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Title: The rant thread.
Post by: bueller on Thu, 26 December 2013, 23:39:35
People, man. I have a room-mate and we've been mates for years so we have the same circle of friends. Apparently this means that whenever friends can't reach him they should call me so I can relay messages.

And they think I'm being rude for getting pissed off at nonsense calls all day long. PISS. OFF. ****HEADS.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: kmiller8 on Thu, 26 December 2013, 23:40:27
I could fill a sub-forum with rants o.o
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 26 December 2013, 23:40:46
People, man. I have a room-mate and we've been mates for years so we have the same circle of friends. Apparently this means that whenever friends can't reach him they should call me so I can relay messages.

And they think I'm being rude for getting pissed off at nonsense calls all day long. PISS. OFF. ****HEADS.

This is why they don't call u to hang out at the parties with girls attending..

ur last draw for the dreaded guys night out, with sausage.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Dubsgalore on Thu, 26 December 2013, 23:45:04
:| that feel
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: bueller on Thu, 26 December 2013, 23:46:28
I could fill a sub-forum with rants o.o

Let the hate flow through you.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: bueller on Fri, 27 December 2013, 00:09:13
People, man. I have a room-mate and we've been mates for years so we have the same circle of friends. Apparently this means that whenever friends can't reach him they should call me so I can relay messages.

And they think I'm being rude for getting pissed off at nonsense calls all day long. PISS. OFF. ****HEADS.

This is why they don't call u to hang out at the parties with girls attending..

ur last draw for the dreaded guys night out, with sausage.

LOL you're not even trying any more.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Michael on Fri, 27 December 2013, 00:12:45
Pretty sure almost every topic in off-topic is a rant thread. Just sayin'.... :P
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Fri, 27 December 2013, 00:15:15
People, man. I have a room-mate and we've been mates for years so we have the same circle of friends. Apparently this means that whenever friends can't reach him they should call me so I can relay messages.

And they think I'm being rude for getting pissed off at nonsense calls all day long. PISS. OFF. ****HEADS.

Reminds me of the time my roommates were having a party the weekend I went to visit my parents.  I got two phone calls from people trying to get me to let them into the apartment.  "No, I can't help you, I'm in another state..."
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: quickcrx702 on Fri, 27 December 2013, 00:32:15
I love America, but I hate most other Americans.  The ones I hate most are the ones always saying "love it or leave it" all the time.  I don't think I, or other useful members of society, need to leave.  The useless, inconsiderate to everyone else, blobs of crap need to go.  Morons that think a bucket of fried chicken, or a "meatza" from some dumbass caveman diet are healthy because they are low carb, seriously need to GTFO of my country.  If people dedicated as much energy to not eating greasy crap from a box/can/bag/drive through/etc., and exercised, as they did with stupid fad diets, we would all look like fitness models.  A salad with 2000 calories worth of creamy dressing slathered on it isn't a "healthy meal option" by the way.  Seriously, it isn't difficult to cook a healthy and tasty meal in a short amount of time.  The internet can be used for more than looking at porn and sports scores, so if you can't cook, there's no excuse not to find recipes online.  Today I got lucky and got parking right in front of a store, but when I went to leave some bovine jackass decided to block me in to unload a bunch of cows.  I waited literally five minutes for all of the lard asses to exit the SUV, because they were all too fat and lazy to walk from the parking lot like normal people instead of a bunch of cattle.  None of them were old, so there isn't an excuse.  Obviously my reverse lights were on, and at one point I got out and stared at the driver, but they were all too stupid and oblivious to the fact that there are other people in the world.  I also hate people that are so fat that they get a handicap placard, being fat doesn't qualify as a disability to me, if anything they should be REQUIRED to park as far away as possible to get some exercise.  Leave the handicap spots for the elderly or disabled war veterans.  Luckily my son was with me and I make it a point to avoid fighting or making violent threats to others while he's with me, otherwise I would have done a lot more than stare.  Also the ones that can't solve SIMPLE math problems that a middle school child should be able to do like x + 5 = 7, or a^2 + b^2 = c^2, know nothing about history, think that evolution doesn't make sense but a talking snake does, and are at a 5th grade reading level, need to GTFO.  We look like gluttonous idiots to the rest of the world, and I hate going to public places because I have a violent temper, people are stupid, and I don't like getting arrested.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: C5Allroad on Fri, 27 December 2013, 00:46:01
I really hate people, yet sometimes I like them. When people go Swag and Yolo is when I'be lost most of my hope for humanity. There will be a lot of people working at McDonalds though...
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 27 December 2013, 00:56:12
I love America
i wish it was a normal country so i would move to california.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Fri, 27 December 2013, 00:59:43
I love America
i wish it was a normal country so i would move to california.

That will be very much unlike Russia, climate-wise.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: rowdy on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:00:46
Pretty sure almost every topic in off-topic is a rant thread. Just sayin'.... :P

Pretty sure almost every topic in all forums turns into a rant thread eventually :))
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: quickcrx702 on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:08:22
I love America
i wish it was a normal country so i would move to california.

That will be very much unlike Russia, climate-wise.

I'm sure he'd have a hard time adjusting to the fact that he can walk outside with shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter, at least during the day, LOL.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:09:54
I love America
i wish it was a normal country so i would move to california.

That will be very much unlike Russia, climate-wise.

I'm sure he'd have a hard time adjusting to the fact that he can walk outside with shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter, at least during the day, LOL.

Haha, I was merely pointing it out.  Some people, myself included, would miss the snow if we moved away from a snowy climate.  :P
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: bueller on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:12:39
I love America
i wish it was a normal country so i would move to california.

That will be very much unlike Russia, climate-wise.

I'm sure he'd have a hard time adjusting to the fact that he can walk outside with shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter, at least during the day, LOL.

Haha, I was merely pointing it out.  Some people, myself included, would miss the snow if we moved away from a snowy climate.  :P

I certainly would, I live in the wrong country considering my distaste for hot climates.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: quickcrx702 on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:15:32
I love America
i wish it was a normal country so i would move to california.

That will be very much unlike Russia, climate-wise.

I'm sure he'd have a hard time adjusting to the fact that he can walk outside with shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter, at least during the day, LOL.

Haha, I was merely pointing it out.  Some people, myself included, would miss the snow if we moved away from a snowy climate.  :P

ROFL I don't know anyone that misses the snow.  My dad is from Chicago, and one day while shoveling the snow he decided "F this snow, I'm moving to California," so I was spared a lifetime of crappy weather, and 40 degrees is almost too cold for me to go outside.  Tons of people I know from the midwest or east coast also left because of the weather.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:18:11
I love America
i wish it was a normal country so i would move to california.

