What Grinds Your Gears? :) - Page 175

*pennydreadful* · 03-03-2015, 07:00 PM

Yeah, I think I need to go take a chill pill.

I hate it when I build things up in my head to be a bigger deal than they actually are!

*IndigoErth* · 03-03-2015, 07:40 PM

Honestly if someone thanked me for chatting with them that wouldn't be a bad thing at all and wouldn't think badly of them, all I'd probably think is that I was glad that they had enjoyed chatting with me.

Gunpowder · 03-03-2015, 07:51 PM

I sleep better in the afternoon (4-7) than I do at night. And that kind of pisses me off. I've gotten to the point that I habitually get drowsy around 3:30. But once midnight hits, I'm more wide awake than Katy Perry. Really irks me.

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Originally Posted by Jephael

sounding like a cross between Kermit the Frog on acid and Mickey Mouse getting kicked in the nuts

I think someone used that analogy to describe Geddy Lee once.

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Originally Posted by pennydreadful

My gear grind is that I'm a socially inept moron who can't talk to people properly. I'm chatting to someone on Skype this morning and they go to sign off and what do I do? I thank them for talking to me.

Way to go, Rae. Reeeeeal smooth. Could you come off as any more of a pathetic loser who's grateful that someone even bothered to give you the time of day?

Urgh, my BRAIN... I swear to god. Just give me one day where you work in conjunction with me to fake being a competent adult, yeah? Let's take a break from this gibbering, mouth-breathing doofus thing that we've got going anytime we talk to someone else.

... for the record, I'm fully aware that I'm almost definitely just castigating myself for something so minor it's barely even worth mentioning... but hey, that's social anxiety for ya, folks!

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Yeah, I think I need to go take a chill pill.

I hate it when I build things up in my head to be a bigger deal than they actually are!

I feel like I just read my autobiography...jeez. We're two of a kind, I'll just leave it at that.

Going into hypocrite mode: don't beat yourself up for being nice to someone. I'm sure they appreciated the gesture.

S'all good.

*IndigoErth* · 03-03-2015, 09:31 PM

That surveys/task site again.

Decided to do a long one, but random factors/choices mostly determined how long it would end up being or if it would pay a small bonus, or not. Took me about an hour... random thingy decided no bonus for me.

Read "requester" reviews... someone else who did the same one spent only a matter of minutes on it and not only got a bonus but the higher possible sum. Lucky bum.

Spoiler:

*ssjup81* · 03-03-2015, 11:31 PM

Ok, not a gear grind...call it a gear rant. So I received a message from the school I'm supposed to interview with tomorrow. They informed me that they went on and filled the position even though I was scheduled to interview tomorrow at 2:00 and that they're sorry for the inconvenience. Seriously, who does that!

CaliperCat · 03-04-2015, 12:20 AM

I swear, my suite-mates are the most immature, passive-aggressive, noisy, self-entitled little brats I've ever had the displeasure of sharing a building with.

Walked into the bathroom to take a shower just as one of them was walking in with a sticky note in her hand. She immediately apologized and fled, and I told her that I was going to take a shower, so if she liked, she could use the bathroom first. She tells me that she was just coming to ask me if I could make sure I make sure that their bathroom door stays closed when I unlock it (it's one of those push-button locking deals where you have to twist the handle to unlock it). Apparently, it opens in the middle of the night, and it's "really freaky." Now, I know that I don't always get the door completely pushed shut- not for lack of trying, but more so that I don't wake them up. The door can seem like it's latched, and really not be. However, that is probably only about 2% of the time, and they very frequently leave their own door open, with their room in full view . They can lock it from their end, which would keep that from happening (and which almost every person with half a brain does, in case of theft), but they choose not to, choose to blame it all on me, and choose not to discuss it face-to-face like adults (my door is like ten feet away, seriously), but instead decide to inform me via sticky note in the bathroom. I tried telling them that I do try very hard to make sure their door is closed, and got practically no response. Figures.

It would not be such a big deal if this were the first incident I've had with them. It would not such a big deal if I were not already dealing with anxiety bad enough to almost give me a panic attack. But I try very hard to be a respectful suite-mate, to be quiet and clean, and I don't even deserve a grown-up conversation face-to-face with them. What do they think I'm going to do, stare at them in their sleep! Then lock the damn door! It just made my anxiety that much worse, because now I'm wondering if maybe every open door on their end has been my fault, even though I know it hasn't been.

Ugh.

*IndigoErth* · 03-04-2015, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ssjup81

Ok, not a gear grind...call it a gear rant. So I received a message from the school I'm supposed to interview with tomorrow. They informed me that they went on and filled the position even though I was scheduled to interview tomorrow at 2:00 and that they're sorry for the inconvenience. Seriously, who does that!

Ah that sucks, no fair.

