Innocuous things that make you irrationally angry (a list thread)

#wheatporn

#yeastporn

#WilliamYeastPornMoon

On the bride website I visited prewedding the category for wedding photo posts was WeddingPorn. There was BouquetPorn, InvitationPorn, DressPorn, etc. Killed me but also slowly broke me and I use it sometimes now. ;_;

Searching for renovation tips on a house just like yours and finding stuff that is extremely commercial and flashy. I hate criticizing someone's work when obviously they know what they are doing. However, all I think is that some poor person now has a beautiful old house lit up like a tv studio!

In other news, I just unearthed this (from last year's Spin). It gets this way sometimes:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d195/richhunt35/tfaslawlitigation.jpg

people with smartphones or whichever phones make your texting appear like a chat convo not understanding that other people still have normal old 2G phones with old-fashioned texting and then blowing my phone up like

this

you know?

uuuuugh

i just

like, FUCK, i almost got done reading the first three words of your first text but you keep sending MORE texts and i just have to wait for my fucking phone to stop buzzing for five minutes before i try to piece it all together

and apparently iphones don't get charged per text. SOME OF US DO

that drives me bonkers

I should buy you a new phone.

... you get charged for receiving texts!? Yike. I pay $40 a month prepaid and I can call or txt completely unlimited.

I text for free and I don't even have a mobile account.

I'm one of those weird guys you see parked in front of McDonalds or Chik-Fil-A sometimes, but hey.

i get charged after i hit a limit

is google chrome acting up in general at the moment or is it something I triggered? It used to come back on with the last pages I was on automatically. Has it just been reset to only do that if you synchronise all of google and remain signed in or is something else going on?
really annoying.

also people putting their extremities or knees in your back through public transport seats. thought spacing was such on the local buses that you'd gave to have extremely long legs or deliberately be sitting oddly to be anywhere near the back of the chair in front of you. Still yesterday kept getting jabbed by person behind me.

There's a setting <- not especially helpful I'm aware

I was in a waiting room at lunch and flipped through a Reader's Digest because the cover story was something like "113 OUTRAGEOUS Things That Will Really Piss You Off!" Unfortunately I didn't have to wait long, so the only things I read were a list of dumb lawsuits (ho hum), and a list of OUTRAGEOUS studies that received federal research grants, including money for a study on on-line dating and a study about women's textile craft in medieval Iceland. Studying WOMEN? From ICELAND? OUTRAGEOUS! Also the list was provided to RD by some Republican senator, because nothing says Big Government and Out of Control Spending like paying for people to study a huge, wide-spread, far-reaching phenomenon that changed the way people create romantic relationships. Or like, some women shit.

It was like "Innocuous Things That Make Xenophobic, Naive Senior Citizens Irrationally Angry."

I was going to steal the magazine because it was clearly shaping up to be nonstop hilarity and I wanted to share it with you angry people, but stealing is wrong so I didn't do it.

OH WAIT I think this is it? http://www.rd.com/outrageous/

Or maybe OUTRAGE is a regular feature of Reader's Digest these days? I don't know, but listen, people, I think if we're not careful we're all going to end up like the people who read this section of RD.

THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS has been scaring the hell out of old people in large-text since the 80s.

Meanwhile, they offer $400 for a "joke". WHO'S MORE WASTEFUL, READERS DIGEST?

I'll be damned. I guess I am way behind on my Reader's Digest features.

brb ginning up a stupid joke for "Humor in Uniform" so I can collect my sweet $400 payoff (and donate it to research on Icelandic textile studies).

Ever since seeing "Hot Coffee" i get IA about anyone berating "frivolous lawsuits".

Oh shit, I didn't know they made a movie about that! Presumably it's sympathetic to the plaintiff?

One of my earliest on-line arguments with somebody was in defense of Ms. Liebeck and this lawsuit.

The thing about truly frivolous lawsuits is that they get dismissed or tossed on summary judgment before they go anywhere.

I mean, whatever, people not understanding how the legal system works nonshocker. I spent part of my lunch break trying to convince someone that not all workers' comp claimants are lazy jerks who fake low back injuries seeking an easy payday at their poor employer's expense so I'm not going to get worked up about tort reformers.

I went off on a dude about that hot coffee thing just the other day!

Weird tangent after he defended the practice of some mega stores checking the items in your cart with what's on your receipt before leaving.

