You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[81MC]

Originally Posted by jayswin

81MC has had like 500 neighbourhood gear grinders. I can live with a lot of things and try not to get too upset, it helps feel better when living in a city. (not that you can't still have the odd thing here or there, but you gotta understand that you can't just be mad at everything all the time when living amongst 1.5 million people).

If people weren’t so damn annoying I wouldn’t have to bitch about them so much.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by Wormius

It sounds like some people really accept becoming dull in their old age. What happened to the epic midlife crisis?

Agreed. Some of you guys sound ####ing lame... Maybe your friends don't bother to even invite you to parties?

I had a big birthday this year, had two parties near the date and - as luck would have it - have "birthday things" basically for the whole year. A bunch of friends are also having the same big birthday this year and every single one has done something significant to celebrate...

It's an excuse - nay, reason - to do something fun, maybe out of the ordinary, with friends and people you love... What's not to love?

[jammies]

Oooh, it's Mr. Extrovert and his "fun"! Sit down, yappy, if we wanted to enjoy ourselves, we'd have a nice nap.

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

People over 25 getting balloons for their birthday has to be one of the cringiest things out there.

People who cringe at others who enjoy celebrating with balloons and cakes and cards and songs has to be one of the cringiest things out there.

What's next, getting mad at cheering for a goal at a hockey game? Mind your business.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

A lot of you people seem to really hate life. And I’m with you. Mass ritual suicide anyone? But no party celebrating it! That’d be ####ing lame. So lame I’d die

That'll help this whole global warming thing. Time to start some panels?

[Nyah]

Originally Posted by you&me

Agreed. Some of you guys sound ####ing lame... Maybe your friends don't bother to even invite you to parties?

And thank god for that.

[Superflyer]

Originally Posted by butterfly

People who cringe at others who enjoy celebrating with balloons and cakes and cards and songs has to be one of the cringiest things out there.

What's next, getting mad at cheering for a goal at a hockey game? Mind your business.

Have you seen the way people bitch about others doing the wave at games?

It's like they expect everyone at the game to sit there like this the entire game

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by butterfly

People who cringe at others who enjoy celebrating with balloons and cakes and cards and songs has to be one of the cringiest things out there.

What's next, getting mad at cheering for a goal at a hockey game? Mind your business.

I'll tell you why I hate balloons. Because in my pasture yesterday morning I found some bozo's 30th birthday balloons. Just what the world needs more litter. Celebrate you're birthday all you like I don't care, but balloons? at 30?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

I'll tell you why I hate balloons. Because in my pasture yesterday morning I found some bozo's 30th birthday balloons. Just what the world needs more litter. Celebrate you're birthday all you like I don't care, but balloons? at 30?

30 is way too young to be put out to pasture.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by Locke

My boss didnt even let me take my birthday off this year. And he's me.

I’m telling your boss how much time you waste here.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

Okay but that sounds incredible sad.

I don’t know, the dim sum with her husband sounds like a really nice way of celebrating a birthday and each other.

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

I'll tell you why I hate balloons. Because in my pasture yesterday morning I found some bozo's 30th birthday balloons. Just what the world needs more litter. Celebrate you're birthday all you like I don't care, but balloons? at 30?

If you found some bozo's food wrapper or water bottle out there, would you hate food and water? The gear grinder is that someone threw trash on your property, not its original intended purpose.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by butterfly

If you found some bozo's food wrapper or water bottle out there, would you hate food and water? The gear grinder is that someone threw trash on your property, not its original intended purpose.

They didn't throw trash, it blew in from some lame ass party. For the record there are food wrappers water bottles and beer can galore. Sometimes some ####### dumps full garbage bags.

I think that it should be legal to shoot someone if you catch them littering.

All the same, what kind of sorry way to celebrate getting older is by creating waste and garbage. Like this isn't enough single use plastic in the world.

[timun]

Originally Posted by Superflyer

Have you seen the way people bitch about others doing the wave at games?

It's like they expect everyone at the game to sit there like this the entire game

Not gonna lie: that's what I look like at Flames games.

You should have seen me at game 7 of the Stars series last year. I spent the whole game like that, and quite literally checked my pulse at the intermission between the third period and OT. When Gaudreau scored the buddy I went to the game with said it was by far the most excited he'd ever seen me in the 12 years we'd known each other.

[Traditional_Ale]

I think its weird that buddy got called a loser for asking for his birthday off, but I'd be willing to bet that if buddy had said "its the day my Dad died," or some other tragic milestone (regardless of how long ago it might have been) then there wouldn't be any ridicule at all.

Why is that? Could it be because as a society we're much more understanding of people's suffering than people who are genuinely happy? Because, you know, eff happy people.

If he's entitled to X amount of days off per year and uses one for his birthday, how exactly does that make him a loser?

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Not only that but I’ve had a couple different employers that gave people their birthday off. Basically one extra vacation day. Doesn’t seem like such a pathetic question. But says a lot about anyone who is upset by it.

[timun]

^I try to take the day off work on my birthday, because I realized early in my career that I worked an unhealthy amount and needed an excuse to take a day off. It was my mother calling me and wishing me a happy birthday on my... 23rd or 24th?... that precipitated me doing so: I didn't even remember it was my birthday.

So, year after year I've had my birthday booked off, and I'll often end up working it anyway, but it's a good reminder to take some time off.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by timun

Not gonna lie: that's what I look like at Flames games.

You should have seen me at game 7 of the Stars series last year. I spent the whole game like that, and quite literally checked my pulse at the intermission between the third period and OT. When Gaudreau scored the buddy I went to the game with said it was by far the most excited he'd ever seen me in the 12 years we'd known each other.

People leaning forward at games are the awful for the people behind them, especially in the upper levels at the Dome where the person leaning forward blocks your view of the ice.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

I think its weird that buddy got called a loser for asking for his birthday off, but I'd be willing to bet that if buddy had said "its the day my Dad died," or some other tragic milestone (regardless of how long ago it might have been) then there wouldn't be any ridicule at all.

Why is that? Could it be because as a society we're much more understanding of people's suffering than people who are genuinely happy? Because, you know, eff happy people.

If he's entitled to X amount of days off per year and uses one for his birthday, how exactly does that make him a loser?

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Not only that but I’ve had a couple different employers that gave people their birthday off. Basically one extra vacation day. Doesn’t seem like such a pathetic question. But says a lot about anyone who is upset by it.

Yeah I worked at a place like this. I thought it was a rookie prank, but it was real. It was so awesome.

[Sainters7]

On a flight, this toddler 2 rows ahead has been nonstop screaming most of the flight. I heard them say it's the baby's 3rd round trip flight this year...why? He clearly can't handle that, why put everybody through that pain?

Heard it's for a wedding too, don't bring your toddler on a frickin long distance destination wedding ya nerds, especially if you know he's brutal with flying. The parents look like such confrontational yokels too.