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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 4, 2024 14:52:18 GMT
I was listening to a podcast yesterday where one of the guests said: "for all intensive purposes..." That annoyed me. That is a fireble offense. *Fireable
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 4, 2024 15:49:01 GMT
That is a fireble offense. *Fireable I believe that in the case of being capable of getting fired, it's firable. When it's capable of being set ablaze, it's fireable. We need tristramshandy to weigh in. EDIT: I just realized that I made a stupid typo earlier and now see the error of my ways
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 4, 2024 16:18:26 GMT
People who make stupid typos.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 4, 2024 17:07:28 GMT
People who make stupid typos. Those people are the wurst.
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Post by Rufus-T on Jan 4, 2024 19:32:32 GMT
People who make stupid typos. Corrected
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Post by Shane Falco on Jan 4, 2024 20:30:13 GMT
I was listening to a podcast yesterday where one of the guests said: "for all intensive purposes..." That annoyed me. I've never used that phrase before but heard it multiple times. Just from hearing it I didn't recognize anything wrong with the phrase as you typed it. I had to Google what the correct use was and I never would have known that. I can easily see that being a common mistake.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 4, 2024 21:00:01 GMT
I was listening to a podcast yesterday where one of the guests said: "for all intensive purposes..." That annoyed me. I've never used that phrase before but heard it multiple times. Just from hearing it I didn't recognize anything wrong with the phrase as you typed it. I had to Google what the correct use was and I never would have known that. I can easily see that being a common mistake. There are so many of these.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 4, 2024 21:04:50 GMT
I've never used that phrase before but heard it multiple times. Just from hearing it I didn't recognize anything wrong with the phrase as you typed it. I had to Google what the correct use was and I never would have known that. I can easily see that being a common mistake. There are so many of these. I should of known better. Take a lap, cretin. Nip it in the butt. Fuck off. One in the same. I will key your car. And the one that always makes me spontaneously combust - I could care less. If you could care less, then what's the problem? EVERYONE says this, and everyone deserves a frenzied icepick attack upon their testicles. Yes, I'm this petty.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 4, 2024 21:27:29 GMT
There are so many of these. I should of known better. Take a lap, cretin. Nip it in the butt. Fuck off. One in the same. I will key your car. And the one that always makes me spontaneously combust - I could care less. If you could care less, then what's the problem? EVERYONE says this, and everyone deserves a frenzied icepick attack upon their testicles. Yes, I'm this petty. I don't say that so my testes will remain unharmed. Another one that everyone gets wrong is 'cut and dry.' It's actually 'cut and dried,' which should be evident since it's a phrase about finality and decisiveness, so the past tense is the logical tense for the meaning. But nobody cares other than me, and in speech you can hardly hear the difference.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 4, 2024 21:39:07 GMT
I should of known better. Take a lap, cretin. Nip it in the butt. Fuck off. One in the same. I will key your car. And the one that always makes me spontaneously combust - I could care less. If you could care less, then what's the problem? EVERYONE says this, and everyone deserves a frenzied icepick attack upon their testicles. Yes, I'm this petty. I don't say that so my testes will remain unharmed. Another one that everyone gets wrong is 'cut and dry.' It's actually 'cut and dried,' which should be evident since it's a phrase about finality and decisiveness, so the past tense is the logical tense for the meaning. But nobody cares other than me, and in speech you can hardly hear the difference. One that I hear a lot - Statue of Limitations.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 4, 2024 21:53:07 GMT
I don't say that so my testes will remain unharmed. Another one that everyone gets wrong is 'cut and dry.' It's actually 'cut and dried,' which should be evident since it's a phrase about finality and decisiveness, so the past tense is the logical tense for the meaning. But nobody cares other than me, and in speech you can hardly hear the difference. One that I hear a lot - Statue of Limitations. I had kind of a hard time posting this video because they're eating as they speak, and that's one of the worst things someone could ever do. It's just beneath genocide on the list of crimes against humanity. Podcasting and eating on mic or speaking with one's mouth full should be punishable by death. I'm collecting signatures to make this happen.
