#1 November 24th, 2005 04:49 PM

pia

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Things that make me feel so not good

Is this negative of me to start a thread about things we hate ???
hhmmmm well anyway ..

I HATE

Scented toilet paper - It stinks like cheap cheap toilet deoderiser and I dont want to smell like that crap everytime I go to the toilet
When people have the TV on all the time - It's borring and boring and dumb
Whoever it was who stole my car last week - Because I can handle having my car stolen .. but not all my old cassete tapes and other cherished junk that I had my car .. Stealing is bad karma .. less bad if you steal from multinational corporations and extra extra bad if you steal worthless junk that actually wasn't worthless to the person from whom you stole it.
When people say they are listening to you .. but they clearly are not - Just politely say I don't really feel like listening to you right now so can you tell me some other time when my concentration span is bigger .. or something.

thats all, only 4 things .. hahaha .. see how little hate I have inside me

"Men are not disturbed by things but by the views they take of them" - Epictetus

jdudley76

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

1. I hate it when someone is stubborn and outspoken on an issue that they have clearly given almost no thought to. I don't mind people having viewpoints that differ from mine, I just want people to give serious thought to an issue before they take a strong stance one way or another.

2. Cars with car amplifiers the boom bass so loud that I can hear it in my bedroom with the windows shut as the car drives by. On a similar topic, cars with mufflers modified to actually amplify the sound of the engine, once again making my bedroom window shake with the vibration of the noise as they drive past. It's just very inconciderate to other people, and all for some bullshit sense of macho self-identity.

3. Ok, just as a warning, this one's political: One thing I really can't stand is "President" Bush, or as I like to call him, "Curious George W." This man and his administration have done so many disaterous things in both domestic and foriegn policy, I absolutely can not believe he got "re-selected" (as a side note, I think both the 2000, and 2004 elections had some very fishy things going on, and sincerly question their legitimacy). I'll stop there on this one, because to write everything would take several books.

4. The theft of Pia's car. ;o) Seriously, that sucks Pia. You have my deepest sympathies.

5. STDs and people who judge other people's sexuality. I put these two in the same heading, because I just can't stop imagining how much better the world would be without these two things.

Well, I'm sure I have more, but these are the biggies for me.

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gtrvox

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

1) when people say "awsome" and "great" all the time
2) when people don't turn their cell phones off in restaurants and on public transit
3) talk about mortgages, savings, investments, interest rates bores me to tears
4) windy weather that messes with my perfect coiffure
5) when people don't call a spade a spade (PC feel-good babble)

catt

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Not too negative, Pia - there are always two sides to the coin.  I'm going to leave off on my major issues with society (increasingly-inconsiderate public, homophobia, animal cruelty, arseholes who rape/mug/kill the elderly/children, ignorance in general, etc, etc) and go for minor petty hates instead;

1.  Well...this ties into inconsiderate public, but people who HAVE to get to where they're going 5 seconds earlier than if they'd just waited patiently in traffic and NOT risked killing a pedestrian/cyclist.  These are the same people who drive whilst talking rubbish on mobile phones, hoon down residential streets at 3 a.m., and probably also consider kicking puppies as a hobby on weekends. God, I sound old - someone pass me my walking frame.

2.  Sensationalistic 'news' reportage.  It's hard enough getting a clear idea of where the hell the planet is going without a million shallow, money/fame-grubbing nob-ends with a degree in 'journalism' spreading propaganda, creating mild hysteria/paranoia, and confusing people in general (note: these people should be taking responsibility for their own political and societal enlightenment by seeking out a purer and less-corrupt source...but that takes effort, really).  My mother watches these programs, and calls me in a burgeoning panic - one week to tell me I'm going to die of bird flu, the next that I'll get cancer if I eat a banana or stand on my head for too long.  It's utter rubbish, and they should all be shot into space (my mother included).

