Relieve Stress: Rant

[senocular]

Rants

things that bother me:

Dictionary.com self focuses the search input onLoad, so if you're typing before the page loads, when it does focus, it selects your text and with you typing, you end up typing over it
Photoshop files can be like 5 times larger (filesize) than an equivalent Fireworks file
Copying PS slices into another document is so arcane. They couldnt add it into the duplicate option or allow for drag and drop?
Mac window sizing restricted to the lower right corner. One of my big complaints in the Mac interface. Really sucks for app panels and dual monitors at different res's where sizing windows can mean needing to first move it into the higher res monitor just to reach the friggen little lower corner
How IE ftp (win) sometime crashes the explorer shell and how so many other ftp apps dont fully support drag and drop.
Activation
Remixes ;)
How my DVD player doesnt automatically turn off like it should when its set to
How oreos are packaged... makes it hard to keep them fresh for long periods of time; and when they arent fresh, they get soggy
How picky and idiotic clients can be :scream:

[lostinbeta]

Ok, well I have quite a few rants, but right now is only one is overtaking them all....

My water heater busts a leak. It's still under warranty, tech support says return it to Home Depot and get a free water heater... yay. Come to find, the government releases a law that now all water heaters have to have a sensor on them for flammable chemicals (this is a recent law that was passed), so depsite that our warranty says if our current one malfunctions we get a free one, the arsewads at Home Depot only gave us store credit for our original one. So to get the new one with the new nifty special required sensor we have to use our store credit AND pay $80 USD (not including the parts we need to install it). Yes that is right, our warranty required us to pay $80 dollars extra for our water heater.... some warranty eh. After arguing for over an hour with Home Depot we finally got a number from GE (company that makes our water heater) where we can call tomorrow and try and argue for them to pay the difference we had to pay. The NEW warrany paper with our NEW water heater now says that any government mandated changes to the water heater aren't covered under the warranty if we need to return and we will only get the original price of our old water heater, but our OLD warranty says nothing about this, so why should I have to pay $80 USD extra for something my warranty should cover!!!!!!

I even had to install the friggin thing, the warranty only covered that for the first year, after that all labor is on the hands of the owner.

FRIGGAN FRAGGIN ARGH!!!!!!


Thank you sen :hangover:


Oh and I totally hear you on all your rants!

[RussianBeer]

Okay my turn, Okay you all read my 'Please trout slap me thread' well , THAT! Plus, I got to return my computer cuz its broken. My receipt was always there, when I didnt need it now that I do need it, I cant fricking find it! So, I call CompUSA, but there is about a million options on the fuken auto-responce crap! And when I do finnaly find an option to speak to a human being, they transfer me to a message machine, "Thank you for calling CompUSA, we are busy being jackasses so please leave a message as$hole"

[Coppertop]

THere are so many things that pissme off. I need to write them down. currently the one that comes to mind is:

when one or two people sit at a booth/table for 4, when there are plenty of 2 person tables! it annoys me even more when that causes me to have to find two 2 person tables because they took the last 4 person seat!

ARGH!!

[Aislin]

People piss me off. Lots of people.

STUPID people.

I think that sums up just about everything.

OH. And CRAZY FANATIC CHRISTIANS THAT POLLUTE CHILDRENS MINDS WITH BULL****.

AS CAN BE SEEN HERE.
http://objective.jesussave.us/kidz.html

(To understand, go through the whole thing, or just skip to the 'quiz'. So the world's only been around for 10,000 years eh...)

[RussianBeer]

A kid sheep sharing jesu's love with kids?

You got issues buddy :)

[Aislin]

I hope you're kidding. For your sake. ;)

[Digigamer]

when a computer doesn't do what I want it to do I feel like just killing myself right there and going to hell. I could never do tech support....

[David]

Anti locking brakes that locked, sending me sliding into the car in front.

$3000 quote to replace the drivers air bag that didn't deploy.

$1500 quote for the passanger air bag that did deploy, but no body was sitting there.

Couple of days with a huge headache after headbutting the steering wheel that i shouldn't have hit.

[eilsoe]

ordering a new pc online, and having all the parts a week later, except the Radeon 9600PRO, which will come in 2, maybe 3 weeks because the distributor keeps ****ing things up...

[senocular]

tell them to forget it and go pick up a 9800 XT or 9600 XT and get your free copy of Half Life 2 =)

[Phat7]

Originally posted by David


Anti locking brakes that locked, sending me sliding into the car in front.

$3000 quote to replace the drivers air bag that didn't deploy.

$1500 quote for the passanger air bag that did deploy, but no body was sitting there.

Couple of days with a huge headache after headbutting the steering wheel that i shouldn't have hit.



looooool :) that is funny s%&$ :) sorry man, i mean it's not right to laugh at someone who had an accident but still... :)

[Kitiara]

People with no knowledge of computers who have managed to bluff their way up the corporate ladder to a position of worrying responsibility for.. computers.

Management.

People who have no idea of what my job actually involves and expect a fantastic new design for a website within the hour.

People who don't read the rules in SotW.

Management.

People who trip off on two week long holidays to sunny climes every few months but who won't let me take some of the 14 days of holiday I have left for this year because 'it's not a good time right now and we need you here'.

People who say "We've got this banner advert we need making, has to be about 12K. Oh, and by the way, the concept design is 2MB. Can I collect it in half an hour?"

Management.

[senocular]

good ones kit :)

[Kitiara]

Sadly, the story of my life right now. :sure:

[Phat7]

Totally feel you on this ;)



A girl who flirts all night long, dances with me and I'm buying her drinks and stuff, and the next morning she passes by as if nothing has happened, and when I approach her, she's like oh you know I think we should be just friends... :h:

[Polling]

Originally posted by Aislin
People piss me off. Lots of people.

STUPID people.

I think that sums up just about everything.

OH. And CRAZY FANATIC CHRISTIANS THAT POLLUTE CHILDRENS MINDS WITH BULL****.

AS CAN BE SEEN HERE.
http://objective.jesussave.us/kidz.html

(To understand, go through the whole thing, or just skip to the 'quiz'. So the world's only been around for 10,000 years eh...)


OMG.... this is the most terrible site i have ever seen after rotten.com!!!!! Please save those children....!!

[eilsoe]

:P

hehe...


also, I want to rant about the W3C standards :sigh:

fuggin "standards".. pfft... THEY DON'T EVEN SUPPORT THE HR TAG!! :scream:

[Kitiara]

Add to mine:



Trying to convince Marketing that 2MB doesn't go into 15K, no matter what way you do the maths.

Seriously. They've come up with this idea for an ad banner that's got a beautiful sky background, and a Churchill dog hanging on a washing line. Those two images alone are 30K! I mean, even trace bitmap can only get them down to 15, and that's terrible quality with no animation yet!



I think I'm going to explode...

[RussianBeer]

Chill Kitimariana!

Lol bradah phat! I know where your coming from, its called being used!

[Kitiara]

See I changed my custom text to that name now? :)

I'm just annoyed with these people. :) I'm always annoyed with these people. :P

[RussianBeer]

Yeah! Right on!

There a little Russian Beer in all of us, unless you drank to much.. and well you know... :sure:

[RussianBeer]

So what are you going to do, I am curious...

[Phat7]

A good advice for you Kit: Quit your job ;)

[Kitiara]

Originally posted by Phat7
A good advice for you Kit: Quit your job ;) Oh I love my job... Well, most of the time. :P It's just some of the people I have to deal with sometimes. But then I guess whatever job you do you're going to get that... :sure:

Still, what with all the stuff going on here right now (I'm not even going to get started ranting about that), just about everyone is updating the CV and looking on job boards... :sure:

And what I'm doing about the advert is changing it. :) I'm doing what will fit in 15K. The lovely photo of the sky and clouds is gone, just a light blue BG. The dog is still there, but he's not swaying on the washing line unless that takes less than 3K to do. :P

[BadMagick]

Virtual hugs for Kit!!!

**hugs!**

Oh man! I just hugged Kit!
(passes out on floor from a joygasm)

[senocular]

is that a rant about hugging kit :q:

:!:

[dropkick]

when the simpsons is cancelled because of baseball...evil bastards

[Phat7]

Now that is a serious piss-off... :a: ;)

[eilsoe]

Originally posted by dropkick


when the simpsons is cancelled because of baseball...evil bastards



they do that regularly here in DK.. they just cancel it because of soccer... pfft...

[eilsoe]

also:

rant:

When the scroller on your mouse freaks out making the site open jump up'n down like crazy...

[StylingPaT]

Hehe girl troubles ;)

[=VALOR=]

ok here goes mine:

1) When Murphy´s Law kicks into place when u least need it, and no matter what you do, everything, EVERYTHING goes wrong.

You know those days.....:a:

2) When you have to design something new and your mind is totally blank. The inspiration is gone, and the due date is approaching.

3) Young girls getting prettier, while im getting older :-/.

4) The united States governement, and especially, that international terrorist on the loose: G.W. Bush.


