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Tattoomom	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 3:47 PM Actually I have several: One being the use of the word "irregardless" since it isn't even a word...you know like..."irregardless of the fact that I am an imbecile, I still like to try to use big words." Another is when I go to the store and my change is given back in the following manner "thank you...your change is 47 cent." I just look at the person and say SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! But beating out both of these is when politicians leave their propaganda all over yards and highways and voting places after the actual election is over.... So what are some of your pet peeves? Inquiring minds want to know...
GTOriginal	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 5:46 PM When the dog across the street starts barking, it really pisses my dog off.
victorsskull	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 9:26 PM work
moam	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 9:30 PM irregardless of what you just said I would have to say my pet peeve is when someone is singing at the TOP OF THEIR LUNGS in the shower early in the fucking morning
TheDreadPirate	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 9:39 PM my pet peeve is people who respond to a craigslist musician ad who didnt accually read the post, just read the title "Guitarist Searching etc" basically even though i say "im looking to do something Celtic/Folk...still someone will leave me a message that goes like this: (typical deep southern accent)HI!!! i SAW yer ad at Craigslist, uh im tryin to get together a Skynyrd type metal blues band goin...
GeneHilbert	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 9:45 PM Pronunciation: \ˌir-i-ˈgärd-ləs\ Function: adverb Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless Date: circa 1912 nonstandard : regardless usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead. The old lady usually gets pissed regardless of when I wipe my dick off on the curtains.......
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 10:46 PM Pet peeves include having to deal with people who believe what they think is real and truth, to the point they'll ram it down your throats as the only answer to problems, often resorting to insults and other unsavoury remarks to belittle any opposition. (Re: music, politics, religion, etc...) On that count alone I could almost believe in the right to bear arms...
Opossum	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 10:46 PM When people post "your dumb" (or similar) on a forum.
vilifiend	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 11:04 PM im surprised mary hasnt beat me to the punch, here... "literally" LITERALLY I WAS SO FREAKED OUT I JUMPED AND HIT MY HEAD ON AN AIRPLANE. LITERALLY. NO YOU DIDNT ASSHOLE. "he gave 110 percent" 110 percent? doesnt that undermine 100 percent? and what about us 80 percent guys? we must be fucking douchebags. barking dogs... yeah. i feel for the fuckers but when a dog is barking my consciousness becomes the dog bark and only the dog bark. crowds with individual purposes. i like concerts. i dont like the crowd at the walmart. makes me paranoid and irritated. hmmm.... blowhards. psychics. hard to tell the difference sometimes. both half narcissist half subjective who knows what kind of nutjob moam. hes a real douchebag.
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 11:08 PM I'm more of a 69% kind of person myself... Psychics? I just knew you were going to say that. Another peeve: Products that have the slogan "The best thing in life since sliced bread" - I preferred unsliced personally but hey...
vilifiend	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 11:11 PM yeah my mom thinks shes a psychic and i got an assfull of it tonight so thus psychics are added to the list unsliced is def better than sliced bread. sliced bread feels like... i dunno... what american cheese is to the rest of the cheese family.
TheDreadPirate	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 11:19 PM sliced bread is only good for feeding ducks... i understand you vilifiend on the walmart crowd...everytime i have to go into a walmart i get this uncomfy feeling...even with parking lot cameras, i just feel walmart attracts every ounce of filth from the neighborhood. unlike Targets...
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 5, 2008 @ 11:43 PM You just can't beat a good sandwich that's shaped like a giant uneven doorstep. An assful of psychic mom... Oh gees, the vision that just conjured up will haunt me for life.
victorsskull	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 9:34 AM humans
AnnaValerious	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 11:29 AM When someone calls me the wrong name...even after telling them like 100 times
Dexter	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 11:44 AM Cars that leave their engine running outside my while the driver has a conversation with somebody 10 feet away from them!
