I will kick off this steam-blowing post suppository. Post your rants, I wanna hear-em (cuz then I feel better, LOL).
I have been trying to "turn on" my piddly pension since October. They outsourced the administration to another firm that receives its snail mail at a different street address than the one where the phone people labor at. Somehow documents never show up. I have paid 10,000 bills by mail in my life and never once did a payment get lost in the mail. Even worse, the document uploader is limited to tiny upload sizes and bandwidths that rival the dial-up days. When a doc upload gets interrupted, the function becomes unavailable forever. Little hourglass just spins and spins, even after a reboot. It is 10 minutes minimum to get a real person on the phone. I reported the bug, and they apologize for the inconvenience. My SS number and bank account info are out floating in the ether somewhere. It's amazing how whenever you spend money, the process is as smooth a butter, but whenever you are supposed to get some, it is like pulling teeth. I will wear them down, I will go into hyper Karen-mode, dammit. I am, after all, entitled dammit!, LOL.
The first season of the Dukes of Hazzard Saturday morning cartoon show had Bo and Luke, even though Coy and Vance were on the regular show. Then, when the replacements were kicked off the real show when the real Duke boys came back, they had a season of the cartoon with Coy and Vance. I remember this because it was weird, but as a child I knew that cartoons took a long time to make, so that was why the cartoon didn't match. I don't fucking care what it says on the DVD box. They're wrong! They are so fucking wrong! Fucking kids!
Quote from: the_antithesis on January 09, 2024, 12:21:33 PMThe first season of the Dukes of Hazzard Saturday morning cartoon show had Bo and Luke, even though Coy and Vance were on the regular show. Then, when the replacements were kicked off the real show when the real Duke boys came back, they had a season of the cartoon with Coy and Vance. I remember this because it was weird, but as a child I knew that cartoons took a long time to make, so that was why the cartoon didn't match. I don't fucking care what it says on the DVD box. They're wrong! They are so fucking wrong! Fucking kids!
Gotta have a least one Cooter".
I don't have rants anymore. I have found within myself, the secret of control, the mind clearing essence of understanding the world around is full of fools and it is a mere annoyance that one simply looks upon with bemusement and a little sadness. That one must deal with the annoyance of adversity with a "it is what it is" attitude that frees the mind from the dullards that surround oneself....the zen of achievement...the pinnacle of calm and the purity of oneself free from the mundane and archaic self absorbness of "the rant".
Why just last night, after a wonderful filet with a lobster tail and perfectly roasted brussel sprouts, and couple rum and cokes, I left the restaurant to return to the hotel, and not knowing my way around this town found myself forced into a right hand only turn and there it was. The loathed traffic engineering ingenuity. To be forced to drive two miles to turn the fuck around to go across the mother fuckin street! Why? You fuckin cocksucking mother fucking cocksuckers do you do this? For fuck sake how the fuck hard can it be to put fucking double lane to cross over? Fuck the mother fuckers, they can get the fuck outa my fuckin way, you ignorant mother fuckin cocksuckers. I even thought of dropping the truck into 4WD and hit the fuckin 50' median filled with water and just slam across, scaring the fuck out of the oncoming traffic, jump that fuckin curb, spin the bitch 180 degrees and scatter the fuckers like cockroaches into the ditches as I would simply take over the lane and proceed to the fuckin hotel....but then realizing there would be the possibility the median was deeper than I would guess and that even my 4WD could possibly get stuck rendering me to wait for three fucking hours to get out and probably getting a ticket from the fuckin po-po and probably facing a bevy of questions as to how many rum and cokes I had, I decided to continue the mad, insipid, brainless twits plan of forcing me to drive three miles to get a fuckin across the motherfucking cocksuckin road! So I fuckin did ass-twats, you ass fuckers. Got back to the hotel and grabbed another drink and realized I left my credit card at the restaurant. Ahhh! Motherfuckingcocksuckingpricklickingmotherfuckingassholes......
And that is how I maintain my aloofness and maintain my composure amidst the mass of stupidity that surrounds us. Breath deep, the gathering gloom, watch lights fade from every room......
Quote from: aitm on January 10, 2024, 09:29:23 AMI don't have rants anymore. I have found within myself, the secret of control, the mind clearing essence of understanding the world around is full of fools and it is a mere annoyance that one simply looks upon with bemusement and a little sadness. That one must deal with the annoyance of adversity with a "it is what it is" attitude that frees the mind from the dullards that surround oneself....the zen of achievement...the pinnacle of calm and the purity of oneself free from the mundane and archaic self absorbness of "the rant".
Why just last night, after a wonderful filet with a lobster tail and perfectly roasted brussel sprouts, and couple rum and cokes, I left the restaurant to return to the hotel, and not knowing my way around this town found myself forced into a right hand only turn and there it was. The loathed traffic engineering ingenuity. To be forced to drive two miles to turn the fuck around to go across the mother fuckin street! Why? You fuckin cocksucking mother fucking cocksuckers do you do this? For fuck sake how the fuck hard can it be to put fucking double lane to cross over? Fuck the mother fuckers, they can get the fuck outa my fuckin way, you ignorant mother fuckin cocksuckers. I even thought of dropping the truck into 4WD and hit the fuckin 50' median filled with water and just slam across, scaring the fuck out of the oncoming traffic, jump that fuckin curb, spin the bitch 180 degrees and scatter the fuckers like cockroaches into the ditches as I would simply take over the lane and proceed to the fuckin hotel....but then realizing there would be the possibility the median was deeper than I would guess and that even my 4WD could possibly get stuck rendering me to wait for three fucking hours to get out and probably getting a ticket from the fuckin po-po and probably facing a bevy of questions as to how many rum and cokes I had, I decided to continue the mad, insipid, brainless twits plan of forcing me to drive three miles to get a fuckin across the motherfucking cocksuckin road! So I fuckin did ass-twats, you ass fuckers. Got back to the hotel and grabbed another drink and realized I left my credit card at the restaurant. Ahhh! Motherfuckingcocksuckingpricklickingmotherfuckingassholes......
