What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[DarkLightDragon]

Thanks for the pep talk guys. People like you definitely make me want to stay. Though I'll try not to get too frustrated or annoyed so I won't come off as a jerk to some.

[pennydreadful]

Holy carp Leo, hope your leg heals up ok!

DLD - I can empathize; I've kind of been getting ticked off with the forums a little lately. I had a mental health day yesterday and realized that I'm taking things here too seriously because I'm trying to use it as a distraction from some other things in my life that I'm upset about. Now that I've realized that and spent the day processing a few emotions, I actually feel much better and I'll be diverting my energy towards self-care instead of raging about things in the world that I can't change.

The internet can be a great place - but it can also be full of *ssholes sometimes, and while you do try to expect the best of people, hoping for niceness online is pretty much akin to trying to control a great white shark by threatening it with a sack full of tasty, delicious kittens. I do hope you stick around; you just have to find a way to disconnect from the frustration. Try to remind yourself that they're just people on the internet, and they have no real bearing on who you are as a person, or where you are in your life.

[Icebot]

My sister has been feeling sick all month. I hate it when she feels that way.

[BubblyShell22]

Sorry to hear about your sis, IB. I hope she gets better soon.

Having to get my eye dilated at the doctor's today. Granted it's not as bad as it first was, but it does annoy me to no end to have to do it. Thank goodness it's only once a year. And for the record, everything's fine.

[Leo656]

I got a good one. People who consistently misuse big or fancy words in order to try and appear smarter than they are, when anyone can see they're transparently full of sh*t. Especially when they usually communicate in short sentences, then one day all of a sudden start talking like grown-ups while sticking a bunch of $10 words in places they don't belong. It's like they get tired of being called stupid, so they over-compensate and prove it.

I mean, it grinds my gears, for sure, but it's also F'n hilarious.

[Candy Kappa]

As a toy collector, I hate how expensive toys are in my country, often twice as expensive. And stores complained a while back that too many was shopping online.

But even then we get ripped off, cause of you buy anything for 200 NOK ( $32 ) or over, you get a import fee. yay.

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

I had a horrible one today... I was trying to fix a GameCube today to sell this weekend (it doesn't read discs) and as I took it apart I discovered that it had far more roaches inside than I originally thought (found a couple in the ports underneath during initial cleaning). It was a full blown Roach Hotel California (they had all checked out but never left...) and every bit of canned air spread roach bits all over. I hate roaches, they make my skin crawl and while I've found bugs inside video game stuff before, never, ever this bad. I cleaned that puppy inside & out- tweaked everything I could, including the potentiometer, and couldn't fix the issue. It's not worth buying parts to replace anything, so it's just a worthless box now. I really wish that for all my trouble it would have worked. Tons of vacuuming later and a looooong shower plus more vacuuming I still have the heebeejeebees.

[Metalwolf]

Roaches? I'm not surprised. They luuuurve electronics

[Icebot]

This day. It was nothing but misery for me.

[Metalwolf]

@DTC- You might want to find a spot far from your house to open up the cases if you plan to repair and sell electronics like that, as roach infestation in malfunctioning electronics is very common. You'll get the gamers that want to trade in or don't know why their stuff ain't working, and lo and behold it's because the console became a roach haven. If that happens, I would just bag up the console/computer with a 'Sorry can't work on this, it's infested' as some rerpair companies are wont to do.

That way you don't end up with an infestation that you can't get rid of, as many in Geeksquad, Gamestop and others can attest.

[ssjup81]

How about this....selfies. I don't get it and never will. Unless it's for an actual reason, "I hurt myself, isn't this bruise awful", I see no point. It's annoying going on Facebook to see people doing the selfies photos.

[Darthknuxward]

I've got a long list in store for tomorrow.

