Festivus '07 Airing of Grievances

[Strazos]

I hate that the only decent women (at least on the surface) that I see at all during the day work in other departments that make at least 50% more than I do.

I hate that you hate that.  Way to do your small part to perpetuate rigid gender roles, asshole.

Way to twist my words, asshat. I don't necessarily care what they make, but odds are good that they do. Doesn't help that they technically outrank me.

[NowhereMan]

I hate the fucking firewall I have to live behind at University, forcing me to run EPolicy Orchestrator annoys the crap out of me. I have perfectly good anti-virus and spyware programs, I don't want to use some shitty system intensive system that doesn't have an uninstall option just to go onto the internet. Also not letting me go online with games (including Steam) annoys the shit out of me. I've already paid for network access, I don't want to pay for an SSH tunnel client as well.
I hate that there are private forums here. I know nothing interesting goes on in them but damnit knowing about them pisses me off.
I hate Christians who 1)Think everyone who doesn't believe in their interpretation of the bible is going to hell 2) Honestly believes either evolution is scientifically dubious or that the Bible somehow gives us a more reliable  measure of the nature of the physical world.
I hate crazy women who think the world is designed for drama and that by upsetting another girl I'll somehow like them more.
I hate feeling bad every time I fire up a game because I know I could be cracking open a book and doing some research. I especially hate that this is generally a valid feeling.
I hate that Shoot 'em up managed to somehow fall below my expecations of an amusing film that features ridiculous stunts and lots of killing. Trying really hard to be ironic doesn't make a good film, especially not if you're not just going to make it a plotless gun battle.
I hate being so fucking negative, it's Christmas in a couple of hours and I'm done with it. You have let me air my pressing grievances!

[schild]

Every single board on the internet has private forums.

[NowhereMan]

And I'm not in any of them either damnit!

It's a random point, admittedly more a niggle than anything else but I needed to put something about people on the board. Schild I hate you

[stray]

Don't worry. It's not very interesting. All we do is talk about my sex life there.

[Cheddar]

Don't worry. It's not very interesting. All we do is talk about my sex life there.

This is not a joke.

[Signe]

This belongs here.

Why don't you, meaning Schildy, announce the new staff member now?  In the spirit of something or other, you know? 

[schild]

Because I haven't told him yet.

[Jimbo]

I hate that I have to work tonight and be charge nurse.  I hate that the bastards remembered that I was off last New Years Eve, so now I have to work it.  Be safe ya all and stay out of my work or any other hospitals this holiday! 

[Cheddar]

Because I haven't told him yet.

Its a guy.  My money is on Bhodi.   

[Signe]

Because I haven't told him yet.

Sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you just are one!

[WindupAtheist]

I bet it's Geldon.   

[geldonyetich2]

Nay, 'tis the legion.  Clearly, posting less is the right path to mod-dom here.

[stray]

Oh shut the fuck up.

I should be modded just to prove you wrong.

[geldonyetich2]

Sarcasm detection fault.  Dumping more.

[Cheddar]

Sarcasm detection fault.  Dumping more.

Moron Detection Shut The Fuck Up.



2 days... and barely that.  Cut the post or get banned.

[SnakeCharmer]

Hrm.

Only thing I really hate is that I've let my ass overide my mouth a few times here and there (mostly on political things) and have probably made more enemies (or rather made people not like me) because of it with people that (outside of politics), I genuinely like and would like to be 'friends' with.  Or like as much as an internet forum allows.

Ah, to hell with it.  In the spirit of....

I hate that UGA beat Alabama.
... that Alabama went 6-6.
... Kool-Aid.
... that there really isn't an MMO that grabs my fancy, and the only reason I'm playing WoW is to fulfill my MMO habit.
... that I rarely get picked for betas, and when I do, it's generally right before open.
... that my 360 is about RROD.
... that every single MMO I get fanboish about ends up with a tremendous amount of suck.
... that every MMO I am fanboish about is 6 months to 2 years or more away.
... that I'm not as articulate as many here.
... that 2007 went by too Goddamned fast.
... that I have more projects than time - and they are all moneysinks.
... that my garage isn't bigger.
... that my wife is the sensible one when it comes to money.
... that there is no automotive forum (or interest) here.
... that the sympathy weight I put on when my wife got pregnant kept coming even after my son was born is too damn slow to come off.
... that I quit smoking because the urges are damn near impossible to overcome.
... that I haven't been hunting ONE time this year.
... that I made this list 

[Signe]

I don't read politics so I still like you! 

[Raging Turtle]

I tried to order a game off Steam about an hour ago (Civ4 + Beyond the Sword for that FFH mod love), and my 'credit card information is declined'.  Annoying, but I figure it's because I have an U.S. card even though I'm in central Europe right now. 