And that is how I maintain my aloofness and maintain my composure amidst the mass of stupidity that surrounds us. Breath deep, the gathering gloom, watch lights fade from every room......
Now that is a proper rant. I would bet that the road system design process is a massive committee effort with all sorts of craziness that I can only imagine. With traffic counters and all sorts of simulation software there is just no technical excuse. The surf and turf, however...now that sounds great!
Quote from: aitm on January 10, 2024, 09:29:23 AMI don't have rants anymore. I have found within myself, the secret of control, the mind clearing essence of understanding the world around is full of fools and it is a mere annoyance that one simply looks upon with bemusement and a little sadness. That one must deal with the annoyance of adversity with a "it is what it is" attitude that frees the mind from the dullards that surround oneself....the zen of achievement...the pinnacle of calm and the purity of oneself free from the mundane and archaic self absorbness of "the rant".
Why just last night, after a wonderful filet with a lobster tail and perfectly roasted brussel sprouts, and couple rum and cokes, I left the restaurant to return to the hotel, and not knowing my way around this town found myself forced into a right hand only turn and there it was. The loathed traffic engineering ingenuity. To be forced to drive two miles to turn the fuck around to go across the mother fuckin street! Why? You fuckin cocksucking mother fucking cocksuckers do you do this? For fuck sake how the fuck hard can it be to put fucking double lane to cross over? Fuck the mother fuckers, they can get the fuck outa my fuckin way, you ignorant mother fuckin cocksuckers. I even thought of dropping the truck into 4WD and hit the fuckin 50' median filled with water and just slam across, scaring the fuck out of the oncoming traffic, jump that fuckin curb, spin the bitch 180 degrees and scatter the fuckers like cockroaches into the ditches as I would simply take over the lane and proceed to the fuckin hotel....but then realizing there would be the possibility the median was deeper than I would guess and that even my 4WD could possibly get stuck rendering me to wait for three fucking hours to get out and probably getting a ticket from the fuckin po-po and probably facing a bevy of questions as to how many rum and cokes I had, I decided to continue the mad, insipid, brainless twits plan of forcing me to drive three miles to get a fuckin across the motherfucking cocksuckin road! So I fuckin did ass-twats, you ass fuckers. Got back to the hotel and grabbed another drink and realized I left my credit card at the restaurant. Ahhh! Motherfuckingcocksuckingpricklickingmotherfuckingassholes......
And that is how I maintain my aloofness and maintain my composure amidst the mass of stupidity that surrounds us. Breath deep, the gathering gloom, watch lights fade from every room......
That is the best fucking rant that I have ever fucking read, anyfuckingwhere!
.... OM
Here's my rant:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateAVegan/comments/qkv631/this_absurd_antivegan_stance_and_its_implications/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/11gbk07/vegan_propaganda/
https://www.reddit.com/r/veganuk/comments/y6k3b0/a_lot_of_antivegan_propaganda_out_there_currently/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/ztn3xs/family_members_reading_anti_vegan_propaganda/
I am really sick and tired of the hypocrisy going on in the vegan community, claiming that anti-veganism or even non-veganism is "propaganda" or an "agenda", yet when someone calls out the vegan community as such, they will act oblivious and go on to believe that the Omni's and carnists (as they love to call them) are just plain delusional and unethical crybabies who get "easily offended" over a person who refuses to eat meat.
I'm also sick and tired of people saying veganism is a lifestyle, when in reality it's just a stupid trend. Now I'm not saying that no one should go vegan, in fact I might encourage some people to actually go vegan, but not for the reasons many would love to claim. Instead I'll say if it makes one person feel healthier or if their body functions poorly due to consumption of animal products, by all means I'll let them do it.
My case on the other hand, is quite different. I struggle with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (or ARFID for short) and veganism is not an option for me. My body simply cannot tolerate most vegetables I put in my body, and as a baby and toddler, I threw up A LOT shortly after eating them.
I'm slightly more tolerant to meat products. Hell no, I don't gorge on it quickly like a gremlin, so stop asking! And when I say slightly more tolerant, I mean I can still be fussy about my meat as well. For example, I'll only eat certain kinds, like fish is what I'm the most tolerant for, followed by chicken. I'll also eat burgers, but only certain kinds, as I cannot stand any other foods, especially the GODDAMN SAUCE touching my meat!
I will not eat steak, it's way too hard for me to chew anyway because it's way too fucking thick! I won't eat turkey either since it gets cold easily and dries up every time you warm it up. Pork roast, ugh, nasty, more like a slop bucket! Lamb chop, also gross. Frog legs, ick, get away from me, frogs are disgusting anyway (it's an American tradition, and I HATE it, I will never understand my fellow culture)!
You get what I'm saying. In short, I cannot stand the vegan movement, there's hardly ever been a vegan I've personally met that's actually nice. Absolutely condescending and judgmental, and yet they say they're the ones who are oppressed. Maybe for some vegans I can understand, but the entire community? Fuck no! I'm not buying it!
