WTF: Help me understand this recent cultural phenomena

[Yuri_Rage]

Geez...how did I miss this thread before?

Boy do I have a list...I'll keep the entries brief, though the list may be long...WTF is with:

Someone already mentioned blogs. I'll mention it again. Along with MySpace. I have an account there. I don't know why. I hate it.

Dude mentioned bad-ass bikers who aren't. Seconded. I also thought I was an atypical Harley guy and would never own one except for the V-Rod. I have a Sportster 1200 on the way. I plan on riding it with a full faced helmet just for the scoff factor.

Text messaging. Just call...it takes less buttons.

Cell phone cameras. If I wanted a camera, I'd have bought one. I want a phone.

l33t 5p34k - just type in regular characters already. Besides, pwnd makes no sense. A p doesn't look like an o, you morons.

Ebonics.

Inflection rising at the end of statements. I don't think I'm the only one who's noticed that the younger generation (that makes me feel old at 20-something) tends to make everything sound like a question for some stupid reason.

BMC - why are they getting away with calling that $hit beer?

Malt beverages like Smirnoff Ice and Bacardi Breezers. Stop wasting malt.

TYPING IN ALL CAPS. or typing in all lowercase without punctuation That's just plain annoying. Embrace the shift key.

Microsoft still sucking. After all this time, my computer still locks up when doing the simplest tasks. At least I used to get the dreaded Blue Screen. Now it just plain freezes. Also, why won't Unix and/or Linux come up with a user interface that's worth a $hit?

Body piercing/modification. Enough said.

Emo/indie/goth. See body modification.

Celebrities being interviewed for their political opinions and being taken seriously.

Paris Hilton.

Brangelina and Tomkat. Concatenated names are really stupid.

School shootings.

The Burger King Quad Stacker...and supersizing in general, for that matter.

Alright...enough out of me. I feel better now.

 

[John Beere]

I have a Sportster 1200 on the way. I plan on riding it with a full faced helmet just for the scoff factor.

funny stuff... heh

 

[Pumbaa]

The Burger King Quad Stacker...and supersizing in general, for that matter.

Real men like food. If I would have wanted a salad I would have reached into my purse and pulled out enuff maoney to buy one, dont put the GD salad on my burger.

 

[Orpheus]

I got a little rant I'd like to get off my chest.

WTF is with that person in the Honda Civic with every anti-abortion and pro-Jesus sticker you could imagine speeding and passing me and everyone else on the right and then cutting us off when their lane ends. I just want to ask that person if that's how Jesus would drive!?

 

[todd_k]

WTF is up with people backing into a parking spot? It's harder to back into that spot than it is to back out of it. I noticed cop wanna-bes would do it, but now it seems like everyone and their brother is backing into parking spaces. Just pull your damn car into the spot and get out of my effing way.


I feel better now.

It must be a Virginia thing. I never saw it happen as much anywhere else.

 

[todd_k]

WTF, Those UGG boots are ridiculous. I see girls walking around in them when it's 70 degrees outside. I know you think you look good but I think your feet stink.

Those idiots with the In Memory Of stickers on their cars.... YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES TO HAVE SOMEONE YOU KNOW AND LOVE DIE!!!!!! I'm sure it was tough but I don't give a crap about it! I hope when I die, my wife puts a nice In Memory sticker on her back window. That will show me that she really loved me!

Driving.... If you are going slow get out of the fast lane! I don't care how fast you think we should be going, if there is someone behind you, move the **** over! And don't speed up once I'm passing you, it's really annoying. Also, when the damn left turn arrow turns green, here's a novel concept, GO!!!!!!!!! I can't stand it when people sit there and wait for no reason! Same goes for #2 and #3 in line.

Littering..... You people are scum! How lazy do you have to be to throw your McDonald's bag out your car window instead of into a freakin' garbage can. Speaking of left turn lanes.....keep your cigarette butts in your car! That's why they have ashtrays! Maybe if you had to smell those nasty things, you might realize how the rest of us feel when you walk by us. Sitting at stop lights and looking down at the HUNDREDS of butts on the ground is disgusting. Show some respect and throw them out when you get wherever you're going you lazy asses.

