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Miscellaneous Rants Part V
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Pleonastic
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ARRRRGGGGGG! FUCK!
joannie_mhm
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^agreed. shut up about it already.
Samadhi
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okay, enough. I'm going to edit out anything that has anything to do with what's being argued about. I removed the original post by Doppelganger as i deemed it inappropriate to post personal issued on a public forum, that's what we have PM's for guys.
Any issues... PM me.
Any issues... PM me.
ozbreaker
Bluelighter
Von Dutch said:
I'm your biggest fan.
Did you ever knwo that you're my hero?
You're everything i wish i could be..
I could fly higher than an eagle.
Because you are the wind beneath my wings....
m4dd0g
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The News
So what the hell am I ranting about?
The news shits me.
This includes current affairs, news papers, ABC news, so called independent news sources, internet publications, documentaries, Mrs. Gasbag the neighbor over the fence .. all of it.
What do I do about it?
As much as possible I avoid it .. I don’t watch it .. I don’t listen to it.
Because I avoid it so much my sensitivity to the things I hate about it has sky rocketed.
Why??
Its this simple equation that I see in 40ft high letters of flame every time im exposed to its bullshit:
Media = Money = Audience = Drama
Huh?
The biggest rating show on TV is the News - This is where the money is.
Drawing an audience is about getting an emotional response from your entertainment . This is what drama is all about.
Getting more drama means making it more sensationalists (stretching and misrepresenting the facts)
Even in nonprofit news the journalist wants to be successful (have an audience).
There is also the fact that you are seeing a 'fact' solely through the eyes of another person ... its already been twisted, filtered and modified unconsciously by their world view.
This is often even more dangerous as we don’t separate value information from factual information ... it all gets absorbed.
Some recent examples
At a glance:
This reinforces the stories assertions that the police are shit, the commissioner 'failed', and is obviously running scared.
Under inspection:
He did call back .. and they didn’t include a single word of what he'd said.
He may well have called back within 5 minutes ... that’s not immediate is it?
TV news where a truck tipped over and caught fire:
The only helicopter there was the media one, the sounds were all post mixed for effect.
There were 2 police cars
People watching from a very short distance away so maybe 2 or 3 houses were 'evacuated'.
The hardest thing to see was the truck itself, they never gave you a decent look at it to identify what it might have been (Toxic waste??). There wasnt any chemicals spilt .. so fucking house bricks maybe????
IMO: If they actually asked the police if there was a health hazard:
"The police stated we were a bunch of crack baby, vulture faced, gerbil fondling fuckwits for trying to suggest such utter bullshit"
Dont get me started on current affairs .. if I had an abused kitten, gave it a lobotomy with a rusty spoon, kept it locked in a cellar on the end of a chain, raised it on a diet of petrol sniffing and the wiggles: Ray Martin would still be too low brow for it.
Is it that bad?
Yes.
Because you end up believing it.
So what the hell am I ranting about?
The news shits me.
This includes current affairs, news papers, ABC news, so called independent news sources, internet publications, documentaries, Mrs. Gasbag the neighbor over the fence .. all of it.
What do I do about it?
As much as possible I avoid it .. I don’t watch it .. I don’t listen to it.
Because I avoid it so much my sensitivity to the things I hate about it has sky rocketed.
Why??
Its this simple equation that I see in 40ft high letters of flame every time im exposed to its bullshit:
Media = Money = Audience = Drama
Huh?
The biggest rating show on TV is the News - This is where the money is.
Drawing an audience is about getting an emotional response from your entertainment . This is what drama is all about.
Getting more drama means making it more sensationalists (stretching and misrepresenting the facts)
Even in nonprofit news the journalist wants to be successful (have an audience).
There is also the fact that you are seeing a 'fact' solely through the eyes of another person ... its already been twisted, filtered and modified unconsciously by their world view.
This is often even more dangerous as we don’t separate value information from factual information ... it all gets absorbed.
Some recent examples
At a glance:
This reinforces the stories assertions that the police are shit, the commissioner 'failed', and is obviously running scared.
Under inspection:
He did call back .. and they didn’t include a single word of what he'd said.
He may well have called back within 5 minutes ... that’s not immediate is it?
TV news where a truck tipped over and caught fire:
From what I could tell:
The only helicopter there was the media one, the sounds were all post mixed for effect.
There were 2 police cars
People watching from a very short distance away so maybe 2 or 3 houses were 'evacuated'.
The hardest thing to see was the truck itself, they never gave you a decent look at it to identify what it might have been (Toxic waste??). There wasnt any chemicals spilt .. so fucking house bricks maybe????
