Thread Of RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!

[Gail Simone]

Okay, since I'm confining my crankypantism, I thought it would be good to use this thread to express our uncontrollable rage at completely trivial matters.

GAIL SMASH STUPID CARROT TOP!

Gail

[Weetomuncher]

Scotland have won a record number of Gold medals at the Commonwealth Games so...

FREEDOM!

[Lubichev]

People who break into another person's house to steal things should turn purple in hue and then have their heads fall off at an inopportune moment.

[Sharpandpointies]

Ottawa, I once read, is the North American capital for running stop signs and red lights.

Living here, I will agree.

...asses...

[Dark Galaxy]

**my inner geek girl will now appear**

No Battlestar Galactica until OCTOBER!!!!


grumble grumble growl snarl grumble growl

[Weetomuncher]

I was watching Watchdog (BBC's consumer rights programme) the other night and it was showing an article about builders that were charging elderly and infirm people massive amounts of money to do minor repair work (which they didn't do properly) and they were demanding immediate cash payment (going as far as taking the people to cash machines to pay them. The people involved were recently jailed (for 3 years) but I think people like that deserve no mercy and should be put against a wall and shot!

Just like Ray Tate and Michael Jackson!

GRRRR!

[Super Sonic]

I'm so desperately alone...........yet I still sit here at my computer, doing nothing about it!

DAMN ME!

[Sharpandpointies]

**my inner geek girl will now appear**

No Battlestar Galactica until OCTOBER!!!!


grumble grumble growl snarl grumble growl

...winner.


Other than...No Babylon 5 again, EVER! Except for a movie starring Galen!
*boiling fury*

[TCJohnson]

Scotland exists! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r! I dislike them so!

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Moral Orel sucks hard! THIS is what passes for hard-hitting satire in this nowadays?!

[Lester C.]

I still have not gotten over the fact that evil Bastards cancelled Highlander the TV Series and Star Trek The Next Generation in order to make movies that sucked.

[titanfan]

I love the NCAA tournament, but does CBS really have to pre-empt Survivor for 3 whole weeks?!?!?! Normally they move it to Wednesdays. Jerks!

[Karl J. Barnes]

Moral Orel sucks hard! THIS is what passes for hard-hitting satire in this nowadays?!

Totally agree! Like the concept though...

We have something like this here in Kansas City. There's a radio station that on every Friday, you call up and give someone or something a BIG F**K YOU! It's called F**K YOU FRIDAYS.

[TCJohnson]

Why hasn't Kate, Claire and Sun have a threesome yet? That really ticks me off to no end!

[Tommy]

Why are people such total assholes?

[Ogdred]

I thought Ray invented Fuck You Friday (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=01072005).

[Shiloh]

...winner.


Other than...No Babylon 5 again, EVER! Except for a movie starring Galen!
*boiling fury*
Sure, go ahead. Tear open that old wound why don't ya!

[Corrina]

Damn, do I have a RANT.

My eldest minion (12) has a small role in her middle school play but she's been having problems lately with the teacher doing drama--mainly the teacher is a bit of a yeller. So I've been telling her to stick with it, that she needs to finish what she started.

Yesterday, the teacher yelled at my kid & a couple of her friends for talking. Erin came home in serious tears. My first thought was my kid over-reacted and she shouldn't have been talking anyway. But after talking to a couple of parents, it sounds like my kid & her friends were singled out, because another group of kids were tossing lipstick around and they were left alone.

The other part of it is that this teacher the kids there for three hours after school, most have smaller parts, but she's not given them any set design or anything else related to the play to keep them occupied. And she expects them to watch everyone else rehearse, in total silence. Four three hours.

I also found out this teacher laughed my kid when she ran out of the room crying.

Here I am, trying to tell my kid to stick it out, that it's probably due to her oversensitivity but what I've got instead is an insensitive teacher who not only laugh behind her back but encouraged the other students to make fun of her.

And my kid is not the only one she's made cry, too. There's at least two others.

And kids who are bored have volunteered to put music together for the play and whatnot and the teacher had assigned that to her son, who's in the high school, not the middle school.

I gave the school guidance counselor a piece of my mind and took Erin out of the play myself. She doesn't need to be around a teacher who behaves in this way, in my opinion.

I'm pretty frosted about it, as you can tell. I thought it was my kid's issues--but turns out it was the teacher's issues.

It does make me appreciate the really good teachers more and there are a bunch at this middle school but, damn, I hate it when there's a bad one, especially for an after school activity that should be very rewarding.

And so ends the rant of the day. :)

[Night Swordsman]

...winner.


Other than...No Babylon 5 again, EVER! Except for a movie starring Galen!
*boiling fury*

Um..the movie fell thru. =)

<ducks>

And trust me,as a fan from season ONE(unlike alot of others),i am more upset at this fact than you.

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. I swear if i ever become a multi-millionaire i am giving JMS a CARLOAD of money to make another B5 storyline.

[Sharpandpointies]

Um..the movie fell thru. =)

<ducks>

And trust me,as a fan from season ONE(unlike alot of others),i am more upset at this fact than you.


1. I am not at all upset the movie fell through. It sounded like a freaking nightmare. I detested Crusade (aka The World Revolves Around Galen Show) and feel that JMS has a serious Galen fixation.

2. I guess you ARE more upset than myself...which has nothing to do with you being a bigger fan, or anything. :) Obviously you simply like Galen better than I do (wouldn't be hard...).

Sure, go ahead. Tear open that old wound why don't ya!

It's painful, but we must struggle onward.

[Night Swordsman]

Damn, do I have a RANT.

My eldest minion (12) has a small role in her middle school play but she's been having problems lately with the teacher doing drama--mainly the teacher is a bit of a yeller. So I've been telling her to stick with it, that she needs to finish what she started.

Yesterday, the teacher yelled at my kid & a couple of her friends for talking. Erin came home in serious tears. My first thought was my kid over-reacted and she shouldn't have been talking anyway. But after talking to a couple of parents, it sounds like my kid & her friends were singled out, because another group of kids were tossing lipstick around and they were left alone.

The other part of it is that this teacher the kids there for three hours after school, most have smaller parts, but she's not given them any set design or anything else related to the play to keep them occupied. And she expects them to watch everyone else rehearse, in total silence. Four three hours.

I also found out this teacher laughed my kid when she ran out of the room crying.

Here I am, trying to tell my kid to stick it out, that it's probably due to her oversensitivity but what I've got instead is an insensitive teacher who not only laugh behind her back but encouraged the other students to make fun of her.

And my kid is not the only one she's made cry, too. There's at least two others.