Quote from: Nopejustnotinterested on January 23, 2024, 11:23:13 AMHere's my rant:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateAVegan/comments/qkv631/this_absurd_antivegan_stance_and_its_implications/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/11gbk07/vegan_propaganda/
https://www.reddit.com/r/veganuk/comments/y6k3b0/a_lot_of_antivegan_propaganda_out_there_currently/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/ztn3xs/family_members_reading_anti_vegan_propaganda/
I am really sick and tired of the hypocrisy going on in the vegan community, claiming that anti-veganism or even non-veganism is "propaganda" or an "agenda", yet when someone calls out the vegan community as such, they will act oblivious and go on to believe that the Omni's and carnists (as they love to call them) are just plain delusional and unethical crybabies who get "easily offended" over a person who refuses to eat meat.
I'm also sick and tired of people saying veganism is a lifestyle, when in reality it's just a stupid trend. Now I'm not saying that no one should go vegan, in fact I might encourage some people to actually go vegan, but not for the reasons many would love to claim. Instead I'll say if it makes one person feel healthier or if their body functions poorly due to consumption of animal products, by all means I'll let them do it.
My case on the other hand, is quite different. I struggle with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (or ARFID for short) and veganism is not an option for me. My body simply cannot tolerate most vegetables I put in my body, and as a baby and toddler, I threw up A LOT shortly after eating them.
I'm slightly more tolerant to meat products. Hell no, I don't gorge on it quickly like a gremlin, so stop asking! And when I say slightly more tolerant, I mean I can still be fussy about my meat as well. For example, I'll only eat certain kinds, like fish is what I'm the most tolerant for, followed by chicken. I'll also eat burgers, but only certain kinds, as I cannot stand any other foods, especially the GODDAMN SAUCE touching my meat!
I will not eat steak, it's way too hard for me to chew anyway because it's way too fucking thick! I won't eat turkey either since it gets cold easily and dries up every time you warm it up. Pork roast, ugh, nasty, more like a slop bucket! Lamb chop, also gross. Frog legs, ick, get away from me, frogs are disgusting anyway (it's an American tradition, and I HATE it, I will never understand my fellow culture)!
You get what I'm saying. In short, I cannot stand the vegan movement, there's hardly ever been a vegan I've personally met that's actually nice. Absolutely condescending and judgmental, and yet they say they're the ones who are oppressed. Maybe for some vegans I can understand, but the entire community? Fuck no! I'm not buying it!
I have met a few intolerable vegans in my day and have gotten the evil stare a few times as well. While I don't eat meat or dairy every day, I will whenever I want to. I was reeling in holy-fuck-pain from a kidney stone that needed surgery last year and then was given a list of veggies/nuts/grains that I should mostly avoid, plus salt. So, while I think most vegans do have good intentions, they should keep their religion-like diets to themselves.
Why the fuck do people like RECORDINGS of live performances?
Good question, GS, I prefer studio recordings over live performances.
Is it alright if I do another rant for today? Ok, this next one involves my horrible experience in another forum with an idiotic and entitled moderator:
I was wanting to have a PM (private message) with someone in the forum, and instead of listening to me, she kept telling me to go somewhere else. First she told me to go message on private forums, I told her I did not want to because I want to avoid drama from trolls, then another PM later, despite her being ok for her sending PM's to me, complained that I shouldn't be sending PM's to her because it "fills her inbox" and wants me to instead post on blogs.
I said, no that's not what I want, I want a one-on-one PM, nothing more nothing less. Then since she wasn't listening to me, I made a thread in one of the sections venting over how she fails to understand me, then she had the potential to STALK me in that very same thread and this is what she said:
"Seriously? This is very inappropriate, especially as you said you want to avoid drama. In fact, this could legitimately be considered a trolling post. What you've been sending via pm is not any different from your posts, still the same theme and in all honesty, talking at someone instead of with is also inappropriate. PM are between TWO people, not one inundating another. Both get to choose to engage or not. I chose not as is my right.
Later, I will likely delete this thread."
Can you believe it? She got offended because she was hearing from someone else indirectly calling her on out on her hypocrisy. She was ALWAYS giving me suggestions so that she won't have to do her job in deleting her PM's, so I told her that she should've just deleted her PM's so she'll save room. Then if THAT isn't bad enough, she gave me another cruel message in my PM:
"I do or it would have been overflowed constantly. In all honesty, think about it. Why would I be interested in listening to you rant constantly? I know you're angry and need to express.
But I am dealing with a lot of stuff of my own and don't really have the energy to have all that focused solely on me. You can do as you wish, I can't stop you. but I may just end up eventually deleting your pm's without reading them. I was trying politely to encourage you to post in a very safe place where those who are interested would listen. At present, we've only a few active old members, all of them irl friends of mine, all caring hsp.
Please stop focusing your anger on me then telling me what I should do. And I don't get how posting in a blog is stirring up drama in any way different than focusing your stuff on me."
There we go again with MORE HYPOCRISY! She started playing victim by claiming I am the one who is stirring up drama and trying to tell her what to do, then she acts like her expectations of me are just "polite encouragements". Then she states she doesn't want to listen to me because apparently I'm doing nothing but trolling her, poor baby smh. Which is hilarious because SHE WAS THE ONE who sent me the first PM in this forum to begin with! She gets angry when I message her but she is totally fine with her messaging me because apparently it's not the same. And yet she STILL complains over her inbox.
