Things That Annoy You

[bigchucka]

That's ridiculous.  If it were my kid I would have bought you a beer at a minimum.  Those ushers love to throw their weight around.

http://youtu.be/Hy-5d4r_6Y8

[Tarbaby]

omg, I like so totally agree. Like totally.

People who start every sentence with, "So he was all like sitting there, and he was all like..."

If I hear "He was all like sitting there" one more time, something is going to burn down.   

[HorrorRetro]

People who start every sentence with, "So he was all like sitting there, and he was all like..."

If I hear "He was all like sitting there" one more time, something is going to burn down.   

I was working on a deposition a few years ago, and this girl said "like" every other word, and that's barely an exaggeration.  I thought I was going to lose my mind. "And she was, like, you know, like a bitch, so, like, I smacked her in her, like, face, and she, like, slapped me back."  I had to listen to this word for word for at least 5 hours.    I wanted to edit out every instance of "like," but maybe once she read her depo, she realized she sounded like an idiot. Wishful thinking, I'm sure.

[Birdie]

Twitter and all the # bullshit. This garbage cannot go away fast enough. And when did it become a hashtag? We always called it a lb. sign on landline phones. It is even easier to say 'pound ...' than 'hashtag ...' I think I might just hate the word hashtag.
Also, I do not want to hear what is trending on the news. It is not friggin' news.

[bigchucka]

I think I might just hate the word hashtag.

What if it's referring to a label on a product sold at a Colorado dispensary?

Or would that be spelled "reeferring"?

[zeebo]

Twitter and all the # bullshit. This garbage cannot go away fast enough. And when did it become a hashtag? We always called it a lb. sign on landline phones. It is even easier to say 'pound ...' than 'hashtag ...' I think I might just hate the word hashtag.
Also, I do not want to hear what is trending on the news. It is not friggin' news.

#freebirdiefromhashtags

[wr250]

Twitter and all the # bullshit. This garbage cannot go away fast enough. And when did it become a hashtag? We always called it a lb. sign on landline phones.

it started in 1970 when programmers used it for highlighting a special meaning to a line.it was then used as to designate irc channels in the late 80's , and it is still used for that today. ive noticed that all the new fangled "instant message" services seem to be IRC at heart.  and the # was never dropped.

[area51drone]

onan,  I'm curious - do you ever deal with people at your work that utterly disgust you to your very bone?  As if, these people, in your opinion, should not exist?  Maybe a sick child molester or something...   If so, how do you find it in yourself to help them?

[eddie dean]

onan,  I'm curious - do you ever deal with people at your work that utterly disgust you to your very bone?  As if, these people, in your opinion, should not exist?  Maybe a sick child molester or something...   If so, how do you find it in yourself to help them?

Being able to separate the person(s) from their behavior, bad or otherwise, is probably involved.

[Jackstar]

You know, hate is really deeply self-destructive. We are all One.

Also, fuck your mother.

[onan]

onan,  I'm curious - do you ever deal with people at your work that utterly disgust you to your very bone?  As if, these people, in your opinion, should not exist?  Maybe a sick child molester or something...   If so, how do you find it in yourself to help them?

Usually, no. I mostly work with psychotic disorders. So, even people that are "weird" in their presentation are seldom disgusting. I also deal with many people with substance abuse issues, although not disgusting, they can be extremely frustrating in their inability or unwillingness to follow treatment.

So I guess I am lucky in that regard.

Finally to specifically answer your question. I get in a lot of trouble with co-workers because I try to meet new clients "cold". I like to get to know the person before I read about their history. I think that helps me see the patient instead of the diagnosis.

Certain patients push my buttons; making it difficult to work with them effectively. In those cases I ask for someone else to work with them.

[area51drone]

Also, fuck your mother.

There's the old Jackstar I remember.   Thanks btw, onan. 

[area51drone]

CNN's new headline writer staff:  "This person did what with what?"   over and over the same, "come read this article because you just have to know the mystery" headline.   CNN isn't even news anymore.

[Little Hater]

CNN's new headline writer staff:  "This person did what with what?"   over and over the same, "come read this article because you just have to know the mystery" headline.   CNN isn't even news anymore.

