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A diesel one, and throw some biodiesel in that b!tch (for the record I have not done my research on biodiesel and I'm not a neo-hippy, it does sound cool though)
WTF: Help me understand this recent cultural phenomena
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Ok, I had to jump in when it got to motorcycles, WTH is with earsplitting straight pipes? I appreciate the low rumble of a well tuned exhaust as much as any gear-head, but what's up with the guy on the two cylider harley with 3 foot long 4 inch headers whacking the throttle while we wait at the stoplight??? I got a car with decent insulation and all the windows up and the damn sound waves are crushing my head.
AND it not just harleys either. some dumbs**t nearby has a crotch rocekt and I SWEAR he cut open the can and just pulled out the packing and put it back together. It sounds like a coffee can with some pennies rattling around. BUT LOUD
AND it's not just street bikes, what's with the off road spodes that think a 105 dB can on their 525 makes them any faster?? The best thing they could do to be faster is lose the damn beer gut.
k. I feel better.
AND it not just harleys either. some dumbs**t nearby has a crotch rocekt and I SWEAR he cut open the can and just pulled out the packing and put it back together. It sounds like a coffee can with some pennies rattling around. BUT LOUD
AND it's not just street bikes, what's with the off road spodes that think a 105 dB can on their 525 makes them any faster?? The best thing they could do to be faster is lose the damn beer gut.
k. I feel better.
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Well, since the cold war is over . . .kornkob said:
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Alright, I've been saving these up for a while, so I'll finally post my "collection".
Car washing--it's sad that some people have such boring lives that they spend their weekends washing their vehicles--every weekend. Or washing it by hand. It's a car/motorcycle/truck. It's a depreciating asset. Your car will get you from place to place regardless of how it looks. My cars get washed when it rains. And maybe just before I put it up for sale. and if you're polishing it because you think it will get you laid, then I feel even more sorry for you.
Loud engines or exhaust--whether its on a car or motorcycle, it is still super annoying. When I can't hear my passenger during a conversation with the windows up because you think it's cool to make loud noises, then it's too loud! We get it, you want attention, so you have a way to make your vehicle say, "hey everyone, look how cool i am!"
Phones--if you are the caller, then you identify yourself first thing. If I get a call from someone, I don't want to have to guess who it is based on the voice, i don't care how well I know you. And if someone calls me and asks me who I am, that's when I get pissy!
Loud People--as you can see, I like peace and quiet. Actually, I just like normal amounts of noise, appropriate for the particular setting. Just like with cars, obnoxiously loud people are bothersome. Your lives are not that important that other people want to overhear. Same goes for cell phone conversations.
Lazy People--There are trash cans everywhere in the U.S. There is no excuse to throw one's trash on the ground. If you are too lazy to walk to the nearest trash can, then carry it or put it in your pocket. Or (heaven forbid) think ahead and don't purchase it in the first place if you won't have a way or won't be willing to throw it away. And if you throw gum on the ground then there should be a very stiff penalty.
Oh, leaving trash in the movie theater or another public place is just as bad. Just because you know it is someone's job to clean it up, doesn't give you the right.
It's almost as if vehicle manufacturers stopped putting blinkers in the cars these days. How difficult is it to flick your left wrist and turn on your blinker? I don't care if you are in the turn lane and it seems obvious, use it anyway. There's a thing called peripheral vision and situational awareness. Blinkers help immensly with that and I'm sure that's why they were implimented.
The bottom line here with these ostentatious behaviors seems to be (with the exception of laziness) the attempt to improve one's image. Maybe it's because I'm married, and have no one to impress really. But, then again, I didn't do these things as a bachelor either. I just think there are better ways to improve one's image and still maintain common courtesy to others.
It may seem that I'm uptight about trivial things, but I just wanted to share my rants. These are, indeed, trivial compared to things that are occuring around the world. However, most of those issues are political and, therefore, inappropriate here.
Interesting thread, by the way!
Car washing--it's sad that some people have such boring lives that they spend their weekends washing their vehicles--every weekend. Or washing it by hand. It's a car/motorcycle/truck. It's a depreciating asset. Your car will get you from place to place regardless of how it looks. My cars get washed when it rains. And maybe just before I put it up for sale. and if you're polishing it because you think it will get you laid, then I feel even more sorry for you.