Opossum	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 11:58 AM On 6th Nov 2009, rhthesinner said: Cars that leave their engine running outside my while the driver has a conversation with somebody 10 feet away from them! I get something similar, someone mowing his lawn, then letting the mower run for about 10-20 minutes while shouting the latest gossip to another neighbor, with much of the conversation being, "Pardon?!", "Oh yeah, you're right!", "What? What? What?! HEY?!!!", etc.
DJEV	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 12:07 PM People that forget where they came from...and don't keep it REAL anymore in their music, in their thoughts, or in the way they come across to others. People that have more then one profile and then lie about it...why? Who cares? Unless this is being done for some kind of "SECURITY REASON" why do people do this stupid stuff?? One more, ok.... People that cannot take constuctive criticism.... if you cannot take it? WHY put your songs up?? Hmmmmmmmmmm? Ok I have one more...LOL. MY SONGS!! I've asked nicely, I've waited patiencly... Where the hell have they gone too?? I've heard ALL ABOUT the "BIG CRASH" that happened here at Dmusic.. I've during that time, lost my PC due to a very bad crash of it's own ... I cannot understand.. how my YouTube account could be reopened in a just a few days, my videos found as well... but all this time?? My songs that I THOUGHT were safe on this site,are not yet found? THAT IS MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE OF ALL!! Thank you, end of rant!
Mysteriousguest	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 12:55 PM People who are two faced
vilifiend	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 1:52 PM i hear that on the constructive criticism thing. fuckin annoying. what else can we bitch about... umm.... OH. noodley/greasy fries. disgusting.
TheDreadPirate	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 2:30 PM people in my house who mess with knobs on amps...i love the sound of a cranked tube amp, but i never want it at 8am...
Dexter	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 4:01 PM I was going to add Customer Services But I could be setting myself up for a fall
BOWILLIE	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 6:29 PM peeves are hard to tame.. to have a pet one is quite an acomplishment
Distilled1	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 6:53 PM people who don't tag their tracks... not the naming but the actual meta data tag
BOWILLIE	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 6:54 PM guilty
vilifiend	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 6:58 PM people who get on a tangent and go AND SO I SAID every 3 seconds
Tattoomom	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 7:27 PM The term ..... 24/7 and The term ..... whatnot
vilifiend	Date: November 6, 2008 @ 8:45 PM when crystal bitches about people who say whatnot. i say whatnots. does it make it any better if i put an S on the end? youre so annoying.
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 2:49 AM conversations that have "At the end of the day" several times in it - Just shout out "IS NIGHT!" 24/7? Yep, that evil internet shorthand method of thinking will be the death of us all! Mark my words! OMG WTF ROFLMAO.
zedsalt	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 9:48 AM Using "At the end of the day" once or twice in a short while doesn't bother me that much, because it's a pretty evocative metaphor for "when we can finally relax", "when we reach the part of the day that is our own". Not having that kind of time, any day- that peeves me a bit, but I've accepted that that's going to be my life for a while. Here's a seasonal one that first reared its ugly head mere moments ago on T.V...well, actually it DIDN'T, so that made me happy, but it could've, so that makes me dread the holiday season a little. Ooh! There's another one-starting Christmas marketing before Thanksgiving! The one I started typing about, though, is when people add a syllable to "poinsetta". Hilbert would be right to say that it does NOT speak well of me that I'm bothered by how common use is changing the word, but I can't help it. It irks me. You know who used to REALLY go nuts when he heard people say "poinsettia"? The guy who coined the name "poinsetta"!
GTOriginal	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 9:55 AM The same people who say "Poinsettia" are also more likely to borrow books from a "Liberry" and celebrate "Valentimes Day". These speech imediments don't bother me though. Know what does? This entire thread of a billion posts and MY peeve is the only one even remotely connected to a pet.
TheDreadPirate	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 11:29 AM falling acorns really piss me off...
vilifiend	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 11:58 AM valentimes day is kind of adorable more than annoying.
vilifiend	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 12:00 PM although the holiday itself needs to go down like a tragedy. burning. bombs. blood. i hate valentines day. along with every holiday. but especially valentines day.
