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07-22-2010, 06:09 PM
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  |  James and Rei's Rant Party v. No Advice Allowed
No advice, no tips, no tricks, no techniques...just rants. You don't have to listen if you don't want. You don't have to see the other point of view. The beauty in this party is that we can just *be* rants without feeling the need to fix them. If you want to join in, feel free, but keep yer advice for other threads.  I'll start... *** Rant: This is from a discussion on politics I had with my parents (rightwing conservatives) the other night. They kept talking about how bad Obama is doing as a president, about how he's taking our country down the tubes, and that we need to vote him out as soon as possible. And then they said something about how he's a Muslim. And I rolled my eyes and told them that they need to stop getting their information from email forwards. That if you go to Snopes, that you can see that most of these things are proven false. I then ranted about how I saw somebody post a picture of Obama on facebook of him not saluting the flag and how it was debunked because the reason he wasn't saluting had nothing to do with the Veterans (which is what the picture was supposed to show), but because they were playing "Hail to the Chief" and that THEY were saluting HIM (Obama). Which brings me to my rant...don't you just HATE email forwards and the amount of ignorance that gets passed around on a daily basis? And people get so incited by it without even bothering to check the validity of the claim! It's like, we'll believe ANYTHING so long as it supports our own beliefs and views. |
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07-22-2010, 06:23 PM
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Which brings me to my rant. Would you please stop forwarding those message I have already received??? I am trying to work NOW, please don't disturb. Think of Me, learn my working hours and send them when you see I am waisting my time, but not when I WORK! Uhh, feel better! Last edited by AlmostGodess; 07-22-2010 at 06:32 PM. |
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07-22-2010, 06:27 PM
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And another one. Honey, could you please come to my office as rarely as possible? Did you hear of the word "efficiency"? Instead of coming 10 times with 10 different papers, could you please come only one time and bring all of them? And, yes, if you see someone in my office discussing something, could you please turn around and come later and not choose to stay and talk with us? Last edited by AlmostGodess; 07-22-2010 at 06:43 PM. |
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07-22-2010, 06:30 PM
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07-22-2010, 06:31 PM
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Haha yes I don't like getting forwards, mostly because many of them require Windows or take too long to get to the funny part and I don't like the feeling of just being part of a "select all" action - I'm a beautiful snowflake, dangit!!  ... (I chose to listen  Or listen a little anyway )Okay so I am a bit annoyed with certain social patterns, like schmoozy salesmanishness and yes I'm making up words! I have a part-time employment opportunity coming up but the person who is connecting me with it created a sense of immediacy about it and I think this was salesmanishness so meanwhile I am just waiting but annoyed because she presented it like it was happening very soon when realistic expressions about timing would have been really much nicer!! Oh and that also relates to how silly I think it is that our culture leads to asking questions for the ritual act. Like when someone asks how are you doing. We don't ask to actually get the honest answer, and I think this doesn't encourage authenticity! It encourages masks... while many are totally fine with that, I think our realness is beautiful! And I'll admit, if someone asks me that question right after I had an experience that pulls me off my center, I find myself with a strong desire to answer honestly. I often switch to give the socially appropriate answer, but I don't like tapping into that self-control, and would prefer it if the culture did not use questions for this stuff where there's the implication to not be honest unless you happen to genuinely feel wonderful/blessed/fine in that moment. Oh, and I don't like living in an area that has such a crappy reputation. My state was used in a bump on Adult Swim last night as the fattest state for the fifth year in a row or something. That's lame. And they need to change the pricing for HFCS so people aren't getting fatter because they can only afford that cheaply made, highly-processed food. Oh... speaking of that state.... I find it annoying when I come across people, such as a couple I'm quite close to, who are pro-Reagan and pro-bootstrap mentality BUT they ALSO draw social assistance from the government. Um... that's ridiculous. |
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07-22-2010, 06:40 PM
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I called you. I got your voice mail. You asked me to leave a message. And then a robot felt the need to explain to me exactly how to leave such message and what to do when I was finished leaving the message. I KNOW HOW TO LEAVE A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MESSAGE!! I KNOW THAT I SHOULD HANG UP WHEN I’M DONE!! |
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07-22-2010, 06:41 PM
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That made me laugh out loud. rei, I share your sentiments with some of that. | |