Like the phone interview I had scheduled a few months ago that got canceled on me a few days before it, even though I'd chosen the earliest availability time slot that I could. I agree, who does that. So far we've found two. Wish you better luck soon.

Edit for today...

*throws snowballs at the sky*

Take it back! We don't want any more! Why won't you understand!

*BubblyShell22* · 03-04-2015, 04:24 PM

Definitely agree about the snow. We don't want this anymore. We're supposed to get a chance of lake effect snow tomorrow. When will this end?

Penny, I wouldn't sweat the whole thing about thanking someone. That's the polite thing to do and it's something that's built into us.

*pennydreadful* · 03-04-2015, 05:47 PM

Thanks gang; sometimes I really second-guess myself about these sorts of things when I'm talking to someone - the whole "Am I too nice, or do I just come off as a doormat?" deal.

Like I said, social anxiety moment - no biggie!

Also, hugs and Turtle cookies of love for everyone who's having their own gear-grinds this week.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 03-04-2015, 11:21 PM

This one isn't much of a grind, really, but it's starting to grate my nerves because I wish it would stop. Crazy up-and-down weather that's causing havoc with schedules and bringing the entire area to a standstill for a day or more at a time, then going back to normal for a few days, before dipping right back down into Frozen-ville again. We got some actual snow a few days ago- while I was at the hospital with my hubby (and had the weekend off from work) so I stayed there until in started to melt because I didn't want to try to walk home in all that icy slush. I ended up staying there for two and a half days, which is fine- I was glad to see him anyway after having been unable to visit for most of the work.

But today it hit all over again, but so far has only brought us nothing but frozen rain and sleet- which is FAR worse for traffic than the snow, since it's usually harder to see when it melts then immediately refreezes into a thin film of "black ice" on the roads- something people here are not familiar enough with to drive on with any degree of confidence or expertise. In short, it shuts down most of the businesses and roadways, and that means I don't work. IT SUCKS. UP North, people wouldn't even bat an eye at this crap, because they have equipment and resources to deal with it that Texas generally doesn't. So we get stuck having our lives grind to a halt just because the weather decides to go screwy and do crap it's not supposed to do here!

*IndigoErth* · 03-05-2015, 01:48 AM

Somehow I have a feeling most are going to be very glad when this winter is over with.

But I dunno, ice is pretty mean no matter where it's at. Snow is one thing, we've got the plows and whatnot here so that's pretty well covered (as long as wet roads don't freeze over), but ice is just evil. If it's icy I won't even leave the house if I can help it.

The other day we had a long period of frozen rain. It must have been coating things because now and then that night I would hear what I assume must have been ice that cracked on the roof and slid off across the shingles. Was kind of startling.

Well to anyone who's also under that nice big swath of winter weather stretching from Texas to Maine... try to stay sane I guess. And if not... well, go outside and make a snow ~~angel~~ tantrum.

And this point I'd like to enter a new grind: not only am I tired of winter and the snow, I'm tired of being tired of it. Hell, TMNT movie rumors/hints would be welcome at this point, anything else to complain about other than winter.

Spoiler:

Edit: Ok, this makes it harder to complain... At least we're not these eagles.

"Eagle covered with snow up to the beak as it protects eggs in storm"
http://wtop.com/watercooler/2015/03/...storm/slide/1/

*BubblyShell22* · 03-05-2015, 04:50 PM

Yeah, only thing we can do is grin and bear it even though it sucks. I just hate having the sinus headaches that come with all of this. Ugh.

*blindturtle02* · 03-05-2015, 06:07 PM

Man, TX deserves a weird weather award. That's for sure. I feel bad for all the stray animals out there. It got so bad here in Killeen last night that our power kept going out and coming back on. I hope that's the last of this wintery mix. I feel for the OT Shredder and Krang. Living in the arctic must have sucked. At least none of us had it that bad. haha

*Powder* · 03-05-2015, 06:25 PM

Allergies. I keep waking up with runny noses, which seems to be the result of odd weather patterns here. One night it's 30 degrees out with icicles on my back deck, the next it's 80 degrees out. Wreaks havoc on my sinuses.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 03-06-2015, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Somehow I have a feeling most are going to be very glad when this winter is over with.

But I dunno, ice is pretty mean no matter where it's at. Snow is one thing, we've got the plows and whatnot here so that's pretty well covered (as long as wet roads don't freeze over), but ice is just evil. If it's icy I won't even leave the house if I can help it.

The other day we had a long period of frozen rain. It must have been coating things because now and then that night I would hear what I assume must have been ice that cracked on the roof and slid off across the shingles. Was kind of startling.

Well to anyone who's also under that nice big swath of winter weather stretching from Texas to Maine... try to stay sane I guess. And if not... well, go outside and make a snow ~~angel~~ tantrum.