=VALOR= has spoken.

[Kitiara]

Well, one that's based on a meeting I've just come out of:



The company you work for being bought by an even bigger company, promised that jobs are safe, then hear that the entire IT department is getting the boot.



Most of my friends here work in IT. They're being given the option of either relocating to Edinburgh (500 miles away in Scotland) or thrown out on their ear. :(

I'm preparing for the worst for us in eCommerce... Anyone want to hire me?

[RussianBeer]

i'l hire you kitimarina,
But my buisness is under-water basket weaving.. ;)

[Kitiara]

Under-water basket weaving? :stunned:

You know, I don't think I'm gonna ask... :P

[thoriphes]

Originally posted by RussianBeer
i'l hire you kitimarina,
But my buisness is under-water basket weaving.. ;) where have i heard that one before :q:

[StylingPaT]

I want a under water basket weaving job :trout:

[nobody]

...

[senocular]

I hear that #3 there xxviii :beam:
whoooooooooooo!

[Kitiara]

Hmmm, in that case, can I add:



Ex boyfriends who cheated on you, dumped you, vanished for a year, then come crawling back all apologetic and expect forgiveness? :sure:



:P

Oh, and the g/f's mother thing? It's genetic. Mother-in-law disease or something...

[RussianBeer]

Dont take that kind of crap Kitimariana, if a girl ever did that to me, I would not even aknoledge her existance, people like that are dirt.

Oh I got one I can relate to you erlier rant.

So I make this site, with graphics and all, and my client says there are a few modifications she wishes to make, sure no prob. She shows up and starts complaining that the site is too wide 750 px, and the printer cuts of when it prints (Its a website! Who cares?) But okay, okay, I will make it smaller, so then she tells me "Oh by the way I want to use this panoramic pic, (768 px wide!!!) and make it about 50% bigger!"

WAHHAHAHAHARGHHHt?

Also , rearange all these pictures, add these new ones, make them High-quality and bigger! But, dont make the loading time too long!

?????????What?????

"Oh and use big bright pink font, it will help!'

[senocular]

Originally posted by RussianBeer
'Oh and use big bright pink font, it will help!'

LOL

[Phat7]

My stupid rant for today:

Type a 20-line post on the forum in the reply field at the bottom of the thread, then wish to insert an emoticon which I don't know the code for, so hit the post reply button and forget to cut the text I typed, moreover instead of going back to the previous page, accidentally close the browser window... I'm such a DUUUH! :a:

[Kitiara]

In connection with that, I want to rant about how I used to write SotW critiques in the Reply page, get to about 3 words off the end when the page would spontanueously combust and I'd lose everything...

Now I write them in Notepad. ;)

[Phat7]

I used to do that before! :) it's really a good idea. I should get back to that. Thnx for reminding;)

[senocular]

EVERY APP SHOULD HAVE AN ALWAYS ON TOP OPTION


;)

[Niann]

A scene transition looks top shelf in Premiere, but when I render it it just doesn't sync up properly with the audio...

Doing two hours of editing on a project, having Premiere (or WinXP) crash, and realizing I turned autosave off...

People that argue with me when I am trying to do my job and get their systems working, all the sudden they are an expert on computer operations and trouble shooting. If you are such an expert then why did you open a trouble ticket? :sigh: :)

Slow drivers in the left lane... I have no problem with people driving slow in the right lane, thats what it is for...

[BadMagick]

When your girlfriend says, "if it doesn't come easy, it's not meant to be," then you break up, then she gives the drummer of Good Charlotte a hummer on the same bed you couldn't get past second base on, and then starts to date some thug-arse kid who doesn't really give a **** about her and then hear her say all the time, "sometimes love isn't easy, you've gotta fight for it."


Yeah... that kinda gets on my nerves

[Coppertop]

When you want to maul someone with a chair/bat/stick/pipe/etc but can't because you know you will get into to much trouble.

Similar to: When you want to releve stress/rage but can't because of the conciquences.

[nobody]

When someone aknowledges good charlotte as a band

[senocular]

lol

[λ]

1. when BOTH IE and Mozilla suddenly decide I don't have an internet connection, despite the fact that every other application I have can see it.

2.When programs/games crash my PC.

3.I won't be getting a new PC till at least christmas.


oh,and sen, I agree with the always on top option...

[Coppertop]

when programs (especially flash) just randomly decide to crash and burn. I think my computer hates me. One time, I crashed notepad, calculator, flash, photoshop, word, powerpoint, visualBasic, and Bryce in one sitting.

[ahmed]

things that tick me off

- School's computers are so very slow. On top of that, students get very little user previliges. :scream:

- Teachers who dont know **** about teaching :scream:

- Stupid patents.. I hate patents. :scream:

- Ppl hu speel lik dis :scream:

- Posers and wiggers.. :scream:

- Slow computers :scream:

- Slow computers :scream:

- Slow computers :scream:

- TV commercials :scream:

and many, many more...

[Marz]

Wow... You all are pretty hateful... My list expands to about a book in size... So needless to say.. I'm just gonna whistle and wlak away before I even try and summarize it.. *lol*..

[senocular]

Originally posted by playamarz
and wlak away

- TYPOS :scream:










;)

[ahmed]

lol :P

[Marz]

Okay... Nevermind...

- "English Majors and Spelling Geeks on Forums"

[ahmed]

Originally posted by playamarz
Okay... Nevermind...

- "English Majors and Spelling Geeks on Forms" Forms? :P :run:

[Coppertop]

-Stupid kids

-Stupid Drivers

-Stupid paretns at soccer games (or in general)

-Stupid anything

-People who work without ryhme or reason

-1337 $|>3@|<

-Internet abbriviations (ex: lol)

-Most Smilies

-People who act more than they are

-People

-When things don't work

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Why hasn't asphalt cowboy or lostinbeta or anyothers even finished their site yet?

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-more or less any description of a human that ends in "-activist" (or ist, such as televangelist)

-The school cirriculum

-The concept of strict vegeterianism (except when for religious purposes or psuedo-vegeterianism)

-Carrot-top (http://www.alligator.org/edit/issues/99-fall/991108/carrot.jpg) - He gives redheads a bad name

-to be expanded-

[senocular]

Originally posted by ahmed
Forms? :P :run:
lol

[Marz]

Oig.. You people are useless *lmao*...

[lostinbeta]

Originally posted by playamarz
Oig.. You people are useless *lmao*...
Oig? :P :run:

[Marz]

Oig is a word used when you say Oiiiigg... Say it out loud once.. It's spelled as per it would be said.

And ahmed.. Technically a forum is just a bunch of sayings dealt with by "forms" so :-p

[senocular]

[StylingPaT]

I need to relive some stress

- My mom is freaking *****ing at me because my brother didnt study for his nine week exams. Shes taking all her anger out on me.

- This 14 year old girl is going around school spreading all these rumors about me and here doing stuff in the shower.

- And people have just been pissing me off.

I feel better now :sure:

[eilsoe]

Originally posted by StylingPaT
- This 14 year old girl is going around school spreading all these rumors about me and here doing stuff in the shower.


you should be glad then! :thumb:


unless she's a completely unattractive manatee...

[thoriphes]

Originally posted by eilsoe
you should be glad then! :thumb:


unless she's a completely unattractive manatee... lol, i dunno about you, but even if she were an attrative manatee I would pretty much feel the same way about her :P

[BadMagick]

Anyone else have problems with girls not understanding the concept of "guys night out?"

That's been bothering me a lot lately...

[senocular]

Its a girl thing. And if the understand it (which is a contradiction, they would only say that) they still dont like it.

BAH!

:)

[fester8542]

Originally posted by BadMagick
Anyone else have problems with girls not understanding the concept of "guys night out?"

That's been bothering me a lot lately...

Thats an easy one to fix.

COMPLETELY DISREGARD HER AND DO IT ANYWAY

You need your space pal. Or Just bring a bunch of loud obnoxious beer guzzling buddies over your place and make it so miserable fo her that she leaves.

THen you can continue the ripper there or just go out.

Problem = Solution

[fester8542]

Here is what I cant stand:

People who you buy rounds for at a bar that never return the gesture

Whiny skinny depressed long haired greasy artistic people

People that insist on talking to you when youve done everything in your power to show them you dont give a floppy shiznit.

Idiots at the gym that take up equipment you want to use that either have no idea how to use it or take 10 mins between sets.

Ska Music

The kind of people that typically protest. Not because they protest because they are usually tree hugging, granola eating, open toed shoe wearing, uninformed jesus freaks from some obscure religious offshoot.

Nascar

Clowns

People at work that leave less than 1/8 of a cop of coffee left in the pot. Even though there is a sign right overhead that says "you kill da joe, you make some mo"

People that take credit for others work.

The Windows Registry

Billy Corgan

Strep Throat (Just got over it)

[ahmed]

Originally posted by fester8542
Thats an easy one to fix.

