WTF: Help me understand this recent cultural phenomena

[ayrton]

Thank you Toot, that is my thought exactly! I cannot stand people in the left lane going the speed limit, makes me absolutely crazy.

I never drive in the left lane, but some ass in the right lane is always going 30 mph over the limit, getting right on my bumper, and then staying there for several minutes before passing. Small manhood behavior.

 

[kornkob]

BINGO! Never mind the people who act like the left lane is for passing on surface streets.

It's not a frickin race and a surface street is not a freeway.

And don't get me started on the 'I have a big truck/SUV so I think I'll intimidate you by crowding you out of my way'.



On the more silly side, however: I'm sorry-- why, exactly, do you keep touching your blackberry/pda/smartphone every 30 seconds while you are talking to me? Afriad it'll run away? Am I that boring? Is it a replacement for the penis your boss took from you the first day on the job? OH! I get it-- you're trying to tell me that your life is so full of people trying to communicate with you that you have to carry your f-ing email around with you everywhere. Nice. Later, I'll show you where you can pick up a life, cheap.

 

[WOP31]

On the more silly side, however: I'm sorry-- why, exactly, do you keep touching your blackberry/pda/smartphone every 30 seconds while you are talking to me? Afriad it'll run away? Am I that boring? Is it a replacement for the penis your boss took from you the first day on the job? OH! I get it-- you're trying to tell me that your life is so full of people trying to communicate with you that you have to carry your f-ing email around with you everywhere. Nice. Later, I'll show you where you can pick up a life, cheap.

Yeah, and WTF does even the guy who jockies the register at the GD gas station walk around with a blue tooth ear piece stuck to the side of his head, like he has that much gas station business to take care of and can't be out of touch.

 

[TheJadedDog]

Yeah, and WTF does even the guy who jockies the register at the GD gas station walk around with a blue tooth ear piece stuck to the side of his head, like he has that much gas station business to take care of and can't be out of touch.

I HATE those GD blue tooth ear pieces. They are the gayest thing ever. Do you walk around with your phone stuck to the side of your face? NO. So why do you walk around with that stupid thing in your ear even when you're not on a call?


As for the whole driving thing, I like to go fast so I get in the left lane as soon as I get on the highway and stay there, I only pass on the right if someone in the left won't get out of my way. And on surface streets I try to take it easy since that's where the majority of accidents (and speeding tickets) occur.

 

[Erbium:YAG]

While we're on the subject of phones...WTF is it with people who insist on driving while holding a cell phone to the side of their head?! You'll always pick them out because they're the ones who are doing 45-50 MPH in the high speed lane, stomping on their brakes at the last second because they suddenly realize their turn has just come up, sit there at a traffic light after it's been green for 20 seconds already, or take up two lanes of travel because they're too busy chit-chatting and don't realize how far over they've drifted! Get a GD hands free set-up already!

 

[desiderata]

While we're on the subject of phones...WTF is it with people who insist on driving while holding a cell phone to the side of their head?! You'll always pick them out because they're the ones who are doing 45-50 MPH in the high speed lane, stomping on their brakes at the last second because they suddenly realize their turn has just come up, sit there a traffic light after it's been green for 20 seconds already, or take up two lanes of travel because they're too busy chit-chatting and don't realize how far over they've drifted! Get a GD hands free set-up already!

yes, that, and they are the one's most likely not using their blinkers. The only reason they don't cause an accident is because the other drivers around them are paying attention.

 

[olllllo]

Buy a vehicle that is sized to your ability to drive and park.

I'm talking to you Grocery-getter mom that cannot park with out backing up and steering in several times.​

And I'm talking to you Real Estate agent that can't get the Explorer to hold a lane.​

And I'm talking to you Mr Late Model F150 jacked so high it steers like a boat.​

 

[Rhoobarb]

...WTF is it with people who insist on driving while holding a cell phone to the side of their head?! ...

Amen, so true! I always think to myself, hang up your phone and drive, b*tch! Doesn't matter what gender the driver is, they're b*tches to their cell phones.

Keep a lookout the next time you're in traffic for my personal traffic related WTF: The more bumper stickers, decals, magnetic ribbons and emblems you see on a car, the worse the person's driving ability. A friend of mine pointed this out to me and it is true.