I call the credit card company (yay 24-hour support), try to figure out what the problem is, and I learn that yesterday someone here in the Czech Republic tried unsuccessfully to withdraw large sums of money from two different banks using my credit card number.  This is incidental, by the way; I asked the guy why my last purchase had been declined, and because the failed Steam purchase didn't even register on their system, he told me about what happened yesterday, otherwise I probably never would have heard about it. 

I have absolutely no idea where this guy got my credit card number because I've used it about once in the past month, at a large department store, where the checkout girl saw my card for all of 5 seconds while swiping it.     

So!  Here's to you, assclown who somehow got my credit card number (although not the verification or PIN number, thankfully), and to you, Mastercard, who didn't feel like telling me that someone tried FIVE TIMES in TWO DIFFERENT BANKS to withdraw thousands of dollars in my name.  Now I'm having all kinds of lovely identify theft scenarios flying through my head.

Merry Christmas Festivus!   

[Soln]

My grievances are pretty much about switching jobs and immigration to the US.

Make of this what you will:

1. That you show every damn degree, certificate, or whatever to a chair jockey immigration guard at an airport.  This means removing the actual degrees from whatever frame you might have them mounted in, and somehow getting them on the plane and back in one piece.
2.  That you wait in line at very poorly maintained Social Service offices with a) people who patiently know the system and are just there for their turn, and b) irrational middle aged people who have a greater feeling of entitlement and spoil the goodwill of the attendants ahead of you.
3.  That you need to go to said offices n+1 times. 
4.  That you can't get paid, drive a car, insure a car, get life insurance, get a mortgage, hell -- get a rental application and more without a social service number
5.  That is takes a 4-6 weeks for said social security # to be processed
6.  That no one will bother with your credit history if you came from Canada, the UK, Iraq, Mordor and probably Neptune.  They are all the same to US banks, and you are reset back to being in the financial ovum of pre-birth. 
7.   That you need to get a new drivers license when you immigrate, even if your country is 1hr away and you have free trade agreement with... which meant written test (0.08 *is* the limit in WA State), and a ROAD test you have to schedule for 3-4 weeks in advance.

And some more.

All that said, the fact that EA bought Bioware 2 days before I was to get travel details for my onsite interview in Edmonton is probably my greatest grievance for 07.  But at the same time it made me take a better job and move to the US :)  So no contest even with all the grievances above.

So a happy ending. 

[Phildo]

I better not be this new mod you're talking about.  I can promise you I would be a failure of an authority figure.

[bhodi]

I think it's we are lesion, only renamed to just lesion. I liked we are lesion, as a play on we are legion, but now he's just a regular sore.

[Hoax]

DarkSign is a fucking moron.
Stray and Sky confuse me with their similar names, one of them has no clue about the game of football.
Speaking of football, fuck you SEC cocksmokers.
Speaking of cocksmokers, fuck Snakecharmer what a piece of shit he is.
Btw has Schild been way off in his endorsements lately or is it just me?
I hate that Cheddar only went away for 3 months.
I hate that the holidays are over and I didn't once get into the holiday spirit.
I hate people who say "dont use hate its a strong word" fucking hippies.
I hate lots of other stuff but really I haven't had any good bile stored up all week so I guess I'm done.
I hate how short this hatred post is, pretty lame.

P.S.  Fuck Australia, or barring that, fuck the MMO industry for sucking so hard at making games worth a damn.

[Merusk]

My grievances have all turned into minor annoyances.  Age mellows you too much as you realize, 'Fuck him he'll be dead in 20 years anyway not worth bitching about,' and 20 years doesn't seem that long anymore.  Damn you all.

Ed:  Oh, I do, however, hate the after-Christmas "Blahs" that set-in for a day or so.  All that wind-up and it always feels so hollow and off-point when it's all done. I think part of it is being trapped inside with family for so damn long.  Christmas needs to be in July so we can spend it outside and actually watch the kids play with the stuff we bought them.

[Signe]

Your post might have been short, Hoax, but it was a very nearly perfect Festivus post.  People won't agree about the content completely, but no one could fault your execution.  (I'm in favour of execution, by the way)

Oh, and I agree.  Fuck Australia until they sort out a proper timezone!  (then we might move there for a bit... just for a larf)

[SnakeCharmer]

DarkSign is a fucking moron.
Stray and Sky confuse me with their similar names, one of them has no clue about the game of football.
Speaking of football, fuck you SEC cocksmokers.
Speaking of cocksmokers, fuck Snakecharmer what a piece of shit he is.
Btw has Schild been way off in his endorsements lately or is it just me?
I hate that Cheddar only went away for 3 months.
I hate that the holidays are over and I didn't once get into the holiday spirit.
I hate people who say "dont use hate its a strong word" fucking hippies.
I hate lots of other stuff but really I haven't had any good bile stored up all week so I guess I'm done.
I hate how short this hatred post is, pretty lame.

