Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[elfenix 34,332]

2 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

Got stuck behind some stupid bitch the other day that waited 8 minutes for some lady parked right near the front of the lot to unload her groceries.      I always park at the very back of the lot but was having to go around to the other side of the aisle.   One dude who was behind me got a spot and walked by the lady’s car and smacked her driver side window and said WTF?!?!   

that dude is a hero

[Trey3216 15,358]

1 hour ago, elfenix said:

that dude is a hero

I honked at her every minute or so for posterity.   He did what I wanted to do, but I was in my vehicle.   Had I had my screaming 9 month old in the car I mat have just hit the gas and drove them into the front of the building 

[shakahorn 1,645]

Online research articles that don't have a date on them.  Especially tech-oriented columns.  How hard is it to put a date on these and tell me if the information is still relevant or 10 years old?

[Underdog 28,775]

11 hours ago, Okie State said:

Anywhere you go there are mountains of garbage in the yards of people who live in the country. I've never understood it.

Auditioning for American Pickers. 

[nnm 36,655]

On 7/8/2021 at 2:54 PM, conVINCEd said:

I feel like every fast food restaurant should subcontract out the operation of their drive thru to Chick Fil-A.

Are you freaking kidding me?  CFA is the worst culprit. During peak times every CFA in the Houston area has cars wrapped around it 2 or 3 times and backed out on the adjoining street, creating a huge hazard. Yes, they’re efficient but they’re so Stinkin’ popular that they make me rage. 

[conVINCEd 21,469]

20 minutes ago, nnm said:

Are you freaking kidding me?  CFA is the worst culprit. During peak times every CFA in the Houston area has cars wrapped around it 2 or 3 times and backed out on the adjoining street, creating a huge hazard. Yes, they’re efficient but they’re so Stinkin’ popular that they make me rage. 

They get you through that line wrapoed around the building in 5 minutes.  The chicken sandwich wars have taken them out of my rotation, as there are better options available, but the nieces and nephews love that shit, so I appreciate their efficiency when I have to go there.

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

On 7/8/2021 at 4:41 PM, Superhero said:

People throwing away trash along a hiking trail.

Coworkers and I hiked up to the Hollywood sign. We did some voluntary community service by picking up trash. We filled 2 trash bags before we got back down to the parking lot. 

I found sunflower seed shells inside the cliff dwellings at bandolier NP.

peanut shells and orange peels on Emory peak in big bend

[mininghorn88 2,298]

26 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

I found sunflower seed shells inside the cliff dwellings at bandolier NP.

peanut shells and orange peels on Emory peak in big bend

I’ve come across cigarette butts on many trails even at “altitude”.  I am huffing and puffing my way to the summit with my gear and someone has the extra lung capacity for a smoke?!!

[Prepuce of Doom 21,104]

13 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

What is stupid is we put something that is completely bio friendly and put it in a plastic bag where it will last for hundreds of years.

Makes it easier to mail them. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21,104]

16 minutes ago, mininghorn88 said:

I’ve come across cigarette butts on many trails even at “altitude”.  I am huffing and puffing my way to the summit with my gear and someone has the extra lung capacity for a smoke?!!

I made it a point to smoke a cigarette at Dead Woman's Pass along the Inca Trail, which is almost 14,000 ft. 

Never littered my butts though. 

[mininghorn88 2,298]

3 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I made it a point to smoke a cigarette at Dead Woman's Pass along the Inca Trail, which is almost 14,000 ft. 

Never littered my butts though. 

Ha ha! I was thankful for the oxygen enriched room at the JW Marriott in Cusco!

[Superhero 8,845]

On 7/8/2021 at 2:41 PM, Superhero said:

People throwing away trash along a hiking trail.

Coworkers and I hiked up to the Hollywood sign. We did some voluntary community service by picking up trash. We filled 2 trash bags before we got back down to the parking lot. 

Most of the stuff we picked up were water bottles, candy wrappers, facemasks... But we also found a pair of panties. We didn't pick that one up.

[ROFL BOX 6,649]

we also found a pair of panties. We didn't pick that one up.

Not hungry enough to check if they were edible?

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[Prepuce of Doom 21,104]

Should have thrown them into a tree with a stick. 

[ztejas 43,540]

59 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I made it a point to smoke a cigarette at Dead Woman's Pass along the Inca Trail, which is almost 14,000 ft. 

Never littered my butts though. 

A smoke at 14k sounds religious. 

[Scheiss Meister 8,412]

If you had asked me this morning what I would be doing today, thawing and cleaning the evaporator coils on my A/C wouldn't have been in the top 34 answers, yet here we are.