It's all the more ironic considering the fact that she was one of the people who thought bringing up PM's was a good idea, noting that she's one of the people in charge of the forum. She claims that she doesn't my energy focused on her yet she BOTHERS to harass me several times! I'm getting the feeling it's easier for her to project, make up lousy excuses, and blame her own problems onto other people instead of embracing them. I wouldn't be surprised if she was an actual troll herself.
I am so angry I want to block her, but unfortunately I couldn't find the option. It's so infuriating how she states that she is supportive yet acts like a selfish and hypocritical bitch who twists everything and projects everything against other people who have specific needs of their own.
I'm done dealing with her! She's been nothing but rude, entitled, snotty, ignorant and a massive hypocrite to me. Vent over.
edit: she then harassed me with another PM giving me a warning that I should not be "trolling other people" several days later. See, she is an absolute hypocrite! She doesn't want people sending her messages yet she's ok with doing the same to them.
Quote from: Unbeliever on January 23, 2024, 07:28:08 PMGood question, GS, I prefer studio recordings over live performances.
I've been to concerts on four continents, loved the live music. But the recording equipment, such that I've heard, aren't that good without the controlled audio environment of a studio. We might as well be listening to a cell phone recording of the concert.
I hope you don't mind as I have another rant I want to discuss over. This one might not seem like much, but I'll try to make sense into this one:
I stumbled upon a heartbreaking news article about a married man killing his sister after confusing her first menstrual cycle to be an affair, it took place in India. One person tried to justify it by stating it's an "honor killing" and when one woman called her out on it, other people started making accusations against her, claiming she's illogical and racist. Here's how the conversation went:
Original commenter: "even without the obvious idiocy in here... in india your brother tortures and kills you for "cheating" on him... fucking india man"
Replier 1: "I read it as more of an honor killing. I don't think he was having a relationship with his sister, but he didn't want his sister having a relationship with anyone until the family had arranged a marriage."
OC: "but how is being possessive of others sexual life different than doing the same over cheating? even if it was bullshit and against a minor.. it is very much the same motivations as far as i can tell."
Replier 1: "Adding in the incestuous implication skews the message. The whole situation is borked but honor killing is still a very real problem in various parts of the world. Skewing the message in the context of a jealous lover kind of hides the fact that this girl likely could have been killed by any of her family for having a relationship, leaving the marriage they arrange, or otherwise dishonoring their family.
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/honor-based-abuse-things-you-need-to-know/"
OC: "no.. i think you are too dedicated to categorizing things which are pretty much the same thing. the actual subject here is thinking you can own another persons body and choices. unless you want to go into how the two things are different in detail and one is not somehow as bad as the other... because it seems like you are trying to separate the two types of horrible things and... doing that serves what purpose? besides maybe you defending one of those types of things..."
Replier 2: "What?? Two terrible things aren't automatically the same because they're both terrible. And pointing out the objective difference in two terrible things does not mean a person is defending one of them. This is seriously one of the most bizarre, useless "arguments" I've ever seen."
Replier 3: (to Replier 2) "Judging by their other comments, it's because their "logic" is rooted at least partially in racist thinking." (to OC) "Nobody is saying one isn't as bad as the other. They are only saying they are different motivations, because they are. What is wrong with clarifying the situation? Why are you so intent on misinformation?"
OC: "you want others to be ok with whataboutism bullshit? yea ok, not how life works."
Replier 4: "That's like saying it's ok to call a murderer a rapist because they're both wrong."
OC: "no, that is hardly similar as much as you can say a person wearing a desert is the same as eating one since they both involve sugar. only a moron would make that sort of comparison. being possessive of other humans is a very specific thing...
edit: i get the feeling you are from india..."
Replier 3: "I don't think you even understand what you yourself are saying, much less with the person you're responding to is saying. Maybe go back to the beginning of this, and actually read their comments, and then read your own."
Replier 5: "...are you pulling a racism here?"
This bugs me as the majority of the repliers have no clue what they're saying and act like OC is using troll logic all because they fail to understand her point. It makes me sick that people can somehow justify any sort of murder because it's from a specific culture. I don't give a fuck if it's a cultural thing, it's still disgusting and a crime!
I don't get why they have to twist such logic and accuse OC of doing the same when all she's doing is making an explanation. Killing people for "honor" is not an excuse, it isn't acceptable regarding the enslavement of black people in America, and it sure isn't acceptable anywhere else!
Quote from: Nopejustnotinterested on January 24, 2024, 07:26:27 AMI hope you don't mind as I have another rant I want to discuss over. This one might not seem like much, but I'll try to make sense into this one:
I stumbled upon a heartbreaking news article about a married man killing his sister after confusing her first menstrual cycle to be an affair, it took place in India. One person tried to justify it by stating it's an "honor killing" and when one woman called her out on it, other people started making accusations against her, claiming she's illogical and racist. Here's how the conversation went:
Original commenter: "even without the obvious idiocy in here... in india your brother tortures and kills you for "cheating" on him... fucking india man"
Replier 1: "I read it as more of an honor killing. I don't think he was having a relationship with his sister, but he didn't want his sister having a relationship with anyone until the family had arranged a marriage."
OC: "but how is being possessive of others sexual life different than doing the same over cheating? even if it was bullshit and against a minor.. it is very much the same motivations as far as i can tell."
Replier 1: "Adding in the incestuous implication skews the message. The whole situation is borked but honor killing is still a very real problem in various parts of the world. Skewing the message in the context of a jealous lover kind of hides the fact that this girl likely could have been killed by any of her family for having a relationship, leaving the marriage they arrange, or otherwise dishonoring their family.
