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Gaian Planes said:
lol, quoted for the truth.
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lol, quoted for the truth.
undead
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alasdairm said:
i would throw your, you're in there. the "i could care less" one though REALLY fucking bugs me. i remember the time i was with 3 of my friends and one of them said "i could care less" and another one said "wait a minute... what'd you say? cause whenever people say that, i have to correct them... you should be saying i COULDN'T care less." that was the first time i ever heard someone actually correct anyone on it and it made me warm and fuzzy inside because that's always been a HUGE pet peeve of mine.
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
also, the sound that a bag of chips makes when someone is rustling to get the ass end of the crumbs left in the bottom... i can't fucking STAND the way the crinkling sounds.
and probably my BIGGEST pet peeve. when someone takes something out of the microwave early and leaves the remaining time on the counter. just hit the fucking reset button and erase it for god's sake!
Jabberwocky
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i could care less means you are ambivalent, somewhere between caring and really not caring (although it logically entails the possibility that the person cares to the utmost, but this phrase would never be used this way).
It is a peeve of some when a person says it with acid in his tone and it is meant to say the person does not care AT ALL (but this intended meaning of the phrase contradicts the actual meaning, see above).
so, simpliciter, I do not see a problem with the phrase (if used correctly), but used in the latter sense I can see why it might peeve you :D
It is a peeve of some when a person says it with acid in his tone and it is meant to say the person does not care AT ALL (but this intended meaning of the phrase contradicts the actual meaning, see above).
so, simpliciter, I do not see a problem with the phrase (if used correctly), but used in the latter sense I can see why it might peeve you :D
undead
Greenlighter
i could care less about your explanation. 
getreal
Bluelighter
Some people do that with chewing gum, the loud sounding, lip smacking, teeth popping thing. I hate it. Like a cow............
i don't think that people say "i could care less" because they are cleverly turning a well-known phrase on its head to indicate their ambivalence. i believe they're mostly just stupid...
alasdair
ebola?
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Road damage per mile traveled scales non-linearly with vehicular weight (with a positive acceleration). A human-vehicle complex might be around 2000 lb. while a human-bike complex might be ~200 lb. I would be happy to pay an annual fee of ~5 dollars to bicycle on public roads.
ebola
undead
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touche ebola?! that actually reminds me of one that i encountered the other day on the way to work (keeping in mind i usually work at 6am, before the sun comes up). when bicyclers ride on the side of the road going TOWARDS traffic. bicycles are vehicles and are subject to the same laws as cars so why in god's name to they think it's correct to ride on that side of the road???
i have NO problem with sharing the road with bicyclers so long as the follow the rules. i get mad at them all the same as i get mad at other idiots who can't drive properly.
keep in mind, i'm not saying i do everything right when i drive... i'm just saying every vehicle on the road should be subject to the same rules and subject to the same road rage. :D
also... alasdair... that picture is funny. :D and i agree that most people aren't trying to indicate their ambivalence, but rather are just stupid.
one more pet peeve that i KNOW you'll agree with alasdair... the improper use of the term "ironic" fucking drives me up a wall!
i have NO problem with sharing the road with bicyclers so long as the follow the rules. i get mad at them all the same as i get mad at other idiots who can't drive properly.
keep in mind, i'm not saying i do everything right when i drive... i'm just saying every vehicle on the road should be subject to the same rules and subject to the same road rage. :D
also... alasdair... that picture is funny. :D and i agree that most people aren't trying to indicate their ambivalence, but rather are just stupid.
one more pet peeve that i KNOW you'll agree with alasdair... the improper use of the term "ironic" fucking drives me up a wall!
Mariposa
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Pushy salespeople, anywhere, in any capacity.
Rogue Robot
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disgustingly bad grammar, such as this gem that i saw this morning at school:
undead
Greenlighter
^ that was at a school??? :D
i work with about 65 of those. YUCK!
Mariposa said:
i work with about 65 of those. YUCK!
100%ryanlaughlin said:
maybe the author is imploring you to be unemployed and stuck his plea on the microwave where many people would, undoubtedly, see it.Rogue Robot said:disgustingly bad grammar, such as this gem that i saw this morning at school:
alasdair
spork
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I'm fine with bicyclists as long as they follow the same rules of the road as cars do. I live in a city with a ton of people whose main mode of transportation is their bicycle and I've almost been nailed several times walking across the street because they don't stop for the stop signs.
I think it's a great alternative to driving a car, but it's sad that they can be stereotyped just because a few choose not to follow the rules and to be irresponsible. I guess life is like that in general though.