And kids who are bored have volunteered to put music together for the play and whatnot and the teacher had assigned that to her son, who's in the high school, not the middle school.

I gave the school guidance counselor a piece of my mind and took Erin out of the play myself. She doesn't need to be around a teacher who behaves in this way, in my opinion.

I'm pretty frosted about it, as you can tell. I thought it was my kid's issues--but turns out it was the teacher's issues.

It does make me appreciate the really good teachers more and there are a bunch at this middle school but, damn, I hate it when there's a bad one, especially for an after school activity that should be very rewarding.

And so ends the rant of the day. :)

I fully agree. Most of my high school experiences here in southern oregon are FILLED with bits like this. Fortuntately i was smart enough to stay OFF the student council(failing just a few tests to lower my gpa just enough to stay off) then challenging my classes during my senior year. Basically,they couldn't send me home for a year,they couldn't let me off campus,so i was a prisoner for one year,which they placated me by giving me a key to total access to the computer center and a private room with computers.

So yes,i speant my senior year either reading or playing video games all year.

Sooooome education system.

[Lester C.]

I hate romance novels. Don’t get me wrong some of my all time favorite writers began as romance writers. You’d be surprised at the list of legendary talents that come out of that medium. People like Lawrence Block and Janet Evonich wrote trashy romance novels before becoming famous so I’m not knocking the writers or the people that read romance books. It’s just the structure and plot of romance novels makes me sick to my stomach and I get nauseous each time I see those books in the grocery store.

[Sharpandpointies]

And so ends the rant of the day. :)

Corrina...you win a legitimate rage award for this one.

What. An. Ass.

[Krys Nyteshade]

I was hoping for a Rage Against the Machine Thread. Oh well.



PEOPLE WHO SKIP BAND PRACTICE TO HANG WITH THEIR FLAVOR OF THE WEEK GIRLFRIEND SUCK! :evilangry

[Typo Lad]

I'm basically hating Europe right now.

It's not racism if it's work-related!

[Cam63]

I'm so desperately alone...........yet I still sit here at my computer, doing nothing about it!

DAMN ME!

Get out there boy and happy hunting. :)

...Just don't literally go hunting people. It upsets the relatives.

[Karl J. Barnes]

...Just don't literally go hunting people. It upsets the relatives.

I don't know about that Cam...Rich Widows make good eatin'!

[Cam63]

Damn, do I have a RANT.

My eldest minion (12) has a small role in her middle school play but she's been having problems lately with the teacher doing drama--mainly the teacher is a bit of a yeller. So I've been telling her to stick with it, that she needs to finish what she started.

Yesterday, the teacher yelled at my kid & a couple of her friends for talking. Erin came home in serious tears. My first thought was my kid over-reacted and she shouldn't have been talking anyway. But after talking to a couple of parents, it sounds like my kid & her friends were singled out, because another group of kids were tossing lipstick around and they were left alone.

The other part of it is that this teacher the kids there for three hours after school, most have smaller parts, but she's not given them any set design or anything else related to the play to keep them occupied. And she expects them to watch everyone else rehearse, in total silence. Four three hours.

I also found out this teacher laughed my kid when she ran out of the room crying.

Here I am, trying to tell my kid to stick it out, that it's probably due to her oversensitivity but what I've got instead is an insensitive teacher who not only laugh behind her back but encouraged the other students to make fun of her.

Bloody hell, what a bitch.

Good luck with your daughter moving onto something she can find enjoyment in, Corrina.

As for the " teacher ", she should be brought into line with a steel cap boot up her arse by her superiors... Or an ex-student recieves an Oscar and singles her out in his/her acceptance speech as the only real hurdle they had to deal with on becoming a successful actor and finishes with, " Thanks for nothing, you brokedown, no talent cow ! "

[Cam63]

I thought Ray invented Fuck You Friday (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=01072005).

I l-i-i-i-i-ike it !

[mistervader]

I put up with your quirks for ten months. I give you everything but the kitchen sink...

... AND YOU LEAVE ME BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS ARE RACIST?!?

[Super Sonic]

Get out there boy and happy hunting. :)

...Just don't literally go hunting people. It upsets the relatives.


*drags in a bloody carcass*

Wait, what?

[Cam63]

Dammit, boy !

Listen !

[Karl J. Barnes]

Dammit, boy !

Listen !

He can't hear you...he's got a "unit" in his ear...

[Cam63]

Is that a flat or the other thing ?

[Karl J. Barnes]

Is that a flat or the other thing ?

I would think that it is the "other thing"...though maybe he has really BIG ears....

[Cam63]

He'd still have to be pretty stretchy.

[Karl J. Barnes]

He'd still have to be pretty stretchy.

Maybe he is Plastic Man's illegitimate son???

[Cam63]

It's a possibilty.

I have Osama hiding in the bottom of my yard.

[stealthwise]

I HATE when people walk too freaking slow in the hallway.

OUTTA MY WAY!

[Cam63]

Use them elbows !

[Karl J. Barnes]

I HATE when people walk too freaking slow in the hallway.

OUTTA MY WAY!

We really must get sidewalks regulated with fast lanes and slow lanes.

[Cam63]

I hate arseholes.

[Karl J. Barnes]

I hate arseholes.

Well that's a given, unless they are fictional and then they are the bee's knees..

[WhiteRose]

I have NON-RAGE Rage!

I am enraged I have nothing to RAGE ABOUT!

ANTI-RAGE! RAR!

[Cam63]

*Pokes WhiteRose in eye*

There. That better ?

[Vesper]

If you're eating at a casual semi-fast food restaurant where you're expected to put away your own trays after you eat, fucking do it. Leaving dirty trays on a table is not "sticking it to the man," but to the working poor at said understaffed restaurant. We barely have time to wipe the tables during lunch as it is. If you want to stage a rebellion against corporate insensitivity, I'm all for it, but please please address corporate directly. They are indeed, insensitive enough that your complaint won't even register otherwise.

And yes, I realize that it's ridiculous to make you, the customer, decide from 4 different sides on the spot, but please--for the love of God--don't take 5+ minutes to do it. This is lunch, not Sophie's Choice.

[WhiteRose]

*Pokes WhiteRose in eye*

There. That better ?

No.

Now I'm going to have to kill you.

And I really can't get out of work at the moment to do so.

So you are spared.

FOR NOW.

[Azrael52]

I have no love at all for all you bastards that took one look at my namebadge (Raymond) and said any of the following: "Hey, it's Everybody Loves Raymond!" "Hey, ever watch Everybody Loves Raymond!" "Ha! I love that show Everybody Loves Raymond!" Well, I love that show "A Real Life Guy Named Raymond Just Stabbed You In Your Fuckin' Eye!"