 

[knipknup]

Yeah, ugly...

 

[desiderata]

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

Don't let that leak to the press or any review article/interview. If I were a fan and I heard that, I'd stop listening to your band simply for that. I know, I'm shallow, but that's BLASPHEMY!

Does he drink beer? Tell him how old beer is and that, therefore, he shouldn't be drinking it.

 

[knipknup]

Alright, I can't read it all, too much in only three days, so sorry if this was already said but...

I can't stand the total idiotic dress code of the teen males today. PULL UP YOUR DAMN PANTS, I DON"T WANT TO SEE YOUR CRACK!!!!!!!

On the other hand, girls, keep it up with the nice tight t-shirts and low cut pants. SWEET! (Uh, I mean girls over 24 or course! I will dress my teens in trendy but decently conservative clothes.)

 

[Ivan Lendl]

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

Yeah, Zep rocks, now and forever....I was in a band one time and we kicked the drummer out because he mentioned the fact that in his last band he played 'Two Princes' (Spin Doctors)

 

[z987k]

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 sometimes wear my gear around after I ride my bike somewhere, get off and need to walk to where I'm going from there. Especially if it's cold.

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!

I'm with you, if it's above 10 no ice/snow/heavy rain, I'm on the bike. Fair weather bikers, now only if I could afford a bike as nice as theirs.

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!

I ride a kawi ninja, so it's different, but I would love to also have some sort of a cruiser, just can't afford it. But yeah wtf is with people who don't wave back?

Here's a good one though, wtf is with people who break something, you watched them do it and then they tell you they didn't. WTF!?!?

 

[desiderata]

I wish restaurants here in America would all collectively quit competing to see who can serve the largest portions. I'm not a large person, and even if I were, I wouldn't be able to finish the meal without being uncomfortable. I hate wasting food, especially when it's paid for, and leftovers are not always an option. So, charge less for smaller meals. If that's not enough for me, then I'll order something ala carte in addition to the meal. I'm tired of splitting meals with my wife, because we don't want to waste food.

What is it with the ubiquitous all you can eat buffets too? Personally, I am too disgusted to eat at those places--well, most of them. There are some places where that is acceptable, such as wedding receptions, potlucks, etc. And before you go and lecture me on free market, "if you don't like it, don't go there", I want to say that I'm just mentioning it as a strange cultural phenomenon I've noticed.
I don't go to these places.

and finally, how about people who borrow something from you, and don't return it on their own? You have to constantly remind them about it.

(I'm combining cultural phenomena with everyday bitch session.)

 

[abracadabra]

This is an excellent place to vent and rant, thanks ollllllllllllllo. To expand on your issue, I personally can't stand the NASCAR fans that have memorials to Earnhardt on the back of their cars as if they knew him personally. I'll admit I don't watch NASCAR, but from the people I work with (it's very common here) he was a pr!ck to his fans. And they want to memorialize him?


WTF is up with people backing into a parking spot? It's harder to back into that spot than it is to back out of it. I noticed cop wanna-bes would do it, but now it seems like everyone and their brother is backing into parking spaces. Just pull your damn car into the spot and get out of my effing way.


I feel better now.

Ma Bell and some of her ugly sisters teach it and insist on their employees doing it.
I look for parking places I can pull thur and walk a few extra feet.

This thread is funny as hell thought. don't feel the need to rant right now plus my fingers don't seem to be cooperating

You guys and gal are fricking hilarious

 

[WOP31]

OK big drunken rant about the big three (BMC):

I am really getting tired of the big three encroaching in on everything that is good about beer. If they want to keep making crap beer and selling it to the easily led cattle and tell them that it is good then so be it. But for gods sake leave the making of good beer up to the people who really care about it. The people that arn't in it for the money, the breweries that are barely scraping by. Maybe it wouldn't be so dificult to make it in the craft beer industry if the macros stayed out of it. As for me I am now on a personal mission against anything associated with the big three. I know that will be harder and harder now because the are dipping their money grubbing hands further and further into the craft beer industry every day. But it is my goal to convert as many people as I can away from the crap that is sold in this country as "Good" beer. If I can make a difference in just one persons life a week then I feel that I have succeded. Long live the micros and homebrewers, you should do it because you love it, not because you are going to get rich off of it.

