Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

ditchdigger wrote: Ever see Louis C.K.'s bit on white people problems? We should rename this thread white people problems in its honor

Hey! I'm not white! Speak for yourself.

Okay, well, I'm 75% white... but the rest is all brown, and I defend that quarter jealously.

"Jay, why aren't you wearing sunscreen? It's like the berkeleying Sahara out here!"
"Brown."

Hey, I can turn that into another rant. Whities who insist I need sunscreen, and am somehow trying to be macho and dumb by refusing it. Hey, your pasty ginger butt needs it, that's fine, but I'm convinced smearing SPF a billion all over your skin every day for three months does more harm than it solves. I choose not to, and when after I get my first browning of the summer I really don't need it. So quit harassing me about it!

That reminds me of the family I saw at the beach this summer who had smeared their poor son up with so much that he looked like one of the Blue Man Group. This family was black. Not like Barack Obama mottled-brown black, like dark black. I'm pretty sure the poor kid could have gotten on just fine without being greased up like a fresh wheel bearing. Stop doing that.

FWIW people of the darker skin tones still get sun induced skin cancer ... not as much chance as a red haired, Irishman ( or women ) but it still happens

Anyone really berkeleying sick of the stock market? It's no great surprise, but it's still not exactly making me happy.

Jay wrote:

ditchdigger wrote: Ever see Louis C.K.'s bit on white people problems? We should rename this thread white people problems in its honor

Hey! I'm not white! Speak for yourself. Okay, well, I'm 75% white... but the rest is all brown, and I defend that quarter jealously. "Jay, why aren't you wearing sunscreen? It's like the berkeleying Sahara out here!" "Brown." Hey, I can turn that into another rant. Whities who insist I need sunscreen, and am somehow trying to be macho and dumb by refusing it. Hey, your pasty ginger butt needs it, that's fine, but I'm convinced smearing SPF a billion all over your skin every day for three months does more harm than it solves. I choose not to, and when after I get my first browning of the summer I really don't need it. So quit harassing me about it! That reminds me of the family I saw at the beach this summer who had smeared their poor son up with so much that he looked like one of the Blue Man Group. This family was black. Not like Barack Obama black, like central Ghana 100% pure-strain black. I'm pretty sure the poor kid could have gotten on just fine without being greased up like a fresh wheel bearing. Stop doing that.

I'm whiter than hell, and I hate sunscreen. Inevitably, you miss a little triangle somewhere that ends up being a third degree burn, so I wear clothes, a hat, and I stay aware of whats going on around me. When I start to get hot, I find shade. Once my arms and face are tanned, problem is solved.

A few years ago there was a study done in Australia that seemed to suggest there was no significant difference in skin cancer rates between sunscreen users and the non users. Their theory was the pre-cancerous cells fell off when your sunburn peeled.

Streetwiseguy wrote: A few years ago there was a study done in Australia that seemed to suggest there was no significant difference in skin cancer rates between sunscreen users and the non users. Their theory was the pre-cancerous cells fell off when your sunburn peeled.

Bhahahaha! You don't want to just dabble in the sun - you go for the full burn/peel cycle or else you get the cancer. Ya know what works better than sunscreen? Check out the outfits on the desert dwellin' south american types. Big- assed-brim hat, jeans, boots and long sleeve flannel shirts when pickin' tomatos in billion degree heat.

Home sick, watching the Petit online and the 3rd part of the race lost audio 19 seconds in!

Emailed the webmaster and they respond with essentially, yeah, we'll have it fixed tomorrow with a new file. Really? An entire day?

berkeley!

If you are going to mention free unlimited steak fries six times while you take our order maybe you should come by and see if we wanted any in the 40 min we waited for our burgers.

Wally wrote: If you are going to mention free unlimited steak fries six times while you take our order maybe you should come by and see if we wanted any in the 40 min we waited for our burgers.

Those bastards at Red Robin! The service sucks everywhere.

In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:

The hamburgers aren't worth the trouble. My kids like the free balloons, though.

French fries.

Why does something that can be SO good, have to be so marginal at so many places?

Why do I get limp, oily, salty cardboard tasting fries with my $20 ribs or steak?

