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Pet Peeves ver. Fjones vs Redleader

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Certain insects really piss me off. I can't believe nature would even propose such abominations into existence in the first place.
I would prefer to live in a society where we all grow our own food and trade goods and services.
This makes MUCH more sense. All money really is, to me, is a physical representation of TIME spent working towards a certain goal. A system of bartering and non-mass produced food eliminates the possibility of people making money off of, or scamming others of their time. The money system is too centralized, and controlled for my tastes. It provides one with an unrealistic sense of power, and thats what is is, power.

I don't understand why people throughout the world who need help go ignored and live poorly when the resources are there, but there just wasn't enough money. Lets make people who run nuclear defense programs and build giant flying airplanes strapped with missiles and machine guns more powerful instead!
 
When people get "colds" in the spring/summertime. Seriously??? what the fuck. How shitty is your immune system if you get a "cold" when it's 90 degrees out???

Colds are actually caused by viruses and have very little to do with temperature :)
 
Well, this is probably the wrong thread for this, but I'll reply nevertheless. Maybe this can be broken off into a separate thread if deemed appropriate.

I have noticed that from time to time a strong anti-capitalism discussion gets started on various threads here on BL.


Why is it such a bad thing that people can accumulate wealth? The people who are the very best in society are paid accordingly. Why do so many people have a problem with this? The public obviously wants the goods or services these millionaires provide, so where is the problem?

People in a capitalist society can keep the money they make, minus taxes. Thus, the incentives are there for people to strive for greatness and invent things that will make millions of people happy. Why would we want to remove these incentives? There is much risk in starting a business or working to create an invention. Most businesses and inventions fail. Knowing that, why would potential entrepreneurs and inventors take that risk if the reward were minimal?

If we didn’t have money, and there were no wealthy people, would the world really be such a better place? Without wealth, how much money would Bill Gates and Paul Newman have donated to charitable causes? When people villainize the rich, why is it always about how much money they are supposedly hoarding, and never about how much money they donate?

Besides, why should a person not be allowed to hold on to excess wealth? How many people here have given all their excess money away? It’s very easy to say, a lot harder to do.

I find this anti-money sentiment very troubling, because I suspect many who hold this opinion have some hypocrisy in their beliefs.

For, if one is to oppose money on the notion that money is evil and causes people to do evil things, then one should also oppose drugs, guns, and cars, on the basis that cars cause accidents and death, guns cause shootings and deaths, and drugs cause overdoses and death.
Or, here is another way of looking at it –

OBJECTS, such as guns, cars, drugs, and money, are just that – objects. They don’t DO evils things, or DO anything, for that matter. They are inanimate objects. They require the will and impetus of a human being in order to affect the lives of others in any way, be it negatively or positively.

If a person shoots another person, is it the gun’s fault? If a drunk driver kills a family, it is the car’s fault? Is it the whiskey’s fault? Or is it the fault of the human being who drank the whiskey and drove the car? If a person overdoses on drugs, is it the drug’s fault? Or is it the fault of the human who didn’t respect the power and capability of the drug? If a person lies, cheats, or steals to get ahead, is it the fault of some pieces of paper or cloth with numbers written on them? Or is it the fault of this morally bankrupt person?

Where are the parents? Why are people raised in such as way that they do hurtful things to others for their own selfish needs and gains?

Why is it so much easier for us, as a society to blame objects instead of blaming people?

Money is the root of all evil?

No. Humans are the root of all evil.
 
My pet peeve i s somethin i just posted about in the lounge.


]THIS DISGUSTING HORRIBLE PIECE OF CRAP:

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I gotta put it in the nsfw cuz its so damn disgusting.

JUNE BUGS.