3.  White chocolate.  Who invented this stuff?  It makes me gag, really.  I know I'll be alone on this one, but keep in mind that I don't like chocolate in general - unless it's the top shelf (dark) Dutch stuff.  With licorice.  Mmm.

4.  Having to peep/poop in public toilets.  As a result, I've become a bit of a camel re: such things, and will avoid public toilets like the plague (and oddly enough, due to the potential plague).  Though every now and then you're taken by surprise, and your only option is to squat at the side of the road or brave the toilet cubicle.  What some people do in those places you KNOW they'd never do in their own home.  Human beings can be grotty, grotty creatures indeed.

5.  Bands that are vapid, flacid and useless - ie: they are not contributing anything new or important to the industry.  In fact, I'd go so far as to say that there's a special level of Hell for bands such as Creed and Matchbox 20.  There's simply no artistic merit attached to these bands, whatsoever - they're elevator/supermarket music waiting to happen, and for that, they will burn forevahhh.

God, I could go on forever.  But I won't.  Enjoy the diatribe, folks!

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blissed

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

1. I'd say any TV. you don't need a constant stream of stuff coming into your home.
I got rid of mine, and watch video on the net. I honestly spend about 1% of the time I used to spend getting the same information, and I get to choose my agenda. So I'm slowly being un-indoctrinated.

2. I don't like the way some people are franchised by a particular lifestyle and feel they have to conform to everything that goes with it. It's the same reason I don't like themed pubs or restaurants. I prefer that people just create something using their own imagination.

Well, I'm quite a happy chap, so you just get 2

milestones

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Catt, will you marry me? I'm just very taken by the similarities with my personal pet hates, May I summarise?

1. Hoons - vapid wankers with small willies and (mainly) fantastically stupid facial hair

2. Fox News - The UN should put a stop to it....fab telly, though in a throw-rotten-fruit-at-the-telly stylee

3. White chocolate - head in a bucket after one tiny, miniscule, electron microscopic, section

4. The sound of other people's (strangers) toilet business - Aaaaargh, make it stop, MAKE IT STOP!!

5. Aural wallpaper bands - what IS the fucking point? Musical fridge magnets that have fallen off and been kicked under the fridge, never to be seen again (well, until you move house anyway. And then they're covered in fluff).

As the movie says..."Man is a virus" and, as a result, we're all, thanks to our inability to 'see beyond me'....doomed.

Unless, of course, us enlightened types get our collective fingers out.

Venceremos xxx

;-)

P.S. Yes, hate homophobia too...still FAR too mainstream even though everyone pretends it isn't really.

Not too negative, Pia - there are always two sides to the coin.  I'm going to leave off on my major issues with society (increasingly-inconsiderate public, homophobia, animal cruelty, arseholes who rape/mug/kill the elderly/children, ignorance in general, etc, etc) and go for minor petty hates instead;

1.  Well...this ties into inconsiderate public, but people who HAVE to get to where they're going 5 seconds earlier than if they'd just waited patiently in traffic and NOT risked killing a pedestrian/cyclist.  These are the same people who drive whilst talking rubbish on mobile phones, hoon down residential streets at 3 a.m., and probably also consider kicking puppies as a hobby on weekends. God, I sound old - someone pass me my walking frame.

2.  Sensationalistic 'news' reportage.  It's hard enough getting a clear idea of where the hell the planet is going without a million shallow, money/fame-grubbing nob-ends with a degree in 'journalism' spreading propaganda, creating mild hysteria/paranoia, and confusing people in general (note: these people should be taking responsibility for their own political and societal enlightenment by seeking out a purer and less-corrupt source...but that takes effort, really).  My mother watches these programs, and calls me in a burgeoning panic - one week to tell me I'm going to die of bird flu, the next that I'll get cancer if I eat a banana or stand on my head for too long.  It's utter rubbish, and they should all be shot into space (my mother included).