Same at Huffington Post and The Blaze. That's what happens when websites are paid by the click. The Blaze has recently done something that requires you to click twice from a story to return to the home page. Very annoying. I'll be getting all my news from the BellGab Politics forums from now on.

[West of the Rockies]

Do any of you ever find yourselves feeling quite strongly about BOTH sides of an argument?  I am against the death penalty.  I believe in rehabilitation and such.  And yet, I hear that the convicted murderer in Oklahoma "writhed and clenched his teeth" during his "botched" execution yesterday.  Oh, dear... he writhed!   How dreadful! 

Did his victim writhe, I wonder?

[West of the Rockies]

And as a liberal, I hear about how Islam is a peaceful religion and such... and yet we also hear that 236 girls have been abducted by Islamists who are selling the girls off for marriage or as sex slaves (according to NPR's latest news brief).   

I won't blame Islam as such here, but I do HATE fundamentalists of any fucking stripe.  I am sure that the parents of these girls (perhaps Muslim themselves) are horrified and in anguish.  I would sure like to see a tad more effort on behalf of moderate/liberal Muslims to address the problem of misogynistic fundamentalists among their brethren who shit their pants at the idea of girls becoming educated and such.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Do any of you ever find yourselves feeling quite strongly about BOTH sides of an argument?  I am against the death penalty.  I believe in rehabilitation and such.  And yet, I hear that the convicted murderer in Oklahoma "writhed and clenched his teeth" during his "botched" execution yesterday.  Oh, dear... he writhed!   How dreadful! 

Did his victim writhe, I wonder?

I saw the headline this morning and it horrified me right up until I read that the girl they shot twice was buried alive. How long did she writhe while she was struggling to breathe? And I'm against the death penalty also, but karma is a bitch.

[MV/Liberace!]

Do any of you ever find yourselves feeling quite strongly about BOTH sides of an argument?  I am against the death penalty.  I believe in rehabilitation and such.  And yet, I hear that the convicted murderer in Oklahoma "writhed and clenched his teeth" during his "botched" execution yesterday.  Oh, dear... he writhed!   How dreadful! 

Did his victim writhe, I wonder?

his victim was a 19 year old girl who was kidnaped during a home invasion. she refused to cooperate with him, even after being kidnapped, so he forced her to watch as his accomplice spent 20 minutes digging her grave. he then shot her with a shotgun, but the gun jammed so he walked back to the car to fix it while she could be heard crying out in agony. he fixed the gun, shot her again, and ordered his accomplice to bury her despite the fact that she was still alive, even after the second shot. oh, and this all happened AFTER he raped her.

i hope this pile of shit suffered. i'm so pleased to learn he did not die easily.

edit: when she was murdered, her parents lost their only child.

[MV/Liberace!]

oh, and the fucking savage animal who was supposed to be executed two hours later was convicted of raping and murdering an ELEVEN MONTH OLD BABY.

yeah, i believe in the death penalty.

[jazmunda]

All death penalty deaths for rape and murder (especially of children) should go down this way. I take that back. I don't believe in the death penalty. I believe in a life sentence of constant pain infliction for these animals at their own expense of course.

[BobGrau]

Main problem I have with capital punishment is that it forces an innocent person to commit the murder execution.

[TheMan WhoFell ToEarth]

And as a liberal, I hear about how Islam is a peaceful religion and such... and yet we also hear that 236 girls have been abducted by Islamists who are selling the girls off for marriage or as sex slaves (according to NPR's latest news brief).   

I won't blame Islam as such here, but I do HATE fundamentalists of any fucking stripe.  I am sure that the parents of these girls (perhaps Muslim themselves) are horrified and in anguish.  I would sure like to see a tad more effort on behalf of moderate/liberal Muslims to address the problem of misogynistic fundamentalists among their brethren who shit their pants at the idea of girls becoming educated and such.

Western Liberalism is willing to give a pass to anything Islamic under the grounds of religious tolerance, even if it means forsaking the namesake of Liberalism itself (y'know, "liberty").  It's a big jump from "honor" killings, stonings, the subjugation of women, the persecution of ex-muslims, non-muslims, and atheists, etc. to anything resembling peace. 