GTOriginal	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 1:30 PM From the mouth of a two year old, it's adorable. From a 45 year old tax advisor, it's retarded. Here's another one: "Poison Ivory".
Mortisha	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 1:40 PM SPIDERS When they can't make up their mind where the're going
Dexter	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 1:49 PM Words that are spelt/spelled (?) wrong on purpose because it's supposed to look As in "You can't get better than a Kwik Fit fitter! ..."
Mortisha	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 1:52 PM
Dexter	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 1:54 PM Oh! And Kwik Fit fitters!
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 2:21 PM Ok.... Assholes who drive so close to you at high speed that you can't see their front lights in your mirror. TV dinners that come without a remote control... Or a TV for that matter. Salt shakers that decide to unscrew their lids and empty their contents onto the dinner you just spent 2 hours cooking. Wanky musicians whose only claim to fame is basing their entire skill on cloning a guitar tab book (and even then play it in the wrong fucking key). People who think others who question authority are not patriotic. Special offers in stores that come with the slogan "Buy now while stocks last" when you know damn well they'll be restocking the moment it's all gone. Condoms with the label "Ribbed for her pleasure" - What about my fucking pleasure? Reality shows that are about as far from reality as an all-night acid trip. Paris Hilton complaining about having no privacy. Stupid pompous attention grabbing rich slut. RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, XENOPHOBIC FOOLS who believe the world is going to end because their next leader isn't white. More? People who think alcohol is safer than marijuana because it's legal. Shrink wrap on products that's so thick you'd need an angle grinder to get into it. Being charged an astronomical fee for going a few pennies into the red the day before your wages are paid into your account. Trying to find the end of the sellotape and spending an hour breaking your nails in the process. Being told your water supply is the cleanest in the country after hundreds of residents fall ill. Spending good money reserving a train ticket, only to find some freeloader sat in your seat and the one next to it has been puked on earlier in the day. And I extend that to British public transport in general. Being told to think green and then being charged thousands of pounds to fit a solar panel, that will then take 20 years to pay itself off (by which time you've moved house or the market collapses and your home is repossessed). Your partner farting under the bedsheets and trying to hold your head under the covers. This obviously not being a peeve if you're the guilty party. Glass bongs with so many bendy parts it's impossible to clean the resin off it.
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 2:45 PM More... Internet packages that say "Unlimited bandwidth" and underneath in small letters: "Fair usage policy applies"... How is this even legal? 10000-piece jigsaw puzzles with a piece missing. Chocolate biscuits that melt so quickly your hands end up looking like you just explored a horse's ass. Drink-drivers who maim/kill innocent pedestrians, then get just 4 years in prison. THAT one alone makes my blood boil. Irresponsible dog owners who don't clean up the mess. Buying a freeview digital box and finding half the channels are subscription-only. Shop assistants who say, "Have a nice day" when it's -10C, raining cats & dogs, then waiting half an hour for an overcrowded bus and having one of your shopping bags split as you step off it. Nice fucking day indeed. Paying a fat chunk of your wages to your local council who all drive fancy cars, while the road outside your home is so badly maintained it makes an Iraqi highway look positively safe. Buying child-friendly scissors that can't even cut through thin air. Trying to squeeze out a monster fart and forgetting you ate the hottest chilli dish in existence the night before. There is no toilet roll, pair of undies or gas mask strong enough to combat that one... Religion.
