The Rant Thread

[Flacolaco]

You listen to me Well Fargo Home Mortgage:

Your people in customer support need to get their S together. One tells me one thing, another tells me something else....

I do have OTHER bills to pay, I can't have the automatic payment thing deducting my mortgage payment from my checking account 3 times in 5 weeks. I realize that's going to be your money some day, but it isn't yet, damn it.

[Flacolaco]

Why is it that hitting "Home" and "End" for example, after editing a post, does not do the same thing in Firefox as it does in IE??

That drives me crazy. I use those keys a lot on this site, because scrolling the mouse wheel, or dragging the bar up to the top is a beating. At some point I developed that habit without realizing it, and Firefox defeats me sometimes.

[DirkFTW]

Originally Posted by Flacolaco

You listen to me Well Fargo Home Mortgage:

Your people in customer support need to get their S together. One tells me one thing, another tells me something else....

I do have OTHER bills to pay, I can't have the automatic payment thing deducting my mortgage payment from my checking account 3 times in 5 weeks. I realize that's going to be your money some day, but it isn't yet, damn it.

Ouch.... I wonder if they'd apologize if your balance went negative...

[Flacolaco]

People who don't properly comment their code, or document complicated processes in any way shape or form, and then quit, are terrible human beings and deserve capital punishment.

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Flacolaco

People who don't properly comment their code, or document complicated processes in any way shape or form, and then quit, are terrible human beings and deserve capital punishment.

Ah, but remember what I said earlier about job security?

I agree though, documentation or at least a few random comment lines can go a long way to help somone learning a program from the inside out.

[bernardos70]

"I don't use comments. If it was hard to write it, it should be hard to read it."

And you know what rocks, Flaco? Logitech MX Revolution. If you flick the mousewheel it scrolls down with one flick (wheel goes from notchy to free spinning).

There's nothing like shoving it to loudmouths right in their face after they trash talk. Take that beeotch!
(above random rant has nothing to do with sike...... unless he trash talks in sports)

[jthig32]

Dear parent company:

Screw you and your overbearing new web policies. No access to webmail and no outgoing mail to webmail addresses means I am effectively cut off from certain email contacts while I am at work.

Also, blocking photobucket caused me a few minutes of distress as I thought Windmill's account had been closed and all the signatures were gone forever (well I have mine saved).

And blocking Youtube is very annoying but probably justifiable. I grudgingly accept this.

*sigh*

[Flacolaco]

Dude...that sucks.

No photobucket hurts.

I've never had youtube at work, so....eh. But no photobucket hurts for d-m.com purposes.

You could browse everything through kproxy.com... but that's so painfully slow.

[jthig32]

kproxy is also blocked.

I imagine anything with "proxy" in the url is blocked.

[Dirkadirkastan]

Stupid rich people in the lower bowl.

[SkullLeader]

I hate people who use the elevators to go only 1 floor up or down. Stop being so lazy and use the stairs, dammit.

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by SkullLeader

I hate people who use the elevators to go only 1 floor up or down. Stop being so lazy and use the stairs, dammit.

What an odd rant.

Do you also hate people that use the remote control rather than getting up and sitting back down to change the channel?

[Dirkadirkastan]

Originally Posted by jthig32

What an odd rant.

Do you also hate people that use the remote control rather than getting up and sitting back down to change the channel?

Using the remote control is faster than walking up to the TV.

Using the stairs is much faster than waiting on the stupid elevator.

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Dirkadirkastan

Using the remote control is faster than walking up to the TV.

Using the stairs is much faster than waiting on the stupid elevator.

I guess that all depends on how tall the building is and where the stairs are located in relation to the elevator.

[Flacolaco]

There is nothing in this world quite as stupid as servings sizes in a can of soup.

It's ONE CAN OF SOUP. IT'S ONE SERVING. It says "Calories per serving" and that there's 2 servings in a can???

Or better yet, the Campbell's condensed soup that says "2.5 servings per can"?

That is idiotic. It's 1 can of soup, it's not a freaking box of cereal. Why don't I print some candy bar labels that say there are "3.33 servings in this Snickers bar"??

[sike]

Originally Posted by Flacolaco

There is nothing in this world quite as stupid as servings sizes in a can of soup.

It's ONE CAN OF SOUP. IT'S ONE SERVING. It says "Calories per serving" and that there's 2 servings in a can???

