bleh wrote:When people screw up the aspect ratio on images. Like when people have avatars that look like this:


It's the visual equivalent of nails on a chalkboard for me.

The worst is when Comcast puts the scores at the bottom of the screen, they squeeze the rest of the image up to fit the scores. Amazing that a professional TV studio would do that.

Also when people who have widescreen TVs watch non widescreen stuff all stretched out so it fills the screen. Insanity.

That bugs the crap out of me, too. They do it that way every game.

cartersDad26 wrote:People who stop DEAD in their tracks on the sidewalk or even worse on the steps. This happens to me several times a week, usually near the Clothespin. I will go through you #$&!.

Even worse in the concourse at a sporting event. Like there aren't 50,000 other people here, assmole.

cartersDad26 wrote:People who stop DEAD in their tracks on the sidewalk or even worse on the steps. This happens to me several times a week, usually near the Clothespin. I will go through you #$&!.

This. And people that walk at a snail's pace for no good reason when I need to be somewhere. I feel like an asshat when I pass them, but maybe they should speed the hell up.

"from here on in"

cartersDad26 wrote:People who stop DEAD in their tracks on the sidewalk or even worse on the steps. This happens to me several times a week, usually near the Clothespin. I will go through you #$&!.

Worst is at the top or bottom of the escalator.

I will walk right through you or else the pack behind me will run me over.

I treat urban pedestrianism like a sport. People who stop dead in their tracks are way better than pairs/groups of people who walk slow as shit and take up the entire sidewalk.

Barry Jive wrote:I treat urban pedestrianism like a sport. People who stop dead in their tracks are way better than pairs/groups of people who walk slow as $#@! and take up the entire sidewalk.

I've always thought like this. I play full contact commuting. You don't want to get up to let me out of the seat on the train - you get an "accidental" bag to the head. you want to block the door, you get a hip check. You stop dead, you get run over. You walk slow 5 wide, I will go through you.
One day I am gonna do the Heisman pose after a real good hit.
Fuck people.

When I'm ordering pizza with a group and I'm craving pepperoni and they kind of balk but humor me with half a pie, then the pizza arrives and they all grab for the pepperoni.

People who start to close the 5-6 car lengths they have between themselves and the car in front of them as soon as they see a turn signal. Yesterday I had a guy do that to me in a space I could have put two semi's into. He stomped it and was likely going about 90, into an intersection where we had the red light with us being 7 or so cars back. I got in with ease, then he spent the whole light cycle, about 2 minutes, flipping me off and screaming. The kids were disturbed, I kept my composure. Seriously, where the F*ck were you going? What difference did one car back at the red light make?

Grotewold wrote:When I'm ordering pizza with a group and I'm craving pepperoni and they kind of balk but humor me with half a pie, then the pizza arrives and they all grab for the pepperoni.

When someone ask everyone what they want on their pizza and they say plain or pepperoni. Then later, I find out people really like meatball pizza, which is my favorite. Then we have to eat plain and pepperoni because people think others like it. Everyone needs to speak up when it comes to ordering pizza. Don't shout out your 4th or 5th favorite topping. Yell at number 1, even if you think you're the only one. You might be surprised when someone says "Ooh. Meatball. That sounds good. I'll split it with you."

Grotewold wrote:When I'm ordering pizza with a group and I'm craving pepperoni and they kind of balk but humor me with half a pie, then the pizza arrives and they all grab for the pepperoni.

How can someone balk at pepperoni? Pepperoni comes standard.

lethal wrote:Worst is at the top or bottom of the escalator.

I hate that. Happens all the time in DC. I just push.

Alternately, it pisses me off no end when someone takes a look at you and proceeded to take three strides into you. I guess it is macho and I am supposed to yield. Hell, I am 6'2" 185, so its not like you cannot see me. I have given up and now just set and resist, or use an Aikido and spin them out of the way... while smiling of course.

Everyone seems to be embracing this "cheesesteak pizza" thing as legit, which even to me seems a little over the top. But goddamn is that a good slice.