3.  White chocolate.  Who invented this stuff?  It makes me gag, really.  I know I'll be alone on this one, but keep in mind that I don't like chocolate in general - unless it's the top shelf (dark) Dutch stuff.  With licorice.  Mmm.

4.  Having to peep/poop in public toilets.  As a result, I've become a bit of a camel re: such things, and will avoid public toilets like the plague (and oddly enough, due to the potential plague).  Though every now and then you're taken by surprise, and your only option is to squat at the side of the road or brave the toilet cubicle.  What some people do in those places you KNOW they'd never do in their own home.  Human beings can be grotty, grotty creatures indeed.

5.  Bands that are vapid, flacid and useless - ie: they are not contributing anything new or important to the industry.  In fact, I'd go so far as to say that there's a special level of Hell for bands such as Creed and Matchbox 20.  There's simply no artistic merit attached to these bands, whatsoever - they're elevator/supermarket music waiting to happen, and for that, they will burn forevahhh.

God, I could go on forever.  But I won't.  Enjoy the diatribe, folks!

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lightyear

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Just one for me...
I hate people that blame other people to cover their own deficiencies. I was recently in a situation where the group leader didn't have the skills necessary to do her job properly. Because she was the group leader, she decided it must've been everyone else who wasn't working properly. I hate that. Be adult enough to admit you're not up to it, and accept help when it's offered.

That's my vent for the day...

SCSIgirl

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Is this negative of me to start a thread about things we hate ???
hhmmmm well anyway ..

[ >>>> snipped for brevity <<<

"Men are not disturbed by things but by the views they take of them" - Epictetus

Well,  first I'm gonna second some:

1) Yeah... scented TP.  My arse expels,  not inhales.  It don't care what flavor the wipe is.
2) Public toilets >>>  and men who can't lift the seat to pee or flush their own waste.
3) The 2-party system.  The Demos can't win until they have a electable candidate,  and it ain't Hillery.
4) Loud vehicles:  let me re-spell that:  H.A.R.L.E.Y.  If your ride is ugly,  I can look away,  but I can't shut my ears.

Now my own list:

1)  people who snip other's comments under the guise of saving space.
2)  People who use handles to mis-identify gender
3)  The list of driver complaints is a disertation.  Let's just say:  Be Courtious.
4)  Computers.  Apple included.  It's been 30 years, gang.  Where's the compatability??
5)  "Intelligent"  software that knows what I want more than I do.
6)  SPAM.  No, not the meaty kind.
7)  Products that break 2 days after warranty expiration.
8)  Telephone answering trees. ("Press 'star' to detonate")
9)  Gum...  on the street or folded in a mag I was reading.
10)  People who put more things in their lists than requested.

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Belgareth

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Well,  first I'm gonna second some:

1) Yeah... scented TP.  My arse expels,  not inhales.  It don't care what flavor the wipe is.
2) Public toilets >>>  and men who can't lift the seat to pee or flush their own waste.
3) The 2-party system.  The Demos can't win until they have a electable candidate,  and it ain't Hillery.
4) Loud vehicles:  let me re-spell that:  H.A.R.L.E.Y.  If your ride is ugly,  I can look away,  but I can't shut my ears.

Now my own list:

1)  people who snip other's comments under the guise of saving space.
2)  People who use handles to mis-identify gender
3)  The list of driver complaints is a disertation.  Let's just say:  Be Courtious.
4)  Computers.  Apple included.  It's been 30 years, gang.  Where's the compatability??
5)  "Intelligent"  software that knows what I want more than I do.
6)  SPAM.  No, not the meaty kind.
7)  Products that break 2 days after warranty expiration.
8)  Telephone answering trees. ("Press 'star' to detonate")
9)  Gum...  on the street or folded in a mag I was reading.
10)  People who put more things in their lists than requested.

Very clever! Now you can remove tongue from cheek - at least for some of your pet dislikes!

