not so serious but I want to rant II: Redemption

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Cajungal

Cajungal

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I'm so tired of hearing women speak.

I know it's not true, but damnit, so many of us sound the exact freaking same. I'll be walking around campus on the way to the library hearing conversations and they all sound the same:

"It's just like... I don't know, like, I'm like, ready for, I guess, a break?"

"Like, I know he didn't mean it but, like, I don't think it was fair?"

"I guess I thought it would be, like, easier or something?"

"They should just, like, I don't know, try harder?"

IT'S CALLED A GODDAMN DECLARATIVE SENTENCE. Where in the hell did so many people learn to speak this way? Where are they getting it?! And it's almost never guys. Sometimes, but not as often. It's just so irritating. :mad2:
 
Gusto

Gusto

I think that might be a deep-rooted validation seeking speech system. They ask everything like it's a question without it actually BEING a question, because they want someone to follow it up with a "Yeah."

Certainly in the sorts of dialogue you're overhearing, that seems like the sort of thing where you wanna seek advice or at least make sure the person is listening by soliciting a response, even subconciously.
 
Cajungal

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Maybe. Sometimes, to me it feels like people don't want to be seen as "too smart" or overconfident... as if being sure of yourself is an undesirable attribute or something.

There are sometimes when it makes sense--- if you actually aren't sure of something. "I think he's in.... Kansas? I don't remember." You're actually asking. Maybe someone else remembers. Everyone does that. I dunno. I don't feel very forgiving right now. I've just been bombarded with it lately, and I'm starting to wonder how professors deal with it every day.
 
Gusto

Gusto

PERHAPS

Nowadays I speak with great authority, even though I often have to correct myself.

AT LEAST I'M SORTA CONFIDENT
 
Cajungal

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:laugh: Correcting yourself just means that you were listening to yourself. Some people don't. ;)

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P.S.--Your caps are simply oozing confidence.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

It's good not to be too declarative, because shitheads will call you a liar if you're wrong otherwise.

We can trade people who we're annoyed with, but I don't think we'd like each other's any more than the ones we already have.
 
Cajungal

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escushion said:
It's good not to be too declarative, because shitheads will call you a liar if you're wrong otherwise.

We can trade people who we're annoyed with, but I don't think we'd like each other's any more than the ones we already have.
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The peeves are always less peevier on the other side.

And I'd rather be thought of as a liar than a conversational weenie.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Cajungal;436982][QUOTE=escushion said:
It's good not to be too declarative, because shitheads will call you a liar if you're wrong otherwise.

We can trade people who we're annoyed with, but I don't think we'd like each other's any more than the ones we already have.
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The peeves are always less peevier on the other side.

And I'd rather be thought of as a liar than a conversational weenie.[/QUOTE]

I don't care what people think, but calling me a liar for not being sure, to my face, is a good way to piss me off. So I make sure to put "I think" at the beginning if I'm unsure, and just say "I don't know" if I really have no clue, rather than guessing like people around want to nudge others into doing (and then call you a liar if wrong).
 
Cajungal

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^Oh, absolutely. If someone thinks I'm stating a fact and it's an opinion, I'll amend that. Boy, can I bullshit, though. I guess all the time. But then I use the Imprerative, "Don't quote me." :p
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Stupid wireless router went out this afternoon while I was at work. Had to spend money that I didn't want to spend for a new one.
 
Baerdog

Baerdog

I am all sorts of declarative. And sometimes exclamatory!

Work was busy busy today getting things wrapped up for the golf tournament we are holding for some of our top clients on Thursday and I ended up having to stay late to get some non-golf things taken care of that needed to be done by tomorrow. Oh well. At least on Thursday I'll have a nice quiet day in the office without any bosses around. :awesome:
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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Mannnn. The little girl in my class who I thought was pretty awesome turned out to be a kiss-ass who's gunning for my job as teacher. I hate that. Those kids are more annoying to me than the disruptive ones.
 
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makare

As I was leaving my dormitory this morning the chick at the desk said to me, "oh hey michelle someone told me something about you." Uh what? "But I can't remember what it was hmmm I guess if it had been important I would have told you right away right. hahaha"

hahaha. wtf?!
 
phil

phil

It's hard to work with other creative people sometimes. I don't know how to explain that weird things, well made things, and profitable things are not all the same.
 
Cajungal

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Bleh. Had a wonderful weekend, actually. Jake cooked for me, I got all my work done early, I cooked a big hot breakfast for us and then we went for a little drive and enjoyed the afternoon... lots of laughing, lots of talking, lots of happy lazy times.

But Sunday nights are stupid, and I hate them. I know in my head that it's not that bad; I know better than to wallow in self-pity over a situation that could be tougher. But it's gonna be SO nice when I can think "I'd like to see Jake" on a Wednesday, and that thought won't end with, "oh well."
 
figmentPez

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Grrr, either GOG.com is pulling some sort of annoying publicity stunt, or the internet is about to loose it's premiere source for legal DRM-free games. Thread: GOG.com is gone?

What a crappy way to end a perfectly nice Talk Like a Pirate Day.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Uuugh this fucking cat. He's a spoiled douchenozzle and my roommate's gf never punishes him for fucking anything. He's taken to coming into my room a lot, which usually is fine, but he also likes to use the side of my mattress as an anchor for his claws when he stretches/kneads. I swear I'm the only person in this apartment who makes him know when he's doing something he shouldn't. Little bastard almost knocked shit off my desk multiple times now in search of leftovers when he knows I've been eating fish, too.

I hate cats.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

makare said:
Meh dogs are just as much a pain in the ass... also, kids.
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Never had these issues with a dog I've owned once they were trained. Or any dog I've interacted with on a consistent basis, come to think of it.

Edit: Obviously the previous rant and this post here are based off of my opinions based on my interactions with cats and dogs. I've been around two cats that I didn't hate, don't know why they weren't enormous bastards but there you go.
 
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makare

My dogs are "trained" but they are also devious little shits. My border collie is incredibly well behaved. But if we had chicken and there are chicken bones in the garbage she WILL dig through the garbage to get them. She can't resist. My pitbull/german shepherd still chews up chair legs sometimes and anything leather. My springer/lab is just plain naughty, she knows she is being naughty too that is what chaps my ass. My chocolate lab behaves pretty well she is just an asshole.

I don't know anyone who doesn't have some kind of issue with their dog at some point. My cats are perfectly behaved. Although for the sake of fairness I will say that my Evil misbehaving cat died last spring. He was also a jerk.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

This is where the cat person / dog person thing starts, I suppose. I think most of it comes from feeling like I have to take care of these cats because the roommates ignore them for the most part, save for once or twice a day. I'd never own a cat myself, so it just makes me dislike the idea even more.
 
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makare

I love cats. I prefer them to dogs but I love dogs too. I've never understood the cat person/dog person dichotomy.

Let's just call it what it is though, your roommate is a lousy pet owner. Even if you would like a cat the frustration of the situation keeps you from it and that sucks. It is kind of a nuisance but if you put double sided tape on the mattress it might stop the clawing and everything else you catch it doing spray bottle him. It's really not the cats fault the owner is negligent. So spray the owner too.
 
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