That will be very much unlike Russia, climate-wise.

I'm sure he'd have a hard time adjusting to the fact that he can walk outside with shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter, at least during the day, LOL.

Haha, I was merely pointing it out.  Some people, myself included, would miss the snow if we moved away from a snowy climate.  :P

ROFL I don't know anyone that misses the snow.  My dad is from Chicago, and one day while shoveling the snow he decided "F this snow, I'm moving to California," so I was spared a lifetime of crappy weather, and 40 degrees is almost too cold for me to go outside.  Tons of people I know from the midwest or east coast also left because of the weather.

I don't like snow in a big city (where I am now) where it turns to slush instantly, but snow in the countryside/woods is just too great to give up.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:27:17
world's best snow is 10 hours drive from sf. what a pity.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: quickcrx702 on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:33:16
world's best snow is 10 hours drive from sf. what a pity.

You don't have to like people born in America to move to the Bay Area, you just have to be okay with the Mexican, Filipino, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, and Arab immigrants :).  Even all the white people seem to speak English as a second language, and I don't mean they talk like hicks or are from Baahstin, LOL.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 27 December 2013, 01:45:07
you just have to be okay with the Mexican
check

Filipino
check

Chinese
not sure about chinese americans

Vietnamese
check

Indian
nope

Arab
nope

...
i like how no one reacted to my "i wish it was a normal country" statement :p
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Fri, 27 December 2013, 02:09:02
i like how no one reacted to my "i wish it was a normal country" statement :p

Eh, you did say California, so you're already asking for a little abnormal.  :P

Plus, no such thing as a normal country, and if there were I wouldn't be interested anyway.  :)
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: naokira on Fri, 27 December 2013, 02:30:56
you just have to be okay with the Mexican
check

Filipino
check

Chinese
not sure about chinese americans

Vietnamese
check

Indian
nope

Arab
nope

...
i like how no one reacted to my "i wish it was a normal country" statement :p

Why not the Arabs? huehue
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: quickcrx702 on Fri, 27 December 2013, 03:23:31
you just have to be okay with the Mexican
check

Filipino
check

Chinese
not sure about chinese americans

Vietnamese
check

Indian
nope

Arab
nope

...
i like how no one reacted to my "i wish it was a normal country" statement :p

Why not the Arabs? huehue

Probably because they always give you a hard time at the gas station or the liquor store.  Customer service isn't big with them.  Then again they get robbed all the time so I kind of get it. I doubt it's because of the terrorism thing, that wouldn't be politically correct, LOL.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: kmiller8 on Fri, 27 December 2013, 08:22:32
Stupid, uninformed people giving stupid advice to uninformed people.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 27 December 2013, 09:53:10
Stupid, uninformed people giving stupid advice to uninformed people.

That almost deserves its own thread.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: bueller on Fri, 27 December 2013, 10:12:41
Stupid, uninformed people giving stupid advice to uninformed people.

That almost deserves its own thread.

Don't we already have a Church of tp4 thread?
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: quickcrx702 on Sat, 28 December 2013, 03:53:18
New rant - people that talk major **** where a fight would be inevitable, but are too ***** made to actually fight or even talk when the person they were talking **** about confronts them, then pretend like they are some sort of victim.

I was at dinner with my wife, son, and dad this evening at a loud restaurant.  My son started getting really loud for a couple seconds, so I told him "you're too loud, be quiet or you're going to be in trouble," and my wife apologized to the couple at the next table for the outburst.  I was talking to my dad not paying attention, my wife then mentioned that right after she apologized the couple started talking about what a brat my kid is, and how horrible of parents we must be.  They said it loud enough that they wanted us to hear it.  At that point I got loud and told my kid to be as loud as he wants, and that stupid ****s need to stay at home if you don't want to be around kids.  I said that he was loud because kids are kids, I made him be quiet, we apologized, and that should have been the end of the story.  I used the C word to describe the woman at least five times to where other tables were looking, because I figured the dude would try to defend his female, and I can call it self defense when I ask "WTF are you going to do about it?", he attacks me and I beat his ass for trash talking.  Obviously I targeted the dude because it isn't acceptable to fight females unless you are also one.  Both of them sat silent until we left, and wouldn't even look in our direction, because I was staring them down the entire time.  Why make comments like that if you aren't looking for a confrontation?  I really hate going out in public.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: bueller on Sat, 28 December 2013, 04:39:01
New rant - people that talk major **** where a fight would be inevitable, but are too ***** made to actually fight or even talk when the person they were talking **** about confronts them, then pretend like they are some sort of victim.

I was at dinner with my wife, son, and dad this evening at a loud restaurant.  My son started getting really loud for a couple seconds, so I told him "you're too loud, be quiet or you're going to be in trouble," and my wife apologized to the couple at the next table for the outburst.  I was talking to my dad not paying attention, my wife then mentioned that right after she apologized the couple started talking about what a brat my kid is, and how horrible of parents we must be.  They said it loud enough that they wanted us to hear it.  At that point I got loud and told my kid to be as loud as he wants, and that stupid ****s need to stay at home if you don't want to be around kids.  I said that he was loud because kids are kids, I made him be quiet, we apologized, and that should have been the end of the story.  I used the C word to describe the woman at least five times to where other tables were looking, because I figured the dude would try to defend his female, and I can call it self defense when I ask "WTF are you going to do about it?", he attacks me and I beat his ass for trash talking.  Obviously I targeted the dude because it isn't acceptable to fight females unless you are also one.  Both of them sat silent until we left, and wouldn't even look in our direction, because I was staring them down the entire time.  Why make comments like that if you aren't looking for a confrontation?  I really hate going out in public.

So you wanted to fight. In a restaurant. With your kid there.