Edited July 10, 2021 by Scheiss Meister

[Guest]

FB putting a "warning- might be offensive" warning on a video of...

wait for it.

 

succulent moist brisket.  On a page belonging to a purveyor of smoked meats.

Are you fucking kidding me?

[elfenix 34,332]

FB putting a "warning- might be offensive" warning on a video of...
wait for it.
 
succulent moist brisket.  On a page belonging to a purveyor of smoked meats.
Are you fucking kidding me?

You didn't know that warm vagina butter needs a warning label

[956 Worldwide 34,781]

On 7/9/2021 at 6:20 AM, Underdog said:

It should be legal to shoot litterers.  

Was fixing to post this. At SPI this week. I think if a gotdamn cigarette butt falls out of your mouth/hand on the beach, yeah— one to the head right there. Shooter gets to swim your dead ass out past the third bar for sharks. 

[elfenix 34,332]

This fucking thing is bright enough to make me wince during the day, can't imagine what it would be like at night

[956 Worldwide 34,781]

Dipshits who clog the moving sidewalk or escalator. Stand right, walk left. Also, if you’re a grown up WTF are you standing? There’s no animatronic animals or ghosts on this ride. 

[52-80 19,256]

any video that starts off with "Reacting to..."

 

why the fuck do i care how you react to shit?

[Al_4_ISU 12,487]

2 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

any video that starts off with "Reacting to..."

 

why the fuck do i care how you react to shit?

To piggy back onto this, any video of someone sitting in a car filmed on selfie mode.  Whatever you're going to rant about, I don't fucking care, and I immediately judge the person who's responsible for your stupidity entering my orbit.

Edited July 12, 2021 by Al_4_ISU

[Al_4_ISU 12,487]

People who drive under the speed limit on 2 lane roads in good weather are getting their own special place in hell.

Also, truckers that try to pass other trucks that are governed at the same speed on the interstate, thus completely blocking traffic for 20 miles at a time.  Fuck those guys.  If you've ever driven I-80 across Iowa, you spent 75% of your time going 5 under the speed limit because a truck governed at 65.3 MPH was trying to pass a truck governed at 65.299999 MPH.

[Richard Kimball 1,497]

23 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

People who drive under the speed limit on 2 lane roads in good weather are getting their own special place in hell.

Also, truckers that try to pass other trucks that are governed at the same speed on the interstate, thus completely blocking traffic for 20 miles at a time.  Fuck those guys.  If you've ever driven I-80 across Iowa, you spent 75% of your time going 5 under the speed limit because a truck governed at 65.3 MPH was trying to pass a truck governed at 65.299999 MPH.

It's weird how many people will pay the toll to take 130 around Austin, where the speed limit is 80, and putter along at 60 or 65. 

Another thing I noticed when I took 130 last week is a lot of people don't realize the rubber on tires dries out after about five years. Apparently 80 mph is the speed where those treads separate from the rest of the tires. Probably about four tire treads per mile laying in the road. 

[Jameslaw121 4,448]

On 7/9/2021 at 9:06 PM, mininghorn88 said:

I’ve come across cigarette butts on many trails even at “altitude”.  I am huffing and puffing my way to the summit with my gear and someone has the extra lung capacity for a smoke?!!

Can't remember where we were in Colorado, but did a day hike at something like 13,000 - after felling like I was going to suffocate while watching 8 year girls pass me was when I decided it was time to quit smoking... 

 

Took a few years, but other than an occasional smoke when I'm drunk, it's been about 5 years now

 

[WhatTheBuck 28,799]

14 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said:

Took a few years, but other than an occasional smoke when I'm drunk, it's been about 5 years now

I couldn’t do that. I’m sure that if I had a cigarette while drunk or in any other state then I’d be back to a pack a day within a week. I smoked my last cigarette on 8/31/14. I still have the occasional dream where I forget that I’ve quit and have a cigarette or several and then think, “Oh shit!” It’s kind of like the dream you have where you’re back in school and it’s time to take the final but you haven’t been to class and aren’t even sure where they’re giving the test. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21,104]

19 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I couldn’t do that. I’m sure that if I had a cigarette while drunk or in any other state then I’d be back to a pack a day within a week. I smoked my last cigarette on 8/31/14. I still have the occasional dream where I forget that I’ve quit and have a cigarette or several and then think, “Oh shit!” It’s kind of like the dream you have where you’re back in school and it’s time to take the final but you haven’t been to class and aren’t even sure where they’re giving the test. 

