Grinding gears.

Dementia is so hard for those of us on the outside. My late grandfather had Alzheimer's and it was absolute crap watching him deteriorate, especially since by all accounts and for most of my childhood he was a badass. Thankfully he never hit the playing in poop point, but the man he was even when I was 17 (memory was admittedly a bit fuzzy sometimes) to my age 21 (I'd be visiting him and every few minutes he'd be all excited and act like I just got there) was like night and day. Sure, there are funny stories and anecdotes of him in his waning years, but we had a hard time seeing him fade. Thank GodJesus for the nursing home staff that were there for him when he needed it.

Anyway, my gear grinders are:

People that call everything LOLOMGSORANNUM.
People that think something is funny just because it's LOLOMGSORANNUM.
Migraines.
Not getting my pay on time. If I didn't fulfill my end of the contract and booking, damn sure my name would be mud, but some of my agencies think they can make me wait an extra month than the agreed upon terms they made.
Fellow staffers who no call/no show or are complete boners at the event.
 
People who throw around the words 'epic' or 'uber'. It doesn't make you sound cool, it doesn't make you sound cultured, it makes you sound like a moron.
 
Springblossom said:
People who throw around the words 'epic' or 'uber'. It doesn't make you sound cool, it doesn't make you sound cultured, it makes you sound like a moron.
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Your post is epic uber weenz. Do I sound like a moron now? As for the topic of what grinds one gears, here is another that grinds my gears, hearing people complain about something that doesn't really concern me. Honestly, why should I care about something that doesn't matter to me?
 
c-no said:
Springblossom said:
People who throw around the words 'epic' or 'uber'. It doesn't make you sound cool, it doesn't make you sound cultured, it makes you sound like a moron.
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Your post is epic uber weenz. Do I sound like a moron now? As for the topic of what grinds one gears, here is another that grinds my gears, hearing people complain about something that doesn't really concern me. Honestly, why should I care about something that doesn't matter to me?
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You know what grinds my gears? People getting their gears ground over other people's grinding gears.
 
exball said:
c-no said:
Springblossom said:
People who throw around the words 'epic' or 'uber'. It doesn't make you sound cool, it doesn't make you sound cultured, it makes you sound like a moron.
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Your post is epic uber weenz. Do I sound like a moron now? As for the topic of what grinds one gears, here is another that grinds my gears, hearing people complain about something that doesn't really concern me. Honestly, why should I care about something that doesn't matter to me?
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You know what grinds my gears? People getting their gears ground over other people's grinding gears.
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So I grounded your gears by grinding Springblossom' gears? I was only joking using the words 'epic' and 'uber'. Also, looking at my post, it seemed vague so I'll be a bit more specific. It grinds my gears when people complain about something that isn't a big deal.
 
c-no said:
exball said:
c-no said:
Your post is epic uber weenz. Do I sound like a moron now? As for the topic of what grinds one gears, here is another that grinds my gears, hearing people complain about something that doesn't really concern me. Honestly, why should I care about something that doesn't matter to me?
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You know what grinds my gears? People getting their gears ground over other people's grinding gears.
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So I grounded your gears by grinding Springblossom' gears? I was only joking using the words 'epic' and 'uber'.
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exball said:
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Well, I guess I'm stupid for not realizing the joke. That said one other thing that grinds my gears is people leaving a mess at toilets. Honestly, I don't need to see that when I use a public restroom at college nor does the janitor who has to clean that up.
 
People who complain about minor stuff, but I guess saying that makes me a hypocrite, lol. I get it, everyone needs to vent from time to time, but it sucks when you're unemployed to see people complain about stupid stuff that happens at their jobs. I wish I had their problems, but then again, I'm a hypocrite because I used to do stuff like that when I had a job.
 
c-no said:
Springblossom said:
People who throw around the words 'epic' or 'uber'. It doesn't make you sound cool, it doesn't make you sound cultured, it makes you sound like a moron.
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Your post is epic uber weenz. Do I sound like a moron now? As for the topic of what grinds one gears, here is another that grinds my gears, hearing people complain about something that doesn't really concern me. Honestly, why should I care about something that doesn't matter to me?
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To be fair it is really dumb. Maddox may be well past his prime but this pretty much sums it up:
http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=epic
 
GrandNumberOfPounds said:
I guess "epic" is the new "awesome" and will soon be watered down and used for mundane things.
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Yeah, that's epic dude. Like the Iliad or something.
 
A few friends on Facebook shared an Instagram picture of a cute little missing girl with MISSING PLEASE HELP FIND or something to that effect.

But not a single one of them knew her name, her city, or where she was last seen. So the APB really didn't help. The lack of clues or information grinds my gears. How did this not occur to the OP? Without those details, it's just a picture of a child that makes me sad.
 
Unlocking mewtwo in smash bros melee.
in order to unlock him, you must either
1.- achieve 20 hours of gameplay in V.S. mode
2.-play 700 V.S. matches

Out of all that shit I've went to in playing video games, this is what really makes me angry.
I've only achieved this achievmant once when I was 9, and it cost me a huge migraine and sleeping for three days straight.
now my friends and I attempted to achive it, and none of us could achieve even the 70 V.s. matches thingy.
Fuck you mewtwo, you make falco seem like a breeze through the park
 
When people call anything stereographic "holographic."
 
Yesterday I attended a convention and heard someone say they were sick of all the Cthulhu stuff. The comment urked me. Don't worry about me going nuts or confronting him about why he is wrong, I did not such thing.

Now, I love Cthulhu and the mythos but the more I thought about it the more I agreed with him. Cthulhu is supposed to represent a being of such great evil, who doesn't understand our puny reasoning and there's no hope of us ever understanding what he thinks. Cthulhu is the great unknown, something the human mind cannot even comprehend to look at. Cthulhu shouldn't make sense.

Pop culture has trivialized Cthulhu. Instead of invoking terror, it's a meme. And to some an annoying one. It's a decoration. Plus there are all sorts of better elements of the Mythos. I actually read the stories and wish I had people to play Arkham Horror or Call of Cthulhu with. I have a very good understanding of what a cosmic horror story is supposed to be (John Carpenter's The Thing is a great example of one). It's not supposed to be cute or funny, it's supposed to instill fear deep into your bones.
 
Excessively anal-retentive teachers. If my paper was otherwise excellent, don't dock me a full letter grade because I was two lines short of three pages.

For that matter, 'busy work' questions on tests and quizzes. I had a calculus test earlier this semester that I did excellent on, but lost a ton of points because of this bullshit question on the first part that asked me to just show the values of a whole bunch of trig functions. Didn't relate to anything we'd learned, had no practical application on the test, it was just there to make us waste a ton of time struggling with trig calculations.
 
Springblossom said:
Excessively anal-retentive teachers. If my paper was otherwise excellent, don't dock me a full letter grade because I was two lines short of three pages.

For that matter, 'busy work' questions on tests and quizzes. I had a calculus test earlier this semester that I did excellent on, but lost a ton of points because of this bullshit question on the first part that asked me to just show the values of a whole bunch of trig functions. Didn't relate to anything we'd learned, had no practical application on the test, it was just there to make us waste a ton of time struggling with trig calculations.
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Heh, anal :briefs: . I'm real mature.
 
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