COMPLETELY DISREGARD HER AND DO IT ANYWAY way to deal with women! :P:P

[RenaissanceGirl]

Excellent thread!

1. Guys who don't understand that no means no.

2. Guy who try to convince you that you should cheat on your boyfriend.

3. Failing #2, guys who try to convince you that your boyfriend is cheating on you. "All guys cheat" they say.

4. Guys who tell you, "I've always wondered what it was like to be with an Asian girl." Eww. I am NOT your geisha girl.

5. Failing #1-4, guys who STILL insist on getting your phone number.

[fester8542]

Originally posted by ahmed
way to deal with women! :P:P

Right?!

Thats most likely why I am currently single

;)

[fester8542]

::Wondering what its like to be with an Asian girl::

Ren you seriously dont get that as a pickup line do you?

:stunned:

[rere420]

Originally posted by fester8542
Thats an easy one to fix.

COMPLETELY DISREGARD HER AND DO IT ANYWAY

You need your space pal. Or Just bring a bunch of loud obnoxious beer guzzling buddies over your place and make it so miserable fo her that she leaves.

THen you can continue the ripper there or just go out.

Problem = Solution


your so charming:) but as a girl and one that fester has done that too.... I can say that works:) Of course there is dealing wiht her the next day:bu: lots of fun

[Coppertop]

My sister, who:
-Is accesively picky
-whines at the littlest things
-is completely ignorant
-doesn't get the f*ck out of my room when I tell her to. For this
reason, I now keep a "whipping stick" handy.
-exsists.

[fester8542]

Originally posted by rere420
your so charming:) but as a girl and one that fester has done that too.... I can say that works:) Of course there is dealing wiht her the next day:bu: lots of fun

Space is extremely important.

Plus I have a habbit of doing what I want, when I want, and how I want to do it.

Its a tradeoff I guess :)

[rere420]

small rant:

people who assume. I cant stnad when people assume things just becuase they think they should or becuase if they assume then they think theyw ill find out the truth or something stupid like that. it is true when you assume you make an *** out of u and me

people that think they are better then for no other reason other then they think so

people who never offer to drive when one person drives all the time.

telling someone after they drank on a tab all night that they will get ya lata cuz they dont have enough cash on them.

$414.56 cell phone bills, with 75% of it incoming calls. when the plan is for 29.99

bosses who think that just because they offered you a new position and that you took it, that they should not hire anyone for your old position, you should just continue to do it on top of your new position for no more pay then what was offered for the new position because they have no idea how things actually get done, they just know they are handed to them when they want them or they ***** and moan and you lose your job.

9:05 to 4:45 employees. I hate the people that make the same salary or more in some cases then me that work form about 9ish when they stroll in till about 4:45 ish when they decide it is time for them to get a jump on the traffic.

well that was refreshing:hr:

[nobody]

...

[RenaissanceGirl]

Originally posted by fester8542
::Wondering what its like to be with an Asian girl::

Ren you seriously dont get that as a pickup line do you?

:stunned:

Yup... some guys must think it's awfully charming. The funny thing is all of the above happened all at once (fairly recently). After comedy traffic school. And the individual asked me out by inviting me to the Improv using the free tickets we got at the school. What a winner, eh?

"All guys cheat." <- this really annoyed me. Good job with that blanket statement, buddy! I guess it's easier to assume that everyone is bad at relationships, so it's ok to be a creep!

[Digitalosophy]

Originally posted by RenaissanceGirl

"All guys cheat." <- this really annoyed me. Good job with that blanket statement, buddy! I guess it's easier to assume that everyone is bad at relationships, so it's ok to be a creep!

not all guys, just 99.9% of us do

[senocular]

that might be an optimistic assumption as well :whistle:

[DDD]

all women cheat also.....It just so happens women have greater attention detail thus they dont get caught as often. Guys we will forget a lie we told 5 minutes ago. I used to always get caught cheating in college. My reply was. I have to cheat I am the leading scorer on the basketball team. Dont ask me why I said that. I just did.

[Digitalosophy]

Originally posted by senocular
that might be an optimistic assumption as well :whistle:

lol might be? i was just being sarcastic, i can't speak for anyone else but myself and my freinds

[Xpeder]

Kids in movie theater talking and throwing skittles at you wile you scream back at them " I am going to cut you ear to ear you Little bastard" and charge after them down the isle while you fall on your face into some sticky cola that some jerk spilled and every one laughs at you wile you get up with popcorn stuck to your face from the sticky floor and end up getting kicked out!!
:scream:

[DDD]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH....that was you?

nah....now that is a bad day

[kirupa]

When people IM me for help even AFTER I tell them that I am busy. Maybe I should just keep an away message on 24/7.

When people IM me and tell me that they know that they should be posting on the forums, but would rather ask me instead.

When I forget to make backups of any forum modifications that I made a year or so ago.

------
Phew - that felt so much better :)

[kirupa]

I turned off AIM and I'm feeling all better, and I found that modification for the news thing (check TS) :thumb:

[grimdeath]

Spanish reggae they call it Spanish Crap is more like it

HOUSE OF THE DEAD lmao

People that complain about their situation and do $hit to better the situation

MAC users that bash Windows and dont even know how to make a new folder in the Windows desktop or yet use a mouse with two buttons

The RIAA

Friggin DMC laws

Stupid people

G.W. Bush

DC Comics

Console fanboys that just have 1 console and think its the best

Nintendo

Expensive broadband

to be continued....

[senocular]

Originally posted by grimdeath
MAC users that bash Windows and dont even know how to make a new folder in the Windows desktop or yet use a mouse with two buttons

- voice actors for most dubbed anime :scream:

[kirupa]

FoXyLaDy8388: ya there??
kirupacom: hey :-)
kirupacom: what's up?
FoXyLaDy8388: nm
FoXyLaDy8388: u
FoXyLaDy8388: i think jonh is really pissed off at me!
kirupacom: about to leave the comp for a few hours
FoXyLaDy8388: ok
kirupacom: who is jonh?
kirupacom: do I know you?
FoXyLaDy8388: me too actually
FoXyLaDy8388: umm
FoXyLaDy8388: yah
FoXyLaDy8388: wait, who are you??
kirupacom: you figure it out and IM me back
kirupacom: cya
(blocked)

A good 30 seconds wasted! At least it wasn't a "help me create a button" IM :) I bet HE is still trying to figure out a way to IM me after I blocked HIM.

[ahmed]

LMAO kirupa, you made my day... funniest thing i've read in a while =)

[kirupa]

When a cursed class that should only take 12 hours per week of outside of classroom preparation ends up taking almost everyone involved upwards of 30 hours.

Cold soup.

When trick or treaters come to a dorm room thinking that students happen to have bags of candy laying around.

When the above trick-or-treaters are grad students with absolutely nothing better to do :)

Phew - that felt so much better.

[Mik3]

Dell targets people who do not know much about computers by showing very low priced PC's with low ram (something uneducated computer ppl don't know about) and allowing you to upgrade it, as well as many other things with their :customize: feature, and almost everything is over priced.

They also target people who do not know much about computers because they say:
"It's as easy as Dell!"


this makes me angry

[Mik3]

I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE INSTANTMESSAGE YOU ASKING WHO YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[senocular]

who are you?

:scream:

[RussianBeer]

Okay I got one:

Chicks are mean!

You know, I think okay of myself, I am not terribly hot, but I work out regularly, I have a good job, I dress nice, and I treat people well. So I know this girl, I see in school all the time, I sometimes I say hi and whatnot, so anyway, I decide to aproach her and talk to her, maybe get to know her. So anyway, I aproach her and say "Hey whatsup?" She gives me this dirty look and the what 'who the helI are you?' And ignores me, I mean! Thats just plain rude!!! She could say, I am busy, or Hello or even "I can see the future and you are plain ugly" But the thats thats just mean!

Oiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[reverendflash]

at least you hadn't spent any money on her before you figured out she was using up oxygen that someone somewhere needed desparately...

:beam:

Revhttp://aulman.com/rev.gif

[RussianBeer]

.. hmm...Thats actualy true... thanks hotcakes ;)

[reverendflash]

I know it's corny, but...

"try and look on the bright side of life"

::singing and dancing like Monty Python::

:D

Revhttp://aulman.com/rev.gif

[eilsoe]

Originally posted by RussianBeer
Okay I got one:

Chicks are mean!

You know, I think okay of myself, I am not terribly hot, but I work out regularly, I have a good job, I dress nice, and I treat people well. So I know this girl, I see in school all the time, I sometimes I say hi and whatnot, so anyway, I decide to aproach her and talk to her, maybe get to know her. So anyway, I aproach her and say "Hey whatsup?" She gives me this dirty look and the what 'who the helI are you?' And ignores me, I mean! Thats just plain rude!!! She could say, I am busy, or Hello or even "I can see the future and you are plain ugly" But the thats thats just mean!

Oiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


look at it this way:

SHE'S the one with the problem, not you ;)

[Laslett]

People who can't use computers that think they can.