 

[WOP31]

Buy a vehicle that is sized to your ability to drive and park.

I have been saying for years that not only should you have to test to get a licence but you should also have to take a test before you buy a vehicle, expecially SUV's.

example SUV questions:
Q1: What are you going to use this vehicle for?
Q2: Where are you going to drive this vehicle, City, Suburbs, Rural areas?
Q3: Do you have the ability to handle this vehicle?

If your answers do not meet a set list of criteria, Next, here are your keys to your new Yaris, have fun!

 

[kornkob]

I've always thought that everyone should have to take a 'behind the wheel' driving test every 10 years. At the same test: vehicle safety inspection for your primary vehicle (which you then have to take the test in).


On another note: Good for you, you had kids. Now, that was your choice so please don't expect me to change my behavior, watch my language or otherwise be inconvienienced because you've decided to drag your kids out into public.

And if you can't control your kid, have the courtesy to stay the hell home instead of visiting your favorite resturant/flying a plane/going to a play. The rest of us are trying to enjoy ourselves while your brat screams.

Along the same lines for the non-breeders: when you go to the zoo, the beach or some other popular kid's destination, don't bitch about the kids. You knew showing up that they'd be there so you've got no excuse. Want to change it? Complain to businesses that 'allow' children and compliment (and spend money at) businesses that have 'no kids' policies.


And hey--- you over there with the black hair cut at an angle across yoru face, smoking a clove cigarette and talking all 'woe is me, life is so hard and I am sad'! Choose one of 3 courses of action: 1) off yourself like you say you will 2) get help with your problems 3) realize that life is never going to be all candy flavored kisses and get on when your life like the rest of us. 'Emo' yourself a life, whiner.




When I'm evil overlord of the universe (see my 5 year plan) I fully intend to establish a series of hunting seasons to thin the human herd of some of these problems. Like:

-Ugg season
-blackberry addict season
-emo season

 

[loopmd]

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

WTF is up with a$$holes from Wisconsin bagging on Nebraska. I mean really, have you ever seen Wisconsin? JK, great thread, jesus, I'm a few minutes late and everything's been covered.


loop

 

[Pumbaa]

WTF is up with a$$holes from Wisconsin bagging on Nebraska. I mean really, have you ever seen Wisconsin? JK, great thread, jesus, I'm a few minutes late and everything's been covered.


loop

just my nature :rockin: . . . and I hope I never have to drive I-80 across Nebraska EVER again . . .I got NOTHING but hog reports on the radio through Iowa and Nebraska then I hit the mountains in Wyoming and just got nothing

One good thing about Nebraska is I got out of a HELL of a speeding ticket somewhere near Lincoln (I think) I was doing 98 in a 55 and the State Trooper let me off because he was a Navy Reservist and was assinged to my ship for his 2 week active duty . . . and lived in the berthing directly below mine . . . and he actually recognized me cuz I bummed him a smoke one night . . . cant say that about Iowa though

 

[loopmd]

just my nature :rockin: . . . and I hope I never have to drive I-80 across Nebraska EVER again . . .I got NOTHING but hog reports on the radio through Iowa and Nebraska then I hit the mountains in Wyoming and just got nothing

One good thing about Nebraska is I got out of a HELL of a speeding ticket somewhere near Lincoln (I think) I was doing 98 in a 55 and the State Trooper let me off because he was a Navy Reservist and was assinged to my ship for his 2 week active duty . . . and lived in the berthing directly below mine . . . and he actually recognized me cuz I bummed him a smoke one night . . . cant say that about Iowa though

LOL,

Actually moved to Omaha about 20 years ago and found out Omaha was not part of Nebraska. (that's what people from the "big city" of Omaha think) There is Omaha and then the "rest of Nebraska".

When you get to the mountains in Wyoming you wish you had the hog reports to listen to!


Loop

 

[david_42]

And WTF is it about people in little gray cars riding in my blind spot? I've got FIVE mirrors on my van and they find the one place where they blend into the asphalt and stay there for miles. And why don't they turn their headlights on until it's dead cat black out?