Come on restaurants, it pretty simple, even Mcdonalds can get it right sometimes. Put sliced potatoes in hot oil until crispy. Serve hot. It's not that hard, really.

I once loved fries. Now I wish there were good alternatives. There aren't at most places.

Otto Maddox wrote: In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker: The hamburgers aren't worth the trouble. My kids like the free balloons, though.

I will admit that the burger with the egg was pretty damn good when a buddy brought it to my house as take-out.

I have been to the local one twice figuring anybody can have a bad day once... and a remote one near an airport (out of futility with other choices) once. All visits were were a service fiasco. I do not expect to ever patronize them again... even for a free balloon.

When I go to a place and order fries, I ask them to be "damn near burnt." Usually gets em crispy like I like. Soggy fries makes me loose faith in humanity...for about an hour.

Around here some of the best fries are at the county fair. Taters sliced while you watch. Small is a pint, large is a quart.

Best fries I ever got were at high school footbal games.
perfectly cooked , served in a big paper cone with vinegar.

yum!!

ok, that was 30 years ago.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I have been to the local one twice figuring anybody can have a bad day once... and a remote one near an airport (out of futility with other choices) once. All visits were were a service fiasco. I do not expect to ever patronize them again... even for a free balloon.

Here is a good tip. Never, EVER sit in the restaraunt at a Red Robin. Always sit at the bar. It is a million times quieter, Never any birthday songs and clapping and when the restaraunt is super busy with a 40 minute waiting list you can saunter past everyone sit down and be served in no time. Staff has to go to the bar for every order to get drinks so they will always ask if you need anything. Order the crispy chicken sandwich with a side of the buffalo wing sauce to pour on the chicken when they bring it to you. Leave satisfied and happy.

Now if the sodium levels of a damn burger at RR wouldn't make a packet of ramen look like health food I could go there from time to time.

flat black paint.... seriously it's overdone. there's everything from flat black chevy aveos to flat black bently continentals driving around here. there's even a pair of identical flat black mustangs. every pos beater is spray bombed flat black these days. every other silvia or skyline is flat black with some variety of neon colored wheels. can we move on to a new trend people? please?

B430 wrote: flat black paint.... seriously it's overdone. there's everything from flat black chevy aveos to flat black bently continentals driving around here. there's even a pair of identical flat black mustangs. every pos beater is spray bombed flat black these days. every other silvia or skyline is flat black with some variety of neon colored wheels. can we move on to a new trend people? please?

I'm going with flat white on next ride...how 'bout that?

Grtechguy wrote: I'm going with flat white on next ride...how 'bout that?

It will look clean exactly once. For about 15 minutes tops. Been there.

Satin white at least cleans up decently but looks grey and filthy after a very short period of time.

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You chose to have a scooter the size of a Jeep because it made you feel safer. Now your mad because it's hard for you to get on the bus. Instead of complaining that we need to remove seats from the bus to make way for your monster why not try a smaller scooter like everyone else that rides the bus has. You 97lbs do you really need something that big?

AHHHHHHHH! That's all I can say incase the walls have eyes.

Some mouth breathing, bike-transient stole my 32GB Touchpad off my porch after FedEx dropped it off while I was at work.

Neighbor described a guy riding a bike down our culdesac, specifically looking at everyone's porch after the FedEx truck left.

Now I have to jump through a bunch of hoops with the Police, FedEx and HP to make sure that the system is tagged as stolen if it ever surfaces and maybe get reimbursed (because, honestly, HP shipped a $500 device without requiring a signature, morons) Oh and I have to have all of my packages shipped to my office to avoid this again.

In reply to turboswede:

Similar scenario in my area last Christmas, buttberkeleys were cruising neighborhoods looking for packages dropped off and following delivery trucks. Hope the authorities nail those dirt bags.

In reply to fasted58:

Now you see, that is just berkeleyed up. Its one thing to steal my "toy" on any other day, but stealing Christmas presents? That is just a stoning-worthy offense there.

I dislike zoned gas prices, even if I'm coming out in the middle. Go downtown, it's 5 cents more than here, but if I go into the boonies, it's 10 cents cheaper than here. Oy.

#firstworldproblems