Things That Annoy You

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Things That Annoy You...


Wal-mart and the other big box stores opening on Thanksgiving evening.  Retail workers deserve at least 2 holidays off each year.  What these retailers are doing is disgusting.


Support the retail workers, support their strike, don't shop on Thanksgiving, and call the big box stores to complain.


Thanks for reading.

[McPhallus]

I'm far more suspicious of people who sign up on CoastGab and immediately proceed to create over two dozen posts in less than 48 hours.

Of course, the general trend is that they burn out rather quickly, never to be seen again.

The mouse is wise.

[McPhallus]

In a similar vein.....

Black Friday is a goddamn travesty.  To wit:

1.  Most deals are either unremarkable OR rebates, which means you'll usually get fucked unless you're willing to fistfight the company to send your rebate.

2.  The deals seem to start earlier each year, to the extent that some people are starting to camp out on thanksgiving day, when they ought to be nibbling on leftover turkey or on the couch or whatever.

Things That Annoy You...


Wal-mart and the other big box stores opening on Thanksgiving evening.  Retail workers deserve at least 2 holidays off each year.  What these retailers are doing is disgusting.


Support the retail workers, support their strike, don't shop on Thanksgiving, and call the big box stores to complain.


Thanks for reading.

[Sardondi]

I tried as hard as anyone to intercede for Eddie Coyle and to persuade him to just let it go. But he just wouldn't, or couldn't. I know he was frustrated; I know he was provoked. But he gave away the moral high ground when he descended to the same tactics as the troll. And then he publicly started slamming MV. And kept on slamming. After awhile you just can't defend someone, as sorry as you are to see it all happen. That troll simply was not worth Eddie's fellowship, but Eddie let it get to that point.

Bottom line: this is MV's place. He can run it any way he wants, just as we can participate or not. He owes no one anything, regardless of whether he makes a little pocket change on ads. If we don't like it, we walk. I personally much prefer an unmoderated place, because I generally like the idea of maximum personal freedom, and am embarrassed to think that grown people would clamor to have a nanny referee playground tiffs for them. I hope that doesn't change. These are tempests in teacups, and they tend to settle themselves. If we don't like that, well, we can walk.

And apparently my buddy Eddie Coyle has walked. I'm sorry for that. We had not a thing in common as far as I could tell. But I appreciated his wit and taste and, yes, restraint...at least until the last 36 hours or so. It looks to me that even after the torrent of abuse he heaped on MV, that he was still welcome to post, which wouldn't have happened at a lot of sites. It appears it was Eddie who made the choice to absent himself. I'm sorry, and I hope he returns

But whether he does or doesn't, MV doesn't have to explain himself to anyone. Besides, this is all ultimately George Noory's fault anyway. The bastard.
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...Wal-mart and the other big box stores opening on Thanksgiving evening. Retail workers deserve at least 2 holidays off each year.  What these retailers are doing is disgusting. Support the retail workers, support their strike, don't shop on Thanksgiving, and call the big box stores to complain.

I absolutely agree that opening on Thanksgiving Day is abhorrent. Now, as much as I detest the idea, I'm leery of ordering businesses to do or not do something or other. I'm no Walmart hater, nor a smug mocker of those who shop there. It's a business, built on decades of damned hard work and huge amounts of stress and risk. It employs thousands, and itself rewards hard work. We can shop there or not as we choose. But they have a right to conduct their business pretty much as they see fit. And that includes being open on Thanksgiving Day.

That said, just because you have a right to do something doesn't make it right to do. It does offend me that Walmart is open on Thanksgiving Day. Particularly because Walmart waves a lot of flags, and makes a big deal out of supporting our traditions and life in small town America. That Walmart would do something so invasive of and corrosive to the only purely American holiday is just wrong. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

But the appropriate response is for us to "vote with our feet", and just stay away on Thanksgiving Day. Obviously if Walmart sees no crowds on Thanksgiving Day they'll get the message. But we know better than that, don't we? Just as we know that by staying away we'll be letting others benefit from our absence by cashing in on big discounts, et al.., thus proving once again, though in a somewhat different setting, the unassailable wisdom of the "Conundrum of the Commons".