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/honor-based-abuse-things-you-need-to-know/"
OC: "no.. i think you are too dedicated to categorizing things which are pretty much the same thing. the actual subject here is thinking you can own another persons body and choices. unless you want to go into how the two things are different in detail and one is not somehow as bad as the other... because it seems like you are trying to separate the two types of horrible things and... doing that serves what purpose? besides maybe you defending one of those types of things..."
Replier 2: "What?? Two terrible things aren't automatically the same because they're both terrible. And pointing out the objective difference in two terrible things does not mean a person is defending one of them. This is seriously one of the most bizarre, useless "arguments" I've ever seen."
Replier 3: (to Replier 2) "Judging by their other comments, it's because their "logic" is rooted at least partially in racist thinking." (to OC) "Nobody is saying one isn't as bad as the other. They are only saying they are different motivations, because they are. What is wrong with clarifying the situation? Why are you so intent on misinformation?"
OC: "you want others to be ok with whataboutism bullshit? yea ok, not how life works."
Replier 4: "That's like saying it's ok to call a murderer a rapist because they're both wrong."
OC: "no, that is hardly similar as much as you can say a person wearing a desert is the same as eating one since they both involve sugar. only a moron would make that sort of comparison. being possessive of other humans is a very specific thing...
edit: i get the feeling you are from india..."
Replier 3: "I don't think you even understand what you yourself are saying, much less with the person you're responding to is saying. Maybe go back to the beginning of this, and actually read their comments, and then read your own."
Replier 5: "...are you pulling a racism here?"
This bugs me as the majority of the repliers have no clue what they're saying and act like OC is using troll logic all because they fail to understand her point. It makes me sick that people can somehow justify any sort of murder because it's from a specific culture. I don't give a fuck if it's a cultural thing, it's still disgusting and a crime!
https://www.atheistforums.com/index.php?topic=14935.new;topicseen#
I don't get why they have to twist such logic and accuse OC of doing the same when all she's doing is making an explanation. Killing people for "honor" is not an excuse, it isn't acceptable regarding the enslavement of black people in America, and it sure isn't acceptable anywhere else!
More than a few liberals have become so enamored of "culture" that basic human ethics and rights are overridden by cultural concerns. This kind of stuff just drives moderates to the right and inadvertently helps crazed conservatives win elections.
Quote from: Cassia on January 24, 2024, 08:27:43 AMMore than a few liberals have become so enamored of "culture" that basic human ethics and rights are overridden by cultural concerns. This kind of stuff just drives moderates to the right and inadvertently helps crazed conservatives win elections.
Damn... that's scary.
Quote from: Cassia on January 24, 2024, 08:27:43 AMMore than a few liberals have become so enamored of "culture" that basic human ethics and rights are overridden by cultural concerns. This kind of stuff just drives moderates to the right and inadvertently helps crazed conservatives win elections.
Which is stupid because culture is easy to make and easy to destroy. It's disposable.
Yep, here I got another rant to do. This one is going to be a double rant for this post, so please bear with me. The first one I'll be ranting about some guy who took a disagreement personally:
I was on YouTube back in 2018, I stumbled upon a video with the title "I just lost half of my right brain cells making this" with clips of Baby Einstein. I hated that show so I decided to type my opinion on it, stating it was cringe, complimenting on the title. It was my honest opinion after all. The person who made the video took it personally and said "said the guy who makes cringey vids, REKT don't mess with me".
My first reaction was what the actual fuck? I replied to him that he wasn't funny and I explained to him what I actually meant, that I hated the show and that it was garbage, not his content. He once again took it personally and replied "you're not funny either, I'd rather be proud of a baby show than be involved with my little DED anyday, Baby Einstein is my childhood, how dare you insult my favorite show! You suck anyway, now scram you little rugrat!".
Then he added "and it's Brainy Baby, dummy". I was shocked at his brattiness and arrogance. I would respect his opinion since he has his differences, but his rude remarks and insults drew the line for me. He thought he was being smart by insulting me and a show I like by labeling it as inferior. I, on the other hand, was not insulting him, all I did was state my opinion on the show, and it wasn't intended to be an attack on him or his content.
Furious, I told him to fuck off and if he doesn't like my content, then he should not have watched it anyway. What I should have said was "what's wrong? Did I hurt your wittle feewings? The fact that I have a different opinion offends you so much? That you take a disagreement over something minor as a personal attack to the point where you have to insult me and others? You think it makes you look like a badass, don't you? Buddy, you're sorely mistaken! You can tell me to leave all you want but I'm not going anywhere, pal! Your inability to accept reality just makes you look insecure! The only person from what I'm seeing who needs to gtfo is you! From the way you act, you must actually be a 13 year old, either that, or you're a lazy slob who lives in his mom's basement, lol! Seriously dude, get a life!"
I would've been more satisfied by that, but I'm not going back to please this asshole. And I honestly doubt he's actually changed at all.
Now on to my second rant:
This one is recently, about a couple of days ago. I stumbled upon a website where a user states that he unsubscribed to a Reddit site named r/politicalcompassmemes in which he states that it's way too conservative and bigoted. Many people in response have mocked him for it. Here are a few examples:
One person has replied: "It's funny how everything you disagree with becomes offensive to you, so apparently anything you don't like MUST BE conservative!"
Another has said: ""People are saying things that I disagree with, so I'm offended and I want people to support my agenda!""
Another stated: "dude, this is like one of the only places where people on the right can express their opinions without getting permanently insta-banned, what's the big deal?"
And one said: "no, he literally "unsubbed" because he made threats to people who mock furries saying he was going to kill them, and then when they rightfully called him out for it, he rage quit and left. None of what he has stated is even true!"