Or better yet, the Campbell's condensed soup that says "2.5 servings per can"?

That is idiotic. It's 1 can of soup, it's not a freaking box of cereal. Why don't I print some candy bar labels that say there are "3.33 servings in this Snickers bar"??

don't get so angry fatty.....

I hate how fat people eat too much....and then get fatter! (is that a rant?)

[Flacolaco]

[Big Boy Laroux]

Originally Posted by jthig32

I guess that all depends on how tall the building is and where the stairs are located in relation to the elevator.

well, no matter how tall the building is, 1 floor is 1 floor.

I agree on the location of the stairs... but many times, stairwells are located near the elevators.

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux

well, no matter how tall the building is, 1 floor is 1 floor.

I agree on the location of the stairs... but many times, stairwells are located near the elevators.

Building height affects wait time for the elevator if it's in use.

[ShaggyDirk]

oh my

[Big Boy Laroux]

Originally Posted by jthig32

Building height affects wait time for the elevator if it's in use.

taller buildings also have more elevators, and typically have better elevators.

but, it could be an old building... so let's factor in building age, and the age of the elevators, and the last time the elevators were serviced, and the weight of the door to the stairwell (could be harder to open), and the amount of time the elevator doors take to close.

just walk the stairs one floor, if you're not carrying luggage. don't be lazy.

[MavsX]

Originally Posted by Flacolaco

http://www.dallas-mavs.com/vb/showth...ghlight=grinds

[MavsX]

i think my thread that i created on January 23, of 2007 is the same thing as this rant thread..

except the name of my thread was better..

http://www.dallas-mavs.com/vb/showth...ghlight=grinds

[MavsX]

ugh, i got this off craiglist.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best...52643356.html#

Rant: Person with a wooden leg that lives above me.
Date: 2008-04-22, 8:58PM CDT


I have no idea who you are. I do not know if you’re male, female, young, old, black, white, straight, gay, ambidextrous, or a midget. What I do know is this: You are almost certainly obese and have at least one wooden leg.

It is likely that I am completely off in my speculation, but at least hear me out. I do have some evidence that would warrant such claims.

First of all, if you aren’t a manatee with at least one wooden appendage, I must assume then, that you do indeed have your feet blocked in cement. At the very least, you have a horrible case of elephantitis of the lower body causing your feet to stomp and drag and cause a great amount of disturbance. Now I’ve lived in apartments before, some being quite rowdy seeing as I did attend college for five years. Despite this, you my heavy hooved friend, are one of a kind.

At first I thought it might be sex. You know, the old headboard pounding the wall. I would be impressed if that were the case, but I doubt that. The noise moves when you move, so it can’t be the headboard. If it were, then I would REALLY be impressed. Hell, you even knocked the light fixture off of the ceiling in my foyer after some intense peg-leg floor pounding. I was picking glass out of my feet for a few weeks after that! Not bad for what could potentially be some afternoon delight.

The reason I don’t believe you are getting laid is because the noise occurs quite literally at ALL hours of the day. 4AM? You bet. 4PM? Sure shit. 1AM? Of course. 2:47PM? Why not? If I were able to link the noise to a certain time pattern or a certain location, I could be more certain it might be sex, say on a bed with wheels that moves freely about your place with each thrust. (As I type this now, you’re making some pretty loud bumps and booms). Maybe you are just a really aggressive masturbator? Lastly, I haven’t seen a single couple enter this building to confirm that fact that someone might be getting laid.

I’ve tried to describe the noise you create to many people saying “It quite literally sounds like an overweight pirate with one peg leg pacing back and forth” only to get strange looks in return…as you can imagine. Skeptical as they may be, their hesitations in believing my claims were put to rest as soon as they visited my apartment. One by one my friends, as well as some family, visited my place all to confirm the noises I reported were indeed, real.

Each of them spent a few minutes speculating about what the noise could potentially be. Honestly, the only thing we have all deduced is that you aren’t having sex. This is undoubtedly, an unfortunate conclusion on your part.

Perhaps you are trying to teach yourself how to walk with stilts and you are trying to master the art one leg at a time before attempting both stilts at once. Maybe you’re practicing for the Olympics in Chicago in 2016 and have set up some uneven bars and are trying desperately to stick the landing. Whatever you’re doing, could you please ease up? I do not enjoy replacing all of my picture frames that have either fallen off my walls or from my shelves. Nor do I enjoy being awaken at all hours of the night only to have to wonder what it is you’re really doing up there, whether they be innocent or slightly sexually deviant. My alarm goes off before 6AM due to having one of those job things so a good nights sleep is important. Thanks in advance and if you really are an obese pirate, please don’t break into my apartment and steal my booty…or my food.

