You know what really grinds my gears...

by **AAFitz** on Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:24 am

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.

by **Lootifer** on Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:36 pm

Threads that arent about religion but explode into religious debate grind my gears.

by **Dukasaur** on Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:47 pm

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

by **Army of GOD** on Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:38 am

-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

by **Dukasaur** on Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:58 am

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.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:01 am

Close those legs, AoG. Your cyber vagina is wide open for raep.

by **TA1LGUNN3R** on Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:22 am

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

by **Army of GOD** on Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:18 pm

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.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:42 am

Bicyclists who don't use a headlight and rearlight.

by **Lootifer** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:26 pm

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!!!

by **BigBallinStalin** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:14 pm

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.

by **Lootifer** on Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:38 pm

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!

by **Army of GOD** on Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:37 am

-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

by **jimboston** on Sat Oct 06, 2012 12:55 pm

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.)

by **notyou2** on Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:50 pm

necro-bumping

MODS!!!!!

by **Army of GOD** on Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:16 am

you hate necro-bumping mods?

by **notyou2** on Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:11 am

Lack of oil grinds my gears.

by **Funkyterrance** on Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:42 am

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!

by **Army of GOD** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:14 am

-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.

by **2dimes** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:34 pm

Cry babies, if they dont' like corporate plugs, boycot the products.

by **john9blue** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:53 pm

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

by **tdans** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:55 pm

your face grinds my gears...

Wait a minute....

by **Funkyterrance** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:30 pm

Account sitting.

by **tkr4lf** on Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:25 pm

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.