You know what really grinds my gears?

[AC]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When I'm driving one of my work cars that has satellite radio, nothing frustrates me more than hearing a great song and trying to remember it.. Only to forget about it whenever I get somewhere where I can write it down.

Do you not have the Shazam app on your phone? Just pull out your phone, use the app and it'll tag it and save it.

That wouldn't work in my case though because it was a specific remix of a song.

[CameRoN0407]

Do you not have the Shazam app on your phone? Just pull out your phone, use the app and it'll tag it and save it.

That wouldn't work in my case though because it was a specific remix of a song.

I just downloaded that app. It's awesome!!!

[bigbob]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Do you not have the Shazam app on your phone? Just pull out your phone, use the app and it'll tag it and save it.

That wouldn't work in my case though because it was a specific remix of a song.

I don't always have that phone on me because I downgraded, because I couldn't afford the bill anymore. Even when I do, I don't think about pulling it up. I'm usually too busy singing.

[BenGerman]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people make fun of me for not being a "true" fan because I didn't go to VT.

Literally last night, we're having some drinks, and somehow the conversation leads to the "did you go to VT" question. I answer truthfully, that I did not, because Virginia Tech rejected me. This goes on where people are calling bull**** on the fact that I'm a Hokie fan since I didn't even go there, which to me is bull****. I lived in Blacksburg my whole life, cheering on the Hokie football team. I watched the 1995 Sugar Bowl vs Texas that sprung VT into the national picture. I cried when the Hokies lost the 1999 Sugar Bowl to Florida State. I have been to countless VT games, and spent oodles of cash on gear. I bleed orange and maroon. I'm not someone who hasn't even been to the town where the college is, I ****in' lived there! I was a townie!

The thing that pisses me off the most is that the guy who was leading the charge went to RIT in New York, and now he's the biggest Oregon Ducks fan ever. How is that not being the biggest damn hypocrite ever?

I've had people do this to me as well. I only got into Summer A for the University of Florida, and all of my friends had the whole summer to enjoy each others company without having to worry about anything. Not to mention, I knew I needed to get out of Gainesville for a while. Going to a different school was the best decision of my life, but I still always get questioned about being a "true" Gator fan because I didn't go to the school.

I've followed along with this thread for forever now, but I never posted in it because I've never really been annoyed by much (I know, I'm very lucky). The other day, that all changed when I had a big paper due for a creative writing class and we work-shopped it. Basically, a few people get your paper and critique it. Usually it turns into something like, "I really enjoyed yada yada yada about your paper. Just make sure you do A, B, and C when you go back and revise it". Only today, I got someone who felt like being a little mean.

As some of you probably know, I love to write. In fact, writing is pretty much my livelihood. I write for my school, I have my own website, and I'm even writing a little for OS now. Suffice to say, I take a lot of pride in my writing. So today, when my paper is being critiqued (the professor stupidly has us say it out loud), a kid calls my writing bland and boring. Whatever, it happens. I can live with that. But THEN he questions why I'm even in the class and says, "It just doesn't seem like this is your forte". Which really sucked, because I do consider that my forte.

Ah well, you can't win them all. I had a few people -- some of them even friends -- in the class that I knew, so that made it even worse. So basically what I'm trying to say, is that it really grinds my gears when people don't think twice about the words that are coming out of their mouths and fail to think about how their words impact someone else. Sorry for the rant!

[Redacted01]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People are ridiculous when it comes to sports teams. I've heard some try and argue that if you aren't from the area, you can't be a fan of a team, which makes absolutely no sense. They act like this is 1960 and no games are broadcast and traveling is expensive and cumbersome. I could hop on a plane and be in Toronto this afternoon to see the Blue Jays if I really wanted. Doubt it was that simple decades ago. Hell, I can turn on my computer and watch them now, something that was impossible just 12 years ago.

As for college teams, you shouldn't have to go to a school to be a fan. My parents went to Central Arkansas (when Scottie Pippen was there I might add) back when it was an NAIA school. So who was the college team they followed? Arkansas, because it didn't make one bit of sense to be fans of the lowest division football team. You may go to the games, but they weren't "your" team. I lived in and around Memphis for many years, so I watched the Tigers. Maybe I missed the rule that required spending thousands on tuition to be a fan of a team; or maybe some are just sensitive that they spent thousands on tuition and don't want to have share with ones that didn't pay a dime.

