Things That Annoy You

[b_dubb]

I just heard that beginning with the 2015 models, you will need to own a smart phone to enter or start a new car.

Fuck smartphones, fuck the "Internet of everything," and fuck those cocksuckers at Google et al who are forcing us into this digital abyss.

Makes me want to start buying up used cars. I don't see consumers warming up to this. Integrating Facebook into a car just seems like asking for trouble.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

I for one welcome our new digital overlords.

That seems to be the prevailing opinion...we're already fucked, so might as well suck some ass to move ahead in the line.

[jazmunda]

Makes me want to start buying up used cars. I don't see consumers warming up to this. Integrating Facebook into a car just seems like asking for trouble.

Until "they" make it illegal to drive an old car that isn't google or apple compliant.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

I don't see consumers warming up to this.

Then you are naive.  Society today is largely driven by stupid people.  They have enough economic clout to move things, and they're as compliant as drugged lambs.  Our future is in the hands of rapacious billionaires and the morons they control.   Normal humans are fucked.  There'll be a role for us as stuffed exhibits in a museum somewhere, but that's about it.

[ItsOver]

Then you are naive.  Society today is largely driven by stupid people.  They have enough economic clout to move things, and they're as compliant as drugged lambs.  Our future is in the hands of rapacious billionaires and the morons they control.   Normal humans are fucked.  There'll be a role for us as stuffed exhibits in a museum somewhere, but that's about it.

That pretty much says it.  Welcome to Noory World.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

That pretty much says it.  Welcome to Noory World.

I was kinda hoping that someone would talk me out of this point of view.  Anyone?

[ItsOver]

I was kinda hoping that someone would talk me out of this point of view.  Anyone?

Just tune into C2C tonight.  I rest my case.

[zeebo]

Just keep it gerbil-free.

Upper right quote nominee.

[onan]

So is the general consensus that I shouldn't start a fisting thread?

Only if it includes prostate massage.

[Yorkshire pud]

Only if it includes prostate massage.

That's sexist.

[MV/Liberace!]

people who write me to piss about some spat they had in the political forum.

[Treading Water]

people who write me to piss about some spat they had in the political forum.

What?  Wait....  People get into arguments in the politics thread??

Guess they don't understand the concept of "not moderated"!!  Tee hee hee.

I'm annoyed because we had Frozen Fog this morning!! 
That's what that guy standing in front of the map on TV called it.   

[wr250]

people who write me to piss about some spat they had in the political forum.

im not sure what part of " This board is not moderated." they are not understanding.

[MV/Liberace!]

I'm annoyed because we had Frozen Fog this morning!! 

you know... now that you mention it, i'm hearing people refer to "frozen fog" more and more frequently.  seems like a newly invented term.

[Yorkshire pud]

you know... now that you mention it, i'm hearing people refer to "frozen fog" more and more frequently.  seems like a newly invented term.

We call it freezing fog, but I suppose it's the same thing.. Fog condenses on surfaces and freezes instantly, because of the ambient air temperature..Bloody horrible stuff. Don't like fog. 

[FallenSeraph]

Annoyed with myself. Had a magazine piece on some hipster moonshiners in NYC due yesterday. I tried hard to keep an open mind when I interviewed them, but they radiated lame hipster vibes and just kind of annoyed the bejeezus out of me. Couldn't get the story finished because of some weird, inexplicable rage toward them; then I got distracted by the Art Bell/Malachi Martin show and pretty much just kissed my deadline goodbye.

Trying to finish now. But I feel like if I have to write one more piece on craft breweries or distilleries, I'm going to smash a bottle of Jim Beam over someone's head.

I want to write about dark stuff. Maybe I'll try to find some crime beat gigs. I wish someone out there had a "crazy person of the week" feature. Or maybe "insane or not insane? â€" you call it!"

Maybe I'll start my own online mag. "No Hipsters Allowed"

[Yorkshire pud]

I want to write about dark stuff. Maybe I'll try to find some crime beat gigs. I wish someone out there had a "crazy person of the week" feature. Or maybe "insane or not insane? â€" you call it!"

Trawl through the David Icke forum; You'll find a rich seam of copy there. Enough to buy that little special place on Antigua you'd promised yourself!

[West of the Rockies]

people who write me to piss about some spat they had in the political forum.

Ah, but was it a whiny-ass liberal or a crybaby conservative?  Or is this one of those both-sides-do-it things? 

[bateman]

Annoyed with myself. Had a magazine piece on some hipster moonshiners in NYC due yesterday. I tried hard to keep an open mind when I interviewed them, but they radiated lame hipster vibes and just kind of annoyed the bejeezus out of me. Couldn't get the story finished because of some weird, inexplicable rage toward them; then I got distracted by the Art Bell/Malachi Martin show and pretty much just kissed my deadline goodbye.