I'm inclined to agree with a lot of what has already been said (listed), by yourself and others but generally I just silently tolerate most things which annoy me, apart from one.

I have extremely sensitive hearing and I actually hate, not just dislike, anything which is very loud and particularly people who think that everyone else is deaf and insist upon communicating at a volume which borders on my pain threshold.

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catt

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Catt, will you marry me? I'm just very taken by the similarities with my personal pet hates...

I'm not sure if marriage based on mutual dislikes would be a good enough reason for such a committment, but am tickled nonetheless.  And am glad I'm not the only one who gets a little green at the mention of white chocolate... *S*

Catt

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catt

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

1) when people say "awsome" and "great" all the time
2) when people don't turn their cell phones off in restaurants and on public transit
3) talk about mortgages, savings, investments, interest rates bores me to tears
4) windy weather that messes with my perfect coiffure
5) when people don't call a spade a spade (PC feel-good babble)

I say agreed on most of these (is there a suitable replacement for 'awesome'?  If so, please let me know, seriously!) - but I love windy days, mussed up hair or not. Though to be fair, my bouffant is generally scruffy anyways.

Catt

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liandra_dahl

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Ok so it may not have started off as dangerously negative, with Pia's justifiable 4 dislikes, but I have found myself reading this thread nodding empahtically and realising that, yeah I really do f**king hate the above mentioned stuff, though it hadn't really occurred to me to hate it before. So I won't add my list as I have already heaped all yours onto my shoulders and pondering my own individual hates might make me a bitter and twisted grump.

P.S. I HATE WHITE CHOCOLATE!

mikhaill

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

pondering my own individual hates might make me a bitter and twisted grump.

I feel like being Darth Vader here.

"Release your hate, Liandra...!"

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Merricat

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Right now the thing I'd say I hate the most is waiting by the phone!

jdudley76

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Anyone that keeps you waiting by the phone is nuts. They don't know how good they have it.

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pia

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Right now the thing I'd say I hate the most is waiting by the phone!

I totally agree I can't stand waiting by the phone .. In fact I don't really like waiting at all .. so I'm always late for things to avoid having to wait which I know isn't good 'cos it just means someone has to wait for me instead. jdudley76 is right though, whoever is leaving you waiting by the phone must be completely nuts .. or ... maybe just forgetful.

Ok so it may not have started off as dangerously negative, with Pia's justifiable 4 dislikes, but I have found myself reading this thread nodding empahtically and realising that, yeah I really do f**king hate the above mentioned stuff, though it hadn't really occurred to me to hate it before. So I won't add my list as I have already heaped all yours onto my shoulders and pondering my own individual hates might make me a bitter and twisted grump.

P.S. I HATE WHITE CHOCOLATE!

hahaha mmmm .. yes thats exactly how I felt after reading about everyones dislikes .. I'm even starting to think that maybe white chocolate is really evil and terrible and that I should start bearing a grudge againts it .. but I have to say that although I dont love white chocolate it on its own, I really enjoy eating it together with really dark chocolate .. a square of each in my mouth at once.

blissed

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

I almost forgot this, I don't know why
Smoking in public places
Nearly everywhere I go to informally socialise and relax I have to breath in cigarette smoke. It's unpleasant, unhealthy and you come home smelling like an ash tray.  If you dance your breathing is rapid, putting you at higher risk. If you sing in a band your throat dries out and you feel like your gonna choke. I think I'm right in saying Melbourne is smoke free from July, but in Britain we have to wait until 2007 for some half hearted ban in pubs that serve food. So, not much positive to say about it I'm afraid, it's inconsiderate and disgusting.

azriela

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Hmm I hate so many things-

*rude, obnoxious, simple minded, yokel/redneck people who shit on other peopels beliefs or their race

*not having enough toilet paper in public toilets- "can anyone spare a square?"

*fanny farts, how embaressment!

*the hangover that proceeds from a night or frivolity. Damn my liver.