Similar with pro teams. Not everyone lives within an hour of a major city with a pro team and have them as a primary team and can go to games. If you live in middle-of-nowhere West Texas, pretty sure you are still liable to be a Cowboys or Texans fan, but you are a day's drive from Dallas and Houston.

The teams I follow vary because I move every few years, and I just started watching certain teams when I got into sports. I can't explain why I'm a Blue Jays fan from Mississippi. I just am. Now I don't hear about it that much as it's Toronto, but had I decided to watch the Red Sox or Yankees, why the hell would their fans, or anyone else care for that matter? It is when you jump from team to team and bandwagon that you should have a complaint. Today, it is easier than ever to watch any game you want, and it doesn't take much to travel, so the old excuse of "you can never see them play, so how can you be a fan" needs to be retired.

[JazzMan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

People are ridiculous when it comes to sports teams. I've heard some try and argue that if you aren't from the area, you can't be a fan of a team, which makes absolutely no sense. They act like this is 1960 and no games are broadcast and traveling is expensive and cumbersome. I could hop on a plane and be in Toronto this afternoon to see the Blue Jays if I really wanted. Doubt it was that simple decades ago. Hell, I can turn on my computer and watch them now, something that was impossible just 12 years ago.

As for college teams, you shouldn't have to go to a school to be a fan. My parents went to Central Arkansas (when Scottie Pippen was there I might add) back when it was an NAIA school. So who was the college team they followed? Arkansas, because it didn't make one bit of sense to be fans of the lowest division football team. You may go to the games, but they weren't "your" team. I lived in and around Memphis for many years, so I watched the Tigers. Maybe I missed the rule that required spending thousands on tuition to be a fan of a team; or maybe some are just sensitive that they spent thousands on tuition and don't want to have share with ones that didn't pay a dime.

Similar with pro teams. Not everyone lives within an hour of a major city with a pro team and have them as a primary team and can go to games. If you live in middle-of-nowhere West Texas, pretty sure you are still liable to be a Cowboys or Texans fan, but you are a day's drive from Dallas and Houston.

The teams I follow vary because I move every few years, and I just started watching certain teams when I got into sports. I can't explain why I'm a Blue Jays fan from Mississippi. I just am. Now I don't hear about it that much as it's Toronto, but had I decided to watch the Red Sox or Yankees, why the hell would their fans, or anyone else care for that matter? It is when you jump from team to team and bandwagon that you should have a complaint. Today, it is easier than ever to watch any game you want, and it doesn't take much to travel, so the old excuse of "you can never see them play, so how can you be a fan" needs to be retired.

I agree with everything you said. I'm a Utah Jazz fan from Nebraska. Also a Green Bay Packer fan, Chicago White Sox fan, but also a Cornhusker fan.

What am I supposed to do? Just not root for any teams in top tier pro leagues?

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The phrase, "I'm not saying...I'm just saying".

[CMH]

The phrase, "I'm not saying...I'm just saying".

It is what it is.


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[CMH]

I've had people do this to me as well. I only got into Summer A for the University of Florida, and all of my friends had the whole summer to enjoy each others company without having to worry about anything. Not to mention, I knew I needed to get out of Gainesville for a while. Going to a different school was the best decision of my life, but I still always get questioned about being a "true" Gator fan because I didn't go to the school.

I've followed along with this thread for forever now, but I never posted in it because I've never really been annoyed by much (I know, I'm very lucky). The other day, that all changed when I had a big paper due for a creative writing class and we work-shopped it. Basically, a few people get your paper and critique it. Usually it turns into something like, "I really enjoyed yada yada yada about your paper. Just make sure you do A, B, and C when you go back and revise it". Only today, I got someone who felt like being a little mean.

As some of you probably know, I love to write. In fact, writing is pretty much my livelihood. I write for my school, I have my own website, and I'm even writing a little for OS now. Suffice to say, I take a lot of pride in my writing. So today, when my paper is being critiqued (the professor stupidly has us say it out loud), a kid calls my writing bland and boring. Whatever, it happens. I can live with that. But THEN he questions why I'm even in the class and says, "It just doesn't seem like this is your forte". Which really sucked, because I do consider that my forte.

