The small things that make you lose respect for humanity...
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This. This. A million times this.Ares Tyr post=18.69002.646449 said:
First of all, requiring authority to validate your beliefs is disgusting on several levels.
Second no authority exists that can objectively grade media; so you're appealing to a bankrupt authority
Third, liking cult films does not make you smart. And most seriously it does not give you the grounding to call others dumb for their tastes.
Fourth, and this might just be me anyway, but appealing to the authority of the Oscars for what constitutes a good movie is like appealing to the authority of Skeletor on what constitutes the best way of killing He-man
ALSO: Holocausts
Anytime anyone says anything good about reality TV or makes me want to think "I could have more fun tasering my balls while giving a career plan orientation to terminally ill children."
oh i got a new one!! Ed Hardy! i hate that because of him, urban fashion has been reduced to a few crudely drawn skulls in pastel colors.
this wouldn't infuriate me as much if i didn't just see a shirt of his (a T-SHIRT) for 100USD. wtf?
this wouldn't infuriate me as much if i didn't just see a shirt of his (a T-SHIRT) for 100USD. wtf?
Alright this is a little long but today outside my dorm there is a very apparent FAKE rock the covers a water meter. The rock looks fake and is hallow and green...... GREEN. Anyways this dumb girl wanders around it for 5 minutes poking it and kicking. A frat guy walks by a says it's fake, she then screams at them that it is not fake. So being the ass that I am I get up from the bench and walk over and pick up this fake rock, thinking this was proof enough for her she then says and I quote, "how did they make that rock like that." I then drop the rock and walk away with a little less faith in humanity.
Exactly! I do it all the time, and I'm only 19.SenseOfTumour post=18.69002.653022 said:
As for the thing that makes me lose respect for humanity, it's the lack of courtesy and awareness people have on the roads. HELLO! I'm in the lane, stop trying to pull into me! (It happened, near the same area, two days in a row!)
1) The first time I watched Trainspotting, because a few weeks before I had met the real life version of Begbie.
2) People who like the following films: Jumper, Napoleon Dynamite, Epic Movie series, Big Brother.
3) Anti-piracy adverts. Especially the one that says: "You wouldn't steal a car", because if I could download one I would.
2) People who like the following films: Jumper, Napoleon Dynamite, Epic Movie series, Big Brother.
3) Anti-piracy adverts. Especially the one that says: "You wouldn't steal a car", because if I could download one I would.
I must agree with everyone who has already said MTV.
Also when your friend tries to convince you that halo isn't that unrealistic and that top scientists in USA and Russia could make a banshee if they wanted to.
Also when your friend tries to convince you that halo isn't that unrealistic and that top scientists in USA and Russia could make a banshee if they wanted to.
Here's me defending the indefensable here, and something I don't even like, but (at least the UK version) the first series of big brother, actually had something, it did bundle together different people of different backgrounds , ages, classes and beliefs together, and then watched what happened.
Now, they pull up a minibus outside a nightclub and just take the first 12 idiots who fall out the door at 3am, there's your 'varied snapshot of society', and then proceed to either force them to have sex, get drunk and naked, or cause enough tension that they fight.
Also getting horribly tired of putting people in just to tick boxes, after the Tourette's syndrome guy won (validly I think , he was the most likable one by a long way), they've now put a blind guy into the house, and I think it does rather smack of him being there for being blind, not for being him. Yes, tho, I'd happily kill off BB, Thingy Idol, No-one's got Talent, X Factor, and many more.
Britain/America's got talent had some chance to be interesting but with Simon Cowell involved, you know a singer or the like will have to win it, or he's nothing to sell, so no novelty act is ever going to win, no matter how much more interesting they are than a singer.
And gawd, PLEASE stop putting cute 6 year old kids on to sing, unless Simon Cowell wants to grow a pair and tell them that they're rubbish.
The music shows all seem to be not 'who's talented and interesting' but 'who can sounds most like britney or robbie williams', every week its 'Sorry, you've got a great voice, but I can detect a trace of individuality, and I cant sell that, you're out.'
Oh and into the fiery pit with anyone who plays music thru their mobile phone, unless they're using headphones, and even then, get some that dont leak the fuzzy tinny beats out to the surrounding mile or so. Anyone with more than one or two ringtones that didnt come with the phone can join them. Also anyone who needs to have a loud conversation on a bus, unless its about which coloured wire to cut, or when to lower the landing gear.
As for religion, I actually believe overall its a good thing, most of what I know about holy books seems to be that they're a guide book of how you should live a good life. The problem is people who decide that it means they're allowed to oppress others or kill people or hate others for how they live. I actually believe that some of the bits in the books are a test, like where it says 'love thy neighbour' and 'smite the unbeliever', well, you need to pick one, that's the test, dont be an idiot, try being nice, not being an ass in the name of your religion.