People who start talking about Science and stuff and think they are the world expert when they obviously just read it in the paper.

Has to incidents one where a person at work said they had a Red Laser pointer at home that the upped the voltage and could melt metal and stuff

[tiger20]

You know what pisses me off, it's these darn posuer kids with their CBGB T-shirts and hard core band shirts etc. Half of them are not true fans nor will they ever. And what's with people putting wings or spoilers on every gosh darn car alive??!! I saw an 86 honda with a 3 foot wing yesterday! Get a real job, a life and then get some taste!

Other things that piss me off:

- fat chicks in low rise pants!! unghh!!!
- People who ask "Can I ask you a question?" Didn't really give me a choice,_ did ya there buddy?
- cell phones at a concert or restaurant, or on a date! Turn it off!
- AOL
- Crappy chain restaurants popping up everywhere
- Left lane campers -- People who just don't understand that there is a fast lane and a slow lane.
- too many to list really...

[Laslett]

Been kinda quiet on the forum the last two days something stirring?

[kirupa]

actually yes :beam: It's another contest, but this one is probably going to be better than any contest this site has had previously! Hopefully everyone will find out in a few days :smirk:

[mdipi]

Here is a rant of mine:

1) How people treat mac users with such disrespect, or always make comments on how bad a mac system is when they a) havent ever used OSX or b) havent given it enough time.

2) How my windows box is so slow even though i gutted it an replaced almost everything BUT the HD(s).

3) How Steve Jobbs goes to deerfield in three weeks and our chapels are fuggin boring as hell and we dont get the cool guys....GRR

4) how much work i have on a nightly basis, i am up way longer than i want to be just studing for a test or reading a fuggin book.

5) how school consumes my social life, i never leave school, andi am a day student, its not bad cuase i see my friends but sometimes it nice to go home and just relax instead of getting out of school at 3, having practice untill 5:30ish and then not even getting outta the locker room untill 6. then its either i eat there or try to go home, but even then i have been there since before 8 o'clock. just someitmes pisses me off.

6) how julia continues to wildly filirt with me even though she is trying to get back with her old b/f. MAKE UP YOUR MIND BIZNACH!

thanks sen, this felt great!

[senocular]

Originally posted by mdipi.com
Here is a rant of mine:

1) How people treat mac users with such disrespect, or always make comments on how bad a mac system is when they a) havent ever used OSX or b) havent given it enough time.


1.5) how mac users are generally that but worse. :sure:

[nobody]

...

[Laslett]

Originally posted by kirupa
actually yes :beam: It's another contest, but this one is probably going to be better than any contest this site has had previously! Hopefully everyone will find out in a few days :smirk:


The tension is unbearable its like twas the night before Xmas and you daren't open your eyes cuz you know that if Santa Clause knows you're awake you won't get any pressies. but you're too excited to be able to get to sleep so you creep down stairs and put back 1/2 a bottle of 18 year old Glenmorangie (Saving the other half for Boxing day to make your relatives that emigrated from South Cave to Botswana more bearable) knocking your self into a sweet oblivion that results in you not waking up til 2:30 on Xmas day just intime for the Queens speech followed by the Big Christmas day movie that has been advertised for weeks on end that you actually dowloaded about two weeks previous.

OOOOOOoooooo I can't wait!

[senocular]

So I contacted a webmaster eariler today about some annoying to-full-screen script which is present in EVERY PAGE of this certain band's website. I said please (for the love of god) remove the script and gave some info on, should it be used, how to be used.

I got a reply:


sorry bro.


thanks bro. I won't be returning to that site and will have to hold on getting a shirt from the band (if ever). It would be ok if it was just on the first page, I can get around that by bookmarking around it, but on EVERY PAGE? I wanted to shoot myself.

[BadMagick]

I wanted to start this thread going strong again, because people really need to let stuff out...

Me? I HATE Amazon.com ... I hate, hate, HATE it! I go to buy some stuff on there, and it says, "eligible for free super saver shipping" or some BS like that.

Anyway, I buy 2 things that put me over $25, as is says you need, and I go to checkout and all ... don't you know when I click that button it slams me with a shipping charge?! WTF?

It said FREE shipping if your order was over $25, mine was $26 and some change. It's stuff like that I HATE about Amazon.

That, and the fact that I try to buy a CD and get 800 "suggestions" of music that's not even remotely close to the type of music that I like.

Stupid Amazon!

[kirupa]

You need to check the option for free shipping. That option is not the default setting. If your product hasn't shipped yet, you can go back, and under shipping, ensure that you have checked that option.

Also, purchases from the Amazon Marketplace or zShops do not contribute to the $25 total :)

[senocular]

EVERY PAGE!!! My browser resized 3 times just to get the webmaster's contact info.
!!!

[BadMagick]

I'm talking to my friend Pete, and he tells me about this girl he met at a frat party. He said she was pretty good lookin and all, and they were talking/dancing for a while. They were getting along quite well, as I hear, and then after like 45 minutes he said, they moved off the dance floor to chat a bit more. She asked him what his major was, and when he said, "Computer Science," she bailed. Didn't say anything, just turned and walked away.

Now that is pretty jerked if you ask me!

What's the deal with girls having no respect for computer guys?

[senocular]

because guys love the computers more than the girls

[Laslett]

Might as well have said Majored in Ladies probably got the same result

[Kitiara]

And by the same token, what irritates me is every person over the years who's:

a) said "Computing, isn't that a job for a man?"
b) said "Are you sure you know what you're doing with these things?"
c) or so much as looked at me funny when they found out what I do.

[Laslett]

Originally posted by Kitiara
And by the same token, what irritates me is every person over the years who's:


b) said "Are you sure you know what you're doing with these things?"


Queen of innuendo fnar fnar

Ithink Hackers did good for the girls and putes relationship but not too well for wierdos and computers relationship.

Laslett - Wierd and proud!

[BadMagick]

Originally posted by Kitiara
And by the same token, what irritates me is every person over the years who's:

c) or so much as looked at me funny when they found out what I do. Maybe I'm just crazy, but I find it extremely attractive when girls say they're interested in computers...

[Laslett]

yeah me too

I really don't have a great range on the latest hair styles and Clinique range

[fester8542]

Originally posted by BadMagick
Maybe I'm just crazy, but I find it extremely attractive when girls say they're interested in computers...

Hmmmm.....
That is a little odd guy.

It usually takes something like sexy boots, skirts, rice rack even to do it for me.

ha ha rice rack. I meant nice rack

[Laslett]

Originally posted by fester8542
Hmmmm.....
That is a little odd guy.

It usually takes something like sexy boots, skirts, rice rack even to do it for me.

Nice case, big hard drive, boots up quickly..

[ave]

I personally hate the people who owned the 24 hr garage near me..They sold it and it has now been knocked down, the selfish ba***rds...
Now where will i go when i run out of rolling papers or tobacco at 2 in the morning ... I curse them and their families...

That and everyone who is not ME :thumb:

[senocular]

general rant against mac users bashing PC users and vice versa. Its starting to annoy me :sigh:

[DDD]

I hate cracked software. I was working at a friends house and he has a cracked 3ds max.....I was working along got my poly count up to like 20g's with some nice mesh smooth.......(mind you I did not save)....then the program just closes.......and he says....oh that is one of the side effects of my cracked software..........I FELT LIKE CRACKING HIS HEAD OPEN.. For 2 reasons this dude used to work with me at eidos so he has $$$$$$ also he is a professional 3d man.....WHY IN THE F*** would he have cracked software........

I guess this is more of a rant on my dumb a** friend...but I do hate cracked software too.

[senocular]

drivers suck too.

[kirupa]

I can't stand the cold weather - especially when it feels like 8 degrees factoring in the wind (http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USMA0046) :a:

[senocular]

Stupid clients who dont know how much time/effort is needed for certain changes :a:

[λ]

People who use GIFs irritate me immensly. They're obsolete, and commercial.

PNG can do everything GIF can, with better compression.

More:http://burnallgifs.org/

[BadMagick]

ROOMMATES WHO MAKE TOO MUCH FRIGGIN NOISE IN THE MORNING WHILE YOU'RE SLEEPING!

And who leave the window WIDE OPEN andn then leave the room cause they don't have to have the cold air blowing on their backs!

[junahu]

People who start complaining about little things even as a point of humour. Geeez! Everyone get a stress beany baby or something.

...wait. Now I'M a culprit!

[kirupa]

RANT! Why can't people post their computer related questions in the C&G forum? It's not as if a few of them don't know that the forum exists. They practically live there :evil:

[dropkick]

the rant tags don't work!

[kirupa]

The tag with red text kinda works:

[blur]RANT!

[radioxromance]

Ugh, so even as I'm reading this thread...

