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Justin wrote:
> to start an argument.Because we spend so much time in our cars and > because this nation was built on freedom of movement, cars are VERY > important and unfortunately there are a lot of knuckleheads out there > driving, so pet peeves are important. People drive what they are. If they're poor, their car reflects it. If they're smart, their car reflects it. If they're stupid, .... Our cars are an extension of ourselves, and this is funny, because at the same time they give us a false sense of privacy and our personalities become more likely to do things that we wouldn't do if we were walking in a crowd of people. Example, cutting people off, or giving them the bird is less personal when we're driving - or so we think - and so we're more likely to do these things. My biggest pet peeve is stupid people. People who have brains but don't use them. For example, riding with the left foot on the brake. Might decrease your reaction time from .5 seconds to maybe .4, the .1 second needed to swap from gas to brake pedal with the right (right as in side and right as in correct) foot. At the 60 MPH most of us do in a 50 MPH zone, that's 88 feet per second. One tenth of a second is 8.8 feet. That's just the length of road you save from /starting/ to brake, not the length you save overall. But, riding with the left foot on the brake not only intermittently blinks the brake light at soon-to-be-extemely-annoyed followers, but for ever blink of that light, the brake disc comes into contact with the pads. Heat. Friction. Loss of horsepower to the road. Increased fuel consumption. Worst of all, decreased brake efficiency, and when brakes are hot, they don't brake as well. Furthermore, it heats up not only the brakes but ever other part in the vicinity: rotors, rims, tires, bearings, effectively wearing everything out. These are the same dip****s that don't know how to check their oil themselves. Another example of stupid people is the Navy guy that totalled my second car. I loved that car. It might have been underpowered, but it was very shiny, straight as an Amish man in San Francisco, and had an immaculate interior. Until the red light. I came up to it and stopped, as any intelligent person would. I hear tires screech, and look in my rear-view just in time to see this guy try -- and fail -- to avoid hitting me by swerving. Had he hit me straight on, I would have lost my taillights, my rear fascia, and maybe my muffler, but the body would not have been nearly as damaged, as the force of the hit would have been more evenly distributed. But no, he chunked the corner and brought the left rear taillamp up to the wheelwell, and bent the hatch thereby breaking the glass in both the hatch and the left quarter. Not to mention the wrinkles from the driver's door around to the right taillamp (which was not damaged). His excuse? He was watching a "Hobby World" sign, which had flashing neon lights shaped like planes, trains, and I think boats. Yo, dip****, there's a red light ahead! Let's see... I don't mind bikers wanting to be noticed, but two things irritate the **** out of me: headlights on high when lowbeam is sufficiently blinding as it is, and ESPECIALLY high-beam headlights that flash at oncoming traffic in a "Look at me and don't hit me" fashion. I'm sorry, but two things: people like me see you anyway. We see that there is an object moving at 50 miles an hour. It's the stupid people that don't, because they're not paying attention to the road. Instead, they're talking on cellphones, eating cereal, reading the newspaper or some book they just can't put down, or watching the TV that's supposed to be facing the passenger side, or putting on makeup, or shaving. The way I see it, if people moving at 50MPH in two directions isn't enough to get these people to pay attention, neither are your flashing headlights. They just serve to annoy people. What's just as irritating to me is the flashing high-mount TAILLIGHT. I see two dimly lit lights turn into three brightly lit lights. I don't need the middle one flashing at me. I PAY attention. It's the people that make this nonsense necessary that also make it a requirement that I pay more for insurance simply and ONLY because of my age and gender, two of the things that I cannot be discriminated against, and yet, the insurance companies do! I don't see how my having a dick and testicles makes me any more likely to cause an accident. Yeah, I get angrier quicker because of testosterone, but it doesn't make me stupid behind the wheel. I've been driving for 8 years and have not caused an accident yet. I have gotten speeding tickets, and all but two of them was in rural, low-traffic areas. Of the two that weren't, one was because I had just gotten that second car, which had almost twice the power of the beetle I had been driving, and I wasn't used to it. The other of the two was for not slowing down early enough as I went from a higher limit to lower limit. The rest were all rural, where trafic was less than 2 cars per every quarter mile of road. Mostly, bored cops. I hate speed limits. I'll save you the argument against them. Frankly, I think that if people cause any kind of accident, that only then should their insurance rates increase. That way, smart people like me aren't forced to pay out the ass for something I don't need based on what genetalia I have and how long ago I was born. When's the last time you saw a man putting on eyeliner while driving to work? -- --x _x | CJ Chitwood | | |_|___ _ _ ____x | Unregistered Linux User # 18,000,002 | |_| | , | | |\ \/ | |____|_|_|_|___|/\_\ | Sink the ship to reply by e-mail |
