That North Carolina shit is beyond infuriating.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
I've IA'd about this a bazillion times but: ppl who order coffee etc and then start a conversation and completely ignore orders being called. When this person does finally approach the bar they will not even GLANCE at the coffe that's been sitting on the bar for 10 minutes because there's no way THAT could be THEIR coffee, they will ask the (ugh I hate this word too) barista 'HAY IS THERE A COFFEE FOR ME" and I just wish they could open the coffee on the counter and pour it on their head
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
generic labeled toothbrush heads that keep coming off my electric toothbrush while I'm brushing my teeth leaving a long prong of metyal unsheathed to try to poke me in the nose with. I had several months with an earlier generic type that worked perfectly, but couldn't see what they had been listed as when I first got them. Now wondering if generic toothbrush brands have been removed from ebay since they don't seem to be up on at least the Irish site and they were a couple of weeks back. Maybe everybody has just been being left with the brush falling off and a lovely piece of metal on a backswing to the face since it tends to happen unexpectedly.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
goddamn it really is not cool when you consult a newspaper to find out about one infuriating news story only to discover ANOTHER kind of infuriating news story, isn't there only supposed to be one of those at at time IF AT ALL
― j., Wednesday, 3 July 2013 16:21 (ten years ago) link
doesn't really fit thread though. not innocuous
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
Oh god what did NC do now?What's wrong with "barista"? It's what they are.
― Je55e, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/07/03/north-carolina-gop-tack-multiple-abortion-restrictions-onto-sharia-law-bill/
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
:( I last lived there in 2004, so I have this misconception of NC being very conservative, but not quite as fucking horrible as all that.
― Je55e, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link
It went blue in 2008 and then all the conservatives got scared, did some gerrymandering and have pretty much taken over. It has one of the worst governments it has ever had now.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
The thing is, though, is that by all accounts it is getting LESS conservative. So that's probably why the GOP is shitting themselves in terror and passing monstrous legislation to try and retain their foothold, bunch of fucking turds.
xp yes, that.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
Fucking gerrymandering, fucking VRA, fucking Supreme Court.
I was actually actively wishing death on a few members of the Supreme Court this morning, which makes me feel horrible.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
Virginia Fox needs to die. Where is her district, I wonder.
― Je55e, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
NC is weird in that there are an abundance of nice, tolerant folk, but there are pockets of these crazy fucks spread out throughout the state.
My parents live there and there is one asshat that puts tons of obnoxious, gigantic signs on his lawn, promoting hideous shit not at all removed from the shit in the article above.
I didn't realize that Sharia law was still kicking about, much less that a special session had been conducted for it. When Libertarians ask me what my problem with 'states rights', I point to state records on abortion.
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
Foxx, rather.
Just checked, and no surprise, her district is in the shitstain mountain county I used to live in.
― Je55e, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
I actually think that NC's tolerant people/turdbrained fucks set up is that weird. Actually, I think that's how it is in most states. The problem is that the turdbrained fucks now have the power to redistrict and make sure that they get reelected by other turdbrained fucks, effectively gutting the democratic process so they can keep on passing laws that actively harm their constituents.
It makes my head hurt to even think about how these walking piles of garbage justify their actions to themselves.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
DON'T think it's that weird, I mean. Sorry, blinded by rage and despair.
See, I'd say that there are pockets of nice, tolerant folks bobbing in a sea of mean assholes.
xp
― Je55e, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Blogs/Poking-the-Hornets-Nest/May-2013/North-Carolina-a-Petri-Dish-for-Art-Pope-and-the-Koch-Brothers/
― Jeff, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
It's sad. You thought it may actually have gotten better when Jesse Helms (5 years ago as of tomorrow!) died and they voted for a black man for president.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
Good grief at that URL though: north-carolina-gop-tack-multiple-abortion-restrictions-onto-sharia-law-bill-requiring-literacy-tests-for-voting-and-making-killin-because-he-needed-killin-a-misdemeanor
― pplains, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
Buying a glasses repair kit where the screwdriver is non-magnetic. What fucking use is that?
― how's life, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
I'm carrying three bags on the train. ;_;
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
Sometimes I carry three bags to work, although one is my lunch bag, so I don't know if that counts.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 4 July 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
so tired of america's bottomless need to mouth empty platitudes about the troops
it's a thursday -- thank you for your dedication and service. it's the middle of the seventh inning -- we are forever grateful for the preservation of our freedoms from the predation of landlocked central asian tribes
i mean i guess there's no point in celebrating congress or whatever, but maybe there are a few things to consider apart from militarism
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 July 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
we are forever grateful for the preservation of our freedoms
apart from abortion, of course
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 July 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
mookieproof otm.
one thing that used to irk me about NFL football games was that the recognition of the military was often given by the Priest doing the pre-game prayer (which is ALREADY fucking awkward and RONG to begin with). Like, ok, I get that liberal Christians recognize that every now and then, there's a need for war (although no such conflict we've been involved in recent years has fit that description), but it is a little creepy for the heavy military message is coming from a dude of the cloth.
