What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[AT-Man]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

I remember one time, my eyelid on my right eye was swelling, and we thought maybe I had a stye in there (I've had them before). I was worried about it so during school, I put warm water on it to see if it would stop the swelling. When I got home, Mom took out my eye, and we discovered I had a whole clump of eyelashes in there.

Daaaamn, eeewwwwww! Nothing's worse than getting shiz in your eyes. I've tried turning eyelid few times but it's impossible for me, and I can't let anyone else do that either. Everyone and everything's just gotta stay away from my precious eyes!

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, it was crazy for sure.

And, Powder, I agree with you on the sinus stuff, though for me it's a headache.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Yeah, it was crazy for sure.

And, Powder, I agree with you on the sinus stuff, though for me it's a headache.

I can relate with you both. Also, I really hate when people are associated with the extreme minority. (People who live in New Jersey,Middle Easterners, and to a lesser extent, Bronies.)

[BubblyShell22]

I really hate severe weather and how it causes damage to people's homes. Luckily, we didn't get any damage, but people in Illinois did. So horrible.

[CyberCubed]

All those annoying youtube people who post reviews of various TV shows, movies or videogames with them showing a close-up of their face grunting at the camera for 15 minutes.

I don't know how anyone can tolerate those "youtube reviewers."

[BubblyShell22]

The crazy weather we've been having. Seems like it can't stay one constant thing. Going to get snow tomorrow.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

The crazy weather we've been having. Seems like it can't stay one constant thing. Going to get snow tomorrow.

Yeah, it's freezing here in Killeen Tx one day and quite toasty the next. It's supposed to get down into the low 30's tonight and I'm wondering if the kids around here are getting a week long Turkey Day break rather than Wednesday through Friday. The crazy weather is also causing quite a nasty bout of flu this year. It hasn't been helping my allergies either lol.

[Powder]

Friends who can't accept that not all of their friends will get along with one another. It's okay to have friends that don't hit it off, especially if they respect the fact they don't are able to be civil. Why try to force it?

[Dirty Blond]

Incel rage!

People who do good for the sole purpose of getting socially rewarded. Like those who give to charities just to brag about it afterwards to make others feel bad, not REALLY caring about all the misery in the world.

Irrational people who blow a fuse for no appearent reason or just to be a d*ck.

People who constantly make excuses about anything, expecting everybody else to take their complaint seriously no matter how stupid.

People who persisently deny their faults and/or refuse the hard truth about them self no matter what the real outcome in fact is.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by shreddinghead

People who do good for the sole purpose of getting socially rewarded. Like those who give to charities just to brag about it afterwards to make others feel bad, not REALLY caring about all the misery in the world.

Irrational people who blow a fuse for no appearent reason or just to be a d*ck.

People who constantly make excuses about anything, expecting everybody else to take their complaint seriously no matter how stupid.

People who persisently deny their faults and/or refuse the hard truth about them self no matter what the real outcome in fact is.

Preach it to the choir.

[BubblyShell22]

^ I also agree with Shreddinghead's post. Definitely something that grinds my gears.

[BubblyShell22]

Whoa. That girls sounds so selfish, especially when she had the opportunity to study and never took it when she had the chance. To me, it sounds like she only wants to do it to be with her boyfriend and nothing more. Sorry to hear you're going through that, Kas.

[blindturtle02]

Sorry about all that, Kas. I have people like this in my family as well. Selfish people tend to love making others miserable: dragging others down and all that. I hope things improve on that front.

[miru]

When toyline refuse to produce certain supporting characters, especially female ones.

[blindturtle02]

I'm a big Star Wars fan and I'm just now discovering the books in their entirety because Randomhouse audio finally decided to listen to the fans and quit releasing less than half of the book. I'm not sure how many folks are aware of this, but when people tell you that you're not missing much when listening to an abridged book, they're crazy. Started a book called Specter of The Past today in its unabridged format. It lasts 14 hours. The abridgement lasts exactly 3. So if you calculate that in pages, the abridged book would probably last about 80 or so pages while the unabridgement lasts around 390 or so. So I'm very excited to be able to see all I've been missing over the years. It's similar to watching Jaxon's extended editions of the Rings trilogy, etc. Only with the books, some nut was like,"Aw they don't need to see this big battle here. Let's see, in the book Star by Star, let's cut out the whole invasion of Corruscant." That one is insanely abridged. The complete recording is about 20 hours because Troy Denning loves to write sprawling action scenes but the abridgement is again around 3 hours. So you've got 600 or so pages verses the dinky little 80 page treatment.

