Little things that annoy the hell out of you

[jonny5]

I can't stand it when people repeatedly hear me wrong, or at least think they do, and then immediately repeat the sentence back to me word for word with the exception of maybe one letter being wrong in one word. It's like, they'll change a consonant at the beginning of one word to change it into a word that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense in the sentence and not be able to think about it for 5 seconds and just replace it with the only logical alternative.

I guess the core of the matter is people practically cutting me off to make me repeat myself as opposed to actually processing what they heard enough to make sense out of it. It seems to have been happening to me more than usually lately and is really starting to get to me.

Maybe you mumble?

[Deca]

I can't stand it when people repeatedly hear me wrong, or at least think they do, and then immediately repeat the sentence back to me word for word with the exception of maybe one letter being wrong in one word. It's like, they'll change a consonant at the beginning of one word to change it into a word that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense in the sentence and not be able to think about it for 5 seconds and just replace it with the only logical alternative.

I guess the core of the matter is people practically cutting me off to make me repeat myself as opposed to actually processing what they heard enough to make sense out of it. It seems to have been happening to me more than usually lately and is really starting to get to me.

Maybe you mumble?

I don't, I promise. I often feel like I'm talking a bit too loud, and this normally happens in noisier environments. Regardless you seem to have missed the point of what I was saying, when this happens they've often barely misheard what I said at all, and most people would have just taken a moment to connect the dots rather than instantly insisting what I said made no sense.

[gabe]

I can't stand it when people repeatedly hear me wrong, or at least think they do, and then immediately repeat the sentence back to me word for word with the exception of maybe one letter being wrong in one word. It's like, they'll change a consonant at the beginning of one word to change it into a word that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense in the sentence and not be able to think about it for 5 seconds and just replace it with the only logical alternative.

I guess the core of the matter is people practically cutting me off to make me repeat myself as opposed to actually processing what they heard enough to make sense out of it. It seems to have been happening to me more than usually lately and is really starting to get to me.

Maybe you mumble?

I don't, I promise. I often feel like I'm talking a bit too loud, and this normally happens in noisier environments. Regardless you seem to have missed the point of what I was saying, when this happens they've often barely misheard what I said at all, and most people would have just taken a moment to connect the dots rather than instantly insisting what I said made no sense.

Maybe you mumble really loudly.

It's entirely possible to speak loudly without annunciating.

[jonny5]

I can't stand it when people repeatedly hear me wrong, or at least think they do, and then immediately repeat the sentence back to me word for word with the exception of maybe one letter being wrong in one word. It's like, they'll change a consonant at the beginning of one word to change it into a word that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense in the sentence and not be able to think about it for 5 seconds and just replace it with the only logical alternative.

I guess the core of the matter is people practically cutting me off to make me repeat myself as opposed to actually processing what they heard enough to make sense out of it. It seems to have been happening to me more than usually lately and is really starting to get to me.

Maybe you mumble?

I don't, I promise. I often feel like I'm talking a bit too loud, and this normally happens in noisier environments. Regardless you seem to have missed the point of what I was saying, when this happens they've often barely misheard what I said at all, and most people would have just taken a moment to connect the dots rather than instantly insisting what I said made no sense.

I was bugging you. I should have used a smiley to make it plain

I occasionally have the same problem, but it's usually because I am speaking with an accent, usually not my own.

[Elixir]

I can care less about boobs.

OK, seriously. You have got to stop doing this.

Ha ha. In his defence, it's an Americanism, so technically he's saying it right.

When you leave the country you need to start speaking English properly though.

How is he technically saying it right? "I can care less" indirectly states he is capable of caring less, when means he currently has some form of care concerning the situation. "I couldn't care less" means exactly that.

Another one: my mother always says "why does that surprise me", to which I respond with "why does it surprise you?". She never gets that right.

New Zealand

You don't mean it.

[Skykid]

Ha ha. In his defence, it's an Americanism, so technically he's saying it right.

When you leave the country you need to start speaking English properly though.

How is he technically saying it right? "I can care less" indirectly states he is capable of caring less, when means he currently has some form of care concerning the situation. "I couldn't care less" means exactly that.

Because in the US they say it incorrectly as standard, right: "I could care less"

Look, here's the tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

[burgerkingdiamond]

Ha ha. In his defence, it's an Americanism, so technically he's saying it right.

When you leave the country you need to start speaking English properly though.

How is he technically saying it right? "I can care less" indirectly states he is capable of caring less, when means he currently has some form of care concerning the situation. "I couldn't care less" means exactly that.

Because in the US they say it incorrectly as standard, right: "I could care less"

Look, here's the tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

I thought I was the only person who was bothered by this. I wish I had this video to show to every person who I've ever wanted to correct.