[Lester C.]

No.

Now I'm going to have to kill you.

And I really can't get out of work at the moment to do so.

So you are spared.

FOR NOW.

Yes! With any luck the Australians are going to kill each other.

[Night Swordsman]

*Pokes WhiteRose in eye*

There. That better ?

Damn it Cam! I wanted to Poke WhiteRose!

:o Um..that came out the wrong way...

[Night Swordsman]

No.

Now I'm going to have to kill you.

And I really can't get out of work at the moment to do so.

So you are spared.

FOR NOW.

Whew! Now i am glad it was Cam and not me! :D

Also,isnt she in the same country as Cam? That REALLY could be dangerous...

[Lester C.]

Moral of the story is that you don't want to (censored) with WhiteRose or you going to get whacked.

[WhiteRose]

Damn it Cam! I wanted to Poke WhiteRose!

:o Um..that came out the wrong way...

Indeed it did.

I'm not sure I want random strange boys poking me in all manner of places.

In fact, upon reflection, I don't.

Expect a trigger-happy gunman at your front door within the week. :D

[Lester C.]

I've become shockingly used to idiots and rude customers, because I realise that, especially with the regulars, it is the only time they are emerging from their dark corners and suffering in real light. Human interaction is a foreign concept unless it involves a level 50 Blood Elf belonging to a nameless, faceless entity on the other side of the world and a pizza place that delivers.

It also helps to chant 'think of the money. You work in videogames all day long, and that is awesome. Think of the money' under your breath.

WhiteRose: Not going postal on anyone's ass since mid-2005!

There goes nine months of her suppressing her legendary rage down the toilet. I fear for all of you bastards that have scorned her. I am predicting closed casket funerals for all of you.

[stealthwise]

People in the Mall WALK TOO F'N SLOW!

OUTTA MY WAY!

[The Xenos]

W R R R R Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ! ! ! ! ! !

[ChthonicSpirit]

This has enraged me for a while . . . .

WHY DOES SMOKING HAVE TO BE BAD FOR YOU???????

[Xerxes]

Why hasn't Kate, Claire and Sun have a threesome yet? That really ticks me off to no end!

Well, that would make me watch Lost again. :)

I saw all the seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for a low price but i had no money. I hate the world sometimes. *grumbles*

[Shiloh]

This has enraged me for a while . . . .

WHY DOES SMOKING HAVE TO BE BAD FOR YOU???????
For the same reason that everything that tastes good is fattening.

[hellokittykat]

I'm not sharing my rage; it's what hold me together at times.

Get your own damn rage! :evilsmile

[David Bedlam]

People in the Mall WALK TOO F'N SLOW!

OUTTA MY WAY!

I feel the exact same way! MOVE YOUR SUPERSIZED ARSES!

Also, as a Gundam fan, that fact Zeta Gundam, ZZ Gundam and Victory Gundam will never get UK releases burns like the heat of a thousand solar rays!

[Hybrid2]

RRRAAAAAAAAGH!

they say screaming help with rage.

if i did i would probably hurt my troat.

So many thing anoying me,making me angry.

So little is needed to make me laugh and forget everything for a minute.

[Weetomuncher]

£2.60

TWO POUNDS SIXTY! :mad:

Why, in the name of God, why did this have to happen!

It was only £2.50 for Loaded magazine last month but NO, the corporate greed machine is in full swing, isn't it? ISN'T IT?

grrrr.

gggrrrrrrrr. :mad:

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

[shrike]

Okay, since I'm confining my crankypantism, I thought it would be good to use this thread to express our uncontrollable rage at completely trivial matters.

GAIL SMASH STUPID CARROT TOP!

Gail

I get REALLY pissed when I get a memo saying some paperwork wasn't done that I KNOW I did and... lo and behold... I was RIGHT all along when they find it somewhere. I f'n HATE getting blamed for things I have done and am told otherwise... things that make me seem incompetent at its actually someone else fault bother me.

GRRR, I says!

[Gilda Dent]

So, I'm at the teachers' meeting today, and one of the kindergarten teachers announces she's gotten a reservation for the staff at restaurant X on the last work day of school for a staff luncheon. The principal says staff wishing to attend will be dismissed early for that purpose, but anyone who chooses not to attend will be expected to be at the school working the regulation work hours.

I'm thinking, cool, I just stay at the school and work.

She adds, "If that's not incentive enough for *everyone* to attend, I don't know what more we can offer." I really dislike this woman.

What the hell does socializing with the other teachers have to do with how well I teach my students? I sit with my kids in the cafeteria instead of the teachers because I want to teach them good table manners while I've got them young. I sit by myself at the school functions because I don't know any of those people and feel uncomfortable sitting with strangers, and because I know that I make *them* uncomfortable.

I'm doing us all a favor by keeping to myself. I don't go to the after school functions because of all the snide comments made when I took my wife to a family skate night, and skated with her holding hands. Read that, a *family* skate night. To which I brought my *family*. We didn't make out, we didn't feel each other up, we just held hands while skating. So it should come as little surprise that I don't come to any of the other family night events, given that my wife is made to feel unwelcome there. Or do you people not consider your spouses to be part of your family?

So you want me to socialize with the other teachers? I've heard them making references to ex-husbands, dates, boyfriends, children, and family life at teachers' meetings and training sessions. How am I supposed to contribute to such a conversation without making some sort of reference to the fact that I'm homosexual and that my family consists of my wife?

Oh, and here's the kicker: Not everyone likes socializing. Maybe the reason I don't talk to people around here much isn't that I think I'm better than they are, maybe it's because I'm shy. Maybe I don't make small talk because I don't know how, and I'm afraid that everything I say will be taken the wrong way, or I'll say something stupid or embarrassing or offensive or I'll slip up and reveal too much about myself. Maybe if I don't want to socialize with them, it isn't about how I feel about them, but about how I feel about myself.

Oh, and while I'm ranting about stupid stuff at school:

My former aide, the one I had transferred for being rude and disrespectful to me, said this to another aide in the hallway today: They ain't nothing good in the cafeteria. Anyone who makes three obvious grammatical mistakes, all of which I'd correct a first-grader for making, all of which my first-graders could correct, shouldn't be an instructional aide.

And for pity's sake, today and tomorrow are adverbs, not nouns. Students have a birthday today or tomorrow, not "on today" or "on tomorrow".

Gilda

[Cam63]

No.

Now I'm going to have to kill you.

And I really can't get out of work at the moment to do so.

So you are spared.

FOR NOW.

Hmm...

Still alive. You're not killing me Yogo style ?