P.S.  Fuck Australia, or barring that, fuck the MMO industry for sucking so hard at making games worth a damn.

LOL!!   

[Teleku]

I hate Seinfeld and all you unoriginal fucks who insist on dredging up this retarded meme every fucking year.


 

[Fabricated]

I hate...

...Fox News for blurring the line between real life and a satirical cartoon.
...CEOs of all American companies, for helping to ram our economy into the ground while giving themselves bonuses for doing such an awesome job.
...China. You worthless paper tiger of a country. I just hope you finish yourself off with your unchecked industrial expansion and shitty social policies before you take the world economy with you. Even if I have to pay ten times what I do now for the stuff you used to make, you bet I'll be laughing hysterically when the coup comes and half the country is on fire.
...The Wii for not providing me with a single fucking game that justifies my purchase in 2007. A mediocre Mario title and ports of Gamecube titles don't cut the mustard.
...The PS3, because outside of Uncharted I haven't had a truly stellar experience on the then $500 Blu-Ray player yet. At least looking at my Wii doesn't give me that "you spent too much money on this thing" feeling in the pit of my stomach.
...The 360, because I'm still not buying one until they fix the red-ringing. And no, I'm not paying extra to get an Elite to avoid it. Fuck them.
...That I find myself incapable of really enjoying Christmas anymore. There honestly is no magic in it for me now.
...Dealing with colleges. Why do I have to be terrified of the process of simply signing up for classes?
...Insurance. My deductible resets after this month, nevermind I never hit it despite being sicker than I have been for a long time and having over 3 doctor visits. Wow, I get to pay $140 a month to NOT get any of my medication or office visits payed for!
...Every multiplayer FPS that came out this year that isn't Team Fortress 2.
...I hate Seinfeld.

[Yegolev]

Mostly, though, fuck all of you that are too pussy to go into politics. Important shit is afoot every day, and closing your eyes doesn't make it go away.

Making Internet Enemies also does not make it go away.  This leads nicely into me saying that I don't think any of you have disappointed me this year.  Not much, anyway.

Also, everyone (except Samwise -- I LOVE YOU MAN) is once again missing out on the spirit and mechanics of Airing of Grievances.  If you're going to mangle a holiday, there are plenty of Christian ones that are already done up for you.

[Hoax]

I blame the lack of a FAQ at the start of the thread, I sure as shit don't remember the rules.

Also, no feats of strength when TF2 just came out?  For shame

[Strazos]

Hey Fab, my 360 runs great; the exhaust is cool to the touch, even under full load.

[Roac]

I wasn't going to jump into this thread, because there isn't much that I hate.  I thought.  I found something I fucking loathe.

...I hate twisty tie engineers.  These are the fuckers that decide to put four dozen 8 gauge cables in a single toy box to ensure that nothing short of twenty pound wire cutters will free these things so that a three year old will stop dancing around and be able to actually enjoy the present that is sitting right in front of her.  Because, heaven forbid, the product move even a millimeter during shipping.  It's two days since I've had to undo any of those twisty things, and my fingers still hurt.  Fuck you.  And a double fuck you to the twisty tie engineers who think that not only do these things need to use 40lb stress cables to hold toys in place, not only do they need to tie them into elaborate knots (can't just twist the fuckers together... no, that would be too predictable for sleep-deprived parents), and not only do they sometimes feel the free to route these cables of pain INSIDE THE TOY, so that I have to take the damn thing apart to remove the cable... no, some of these fuckers decide that it would be brilliant to take several knots that are very close to one another and TIE THEM TOGETHER.  Because some child hating finger abusing sadistic mine the earth for all it's iron resources for packaging parent loathing scrooge headed pig fucker decided it would not only be fun to be mean, but decided that they should bundle several of these knots into some sort of Gordian Knot imitation.  Fuck you.  I would flip you off too, but my fingers still hurt to much. 

[Sky]

Wire clippers. Fuck untwisting.

 

[Yegolev]

What Sky said.  Even chimps use tools.  Yeah, it's shitty that shoplifters have ruined Christmas for everyone, but that's no reason to cause yourself undue stress.

[Roac]

Wire clippers. Fuck untwisting.

I mentioned that.  They do me no good when I'm at someone else's house who doesn't have them, or doesn't have easy access to them.  Also, it isn't much help when the wires fuck up the smaller variety, because they can't just use the thin stuff that's in actual twisty ties, but they have to use heavy cabling that could secure your car.