You Know What Really Grinds My Gears....The Sequel!

[Chill Cosby]

Originally Posted by FireFly

Why can't there be a centralized place to change all your info? Why do I need to talk to 5 different government agencies to change my name? Why can't they just do it federally and trickle it down? What a waste of time and money. (The money is probably the point.)

I went through the process a couple of years ago, and my wife went through it last year.

It's incredibly frustrating having to deal with 5 or 6 different government agencies, with zero communication ability between them. Much worse though when you aren't changing it due to marriage.

[calf]

Emails that begin with "please see responses in red below".

I have no issues with the method of response, but why colourize the word red? I made it through kindergarten...I know what red looks like.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by calf

Emails that begin with "please see responses in red below".

I have no issues with the method of response, but why colourize the word red? I made it through kindergarten...I know what red looks like.

Pronounce the color which is visible to you and not the one which is written. Give it a try

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by calf

Emails that begin with "please see responses in red below".

I have no issues with the method of response, but why colourize the word red? I made it through kindergarten...I know what red looks like.

They are the same people that point to their wrist when asking if you know what time it is.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by squiggs96

They are the same people that point to their wrist when asking if you know what time it is.

Ha, that made me think of a rude and funny story from when I was young and in Budapest.

[polak]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Ha, that made me think of a rude and funny story from when I was young and in Budapest.

Haha. Cool.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by polak

Haha. Cool.

Story.

[CMPunk]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

Story.

Bro.

[squiggs96]

The word dat, and people who use the word dat, grind my gears.

When you say, "Dat ass" or "Dat money tho", you sound stupid. You may as well just end it with amirite.

[Raekwon]

Dat Veronica Vaughn is one hot piece of ace, if you know what I mean. So hot want to touch the heiny.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by calf

Emails that begin with "please see responses in red below".

I have no issues with the method of response, but why colourize the word red? I made it through kindergarten...I know what red looks like.

Even better is when one of these emails is pasted in a ticket for tracking IT work. Where everything is black and white. Awesome.

[Yasa]

Hmm. At work the other day, one of the ladies there as having the worst case of the Mondays. She had an epic meltdown, and threw me under the bus to my supervisor. She was probs jelly of my swag. I mean, at the end of the day, it is what it is. Just another day in paradise when you're livin' the dream, I suppose. Totes ironic though. But for all intensive purposes, she may be cray but she said something that got me in the feels. She said "Amazeballs hashtag twittersphere hipster" and I said "I know, right?" She handed me tree-fiddy and tipped my fedora. Dat ass tho.

Edit: yolo.

[Harry Lime]

Anyone who uses the term 'slippery slope' in any context for any reason. There has never been any instance of a slippery slope effect accidentally happening. If there is a following effect to a decision, it's because someone has planned it beforehand.

If one uses the term 'slippery slope' it's because they know that they have lost an argument, and they must now rely solely on fear tactics. Watch a politically themed channel on tv, and take a shot every time somebody says this. It's the only way to take the edge off of the overwhelming irritation. It effectively stops reasonable dialogue.

"You can't pass this bill on the licensing of pets! It's a slippery slope to licensing trees, rocks, people and eventually cannibalism! Is that what you're after? Eating licensed people?"

24 hour news. It's a slippery slope to misuse of triscuit crackers by the elderly.

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Dairy Queen has ground my gears for a while now. WTF happened to butterscotch? 'We dont have that, we have caramel'
You know what? Caramel is not the same thing. It is similar. But not the same. And it sucks on ice cream, it doesnt stay soft and delicious like butterscotch. It thickens up when it gets cold and its just...blech.
Bring back the butterscotch!

Add to this the fact that they can't even seem to freeze their ice cream properly anymore. Yes, I know it's soft serve, but c'mon, you shouldn't have to drink the first 1/3 of your Blizzard!

[GP_Matt]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

Anyone who uses the term 'slippery slope' in any context for any reason. There has never been any instance of a slippery slope effect accidentally happening. If there is a following effect to a decision, it's because someone has planned it beforehand.

If one uses the term 'slippery slope' it's because they know that they have lost an argument, and they must now rely solely on fear tactics. Watch a politically themed channel on tv, and take a shot every time somebody says this. It's the only way to take the edge off of the overwhelming irritation. It effectively stops reasonable dialogue.

"You can't pass this bill on the licensing of pets! It's a slippery slope to licensing trees, rocks, people and eventually cannibalism! Is that what you're after? Eating licensed people?"

24 hour news. It's a slippery slope to misuse of triscuit crackers by the elderly.

Just this weekend I was in a race and complained about a slippery slope. The trail was a hand cut line between two mountains with a lot of overgrown vegetation. It had rained the night before so the descent was muddy and I slipped and slid down a bit.

[rotten42]

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[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

Anyone who uses the term 'slippery slope' in any context for any reason. There has never been any instance of a slippery slope effect accidentally happening. If there is a following effect to a decision, it's because someone has planned it beforehand.

If one uses the term 'slippery slope' it's because they know that they have lost an argument, and they must now rely solely on fear tactics. Watch a politically themed channel on tv, and take a shot every time somebody says this. It's the only way to take the edge off of the overwhelming irritation. It effectively stops reasonable dialogue.

"You can't pass this bill on the licensing of pets! It's a slippery slope to licensing trees, rocks, people and eventually cannibalism! Is that what you're after? Eating licensed people?"

24 hour news. It's a slippery slope to misuse of triscuit crackers by the elderly.

Thin edge of the wedge really when you think about it.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by GP_Matt

Just this weekend I was in a race and complained about a slippery slope. The trail was a hand cut line between two mountains with a lot of overgrown vegetation. It had rained the night before so the descent was muddy and I slipped and slid down a bit.

It starts becoming a slippery slope when organizers allow an event to go ahead on mild slippery slopes. They'll just keep ratcheting up the amount of slippery-ness that's permitted. Eventually any amount of slip on any steepness of slope will be allowed.

[chemgear]

People who don't properly secure furniture on their vehicle.

About an hour ago I watched at least one entire wardrobe and separate bookcase fly off the back of a vehicle on NB Deerfoot. Good thing I was going SB but it's amazing how high things like that can fly . . . and then disintegrate into tiny little pieces for other vehicles to crash through or have their tires punctured.

[Harry Lime]

Expected only a picture of a 'slip and slide' on a hill, but I still refuse to admit that I am wrong.