And this point I'd like to enter a new grind: not only am I tired of winter and the snow, I'm tired of being tired of it. Hell, TMNT movie rumors/hints would be welcome at this point, anything else to complain about other than winter.

Yeah, this winter has been the pits (of Hades). Freaky weather, power issues, it just plain sucks.

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Originally Posted by blindturtle02

Man, TX deserves a weird weather award. That's for sure. I feel bad for all the stray animals out there. It got so bad here in Killeen last night that our power kept going out and coming back on. I hope that's the last of this wintery mix. I feel for the OT Shredder and Krang. Living in the arctic must have sucked. At least none of us had it that bad. haha

Hear, hear! I will second that nomination, especially this year. Also, it's cool to finally see where you're at! You're just a couple of hours down I 35 from us up here in Wise Co. Practically neighbors, LOL!

*Candy Kappa* · 03-06-2015, 01:20 AM

A friend of mine is being harassed on Tumblr by some otherkin person that sees otherkin issues as the same as trans gender issues.

Even more annoying is that this person after being nothing but vile and condescending, now made a long propaganda post to smear my friend and paint them as the victim. and have this apparently in a queue to be posted a X number of times.

*Netkeeper* · 03-06-2015, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

otherkin person that sees otherkin issues as the same as trans gender issues.

I swear to ****ing GOD

I AM GOING TO SCREAM

SO LOUD

I ****ing HATE those type of people OH MY GOD

*pennydreadful* · 03-06-2015, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

A friend of mine is being harassed on Tumblr by some otherkin person that sees otherkin issues as the same as trans gender issues.

I'm with Net - those people are the f*cking WORST. Not the same bloody thing at all - stop trying to claim the same oppression just for the sake of being a special snowflake. Nobody has ever been murdered or committed suicide over being otherkin - trans murder and suicides are a daily freaking occurrence. Otherkin don't have to be afraid of walking down the street, they don't have to be afraid of being harassed or assaulted if they use the "wrong" bathroom and some bigot decides to give them a hard time over it, they don't have to deal with people refusing to employ them or being stressed about not passing.

Your friend just needs to block this paltroon - they're beneath contempt.

*ProactiveMan* · 03-06-2015, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

A friend of mine is being harassed on Tumblr by some otherkin person that sees otherkin issues as the same as trans gender issues.

I didn't know what otherkin was until I read this.

I don't want to be rude, but transgendered people have enough trouble finding acceptance in society with their comparatively understandable differences. Insisting you're the 45th reincarnation of Anubis is fighting an uphill battle.

I see this kind of thing everywhere; people who are jealous of other people's problems because they are unhappy with their lives, and want to rationalise their unhappiness. It's sick.

*IndigoErth* · 03-06-2015, 05:32 AM

Well that's a new one on me, never heard of that before. o.O

Wtf though, that isn't right.

Gee I dunno, pretty sure there is a massive difference between that and someone dealing with prejudice related to the body they were BORN into and living within in THIS life... vs I dunno, if they simply thought they were purple in a former life and people won't accept they're really purple today when they're not.

03-03-2015, 07:00 PM	#3481
pennydreadful trash Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 4,546	Yeah, I think I need to go take a chill pill. I hate it when I build things up in my head to be a bigger deal than they actually are! __________________ Creator of the Technodrome After Dark Discussion Group. PM for an invite (must be over 18 - no exceptions).

03-03-2015, 09:31 PM	#3484
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	That surveys/task site again. Decided to do a long one, but random factors/choices mostly determined how long it would end up being or if it would pay a small bonus, or not. Took me about an hour... random thingy decided no bonus for me. Read "requester" reviews... someone else who did the same one spent only a matter of minutes on it and not only got a bonus but the higher possible sum. Lucky bum. Spoiler: Same to you, universe.

03-04-2015, 12:20 AM	#3486
CaliperCat Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: College Town, USA Posts: 157	I swear, my suite-mates are the most immature, passive-aggressive, noisy, self-entitled little brats I've ever had the displeasure of sharing a building with. Walked into the bathroom to take a shower just as one of them was walking in with a sticky note in her hand. She immediately apologized and fled, and I told her that I was going to take a shower, so if she liked, she could use the bathroom first. She tells me that she was just coming to ask me if I could make sure I make sure that their bathroom door stays closed when I unlock it (it's one of those push-button locking deals where you have to twist the handle to unlock it). Apparently, it opens in the middle of the night, and it's "really freaky." Now, I know that I don't always get the door completely pushed shut- not for lack of trying, but more so that I don't wake them up. The door can seem like it's latched, and really not be. However, that is probably only about 2% of the time, and they very frequently leave their own door open, with their room in full view . They can lock it from their end, which would keep that from happening (and which almost every person with half a brain does, in case of theft), but they choose not to, choose to blame it all on me, and choose not to discuss it face-to-face like adults (my door is like ten feet away, seriously), but instead decide to inform me via sticky note in the bathroom. I tried telling them that I do try very hard to make sure their door is closed, and got practically no response. Figures. It would not be such a big deal if this were the first incident I've had with them. It would not such a big deal if I were not already dealing with anxiety bad enough to almost give me a panic attack. But I try very hard to be a respectful suite-mate, to be quiet and clean, and I don't even deserve a grown-up conversation face-to-face with them. What do they think I'm going to do, stare at them in their sleep! Then lock the damn door! It just made my anxiety that much worse, because now I'm wondering if maybe every open door on their end has been my fault, even though I know it hasn't been. Ugh. __________________ 100% Jellybean and proud!

