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People and their technology annoy the shit out of me
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People and their technology annoy the shit out of me
I haven't started a worthless thread in a month... I'm due.
I'm at a high school baseketball game tonight. A woman in her 40's comes in and sits next to me and promptly pulls out her ipad. She spends the entire game ****ing around on facebook. I don't think she ever once looked up at the court. Now if she were working on some big important proposal for her law firm that had to be done and on the bosses desk first thing in the morning I could cut her some slack. But no... she was cruising ****ing facebook. Who the hell needs facebook this bad or needs to entertain themselves with their goddamn stupid technological gadgetry while out of the house? Who? ****ing idiots that's who! I imagine she was probably there to "support" someone on the court tonight. A player? A pommer? That's why I was there... my daughter is a pommer. The thing is whoever she was "supporting" got the same amount of support they'd have gotten if she'd just buried her stupid head in that pos device while on her couch at home. She paid $6 to be physically at an event and not pay a goddamn bit of attention to it. I'd be curious to know if she knows what sport was being played. I paid $6 to see my daughter and her squad do a 3 minute performance at half time of a girls basketball game... a performance I've seen a half dozen times... but I actually watched the game and most importantly my daughter... made eye contact with her and yelled her name when it was over. I'm sorry...... at one point in the 1st quarter I returned a text. I just want to be honest. WTF is wrong with people? /rant *you missed me |
I forgot to mention that me and ipad dummy were sitting courtside in the front row. I wished throughout that a player and/or ball would spill into her and break that Goddamn thing.
No refunds on your admission bitch. Hey look! A baseketball game is going on! |
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This is a good thread so don't be ashamed.
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ThaVirus is actually a very stunning young man.
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And you are correct. I'm easily the most attractive man he's never met. |
People get bored easily. Tech has helped with that. People that don't like sports will be bored easily. They also have to be there. If I had a kid and I had to be at a ballet or some shit I'd probably do the same. But I'd make sure to at least watch some of it.
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Your problem is you.
Worry about yourself, not about what that ipad bitch does. http://screencrave.com/wp-content/up...s-Day-Off-.jpg |
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I sat through a Catholic funeral today and didn't touch my phone once.
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Your thread has lost its burst. Let me help:
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When I go to baseball games, i pray a foul ball hits people like that.
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I flew down for the Ravens/Chiefs playoff game 2 years ago. I went all out and bought some club seats off Stub Hub. I am basically into the game for a couple of grand with flights, hotel, etc.
Anyways about 20 minutes late this guy walks in with his 10 year old daughter. She sat there and played on her gameboy, or whatever the hell they call them now, the whole time. They never spoke once. Then they left at the start of the 4th qtr. WTF is wrong with people? Oh yeah, and the guy bought a couple of beers and left em when they took off. I drank em. idiot ! |
I was at church the other week at my nephew texted about 20 times during it. I will say he hid it really good. I sat next to him so I couldn't help but notice it.
I thought it was sad he couldn't wait until afterwards. I tried not to let it bother me though, hes a good kid. |
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are you allowed to use your cellphone during church?
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Kept me from nudging him awake |
To actually contribute something to the thread, I'll go ahead and give my semi-rant on technology (which actually is more of a rant about stupidity and lack of consideration)..