IMO: If they actually asked the police if there was a health hazard:
"The police stated we were a bunch of crack baby, vulture faced, gerbil fondling fuckwits for trying to suggest such utter bullshit"
Dont get me started on current affairs .. if I had an abused kitten, gave it a lobotomy with a rusty spoon, kept it locked in a cellar on the end of a chain, raised it on a diet of petrol sniffing and the wiggles: Ray Martin would still be too low brow for it.
Is it that bad?
Yes.
Because you end up believing it.
Shnouzerpuff
Bluelighter
^^ I kind of love the media for the very same reason.
Once you can decipher all of the bullshit that goes on and see the bias it becomes hugely entertaining.
Sure sometimes it gets frustrating because you can see how weak an argument or POV is, yet you know the majority of Australia will take the message at face value (which is one reason I loathe Government adverts with the soothing guitar and smiling "ordinary Australians").
But for the most part being able to pick apart flimsy stories is something I personally find very satisfying :D
Once you can decipher all of the bullshit that goes on and see the bias it becomes hugely entertaining.
Sure sometimes it gets frustrating because you can see how weak an argument or POV is, yet you know the majority of Australia will take the message at face value (which is one reason I loathe Government adverts with the soothing guitar and smiling "ordinary Australians").
But for the most part being able to pick apart flimsy stories is something I personally find very satisfying :D
MooShiE
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Here goes... THAT MY FUCKING STUPID REAL ESTATE AGENCY WONT GET OFF THEIR ASS... to organise the airconditioning in this house to get fixed!!!!
Its sooooooooooooooo hotttttttttttttttt
*whinges*
FUCK YOU REAL ESTATE... buncha tossers *grumbles*
Its sooooooooooooooo hotttttttttttttttt
*whinges*
FUCK YOU REAL ESTATE... buncha tossers *grumbles*
m4dd0g
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Loyalty Cards
[Comming down with the flu; so im in a heaps ranting mood today]
I fucking hate customer loyalty cards.
I'll use subway as an example, but it applies to every muther fucker out there doing the same shit.
So you buy a sub and the 10 year old behind the counter hassles you about getting their stupid lame ass card so they can put a stamp on it.
After 10 subs and 10 stamps and if you havnt lost the card by now you get a free sub.
Seriously, what the fuck is that!
Hello!? Its NOT free, you are NOT doing me a favour!
Its paid for by the extra you and every other poor bastard is already paying on their purchases.
Essentially: you pay them to carry their shit around with you!
Congratulations .. you're a moron!
Well, fuck you subway, and you local cafe, and the coffee place, and you little tim, and you too boost juice .. you can all kiss my balls cos I aint carrying your crap around anymore.
I'll avoid you and go someplace else .. sit on that loyalty and spin cunts
God that felt good!
[Comming down with the flu; so im in a heaps ranting mood today]
I fucking hate customer loyalty cards.
I'll use subway as an example, but it applies to every muther fucker out there doing the same shit.
So you buy a sub and the 10 year old behind the counter hassles you about getting their stupid lame ass card so they can put a stamp on it.
After 10 subs and 10 stamps and if you havnt lost the card by now you get a free sub.
Seriously, what the fuck is that!
Hello!? Its NOT free, you are NOT doing me a favour!
Its paid for by the extra you and every other poor bastard is already paying on their purchases.
Essentially: you pay them to carry their shit around with you!
Congratulations .. you're a moron!
Well, fuck you subway, and you local cafe, and the coffee place, and you little tim, and you too boost juice .. you can all kiss my balls cos I aint carrying your crap around anymore.
I'll avoid you and go someplace else .. sit on that loyalty and spin cunts
God that felt good!
^^^ You are the one, missing out on the free sub, my friend. 
Subway is the only customer loyalty card I keep, mainly because if I'm eating Subway, they give me a stamp which means 1/10th (or whatever) of a free Sub, so why throw it away when you're entitled to free food? :D
You should collect them and send them over to me! Your free food is being wasted! ;p
Subway is the only customer loyalty card I keep, mainly because if I'm eating Subway, they give me a stamp which means 1/10th (or whatever) of a free Sub, so why throw it away when you're entitled to free food? :D
You should collect them and send them over to me! Your free food is being wasted! ;p
katmeow
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^^^ But the subway ones aren't completely free (unless it's been changed since my last card) - you have to buy a soft drink to get your 'free' one after 10.
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
joannie_mhm
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but m4ddog if it's embedded in the price, if you're already paying for it, aren't you a fool for not taking part in the free sub program?
Mean Girl
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FUCK FUCK FUCK
I didn't want to see Green Day in December. Wasn't interested, and really didn't have the money. But now I find out Jimmy Eat World are the support, and I can't miss them. I can't afford it still, but I am this close to pawning the clothes from my cupboard to get to Sydney for it.
Any ingenious ideas welcome.