[Cam63]

So, I'm at the teachers' meeting today, and one of the kindergarten teachers announces she's gotten a reservation for the staff at restaurant X on the last work day of school for a staff luncheon. The principal says staff wishing to attend will be dismissed early for that purpose, but anyone who chooses not to attend will be expected to be at the school working the regulation work hours.

I'm thinking, cool, I just stay at the school and work.

She adds, "If that's not incentive enough for *everyone* to attend, I don't know what more we can offer." I really dislike this woman.

What the hell does socializing with the other teachers have to do with how well I teach my students? I sit with my kids in the cafeteria instead of the teachers because I want to teach them good table manners while I've got them young. I sit by myself at the school functions because I don't know any of those people and feel uncomfortable sitting with strangers, and because I know that I make *them* uncomfortable.

I'm doing us all a favor by keeping to myself. I don't go to the after school functions because of all the snide comments made when I took my wife to a family skate night, and skated with her holding hands. Read that, a *family* skate night. To which I brought my *family*. We didn't make out, we didn't feel each other up, we just held hands while skating. So it should come as little surprise that I don't come to any of the other family night events, given that my wife is made to feel unwelcome there. Or do you people not consider your spouses to be part of your family?

So you want me to socialize with the other teachers? I've heard them making references to ex-husbands, dates, boyfriends, children, and family life at teachers' meetings and training sessions. How am I supposed to contribute to such a conversation without making some sort of reference to the fact that I'm homosexual and that my family consists of my wife?

Oh, and here's the kicker: Not everyone likes socializing. Maybe the reason I don't talk to people around here much isn't that I think I'm better than they are, maybe it's because I'm shy. Maybe I don't make small talk because I don't know how, and I'm afraid that everything I say will be taken the wrong way, or I'll say something stupid or embarrassing or offensive or I'll slip up and reveal too much about myself. Maybe if I don't want to socialize with them, it isn't about how I feel about them, but about how I feel about myself.

Oh, and while I'm ranting about stupid stuff at school:

My former aide, the one I had transferred for being rude and disrespectful to me, said this to another aide in the hallway today: They ain't nothing good in the cafeteria. Anyone who makes three obvious grammatical mistakes, all of which I'd correct a first-grader for making, all of which my first-graders could correct, shouldn't be an instructional aide.

And for pity's sake, today and tomorrow are adverbs, not nouns. Students have a birthday today or tomorrow, not "on today" or "on tomorrow".

Gilda

Gilda, you really rock.

[Sharpandpointies]

Gilda -

I get similar crap all the time at my work. I get people telling me I should come out. I get people telling me to bring my wife. I get them always, ALWAYS coming around and bugging me to do social stuff with them, when they know I won't.

And it's the same thing. "Oh, it won't kill you." "I don't understand why you don't." "Oh, please...we know you have time." "That's pretty anti-social."

Do these people know what anti-social means, in an official capacity? Psychopathic. Thank you.

And hey, these are the same people who had 'Anti-social' written on my performance evaluation - an official document - because I wouldn't go out to a bar after work. Oh, and I wouldn't go to strip clubs with them when we were on trips out into the field.

Written. On. My. Performance. Evaluation.

And heaven help me that I'd have to go alone, leave my wife at home because she's deaf, and doesn't understand a word anyone says. "Oh, just bring her along - she reads lips, doesn't she?" Maybe they didn't understand ME the first sixty times I explained that you get about 25%, if that, of the english language through lipreading (which is only enough for social interaction if you really know the person).

"But Sue Thomas-" I'm sorry, that's a TV show.

"But you're taking sign language, aren't you?" Yes, as in 'Taking'. Yes, as in 'I can't keep up with ONE full-speed conversation, not to mention four, in sign'. But I guess it's okay if my wife only gets 20% of what's happening, right?"

"Oh, just bring her along. She'll have fun." Fine. I'll drag you along to one of the deaf-support meetings. You can sit there for a while and not understand a single thing anyone else 'says'. What a blast.

"Well, why don't you just come? She'll be all right." Yeah, I'll just head off to a party full of people I don't like, and leave my wife at home. Alone. Or I could go home, spend time with her. Three guesses which I'll pick, and the first two don't count.

But you know...some of the above is forgivable. Barely. Or it would be, except....

....maybe, just maybe, these are the same people that pretty much drove my wife from her place of work (yeah, we worked together - past tense, because she quit this place) because they treated her like shit because she was going deaf. The people who whispered behind her back that she was dumb (as in 'stupid') because they always had to repeat themselves. The people who whispered behind her back that she wasn't really going deaf, she was just looking for attention. The manager who, after everyone treated her like crap and she ended up in his office, struggling to explain why she needed something to be done, looked her in the eye and said 'Frankly, I don't see what your problem is.'

Her problem was you, sir. And others just like you, such as the ones above, and the ones who called a meeting to discuss my wife's problem, came up with 'solutions', and presented them to you, Mr. Manager, as stuff that will make her life perfect. All without asking her to come to the meeting, without getting her input, without understanding anything of her problem (gee, if getting a device to increase the volume on the phone would actually WORK for her problem, you'd think she and I might have done it before...). In other words, going through the motions without actually coming up with viable solutions at all, and slapping her in the face at the same time.

Genius in action, ladies and gentlemen.

Maybe she doesn't want to go out with them. Maybe I don't either.

Maybe I'm also what's called an introvert. Maybe I like being that way. Maybe they should just stop trying to cure me (I have had managers tell me that I should just 'get over it', as if it were a disease or something...rather than a personal choice, based on my likes and dislikes).

Gilda, I may not be in your shoes, but I can empathize. A lot. I'm sorry for your situation.

Jeez, I guess I had a rant boiling away within me. Please pardon any grammatical errors - I blame rambling. :)

[Night Swordsman]

I did the rage thing in a few other threads yesterday(for which everyone got huffy or mad or sad at me). So nope.

<Huggles one of my kitten> I will wuv you and squeeze you and never lwet gwo of you!

[Cam63]

Sharpandpointies, I honour thee.

[stealthwise]

Our deep freezer got defrosted and the entire thing thawed.

Probably $200-$300 worth of meat and various other goodies.

DAMMMMMMMIT

[Cam63]

Eat only the food you hunted that day.

[stealthwise]

Eat only the food you hunted that day.

Hmmm... ok.

Friday - Nothing
Saturday - Roasted Squirrel
Sunday - Venison
Monday - Cam's ****

[Cam63]

You're gunna eat my shoe ?

OK, if you want it that badly.

[Karl J. Barnes]

You're gunna eat my shoe ?

OK, if you want it that badly.

I think, he's hitting on you...

[stealthwise]

I think, he's hitting on you...

Yeah, with a SPEAR!


Hah, that showed him! Showed them all!