Wot.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: quickcrx702 on Sat, 28 December 2013, 12:00:42
In hindsight it was dumb.  That's why I try not to leave the house very often these days, I react violently to stupid ****, and people are stupid.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Sat, 28 December 2013, 17:22:51
teh missus almost walked into a spider going down on its web thread.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: noisyturtle on Sun, 29 December 2013, 01:00:21
Yeah I got something to ****ing rant about. So I just got my PS3 today, woopty ****ing doo, super excited to just sit down and have a relaxing evening playing my new games. Can I do that? Can I just have that? Nope! Instead I have to spend the next 3 hours of my life installing ****ing games that I already have on disc. Yeah I get that they run a bit quicker, but Jesus ****ing goddamn Christ, 3HOURS 3 ****ING HOURS OF MY LIFE watching bar after bar crawl slowly across the screen, and after that do you get to play them? NOPE more installing for updates, DLC, network connectivity, etc etc on and on and on. ****! A blaring reminder of why I do my consul gaming on older systems. And to boot, what game took the longest to install? The ****ing Silent Hill HD collection! I mean, unholy Zombie Moses, a nearly 13 year old game and that's the one that took nearly 20minutes to install. What on Earth could be so ****ing vital that a ****ing 13 year old game needs a 500mb update? I don't remember anything being overtly broken about either Silent Hill 2 or 3 that would ever warrant something as ****ed in the head as that bull****! After all this cock and bull**** I don't even feel like playing, I'm too ****ing exhausted from doing nothing all damn day.

And to boot it's just downright lazy for devs to release unfinished games because they need to meet invisible milestones and release dates. Don't publishers understand how ****ed up it is to release a broken and unfinished game? You can't expect good reviews on a **** product release like that. And now even indie devs are doing this ****, everyone's just getting lazier and giving less ****s. Remember when you were able to just buy a game, go home, pop it into your system AND PLAY IT. And glitches were fun back then, to be able to discover some awesome thing the game's not supposed to do, because developers went to a lot of time and effort to release something that wasn't held together with metaphorical bubble gum and duct tape.

On top of all this bull****, the system not only didn't include an HDMI cable, but the component video cable WASN'T EVEN THE RIGHT ONE! They included a component cable for the fat PS3 model that doesn't even ****ing fit the slim model. Like seriously, what the ****ing ****! Luckily my neighbor had a spare one he gave me, but god damn man someone at the packaging factory deserves to be slapped across the face with Bigfoot's **** for that obvious blunder. Plus the corner cutting on the bundled games is sickening./ As a collector I ****ing HATE when companies give their greatest hits or game of the year versions different colored cases or spines that throw off your entire collection, but these ****tards didn't even have the common decency to put the two bundled games in plastic cases at all. Nope, they just threw them into paper sleeves, no manual, no box, just a disc in a paper ****ing sleeve as if they were black market copies. **** you Sony executive who made that call, **** you to death you sadistic ****!

*noisyturtle takes a deep breath
OK, I do feel a bit better having typed my rage out. Sorry about the language, but sometimes you just need to let the kettle boil over.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 29 December 2013, 01:08:01
Yeah I got something to ****ing rant about. So I just got my PS3 today, woopty ****ing doo, super excited to just sit down and have a relaxing evening playing my new games. Can I do that? Can I just have that? Nope! Instead I have to spend the next 3 hours of my life installing ****ing games that I already have on disc. Yeah I get that they run a bit quicker, but Jesus ****ing goddamn Christ, 3HOURS 3 ****ING HOURS OF MY LIFE watching bar after bar crawl slowly across the screen, and after that do you get to play them? NOPE more installing for updates, DLC, network connectivity, etc etc on and on and on. ****! A blaring reminder of why I do my consul gaming on older systems. And to boot, what game took the longest to install? The ****ing Silent Hill HD collection! I mean, unholy Zombie Moses, a nearly 13 year old game and that's the one that took nearly 20minutes to install. What on Earth could be so ****ing vital that a ****ing 13 year old game needs a 500mb update? I don't remember anything being overtly broken about either Silent Hill 2 or 3 that would ever warrant something as ****ed in the head as that bull****! After all this cock and bull**** I don't even feel like playing, I'm too ****ing exhausted from doing nothing all damn day.

And to boot it's just downright lazy for devs to release unfinished games because they need to meet invisible milestones and release dates. Don't publishers understand how ****ed up it is to release a broken and unfinished game? You can't expect good reviews on a **** product release like that. And now even indie devs are doing this ****, everyone's just getting lazier and giving less ****s. Remember when you were able to just buy a game, go home, pop it into your system AND PLAY IT. And glitches were fun back then, to be able to discover some awesome thing the game's not supposed to do, because developers went to a lot of time and effort to release something that wasn't held together with metaphorical bubble gum and duct tape.

On top of all this bull****, the system not only didn't include an HDMI cable, but the component video cable WASN'T EVEN THE RIGHT ONE! They included a component cable for the fat PS3 model that doesn't even ****ing fit the slim model. Like seriously, what the ****ing ****! Luckily my neighbor had a spare one he gave me, but god damn man someone at the packaging factory deserves to be slapped across the face with Bigfoot's **** for that obvious blunder. Plus the corner cutting on the bundled games is sickening./ As a collector I ****ing HATE when companies give their greatest hits or game of the year versions different colored cases or spines that throw off your entire collection, but these ****tards didn't even have the common decency to put the two bundled games in plastic cases at all. Nope, they just threw them into paper sleeves, no manual, no box, just a disc in a paper ****ing sleeve as if they were black market copies. **** you Sony executive who made that call, **** you to death you sadistic ****!

*noisyturtle takes a deep breath
OK, I do feel a bit better having typed my rage out. Sorry about the language, but sometimes you just need to let the kettle boil over.


Look on the bright side... You got the time to write that ^^^... wh00000!!! FUN!!(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/70bff581.gif)
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Photoelectric on Sun, 29 December 2013, 01:10:35
I love America, but I hate most other Americans.  The ones I hate most are the ones always saying "love it or leave it" all the time.  I don't think I, or other useful members of society, need to leave.  The useless, inconsiderate to everyone else, blobs of crap need to go.  Morons that think a bucket of fried chicken, or a "meatza" from some dumbass caveman diet are healthy because they are low carb, seriously need to GTFO of my country.  If people dedicated as much energy to not eating greasy crap from a box/can/bag/drive through/etc., and exercised, as they did with stupid fad diets, we would all look like fitness models.  A salad with 2000 calories worth of creamy dressing slathered on it isn't a "healthy meal option" by the way.  Seriously, it isn't difficult to cook a healthy and tasty meal in a short amount of time.  The internet can be used for more than looking at porn and sports scores, so if you can't cook, there's no excuse not to find recipes online.  Today I got lucky and got parking right in front of a store, but when I went to leave some bovine jackass decided to block me in to unload a bunch of cows.  I waited literally five minutes for all of the lard asses to exit the SUV, because they were all too fat and lazy to walk from the parking lot like normal people instead of a bunch of cattle.  None of them were old, so there isn't an excuse.  Obviously my reverse lights were on, and at one point I got out and stared at the driver, but they were all too stupid and oblivious to the fact that there are other people in the world.  I also hate people that are so fat that they get a handicap placard, being fat doesn't qualify as a disability to me, if anything they should be REQUIRED to park as far away as possible to get some exercise.  Leave the handicap spots for the elderly or disabled war veterans.  Luckily my son was with me and I make it a point to avoid fighting or making violent threats to others while he's with me, otherwise I would have done a lot more than stare.  Also the ones that can't solve SIMPLE math problems that a middle school child should be able to do like x + 5 = 7, or a^2 + b^2 = c^2, know nothing about history, think that evolution doesn't make sense but a talking snake does, and are at a 5th grade reading level, need to GTFO.  We look like gluttonous idiots to the rest of the world, and I hate going to public places because I have a violent temper, people are stupid, and I don't like getting arrested.

