The Bitching Thread

[Buffalobiian]

My bitch:

Out of nowhere, a developed a cyst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyst) on the inside of my mouth, in front of my second left incisor. It's grown to big that it get caught whenever I try to eat now. The doctor's given my some ointment/cream to put on it for a week. If it settles down and goes away by itself I'd be grateful. If not, then I'll have to do surgery and get it cut off.

[Animeniax]

Ointment for the inside of your mouth? I wonder how you're going to keep from ingesting it and getting poisoned.

I used to bite the inside of my cheek, until the one time I cut it open good and it got infected. It pussed up and for two weeks everytime I swallowed I sucked down some pus too. It was gross but didn't taste half bad.. It eventually healed up on its own.

[complich8]

Pantene shampoo gave me three sebaceous cysts on my scalp in college. One of them was small and dissolved away over 3 or 4 months after I switched to another shampoo. Another one was easy to see popping out of the top of my hair right near the front of my head, and I ended up excavating it with an xacto knife and some tweezers. It was pretty gross, with a leathery fluid sac about 3/4 of an inch in diameter.

I still have the third one, on the back of my head buried in my hair. I think it's been getting smaller very slowly for the last 4 or 5 years, so I'm hoping it is slowly dissolving too... but who knows? Good reason to keep long hair though.

I just got my insurance card for my new job yesterday. First time I've been insured in like 6 years. Thinking of finding a pcp and asking about removal options.

[Animeniax]

I'll soon be without health insurance for the first time in almost 10 years and I'm nervous about it. Not that I'm accident prone or injury prone, but Murphy's law kicks in at the worst times in my life.

If the cyst on the back of your head is a pre-existing condition, will your new insurance policy cover its removal? Cysts suck.

[itadakimasu]

Work sucks right now.... very badly.

i've been helping all the remote users for the past 6 months w\ any problems they've had and have done a good job of it, most problems being connection related... if you cant use your cell phone because there is no signal, how are you going to vpn in and remote desktop w\ that same lack of connection?

anyhow... i got an email last week that they were bringing in a ''consultant'' to look at our problems which this was caused by the one girl last week not being able to connect...

she sent emails whining to other people before calling me, then she called me and we got her going... then later i get this email that she had sent that then got forwarded to 3-4 other people including the owner and then the talk of this ''consultant''

I started revamping my resume shortly after that... kind of feel both insulted and un-needed.

the frustration is also compounded w\ the purchase of a shitty made in china camera set of uber low quality and then i get somehow volunteered to set up said shitty camera system which has a range of maybe 20 feet (wireless) i dont even think its 802.11 wireless... i think its 1980's - 1990's RF wireless. www.x10.com.... seriously, goto the site... why would you buy anything from such a crappy website.

[XanBcoo]

Windows won't start on my laptop, which I basically live off of right now.

There's either something wrong with Windows, or the hard drive itself. Fuck.

[complich8]

If the cyst on the back of your head is a pre-existing condition, will your new insurance policy cover its removal? Cysts suck.

Pre-existing condition only applies if you've seen a doctor about it in the last six months before you enrolled for insurance (source! (http://healthinsurance.about.com/od/faqs/f/preex.htm)). Since I haven't seen a doctor at all in like ... 4 years, I don't have any of those! OTOH, if I had just been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, and saw a doctor 2 months ago to get diagnosed, they'd be able to reject my claims for that expensive but life-saving chemo, surgery and radiation therapy until 6 months had passed.



Oh, and new bitching for the day: Virt-manager. It's a redhat tool to manage xen virtual machines, and for some reason it's being a giant raging bitch to me today. I'm giving up and going home, because after hammering on it for 4 hours, I got it to work once, and then when I took the same steps to recreate the success, it failed.

The last two days have been particularly frustrating at work... between bad kickstart scripts and bad install cds and bad media and failing disks and failing memory and giant purchasing runarounds, and now this unreliable xen stuff. I feel like I've accomplished nothing so far this week, because of all the dead ends I keep hitting.

[Stitch]

Why couldn't Kojima put a "Restart From Last Checkpoint" option into MGS4?

That's all I'm bitching about these days.

[complich8]

Oh, I've got more to bitch about, too!

I got my new basically whole computer yesterday. Set it up, installed windows, updated, no problems all around. In fact, things seemed to be going just a little ... too well.

Then I installed SupCom to see how the performance was (sort of as a baseline to compare to my old system), and the system started randomly hanging for a couple seconds at a time. After some debug work, ended up checking the system event log, and found out that, of all things, the brand-freaking-new hard drive is bad.

Yeah, how great is that? Seriously.

[Assertn]

Been over 3 months and one of my clients still owes me $1800
Been over 1 month and another client owes me $7500

Getting kinda pissed off.

[Animeniax]

Yeah, how great is that? Seriously.
I always recommend you buy Western Digital for primary drives (it's not a Western Digital drive that failed I hope).


Been over 3 months and one of my clients still owes me $1800
Been over 1 month and another client owes me $7500

Getting kinda pissed off.You should code a backdoor into all of your programs so you can kill the applet in event of nonpayment. Unless there are legal repercussions for doing this?

[complich8]

I always recommend you buy Western Digital for primary drives (it's not a Western Digital drive that failed I hope).

Yes. Yes it is a western digital drive.

[Animeniax]

Must have been user error then ;) .

My bitch today is about console games ported to PC. Why do companies make so little effort when porting a game? I'm playing Assassin's Creed on the PC with a mouse and keyboard and the controls are obnoxiously unintuitive and sometimes wonky. I don't even like this game enough to splurge on the $20 microsoft wireless receiver that would let me use an xbox360 controller on the PC. I just don't think it's worth it.

[darkshadow]

its the same with GoW pc, not only is the game riddled with crashing bugs, the game actually plays tons better with my wired controller, i didn't even try assassin's creed with mouse and keyboard, but it played pretty darn perfect with the controller.

Plus the controller is also pretty great for grid, and a lot of other games i tried it with, it even played pretty well with crysis.
Maybe you should just get the wireless receiver, kinda for future games or so, i know at least assassin's creed will play a whole lot better.

[Stitch]

My mini-donuts got stuck in the vending machine again.

The only reason I even buy stuff from vending machines anymore is so I can feel like I live in Tokyo.

I want to buy a MacBook Pro but my budget doesn't allow it now. Too many quarters lost to evil vending machinese.

[fahoumh]

My mini-donuts got stuck in the vending machine again.

The only reason I even buy stuff from vending machines anymore is so I can feel like I live in Tokyo.

I want to buy a MacBook Pro but my budget doesn't allow it now. Too many quarters lost to evil vending machinese.

How much could you have possibly lost to these "evil vending machines"?

[Abdula]

Apparently somewhere in the neighborhood of $2000, looks like someone hasn't learned their lesson.

[Stitch]

You guys don't get it.

I'm eating for two, and I can tell the father is going to be absent.

*Cries*

[Abdula]

Um okay, but what does that have to do with a Macbook. The donuts I get, if you are indeed "eating for two" I hate euphemisms.

[fahoumh]

You guys don't get it.

I'm eating for two, and I can tell the father is going to be absent.

*Cries*

Say what?

[Assertn]

It means that stitch is going to be a mom.

[Sapphire]

$2000 worth of crappy powdered donuts? Wa wa we wa.

[Abdula]

Picture $2000 worth of crappy donuts and then you would change your mind. Sounds to me like someone is gorging on comfort food.

It means that stitch is going to be a mom.
Yeah well having a child and being a mom, are two different things.

[Assertn]

Yeah well having a child and being a mom, are two different things.
Yeah well you can't eat for two and be absent at the same time.

[Abdula]

I bet I could prove you wrong:p

My bitch, 1400 posts of absolutely nothing:(:rolleyes:

Oh and Sapphi's blog:p

[fahoumh]

Picture $2000 worth of crappy donuts and then you would change your mind. Sounds to me like someone is gorging on comfort food.

Or failing at teh humour. If a girl/woman is an expectant mother, you would think a $2000 computer would be a little lower on the priority list.

[Abdula]

Or failing at teh humour.
No, never that.:D

If a girl/woman is an expectant mother, you would think a $2000 computer would be a little lower on the priority list.
*shrugs*
depends.....

[Stitch]

You guys are taking my child more seriously than I am.

While I make a life, why don't you guys go get a life?

Nyuk nyuk nyuk. Just kidding.

[fahoumh]

*shrugs*
depends.....

.....on?

[Abdula]

the person

[fahoumh]

Ah-ha. Makes sense, hahahaha. :p

[Animeniax]

Another female on gotwoot? Sweeet. And this one has loose morals, which isn't my type, but I'm not picky.

[Abdula]

Not picky is an understatement, we all know you take whatever you can get:D

[Animeniax]

That's so mean how you talk about Sapphire like that.

[Buffalobiian]

Another female on gotwoot? Sweeet. And this one has loose morals, which isn't my type, but I'm not picky.

Yeah well having a child and being a mom, are two different things.

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3623/pregnantman24481cri5.jpg

Ani may be in for a big surprise.

[Abdula]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha. Lol.
God, Buffalobiian, stop already you're killing me.

That's so mean how you talk about Sapphire like that.
What exactly are you insinuating Ani?

[Animeniax]

Abdula has a gut like that. Too many twinkies.

[Sapphire]

That's so mean how you talk about Sapphire like that.
Nah uh uh. In your dreams maybe, but certainly not fo' realz. We aren't in pretend land! (Or are we?)

I think Ani meant to say, "whoever Sapphi pimps me out to," which, indirectly is, "whatever I can get". :D

[Animeniax]

No one wants to be involved in our lover's quarrels, Sapphire, so let's get back on topic.

Why is it that game releases are always on the horizon, never right when you're finished with the last batch of must-play games? It's particularly painful when you don't have access to online games like CoD4, WoW, CSS, because then you can at least play those until the next big title is out. Right now nothing is due out until August 31 when Mercenaries 2 comes out. September and October both have multiple big name titles, but what am I supposed to do for all of August?

[darkshadow]

Find some other game you never finished, cause september - february will be big titles only, especially october and november.

[Abdula]

Starting August 12, I'm gonna have me a new game to play or more accurately a new game to buy every week. Don't particularly need big titles, just new titles.

[Animeniax]

What games are those?

I wasn't really bitching since I'm playing Assassin's Creed PC and my buddy is lending me Halo 3 for the X360 soon. I needed to bitch about something to stay on topic while flirting with Sapphire.

[Abdula]

I'm too lazy to post my list but Aug 12th is Madden 09, I don't think you're the Madden type though.

Flirting with Sapphire is a fruitless effort isn't it. Why bother?

[Animeniax]

Nope, since the 2KSports NFL game for 2005 was so much better than Madden 05, but EA bought the exclusive license from the NFL. So I'm boycotting their game, which is usually subpar anyway. Madden 07 on the Xbox was weak.

I wonder if you even have a list.

Who are you to speak for Sapphire? I have a better chance than you.

[Sapphire]

Who are you to speak for me?

You both have equally 0 chance. XD

[Abdula]

I didn't like Madden either, but 08 was okay and 09 looks like its going to be good.

Yes, there is a list.

I have absolutely no interest in Sapphire, other than possibly being friends and unfortunately I have no interest in friends at the moment.

[Sapphire]

lol, Yaay!

[XanBcoo]

Someone better bitch about something in their next post. Keep all the creepy "flirting" with Sapphire in the Flame Pit, guys. I don't want to warn people.

I haven't been able to fix my laptop, so I've been stuck without the internet for the past 4 days. I'm not even sure if my hard drive is salvageable by this point, and I haven't had time to get it looked at. Extremely frustrating since I've potentially lost 3 years worth of stuff on it.