... er, shit.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Yeah, with a SPEAR!


Hah, that showed him! Showed them all!



... er, shit.

A Freudian slip, perhaps?? You know...waving your spear around can get you arrested ...

[WhiteRose]

Eat only the food you hunted that day.

Oh, that only happens south of the border. Processed meats haven't crossed the great divide to you folks yet, have they.



I am in 'BLONDE WIG IS TANGLED AND SMELLS OF BEER' RAGE. RAR!

[Karl J. Barnes]

I am in 'BLONDE WIG IS TANGLED AND SMELLS OF BEER' RAGE. RAR!

GOD! Don't you hate that. I'm not raging,except against a$$holes who think that tipping is a sometimes thing.

[Gaz]

I'm now mad at Gilda and Sharpie's workmates and bosses...

RRRRRAAAAH... STUPID JUDGEMENTAL, PRESUMPTIVE ASSHOLES!


Although, I think branching out and socialising with people with similar interests is a good idea...

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

There's this... this goddamned thing on MTV now. My sister said I just had to check it out for sheer 'so-good-it's-bad' value alone. It's called Parental Control, and apparently it's based around the concept of parent's getting together on TV to do something about a boyfriend/girlfriend for their son/daughter that they hate. They then-- get this-- "audition" a new SO for their offspring. Isn't that precious? And I thought MTV couldn't reach newer depths of tackiness after the almost equally abysmal Room Raiders... and pretty everything else it programs. [Sigh] Some days it just doesn't pay to assume the best in humanity.

[Karl J. Barnes]

There's this... this goddamned thing on MTV now. My sister said I just had to check it out for sheer 'so-good-it's-bad' value alone. It's called Parental Control, and apparently it's based around the concept of parent's getting together on TV to do something about a boyfriend/girlfriend for their son/daughter that they hate. They then-- get this-- "audition" a new SO for their offspring. Isn't that precious? And I thought MTV couldn't reach newer depths of tackiness after the almost equally abysmal Room Raiders... and pretty everything else it programs. [Sigh] Some days it just doesn't pay to assume the best in humanity.

You know, Mtv should just change its name to SMtv(Sometimes Music TV). If you want to see JUST videos, you have to go search the cable channels to find any.

[Gilda Dent]

Ugh. My therapist thinks we should "revisit" the idea of taking medication for my social anxiety and depression, even though I'm not currently in a depressive phase right now. He does this about once a month, I say I don't want to have to take drugs to make me happy which is why I'm going to him in the first place, he says I have all the signs of a seratonin imbalance etc. It's a wasted five minutes, which cost my $15 that I could spend actually talking about my problems rather than having the same discussion we've had twice already. I don't want happy pills, I want to learn to deal with these problems myself, not have some drug doing it for me. Hell, if I needed a drug to lower my inhibitions, I could just use alcohol when needed, though I don't (I hate the taste).

Ranting is good.

Gilda

[Cam63]

Good luck with it, Gilda.

[Gaz]

Ugh. My therapist thinks we should "revisit" the idea of taking medication for my social anxiety and depression, even though I'm not currently in a depressive phase right now. He does this about once a month, I say I don't want to have to take drugs to make me happy which is why I'm going to him in the first place, he says I have all the signs of a seratonin imbalance etc. It's a wasted five minutes, which cost my $15 that I could spend actually talking about my problems rather than having the same discussion we've had twice already. I don't want happy pills, I want to learn to deal with these problems myself, not have some drug doing it for me. Hell, if I needed a drug to lower my inhibitions, I could just use alcohol when needed, though I don't (I hate the taste).

Ranting is good.

Gilda
Honestly, then, I think you might need Emily to give you a kick in the butt to get you into the pool, metaphorically speaking. Most people choose the path of least resistance, which in the case of shyness, means not socialising.

But GRRRRR at therapist.


And GRRRR at myself for being cowardly and indecisive in my life, and worrying over my stupid problems when other people's are bigger!

[Lubichev]

I really hate how some teachers get really really testy when school gets close to letting out for the summer. I can understand why they do, but when you are on the receiving end of it, it really really stinks.

I mean, THEY MADE THE RESERVATIONS TO COME HERE!! So why bitch and moan with the other teachers in the corner about how there are "more important things to deal with like 'portfolios' than letting their children explore their own physical creativity and gain empowerment through creative exploration?

And all I can really do is grit my teeth and explain why this is important to their children and remind them that it satisfies core curriculim content.

I hope you other teachers out there are not jaded and never become so.

[Sharpandpointies]

Conversely, being an introvert isn't a sickness. If there is genuine depression involved, some sort of treatment may be necessary.

I'm with Gilda - I'd rather get over any problems I have without drugs (I've managed to handle my ADHD without drugs). I can understand that in severe cases, they might be necessary...but otherwise, no.

And I hate it when people tell me I 'just have to get over my introverted nature'. Hey, I like my nature. Do I ever tell the extroverts to get over their extroverted nature? Nope.

[Ogdred]

Ugh. My therapist thinks we should "revisit" the idea of taking medication for my social anxiety and depression, even though I'm not currently in a depressive phase right now. He does this about once a month, I say I don't want to have to take drugs to make me happy which is why I'm going to him in the first place, he says I have all the signs of a seratonin imbalance etc. It's a wasted five minutes, which cost my $15 that I could spend actually talking about my problems rather than having the same discussion we've had twice already. I don't want happy pills, I want to learn to deal with these problems myself, not have some drug doing it for me. Hell, if I needed a drug to lower my inhibitions, I could just use alcohol when needed, though I don't (I hate the taste).

Ranting is good.

Gilda

Anti-depressants are not "happy pills." They correct a chemical imbalance, that's all. They are not a cure for all that ails you. You still have to do the heavy-lifting when it comes to sorting out your life and your emotions.

Think of it this way: imagine that you've got a six-foot leech attached to you that saps away all your positive energy and leaves you with nothing but the downward spiral. Now, imagine that leech is removed, thus restoring your balance of positive and negative. It's still up to you to make your life what you want it to be and to attend to your own emotional needs, but now, at least, you don't have that bloody leech sabotaging you along the way.

Maybe you should think about giving the medication a try. Give it six months and see how things improve. And make sure you still talk to a counselor during this time. You may find that the medication helps you delve deeper into your issues once the "dark side" has been quieted down a bit.

Whatever you choose to do, good luck with it.

[Mobbo]

DAMMIT! the reality in reality shows are not real!!!! ARGGGRRRRR

[Karl J. Barnes]

DAMMIT! the reality in reality shows are not real!!!! ARGGGRRRRR

Thus the irony of calling them reality shows...