I had gotten to page 3, when I decided to take a break and find something to drink. I went to the kitchen and saw the blender jsut sitting there... I opened the freezer and there is some ice cream... naturally I did what I do, decide to make a milkshake. Okay so that's not what I do but whatever it sounded cool.
Alright so I get the ice cream in there, and then pour some mile, and think 'I hope this is assembled.' Milk comes pouring out the bottom and all over the counter and floor. For some reason, someone had forgotten to screw on the bottom of it when they decided to set it out as if it were ready to go?! So I clean up the mess, and decide to brave the blender. IT's staticy, and buzzing. Shocks me. I shake it myself.

Okay so I have some other stuff I gotta get offa mah chest:
-Low wage at a tough job (it doesn't seem tough but it is!)
-Being awake till four every night just because. I hate insomnia.
-Failing my logic final because I didn't study, when I totally should have and I knew it
-having a broken car
-Wanting to hear a specific CD (counting crows: august and everything after), and having that CD in your broken car, at the mechanics, and the only burn you have of it is scracthed up :angry:
-Not being able to drive now, and having to rely on my parents which means I go when they say :angry: I'm going to the store in a few, apparantley, guess why, to buy milk :sigh:
-Not having time to write all the rants I want.
I'll be back though. But I'll leave on a happier note...

at least school is out (for me, sorry if it isn't heh)
at least I get free movie rentals
at least I don't have a girl to control me (but this is sorta a rant too :P)
at least we have kirupaforums

[RageW0lf]

This complete and utter BS they call a degree is really, really starting to annoy me. I need to average 58% to get a decent overall grade.

I only have 4 weeks left but the ridiculous workload I have is just insane. Most pressing of this work load is a 2,000 word essay + appendix. that is due in 2pm on Friday and it is an absolute bìtch of an essay! I have looked everywhere on the Internet and am struggling to find any info on it.

Without a doubt I am going to be up ALL night tommorow trying to finish and get it together and even then I will probably get a shìt mark for it. And that is what pi$$es me off!

[radioxromance]

yah I agree rage, that's why I'm gonna take some time off.

btw just noticed that somehow you circumvented the filters and a swear word got through.... was just curious how it happened! heh

[hificopymaster]

Looks like he placed a little accent on a couple of i's, unless you're talking about something I missed.

[radioxromance]

oh... haha I see, I didn't even know you could do that. Man, I'll be a regular sailor now! lol, j/k, oc, ok? :P

[radioxromance]

Okay new stress to rant about!
-My parents... some general things but mostly that they are sooo dag gum annoying sometimes...
-People (see above.txt) interrupting inportant things (read posting_on_forum.txt)
-not having DSL :P

customer Rants
from what I can tell xxiii can sympathize with these most likely!
-Telling a customer to do something but they totally ignore you

-Customer asking stupid questions about what you JUST TOLD THEM. Repeat phrase, word for word, back at them. For some reason they don't even notice...
-Smelly people!

-People that ask my opinion and then ignore it entirelly and simply rent Fast and the Furious

-People that want the movie that 'shows the whole movie'. Yes, they always mean FullFrame. *sigh*

-People that get mad at me cause I don't have the movie in FF to rent, nor to buy, and sorry, I didn't test it before I rented it to you.

-People that think they deserve a credit for no reason, ie 'I didn't like this, I want a different one' or 'you don't have this movie so I want a free one'. What the heck?

-People that want a bag for one movie cause they'll be 'shopping in the store next door'. Guess what, they aren't going to accuse you of stealing a rented movie from them that says our name.

-People that ignore me! When you walk in and someone says hello to you, SAY IT BACK, do NOT keep walking, or, the worst, glance at them but do NOTHING to aknowledge that they exist... they will immediatly dislike you...

-People that get pissed over four dollars, and tell me that they were 'only an hour late'. I'm sorry, did you stop listening to yourself halfway through that sentence?
well one of us did

-People that pass blame. I've done it too, we all have. But it's SO obvious when you are behind the counter, when the person starts getting personal about a movie checked in DAYS ago, not by you, and they are saying that 'you are ripping them off'. Guess what: it's done on a schedule and with a computer. But, I guess I singled you out, set all your movies aside and then checked them in the next day. If any of you readers ever get mistakes in customer service, trust me: stay calm and sort it out. Understand the situation. Don't immediatly start yelling. When people are nice to me, I'm nice to them; it's human nature.

[kirupa]

The kirupaForum mailer is the notification e-mail system that sends you an e-mail when you subscribe to a thread. When someone replies to that thread, you get a notification in your e-mail box from a mysterious kirupaForum Mailer person about the activity in your subscribed thread.

When people reply to the kirupaForum mailer with further questions, they don't realize that that message goes straight to my mail box. Nobody reads it except me, who then has to reply back and inform them not to reply to the e-mail.

Another thing that bugs me is when people have auto-responders set to their e-mail. When someone subscribes to a popular thread like the Word Association Game or Movie Quotes, everytime a response in those popular threads occur, their auto-responders ensure a message is sent to the kirupaForum Mailer, and indirectly, me :P

This isn't really a rant for I have the Spam filters set to intercept all kirupaForum mails except "Thread complaints sent to all Moderators!" :)

[McGuffin]

Might as well take my stab at ranting:


Ok, so theres this game called Halo: CE. Its a redone Halo PC that allows for custom made maps and has tons of improvements over Halo PC. When it was released, everyone was all happy and joyful, but now the people who were happy on release have moved onto b!tching about it. It makes me so angry, how these people think they're allowed to complain and flame and troll all day long, and when the moderators hand down punishments, they get all up-in-arms about how theres free speech on forums. There was this one guy from the Netherlands who said "This is America, and I can say what I bloody well want to!" when he was flaming about how his buddy got banned. Now, is there something wrong with this picture? Since when were forums places for people to flame and carry themselves on in such an immature way? It drives me nuts. People are looking, seeking for things to complain about, and when they do find the smallest, tiniest problems with things in the game/forums, they blow them completely out of proportion. I mean, what in hell's name is making them come to the forums in the first place? If you don't like the game, why do to the game's forum? Post once, speak your peace, and get the hell out! Argh.

Much better :)

[CanadianGuy]

People that don't show up for meetings. This is really bothering me today because I drove an hour to see a potential client and the mofo said she "didn't have time to see me today."

Boy I was pissed. I almost told her off but instead I kept my cool and chatted with whoever I could within the office and ended up meeting the owner to whom I requested a meeting with while tactfully revealing how his subordinate "couldn't find the time" for our meeting that was scheduled two weeks ago.

The owner was unimpressed and embarrassed to say the least. The fact was that, in his eyes, I (a 24 year old that looks about 20) was more professional then his second in charge. He went and got the inconsiderate b**** that I had the appointment with (I'm sure he gave her hell) and we all sat down and discussed some ideas about marketing their company. The owner absolutely loved my ideas and undermined the b**** several times during our discussion (I loved every minute of it <insert devil smiley>). However, when the time came to arrange another meeting I discovered I'd be dealing with the B**** from here on in. :huh: Anyways, the B**** obviously hates me so I sent a tactfully written email to the owner stating that his participation was crucial to the success of the project and I'm waiting to hear back.

This should be a fairly easy project but I won't even bother with it if I have this unorganised b**** to deal with. I'd really like the money but my gut is telling me to run if I have to deal with her. Why can't everyone have the same work ethic as I do? ?<insert scratching head smiley here>

[CanadianGuy]

O my Colin! I haven't played or thought of a video game in months but I'm going to go play Americas Army right now! lol

[Laslett]

People that don't show up for meetings. This is really bothering me today because I drove an hour to see a potential client and the mofo said she "didn't have time to see me today."

Boy I was pissed. I almost told her off but instead I kept my cool and chatted with whoever I could within the office and ended up meeting the owner to whom I requested a meeting with while tactfully revealing how his subordinate "couldn't find the time" for our meeting that was scheduled two weeks ago.

The owner was unimpressed and embarrassed to say the least. The fact was that, in his eyes, I (a 24 year old that looks about 20) was more professional then his second in charge. He went and got the inconsiderate b**** that I had the appointment with (I'm sure he gave her hell) and we all sat down and discussed some ideas about marketing their company. The owner absolutely loved my ideas and undermined the b**** several times during our discussion (I loved every minute of it <insert devil smiley>). However, when the time came to arrange another meeting I discovered I'd be dealing with the B**** from here on in. :huh: Anyways, the B**** obviously hates me so I sent a tactfully written email to the owner stating that his participation was crucial to the success of the project and I'm waiting to hear back.

This should be a fairly easy project but I won't even bother with it if I have this unorganised b**** to deal with. I'd really like the money but my gut is telling me to run if I have to deal with her. Why can't everyone have the same work ethic as I do? ?<insert scratching head smiley here>




I so love undermining seniority that live under the pretence of thinking they know what they are talking about by using cliches. Its especially good when you start talking in depth and they say something and you retort by questioning the relevance of that statement and then get backed up by director level, thats happened to me before and I just buzzed for the whole meeting (suffice to say I thought the manager in question was a looser anyway)

[Laslett]

Okay new stress to rant about!
-My parents... some general things but mostly that they are sooo dag gum annoying sometimes...
-People (see above.txt) interrupting inportant things (read posting_on_forum.txt)
-not having DSL :P

customer Rants

live would be sooooo much easier without customers!!!!!