But we can only do what we can do. So I'm not going to be in Walmart on Thanksgiving Day. Or any store. It's just wrong.

[ItsOver]

And make sure you wrap one of those cute yellow Lance Armstrong arm bands around your nutsack.

That, too. I hate fads, trends, leeches, AND Noory.  Oh, and the word "awesome."

[Nucky Nolan]

Ads and commercials, that feed off the insecurities of 35-year-old men, are extremely annoying. You know the ones. "By the time a man turns thirty, he's lost 80% of the testosterone that he had when he was eighteen." They make it sound like forty is the new eighty.

[MV/Liberace!]

Ads and commercials, that feed off the insecurities of 35-year-old men, are extremely annoying. You know the ones. "By the time a man turns thirty, he's lost 80% of the testosterone that he had when he was eighteen." They make it sound like forty is the new eighty.

You have a point. I just turned 33 and I am now beginning to notice these commercials.

[Nucky Nolan]

You have a point. I just turned 33 and I am now beginning to notice these commercials.

I quickly hit "mute" when I hear one. Fortunately, I don't pull any muscles when I do so.

[coaster]

TV commercials that advertise any medication annoys me. I always found it odd that companies are intent on advertising medication on television, because they are required to list all the possible side effects. At the end of the commercial, the risks always outweigh the benefits, especially when they say "In some cases cancer and death have been reported". Almost makes taking that allergy medication worth it... :

[Sardondi]

"Male enhancement" pills. Why don't you just pile that money in your fireplace and light it. That way you can toast some marshmallows, and at least wind up with something useful.

[Nucky Nolan]

TV commercials that advertise any medication annoys me. I always found it odd that companies are intent on advertising medication on television, because they are required to list all the possible side effects. At the end of the commercial, the risks always outweigh the benefits, especially when they say "In some cases cancer and death have been reported". Almost makes taking that allergy medication worth it... :

It also seems like they create new problems to push more pills. These commercials should go the way of Jim Beam and the Marlboro Man. They should be banned from TV. They're dangerous to uninformed consumers.

[Nucky Nolan]

"Male enhancement" pills. Why don't you just pile that money in your fireplace and light it. That way you can toast some marshmallows, and at least wind up with something useful.

That brings those bizarre Enzyte(?) ads to mind. There's irritating whistling in the background while the lucky husband and wife have maniacal grins on their surreal faces that make them look like they belong in a psych ward. The unlucky impotent men look like they just came back from a funeral....their own. I've tried to scrub that ad out of my mind to no avail.

[Sardondi]

Things that will annoy fad-crazy Japanese buyers of American soda just as soon as they recover their senses: "Pepsi Special" being marketed to the Japanese as a "fat blocker". Apparently it has an ingredient that PepsiCo is saying Pepsi Special literally "blocks" absorption of fat molecules, meaning if you drink it with a big, greasy meal, the fat, uh, passes out of your body. But I note it is being sold only in Japan...and not the very litigious U.S. Hmmm. Note to investors: if this takes off, and the fat "passes out" of the body as it does with similar products, there could be a major demand for Kotex by both sexes soon in Japan. Or a huge increase in drycleaning.

[Nucky Nolan]

Things That Annoy You...


Wal-mart and the other big box stores opening on Thanksgiving evening.  Retail workers deserve at least 2 holidays off each year.  What these retailers are doing is disgusting.


Support the retail workers, support their strike, don't shop on Thanksgiving, and call the big box stores to complain.


Thanks for reading.

The grinches weren't content at leaving it at convenience stores and gas stations, were they? I saw a story about "Black Thursday", and you were fair with your take on it. Let the employees spend the holidays with their families. BTW, I tend to shop on December 23rd.

[Eddie Coyle]

 
      And the last blast.

        Notice how Em Vee tells YOU GUYS "to ignore"...while he didn't actually do it himself. And again, he's a hypocrite. He deserves Blinko and vice versa.

           As for me...without Coastgab, there's only

             

[MV/Liberace!]

Well, only if we could get Max back.  Actually, let's skip the new Mods.

christ. i'd forgoten about him. dude... you've been here a long time. that was during the summer of 2009.

