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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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 Posted - 04/08/2013 : 07:31:28
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Ira Glass
Kindles
Mortality
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2813 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2013 : 17:34:55
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"why don't you have any kids?"
during the course of casual conversation this question comes up more and more.
I don't ask let alone press as to why someone is not procreating
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5456 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2013 : 19:21:28
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
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Posted - 04/09/2013 : 05:08:38
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Originally posted by darwin
Hope Ira Glass doesn't kill Tony with his Kindle.
If Tony were to go out that way it would be a terrible coincidence, three of his pet peeves conspiring in that way. Of course just suggesting it increases the liklihood of it happening, albeit by an infinitesimal amount, so perhaps we shouldn't talk of it any more.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7446 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2013 : 07:47:21
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Male cyclists showing their plumber's crack.
Denis
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2013 : 08:49:43
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North Korean newsreaders. Get a life!
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2013 : 09:15:18
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that hand signal that some athletes constantly sport after a score
and think that it depicts heart/love, when they really look like a mime doing an african buffalo
or a teabagging invite
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2013 : 09:18:35
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Originally posted by trobrianders
North Korean newsreaders. Get a life!
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2013 : 19:52:48
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i have too many to name really. i could compile a list of thousands
my own pet peeve intolerance level is a pet peeve
that said... people who take forever at a buffet / serve yourself style eating scenario. how long does it take?
conversely, people who are too impatient in a buffet scenario and start crowding you / over reaching into your zone. settle down there tiger. we're all gonna get to eat
I hate walkers in my neighborhood who gesticulate angerly at me to slow down. doing it in a very overly-dramatic, self-righteous fashion. as if I were going 80 mph in a 15
conversely, when I am walking my dog in my neighborhood, I can't stand people driving fast. especially if they don't slow down when they see me walking. instead of stepping safely out of the way I like to step into where the car is driving, to fuck with them
I can't stand my Swedish neighbor passive aggressively sweeping up the leaves in my gutter into a pile, in a not so subtle message. when this happens I just leave the pile there.
don't like it when girls with gigantic tits wearing extremely low cut tops give me the dick eye if i so much as glance at dem big titties. give me a break.
mortality
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2013 : 12:31:15
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good ones, floop. related to your walking one, a big pet peeve of mine is people walking/running on the wrong side of the street.
in case forum members don't know, here in the states at least, if you are walking on the street you should be on the left side of the road.
so often is the case where i'm walking or running (occasionally) and here comes someone else, coming right at me. who's going to move? not me, asshole, cuz i'm on the correct side of the street. your dumb ass can step aside. i'm sure as hell not fucking stepping aside. and if my dog humps your dog it's your own fucking fault, wrong walker.
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2813 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2013 : 16:16:30
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People who wear running shoes with jeans
Sweaty cyclist guy (in all that ridiculous gear) who thinks its ok to stop and grab a coffee
Runners on the sidewalk exhaling their sweaty breath trail that I have to walk through |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2013 : 17:40:18
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Person who is walking into your path as much as you are walking into theirs, and then you have this awkward shared moment, and then you mirror each other in your efforts to get out of each others' way. It's mildly irritating but every so often you get an assole who shows their anger that this has happened to them, like their dad built the road or something.
Maybe we could use that rule here Jose. It would be useful to know who the fuck is wrong walking in that situation.
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2813 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2013 : 18:11:00
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The current trend in fast food advertising to use the term "melty cheese"
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2013 : 19:31:27
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Originally posted by trobrianders
Person who is walking into your path as much as you are walking into theirs, and then you have this awkward shared moment, and then you mirror each other in your efforts to get out of each others' way. It's mildly irritating but every so often you get an assole who shows their anger that this has happened to them, like their dad built the road or something.
Maybe we could use that rule here Jose. It would be useful to know who the fuck is wrong walking in that situation.
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the reason you walk on the left side is so you can see cars coming at you. if you were on the right side, cars would be coming up behind you and you would not see them. dangerous. you get the point.
so it's for their own safety, and they're too stupid to figure it out themselves, so now i have to make a decision. i didn't want to make decisions. i wanted to walk deciding nothing.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2013 : 19:51:15
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dude, jose, i hate to break it to you but you're supposed to go with the flow. right side bro. no offense. just saying. if i'm walking on the "right" side of the street and your ass comes along, i ain't gettin out of the way either. you would probably get along with my dad, who still thinks you should bike on the left side of the road, so you can see cars coming
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2013 : 20:45:05
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i thought the walk-on-left is a traffic/safety rule for roads without sidewalks, otherwise i use the right sidewalk.
for seeing cars coming behind the bike a helmet mirror is useful
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Arm Arm Arm
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 04/26/2013 : 22:04:23
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 04/27/2013 : 06:11:45
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bike on the right, walk on the left. obviously.
