WTF: Help me understand this recent cultural phenomena

[Pedro-]

What about people thinking any beer other than BMC is 'foreign' and 'un-american'. what happened to supporting local business? has wal-mart blinded everyone in this country!? do you know who owns BMC, and where alot of their ingredients and corporate resources are from!? I am sick of seeing all the signs, stickers, and reminders of people that 'Anheiser-Busch is the only all-american brewery, drink anything else and your shipping jobs overseas". these seem to be the same people that shop at a national chain to save 4 cents on a box of screws and say, "what a shame" when the local hardware store that was family owned for 127 years finally closes down.

Or in contrast the beer snob phenomenon that is starting to take root that only foreign beer is good. I mean hell it's cool you are drinking something other than BMC but why do you spend a ton of money for a beer because it's from the UK and you didn't even know there were 4 brewpubs in your general area and 3 micros in your state that have won multiple world beer cup medals?!!! The trend of buying a case of beer that is $42 and not even knowing what the hell it is:

Person at party: "Hey what kind of beer is that?"
Person with beer: "I don't know, it's not American though so it tastes better than yours."

or the trend of people thinking that being drunk is taboo in general. the increase on banning booze at any public event, party, park, or community center.

or the trend in banning smoking in bars. i don't smoke, but i don't give a crap if you smoke in a bar. no i don't want to taste smoke when i'm eating my salmon at the local restaurant, but a FREAKING BAR? c'mon people, you've managed to ban vices into hiding places far enough, now your trying to ban them for good? go home and watch american idol.

or maybe the person in line at the fast food joint that orders the triple meat with extra cheese minus lettuce and tomato supersized with an extra large diet coke. Seems i usually overhear them talking about consipiracies of contaminated water and radiation because they are in the doctor every week and need 30 different medications to keep them alive.

[edit] or what about the bars arguing when they have, "$1 off domestic draughts 3-7 PM" and I ask why I'm being charged full price for a sam adams? I have actually had a bar manager argue that Sam Adams was not a domestic beer! Waitresses I can understand, I don't even ask them since it usually results in a deer-in-headlights look, but a manager!? c'mon!

A good conversation I had once:

Me "So, domestics are only $2 draughts during happy hour? I'd like an oberon."
Waitress "Sure, thats not discounted with happy hour though"
Me "Why not isn't that domestic?"
Waitress "No it's not"
Me "Oh so who makes Oberon?"
Waitress "Bell's" Looking at me like I should know since I ordered it
Me "So where is Bell's located?"
Waitress "Here in Michigan somewhere"
I continue to smack my forehead.

 

[david_42]

Around here, beer from Seattle is considered foreign!

 

[Flyin' Lion]

How about people who wait until after they have won an item on EBAY to ask their question about the item, as if they now can bargain the price down. Once you win the item it's YOURS and you should read the description better.

 

[brewman !]

or the trend in banning smoking in bars. i don't smoke, but i don't give a crap if you smoke in a bar. no i don't want to taste smoke when i'm eating my salmon at the local restaurant, but a FREAKING BAR? c'mon people, you've managed to ban vices into hiding places far enough, now your trying to ban them for good? go home and watch american idol.

I'll argue with you on this, on a couple fronts.

Cigarette smoke causes cancer. And people have to work in that environment. Locally a bar maid that worked in bars for 30 years and never smoked now has lung cancer. I find that kind of sad. Nobody made her work in a bar, I know but there still has to be safety in the workplace.

I used to hate coming home from a bar and smelling like smoke. I'm really glad that bars have gone none smoking. Cigarette smoke really seems to bother my eyes. I'm astonished at how much more I enjoy going out now that the bars are smoke free.

I don't mean to infringe on people's right to smoke. I just don't want their smoke on me.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

People who think that skunky taste in green bottled imports is supposed to be there.

People who will only drink imports in green bottles because they look "imported. (budvar aka czechvar is now shipping in green 500ml bottles instead brown ones in order to compete now - and skunky taste is now prevalent)

Liqour stores that place bottled beer neer windows.

People who hate Trailer Park Boys. Seriously wtf, how can you not love those guys.

 

[Fingers]

People who hate Trailer Park Boys. Seriously wtf, how can you not love those guys.

You know, I've heard of people like that. Some may call them a myth or an urban legend, but I've heard a friend of mine say that his wife doesn't like TPB. Of course she was pregnant for the last nine months so we can forgive a little instability. In my house, we're always looking for the big easy...

 

[Ivan Lendl]

How about people who wait until after they have won an item on EBAY to ask their question about the item, as if they now can bargain the price down. Once you win the item it's YOURS and you should read the description better.

Ive done that. Only because I didnt want to 'alert' other potential buyers to the auction, and the seller had some discrepancyies in the description I hadnt noticed untill after the auction ended. (It wasnt untill after some research that the discrepancy was discovered, turned out it was just a mistake on his part.) People were so scketched because of this discrepancy that (I think) they were fearfull of bidding. I ended up saving 600 bucks!