I want to rant about people using long blocks of text without breaking them up into logical paragraphs.
/rant
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Sun, 29 December 2013, 01:12:31
Yeah I got something to ****ing rant about. So I just got my PS3 today, woopty ****ing doo, super excited to just sit down and have a relaxing evening playing my new games. Can I do that? Can I just have that? Nope! Instead I have to spend the next 3 hours of my life installing ****ing games that I already have on disc. Yeah I get that they run a bit quicker, but Jesus ****ing goddamn Christ, 3HOURS 3 ****ING HOURS OF MY LIFE watching bar after bar crawl slowly across the screen, and after that do you get to play them? NOPE more installing for updates, DLC, network connectivity, etc etc on and on and on. ****! A blaring reminder of why I do my consul gaming on older systems. And to boot, what game took the longest to install? The ****ing Silent Hill HD collection! I mean, unholy Zombie Moses, a nearly 13 year old game and that's the one that took nearly 20minutes to install. What on Earth could be so ****ing vital that a ****ing 13 year old game needs a 500mb update? I don't remember anything being overtly broken about either Silent Hill 2 or 3 that would ever warrant something as ****ed in the head as that bull****! After all this cock and bull**** I don't even feel like playing, I'm too ****ing exhausted from doing nothing all damn day.

And to boot it's just downright lazy for devs to release unfinished games because they need to meet invisible milestones and release dates. Don't publishers understand how ****ed up it is to release a broken and unfinished game? You can't expect good reviews on a **** product release like that. And now even indie devs are doing this ****, everyone's just getting lazier and giving less ****s. Remember when you were able to just buy a game, go home, pop it into your system AND PLAY IT. And glitches were fun back then, to be able to discover some awesome thing the game's not supposed to do, because developers went to a lot of time and effort to release something that wasn't held together with metaphorical bubble gum and duct tape.

On top of all this bull****, the system not only didn't include an HDMI cable, but the component video cable WASN'T EVEN THE RIGHT ONE! They included a component cable for the fat PS3 model that doesn't even ****ing fit the slim model. Like seriously, what the ****ing ****! Luckily my neighbor had a spare one he gave me, but god damn man someone at the packaging factory deserves to be slapped across the face with Bigfoot's **** for that obvious blunder. Plus the corner cutting on the bundled games is sickening./ As a collector I ****ing HATE when companies give their greatest hits or game of the year versions different colored cases or spines that throw off your entire collection, but these ****tards didn't even have the common decency to put the two bundled games in plastic cases at all. Nope, they just threw them into paper sleeves, no manual, no box, just a disc in a paper ****ing sleeve as if they were black market copies. **** you Sony executive who made that call, **** you to death you sadistic ****!

*noisyturtle takes a deep breath
OK, I do feel a bit better having typed my rage out. Sorry about the language, but sometimes you just need to let the kettle boil over.

Get it started installing and go play some Smuggler's Run on PS2 or something.  :)  Really annoying that they do that though, it's awful.  Did you have to install every one, or couldn't you have just installed one and played that one and installed others later?
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 29 December 2013, 01:14:27
In hindsight it was dumb.  That's why I try not to leave the house very often these days, I react violently to stupid ****, and people are stupid.

mh.... you failed to be the bigger person...   I never thought there is all that much in the "act" of being a bigger-person..

But... if you look at it 3rd person... the live and let die concept is more towards the larger picture rather than a simple rule for confrontations...

The other couple's failing was their ill-informed judgment on how the typical kids behave,  your failing was the taming of your own ego..

if your kids did get hurt in this fight... that would've been the thing to look out for.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 09:14:51
kmiller8: thank ****ing christ I'm not a mod
kmiller8: I'd lock every stupid ****ing thread
kmiller8: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52957.0
kmiller8: where the **** are they getting the idea these are knock-off HHKBs
kmiller8: have those ever shown up anywhere ever
kmiller8: no.
kmiller8: they're just fake ****ing ebay listings
kmiller8: and people are all "EHRMAGERD, HOW WILL I TELL MY $40 HHKB ISN'T REAL"
kmiller8: BECAUSE YOU WON'T ****ING GET IT, YOU DUMB ****S.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Halverson on Fri, 03 January 2014, 09:19:00

kmiller8: thank ****ing christ I'm not a mod
kmiller8: I'd lock every stupid ****ing thread
kmiller8: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52957.0
kmiller8: where the **** are they getting the idea these are knock-off HHKBs
kmiller8: have those ever shown up anywhere ever
kmiller8: no.
kmiller8: they're just fake ****ing ebay listings
kmiller8: and people are all "EHRMAGERD, HOW WILL I TELL MY $40 HHKB ISN'T REAL"
kmiller8: BECAUSE YOU WON'T ****ING GET IT, YOU DUMB ****S.

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.....without me in it ;)
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 09:20:21
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.....without me in it ;)

It's the wrong side of the bed every day, because of how stupid people are in the morning.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Halverson on Fri, 03 January 2014, 09:22:02

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.....without me in it ;)

It's the wrong side of the bed every day, because of how stupid people are in the morning.

So you're stupid in the morning, tee hee
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: kmiller8 on Fri, 03 January 2014, 09:26:00
So you're stupid in the morning, tee hee

I'm going to burn that shark hat when I get home OuO
Title: The rant thread.
Post by: Halverson on Fri, 03 January 2014, 09:36:54
So you're stupid in the morning, tee hee

I'm going to burn that shark hat when I get home OuO

I love this man :)
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: vivalarevolución on Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:04:42
I would rant about how much I dislike our materialistic and lazy society, but I have to go shopping for a new recliner.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: tgujay on Fri, 03 January 2014, 11:52:41
I really hate people, yet sometimes I like them. When people go Swag and Yolo is when I'be lost most of my hope for humanity. There will be a lot of people working at McDonalds though...