It's also made contributing to the planning of the Photography contest harder.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I just ran out of weed for the first time in like two years and I can't remember what I did to pass the time before that...and it's also making me unusually irritable.

[Idealistic]

Why is it that when you don't feel like eating something, people automatically assume you don't like to eat it?!?

I just don't feel like eating it right now ok!?

[Buffalobiian]

I've been applying my ointment on the cyst twice daily, as directed. It's been slowly going down, and it was almost non-existent, save a bit of loose skin. Then today, I had a quiche and a chicken pie for lunch, and during that, it popped right up to being almost as large as it was last week.

Fuck, what's up with that? And I'm supposed to see the doctor tomorrow to show him if it's healed at all. I'm thinking of not booking the appointment tomorrow and just keep up the treatment for another week and see how that goes. All while keeping away from quiches and pies.

Seriously though, why chicken pie. WTF.

(I had a quiche tonight, and it seemed to make it worse. So maybe it's the quiche)

[complich8]

Mild food allergies, maybe?

[RyougaZell]

I feel the pain.
I've been having a treatment to repair my stomach and intestines for 2 weeks now. It seemed I was recovering, but something I ate yesterday practically made me spend the night at the bathroom... bah.

At least I haven't lost more kilograms... but still... I also needed to talk to my doctor tomorrow... like crap... blergh.

[RyougaZell]

Fucking damn it!
The asshole of 'IT security' just blocked access to all videogame sites on the office. Fuck him and WebShit!

[Animeniax]

No f*cking way, man. That sucks. I've always held the belief that IT guys who don't appreciate video games are in the wrong field.

Hopefully he doesn't ban forum sites like gotwoot :eek: .

[Spiegel]

Well I went out to eat this weekend and everything was fine until it came time to pay. They claimed that their credit card machine was not working so I said that the carbon copy alternative reciept was alright (They charge it when the machine is working). I was worried about it then and rightfully so. I look at my online statement this morning, while at work, and come to find that I have five charges other than the price for the meal on my account. Totaling in an extra $56.88 out of my account. Now I have to wait a few days to get everything in order as the restaurant in question is approximately 280 miles away...

F*** them...

[Jaitne]

Fucking damn it!
The asshole of 'IT security' just blocked access to all videogame sites on the office. Fuck him and WebShit!

Use mstsc so you can play them on your home computer :p

If you want to keep your home computer on all day long while you're at work.. and if you have the ability to actually use that command.

[Stitch]

I've been farting all day, and let me tell you, they smell pretty rank.

God, you may be divine creator and all that jazz, but the gastro-intestinal system is pretty inefficient if you ask me.

[RyougaZell]

Use mstsc so you can play them on your home computer :p

If you want to keep your home computer on all day long while you're at work.. and if you have the ability to actually use that command.

Nah... I don't play at work. I wanted to read news though. IGN, 1up, RPGfan, RPGamer...etc. Oh well. At least I still have gotwoot... I hope.

Today's bitch:

Doctor said to stop drinking Coke because of my stomach problems :(

But I can't function without Coke :(

[Animeniax]

Why not drink Pepsi then?

Sodas are bad for you so it's for the best that you quit. Maybe try tea or wine or just plain water.

I'm trying a new eating routine to lose some weight. I used to get a full plate for every meal and wolf it down in one sitting, leaving me over-full and lethargic for an hour after. Now I eat half of the meal, wait a couple hours, then eat the other half. It's more in line with the recommended 6 smaller meals a day that they recommend if you want to increase your metabolism and get in shape. Only problem is the urge to eat the other half soon after eating the first half, and that the half portions are still too large.

[Stitch]

lol you're 42 and just now figuring out health and fitness?

[Animeniax]

Yeah it took me a while, but at least I eventually figured it out. So what's your excuse?

[RyougaZell]

Why not drink Pepsi then?

Sodas are bad for you so it's for the best that you quit. Maybe try tea or wine or just plain water.



Black Sodas. Coca Cola, Pepsi, Doble Cola, etc.

Doctor said I could drink once a week one... that I should drink other like Sprite, Joya, Fanta, Mirinda, 7up, etc. Or to drink Gatorade or simple homemade Lemonade

[Animeniax]

Black Sodas. Coca Cola, Pepsi, Doble Cola, etc.
You guys really can't tell when I'm joking like that?

I meant it about sodas though, you'll be better off without them. It took me a little while to ween off them but it was worth it. Your teeth, liver, and gut will appreciate it too.

[Jaitne]

Black Sodas. Coca Cola, Pepsi, Doble Cola, etc.

Doctor said I could drink once a week one... that I should drink other like Sprite, Joya, Fanta, Mirinda, 7up, etc. Or to drink Gatorade or simple homemade Lemonade

Cream soda!! or, buy those.. good umm, energy drink things. The ones that taste like lemonade but leave this funny after taste.

[XanBcoo]

You guys really can't tell when I'm joking like that?

I meant it about sodas though, you'll be better off without them. It took me a little while to ween off them but it was worth it. Your teeth, liver, and gut will appreciate it too.
Hi, I'm XanBcoo.

*Hi XanBcoo!*

I haven't had a soda in 7 months! True story.

[RyougaZell]

That's... painful

PS: I want a beer...

[Buffalobiian]

Black Sodas. Coca Cola, Pepsi, Doble Cola, etc.

Doctor said I could drink once a week one... that I should drink other like Sprite, Joya, Fanta, Mirinda, 7up, etc. Or to drink Gatorade or simple homemade Lemonade

A healthier alternative would be fruit juice. They're still loaded with sugar these days, but they should be better than soda. Perhaps stay away from orange juice if it's too harsh on your stomach.

[RyougaZell]

Indeed. I'm not drinking oranga juice (although I love it... damn).

But but... the Coke! Some people function with coffee... I do with Coke... oh well.

Did I mention it btw? Doctor said that my treatment to repair stomach and intestines will take at least 2 whole months.

[Buffalobiian]

Did I mention it btw? Doctor said that my treatment to repair stomach and intestines will take at least 2 whole months.

What happened before? Did something eat your stomach? 2 whole months without coke? I guess you can only expect it to heal slowly, since it's under constant assault from stomach acid and digestive enzymes.

[Animeniax]

Would taking something like Nexium help the healing process? It turns off some acid-producers in the stomach to reduce the acidity of your stomach lining.

[RyougaZell]

Dunno really.
Both doctors I saw suspect I ate something that was not in good state.

I can drink Coke... once a week...

[Assertn]

Why don't you try mountain dew then?

I significantly reduced my carbonated soft-drink intake a few years back, and now I tend to feel like shit if I drink more than a can. If you try healthier alternatives for a while, you become repulsed by other stuff.

[RyougaZell]

Mountain Dew kinda failed here. I mean... they sold it a lot some years ago. Now I can't remember when was the last time I saw it on an Oxxo or 7-11.


Today's bitch is not so bitched, but anyway...

I had to attend a meeting, about the opening of two new cities (telephony company), and I was going to connect through phone so I didn't have to go to the other building (its about 3 km away). At the start hour I was informed their phone was dead.

A dead phone on a telephony company? NO FUCKING WAY!

So I missed the meeting.

[Abdula]

A dead phone on a telephony company? NO FUCKING WAY!
Lol, that's hilarious.

[fahoumh]

After waiting over 3 months for my wheels to make it over from Japan I'm annoyed to see that the rear tires rub somewhere on the fender. I had to raise the rear over to stop them from rubbing until I can figure out where exactly they're rubbing and what I should do to stop them from rubbing permanently so I can lower the car back to the setting I originally had.

[Animeniax]

What kind of wheels are they? Don't tell me your tires rub because you cut the damn springs. Or are you trying to jam 22" wheels in a 4 door compact?

[fahoumh]

I have coilovers and they're 19" Work wheels. 22" wheels are for SUVs and trucks.

[Animeniax]

What kind of car is it?

I want a nice set of gold TE-37s.

My bitch: like Ryouga's Mountain Pee dilemna, they stopped selling Dr. Pepper Red where I lived. That stuff was the best, bat guano be damned.

[fahoumh]

TL Type S.

[RyougaZell]

Current bitch... my current weight (recurrent from previous bitches).

I weight 58.5 KG

[Death BOO Z]

isn't that 20 Kgs below anorexia?

I always assumed people in those weights simply float away from earth, like helium, or stuff.

edit: just to make this post into something more appropriate (and less stupid)---
I wanted to write down my resume today. too bad my house quite down only at 03:00. I'm going to social security when I wake up (Bastards want me to pay them...), and then to spread my resume around a few places... I need to get a job sooner or later, damn reality.

[darkshadow]

isn't that 20 Kgs below anorexia?

I always assumed people in those weights simply float away from earth, like helium, or stuff.

lolwut, so 80kg is anorexic to you? o_O, anorexia nervosa is more along the lines of 30-40kgs.

Boxing weight divisions go as low as 47.6 kg.
http://static.boxrec.com/wiki/a/a1/Niida.yutaka.jpg
does that dude look anorexic to you? he is the current minimumweight champion.

[Jaitne]

Well, people in sports can be anorexic to reach weight requirements. Just because you don't look it doesn't mean you aren't.

Now, people can just be small and have fast metabolisms.

[darkshadow]

Uhm no, anorexia nervosa is a very unhealthy eating disorder, it's not just being light. Do you really think he can be an athlete at his level if he didn't eat properly at the least?
That guy is in better physical condition then 99% of the ppl on this forum.

[XanBcoo]

Stop using Kilograms guys, I can't convert that shit in my head :(.

Another bad day at the gym today. Whenever I have problems, it's always on Chest day. One week I'm doing perfectly fine and making improvements, and the next I'm struggling with less than half the previous weight. Eating and sleep cycles affect me more than I thought.


Well, people in sports can be anorexic to reach weight requirements. Just because you don't look it doesn't mean you aren't.
It also means they'd probably be undernourished and not fit for athletic competition.

Edit: Basically, what darkshadow just said.

[Animeniax]

That guy is in better physical condition then 99% of the ppl on this forum.Who would be in the 1% that's equal or better than this guy? A big part of his low weight is his height, 156cm (5ft 1.5in). He weighs 105lb btw.

What's your height, RyougaZell?

[RyougaZell]

1.71 meters (google converter says: 5.61023622 feet)

Xan:
sorry dude. I really do not understand Lbs.
Google fixes it though...
58.5 kg = 128.970423 pounds

[Animeniax]

Wow, you look a bit taller in your pictures. 5'6" 130? That's not bad. In fact, at your weight previous to getting sick, you're were a bit chunky.

[Stitch]

I hate shopping for a friend's birthday. I wish my friends didn't have birthdays. Fucking idiots. Why'd they go and get a birthday and shit? Damn it.

[Buffalobiian]

I hate shopping for a friend's birthday. I wish my friends didn't have birthdays. Fucking idiots. Why'd they go and get a birthday and shit? Damn it.

You should chip in with a bunch of other friends. Then you guys can save a bit of cash, and also get him/her something that's actually useful/valuable. Plus, with more minds on the job, one of you should hopefully think of something that your friend actually wants/needs.

[RyougaZell]

Wow, you look a bit taller in your pictures. 5'6" 130? That's not bad. In fact, at your weight previous to getting sick, you're were a bit chunky.

Aside from the obvious stomach aches, not eating, not sleeping and all the crap... another problem is the clothes. Damn pants definitely need a belt to hold now. And no... I won't buy more clothes (for now). Not until I estabilize.

[darkshadow]

Who would be in the 1% that's equal or better than this guy? A big part of his low weight is his height, 156cm (5ft 1.5in). He weighs 105lb btw.