 

[Flyin' Lion]

In Virginia it is required to turn headlights on when it's raining (or when you are using your wipers). What cracks me up is when you see a cop driving in the rain with his lights off. Not bashing cops per se (FIL is retired from the job), but we have some piss-poor examples in Chesterfield County.

 

[Erbium:YAG]

In Virginia it is required to turn headlights on when it's raining (or when you are using your wipers). What cracks me up is when you see a cop driving in the rain with his lights off. Not bashing cops per se (FIL is retired from the job), but we have some piss-poor examples in Chesterfield County.

We have the same law here in New Jersey; but I imagine it is seldomly enforced. The reality is, I put my headlights on night and day, regardless of the weather, rain or shine. They absolutely make you much more visible to other drivers. What I can't stand are drivers who think they're too friggin cool to turn their headlights on as it starts to get dark. They usually just flip on their signal lights ONLY. Like that's gonna make them really visible. I especially hate it when they do this and their vehicle is a dark color. I don't know how many times I've experienced this; and you can't see these idiots until they're nearly on top of you.

 

[dibby33]

And WTF is it about people in little gray cars riding in my blind spot? I've got FIVE mirrors on my van and they find the one place where they blend into the asphalt and stay there for miles. And why don't they turn their headlights on until it's dead cat black out?

i find putting on the indicators and moving my old ute with the steel tray on the back of it towards them gets them out of the way.

 

[WOP31]

Kornkob and the other non-breeders ( ) out there I understand that you don't want to put up with bitchy kids, I have a one year old and still can not tolerate parents who can not control their kids. but don't expect me to not go to my favorite places because I have a (well Behaved) Kid. I had to deal with it for 29 years, now it is everyone elses turn. Do expect me, if my kid is acting out, to take the following action: one, take him out of that situation, two make him not cause a disruption, and three be a parent in general.

And BTW

WTF is with parents who can't handle their children and then blame everyone and everything else but themselves. "Oh, my kid has ADD" WTF, where was this 23 years ago when I was growing up, it would have been a great excuse for most of the crap I did.

 

[feedthebear]

American Idol... I wouldn't complain about it if I could sucessfully avoid it.

CNN's morning news talks about it like it is actual news.

My local Fox Affiliate's morning and evening news recaps it and talks about it like it is actual news.

Every other radio station's morning show recaps it and talks about it like it is actual news.

IT IS FREAKING KARAOKE! ITS NOT NEWS! GET OVER IT!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Kornkob and the other non-breeders ( ) out there I understand that you don't want to put up with bitchy kids, I have a one year old and still can not tolerate parents who can not control their kids. but don't expect me to not go to my favorite places because I have a (well Behaved) Kid. I had to deal with it for 29 years, now it is everyone elses turn. Do expect me, if my kid is acting out, to take the following action: one, take him out of that situation, two make him not cause a disruption, and three be a parent in general.

And BTW

WTF is with parents who can't handle their children and then blame everyone and everything else but themselves. "Oh, my kid has ADD" WTF, where was this 23 years ago when I was growing up, it would have been a great excuse for most of the crap I did.

That's not me. My son is Add/Asberber's and I have never, ever used that as an excuse and never will. He knows when he is misbehaving and he knows to accept consequences.

Ona different note, WTF is up with people at a tavern that want to watch non-sports on TV??? I had darts tonight and wanted to see some of the March Madness and keep track of my brackets. The tavern at which we played darts
had three TVs- one had on hockey, one had arena football and the other had UGLY BETTY!!!! and when we aked to have the channel changed, some people started bitching!!!! Come on you're at a BAR, for Chrissakes! If you wanna watch network TV, then GO HOME!!! It's not like you can hear the sound anyway! If you need to drink a beer while watching that badly, then buy a sixer on the way home! I didn't see any of the College Hoops until those losers left and we could finally change the channel! Grrrr!

 

[Ize]

American Idol... I wouldn't complain about it if I could sucessfully avoid it.

CNN's morning news talks about it like it is actual news.

My local Fox Affiliate's morning and evening news recaps it and talks about it like it is actual news.

Every other radio station's morning show recaps it and talks about it like it is actual news.