Trying to finish now. But I feel like if I have to write one more piece on craft breweries or distilleries, I'm going to smash a bottle of Jim Beam over someone's head.

I want to write about dark stuff. Maybe I'll try to find some crime beat gigs. I wish someone out there had a "crazy person of the week" feature. Or maybe "insane or not insane? â€" you call it!"

Maybe I'll start my own online mag. "No Hipsters Allowed"

It's that whole "Yeh, we make moonshine. No big deal."



P.S. Welcome to Williamsburg.

[bateman]

Anyone who uses the word "upcycle" should be thrown down a flight of stairs.

[bateman]

I'm also not interested in your $4000 "reclaimed" dining room table made out of driftwood.

[MV/Liberace!]

Ah, but was it a whiny-ass liberal or a crybaby conservative?

conservative.

edit:  well, he probably sees himself as a conservative.

[Yorkshire pud]

Anyone who uses the word "upcycle" should be thrown down a flight of stairs.

And 'lockdown', and 'On my/your/their watch'... And 'going forward'... We could have a separate thread on that pretentious crap.

[Yorkshire pud]

conservative.

edit:  well, he probably sees himself as a conservative.

Commie bastard then.

[MV/Liberace!]

Commie bastard then.

no, that's how he probably sees me.

[West of the Rockies]

Hope I'm not overly politicizing the thread, but it is curious to me how people identify themselves and each other with those terms conservative, liberal, etc.  We hear about "Blue Dog Democrats" (Dems who are perceived by other Dems as being too moderate or even right-leaning).  We hear about RINO's (Republicans in Name Only -- they lean to far to the center or left according to those further to the right). 

We really seem to absolutely shutter these days at the thought of compromise, that "the other side" might have a bit of wisdom or a few good ideas.  It's all lock-step my-way-or-the-highway nowadays.  Scorched-Earth politics are catastrophic to a healthy political climate.

[maureen]

What?  Wait....  People get into arguments in the politics thread??

Guess they don't understand the concept of "not moderated"!!  Tee hee hee.

I'm annoyed because we had Frozen Fog this morning!! 
That's what that guy standing in front of the map on TV called it.   

... pity the frozen sufferers of the Polar Vortex! 

[West of the Rockies]

no, that's how he probably sees me.

Whoa, this is almost turning into a 20 Questions game!  So the whiny-pants poster was a self-identified conservative AND a male!  Does he like to wear gold-lame bell bottoms?  Does he own a '66 Karmann Ghia?  Did he once appear on an episode of The Dating Game with a young Lindsey Wagner? 

All in jest, MV... I well know the forum rules.  Now outing posters on any level.

[Yorkshire pud]

no, that's how he probably sees me.

I laughed at that one! 

Hope I'm not overly politicizing the thread, but it is curious to me how people identify themselves and each other with those terms conservative, liberal, etc.  We hear about "Blue Dog Democrats" (Dems who are perceived by other Dems as being too moderate or even right-leaning).  We hear about RINO's (Republicans in Name Only -- they lean to far to the center or left according to those further to the right). 

We really seem to absolutely shutter these days at the thought of compromise, that "the other side" might have a bit of wisdom or a few good ideas.  It's all lock-step my-way-or-the-highway nowadays.  Scorched-Earth politics are catastrophic to a healthy political climate.

We've had this very same debate over here for years mate. Very few politicians have had the guts to publicly turn to the 'other side' to court advice. Although we have privy councils and select committees where all flavours are represented (You I think have the same).. Cameron's predecessor Gordon Brown was almost crucified when he appointed a couple of former Tory (Conservative) members in positions without portfolio (As in advisory only-not paid as MP's)..His reasonable defence that he was picking their brains, not their allegiances was treated with derision by allies and foes alike, in my view unfairly.

It's why we lurch from one set of dick heads to another.

[maureen]

Annoyed with myself. Had a magazine piece on some hipster moonshiners in NYC due yesterday. I tried hard to keep an open mind when I interviewed them, but they radiated lame hipster vibes and just kind of annoyed the bejeezus out of me. Couldn't get the story finished because of some weird, inexplicable rage toward them; then I got distracted by the Art Bell/Malachi Martin show and pretty much just kissed my deadline goodbye.

Trying to finish now. But I feel like if I have to write one more piece on craft breweries or distilleries, I'm going to smash a bottle of Jim Beam over someone's head.

I want to write about dark stuff. Maybe I'll try to find some crime beat gigs. I wish someone out there had a "crazy person of the week" feature. Or maybe "insane or not insane? â€" you call it!"

Maybe I'll start my own online mag. "No Hipsters Allowed"

sounds like a good idea- write articles on oddities!! seems to me that there is a niche for Fortean-type news... go, girl!!