Do you think all the other people behind you who weren't tailgating deserved to be punished too?
Driving doesn't have to be about making the other fucker pay. That attitude is why I hate driving so much. It even affects me sometimes. I've had that angry feeling boil up and done stupid things several times, but I'm not proud of it. The thing I'm least proud of is the tailgater who got me so angry/scared that I popped down a gear causing him to rear-end me. Yeah, he totalled an expensive car and was 100% "at fault" but I felt kinda bad about it. I do wonder if he still tailgates so badly.
Dangit, you nearly had a perfect insult going there. Try this one instead:
Stand up. Stretch your hand up over your head. The distance from the floor to your hand is the altitude they were JOKING AT. Does that seem like it was over your head to you?
Simply put your cellphone in a ziplock bag and put it in the dishwasher, washing machine, or dryer (on low) for the duration of your sensitive conversation.
I used to launch skyrockets downwards off overpasses, tall buildings, and so forth. I'd try to time the drop so they'd explode while still in the air, but as low as possible. It was more exciting than launching the regular way - you'd get better velocity, and there was stuff to hit. Aerial rocket-bombing of plastic army men is a hell of a thing.
Based on my empirical observations, the stock market should skyrocket down faster than it skyrockets up. I don't know the mass of the stock market or what kind of thrust the stock market skyrocket has, so I can't provide exact figures.
You're right that it's the weight, but vehicles don't have to be so heavy. Many advancements have been made in materials, construction technique, and electronics that reduce the weight and power requirements. My Echo weighs 2000 lbs and has many safety, convenience, and entertainment features. It holds 5 adults comfortably and has a large trunk. If gasoline costs continue to be high and volatile manufacturers can focus on minimizing weight, which hasn't been done much in the US.
It is sad. I don't go to the movies as much as I used to, and I'm a movie buff. I can count on a good experience if I go to one of the independent "art house" theaters, but sometimes I want to see a movie that only plays in mainstream theaters. That just doesn't happen very much lately. I probably only go to regular movies 2 or 3 times a year now, down from at least 25 a while ago. Maybe movies aren't as good to me as they used to be, maybe there are other options now, it might be the cost, but a lot of it is that people are much ruder and better armed to annoy than they used to be in theaters.
I don't go through life looking for problems, quite the opposite. This one gets to me because I care about movies so much.
Your final comment is distressingly fatalist. Do you just accept it whenever you aren't happy with the way things are? I'm sure there are things about this world you aren't happy about. Do you simply stop doing whatever it was that exposed you to those things? I prefer to do what I can to make things better. Most of life's irritations roll off my back, but the occasional conversation, complaint, slashdot rant, etc. still gets made.
I see your point. It's just sad that I can count on at least one cellphone conversation when I go to the movies. If I confront the person, they have always become belligerent. I have never seen an usher, and going out of the movie to complain means my movie is already ruined. I complain on my way out if it was particularly bad, but there is never anything done about it.
I see it like drunk driving. A lot of people can do it just fine, but a few assholes ruined it for everyone. Now nobody can drive drunk without risking penalty, even if they never hurt anyone.
I'm annoyed by people talking in theaters, but cellphones are generally worse since they glow brightly and the users tend to yell into them.
So how do you feel about basements, wilderness, malfunctions, low battery and being retarded? Those all interfere with the god-given right to talk on a cellphone.
Do you fire up your phone on planes? After all, you're paying big bucks for it!
Seems to me this would work once. Only an idiot would try using the same trigger that didn't work last time. You can use IR, radio, wires, microwave, etc.
People on cell phones tend to yell, and tend to yell about stupid annoying things. I'd complain about a person yelling "What?!? I've got a poor signal! Yeah?! I'm in a restaurant!! Yeah! I'll call you in 5 minutes!" even if there was no cell phone.
We've become a nation of terrified crybabies. It's pathetic.
Who do I sue for the basement bar with no cell signal? Who do I sue if I have a heart attack in the wilderness with no signal? Who do I sue if my cellphone malfunctions, the battery dies, or I'm too retarded to use it?
My truck gets 40mpg highway. I can show you the logs. Or you can google for other people who have the nissan 720 with sd22 engine. You're right about the Datsun name - in 1981 it was branded Datsun by Nissan, in 82 it became simply Nissan. I refer to it as Nissan because that's how spare parts are listed.
Anyway, my point was using 1981 technology you can build a pickup that gets 40mpg. I can't buy a new truck because the mileage is much lower than what I have now. I WANT a new truck but I can't HAVE one because our 2006 tech is INFERIOR to 1981 regarding fuel efficency in light trucks!!! I'm very sensitive about this!!!
It doesn't matter what is typical, I was talking about potential fuel efficiency. Your point that cars are twice as efficient as 20 years ago is simply wrong.
