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Pet Peeves v. u mad?

if it were that simple, it wouldn't be the most common cause of highway congestion anytime there's more than 1/8" snow in the NE.
/just sayin.
 
People don't often make a conscious choice to panic, it's instinctual. Some people have panic disorders. This doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed on the road, just that they would do well to become better acquainted with winter driving.

TBPH most of the people I see causing trouble in the winter are those without an ounce of concern or anxiety about it, who go breezing by you at summertime speeds. I shake my head, and think, see you in the ditch bud, and once in a while you do. I don't mind nervous granny drivers in the winter at all.
 
i read a post on bl today where the author spelled "want" (as in 'i want an ice cream') with an apostrophe: wan't

seriously? :\

alasdair

Gypsy* said:
...Fuck people.
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amen. hell is other people, as sartre observed. of course, to somebody else, we're 'people'.

alasdair
 
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alasdairm said:
amen. hell is other people, as sartre observed. of course, to somebody else, we're 'people'.

alasdair
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My pet peeve is how often this quote is misconstrued (as are most other existential ideas) as run-of-the-mill misanthropy when in fact the point the lazy-eyed Frenchman was trying to get across was that our view of ourselves is influenced by how others see and feel about us. When we attempt to define ourselves, we habitually take into account our relationship with The Other, using it in the creation of the self-hood in what Sartre refers to as being-for-others. "I see myself because others see me." And so at the other end of someone else's gaze is a reflection of myself for which I am utterly responsible for and this inescapable self-reflection of shame (or pride if you're lucky) is grounded outside of me. Ergo, hell is other people.

But yeah, anyway, normally I don't say anything. It's nice to have a forum in which to air out these types of feelings on topics I'd normally keep quiet on. :)
 
^do you have a newsletter i could subscribe to?

Max Power said:
And so at the other end of someone else's gaze is a reflection of myself for which I am utterly responsible for and this inescapable self-reflection of shame (or pride if you're lucky) is grounded outside of me. Ergo, hell is other people.
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not to go OT, but that last part doesn't make sense- how others interpret you is based on you, and is grounded/rooted in yourself, no?
/sartre isn't someone i'm read on..sorry if that q is moronic.
 
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bmxxx said:
not to go OT, but that last part doesn't make sense- how others interpret you is based on you, and is grounded/rooted in yourself, no?
/sartre isn't someone i'm read on..sorry if that q is moronic.
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Existentialists use parables as a medium as much as drug mules use their rectum to smuggle dope. Sartre used one to describe just this topic.

You are in a hotel, peeping through the keyhole of a door, completely engrossed in what you are looking at. You just are, there is no subjective ego, just an observer who is using the keyhole as an instrument of voyeurism. You hear footsteps and turn around only to see the hotel security guard leering down at you. You suddenly discover yourself as the object of attention in the guard's condemning gaze and it makes you feel shame for your actions. You are looking at yourself through the eye's of the Other. You now suddenly see yourself and your shame and it is because of the Other. "I see myself because someone else sees me." Yes, how others view you is based on you but you arrive at this self through the viewpoint of the Other and thus it is grounded in the Other.

I hope that makes sense. I'm eating pizza and watching football while typing this.
 
okay i see what you mean i think- but cannot say i agree w/ that type of sentiment (in that, i'm not shameful because he caught me, i'm shamed because what i was doing was wrong; if i felt 100% comfortable w/ peeping, the only reason it'd be awkward, or that i'd be startled, would be fear of any trouble he could get me in)

edit: damn, this is an interesting idea tho...because, in a scenario of, say, masturbation, and being walked in on, you're not uncomfortable w/ masturbating you're uncomfortable because they saw you- ie you in their eyes.
///double-edit: but....that one doesn't work either- you're not ashamed you were jacking off, you're ashamed you were careless about your privacy while doing so- that you were in such a scenario w/o sufficient regards to the level of privacy you'd chosen.
 
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Well, it doesn't have it necessarily be a shameful feeling. It can be a prideful feeling. Or a scared feeling. Or 'x' feeling. The specific feeling itself isn't the point, in this case.

That's enough derailment for one day.
 
Max Power said:
Well, it doesn't have it necessarily be a shameful feeling. It can be a prideful feeling. Or a scared feeling. Or 'x' feeling. The specific feeling itself isn't the point, in this case.

That's enough derailment for one day.
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... and that's why hell is not other people, neither are they heaven, the conception of either exists with in yourself.

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My pet peeve would be the written or spoken word "I'm".
 
how does that work? "I'm" is yourself- if you think that's the conception of hell/heaven/etc(which i'd agree with), but you dislike "I"/"I'm", isn't that tantamount to disliking existence?

PEEVE- cleaning the goddamn refrigerator :| FML.
 
bmxxx said:
how does that work? "I'm" is yourself- if you think that's the conception of hell/heaven/etc(which i'd agree with), but you dislike "I"/"I'm", isn't that tantamount to disliking existence?

PEEVE- cleaning the goddamn refrigerator :| FML.
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its my pet peeve.
*shrugs

''Im" ; "I'm'': it strikes me as a punctuation, or a word not completed in pronunciation.
 
bmxxx said:
well, talk about ASSuming. i figured you meant it in the context of the posts above it, not as a word/sound thing ;P

peeve: assumptions :|
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... lol.

that's okay.

its been that kind of day: the coffee girls just assumed that i was going to order a hot coffee and not an iced one, as usual, because of how cold it is today. they were confused to the point that they made my drink w/o ice anyways, after asking if i was certain that i wanted one with ice. they made it over again though and i carried on along my merry way back home to where i am warm.

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coffee nazis
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shimazu said:
laughed at

which is horribly untrue, and this person obviously never lost control or was in a vehicle that lost control in the snow

you could be fucking Ricky Bobby and still crash in the snow, its called traction bro
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Prevemtion is the key, my friend. As a professional driver, I can say that the number one reason people crash, whether the weather is good, bad or terrible is because people are driving FAR too fast for the conditions. Slow the eff down! You can safely manage your traction. Don't be stupid. You are in control of that vehicle. Blaming your car in the ditch on "ugh, track-shun" is the lamest excuse out there. Drive better, drive safer, put DOWN the cell phone and you won't end up in a ditch.

/end rant, for crying out loud

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People blinding you with their fucking brights!

Makes me want to turn around, follow you home, and cave your head in with a tire iron. =D
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When the guy in the tiny car won't speed up as he's merging in front of me. I'm letting you in, don't slow down!
 
bmxxx said:
PEEVE- cleaning the goddamn refrigerator :| FML.
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peeve of mine.... a gross dirty fridge! i just cleaned mine out last night after saying i'd do it for a couple months, ew it was nasty lol. strange how it is so much easier to live in your own filth but when I go to a friends and open their fridge and its all dirty and gross I am sickened :p
 
Euphemism on drug forums. I checked out a kratom board, because I wished to research sources, but all the "burning" and "aroma" bullshit just irritates the crap outta me. SWIMing is for fish and wusses. Why can't we just live in a world where we can be who we are? Ugh.
 
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resort fees. they are mandatory, so I don't see why they aren't just included in the price of the hotel room. Vegas is the worst offender, with resort fees running $25-$30. it is really annoying when said fees are for pool access but the pool is closed for the winter. it also includes shitty wifi and bottle water.
 
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