Man you'd hate me, my steam handle is Captain #YOLOSWAG or for the holidays it was Captain #HOHOHOLOSWAG
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: esoomenona on Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:18:07
Yeah I got something to ****ing rant about. So I just got my PS3 today, woopty ****ing doo, super excited to just sit down and have a relaxing evening playing my new games. Can I do that? Can I just have that? Nope! Instead I have to spend the next 3 hours of my life installing ****ing games that I already have on disc. Yeah I get that they run a bit quicker, but Jesus ****ing goddamn Christ, 3HOURS 3 ****ING HOURS OF MY LIFE watching bar after bar crawl slowly across the screen, and after that do you get to play them? NOPE more installing for updates, DLC, network connectivity, etc etc on and on and on. ****! A blaring reminder of why I do my consul gaming on older systems. And to boot, what game took the longest to install? The ****ing Silent Hill HD collection! I mean, unholy Zombie Moses, a nearly 13 year old game and that's the one that took nearly 20minutes to install. What on Earth could be so ****ing vital that a ****ing 13 year old game needs a 500mb update? I don't remember anything being overtly broken about either Silent Hill 2 or 3 that would ever warrant something as ****ed in the head as that bull****! After all this cock and bull**** I don't even feel like playing, I'm too ****ing exhausted from doing nothing all damn day.

And to boot it's just downright lazy for devs to release unfinished games because they need to meet invisible milestones and release dates. Don't publishers understand how ****ed up it is to release a broken and unfinished game? You can't expect good reviews on a **** product release like that. And now even indie devs are doing this ****, everyone's just getting lazier and giving less ****s. Remember when you were able to just buy a game, go home, pop it into your system AND PLAY IT. And glitches were fun back then, to be able to discover some awesome thing the game's not supposed to do, because developers went to a lot of time and effort to release something that wasn't held together with metaphorical bubble gum and duct tape.

On top of all this bull****, the system not only didn't include an HDMI cable, but the component video cable WASN'T EVEN THE RIGHT ONE! They included a component cable for the fat PS3 model that doesn't even ****ing fit the slim model. Like seriously, what the ****ing ****! Luckily my neighbor had a spare one he gave me, but god damn man someone at the packaging factory deserves to be slapped across the face with Bigfoot's **** for that obvious blunder. Plus the corner cutting on the bundled games is sickening./ As a collector I ****ing HATE when companies give their greatest hits or game of the year versions different colored cases or spines that throw off your entire collection, but these ****tards didn't even have the common decency to put the two bundled games in plastic cases at all. Nope, they just threw them into paper sleeves, no manual, no box, just a disc in a paper ****ing sleeve as if they were black market copies. **** you Sony executive who made that call, **** you to death you sadistic ****!

*noisyturtle takes a deep breath
OK, I do feel a bit better having typed my rage out. Sorry about the language, but sometimes you just need to let the kettle boil over.


The Silent Hill HD collection was ****ed when it came out, and the update supposedly corrects a lot of the problems. Read reviews and **** about that.

Secondly, I think the PS3 has a problem with network speed over wifi, thus it might have taken you a long time to download things if you were using wifi. Maybe try connecting straight to an ethernet port.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Tym on Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:29:06
I got massively into Assassins Creed 4, and then i reached a point where the game breaks about 15 hours in. Got to wait for Ubisoft (where the U stands for really ****ing slow or Useless) I was actually quite enjoying it. Apparently this bug was introduced through a patch on December 3rd... This leads me onto

I mean what happened to testing god damn games before you released them????

For the love of god, Battlefield 4 (multiplayer) is finally in a state where I can enjoy it (but only just, and after what ? 2 months) Although the Campaign is horribly finished.

AC4 is so barely finished its unbelievable, I enjoy the game, but its only just finished and needs a damn good polish.

There are so many other examples, I just can't think right now.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: tgujay on Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:33:24
I got massively into Assassins Creed 4, and then i reached a point where the game breaks about 15 hours in. Got to wait for Ubisoft (where the U stands for really ****ing slow or Useless) I was actually quite enjoying it. Apparently this bug was introduced through a patch on December 3rd... This leads me onto

I mean what happened to testing god damn games before you released them????

For the love of god, Battlefield 4 (multiplayer) is finally in a state where I can enjoy it (but only just, and after what ? 2 months) Although the Campaign is horribly finished.

AC4 is so barely finished its unbelievable, I enjoy the game, but its only just finished and needs a damn good polish.

There are so many other examples, I just can't think right now.

BF4 sometimes I still can't even browse for servers, also love the occasional guy gliding around on his knee, my brother first pointed that one out to me.  Also loved getting "killed in action" walking over some rocks.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Tym on Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:37:16
BF4 sometimes I still can't even browse for servers, also love the occasional guy gliding around on his knee, my brother first pointed that one out to me.  Also loved getting "killed in action" walking over some rocks.

I get shot in the face and get "Kill in action" I just look at my PC confused. I constantly have "couldn't connect to server" etc. Trying to get into a game takes way too long. But strangely I enjoy playing it when I get in.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: tgujay on Fri, 03 January 2014, 13:48:04
BF4 sometimes I still can't even browse for servers, also love the occasional guy gliding around on his knee, my brother first pointed that one out to me.  Also loved getting "killed in action" walking over some rocks.

I get shot in the face and get "Kill in action" I just look at my PC confused. I constantly have "couldn't connect to server" etc. Trying to get into a game takes way too long. But strangely I enjoy playing it when I get in.


Yeah if I didn't get the game for basically free with bitcoins I would be kinda pissed with how buggy it still is.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: noisyturtle on Sun, 05 January 2014, 22:44:03
For the love of Mike, can every single form of entertainment media just stop with the zombies already? How the hell are people not just flat out sick and tired of the constant bombardment of zombie crap churned out every 2.4 seconds by people who think whatever they are working on is cool or edgy or they wanna get in on this undying fad(heh.) Enough with the goddamn zombies, planet Earth. They are so played out, sooooooo played.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Elrick on Sun, 05 January 2014, 23:34:35
For those that react to some arsehole's horrible behaviour, the trick is always look at where you are.  Never retaliate in the midst of many eye-witnesses.  Because your arse will end up in the stockade soon enough, - been there done that.

The most important thing is wait and then track the arsehole(s) down in a side street/alleyway, away from camera's (they're everywhere now in most cities in Australia) that way you have a real chance of meeting out your own justice upon these mutts.  The best thing is the feeling after smacking the hell out of them, it's like being on drugs because the rush of adrenaline is truly intoxicating.  Very difficult to stop your actions once you let loose the fury.  You only back away when they're down and not moving anymore.

