Author Topic: You know what grinds my gears? (Read 261802 times)

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #100 on:** October 29, 2010, 12:55:29 pm »

Does he have a mustache?

reppy · « **Reply #101 on:** October 29, 2010, 12:56:30 pm »

Yes, but it's on his chin.

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #102 on:** October 29, 2010, 11:46:40 pm »

*yells 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO' dramatically*

It grinds my gears when my friend makes (what I think is) a big mistake and she won't listen to me. :c

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #103 on:** October 30, 2010, 08:03:51 am »

Quote from: sandrobotticelli on October 26, 2010, 10:42:08 pm

You know what grinds my gears? That people still call Kilts "skirts"

You know what grinds my gears? The basketball "world" calling the Boston Celtics the "Seltics" instead of the "Keltics."

Gryffinclaw Princess · « **Reply #104 on:** October 30, 2010, 02:12:47 pm »

You know what really, really grinds my gears?

People who try to take over other people's ideas. If I plan something then it is my effing idea. I am the one in charge, not you. So don't come prancing in changing all my ideas because you think it would be better that way. I do things certain ways for an effing reason and it is usually a damn good reason so step off. If you want to do your ideas, make your own things. I know my plans for the whole thing and I don't really need your help in planning something that is already fully planned out.

RemSaverem · « **Reply #105 on:** October 30, 2010, 02:56:22 pm »

^ Agreed

sandrobotticelli · « **Reply #106 on:** October 30, 2010, 03:39:41 pm »

Quote from: Washougal_Otaku on October 30, 2010, 08:03:51 am

You know what grinds my gears? The basketball "world" calling the Boston Celtics the "Seltics" instead of the "Keltics."

Yes! FFFUUU-!
I can feel my inner Celtic blood raging.

You know what grinds my gears? When people are having a bad day and take it out on the associates at the store who have done nothing to them.Jerks...

RemSaverem · « **Reply #107 on:** October 30, 2010, 04:02:15 pm »

YKWGMG? That I am utterly useless the next day if I stay up past the tipping point, which seems to be around 2:30 am. I had a ton I wanted to do today, but silly me, went to an anime night & a party before Rocky Horror last night thus didn't start making dinner until 2 am thus was up til 4 am....Lesson learned...not a good idea.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #108 on:** October 31, 2010, 10:23:03 am »

^ Sounds like something my GF would say...

Maiku · « **Reply #109 on:** October 31, 2010, 09:08:22 pm »

You know what grinds me gears? When I person makes plans with you months and months in advance, you talk about it all the time, and then suddenly less then a week before the big event they bail and leave you hanging, completely screwed, and without a ride.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #110 on:** October 31, 2010, 09:23:11 pm »

^ Been there, agree with that...

Griff_the_dragoon · « **Reply #111 on:** October 31, 2010, 11:21:39 pm »

You know what really grinds my gear???
People who make jokes about my last name being Griffin...

RemSaverem · « **Reply #112 on:** November 01, 2010, 12:27:09 am »

You could tell them the Sorting Hat named you a Gryffin Dork?
...I was handfasted to someone with that last name for awhile. People teased him too. But griffons/gryphons actually look pretty cool & pretty fierce. http://urngarden.com/images/blog/griffin5.jpg

Gryffinclaw Princess · « **Reply #113 on:** November 01, 2010, 12:57:21 am »

Quote from: Griff_the_dragoon on October 31, 2010, 11:21:39 pm

You know what really grinds my gear???
People who make jokes about my last name being Griffin...

I think it's cute...

jaybug · « **Reply #114 on:** November 01, 2010, 07:04:57 am »

What grinds my gears this morning, was that the stupid cheap modem supplied by my DSL provider, always seems to have trouble after my wife is in bed. Then I either have to troubleshoot the problem in the dark, or wait until morning. But it's still a cheap modem that is gonig to do this from now until forever.