I didn't want to see Green Day in December. Wasn't interested, and really didn't have the money. But now I find out Jimmy Eat World are the support, and I can't miss them. I can't afford it still, but I am this close to pawning the clothes from my cupboard to get to Sydney for it.
Any ingenious ideas welcome.
^^ Pawn it all!!
PAWN IT ALL!!! %)
My rant?? I am soooooooooo sick of those goddamn jobs that in the advertisement and when you first speak to the boss, they sound oh-so-fabulous and your job title is something flashy like 'Consultant Agent' or some shit, when really....
It's just a goddamn selling job!!!
Working painful hours per work to get weeny bits of commission.
It's just not worth it!!
PAWN IT ALL!!! %)
My rant?? I am soooooooooo sick of those goddamn jobs that in the advertisement and when you first speak to the boss, they sound oh-so-fabulous and your job title is something flashy like 'Consultant Agent' or some shit, when really....
It's just a goddamn selling job!!!
Working painful hours per work to get weeny bits of commission.
It's just not worth it!!
drug_wench
Bluelight Crew
id like 2 shoot the goddamn twot who invented money, who said we hav 2 barter this 4 that........y cant drugs b free? and as 4 the fuck whos responsible 4 there legal status, dont even get me started 8(
m4dd0g
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Oi,xcidium said:Thank-you Joannie.
My point exactly.
Its against the rules to argue against rants .. im frickin sure of it!
You all suck!
Btw, In reality everyone does the subway card thing, except the cards are called change (aka money) and you can spend it where ever the fuck you like.
Which in my case is not fucking subway
Suck my balls stupid losing ranty post because i wasnt logged in nine times.
NOW real rant.
Went to lunch today at gecko in brighton le sands.... it was fucked, shittest service i have had in a long time.
The list of grievances:
When we got there a waiter was standing in the doorway talking to his mate blocking our entrance... move you fuckwit he isnt paying your wage.
Had to ask if i can sit down over there because the waitress is just staring at me.
Jo got given a warm glass of water in a small glass.... yummy! tap water!
My beer got poured into a glass for me... straight into the middle of the glass no tilting... first time ever i have had to leave a crown to settle.
I ordered a chicken and prawn mexican style thing. It was ok but the chicken was sliced 5mm thick i got two of these slices. and i got two prawns. one... two... that does not a chicken and prawn dish make. now it was ok.... but for $22.50 you can suck my fucking knob as well. That is top dollar for food and it was not top quality.
Jo got a chicken ceasar salad.... the chicken was stolen from the bin out the back of a charcoal chicken place last tuesday i think. But still she got a shitload more than i did!
Jo asked for another water which arrived fairly promptly hooray! She leans in between us to throw it onto the table... im looking at her disgusted and she goes what did you want one too?
Then we wait.... and we wait.... poeple come people go.... and we wait.... no further interaction happened... i probably would have got a desert or another drink.... but fucking got left in the cold.
And now that im pissed off i just wanted to fucking leave... excuse me.... hello... exc... he.... GIVE ME THE FUCKING BILL!
I waited for about 15 minutes for someone to get close enough and listen to me yelling to ask for the bill. I was actually pissed off because i didnt have exact change to fucken show them my disgust.
Fuck you Gecko. Fuck you waitress bitch.
NOW real rant.
Went to lunch today at gecko in brighton le sands.... it was fucked, shittest service i have had in a long time.
The list of grievances:
When we got there a waiter was standing in the doorway talking to his mate blocking our entrance... move you fuckwit he isnt paying your wage.
Had to ask if i can sit down over there because the waitress is just staring at me.
Jo got given a warm glass of water in a small glass.... yummy! tap water!
My beer got poured into a glass for me... straight into the middle of the glass no tilting... first time ever i have had to leave a crown to settle.
I ordered a chicken and prawn mexican style thing. It was ok but the chicken was sliced 5mm thick i got two of these slices. and i got two prawns. one... two... that does not a chicken and prawn dish make. now it was ok.... but for $22.50 you can suck my fucking knob as well. That is top dollar for food and it was not top quality.
Jo got a chicken ceasar salad.... the chicken was stolen from the bin out the back of a charcoal chicken place last tuesday i think. But still she got a shitload more than i did!
Jo asked for another water which arrived fairly promptly hooray! She leans in between us to throw it onto the table... im looking at her disgusted and she goes what did you want one too?
Then we wait.... and we wait.... poeple come people go.... and we wait.... no further interaction happened... i probably would have got a desert or another drink.... but fucking got left in the cold.
And now that im pissed off i just wanted to fucking leave... excuse me.... hello... exc... he.... GIVE ME THE FUCKING BILL!
I waited for about 15 minutes for someone to get close enough and listen to me yelling to ask for the bill. I was actually pissed off because i didnt have exact change to fucken show them my disgust.
Fuck you Gecko. Fuck you waitress bitch.
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