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Pet Peeves v. u mad?

That depends what kind of city it is.

LA? Noooo wayyyyy.
1 - Its illegal to ride a bike on the sidewalk here, so you have to ride in the busy street. It always impedes traffic and creates havoc, especially when one gets hit.

2 - Instead of following a normal city model, LA follows the multiple nuclei model, so there are random central business districts and random low income areas all around the city. Its also very spread out because of this, and these two factors make it really had to commute via walking or biking anywhere.

3 - LA is split up by hills, large one. Ones that you cant really just bike over. Not the main areas like west central and east, but the northern and southern parts of LA are very hilly.

So it really depends on the city model as well as whether or not the city has hills, valley's, not enough sidewalk, etc etc.
 
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^ Good thing I don't plan on living in LA, right? :P I get what you're saying, though to me biking ten plus miles one way is no biggie once I get goin'.

I also don't bike on sidewalks since it's illegal here, and biking on a sidewalk was the one time I got hit. 8)

Good info about the city layout though--Never really thought about that. It's scary biking through high crime areas, esp. at night--Just as Simply_Live how fast I biked through this one area by her, LOL.
 
So I don't like use of "exponentially greater" to describe a comparison between just 2 quantities. With two data points, additive growth is indistinguishable from multiplicative growth. The phrase "a lot greater" works fine. :P

ebola
 
Speaking of comparisons, that Lounge thread entitled "What's the most illegal thing you've done recently?" drove me a bit mad.

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Recently

Both of these terms vary, so it's impossible to answer this question.

I shoplifted today (more recent), but murdered a man (more illegal [if we don't look at it as black and white]) last week.

8( I hope the title was made in attempt to troll, but I doubt it.
 
i think it meant "of the illegal things you've done recently, which is the most illegal?" we're not looking at the set of all illegal things you've done, just the subset of recent illegal things. if you killed a man 6 years ago, you wouldnt mention that (not that i recommend you mention that anywhere on a public forum, but that's whatever) even tho it's more illegal than your shoplifting spree today.
 
RedLeader said:
Speaking of comparisons, that Lounge thread entitled "What's the most illegal thing you've done recently?" drove me a bit mad.

Most
Recently

Both of these terms vary, so it's impossible to answer this question.

I shoplifted today (more recent), but murdered a man (more illegal [if we don't look at it as black and white]) last week.

8( I hope the title was made in attempt to troll, but I doubt it.
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I dont think that the fact that the OP wrote "recently" gave any time barrier. I think the OP was trying to say, "within the past x amout of time [you gauge what "recent" means], what the most illegal activity youve partaken in?"

Is that better? I feel like thats better. Its better. :)
(btdubs, hai redleader! - thizzerfershizzer)
 
RedLeader said:
Speaking of comparisons, that Lounge thread entitled "What's the most illegal thing you've done recently?" drove me a bit mad.

Most
Recently

Both of these terms vary, so it's impossible to answer this question.

I shoplifted today (more recent), but murdered a man (more illegal [if we don't look at it as black and white]) last week.

8( I hope the title was made in attempt to troll, but I doubt it.
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Assphace said:
i think it meant "of the illegal things you've done recently, which is the most illegal?" we're not looking at the set of all illegal things you've done, just the subset of recent illegal things. if you killed a man 6 years ago, you wouldnt mention that (not that i recommend you mention that anywhere on a public forum, but that's whatever) even tho it's more illegal than your shoplifting spree today.
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I have to agree with Redleader and disagree with Assphace.

"What's the most illegal thing you've done recently?" is a nonsensical question. It has conflicting modifiers. It should be, "What's the most illegal thing you've done," or, "What illegal thing(s) have you done recently?"

The original question is similar to asking, "What is the largest city closest to Chicago?" The question is nonsense.
 
RedLeader said:
Speaking of comparisons, that Lounge thread entitled "What's the most illegal thing you've done recently?" drove me a bit mad.

Most
Recently

Both of these terms vary, so it's impossible to answer this question.

I shoplifted today (more recent), but murdered a man (more illegal [if we don't look at it as black and white]) last week.

8( I hope the title was made in attempt to troll, but I doubt it.
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good to see your name again.

perhaps more egregious is the fact that illegal is a binary adjective. things are either illegal or they are not illegal. sure, some illegal acts carry a greater penalty than other illegal acts but, in spite of the fact that i can see it being common usage, that doesn't make them 'more' or 'less' illegal...

alasdair
 
People who are not my boss or otherwise of appropriate authority who attempt to DEMAND that I do things which at at my discretion or prerogative, or possibly, exceed my authority.

Seriously, I don't come to you at work and tell you what to do, I request the same respect.
 
I.E. Someone who comes to the entrance of the facility I work in at night, and demands/pressures/argues when I inform them I can't let them in without either a valid I.D. from my organization or if they have a specific visit with someone that I can confirm and who will take responsibility for escorting them in the building.

Or members of the public who see uniform and thus assume that I am obliged to e.g. Help you with your stroller up the elevator. Its more the attitude of ENTITLEMENT which pisses me off. Sorry, but its not my obligation to do that, but if you ask respectfully, I probably will.
 
I get annoyed when I'm at bar or restaurant and they substitue a similar product for the product I request without telling me. For example if I order Captain Morgan and get Sailor Jerry or I order a Red Bull and get a lime flavored "energey drink".
 
Artificial Turf

Now I can cut the little old couple who live in the downstairs apartment for having plastic grass in their court yard. It is dark, they are old and it is a small space where not much will grow. if they are going ahead and laying carpet I don't know why they couldn't use a bit of colour rather than some environmental facade. Blue, yellow, a mural of the balmain Tiger's emblem would be better, but they may have this victory for now. My personal peeve though is a newly finished house down the street that has decided to plastic turf the kerb and a large backyard area......
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Perhaps it is the inner gardener in me that is repulsed by this. If you are lazy don't insult the neighbourhood with this man made atrocity. At least do what the Italians before you did and simple pave it in concrete and plant a couple of plastic flamingos on top.
 
When someone takes an inordinately long time to count out payment at a fast food or convenience store! I was on my break at Tim's at around 0445 and did not have a whole lot of time to get my coffee and return to work. Of course, I was standing there for a good long time as some man on his cellphone was counting out nickles and dimes to pay for 4 coffees.

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Little things that tick you off

You know those certain things that happen in your day-to-day life that no matter what mood youre in will make you pissed. Everyone has them just curious what gets other people mad.

Personally, if I walk into a bathroom and the toilets clogged up I flip shit. Like if youre going to break it at least man up, grab a plunger, and clean up your mess. And dont pull the "oh I didnt know it was clogged" acting like youve never seen a proper toilet flush before.
 
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