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #115 on:** November 01, 2010, 07:30:45 am »

MONDAYYYYYy :<
It grinds my gears that my cats' vet isn't open on weekends. :C

nyahaha · « **Reply #116 on:** November 01, 2010, 05:36:58 pm »

it grinds my gears when people ask for help, then turn on you and complain how you want it to be perfect...

Sorry, but I really don't care if its perfect or not. I was just answering your question to the best of my ability thankyouverymuch.

mini-man · « **Reply #117 on:** November 01, 2010, 06:13:50 pm »

What really grinds my gears is when ppl take to life seriously.
I Come on just loosen up and have some fun!

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #118 on:** November 01, 2010, 06:49:47 pm »

^ Sometimes, you have to take life seriously, though. It's a balancing act.

mini-man · « **Reply #119 on:** November 01, 2010, 06:51:35 pm »

@Washougal_Otaku: I know it's a good Idea but it's just the ppl that can't relax ya know?

RemSaverem · « **Reply #120 on:** November 01, 2010, 09:21:05 pm »

YKWGMG? Getting passive aggressive mixed messages from someone who simply feels I haven't given him enough attention lately, messages which include the words "goodbye forever" followed immediately by "i love you".

NARUNIK · « **Reply #121 on:** November 01, 2010, 09:22:50 pm »

^ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....Yeah......that is da poopoo.

reppy · « **Reply #122 on:** November 01, 2010, 11:55:52 pm »

Quote from: RemSaverem on November 01, 2010, 09:21:05 pm

YKWGMG? Getting passive aggressive mixed messages from someone who simply feels I haven't given him enough attention lately, messages which include the words "goodbye forever" followed immediately by "i love you".

Yikes. Sorry to hear that. D: I can be a bit of a butt when I feel like I haven't gotten enough attention from a significant other, but I've never said anything like that. I hope everything works out. =(

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #123 on:** November 01, 2010, 11:56:32 pm »

YKWGMG? People who can't take a hint when they aren't wanted. Like seriously. It's PLAIN AND CLEAR. >.<

RemSaverem · « **Reply #124 on:** November 02, 2010, 10:12:06 am »

Thanks, everyone! (I had actually called the person Friday. We are talking about only a two-day lag in contact, here!)

YKWGMG? Waking up with sore lower back/rear/hips from scrubbing moss off my pal's driveway.I really need the $ from my under-the-table gardening (etc.) job, but it renders my body so sore that I can't focus as comfortably on the other things I need to do.

RokusasuKun · « **Reply #125 on:** November 02, 2010, 05:51:13 pm »

YKWGMG? When all you want to do is chill with your best-bro and have an amazingly planned HP themed night/weekend, yet stuff (like people or plans) get in the way of it. It just starts massive drama, beh >.>

RemSaverem · « **Reply #126 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:37:11 pm »

YKWGMG? That I haven't yet learned bilocation, so as to be both at home cuddling my beloved kitty & making sure she is safe, and, working at conventions.

(Can't bring her with; she gets carsick.)

reppy · « **Reply #127 on:** November 03, 2010, 03:48:20 pm »

YKWGMG? Acronyms. I mean just type out what you really mean! Seriously! (heehee)

@random · « **Reply #128 on:** November 03, 2010, 09:28:56 pm »

YKWGMG? Lately, Apple.

I've been a Mac person for two decades because of my perception that the Mac OS is a lot less intrusive than Windows. (I suspect that's why most of us stick with it, despite the fact that the boxes are considerably more expensive.) So what did they start doing several months ago? Demanding that I re-install Safari, poxy ad-ridden crashprone piece of app that it is, otherwise they wouldn't let me use the iTunes store. Okay, fine, whatever. I didn't buy there for the most part anyway, because they rarely have the stuff I want.

So what do they do with the latest update? Start demanding that I re-install Safari every time I click a song. What the #3!!? It took most of an hour of experimenting to figure out how to make it stop. (It involved disabling the iTunes store entirely.) I would've had to switch music software and eventually needed to buy a new MP3 player if I hadn't found the setting, because it was pretty much unusable.