What's your height, RyougaZell?

i only said that cause i didn't want to rule out any possible athletes here, i know i've been at his level a few years back, though im horribly out of shape now, and i know DO is really in shape, he might be in that 1%


I hate shopping for a friend's birthday. I wish my friends didn't have birthdays. Fucking idiots. Why'd they go and get a birthday and shit? Damn it.

i don't get my friends anything, we never get each other anything.
if your friend is going to hate you for not buying anything, well then that friend just sucks

[Kraco]

Yeah. I always thought only kids consider it very important to get presents from their friends. Older people will just appreciate it if you remember them, depending on the person as some don't care at all (I totally stopped caring pretty early). Some round numbers like 50 or 70 years will make a difference, though. Sounds like a pretty superficial social circle if you are trapped into getting gifts for your friends every year at an older age, against your will.

[RyougaZell]

I don't even give things to my brothers, why would I give something to a friend? (Example: didn't buy presents for the weddings of 3 different friends).

I usually just give my nephews things. Toys for the youngest (3) and videogames the eldest (7). I also give money for my parents (alongside flowers in my mother's case). But my two brothers and my sister? nothing.

[XanBcoo]

I still haven't gotten my best friend a Christmas present even though I said I would and he actually bought me one. I feel pretty bad and I even know what it is I wanna get him, I just haven't made the effort to go out and buy it.

[RyougaZell]

If its not something its another.
Fever. All night, all half day today. BodyAche. A lot.
Didn't go to work... when they FINALLY were releasing my test clients for me to work on.

Oh well.

[Jaitne]

Awe. You poor thing.

[Animeniax]

I've always heard you shouldn't drink the water in Mexico. Did you drink the water, RyougaZell?

[Buffalobiian]

We blew out peak quota limit, so I'm shaped to using a 64kbps connection, which I'm sharing with three other users. Luckily, this will only be for around 5 days, and I still have my off-peak quota at full speed for anime.

[RyougaZell]

Not really a bitch, but actually a followup of the bitch.

Hello from the hospital guys.
I entered yesterday, and will stay here until late monday. LOL

[Death BOO Z]

stay clear from all the food, except the blue jello.

so it's not just a normal fever after all, do the doctors know what it is yet?

[RyougaZell]

Seems you missed part of the bitch man.
I've had problems for the past 3 months, losing 12 kg.

[Buffalobiian]

Do they have a name for the thing you're having, or is it a stomachbug.generic?

[XanBcoo]

I hate that you can't buy a lot of stuff on CDs nowadays. I really like owning CDs, but I can't seem to find Heart's "Dreamboat Annie" album anywhere. I'm really not in the mood for buying their 3 or 4 "Greatest Hits" CDs either.

Also, hope you get well soon Ryouga.

[Board of Command]

I hate how everyone keeps bitching.

[RyougaZell]

Do they have a name for the thing you're having, or is it a stomachbug.generic?

Dunno the term in english.
Colitis Ulcerosa.

Thanks Xan.

[Animeniax]

Shot in the dark, but I think it might be a stomach ulcer or something close.

[rockmanj]

Ahh, I have that condition...caused me to lost about 8-10 kgs in about 6 months. I eventually stabilized, but it was annoying. I couldn't really eat anything that I wanted to. Hope you get better, RZ

[Buffalobiian]

Dunno the term in english.
Colitis Ulcerosa.

Thanks Xan.

Damn, that's nasty.


Shot in the dark, but I think it might be a stomach ulcer or something close.

Close enough. Inflammed large intestines, with other complications, like ulcers. Basically a bitch.

[Board of Command]

Shipping (from online shopping) in Canada sucks balls. I ordered something from Directcanada on Thursday of last week and it only arrived in Toronto today. Even though it's here, it wasn't delivered. It'll probably be delivered tomorrow, which means I will receive it on Thursday since I won't be home for the delivery guy tomorrow and will need to go to the post office on Thursday to get it.

It normally takes 3-4 days for ground shipping when I order stuff. I don't understand what the delay is this time. I've used Canada Post in the past and it wasn't this slow. This is complete bullshit. 8 days to receive a package? At least the shipping was free...

People in the states are lucky to have places like Newegg where shipping is blazing fast and doesn't cost an arm and leg.

[darkshadow]

shipping is pretty fast here too, if i order something ill have it within 48hours, and it'll only cost about 8 euro's to ship

[Kraco]

You live in a very small country, DS. No wonder everything works like a clockwork.

That being said, the post works pretty efficiently here as well. Rarely have I needed to wait anything for more than a few days, normally not even that. The bad thing is they raise prices every year, but I guess that's unavoidable when the greedy oil barons keep raising the oil prices so... greedily and it's a transportation business.

[itadakimasu]

so, this guy i work with and I were talking last week about how cheap amd stock was and i thought it would be a great idea to buy some. my coworker said he uses etrade so i figured i'd open an account. I did, and i moved money into the account last friday. since then the stock has gone up from about $4.50 to $5.60 today.

when i goto buy the stock it says i can't buy anything under $10... i'm confused so i send them messages which prove to be a waste of time.

So today i try again because the initial week is over... wrong !

this lady is telling me that i could wire money to my account but that i cant use the money that is in my account that i sent last week until the 21st at which point the stock is likely going to be to a point where i dont want to buy it anymore.

wtf? my call got cutoff right after i said " so, you're telling me that if i wired money today i could use it, but i can't use the money that is already in my account?" seriously... wtf?

[itadakimasu]

So we posted our new website at work except for this one page "forms" that has.... probably 100 or more forms that i spent a good 12+ hours working on was axed. axed and replaced w\ the obsolete forms page from the previous website, which I'm now being asked to fix links on and can't find the form files anywhere...

seriously, i spent hours doing this and even though i was getting paid to do it, i just feel completely indifferent to this other forms page. i could care less if any of its links worked since i spent hours adding each link into the one I made. here is a sample :
Mine :
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e383/bbaucom/mine.jpg

Currently being used :
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e383/bbaucom/old.jpg

[Death BOO Z]

uhmm, you might want to tell them that the "bailees customers property Floater' form number isn't centered..
but I guess they already know it, and simply hare whoever tries to use the website.

[itadakimasu]

This bitch is still the bane of my existence. I made a bunch of updates to dead links and such on the old crappy page and today they've been overwritten and my boss is asking again for me to do the same thing and i had to explain to him that i already made those changes...

such bullshit... fixing broken links on a 12 year old web pages when i spend 12+ hours redoing the entire page w\ links that all 100% work.

[complich8]

My job's been insane the last 3 weeks or so, and it continues to be insane now. It'd be great conversation material with other hardcore nix nerds, but the only other hardcore nix nerds I know are the people I work with, and they're right there with me.

Lately I've been finding that even the highest level devs at work don't play on my level for systems and software development stuff. Like, I'll address a problem they're having by telling them what's wrong and how I fixed it, and from technical leads and lead developers on three different teams in the last two weeks, I've gotten responses that amounted to "I don't really know what you just said, but it sounds good!"

I love my current job, with which I'm in general happier than I've ever been with a job in my more than a decade of working, but it sort of bothers me sometimes that I know at most 3 people within a decade of my age either way who can keep up with a significant subset of the topics I deal with on a day-to-day basis. But I guess that's why the job pays as well as it does ...

[Assertn]

My piece of shit car is a death trap and I still have a week or two before my new car comes in.

[Animeniax]

@complich8: I've always wanted that kind of elite skillset where everyone around me can't keep up. I sort of have that, but the people I lord over are much lower on the totem pole of technical ability than those you deal with.

@assertn: What kind of car is it? It's made in America isn't it.

What kind of new car are you getting? You should probably buy Japanese or German cars, or Italian if you can afford it.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Is anyone else annoyed to fucking death with these Hamlet 2 commercials? If I hear that Rock Me Sexy Jesus song one more time I'm fucking going to disembowel someone.

[Assertn]

old car = 99 chrysler sebring
new car = 08 mini cooper s

[XanBcoo]

Is anyone else annoyed to fucking death with these Hamlet 2 commercials? If I hear that Rock Me Sexy Jesus song one more time I'm fucking going to disembowel someone.
I'm more annoyed that they're trying to market "Disaster Movie" as anything other than a complete piece of shit. Also "The House Bunny" and "College".

Actually I can't think of one movie that's being advertised right now that doesn't look just awful. The TV trailers are the worst since they show the same unfunny jokes 4 or 5 times every hour. They're inescapable.

[Psyke]

Disaster movie = best fitting title for a movie ever. I wonder why people still pay to watch movies like this.

[Death BOO Z]

Same people who like to watch Nascar, and moments from disaster on the discovery channel. it's like a snuff movie, only that instead of people, it's the cinema that being slaughtered.

note; "The rocker" with Rainn Wilson (Who? (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933988/)) had the worst opening weekend for a wide-released movie... it's that bad.

[XanBcoo]

Oh man, I knew I was forgetting something.

Also Step Brothers, which I saw last week and regretted 5 minutes into it. This is a horrible time for movies. It's kinda sad.

[Death BOO Z]

This is a horrible time for movies. It's kinda sad.

it's September. by the end of November thing should get better. until then, mostly low budget movies. few dramas, some 'humor' (but not from the funny kind of humor), maybe a stoner movie or two, and maybe a black comedy.
that's all, until the holydays season kicks in.

[Assertn]

Oh man, I knew I was forgetting something.

Also Step Brothers, which I saw last week and regretted 5 minutes into it. This is a horrible time for movies. It's kinda sad.
I've been told that the new ben stiller movie is excellent.

[XanBcoo]

It is. I saw Tropic Thunder the day before I saw Step Brothers but I think the latter was so awful that it overrode my memory of the former. Tropic Thunder is good though. I didn't love it but there were some great lines, and basically every scene with RDJ was perfect.

Anyway, back on topic, I missed my first class this morning because I had insomnia last night and only fell asleep an hour before I was supposed to get up. Off to a great start.

[Death BOO Z]

I'm sick of it.
I've watched "the de-vinchi code" this morning on t.v, I've read this manga (majo, by manga screener), and I'm fuckin' sick of it.

I will no longer feel guilty that I was born who I am.
I don't care if the jewdo-christian institute killed the scared woman.
I don't care if the white men killed the indians, the africans, the pegans and what not.

I don't care about my spiritual religion, I won't give anyone else special treatment because of his spiritual beliefs.

the de-vinchi code is about how the white-men oppressed the women throughout history by eradicating them from the holy books.
the manga (majo) has each story presenting a female young witch and her old witch teacher, saving the earth from some power-hungry whitey through the powers of green naturalism.

same message, again and again. screw them. what has nature ever done for me?

I've had it with this shit.
I will no longer apologize for how I was born.
Next book\movie writer that tries to make me feel bad about who I am, gets a one way ticket to stabbedland. first class, no connection, free of charge.

seriously, enough is enough. I am NOT the Devil.


that's about it, this shit really got on my nerves. good night.

[Abdula]

Well that was interesting:D :p

[Buffalobiian]

Well that was interesting:D :p

Now if only we had a slide show of DBZ's expressions as it was narrated to us. I guess this goes under "freedom of speech" and all that, and raises the question of "How much can you exercise your freedom without infringing that of others?"

People want to say it, and people don't want to hear it.

Another example would be the Mathew Reilly series. The French in his books always get the bad end of the stick.

[RyougaZell]

Photobucket and imageshack are blocked at work now... fucking asshole the imbecile using Websense...

[Animeniax]

Wow that bites, no more images on the forums for you man. Welcome to the text-based age of computing, circa 1990.