[radioxromance]

yes indeed! Or maybe if it were the ones that are nice, usually those in customers serivce themselves. It's always funny when I meet someone that can push all the right buttons, and for once they aren't the buttons to get at me. I usually then ask if they work in customer service, to which they usually reply yes.

[senocular]

GoLive! :scream:

[Hans Kilian]

I just got back from a 30 mile bike ride at full speed and I'm so hopped up on endorphins that nothing bothers me. Yeah! :)

[kirupa]

A package I ordered a week ago from Europe finally made it to Boston, BUT it didn't reach the UPS warehouse before the local UPS delivery people leave, so it won't get to me until Monday. And it's freaking snowing - already! Blah - when will this global warming thing pick up steam (ha!) and melt the cold away :(

[prstudio]

at work - need to finish websites...which are like 99% done... it's a rainy day (my kind of day) - the sun started shining which is cool...but i'm in an office...ugh...and and and and hrm... rather be making music on my PC.

yeah.

[fester8542]

A package I ordered a week ago from Europe finally made it to Boston, BUT it didn't reach the UPS warehouse before the local UPS delivery people leave, so it won't get to me until Monday. And it's freaking snowing - already! Blah - when will this global warming thing pick up steam (ha!) and melt the cold away :(

Bah! I hear you k-man!
Its too early for snow like this. Even in Boston.

The highway I take to get home (93) will be gridlocked and I will be forced to stop at a bar to meet mu buddies and have a few beers until it dies down.

Oh woe is me;)

[kirupa]

Oh woe is me;)haha - I wouldn't mind sitting inside a vehicle in the snow. I have to walk, so I have to dress up like an eskimo and then take of my eskimo clothes once I get to class, and then put my eskimo clothes back on before leaving. That just kills any motivation I have to do any work :P

[prstudio]

almost time to go home...woot woot

[kirupa]

The one day I needed the Atlanta airport to be open, it decided to allow itself to be frozen over. Blah!

[h88]

Oh.. you were supposed to leave today?

Yep - in VA it's snowing like crazy, a friend just informed me.

[nobody]

...

[senocular]

AHHHHH!

[clients]

[BadMagick]

You know what really ticks me off? I'm from South Philly ... agreed we're really just a step above New York in terms of accents, but I don't think we're as bad. Still, I say my things which people always give me flak for. I may say 'woader' intstead of 'water' but I never misconstrue normal grammar.

I get SO ticked hearing people criticize and make fun of my accent when they go walking around saying, "yeah - like earlier today whenever so-and-so did ____." I may not always pronounce words the best - I've got my own way of doing it, and I'm not saying it's the right way, but I know when and when not to use the words "when" and "whenever" and that is certainly not one of those times to use whenever.

It's "Whenever I go fishing, I wear a hat" or some junk like that. If you're talking about a specific time and place, it's WHEN, not whenever. When you're talking about a generic, multiple "times," then you use whenever. I may talk like I'm mentally challenged, and I may not be able to spell the best, but at least I know good grammar when I see it.

And what's this about "slippy" and "needs cleaned" that I keep hearing from people around me?

It's not slippy outside when there's ice. It's slippERy - as in the signs you always see, ,"slippery when wet." The ice is slippery. And "needs ____"? How do you leave out a phrase like "to be" ... it's pretty much the essence of the english language. "The car needs fixed, and the house needs cleaned." WTF?! That's not even CLOSE to the right way of saying it!

F'ing people, man ... They're always right, and I'm always wrong - it never fails.

[lostinbeta]

'woader'? True philadelphians pronounce it 'wooder' :P

Just messing with you :D

I love it when people at work ask me 'where you is bringin' it?'.... I feel like replying with 'where you is learned speak english?'. Philadelphia is retarded.

[nobody]

...

[senocular]

I HATE AT&T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!11!!!!!
They're all FREAKIN MORONS. I've been here over 2 months - 2 MONTHS in SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA where its practically illegal not to have broadband and ONLY TODAY have I got it up and running. Oh, and guess what? Their installation software CRASHES as soon as you run it if your network connection is disabled... IDIOTS! So I'm on hold for 498563458376 hours trying to get to tech support (and I figure this out while on hold) and the guy I finally meet up with is... wait for it... A MORON! HE won't listen to me and insists that he can help me with my installation DESPITE THE FACT THAT I FIGURED IT OUT and that he said that it won't be until tomorrow that I'll actually have service. Well guess what - IM ON AND IM LOVI... BLASTING YOUR CANDY ***** ON KIRUPA!

that feels better :party:

[Pasquale]

aww that sucks^

[kdd]

well, since i'm looking at this thread, i'll relieve mine, too.
IE 6 is really crap... today i open up my computer and found a spyware out of nowhere!!! the stupid spyware kept on saying download my crappy software for FREE! i was like so mad!

anyways, it's gone now... but how stupid can IE be?

[Jeff Wheeler]

I have started wrapping hair around my finger and pulling it out… I'm not even stressed. I've got to find some way to stop.

[Templarian]

IE6 being a failure is implied in ever rant no matter what the main subject is about. Too.. bad im actually happy today and not stressed really (just got off work its all going away).

@nokrev finally getting rid of all that hair. Not the best way but good to see it. :lol:

[fester8542]

I HATE AT&T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!11!!!!!
They're all FREAKIN MORONS. I've been here over 2 months - 2 MONTHS in SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA where its practically illegal not to have broadband and ONLY TODAY have I got it up and running. Oh, and guess what? Their installation software CRASHES as soon as you run it if your network connection is disabled... IDIOTS! So I'm on hold for 498563458376 hours trying to get to tech support (and I figure this out while on hold) and the guy I finally meet up with is... wait for it... A MORON! HE won't listen to me and insists that he can help me with my installation DESPITE THE FACT THAT I FIGURED IT OUT and that he said that it won't be until tomorrow that I'll actually have service. Well guess what - IM ON AND IM LOVI... BLASTING YOUR CANDY ***** ON KIRUPA!

that feels better :party:

Bro, All I can say is:
Thankl GOD Comcast bought out my region. I had similar problems for over three years. One time in particular... I knew my rented ($10/mo on top of my broadband bill) cable modem bit the dust, they still had to send out a tech (3 weeks later) to tell me it was dead.

A $20 radio shack jobbie and a buy-out solved my prob. I feel your pain though - talk about treating your customers like they are aborted kittens.

[ditt0]

I HATE AT&T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!11!!!!!
They're all FREAKIN MORONS. I've been here over 2 months - 2 MONTHS in SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA where its practically illegal not to have broadband and ONLY TODAY have I got it up and running. Oh, and guess what? Their installation software CRASHES as soon as you run it if your network connection is disabled... IDIOTS! So I'm on hold for 498563458376 hours trying to get to tech support (and I figure this out while on hold) and the guy I finally meet up with is... wait for it... A MORON! HE won't listen to me and insists that he can help me with my installation DESPITE THE FACT THAT I FIGURED IT OUT and that he said that it won't be until tomorrow that I'll actually have service. Well guess what - IM ON AND IM LOVI... BLASTING YOUR CANDY ***** ON KIRUPA!

that feels better :party:

Oh that's like the Sprint customer care insisting on telling me that I need a cable between my bluetooth enabled phone and bluetooth powered pc in order for bluetooth to work between the two. Why would I need bluetooth then??Or when I request the amount on my bill to the automatic system and they give the bill for another customer, or when I choose by voice "representative" and it says "you chose questions about your bill, is that right?" Tonight after a long "chat" with the automatic system I addressed it some "sweet words". Right after that it said: "Alright , I'll transfer you to a representative."

[kirupa]

When Mark Cuban ain't happy, I ain't happy :(

I found out about Dallas losing on a taxi back home, and I thought the cab driver was joking when he first told me about it. There are only few things that I really really look forward to in sports, and Dallas winning the playoffs is one of them.

sen - my comcast experience was not as bad, but annoying. I have to use an installation software to configure their cable modem to work with my connection. The worst part was that their installation program is a javascript/html "web site" masked as a program. It was probably a Visual Basic app. That would work well except, the only browsers I can run are IE7 and FF. Both of which are, ironically, not supported. There was no way to run the HTML files separately either.

I spent an entire evening formatting my Vista drive, loading up XP, setting up the modem, formatting XP/reinstalling Vista, and then finally be able to access the internet. Oh well. I'm lucky I didn't have to go through the pains and delays that you did though!

:)

[nobody]

Dang I was emo a year ago. I hate my internet too! Woo! Rawr! Yeah!!!