Is mandatory browser "market share" really worth pissing off your core customers, guys?

RemSaverem · « **Reply #129 on:** November 04, 2010, 10:29:55 am »

@ random, wow, how horrible. Makes me glad I never accepted any of the "upgrades" iTunes (et. al) kept offering me. <--the word scares me after watching the Cybermen on Doctor Who

You know what grinds my gears? <--spelled out to honor the acronymophobic

Sniffles. They can be inconvenient and socially awkward, and make me sound like I'm about to weep, even when I'm happy albeit I did not get much sleep. On the plus side, they make me think of Snuffaluffagus, which when I was a kid was Big Bird saying "snuggle-up with us".

Prinz Eugen · « **Reply #130 on:** November 06, 2010, 09:53:21 pm »

Quote from: RokusasuKun

... have an amazingly planned HP themed night/weekend,

Geez, I remember using an HP-41C calculator in engineering school in the 1980s, then the last HP calculator I remember using was an HP-32.
That got stolen by a coworker about 2 jobs ago.

I don't think I could spend a whole weekend getting excited over Hewlett-Packard, though.

@random · « **Reply #131 on:** November 07, 2010, 02:29:55 am »

Quote from: Prinz Eugen on November 06, 2010, 09:53:21 pm

Quote from: RokusasuKun
... have an amazingly planned HP themed night/weekend,

Geez, I remember using an HP-41C calculator in engineering school in the 1980s, then the last HP calculator I remember using was an HP-32.
That got stolen by a coworker about 2 jobs ago.

I don't think I could spend a whole weekend getting excited over Hewlett-Packard, though.

I play a shaman in my group's D&D game on the weekends, and I'm always having to replenish the party's HP. I wonder if it's anything like that?

_{(The games can get pretty exciting... at least until the rogue starts searching every square inch of the floor for traps. That kinda grinds my gears.)}

RemSaverem · « **Reply #132 on:** November 07, 2010, 07:15:14 am »

@ Prinz Eugene, I still remember coding BASIC to write simple math and Spanish quizzes on "Trash 80s" (TRS-80s). If-then and Gosub loops for the win!

RokusasuKun · « **Reply #133 on:** November 07, 2010, 08:50:38 am »

YKWGMG? Attempting at trying to do good on an English essay worth my entire grade still knowing I'm going to do bad because I still think my thesis is extremely weak, yet I continue to write when I have NO IDEA what I'm doing anymore...points for effort, I think not. That'd be cool, though T^T

(and my mistake in my last post... HP = Harry Potter *facepalm*)

@random · « **Reply #134 on:** November 07, 2010, 12:43:35 pm »

^ No, it's okay, we knew what you meant... just being a little silly. (^_^)

Good luck with the essay.

Prinz Eugen · « **Reply #135 on:** November 07, 2010, 02:27:30 pm »

@RokusasuKun - we were just having fun.

Quote from: RemSaverem

@ Prinz Eugene, <- Lose the 'e'
I still remember coding BASIC to write simple math and Spanish quizzes on "Trash 80s" (TRS-80s)

I learned programming (also in BASIC, then FORTRAN) on a DEC PDP-1170:

No screens - ASR 33 teletype consoles, bay-beee. Already old back then!
whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-BING
whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-BING
whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-whak-BING

BTW, that looks like a DECwriter console on the very left edge of the photo.

Quote from: RemSaverem

If-then and Gosub loops for the win!

YES - Structured Programming was way too confining. If I run out of line numbers, just GOSUB to some 40-acre backlot of memory, work things out over there, and come back when you're ready with your answer.

And ctrl-G {that's ASCII(7) } to ring the bell in the teletype on command!
Is was SO much better than CARD-READING computers our PARENTS had to use.