Anywayyyyyy... So I'm at the local Health Department getting my routine STD check, right? Its located right in the core of the downtown area and its a public health facility so you can imagine the types of people they get strolling through there (I'm not saying- I'M JUST SAYING). Normally I'm only there for a couple hours, I don't have health insurance so a private doctor isn't really an option, and the peace of mind I get from my routine checks makes the bullshit worth it.. When I strolled in around 11 AM/noon-ish there were already a few people in the waiting area. There were a couple of ladies with a small child and a young dude that looked to be about 25. It wasn't too bad, except for the fact that the guy was playing music on his phone- sans headphones. Do you understand me? I SAID SANS HEADPHONES! We're all couped up in this little ass waiting area sweating bullets hoping the doctor lady doesn't tell us we have herpegonasyphilaids and this mother****er is playing 2 Chainz in the presence of a toddler. Seriously, when did that become acceptable? I mean, your phone should already be off if only for the fact that there's a big ass sign that says NO CELL PHONES right in front of your douchbag face; but you don't even have the decency of throwing in your headphones while your favorite rapper says "I love bad bitches, that's my ****ing problem"!?! It was pretty annoying, but he had it at a decently low volume (it wasn't really overbearing, just a minor drone in the background) so after an hour or so I just got used to it. BUT THEEEEEEENNNN, I hear the sound of the door opening (which was partitioned off behind the wall) accompanied by some extremely loud reggaeton bullshit (that's them there Spanish folk music for all you Mid-Westerners). A second later this young kid strolls into the waiting area with his phone in hand, which was the source of the annoying ass music that I guess he thought was like his theme song or some shit. So now we're all stuck in the room with Lil Wayne and Daddy Yankee, neither of whom are budging! I shit you not, they both continued to play their music for several minutes like nothing was happening. At that point it was a thundering cacophony the likes of which would cause Helen Keller to say "**** THIS SHIT; I'M OUT!". ... But I stuck it out 'cause I like to know I'm HIV-free, you feel me?? Luckily they called me in shortly thereafter and I was able to escape those people and their damn technology. |
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And your post gets me on another thing that pisses me off. When did parents become so goddamn lazy as parents that they can't take the time to teach their kids the value of having an attention span? Just let the device babysit them. No offense to your family... really. Many people are that way and it just pisses me right off. |
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Nothing that a switch and the woodshed can't fix.
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That's how it was with me. Didn't want to be there, had to go anyway. ****ing bullshit. I got "caught" one time listening to the game on my transistor radio in the bathroom. |
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I hate my ex-wife for a thousand reasons and with the fire of a thousand hells but I will always give her this... she's a great parent and she's never taken shortcuts or excepted excuses. She did the hard work and taught me how to do it. People compliment us on how well behaved our daughter is. Some of them seem to think that happened by accident too. |
I'm a part of the younger generation so technology usually doesn't bother me that much; but I also have to wonder: what's up with the kids with their headphones in while texting/browsing the web on their phones while out at dinner with the family? Its something that I used to see all the time when I worked at TGI Fridays.
My gripe is not even so much with the kids, but moreso the parents. I mean, lets keep it real- when you're 14 years old just about anything is more entertaining than your parents. I would expect a teenager to want to be anywhere but with them, but why would parents even allow that? We didn't go out to eat much when I was growing up, but when we did I always felt like it was a treat. Not only some good food, but a good time hanging out with your family, shooting the shit.. I don't know. That's something that bothers me too. |
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And you know what else chaps my ass? (I'm in the ****ing zone right now, Chief- CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP)
What's up with bitches and texting? What is it about words on a screen that girls love so damn much? I can't tell you how many girls I've known that want to be texting buddies. Why would you ever send me a text saying "Hey.."? So we can have a 6 hour text conversation that we could have wrapped up in 3 minutes had you decided to call me? AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FUH DAT! And then there's the whole anonymity/safety behind a keyboard thing that you could apply to texting, message boards, chat rooms, etc. A lot of people these days (usually younger) are infinitely better at and more comfortable with typing a conversation than having one face to face. To keep it short, I was once dating this girl and had something important to tell her so I called her and immediately started out with the "I have to talk to you.." line. This bitch literally said "I can't do this over the phone. Text me or e-mail it to me." then hung up.... |
It's not rocket science. Girls like attention. Most of them have shit for hobbies.
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Yeah, when we go out as a family, I have my oldest put away his phone.
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I like it too but it's just a game. |
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Problem with that? |
I think the worst place for technology is the classroom and it's put teachers in a bad spot.
I had a week off work a few months ago and my gf is a high school teacher. She was sick, so I volunteered to sub for her one day. Well, to say the least, these snot-nosed little bastards text all day on their iphone, play with their ipad and listen to music on their ipods in class. I thought it was just normal because they knew a sub would be in class that day. My gf told me those kids bring that shit in class all the time and there isn't much she can do about it because the parents defend the hell out of them. And people wonder why kids these days aren't educated. Makes me sick. |
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Man I don't think I could sit there and act like I was interested in watching pomming.