Now here is the difference between the following two "disagreement" conflicts. For the first situation, that was justified because the main quarrel was over a show, just a stupid old show. Nothing to complain about, you can be free to express your opinion on a show without having to insult other people for it.
The second one, on the other hand, was involving a website in which many users would post and share harmful material that targets and ostracizes specific groups of people, particularly minorities. And the common defense for being called out for behaving racist, misogynistic, homophobic, etc. is that those who address the behavior "cannot handle a disagreement". This is just sad as it shuts out the voices of minorities and paints them as "snowflakes".
Of course, I wanted nothing to do with the site, because I had already closed my Reddit account over a year ago. Vent over.
I know this is starting to get annoying but I have perhaps one more rant I need to get off my chest:
I came across a comparison of gendered videos regarding little kids who throw tantrums (a normal thing among children), but there is such a double standard between sexes. Between boys, they're far more sympathetic and defending saying "hey you don't treat my brother like that", but with girls, the treatment is a lot more brutal calling her a spoiled entitled brat because apparently that's how all women act.
And if you dare defend her, you'll get these wtf and "you're delusional" reactions. It's even more obvious between siblings because when it's a younger brother annoying an older girl and she does something to shut him up like playfully kicking him below the belt, she gets these responses "wtf is your problem? You just kicked your brother in the balls just because he's annoying? Sounds psychotic but ok." and "who in God's name would dislike such a comment? That was 100% truth!".
But if it's a younger sister annoying an older boy and he tried to kill her, the responses are much different "serves her ass right for being so entitled and annoying, what a cunt" and "I don't blame the older boy for wanting to kill her, she's such a bitch and a waste of carbon footprint anyway, why didn't his parents just abort her?!".
And even in super light instances of siblings argue, many people would always, ALWAYS root for the boy, no matter the age! For example, if an older boy is bullying his younger sister, everyone will always paint the little girl as the villain, no matter what. Even if the girl is polite or right, everyone will shit on her. Such examples are "you're either the baby of the bunch or you're the only child lol" and "are you retarded?! You're sympathizing over an entitled bitch who has no business in her brother's privacy?!".
Also these same assholes will call the older girl stupid and annoying and entitled for refusing her brother anything. And then apparently it's sexist towards men and so the female-targeted product must be shit according to these men.
It sickens me over this double standard bullshit. It also sickens me that the misogyny is rampant all over the internet because whenever women want things to themselves, they're apparently little shits according to whiny grown ass manchildren, but it's totally justified if it's a boy and the girls don't mean shit and it's fine if an older boy bullies his younger sister or even try to kill her, because according to their logic, men are superior to women, and older siblings are superior to younger siblings and only children, but only if they're boys.
Ugh!! Why do people think it's ok to shit on younger siblings and only children despite the fact that older siblings and grown men can be pieces of shit, even moreso? I will never know...
Ok, another rant I want to get out of the way. I despise the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". It's just so ignorant of change that happens all around us, and people will make up excuses on how it's not supposed to happen.
And it don't mean shit about what you're trying to explain, because everyone else thinks they know what it means better than you do. For example:
OP: "Kind of goes without saying but not replacing old stuff can be very dangerous. Letting things go until they break can be more costly and lead to more problems than if you fixed something that wasn't exactly broken but you anticipated possibly failing after a certain amount of time. This saying isn't wise but stupid and dangerous."
Replier: "The saying doesn't imply maintenance is unnecessary, you potato. It's meant to urge common sense. Which is no longer common. You're walking, talking, redditting proof of that. As a result of unintended consequences, replacing them without need can also be dangerous"
OP 2: "Here is the wiktionary definition of the saying:
"Leave something alone; avoid attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient (often with an implication that the attempted improvement is risky and might backfire)." If the saying was actually followed, humans wouldn't have progressed beyond the Stone Age"
Replier 2: "Yah about that.... The saying is ment to mean don't tear something apart that works. Like if you have a toaster that works fine why would you open it?
That being said if you improve something like making the toaster sing and dance as it toasts your bread that's a good thing"
Replier 3: "That doesn't work. Progression is not fixing something, it's improving it.
2 very different thkngs"
Replier 4: "Not fixing things that aren't broken is not the same as not inventing new things."
OP 2: "Here is the definition of the saying:
"Leave something alone; avoid attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient (often with an implication that the attempted improvement is risky and might backfire)."
It is not meant to be taken literally, but is always applied to situations in which you could possibly make something better. So again my point stands: if early humans decided to live by that saying and it's meaning, they would have never progressed.
The saying is useful for a lot of situations but not all of them because we need to disobey the meaning of the saying in order to progress"
This is what I despise about people misunderstanding the meaning and instead take it literally as if they know better.
To me "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" means "Don't fuck with it if it's working." I had to drive that point home to my strikers when I was on active duty. YMMV
Well, muskets still work but I wouldn't want to invade Iraq with one. I still have an old tube TV in the garage. I bet it still works but I'm not gonna watch it. I doubt The Salvation Army would even take it. But there are cases when new actually is inferior to what we already have so I think there are cases when the saying applies.
Well, a horse and buggy would still get you around town, but hardly anyone uses such a thing these days. 🤣
Quote from: Cassia on January 26, 2024, 07:21:45 AMWell, muskets still work but I wouldn't want to invade Iraq with one. I still have an old tube TV in the garage. I bet it still works but I'm not gonna watch it. I doubt The Salvation Army would even take it. But there are cases when new actually is inferior to what we already have so I think there are cases when the saying applies.