If the majority of people think that something is right when it is clearly wrong, it does not become right by popular opinion. If 98% of people say that the sqrt(25) = 4 that does not make it so.

On a sidenote relating to declining state of American education, did you know that 47% of Detroit's population is "functionally Illiterate"? holy shit!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/0 ... 58307.html

[trap15]

On a sidenote relating to declining state of American education, did you know that 47% of Detroit's population is "functionally Illiterate"? holy shit!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/0 ... 58307.html

lol black people

[jonny5]

On a sidenote relating to declining state of American education, did you know that 47% of Detroit's population is "functionally Illiterate"? holy shit!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/0 ... 58307.html

lol black people

[alphagamer]

On a sidenote relating to declining state of American education, did you know that 47% of Detroit's population is "functionally Illiterate"? holy shit!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/0 ... 58307.html

Even more surprisingly, the Detroit Regional Workforce finds half of that illiterate population has obtained a high school degree.

Wait.... what?

[Skykid]

Even more surprisingly, the Detroit Regional Workforce finds half of that illiterate population has obtained a high school degree.

Wait.... what?

That's so they can get more dumb people to scrape together the cash to pay for a useless college education and be in debt to the government for, oh, the rest of their lives.

[Dragoforce]

On a sidenote relating to declining state of American education, did you know that 47% of Detroit's population is "functionally Illiterate"? holy shit!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/0 ... 58307.html

lol black people

blackman.txt

[kccttzj]

On a sidenote relating to declining state of American education, did you know that 47% of Detroit's population is "functionally Illiterate"? holy shit!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/0 ... 58307.html

While I don't have any statistical evidence to support this, from my experience... this is probably pretty accurate.

I worked at an arcade located right next to a bus stop, where the majority of passengers were from Detroit, for a long time. We ran on tokens, and I can't tell you how often people put money into the machines, expecting quarters. Our machines are lit up and CLEARLY say "TOKENS", so it's an obvious annoyance to get yelled at, frequently, about wanting a refund when we have a "no refund" policy, also clearly stated on our machines. At first I thought they were just careless, but I eventually realized that a lot of them just couldn't read. We've had customers sit at our counter while their children read and filled out their job applications, and I've had to explain how to play games because they couldn't read the instructions, etc.

Even more surprisingly, the Detroit Regional Workforce finds half of that illiterate population has obtained a high school degree.

Wait.... what?

That's so they can get more dumb people to scrape together the cash to pay for a useless college education and be in debt to the government for, oh, the rest of their lives.

No. Those people go to college for free.


On Topic:
I'm pretty annoyed by people that speak inaudibly, and when asked to speak up, they continue at the same volume.

[neorichieb1971]

Went to choose a dress for my mrs today. She tried each one on 3 or 4 times. I swear if I were a woman I'd have been in and out within 20 mins.

Lately I seem to be behind learner drivers that drive slower than they run, so why bother?

[Skykid]

That's so they can get more dumb people to scrape together the cash to pay for a useless college education and be in debt to the government for, oh, the rest of their lives.

No. Those people go to college for free.

Sorry, is it University I'm thinking of? One of them cripples you with debt for the rest of your life right?

EDIT: Ah it was College I was thinking of. Bit off topic, but this is a great documentary for anyone who's interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE

[burgerkingdiamond]

Even more surprisingly, the Detroit Regional Workforce finds half of that illiterate population has obtained a high school degree.

Wait.... what?

That's so they can get more dumb people to scrape together the cash to pay for a useless college education and be in debt to the government for, oh, the rest of their lives.

in what way is a college education useless?

[Skykid]

in what way is a college education useless?

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE

Wanna split the thread?

[burgerkingdiamond]

in what way is a college education useless?

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE

Wanna split the thread?

I don't care enough to start a new thread but go ahead if you feel like it.

Personally, college wasn't a waste of time for me, but I think that it matters what your degree is in. My sister graduated with B.S. in Psychology and is waiting tables (she makes pretty good money though. It's a nice place), whereas I had already accepted a job in my field of study (engineering) 2 months before I had even graduated.

[Skykid]

in what way is a college education useless?

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE

Wanna split the thread?

I don't care enough to start a new thread but go ahead if you feel like it.

Personally, college wasn't a waste of time for me, but I think that it matters what your degree is in. My sister graduated with B.S. in Psychology and is waiting tables (she makes pretty good money though. It's a nice place), whereas I had already accepted a job in my field of study (engineering) 2 months before I had even graduated.

No seriously, it's a really really interesting watch. If you've got some free time you should go for it. It doesn't outright say that having some form of education is bad, but criticises the system of delivery and the false parameters (do we really need another law graduate?)

