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Fjones said:
Deal or no deal. Every aspect of this show is excruciating.

First of all, what is the deal with that little bit of facial hair Howie Mandell has? It looks ridiculous.

Then, when someone picks a case, and they take forever with this contrived drama and suspense, all the while the contestant is saying things like, "Donna, help me out, I know you have the penny in that case," and the case opener is saying, "you're good, I know I don't have the 500,000, I can feel it."

Give me a fucking break. This is a game of random chance! The only skill comes in when people have to do an EV calculation, and they fail miserably at it!

But most annoying of all is when the person TAKES a deal, and then Howie checks the actual case to "see if it was a good deal."

What the fuck!?? The deal was based on the EV of the remaining cases AT THE TIME THE DEAL WAS MADE. The actual contents of the chosen case are IRRELEVANT to whether it was a good deal or not! This is day one shit people! Probability 101! AAAARGh!

It just drives me insane when there are three cases left, and one is the really big one. The person takes a deal for approximately 1/3 of the value of the big case (If he is lucky, they usually offer less then EV to make a deal), ensuring a large payday, but then Howie shows him that his case actually contained the large amount, and in a really sad voice, Howie says, "_____ , you made..... a bad deal"

I cannot believe this show is popular.
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I know. I know.

Fjones, you familiar with the Monte Hall Paradox?
 
Possibly? Is this the three doors one?

If so, that is another Pet Peeve. I have explained this to some people a dozen times in half a dozen different ways, and they sit there blankly and say, "But why isn't it 50/50?"

If the monty hall paradox is something else, please elaborate.
 
At work I use dozens of different computer programs.

I hate that the passwords for every program must be changed every 2-3 weeks and you can NEVER repeat any passwords. So after a few months I wind up with dozens and dozens of different passwords that I can never fucking remember.

Then after entering 3 wrong passwords I get locked out and have to call tech support wasting yet another 5-10 minutes.

What are we protecting here, nuclear launch codes?
 
jtbrick said:
At work I use dozens of different computer programs.

I hate that the passwords for every program must be changed every 2-3 weeks and you can NEVER repeat any passwords. So after a few months I wind up with dozens and dozens of different passwords that I can never fucking remember.

Then after entering 3 wrong passwords I get locked out and have to call tech support wasting yet another 5-10 minutes.

What are we protecting here, nuclear launch codes?
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Is your network administrator retarded? What is the point of this nonsense?
 
Fjones said:
What is up with people who decline an offer by saying "Thanks but no thanks?"

The phrase "no thanks" literally means "no, thanks." It declines the offer but gives thanks for making the offer. What do people think "no thanks" means? Do they people say it to deny the existence of thanks?

Saying "Thanks but no thanks" is just silly and redundant.
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I never quite understood this one either.

You never fail to make my mornings a bit more bearable with this thread.
 
I can't stand salesmen. Like fuck you salesman, leave me alone -- if I wanted to buy whatever you're trying to sell I would already want to buy it! Sales is a form of psychological attack, and it makes me feel cornered and I just want to fight back or run away. Ewww, its such a gross feeling.
 
^^ "Future wife", cute :)

PurplePoppy said:
when people open cans of drinks and don't push the little opener bit down flat...or when they pull it off!!! oh my gosh...stresses me no end!!! :) xox
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Oh my!! This is one of my ultimate pet peeves also.
Similarly, when they don't push the tab IN to the can all the way :!
Grrr!
 
^ first the "another thing coming" and now this! I would seriously peeve you in RL I think, n3o :\

You can always tell which soda is mine cause it's not opened all the way.
 
Hahaha noooo kc, I am very tolerant in RL :D
My partner NEVER opens his cans the whole way so I have learned to deal with this particular peeve ;)
Hahaha
 
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UUUUGGGGHHHH.

Someone come help me PLEASE!!!!!

I'm packing up and have to pick out only what I absolutely need to take from stuff collected over 9 months of living here. The rest I have to throw away :(.
 
Bloody Mormons. I try to be tolerant of their door knocking. My mormon fighting skills are legendary...surpassed only by my ability to lay traps for them, whilst they harrass my poor front door.
Mormons must have missed that teenage stage of self-loathing so it might be the only way to have that experience.
Sometimes I think I've victimised them enough with my fake smile at the door and saying "I'm an Atheist' to experience their looks of horoor, am I mean? But then I think about the book of Mormon and all is justified.
 
When people say they are going to do something and they don't but continue to whine about it. Take control. Be the change.
 
^That is so very fuckin true! Whining for a while is fine, its okay. Its cathartic. But if it becomes repetitive and you're still sitting on your ass weeks later still whining about the same thing, without doing anything about it, that just makes you look pathetic.
 
free/open wifi points that are actaully honeypots to redirect your traffic to advertising, that do it by forcing any and all requests to be redirected...I wouldnt mind if it opened a new tab to their adverts, but dont take my post submission reply and throw it away and try to sell me g14nt peanes can be yuors with generik viergra

fffffffuuuuuuuuu.
 
Perpetual Indulgence said:
When people say they are going to do something and they don't but continue to whine about it. Take control. Be the change.
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Similarly-when people complain about being fat while eating cookies/cake/ice cream, etc... I do this sometimes though :) I'll say "ugh I'm getting SO huge! Can you pass me my chocolate shake please?"
 
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