ShadowMom	Date: November 7, 2008 @ 4:15 PM Pet peeves.
vilifiend	Date: November 8, 2008 @ 11:34 AM ??? fucking soccer moms suing the planet because they cant watch their kids and now we are enslaved to lawyer talk on every product in every corner of society. you mean this lighter fluid is not for ingestion? or topical application? rly? i thought i could lube my skin with it and then go hang out by the bbq, you know, so i didnt get a sunburn. fuckfaces. drives me nuts. as if we're all retarded.
vilifiend	Date: November 8, 2008 @ 11:35 AM for some reason the whole post didnt come through... it started with... CHILD PROOF EVERYTHING. F***. how hard is it to watch your kids yada yada yada i think the second half explains it anyway
vilifiend	Date: November 8, 2008 @ 11:38 AM and chillinbuzz heres another one... like child molesters getting out of jail, thinking they are fixed. here is a similar situation to ponder: i like big, black butts. thats my thing. you say tomahto i say tomato. so you put me in jail for it. IM SUPPOSED TO NOT CRAVE A BIG BLACK ASS WHEN I'M FREE? fuck no im going to be creaming in my pants walking down the street im not sure if these are pet peeves or if i just feel like ranting caus im a bitch
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 5:28 AM You have a point there, vilifiend, in regards to child-proofing everything. How many kids back in the old days were injured using the same things? A lot less. Why? Parental supervision was BETTER. That's another peeve of mine - Parents who shirk all responsibility or blame others for their kids' actions. Child molesters should be castrated. Period. As for big black butts, I didn't need to know that but each to their own.
Tattoomom	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 11:54 AM That I could never ever get the dmusic radio to work on my computer no matter what i did or who i asked for help....
ShadowMom	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 4:45 PM Check your firewalls, make sure you're not blocking it, because no one else can see your settings, Crystal! And everyone else can hear it
vilifiend	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 5:06 PM i say play the race card crystal. dont let the man keep you down.
leflaw	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 5:15 PM Pundits.
victorsskull	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 6:15 PM colds
Tattoomom	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 6:45 PM On 9th Nov 2009, ShadowMom said: Check your firewalls, make sure you're not blocking it, because no one else can see your settings, Crystal! And everyone else can hear it I know...you keep telling me that...I keep checking and it isn't blocked...I even switched to Firefox and...still no dice...even Bill can't figure it out. It's okay...I've learned to accept that I'm just not meant to listen.
victorsskull	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 9:28 PM On 9th Nov 2009, Tattoomom said: That I could never ever get the dmusic radio to work on my computer no matter what i did or who i asked for help.... try winamp player
Tattoomom	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 9:55 PM yeah...tried that...
ShadowMom	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 10:44 PM She GOT it!!!
GeneHilbert	Date: November 9, 2008 @ 11:38 PM Indecision……. Wait let me think about that....
8111	Date: November 10, 2008 @ 9:47 PM You see those drivers who, right before making a right turn, have to swing WAY over into the oncoming lane, You know, so they don't run over the curb or something. Unless you are operating a tractor trailer, you can probably negotiate a right turn without compensating to the extreme...
Opossum	Date: November 10, 2008 @ 10:04 PM One of the main ones... UPC labels that are coated with the strongest adhesive known to man (sometimes literally ruining the product they are stuck on - especially socks, greeting cards, art supplies, underwear, etc.), while "adhesive" tape that you buy doesn't even stick at all. In fact, we once had a roll of tape with a UPC label that was over much of the plastic part and had to come off, but it was next to impossible. Meanwhile, the tape itself was useless. Oh, and being logged out at the same time as you are posting.
moam	Date: November 14, 2008 @ 12:12 PM Oh my god, I just thought of the WORST one!! When I'm STARVING my ass off and I go into the kitchen to make something--like mac n' cheese. So I'm making it and one of my roommates are in the room and ask, "are you gonna save some for me?" Annoyed, I nod my head and make sure to save a little bit, just to be nice. So when I finish cooking, I dish up my smaller-than-I-would-like portion and go into my room to quiet my furiously growling stomach. A couple hours later, when I go back to the kitchen to put my dirty dish in the dishwasher, THE REMAINING FOOD WAS NOT EVEN TOUCHED!!! FUCK that pisses me off...when I'm kind enough to share, especially when I'm fucking STARVING and the person doesn't even EAT what I give them!! Fuckin' christ...
aflunky	Date: November 14, 2008 @ 3:12 PM or even worse, when Aliens Sew your asshole shut in your sleep, you wake up to your mother (now an alien) making you a full breakfast on thanksgiving morning, and then they just keep feeding you, and feeding you....
