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The Complaining and Bitching Thread

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by ASU2003, Jan 14, 2013.

  1. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member


    Heh, I got this as feedback once from one of my head teachers at my old job. She seemed to think we should talk down to 2 and 3 year olds. I'm just not that kind of person. In that context, I will usually use the big word and give it enough context that they can understand it. That's how we acquire new vocabulary, after all.
     
  2. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    I think I'm a fairly reasonable guy. I think I'm a pretty generous guy too. But certain things irritate me. One of them is when I'm in a gas station/convenience store and hear the following from what appear to be (yeah, appearances could be wrong, I know) two able bodied young adults who I just watched park across two spots right in front of the door, forcing at least one other customer to walk further into the store in the freezing rain:

    Him - "Don't get beer here, I want some liquor."
    Her - "We gotta go somewhere else to get our snacks then. They don't take LINK card here." (LINK = food stamps)
    Her (to the cashier 40' away) "Hey, ya'll take LINK card here?"
    Cashier - "Sorry ma'am, we do not."
    Her - "We gotta go to Cum N Go then to get our stuff so I have cash for the liquor store. They take LINK at the Cum N go."
    He - "Alright, as long as you got enough so we can get some liquor."
    Her - "As long as I can use my LINK card for the snacks I got cash for the liquor, don't worry!"

    *couple exits store, presumably to get their snacks at Cum N Go so they can save their cash for booze*
     
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  3. Spiritsoar

    Spiritsoar Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    New York
    Exactly. Except my target audience is high school seniors and graduates.
     
  4. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Who are still learning vocabulary! :)
     
  5. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member



    I hope to continue learning vocabulary forever.
     
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  6. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    You likely will--so long as you keep reading. Reading is our biggest exposure to new vocabulary, followed by listening. Listening is no. 1 for the first few years of life, and then it starts to shift as we become better readers.
     
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  7. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    In the hood where we live the above is very common.

    I see people at the grocery store buying the most convenient therefore more expensive food, paying for it with their Lone Star (food stamps) card, then pulling out a wad of cash to pay for their beer & wine, and other items not covered by the Lone Star program. And you should see some of the late model vehicles that they drive.

    To be fair, I also see folks using Lone Star cards who obviously shop carefully, use coupons, etc. It's painful to see a mom having to choose between buying food or school supplies because she can't afford both.
     
  8. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Mother of Gahd, where was this whole ridiculous twerking phenomena when I was looking for potential baby mamas back in the day? I totally would have had some type of contest using girls I vetted from dating sites. Oh yeah, you gotta Miley Cyrus yourself on a picnic bench in mom jeans and a halter top while I do laps around in slow circles, judging your physique. If there is one surefire way to find a good wife, said validation technique is quite obviously the preferred method. This is the best family planning quality control technique I've heard of since checking out her mom from a doablility standpoint. I'm not sure what the hetero male equiv is here but I really hope it's some type of "ride the pony" dance as was seen in the late '80s.
     
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  9. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Is there a name for the dance move where one partner moves down the other person's body to their crotch (suggestive of oral sex)?

    Miley Cyrus = If you can't dazzle them with talent, shock them with sex, or anything that will draw attention to yourself while covering your lack of talent.
     
  10. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Don't know the technical term but I'm pretty sure that's been around for well over a decade now. Probably longer but I hadn't been born yet.
     
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  11. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Yeah, the 'going down' move was around long before Miley Cyrus and her twerking (which I'm 97% certain didn't originate with Billy Ray's little girl).

    While on the subject, I've read interviews (thankfully never seen one) where Miley flames Disney and the Hannah Montana show. I'm not suggesting that show biz is easy and/or that Disney treated her fairly, but her earnings from HM have been placed at over $100, 000, 000.00. I've never heard of Sarah Michelle Gellar bitching about her pay for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
     
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  12. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    You know the problem with finding an inexpensive champagne that actually tastes good?

    It makes you drink more champagne. My recycling bin has two bottles in it already.

    It's Thursday.
     
  13. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Unless you mean "sparkling wine," you will likely be looking at around $40.

    You don't mean "sparkling wine," do you?
     
  14. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Don't go all Pop-Up Video on me with your snooty pro-France agenda, Bookman.

    It says Champagne on the fucking bottle. And it's made in God-Bless America.
     
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  15. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    That's like something with an American flag on the label but with "Fabriqué en France" written on it.
     
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  16. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Whatever, the French are just pissed because everything they used to be known for is now done better elsewhere.

    Kinda like America/manufacturing and Cambodia/genocide. It isn't easy giving up the crown to the new kid.

    The only thing they're good at anymore is apathy or disdain and consuming cigarettes en masse.
     
  17. RedSneaker

    RedSneaker Very Tilted

    The ATM ate my visa/debit card. Dammit.
     
  18. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I think you mean China/manufacturing, America/imperialism, South Korea/pop hits.

    The best baked goods, wine, and cheese still come out of France. They still own when it comes to retailing, hard liquor, sparkling water, and literary theory.

    And Sarkozy makes George W. Bush look like a boy scout.

    Finally, you're still using their language in about half the words you say.

    Just to be clear, this isn't a France thing, but a pan-French thing.

    /patrimoinequébécois
     
  19. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    When I was still drinking and wanted to enjoy some sparkling wine, my favorite was Frexinet Cordon Negro Brut. I've tasted better & much more expensive champagnes & sparking wines (notice that I didn't say they tasted much better), and IMO it's hard to beat for the money.

    Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut – Sparkling wine from Spain

    Edit: Screw the French folks with snooty attitudes!! lol
     
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  20. On the negative side, I stayed up all night again. I'll have to get lots of sleep tonight because it's not looking like I'll be sleeping Friday night, either.

    On the positive side, I finished a socket programming assignment in less than three hours after I started on it.