The Bitching Thread

[Animeniax]

I've always felt that if a teacher or company has particular requirements of its students or employees that they provide the tools needed.

Art is a tricky subject to place requirements on the tools you use to create with, particularly if they demand you use a particular company's products. If the desired effect is shading then the true test of artistic ability should be able to create the effect using whatever tool is at hand, not a particular brand or type of tool.

Since it seems we're talking about low level art classes for beginners, it's even more ludicrous to require they purchase specific art supplies.

[saman]

it is ludicrous. but the thing is, it's not just art teachers. all teachers are getting like that, even in elementary school. you should see some of the school supply lists we at staples get from schools during back to school. you have to get the "venus" brand of pencil, and it has to be a 2" blue binder, not a 3" or a red one, and only smilemaker crayons will do, etc etc. my point was that it's unfair to come down on only art teachers for something they're not alone in doing.

hmmm, i started to agree that university art teachers should supply the tools needed for their courses, but then i realized that med and biochem and organic chem students have to buy their own lab coats and scrubs and dissection kits and molecular model kits, and not to mention the cost of textbooks, so i think the point is moot.

[Animeniax]

I think university level anything requires you buy your own stuff, like textbooks and supplies. But high school and below, especially elementary school, shouldn't require specific anything for any class. That's what we pay local taxes for, so schools can afford the materials they need for students, among other things.

[Xelbair]

Wow, teacers demand that in US? Thank god that its not the same in Poland.
Getting back to that god damned annoying and uninteresting German language... God i hate it.

[Animeniax]

I've always wanted to learn the German language. Along with Japanese, it has this authoritative quality to it that can make it command and terrify without raising your voice or waving a gun. Also similar to Japanese, it has words that embody concepts, like spannungsbogen and fahrvergnugen. We need more of those in the English language.

[Death BOO Z]

I've got the "how to speak German" mp3s somewhere.. I could never take the time listening to all of them.

just to make myself clear, I couldn't care less if art teachers asked their students to use endangered species feathers as paintbrushes. I just wish the students wouldn't come at the middle of the rush hour and make me spend ten minutes looking for the right 'red' pencil and the good level of brightness in the A3 copy (stupid photocopy! I wish the damn machine was destroyed!). one of my co-workers is an art student herself, and she says that higher level art classes are even bigger douches. but that's acceptable, since that's what they're paid for.
my biff is with elementary school art teachers that make their student (most of them still single digits in age) buy all sorts of crap.

also, I'm annoyed by people who don't realize that when you pay for a product of a brand that costs half the price of the brand you've heard about. you're going to get that kind of quality. jerk fucks. don't believe the salesman. he has no idea what he's talking about.

I guess this is the week of non-stop bitching for me.

[XanBcoo]

I've always wanted to learn the German language. Along with Japanese, it has this authoritative quality to it that can make it command and terrify without raising your voice or waving a gun. Also similar to Japanese, it has words that embody concepts, like spannungsbogen and fahrvergnugen. We need more of those in the English language.

English has plenty of words that embody concepts which are not present in other languages.

Also you forgot to mention Schadenfreude.

[Board of Command]

You mean like douche?

[Animeniax]

English has plenty of words that embody concepts which are not present in other languages.

Name 25 or your argument has no merit.

[Xelbair]

As a Polish guy i have something like "mental blockade" against German language, well you know, 2 world wars, 3 complete occupation of our country, Teutonic order wars etc. have took its toll on our minds and influence our hate for this language.
Now I wish I took Spanish(I played tibia that time(don't kill me please) and had a very big aversion for Spanish, and now I'm paying for it.
I would give a lot to have my school let me take my additional Japanese lessons(not in school) into account instead of German.

[XanBcoo]

Man...just...

relationships

Name 25 or your argument has no merit.

I know that several indigenous American languages don't have certain familiar terms, like "cousin" or "aunt". Obviously I don't know every language so I can't give you a list, but if I find more examples consider them posted.

[animus]

So, my 360 red ringed for the 2nd time already. Jesus christ, these boxes are so fucking poorly made. I hardly even play the damn thing. I probably clocked in like an hour in the last 2 weeks.

[Xelbair]

Well, since they are easily modable they must have some flaw to have legitimate reason for microsoft to check for mods.

[Animeniax]

So, my 360 red ringed for the 2nd time already. Jesus christ, these boxes are so fucking poorly made. I hardly even play the damn thing. I probably clocked in like an hour in the last 2 weeks.

Is it an older version 360 produced before 2007? I just got mine in the mail so I'm just wondering if the newer ones still have problems.

[animus]

Is it an older version 360 produced before 2007? I just got mine in the mail so I'm just wondering if the newer ones still have problems.

Not sure tbh, but I did buy it last year, September '07. It was the Premium, but who knows it could've been back in the store for a long time or some crap.

[RyougaZell]

And people wonder how Microsoft has sold over 5 millon more units than Sony's PS3.

Half of the units have red-ringed probably

[Xelbair]

Indeed, and warranty is void because of modding, but those guys had some xbox games and they want to play it online so they got another one...

[XanBcoo]

I knew something was up when Microsoft first announced the original XBox. It's taken them nearly a decade, but finally their insidious business plan comes to light. I say we have not seen the end of this...

Devious, indeed.

[darkshadow]

Decided to finally finish eternal sonata, booted it up, load game.....load failed............................................ ......................25 hours in, lvl 50, right at the end of the game..............
This fucking sucks.

Can't even copy or move the save game to my mem unit, it fails right at the last 90%, giving me a simple "cannot perform action". UGH

[Xelbair]

O Shi... that is just evil, i would not wish this to anyone, and i know the pain(i lost my FF VII save just at beginning of disk 3)