WTF

 

[todd_k]

WTF is up with new rock stations playing songs that are 15 years old? I could understand if they said they were "alternative rock" stations but if you say you're new rock, then play new rock! 15 year old songs technically qualify for the oldies stations! I realize there may be a shortage of new rock to fill a full day, how about playing some b-sides for a change? Something not in the Itunes top 20?

Along the lines of new rock, how can someone actually pay the Red Hot Chili Peppers money for the music they are putting out?

"Hey-o, listen to what I say-o?"

Are you friggin' kidding me?????

 

[Yooper]

Ok, I've got one. There is a long checkout line in the discount store on Saturday. After waiting about 10 minutes or so, I"m next in line behind an old woman. She pushes her cart to the counter and very slowly begins taking items out and putting them on the counter. No worries- I'm very patient and so this is fine. Then it's rung up. The total is announced and then she starts to look for her purse all the while just chit chatting with the clerk. Finally she finds her purse and puts it on the counter. It takes her a while to unzip it and then she searches for her wallet. Then she finally finds it and asks again the amount due. Then she rummages through her wallet and comes up with some money. But, alas, not enough. So then she pulls out her other wallet and counts the money out. Aha- but she'd like to give her exact change and so pulls out her change purse and counts that out. She gets her receipt and begins reversing the process- into the purse go the wallet #1, wallet #2, and the change purse, all very slowly. the purse is zipped up. Then the clerk says, "Do you want your shopper's card stamped?" Well, sure, she does. So, she unzips the purse and removes every item in it. Then starts looking through the wallet for the card. Not there, how about wallet #2? Finds it- wow, it's full and she gets $5 her next purchase! But, now the clerk won't let her use it because the transaction is over. So, after a few minutes of this, the clerk says, "I'll just start a new card for you, and you can use the free one next time". Ok, so everything goes BACK into the purse, one item at a time. This whole deal took about 10 minutes. I wasn't really bothered, as I have patience with older people, but here is the point:

People, you are waiting in line to pay for things. Don't act surprised when it's your turn. Women are the worst- we should have our purses and checkbooks ready. It's not liked this happened suddenly! You've been in line at the store to PAY for your things. Do it, and move out!

Boy, I feel better now.....

 

[todd_k]

Ok, I've got one. There is a long checkout line in the discount store on Saturday. After waiting about 10 minutes or so, I"m next in line behind an old woman. She pushes her cart to the counter and very slowly begins taking items out and putting them on the counter. No worries- I'm very patient and so this is fine. Then it's rung up. The total is announced and then she starts to look for her purse all the while just chit chatting with the clerk. Finally she finds her purse and puts it on the counter. It takes her a while to unzip it and then she searches for her wallet. Then she finally finds it and asks again the amount due. Then she rummages through her wallet and comes up with some money. But, alas, not enough. So then she pulls out her other wallet and counts the money out. Aha- but she'd like to give her exact change and so pulls out her change purse and counts that out. She gets her receipt and begins reversing the process- into the purse go the wallet #1, wallet #2, and the change purse, all very slowly. the purse is zipped up. Then the clerk says, "Do you want your shopper's card stamped?" Well, sure, she does. So, she unzips the purse and removes every item in it. Then starts looking through the wallet for the card. Not there, how about wallet #2? Finds it- wow, it's full and she gets $5 her next purchase! But, now the clerk won't let her use it because the transaction is over. So, after a few minutes of this, the clerk says, "I'll just start a new card for you, and you can use the free one next time". Ok, so everything goes BACK into the purse, one item at a time. This whole deal took about 10 minutes. I wasn't really bothered, as I have patience with older people, but here is the point:

People, you are waiting in line to pay for things. Don't act surprised when it's your turn. Women are the worst- we should have our purses and checkbooks ready. It's not liked this happened suddenly! You've been in line at the store to PAY for your things. Do it, and move out!