Loud engines or exhaust--whether its on a car or motorcycle, it is still super annoying. When I can't hear my passenger during a conversation with the windows up because you think it's cool to make loud noises, then it's too loud! We get it, you want attention, so you have a way to make your vehicle say, "hey everyone, look how cool i am!"
Phones--if you are the caller, then you identify yourself first thing. If I get a call from someone, I don't want to have to guess who it is based on the voice, i don't care how well I know you. And if someone calls me and asks me who I am, that's when I get pissy!
Loud People--as you can see, I like peace and quiet. Actually, I just like normal amounts of noise, appropriate for the particular setting. Just like with cars, obnoxiously loud people are bothersome. Your lives are not that important that other people want to overhear. Same goes for cell phone conversations.
Lazy People--There are trash cans everywhere in the U.S. There is no excuse to throw one's trash on the ground. If you are too lazy to walk to the nearest trash can, then carry it or put it in your pocket. Or (heaven forbid) think ahead and don't purchase it in the first place if you won't have a way or won't be willing to throw it away. And if you throw gum on the ground then there should be a very stiff penalty.
Oh, leaving trash in the movie theater or another public place is just as bad. Just because you know it is someone's job to clean it up, doesn't give you the right. It's almost as if vehicle manufacturers stopped putting blinkers in the cars these days. How difficult is it to flick your left wrist and turn on your blinker? I don't care if you are in the turn lane and it seems obvious, use it anyway. There's a thing called peripheral vision and situational awareness. Blinkers help immensly with that and I'm sure that's why they were implimented.
The bottom line here with these ostentatious behaviors seems to be (with the exception of laziness) the attempt to improve one's image. Maybe it's because I'm married, and have no one to impress really. But, then again, I didn't do these things as a bachelor either. I just think there are better ways to improve one's image and still maintain common courtesy to others.
It may seem that I'm uptight about trivial things, but I just wanted to share my rants. These are, indeed, trivial compared to things that are occuring around the world. However, most of those issues are political and, therefore, inappropriate here.
Interesting thread, by the way!
WTF is up with me having to be subjected to Federally mandated drug screening (for my job at the airport) to be able to work my ass off and pay nearly 1/4 of my earnings into taxes just so some lowlife lazy piece of crap can collect welfare to go buy crank?
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desiderata said:
That's one of my peeves too. I don't feel the need to identify myself to strangers while I'm sitting in my living room. Who did you phone, you f***nut?
Someone called my employer and complained about my driving recently. The complaint centered around some guy who said that 'HE' was travelling at a safe speed on an icy road and I passed him. The implication being that he is the best judge of what is a safe speed to travel and we should all apparently follow his example. This, despite the fact that the guy was driving a car patently unsuited for the weather conditions and I was driving a full sized all wheel drive van with proper rubber. What a ********. My secretary is a young pregnant mother and she was driving more aggresively than this clown.
Thankfully my boss (and my secretary) have larger testicles than this idiot so the matter didn't go anywhere, but WTF is with people driving in inclement weather that are so afraid that they create a hazard for the rest of us? I mean it's one thing going out under conditions that you can't handle, but it's yet another to complain about those that can!
Ridge Runner
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Lot's of good ones folks!! WTF is up with Bourbon County, KY being dry(no alcohol sales) & Christian County being wet. Celebs Life & death. who cares? Much finer people increase the quality of peoples lives and die(the #1 guarantee) every day. WTF with PC? If I have to tolerate you being able to express any opinion you want, no matter how unfounded, you have to tolerate me telling you your an idiot. Oh yeah, to the Safety police, when I was a kid we ate dirt, fell out of trees, fell off bikes,fell in the bathtub, beat the cr$p out of each other on a regular basis, ad nauseum. Scratches & dents build character & the ability(skill?) to handle adversity. Children are precious, and resilient. Let them grow. Breathe in..... breathe out. Much better. Peace & Love RR
Oh yeah, to the Safety police, when I was a kid we ate dirt, fell out of trees, fell off bikes,fell in the bathtub, beat the cr$p out of each other on a regular basis, ad nauseum. Scratches & dents build character & the ability(skill?) to handle adversity. Children are precious, and resilient. Let them grow. Breathe in..... breathe out. Much better. Peace & Love RR
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John Beere said:
Well said!!!!
John Beere said:
I hate that $hit as well. And since we are on the topic of bikes...