If you want to talk about fleet efficiency, the chart here shows that cars now get worse mileage than 1987, and are heavier than any time since 1975 (when the chart begins)
So you're double super wrong. Cars are LESS efficient, HEAVIER, and you are WRONG about fuel efficiency. I'll grant that cars now pollute less than cars from 20 years ago, and safety features have come a long way. I'd just like to see some actual progress regarding efficiency instead of going backward. Attitudes like yours hinder this, in addition to being factually incorrect.
I like the Toyota Echo I got for $10k that gets 40mpg. The equivalent now is the Yaris. It's fun to drive and surprisingly roomy. I can fit 5 large adults no problem, and it's tall enough for my 6'2" self to sit in the back. If they'd come out with a diesel 50mpg would be no problem.
First, I have a 1981 nissan diesel pickup that gets 40 mpg. So You're wrong about that. Mileage is stagnant, has been since just after the gas crisis in the 70s.
Second, the cars people drive and the way cities are laid out are dictated by numerous tax laws, development tax breaks, and plenty of governmental interference. If developers had to pay for all the new infastructure required for a sprawling exurb they wouldn't be built. If roads weren't subsidized so much people wouldn't drive as much. Government created this mess, it had very little to do with capitalism.
We just had a big snowstorm and saw a fresh crop of upside-down SUVs in ditches. Always nice to see after getting bullied by them (in a car and on foot) all summer long. Incidentally, you and your family have rotten luck in vehicles. Perhaps you should consider public transportation?
On second thought, please stay in your cars. I don't want to see horrific train crashes.
Social engineering isn't always lying. I used to joke that you could do anything with a clipboard and a hardhat/labcoat/etc. You aren't lying if you go to High St. and set up cones, remove the street sign and check it off on your clipboard. If you drive a white pickup nobody will call the cops or even look twice.
You're simply acting in a way that people expect. You're taking advantage of the human tendancy to place things into categories. You're engineering your interaction to produce a specific outcome.
Calling it lying isn't comprehensive. You can lie without any goal, which would not be social engineering. Or you can do social engineering without lying.
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Do you think all the other people behind you who weren't tailgating deserved to be punished too?
Driving doesn't have to be about making the other fucker pay. That attitude is why I hate driving so much. It even affects me sometimes. I've had that angry feeling boil up and done stupid things several times, but I'm not proud of it. The thing I'm least proud of is the tailgater who got me so angry/scared that I popped down a gear causing him to rear-end me. Yeah, he totalled an expensive car and was 100% "at fault" but I felt kinda bad about it. I do wonder if he still tailgates so badly.
Dangit, you nearly had a perfect insult going there. Try this one instead:
Stand up. Stretch your hand up over your head. The distance from the floor to your hand is the altitude they were JOKING AT. Does that seem like it was over your head to you?
Just in case you're not joking, it is customary to find a torrent/emule/warez server.
You need to turn off autorun. Step 6 only happens if you use autorun or do something stupid.
Simply put your cellphone in a ziplock bag and put it in the dishwasher, washing machine, or dryer (on low) for the duration of your sensitive conversation.
So now that the drug dealers are all using cellphones can we have the payphones back?
*sigh*, I thought not.
It must not be lighter than air at all times, otherwise we'd never have a stock market crash. I'm not surprised that it must be full of hot air.
I used to launch skyrockets downwards off overpasses, tall buildings, and so forth. I'd try to time the drop so they'd explode while still in the air, but as low as possible. It was more exciting than launching the regular way - you'd get better velocity, and there was stuff to hit. Aerial rocket-bombing of plastic army men is a hell of a thing.
Based on my empirical observations, the stock market should skyrocket down faster than it skyrockets up. I don't know the mass of the stock market or what kind of thrust the stock market skyrocket has, so I can't provide exact figures.
You're right that it's the weight, but vehicles don't have to be so heavy. Many advancements have been made in materials, construction technique, and electronics that reduce the weight and power requirements. My Echo weighs 2000 lbs and has many safety, convenience, and entertainment features. It holds 5 adults comfortably and has a large trunk. If gasoline costs continue to be high and volatile manufacturers can focus on minimizing weight, which hasn't been done much in the US.
It is sad. I don't go to the movies as much as I used to, and I'm a movie buff. I can count on a good experience if I go to one of the independent "art house" theaters, but sometimes I want to see a movie that only plays in mainstream theaters. That just doesn't happen very much lately. I probably only go to regular movies 2 or 3 times a year now, down from at least 25 a while ago. Maybe movies aren't as good to me as they used to be, maybe there are other options now, it might be the cost, but a lot of it is that people are much ruder and better armed to annoy than they used to be in theaters.
I don't go through life looking for problems, quite the opposite. This one gets to me because I care about movies so much.
Your final comment is distressingly fatalist. Do you just accept it whenever you aren't happy with the way things are? I'm sure there are things about this world you aren't happy about. Do you simply stop doing whatever it was that exposed you to those things? I prefer to do what I can to make things better. Most of life's irritations roll off my back, but the occasional conversation, complaint, slashdot rant, etc. still gets made.