 

[desiderata]

WTF is up with going to a concert and the singer expecting the CROWD to sing the song? Seriously! Who's getting paid here? I paid to hear YOU sing the song, not for you to point the mic at the crowd and expect US to sing it.

Lazy *******.

Oh, yes, you hit the nail on the head here, Cheese'

I also hate it when the singer is so drunk he's sounding like crap. I mean, as a rock star, it's kind of expected that you're going to be tanked, but at least have some restraint until the after party to over-indulge.

 

[Fingers]

WTF is with commercials on satellite radio? Not all stations have them, but some do. I pay my monthly fees to listen to whatever channel theme I've selected, not to be subjected to yet another barrage of inane bull****. If you're going to pump that crap at me, make the the damn thing free, or at least much cheaper than the monthly fee I'm paying TO NOT LISTEN TO THAT CRAP!!!

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Oh, yes, you hit the nail on the head here, Cheese'

I also hate it when the singer is so drunk he's sounding like crap. I mean, as a rock star, it's kind of expected that you're going to be tanked, but at least have some restraint until the after party to over-indulge.

Why do you think they make the audience sing all the songs?

WTF is with commercials on satellite radio? Not all stations have them, but some do. I pay my monthly fees to listen to whatever channel theme I've selected, not to be subjected to yet another barrage of inane bull****. If you're going to pump that crap at me, make the the damn thing free, or at least much cheaper than the monthly fee I'm paying TO NOT LISTEN TO THAT CRAP!!!

Yeah. No kidding. Advertyised as "commercial free" and half the channels are full of f'ing ads!! (sirius radio at least)

 

[wild]

We have a Table Mesa Rd here and a Picacho Peak.

Table Table Road.
Peak Peak.

You beat me on those!

 

[Ivan Lendl]

WTF is up with fat chicks wearing skinny chicks clothes. They popping out all over like the Michelin Man. Sheesh.

Im not a big fan of muffin-tops.

 

[olllllo]

WTF is up with people washing thier hands at the soda fountain at COSTCO.

They have bathrooms with sinks AND soap.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

WTF is with commercials on satellite radio? Not all stations have them, but some do. I pay my monthly fees to listen to whatever channel theme I've selected, not to be subjected to yet another barrage of inane bull****. If you're going to pump that crap at me, make the the damn thing free, or at least much cheaper than the monthly fee I'm paying TO NOT LISTEN TO THAT CRAP!!!

I hear you!!! I HATE THAT!!!

WTF is up with text messaging? First of all, I bought a cell phone so that I could call people...not so that I could take pictures, make memos, and send text messages. It's MUCH easier just to call someone than to text message them! If you're in the car, get a freakin' ear piece if you need to use your cell phone...and DON'T try to type text messages!

But, if my phone is equipped to take pictures, memos, and messages, why should I have to pay extra to take advantage those features? And WHY THE F*** should I have to pay when someone text messages me?!?!

Along with text messaging...why do ppl needlessly abbrev stuf wen they're not txtng?

Why do people intentionally misspell words like prolly, gurl, teh, etc? It makes you look F***ING stupid!

 

[ArroganceFan]

Whats up with the American public becoming so d*#$ dependant on the government for protection.

"Just remember, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away."

 

[landhoney]

WTF is up with people washing thier hands at the soda fountain at COSTCO.

They have bathrooms with sinks AND soap.

I love ALL your rants about Costco, of course its so funny because they're true. The first long one was especially funny. The carts being above average in size does not help with any of the situations.

My WTF is people saying "exspecially" there's no 'x' or 'c' in there people, its an 's'!

 

[Fingers]

... and along the same vein, you don't 'borrow' your electric drill to your friend, you 'loan' it to him! He borrows it from YOU!

If you keep hearing these things over and over, you don't become fustrated, you become frustrated. With an 'R'!!!!

Canadians don't say 'Aboot'. Some on the east coast may do that, but regional accents are REGIONAL!!! Canada is a larger land mass than the US and we don't expect New Yorkers to sound the same as people from Alabama. Why do so many Americans think WE all have the same accent?

 

[sause]

Why do so many Americans think WE all have the same accent?

Because you do.

 

[Pedro-]

Because you do.

eh? :cross:

 

[Evan!]

I love ALL your rants about Costco, of course its so funny because they're true. The first long one was especially funny. The carts being above average in size does not help with any of the situations.

My WTF is people saying "exspecially" there's no 'x' or 'c' in there people, its an 's'!

hehe, almost as bad as "supposubly" or "axe you a question".

 

[Fingers]

Because you do.

eh? :cross:

*sigh* Aboot time I give this one up..... uh, eh.

 

[SkaBoneBenny]

WTF is up with people talking on their f#cking cell phones while I'm ringing them up at CVS? Or listening to their ipod? I ask "Do you have you CVS card" or "would you like a bag" and they rip their phones away from their heads with this rude disgusted look like I just spit in their face as shreak "what?!" Then, usually, after they've been rung up and I hand them their reciept, they take their cell phone away from their face to argue about not getting sale prices. Of course they didn't notice the two times I asked for their CVS card and got no repsonse. Or when i asked if they wanted me to just use the store card. Orwhen they were paying. Or getting their change. Just at the end, once everything is over and it will take me five minutes to refund your 50 cents.
Grrrrrr..