WTF is up with a$$holes walking around with their chaps, vests, leather shirts on...IN THE FRIGGIN SUMMER TIME?!?!?!?!? You wear that stuff to protect you on the road...not to walk around a rally or show looking like you skinned every single cow in Oklahoma and decided to wear it all at once.
I have a pair of chaps, but think I have worn them once...when it was 20 degrees out! And thats another thing...
WTF is with these summer only riders who think they are the cats a$$ during the nice months, but are never on the road when its below 50?!?!?!? If it aint snowing, or there isnt ice everywhere, my bike is on the GD road!
Yeah, I ride a Harley, because I want to, because I could afford it, and like the style (Im jealous over your VRod JB, damn I want one)...and not because I have to to look cool or be part of some in thing. Truth be known, if I had the cash, I'd have a collection of all kinds of bikes. Jap, German, Italian, Brit, I dont friggin care. Its about riding and lovin every minute of it. AND, if i'm on the road, and you are coming the other way...on whatever kind of bike you ride...I friggin wave to you. My hand goes down to acknowledge you, say hi to you, and am glad to see you RIDING...period. WTF is up with these ba$tards who are snobs on the road, and snub everyone else. Mostly its BMW riders, or real old men on Gold Wings...but I wave at em anyway. I wave to friggin bicyclists, scooter riders, I dont care. To me, if you ride, I say hi!
We now join our other rants, already in progress!
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I'm still trying to figure out this "ghost riding the whip" business. I pray for our youth, but find their idiocy amusing, as well.
Alamo_Beer
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WTF is up with this chick??
http://britneybarrymore.tripod.com/my_uggs_pictures/Me___my_UGG_boots_and_hot_sweate.jpg (WORK SAFE)
I read the post about uggs and looked them up (damn i'm bored) and found this pic. Look at her eyes??!!
Anyway, for real.
WTF is up with Project Runway, Top Chef, Top Design, Top A$$Hole.....all those. My girlfriend is OBSESSED with those crappy shows...pisses me off.
Why not a Top Brewer? I'd watch that. Except it'd probubly be promoted/judged by BMC..
Adios
http://britneybarrymore.tripod.com/my_uggs_pictures/Me___my_UGG_boots_and_hot_sweate.jpg (WORK SAFE)
I read the post about uggs and looked them up (damn i'm bored) and found this pic. Look at her eyes??!!
Anyway, for real.
WTF is up with Project Runway, Top Chef, Top Design, Top A$$Hole.....all those. My girlfriend is OBSESSED with those crappy shows...pisses me off.
Why not a Top Brewer? I'd watch that. Except it'd probubly be promoted/judged by BMC..
Adios
WTF is up with the a$$ clowns who wear their pants down below their butts and the crotch down to their ankles? This is attractive to the ladies???
WTF is up with he traffic lights in my city that are timed so I hit every one of them right when they turn red so I have to wait through a complete cycle before it turns green?
WTF is up with idiot **** stick terrorists who put 2 kids in the back of the car so it will pass through check points easier, then flee from the car and detonate a bomb with the kids still in the car? Aren't we going to run out of these vial scum one of these days?
WTF is up with he traffic lights in my city that are timed so I hit every one of them right when they turn red so I have to wait through a complete cycle before it turns green?
WTF is up with idiot **** stick terrorists who put 2 kids in the back of the car so it will pass through check points easier, then flee from the car and detonate a bomb with the kids still in the car? Aren't we going to run out of these vial scum one of these days?
clayof2day said:
OK based of this . . .
WTF is up with this country not switching totally to ethonal and biodesil? I am by no way a hippie, tree hugger, or enviromentalist but FFS we could make the switch and tell every oil producing country what to suck, when to suck it, how long the sucking should be and then make them swallow.
Have you ever seen Iowa? (I'm on a Iowa kick and am to lazy to type Nebraska tonight . . . GDI I typed Nebraska anyway . . . MF did it twice) There is nothign but room and farmers we could grow the hell outa anything we wanted just about. BUT NOOOOOOO!! instead we subsidize farmers to NOT grow crops or pay them for growing **** we dont need. Here's a clue . . .If Uncle Sam is giving away free cheese and butter to any d1ckshine that shows up we probably dopnt need anymore for a while. Butcher the cows and try something else. . .Barley works for me
Tony said:
Thanks. My bike has been off the road since late last fall when I punctured the rear tire... work got in the way and I'm just now getting it back on the road. Its a 2002 and already has a little over 12,500 great miles on it. I will say that my Jeep has spoiled me though. I haven't had the top on it in over a year now and only put the doors on when its really cold or really bad weather. Its not the same as riding a motorcycle but it is very fun in its own way - sort of like flying a brick.