[Cam63]

What if the reality of it was they were really lying ?

[Gilda Dent]

Anti-depressants are not "happy pills." They correct a chemical imbalance, that's all. They are not a cure for all that ails you. You still have to do the heavy-lifting when it comes to sorting out your life and your emotions.

Think of it this way: imagine that you've got a six-foot leech attached to you that saps away all your positive energy and leaves you with nothing but the downward spiral. Now, imagine that leech is removed, thus restoring your balance of positive and negative. It's still up to you to make your life what you want it to be and to attend to your own emotional needs, but now, at least, you don't have that bloody leech sabotaging you along the way.

Maybe you should think about giving the medication a try. Give it six months and see how things improve. And make sure you still talk to a counselor during this time. You may find that the medication helps you delve deeper into your issues once the "dark side" has been quieted down a bit.

Whatever you choose to do, good luck with it.

Thank you for the feedback. Emily uses a "brain parasite" analogy when she gets on the bandwagon. You're in good company.

I have thought about it, every time my therapist, my hormone doctor, and my wife bring it up. I don't like the idea of taking drugs that alter my personality. They'll point out I'm already taking drugs that do just that, but that's to correct a physical defect, not to fix a mental problem.

If the drugs can change the parts of my personality that I want to change, the social anxiety and depression and occasional panic attacks, then how can I be sure that they won't change the parts of me that I do like? What if they change me so much that I'm not really *me* any more?

Every good thing comes with negatives. Alcohol may act as a social lubricant, but it also can impair judgment. I like who I am when I'm not in a depressive phase, social situation, or alone for long periods of time. I don't want to lose those parts of myself.

I'm already doing the "heavy lifting" as you put it. I'm in therapy, and the therapy is working, albeit slowly. My last depressive phase only lasted about two to three months. I know it's years and years of hard work ahead of me, and I'm willing to do that hard work.

Honestly, then, I think you might need Emily to give you a kick in the butt to get you into the pool, metaphorically speaking. Most people choose the path of least resistance, which in the case of shyness, means not socialising.

True, and she does. I am going to her high school reunion with her this summer, which on paper sounds like a list of my least favorite things--going to a party, meeting new people, being in a crowded place. I went to SDCC last year and I'll be going this year. I am moving out a little bit at a time. I just want to take it really slowly and not try things that are too much for me right now.

Gilda

[hellokittykat]

Look asshole, I can't do a fucking thing until you email me back so why don't you quit playing with yourself and get on the damn computer!!!:mad:

[Lester C.]

Look asshole, I can't do a fucking thing until you email me back so why don't you quit playing with yourself and get on the damn computer!!!:mad:

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[Lester C.]

Look asshole, I can't do a fucking thing until you email me back so why don't you quit playing with yourself and get on the damn computer!!!:mad:

I'm still fucking mad. How dare you tell the truth about me in front of my peep. That's right after two years of posting I finally have one. Or at least I did. Once Aggie reads this that's all over. :mad: :mad: :mad:

[hellokittykat]

:mad: :mad: :mad:

What? What? You wanna tangle with me Carthan? Step up!

[Lester C.]

What? What? You wanna tangle with me Carthan? Step up!
















































































how can I step up when you're always on your back

[TomStillwell]

My best friend forgot my birthday...for the second year in a row. Last year he was going through a rough patch so I gave him a pass.

There's no excuse this year.

Not "Oh, crap, I'm totally sorry. Happy Birthday!"

But like totally ignoring the fact that it was my birthday despite like a bunch of friends we were with wishing me well.

No gift. No card. No well wishing. I'm not looking for gifts. A simple acknowledgment would have been nice, right?

YOU FUCKING FUCKING ASS BASTARD!!!

[Typo Lad]

Some "best" friend..

Methings it's time to drop the adjective.

[NickG]

In short order:

I gotta wait for the next ep of Heroes for EIGHT FREAKING HOURS!!

Comics being overpriced for STUPID FRELLIN REASONS!

Being stuck in a job that is UNDERPAYING ME!

and lastly

THE MAJORITY OF STUPID PEOPLE IN THE US DECIDING TO FREAKING LIVE IN MY MO*&(OF*%^'in HOMETOWN!!!!

[Lester C.]

My best friend forgot my birthday...for the second year in a row. Last year he was going through a rough patch so I gave him a pass.

There's no excuse this year.

Not "Oh, crap, I'm totally sorry. Happy Birthday!"

But like totally ignoring the fact that it was my birthday despite like a bunch of friends we were with wishing me well.

No gift. No card. No well wishing. I'm not looking for gifts. A simple acknowledgment would have been nice, right?

YOU FUCKING FUCKING ASS BASTARD!!!

You really don't want to go shouting out that last line Tom.:eek:

[Lester C.]

I can't believe it's been over a year since this thread was started. I could have sworn it was only a couple of months ago.

[Typo Lad]

Comics being overpriced for STUPID FRELLIN REASONS!

Y'mean actually paying the creators a living wage?


THE MAJORITY OF STUPID PEOPLE IN THE US DECIDING TO FREAKING LIVE IN MY MO*&(OF*%^'in HOMETOWN!!!!

Pfft. I live in NYC. Be lucky all you get are locals. I get tourists.

There oughta be a law.

[hellokittykat]

I was offline Tom!!!!!!!

[NickG]

Y'mean actually paying the creators a living wage?
.

Naw, I mean upcharging a buck on something with the reason of "Oh it's SPECIAL PAPER" or some bs reason like that. I have no problem paying a little extra if it's actually going to the right place but, look at Fell, the thing is 2 bucks, one of the most popular titles out there and Warren Ellis and Templesmith are both doing fine.

[Lester C.]

Now it's nap time!:mad:

[Shisho]

Moving sucks.

The people in charge of the air conditioning in the building I work in still have it on "heat" and it's like a bajillion degrees in here.

Too tired to rage.

*yawn* Grrr. *zzzzzzzzzz*

[the4thpip]

My kitchen scale is playing with my mind. :mad:


My bathroom scale, too. :mad: :mad:

[Lester C.]

My kitchen scale is playing with my mind. :mad:


My bathroom scale, too. :mad: :mad:

Pip, I seen your pictures. I would kill to be in the shape you're in so stop bitching about your weight.:mad:

[Night Swordsman]

Moving sucks.

The people in charge of the air conditioning in the building I work in still have it on "heat" and it's like a bajillion degrees in here.

Too tired to rage.

