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Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:24 am
by AAFitz
One thing about advertising, is it is very much one thing you have complete control over. You can very much ignore as much of it as you want, and can even go further as to avoid products from the companies that annoy you with placement of said ads.

I use the DVR so often and so religiously, that I myself cant even sit through an ad anymore. I fast forward, I pause it, or if those capabilities are gone, Ill lower the volume and look away. It has become complete habit. I do understand that eventually if all do this, I will possibly have to pay more for TV programs, but I am happy to do that, or not do that, but I certainly will not waste a minute watching an ad, even if it means spending two minutes avoiding it.

Seriously, try it. Its very liberating.

As far as ads on sports stars....most are just millionaires throwing a ball around. I don't give a f*ck what they do either. ;)

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:36 pm
by Lootifer
Threads that arent about religion but explode into religious debate grind my gears.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:47 pm
by Dukasaur
AAFitz wrote:One thing about advertising, is it is very much one thing you have complete control over. You can very much ignore as much of it as you want, and can even go further as to avoid products from the companies that annoy you with placement of said ads.

I use the DVR so often and so religiously, that I myself cant even sit through an ad anymore. I fast forward, I pause it, or if those capabilities are gone, Ill lower the volume and look away. It has become complete habit. I do understand that eventually if all do this, I will possibly have to pay more for TV programs, but I am happy to do that, or not do that, but I certainly will not waste a minute watching an ad, even if it means spending two minutes avoiding it.

Seriously, try it. Its very liberating.

As far as ads on sports stars....most are just millionaires throwing a ball around. I don't give a f*ck what they do either. ;)

Hear! Hear!

+1 on all three points = +3

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:38 am
by Army of GOD
-when people say 'everything happens for a reason'

That's the most redundant bullshit I've ever heard. It's a selffulfilling prophecy and the fact that people point this out as if someone disagrees with this concept makes me ENRAGED

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:58 am
by Dukasaur
Army of GOD wrote:-when people say 'everything happens for a reason'

That's the most redundant bullshit I've ever heard. It's a selffulfilling prophecy and the fact that people point this out as if someone disagrees with this concept makes me ENRAGED

I suppose you might take "everything happens for a reason" literally and say that it is literally true: for every event some reason might be cited by someone explaining it.

However, that's not what people usually mean when they say it. Generally, the line is used by spiritualists who think that God or Gaia or some other entity is nudging the course of your life in a predetermined direction, and if you take it that way, then I certainly DO disagree with the concept.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:01 am
by BigBallinStalin
Close those legs, AoG. Your cyber vagina is wide open for raep.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:22 am
by TA1LGUNN3R
BigBallinStalin wrote:Close those legs, AoG. Your cyber vagina is wide open for raep.


That's ok... I'm sure there would be a reason behind it.

-TG

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:18 pm
by Army of GOD
Dukasaur wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:-when people say 'everything happens for a reason'

That's the most redundant bullshit I've ever heard. It's a selffulfilling prophecy and the fact that people point this out as if someone disagrees with this concept makes me ENRAGED

I suppose you might take "everything happens for a reason" literally and say that it is literally true: for every event some reason might be cited by someone explaining it.

However, that's not what people usually mean when they say it. Generally, the line is used by spiritualists who think that God or Gaia or some other entity is nudging the course of your life in a predetermined direction, and if you take it that way, then I certainly DO disagree with the concept.


It's tautologous no matter the way you slice it.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:42 am
by BigBallinStalin
Bicyclists who don't use a headlight and rearlight.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:26 pm
by Lootifer
BigBallinStalin wrote:Bicyclists who don't use a headlight and rearlight.

OOOH OOOOOOH IVE GOT A GOOD ONE AND I BET BBS IS JUST THE KINDA GUY WHO DOES IT (in his jumbo sized Merc).

When there are two lanes, and the road v's not long after a set of lights. Theres clearly right and left lanes (we're driving on the left here sorry folks), and a queue often forms on the right lane because turning down that side of the V split in the road is the busier option. I MOTHER FUCKING HATE THOSE RICH EUROPEAN CAR DRIVING COCKSUCKERS WHO ZIP DOWN THE LEFT LANE AND SKIP THE QUEUE AT THE LIGHTS AND JUMP AHEAD!!!