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 04/27/2013 : 06:15:29
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pet peeve- getting along with forum members' dads.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/27/2013 : 06:33:29
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I hate when the janitor at work gives me that look that seems to say "I know you're the one who keeps clogging the toilet"
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2013 : 09:21:49
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summer touque guy; especially if he's wearing a beater. just cause we're in canada doesn't mean you can substitute a touque for your doo-rag/bandana ya wannabe cholo gangster
 20th Anniversary Tour; Teenager Of The Year: Live and Complete - Coming Soon in 2014 to your favorite venue! |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2013 : 09:27:50
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every single person in this video except JK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_IzYUJANfk
20th Anniversary Tour; Teenager Of The Year: Live and Complete - Coming Soon in 2014 to your favorite venue! |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 01:19:35
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At concerts, making a space for someone to pass by only to find them stopping in that space, and then getting a view of the back of their head instead of the stage for the rest of the show*
* variant on annoyingly tall, unfeasilbly large-headed, sit up straight guy who finds the seat in front of you at the movies (and does he really have to wear that huge hat indoors?).
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 02:04:14
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
quote:
Originally posted by darwin
People who walk on the leftside of the sidewalk.
This KILLS me!
Especially in the grocery store and people have their carts on the left-hand side.
I just thought it was common knowledge to stay on the right side.
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Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
Jose, what say you? It's right not left apparently.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 04:34:36
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open faced sandwiches
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 12:38:44
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quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
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Originally posted by darwin
People who walk on the leftside of the sidewalk.
This KILLS me!
Especially in the grocery store and people have their carts on the left-hand side.
I just thought it was common knowledge to stay on the right side.
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
Jose, what say you? It's right not left apparently.
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no, this makes perfect sense. foot traffic, walk on the right side of the sidewalk/aisle/etc. granted, who fuck knows what is done outside the US (do grocery stores even exist in other countries?).
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
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Posted - 05/02/2013 : 00:38:30
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Thanks for the clarification Jose. You guys' walk rules are almost as sophisticated as our rules for queueing here in the UK. You have careful rules for keeping moving while we have careful rules for standing still!
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2013 : 05:28:15
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not in New York. it's pretty much dog eat dog, get outta my way. in LA we don't have walk rules because no one walks
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 05/02/2013 : 11:11:51
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They taught us to walk, and ride our bikes, facing traffic on the highway here.
Slower bike riders do this, but those in Spandex don't.
There doesn't seem to be rules for walking downtown, it has been
35 years since it's been busy there. I'll ask some older people.
In the malls at Christmas people walk like they were in cars, pass on the left.
On the slopes at Banff people yell out "On Your LEFT" when they overtake another skier.
On the Ski-Out it feels very much like a little one way highway.
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They used to walk on the right downtown.
At one time, before they built the newer malls, about 85% of the money downtown
was spent at one department store, Eaton's, and most of the rest of the money was
spent at The Bay [The Hudson's Bay Co.]. These stores were 6 and 8 stories and the
main transportation was on escalator. The rules on the wider escalators were if you
were just riding them you stayed to the right, If you were climbing them you passed on
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
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Posted - 05/02/2013 : 12:17:06
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Escalators is a good one. Here tube stations clearly state 'Stand On The Right' but many don't. Well if it's a couple making out, that's fine, but gormless tourists ought to be harshly disciplined by matronly wardens.
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2013 : 13:50:27
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quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
Escalators is a good one. Here tube stations clearly state 'Stand On The Right' but many don't. Well if it's a couple making out, that's fine, but gormless tourists ought to be harshly disciplined by matronly wardens.
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i just want to raise the chances of people reading that twice. it was a delight.
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 05/02/2013 : 19:17:13
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
not in New York. it's pretty much dog eat dog, get outta my way. in LA we don't have walk rules because no one walks
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2013 : 02:41:07
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quote:
Originally posted by Jose Jones
quote:
Originally posted by trobrianders
Escalators is a good one. Here tube stations clearly state 'Stand On The Right' but many don't. Well if it's a couple making out, that's fine, but gormless tourists ought to be harshly disciplined by matronly wardens.
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i just want to raise the chances of people reading that twice. it was a delight.
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Why thank you sir. If you do have any ideas about how to combat the environmental threat posed by affluent childful trippers please contact us at sohappytobeinyourcity.org
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2013 : 05:39:18
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this is actually probably my biggest one if all: sitting at a table to eat and the table legs are uneven, and the table rocks back and forth every time you touch it. I have to fix it, every time, or have the waiter fix it, or if that fails move. it drives me fucking crazy
blt- who dat?
tro- "matronly wardens". that's funny. makes me think of the high density of bondage / punishment themes in British erotica. what is it with Brits and bondage fetishes? (sorry to go off topic)
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
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Posted - 05/03/2013 : 09:52:43
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
tro- "matronly wardens". that's funny. makes me think of the high density of bondage / punishment themes in British erotica. what is it with Brits and bondage fetishes? (sorry to go off topic)
green star member since 2006. smb?
We're still living under a Victorian hangover. We haven't always had this prurient attitude. We're getting better. I don't usually go in for that English sense of humor about it but for that post I put on the voice a bit.
About no one walking in LA. I've heard that before like walking's beneath you guys or something. Sounds kinda brattish. No one walks within districts or between districts? Walking through varied districts is usually seen as a pleasure of city living. Then there's that Dorothy Parker quote on LA, 72 suburbs in search of a city. I still have a lot to learn about LA.
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