*yawn* Grrr. *zzzzzzzzzz*

Aww..your so cute when your in a sleepyrage! AWWWW! :D

And i had a great day! And Heroes is back on. And i have SMARTIES! Woohoo! No rage here,except that i am out of A&W and darn i am just going to have to drink a Hawaiian Punch instead. :)

[Cam63]

Look asshole, I can't do a fucking thing until you email me back so why don't you quit playing with yourself and get on the damn computer!!!:mad:

I didn't know Alec Baldwin had access to Kitty's computer.

[Lester C.]

I didn't know Alec Baldwin had access to Kitty's computer.

There is an old legal saying. In criminal law you see the best of the worst but in family law you see the worst of the best.

[Cam63]

My best friend forgot my birthday...for the second year in a row. Last year he was going through a rough patch so I gave him a pass.

There's no excuse this year.

Not "Oh, crap, I'm totally sorry. Happy Birthday!"

But like totally ignoring the fact that it was my birthday despite like a bunch of friends we were with wishing me well.

No gift. No card. No well wishing. I'm not looking for gifts. A simple acknowledgment would have been nice, right?

YOU FUCKING FUCKING ASS BASTARD!!!

Unless there's a good reason, make him an ex-friend.

[Cam63]

There is an old legal saying. In criminal law you see the best of the worst but in family law you see the worst of the best.

I'm sure his daughter is taking comfort in that fact.

[Lester C.]

Unless there's a good reason, make him an ex-friend.

Not necessarily. Wishing someone well and wishing someone happy birthday are two different things. You know how guys are with remembering important dates.

[Cam63]

His mate needs to step up more.

[Kris Gen]

The guy and girl sitting next to me in one of my classes a couple of weeks ago were complaining about how they're having trouble understanding and interpreting the things we've read and watched for class. Then, they make snide comments during lecture and complain about having to do the (really easy) posting for credit. They sit there and disrespect the teachers and our classmates. URGH! :mad:

[Cam63]

I wish them well in life.

[Kyuubi]

For fucks sake, I can't be the only person to answer questions in class all the time. RAISE YOUR GODDAMN HANDS AND ANSWER A QUESTION ONCE AND A WHILE!

I have two classes like this.

[stealthwise]

Moving DOES suck.

We own too much shit!

And the bastards who sold us the place refuse to take the last of their shit out of the house, despite the fact we bought it over a month ago and they agreed to take care of it.

They also hid the fact that the bathroom never worked properly, so we had to put hundreds of dollars into it ourselves.

FUCKRO SHITTARDS! :mad:

[Sam T.]

Why do people go nuts and shoot guns in schools?? Save some lives and bullets, and shoot yourself before you kill innocent people!!

[MacQuarrie]

My best friend forgot my birthday...for the second year in a row. Last year he was going through a rough patch so I gave him a pass.

There's no excuse this year.

Not "Oh, crap, I'm totally sorry. Happy Birthday!"

But like totally ignoring the fact that it was my birthday despite like a bunch of friends we were with wishing me well.

No gift. No card. No well wishing. I'm not looking for gifts. A simple acknowledgment would have been nice, right?

YOU FUCKING FUCKING ASS BASTARD!!!

I'm so sorry. I should have remembered.

[Cam63]

Why do people go nuts and shoot guns in schools?? Save some lives and bullets, and shoot yourself before you kill innocent people!!

That would be the better alternative.

[DungeonmasterJim]

Shakes fist at a world that has cute lesbian co-workers that have zero interest in me! :evilangry

Why me, Lord!? Why do I fall for cute lesbian co-worker who lives literally 2 minutes form me?! :confused:

:(


DM Jim

[Hybrid2]

Why let a dangerous pedophile.who have violently attack at least 3 childrens,with zero remorse,get out of jail?

He did is full sentance of 11 year.
So what? he's still dengerous. He even said he will do it again,first chance he get.

Why is he alowed to move in a area with 2 school and a park.full of kids?

Parents are terrified.

Are'nt the law suposse to protect people?

Not the first time a dangerous man is let out of jail.a girl was killed. Why do this again?

[Shisho]

There is a "no cell phone" policy in the library. I don't even know why we bother, because it's not like anyone cares except us librarians. And really, I stopped caring a long time ago. You want to be a rude asshole? Fine whatever, I don't care. Just keep it down.

So anyway, this dumb hoochie is talking really loud like right in front of my desk, and oh so graciously stops her conversation long enough to ask me for a pen. When I hand it to her, I say "and please remember you need to turn your cell phone off in here." She literally waves me off, sits at the cube RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY DESK, and continues talking as if I wasn't there. So I get up and tell her again, and explain to her that she can take it to a bathroom or a study room (we are cool with all of that. The signs state that plain as day! There are 5 empty study rooms right across from her!!!) She gets all tudey with me and says "It's not like I'm bothering anyone." (Besides me of course, but I don't count.) To which point I tell her again where she can take the phone (instead of telling her where I really want her to put it, so points for me) and she just rolls her eyes and ignores me.

Now if I were in charge, this is where I call security and have her rude ass thrown out. But oh no. My boss wants us to call her first so that she can deal the student. The problem with that is by the time I call her and get her down here, the student will be gone (because my boss never comes right when you ask her.) And she's way less scary than I am, so the students just walk all over her. My hands are tied at this point. I pretty much have to deal with students flipping me off essentially, and I can't do what I really want to do, and physically throw this rude bitch out the door.

I'm getting pissed off again just thinking about it. People please, stop using your cell phones in the library. Just take it outside, or to a bathroom is all I'm asking. Is that so hard? ARRRRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Cam63]

It was Shisho... with a fuckin' big book... in the library.

[Sally Sensational]

Shakes fist at a world that has cute lesbian co-workers that have zero interest in me! :evilangry

Why me, Lord!? Why do I fall for cute lesbian co-worker who lives literally 2 minutes form me?! :confused:

:(


DM Jim

Jim! I didn't know we were neighbors!

(had to be said)

[Cam63]

You're cute !?

[Shisho]

It was Shisho... with a fuckin' big book... in the library.

Don't I wish. ;) :D

[Cam63]

Make it look like an accident.

...Hmm. Do book shelves ever fall over by themselves ?

[Michael P]

I would just like to say, "Fuck Chuck Klosterman."

[sk716]

You're cute !?

She's better than cute, she's hot!

[Kyuubi]

Cute lesbians make me ANGRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!!!!

[Shisho]

Make it look like an accident.

...Hmm. Do book shelves ever fall over by themselves ?

*Eyes the reference section, with all it's "big fuckin' books"*

*Checks the shelves*

Suuuuuurrre they do. I like the way you think, Cam. :evilsmile

[Cam63]

Cute lesbians make me ANGRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!!!!

That's ANOTHER thing that's wrong with you.