Ah well, you can't win them all. I had a few people -- some of them even friends -- in the class that I knew, so that made it even worse. So basically what I'm trying to say, is that it really grinds my gears when people don't think twice about the words that are coming out of their mouths and fail to think about how their words impact someone else. Sorry for the rant!

Guy sounds like banned members here that don't know how to provide constructive criticism.

I've always been against student critiquing. It makes little sense to me that people learning to be writers could legitimately provide insight on someone else's writing. And usually those that feel the need to provide constant insight/criticism are the ones that believe are great natural writers but likely aren't very good.

Not saying to look at this as some jealously attack. I just think you brush it off. Take the criticism from those that are in a position to critique and offer valuable insight. Anyone that deserves to offer writing critique will always look to help the writer rather than belittle.

Sure, not everyone can write, but there's also such a fine line when you go beyond structure and grammar. Because I may not like an author doesn't make that author incapable of writing.

If his critique's were mostly about your style of writing or story telling, it's no biggie. If its about structure and grammar, then there's concern. Otherwise, if you're writing on OS then I think you have very little to concern yourself with when it comes to people like that.

I know you know that. My point is mostly that I believe professors are setting students up for failure when you have incapable people critiquing their work.


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[slickdtc]

I hated peer editing. I'm a good writer, and I hated critiquing others and I hated them critiquing me.

There really were only a very select few, if even that, that I felt could even touch where my writing was in school. It was actually painful to read some of these kids' papers the majority of the time. And I was in honors classes, with the "smart" kids.

[Redacted01]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I hated peer editing. I'm a good writer, and I hated critiquing others and I hated them critiquing me.

There really were only a very select few, if even that, that I felt could even touch where my writing was in school. It was actually painful to read some of these kids' papers the majority of the time. And I was in honors classes, with the "smart" kids.

I was in honors English freshman year and we had groups and had to read each other's papers. Girl I worked with must have gotten by on her looks a lot in high school because reading her papers was horrible. Poor spelling, incorrect use of words, etc... and her proofreading just consisted of "Yea, looks good." Or "maybe try saying this" and then she'd write something that wasn't correct/the complete opposite point of the assignment. She was just writing something to say she proofread basically, or maybe she really was as bright as a burned out bulb.

On that note, however, if someone said you were bland and/or boring, maybe it was true in that paper? I'm not saying all your writing may be that way, but no one is going to write a 5* paper/article/whatever every single time. Maybe you had an off day and what they read was actually boring... however, something like that is opinion. Additionally, there is no such thing as a trend of one. If it was actually a poor paper, it's not like you are always a bad writer and the person just sounded like a douche by announcing it to the class. Don't let it get in your head.

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On the topic of sports ones, I did find a gear grinder this afternoon. A girl I went to school with in Ohio was an Indians fan, or at least the crush she had on Grady Sizemore at the time made her one by association. She goes to Northeastern in Boston now and instantly became a Red Sox fan. That grinds my gears. Just because you move to a new city for school doesn't give you a free pass to hop on the bandwagon, even if you were an Indians fan. I may go to see Phillies games living up here, but they aren't "my" team now just because I live here.

[snepp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

"I ate the bones."

[AUChase]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Heat fans trying to embrace being a hated team in the league.

After every win, some people I know will be saying..

"That's another win for the bad guys" or "The NBA villains strike again".

The Heat are one of the more likeable league favorites from the past decade IMO.

[XtremeDunkz]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

There are no "bad guys" in the NBA anymore. Which is why it has become the most bland out of all 4 major sports. The NHL playoffs are way more compelling than watching the NBA.

I mean the LA Kings with the 8th seed and won the title, cmon now.

[souljahbill]

There are no "bad guys" in the NBA anymore. Which is why it has become the most bland out of all 4 major sports. The NHL playoffs are way more compelling than watching the NBA.

I mean the LA Kings with the 8th seed and won the title, cmon now.

For what it's worth, I HATE the Lakers.

#SpursFanFor23YearsStrong