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Post by Shane Falco on Jan 4, 2024 22:03:19 GMT
There are so many of these. I should of known better. Take a lap, cretin. Nip it in the butt. Fuck off. One in the same. I will key your car. And the one that always makes me spontaneously combust - I could care less. If you could care less, then what's the problem? EVERYONE says this, and everyone deserves a frenzied icepick attack upon their testicles. Yes, I'm this petty. I say nip it in the butt but I fully know its incorrect. I just think its a funny phrase. Never heard of one in the same, had to Google it. The could care less phrase annoys me as well. That one seems to be misused all of the time. I imagine they all come from never seeing them written out and going purely on how you've heard them like I had with the original post. Plus how often do people correct another on the use? I figure if the other person knows what you mean then it just becomes acceptable.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 4, 2024 22:23:27 GMT
I should of known better. Take a lap, cretin. Nip it in the butt. Fuck off. One in the same. I will key your car. And the one that always makes me spontaneously combust - I could care less. If you could care less, then what's the problem? EVERYONE says this, and everyone deserves a frenzied icepick attack upon their testicles. Yes, I'm this petty. I say nip it in the butt but I fully know its incorrect. I just think its a funny phrase. Never heard of one in the same, had to Google it. The could care less phrase annoys me as well. That one seems to be misused all of the time. I imagine they all come from never seeing them written out and going purely on how you've heard them like I had with the original post. Plus how often do people correct another on the use? I figure if the other person knows what you mean then it just becomes acceptable. Fair point, I like to correct my friends because it's obnoxious and I find it amusing. I correct my associates all the time because we're in a details-oriented business. But I stopped correcting my wife when she does stuff like that, because I enjoy getting laid.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 18, 2024 13:06:57 GMT
Today on my way into the office, I was behind a guy in what looked to be a late 90s model Accord that was going to rip in half the next time he goes over a speed bump. Not only was the muffler hanging off the thing, but the entire undercarriage was also just dangling. Sparks were flying, you could hear the metal scraping the pavement. On top of that, he's grinding gears like he just stole the car without knowing how to drive stick.
It may well have been stolen, considering he was wearing a ski mask and frantically changing jackets inside the car, as he was driving. To be fair, it's 12 degrees outside, and in all probability the heat didn't work. Honestly I couldn't tell if it was rocks he was kicking up at my windshield or pieces of his car falling off, my judgment may have been impaired by the carbon monoxide poisoning I suffered while driving behind him.
"Why didn't you just pass him?" Came up on him at a stop light in the city, got on the highway where he took off like a bat out of hell and took the same exit. So my commute is only about 23 minutes, but 2/3rds of it must've been behind this clown. The good news is this is unlikely to occur again, as I'm almost certain his car will burst into flames before he reaches his destination. At least then he can take off the ski mask.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jan 18, 2024 16:53:50 GMT
So in the men’s rooms where I work there are six stalls arranged thusly: three, then a wall, then the other three, all in a line. So if you number them 1 through 6, both 2 and 5 have stalls on either side of them while all the others only border one stall. So when I have to take care of business, unless it’s a dire emergency, I always choose 1, 3, 4, or 6, with 3 having the added advantage of being a handicapped stall that’s more spacious and has a higher sitting toilet. You have no idea how many times I’m in there in an unoccupied or mostly unoccupied bathroom where I’m sitting in an end one and someone chooses the middle one next to me when they have the choice of ANY OTHER STALL. Why are they choosing this one? Who likes to shit right next to someone when there are other options? I will never understand this yet I can’t say anything because sometimes our managing directors use the bathroom on my floor and I can’t recognize them just by their shoes.