[Cam63]

*Eyes the reference section, with all it's "big fuckin' books"*

*Checks the shelves*

Suuuuuurrre they do. I like the way you think, Cam. :evilsmile

Well, I did pass with a Master's Degree from the College of Evil Doing.

...I was wondering when it'd come in handy.

[Cam63]

She's better than cute, she's hot!

You be careful of heartburn, SKay.

[Sally Sensational]

Well, I did pass with a Master's Degree from the College of Evil Doing.

...I was wondering when it'd come in handy.

Damn, I knew I picked the wrong university! Do they have a North American campus?

And what's the mascot?

[Cam63]

I thought all American campuses had their evil section.

...and the mascot is a small hunched over man wearing a long gray coat with a weird laugh.

[Kyuubi]

Let me rephrase that then:


Cute lesbians make me ANGRRRRRRRRY!!!!


in the pants.

[Cam63]

Are you wearing your angry pants right now ?

[Shisho]

I thought all American campuses had their evil section.

...and the mascot is a small hunched over man wearing a long gray coat with a weird laugh.

Damn it. Maybe Sally and I weren't evil enough to qualify?

Do we have what it takes to be as evil as you Cam? ;)

[Kyuubi]

Are you wearing your angry pants right now ?



All my pants are angry pants.

[Cam63]

What about the ones with the fringe running down the sides ?

[Cam63]

Damn it. Maybe Sally and I weren't evil enough to qualify?

Do we have what it takes to be as evil as you Cam? ;)

It takes years of practice.

[TomStillwell]

I'm so sick and tired of comic fans who complain about there not being enough all-ages books out there.

They are out there. They just aren't being put out by DC or Marvel.

OPEN YOUR EYES!!!

It's personally frustrating to make something someone says they want only to have them overlook it for something the claim not to like.

Don't like that Geoff Johns swears in JSA? DON'T BUY IT!

[stealthwise]

I'm so sick and tired of comic fans who complain about there not being enough all-ages books out there.

They are out there. They just aren't being put out by DC or Marvel.

OPEN YOUR EYES!!!

It's personally frustrating to make something someone says they want only to have them overlook it for something the claim not to like.

Don't like that Geoff Johns swears in JSA? DON'T BUY IT!

And I hate that I can't give my daughter current comic books (if she could read, and, you know, not try to just eat them with crazed baby teeth) of characters that I enjoy watching on dvd (either Justice League or Spider-Man), without worrying about rape or spider-jism.

FUCKING BARSTARDS!

[Weetomuncher]

I hate that Subway is almost a mile away!

They should build a shiny new one upstairs in my building.

[wishlish]

I'm so sick and tired of comic fans who complain about there not being enough all-ages books out there.

They are out there. They just aren't being put out by DC or Marvel.

OPEN YOUR EYES!!!

It's personally frustrating to make something someone says they want only to have them overlook it for something the claim not to like.

Don't like that Geoff Johns swears in JSA? DON'T BUY IT!

Wait, there are comics put out by companies other than DC or Marvel? I never knew!

(I kid, I kid.)

On the other hand, I think that if you're a long-time JSA fan, you're allowed to complain about that book. I think in comics, just like with sports, you're allowed to be a hardcore fan of one or two titles or groups. For example, I'm a Fantastic Four fan; the first comic I remember buying and enjoying was FF #200 (the best Reed-Doom fight EVER, and the last Kirby cover, though I didn't know who Kirby was when I bought the book at that age). When Tom DeFalco took over the book and wrote the most nonsensical stories ever, I went nuts. But I couldn't stop buying the book; the FF was *my* book. So I bought it, complained under my breath, wished that the Scott Lobdell/Alan Davis run went longer than 3 issues, and was rewarded with a long Waid/Ringo run and the current McDuffie issues.

I'm from the Philly area. The Phillies are god-awful. But does that mean I just stop rooting for the Phillies? What then, root for the Mets or the Yankees? Hell no!

On the other hand, if you don't have an emotional tie to the book...yeah, just drop it.

[Lester C.]

I just spent a few pages in the political thread and man does it take it out of ya. I love this thread because it's an escape from that so !@#$ all of you !@#$$.

[TomStillwell]

Wait, there are comics put out by companies other than DC or Marvel? I never knew!

(I kid, I kid.)

On the other hand, I think that if you're a long-time JSA fan, you're allowed to complain about that book. I think in comics, just like with sports, you're allowed to be a hardcore fan of one or two titles or groups. For example, I'm a Fantastic Four fan; the first comic I remember buying and enjoying was FF #200 (the best Reed-Doom fight EVER, and the last Kirby cover, though I didn't know who Kirby was when I bought the book at that age). When Tom DeFalco took over the book and wrote the most nonsensical stories ever, I went nuts. But I couldn't stop buying the book; the FF was *my* book. So I bought it, complained under my breath, wished that the Scott Lobdell/Alan Davis run went longer than 3 issues, and was rewarded with a long Waid/Ringo run and the current McDuffie issues.

I'm from the Philly area. The Phillies are god-awful. But does that mean I just stop rooting for the Phillies? What then, root for the Mets or the Yankees? Hell no!

On the other hand, if you don't have an emotional tie to the book...yeah, just drop it.

Yeah, I realize that. But at some point you have to let your opinion be heard via your wallet.

Marvel & DC Fans are voting right now with their money for the stories both companies are putting out.

If you don't want the Flash calling someone a bitch, well then, stop buying Flash. Maybe when sales go down they'll realize a change is needed.

Related, you have guys like me who want to work for the big companies who would write your favorite characters in a more all-ages manner. But we'll never get shot because not enough people buy our indie works.

[Citizen V]

Im angry..because my AOL is messed up,and i had to un-install it.Then i re-installed it,and all my saved favorite places may be erased.DAMN.

[Inkpot1965]

I'm angry because...well, no I"m not. I've got a good buzz going on whiskey, just watched a cheesy zombie movie, and I was in a decent mood to start with. Damn...just......forget......it.....

[DungeonmasterJim]

I'm angry because,...because,...

ah, fuck, who am I kidd'in?!

My lesbian (now I'm hoping bi-sexual which she very well might be!) co-worker that I have a huge crush on asked ME for MY phone number.

And all is right with the world.

:D

DM Jim

[Night Swordsman]

I'm angry because,...because,...

ah, fuck, who am I kidd'in?!

My lesbian (now I'm hoping bi-sexual which she very well might be!) co-worker that I have a huge crush on asked ME for MY phone number.

And all is right with the world.

:D

DM Jim

Good luck,and best wishes!

[Citizen V]

I just spent a few pages in the political thread and man does it take it out of ya. I love this thread because it's an escape from that so !@#$ all of you !@#$$.

Blame It On Bush.