IT IS FREAKING KARAOKE! ITS NOT NEWS! GET OVER IT!

:rockin: :rockin:

Thank You.

FWIW, Bernie, close second.... Me eldest is old enough so there's not a lot of issues... the 3 YO of mine just can't be reasoned with however.

I drink instead.

Ize

 

[AleHole]

:rockin:

Thank You.

FWIW, Bernie, close second.... Me eldest is old enough so there's not a lot of issues... the 3 YO of mine just can't be reasoned with however.

I drink instead.

Ize

unavoidable
SWMBO loves it... WTF is up with that? I drink instead as well

 

[wild]

WTF - Is with drivers that have to have their brights on in the city? If you can't see with your low beams on AND the street lights, you shouldn't be driving at night!

 

[desiderata]

American Idol... I wouldn't complain about it if I could sucessfully avoid it.

CNN's morning news talks about it like it is actual news.

My local Fox Affiliate's morning and evening news recaps it and talks about it like it is actual news.

Every other radio station's morning show recaps it and talks about it like it is actual news.

IT IS FREAKING KARAOKE! ITS NOT NEWS! GET OVER IT!

Well said! I've never watched that show and I never plan to. If I was interested in American Idol, I'd watch the show, not the news.

 

[Rhoobarb]

American Idol... IT IS FREAKING KARAOKE! ITS NOT NEWS! GET OVER IT!

God, yes! I wish this show would just die! It's nothing new; it was done years ago when I was a little kid and called Ted Mack's Amatuer Hour, for cryin' out loud!

The tavern at which we played darts had three TVs- one had on hockey, one had arena football and the other had UGLY BETTY!!!!

Don't these people have Tivo? A bar without the NCAAs on last night? I'd have taken my business somewhere else right there and then! Sheesh!

 

[kornkob]

Ona different note, WTF is up with people at a tavern that want to watch non-sports on TV???

Sitting around shooting the **** with your buds at happy hour watching Jeopardy can be a pretty good time. At some places around here they pass out paper and if you get Double Jeopardy right they serve up a free drink.

And bars I go to: you CAN hear the television if the volume is on. I don’t like to hang out at a place where it is so loud that you can’t hear each other. Crank the jukebox so I have to shout at my buddies and I’ll take my money somewhere else. Keep it to a reasonable level and I’ll stick around and drink.


On another geekier note: what the hell is it with companies that make video cards constantly switching up what things mean? There was a time that a gfroce MX card meant it was the top of the line for that series. Then it became the bottom of the line. For cripes sake, make it easy for me to find the product I want.

 

[olllllo]

On another geekier note: what the hell is it with companies that make video cards constantly switching up what things mean? There was a time that a gfroce MX card meant it was the top of the line for that series. Then it became the bottom of the line. For cripes sake, make it easy for me to find the product I want.

That's easy. Get the one that says EXTREME on it.

 

[user 574]

Ona different note, WTF is up with people at a tavern that want to watch non-sports on TV???

My watering hole owner bans all non-sports broadcasts on tv. It just makes sense to me as sometimes you get customer pissing matches on what sports show to watch... I don't want to be watching queer eye for the straight guy, or the cooking channel at a bar. Or ugly betty!

 

[TheJadedDog]

American Idol... I wouldn't complain about it if I could sucessfully avoid it.

CNN's morning news talks about it like it is actual news.

My local Fox Affiliate's morning and evening news recaps it and talks about it like it is actual news.

Every other radio station's morning show recaps it and talks about it like it is actual news.

IT IS FREAKING KARAOKE! ITS NOT NEWS! GET OVER IT!

How about the fact that all these "news" programs report on "news" like Anna Nicole, or Idol, or who killed Jon Bennett 15 years after the fact, or Laci Peterson, or some kid who went missing in Aruba, and on and on and on it goes. None of these things are "news" per se, but it seems to be all they want to talk about.

 

[XELA]

ok, this pissed me off, i dnt care if this doesnt fit this thread but

the singer in my band doesnt like zeppelin because its old music???

"i'm not really into the older rock stuff"

it would be kool if he listened to it an the decided, but no... its too old?? wtf? wont even give it a chance


i told him he jus follows music like a trend.. bloody spoon