I take my surplus to Goodwill, not religious as Salivation Army.
Quote from: Unbeliever on January 26, 2024, 10:30:57 AMWell, a horse and buggy would still get you around town, but hardly anyone uses such a thing these days. 🤣
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Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on January 26, 2024, 11:41:15 AMI take my surplus to Goodwill, not religious as Salivation Army.
Oh yeah, Good point, my mistake because we actually give to the Goodwill instead of the army these days as well. Sometimes I give stuff to a local animal shelter even though I think it may xtian thing because their banner has a cross.
One more rant I need to get off my chest. I am so fed up of people telling me that I should not denigrate anybody without giving any proof that they deserve it. It's the same shit every time, "if you don't give detail, then do not denigrate anybody". Hell, they'll even tell me that even though I HAVE given detail. Like fuck off! This is my experience. They're just upset because they don't like to see me get angry even though they're okay with them feeling the same way!
Nothing's good enough for them. "We cannot allow you to denigrate ANYONE without giving MORE DETAIL", no fuck you, I've given you all the detail I can give you. I don't have all the time in the world to spill everything in a heartbeat! I have a life too! And it's busy as hell! If you would just shut your goddamn mouth and listen to me, maybe you'd understand. Unless your ego is too fragile to actually listen.
Quote from: Cassia on January 09, 2024, 11:35:43 AMI will kick off this steam-blowing post suppository. Post your rants, I wanna hear-em (cuz then I feel better, LOL).
I have been trying to "turn on" my piddly pension since October. They outsourced the administration to another firm that receives its snail mail at a different street address than the one where the phone people labor at. Somehow documents never show up. I have paid 10,000 bills by mail in my life and never once did a payment get lost in the mail. Even worse, the document uploader is limited to tiny upload sizes and bandwidths that rival the dial-up days. When a doc upload gets interrupted, the function becomes unavailable forever. Little hourglass just spins and spins, even after a reboot. It is 10 minutes minimum to get a real person on the phone. I reported the bug, and they apologize for the inconvenience. My SS number and bank account info are out floating in the ether somewhere. It's amazing how whenever you spend money, the process is as smooth a butter, but whenever you are supposed to get some, it is like pulling teeth. I will wear them down, I will go into hyper Karen-mode, dammit. I am, after all, entitled dammit!, LOL.
I might have already ranted about this similarly before but I feel like I need to get another part of it off my chest:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegancirclejerk/comments/rpifsi/vegans_are_such_meanie_bullies_banned/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/htipcu/veganism_and_bullying/
https://www.reddit.com/r/JustUnsubbed/comments/10mw1qz/rvegan_is_comparing_dairy_farms_to_the_holocaust/
https://www.reddit.com/r/JustUnsubbed/comments/15t1jai/just_unsubbed_from_antivegan_it_used_to_be_about/
https://www.reddit.com/r/VeganChill/comments/vk2oqp/just_got_banned_from_rantivegan_for_commenting/
https://www.reddit.com/r/JustUnsubbed/comments/wxwa04/just_unsubbed_rantivegan_i_thinked_it_was_about/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/17hwwf9/vegan_echo_chamber/
https://www.reddit.com/r/JustUnsubbed/comments/lu180b/just_unsubbed_rvegancirclejerk/
"I wasn't against vegans, in my opinion they get too much hate. I became vegetarian because I saw conversations explaining why meat was bad. Not because someone yelled at me and insulted me. While I understand where they're coming from, and while yes, it is somewhat "childish" to decide to eat meat because a vegan yelled at you, that's just not how the human brain works. While meat is murder, I'd want to be around people who didn't constantly guilt me, and in this case it would be other omnis."
https://www.reddit.com/r/rant/comments/dd0roy/meat_is_murder_and_if_you_eat_meat_youre_directly/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/obs20o/monsters_i_tell_you/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/kiwwlw/monster_makes_a_vegan_coffee_with_oatmilk_and/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegancirclejerk/comments/11e3z5d/have_you_seen_this_creepy_anti_vegan_harassing/
"You don't know what a circle jerk is, do you?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/JustUnsubbed/comments/yhfiiz/ju_from_rantivegan_i_dont_even_remember_subbing/
https://www.reddit.com/r/exvegans/comments/13i0335/the_only_thing_as_annoying_as_militant_vegans_are/
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/9txzk6/antivegans_are_more_annoying_than_vegans_are/
https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblefacebookmemes/comments/zfs6rf/the_people_hating_on_vegan_people_are_almost_10x/
https://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/yff9ra/people_who_mock_vegansvegetarians_are_more/
https://www.reddit.com/r/The10thDentist/comments/tegq43/people_hate_vegans_because_they_know_theyre_right/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/gcyz4z/nonvegans_are_way_more_obnoxious_than_vegans_a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/rant/comments/18ixhej/the_hate_vegans_get_is_undeserved/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/2uws5g/i_cant_stand_meat_eaters/
It absolutely sickens how the vegan cult whines over how much they are hated and they don't deserve all the hate, meanwhile it's fine for them to shit on antivegans, complain about how much more annoying they are, and throw tantrums saying that the majority of the antivegan community just do nothing but mock the vegan cult and so they are the more annoying ones.
And still it's totally fine for vegans to whine over how much they hate meat eaters and "carnists" yet they'll whine when they get criticized over what they say, because apparently any valid criticism towards their community is "undeserved hate".
