Things that frustrate us all

[SithHappens]

Vandalism. So unnecessary.

I always think of someone is caught rather than the slap on the wrists they get give them 1000 hours community service repairing or cleaning up vandalised objects.

More punishment in time rather than fines I think would be a bigger deterennt.

Same applies for those who litter, no 80 quid fine 500 hours litter picking in the cold and rain.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I've been getting followed my middle-aged guys on Instagram for awhile now. They don't bother me or anything but it's not like I have a pic of a hot chick in a bikini on there "as" me and I put "married" on my profile. Weird and frustrating.

I keep getting followed/liked on Twitter by obvious catfishers!

At least I don't fall for it. What a participation trophy.

Also at work today we had THE most boring meeting I have ever been in. It was a BORE HOLE. I was openly playing with my iPhone the whole time. And worse than the actual boredom, it was about shit that everybody at my store knows already! It fucking felt like kindergarten.

And even worse than that? The manager who was conducting the meeting was, basically, Gidget. She sounded so perky that she would make the Pope want to punch her in the throat. I'm surprised I didn't walk the fuck out. It would have been worth the pink slip.

 

[Kor]

I've been getting followed my middle-aged guys on Instagram for awhile now. They don't bother me or anything but it's not like I have a pic of a hot chick in a bikini on there "as" me and I put "married" on my profile. Weird and frustrating.

I prefer to keep my account private, so if someone wants to follow me, then I can approve or not approve. That way I can keep it to people I know personally, or the occasional friend of a friend whose character is vouched for by the actual friend.

Kor

 

[Commander Troi]

You assumed people on the internet cared about boundaries?

Silly me!

She sounded so perky that she would make the Pope want to punch her in the throat.

I prefer to keep my account private, so if someone wants to follow me, then I can approve or not approve. That way I can keep it to people I know personally, or the occasional friend of a friend whose character is vouched for by the actual friend.

I might need to do that.

 

[JD]

I keep getting followed/liked on Twitter by obvious catfishers!

At least I don't fall for it. What a participation trophy.

I made the mistake of responding to a possible catfisher on IG a few months ago. It seemed innocent enough when it started and she wanted to talk about dogs, but then out of nowhere she asked if I lived alone. As she sent that message, I deleted the converstion and blocked her, and now I don't respond to DMs from anyone I don't know, no matter how innocent the first message seems.
I watched the 2014 Dwayne Johnson Hercules movie, which was OK, but my frustration is I feel like the trailer was false advertising. The whole thing talks about him being the sun of Zeus and shows him fighting a bunch of monsters, and a guy with a glowing whip that looks like it's lighting, but all of the monster fights are in a couple montage at the beginning of the movie, and afterwards they say that's all bullshit made up to intimidate his enemies and he's a very strong regular guy who leads a team of mercenaries. And the lighting whip in the actual movie was a regular whip that wasn't even glowing. I don't if they added the glowing just for the trailer or changed something in post production, but it wasn't there in the final movie.
The thing that really annoyed me was the whole reason I watched it was because I was in the mood for a big monsters and magic fantasy movie, and that's not what it was.
There was also a battle with mounted soldiers and it had some pretty nasty looking horse falls. I almost turned it off at that point, but I enjoyed it just barely enough to want to finish it.

 

[fireproof78]

I watched the 2014 Dwayne Johnson Hercules movie, which was OK, but my frustration is I feel like the trailer was false advertising. The whole thing talks about him being the sun of Zeus and shows him fighting a bunch of monsters, and a guy with a glowing whip that looks like it's lighting, but all of the monster fights are in a couple montage at the beginning of the movie, and afterwards they say that's all bullshit made up to intimidate his enemies and he's a very strong regular guy who leads a team of mercenaries.

Welcome to why I don't put any stock in trailers. They are not made by the production company and so just work with whatever footage sent with limited context, or even final shots.

 

[Farscape One]

I have noticed something about movie trailers.

The ones that have the AWESOME ones, tend to not be very good movies. But the more mundane, simple ones... tend to be better movies.

 

[scotpens]

I watched the 2014 Dwayne Johnson Hercules movie, which was OK, but my frustration is I feel like the trailer was false advertising. The whole thing talks about him being the son of Zeus and shows him fighting a bunch of monsters, and a guy with a glowing whip that looks like it's lighting, but all of the monster fights are in a couple montage at the beginning of the movie, and afterwards they say that's all bullshit made up to intimidate his enemies and he's a very strong regular guy who leads a team of mercenaries.

Well, that sucks. The old Italian peplums may have played pretty fast and loose with Greek mythology, but at least Hercules was still a demigod!

There was also a battle with mounted soldiers and it had some pretty nasty looking horse falls. I almost turned it off at that point, but I enjoyed it just barely enough to want to finish it.

For several decades now, stunt horses used in movies have been specially trained to fall on cue without injuring themselves. Of course nowadays that sort of thing could be done with CGI.

 

[Farscape One]

Morons who do not know how to follow the DAMNED ARROWS IN A PARKING LOT!!!!!

I was just walking to my wife's car at Publix, and this fucking moron went the wrong direction and almost ran me over!!!!

 

[JD]

For several decades now, stunt horses used in movies have been specially trained to fall on cue without injuring themselves. Of course nowadays that sort of thing could be done with CGI.

Oh yeah I know, but the way some of the horses went down looked kinda bad. Usually they seem do the falls they seem to standing still and just kind of flop over, but these were still galloping at full speed and few seemed to land kind of hard on their backs and necks.
It starts at around the 4:00 mark in the clip.

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[scotpens]

^^ Meh. Half of the shots look fake.

 

[JD]

Some were, but a lot looked real.

 

[JD]

People really need to fucking pay attention when they're driving. A few days ago, I had stopped at an intersection on my bike and there were two cars stopped, and when the first car took off the second one didn't, and even after about 10 or 15 second it still didn't go so I assumed they were waiting to let me cross. The stayed there until I was probably about 5 or 6 feet and then they took off, and absolutely scared the shit out of me and made me slam on my brakes. While he passed me, the guy driving looked over and seemed really shocked that I was there. All I can think is that he must have been looking at his phone and then just took off without looking.

 

[Commander Troi]

Ah, Valley drivers...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Ah, Valley drivers...

Fer shure. Totally.

 

[Non Sync]

Don't go in front of a vehicle unless you look into their eyes.

 

[Magic Maik]

Going for a walk and coming back with hay fever.

 

[bdub76]

People really need to fucking pay attention when they're driving. A few days ago, I had stopped at an intersection on my bike and there were two cars stopped, and when the first car took off the second one didn't, and even after about 10 or 15 second it still didn't go so I assumed they were waiting to let me cross. The stayed there until I was probably about 5 or 6 feet and then they took off, and absolutely scared the shit out of me and made me slam on my brakes. While he passed me, the guy driving looked over and seemed really shocked that I was there. All I can think is that he must have been looking at his phone and then just took off without looking.

Get a mountain bike. You can’t pay me to share the road with vehicles.

 

[Aragorn]

The clinic I got the prescription for my contact lenses says I don't have to buy lenses from them. However, a couple of the numbers don't show up as an option if I try to place an order anywhere else. The numbers end in .25 or .75 but on the other sites they only end in .00 or .50. Is this the ophthalmology clinic being scammy so that I have to buy from them?

 

[fireproof78]

Road construction.