Something that makes me angry, but fully rational, imho.

I always found it funny when stores do that - in Ontario at least you can't be charged with theft unless a LPO saw you select & conceal the item AND maintains continuity so you don't ditch it. So just shaming tactics? Cool, fuck you too.

xp Yeah, definitely.

I have mixed feelings about medical malpractice suits/insurance premiums/shook doctors, because I do think a lot of med mal cases aren't about negligence or bad calls. They are just about the shortcomings of medicine and random bad things happening to people sometimes. But human beings have a fundamental need to find causation (and avoid it in the future), especially when something dreadful happens, and if you can sue a doctor/nurse/hospital and get a judgment in your favor, you now can say, "THAT is why (tragic incident occurred)," which is very comforting. But at the same time, some doctors deserve to be sued. I am reluctant to limit the recovery in situations when there has truly been a wrong because sometimes people win lawsuits when nobody was actually at fault.

Besides I think we all know its insurance companies that are making the situation untenable anyway.

I read this article about reader's digest going all right wing a couple years ago. I remember it mostly for this awesome bit:

“They are brands that may not be considered cool by the often elitist and self-absorbed standards of New York media,” she said. She had taken a car from Manhattan that morning, and wore a pink wool shirt-dress, patent leather Manolo Blahnik heels, and diamond hoop earrings.

also people putting their extremities or knees in your back through public transport seats. thought spacing was such on the local buses that you'd gave to have extremely long legs or deliberately be sitting oddly to be anywhere near the back of the chair in front of you

round here teenagers sit in their bus seats by slouching with their backsides perched on the very front of the seat, propping themselves up with their knees and feet against the seat in front. it drives me mad I tell you

and Chrome has been pissing me off too, keeps freezing. also I get an advert on pretty much every youtube I watch and the bf who uses Opera never sees any adverts so I'm blaming Chrome for that.

all of these teenagers out of school walking at half-speed across pedestrian crossings because we, in our cars, are their built-in and captive audience

yes we are staring at you

...because we want to run you down with our death machines COME ON AND CROSS ALREADY JESUS CHRIST

I see ads on opera; it is not infallible (though close!) but perhaps has a setting I haven't switched over.

Irrationally put out by the court call search tool on the Chicago Daily L@w Bull37!n's website. State circuit court case numbers go: 4-digit year of filing, 1-letter or 2 letter 1-letter 1-digit department code, 5-digit number (including leading zeroes if necessary), eg: 2012L00123 or 2012M100123.

Most websites use that format or they look for close matches, which is cool bc people frequently abbreviate case numbers (eg, 12 L 123).

The Lol Bulletin site uses a proprietary format AND it doesn't identify close matches AND to top things off nowhere does it explain the necessary format, which includes a dash, a space, and which omits leading zeroes, e.g., 2012-L 123 or 2012-M1 123. So super

Oops - so super stupid. Premature post.

And the Lol Bulletin is $$$.

the whole '#firstworldproblems' craze. i find it so indulgent. by putting on the '#firstworldproblem', they are acknowledging/making a judgement on how trivial their concerns are, but they don't want to do anything about it. they should stop broadcasting their stupid problems if they actually cared about what the hashtag implies. rather than give you the implications of the hashtag and the first world problems together.. . i dont know gosh it really is quite innocuous.......GAH

And the Lol Bulletin is $$$.

Subscription?

I hate the "first world problems" thing because it will be like, "So angry because I dropped my phone in a puddle! #firstworldproblems" as though people who live in developing nations are ignorant of cell phones and wouldn't care if they dropped theirs in a puddle. Like, people outside of the "first world" get pissed off about things, too. They don't just sit around all noble and starving.

And yeah, law bulletin is a really pricey subscription.

yeah true that too.. i didn't really have a specific example in mind but there are many reasons why #firstworldproblems makes me irrationally angry

Kettle continually tripping the leccy off in this room. Looked around for others yesterday in shops in town then checked reviews online and can't find one without numerous complaints including multiple returns for a couple of reviewers.
Need an electric kettle cos during the summer it's how I heat water for washing up as well as doing the kitchen floor as well as multiple cups of hot drinks.