Same on all counts except for the date - 6/9/08. Have it written on the last pack of my last carton and thrown in the back of the freezer in case of emergencies.

 

[Jameslaw121 4,448]

3 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I couldn’t do that. I’m sure that if I had a cigarette while drunk or in any other state then I’d be back to a pack a day within a week. I smoked my last cigarette on 8/31/14. I still have the occasional dream where I forget that I’ve quit and have a cigarette or several and then think, “Oh shit!” It’s kind of like the dream you have where you’re back in school and it’s time to take the final but you haven’t been to class and aren’t even sure where they’re giving the test. 

That's why it took my 5 years to really quit, probably. My dad came over for opening day of baseball in April. Had one of his and damn near threw up. 

I think it also helps for the that there are so many bars and restaurants that are non smoking that I'm just not really around it anymore. Other than my dad, I can't think of anyone I'm around who still smokes. And the couple of bars I go to regularly may have one or two people on the patio smoking, but even that is getting pretty rare.

 

[closetohumping 17,474]

12 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

That's why it took my 5 years to really quit, probably. My dad came over for opening day of baseball in April. Had one of his and damn near threw up. 

I think it also helps for the that there are so many bars and restaurants that are non smoking that I'm just not really around it anymore. Other than my dad, I can't think of anyone I'm around who still smokes. And the couple of bars I go to regularly may have one or two people on the patio smoking, but even that is getting pretty rare.

 

Big time factor.  I was against any mandatory non smoking ordinance but it possibly saved my life.  I was a pack a day guy.

 

I quit cold turkey 8 years ago.  Had a temporary relapse when I was around a smoker at work for about 4 months.  I can't see me ever smoking again, but if I were on the road, alone in a bar, yeah, maybe.

Edited July 13, 2021 by closetohumping

[BonzoMontreaux 1,099]

My grandma was a 2 pack a day smoker and drank Dr Pepper like it was going out of style.  She quit smoking cold turkey when she was in her mid 50's passed away at the age of 85.  Dr. Pepper, however, was a mainstay in her pantry until she passed.

I remember moving her and my grandpa out of their house and taking things off the wall and seeing what nicotine had done to the place.  I dug me some Devil's lettuce in my time but seeing that deterred me from making smoking a part of my everyday life.  

 

[You don't know me 1,161]

A semi pulling a trailer that does not match.  Amazon trailers being pulled by red tractors have really drawn my attention recently.

Edited July 13, 2021 by You don't know me

[mininghorn88 2,298]

15 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I couldn’t do that. I’m sure that if I had a cigarette while drunk or in any other state then I’d be back to a pack a day within a week. I smoked my last cigarette on 8/31/14. I still have the occasional dream where I forget that I’ve quit and have a cigarette or several and then think, “Oh shit!” It’s kind of like the dream you have where you’re back in school and it’s time to take the final but you haven’t been to class and aren’t even sure where they’re giving the test. 

Yes, I had that dream multiple times for years after I graduated from Texas.  I also had the dream a few times where I thought that I had dropped a class only to get my grades at the end of the semester to find out that I had not dropped the class.

[BearMace 2,206]

1 hour ago, mininghorn88 said:

Yes, I had that dream multiple times for years after I graduated from Texas.  I also had the dream a few times where I thought that I had dropped a class only to get my grades at the end of the semester to find out that I had not dropped the class.

Same thing. I have a dream where towards the end of the semester I start getting emails about finals for classes I didn't know I was enrolled in. 

[Trey3216 15,358]

2 hours ago, BearMace said:

Same thing. I have a dream where towards the end of the semester I start getting emails about finals for classes I didn't know I was enrolled in. 

Yep, I’ve had that one several hundred times in the 18 years since graduation. 

[Al_4_ISU 12,487]

My variation on that dream is getting notified of the final, realizing that I haven't attended in months, and that regardless of my final performance, I'm getting an F.

College dreams are common for me.  The other one is that I'm going back to college, living in the dorms, meet a really cute coed, and all of a sudden my wife shows up.  Prior to that in the dream, dream me legitimately thought he was single.

i really think all my dreams are some riff on "Al fucks up, life destruction ensues".

[MaybeACoordinator 8,349]

6 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

My variation on that dream is getting notified of the final, realizing that I haven't attended in months, and that regardless of my final performance, I'm getting an F.

College dreams are common for me.  The other one is that I'm going back to college, living in the dorms, meet a really cute coed, and all of a sudden my wife shows up.  Prior to that in the dream, dream me legitimately thought he was single.

i really think all my dreams are some riff on "Al fucks up, life destruction ensues".