03-04-2015, 04:24 PM	#3488
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Definitely agree about the snow. We don't want this anymore. We're supposed to get a chance of lake effect snow tomorrow. When will this end? Penny, I wouldn't sweat the whole thing about thanking someone. That's the polite thing to do and it's something that's built into us. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

03-04-2015, 05:47 PM	#3489
pennydreadful trash Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 4,546	Thanks gang; sometimes I really second-guess myself about these sorts of things when I'm talking to someone - the whole "Am I too nice, or do I just come off as a doormat?" deal. Like I said, social anxiety moment - no biggie! Also, hugs and Turtle cookies of love for everyone who's having their own gear-grinds this week. __________________ Creator of the Technodrome After Dark Discussion Group. PM for an invite (must be over 18 - no exceptions).

03-03-2015, 07:40 PM	#3482
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Honestly if someone thanked me for chatting with them that wouldn't be a bad thing at all and wouldn't think badly of them, all I'd probably think is that I was glad that they had enjoyed chatting with me.

03-03-2015, 11:31 PM	#3485
ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,734	Ok, not a gear grind...call it a gear rant. So I received a message from the school I'm supposed to interview with tomorrow. They informed me that they went on and filled the position even though I was scheduled to interview tomorrow at 2:00 and that they're sorry for the inconvenience. Seriously, who does that!

03-04-2015, 11:21 PM	#3490
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	This one isn't much of a grind, really, but it's starting to grate my nerves because I wish it would stop. Crazy up-and-down weather that's causing havoc with schedules and bringing the entire area to a standstill for a day or more at a time, then going back to normal for a few days, before dipping right back down into Frozen-ville again. We got some actual snow a few days ago- while I was at the hospital with my hubby (and had the weekend off from work) so I stayed there until in started to melt because I didn't want to try to walk home in all that icy slush. I ended up staying there for two and a half days, which is fine- I was glad to see him anyway after having been unable to visit for most of the work. But today it hit all over again, but so far has only brought us nothing but frozen rain and sleet- which is FAR worse for traffic than the snow, since it's usually harder to see when it melts then immediately refreezes into a thin film of "black ice" on the roads- something people here are not familiar enough with to drive on with any degree of confidence or expertise. In short, it shuts down most of the businesses and roadways, and that means I don't work. IT SUCKS. UP North, people wouldn't even bat an eye at this crap, because they have equipment and resources to deal with it that Texas generally doesn't. So we get stuck having our lives grind to a halt just because the weather decides to go screwy and do crap it's not supposed to do here! __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

03-05-2015, 04:50 PM	#3492
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Yeah, only thing we can do is grin and bear it even though it sucks. I just hate having the sinus headaches that come with all of this. Ugh. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

03-05-2015, 06:07 PM	#3493
blindturtle02 Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Tx Posts: 2,627	Man, TX deserves a weird weather award. That's for sure. I feel bad for all the stray animals out there. It got so bad here in Killeen last night that our power kept going out and coming back on. I hope that's the last of this wintery mix. I feel for the OT Shredder and Krang. Living in the arctic must have sucked. At least none of us had it that bad. haha __________________ Please don't remove my nice hat and wack me in the butt with it.

03-05-2015, 06:25 PM	#3494
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Allergies. I keep waking up with runny noses, which seems to be the result of odd weather patterns here. One night it's 30 degrees out with icicles on my back deck, the next it's 80 degrees out. Wreaks havoc on my sinuses.

03-06-2015, 01:20 AM	#3496
Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	A friend of mine is being harassed on Tumblr by some otherkin person that sees otherkin issues as the same as trans gender issues. Even more annoying is that this person after being nothing but vile and condescending, now made a long propaganda post to smear my friend and paint them as the victim. and have this apparently in a queue to be posted a X number of times. __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

03-06-2015, 05:32 AM	#3500
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Well that's a new one on me, never heard of that before. o.O Wtf though, that isn't right. Gee I dunno, pretty sure there is a massive difference between that and someone dealing with prejudice related to the body they were BORN into and living within in THIS life... vs I dunno, if they simply thought they were purple in a former life and people won't accept they're really purple today when they're not.