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:14 pm
by BigBallinStalin
Lootifer wrote:
BigBallinStalin wrote:Bicyclists who don't use a headlight and rearlight.

OOOH OOOOOOH IVE GOT A GOOD ONE AND I BET BBS IS JUST THE KINDA GUY WHO DOES IT (in his jumbo sized Merc).

When there are two lanes, and the road v's not long after a set of lights. Theres clearly right and left lanes (we're driving on the left here sorry folks), and a queue often forms on the right lane because turning down that side of the V split in the road is the busier option. I MOTHER FUCKING HATE THOSE RICH EUROPEAN CAR DRIVING COCKSUCKERS WHO ZIP DOWN THE LEFT LANE AND SKIP THE QUEUE AT THE LIGHTS AND JUMP AHEAD!!!


Excuse me, sir. I drive an extra large AMZ Zubr.

I praise those "RICH EUROPEAN CAR DRIVING COCKSUCKERS" for their superior entrepreneurial skills. If they are breaking the laws, then that is a government failure, for which a freer market solution is required.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:38 pm
by Lootifer
What actually really grind my gears the most is my wife gets really angry at me when I yell, toot my horn, flick the bird and play chicken with lane merging. Bitch be incroaching (sp?) on my freedom yo!

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:37 am
by Army of GOD
-When I want to torrent the original American Gladiators series but all any site has is the fucking 2008 version. I DONT WANT THAT VERSION

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:55 pm
by jimboston
Army of GOD wrote:
tdans wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:My mom.

I wish I could hit her in the face extremely hard right now.

i wish i could hit you in the face right n ow


Bring it, bitch!



Also, on a more serious note:

People who think someone else could beat me up in a fight. I mean, it might be true. I know I'm not the biggest or the strongest...but I know I am tough, and my ego doesn't allow me to accept that someone COULD beat me up.


You don't have to believe you can get the crap kicked out of you in order for it to happen.

(Though admittedly, attitude helps.)

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:50 pm
by notyou2
necro-bumping


MODS!!!!!

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:16 am
by Army of GOD
you hate necro-bumping mods?

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:11 am
by notyou2
Lack of oil grinds my gears.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:42 am
by Funkyterrance
notyou2 wrote:Lack of oil grinds my gears.


Nah, that wouldn't do it, sounds more like user error. ;)

What grinds my gears is when I start getting trolled/flamed by some stranger for no obvious reason and it turns out that their wall is full of comments by someone who I recently got into an argument in which when the oven got hot they got out of the kitchen. Here I was thinking they were actually wanting to enter into a debate. Boo! Hiss!

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:14 am
by Army of GOD
-Space Jam getting a 5.4 on IMDB. Seriously, it's a fucking great movie. People complain that it's chock full of corporate plugs and whatever but honestly I never noticed it and still don't. It's solid.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:34 pm
by 2dimes
Cry babies, if they dont' like corporate plugs, boycot the products.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:53 pm
by john9blue
Army of GOD wrote:-Space Jam getting a 5.4 on IMDB. Seriously, it's a fucking great movie. People complain that it's chock full of corporate plugs and whatever but honestly I never noticed it and still don't. It's solid.


this movie changed my 7 year old life

pretty much every boy my age near chicago idolized jordan

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:55 pm
by tdans
your face grinds my gears...











Wait a minute....

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:30 pm
by Funkyterrance
Account sitting.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:25 pm
by tkr4lf
john9blue wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:-Space Jam getting a 5.4 on IMDB. Seriously, it's a fucking great movie. People complain that it's chock full of corporate plugs and whatever but honestly I never noticed it and still don't. It's solid.


this movie changed my 7 year old life

pretty much every boy my age near chicago idolized jordan

Best movie ever. EVAR.

Re: You know what really grinds my gears...

PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:45 am
by warmonger1981
Gears grind my gears. Oh waite Richard Gere grinds my gears.