It reveals the system to be something very different to how it's marketed: not all grads are guaranteed high wage jobs at all. The stats are stirred, and the real figures are very revealing.
It also explains how the internet is the school of today and the current educational system is a business that is immoral at the root and should be abolished.

If you do watch it I promised you'll enjoy (and be enlightened.) It's very informative.

[Blackbird]

I'm in the "Went to college, got a degree that didn't get me a high paying job, now working a job that anybody could do + a lifetime of debt." camp.

College is a great social experience and you will grow as a person, but don't expect it to get you a job and don't pay too much for your education, in my opinion.

[Michaelm]

I just see it like this, the higher the education, the more capitalistic propaganda will be infested in your brain.
This goes especially for anything involving economics.

[xbl0x180]

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE

Wanna split the thread?

I don't care enough to start a new thread but go ahead if you feel like it.

Personally, college wasn't a waste of time for me, but I think that it matters what your degree is in. My sister graduated with B.S. in Psychology and is waiting tables (she makes pretty good money though. It's a nice place), whereas I had already accepted a job in my field of study (engineering) 2 months before I had even graduated.

No seriously, it's a really really interesting watch. If you've got some free time you should go for it. It doesn't outright say that having some form of education is bad, but criticises the system of delivery and the false parameters (do we really need another law graduate?)

It reveals the system to be something very different to how it's marketed: not all grads are guaranteed high wage jobs at all. The stats are stirred, and the real figures are very revealing.
It also explains how the internet is the school of today and the current educational system is a business that is immoral at the root and should be abolished.

If you do watch it I promised you'll enjoy (and be enlightened.) It's very informative.

I think that's where one of the problems rests: thinking everything is guaranteed. The Internet is fine and dandy, but there is so much information and misinformation coming from it. How would an uneducated person be able to critically discern one from the other and neatly summarise things to make them applicable to their life?

The other problem is being fiscally irresponsible when it comes to paying for education. Sure, there are 100-dollar textbooks for one class. Why not buy them used? Why not buy an older edition? Why not attend class and pay real close attention to what the prof. is focusing on? School costs too much? There's always junior college; do a 2-year stint there and spare yourself the cost of spending a s***load of cash. Hence, not only do some people think things are "guaranteed" to them, but they also feel entitled to costly stuff.

[Specineff]

I just see it like this, the higher the education, the more capitalistic propaganda will be infested in your brain.
This goes especially for anything involving economics.

Um... last time I checked, no one was enforcing the views of Big Pharma, Big Insurance, Bank of America or any other private corporation in class, or ideas that only investors and burgeousie (SP?) are holding society together. Is there any reference that can substantiate that claim?

EDIT: xbl0x180 post kind of answers it: It's not all about the money.

[ratikal]

That girl you met that you seemed to hit it off with at lunch today?

Shes taken. Everytime.

[Ex-Cyber]

The other problem is being fiscally irresponsible when it comes to paying for education. Sure, there are 100-dollar textbooks for one class. Why not buy them used?

Many (if not most) students do. It's not actually much cheaper in most cases, and textbooks are typically dwarfed by tuition, fees, and living expenses anyway.

Why not buy an older edition?

Professors often assign specific sections for reading assignments and specific problems from the text as homework, and those references tend to be wrong/nonexistent in an older edition. Some publishers even screw around with the cheaper "international" printings to intentionally cause this kind of problem even if it's the same edition number. You're new to this game, aren't you?

[xbl0x180]

That girl you met that you seemed to hit it off with at lunch today?

Shes taken. Everytime.

[trap15]

That girl you met that you seemed to hit it off with at lunch today?

Shes taken. Everytime.

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This.

;_;

[Stormwatch]

One for the ladies: high heels. They don't make you look tall and sexy, fools. They just make you walk funny and look stuck-up. Also, they can cause some nasty health problems in the long run. So cut that crap.

[Michaelm]

Is there any reference that can substantiate that claim?

Yes, some accounting douchebag that did an internship at one of my jobs trying to convince me that salaries are the highest costs for a company as if it was a bad thing.
Completely ignoring that it's guys like him, that have some degree, who cause it and not the lower working force.
Clearly he couldn't think straight anymore through all the propaganda he was fed.
Ofcourse he expects to get a high salary when he gets a job for real.
And like all the other top criminals, if his career takes off, he'll be demanding million dollar bonuses, most probably cause he managed to get a load of people sacked.
Creatures like this make me wish murder wasn't illegal.

[ChainsawGuitarSP]

Ignorant dumbasses who have nothing more to add to arcade game videos other than "Oh man this game was really great! I wish it was ported to my favorite Nintendo console!"