I'm with you on waving... I work about 5 miles from a new drag strip (http://www.sgmpracing.com). There always seems to be packs of sports bikes coming too and from it and I think it really suprises them to see me wave.
And to get back on topic...
WTF is up with my wife's "headaches"? I think I'm about to go call her bluff...
Fingers
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Pre-emptive strike, John. Hand her an aspirin and when she looks at you funny you yell 'AHA!' And then it's shaggin' time....
I agree with reducing our dependence on foreign oilPumbaa said:
but I've heard that ethanol requires quite a bit of fossil fuel to manufacture. Not only from the farming of the corn but also from the mashing, fermenting, and distillation process.I would like to see MUCH more R&D go into alternatives to oil. I think the time is now!
Speaking of which...
WTF is up with the price of gas back up to $2.60 a gallon?
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WOW!
I was looking at the WTF as in
"I really don't understand what your F'in thought process is, that appears to be a stupid idea that has somehow been deemed acceptable type if deal."
Ex. Uggs, Fat Pipe mufflers, droopy pants.
I wasn't expecting the WTF in the angry sense.
It's ok, though. Get your anger out. If nothing else, it'll be easier to find Pumbaa's rants in one thread.
I'll save my other ones for later.
I was looking at the WTF as in
"I really don't understand what your F'in thought process is, that appears to be a stupid idea that has somehow been deemed acceptable type if deal."
Ex. Uggs, Fat Pipe mufflers, droopy pants.
I wasn't expecting the WTF in the angry sense.
It's ok, though. Get your anger out. If nothing else, it'll be easier to find Pumbaa's rants in one thread.
I'll save my other ones for later.
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kornkob said:
The left lane is for passing. Keep right and nobody will get pissed at you.
RichBrewer said:I agree with reducing our dependence on foreign oil
I would like to see MUCH more R&D go into alternatives to oil. I think the time is now!
Speaking of which...
WTF is up with the price of gas back up to $2.60 a gallon?
Corn-based ethanol is much more about giving subsidies to farmers than it is about protecting the enviornment, IMHO. The key towards making ethanol viable as a real alternative fuel will be to be able to convert other, cheaper biomass. We need to advance the science of starch conversion and alcohol distillation!
There's also an ethical issue that might ultimately need to be addressed with regards to ethanol (particularly corn-based ethanol) - and I do not profess to have the answer to this. If we're growing corn to fill our gas tanks, well, aren't there still people who could use that corn for food? There's basically a fixed amount of farm land; how much gets alllocated to food production versus energy production? Not an easy answer to that one, I don't think.
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If someone can explain this, I won't worry about the rest of the world.
What is up with girls who dye the top half of their hair blond and the bottom half black?
Its not "punked out". Its not roots growing out. Its like they took all their hair above their ears and bleached it blond. Then they took the hair below their ears and dyed it jet black. Its like a bowl dye job instead of a bowl cut.
Its not accidental. I've seen 6 girls in the past couple years who have done this. They look like skunks.
What is up with girls who dye the top half of their hair blond and the bottom half black?
Its not "punked out". Its not roots growing out. Its like they took all their hair above their ears and bleached it blond. Then they took the hair below their ears and dyed it jet black. Its like a bowl dye job instead of a bowl cut.
Its not accidental. I've seen 6 girls in the past couple years who have done this. They look like skunks.
Good point and every day there is less farm land so it is only going to get worse.the_bird said:
lets get to it thenthe_bird said:
F'em. I'm tired of the rest of the world shatting on us. If they are hungry tell them to get off their arse and grow something. Not enuff water where you live? Move, grab a shovel, or eat that GD cow instead of praying to it. Market forces will decide well enuff how much energy to grow and how much food to grow.
I'll stop now cuz i think I may be pushing the edge of what I should and shouldnt post here
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the_bird said:
Since ethanol became the "feel good" easy answer to our insatiable oil appetite, has anyone paid attention to the price of ethanol? Be it reality or myth the $ of ethanol, via supply & demand, has raised dramatically. Biomass or fusion are much more attractive. It's called a" Longview" Children. PC's, fiction of the 60's, reality of the 00's. RR
Ridge Runner said:
good point but the supply is down because we have huge arse tarrifs on it from Brazil and dont make near aas much as we could if we felt like it at home. I'm not saying ethonal alone is the answer and would love to see the US switch to Nuke power, bio desil, and ethonal as a MUCH larger percentage of it's energy. We are always going to need oil in some form.