Have all electric kettles just gone downhill in quality over last few years.
Think the one that I'm currently having to replace lasted about 5 years, then wound up sitting in a pool of water under the stand that I hadn't noticed. That was a Russell Hobbs, so I thought I'd be able to get another of the same firm but I'm just seeing reviews about leaks and flimsy lid construction making them fail within a few months. Think the company was taken over during the interim since I last bought from them.
& other available ones all have a large number of negative reviews.

Bummer.

the whole '#firstworldproblems' craze. i find it so indulgent. by putting on the '#firstworldproblem', they are acknowledging/making a judgement on how trivial their concerns are, but they don't want to do anything about it. they should stop broadcasting their stupid problems if they actually cared about what the hashtag implies. rather than give you the implications of the hashtag and the first world problems together.. . i dont know gosh it really is quite innocuous.......GAH

― hector_doepos, Thursday, 28 June 2012 01:08 (9 hours ago)

#firstworldfirstworldproblems

#firstworld'firstworldproblems'problems

One of my earliest on-line arguments with somebody was in defense of Ms. Liebeck and this lawsuit.

― carl agatha, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:34 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I thought on first reading the case, the same as what I think now: McDonalds used to make their coffee far too hot! It was physically imperiling to even begin to drink it on purchase!

And yet, I still have the same argument now with people!

the denomination sandwich artist for a subway guy or basically anyone making sandwiches. or generally speaking the addition of artist to any task people accomplish. next thing you know every guy is a dick artist for being able to take a piss, we are all posting artists for being on ilx etc

#firstworldproblems is the "that's what she said" of the conscience

Oh shit, I didn't know they made a movie about that! Presumably it's sympathetic to the plaintiff?

One of my earliest on-line arguments with somebody was in defense of Ms. Liebeck and this lawsuit.

― carl agatha, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, it's sympathetic. Biggest thing I took away was that the "LOL @ 'I'm suing McDonalds'" attitude that the media has successfully perpetrated is mostly pro-corporate propaganda and thanks to Seinfeld, Leno, et al, your average American will unquestionably support tort reform, which basically means the big guys can pre-rig the trial before it even begins.

She initially just asked them to cover medical costs and it was McD's who refused the cheap way out!

not going to get angry about tort reform today not going to get angry about tort reform today

ok there must be some part of the story i don't know because suing mcd cos u burnt yourself with coffee that was too hot still sounds really silly to me. and even sillier that she won. what am i missing here? (and this is seriously an honest question, that story has always amazed me and of course has always been shown as an example of the ridiculousness of american law suits but i'm sincerely curious to know why you think it's good that that woman won)

Because McD used to serve coffee at temperatures close to boiling.

Whereas an average drinkeable cup of coffee that you might buy at Costa, for instance, if you spilt it on your leg would hurt. But it would not take your skin off and cause 3rd degree burns, etc.

The Incident:
(Albuquerque, New Mexico – February 1992)
Stella Liebeck, 79, suffered severe burns after she spilled coffee on herself. She purchased the coffee at a drive-through owned and operated by fast-food giant McDonald's. She was not the driver of the car and the coffee was spilled while the car was parked. That is, Ms. Liebeck's grandson had pulled the car to the curb and the vehicle was stationary before she placed the cup of coffee between her knees and attempted to remove the lid for the purpose of adding cream and sugar. As she lifted one side of the lid, the coffee spilled onto her lap. Immediately, the coffee was absorbed by her sweatpants. Her clothing forced what was later learned to be “super-heated coffee” against her skin.

The Injuries:
Ms. Liebeck's injuries were severe. She suffered full thickness burns
(third-degree burns) and scalding to her inner thighs, groin and buttocks. She was in the hospital for eight days and had to undergo extremely painful procedures to remove layers of dead skin, as well as several graft operations.

The Coffee:
The McDonald's coffee Ms. Liebeck purchased was served at a temperature of between 180 and 190 degrees Fahrenheit. For home use, coffee is generally brewed at 135 to 140 degrees. If spilled on skin, any beverage heated to between 180 and 190 degrees will cause third-degree burns in two to seven seconds.

The Action:
Ms. Liebeck's original intention was to obtain legal help in order to be reimbursed for her medical expenses, which were said to have totalled nearly $20,000. However, McDonald's refused to pay her medical bills. This led Ms. Liebeck to file a product-liability suit.

http://www.canf.bc.ca/briefs/mcdonalds.html

well, there you go.