It's tough here in Perth, hence you need to know how to take care of yourself, especially out in the middle of nowhere because there is no one to witness anything and there it can get really serious (knives, spikes, razors, clubs, batons etc.).  That's it, learn how to defend yourself and meet out extreme justice and life doesn't get any better, especially when you're the last one standing  :thumb: .
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 06 January 2014, 00:29:20
I didn't know John Rambo lived in Australia.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Elrick on Mon, 06 January 2014, 01:11:47
I didn't know John Rambo lived in Australia.

Even "Rambo" started out as a weedy kid in primary school that got his arse kicked repeatedly.  You just grow up fast, or die.  My Dad always said that if you can't stand up for yourself in this world, then lay down and let every idiot fvck you right up the arse, each and every day.  He never ever stood about protecting me because all that does is instill the mindset of depending upon someone else to settle your scores/battles.

You are born alone into this world and if you don't know how to sort things out in a vicious confrontation then you fall.  Besides fighting has always been good for the stamina and heart rate.  Plus you learn to differentiate between who will be the toughest to take down and who will be the easiest, in a few seconds.

I grew up in the rougher side of Perth, where you either stand up or run and hide.  Plus it has helped me through some of the toughest times in my life and it prepares you for the worst things that could ever happen to you.  My mrs always says that I'm the most tolerant person in the world - except when it comes to bullies/thugs and arseholes.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Mon, 06 January 2014, 02:06:08
i always knew i don't want to live in perth. water shortage, redbacks, elrick.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Halverson on Mon, 06 January 2014, 02:22:42

i always knew i don't want to live in perth. water shortage, redbacks, elrick.

Overpriced booze....
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Mon, 06 January 2014, 14:37:49
that's everywhere in 'straya. overpriced everything, including booze.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: osi on Mon, 06 January 2014, 14:40:42
My first weekend of the New Year went like this :

- Lost my debit card
- Get called into work on Saturday
- Receive speeding ticket on the way home from working

:D
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: demik on Tue, 07 January 2014, 22:35:32
**** all these locked threads
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: tgujay on Wed, 08 January 2014, 07:28:52
**** all these locked threads

Tell us how you really feel.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 11 January 2014, 01:03:59
I know that this sounds crazy, but some girls are just way too attractive for movies. A movie is supposed to invoke emotions based on storylines and the characters built around them. But some of these actresses emotionally distract me from the feelings that I'm supposed to have based on the story. I should be sad at certain points in these films where instead I'm just.....not sad.
With that said, I hope they never stop casting these beauties! It's just a mixed bag. What a mess.

Now, time to find more Scarlett Johansen movies.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: demik on Sat, 11 January 2014, 01:08:28
I know that this sounds crazy, but some girls are just way too attractive for movies. A movie is supposed to invoke emotions based on storylines and the characters built around them. But some of these actresses emotionally distract me from the feelings that I'm supposed to have based on the story. I should be sad at certain points in these films where instead I'm just.....not sad.
With that said, I hope they never stop casting these beauties! It's just a mixed bag. What a mess.

Now, time to find more Scarlett Johansen movies.

reminds me of a bit by gaffigan.

anyway, don't watch don jon if you're going the scarlett route. movie was just terribad.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 11 January 2014, 01:13:13
Gaffigan knows his **** I guess. And his food. 
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: elton5354 on Sat, 11 January 2014, 01:16:09

Happened 2 days ago.  Happened to my father's car as well, but he had to replace his windshield after that...

/rant
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: demik on Sat, 11 January 2014, 01:17:26
Gaffigan knows his **** I guess. And his food. 

HOT POCKET
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 11 January 2014, 01:53:25

Happened 2 days ago.  Happened to my father's car as well, but he had to replace his windshield after that...

/rant

Yikes!

Worst you'd get here is sprayed by coolant from a burst radiator!
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 11 January 2014, 05:44:53
That's an every day occurrence where I live. People are idiots. A lot of times you see people driving with a foot or more of snow on their roof and when you're behind them it's like you're driving in your own personal blizzard. And then the slushy dirty snow comes out from the mud flaps in huge frozen chunks and it's like hitting a bolder sometimes. I know that everything is relative but I honestly get a good laugh when I see news reports etc. about winter conditions in other places further south. Some places have gone as far as calling out the military to clear the streets. I call that Tuesday.
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/environment/extreme-weather/extreme-weather-general/toronto-calls-in-troops-to-fight-massive-snowstorm.html
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Thu, 23 January 2014, 13:11:27
i ****ing love kefir.

/rant
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: riotonthebay on Tue, 11 February 2014, 14:59:26
Sold a bunch of stuff I wanted to keep to pay for a flight to see my family during a hard time. Flight's cancelled due to weather. Fine, can't control the weather. Airlines cancelled at the absolute last minute though because it costs them money to cancel prematurely, and now I don't have time to schedule an earlier flight. Have to leave 2 days layer than planned, and I'm going home for something quite time-sensitive. I'm angry and sad.

That is all.

 :mad:
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 11 February 2014, 15:03:10
For the love of Mike, can every single form of entertainment media just stop with the zombies already? How the hell are people not just flat out sick and tired of the constant bombardment of zombie crap churned out every 2.4 seconds by people who think whatever they are working on is cool or edgy or they wanna get in on this undying fad(heh.) Enough with the goddamn zombies, planet Earth. They are so played out, sooooooo played.

TL;DR, but I concur.  Getting really clichéd.  Also on that list for me: Fast & Furious movies, Marvel Movies, and pretty much all reality television.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 11 February 2014, 15:23:02
Today I tried playing Battlefield Heroes again because I love the aesthetic to death, and hoped they changed the game balance...

BUT ****ING NOPE I JOIN A BRAND NEW MATCH, IT'S IMMEDIATELY OVER, I GOT NO KILLS AND DIED TWICE, EVERYBODY ELSE RAN AROUND WITH THE PAYEST-TO-WINNIEST WEAPONS OUT THERE
WHEN THE GAME ENDED THE CHAT BOX WAS FILLED WITH "game easy" "easy game noobs" "gg noobs" FROM THE PEOPLE WITH THE ULTIMATE PAY TO WIN WEAPONS, AND A SINGLE "I hate you all."...  From a cetain PaiCrai~.



ea make **** right next time before I stare at you with a hateful expression
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Tue, 11 February 2014, 15:29:02
left my apple headphones on a table in a computer store. noticed a few minutes later. good bye, apple headphones.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Elrick on Wed, 12 February 2014, 03:12:29
left my apple headphones on a table in a computer store. noticed a few minutes later. good bye, apple headphones.