Trust me, with me it's not for enviromental reasons and if ya want I'll cut down a tree in the rain forest so we can make more room for cheeseburger making cows, club a seal, eat a spotted owl and pee on a snail darter all while spraying an areosol can into the sky if ya want me to prove it
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I used to hang out with this chick that had black hair and had dyed her pigtails red.. She was smokin!! looked a little odd when she let her hair down but still pretty cute... I could never be goth but I love me some goth chicks!!feedthebear said:
SpamDog
WTF is it with this thread?
I was looking forward to reading some stupid dumb ass cultural stuff like WTF are mothers letting there young kids dress like that for kinda stuf.
Not WTF are you arguing about saving the world for?
WTF is it with people spending $$$ on designer torn jeans. Why not do like I do. Buy normal jeans and wear them so much the get ripped then when they fall apart I throw them away. I do what these fashion wannabes do for a fraction of the $$$ and it is the real thing.
I was looking forward to reading some stupid dumb ass cultural stuff like WTF are mothers letting there young kids dress like that for kinda stuf.
Not WTF are you arguing about saving the world for?
WTF is it with people spending $$$ on designer torn jeans. Why not do like I do. Buy normal jeans and wear them so much the get ripped then when they fall apart I throw them away. I do what these fashion wannabes do for a fraction of the $$$ and it is the real thing.
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WTF is up with me paying DOUBLE taxes because I'm self-employed???? I fu##ing hate taxes.
WTF is up with gay men talking funny? Honestly, I have nothing against homosexuals (especially the woman-kind) But the voice thing is SUCH a front. I had a friend that went gay for about 2 months (really wierd situation) and HIS VOICE CHANGED!! It changed back when he was straight again.
and on a side note, I love those furry boots on chicks. My wife has some... .when she wears them with a little skirt, there is nothing better then bending her 5'2" a$$ over the kitchen counter and... wow, better stop there.
WTF is up with gay men talking funny? Honestly, I have nothing against homosexuals (especially the woman-kind) But the voice thing is SUCH a front. I had a friend that went gay for about 2 months (really wierd situation) and HIS VOICE CHANGED!! It changed back when he was straight again.
and on a side note, I love those furry boots on chicks. My wife has some... .when she wears them with a little skirt, there is nothing better then bending her 5'2" a$$ over the kitchen counter and... wow, better stop there.
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orfy said:
I've come to the conclusion that if you can come up with a silly enough idea/product, then chances are, there are millions of idiots who will jump all over it and spend their money on it.
What about those pants that are made to look faded in the front and back, but it's not consistent or subtle. Rather, it looks more like someone took a white paint brush and painted a wide strip down the front and back of each leg?
Edit: just found this: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=jeans (warning: contains profanity)
Cheesefood
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<gay rant>Speaking of chick hair, WTF is up with brunettes who get blonde highlights? It makes them look like friggin' zebras. Then their roots show and they look like ********. You're not blonde! Highlights are meant to create subtle variations, not make you look like friggin' lion fodder!</gay rant>
And WTF is up with guys and frosted tips?
And WTF is up with the resurrection of the ethanol debate?
WTF is up with the_bird deleting one of my posts because he thought it was off-topic and he didn't want the conversation to go off-topic? I thought the point of being able to delete posts was to remove obscene comments or spam, not to make censorship decisions based on their own personal feelings on a topic.
And WTF is up with guys and frosted tips?
And WTF is up with the resurrection of the ethanol debate?
WTF is up with the_bird deleting one of my posts because he thought it was off-topic and he didn't want the conversation to go off-topic? I thought the point of being able to delete posts was to remove obscene comments or spam, not to make censorship decisions based on their own personal feelings on a topic.
Cheesefood said:
it was the wrong place and the wrong time, wouldnt push it IMHO
back to WTF . . .
I actually prefer it when gay men act/speak flamming gay, lets ya know who not to bend over around
TheJadedDog
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Toot said:
Thank you Toot, that is my thought exactly! I cannot stand people in the left lane going the speed limit, makes me absolutely crazy.
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