What Grinds Your Gears? :)

*Metalwolf* · 06-29-2014, 04:16 PM

-People having babies and then whining on about how 'haaard' it is. Stuff like that irritates me to no end because nobody forced them to have and keep a kid. It's always people who expect sympathy points on something they could have easily used a condom to prevent or adoption to give up. Good parents never whine like this, it's always the crappy ones that expected their kids to be a mini-me or are too permissive.

-Landlords in New York City wanting a minimum of $40,000 income to even consider taking that person as a tenant. But yet the apartments go for about $900- $1,000, so unless you are paying for some really expensive amenities, it shouldn't cost more then $17,000 a year at most. I'm not looking to move, just was curious because of an interest in NYC through TMNT and the fact that it does have a lot of fun nooks and crannies contained with it, so I entertained the thought. But dang, why do they need that much when at least some of the amenities should be covered by the landlord? There was only one place that didn't have that and had lower rent, but it required sharing a place. Ugh, no thanks.

-This one will be extremely weird. But the fact that I can't use Feliway or any closely related pheromone product for my cat because... it affects me too. Not in the idea of being high, but that with one accidental whiff, it shuts down any and almost all incentive to do anything. You know how you have a little anxiety to give incentive to do something, even if it's knowing you need to fold clothes? Well this takes that away and replaces it almost entirely with a sort of 'Everything's OK, it's all OK, you are safe, there is nothing to feel anxious about' feeling that makes it hard to do anything. And it lasts until it dissipates, which takes almost a half hour. I don't like using the stuff for this reason, which stinks because it's supposed to help the cat when she feels anxious. Plus it costs $20, which wasn't cheap. 'Species specific' my butt.

-Not being able to relax on Left 4 Dead Versus mode, without fear that someone will initiate a votekick you for doing something/not doing something and then calling you names over it before they do so. Versus mode is where you can play a team of four Survivors against a team of four Special Infected, and you switch back and forth through the rounds until that campaign is over and a team wins. It's fun, but sometimes you get someone who yells over the mic or gets on you for a mistake. Then it's no longer a way to relax and have fun, but becomes a group of folks who's played this game for over 1000 hours versus any lesser 'noob' who hasn't racked up that much yet. Sometimes I'm the designated 'noob,' sometimes some other poor slob is. But once 'noob' comes up, fun goes out the window.

06-29-2014, 04:16 PM	#11
Metalwolf Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,563	-People having babies and then whining on about how 'haaard' it is. Stuff like that irritates me to no end because nobody forced them to have and keep a kid. It's always people who expect sympathy points on something they could have easily used a condom to prevent or adoption to give up. Good parents never whine like this, it's always the crappy ones that expected their kids to be a mini-me or are too permissive. -Landlords in New York City wanting a minimum of $40,000 income to even consider taking that person as a tenant. But yet the apartments go for about $900- $1,000, so unless you are paying for some really expensive amenities, it shouldn't cost more then $17,000 a year at most. I'm not looking to move, just was curious because of an interest in NYC through TMNT and the fact that it does have a lot of fun nooks and crannies contained with it, so I entertained the thought. But dang, why do they need that much when at least some of the amenities should be covered by the landlord? There was only one place that didn't have that and had lower rent, but it required sharing a place. Ugh, no thanks. -This one will be extremely weird. But the fact that I can't use Feliway or any closely related pheromone product for my cat because... it affects me too. Not in the idea of being high, but that with one accidental whiff, it shuts down any and almost all incentive to do anything. You know how you have a little anxiety to give incentive to do something, even if it's knowing you need to fold clothes? Well this takes that away and replaces it almost entirely with a sort of 'Everything's OK, it's all OK, you are safe, there is nothing to feel anxious about' feeling that makes it hard to do anything. And it lasts until it dissipates, which takes almost a half hour. I don't like using the stuff for this reason, which stinks because it's supposed to help the cat when she feels anxious. Plus it costs $20, which wasn't cheap. 'Species specific' my butt. -Not being able to relax on Left 4 Dead Versus mode, without fear that someone will initiate a votekick you for doing something/not doing something and then calling you names over it before they do so. Versus mode is where you can play a team of four Survivors against a team of four Special Infected, and you switch back and forth through the rounds until that campaign is over and a team wins. It's fun, but sometimes you get someone who yells over the mic or gets on you for a mistake. Then it's no longer a way to relax and have fun, but becomes a group of folks who's played this game for over 1000 hours versus any lesser 'noob' who hasn't racked up that much yet. Sometimes I'm the designated 'noob,' sometimes some other poor slob is. But once 'noob' comes up, fun goes out the window.