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07-22-2010, 06:44 PM
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How about those businesses where you call and they have it set up sneakily so dialing zero to get a live person makes it hang up on you! That's so lame! What about their elderly patrons who aren't used to all of this voice menu navigation and are calling from a rotary phone!! (Or folks like me who just want to go ahead and talk to a real person )
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07-22-2010, 06:53 PM
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Here's one that gigi's made me think of: My mom puts a scripture as part of her answering machine message. So, not only is it like "HERE HAVE SOME RELIGION WITH YOUR PHONE CALL", but it makes the damn message go on FOREVER. Because directly after the scripture, she tells me the number that I have dialed (yes, she says, you have reached (xxx)xxx-xxxx as if I didn't KNOW that I JUST DIALED that number!), instructs me to leave a message (after the beep of course!) and that she will get back to me as soon as possible. And I'm sitting there tapping my foot like COME ON! I GOT STUFF TO DO! Leaving large messages as your recordings is like "Hey, how can I take up as much of your time as possible?" LOL |
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07-22-2010, 09:41 PM
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I just wrote out a whole long whiny rant, and then before I hit "submit reply" I noticed the rantiness and whininess had disappeared. It didn't make sense to me any longer to "submit" it to the world, because there was nothing there any more. Goddddammit. |
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07-22-2010, 09:48 PM
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Hmm...rant..let's see..I generally don't like to complain, but here goes. CAN WE GET RID OF THOSE DAMN AUTOMATIC FLUSHING TOILETS?? MID-PEE IT FLUSHES ON ME...AND POST-PEE IT WON'T DO A DAMN THING!! I MEAN, HONESTLY!! Ok, I'm better now. |
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07-22-2010, 09:48 PM
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I want to be a grumpy old man when I grow up. I think I found the girl to chase while being a grumpy old man. However, I am going to need a grumpy old man friend. I was convinced I had that but he went and got hooked on some no complaining binge that has lasted almost three years. This clearly will not work. I would like to mention that this is not my rant. This is just foreplay. |
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07-22-2010, 09:51 PM
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FML  I post a message on YouTube at a high-traffic video announcing my singlehood, and not even one reply. The video is "How to Make Guys Like You", and seems a perfect place to post such a message. I thought for sure I'd get a bunch of replies. So much for that LoA B.S.  EDIT: OK. Feeling a little better after listening to some Sade. YouTube - SADE - PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - LYRICS Last edited by Zach M; 07-23-2010 at 01:05 AM. |
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07-22-2010, 09:51 PM
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07-22-2010, 10:00 PM
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Which leads to another rant. I have these people in my life. Great people as far as people go. A few of these people find my times of crankiness and ranting amusing. They giggle. I think on some level I deeply enjoy this. However, my rants are not to be taken lightly. Oh, and phone rants are the best. There was a time this weekend when I went on for a good 10 minutes before catching myself in mid-rant. I call this a Catcharant. I would ask for advice on if it would be a good idea to apologize for ranting in times such as these however that apparently is not allowed. I hate having to be allowed. | |
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07-22-2010, 10:11 PM
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Oh, yeah, and one more.... why did that preview come up on my screen for the new m.nightshamalamayan movie with the stupid subliminal devil image that pops up and scares the bujeezus out of me -- right at bedtime?!!! Stoopid, stinkin' devil.
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07-22-2010, 10:22 PM
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I hate, and i really mean HATE when people do the "pop in". Especially if they are not my best friends, if I'm in the middle of nursing, and if my load of delicate is drying in front of the fire place. I also hate phone calls late evening when the kids are finally asleep. |
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07-23-2010, 02:35 AM
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(I have no idea what the **** that means, but one of my old friends from high school used to say that when we'd say that. )
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07-23-2010, 03:09 AM
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I just wanted to BE with my rant, and you've ruined it for me. Wahhhh | |
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07-23-2010, 03:10 AM
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07-23-2010, 03:19 AM
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If my husband and his cousin have this obsessive need to play video games.... why does it have to be at all volume!! It's not even interesting, it's just some iceskating chipmunks! I hate video games! (except when I'm playing of course )
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