Oh, it's sarcasm all right. Made even funnier by the fact that cellphone-impaired drivers are more dangerous than alcohol-impaired drivers!
I see your point. It's just sad that I can count on at least one cellphone conversation when I go to the movies. If I confront the person, they have always become belligerent. I have never seen an usher, and going out of the movie to complain means my movie is already ruined. I complain on my way out if it was particularly bad, but there is never anything done about it.
I see it like drunk driving. A lot of people can do it just fine, but a few assholes ruined it for everyone. Now nobody can drive drunk without risking penalty, even if they never hurt anyone.
I'll add insulting dangerous packaging to my list of reasons to download or buy used.
I'm annoyed by people talking in theaters, but cellphones are generally worse since they glow brightly and the users tend to yell into them.
So how do you feel about basements, wilderness, malfunctions, low battery and being retarded? Those all interfere with the god-given right to talk on a cellphone.
Do you fire up your phone on planes? After all, you're paying big bucks for it!
Seems to me this would work once. Only an idiot would try using the same trigger that didn't work last time. You can use IR, radio, wires, microwave, etc.
People on cell phones tend to yell, and tend to yell about stupid annoying things. I'd complain about a person yelling "What?!? I've got a poor signal! Yeah?! I'm in a restaurant!! Yeah! I'll call you in 5 minutes!" even if there was no cell phone.
We've become a nation of terrified crybabies. It's pathetic.
Who do I sue for the basement bar with no cell signal? Who do I sue if I have a heart attack in the wilderness with no signal? Who do I sue if my cellphone malfunctions, the battery dies, or I'm too retarded to use it?
You can't even rent a car and travel anonymously anymore. Many rentals are quietly equipped with GPS loggers. Nevermind if you have a cellphone!
They killed an evil space-alien named Jesus who still threatens this planet.
That, and running water.
Oh yeah?! Prove it!
My truck gets 40mpg highway. I can show you the logs. Or you can google for other people who have the nissan 720 with sd22 engine. You're right about the Datsun name - in 1981 it was branded Datsun by Nissan, in 82 it became simply Nissan. I refer to it as Nissan because that's how spare parts are listed.
Anyway, my point was using 1981 technology you can build a pickup that gets 40mpg. I can't buy a new truck because the mileage is much lower than what I have now. I WANT a new truck but I can't HAVE one because our 2006 tech is INFERIOR to 1981 regarding fuel efficency in light trucks!!! I'm very sensitive about this!!!
It doesn't matter what is typical, I was talking about potential fuel efficiency. Your point that cars are twice as efficient as 20 years ago is simply wrong.
If you want to talk about fleet efficiency, the chart here shows that cars now get worse mileage than 1987, and are heavier than any time since 1975 (when the chart begins)
So you're double super wrong. Cars are LESS efficient, HEAVIER, and you are WRONG about fuel efficiency. I'll grant that cars now pollute less than cars from 20 years ago, and safety features have come a long way. I'd just like to see some actual progress regarding efficiency instead of going backward. Attitudes like yours hinder this, in addition to being factually incorrect.
I like the Toyota Echo I got for $10k that gets 40mpg. The equivalent now is the Yaris. It's fun to drive and surprisingly roomy. I can fit 5 large adults no problem, and it's tall enough for my 6'2" self to sit in the back. If they'd come out with a diesel 50mpg would be no problem.
You're so wrong I don't even know where to start.
First, I have a 1981 nissan diesel pickup that gets 40 mpg. So You're wrong about that. Mileage is stagnant, has been since just after the gas crisis in the 70s.
Second, the cars people drive and the way cities are laid out are dictated by numerous tax laws, development tax breaks, and plenty of governmental interference. If developers had to pay for all the new infastructure required for a sprawling exurb they wouldn't be built. If roads weren't subsidized so much people wouldn't drive as much. Government created this mess, it had very little to do with capitalism.
We just had a big snowstorm and saw a fresh crop of upside-down SUVs in ditches. Always nice to see after getting bullied by them (in a car and on foot) all summer long. Incidentally, you and your family have rotten luck in vehicles. Perhaps you should consider public transportation?
On second thought, please stay in your cars. I don't want to see horrific train crashes.
Social engineering isn't always lying. I used to joke that you could do anything with a clipboard and a hardhat/labcoat/etc. You aren't lying if you go to High St. and set up cones, remove the street sign and check it off on your clipboard. If you drive a white pickup nobody will call the cops or even look twice.
You're simply acting in a way that people expect. You're taking advantage of the human tendancy to place things into categories. You're engineering your interaction to produce a specific outcome.
Calling it lying isn't comprehensive. You can lie without any goal, which would not be social engineering. Or you can do social engineering without lying.