Lastly, full agreement with the guy who was speaking against the types who actively seem to be against any signs of intelligence. This bugs me no end, I don't claim to be smart, but when I'm walking somewhere reading a book, and I'm getting verbal abuse from a group of idiot teenage chavs, for READING, there's something wrong.
When did having a brain and using it become a thing of ridicule? I seem to remember Chris Rock covering the issue with a certain group of people being proud of saying 'I don't know that shit!' Its just wrong to be proud of your own ignorance. *note* not claiming to be a genius, just that I can read.
Now, they pull up a minibus outside a nightclub and just take the first 12 idiots who fall out the door at 3am, there's your 'varied snapshot of society', and then proceed to either force them to have sex, get drunk and naked, or cause enough tension that they fight.
Also getting horribly tired of putting people in just to tick boxes, after the Tourette's syndrome guy won (validly I think , he was the most likable one by a long way), they've now put a blind guy into the house, and I think it does rather smack of him being there for being blind, not for being him. Yes, tho, I'd happily kill off BB, Thingy Idol, No-one's got Talent, X Factor, and many more.
Britain/America's got talent had some chance to be interesting but with Simon Cowell involved, you know a singer or the like will have to win it, or he's nothing to sell, so no novelty act is ever going to win, no matter how much more interesting they are than a singer.
And gawd, PLEASE stop putting cute 6 year old kids on to sing, unless Simon Cowell wants to grow a pair and tell them that they're rubbish.
The music shows all seem to be not 'who's talented and interesting' but 'who can sounds most like britney or robbie williams', every week its 'Sorry, you've got a great voice, but I can detect a trace of individuality, and I cant sell that, you're out.'
Oh and into the fiery pit with anyone who plays music thru their mobile phone, unless they're using headphones, and even then, get some that dont leak the fuzzy tinny beats out to the surrounding mile or so. Anyone with more than one or two ringtones that didnt come with the phone can join them. Also anyone who needs to have a loud conversation on a bus, unless its about which coloured wire to cut, or when to lower the landing gear.
As for religion, I actually believe overall its a good thing, most of what I know about holy books seems to be that they're a guide book of how you should live a good life. The problem is people who decide that it means they're allowed to oppress others or kill people or hate others for how they live. I actually believe that some of the bits in the books are a test, like where it says 'love thy neighbour' and 'smite the unbeliever', well, you need to pick one, that's the test, dont be an idiot, try being nice, not being an ass in the name of your religion.
Lastly, full agreement with the guy who was speaking against the types who actively seem to be against any signs of intelligence. This bugs me no end, I don't claim to be smart, but when I'm walking somewhere reading a book, and I'm getting verbal abuse from a group of idiot teenage chavs, for READING, there's something wrong.
When did having a brain and using it become a thing of ridicule? I seem to remember Chris Rock covering the issue with a certain group of people being proud of saying 'I don't know that shit!' Its just wrong to be proud of your own ignorance. *note* not claiming to be a genius, just that I can read.
I mostly lose my faith in humanity when something in the justice system does something incredibly stupid i.e. charged pedophile gets sentenced to house arrest, pedo cuts off ankle tracker next day (I wish I was making this up)
But my biggest loss in faith in humanity came with jr high school teachers, when you were a kid, everybody said "if you get into trouble, find a teacher", apparently, this is a new concept for them because everytime I had a "pack of hyenas" (people who bugged me) annoying me, the teachers didn't do anything about it and when i'd tell the teacher about it, they still didn't do anything, and then when I finally had enough and dropped one of them, they treated me like I was the agressor and got me suspended...sorry for the long message, but the whole Jr High School teachers thing needed clarification
But my biggest loss in faith in humanity came with jr high school teachers, when you were a kid, everybody said "if you get into trouble, find a teacher", apparently, this is a new concept for them because everytime I had a "pack of hyenas" (people who bugged me) annoying me, the teachers didn't do anything about it and when i'd tell the teacher about it, they still didn't do anything, and then when I finally had enough and dropped one of them, they treated me like I was the agressor and got me suspended...sorry for the long message, but the whole Jr High School teachers thing needed clarification
I agree, but it also happens a lot in High School. All your life you're told, "don't hurt your fellow classmate, If you get any trouble from anyone, don't do anything to them, just tell a teacher and they'll take care of it. Do unto others as you would like for them to do to you." I'm sorry but that is very flawed. The teachers want a "civilized" environment, and that's ok, but the system doesn't actually work and the victims stay the victims because they can't do anything about it and neither WILL the school staff. Countless time I've seen someone defending himself and getting equal punishment as the aggressor. It's complete crap. Hell, some kids will only respond or learn from getting there ass kicked and in turn getting a reality check.smokeraven post=18.69002.654924 said: