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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

Oh man im the exact same. The mobile phone is one of my favourite inventions but talking on it :eek::eek: i hate talkin on the phone lol even to my closest peeps. Every second is painful to me.
Text messages are another of my favourite inventions lol. In my single days they were a god-send to me. I can flirt much better with my thumbs than my mouth (ahem lol) and im a VERY fast texter :)

And my dad!! I hate being in a room alone with him and i hate when i ring my mum and he answers lol... painful awkwardness :)

Im gona extend this rant to cover small talk lol. Like when you meet someone you kinda know that isnt a friend on the train and you both feel the need to chat throughout the journey when if you were both honest, youd rather just put your headphones on and ignore each other lol..... humans! :D

How can you text fast with that t9 keyboard ??;):p
 
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Mozilla for some odd reason isn't allowing me to go to AF. Keeps telling me the URL cannot be found or is,not available, yet I'm logged in on my phone ok. I cleared the cache and still can't get on. :grr:

Site was hanging up all over yesterday afternoon. I managed with Pale Moon, but it took forever. I wonder why?
 
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Lol like a Google Ramadan :)
Well youre a stronger man than me mate :beer:
Id hate to be limited by my carrier what phone i get. Seems to be a big problem in US man :(
Yeah id go for the One if you can. Arent you tempted to buy a cheap unlocked android in the meantime though?

Indeed, funkylogik... I definitely consider it a problem here!! It's all about company competition, I 'spose... who can get the best smartphone to attract the most customers and lure them away from the competition... but it sucks for us consumers. :(

And I can't believe you just made a reference to Ramadan... nice!!!! I grew up in Saudi Arabia, and I'm homesick for anything Middle Eastern... because I surely won't be hearing any Ramadan references around here... god I miss living overseas. *practically weeping*
 
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What really grinds my gears?...

People who don't understand why anyone would want to learn a language other than their native language(s), and are just absolute jackasses about it. Why do these people care that other people are interested in learning something new and different??? Pathetic.

There are way too many people running their mouths constantly about lifestyle choices other people make... GET A LIFE, PEOPLE. Don't like something? Excluding taxes, death, etc, there is an easy fix: Simply choose not to be around that person/place/thing you don't like. The End. It's not rocket science.

Someone CAN run around griping about every single thing consenting adults do that they don't like/agree with... you CAN do whatever you want... but be aware that you'll sound like an ass if you talk like an ass.
 
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A lot of people are very jingoist - their way is the only way. I live in a town full of the suckers.

I've always been interested in other ways of life. I usually only get annoyed on the nature end - like there's nothing wrong with throwing your trash out the car window. Right now, we only have on habitable planet. Learn to take care of it.
 
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Lol i live in quite a multicultural town and although i was raised as a catholic, im athiest, but i have respect for certain parts of most religeons and for the past 2 years ive done the last week of Ramadan. I might actually start a thread on here a week before Eid is estimated (in Saudi) and see if anyone will join me. I know its really weak only doing a week but hey, im not going to heaven anyway lol :):beer:
 
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People who don't understand why anyone would want to learn a language other than their native language(s), and are just absolute jackasses about it

There are people like that?! :eek:

That's a special kinda stoopid ..

Don't they know that the vast majority of humanity is at least bi-lingual and very often multi-lingual? My missus speaks three languages fluently and can get by in a couple more. I'm actually really ashamed that I'm so pathetically mono lingual.

Funkylogic: love the use of beer mugs in reference to Ramadan :D
 
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Those people that talk so loud on their phone in public so that everyone around them can hear what they are talking about.

Dude...wow, you should like so important & stuff :rolleyes:

I tend to chime in on those conversations. Only hearing one half of it makes for a really interesting time too. Usually the person being so loud starts talking much softer after I start. :D
 
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Ninjas ninjas ninjas! :D

Ninjas grind my gears!!! :D

NO names mentioned here! :rollseyes:

Cough cough splutter plutter! :D

(hint hint wink wink nudge nudge! :D)

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Dang you NinjaMon! :D
 
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