE.

and then when you point out it's a hoax

"hey I thought it was harmless to share :("

I LOATHED the Cadillac strollers there, L.

also if i was in a wheelchair that's the last place I'd wanna be.

When I'm scanning site new answers and see a thread that looks like it might be interesting only to find out it's on ILM and the interesting concept/discussion point is the name of some band I've never heard of.

― carl agatha, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:51 AM (3 days ago)

I hate this! And Public Service Broadcasting just got me.

yesterday, standing in line:

woman a, to woman b, who had just littered: "excuse me, you dropped your candy wrapper."
woman b, real attitudinal: "i know."
woman c, re woman b: "oh, leave her alone, she doesn't care about the environment."
woman b: "i don't." *looks at woman a* "but if you do, feel free to pick it up yourself."
woman a: *picks it up* *death stare*
woman b: *death stare*
woman c: *death stare*

lol

amazing

i was woman d, trying to smirk and snicker inconspicuously

wow

woman b then went to her glenn beck appreciation society agm

woman b had kind of a "black paris hilton" thing happening -- definitely going for a crass/aloof new-money vibe.

("black" isn't relevant except as a visual aid)

imagining woman b tapping on a swarovski cased smartphone while talking, it all becomes clear

i wonder how early girls learn the death stare. i feel like i was born with it.

I recently picked it up a bloke's train ticket and tried to give it back thinking he'd dropped it accidentally but he was just littering. made me feel like an idiot.

multi-tweet-quoting

good-natured "I'm just sayin'" assholes:

happy-go-lucky hippie at a farmer's market stand going on and on about "hey you guys need some prices here" first owner says in broken english says yeah our daughter isn't here today. a few moments go by & he starts up again. "how about some prices, lol" " gee it sure would help if there were prices yaknow haha!" second owner patiently explains their daughter makes the signs, they got wet the night before & they didnt have time to make new ones
hippie takes that in his stride.
"well ya know it only takes 2 minutes to make the signs. I'm just sayin"

I lost it & snapped at him "why? are you offering? because these folks do actually seem kinda busy. just sayin" and walked away.

fuck that guy. he got TWO explanations & wouldnt let it go, even though the owners were fully prepared to tell customers prices, no one was complaining except loudmouth goodnatured heyi'mjustaregularguy fuckface. asshole

More than once I've said 'so that's what that low, dull noise was' after someone 'just says'.

I used to get people like that in my restauranting days, always folks who wanted to get the last word. I would deliberately troll then as I was an angry 20-something who enjoyed fucking with people. One exchange went like this:

Customer: "Is this your only salsa?"
Me: "Yes, that's our standard salsa"
Customer: "Good thing you're not charging us for it, because it sucks"
Me: "Well, it's free"
Customer: "Good, cuz it sucks"
Me: "Sorry you feel that way, but we're not charging you for it"
Customer: "Good thing, because it's terrible"
Me: "Well, it's free"
Customer: "I'm glad, cuz it sucks"

at which point her friend said "uhm can we move on from this", embarrassed by her friend's stupid salsa purity crusade

then I said "bonsai", took out an 8-pole diagram, and knocked over their table

That reminds me so much of The Simpsons.

Homer: Relax! I built a bomb shelter.
Lisa: That's not gonna protect us from anything!
Homer: Fine, then don't use it.
Lisa: I won't.
Homer: Good.
Lisa: I know it's good.
Homer: So do I.
Lisa: I'm happy for you.
Homer: You should be!

people who refer to a usb memory stick as "a usb" or a wireless phone headset as "a bluetooth"

People who put the word 'photo' in the file name of a photo (people send photos to our newspaper titled "photo.jpg", srsly), or 'document' in the file name of a document ("document.doc").

ugh yes

there is some program that autosaves all images as photo.jpg. I can't think of what now though

That's true, but you wouldn't believe how many renamed jpg's I get titled "photo of match yesterday.jpg", "photo for the paper.jpg" etc.

I put photo in the filename so people know it's not a photorealistic painting I made

Lol

- that this small, local opera company that I like and want to support doesn't have a freaking mailing list so I can keep abreast of their productions. Come on, now, that is basic promotion right there.

there is some program that autosaves all images as photo.jpg. I can't think of what now though

― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Monday, June 24, 2013 11:13 AM

OMG this is my shitty work life RIGHT NOW. Photos with no usable filenames, emails with "use this photo" and zero caption info, people who forward work pics to me with "reduce file size for easier emailing" turned on, people who USE THEIR GODDAMN PHONES AS THEIR ONLY COMPUTING DEVICES AND APPARENTLY HAVE SUCH GODDAMN THUMB-SPRAINS THAT THEY CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR GODDAMN ADS.

"READ MY FUCKING MIND, DESK JOCKEY"
"NO, YOU READ MY FUCKING MIND, HOW MANY FINGERS DO YOU SEE HERE!? FUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKK AS;DLKJFASKJDPWU8ERQWENKCMASNCV/"

When I edited the sports site, I used to get photographers sending me pix from Friday night football games with -

• No information about what was happening in the picture ("Check the school's website. They might have a roster you can identify those guys with.")

• I'd tell them that I could edit the pix to our site's dimensions, and they'd go ahead and try to make that 680 x 480 into a 655 x 472 without bothering with anything like a locked proportion anyway.

• Watermarks as big as your face. Because all worthy news sites carry fucking watermarks all over their art.

People suck so hard. They suck TOO hard. They should suck more gently.

http://a3.typepad.com/6a0133f3c49ce9970b013486e6b23b970c-500pi

http://images.45cat.com/otis-redding-try-a-little-tenderness-stax.jpg

Delivery guys that don't bring pens. I usually try and have one or two on my counter for this reason, but y'know we use em for other things too. and Jimmy Johns guy (shutup) comes like 4 times in a row goin "Whoa, broooooo, do you like, have a peeeeeeeennnnn, I don't have one", and then I gotta dig around for one while smelling the warm food that I am desiring to eat.

Boy, did I misread that first sentence, and including "peeeeeeeennnnn" later on didn't help.

i'm not even gonna ask what kinda deliveries you're getting, phil