[fabiopb]

senocular (and others): i joined the forums not too long ago, and i did learn a few things compared to when i started... i am of the belief that you can have online friends, people you have never met face to face, but i am not active in such relationships.... the point i am trying to make, is that until now, in going through the forums EVERY day since i joined, trying to get examples, help with certain flash topics (some unanswered thus deleted threads lol), and to learn when my brain allowed me the capacity and will-power to, i saw many of the regulars as "expert" or "intermediate" flashers, at least compared to me, and to me, i did not know anything about their personalities... i have intensely gone through senocular's web site, in the hope to be able to grasp something, and the little detail, through all this time, evaded my mind... that we are all humans, and now, i actually feel better knowing these things about you all.... even though it might sound stupid to some of you (my post), reading all this thread brought a smile to my face. thank you!!

[senocular]

senocular (and others): i joined the forums not too long ago, and i did learn a few things compared to when i started... i am of the belief that you can have online friends, people you have never met face to face, but i am not active in such relationships.... the point i am trying to make, is that until now, in going through the forums EVERY day since i joined, trying to get examples, help with certain flash topics (some unanswered thus deleted threads lol), and to learn when my brain allowed me the capacity and will-power to, i saw many of the regulars as "expert" or "intermediate" flashers, at least compared to me, and to me, i did not know anything about their personalities... i have intensely gone through senocular's web site, in the hope to be able to grasp something, and the little detail, through all this time, evaded my mind... that we are all humans, and now, i actually feel better knowing these things about you all.... even though it might sound stupid to some of you (my post), reading all this thread brought a smile to my face. thank you!!

You need to learn how to rant better :sure:

[Vexir]

^ :lol:

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I hate it when tech support realises my name is Indian and then attempts to talk to me in some really random indian language that I have never heard of (I speak Hindi), because they want to "globalize" their support. Pfft.

[fester8542]

^ I hate it when I call tech support and get some Indian that attempts to talk to me in English and really REALLY sucks at it.

[SlowRoasted]

I hate it when I call tech support and all I hear are flipping pages and the sound of breathing. Can you please just tell me you don't know the answer. I run an IT help desk. When I can't find the answer I call the supposed gurus in south carolina. But they hired 2 new guys that majorly suck. Wish I could take their positions and make 75k a year. Seriously, one time I called and I was asking if I could enable remote assistance, not remote desktop, on the workstations. The guy sent me on a 2 hour wild goose chase, only to tell me in the end that it's not possible. He finally asked one of the more experienced guys and got an answer immediately that it can't be done. Pissed me off:scream:

[Joppe]

^OWNED :D

Im sorry but I just had too :(, feel sorry for you

[lunatic]

I hate having absolutely nothing to do at work. I mean, there are so many things I could be doing with my free time at home, why am I sitting around here with nothing to do? :hair: Not to mention it makes time go unbearably sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow :snooze:

[lunatic]

^OWNED :D

Im sorry but I just had too :(, feel sorry for you

joppe why do you keep posting this in various random threads?

[SlowRoasted]

I hate having absolutely nothing to do at work. I mean, there are so many things I could be doing with my free time at home, why am I sitting around here with nothing to do? Not to mention it makes time go unbearably sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

Im the same way, I hate not being busy at work. It makes the day go by so slow. Today my boss decided to dump a bunch of projects on me which made the day fly by. When it's slow I'm counting the seconds until 5pm:upset:

[TheCanadian]

Changing the spark plugs of car which is usually a really easy job except when Ford decides to put three of them behind and below the engine so that the only way you can get to them is to pull the whole engine off.

Digging a big trench underneath someones cabin for no apparent reason while it's pissing rain.

That's all I can think of for now.

[fabiopb]

You need to learn how to rant better :sure:

:lol: that wasnt a rant

[eilsoe]

Neither was yours!


Uhh... I HATE.. uhm... NOT HAVING OBLIVION FOR MY XB! I have 3 weeks vacation. and NOTHING to do... :( And don't give me any suggestions of things to do... :sure:

[senocular]

Neither was yours!


Uhh... I HATE.. uhm... NOT HAVING OBLIVION FOR MY XB! I have 3 weeks vacation. and NOTHING to do... :( And don't give me any suggestions of things to do... :sure:

Oh boo hoo hoo. I hate people complaining about having nothing to do when all I want is to have nothing to do :trout:

:pleased:

[eilsoe]

;P :P

[Maxtr0sity]

Ok, major rant time. For the past 4 hours, I've been using a program called Matlab, it's a really high level math software engineers in grad school and research use. Now, I have a huge friggin matrix of data, like 14 columns by 16000 rows. My job is to friggin make a 3D plot of this sucker, but the second I import it, the program sucks in 600MB of RAM and starts laggin the hell out of everything I do, then on top of that, any large calculation or fiddling will cause a 'memory maxed out', having 1.25GB of physical and 5GB of virtual, it still maxes it out!!!!1111!!!!! So, when it's done freaking out, it dumps everything I've done so far and starts off with nothing imported. Great, GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!11111!!!! AND I WAS GIVEN A SCRIPT, SUDO C++ SCRIPT THAT DOESN'T LIKE DEALING WITH MATRICIES AND KEEPS ON COMPLAINING MATRIX OUT OF BOUNDS!!!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[eilsoe]

Aww :P Never heard of Mathlab, when I was at college, we used something called MathCad... it crashed nearly all the time...

Or maybe it was just the laptops we used. A Toshiba Satellite, 600 Mhz, running Windows ME... and it cost me 2.500 bucks... I can't believe how much I spent on a crappy laptop back then :(

Anyhoo, I got Oblivion :love: Waiting 'till after dinner to pop it in and go nuts :crazy:

[Vexir]

^ Oblivion owns.

I just picked up this well-reviewed Java Game programming book and the guy spends 3 pages talking about the differences in milisecond timing on Windows 98 and XP, and then proceeds to say at last count Win 98 was like 10% of all Windows pcs now, and then spends another 4 pages describing how to change the animation framework to work with Windows 98, and not telling when it he was resuming the original code, and thus now I'm lost within the book.

[nobody]

I'm grateful for most of things that I have, which may not seem like a lot sometimes, but I'm alive and healthy. However, as much as I love living on my own and having a sweet apartment in the city I absolutely despise not having air conditioning in the heat. I can't sleep, I'm cranky, I'm sweaty. I'm just no fun to be around. I can't wait for it to cool down. Considerably.

[eilsoe]

^ ditto's...

It's mega hot here in Denmark, waaay more than usual. I have a lot of trouble falling asleep at night too, and our birds are getting frustrated that they can't get out and fly around. We have the windows open all the time, so we can't let 'em out, if we close the windows, it get's too warm very fast.

It's over 90F here, and if doesn't seem like much to some of you, remember Denmark is usually a colder climate.

[GrzKax]

Hey Eilsoe! Quit complaining about the weather! It's great to finally see some summer in this godforsaken country :P

[eilsoe]

Anything above 25C is more than I can take, thank god we have airconditioning in the office here... it's running a cool 22C :pleased:

[bigmtnskier]

IE6's damn rendering engine. In a project I'm working on, A div is invisible until you highlight the thing. Then, only the highlighted portion of the div is visible. When you deselect it, the highlighted section remains visible--while the rest remains invisble--and causes the page to flicker. :fight:

And yes.. the page validates... argh!

[Jolly_Fat_Man]

I'm normally a very calm person.

The thing I get annoyed the most is how people mistake my everyday, normal face with an angry look. If i'm not smilling or making someone laugh, then it's "Oh! He's mad..." or "What got into you?"

Luckilly I have had little contact with my ISPs tech support for so long! That makes me happy. You wait 30min to a crappy song, to get to a person who you need to instruct on how they should help you out. When they finally understand what I've been trying to get them to say, then it's going to take a few days to get the IT person near my house to replace the busted modem.

Every time it happens I need to be there. Just in case the idiot doesn't know what a router is... God forbid the guy is knowledgeable enough to configure a router, or even use one. Not that it's needed since it's usually nothing but change dead modems they come in for.

Another thing is store clerks on computer shops. I go in to ask them about something about their material and I always feel like saying "Why don't you let me do it?". Nobody knows anything in those places. Whenever that happens it usually means I'm never setting foot in those shops again.

IE usage... Most people could have most their computer problems solved if they switched from the most used product to something else... Like lynx.

I was working on a new banner to change the look of the site of the company I do a part-time job for. Although I could do this job from my own computer. I know they'll never let me be a remote worker because, even tho they keep saying they don't need me as computer support, they are always using me for just that. Besides the fact that it's me that changes the backup tapes everyday.
I have a boss, who also is my father, so there is no way I can say no to him.
It's a fragil relationship and he has the mentality of a moth sometimes.
If you frighten them away they'll fly randomly for a long time until you see them again. Time which is probably comsumed bumping their head into the same thing over and over.

So the fact that I like some of the previous banners I made really can't go into the constructive criticism he gives me. So everytime something is "wrong" with that site I have to reedo it until his personal taste is being appeased.

Latelly I've been trying to hint that we should get the site re-done in flash.
That would be my first flash site. Personally I like the simplistic flash site look.