EDIT: Well here's the list:
Justin Beiber
Ray Willaim Johnson, iJustine and several other youtubers
One Direction
Hunter Hayes
Religion
Politics
Moronic drivers
People who think they're "too cool for school"
My ears
My teeth
My braces
Bugs
Bad movies
Bad TV shows
Gene Simmons
Sonic fanboys
The fire challenge
Republicans
Mitt Romney
George W. Bush
Rapists
Sexists
Racists
Bigots
Some Feminists
UKIP
Conservatives
Domestic abuse
Alcoholics
Ultimate Spider-Man (TV Series)
Ted Nugent
Parental Abuse
Selfies
Oil Spills
The tempature where I live
Terrorists
The "Tea Party" movement
The straw man argument
War
Animal Abuse
Kanye West
Pollution
Murderers
Cyber-bullying
Bullying in general
Snotty employes
George Lucas
The economy

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

Originally Posted by Metalwolf

@DTC- You might want to find a spot far from your house to open up the cases if you plan to repair and sell electronics like that, as roach infestation in malfunctioning electronics is very common. You'll get the gamers that want to trade in or don't know why their stuff ain't working, and lo and behold it's because the console became a roach haven. If that happens, I would just bag up the console/computer with a 'Sorry can't work on this, it's infested' as some rerpair companies are wont to do.

That way you don't end up with an infestation that you can't get rid of, as many in Geeksquad, Gamestop and others can attest.

I've had to open up & work on quite a few systems & have seen many, many roaches & spiders in systems, but this one was particularly bad. I apparently love to pick jobs that include phobias of mine. I can't stand mouse droppings and as a picker I'm constantly around them... They freak me the hell out, but I just try to swallow my irrational fears & keep going. The same with the game systems/roaches, lol. Unfortunately with my current situation, getting far away isn't much of a solution. But I after this one, I've decided to tarp the area next time I've got a super bad one. Usually I just lay out a paper towel mat to catch debris. Ordinarily I would've just kicked that GC to the curb & said screw it, but we've been hurting on money with all the medical bills that came in all at once so if I fixed it it'd be an extra $20-$30 to help out.

The Xbox I was working on last night had a large dead spider that had been using it as a hunting ground, lol. What cracked me up was that the gal had left it outside on her dog porch and the disc drive had spun the fur/fuzz around like a cotton candy maker.... Cracked me up.

While I was working on that Xbox for a friend of mine, I usually don't try & fix stuff for other people, just refurbish systems I pick up here & there to sell.

[pennydreadful]

That was a pretty good list, Darth! You shouldn't let your teeth or ears bother you though. I had braces too - just think of the day that you get them off and your teeth look all nice.

[Hamato Yoshi]

"cause of you buy anything for 200 NOK ( $32 ) or over, you get a import fee"

Same thing with U.K , Germany , Portugal for instance......

Originally Posted by Yorae

The fact that the TMNT movie premieres in my country on September 4th instead of August 8th seriously grinds my gears.

Could be worse , for example "For a few dollars more" premiered in 1965 in Italy while Hong Kong did not see it until 1970....not everything was great back then

That Bruce Lee died at 32 when he very likely could've had a 20 yr career span.....I'm just glad he didn't have to experience Brandons death as it would've enraged him like hell !

[Darthknuxward]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

That was a pretty good list, Darth! You shouldn't let your teeth or ears bother you though. I had braces too - just think of the day that you get them off and your teeth look all nice.

Probably, but my ears are always either filled with wax or have an ear infection. But I'm getting my braces off in a few months!

[pennydreadful]

Have you tried using ear candles? They're a pain-free way of drawing out excess wax, if that's a problem... My sympathy re the ear infections; I imagine that must be pretty painful.

Congrats on soon-to-be-getting-off of the braces!

[Slade]

Putting to much logic in a post, and it ends up making the poster look like an ass for trying to hard.

[ssjup81]

Bashers. I truly dislike senseless bashing, and you'll find them in all fandoms. The worst kind, imo, are those who bash characters for petty shipping reasons.

[Slade]

The word preggo