I wish i could kill every single one of them, they just slam against my window all fuckin night long, buzzin louder than somethin that small should ever be able to be as loud as. and they are so goddamn stupid they just keep flying into the same thing over and over again, WHY DO THEY DO IT, THERE IS A WHOLE OUTSIDE OUT THERE TO FLY IN, AND IT JUST FLIES INTO THE SAME WALL 18 TIMES TIL IT FALLS OVER AND DIES. I love watchin them die. They are disgusting nasty filthy pieces of shit, and the worst part is they crunch so much when u kill them that even killing them is disgusting, so everytime i wanna go outside to smoke a cigarette i gotta listen to them all over the place l ike psycho cicadas, flyin against my door, my light, my table, my head, my leg, my hand, and then usin those gross ass claw legs to grab onto me so i cant shake them off and gotta hit them like a insect ping pong ball. God i hate them shits so fuckin much, cant they just get extinct, they need to die, ALL OF THEM
 
If this is racist, so be it... but I'm sick of this shit and I have dealt with it everyday that I lived in Oakland and got pounded with it today when I went back to visit a friend.

Everytime I walk around in any ghetto area, where people are low-income or Hispanic or African American, I get treated like SHIT from 90% of the females. Guys don't really give a shit and either ignore me, are nice to me, or hit on me. Some girls just ignore me, but I am constantly getting nasty looks, snide comments, people obviously talking trash about me that I can't hear (but am being stared at) or just outwright fucking RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL.

I don't know any other reason besides the fact that I am a white girl who looks like she has $ (I drive a relatively nice car, and I have a lot of old expensive clothes/shoes/bags from when I lived at home with rich parents buying me shit). And I don't get the same attitude from girls when I am in a white/middle-upper class neighborhood.

I am not a snotty bitchy girl.. I was raised to have very good manners and I never neglect to say thank you for even the smallest thing or say please. I don't give people nasty looks, I don't make snide comments or anything along those lines. What is so ironic to me is I always hear girls saying "fucking white girls are so fucking bitchy!" "white bitches are so racist!" and etc. But seriously I am the least racist person you will meet, I don't give a fuck what nationality you are I am not going to give you more or less respect because of it, but I am so sick of dealing with this shit.


Yo im sorry for makin 3 posts in a row ill go back n edit but i didnt wanna forget this. The reason bitches be like that is cuz hood bitches in general is just suspicious of each other, its just the way shit is, females be mad trife alot of times. It aint necessarily cuz u white its just cuz u a outsider, they dont kno u, I get that attitude when Im on blocks where I aint from or where people dont know me at, but spots where my girls live at and ppl see me its wateva. U cant let that shit faze u yo, or they just gonna think u weak or some shit like that. When a bitch is grillin me I grill back, but when bitches straight up disrespect u, its cuz they got somethin to proove, and then u kno they aint tough , becuz a G dont go around startin shit. Some bitch like ethat was in my probation the other week, she started gettin all stupid over her man talkin to me, he asked me if i want to buy or sell xanax for him (IN SIDE THE PROBATION WAITING AREA!! OMGWTF!!!!) but like that aint stupid enough, im talkin to her man, and im like yo i aint fuckin with nothing like that i dont buy or sell drugs, and right as finish my sentence, she walks in on me while im sayin "i got arrested in 3 counties"and the bitch goes up in my face n says,

O YEA?? All sarcastic and tough like, and i was like ''yea, he was just talkin to me.''

then she goes n start yellin at him all loud so everyone can here, DID SHE WANT IN? NO? THEN WHY DA FUCK U TALKIN TO HER FOR? BUSINESS ONLY, NO BUSINESS, NO TALKING, IS U FUCKIN STUPID, WHY THE FUCK U TALKIN TO THIS BITCH, dadadada, on n on, on some bullshit like that, the funniest part is, the bitch was white, looked like fucken amy winehouse it was hilarious, I just laughed at her ass, she was disrespecting HER SELF by acting that stupid. aint no skin off my back wat some retard ass bitch says about me especially somethin trife and not serious fightin words. plus we IN PROBATION, she actin like she wanna fight , lol, heres your oneway ticket to jail puta.