INMEM	Date: November 16, 2008 @ 4:01 PM On 5th Nov 2009, moam said: irregardless of what you just said I would have to say my pet peeve is when someone is singing at the TOP OF THEIR LUNGS in the shower early in the fucking morning Did I do that? Oops! LOL! My biggest pet peeve is silly St. Cloud State and thier fight for diversity. It points out all the differences and does not focus on the uniting principle of ALL people in the human kingdom.
INMEM	Date: November 16, 2008 @ 4:16 PM I actually think I do my best singing in the shower...
moam	Date: November 16, 2008 @ 4:18 PM On 16th Nov 2009, INMEM said: I actually think I do my best singing in the shower... dude that's epic Maybe that's where you should do your recording then
zedsalt	Date: November 17, 2008 @ 9:31 AM Heck, yeah, bathroom acoustics are the stuff of legend. I've read loads of articles on shower curtain vs. sliding shower doors, the best placement of a fully-loaded towel rack to tame dominant frequencies, etc.
GeneHilbert	Date: November 17, 2008 @ 9:58 AM I don't remember which one it was now - Steven Tyler or Joe Perry's home studio. But they had drilled holes in their bathroom floor to run in mic cables.
GeneHilbert	Date: November 17, 2008 @ 8:19 PM It's these fuckin' peas & chicken....... hence known as chickpeas.....
Tattoomom	Date: November 17, 2008 @ 9:30 PM
GeneHilbert	Date: November 17, 2008 @ 11:03 PM Yes, it's true I'm going to tax the dog shit out of you......
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 18, 2008 @ 1:39 AM ... So no difference there then!
zedsalt	Date: November 18, 2008 @ 9:22 AM From an article by Larry Beinhart: The Three Great Tax Cuts: Boom, Bubble, Crash 1. Hoover During World War I, the top marginal tax rate went up to 73 percent -- not the highest ever, but pretty high. In 1922, a series of rate cuts began. Down to 56 percent, 46 percent, and finally, in 1925, it went down to 25 percent. The stock market took off. There was a boom. But the boom was a bubble. It was followed by the Great Crash of 1929. There were bank failures and the Great Depression. 2. Reagan From Franklin Roosevelt's second term all the way through to Jimmy Carter -- from 1936 until 1982 -- the top rate was in the 70 to 92 percent range. Then along came Reagan in 1981. In 1982, he cut that down to 50 percent. The economy went into "the worst recession since the Great Depression." His supporters argued that it was all Carter's fault and that the new policies would take time to work. The tax cuts stayed in place. In 1987, there was another round of tax cuts. They took the top rate down to 38.5 percent. It would stimulate the economy! There was a boom. But it was a bubble. Then, in October 1987, there was a crash -- the worst since '29. It was called Black Monday. Much of the bubble money had gone into -- ohmigod! -- real estate. Suddenly there were bank failures! More than during the Great Depression. There was a Savings & Loan crisis! There had to be a bailout. 3. Bush II George Bush came into office with the healthiest, post powerful economy in American history. He immediately cut taxes. The top marginal rate went down from 39 percent to 35 percent. He also cut capital gains taxes and inheritance taxes. A recession immediately ensued. But he persisted. Eventually, the economy began to grow. Employment didn't grow very much. Median income went down. The stock market was pretty flat. But the financial sector -- and only the sector -- grew. Which should have made it obvious to someone, that it was … a bubble. There was a crash. Bank failures. A bailout. The three worst economic disasters in American history follow the exact same pattern: tax cuts, boom, bubble, crash. High Taxes Correlate with Strong Economic Growth The four periods of greatest economic growth in American history, by pretty much any measure, are: World War II (1941-45): top tax rate varied from 88 to 94 percent Post-war under Truman and Eisenhower: top rate bounced around from 81 to 92 percent Clinton years: Clinton raised Bush's top rate of 31 percent to 37 percent and then to 39 percent First two Roosevelt administrations (1933-40). When Roosevelt came into office, Hoover had already raised the tax rate in 1932 from 25 percent to 63 percent. Roosevelt raised it again in 1936 to 79 percent. A lot of ink, sweat and ranting have gone into proving that the New Deal did not end the Great Depression. Nonetheless, the economy grew 58 percent from the time Roosevelt came into office and when the United States entered the war. Some of that anti-New Deal rhetoric also claims that the recovery began under Hoover. Perhaps, but to say so is also to say that it began with tax hikes. Likewise, many right-wing critics insist that the Clinton boom actually started under Bush the First. It is necessary to remember that Bush the First also raised taxes (from 28 percent to 31 percent) and was soundly thrashed by the conservatives for doing so. And shouldn't it be either, "Yes, It's true. I'm going to tax the dog shit out of you" or "Yes, it's true that I'm going to tax the dog shit out of you"?