My gripe: the air conditioner in my living quarters died earlier this week and today the ac in my office died. We're having record hot temps late into August and early September (122F/50C) and the ac dies in the two places where I spend 90% of my time every day. Stuff in my room almost started to melt, since it's basically a large metal box that acts like an oven with the sun's rays heating it 12 hours a day. I'm moving to Hokkaido first chance I get.

[RyougaZell]

Wow that bites, no more images on the forums for you man. Welcome to the text-based age of computing, circa 1990.




Well... I just modified my signature to another webpage that isn't blocked. At least I get to see mine... but I won't be seeing most of them though. Oh whatever. As long as I see mine...

[Animeniax]

Don't worry, your new sig site will be blocked soon enough. Your company must be real stingy with the bandwidth costs, or just tired of the lost productivity from internet use.

[RyougaZell]

Nah... the guy managing IT security is just an asshole.

He is a lazy ass who just blocks everything in sight using websense.

Supreme Boss yelled at him for blocking Gmail though. You see... the Internet we sell... uses Gmail... and Google got mad that Gmail was blocked inside the company.

Too bad he wasn't fired.

[Abdula]

For doing something as retarded as that, maybe he should've have been.

[RyougaZell]

Well... on his defense... he blocked gmail before Google became our Mail Provider. Of course he did forget to unblock it when it became our Mail provider and of course Supreme Boss (Owner) didn't care he did it before, he yelled anyway.

EDIT:
Why the fuck did I post on his defense anyway? I want him out... damn... I need sleep... logging off...

[Buffalobiian]

New 8GB USB stick corrupts 75% of the stuff I put in it. When you copy something, it'll say "25 minutes remaining", then it speeds up after a while and after 5 mins, it says complete. When you try to play/run/open the file, it doesn't work, either partially or completely.

I'm seeing to a replacement, and just feeling lucky I kept all my important work on my old stick out of habit.

Good old trusty 1GB.

[XanBcoo]

God, there was this unattractive girl sitting behind me just now and yakking her head off. Her ignorant rambling was so enraging I had to get up and leave.

She was complaining about her Biology class. OK, that's not bad, I also hate Biology because it's boring and I kinda suck at it. Her reason? "The professor told us that even though Creationism can't be disproven, it's still a superstitious argument and he won't be focusing on it." She had the gall to say that it was a class where she'd be expected to put down answers "that they want, instead of what I truly believe."

Well guess what, you fuckwit, you're not taking Sociology. You're not taking "Literary Criticism 307". Your arbitrary system of beliefs won't allow you to bullshit your way through a science class. The fact that she (and many people) see science and empiricism as an affront to a baseless claim of Faith is mind-boggling. The fact that she was trying to pass off her "beliefs" as a reason to not study is such a disgusting cop-out. It's shit like this, on top of watching Palin's "Rah rah REAL Americans" speech last night that are making me resent the Conservative American mindset.

I'm not even Atheist or even staunchly anti-religious, but the fact that this kind of thing is so common really bugs me.

[Animeniax]

That's something about college types that will bother me when I go back, this sense of elitism and entitlement that you see with college kids. They think they know better because they're in college, as if you really learn anything useful there.

I've often argued politics and social issues with my younger sister, pitting my 10+ years of real world experience against her 7 years of college and postgrad work. I can't help wishing sometimes that she gets a dose of the real world to enlighten her, for her own good.

You should have found out what the unattractive chick's major was. Probably something useless.

[Board of Command]

I've had a stiff neck the past few days. Usually when I get a stiff neck from sleeping or muscle ache from working out, a good night's sleep fixes all the problems. Not this time. I somehow got a stiff neck from running on the treadmill and it's not going away.

[The Heretic Azazel]

It's shit like this, on top of watching Palin's "Rah rah REAL Americans" speech last night that are making me resent the Conservative American mindset.

That bitch was part of the Alaska Independence Party to have Alaska secede from the Union a few years back. What a choice for VP he made when he's supposed to be the most patriotic guy out there.

I would totally put another one in her daughter though.

[masamuneehs]

i work 50 hours a week, and I get paid for only 40 of them.

but i can't really complain, because the poor Japanese staff I work with (who earn considerably less than me despite being, in my opinion, far more effective) are there even longer. if i complain, i look like a completely spoiled American who doesn't really know what it's like to have to scrape. so i just deal with it, but it's annoying to think what i could be getting back home for 50 hours a week...

complich8: if you're that good, it's time to use some leverage. get yourself a raise or a new start elsewhere. sure, you're happy with where you are, but, read your sig.

[Assassin]

So, i havn't been around much due to a lack of internet the past few days. I moved into a student house early september, and there was no internet setup, so i had to order it. Because half the uni's population seems to have the same problem, they told me the first available appointment was for thursday between 1 and 3. After waiting a week, with no internet, no games to play, and only old moives to watch, the day finally came. But obviously the universe just isn't satisfied till you've been kicked in the nuts atleast once.

It turns out the cable running from the main building to my area doesn't actually go into my room...and the technician can't drill a hole in the wall without written consent from the landlord (FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!)...so now i have to wait till saturday, which the next earliest available appointment. And not only that, but i have to wait ALL DAY. The guy can show up anywhere between 8-5, so the whole day i'll be sitting in a room with nothing at all to do.

Oh and did i mention im fasting? so not only am i sitting there bored...im sitting there bored and hungry! god damn cogeco cable / landlord / lack of adequete wiring.

[Animeniax]

Are you trying to lose weight? That's a bad way to go about it, since you're going to lose muscle mass more than fat mass.

My bitch: long hair. My hair is getting long, not because I want to be cool or anything, but because I can't find a good place to get it cut. There's 2 places available, one is filthy and the stylists know one hairstyle: high and tight. The other is nicer but you have to wait 2 hours for a haircut and the place doesn't take reservations. So now my hair is almost as long as assertn's and it's a pain in the ass. I have to unclog the shower drain every other day, and sweep up loose hair from the floor 2 to 3 times a week. I might just shave it all off.

[Jaitne]

:O

You should post a picture after you do that.



Mine is that.. some people don't listen, even when they're warned or threatened with something :/ Either people have no fear, or I'm not that intimidating. It's kinda hard to get a lot of people in a room to shut up, sit down and listen >.> and.. also create a good enough discussion to speak about.

[Board of Command]

Are you trying to lose weight? That's a bad way to go about it, since you're going to lose muscle mass more than fat mass.
It's that time of the year again when Muslims fast.

[Buffalobiian]

:O

You should post a picture after you do that.



Mine is that.. some people don't listen, even when they're warned or threatened with something :/ Either people have no fear, or I'm not that intimidating. It's kinda hard to get a lot of people in a room to shut up, sit down and listen >.> and.. also create a good enough discussion to speak about.

How are you threatening them? One thing I learned is that you have to be LOUD, as well as assertive. Loud so it pretty much shocks them to shut up in the first place (like PA system loud), and assertive to show who's in control there. Depending on how you do it and who it is, it doesn't always work, but usually it does for me.

Another thing about the assertive thing is, are you in a position to be so? Like a group leader or something?

[Jaitne]

I'm the president of the club. I should be in a high enough position.

I think I just need to start kicking people out :( Because we are loud sometimes, and sometimes they just don't want to listen.. at all, until someone tells them to shut up about 3 times. Maybe I'm not that loud, though. I'm not sure.

I was threatening them with getting kicked out, which they seemed to respond to for a few seconds.

[Ryllharu]

I was threatening them with getting kicked out, which they seemed to respond to for a few seconds.There's your problem. You stop at threatening. Unless you follow through, it's always going to seem like an empty threat. This kind of thing is fairly common (in America anyway) for women with any kind of authority. Women are either "too nice" to do it or they end up being called "a huge bitch." Men don't care as much about what others think about them, unconsciously or not, so it is less of an issue.

However, there is an exception to this. Unionized Secretaries. Do. not. fuck with them or you will soon find yourself out of a job. I've seen it happen and I've only been working at this job for half a year. Most of them are nice though.

[Animeniax]

It's that time of the year again when Muslims fast.
Yeah I know man, we get a yearly warning in August about Ramadan because the locals act up in celebration during this time.

[Buffalobiian]

My bitch: long hair. My hair is getting long, not because I want to be cool or anything, but because I can't find a good place to get it cut. There's 2 places available, one is filthy and the stylists know one hairstyle: high and tight. The other is nicer but you have to wait 2 hours for a haircut and the place doesn't take reservations. So now my hair is almost as long as assertn's and it's a pain in the ass. I have to unclog the shower drain every other day, and sweep up loose hair from the floor 2 to 3 times a week. I might just shave it all off.

Just grab a book/magazine/portable gaming system there and wait it out. If you can't do that, then just sleep. That's what I'd do anyway. I hate bad haircuts, and I've had my fair share of those.

[python862]

I hate haircuts in general, as shown by my less-than-exhilaration in the picture thread.

My bitch is a rather mundane one; I hate how my skill in CoD4 fluctuates. At times, I'm owning just about everything in sight, and others, I can't seem to do anything but die. For example, last night I was playing a match of Hardcore S and D with my brother, a few of his friends, and a few people we didn't know.

First few matches, I was pretty much a non-factor. Then, when the match is just about over (My team was losing 2-3), something just happened, and I really hit my stride. In the first of the two rounds left, my team died with like two or three of the other guys left. The bomb is close to the objective, and there's about half a minute left. I get to the bomb, kill the guy who killed the last bomb-carrier, and plant with only a few seconds on the clock. Then, the last guy on the other team moves in and throws three consecutive stuns, afterward trying to rush in. Somehow, through my stun, I was able to kill the other.

Okay, so the match is now 3-3. Now the other team's planting and I take up a sniper spot. My team is being a bunch of douches, trying to go around killing the other team, so I decide to hurry downstairs to try and defuse. Somehow, I manage it, and my team wins the match.

And then, this afternoon, I'm failing hard. My point? Why in the hell can't I just be consistent? When I fail like today, I know why I have almost a hundred deaths an hour.

[Jaitne]

There's your problem. You stop at threatening. Unless you follow through, it's always going to seem like an empty threat. This kind of thing is fairly common (in America anyway) for women with any kind of authority. Women are either "too nice" to do it or they end up being called "a huge bitch." Men don't care as much about what others think about them, unconsciously or not, so it is less of an issue.

However, there is an exception to this. Unionized Secretaries. Do. not. fuck with them or you will soon find yourself out of a job. I've seen it happen and I've only been working at this job for half a year. Most of them are nice though.

I guess.. females can't be considered in the middle >.> they have to be on one extreme side or the other.

That can be a mini-bitch for the thread, I suppose XP


I hate haircuts in general, as shown by my less-than-exhilaration in the picture thread.



Haircuts accentuate your Jersey nose.. or.. Italian-ish >.> I guess. You need to embrace it!

[complich8]

Sounds like you need an enforcer, Jaitne. Find someone who's got the intimidation factor and get them on your side...

[Animeniax]

Sounds like you need an enforcer, Jaitne. Find someone who's got the intimidation factor and get them on your side...
That worked in '06 but failed in the '07 playoffs which will encourage the pacifists to further restrict enforcing and fighting. Jaitne will need a more well-rounded team that can play well and be physical, if not necessarily fight and intimidate. Most teams she'll be up against won't even carry an enforcer, and if she does, the refs will penalize him every time he gets on the ice, so it's a lose-lose situation for her.

[Jaitne]

That worked in '06 but failed in the '07 playoffs which will encourage the pacifists to further restrict enforcing and fighting. Jaitne will need a more well-rounded team that can play well and be physical, if not necessarily fight and intimidate. Most teams she'll be up against won't even carry an enforcer, and if she does, the refs will penalize him every time he gets on the ice, so it's a lose-lose situation for her.


o.o I'm an athlete now.