[jthig32]

Listen here people; this is how it works. The people that are ON the train get OFF, then the people waiting for the train get ON. That's just how it works! So stop standing right in front of the door to be the first one onto the train.

Not sure if someone is getting off? Well look through the freaking window and notice the dozen or so people standing in the door waiting to get off! It's freaking 7:50 am in downtown Dallas! People are going to be getting off the stupid train!

[Big Boy Laroux]

it's a shame people do that, thig. same thing happens on elevators, too, which is ridiculous.

[jthig32]

At least with elevators you can't see if people are in it (at least most elevators).

But yes, it's annoying with elevators too.

[mary]

OKAY.

Look here, little sister. This is they way it works.

You pee outside, THEN you get to run around the house for a bit.

You don't pee outside, you have to go back in your crate.

Those are the only two options.

Pee outside = freedom.

No pee outside = back into the crate.

This is the way it has to be.

Period. Finite. End of freaking discussion.

No more running around and having a big whiz fest everywhere.

You are two full pounds of absolute stubborness, but you will not break me!!!!!

[Flacolaco]

Attention society: Sarah Jessica Parker is NOT HOT. She looks like something I spit into the sink last night...and when she opens her mouth, she sounds even worse. Why do I have to see pictures of her everywhere?

[ShaggyDirk]

horse?

[mnmpeanut]

Originally Posted by MavsX

ugh, i got this off craiglist.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best...52643356.html#

Rant: Person with a wooden leg that lives above me.
Date: 2008-04-22, 8:58PM CDT


Perhaps you are trying to teach yourself how to walk with stilts and you are trying to master the art one leg at a time before attempting both stilts at once. Maybe you’re practicing for the Olympics in Chicago in 2016 and have set up some uneven bars and are trying desperately to stick the landing. Whatever you’re doing, could you please ease up? I do not enjoy replacing all of my picture frames that have either fallen off my walls or from my shelves. Nor do I enjoy being awaken at all hours of the night only to have to wonder what it is you’re really doing up there, whether they be innocent or slightly sexually deviant. My alarm goes off before 6AM due to having one of those job things so a good nights sleep is important. Thanks in advance and if you really are an obese pirate, please don’t break into my apartment and steal my booty…or my food.

he/she gets around on a pogo stick.

[sike]

Originally Posted by Flacolaco

Attention society: Sarah Jessica Parker is NOT HOT. She looks like something I spit into the sink last night...and when she opens her mouth, she sounds even worse. Why do I have to see pictures of her everywhere?

we all want you to suffer?

Wait...what that a rhetorical question?

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by ShaggyDirk

horse?

Dammit Horse!!!

(stop making sh!tty movies/TV shows!)

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by MavsX

i think my thread that i created on January 23, of 2007 is the same thing as this rant thread..

except the name of my thread was better..

http://www.dallas-mavs.com/vb/showth...ghlight=grinds

This all sounds like a good rant topic to me... run with it.

[ShaggyDirk]

I freaking hate that Bacardi Rum commercial where everyone is obnoxiously shaking their hips in the air (Edit: to make it even worse, it is only to one side which makes it even more obnoxious). If I ever enter a club/bar/church/school/back door picnic, and they are doing that shit, I will drive to the nearest pawnshop and whatever happens after that I take no responsibility for.

[Flacolaco]

I'm so tired of these coors light ads.

How about this, Coors light: Make your beer taste better.

Vented cans? the mountains turn blue? Who cares. Your beer is nasty...stop trying to trick up the container.

[Big Boy Laroux]

ha ha, flaco, true!

[u2sarajevo]

Now wait a minute... did you say the mountains turn blue? COOL!!!!!

I gotta get me some of those!

[Big Boy Laroux]

i mean, seriously! how else would i know if the beer's cold enough? i haven't had feeling in my hands since a freak childhood weeble-wobble accident...

[mary]

Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux

i mean, seriously! how else would i know if the beer's cold enough? i haven't had feeling in my hands since a freak childhood weeble-wobble accident...

They're not just cold, but cold as "the Rocky Mountains themselves".


"Like anyone could ever kow that."