Tattoomom	Date: November 18, 2008 @ 9:54 AM
GeneHilbert	Date: November 18, 2008 @ 10:13 AM Yes it's true, Zed is an persistent bloviator......
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 18, 2008 @ 12:50 PM Interesting article, Zed... Surely though a tax cut of those sizes would do some serious messing up of the economies, I'm no expert but massive changes always throw things to the wind. Personally I think the rich (super-rich, depending on what you define as "rich") aren't taxed enough anyway. Oops, did I come across as being slightly Socialist? What does that make Reagan and Bush then, since they provoked the downturns by doing the opposite?
GeneHilbert	Date: November 18, 2008 @ 3:17 PM "Reagan and Bush then, since they provoked the downturns"...... No they did not. Regan pulled us out of Carter's fiasco. Plus we were in a recession coming out of Clinton, plus, 911, plus Katrina, and now the housing bubble which was also a Carter/Clinton gem. So we are grateful for where we are. Without free market we would be up shit creek.
GeneHilbert	Date: November 18, 2008 @ 3:22 PM http://www.howobamagotelected.com/
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 18, 2008 @ 9:35 PM Gene, I was going on what Zed said. They made tax cuts and things went wrong. So if you're going to blow anyone's facts off, start there.
zedsalt	Date: November 19, 2008 @ 9:41 AM I really regret teaching Hilbert the word "bloviate". Here in the DM forums, I applauded a journalist's coining of the term "bloviathon", which would have been safe, probably, had I not explained what two words the journalist had combined, sending Hilbert to the dictionary...where, as with basically everything else, he chose to ignore what the term actually means and misuse it repeatedly and often. But facts are facts. You can argue with Beinhart's assertion that the three economic "disasters" he mentioned were the worst the U.S. has experienced. You would have more to work with, possibly, if you were to try to argue that his "four periods of greatest economic growth in American history, by pretty much any measure" weren't the absolute best of American economic times, especially if the "measures" you use are dollars and cents rather than men, women, and children. Or you could choose to ignore things like names and numbers entirely and regurgitate political double-talk soundbites.
Fraser	Date: November 19, 2008 @ 3:12 PM your dumb
Fraser	Date: November 19, 2008 @ 3:12 PM I HAVE LOTS OF PET PEEVES.
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 19, 2008 @ 5:18 PM On 19th Nov 2009, Fraser said: your dumb Says the person who wrote "your" instead of "you're"
moam	Date: November 19, 2008 @ 8:34 PM On 19th Nov 2009, ChillinBuzz said: Says the person who wrote Look who the grammar nazi is NOW, buzz
SpiderFingers	Date: November 19, 2008 @ 8:42 PM I don't like that pickle ...oh and farting dogs
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 19, 2008 @ 11:42 PM On 19th Nov 2009, moam said: Look who the grammar nazi is NOW, buzz Cheeky sod, run out of pickles to suck on?