Well not every thief has taste, hey iri  ;) .
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 12 February 2014, 07:06:20
left my apple headphones on a table in a computer store. noticed a few minutes later. good bye, apple headphones.

At least they were only Apple headphones... I mean it still sucks you lost them, but it's not like they were high-quality headphones.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 13 February 2014, 14:06:16
Our local school system spent millions on the new football field(because we all know teenagers playing football is so important) and now they are having to cut almost a million dollars out of the budget by dropping classes/teachers, they started with the consumer education/home economics class (ie: how to cook, sew, write a check) and now they are going for the art and computer classes next.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Lanx on Thu, 13 February 2014, 18:26:57
weather...
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: infiniti on Thu, 13 February 2014, 19:28:09
I have the flu.  I hate being sick.

*cough*

*wheeze*

UGH...
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Melvang on Fri, 14 February 2014, 00:17:57
people who use return periods as test drives.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 14 February 2014, 00:34:17
people who use return periods as test drives.
Lolz
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: intelli78 on Fri, 14 February 2014, 17:03:35
people who use return periods as test drives.

People who break stuff to use warranty periods as test drives  :mad:
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Lanx on Fri, 14 February 2014, 19:14:24
best buy return policy.

It's 15 days... which might not be an issue? but i bought a surface rt for my wife, didn't feel like driving out to BB, free shipping why not. It arrives 7 days later, my wife comes home and basically says she wants the pro (actual windows) and it's smaller? So i just drive out to BB (15mins) Find the surface pro, do return/exchange... turns out i'm 17 days in. I'm actually shocked when she said it's 17 days and i'm like "so" (in my mind i'm thinking it's 30 like most retail stores). Then i argue that i bought this thing online, but it took 7 days to get to me, that's half my return time.

Of course i had to get the manager over to do it and it was a refund on my credit card (actually paypal). Then she was gonna ring up the surface pro, and i said, **** that, i'm not shopping here with that inane return time limit window.

went home and bought it on amazon.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Photoelectric on Sat, 15 February 2014, 15:15:54
This is the first time it's happened to me when customizing a keyboard: I can't settle on the right switches for my LightSaver.  I've already tried stock Clears and Browns--with keycaps on and fake typing tests, and while I do like and have Blues, I shouldn't use them in my quiet bedroom. Not a fan of any Clears variations other than lubed stock.  PCB-mounted Clears on my WEY feel incredible, and the best out of 4 boards with Clears I've used so far.  After it, any other Clears feel inferior, especially in a super dampened heavy metal case with a rigid plate.  I'm having a terrible time deciding which switches to use.  And my 62g Blacks that would be a good option are mounted on a PCB that's currently held by someone else for unsure how long still.  MX Whites with 62g springs could be interesting, but 'spensive =/   

Would love to finally solder everything together and actually use the keyboard...  :mad:
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Dubsgalore on Sat, 15 February 2014, 17:26:21
This is the first time it's happened to me when customizing a keyboard: I can't settle on the right switches for my LightSaver.  I've already tried stock Clears and Browns--with keycaps on and fake typing tests, and while I do like and have Blues, I shouldn't use them in my quiet bedroom. Not a fan of any Clears variations other than lubed stock.  PCB-mounted Clears on my WEY feel incredible, and the best out of 4 boards with Clears I've used so far.  After it, any other Clears feel inferior, especially in a super dampened heavy metal case with a rigid plate.  I'm having a terrible time deciding which switches to use.  And my 62g Blacks that would be a good option are mounted on a PCB that's currently held by someone else for unsure how long still.  MX Whites with 62g springs could be interesting, but 'spensive =/   

Would love to finally solder everything together and actually use the keyboard...  :mad:

Lubed PCB Mount Clears are really something else....definitely in my top 3 that I've tried

Some people feel as if an aluminum plate is too rigid and tough on the switches...and thus prefer acrylic.

What I would do if i were you is get some pcb clears or blacks and lube them up :P
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sat, 15 February 2014, 17:28:31
This is the first time it's happened to me when customizing a keyboard: I can't settle on the right switches for my LightSaver.  I've already tried stock Clears and Browns--with keycaps on and fake typing tests, and while I do like and have Blues, I shouldn't use them in my quiet bedroom. Not a fan of any Clears variations other than lubed stock.  PCB-mounted Clears on my WEY feel incredible, and the best out of 4 boards with Clears I've used so far.  After it, any other Clears feel inferior, especially in a super dampened heavy metal case with a rigid plate.  I'm having a terrible time deciding which switches to use.  And my 62g Blacks that would be a good option are mounted on a PCB that's currently held by someone else for unsure how long still.  MX Whites with 62g springs could be interesting, but 'spensive =/   

Would love to finally solder everything together and actually use the keyboard...  :mad:

Maybe those wey clears are just heavily used :D
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Photoelectric on Sat, 15 February 2014, 17:30:40
Yeah they are, Ray.  But I think it has more to do with PCB-mounting and lack of plate.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Tue, 04 March 2014, 02:05:02
some time ago had a girlfriend, i dumped her, then today i found her picture in a social network. this is how she looks now.

(here was a picture of my super gorgeous, ultimately fapable ex)

**** me.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 04 March 2014, 02:27:08
some time ago had a girlfriend, i dumped her, then today i found her picture in a social network. this is how she looks now.

Show Image
(http://cs408424.vk.me/v408424957/9f70/w3QtaCzepag.jpg)


**** me.
u dun goofed
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: berserkfan on Tue, 04 March 2014, 11:25:28
Our local school system spent millions on the new football field(because we all know teenagers playing football is so important) and now they are having to cut almost a million dollars out of the budget by dropping classes/teachers, they started with the consumer education/home economics class (ie: how to cook, sew, write a check) and now they are going for the art and computer classes next.

Sorry, but SpamRay, isn't that THE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN WAY?
You know, guns, football, baseball, pot, mindless consumerism = the way of Liberty and Freedom
Healthy eating, thrifty living, real education and skills building = cheese eating surrender monkey lifestyle

Most geeks here aren't patriotic Americans by the Bush-Cheney definition, because they don't sound stupid, they have engineering skills, they're too well informed and all that kinda stuff.  :thumb:
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Wed, 05 March 2014, 04:42:07
Healthy eating, thrifty living, real education and skills building = cheese eating surrender monkey lifestyle
so, prdlm must be french?
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 05 March 2014, 17:02:24
Microsoft have no idea.

I just threw together a quick app to update the status of something in a database.