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Post by mtbg on Jan 18, 2024 17:18:05 GMT
Today on my way into the office, I was behind a guy in what looked to be a late 90s model Accord that was going to rip in half the next time he goes over a speed bump. Not only was the muffler hanging off the thing, but the entire undercarriage was also just dangling. Sparks were flying, you could hear the metal scraping the pavement. On top of that, he's grinding gears like he just stole the car without knowing how to drive stick. It may well have been stolen, considering he was wearing a ski mask and frantically changing jackets inside the car, as he was driving. To be fair, it's 12 degrees outside, and in all probability the heat didn't work. Honestly I couldn't tell if it was rocks he was kicking up at my windshield or pieces of his car falling off, my judgment may have been impaired by the carbon monoxide poisoning I suffered while driving behind him. "Why didn't you just pass him?" Came up on him at a stop light in the city, got on the highway where he took off like a bat out of hell and took the same exit. So my commute is only about 23 minutes, but 2/3rds of it must've been behind this clown. The good news is this is unlikely to occur again, as I'm almost certain his car will burst into flames before he reaches his destination. At least then he can take off the ski mask. So not only is he a criminal, but a complete moron as well as who steals a car like the one you described??? If you gonna steal a car, steal a good one, not a jalopy!
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Post by mtbg on Jan 18, 2024 17:24:24 GMT
One thing I cannot stand is when lazy ass jagoffs don't clean off the tops of their cars after it snows. I've seen far too much of this the last couple of days. I have a 40 minute commute to work and when you get behind one of these cars on the highway it looks like you're in the game Spy Hunter and the car in front just hit you with the smoke screen. Even worse, its icy now so chunks of ice are flying off their car and coming at you at 80 mph! I know they can get a ticket for that but that isn't enough. It should be perfectly within our rights to run these lazy bastards off the road and into a ditch.
Thanks, rant over. I needed that!
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 30, 2024 9:29:50 GMT
One thing I cannot stand is when lazy ass jagoffs don't clean off the tops of their cars after it snows. I've seen far too much of this the last couple of days. I have a 40 minute commute to work and when you get behind one of these cars on the highway it looks like you're in the game Spy Hunter and the car in front just hit you with the smoke screen. Even worse, its icy now so chunks of ice are flying off their car and coming at you at 80 mph! I know they can get a ticket for that but that isn't enough. It should be perfectly within our rights to run these lazy bastards off the road and into a ditch. Thanks, rant over. I needed that! Just last week, I was at a red light with a State PoPo facing the other way. I seen some dingleberry coming up to the cop with about six inches of snow on the roof of his car. Dingleberry hits his brakes and the snow neatly comes off the roof and onto his windshield. Dingleberry can't see through six inches of snow and plows straight on into John Q. Law. As I left I could lipread the cop screaming "You dumb motherFUCKER!". I had to pull over, I was laughing so hard. I would have given a year of my life for a dashcam.
Funny how two of the easiest words to lipread are "fuck" and "shit". Just watch coaches on the sidelines and managers in the dugout
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Post by mtbg on Jan 30, 2024 14:57:14 GMT
One thing I cannot stand is when lazy ass jagoffs don't clean off the tops of their cars after it snows. I've seen far too much of this the last couple of days. I have a 40 minute commute to work and when you get behind one of these cars on the highway it looks like you're in the game Spy Hunter and the car in front just hit you with the smoke screen. Even worse, its icy now so chunks of ice are flying off their car and coming at you at 80 mph! I know they can get a ticket for that but that isn't enough. It should be perfectly within our rights to run these lazy bastards off the road and into a ditch. Thanks, rant over. I needed that! Just last week, I was at a red light with a State PoPo facing the other way. I seen some dingleberry coming up to the cop with about six inches of snow on the roof of his car. Dingleberry hits his brakes and the snow neatly comes off the roof and onto his windshield. Dingleberry can't see through six inches of snow and plows straight on into John Q. Law. As I left I could lipread the cop screaming "You dumb motherFUCKER!". I had to pull over, I was laughing so hard. I would have given a year of my life for a dashcam.
