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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 8, 2014 at 8:02 am
I don't think i'm assuming much at all. It's no coincidence that with the advent of the modern lifestyle and convenience technology, that people have gotten drastically fatter in the past century. The cause? Sedentary lifestyle.
Once again, i'm sorry if I offended, but I don't like fat people being fat and I think they should be less fat.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 8, 2014 at 8:13 am
It's fine, you guys just ground my gears  so that's what this threads about right? People who make assumptions about fat people grind my gears.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 8, 2014 at 8:14 am
(August 8, 2014 at 8:02 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: I don't think i'm assuming much at all. It's no coincidence that with the advent of the modern lifestyle and convenience technology, that people have gotten drastically fatter in the past century. The cause? Sedentary lifestyle.
It's no cooler to make intuitive leaps when you're an atheist than it is when you're a theist. Just off the top of my head I can think of another contributing factor; food production- particularly in cheap food that's quick to prepare when you don't, say, have the time or money to afford healthier food- is now so often loaded down with salts and sugars and whatnot as flavor enhancers.
So you've got a busier world where people don't have the time to cook, and can't necessarily afford healthy ingredients to begin with...
Which is all beside the point anyway, which is, as I said before, that people's circumstances aren't usually just the result of one thing. That's very simplistic thinking.
Quote:Once again, i'm sorry if I offended, but I don't like fat people being fat and I think they should be less fat.
I agree it's not the ideal either, but I'm not the one going around talking about blobs, or about how good it would be to shame people. Whether you approve of their lifestyle or not, they're people just like you. I imagine it's very easy to sit in judgment without ever having been in their shoes, but come on. Acknowledge the physical reality of it, fine, but I bet you wouldn't like someone harping on all of your physical imperfections, and feeling entitled to do so, either.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 8, 2014 at 8:37 am
To be honest, most of my physical imperfections are genetic and unfortunately nothing can be done about them 
I've already said how I have the neutral expression of a serial killer, I suppose I could actively try to look more happy? My left eyelid is slightly droopy, is there something to fix that? It really annoys me cause it gets really pronounced when i'm tired. My teeth are really yellow too, does anyone recommend any whitening products? I think the only one of those that someone can feel entitled about criticising would be my yellow teeth. It's my fault they are like that, too many fizzy drinks. But hey, I live in england, its the normal colour of teeth over here. If I lived in America I probably would get them whitened and take better care of them so I suppose i'm a hypocrite in some ways...
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“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 8, 2014 at 8:39 am
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 8, 2014 at 8:40 am
I'm awake since 3:30PST with stomach pains and bathroom false alarms.
Gears ground.
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 8, 2014 at 9:01 am
(August 8, 2014 at 8:40 am)c172 Wrote: I'm awake since 3:30PST with stomach pains and bathroom false alarms.
Gears ground.
Should that be 3:30P MT
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 8, 2014 at 10:48 am
What grinds my gears?... incompetence...
Institutionalized incompetence grinds them even more.
A few months back, I wrote a letter to a ISP I had for 2 weeks and who, for the whole 2 week period, never got the service straight and so I got out. Now, they want to charge me for the 2 year loyalty period, because they claim they upheld their part of the contract. BS!
OK, so when I got their letter about having to pay for the loyalty period, I wrote them a letter back, stating very well and in the very first sentence that the people working there are incompetents. I then explained the whole situation and signaled their incompetence where appropriate.
A few weeks later, I got a standard letter from them saying they had revised the case and found that I had to pay.
I wrote a new letter back at them, this time, lawyer style, pointing out all the laws that had been observed and which had been trudged over by them. In the end, I threatened to go to court, if they keep insisting that I owe them anything.
A few weeks later, they replied with exactly the same letter I had received before my last one.
So, the long arm of the law starts stretching... I filed a complaint with the national communications regulator. I haven't heard anything back from these guys.... and it's now been a month... this stuff works slowly in Portugal.
But the ISP, a few days ago, sent me a text (SMS!!!) saying I have to pay or we go to court over it!! I LOLed!
Let's go to court, dumbasses!
First step: ISP must present the contract I signed - I signed nothing! It was a contract over the phone, properly regulated by law, so they have to provide the recording of that... They only keep recording for the mandatory 90 days, so I guess it's gone, by now... Also, the call came from another company, which, by then, was already a part of this ISP, but still operating under a different name and a lot of confusion reigned over the merger... my guess is they don't have the recording. No recording, no contract, no court case.
Second step - Oh shit, we (ISP) never fulfilled the contract. Hush, threaten the client with court until he pays.... there's a chance he'll pay...
Third step - Me laughing my ass off! and not paying anything to those money grubbing idiot incompetents.
Now, should I put them in court for demanding money from me, when they (let's assume) know they have no right for it?
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 9, 2014 at 12:51 pm
When two or more people are having a meal, then the bill comes and one person is like 'It's alright guys I got this' then the other person goes 'no, come on, thats not fair, i'll pay'. And this continues for like 5 whole minutes. Just....damn, you're getting a goddamn free meal, you crazy? Let the other guy pay the damn bill! Or at least agree to split it.
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'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
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RE: You know what really grinds my gears?: The moaning thread.
August 9, 2014 at 12:56 pm
Pocaracas.. I read yours up until I read ISP. Then.. My brain shut off sorry
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
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