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/w0ao67/nonveganism_is_for_the_most_part_hypocrisy/
https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/153dx1l/the_hypocrisy_and_frustration_of_veganism_and_my/
It's also disgusting that vegans love to brag about how much we nonvegans are hypocritical meanwhile they're ok with themselves being hypocritical assholes and mock those with ARFID and other eating disorders, and it also disgusts me how they can dare to say that any food choice other than their own is so-called hypocrisy, yet they'll whine that they're being bullied and harassed when they're the actual bullies themselves.
Like I said, any type of criticism against them is deemed hate yet they refuse to acknowledge any of the harmful shit they cause! "Meat is murder, the dairy industry is awful reeeeeeeeeee" STFU!!! Rant over
That's a hell of a forum war there, Nope... Vegan circle jerks!
The best part was when cheese is referred to as "fermented lactations", lol. I have cut back on cheese on my doctor's recommendation. I was a silent "near vegetarian" for a good while, but I disappointed my newly-vegan friend when I ordered sushi or a BLT when we met for a bite. I also mentioned I really was not interested in purchasing her hemp jeebus sandals like she had on. I like my shoes and boots. We don't talk much anymore; to each their own. Yeah, it is kinda like a religion, they get excited about it, but most will at least mellow out over time.
One time she sprung out of my car at a stop-sign to relocate a gopher tortoise sitting in the opposite lane and she could have been run over if that driver wasn't paying attention. We had them on our property, but the wetter weather of late has chased them to dryer grounds.
As per my original rant it looks like I will finally be getting my correct pension in April after filing a complaint with the Dept of Labor and spending hours on the phone. The bastards lost the battle of attrition.
Another incoming rant:
I got into an argument with an MRA (men's rights activist) who jumped to conclusions in a post I made on a different forum, I tried explaining to him politely, but he kept screaming at me and being hostile towards me.
Then the idiot called me a strawman and contradicted himself. I called him out on his bullshit and yet he still wouldn't shut up, he kept calling women misandrists and extremists and exaggerating the so-called misandry.
I don't feel sorry for him one bit anymore. He was obviously trolling so I blocked and reported his ass. >:D
Reddit is a troll pit.
At least it's not Twitter.
Stop complaining about the clowns if you keep going to the circus.
Why don't they have bread at the circus?
THEY LIED TO ME!
Recently I stumbled upon a sign at a store that said "we use guns, never dial 911". It made me absolutely sick just thinking about it. I also cannot stand things like this when someone says they hate guns because its only purpose is to kill:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/163069645940
This disgusts me as it justifies demonizing liberalism and promoting gun nut propaganda. Saying "don't like guns, don't buy one, it's that easy" is like saying "don't like being raped, then stop dressing like a prostitute and luring men to your slutty body". It places blame on the complainer and not the person committing the crimes. These gun nuts have a habit of justifying their gun obsessions and shitting on people who go against gun violence and support child safety and civil rights. They act like dialing 911 is terrible (it's an American thing) because it apparently wastes so much time that it's much easier to kill people. A lot of them are Christians btw
And regarding people who hate guns but cannot put up signs that say gun-free zone, according to Quora:
"Because they realize that doing is basically inviting the thugs to come break in and they don't want that but somehow it is ok for our schools and other places."
"Because they are hypocrites, obviously. They are perfectly happy advertising that our schools where our children spend 6+ hours a day are gun free zones, as are the indoor shopping malls. But they won't make the same advertisement about their own homes."
"Always gives me a chuckle to see fools announce how easy it would be to rob them. To each their own I guess."
Also this:
"It's not different than any other hobby out there. Except for that this one can kill. One reason why some "gun nuts" are so obsessive is because people who want to change the laws, generally have no idea what they're talking about when speaking on firearms.
Most environments are welcoming but it depends on your approach. I've seen people act super snobby and become disrespectful in a gun store. Person behind the counter is trying to help you understand but you're acting like you know everything about guns. I was with a buddy at a gun store a few weeks ago and there were two people in there that couldn't comprehend that they could just walk in and walk out with a gun. This apparently has been a reoccurring theme over the last several months with swarms of new gun owners."
I also find it sickening that conservatives whine about having their gun rights taken away from them because of "stupid whiny fascist leftists" shoving hypocrisy and liberal propaganda when the right is completely unaware that they do the same shit they accuse liberals of doing.
Really, I'm so sick of this. No one's trying to take your guns away, they're just wanting you to take responsibility for your own actions. How hard is it for you people?!
Not exactly a rant, but I kind of realized something recently. My local coffee shop had quiche on the menu one week and I immediately thought of the book Real Men Don't Eat Quiche. If you weren't alive in 1982, it may be hard for you to understand how big this silly humor book was. And how by late '83, early '84, we had all forgotten about it.
Truth be told, I think of it every time quiche is even mentioned, but that doesn't happen often. So it may as well have been something I hadn't thought of since 1982.
And I realized, this is what nostalgia is supposed to feel like. Something awakens a dormant memory that had not be recalled in twenty, thirty years and it's amazing you even remember.
But I tend to wallow in nostalgia, and so does everyone else. It's what the entertainment media hopes you do. Why else would we be getting a sequel to Twister? TWISTER! I liked that movie alright, but it didn't have any more story to tell.
I must not be a real man, since I really like quiche, and I'm not from Mars. 🤣
<slides wingtips to back of closet>
True fact- I wore wingtip shoes when that book came out. Don't recall if I ever ate quiche in those days, though. 🤷�♂️
I probably ate quiche when I was stationed in Europe. Sometimes the waiter would hand me a menu and I'd say (carefully rehearsed) "Give me what you would eat here." They liked that. Never got a joker, I guess I'm just that lovable.