Like bitch, trust me, i dont want your saggy-drawers talkin-deals-in-probation prolly snitch-azz needa take a shower man. The fact that u trippin about that, and the fact that u a ugly, scrawny ass female with a man body, shows that maybe somebody tryin to look tough. Word up, the shit was hilarious, cuz real recognize real, and she was a straight up busta, makin a scene in a cop-infested place like that, courthouse-domestic-disturbance-causin bitch. me and some 65 yr old broad was laughin at her like, haha, wat a poser, frontin ass bitch, tryina look all hard in front of a bunch of criminals who dont give a shit anyways. Talkin like that where the po po can hear you. just dumb dumb dumb.

That type shit come from females of all races tho, and if a bitch in the hood is talkin shit, and u got ur girls then dont talk just hit, but if u outnumbered and she just runnin her mouth, u know wats up. real bitches dont run it anyways they just throw punches.

And if they aint even SAYIN shit? Just givin looks n bein rude? U smile and shake ur head with the ''you a silly ass chickenhead'' look right back at here, and mind your bizness n walk away with your swag fully on....aint worth gettin into it with females like that, unless it is a fight over family or ur man or somethin of value, and its somewhere u got back up, it aint smart to mess with bitches u dont kno. most of it is just like cats puffin up they fur and tail when they see another cat, once u show somethin back they back down, i aint advocatin gettin it in with some tough hood rat bitches who will beat your ass or nothing but just to stand ur own ground , either that or ignore it dont let it bother u cuz they WANT to bother u, and if theye see u ignorin it then it stops usually.

But like i said, it aint even about bein white even tho that got alot to do with it, hood bitches in general my self included will always be cold and paranoid of ppl we dont know at first glance, its just the way shit is, they are like a intruder, and its jus the mentality thats all.u shouldnt take it personal .....just do u and move on....
 
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I know your pain lacey... but its been a while. There's a type of June Beetle that's from Texas and they were ALL OVER THE FUCKING PLACE in the summers when I lived in Houston. Our garage wasn't attached to the house and I remember sometimes, to get to the car there was no possibility of missing stepping on June Beetles. Literally every step was like *crunch, crunch*. Then one or two would randomly fly into you with a thud and fall straight to the ground. SO FUCKING DISGUSTING. Ughghhhhh
 
Fjones, as I initiallly state, I understand the value of currency in a society. I even appreciate it. I realize how it motivates people, and societies as a whole.

For, if one is to oppose money on the notion that money is evil and causes people to do evil things, then one should also oppose drugs, guns, and cars, on the basis that cars cause accidents and death, guns cause shootings and deaths, and drugs cause overdoses and death.

What I disagree with is how the money supply is so tightly, and privately controlled. Humans truly are the root of all evil, no disagreement here.

Perhaps what I have trouble with is not money itself, but how people perceive money, and act in such a different manner than they would have if money were not involved. How it so easily appeals to the greedy side of human nature. How it is used as a tool of macro-scale social persuasion. I don't understand how local and state governments can go bankrupt, when money is supposedly government backed.

I'm not knockin people who have the skill, knowledge, and drive to accumulate capital. I strive for that myself. Yes, hypocritical. There will always be followers and leaders, I appreciate someone starting a company and creating jobs for other people, giving someone a means to support their family who would otherwise not be able to figure out how to do so.

What I am bashing on is those who create money, people in positions of power that can make decisions to bail out(with money) billion dollar multi-national conglomerates because it serves their own financial/power interest. While local/state governments, and people who can no longer afford a home for their family go 'bankrupt' because of this strange, humancreate concept, known as money.
My pet peeve i s somethin i just posted about in the lounge.


]THIS DISGUSTING HORRIBLE PIECE OF CRAP:

NSFW:
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I gotta put it in the nsfw cuz its so damn disgusting.

JUNE BUGS.
Fuck yea. One of the more obnoxious insects. Ever stepped on them without shoes? They make this horrible white juice that gets all over your foot.
 
]THIS DISGUSTING HORRIBLE PIECE OF CRAP:

NSFW:
istockphoto_3612767_june_bug_on_white.jpg


JUNE BUGS.