Who's up for an HK-themed party? :-D

RemSaverem · « **Reply #136 on:** November 07, 2010, 07:48:33 pm »

Somewhere there is a comedy sketch waiting to be written in which "4-Chan" is misheard as "FORTRAN" by a teen's parent, who then innocently waxes nostalgic about coding in terms that sound to the appalled teen like innuendo. ;-) As for old-school, I got through Honors termpapers on a Smith-Corona PWP-6. Basically an electric typewriter with a 1-line memory. So you could word-process via scrolling, but only for 1 line, and only if you hadn't hit enter to print that line yet. So YKWGMG? I'd still use it, but my over-cleaning ex threw out its power cord pack, and I have no clue whether / where I can find another.

Prinz Eugen · « **Reply #137 on:** November 07, 2010, 09:13:03 pm »

BACK ON TOPIC - Too Literally: YKWGMG: Old-style manual transmissions with no synchronizing rings. You have to know how to double-clutch. 25 years ago I could do it, but I'd probably GRIND GEARS today if I had to drive one of those 'legacy' beasts...

@Rem: hilarious about 4-chan/4/ or 4-chan/77/ maybe...

The last Smith Corona I saw was a .30cal M1 Garand style rifle at a collectors' event.
Smith Corona switched to making rifles in WW2.

Your story about the one-line memory reminds me of the Linotype machines (one 'line of type') using and recycling babbitt metal, or other low-temp bismuth-lead alloys to cast and print lines of newspaper copy...

nyahaha · « **Reply #138 on:** November 07, 2010, 10:40:44 pm »

you know what grinds my gears? People who correct other people's grammar on the forums. Hey, typos happen, you don't have to correct every single mistake.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #139 on:** November 07, 2010, 10:45:13 pm »

^ Actually, I do. There's nothing wrong with making sure that your sentence is saying something that makes sense. It would be nice if people would make a better attempt at typing, ya know?

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #140 on:** November 08, 2010, 01:36:48 am »

YKWGMG? The freakin' Seahawks!!! Okay, it was obvious that they were going to lose this week, but fact that the defense didn't even try is upsetting!

Chan_Highwind · « **Reply #141 on:** November 08, 2010, 01:42:06 am »

YKWGMG.... Not having A DAMNED THING TO DO!!!! I mean... I'm gonna look for other pictures to color [cause I really don't wanna color most of the ones I have at the moment... ><] Guess I COULD dust... again... bleh...

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #142 on:** November 08, 2010, 01:45:34 am »

^ There's always something to do, sometimes you just have to look harder...

@random · « **Reply #143 on:** November 08, 2010, 02:46:34 am »

YKWGMG? Knowing that there is stuff to do, I'm just don't have the energy or willpower for it. (^_~)

(I tend to grind my own gears that way.)

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #144 on:** November 08, 2010, 06:40:36 am »

It grinds my gears when I forget I had homework. :c

RemSaverem · « **Reply #145 on:** November 08, 2010, 09:35:07 am »

@ Prinz, fascinating as usual!

DancingTofu · « **Reply #146 on:** November 08, 2010, 02:35:16 pm »

YKWGMG? Trying to change gears on my rear derailleur while biking up Terwilliger. My freewheel cassette really takes a beating from that hill...and that's the easy route!

RemSaverem · « **Reply #147 on:** November 08, 2010, 04:01:56 pm »

YKWGMG? How much I miss when I am only online via my phone. Only just now did I see that epic old monster computer pic; thanks, Guy!

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #148 on:** November 08, 2010, 04:05:46 pm »

YKWGMG? I'm hungry.

fleur_fraise · « **Reply #149 on:** November 08, 2010, 04:44:57 pm »

Quote from: Washougal_Otaku on November 07, 2010, 10:45:13 pm

^ Actually, I do. There's nothing wrong with making sure that your sentence is saying something that makes sense. It would be nice if people would make a better attempt at typing, ya know?

I think I type very well but everyone makes mistakes sometimes. It grinds my gears like crazy when someone corrects stupid things, it's like them just going "I'M BETTER THAN YOU HAHA".

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Author Topic: You know what grinds my gears? (Read 261802 times)