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Justin wrote:
> "mikwe" > wrote in news:108bd1q5e1gosb1 > @corp.supernews.com: > >> whatever > > > > You are a fountain of conversation, Mike. Snippy little remarks like > "whatever" and "get over it" are a hallmark of your generation Y attitude > -- the "I don't care" generation. Or perhaps, you aren't intelligent > enough to actually form a sentence. I'll voluntarily take offense to your branding of MY generation as the "I don't care" generation. Just because he doesn't care about one thing you say doesn't mean none of us do, and I'm sure if you could go back in history, EVERY generation goes through this. It's part of being a 20-something. Just like being a teenager has its peculiarities, just like being a senile old man has its own set, too. What irritates me more isn't what he said, but the fact he didn't bother to snip the text below his comment, as with such a short comment, the rest of the text became irrelevant. I also hate how he didn't put any space between the reply and his two lines of "On such and such day, at such and such time, so and so said" line, making it all seem to blend in at first glance, as I skim from top to bottom to top for what his reply was. But of course, it's more a waste of time for me to remark on that than it is for me to simply bear it, which is what I normally do, but since I've been typing nearly nonstop for the past 15 minutes plus, I find that my typing speed has increased and this post has now become totally pointless!!!! :-D Later... > > > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== > Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- -- --x _x | CJ Chitwood | | |_|___ _ _ ____x | Unregistered Linux User # 18,000,002 | |_| | , | | |\ \/ | |____|_|_|_|___|/\_\ | Sink the ship to reply by e-mail |
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Justin wrote:
> "mikwe" > wrote in news:108bd1q5e1gosb1 > @corp.supernews.com: > >> whatever > > > > You are a fountain of conversation, Mike. Snippy little remarks like > "whatever" and "get over it" are a hallmark of your generation Y attitude > -- the "I don't care" generation. Or perhaps, you aren't intelligent > enough to actually form a sentence. I'll voluntarily take offense to your branding of MY generation as the "I don't care" generation. Just because he doesn't care about one thing you say doesn't mean none of us do, and I'm sure if you could go back in history, EVERY generation goes through this. It's part of being a 20-something. Just like being a teenager has its peculiarities, just like being a senile old man has its own set, too. What irritates me more isn't what he said, but the fact he didn't bother to snip the text below his comment, as with such a short comment, the rest of the text became irrelevant. I also hate how he didn't put any space between the reply and his two lines of "On such and such day, at such and such time, so and so said" line, making it all seem to blend in at first glance, as I skim from top to bottom to top for what his reply was. But of course, it's more a waste of time for me to remark on that than it is for me to simply bear it, which is what I normally do, but since I've been typing nearly nonstop for the past 15 minutes plus, I find that my typing speed has increased and this post has now become totally pointless!!!! :-D Later... > > > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== > Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- -- --x _x | CJ Chitwood | | |_|___ _ _ ____x | Unregistered Linux User # 18,000,002 | |_| | , | | |\ \/ | |____|_|_|_|___|/\_\ | Sink the ship to reply by e-mail |
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Justin wrote:
>> My pipes are fine. Go spew out your meaningless drivel where it's >> on-topic, like maybe in alt.computers.dip****s > > > My drivel is meaningful; I'll have you to know! At least I have some > semblance of substance in my posts; unlike your mere insults. If you > didn't like my Car Pet Peeves original post, why'd you bother opening it > and reading it? I replied to some loser's one word reply "whatever" and > then proceeded to get attacked by you. Go away; you're a hoser. Dan doesn't need my support here, but he's cool. He has a point, few people rarely do care about anyone else's peeves. Usually, it's just like in those "defensive driving" classes one has to take to keep points off their license here in Florida. IT NEVER FAILS that one of the first questions asked in such a class is what our driving pet peeves are, and inevitably, they're always the same... peoples' blinkers not turning off, people cutting in and out, people changing to the "fast lane" and slowing down, etc etc etc when in the end, we all know that absolutely everything will be done to NOT rectify the situation, and so we all go on having our peeves. <Takes BIIIIIG DEEEEEEEEEEP breathe> So I guess the whole point is to give us a method to vent our frustrations when we really know that in the end they're still going to be there and there's nothing that can be done about it except to carry your 10-guage with you everywhere you go. Of course, then you run into problems with stupid people calling the police on you when all you're trying to do is educate them, but the problem there is that stupid people like being stupid. Ignorance is bliss, but so is stupidity for them. :-D -- --x _x | CJ Chitwood | | |_|___ _ _ ____x | Unregistered Linux User # 18,000,002 | |_| | , | | |\ \/ | Two more cents. |____|_|_|_|___|/\_\ | Sink the ship to reply by e-mail |