"Iowa Man Arrested for Choking Wife in Bed: "I was asleep, I swear...and she kept cockblocking me," Suspect says as he's led to jail"

[General Specific 3,271]

"Iowa Man Arrested for Choking Wife in Bed: "I was asleep, I swear...and she kept cockblocking me," Suspect says as he's led to jail"

We, the people, find the defendant, not guilty your Honor.

[Sam Lin 3,561]

20 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

I thought that I had dropped a class only to get my grades at the end of the semester to find out that I had not dropped the class.

This actually happened to a kid in my class. No idea what became of it, he probably still had a GPA higher than mine.

[Biff Tannen 45,742]

On 7/13/2021 at 8:22 AM, WhatTheBuck said:

I couldn’t do that. I’m sure that if I had a cigarette while drunk or in any other state then I’d be back to a pack a day within a week. I smoked my last cigarette on 8/31/14. I still have the occasional dream where I forget that I’ve quit and have a cigarette or several and then think, “Oh shit!” It’s kind of like the dream you have where you’re back in school and it’s time to take the final but you haven’t been to class and aren’t even sure where they’re giving the test. 

My last was on January 6. This year. I’ve had that dream once already. 

[WhatTheBuck 28,799]

58 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

My last was on January 6. This year. I’ve had that dream once already. 

Stay strong. I quit numerous times over the course of my cigarette smoking career. I found that to start with it went in three month cycles between really harsh cravings. I’d quit for a year or two then, thinking I had it licked, figured it would be okay to bum a smoke off of a friend. Then I’d bum another one. Then another. Then, not wanting to be a mooch, I’d just buy a pack. Then I was back to smoking cigarettes again. The last time I quit, my dad passed away a week later and that changed my whole perspective. He died from heart failure. He was a doctor and referred to cigarettes as “the brown plague” and never knew I smoked. But after he passed I just sort of felt like I’m too old for this shit.

Now I smoke maybe two or three cigars a month. That gives me a taste of tobacco and that probably helps keep me away from cigarettes. But there’s not enough nicotine to trigger the addiction. And I’m more likely not to smoke a cigar even when I want to because it requires a two hour block of free time. I was kind of hoping to smoke one on Sunday but couldn’t find the time and never got around to it. But cigars seem like a more honest way of consuming tobacco and make you realize just how insidious cigarettes are as a nicotine delivery system.

What I miss the most about smoking cigarettes is that it gave me a reason to step out the front door every evening/night. I got to know my neighbors better. I was more in tune with the local wildlife. And I followed the movements of the moon and the stars and the planets more closely. Standing in the same spot every night really helps in that regard. I don’t do that anymore. 

[ROFL BOX 6,649]

I don’t do that anymore. 

Narrator: it wasn't the cigarettes.


Addiction talk 3 doors over.

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[WhatTheBuck 28,799]

8 minutes ago, ROFL BOX said:

Narrator: it wasn't the cigarettes.

Of course it was. I’m not sure how you could argue otherwise.

[RollLeft 5,045]

On 7/8/2021 at 3:54 PM, conVINCEd said:

I feel like every fast food restaurant should subcontract out the operation of their drive thru to Chick Fil-A.

I often am amazed at how busy CFA is always only to be reminded about all their overhead/staff.  I often wonder what their margin is compared to a McDonald's.  

[Guest]

Then wrap your mind around that overhead/ margin play, while also considering CFA is only open 6 days/ week.

[ztejas 43,540]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

What I miss the most about smoking cigarettes is that it gave me a reason to step out the front door every evening/night. I got to know my neighbors better. I was more in tune with the local wildlife. And I followed the movements of the moon and the stars and the planets more closely. Standing in the same spot every night really helps in that regard. I don’t do that anymore. 

Try and be less gay.

[jeevsie 3,740]

Today's trivial thing: Stupid packaging.  Why do I open the first flap, then have to tear the second flap to get in the box of Belvitas?

[JSB 677]

People who set an early morning in person meeting, then change it to 1:30pm about 10 minutes before it is supposed to start. I only got into the office about 30 minutes earlier, but having to wake up 30 minutes earlier is going to fuck up my whole day

[Trey3216 15,358]

13 hours ago, RollLeft said:

I often am amazed at how busy CFA is always only to be reminded about all their overhead/staff.  I often wonder what their margin is compared to a McDonald's.  

Considering they are cycling 3-5x what McDonald's can move in an hour's time, I bet they don't fucking care.  

[elfenix 34,332]

My flight has been delayed but status still says on time.