The IDE could not run it because "the requested operation requires escalation".

Running it outside the IDE prompted for administrative permission to run (via user access control).

Why?  Because the filename contains the word "update".

I renamed it to "udpate" instead, and it runs fine without prompting.

Why, Microsoft?  Why??
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: bueller on Wed, 05 March 2014, 19:39:44
Microsoft have no idea.

I just threw together a quick app to update the status of something in a database.

The IDE could not run it because "the requested operation requires escalation".

Running it outside the IDE prompted for administrative permission to run (via user access control).

Why?  Because the filename contains the word "update".

I renamed it to "udpate" instead, and it runs fine without prompting.

Why, Microsoft?  Why??

They do some annoying ****. I'm getting irked with W8 lately, damn thing seems like it needs half the programs 'run as administrator' in order for them to function properly. Pretty annoying when then only user account on the machine is an administrator by default!
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: BlueBär on Wed, 05 March 2014, 20:56:19
Why?  Because the filename contains the word "update".

For backwards compatibility Windows tries to execute some files with admin rights when their filenames contain certain keywords, for example "setup". The issue here is that if it wouldn't do that, setup files from the pre-Vista era would not get executed with admin rights (which they obviously need) by default, making the average user confused why some program just can't get installed. It's kind of a dirty fix for that problem...
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 05 March 2014, 21:04:44
Why?  Because the filename contains the word "update".

For backwards compatibility Windows tries to execute some files with admin rights when their filenames contain certain keywords, for example "setup". The issue here is that if it wouldn't do that, setup files from the pre-Vista era would not get executed with admin rights (which they obviously need) by default, making the average user confused why some program just can't get installed. It's kind of a dirty fix for that problem...

So much in Microsoft operating systems seems to be dirty fixes for things that were broken in the past.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: BlueBär on Wed, 05 March 2014, 21:11:53
So much in Microsoft operating systems seems to be dirty fixes for things that were broken in the past.

Most of it is for backwards compabilty for companies (and private users) that use old software, you should blame them as well.

Backwards compatibility is stupid (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/getDammage), but also often necessary.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: vivalarevolución on Thu, 06 March 2014, 15:24:03
I cannot stand it when people bring their kids to work.  Yea, I realize that kids are cute, but I do not want your little munchkin running around and inciting "ahs!" from half the office staff.  Maybe I'm just a miserable person, but leave the kids are day care.  It's like show and tell, with real people.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Melvang on Thu, 06 March 2014, 15:55:15
The general feeling that the "new Razer" switches are a brand new design. 
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 06 March 2014, 16:00:19
The general feeling that the "new Razer" switches are a brand new design. 

Just wait....soon the noobs will be showing up asking for help when they break....
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: Melvang on Thu, 06 March 2014, 16:02:27
The general feeling that the "new Razer" switches are a brand new design. 

Just wait....soon the noobs will be showing up asking for help when they break....

Step 1.  Set Razer keyboard on fire.
Step 2.  Buy a proper keyboard.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 06 March 2014, 16:52:26
The general feeling that the "new Razer" switches are a brand new design. 

Just wait....soon the noobs will be showing up asking for help when they break....

Step 1.  Set Razer keyboard on fire.
Step 2.  Buy a proper keyboard.

Paging Kirkle ...
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: HipsterPunks on Fri, 07 March 2014, 07:04:42
So today i decided i was going to photo some gasmask keycaps and while picking through the bunch, i noticed the brim of my Xmas Ruby Eyes had broken off! i picked up the cap and its helmet sort of crumbled away in my hand WTF Im very distraught about this!
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 07 March 2014, 07:59:09
i've no idea where in germany is SB. that's my rant.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 07 March 2014, 08:01:03
so i finally found a buyer for my unicomp with blank coloured keycaps. yesterday at 5pm i went to the local post office to send it to the buyer. got back at 7pm. ****en love russian post. and its customers.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: HipsterPunks on Fri, 07 March 2014, 08:11:52
so i finally found a buyer for my unicomp with blank coloured keycaps. yesterday at 5pm i went to the local post office to send it to the buyer. got back at 7pm. ****en love russian post. and its customers.

you cant even gauge how long you'll be at the post office either. I had one lady in front of me with 3 boxes going international. The PM let her fill out her custom forms while being helped. She complained about rates, and went through every single shipping method on the screen to save the most money. It took her 30 mins before she was done  >:D raging
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: BlueBär on Fri, 07 March 2014, 08:42:05
i've no idea where in germany is SB. that's my rant.

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Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 07 March 2014, 09:34:23
yeah, that was my #1 guess, before south berlin, south bremen and a bunch of other cities like Sandersdorf-Brehna etc.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: baldgye on Mon, 10 March 2014, 19:04:05
**** me, it should be mandatory for sellers on ebay to leave you feedback as soon as you have paid... why the **** I have to go chasing people for feedback is beyond me... or why I should leave feedback before the sellers...
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 10 March 2014, 21:40:41
If you are an Ebay seller and you put an OBO on your items, that means you accept offers. Don't be an ******* and put OBO, then turn down every offer you get without even making a counter offer. This ****hole turns down 3 of my offers, so I offer him ONE PENNY LESS than what he's asking and he turns it down. Don't be like that guy kids.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 10 March 2014, 21:46:00
If you are an Ebay seller and you put an OBO on your items, that means you accept offers. Don't be an ******* and put OBO, then turn down every offer you get without even making a counter offer. This ****hole turns down 3 of my offers, so I offer him ONE PENNY LESS than what he's asking and he turns it down. Don't be like that guy kids.

Same thing happened to me the other day.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 14 March 2014, 15:32:06
I ****ing hate the JVM.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: riotonthebay on Fri, 14 March 2014, 15:43:59
I ****ing hate the JVM.

Bro.

The JVM loves you.

But Java hates everyone.

How are you using it?
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 14 March 2014, 15:55:44
I ****ing hate the JVM.

Bro.

The JVM loves you.

But Java hates everyone.

How are you using it?
if it loves me, then why these pauses, insane memory consumption and occasional 216% cpu usage?
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: riotonthebay on Fri, 14 March 2014, 15:57:06
I ****ing hate the JVM.

Bro.

The JVM loves you.

But Java hates everyone.

How are you using it?
if it loves me, then why these pauses, insane memory consumption and occasional 216% cpu usage?

It's lonely. That's how it gets your attention.
Title: Re: The rant thread.
Post by: iri on Fri, 14 March 2014, 15:59:23
it's an attention **** then. i'm staring on the IDEA screen all the time.