I'm not sure when it happened, but people started taking notice. So it's wonderful not to have to be in the dark ages of abridged books anymore. Stephen King has always been one of my favorite writers because he detests abridgements. He's always made sure that his recordings matched the print on the page word for word. So if any of you guys are audiobook fans, make sure to stay away from those abridgements because regardless of what the publisher tells you, you are missing a tun. I doubt that's going to be much of a problem anymore though since so many seem to enjoy reading books on the go now. Thank goodness for that.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by miru

When toyline refuse to produce certain supporting characters, especially female ones.

Jeez, they really did that? That's just cold.

[NameGoesHere1066]

People with a perpetual sense of victimhood. I have this one friend who admitedly has had a genuanily screwed up life. I mean peple in her family have done her wrong and so have some of her friends. And I sympathise with that, but she also has this way of acting like everyone is against her and she is litterly someone you can not disagree with, correct, or give constructive critism to, because she takes it as an attack and there for an invintation to lash out at you. But in a the most manipulative passive agressive way possiable. She takes responciablity for her her own actions because any malicious thing she ever does is in retalitiation to some wrong done to her.

Example, I have been busy this semester and have not been able to hang out with her as much as I used to. So what does she do? Befriends one of my friends (who she didn't even know) and then on the occassions that I hang out with her proceed in a very obvious way compare me to her and say how great of a friend she is, with the insinuation that I'm not because I haven't had the time to give her the attention she wants.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by blindturtle02

Spoiler:

I'm a big Star Wars fan and I'm just now discovering the books in their entirety because Randomhouse audio finally decided to listen to the fans and quit releasing less than half of the book. I'm not sure how many folks are aware of this, but when people tell you that you're not missing much when listening to an abridged book, they're crazy. Started a book called Specter of The Past today in its unabridged format. It lasts 14 hours. The abridgement lasts exactly 3. So if you calculate that in pages, the abridged book would probably last about 80 or so pages while the unabridgement lasts around 390 or so. So I'm very excited to be able to see all I've been missing over the years. It's similar to watching Jaxon's extended editions of the Rings trilogy, etc. Only with the books, some nut was like,"Aw they don't need to see this big battle here. Let's see, in the book Star by Star, let's cut out the whole invasion of Corruscant." That one is insanely abridged. The complete recording is about 20 hours because Troy Denning loves to write sprawling action scenes but the abridgement is again around 3 hours. So you've got 600 or so pages verses the dinky little 80 page treatment.

I'm not sure when it happened, but people started taking notice. So it's wonderful not to have to be in the dark ages of abridged books anymore. Stephen King has always been one of my favorite writers because he detests abridgements. He's always made sure that his recordings matched the print on the page word for word. So if any of you guys are audiobook fans, make sure to stay away from those abridgements because regardless of what the publisher tells you, you are missing a tun. I doubt that's going to be much of a problem anymore though since so many seem to enjoy reading books on the go now. Thank goodness for that.

I hear ya, Blind Turtle. I bought Jurassic on audio on the cheap when I worked at the grocery store for $1. Didn't know it was abridged (really should have checked...) but something seemed off, so I bought the text book and tried to follow along with the tape. It was a nightmare. You almost had to pause the tape through whole pages.It was nuts. I can only imagine that being your only way to enjoy a book.

OH!! PM me your address. Pat Fraley sent me a copy of him reading Huck Finn (unabridged) and I'd like to send it your way.

Originally Posted by blindturtle02

Jeez, they really did that? That's just cold.

Yeah...he's talking about Karai in the Nick line...

[BubblyShell22]

That time of the month really grinds my gears. Not much I can do about it, but I still hate it sometimes.