Rant Thread II - Page 172

Alan · 08-26-2010, 05:34 PM

I saw that you wrote that you don't know what's so racist about you.
Could it be that you hate a billion fucking people?

OnyxBat · 08-26-2010, 05:52 PM

I am not racist I just have a prejudice problem, and I don't automatically hate people.

gothicusmaximus · 08-26-2010, 11:42 PM

I really should try meeting a girl and not having sex with her.

Fruitbat · 08-27-2010, 01:40 AM

I want to kick the butt of the person at the gym who gave me this cold.. no I'll just make them run on the treadmill for a million miles or something.

Underwater Ophelia · 08-27-2010, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus

I really should try meeting a girl and not having sex with her.

Why would you do that?

carakitty · 08-27-2010, 07:59 AM

FUUUCK. Can't seem to find my DSLR

carakitty · 08-27-2010, 08:14 AM

EDIT: Found it. In the laptop bag. Happy as fuck now.
*I'm a blind fucking idiot.

Ben Lahnger · 08-27-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus

I really should try meeting a girl and not having sex with her.

I am intrigued. Based on your previous comments, if you weren't intent on having sex ... what would you do with her? Or does your comment point toward the thought that you'd like to meet a woman that you actually found you had an interest in hanging out with?

HumanePain · 08-27-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia

Nah, but I'll tell you how to get her to stop:
Kick her ass out.

Isn't she an adult?

Yes, she is 24.5.

She is kicked out on paper. Her and her boyfriend of six years (Dane's father) almost got an apartment last Thursday, but then balked at the paper signing for something or other. But she says she is moving out ASAP. I recognize the signs from previous move outs, it's going to happen soon. They could have gotten a trailer but they are trying to avoid the trailer park lifestyle, they tried it for 2 years and hate even though it is cheaper. Hopefully this one will stick. Her boyfriend is even talking about getting married now!

But she can still be a bitch. Now that I am calm and can think about it I think she hates living here too, hence her attitude.

Meanwhile, I'll go post a photo I took of Dane tonight in the picture thread. I will miss him when they move out, but it is for the best and besides it isn't like I won't visit them or something.

Underwater Ophelia · 08-28-2010, 12:14 AM

Kick her out on the streets. Yes, even the kid.
Letting her run home to daddy every time the going gets tough isn't helping her become a mature functioning member of society.

cradle · 08-28-2010, 06:48 AM

Eh, fuck all that. Just teach her to be strong. And please don't listen to anyone saying to kick her out on the streets. That would definatly be unconductive to being a functioning member of society.

cradle · 08-28-2010, 06:50 AM

And by being strong I mean making her use her own resources and money. Kick her out if you have to, but just make sure she's got a place to go.

Ben Lahnger · 08-28-2010, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by OnyxBat

I am not racist I just have a prejudice problem, and I don't automatically hate people.

A prejudice is a prejudgment: i.e. an assumption made about someone or something before having adequate knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy. The word prejudice is most commonly used to refer to a preconceived judgment toward a people or a person because of race, social class, gender, ethnicity, age, disability, political beliefs, religion, sexual orientation or other personal characteristics. It also means a priori beliefs (without knowledge of the facts) and may include "any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence." - WIKIPEDIA

The first step toward recovery is admitting you have a problem. Congratulations on taking that first step.

Underwater Ophelia · 08-28-2010, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by cradle

Eh, fuck all that. Just teach her to be strong. And please don't listen to anyone saying to kick her out on the streets. That would definatly be unconductive to being a functioning member of society.

You can't teach someone to be strong by just giving in every time there's a problem. Life is hard sometimes.

Ben Lahnger · 08-28-2010, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by cradle

And by being strong I mean making her use her own resources and money. Kick her out if you have to, but just make sure she's got a place to go.

Some people will never learn any lessons if you keep blocking their entrance to the school of hard knocks.

the-nihilist · 08-28-2010, 09:33 PM

I have the attention span of a goldfish.

gothicusmaximus · 08-28-2010, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger

I am intrigued. Based on your previous comments, if you weren't intent on having sex ... what would you do with her? Or does your comment point toward the thought that you'd like to meet a woman that you actually found you had an interest in hanging out with?

What previous comments? I don't recall having made any outrageously sexist comments to the effect that women are only of value insofar as one can bone them.
Regardless, that post was just a hyperbolic drunken quip. My actual problem is essentially that, as I generally meet girls through friends, my social circle has become ridiculously cluttered with prior sex partners, which circumstance can be slightly stressful. I think I need to either start chilling with ugly chicks or restraining myself.

That aside, I came to the rant thread to say that I attended Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally today, and am completely enervated by hatred.

Fruitbat · 08-29-2010, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia

You can't teach someone to be strong by just giving in every time there's a problem. Life is hard sometimes.

Yeah it's much more fun to watch them slowly unravel and crack under the stress of the situation than to actually offer them help or guidance.(sarcasm ends)

Some can deal with the stress of being thrown in with the lions, while others can't.

Life is hard all the time. There is only brief moments of happiness and joy and they never last.

Underwater Ophelia · 08-29-2010, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Fruitbat

Yeah it's much more fun to watch them slowly unravel and crack under the stress of the situation than to actually offer them help or guidance.(sarcasm ends)

No, it's much more fun if they crack quickly.

Fruitbat · 08-29-2010, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia

No, it's much more fun if they crack quickly.

I prefer to delay my gratification. it makes it all the more sweeter.

cradle · 08-29-2010, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger

Some people will never learn any lessons if you keep blocking their entrance to the school of hard knocks.

I have a big heart. If there wasn't a baby in the equation, I'd be saying the same as you and Ophelia.
Hell, keep the kid at the house and tell em hit the road. I just don't think any children should suffer inadvertently.

Ben Lahnger · 08-29-2010, 01:57 PM

I'm actually an empathetic and compassionate guy myself, but ...

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Originally Posted by cradle

I just don't think any children should suffer inadvertently.

No, why let that happen when you can protect their horribly behaved parents from the consequences of their own actions, and thereby subject the children to a more direct, long-term kind of suffering. Not to mention you will also then be giving the children the opportunity to learn the wrong lessons under the tutelage of a self-centered, insensitive guardian.

I'm not suggesting anyone take their children away. I'm just saying you should let them burn their own bridges. Once it becomes apparent they are incapable of taking care of their children, THEN you take them away.

IMO rescuing these woefully behaved human beings from their own errant choices, and thereby enabling their future bad behavior, does a greater disservice to the children.

Pineapple_Juice · 08-31-2010, 03:02 PM

My stepmother does the same thing with her now 30 year old son. He has never in his entire life paid a cell phone bill. he's lived at her house rent free since childhood and she bails him out of jail constantly. When she won't give in and give him what he wants he goes to his rich father who then takes care of everything. He is in no way self-sufficient.

My father got kicked out when he was 17 years old and he was homeless, sleeping in parks for like eight months. Until he realized that he needed to find a good job and take care of business. he is the most hardworking and responsible man I know.

Just saying.

Fruitbat · 08-31-2010, 03:29 PM

Depends on the children and what they do. Some do need boots up the bum.

PJ 30 years old and not paying his way - that's ridiculous.

I've been paying my way since I was 13, best thing my parents every did was to teach me to budget when I was still under the safety of their roof.

Ben Lahnger · 09-01-2010, 10:53 AM

As days go by and more people flood this board with frivolous concerns, unintelligent buffoonery, trollish behavior and conversations of shallow content, I feel more and more like I have less and less in common with the general populace here.

And it seems like the people I think I do have something in common with have less and less to say, as days go by.