I'll just make an example out of someone and see if the rest decide to keep being mean. Oh well if I become a bitch in thr process >.>

My newest bitch is Calculus D: I can't seem to keep up.. well, actually, I just hate derivatives :(

[Buffalobiian]

My newest bitch is Calculus D: I can't seem to keep up.. well, actually, I just hate derivatives :(

Just wait till you get to Integration ;)

[Jaitne]

Is there a.. help with calculus thread?

[Buffalobiian]

Is there a.. help with calculus thread?

None I heard of. Just the generic "Help Me" thread.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Is there a.. help with calculus thread?

In this cesspool of mediocrity? Was that a joke?

[XanBcoo]

Is there a.. help with calculus thread?
http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=13694

The Help Me Thread can be used for help with homework.

[Buffalobiian]

I've got a huge ass rash that's pretty much all over me except half of my arms and my face(thankfully my face is untouched). It's worst on my thighs and knees. It started off being itchy last night, but there was no sign of redness except on the undersides of my arms and my chest. I thought that was because I wiped myself too vigorously with a wet cloth before, so I dismissed it. In the morning, I felt really itchy again, but still no obvious redness, or so I though since I was half asleep. I felt like shit all day (general listlessness), and when I got home, I took off my pants and walah, I'm met with bright red legs with irregular patches of white.

I took some antihistamines and was going to wait if out for a day or two, but I was eventually convinced to see the doctor. We couldn't find anything wrong with me that would indicate something like measles or some other infection, so we think it may be a food allergy. Exactly what it is, I'm not sure. Allergic reactions can take up to 1-2 days before it really flares up.

The only real thing I can think of was that I had a few drinks yesterday evening.

It would suck if I developed an allergic reaction to alcohol.

[Death BOO Z]

you could always drink yourself to death...

and, a "I've stopped drinking and all my physical de-formates disappeared !" could make a great hallmark movie.

[Animeniax]

My bitch: I'm stuck at the Singapore Changi airport because my travel agent is worthless and didn't provide the correct paperwork for me to get a flight into communist Vietnam. The people here in Singapore are nice enough, and there are some attractive women, but I'm about to go get a room at the transit hotel to spend the night until I get the visa situation for Vietnam cleared up. It really helps that it is Sunday evening and the travel agent in Vietnam isn't answering his cell phone. I should have stuck with trips to Japan, where it's civilized and I wouldn't have these headaches.

[Psyke]

You were in Singapore? Cool, but too bad you didn't have time to visit the other parts. I've never visited the transit hotel but I heard the prices were sky high.

[Animeniax]

Actually I'm still here at the airport. Now I found out I have 2 days to spend before I can fly on. Any suggestions about what to visit and how to get around? The transit hotels at Changi cost60-65SD for 6 hours. So a night's stay is ~125SD which is something like $90-95US, which isn't terrible, but not great either. A recommendation of hotels in the area would be appreciated too. TIA!

[Psyke]

Singapore is pretty small. Believe it or not you can go from one end of the island to the other in an hour's drive. You should get a hotel in the city area and do some shopping and eating. That's what Singapore's known for anyway. :)

Transport wise you can either take a cab, or use the subway (known as the Mass Rapid Transit), which is really easy and not as confusing as Japan's. Do let me know if you need additional help/info.

[Animeniax]

I ended up getting a hotel near the airport. Lots of people out and about on a Sunday night! I'll probably take a tour tomorrow and see the sites, maybe spend some time at the beach. I'm really surprised at the diverse cultural backgrounds of the people here. Not what I expected at all.

Are the prices as bad as they seem? So far really I've only seen prices at the airport, so maybe I'm getting the wrong impression. A can of Asahi cost US$5 at the airport, but since it was the first alcohol I've had in 4 months, it was worth it. I had a Japanese dinner at the hotel for US$26 and it was only a small sushi plate and beef roll dish and a can of Asahi beer.

[Psyke]

Like I said, prices at tourist attractions are usually sky high. Things are much more cheaper outside of the airport, this I can assure you. And the new Terminal 3 is pretty much a shopping centre by itself, attracting lotsa of Singaporeans even during weekdays.

If you want to visit any beaches, be sure to check out Sentosa (http://www.sentosa.com.sg/explore_sentosa/index.html). It's actually an island south of Singapore, but it's really near and you can go there either by cable car, train, bus or any other public transport. It's a really beautiful place with a lot of cultural attractions.

[Animeniax]

Ahh, the pains of being a tourist. I guess it's something you have to live with, getting charged high prices in touristy areas. I suppose they figure you can afford it, so they gouge you as best they can.

So far, I haven't ventured outside the Changi area. Lots of government owned resort facilities, with big signs warning against trespassing.

I asked a security guard carrying an MP5 submachine gun at the airport for a picture; he declined.

[Psyke]

Haha yeah, they're doing POI (Proctection of Installation) duties so it's tough to get anything else from them. You should really venture out. Taking the MRT can take you directly into the city in half an hour.

[Uchiha Barles]

I usually try not to bitch about stuff, but I just went 12 rounds with stupidity and lost. That merits a bitch. I was trying to read some guitar tabs that were in guitar pro format, so of course I needed to download guitar pro to read them. The program however, was compressed in some stupid format that winrar couldn't handle, so I had to download a special program to unzip the file (I forget which). As usual, I go to the torrent with the most peers and just download that.

Now, when I tried to install that special unzipping program, AVG anti-virus told me it was a security threat. AVG tells me a lot of things are security threats, so I didn't listen. But AVG, that pesky program, kept insisting. So I told it to stfu and disabled it. To my surprise (that's right, I was surprised), a browser opened up and went to a site called windowssettings, or something close. When I realized what that meant, I immediately shut off my wireless adapter and went offline. Not before a few of my windows settings had already been switched though. Including disabling task manager (didn't even realize you could do that).

Luckily I was able to access the administrator account under safe mode, but that didn't help any. I couldn't find where the virus files had installed. So I figured "eh, all the important stuff is backed up, might as well reformat". So I put in my xp install disk and reformated. When it came time to reinstall though, that little scratch on the surface that I didn't notice, came to bite me in the ass. Apparently a few important files were on those sectors and couldn't be accessed. Thus, I couldn't reinstall xp. Since my other computer is currently undergoing some heating/ventilation issues brought about by an earlier fight with stupidity, I couldn't use it to get a new copy of xp. It took two weeks before I was able to get a working copy from a friend to reinstall.

Yeah...this is not so much of a bitch about going two weeks without a computer, as it a bitch about just how stupid I can get.

[Animeniax]

You need to include more computer geeks/nerds in your circle of friends. One of them could have lent you an XP CD, or even Vista. Another good idea is to make an image of your PC right after a clean install and updating. The next time this kind of thing happens, you just re-image your PC and save yourself all kinds of hassles.

So I spent the day in Singapore, which is a continuing bitch from yesterday. Not that it's a bad place, just it wasn't part of my original travel plans. I visited Orchard street, a major shopping area here. Lots of lovely women unattended just hanging around. I couldn't tell if they were "working girls" or not, but if they were dressed that way and standing around in most parts of the world, it'd be a safe assumption. It could be the tropical climate, but they all had on tank tops and short shorts and were just standing around street corners like they were waiting for business, and they were almost all good-looking.

The MRT is nice and simple, but misses the character and endearing complexity of the Japanese rail systems.

[Psyke]

So I spent the day in Singapore, which is a continuing bitch from yesterday. Not that it's a bad place, just it wasn't part of my original travel plans. I visited Orchard street, a major shopping area here. Lots of lovely women unattended just hanging around. I couldn't tell if they were "working girls" or not, but if they were dressed that way and standing around in most parts of the world, it'd be a safe assumption. It could be the tropical climate, but they all had on tank tops and short shorts and were just standing around street corners like they were waiting for business, and they were almost all good-looking.

That's Orchard road, one of the busiest areas in the Singapore town area. I'm not sure what girls you are referring to, but they sound like the normal school girl who go to town everyday without fail. And yes, I agree that most of them are good looking, but still no where near Tokyo standards.

[Buffalobiian]

The MRT is nice and simple, but misses the character and endearing complexity of the Japanese rail systems.

I remember some guy saying once that "for something to be a tradition, it's almost always troublesome."

I guess making things too simple loses it's flavour. What about food Ani? Anything else you tried there? Don't know if it applies to most people, but to me holidays are about food :D

[Animeniax]

That's Orchard road, one of the busiest areas in the Singapore town area. I'm not sure what girls you are referring to, but they sound like the normal school girl who go to town everyday without fail. And yes, I agree that most of them are good looking, but still no where near Tokyo standards.
Yes, Orchard road is what I was referring to. Busy area, lots of people even on a Monday evening, and prices were definitely cheaper than around the tourist areas and airport. Most of these girls were older, at least college age. They were probably just there shopping and hanging out, not prostitutes. Is that even allowed here? I know buying gum isn't allowed, though chewing it is :o .


I remember some guy saying once that "for something to be a tradition, it's almost always troublesome."

I guess making things too simple loses it's flavour. What about food Ani? Anything else you tried there? Don't know if it applies to most people, but to me holidays are about food It seems similar with women: if you're too nice and do what they want all the time, you're not worth the chase and they'll go after the dirt-bags who treat them like crap.

It's weird, but I've eaten mostly Japanese food while here in Singapore, and a couple Satay dishes that were listed under "local favorites" on the menu. I don't know what would be considered "Singaporean", but hopefully I'll get to try some out before leaving tomorrow.

[Psyke]

Well, prostitution is a big no-no in Singapore, though like any other country there is a legalised red light district (which is also a popular place for good food at night). You're unlikely to run into any "working girls" in the city, and even if you do, chances are that she's not a Singaporean and perhaps a foreign worker. We're known for that clean image, ya know?

You'll find that the laws in Singapore are pretty strict, and the penalties tend to be harsher than the average asian country.

[saman]

my brother just left for singapore for an international entrepreneurial competition.

i don't know why i felt the need to share that.

[Animeniax]

I can only wonder if it was luck or just coincidence, but if it was this coming weekend and I was stuck spending time in Singapore, it would have cost 3x as much for some hotels because the night F1 race is this weekend. Your brother might feel the pinch if he stays in the area of the race.

[saman]

i don't think that's a big concern. his group booked hotels and everything ages ago, and his accommodations are paid for by the university he's representing anyway.

if i wasn't going to my hometown for my best friend's wedding in two weeks, i would be insanely jealous of him.

[rockmanj]

Ugh, the management at my job is like...incompetent, to put things lightly. They decided to implement a new curriculum, and apparently didn't feel the need to ask me about it, even though for one of the classes, I don't think there's anyone that studied science and can speak English well enough...oh well...I guess I'll be immature and put minimal effort into my work from now on, since it seems they never seem to utilizes their assets properly (there's a lot of other things in the past).

[Animeniax]

Are you still complaining about being black in an Asian country? When will you learn?

[Death BOO Z]

I hate the municipality system in my city.

the changed the green "frog" big garbage bin, and put in a "well" type bin instead (3 mt hole in the ground, with a huge garbage bag), it looks better, and doesn't smell so bad, which is good, right?
too bad that no one told the garbage workers what to do with it, and they stood there for five hours looking at the whole in the ground, without the abilities or the tools to put in the new garbage bag.
five fuckin' hours, after two hours the stench there was unbearable.
way to work towards the people, dumbass mayor.