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

People who talk REALLY LOUD while on a cell phone. They talk like they're using two cans and a string.

Especially in restaurants.

Oh, then there was this guy last year who's phone rang in a movie theater.. he answered it, then proceeded to say".. Not much, just watching a movie. So what are you up to.." blah blah blah, and proceeds to have a stupid inane conversation While the movie is still f'ing playing.

He hung up when we all started throwing candy and popcorn at him. One guy threw an entire bag at him. Another threw a full box of skittles. And a roids monkey threatened to break his teeth.

 

[david_42]

I like the one about the Broadway actor, who stopped his performance, brought the lights up and yelled at the idiot who's phone kept ringing.

 

[Melana]

So far loving everything everyone is saying. But how about this?

WHAT'S UP WITH HONDA'S WITH FART CANS?

Seriously, spend some time and tune your car, don't just put an oversized exhaust on it for the sound and claim performance when it is straining the engine. And enough with the SPOILERS from hell. It's FWD, a spoiler does NOTHING.

I am just sick of hearing that crap drive by every five minutes.

This is almost as bad as the morons that add decals to their cars that claim things like 'V8' when you can clearly see that they are just decals and what's worse - they believe that they are adding horse power!
All I can say to the people with fart cans and decals is "STAY OUT OF MY WAY"

 

[Fingers]

People who talk REALLY LOUD while on a cell phone.

I have to break people of this habit when using mobile radios. So many want to yell into the microphone because they guy they're talking to is really far away. All you get out of the radio is overmodulated garbage.

My wife talks really loud into cell phones. Can't break her of that. Maybe it's because she doesn't use one very often. Also, people tend to talk louder when the other person is hard to hear. You should do the opposite. If they speak softly, you speak softly too. They will naturally start to speak louder when they have trouble hearing you.

 

[c.n.budz]

To continue the cell phone gripes:

I can't stand when people have those bluetooth headsets attatched to their face even when they're not on the phone or in a situation where you need the headset as opposed to just using the damn phone itself!! It's not a fashion accessory or a status symbol folks!! I was out at a bar the other day and this idiot went around the entire night with the headset stuck in his ear and I never once saw the power light go on...


Sorry if this has already been talked about but I didn't feel like reading all 21 pages.
EDIT: this thread is pretty cool so I've started reading through all of it

 

[c.n.budz]

I could write about 100 of these just on one subject... motorcycles... but I'll limit it to my top few complaints.

WTF is up with vehicle drivers not letting me easily pass them, giving me nasty looks or flashing the lights when I finally do pass them? No one seems to understand the roads are covered will small particles that get kicked up when you drive over them sandblasting me in the face... regardless how much space I put between us.

I have no problems with motorcycles passing me as long as they do it properly. WTF is up with the crotch rocket riders riding inbetween lanes or along side me in a single lane. I swear the next time this happens I'm opening my door and taking the idiot out, I have really good insurance and I'll bet they don't...

 

[DeathBrewer]

I have no problems with motorcycles passing me as long as they do it properly. WTF is up with the crotch rocket riders riding inbetween lanes or along side me in a single lane. I swear the next time this happens I'm opening my door and taking the idiot out, I have really good insurance and I'll bet they don't...

lanesplitting is legal in california. don't know about connecticut. it still should be done with courtesy, of course.

 

[kornkob]

To continue the cell phone gripes:

I can't stand when people have those bluetooth headsets attatched to their face even when they're not on the phone or in a situation where you need the headset as opposed to just using the damn phone itself!! It's not a fashion accessory or a status symbol folks!! I was out at a bar the other day and this idiot went around the entire night with the headset stuck in his ear and I never once saw the power light go on...

*shrug*

I don't give a crap about what stupid **** you want to wear. A holster for your cell phone, boxcutter, flashlight and pen? Whatever. A checkbook/wallet/small filing cabinet sticking out of your shirt pocket. Okay, brainiac. Cowboy boots with 3 inch heels and a leather vest in the middle of summer? Enjoy it, Tex. Might look stupid and be horribly impractical but that don't bother me none.

Now, if you're wearing one of those blue tooth ear things and you don't excuse yourself and get the hell away from me before answering the damn thing--- that's just rude. Don't just interrupt our conversation with someone else's without transitioning. I have no interest in listing to one half of a conversation, nor do I want you to make some half assed attempt at 'including' me by asking me about something while you're talking to them.

In fact, I'm not fond of people who, sitting at a table or at the bar with a group of friends, who then take a phone call and have a conversation with someone who isn't there. Take your call, excuse yourself from the group and go the hell away till you're done with the call. And don't come back and ask 'what'd I miss' because if it was that imporntant to you, you shoulda stuck around, monkeyboy.