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Justin wrote:
>> My pipes are fine. Go spew out your meaningless drivel where it's >> on-topic, like maybe in alt.computers.dip****s > > > My drivel is meaningful; I'll have you to know! At least I have some > semblance of substance in my posts; unlike your mere insults. If you > didn't like my Car Pet Peeves original post, why'd you bother opening it > and reading it? I replied to some loser's one word reply "whatever" and > then proceeded to get attacked by you. Go away; you're a hoser. Dan doesn't need my support here, but he's cool. He has a point, few people rarely do care about anyone else's peeves. Usually, it's just like in those "defensive driving" classes one has to take to keep points off their license here in Florida. IT NEVER FAILS that one of the first questions asked in such a class is what our driving pet peeves are, and inevitably, they're always the same... peoples' blinkers not turning off, people cutting in and out, people changing to the "fast lane" and slowing down, etc etc etc when in the end, we all know that absolutely everything will be done to NOT rectify the situation, and so we all go on having our peeves. <Takes BIIIIIG DEEEEEEEEEEP breathe> So I guess the whole point is to give us a method to vent our frustrations when we really know that in the end they're still going to be there and there's nothing that can be done about it except to carry your 10-guage with you everywhere you go. Of course, then you run into problems with stupid people calling the police on you when all you're trying to do is educate them, but the problem there is that stupid people like being stupid. Ignorance is bliss, but so is stupidity for them. :-D -- --x _x | CJ Chitwood | | |_|___ _ _ ____x | Unregistered Linux User # 18,000,002 | |_| | , | | |\ \/ | Two more cents. |____|_|_|_|___|/\_\ | Sink the ship to reply by e-mail |
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Circuit Breaker > wrote in
news >>Ignorance is bliss, but so is stupidity for them. > >:-D I think it's not even so much stupidity that causes people to act in assholish ways (and the resulting bad driving habits) so much as it is their own personal tunnel vision. A lot of folks are only looking out for themselves. They don't give a fig about anyone else. I've sat in the parking lots of grocery stores, waiting for the wife and am appalled at the laziness of people. About half the people leave the shopping buggies right next to their car or in an empty parking space, and sometimes the buggies roll away and hit other cars. Stupid behavior, yes. More accurately though: assholish behavior. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Circuit Breaker > wrote in
news >>Ignorance is bliss, but so is stupidity for them. > >:-D I think it's not even so much stupidity that causes people to act in assholish ways (and the resulting bad driving habits) so much as it is their own personal tunnel vision. A lot of folks are only looking out for themselves. They don't give a fig about anyone else. I've sat in the parking lots of grocery stores, waiting for the wife and am appalled at the laziness of people. About half the people leave the shopping buggies right next to their car or in an empty parking space, and sometimes the buggies roll away and hit other cars. Stupid behavior, yes. More accurately though: assholish behavior. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Someone is peeved about:
> (2.) Cars with not so clear plastic over their license plates. There is an urban legend that says they make the license plate unreadable to the cameras that spot you blowing stoplights. Those who say so seem to be the people who sell them to you for $50. Unfortunately in some states, they are also illegal and the ticket for illegal equipment will cost you another $50 or more. |
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Someone is peeved about:
> (2.) Cars with not so clear plastic over their license plates. There is an urban legend that says they make the license plate unreadable to the cameras that spot you blowing stoplights. Those who say so seem to be the people who sell them to you for $50. Unfortunately in some states, they are also illegal and the ticket for illegal equipment will cost you another $50 or more. |
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Justin wrote:
> Circuit Breaker > wrote in > news > >>>Ignorance is bliss, but so is stupidity for them. > > I think it's not even so much stupidity that causes people to act in > assholish ways (and the resulting bad driving habits) so much as it is > their own personal tunnel vision. Hmm, well, I think you are probably correct there. I do use the term "stupid" to refer to people just not thinking, and that includes not thinking about others around them, which you describe :-D so yeah, you're right -- it's tunnel vision. Which I throw in with stupidity ;-) -- --x _x | CJ Chitwood | | |_|___ _ _ ____x | Unregistered Linux User # 18,000,002 | |_| | , | | |\ \/ | ASCII Elvis? (^:? |____|_|_|_|___|/\_\ | Sink the ship to reply by e-mail |
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