I'm not mr. "anti-military", though I am a pacifist and don't believe in war in general. basically means that I don't post anti-military messages or disrespect for the troops, but I also don't spend 25% of my day going "thank you troops" because while I do support their livelihood and returning home safe, I'm sick of the constant message that suggests that it is the MILITARY that is keeping our freedoms intact and that if they had misstepped once in the last decade, we might be under a foreign country's rule. We ain't fought a meaningful war in decades. STFU.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 4 July 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
I do have military friends and I'm not one of those libs that goes "MAN, I DIG YOU, BUT I DON'T DIG THE SYSTEM YOU FIGHT FOR, MANNNNNNNNNNNN", so I don't want to paint that picture, but lord, like you said mookie, it's overkill and a bit eerie.
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 4 July 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link
mookie and neanderthal OTM
― Herbert Ruggles Tarlek Jr. (get bent), Thursday, 4 July 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Everyone otm.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 4 July 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
Let's take a moment and thank everyone in this thread who's been otm.
― pplains, Thursday, 4 July 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
This thread is a testament to the 1st amendment.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 4 July 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link
haha what a troll url: http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/how-to-thank-a-solder-by-george-w-bush
― pplains, Thursday, 4 July 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
thanks, solder!
http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/953/432953_100809091046_Butane-Gas-Soldering-Iron1.jpg
― Herbert Ruggles Tarlek Jr. (get bent), Thursday, 4 July 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Sometimes it’s important that you treat a soldier the way you would treat anyone else.
kinda undermines yr goal given how 75% of people treat 'anyone else'.
but then again it only says 'sometimes' it's important so
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 4 July 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
I bought some nice tights on sale in H&Mpacket said 'mama tights' uh ok maybe they're comforting and homely or it means something in Swedish idk
slowly dawning on me that they are maternity tights >:(
― kinder, Thursday, 4 July 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
that reminds me how IA i get at "hobo bags"
http://www.hobobags.com/
― Herbert Ruggles Tarlek Jr. (get bent), Thursday, 4 July 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
here, have a $300 hobo bag, you can fill it with hardtack and a can o' beans while you hop a freight train.
http://www.hobobags.com/store/productimages/regular/2358_hydrangea_l.jpg
― Herbert Ruggles Tarlek Jr. (get bent), Thursday, 4 July 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
no hobo
― Herbert Ruggles Tarlek Jr. (get bent), Thursday, 4 July 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
lol
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 July 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
Have been wondering since no longer having a separate food waste bin what the local area service does with what goes into their food bins. Have been expecting them to do something somewhat sustainable with it since they seemed ratheradamant about keeping non food objects out of it. I've been changed over to a service that just mixes food waste up with the rest of the landfill waste. Subsequently it will add to landfill which I'm really not into. BUt having thought that when the bins arrived yesterday have been wondering if I'm deluding myself taht something better was happening with the system I've just been involuntarily shifted from by a landlord I have no contact with. I guess at least this new crowd does recycle to some degree but it looks like every other bin service around town has a separate food waste bin, which I've always thought of as a compost bin. But shades of believing that your doggy has gone to live on this lovely farm in the country I fear.
― Stevolende, Friday, 5 July 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
at work back in the day we had a 'recyclables only' slot and a 'trash' slot in our nearby break stations.
we found out at the end of the day, the group that collected it just mixed both together and put them in the landfill.
assholes.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 5 July 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
In the work kitchen, we've got a bin divided into three sections - plastic, aluminum and garbage.
Every day after putting my food in the microwave, I'll stand there with my Healthy Choice™ cardboard box and go Wait a minute.
― pplains, Friday, 5 July 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
I hate when you're waiting on confirmation on a rehearsal schedule before you plan your weekend, and the dude waits until 4 pm on Friday to reply, only to say that "he will send it later".
Sooooooooo....guess I'm free tonight then? ugh.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 5 July 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
when you put your tshirt on backwards
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 July 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
Lots of places incinerate mixed waste for energy, rather than adding to landfill. Xps
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Friday, 5 July 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
websites with stupid drop-down menus that don't stay dropped down unless your cursor is in the exact right place
― veryupsetmom (harbl), Saturday, 6 July 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link
with emphasis on the irrational - people who don't know how to use twitter. it's obviously completely subjective because i obviously have some distinct ideas about 'how to use twitter' and indeed i'm not very good at it myself, but OH MY GOD YOU'RE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON WHY ARE YOU HASHTAGGING THAT RANDOM WORD.
― Fanois och Alexander (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 6 July 2013 00:51 (ten years ago) link
Yes!!
― ljubljana, Saturday, 6 July 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
yup (kaiser permanente, i'm looking at you)
― Herbert Ruggles Tarlek Jr. (get bent), Saturday, 6 July 2013 04:28 (ten years ago) link
YES
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 July 2013 04:29 (ten years ago) link