The reason the "honesty is the best policy" thing never works is that you get too many preferences to come up with any kind of consensus. So instead of two topping ideas you get eight. Believe me, as someone who's not shy to suggest Hawaiian pizza every time

thephan wrote:People who start to close the 5-6 car lengths they have between themselves and the car in front of them as soon as they see a turn signal. Yesterday I had a guy do that to me in a space I could have put two semi's into. He stomped it and was likely going about 90, into an intersection where we had the red light with us being 7 or so cars back. I got in with ease, then he spent the whole light cycle, about 2 minutes, flipping me off and screaming. The kids were disturbed, I kept my composure. Seriously, where the F*ck were you going? What difference did one car back at the red light make?

Were you doing "the weave" prior to that? If so, I would have intentionally tried to block you out. What difference does one car back at the red light make??

If you weren't, well then nevermind.

Bucky wrote:

thephan wrote:People who start to close the 5-6 car lengths they have between themselves and the car in front of them as soon as they see a turn signal. Yesterday I had a guy do that to me in a space I could have put two semi's into. He stomped it and was likely going about 90, into an intersection where we had the red light with us being 7 or so cars back. I got in with ease, then he spent the whole light cycle, about 2 minutes, flipping me off and screaming. The kids were disturbed, I kept my composure. Seriously, where the F*ck were you going? What difference did one car back at the red light make?

Were you doing "the weave" prior to that? If so, I would have intentionally tried to block you out. What difference does one car back at the red light make??

If you weren't, well then nevermind.

Nope, the road was fairly empty by DC standards. I was changing lanes into a turn lane. I changed from the middle to the left. Said guy was plenty far enough back that it was a no brianer when I started, like 1/4 mile, when I entered the road from a highway. I signaled, he mashed it to make it as close as possible. I still had him by a good three car lengths when I made the light and came to a complete stopp. He promptly came completely unglued (actually he started with the finger far enough back that I thought he was smoking and had his cig out the window, I could not differentiate). He would have had to hit warp to pin me out, and I don't F'around with the kids and wife in the car (especially because I would not hear the end of it if I was an ass). Like I said, you could have put 2 full truck in front of him when I finished entering the lane. If it were going to be close, I would have waited, but to do that I would have had to come to a complete stop in the middle of a three lane road and let him catch up and pass, not to mention the traffic that was in that lane.

Thing is that I see this too often. Like the road was paved for one dude and his 1987 Bronco, and such. I tend to see this at any intersection where there is any bit of traffic and there is nowhere to go. The beltway is good to see people randomly going off when the get into the traffic zone.

Every time the American media reports on the doings of the English Royal Family I get pissed off. First of all, the American people fought and died so we wouldn't have to be governed by that group of inbred semi-retards. Second of all, they're not even really English, they're fucking Germans.

It's probably a good time to re-read Eikonoklastes.

TenuredVulture wrote:Every time the American media reports on the doings of the English Royal Family I get pissed off.

My theory... it's mostly for the women that romanticize the fairytale princess thing. Mrs. PiP was floating on clouds when she made me take her to some Princess Di wardrobe (including (gasp!) THE wedding dress) exhibit at the St. Pete museum a few years ago.

Phan In Phlorida wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:Every time the American media reports on the doings of the English Royal Family I get pissed off.

My theory... it's mostly for the women that romanticize the fairytale princess thing. Mrs. PiP was floating on clouds when she made me take her to some Princess Di wardrobe (including (gasp!) THE wedding dress) exhibit at the St. Pete museum a few years ago.

I agree, my mother was really into the Royals and what they all did before she died, especially Princess Di. She even admitted to the princess fantasy.

I made it a point to tell my daughter than the Prince is probably a creep, is dumb, and that all the fancy stuff they have is based on making the peasants wear rags. Then I explained to her how great it was when the French chopped off Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's head. Instead of playing Princess, I had her playing revolutionary.

thephan wrote:People who start to close the 5-6 car lengths they have between themselves and the car in front of them as soon as they see a turn signal.

Yeah that's the worst. Just being a dick. Another is when a car turning from a side street flies into your lane in front of you, then slows to a crawl.

Also, people standing behind you in line who keep inching closer even though the line's not moving.

/calgon