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The 2009 Rant, Vent, and Share thread
But yeah. To sum it all up…I think some people in college have issues with common sense. I know that there are people like that everywhere, but the "how do I get downstairs?" troubles me the most.Every day, someone brings me an item labeled half-off and asks me how much it'll be. The conversations are nearly repeated verbatim. It's a bit like being in first or second grade.
"How much is this?"
"It's normally fifty, but it's half off this week."
"I knowww! So how much will it be?"
"Twenty-five."
"Twenty-five?"
"Yes. Twenty-five."
Yesterday, someone brought up a full cart and I had to methodically halve the cost of each item for them before they would acquiesce to buying it. This is likely penance for some sin I unthinkingly committed in my youth.
I can take criticism if it's constructive, and if I feel like the critic has a clue what they are talking about. But trolls just piss me off.
the problem happens when people don't see any criticism as constructive. than anything's trolling by them. i do enjoy it when someone feels the need to snap at me over a comment though. it means i made them think a bit!
it helps that i've given up on any hope that people will take my remarks in a positive light.
ALSO: the free samples at grocery stores are back! yay free treats!
the problem happens when people don't see any criticism as constructive. than anything's trolling by them. i do enjoy it when someone feels the need to snap at me over a comment though. it means i made them think a bit!I highly doubt you understand what constructive crit means. Give examples of what you posted on comics, i'll bet anything you acted like a rude little dick to them.
it helps that i've given up on any hope that people will take my remarks in a positive light.
I've noticed sprite comickers(namely on smackjeeves) tend to be the most vicious to other comickers. It's either they don't understand the effort people put into real drawings that aren't copy/pasted onto the page or they're just attention whores trying to get it else where.
I highly doubt you understand what constructive crit means. Give examples of what you posted on comics, i'll bet anything you acted like a rude little dick to them.
I've noticed sprite comickers(namely on smackjeeves) tend to be the most vicious to other comickers. It's either they don't understand the effort people put into real drawings that aren't copy/pasted onto the page or they're just attention whores trying to get it else where.
oh, i was a dick to a couple of 'em, don't get me wrong. mostly to sprite comicers. tell 'em the composition in their panels is off and they tell you they didn't make it, they borrowed the art from a game.
i was just saying it runs both ways.
and besides, what's wrong with being a dick sometimes? encouraging someone when they're going things wrong isn't helping anything.
Ugh… I've got a dilemna…
There's this triple chocolate cake in the local store I want to get so I can bring it to the family Thanksgiving party. Problem is… if I wait too long it will sell out and I can't buy it then. But if I buy it now, there's a really huge chance that I'll end up attacking the cake, and still have nothing to bring to the party. What a headache…
But if I buy it now, there's a really huge chance that I'll end up attacking the cake, and still have nothing to bring to the party.What's the dilemma? That's win-win!
If your willpower fails you get to eat delicious cake, if it doest you have your thanksgiving thing.
There's basically no down side to buying that cake!
Buy two, then you can have your cake and eat it. (^_____^)
Well, this dude's frustrated himself quite enough for one night (artistically, not that other way, thank you very much). Time to crash out and see if my dreams are actually entertaining for a change. Maybe by the time I wake up, I'll be able to finish my next page…I certainly hope so. I HATE makin' a liar outa myself.
But if I buy it now, there's a really huge chance that I'll end up attacking the cake, and still have nothing to bring to the party.What's the dilemma? That's win-win!
If your willpower fails you get to eat delicious cake, if it doest you have your thanksgiving thing.
There's basically no down side to buying that cake!
Buy two, then you can have your cake and eat it. (^_____^)
Major problem there… I LOVE CHOCOLATE. If I buy two I'll end up attacking them both. O_O
edit: Maybe I should try making this instead…
Video: Chocolate Mud Cake
But yeah. To sum it all up…I think some people in college have issues with common sense. I know that there are people like that everywhere, but the "how do I get downstairs?" troubles me the most.
I work in an academic library too and that list is great. I'll add that once when the power went out, someone called and asked me when it would be back on.
But yeah. To sum it all up…I think some people in college have issues with common sense. I know that there are people like that everywhere, but the "how do I get downstairs?" troubles me the most.
I work in an academic library too and that list is great. I'll add that once when the power went out, someone called and asked me when it would be back on.
I got asked when the internet was going to come back on. Some construction had cut the fiber optic line that fed right into the school. If we were on campus, we could only use the intranet (school's website) and if we were off campus, we couldn't get onto the school's hosted pages. Thus started the "internet riot." People were insane. Teachers were desperate. Everyone hopelessly stuck next to the computer waiting for it to come back on. The drought lasted about four days. Those were very sad times.
One of the cities over here was witout internet for a while few years ago.
Why? cause some guy cut the fiberoptic thinking it'd be a copper wire he could sell. So not only did he not get any copper, but also ruined a line that cost couple of thousands (pricey stuff, fiberoptics).
I don't remember how long it took them to fix it, at least couple of days.
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nanowrimo going strong, I'm on about 29,900. so with the next scene I'll hit 30k :D
One of the cities over here was witout internet for a while few years ago.
Why? cause some guy cut the fiberoptic thinking it'd be a copper wire he could sell. So not only did he not get any copper, but also ruined a line that cost couple of thousands (pricey stuff, fiberoptics).
I don't remember how long it took them to fix it, at least couple of days.
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nanowrimo going strong, I'm on about 29,900. so with the next scene I'll hit 30k :D
Wow… we get this a lot, except that we have people actually cutting LIVE power lines!!! Even better… we had people who broke into a local school, took apart several expensive air conditioners just to remove the copper fittings. O_O
Woke up from a very bad nightmare. In the dream I found myself trapped in the 1940s. Kinda a "reverse Rip Van Winkle" where I woke up in the late 1940s! Now I can remember a time when I didn't have video games or the internet, but this was just horrible. With my remaining lifespan I wouldn't be able to play my XB360 anymore; I'd be dead before it was even invented. x_x
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