I think it's a great alternative to driving a car, but it's sad that they can be stereotyped just because a few choose not to follow the rules and to be irresponsible. I guess life is like that in general though.
pennywise
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RE: the whole bike argument.
Whether or not roads are "made" for cars or not, the fact is that they are traveled overwhelmingly by cars, which by design travel at a faster speed than bikes, and therefore require different road conditions. Given that a bicycle travels at a much lower speed, they become moving obstacles in the road. If the speed limit of a road is 45 mph, yet your vehicle travels at a maximum of 20 mph, you will always be going slower than the other traffic, causing them to have to avoid you. When road conditions dictate that you can't see an obstacle in the road sooner than a few seconds and only a couple dozen yards, it creates an enormously dangerous situation for everyone on the road. Whether you feel entitled to ride your bike on the road, or if the law permits it, doesn't change the fact that you are sometimes threatening the lives of everyone around you. Is it really worth the sense of self righteousness you get by defiantly inserting yourself as a moving roadblock in traffic when your brains are smeared across the pavement?
All you bikers, think about how you would react if you were behind a car that was only going 10 miles an hour on the road? Moreover, think about how you would react if someone threw a 200 pound steel frame right in front of your car as you were coming around a blind turn?
I show courtesy to bikers. I slow down, I yield to them, I give them plenty of room when I pass them. Perhaps they could show me some of the same courtesy by not riding their bikes on roads where it creates incredible danger for everyone. Everyone on the road is responsible for safety, not just those in cars. And like I said, these conditions are dangerous regardless of how careful and safe one drives. The only alternative would be to go everywhere at 10 mph, which I don't think anyone can argue is a reasonable expectation.
I don't think I have an inflated sense of entitlement to resent having my life threatened.
Whether or not roads are "made" for cars or not, the fact is that they are traveled overwhelmingly by cars, which by design travel at a faster speed than bikes, and therefore require different road conditions. Given that a bicycle travels at a much lower speed, they become moving obstacles in the road. If the speed limit of a road is 45 mph, yet your vehicle travels at a maximum of 20 mph, you will always be going slower than the other traffic, causing them to have to avoid you. When road conditions dictate that you can't see an obstacle in the road sooner than a few seconds and only a couple dozen yards, it creates an enormously dangerous situation for everyone on the road. Whether you feel entitled to ride your bike on the road, or if the law permits it, doesn't change the fact that you are sometimes threatening the lives of everyone around you. Is it really worth the sense of self righteousness you get by defiantly inserting yourself as a moving roadblock in traffic when your brains are smeared across the pavement?
All you bikers, think about how you would react if you were behind a car that was only going 10 miles an hour on the road? Moreover, think about how you would react if someone threw a 200 pound steel frame right in front of your car as you were coming around a blind turn?
I show courtesy to bikers. I slow down, I yield to them, I give them plenty of room when I pass them. Perhaps they could show me some of the same courtesy by not riding their bikes on roads where it creates incredible danger for everyone. Everyone on the road is responsible for safety, not just those in cars. And like I said, these conditions are dangerous regardless of how careful and safe one drives. The only alternative would be to go everywhere at 10 mph, which I don't think anyone can argue is a reasonable expectation.
I don't think I have an inflated sense of entitlement to resent having my life threatened.
socko
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With gas prices going up, pollution, oil wars, (even bin Laden indirectly got his money from Saudi oil,) and oil men in the Whitehouse, I'm surprised so many people still hate bicycles. Bicycles are a good form of transportation. In cities where there are bike lanes, bikes are often faster than cars. When I have less than 5 miles to go in the city, I can almost always get there faster on a bike than a car.
The "cyclists don't pay taxes" argument is selfish and ignores the fact that we all pay taxes.
Bicycles are legal road users and can legally any road unless there's a sign forbidding it. Just have to obey the same traffic laws.
What do you car people do when you get behind a slow farm vehicle, a senior citizen driver, a jogger, or a horse-and-buggy? Scream out your window and tell them to get off the road. People have asked me why I'm not in a car.
I agree that under certain conditions, certain roads should be avoided, like blind curvy parts of Highway 1 during fog or heavy traffic, for example. But any form of transportation is dangerous, so I don't completely buy that argument when taken further. I've been hit by cars more often as a passenger in a car than on a bike - but that was my psycho x-gf trying to kill me.
The "cyclists don't pay taxes" argument is selfish and ignores the fact that we all pay taxes.
Bicycles are legal road users and can legally any road unless there's a sign forbidding it. Just have to obey the same traffic laws.
What do you car people do when you get behind a slow farm vehicle, a senior citizen driver, a jogger, or a horse-and-buggy? Scream out your window and tell them to get off the road. People have asked me why I'm not in a car.
