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Post by Mr. Glow on Jan 13, 2015 3:32:40 GMT 1
Does it ever happen when you're writing a story and you name a character thinking it's some obscure name, and then you Google it, and some sports star or musician shares a name with your character, and you feel like if you every use that character name it'll look like you named your character after them?
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Jan 16, 2015 4:33:21 GMT 1
Perennial pet hate: people who want to kill space exploration in favor of "better healthcare and welfare". This one particularly pisses me off since (at least for the U.S.) NASA's budget is already tiny: one half of one percent of every tax dollar. On the other hand, healthcare and welfare account for 29% of Federal spending or 29 cents per tax dollar (defense is 13% so let's not get into that). My beef is that killing NASA wouldn't do much of anything to improve the situation while killing many things people (even the poor) find indispensable: ATM machines debit cards (uses satellite communications or SATCOM to operate between the terminal and the bank), cell phones (again, SATCOM), internet (SATCOM again), television (SATCOM once more), and so on. So much of what we take for granted in the West requires space systems to operate properly and yet people (who would likely suffer mental breakdowns if this were to happen) want to kill that shit when space technology is responsible for not only maintaining our daily lives, but also enabled micro-computing, helps us predict weather, gives us better understanding of the "how" behind things going on on Earth (Earth sciences is part of NASA's mission set), and space is practically the gateway to humanity's future for what amounts to giving asprin to a cancer patient? I'm probably going to piss off at least a couple regulars here, but my stance is "fuck that noise".
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Post by Cali on Jan 16, 2015 6:19:58 GMT 1
Dunno if I feel pissed off, but you sure got my face looking like this:
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Post by jklinders on Jan 16, 2015 10:49:42 GMT 1
Please don't make move this shit to R&P guys. If there is going to be a fight over this open a new thread there.
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Post by Cali on Jan 16, 2015 12:11:12 GMT 1
*Retracts huge arm cannon and turns off flame missiles, only to find out that he was out of ammo the whole time*
Aw, shit.
New Pet Hate: Idiots at the liquor store. There are particular brands of idiot there that you don't get anywhere else. Such as this dude who came in with his under-21 girlfriend and got mad when they wouldn't sell her booze. He walked out going "Hey, remember my face now! Remember my face!" For some reason.
I stood there, not understanding what the fuck that shit meant, and realizing I'm probably better off not giving a shit. So I resumed my shopping for booze.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 17, 2015 16:21:36 GMT 1
America not being to solve their own problems and having to ask Englishmen to come fix it. Our Hospitals are shit, better call Hugh Laurie! Our restaurants suck ass, call Gordon Ramsey! We can't solve any crimes, call in that guy who played Sherlock Holmes! No not Robert Downey Junior, the other one stupid! Wait, he's busy? Call that guy from the Fantastic Four movie that nobody liked!....How do you mean he is a immortal now? The fuck?!
Also why does every crime show have to have a quirky investigator and a straight laced partner? You got a problem if Gotham's buddy cop is better than yours!
And fuck Steven Segal movies to!
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Goddamnit I need a job and move in with the Misses...
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Post by Clint Johnston on Jan 17, 2015 16:33:24 GMT 1
What can I say, they have a posher accent. Can you imagine one about an Australian? Half the audience would be wondering what he said, the other half would be complaining about lack of Machetes (like if you get it).
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 17, 2015 17:04:42 GMT 1
And some assholes would be either quoting THAT or the Simpsons episode. I would be in the latter. -waves-
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jan 20, 2015 0:51:32 GMT 1
Three seeds in one orange segment ? C'mon, Nature, that's bullshit.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Jan 21, 2015 0:25:12 GMT 1
Pet Hate: Professors who still have not mastered how this "internet" thingy works in 2015. An online course is supposed to reduce the level of paperwork required, not require a dozen more steps to send in contact information and a no-plagiarizing agreement to prove intent; a "discussion board" is to facilitate discussion and learning, not essay manufacturing. *Heavy sigh*
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Post by jklinders on Jan 21, 2015 2:03:36 GMT 1
Maybe essay manufacturing should be a separate course in post secondary education so that you can actually focus on learning shit in the real courses. I was always under the impression that profs just shove 10000 word essays at their students out of sheer spite and the notion that they were forced to in uni.
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Jan 22, 2015 15:31:17 GMT 1
FOX's seeming inability to keep good shows running. Case in point: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was one of their more popular shows, but the executives at FOX decided to kill it. I'm still pissed off.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jan 22, 2015 15:32:58 GMT 1
Also Terriers. That show was the shit.
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Post by jklinders on Jan 22, 2015 19:56:16 GMT 1
well....it is FOX...
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 22, 2015 20:00:59 GMT 1
Firefly.....also when are they gonna stop the Simpsons? I mean I just saw a episode which takes palce in the future where adult Bart is sleeping with everyone including Sherry/Terry, Miss Hoover and a mass orgy with Krusty the Clown and his clown posse. It's like they tried to make a Futurama version but it sucks. Just take it outside behind the shed and shoot it in the eyes. God damn.
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