The Official Rant Thread

Halo4Ever · Post by **Halo4Ever** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:41 am

shadowkhas wrote:Our school had one of those crappy assemblies to explain school policy, and one point they made was to "show respect to the American flag."
That's all fine and dandy.

They showed pictures of soldiers' coffins with flags draped over them. First off, that's just disrespect to compare dead soldiers with flags. If you want to show a flag, JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF THE FLAG ON OUR FLAGPOLE.
Second of all, it's a little psychological mentality too...support our flag, so support our wars as well...

Are school had something very similar, I agree.

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:58 am

To be honest...our flag is pretty gay looking. I personally prefer the Scythe and Pick over the Stars and Stripes.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:17 pm

SHOUTrvb wrote:To be honest...our flag is pretty *** looking. I personally prefer the Scythe and Pick over the Stars and Stripes.

*Hammer and Sickle.

Sgt.Peppers · Post by **Sgt.Peppers** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:27 pm

I just broke another string.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:31 pm

Sgt.Peppers wrote:I just broke another string.

Dude, I hate it when I get relieved that I have another string on me, and then 5 minutes later another string breaks, and I don't have the right kind, and I'm practicing at church and I can't go home and get another.

WaywornMmmmm · Post by **WaywornMmmmm** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:34 pm

I get startled when the strings break. One time I was retuning my guitar and it was below the standard tune and it broke.

Good thing bass strings dont break.

INSANEdrive · Post by **INSANEdrive** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:49 pm

SHOUTrvb wrote:To be honest...our flag is pretty *** looking. I personally prefer the Scythe and Pick over the Stars and Stripes.

Disagree.

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:49 pm

Now that would hurt.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:00 pm

SHOUTrvb wrote:Now that would hurt.

srsly.

SpecOp44 · Post by **SpecOp44** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:52 pm

Explosm.net just seems like it's going downhill with every comic. It's just not funny anymore.

Dissolution241 · Post by **Dissolution241** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:58 pm

I never bitch about school or homework but I'm pissed because I have so many things to do and its all supposed to be done by tomorrow. Sucks, especially when you have other stuff to do.

Oh and I hate dumb, fat, 'goth' bitches who think they know everything, constantly correct you if you're wrong on the simplest things yet they're doing everything wrong in the long run. Christ, fucking retards, I swear I'm surrounded by them.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:07 pm

I fucking hate when companies assume people are God damn retards. My 360 all of a sudden stopped displaying on the TV, and the 360 itself doesn't have any error rings, so I know it's not the 360 or cable's fault. So I go to the lovely Samsung support site and what's the solution they provide? Check if the fucking wires are plugged in. No fucking shit they're plugged in, what kind of idiot actually fucking solves his problem this way?

God damnit I really don't feel like fucking calling tech support and getting this piece of shit serviced again.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:45 pm

shadowkhas wrote: ...support our flag, so support our wars as well...

How about show respect to those that allow you to speak freely now? Just because someone has a Yellow Ribbon on their car or anything doesn't signify that they support the war, Just the troops. a Flag Draping a coffin only signifies patriotism. Police Officers and Firefighters have American Flags Draped over their coffins too, it doesn't mean they fought a war.(ok, maybe they did fight a war on crime, or War on Fires, but Still...)

GametagAeonFlux wrote:I *** hate when companies assume people are God damn retards. My 360 all of a sudden stopped displaying on the TV, and the 360 itself doesn't have any error rings, so I know it's not the 360 or cable's fault. So I go to the lovely Samsung support site and what's the solution they provide? Check if the *** wires are plugged in. No *** **** they're plugged in, what kind of idiot actually *** solves his problem this way?

God damnit I really don't feel like *** calling tech support and getting this piece of **** serviced again.

I called tech support for my Keyboard once and it got down to "Gently Hitting the back of the Keyboard and listening for Rattling Noises." as Genuine Tech Support.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:53 pm

I ask and highly suggest you to calm down, GTAF. I am not usually one to criticize, and I don't want to get on your bad side, but that is not being a good example to other members on the forums. That, and the admins might get on you.

Please keep the swearing to a minimum, k? thx.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:54 pm

Cuda wrote:
shadowkhas wrote: ...support our flag, so support our wars as well...
How about show respect to those that allow you to speak freely now? Just because someone has a Yellow Ribbon on their car or anything doesn't signify that they support the war, Just the troops. a Flag Draping a coffin only signifies patriotism. Police Officers and Firefighters have American Flags Draped over their coffins too, it doesn't mean they fought a war.(ok, maybe they did fight a war on crime, or War on Fires, but Still...)

I don't think so in this case. They were just talking about showing respect to the flag, and to say the Pledge to it. I think it was way overboard to show dead soldiers' coffins.

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:56 pm

bibbit wrote:I ask and highly suggest you to calm down, GTAF. I am not usually one to criticize, and I don't want to get on your bad side, but that is not being a good example to other members on the forums. That, and the admins might get on you.

Please keep the swearing to a minimum, k? thx.

Censors are there for a reason.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:59 pm

I realize that.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:09 pm

GametagAeonFlux wrote:I *** hate when companies assume people are God damn retards. My 360 all of a sudden stopped displaying on the TV, and the 360 itself doesn't have any error rings, so I know it's not the 360 or cable's fault. So I go to the lovely Samsung support site and what's the solution they provide? Check if the *** wires are plugged in. No *** **** they're plugged in, what kind of idiot actually *** solves his problem this way?

God damnit I really don't feel like *** calling tech support and getting this piece of **** serviced again.

They have to. So many people are huge idiots. Going through those initial questions sifts through the clutter of stupidity and then can go up to more technical aspects. Its when they don't understand anything or cannot speak English is where I get angry...

Well, that's why I fix most things myself.

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:14 pm

;_;.. I agree with GTAF. It gets to be pretty annoying.. But as Scotty said, they have too.. /sigh

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:20 pm

-Legendary- wrote:;_;.. I agree with GTAF. It gets to be pretty annoying.. But as Scotty said, they have too.. /sigh

It's not so much that I mind them putting that there, it's when it's the only fucking "solution" that bothers me.