Funny how two of the easiest words to lipread are "fuck" and "shit". Just watch coaches on the sidelines and managers in the dugout
I would've 100% pulled over to watch this whole scenario play out!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 30, 2024 16:35:19 GMT
The "I just want to watch the game" people. Now I don't mean people in general who don't want to sit through unrelated garbage while they watch their beloved Mets lay waste to everyone in their path; I mean the recent rallying cry of those certain folks who use this to justify their intellectual shortcomings.
This will be a rant, and it will be probably a bit more political than people want to see, sorry. And I don't mean to be a hypocrite as I've come on here before and complained about seeing Roger Waters live. I love Pink Floyd and I love his music and when I see him live, that's what I want. I'm not interested in watching him shit on Republicans, police brutality, Israel, etc., even if I agree with some of what he says. I'm there for the show. But outside of his political meanderings, the music is all that's left, so I'm in the clear.
The "I just want to watch the game" people have reared their heads in 2 meaningful ways in recent weeks. The first one you obviously know, the second got less fanfare but is still deserving of my ire.
1 - Taylor Swift
I get it, she gets too much attention. You are tired of the cameras cutting to her. But is it that you don't like her specifically, and if so, why can't you just admit that? Given that football games consist of 6 minutes of action, or whatever it is, surrounded by 174 minutes of doritos ads, mindless blathering from a CTE-riddled peanut gallery, forced patriotism and the adulation of the american military industrial complex (I got you, xelious), repeated shots of fans all over the place, idiotic interviews, cheerleaders, terrible music...why is Taylor Swift the straw that broke the camel's back for you?
Ohhhhhh, is it because Fox News hates her because she hates Trump and conducts voter registration initiatives! Oh my god! burn her at the stake! Given that you said the same thing, literally the same exact words, when Kaepernick silently took a knee which in no way, shape or form impacted your enjoyment of any football game, I'd say when you "just want to watch the game," you're completely full of shit....and you know it.
2 - Pride Night at MSG
This one, oh man, get ready for some bullshit on this one. Earlier this month, the Knicks held their annual Pride Night at MSG, a relatively fun affair where nobody gets shot to death, everyone watches the game (hey now!) and everyone goes home. But apparently, this is a bridge too far for some. I don't have the names in front of me, and I'm not particularly interested in googling it but there were two specific trolls that jumped out at me. One was one of these "far-right personalities" (and they use the term 'personality' because they don't actually do anything) chimed in with the pre-programmed line of "I just want to watch the game," and his army of professional botherers joined in unison to shit on gay rights. The irony is that if these trolls didn't get their manties in a twist, then things like Pride Night wouldn't really be necessary in the first place.
But a bit more galling was one of these Moms for Liberty type groups. It wasn't them specifically, but it was one of the bible-thumping ones who said something to the effect of "We don't care what you do behind closed doors, but you're bringing sex out of the bedroom and throwing it in our children's faces!" I'm quoting this memory but that's the meat of what they said. Now, 2 things about this:
First off, you don't care about what people do behind closed doors? Is that why you go out of your fucking way to elect officials who do everything in their power to demonize these people? To take away their rights to get married? Get healthcare? Get tax benefits that you enjoy?? Get to go outside without getting harassed every day? How these bible wielders can walk around like their shit doesn't stink without the slightest shred of self-awareness makes me so sick, I can barely stomach it. Literally all you care about is what people do behind closed doors.
Secondly, throwing sex in your children's face. *Sigh. Ok. Unless and until you shut down cheerleading at sporting events, specifically at high schools....and even more specifically in junior high schools, then I call BULLSHIT on this. What an absolute crock of shit this argument is. Gay people going to a Knick game and rainbow flags in classrooms are grooming your children, but a 13 year old with no clothes on wagging her ass in front your son is totally fine. It's All American!
Whatever rapture is heading our way, we deserve it. And hell, if the plague of wasps that descends upon us and devours these shitheels once and for all, then I'll revel in the fact that I won't have to listen to your insanity any more. Finally, I won't be bothered by the noise, and, for just a fleeting moment before my time comes.....I can just watch the game!
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