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

(Me nude tail)!

Assuming AA is in the UK

ia times a billion, but moving on

terrorism stories relating to the US are going to play big there because of various links over the last decade between terrorism in the US and UK, even if this particular incident happens to be lone wolves. Also, took place at an international event, and was a somewhat more captivating and unusual story than an earthquake. If sheer body count were the basis for reporting, there would be an above-the-fold front page headline every day about cancer.

― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 01:19 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i see your point and i don't disagree with it, but this is a thing that happens all the time, and it's not just here. the press of the entire world places a far greater emphasis on events in america than it does in china (in this example, but it applies far more broadly). everything you said could happen in an english-common country that's not regarded as elite for some reason, and we would not hear a thing about it.

anyway sorry ia stuff

lol hahah ur a britisher now

pip pip AA, shine yer boots guvna wot wot

take your mackintosh, it's raining out

uk, australia, whatever bro I'm American it don't mean shit to me can't we all just chill

lol @ Aussies making fun of British accents, come on guys ;)

/honourary Aussie as cousin just bought a house in Darwin, play along

cannae brook this blimmin wevvar xxp

uk, australia, whatever bro I'm American it don't mean shit to me can't we all just chill

― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 07:57 (18 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sorry dude, enjoy canada btw

fancy some spotted dick or toad in the hole lololol

ALLO ALLO ALLO

WOT DO WE AVE ERE THEN

YOU'RE NICKED

i should like a fit and proper glass of sherry for pudding, what ho

do join us for a spot of cricket and scones in the parlor

ey up, my string vest is in the aaaaairing cupboard

looool

You guys have been storing this up haven't you?

doreen from the co-op was in a right tizz at elevenses

keep an ear out for them traffic wardens, thatcher's britain

I don't know why but I just had an Adrian Mole flashback

"Nigel says that Sharon Botts will show everything for 50p and a pound of grapes"

and he shows up to the rollerskating rink with the grapes loooooooooooooooool

things that make me ia:

a) useless council web site won't tell me if i have to get up early tomorrow to put the bin out
b) people equating Britishes accent with cockneys

only joking re: one of them

feel like city council useless websites is a worldwide ia

like they decided that that would be their defining thing

parlor?? PARLOR??

gotcha

okay the web site worked when i swore at it
then i swore again cos i have to get up early

g'night

NIGHT GUVNA

also it's Marmite here, if you would be so kind

WHY I OUGHTA

<3

sorry dude, enjoy canada btw

― we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Monday, April 22, 2013 4:58 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You're close, mate. Here's a hint, count how many Canadian restaurants there are in most U.S. cities, and then run a tally of those restaurants who serve punch to paranoid people who think the waitstaff is talking about them.

Though I wish there was a place where I could try this exotic poutine.

i don't know what that means but it sounds hot

captcha box and its illegibility drives me nuts

what ho, Marmite Maiden and Fall Yearbook my good compatriots

loool marmite maiden HAIL FELLOW WELL MET

I'll mail out Poutine in this year's Christmas swap, no worries

:D :D :D

Is there a Canadian band called the Poo-Teens? If not, there should be.

Wait. No there shouldn't.

'your terrible ideas'

brb forming band

Thanks to someone else on my FB commeting on a false flag nutter website link someoen'd posted, Ive now managed to accidentally see *way more graphic* footage of the bombings than anything that made the media. Fully explicit limbs off bones out gore.

Tanks also to FB for suggesting I "friend" the 2 women the guy I'm hung up on has been seeing recently. SUPER.

ooh is that the one about how a bunch of actors were snuck into the crowd and they all put on these amazingly lifelike "prosthesis" blown-off limb thingies in mere seconds (even though similar movie makeup takes HOURS), and "I'm an EMT and I know that you would see more blood in this picture" etc.? That's the one I saw, anyway.

My other favorite conspiracy theme so far is "Isn't it odd that police were announcing a bomb drill right before this happened?" Like, (1) bullshit (2) no that wouldn't be that odd, it would be one of those coincidences (3) what are the implications of this "oddness" -- I don't even understand. Police announced a bomb drill so they could fake a bombing?

Yeah that one Hurting. Those were real photos though, werent they? Ugh.

I mean, if you believe the "official story" then yeah they were real ;)

lol oh yeah i meant not shopped pics I guess - it was one I had not seen before and it was hella horrible (hopefully ont one of the dead people, but I assume not)

speaking of which, I really hate the phrase "human spirit" as in "triumph of" or "power of." But I really REALLY hate when it is used to describe things that are not particularly strong examples of it, like this:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/images-that-perfectly-capture-the-american-spirit

I mean ok, holding someone's fucking artery closed with your bare hand, THAT might be the power of the human spirit. But just being a nice guy and pouring people some orange juice and letting them use your bathroom, that's not a testament to the power of the human spirit, that's just ordinary, somewhat minimal being a decent person. Like you are not going to be seeing a movie trailer that goes "From the director of The Kite Runner, comes a riveting testament to the power of the human spirit: The Beverage Giver"

Sorry, "The Beverage Giver" just made me snort laugh.

small acts of decency are overlooked and underrated though, and they often matter more in the long run than grand gestures do. the day in day out *work* of being a good person seems, to me, an instance of the triumph of the human spirit. idk if that's what buzzfeed was getting at though

oh i didn't click the link so i didn't know it was about the marathon tragedy. hm. i think the phrase "pure evil," which they use, bothers me more than "human spirit," which feels like a less rigid concept

been wonder how i could become a better person, going to the store for some OJ pronto