I know it's your daughter but man..... I salute you. |
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Most likely you are just Old School.
No worries, I am to. I just don't get the purpose of things like Facebook, texting your pals all day etc..I mean it has its place, and I do use it when needed. In fact my big gripe is meeting someone for a social beer, and them having them check their phone every second or text while your trying to have a conversation with them. Its not going to get any better for people like us. |
And yet here you are...on a message board...on a computer...connected to the internet.
...You better not be at a basketball game. |
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But don't you think that is different? Not a soul in my office and just catching up on the drama of CP. |
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But yeah, I agree. The iPad woman needs a lesson in how to be a good parent. |
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Make this rule for yourself so that you are courteous to all and create emotional discipline for yourself and don't come off as a jerk. When it comes to family and friends and their special events that you have been invited to as Johnny Fever said "put the F'N PHONE AWAY !!! IF it is something urgent and time sensitive let your host know. You look like a million dollars when you do this. But IF YOU DON'T, the moment you pull your phone out whether you mean it or not you just made a HUGE STATEMENT without saying anything verbally at all. (You and your event are boring and I need to be entertained 24/7 !!) Family and friends don't need to compete with your phone !!! Let's go back 25-35 yrs and think about when you were a kid and you got invited for a sleep over at your friend's house. You get there and immediately ask to use their phone. You never hang up and are talking to your other friends all night long totally ignoring your host friend !!! How RUDE IS THAT ???? This is the equivalent of what you are doing at family and friends special events !!! BE PRESENT AND ENGAGED !! This younger generation is also emotionally stunted because of all this technology which enables emotional immediate gratification expectations at all times thus the divide becomes larger between the youth and older generations. The youth (40 and younger) need to develop some phone manners and emotional discipline !!:rolleyes: There ! I feel better now.;) |
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Heh, I was traveling earlier this week and some Nancy Boy driving a minivan was weaving all over the road in front of me doing 35 in a 70 MPH zone. I thought he was liquored up but when I passed him he was on his cell phone. I gave him the one finger salute, what a douche.
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We've never been so connected and yet so isolated at the same time. People don't even know how to talk to each other anymore.
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people have boring ass lives anyway. If everyone got off their phones they would tell you their story of Jenessa in accounting or some other boring shit like that. **** em....rather look at cat videos.
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Post from a friend of mine on FB last night:
So im at my daughters basketball game tonight, and this rude, 40ish smelly guy sits right next to me all game and keeps looking at me. He reeked of beer. Disgusting! |
I pulled out my tim mcgraw and nelly album. It kept his shit at bay! YOLO
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Maybe she's married to "Royals Book Guy."
http://tinyurl.com/6o4zjla |
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And I say mind your own business.
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http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...Eketball_1.jpg I had no idea it had caught on that much. But, I hear you man...how someone could not be absolutely riveted by that game is baffling. |
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ROFL OMG |
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but like you said, it was a basketball game. bet ipad bitch wouldn't have brought out the ipad if it was football. or baseball. have you seen the shorts that the girls volleyball teams wear nowadays? whoa! :evil: |
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And E-HARMONY no less....RUN! |
I hate it when people talk loud on their telephone in public.
Like I give a shit about their life. |
Not a bad post, Mr. Noonanbeermebieberfever.
But, let's not act like this is only young people. I went into Panera a few weeks back. Table of 8 or so 60 year olds. All on their phone. I was like huhwtfyo. Maybe it was a tutorial on how to use their spiffy new cell phones. |
WTF I just tried to reload this page on my girlfriends macbook and there's no F5! What the hell, I guess that's my complaint about technology. No F keys on Macs. Wow. Just wow.
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If you need to press F5, you just press the F and the 5 keys at the same time. n00b. |
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I imagine you may not be a parent? You can get into pretty much anything your kid does. |
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