zedsalt	Date: November 20, 2008 @ 9:32 AM O.k., now, see, I assumed the whole your/you're thing was intentional...still do, really, as I can see how that sort of thing could really be annoying. Personally, though, I get a kick out of it when someone says, "Your stuped", or something along those lines.
vilifiend	Date: November 20, 2008 @ 10:42 AM your face is my pet peeve
Tattoomom	Date: November 20, 2008 @ 2:43 PM your peeve is my face pet
vilifiend	Date: November 20, 2008 @ 5:07 PM hot
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 21, 2008 @ 7:11 AM chilli pickles, now THAT'S hot!
zedsalt	Date: November 21, 2008 @ 9:48 AM My face? Well, at least Vili' used the proper "your"... I saw a can of wasabi-infused canned peas a while back in a grocery store. The odd thing was, there was little in the way of non-standard fare in the place, which is located smack dab in the middle of a big Amish community. I mean, there are a number of Mexican Americans and Mexicans living close to the store, too, and the Mexican foods section is only about two foot wide by four high. Yet, they have something with REAL wasabi there (not just horseradish dyed green), and it's...peas?
victorsskull	Date: November 21, 2008 @ 9:51 AM condoms
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 21, 2008 @ 10:05 AM On 21st Nov 2009, victorsskull said: condoms This reminds me of a well known pic on the net:
GeneHilbert	Date: November 21, 2008 @ 11:07 AM LOL.......... gene pool drop out...... the best part ran down his mama’s leg......
Cryxan	Date: November 22, 2008 @ 11:47 AM On 18th Nov 2009, GeneHilbert said: http://www.howobamagotelected.com/ John Ziegler is awesome. I hope he runs for office someday. I'd vote for him.
zedsalt	Date: November 23, 2008 @ 9:13 AM Howobamagotelected.com is a fine example of just how far one has to go beyond the looking glass to buy the idea that the U.S. media is something other than a far-right-fringe propaganda machine, and iust how ridiculous that element is willing to appear in its efforts to wrench same sort of control of new media that they currently exert over the old. I clicked on this link, and the first thing I saw was a quote from our first President calling for the creation of the cabinet position of Press Secretary and suggesting private organizations be formed to come to the aid of those in public office where it regards their public image. As usually happens when one takes something out of context, the reader has to put it back in if he/she wants to understand what the person being quoted was actually talking about. That bit of sleight of hand was like a huge, glowing neon sign announcing that what I was about to read was pure spin, and it didn't disappoint. I can't stream video here at home, so all I saw on the YouTube link was a picture of what appeared to be a polling place, with the following question superimposed over it: "Which Candidate Said They (sic) Could See Russia From Their (again, sic) House?" That goes well beyond the category of "leading" questions, right? I mean, it doesn't allow for ANY possibility that the person MIGHT understand that what Palin actually said was, "You can see Russia from Alaska". Then, they further insult the reader's intelligence by suggesting that having Zogby pose leading questions was somehow supposed to make them less leading, rather than recognizing the fact that many people are acquainted with and respect the Zogby organization. "57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)" Neither party had...nor will have for at least two years...a filibuster-proof majority. Neither had, nor will have in the immediate future, a veto-proof majority. The statistical superiority has been firmly and unquestionably in the hands of the Republicans and "Blue Dog" Democrats. My personal opinion is that it would bode well for the world if that were to change come January, but it's by no means a safe assumption that it will. Like the "see Russia" question, the only correct answer was NOT among the possible responses. "71.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)" I'm going to go out on a limb here and say "the mathematical impossibility of victory" was NOT one of the other three choices... "82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)" Check this one out for yourself, folks. See if you don't agree with me that what they are talking about was an instance of the system working for US, the voting public. "88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)" Could someone direct me to that quote? Obama said that about his own policies? Really? It seems likely to me that the policies he espoused in his campaign would be likely to have the opposite effect, but you're trying to tell me that Obama stood at a podium or looked a reporter in the eye and said, "My energy policies are likely to make your energy bills skyrocket"? "56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing)." This bizarre bit of the McCain campaign's attacks on grassroots charities and those who administrate them has been disproved to the point where ZERO percent of ANY portion of any population could “correctly say” that it was true...just like the other four “Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions” (Can you count to twelve? John Ziegler doesn’t think you can). And the second entry in the “And Yet.....” (extra marks of ellipsis theirs, not mine) is a good example of the kind of effort I mentioned earlier to control new media. Considering how successful McCain’s daughter and her friends...the “Liberal bloggers responsible for forcing the campaign to disclose this very personal information”...were in turning this “issue” into a positive for the campaign, infiltration seems likely to succeed where suppressive efforts have failed.