Boy, I feel better now.....

gotta love those people who are completely oblivious to other people and their time. or how about those people who think the cashiers/clerks are their own personal shoppers and make them find and escort them to every item on their list. I used to hate that when I was working part time in high school.

 

[Dude]

Lorena, you rock.

My problem at the grocery store is the person that insists on writing a check. I mean, that is SO 1980's!!!! My SWMBO always gives me a good slap at the grocery store when we see that, and I say just audible enough for everyone to hear "Debit cards are really nice, you know, you should get one!". Oh...SWMBO hates when I do that...but come on. Get into the next century people.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Lorena, you nailed it. I also can't stand it when I go to the gas station and get stuck behind some a$$hole that has to buy somthing like ten cartons of cigarrettes and twenty lottery tickets. And then proceeds to scratch them all off so if he/she gets a $1 winner he/she can get more without losing his/her place in line. Usully I just pay-at-the pump, but sometimes I need to go in and get milk or somthing, and that never fails to happen............

 

[z987k]

Red Hot Chili Peppers, ya wtf is that whole album. It's all garbage.

And as far as people being oblivious to the world around them, that's a pet peeve of mine. Wake up, you not the only f*cking one on this planet.

 

[kornkob]

Did we already bitch about people on their ****** cell phones shouting their innane stupid lives out to the world around them in public places?

 

[rdwj]

Expanding on Lorena’s grocery store rant….

People, if you don’t have the computer savvy of an average 5 year old, PLEASE stay away from the self-check isle! Those things are designed for those of us that understand how a computer interface works. Figure it out at home, and come back when you’re up to speed. Or better yet – let the cashier do it for you!

In addition to the computer illiterate, when you have more than a couple of produce items – trust me – the cashier is faster. We don’t want to wait while you wade through menu after menu trying to find the code for plantains!

And lastly, people with FULL carts, the self-check registers aren’t for you! Go to the cashier so people that are in the store for a couple of items can do it quickly!

 

[cweston]

WTF is up with college students who wear flimsy flip flops that they can't even walk properly in and wear their freakin' jammies to class?

 

[Todd]

Ok.

WTF is up with gas mileage? Back in the late 80s to early 90s we had a handful of cars that were getting 45-55mpg, now 20 years later we are lucky to get 30mpg. What gives?

For example a 1989 crx hf was rated at 52mpg average, while small these cars were plenty quick and handled great. I have a 1994 acura gsr, I've turbo'd it, I make 250hp at the wheels and still get 31mpg average.

It is hard to believe there is not some conspiracy keeping mpg low.

 

[kornkob]

*shrug* It's the conspiracy of profit. People haven't been willing to pay extra for fuel efficency because gas has been relatively cheap (notwithstanding the periodic hype about prices approaching abitrary points that seem to cause panic). Since people buy cars of similar layout based on features, not benefits, the car companys have no real motive for dropping the gas milage (especially given that absolutely silly EPA gas milage testing system).

What is it with people not getting to know their neighbors anymore. We have about a half dozen people on the block who never speak to me and barely even wave. And the rest of us are a pretty social bunch, pretty consistently hanging out on one person's porch or another and having cookouts or jsut plain old bs sessions late into the night....

Tell you what, I know which neighbors will help me out when I need something and vice versa.

 

[olllllo]

I love Costco, but idiots are making me hate the experience.

I hate that when I go to Costco, people walk around all goggle-boxed without regard to anyone around them.

Why are these people behaving so selfishly?