Unfortunately there's a lot of effort right now going into stopping people from speaking out against Islam.   Do some searching on the phrase 'Islamophobia' and recent controversies around it.  According to that particular smear campaign, anyone speaking against Islam is simply ignorant and prejudiced, regardless of how valid and factual their evidence and points may be.  Shame that this is what becomes of Liberalism, valuing protection of religious ideologies over the safety, freedom, and equality of other human beings.  The story you're talking about is no exception to that, reading about it made me sick to my stomach.  Do what you can to speak against injustice, we can all do that.


Moving over to the death penalty debate, I go back and forth but I think its contextual.  I see life imprisonment being more fitting for serious criminals.  You kill someone, you only take away their life.  You imprison them, you let them keep their life but take away most of what makes it worth living.  I really only condone death penalties in terms of dangerous mental illness, people who cannot be punished and reformed in a normal fashion.

[area51drone]

Main problem I have with capital punishment is that it forces an innocent person to commit the murder execution.

I'd be more than happy to kill these fuck shits, you wouldn't be forcing me to commit anything.   There's a reason Dexter was such a popular television show.   Some people deserve what they have coming to them.

Remember Stephanie!

[Treading Water]

Do any of you ever find yourselves feeling quite strongly about BOTH sides of an argument?  I am against the death penalty.  I believe in rehabilitation and such.  And yet, I hear that the convicted murderer in Oklahoma "writhed and clenched his teeth" during his "botched" execution yesterday.  Oh, dear... he writhed!   How dreadful! 

Did his victim writhe, I wonder?

I saw the headline this morning and it horrified me right up until I read that the girl they shot twice was buried alive. How long did she writhe while she was struggling to breathe? And I'm against the death penalty also, but karma is a bitch.

oh, and the fucking savage animal who was supposed to be executed two hours later was convicted of raping and murdering an ELEVEN MONTH OLD BABY.

yeah, i believe in the death penalty.

As a Giant bleeding heart, I am so upset about this.   I think they should have continued with the second execution in order to test the theory that the drugs were faulty.  How will they know for sure now? 
And by all means investigate the "botched-ed-ness" of this.  AFTER first investigating AND solving ALL of the unsolved crimes currently on the books in Oklahoma.
Too bad they didn't film it so they could play it in a loop in the prison cafeteria for a month or two.

Guess I have to turn in my big "L" now....   Oh, well.  I'm not sorry an iota that that bastard "suffered".  It was NOT enough.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

When these horrific crimes are committed there is so much pressure to pin the crimes on anyone-innocent or guilty-that innocent men are executed.

The reason is that a man who is innocent will go to trial to prove his innocence and without a plea bargain will be given death. The man that is guilty will plea bargain away for life in prison to avoid the death penalty.

[wr250]

When these horrific crimes are committed there is so much pressure to pin the crimes on anyone-innocent or guilty-that innocent men are executed.

The reason is that a man who is innocent will go to trial to prove his innocence and without a plea bargain will be given death. The man that is guilty will plea bargain away for life in prison to avoid the death penalty.

a man with cash and a good lawyer will go free.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

a man with cash and a good lawyer will go free.

They won't even go to trial usually. Donald Sterling's son (at age 19) shot his childhood friend in the back in a fight over a girl. The DA never brought charges.

..and the death penalty will be pinned on some wandering vagrant.

[Tarbaby]

Do any of you ever find yourselves feeling quite strongly about BOTH sides of an argument?  ...

yes, they call it being a Libra. Not that I believe in astrology. :-) but, I think because I've always been this way is why I find issues often more complex than other people do.

[Tarbaby]

Back when I have done comparative religions studies I found Islam to be absolutely beautiful. Extolling beauty, peace, euphoria, etc. But attributing the atrocities of islamists to Islam is just like attributing the bombing of abortion clinics in the US to Christianity itself.It's mankind that is psychopathically flawed, vicious. not the religious ideology itself.
  Now, having said that, I don't like the entire idea of religions in general because it illustrates and displays irrationality, Projection of delusion.

[West of the Rockies]

Tarbaby, I hoped I had stressed that it was the fundamentalist variety of Islam (and other religions) I hold great disdain for.  Maybe that point was not clear.

I know Libras; I am not one, but as a very slow-moving Capricorn, I know about struggling to make a decision!