Yeah we get those in Australia too, except they come in OUR summer, which is around Christmas time, so we call them Christmas Beetles =D

Ahhh opposite hemipsheres are opposite =D
 
Im so glad we all hate june bugs so much, Its so great when other ppl hate shit just as much as u do:D
 
Fjones, as I initiallly state, I understand the value of currency in a society. I even appreciate it. I realize how it motivates people, and societies as a whole.



What I disagree with is how the money supply is so tightly, and privately controlled. Humans truly are the root of all evil, no disagreement here.

Perhaps what I have trouble with is not money itself, but how people perceive money, and act in such a different manner than they would have if money were not involved. How it so easily appeals to the greedy side of human nature. How it is used as a tool of macro-scale social persuasion. I don't understand how local and state governments can go bankrupt, when money is supposedly government backed.

I'm not knockin people who have the skill, knowledge, and drive to accumulate capital. I strive for that myself. Yes, hypocritical. There will always be followers and leaders, I appreciate someone starting a company and creating jobs for other people, giving someone a means to support their family who would otherwise not be able to figure out how to do so.

What I am bashing on is those who create money, people in positions of power that can make decisions to bail out(with money) billion dollar multi-national conglomerates because it serves their own financial/power interest. While local/state governments, and people who can no longer afford a home for their family go 'bankrupt' because of this strange, humancreate concept, known as money


These people in power -- Why do the people continue to elect them?
 
Have you ever read any Machiavelli? I wouldn't doubt that a copy of The Prince lies on the bedside of every politician of high influence in America.




With a cover of Ivory, 24KT gold lettering, silk pages, and ink made from the blood of middle-class working jacks across the country, of course.
 
Have you ever read any Machiavelli? I wouldn't doubt that a copy of The Prince lies on the bedside of every politician of high influence in America.




With a cover of Ivory, 24KT gold lettering, silk pages, and ink made from the blood of middle-class working jacks across the country, of course.

Ehh. Perhaps I have destroyed the part of my brain needed to understand the gist of this post.

I am actually being serious -- I am really not sure exactly what you are saying here.

If I need to have read any Machiavelli or The Prince to understand this post, that would explain why I do not.
 
I have heard much about it though. It probably wouldn't hurt me to pick up a book once in a while. I don't think I've read a book in four years (not counting poker books).

Wel, anyway, I wuold say that the politcal system in general is highly flawed. I coudl probably write a few dozen pet peeve posts about it. But I won't. There is too much else to do.
 
Yer right, moving forward....


When people encounter a situation or event in progress that may not initially make sense, contort their face in a angry/confused manner, and exclaim "What the FUCK?", while looking at you with that same face.
Alright, I understand the shock, but if you don't have the mental capacity to analyze a situation and come to your own conclusion before opening your mouuth, or ask me something specific about what is happening, is it really worth my effort to explain current events to you? Don't get all pissy at me because you can't think for yourself. I bet if I broke the whole ordeal down anyways, you'd respond with, "what?", and then immediately cut me off when I try to explain things in simpler terms that your brain of Einstein like qualities can understand.

Yes, I dropped a glass on the floor, and it broke. Or maybe somebody in the office stepped in dog shit and tracked it in, maybe you can't figure out how to work a remote control and are becoming frustrated. Whatever, the fact is, the question "What the fuck?" used in a situation that requires your immediate attention and expecting someone else to do the thinking doesn't do a damn thing to help.
 
I am in a really foul mood today. Why the fuck is the world so damn irritating? Do people just have nothing to do and nowhere to go? HURRY THE FUCK UP AND GET OUT OF MY DAMN WAY!

1) Roundabouts (also known as traffic circles) -- When you are about to enter the circle, you do NOT need 15 second of clearance to enter! Just fucking GO! A car 40 feet away going 5 MPH does NOT preclude your entering the circle! Also, you do not need to yield to pedestrians who are ten feet away from entering the crosswalk. If they are in the crosswalk, yes. If they are about to enter, maybe. But if they are not yet even at the crosswalk. FUCKING GO ALREADY! Do not stand sit there and stop the world for them. They are on FOOT. Their being delayed from crossing does NOT further delay other pedestrians. But a car that just SITS THERE not going anywhere DOES delay other cars.