1) This is not your personal store.
2) Walk with a purpose! If you walk aimlessly you will inconvenience others that know what they want and where they are going.
3) Your cart increases of your physical footprint, be aware of that. Do not block the aisles. Others may not enjoy watching you decide if 128oz of Jalapenos is the right amount for you. Also most people aren't interested in they Tyson Boneless Teriyaki Wings sample fresh from the micro. Many of us just want to get to the milk. Here's an idea: Park your cart off to the side and walk over to the free sample area. You don't need the cart even though sometimes it represents a rolling child gymnasium for some of you.
4) It's a warehouse people. Large heavy objects can fall onto your progeny. Do not tempt fate. Keep your kids closer than your friends or enemies. If you wish to end your line of succession, do so in the privacy of your own home. This does not mean allowing them to ride thier pocket motorcycle or ATVs on city streets (future post).
5) If you are getting a hotdog, what have you, your cart does not need to come with you. It doesn't need to eat with you either. No one will mess with your stuff. That's why you have a receipt. Notice that the aisles between the tables are much smaller than a cart and a human can pass. That's an instructive environmental clue.
6) If you are going to buy canned nacho cheese by the quart, you can afford to spend some calories walking. Find any open parking spot and walk to the store. Do not camp out waiting for someone to arrive at their Suburban, unload, put their car in the corral (yeah right) and back out of the spot (in one smooth operation... hah see my post on buying a car that you can operate~ chump).

 

[kornkob]

OOps-- I think you triggered a WTF of mine

I hate that when I go to Costco, people walk around all goggle-boxed without regard to anyone around them.

Why are these people behaving so selfishly?

1) This is not your personal store.
2) Walk with a purpose! If you walk aimlessly you will inconvenience others that know what they want and where they are going.

WFT is it with people thinking that the world has to work according to their own sense of convienence. If I want to stand in an aisle in front of some products to do some price comparisons, look through the ingredients list or just decide which color label would go best with the stuff I have in my fridge that's my business. If I'm in your way you can use the manners your mammy should have taught you and politely ask me to make yousome room. I'll be as gracious as you are about it. But if you think that because you are in a hurry that entitles you to be an ass, speaking rudely, muttering under your breath and slamming yoru cart into mine then:

a) learn to plan your life better--- if you're that short on time, you're not building in enough slop.

b) go back to your mammy for a refresher on manners. If her manners are worse than yours please get out of the gene pool early and often.

c) wake up and realize that it really isn't that important in the end. If it is that important have the common courtesy to let me know that the world is going to end soon so I can get to the ammunition and water too.



(nothing personal ollllllo-- we just happen to have opposite POVs on this one. )

 

[olllllo]

It's just like the road, Jason. If you are parking your car, it's off to the side so others may pass. If you change lanes because you see something shiny, you make sure that you don't cut someone off.



I think we can agree on that.

 

[cweston]

(nothing personal ollllllo-- we just happen to have opposite POVs on this one. )

How about a sensible compromise: do your shopping as you please, but have the common courtesy to not impede others any more than is necessary?

I love it when pedestrians walk in front of you, as you wait in the car, at a snail's pace. When you're aware that someone is waiting for you, don't you pick up the pace at least a little?

It's kindof the same thing: sure, look at the items you want to look at all you want...but it's nice to be mindful that others are trying to get by, too.

 

[Todd]

This is great and Applies to most things in life. Like all the driving rants.

OOps-- I think you triggered a WTF of mine



WFT is it with people thinking that the world has to work according to their own sense of convienence. If I want to stand in an aisle in front of some products to do some price comparisons, look through the ingredients list or just decide which color label would go best with the stuff I have in my fridge that's my business. If I'm in your way you can use the manners your mammy should have taught you and politely ask me to make yousome room. I'll be as gracious as you are about it. But if you think that because you are in a hurry that entitles you to be an ass, speaking rudely, muttering under your breath and slamming yoru cart into mine then:

a) learn to plan your life better--- if you're that short on time, you're not building in enough slop.

b) go back to your mammy for a refresher on manners. If her manners are worse than yours please get out of the gene pool early and often.

c) wake up and realize that it really isn't that important in the end. If it is that important have the common courtesy to let me know that the world is going to end soon so I can get to the ammunition and water too.



(nothing personal ollllllo-- we just happen to have opposite POVs on this one. )