I believe it's never going to happen. My father is really old school on his preferences. Even with the site... (http://www.formast.com)

That's being re-done to include an version in English.
Probably an intro page as well, even if just to allow the choosing of those languages.
I have very serious questions if I'm ever getting that site to look better, but I'll keep trying...

[ditt0]

I hate tech sites that have that big link for live support "24/7" and you click on that link and an applet starts and your computer freezes and you wait 5 minutezs for the damn thing to load and just when you think you finally got it, the page redirects to some crappy contact form and all you get is "AWAY, leave a message"! And you think maybe the tech support is gone to the bathroom..you know...and you try later. But no, live tech support isn't at the bathroom, isn't at lunch, isn't on coffee break...there is no live tech support at all! I hate them, I really do!
Oh, and yes..and when you have a connection problem and you get phone tech support and they say "we're sorry, we currently have some issues..." And you ask how long will those issues last. And they reply "How would I know?"!! WHO is supposed to know if not you? Santa?

[senocular]

I hate to be positive, but I just had a pleasant experience with support from my web host (bluehost) - called and got a live person in one key press and 5 seconds of hold music. He even "fixed" my problem before I finished explaining it :love:

[ditt0]

lol, I know, bluehost is awesome. One of the clients has it for 2 years now and he's very happy with their services. They have a nice plan too.

[ditt0]

So today some creep tried to play the "Hi, I'm a fashion photographer" part on me in the subway station. I so felt like smashing his toes with my heels:hitman2:

[MTsoul]

So today some creep tried to play the "Hi, I'm a fashion photographer" part on me in the subway station. I so felt like smashing his toes with my heels:hitman2:
Hmm I would have taken that as a compliment :-/

[ditt0]

I would have too, but not when it's followed by "Maybe you'd like to see my portfolio the next days." And I go "Yea, sure, do you have a website." And he says "No, umm...I keep most of my work in my apartment cause ..umm..I'm just going to have this thing ..ummm...exhibition soon.." That's an insult to my intelligence...

[MTsoul]

Fair enough. His intelligence was probably as low as he was aiming for.

[Vexir]

I hate how it takes people the longest amount of time to respond to a Flash question compared to any other question, say if I posted a question about turnips in Random. I bet I would get a response in 10 minutes or less. But noo, on a FLASH forum, responses to FLASH questions take FOREVER!!!!

:a:




just in case you're interested (thank the gods): http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=256120

[Austastic]

I hate how it takes people the longest amount of time to respond to a Flash question compared to any other question, say if I posted a question about turnips in Random. I bet I would get a response in 10 minutes or less. But noo, on a FLASH forum, responses to FLASH questions take FOREVER!!!!

:a:



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[nobody]

I don't like driving 12 miles to work each day when I'm tired and the roads here are super congested because our legislature hates the treasure valley, probably because we have all the treasures?

[Vexir]

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/4/care-o-meter.gif

I don't know whether to laugh or say "Wow, way to be a douchebag; this is the rant thread..."

[Icy Penguin]

I hate how Starbursts are all individually wrapped.

[MTsoul]

I hate how Starbursts are all individually wrapped.
WTF you talking about. That is just about the only reason I buy starbursts.

I hate Starbucks. I hate how expensive and crappy tasting it is. Compared to our Canadian Tim Hortons (:love:), it's crap.

[Icy Penguin]

WTF you talking about. That is just about the only reason I buy starbursts.



WTF! Gah theyare so annoying. I open up the first package and am like, 'Hmm. Starburst.' Then I attempt to open the wrapper but it owns me and I end up eating the wrapper.

It's like one of those Russian babushka dolls or when someone wraps a present the size of a human fist in like 100 layers of wrapping paper.

:look:

[hybrid101]

i ahte our school for giving us projects. while were on summer vacation. which was last march 30, and which we finished yesterday:)

[TheCanadian]

If anyone is in the market for buying an ATV, don't by the Can-Am 500 or lower. The suspension on those things sucks the big one. So far I've blown two struts on my 500. Even though they replace them on warranty, it's just going to keep on happening because they only have a single a-arm and thus all of the inwards force on the wheel is transferred onto the strut. My left-front strut is leaking oil like a beast and I now I have to take it in even though I really need to use it. I wish they could just give me a replacement strut for free and I could put it one quickly, but of course the dealer must do the work to get it on warranty - which is reasonable I suppose. All in all I'm considering forking over a piss-load of money to upgrade two a 650 or 800, both of which have dual a-arms on the front suspension. I realize that probably nobody will care, but I just had to let it out :m:

[ditt0]

Some people have too much time on their hands. There, I said it!

[indiasfinest]

bastards at microsoft who play the lets transfer this kid game back and forth between departmenys
total time wasted:
2 hours
8 transfers (in two countries)

[ditt0]

Since lately I've been doing mostly coding, I haven't upgraded from CS2 to CS3 (i might skip to CS4 already..).But yesterday evening a client sent me files done in CS3 and of course, I was unable to open them right. So I say "let's head on to adobe and get the trial version for CS3" Well, downloaded and extracting...and setup stops. Nothing happens, no error, no nothing. Just some MS executable lost god knows where, very unconspicuous and...idle. After a few tries of "click setup, wait, kill process" I went to my favourite bookmark and researched the problem. I downloaded a session cleaner from Adobe(which has 2 levels of cleaning, with other 2 super levels hidden), but in order to make that one work I had to download another cleaner from MS. It didn't help. A few more google results later I learnt that sometimes the only solution is to remove all other CS2 software or even all Adobe programs from the system in order to have a clean install and then I cried a little. Anyway, I said goodbye to Photoshop CS2 and reluctantly uninstalled it. I uninstalled Illustrator. I even uninstalled Acrobat. And then tried again. It.Didn't.Help. I was at the end of my patience and went to remove all traces of the dratted CS3 from my pc and I was mildy amused to see that I could uninstall it from Remove apps, although the damn thing never got to install. But the surprise of it all came when I pressed Remove application. Photoshop CS3 started to install. Well...

[.soulty]

^ haha.. I can feel your pain, I stupidly installed this at work (as a install this over lunch scenario) and lost 2 full days with unistalling and reinstalling the master suite trying to get it to work.. eventually I did the highest level cs3 script clean - uninstalled all apps and properties of adobe and got it working! Making up the time lost was a pain as well..not happy memories. :(

[Templarian]

^Yea, adobe has a very weird connection between each of its versions. If your registry gets corrupt for a CS4 product so does your registry for your CS3 products. It's really annoying (makes sense due to upgrades), but it's very annoying.

[Krilnon]

How oreos are packaged... makes it hard to keep them fresh for long periods of time; and when they arent fresh, they get soggy

Almost 5 years later, that problem has been fixed!

[Templarian]

^So true I love the new quick seal bags.

[nobody]

Oooh I wonder what I was complaining about five and a half years ago since I apparently semi-deleted my posts. I'm sure it was really important high school things.

Right now I AM UPSET THAT I AM LIGHTHEADED! SHOOP DA WOOP!

[Jeff Wheeler]

I have started wrapping hair around my finger and pulling it out… I'm not even stressed. I've got to find some way to stop.

It’s really sad that I was doing that just as I found that post. :-/

[nobody]

You're not going to make a good looking bald dude.

There, consider yourself motivated.

[Jeff Wheeler]

Indeed.

And it’s in my genes to lose hair at age 20!

[TheCanadian]

Don't worry, it could've been the milkman.

[iLikePie]

Don't worry, it could've been the milkman.

:lol: :whistle2:

[saxx]

Sometimes flash cs3 gives me the error 'expecting Right bracket after program' then i put in a right bracket in and it says 'found extra characters after the program' and shows the right bracket i just put in. WHAT KIND OF CRAP IS THAT!!!!oneoneone

Then i find out my code is messy, but still, thats a lame error.

[ditt0]

I tell you that I'm not interested in you that way. Then you call me and leave me a message to call you back to go out. I never do. Then you send me a message and ask me what I'll be doing today. I never answer. Then you send me another message to ask if I wanna go out with you tonight. For Pete's sake, what does a girl have to do to get her point across?

[Pasquale]

Slap them in the face with a raw piece of meat!

[ditt0]

I really would, kid, if I knew for sure that it would make things clearer:)

[TheCanadian]

I don't suppose you believe in friends?

[Pasquale]

I really would, kid, if I knew for sure that it would make things clearer:)

Daww, just tell 'em straight. That's always the best way!

[senocular]

It's bad enough you have to convert all the tab indentions into spaces, but it REALLY annoys me when you start reordering the class members in a source file. That totally destroys my ability to diff easily. :fight:

[Scythe]

I have nothing to say. I am at peace with the universe.

[graylensman]

I have been given about a hundred QuarkXPress files that I need to bring into InDesign. No problem, you say? The problem is, the idiot that created the QXP files set up each column as separate text boxes. And still dropped in a million tabs.