(also, I hate my new job, but that's just temporal)

[Kraco]

Haha. That's pretty funny. I have never seen the garbage collectors over here wonder what to do with them. The funniest thing I saw was one garbage collector who didn't want to touch the rope keeping the bottom closed with his bare hands (I guess he had lost his gloves), and he took an empty plastic bag from somewhere to cover his hands when he opened the sack to empty it. That was with the organic waste container, of course.

[Ryllharu]

My car is losing coolant, and I mean a lot of it. The coolant surge tank has been empty for a while, so admittedly I procrastinated a little bit since everything was working fine and the temperature gauge was still dead-centered.

Up to two weeks ago, it was working fine, then one morning I have no heat. In the afternoon, the damn thing is overheating. I figure my coolant has finally gone critically low (should be obvious I have a leak), but there's no [obvious] leak, no puddle of coolant after I back out of my parking space. I've been carrying a jug of water just in case fast highway speeds and running the heat full blast don't cool it down.

So today, still well under warranty, I take it into the dealership to have it looked at and get an oil change while I'm at it. They top the coolant off and I drive home (about 10 minutes). Pop the hood because I want a good gauge of were the coolant level is at so I can monitor it, and the damn surge tank is fucking empty!

I drive it back to the dealer about an hour later, they look at it, check the dipstick and oil pan for any leaks in there. Nothing. They have no idea where the hell the problem is and I'm left pretty much back where I started two weeks ago.

By now, I'm all manner of pissed off and I couldn't even leave it there because the only loaner they have is already out with someone else.

If I lived anywhere in a city or outside of America (excluding Canada and Australia) I really wouldn't give a shit, but there's no public transport that will take me the 35 miles to work each day.

[Assertn]

Did you check your radiator cap? My old car kept overheating even though i filled it with coolant, and it was cause the cap was old and loose, and coolant kept escaping through it, plus the sensors weren't triggering the flow of more coolant cause of that cap.

[Ryllharu]

Nah, for whatever weird reason, a 2007 Aveo doesn't have a radiator cap. Just a pressurized surge tank cap.

Yep, surprised me too.

[rockmanj]

Are you still complaining about being black in an Asian country? When will you learn?


Not that at all...

[Board of Command]

There's some sort of cold virus going around my class right now and I caught it on Monday. Now I have a sore throat and runny nose, and it'll last a long time because that's how it works whenever I get a cold.

[Animeniax]

I had that problem for most of my life into my late 20s until I got in shape and in better health. Almost all my friends growing up had the same problem, but they were all geeks/nerds too and we all spend way to much time in front of the TV and computers.

You're young, it's a good time to decide to get active, maybe take up a sport and start eating right to get your immune system in gear. Now when I get sick, it's really mild, so much so that it becomes a problem because I won't rest or take it easy, making it take longer to fully recover, so I run around at 80% for a few days.

[complich8]

If it's losing coolant and the fluid's not hitting the ground, it could also be a blown head gasket. I had a car with a not-so-great header design that would blow the gasket in the same place every 50k miles or so.

It didn't really noticeably lose power or anything, it's just that every firing of the number 3 cylinder burned off a couple drops of gas and a drop or two of coolant.

But yeah, sucks about them flaking on the loaner vehicle like that. Hopefully you made an appointment to leave it and get the loaner at some point in the near future?

[Ryllharu]

Yeah, I'm dropping it off early Wednesday morning so they can give it a thorough look over. They said the loaner would be back by then, and their lead tech would be back as well.

I've convinced myself the problem is the head gasket since there's nothing going on in the oil pan. I must be burning it off.

[Animeniax]

If it's losing coolant and the fluid's not hitting the ground, it could also be a blown head gasket. I had a car with a not-so-great header design that would blow the gasket in the same place every 50k miles or so.Sounds like an example of planned obsolescence that is working exactly as it was designed. They wouldn't want your car running for 200k problem-free, or you wouldn't have to buy a new car for 15 years.

[XanBcoo]

Oh...ACL is this weekend, isn't it?

...shit :(.

[Xelbair]

Living in something called Geekhouse by me isn't good. I live with my parents(i'm 17) and i have to fix 3 pcs(mine is clean and i have sys disk img so 5min and its working) on regular basis, configure rounter if my father f***s up its settings, take care of cables, anwsers question about new tech thingy that you dont know shit bout it(my father/mother have the instruction for it - why cant they read it). and i just dare to dont know 'bout it and there is big /b/ like RAGE.I feel like IT service guy mixed up with encyclopedia.

[Jaitne]

Practice shouldn't be something you're mad about. I have a class period of doing that, plus the times when teachers realize who I am. :P It cuts down on calling in when you have problems. You could probably make a tiny business out of it if you really wanted; fixing people's computer problems.

[Board of Command]

Living in something called Geekhouse by me isn't good. I live with my parents(i'm 17) and i have to fix 3 pcs(mine is clean and i have sys disk img so 5min and its working) on regular basis, configure rounter if my father f***s up its settings, take care of cables, anwsers question about new tech thingy that you dont know shit bout it(my father/mother have the instruction for it - why cant they read it). and i just dare to dont know 'bout it and there is big /b/ like RAGE.I feel like IT service guy mixed up with encyclopedia.
I'm pretty much the most knowledgeable person I know in real life, and it's not that bad. It gives me the right to condescend people, which I truly love doing.

[Abdula]

*insert joke about BoC being the most knowledgeable person he knows*

I can't believe you said that, even if its true. Anyway I could never survive in that kind of situation I'd feel suffocated. I like being around intelligent people. If they're more knowledgeable than I am then even better because then I know that there are things they can teach me. I have an almost uncontrollable desire to absorb any knowledge I can, and I'm a very quick learner so things become too easy all too quickly and then I stop caring and look for the next challenge. It really becomes a problem.

Living in something called Geekhouse by me isn't good. I live with my parents(i'm 17) and i have to fix 3 pcs(mine is clean and i have sys disk img so 5min and its working) on regular basis, configure rounter if my father f***s up its settings, take care of cables, anwsers question about new tech thingy that you dont know shit bout it(my father/mother have the instruction for it - why cant they read it). and i just dare to dont know 'bout it and there is big /b/ like RAGE.I feel like IT service guy mixed up with encyclopedia.
I find that its not that they can't read and understand its just that they don't bother to when they know they have you to do it for them.

[Board of Command]

I can't believe you said that, even if its true. Anyway I could never survive in that kind of situation I'd feel suffocated. I like being around intelligent people. If they're more knowledgeable than I am then even better because then I know that there are things they can teach me. I have an almost uncontrollable desire to absorb any knowledge I can, and I'm a very quick learner so things become too easy all too quickly and then I stop caring and look for the next challenge. It really becomes a problem.
I'm like that too for the most part. I was just replying to Xelbair's rant about being the most computer knowledgeable person in his family and therefore having to keep fixing people's problems.

In general, it's obviously impossible for me to be the most knowledgeable in all fields of knowledge. What I said was purely in the context of computer know-how, and by "everyone I know", I meant everyone I've interact with extensively.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm pretty much the most knowledgeable person I know in real life, and it's not that bad. It gives me the right to condescend people, which I truly love doing.

Yeah, but tell me there are times when you're tired of condescending people and just want them to F*CK OFF!

Luckily for me, I'm somewhat knowledgeable compared to those I know if real life. But not the the point where they won't believe me if I say "how the hell would I know"

It's sad. I've lost my thirst for knowledge. I'm just kinda drifting through life right now, without any real desire. It really does kinda suck. (yeah, this can count as my bitch).

I guess my goal throughout my earlier years was to graduate with awesome highschool grades. That I did. Now I'm at Uni, in a course I'm not really interested in. I convinced myself to do it because:

1) There's likely to be a high demand for my profession in the future.
2) The pay is alright/good, depending on many factors
3) I told myself that I was never interested in schoolwork neither, so circumstances haven't really changed. If I was to choose something I was interested in, I'd be waiting for years without result.

You can say I'm in the "lost your way through life" chapter right now.

[Animeniax]

Cool, I was watching Chinese (or was it Korean) TV today and the chick did that thing that BoC was bitching about before, where she speaks Chinese (or Korean) interspersed with English words: "Wang dang fang mang sang gang lang Soul Jazz Quartet mang sang wang long dong." I guess there are no words in her language for "soul", "jazz", or "quartet". It really was very annoying, but funny since it reminded of BoC's bitch.

[Buffalobiian]

Cool, I was watching Chinese (or was it Korean) TV today and the chick did that thing that BoC was bitching about before, where she speaks Chinese (or Korean) interspersed with English words: "Wang dang fang mang sang gang lang Soul Jazz Quartet mang sang wang long dong." I guess there are no words in her language for "soul", "jazz", or "quartet". It really was very annoying, but funny since it reminded of BoC's bitch.

I've noticed that I'm starting to do that a little. I'm using a lot more English words in my Chinese than I would like. Frankly, it sounds like I'm incompetent in Chinese, whereas I've actually picked it up somewhere/got into the habit. I'm going to make an effort to stop this.

[Xelbair]

I thought about starting small buisness of fixing computers(i would put Ads at my school)...but i really don't like fixing pc... especialy if i didin't made system disc image when installing stuff. Also i would have to go to other people houses and fix(witch is the part that i hate the most!) or ask them to take their pc to my house, also i'm kinda out of monitor to work with those pcs(2 are used by my parents, one by me, and tvs are arleady connected to pc and i have such mess near cables so i hate unplugging them). Being IT servisant/encyclopedia would not be bad IF when i say something that they dont agree with(for expample that IE is NOT a safe browser), or discribe how something works(and they think that it works other way) they start saying i don't know anything/i'm wrong and when i start using argumens i get response "Dont argue with me" <- i hate that response the most.

p.s. Guy who set up this tread is awesome!

[Jaitne]

Fixing a computer isn't telling them: Hey, you should use this because I think it's better. That's being snide and telling them what you think they need to do. Fixing a computer is just that.. fixing a computer, fixing what's wrong. If it's not broken, don't fix it. They have a right to say they don't want to hear it when what you're telling them isn't a real problem.

Books.. why do they have to be so darn heavy? D:

[Abdula]

p.s. Guy who set up this tread is awesome!
I'm guessing you never read the first 2 posts in this thread then.

[Xelbair]

I did once but it was ages ago(i was lurking for more time than i have this account).

as for fixing with telling them to use other soft - well if my father would use FF i would not have to clean his pc every 3-5 days.

[Buffalobiian]

I did once but it was ages ago(i was lurking for more time than i have this account).

as for fixing with telling them to use other soft - well if my father would use FF i would not have to clean his pc every 3-5 days.

You could always get him to use spybot or some other antispyware with immunity functions if he's so stubborn.

[Animeniax]

I've been seeing these commercials suggesting you visit Korea and they use the only 3 good-looking Korean chicks in the entire country in every one. Sometimes they show some high-class white woman enjoying herself immensely strolling through Seoul, like that's going to fool anyone. Why would anyone want to visit Korea?

[Animeniax]

CNN is running these iReport segments where local yokels in the states weigh in on the economic crisis in the US. Just goes to show why your average US citizens are idiots and should not be allowed to vote or decide on anything. These people are complaining that they are in financial troubles, so why doesn't the government bail them out, instead of bailing out the financial institutions.

Two reasons, dipshits: 1) the financial institutions are in trouble because borrowers like you defaulted on your mortgages and debts, leaving banks and lenders in the red.
2) saving your dumb self from your financial mismanagement won't help the greater economy, whereas saving major lending institutions and investment banks will keep the economy going and help us out of this mess.

Sigh, CNN just showed interviews with people on the street and most of them have withdrawn their money from their bank accounts and store it at home. My lord, people have no f*cking clue do they.