2) Cars making a right turn on red – GO GO GO GO GO GO! Why must you make me sit here watching as 10-second gaps between traffic occur one after another. Do you really need ten second to MAKE A RIGHT TURN and accelerate to 30 MPH? Are you serious? What the hell is wrong with you? Then, you finally make the turn, excruciatingly slowly, and of course you straddle both lanes, gradually moving into the left lane instead of completing your turn in the right lane like a SLOW MOTHERFUCKER LIKE YOU SHOULD !

3) Internet Explorer. One time, just ONE FUCKING TIME, close without crashing and forcing me to end program from the task manager. Just surprise me one time, please!

4) Columbia House. Is there a more repugnant loathsome organization in existence? These shitheads sent me an invoice for $50 and when I called to say they must have made a mistake, they said I have an outstanding balance… from JANUARY 2001! Oh, really? I asked the guy is he was serious, because no one in his right mind would actually be serious about that, would he? I was so incredulous that he just said, “you know what, don’t bother, we’ll just remove this from the records.” Fucking right. January 2001. Give me a fucking break.

5) The end of decades, centuries, and millennia – The first year was year 1, not year 0. Thus, the 10th year is 10, and the 100th year is 100, and the 200oth year is 2000. SO why does everyone celebrate the end of a decade or century or millennia in a year that ends in 9? Granted, we are only counting from a fairly arbitrary point in time billions of years after Earth came into existence; but still, if we’re going to do that, can’t we at least do it right?

6) Automated systems are so irritating. They don’t even give you the option of pressing zero for a human any more. You have to just remember that you can do that and hit zero while it is talking. Also, why must a computer voice read back every 10 or 16 digit number we enter, in a painfully slow manner? Today, an automated voice asked me a question and I said, “YES!” It then said, “Was that a yes?”

……… What the fuck!? What do I do now? Should I say “AFFIRMATIVE?” It didn’t understand my first yes, so why would it understand my second one? Also, these things are like a game now, reminiscent of those old “choose your own adventure” books, where if you did the wrong thing, you get a “The end,” often with some sort of grisly death. If you press the wrong button on this phone menu, it sometimes will actually say, “That cannot be done because blah blah blah. Goodbye!” CLICK.

7) Cops. I know there are some good cops out there. Probably the majority of them, in fact, are good cops. But man, they piss me off. Today there were two cops cars parked in the right lane of a two lane road, blocking a lane, with no other car pulled over or anything, standing outside their cars talking. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE ROAD! They could have moved the cars 25 feet into a parking lot nearby. Why are they blocking traffic and causing an unnecessary merge on a busy road in the middle of the day?

8) Rite Aid. What a bunch of assholes. My prescription there is $75. I said, “No thanks.” I went to Walmart and it is $31. Now, I know Walmart is the king of stores and can beat anyone’s prices, but still, $75 to $31?

9) Not being told when there will be a long wait. I was the second customer in line at the storage place. It took 15 minutes for the clerk o handle the guy in front of me. For fifteen minutes I sat there doing absolutely nothing. Couldn’t she have said, “I’ll be with you in about 15 minutes,” just to give me a heads up? People do not expect one customer to take 15 minutes to service.

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10) I had to edit this post and disable smileys otherwise the 8) looked like the "rolling eyes" emoticon. :X:X:X:X:X:X:X (Oh wait, I disabled those. GRRRrrr!)
 
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2, 6, 7. I can relate to very much.

Also, when people feel are making a left turn and instead of getting in the turn lane and braking, they feel the need to come to an almost complete stop before merging over, messing up all traffic behind them. What the fuck is that? Get over, and THEN hit your brakes dumbass. If it's a small lane, then yea, slow down a little beforehand, but do you really need to bring everyone behind you down to 10mph?
 
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