DJEV	Date: November 23, 2008 @ 7:24 PM Ok I have another pet peeve! Grocery stores that remodel a parking lot with all these little dirt landscaping dealios that make it impossible to try and get around the damn thing to park! people walking OUT of the grocery store RIGHT IN FRONT of you but slow as anything like you have ALL DAY to wait on them to find a parking place in the "newly designed parking lot from hell" Ok another....... When I am checking out at the grocery store, and need another cart and see the person that is standing there handing out the store ads and carts and I am trying to hurry up and get the cart so the cashier wont put my groceries on the floor, and I say "hey I need a cart please" and instead of getting me a cart? OH no, she points to them and says"Oh they are right there" well NO SHIT! What DO they pay that person for?? UG! ok I am sure I will think of more... Oh wait I just did having my face on one side swollen to the point it looks like I've been in a fight with a prize fighter, when it is really my tooth making it swell up and you call around or go to the doctor and they take a look at you and say, "Well gee, it looks like YOU need a dentist!" well NO SHIT! can you recommend one??? hereeeeeeeees your sign!! MAN!! Meanwhile I still have the rightside of my face swollen!!
GeneHilbert	Date: November 23, 2008 @ 8:40 PM Dude, if you truly believe the "U.S. media is a far-right-fringe propaganda machine". You have you fucking head in the sand....
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 23, 2008 @ 10:44 PM Would that be Iraqi or Afghani sand? All media outlets are propaganda machines, it's really a matter of whose interests they serve...
GeneHilbert	Date: November 23, 2008 @ 11:13 PM It's been my experience that it's to promote their own self interest.
ChillinBuzz	Date: November 23, 2008 @ 11:38 PM Usually, however watch the BBC over here and at times you are left with the biggest impression that they are heavily influenced by whoever is in power. I know a lot of BBC watchers won't agree but it's been blatantly in their faces for ages.
zedsalt	Date: November 24, 2008 @ 9:38 AM When I look for media bias, I...well, I usually don't look for it so much as react to being bludgeoned by it...I ask myself, "What would (insert political category here) want the media to say about this?", then see what differences, if any, there are between that and what I'm seeing and/or hearing. I have to include the "if any" after the tiny, quiet dust-up over VPRs several years ago. To this day, when I see a "reporter" I don't recognize on T.V., I pretty much assume he/she is NOT an employee of the network, but someone who works for a politician, political party, or professional lobby. So, y'know, I look on the major media here in America as being "Right Wing" for the same reasons that I'm pretty sure Leni Riefenstahl favored the Nazis.
zedsalt	Date: November 24, 2008 @ 9:44 AM And I got to thinking last night, is this the same Ziegler who has...or at least, used to have...an AM radio talk show? The one who lost his job over calling Mike Tyson an "n-i-g-g-e-r"? If it is him, he apparently not only thinks his internet fans can't count, but that Mike Tyson can't spell. I wouldn't feel safe in that assumption. I've never seen Tyson in a spelling bee, but I have seen him in a boxing match. Plus, he always seems to be surrounded by friends and family; I'd wager that at least one of them can spell.
dammitotto	Date: November 24, 2008 @ 6:05 PM when somebody who is supposed to be yer friend gets all pissed off cuz you pawned his wah-wah pedal.
vilifiend	Date: November 24, 2008 @ 6:40 PM when you wake up... tis the worst

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