[Kraco]

If you know a specific bank will go under, it doesn't seem like a wise thing to leave your money there (even though such actions will only accelerate its demise, but that's not any problem of the customer). I don't know how large the deposit insurance is in the USA, but I'm also pretty sure quite a few people don't even know such a thing exists.

Keeping it all at home is pretty funny, though (especially for burglars who will no doubt enjoy such a trend).

[complich8]

If you know a specific bank will go under, it doesn't seem like a wise thing to leave your money there (even though such actions will only accelerate its demise, but that's not any problem of the customer). I don't know how large the deposit insurance is in the USA, but I'm also pretty sure quite a few people don't even know such a thing exists.

Keeping it all at home is pretty funny, though (especially for burglars who will no doubt enjoy such a trend).

FDIC provides $100,000 of deposit insurance per account. As long as your account balances are less than that, you'd be covered either way... just that it may take a couple extra days to extract your money from your failed bank.


Two reasons, dipshits: 1) the financial institutions are in trouble because borrowers like you defaulted on your mortgages and debts, leaving banks and lenders in the red.
2) saving your dumb self from your financial mismanagement won't help the greater economy, whereas saving major lending institutions and investment banks will keep the economy going and help us out of this mess.

It's not just the stupid borrowers. It's also the predatory lenders, outright lies and misinformation presented by loan agents to convince stupid borrowers to borrow more than they could ever pay back, and the horrible mis-rating of these subprime-backed securities that are failing to perform.

I'd rather see an effort to resolve the backing of those bad securities (ie: by turning high-rate subprime mortgages into low fixed-rate mortgages where people can actually pay back their debts) than to see the government pin a bunch of inflation on the entire public to reward the malfeasance of a bunch of bankers.

Leading to my bitch: wall street drops what, 777 points when congress says "yeah, we're not dropping a giant golden egg in your lap"... what the fuck sort of sense of entitlement does the market as a whole have that it thought it was somehow owed that sort of cash infusion?

Also, why do people think companies live or die by their stock prices?.

[Animeniax]

Reply to Kraco:

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts, and leads to economic turmoil such as we have today. A couple people have even been arrested lately for posting hoaxes online saying that one or another bank was about to fail, hoping to incite customers to withdraw their money and actually make the bank fail.

If people don't know about FDIC insurance and the limits covered, they should educate themselves on the subject. It should be a requirement before you even get to open a bank account.

Keeping it at home is counter to economic stability and growth. If banks don't have deposited money to lend out, they have no way to make money beyond fees on accounts. Without lending, their is reduced investment and growth and people can't finance houses or cars. Without investment and growth and consumer spending, things get stagnant and we get recessions. It's a domino effect, started by uninformed citizens. From the interviews done by CNN, there are many many uninformed people in the US.

Of course, this could have been CNN's agenda, demonstrating how dumb people are about the economy, to prove a point.

[Animeniax]

It's not just the stupid borrowers. It's also the predatory lenders, outright lies and misinformation presented by loan agents to convince stupid borrowers to borrow more than they could ever pay back, and the horrible mis-rating of these subprime-backed securities that are failing to perform.

I'd rather see an effort to resolve the backing of those bad securities (ie: by turning high-rate subprime mortgages into low fixed-rate mortgages where people can actually pay back their debts) than to see the government pin a bunch of inflation on the entire public to reward the malfeasance of a bunch of bankers.
The lenders are at fault but not so much as the stupid borrowers. People should know their limits, but they always try to live above their means. If you make $3k/mo, no amount of smooth-talk from a lender should convince you that you can afford a $2k/mo mortgage.

I also agree that the lenders should be punished for their part in this mess, while making it possible for borrowers to keep their homes and their credit records by giving them a way to pay their debts. I did not mean to suggest I support the Bush bail out plan, which is typical hind-sighted policy-making of his presidency.

[Buffalobiian]

Problem is that if consumers are to do the right thing, so to speak, they're gambling on a significant number of other people doing it as well. No one in their right mind (oh, such irony) would weight their life's fortune with their minute (powerful in numbers, but minute nonetheless) efforts to reverse the trend.

That's why we need institutions like the central banks and governments who's goal is to look at the bigger picture, and enough cash to actually have an effect on it's own.

The idea of saving your own hide and let someone else take the risk is a reasonable decision, despite its contradictory results.

Edit: is it true to say the USA's been hit the hardest?

[Animeniax]

Leading to my bitch: wall street drops what, 777 points when congress says "yeah, we're not dropping a giant golden egg in your lap"... what the fuck sort of sense of entitlement does the market as a whole have that it thought it was somehow owed that sort of cash infusion?
Well I don't think it's so much that as it is investors becoming more uneasy about leaving their money in the market without assurances that the government will help to get the economy healthy. Once a second round of talks was initiated, the stock market rebounded, as investors gained some confidence that a bailout was still possible. Plus with the drop in stock prices, bargain hunters bought back in.

My bitch: a great day on a boat yesterday yields sunburn all over my arms and legs today. Quite painful to move, but at least I can still type :p

[Assertn]

I think there's been a proposal (if it hasn't been enacted yet), to increase the FDIC insurance limit, to encourage people to keep their accounts.

It's not just the stupid borrowers. It's also the predatory lenders, outright lies and misinformation presented by loan agents to convince stupid borrowers to borrow more than they could ever pay back, and the horrible mis-rating of these subprime-backed securities that are failing to perform.
First of all, the whole thing started by the Clinton administration, who urged banks to offer sub-primes to the lower-class families so they can afford to own homes.


I'd rather see an effort to resolve the backing of those bad securities (ie: by turning high-rate subprime mortgages into low fixed-rate mortgages where people can actually pay back their debts) than to see the government pin a bunch of inflation on the entire public to reward the malfeasance of a bunch of bankers.There are a lot of arguments that suggest inflation would be far worse without the bailout plan: mostly because of the effect the crisis trickling down to businesses in many irrelevant sectors. If left alone, the situation is supposed to be a soft recession at best or a soft depression at worst.


Leading to my bitch: wall street drops what, 777 points when congress says "yeah, we're not dropping a giant golden egg in your lap"... what the fuck sort of sense of entitlement does the market as a whole have that it thought it was somehow owed that sort of cash infusion?

Also, why do people think companies live or die by their stock prices?.
Both sides for and against the bailout argue for the best interest of the tax-payer, rather than the banks. Everyone seems to be in agreement that the bank execs with "golden parachutes" are the source of the problem.

[Animeniax]

I think there's been a proposal (if it hasn't been enacted yet), to increase the FDIC insurance limit, to encourage people to keep their accounts.
Right, it's part of the current legislation and seems to be the part both parties are touting the most as a sign of the bill's progressiveness and benefit to the taxpayers.

The problem is, and hopefully I'm not generalizing too much, but most middle income people don't have that much in the bank in the first place, so increasing from $100k to $250k won't help them since they're already safely under the limit. It will help small businesses though.

But these middle income folks don't even know of the FDIC protection so they're rushing to remove their money from banks to protect from loss. At $100k or $250k guarantees, the uninformed person will withdraw their money in a panic anyway, undermining the entire system.

[Board of Command]

Cool, I was watching Chinese (or was it Korean) TV today and the chick did that thing that BoC was bitching about before, where she speaks Chinese (or Korean) interspersed with English words: "Wang dang fang mang sang gang lang Soul Jazz Quartet mang sang wang long dong." I guess there are no words in her language for "soul", "jazz", or "quartet". It really was very annoying, but funny since it reminded of BoC's bitch.
Nice...

"Soul Jazz Quartet" is somewhat understandable since there probably isn't a Chinese equivalent term. I only focus on the instances where they deliberately substitute English words into sentences when there are Chinese equivalents.

Words such as: manager, expensive, bus, hair.

In essence, the sentence would sound something like, "Wang dang fang mang hair gang lang manager mang sang wang long dong."

[Animeniax]

oic, then I haven't seen much of that phenomenon on Asian TV, so it's not been bad. Are there really no words in Chinese for "soul", "jazz", and "quartet"? Maybe not all strung together as a concept, but individual words?

I miss cable TV in the US. When visiting Asian countries, the hotels only have 10-15 channels, and your choices in English are soccer coverage, CNN, BBC, and Discovery channel. I dearly miss Food Network, G4, Spike, TNT, FOX, and all the other ways to kill time on the boob tube.

[Buffalobiian]

oic, then I haven't seen much of that phenomenon on Asian TV, so it's not been bad. Are there really no words in Chinese for "soul", "jazz", and "quartet"? Maybe not all strung together as a concept, but individual words?

There would be individual words, but they're so rarely used no one will understand you. You also have the problem of having different Chinese equivalents depending on location: Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland can vary. Examples are things like wireless router and server.

[Board of Command]

oic, then I haven't seen much of that phenomenon on Asian TV, so it's not been bad.
That's understandable since this is TV, and the intended audience probably doesn't speak English. This behavior is only prevalent among Chinese fobs who just moved away from the motherland and think that mixing English into their sentences makes them less fobby.

Irony at its best.

[Buffalobiian]

This behavior is only prevalent among Chinese fobs who just moved away from the motherland and think that mixing English into their sentences makes them less fobby.

Irony at its best.

Or when foreign borns come back with half learned Chinese. It's not as bad though since they're not choosing to do it.

It's actually becoming more and more prevalent even in the young domestic demographic. In Hong Kong at least.

[Assertn]

cut my left hand open and got like 6 stitches. go me.

[Kraco]

The big question here is, of course, that did it make you feel stronger since it didn't kill you?

[Assertn]

nah....on the contrary, it made me feel more mortal, because i never injure myself and now I'm lucky I didn't damage any tendons.

[Psyke]

Sounds painful. What were you doing?

[Board of Command]

nah....on the contrary, it made me feel more mortal, because i never injure myself and now I'm lucky I didn't damage any tendons.
Aww darn...

[animus]

I fucking hate mosquitos.

[Mr Squiggles]

I fucking hate mosquitos.
Amen.

I hate those things so much, we should kill them all. Even if it means completely fucking up the ecosystem.

[Assertn]

Sounds painful. What were you doing?
climbing a wire fence to go play ultimate frisbee.

[Death BOO Z]

a month after the school year started, and after having four horrible nightmares about school, I'm back at a studying routine!

I'm going to take a higher level math test, before the SATa test and all other stuff.

but god-dammit, this shit is expensive, I never thought I'd have so much for something I got in Highschool for free.

[itadakimasu]

community college my friend.... community college...


Do they have those in Israel ? I'm almost finished w\ my Associates degree but I have to drop a class i was planning on taking because there is no way i can do 3 classes at once while working fulltime and playing WoW on the side.

which means in the spring I will need to take 2 classes to complete my degree.

Bitching related to school :

Why do people post 'level 1' or 'entry level' or 'junior' job positions and then when you go and read the information on it they want a bachelors degree + 3-5 years experience... LOL i really hope if somebody has a 4 year degree and 5 years experience they're getting a higher paying job.

[Death BOO Z]

not in that level of academic studying yet, at least for now.

all I'm doing is taking highschool math again, it's 8 weekly hours, until 2009, it's not even admission exam for higher education.

I hope that the nightmares will stop, seriously. I need to get my shit together. I can't even set up an alarming clock without having a dream about not waking up for it.

[Animeniax]

Wow I've had dreams like that back when I was in school. Even when I thought about returning to school a couple years ago, I'd have dreams that I was skipping classes and failing them. I've also dreamed about turning off my alarm clock and being late for stuff. Hopefully I can get over any anxiety when I actually return to school in Fall 09.