*traffic, being cold, being sleep deprived and hungry

* long distance plane flights-- boredom, anxiety and claustrophobia is not a good mix!

* the state of the world right now. What the *%$@?

I could go on and on. But also the world is a truly mesmerising place filled with beauty and wonder if you just stop to look long enough. Awwwwww

jdudley76

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

I dont love white chocolate it on its own, I really enjoy eating it together with really dark chocolate .. a square of each in my mouth at once.

That's funny, because it's dark chocolate I really don't like.

I almost forgot this, I don't know why
Smoking in public places
Nearly everywhere I go to informally socialise and relax I have to breath in cigarette smoke. It's unpleasant, unhealthy and you come home smelling like an ash tray.  If you dance your breathing is rapid, putting you at higher risk. If you sing in a band your throat dries out and you feel like your gonna choke. I think I'm right in saying Melbourne is smoke free from July, but in Britain we have to wait until 2007 for some half hearted ban in pubs that serve food. So, not much positive to say about it I'm afraid, it's inconsiderate and disgusting.

I feel very fortunate. In California, it's illegal to smoke in a public building or within 50 feet of the door to the building. Smokers have to go outside, away from the door, or home. It's been that way for at least a decade I think, probably longer. I really notice the difference anytime I travel outside the state.

* the state of the world right now. What the *%$@?

Sorry, our bad. Hopefully we'll get our shit figured out in the next few years.

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"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating."   - George W. Bush, as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002

MrPicMe

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

Just one for me...
I hate people that blame other people to cover their own deficiencies. I was recently in a situation where the group leader didn't have the skills necessary to do her job properly. Because she was the group leader, she decided it must've been everyone else who wasn't working properly. I hate that. Be adult enough to admit you're not up to it, and accept help when it's offered.

I couldn't agree with you more. Too many times in my life I have seen cretins "holding the reins". BRAVO SIR!

MrPicMe

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*fanny farts, how embaressment!

The word "fanny" being used to describe vaginal?

Markk02474

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1. Road repose! It is the leading cause of road rage. Wankers forget that they are in a car to get somewhere. If they want to daydream, eat, talk on the phone, catch up on personal grooming, listen to music or whatever, a moving vehicle on a shared, public road is not the best place for it. They seem to forget that those things are all secondary to driving. At least these distracted and inconsiderate people should stay in the slow lane. Often they do the opposite because minding merging traffic distracts them from their other activities. This in particular leads to drivers lane changing around them with the false appearance of being the dangerous ones instead of those asleep at the wheel.

Two days after Thanksgiving here was especially bad for me. I had somewhere to go and many drivers obviously had turkey leftovers because they were driving 20 mph on 40 mph secondary roads in a tryptophan daze.

2. Christian, Islamic, and Jewish fundamentalists/extremists/evangalists. All the praying is annoying and there is simply no reasoning with them.

3. GW Bush. He is in-curious George. He has no thirst for knowledge. Like all too many "born-again" Cristians he thinks all the answers are in the Bible and everything else is just the devil trying to confuse him. He and his puppetmasters have f'ed the US and beyond for decades.

jdudley76

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3. GW Bush. He is in-curious George.

Well said. I was only using "Curious George" in the uneducated monkey sense. Not to imply that he is a curious person. He most certainly is not!

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"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating."   - George W. Bush, as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002

blissed

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Re: Things that make me feel so not good

1. Road reposeWankers forget that they are in a car to get somewhere.

Hey, this is one reason why I don't drive and ride a bicycle. Daydreamers don't drive

Christian, Islamic, and Jewish fundamentalists/extremists/evangalists. All the praying is annoying and there is simply no reasoning with them.

3. GW Bush.

Yes, life for some people is just one long sermon.

centrevom

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The word "fanny" being used to describe vaginal?

Yes.  That's what it means in the UK, though not what it means in the US, I understand.  What does it mean elsewhere in the English-speaking world?