[Eddie Coyle]

          For what it's worth(add a dime you'll get 5 cents) I apologize to MV and the board for my actions, words here in the past few days. It's unacceptable behavior and sinking to base instincts. I'm a hothead and displayed it here with panache. Again, it was totally inappropriate and childish. I'm sorry to those who had to endure it or even see it. If there's a Cooperstown for assholes, they'll waive the 5 year waiting period and give me my own wing. Sorry. That I let myself get baited(again) reflects poorly upon me. My scorched earth approach does no good, but it what it is.

[ziznak]

We all respect your apology Eddie but it's really not needed.  Your a bigger man to make an apology like this though and in my eyes at least your already legendary status has grown even further... and no thats not a fat joke...

seriously I think most of us had your back through this shit anyways...

[MV/Liberace!]

          For what it's worth...

it's worth quite a lot to me, actually.  i was pretty depressed all day about this situation, to be honest.  i would have really hated to see you go, dude.  i'm glad your feelings changed.


and i'm sorry i called you an asshole yesterday.  i sometimes type before thinking.






george noory fucking sucks.

[Eddie Coyle]

it's worth quite a lot to me, actually.  i was pretty depressed all day about this situation, to be honest.  i would have really hated to see you go, dude.  i'm glad your feelings changed.


and i'm sorry i called you an asshole yesterday.  i sometimes type before thinking.






george noory fucking sucks.

     My typing to thinking lapse is about 60 minutes and one second. I let the spaz "evil Eddie" out of his crate today and regret it. Sorry the whole thing even occurred. And I consider asshole a term of endearment. To let ONE fucking jerk drive me away is irrational and I have no "time of the month" to blame-dammit. But you homophobic Fox News watchers can do that to me...whoops, wrong persona.

          Thanks, Ziz for the thoughts as well. The apology was necessary. My uber-douche side deserves to be shot.

           Noory Sucks.

[MV/Liberace!]

     My typing to thinking lapse is about 60 minutes and one second. I let the spaz "evil Eddie" out of his crate today and regret it. Sorry the whole thing even occurred. And I consider asshole a term of endearment. To let ONE fucking jerk drive me away is irrational and I have no "time of the month" to blame-dammit. But you homophobic Fox News watchers can do that to me...whoops, wrong persona.

          Thanks, Ziz for the thoughts as well. The apology was necessary. My uber-douche side deserves to be shot.

           Noory Sucks.

the whole thing never happened.  back to business...

[PB the Deplorable]

Generally speaking, stuff like this is a bigger deal to the people involved and at the moment.  File under shit happens

[Eddie Coyle]

the whole thing never happened.  back to business...

    Sounds good to me.

    I'm annoyed by...standing in line behind Irish immigrants ordering Chinese food from Chinese immigrants. Communication Breakdown. It was funny, but added 10 minutes to my wait time.

       "Bollocks! Why can't I combine the 23 with the 27, it's the same fookin' dish for Christsakes"

[MV/Liberace!]

by the way...  today, my wife could tell i was kinda depressed.  then she asked what's up.  does anyone else here feel like a douche when trying to explain coastgab stuff to a spouse?

[Eddie Coyle]

by the way...  today, my wife could tell i was kinda depressed.  then she asked what's up.  does anyone else here feel like a douche when trying to explain coastgab stuff to a spouse?

       No shit. I got the "you seem crankier than usual today" at 5pm. Which is at least four hours before I hear that on most days. She thought it was a delayed response to the elections or advanced annoyance at Thanksgiving coming.

[ziznak]

by the way...  today, my wife could tell i was kinda depressed.  then she asked what's up.  does anyone else here feel like a douche when trying to explain coastgab stuff to a spouse?

hehe when i mention CG discussions to friends family and huas I normally summarize where the reference originated as "this internet board I stumbled on"

[MV/Liberace!]

...and huas...

Hahaha... I'd never considered how that might be spelled.

[ziznak]

I think somebody needs more huas in his life!

[onan]

does anyone else here feel like a douche when trying to explain coastgab stuff to a spouse?

Oh yeah.

And just to set the record, we are all assholes. We have all had academy award winning fits of anger. Most of us just don't want others to know.

[stevesh]

and all is well, and all will be well, in the CoastGab garden ...