[Abdula]

climbing a wire fence to go play ultimate frisbee.
seriously:D

[Assertn]

Don't be racist, Abdula

[itadakimasu]

so...i went to go to lunch today like every day. Put the key in the ignition of my car ( 2005 honda civic ) and.... it wont turn. It wont turn back... forward... or come out. spent like 5-10 minutes messing w\ it... called honda, did a few things they suggested and nothing

got my coworker to help me some since he's experienced in honda service and he wasn't able to do anything. So now i'm waiting on the tow truck to come pick up my car and take it a whole 2-3 blocks to the honda dealership for $100-150.

Worst case scenario is going to have me paying lots and lots of money i'd rather not spend on my crappy car. a new key alone is $100

So i didn't get to goto lunch and had to resort to eating a vending machine cinnamon roll for sustinance.

upside to this is that i just got paid yesterday... downside is i already paid rent and the repairs might cost more then i got paid all together

[Abdula]

Don't be racist, Abdula
Who is being racist. What you don't think black people play ultimate frisbee:rolleyes:

I just think you slicing your hand open while climbing a wire fence to go play ultimate, is hilarious. I can't be the only one.

[KitKat]

This isn't technically on topic, but it's related. A lot of the time, when something really annoys or upsets me, I compose a post for this thread in my head. I plan out everything I'm going to type whenever I get back to my computer, and all the things that I wish I could say to certain people but can't, and then I imagine all of my gotwoot friends reading my post and being sympathetic to my plight, because even if nobody else understands my frustration, you guys will. (Well, maybe not, but I like to think that you will.) Most of the time, when I get home I forget to post it, or just never get around to it. But it makes me feel better to compose the post, regardless. I know, I'm weird and it's strange, but I thought I'd share.

[Death BOO Z]

the writing to the drawer thing, it's a well known clinical therapy method.
you don't actually need to send the letter to the person who got on your nerves, you just need to say it to someone\something.



So i didn't get to goto lunch and had to resort to eating a vending machine cinnamon roll for sustinance.

well, if the car repairs end up costing more, you might have to eat all your launches from a vending machine.

[Assertn]

Who is being racist. What you don't think black people play ultimate frisbee:rolleyes:

I just think you slicing your hand open while climbing a wire fence to go play ultimate, is hilarious. I can't be the only one.
I was joking about the fence thing and how it'd be ironic for you to be racist in pointing it out.

@Itadakimasu: Should've got a AAA membership...they'll tow for free.

[itadakimasu]

yeah...

2 block tow = $109 + whatever they charge for 2-3 blocks. Maybe I will sign up for AAA.

i'd rather somebody have stolen my car or completely trashed it instead so i can get a new one

[Assertn]

One morning my car wouldn't start, so I hitched a ride to work, signed up for AAA (it was like, $50 or less), then called them the same day and had my car towed. Worked really well, actually...

[python862]

Okay.

My bitch starts and ends at work.

You probably don't know this (because I forgot to tell everyone - as if you cared anyway), but I've recently been employed by Kmart. I've been training on the register for the past week or so, and have been on my own for another few days. I've had a relatively easy time of it so far. Well, until today.

This story starts with a co-worker of mine asking me if I minded working for him Saturday (today) from 5-10. Being the nice guy I am, I accepted, and we made the necessary arrangements with the supervisors. So today comes along, and while I'm not completely enthused by losing a quarter of my Saturday, I'm still relatively okay with everything. I walk in, meet with the supervisors, who again clear everything, and I clock in. I swear, as soon as I turned on my register's light, people just frickin' FLOCKED to me like flies on shit. No lie.

At this point, my attitude's kind of spiraling down, but I still try to keep my spirits up and hope dearly that the day ends swiftly, and that after this round of customers, I could relax for a bit.

Clearly, I was wrong as all hell.

Okay, so I've covered my part of the bitch, but that still leaves the guy who asked me in and the girl who's working as the only other cashier tonight.

I'll start with the guy I switched with; I come in, and he's in the store, because he didn't expect me to show. That's the first dick move. After I get settled with the first round of customers, he comes up to me and asks if I worked tomorrow. Conversation went as follows:

"Hey, you working tomorrow?"
"No, I don't think so... why?
"...Think you'd like to come in tomorrow?"

Son of a bitch. Second dick move.

Needless to say, I decline and get back to work, because there's another fifteen customers coming my way.

Now for the really shitty part: the other cashier? Wasn't doing SHIT. Whenever I actually saw her running her register, she was taking one or two customers, while I was left to deal with the other thirteen. Worst of all were the times she WASN'T there (most of the time), when I still had to deal with the incessant lines. At about 7:30, when my shift is half-over, I finally catch up to the wretched line and happily jump at my supervisor's advice to take my 15-minute break. When that's over, I'm back at my register, and everything is still calm.

Wait another three minutes, and there's the line again, with no help from the other cashier.

And all of that isn't even taking the irrational customers into account.

For instance, there was this one lady who had at least fifteen plants in her cart, and when she gave them to me so that I could scan them, she just left them there on my counter, allowing me no room to move or put anything. Finally, one of the other people in her party gain enough sense to move the damn things out of my way.

Then there was a man and his wife, buying crap that they thought were on sale (I think they probably were, too), but the deal wasn't showing up on my register. So the guy goes ballistic and pretty much tells me where to stick it. But he has more items that he needs checked out, so I move on to the next item on the list. Mistake on my part because I was already frazzled and ready to snap: I forgot to void the rest of the crap out. So the guy pretty much explodes when I tell him the new total, so I walk away and ask the supervisor how to void all. She tells me, I void, and I find only the wife at the counter, because the man had gone to check prices. More likely is that he decided to go smoke some weed, because when he got back, he was much much calmer than before. I ring all the items again and get them out of my line, apologizing the whole way through.

So, after almost four hours of this, my supervisor finally calls the chick over to do something and allows me to do some returns. I finish the first cart-full of returns, and when I get back to the front of the store, there's only three or four customers in her line. That was a bitch to see. Here I am, trying to do fifteen things at once, and then she comes and finally does something, and she has it all easy! After I get almost done with the second cart of returns, I get called back to my register, and it starts all over again. Fifteen minutes of line passes and I get back to my returns, and after I'm done with them, I am told to go bring the carts back from outside, where all the stupid douches leave them. I do this, and by the time I'm done, it's time to close. I couldn't have been more relieved as I closed out the register.

And for all the bitching I did, I do have to say that I felt rather satisfied to find the huge stack of bills in the register (even though I know I'm only making about 1/20 of that back in my paycheck).

What a fucking adventure. I'm not closing for someone else ever again. Period.

[Buffalobiian]

I've got a huge ass rash that's pretty much all over me except half of my arms and my face(thankfully my face is untouched). It's worst on my thighs and knees. It started off being itchy last night, but there was no sign of redness except on the undersides of my arms and my chest. I thought that was because I wiped myself too vigorously with a wet cloth before, so I dismissed it. In the morning, I felt really itchy again, but still no obvious redness, or so I though since I was half asleep. I felt like shit all day (general listlessness), and when I got home, I took off my pants and walah, I'm met with bright red legs with irregular patches of white.

I took some antihistamines and was going to wait if out for a day or two, but I was eventually convinced to see the doctor. We couldn't find anything wrong with me that would indicate something like measles or some other infection, so we think it may be a food allergy. Exactly what it is, I'm not sure. Allergic reactions can take up to 1-2 days before it really flares up.

The only real thing I can think of was that I had a few drinks yesterday evening.

It would suck if I developed an allergic reaction to alcohol.

Got better, and decided to test it again with the same beer.

It was the beer.

Pity, because it was one of the best I've had.

Next I'll have to test a different brand of beer, then a different form of alcohol all together to find out exactly what I'm allergic to.

[python862]

Damn. Hope you don't have to give up beer for good. It'd be a shame if you couldn't post any drunk ramblings on GW. Of course, we'd still have Paulyboy.

[animus]

Okay.

My bitch starts and ends at work.

You probably don't know this (because I forgot to tell everyone - as if you cared anyway), but I've recently been employed by Kmart. I've been training on the register for the past week or so, and have been on my own for another few days. I've had a relatively easy time of it so far. Well, until today.

This story starts with a co-worker of mine asking me if I minded working for him Saturday (today) from 5-10. Being the nice guy I am, I accepted, and we made the necessary arrangements with the supervisors. So today comes along, and while I'm not completely enthused by losing a quarter of my Saturday, I'm still relatively okay with everything. I walk in, meet with the supervisors, who again clear everything, and I clock in. I swear, as soon as I turned on my register's light, people just frickin' FLOCKED to me like flies on shit. No lie.

At this point, my attitude's kind of spiraling down, but I still try to keep my spirits up and hope dearly that the day ends swiftly, and that after this round of customers, I could relax for a bit.

Clearly, I was wrong as all hell.

Okay, so I've covered my part of the bitch, but that still leaves the guy who asked me in and the girl who's working as the only other cashier tonight.

I'll start with the guy I switched with; I come in, and he's in the store, because he didn't expect me to show. That's the first dick move. After I get settled with the first round of customers, he comes up to me and asks if I worked tomorrow. Conversation went as follows:

"Hey, you working tomorrow?"
"No, I don't think so... why?
"...Think you'd like to come in tomorrow?"

Son of a bitch. Second dick move.

Needless to say, I decline and get back to work, because there's another fifteen customers coming my way.

Now for the really shitty part: the other cashier? Wasn't doing SHIT. Whenever I actually saw her running her register, she was taking one or two customers, while I was left to deal with the other thirteen. Worst of all were the times she WASN'T there (most of the time), when I still had to deal with the incessant lines. At about 7:30, when my shift is half-over, I finally catch up to the wretched line and happily jump at my supervisor's advice to take my 15-minute break. When that's over, I'm back at my register, and everything is still calm.

Wait another three minutes, and there's the line again, with no help from the other cashier.

And all of that isn't even taking the irrational customers into account.

For instance, there was this one lady who had at least fifteen plants in her cart, and when she gave them to me so that I could scan them, she just left them there on my counter, allowing me no room to move or put anything. Finally, one of the other people in her party gain enough sense to move the damn things out of my way.

Then there was a man and his wife, buying crap that they thought were on sale (I think they probably were, too), but the deal wasn't showing up on my register. So the guy goes ballistic and pretty much tells me where to stick it. But he has more items that he needs checked out, so I move on to the next item on the list. Mistake on my part because I was already frazzled and ready to snap: I forgot to void the rest of the crap out. So the guy pretty much explodes when I tell him the new total, so I walk away and ask the supervisor how to void all. She tells me, I void, and I find only the wife at the counter, because the man had gone to check prices. More likely is that he decided to go smoke some weed, because when he got back, he was much much calmer than before. I ring all the items again and get them out of my line, apologizing the whole way through.

So, after almost four hours of this, my supervisor finally calls the chick over to do something and allows me to do some returns. I finish the first cart-full of returns, and when I get back to the front of the store, there's only three or four customers in her line. That was a bitch to see. Here I am, trying to do fifteen things at once, and then she comes and finally does something, and she has it all easy! After I get almost done with the second cart of returns, I get called back to my register, and it starts all over again. Fifteen minutes of line passes and I get back to my returns, and after I'm done with them, I am told to go bring the carts back from outside, where all the stupid douches leave them. I do this, and by the time I'm done, it's time to close. I couldn't have been more relieved as I closed out the register.

And for all the bitching I did, I do have to say that I felt rather satisfied to find the huge stack of bills in the register (even though I know I'm only making about 1/20 of that back in my paycheck).

What a fucking adventure. I'm not closing for someone else ever again. Period.

Oh the joys of working register. How I don't miss those days.