I agree that under certain conditions, certain roads should be avoided, like blind curvy parts of Highway 1 during fog or heavy traffic, for example. But any form of transportation is dangerous, so I don't completely buy that argument when taken further. I've been hit by cars more often as a passenger in a car than on a bike - but that was my psycho x-gf trying to kill me.
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jaymie
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helicopters are just awful. I am just filled with rage at them. Several times a day around the same time they circle around my neighborhood.
GlassAss420
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"Whether you feel entitled to ride your bike on the road, or if the law permits it, doesn't change the fact that you are sometimes threatening the lives of everyone around you. Is it really worth the sense of self righteousness you get by defiantly inserting yourself as a moving roadblock in traffic when your brains are smeared across the pavement?
All you bikers, think about how you would react if you were behind a car that was only going 10 miles an hour on the road? Moreover, think about how you would react if someone threw a 200 pound steel frame right in front of your car as you were coming around a blind turn? " PW
I don't get a sense of entitlement or self-rightousness, its just that I can and so I do it. Its usually for transportation, I do take bike trails when they go in the general direction I'm heading but there aren't nature trails or bike lanes on raods everywhere I want to go so I end up riding in the road. and 45 or so would be about the fastest posted speed limit road I'd care to ride on, anywhere cars are going 55 or 65 mph would be a little sketchy.
If I was driving a car and got a 10-20 mph cyclist in front of me, like happens once in awhile, I'd pass and give him/her lots of room, or if there was traffic in the other lane I'd patiently wait untill I could pass. Maybe its partly that I understand what its like and identify with them.. but its not like I'd blow my horn real loud as I passed or try and wing the person if I wasn't a cyclist.
Also in Chicago when its rush hour or theres construction holding up traffic its often faster in a bike and it would be me passing the cars and maybe waiting on them.. well no cause I'd just go around but you get the picture.
To RyanLaughlin bicyclists ride against traffic so they can see the traffic coming and don't get blindsided by a car coming up from behind. so if a car doesn't see you and you can't get them to make eye contact you can move. Its statistically safer, kinda like its statistically safer to ride in the road than the sidewalk, cause you can see cars pulling out of driveways better and see if any cars are coming around a sharp corner.
All you bikers, think about how you would react if you were behind a car that was only going 10 miles an hour on the road? Moreover, think about how you would react if someone threw a 200 pound steel frame right in front of your car as you were coming around a blind turn? " PW
I don't get a sense of entitlement or self-rightousness, its just that I can and so I do it. Its usually for transportation, I do take bike trails when they go in the general direction I'm heading but there aren't nature trails or bike lanes on raods everywhere I want to go so I end up riding in the road. and 45 or so would be about the fastest posted speed limit road I'd care to ride on, anywhere cars are going 55 or 65 mph would be a little sketchy.
If I was driving a car and got a 10-20 mph cyclist in front of me, like happens once in awhile, I'd pass and give him/her lots of room, or if there was traffic in the other lane I'd patiently wait untill I could pass. Maybe its partly that I understand what its like and identify with them.. but its not like I'd blow my horn real loud as I passed or try and wing the person if I wasn't a cyclist.
Also in Chicago when its rush hour or theres construction holding up traffic its often faster in a bike and it would be me passing the cars and maybe waiting on them.. well no cause I'd just go around but you get the picture.
To RyanLaughlin bicyclists ride against traffic so they can see the traffic coming and don't get blindsided by a car coming up from behind. so if a car doesn't see you and you can't get them to make eye contact you can move. Its statistically safer, kinda like its statistically safer to ride in the road than the sidewalk, cause you can see cars pulling out of driveways better and see if any cars are coming around a sharp corner.
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S.M.F.G
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as george once said..." i dont have pet peeves, i just have majour psycotic fucking hatreds..makes things a lot easier to sort out"
these include (just to name a select few):
illegilasation of gods gifts
the general direction that society is heading
bad weather
save the planet people
that one policeofficerman who thinks its his prime directive in life to fuck with me every time it catches sight of me
ya no all tha noramlz shizen
these include (just to name a select few):
illegilasation of gods gifts
the general direction that society is heading
bad weather
save the planet people
that one policeofficerman who thinks its his prime directive in life to fuck with me every time it catches sight of me
ya no all tha noramlz shizen
haribo1
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People who say 'I KNOW what your thinking' and on that basis start an arguement. nobody knows what anyone else is thinking, its just a guess. To then hound the victim for a matter of DAYS. In my experience, people who say that are 100% wrong. I think it comes from not being in a relationship where they don't understand the other person.
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