Saturday 9 February 2013

What is the smallest thing someone has said to instantly make you hate them?

Thread on the Internet, marking up those responses which would drive me nuts:

  • "I'm random, me"
  • my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!!
  • "Guess how old I am. Go on, guess!"
  • "My IQ is very high, about 160. I just don't assert myself."
    Cool story bro.
     (The "I'm not even trying" of academia) 
  • Some guy ahead of me on campus was minding his own business and walked past a group of frat boys, one of which yelled "faaaaag!" in his ear as he passed. The other two geniuses immediately cracked up like it was the height of comedy.

  •  "I do that all the time! I'm such a Capricorn!" 
  • That was totes amazeballs! eye twitch
  •  "We don't vaccinate our kids. It's bad for them."  
  • When people say a totally stupid/wrong thing in a "I know what I am talking about" attitude. 
  • "I hate reading, and it's a waste of time", said in a declaration of being proud to not own books.  
  • I usually see it on blogs. Whenever someone's like "I don't think I've ever met anyone weirder than me. Check out what it's like to live my life"
    As if it's the epitome of intrigue. I hate those motherfuckers.
  •  "Do you seriously believe we came from monkeys?"
  •  smiles So, gonna buy me a drink or what?" I hate those women who think I should buy drinks because they talk to me. Idiots
  • "I'll pray for you." Said in a condescending tone.
  •  "The earth is only 6000 years old." She... she graduated college and taught high school. If anyone says less than a billion, I walk away. It's okay if you don't know the exact number, but this is a special brand of stupid.
  •  All <blank> are <blank>. I hate people who generalize. They're all assholes.
  • "I would know"
  • "Speaking as a mother..." Then going on to talk about completely unrelated crap.
  •  I was on a second date with a female when I was in high school. I asked her what she did for money during the summer and she responded with "That's what daddies are for." So I straight up left and we never spoke again
  • "I have a boyfriend / husband", when I'm just trying to have a conversation and not hitting on her.  
  • "I'm bored." said often
  • While living in an expensive city, hearing people take their privileged living situations for granted will bring on some instant hate from me. I was at a friends dinner party (we're all 20 something and mostly have roommates) and one girl I didn't know (she was someone's girlfriend I think) was talking about moving and being worried that she wouldn't be able to find another doorman building she liked. In Manhattan! I'm sure she wasn't used to hanging out with people whose parents don't pay their rent for them, so I guess she forgot to censor herself.
  •  I hate when people say "I like to have fun." by way of self description.
  • "I could care less".
    Okay, care less than you already do you ignorant bastard.








Friday 8 February 2013

Intermezzo

I'm catching up on UK-US spelling differences and observe in horror the way my usage butchers both spellings. 
In all honesty, I do favour British spelling wherever I'm aware of distinction. Still, I'm more often than not ignorant in proper word usage. And usually make mush in expressing myself.

On the lighter side, THIS funny bit caught my attention:
disc or disk: Traditionally, disc used to be British and disk American. Both spellings are etymologically sound (Greek diskos, Latin discus), although disk is earlier. In computing, disc is used for optical discs (e.g. a CD, Compact Disc; DVD, Digital Versatile/Video Disc), by choice of the group that coined and trademarked the name Compact Disc, while disk is used for products using magnetic storage (e.g. hard disks or floppy disks, also known as diskettes).
I failed to see the distinction between optical-disc, magnetic-disk on my own.

Thursday 7 February 2013

iv1: intro

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.
—Ellen Burstyn

M-am apucat de o carte, un fel de "An Introvert's Guide to the Galaxy", unde am dat de citatul acesta. Şi are dreptate, chiar a fost un moment bun în viaţă cel în care am învăţat că a fi singur nu înseamnă singurătate. Nu ar strica nimănui să treacă prin el, chiar dacă este sau nu o persoană care prosperă în singurătate.

În general în societate atitudinea şi caracteristicile extrovertite sunt văzute pozitiv, rămînînd ca solitudinea să fie privită ca fratele mai mic, indezirabilul - sau cum se exprimă autoarea:
When extroversion is taken for granted as the natural outcome of healthy development, introversion can’t help but become the “dreaded other.”
Un mic exemplu fiind cel din cunoscuta carte a sociopsihologului Dr. David Myers "The Pursuit of Happiness", care susţine că fericirea se poate rezuma la a poseda trei caracteristici: încredere în sine, optimism şi extraversiune. Susţine asta bazîndu-se pe studii care "dovedesc" că exrtavertiţii sunt mai fericiţi. Aceste studii cer participanţilor să evalueze propoziţii cum ar fi "Mă simt bine alături de alţii" sau "Sunt o companie plăcută". Asta în timp ce introvertiţii nici nu descriu fericirea în asemenea termeni. Pentru aceştia evaluarea unor fraze ca "Mă cunosc", "Mă simt bine în propria piele" sau "Sunt liber să-mi urmez propria cale" reprezintă indicatori mult mai potriviţi în a evalua fericirea şi mulţumirea personală. Doar că asemenea fraze nu intervin într-un studiu clasic.

Wednesday 6 February 2013

"Femeia-i ca şi satelitu: dacă nu-i dai viteza unghiulară bună ori se duce-n spaţiu ori cade pe Pămînt."
whuut?

Tuesday 5 February 2013

"The Introvert's Advantage"

"There's something very fitting about telling an extrovert to go and spend some time sitting alone and reading a book about how introverts work."

Monday 4 February 2013

Me, Unobtrusive Bliss.

A much better use for the "Parklife" lad, Phil Daniels.
Also, great song to complement a state of anger i.e. to listen to whilst angry. Great heartbeat rhythm, sense from drivel, massive discharge.

What is white noise?
The dictionary defines white noise as a steady, unvarying, unobtrusive sound, as an electronically produced drone or the sound of rain, used to mask or obliterate unwanted sounds.

Essentially, white noise is a combination of all of the different frequencies of sound. Because white noise contains all frequencies, it drowns out all other sounds your ears might pick up. As a result of this, it can be used effectively to increase the restfullness of sleep and is excellent in calming down fussy newborns.
There are three versions of this song, each with different lyrics and underlying theme. This is the third one, a live recording featuring both vocalists which appeared on the Observer CD.
Me, White Noise (Live) by Blur on Grooveshark