You know what really grinds my gears?

[kehlis]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When you're watching an actual NFL football game in actual real life and Madden players/complainers start bitching about Madden during the football game based on whats happening.

"Psst you can't do that in Madden"

"I wish EA would put that into the game"

"They better up Wilson's speed this week in the update"

"Maybe EA will get Sherman's hair right next year!"

Etc etc. Maybe I'm biased or skewed since I don't play Madden, but when I see this it annoys me.

Heck I play Madden and it still annoys the hell out of me.

[gopher_guy]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Every NFL player isn't a multi-millionaire

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/seattle-s...malcolm-smith/

I think he makes 2 million over his contract (not bad).

I do get your point though, Peyton or the like don't need a 50k free car.

I read an article about this today, Smith has to pay a tax bill of between $2,500 and $5,700, whether he wants the vehicle or not. If he keeps the vehicle, he has to kick in $21,400.

Didn't realize any of that. That would kind of suck if a guy didn't even want the car. Having to pay between 2 and 5 G's just for being MVP, haha.

Although hopefully, for him, that money and more would be gotten back in another contract!

[CrimsonCrush396]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Television channels with watermarks/banners on movies. Why do I need to be reminded which channel this movie is airing on the entire 2-3 hours I'm watching the movie? What grinds my gears further is that the watermark goes away during commercials.

[CMH]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I read an article about this today, Smith has to pay a tax bill of between $2,500 and $5,700, whether he wants the vehicle or not. If he keeps the vehicle, he has to kick in $21,400.



Didn't realize any of that. That would kind of suck if a guy didn't even want the car. Having to pay between 2 and 5 G's just for being MVP, haha.



Although hopefully, for him, that money and more would be gotten back in another contract!

That's the same nonsense that happens to Oprah car winners.

No one ever knows that. Those people end up footing a tax bill they can't afford because of a gift.


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[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Television channels with watermarks/banners on movies. Why do I need to be reminded which channel this movie is airing on the entire 2-3 hours I'm watching the movie? What grinds my gears further is that the watermark goes away during commercials.

Yep. What irks me further is when you're scanning the Direct TV guide and come across a movie you enjoy.

"Hey, Beverly Hills Cop is on!"

"Oh, it's on Sundance(or any of the similar cable movie channels)"

"Oh wait, it's in horrible quality, edited for time, and all the language is gone."

[CrimsonCrush396]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yep. What irks me further is when you're scanning the Direct TV guide and come across a movie you enjoy.

"Hey, Beverly Hills Cop is on!"

"Oh, it's on Sundance(or any of the similar cable movie channels)"

"Oh wait, it's in horrible quality, edited for time, and all the language is gone."

To add, it grinds my gears when a station airs an older movie that's in 4:3 aspect ratio, but stretch is to make it look like it's widescreen, so now the picture looks jacked up and distorted. They do this to eliminate the black bars (pillar boxes) on the side and to give the illusion you're watching a widescreen movie.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

Original 4:3:

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Stretched 16:9:

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Very rarely do you get this (god forbid you do):

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The first one is the way you should be watching it. Sometimes when ESPN has to play old footage that is in 4:3, they will blur the sides to eliminate the black bars, you may have noticed that before, which is way better than stretching it.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I like when they blur the sides on the 4:3 format videos.

Worst thing is what my current tv provider has where it's black bars around the top,bottom and sides of the screen for a number of shows, it's so annoying/horrible.

Left is how some non hd(and some occasions 4:3) shows show for me, middle is how they should show and right is with the blurred edges that only sports use(though it only looks good for sports)

[bigbob]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people send videos of the police "overstepping their boundaries" and the video shows nothing but the person video taping making a complete ******* of themselves, or making themselves look like a fool. I feel like I said this before.

This one going around now says This video from last night at sheetz in moorefield shows where the moorefield officer runs over a innocent man laying on the ground and all but kills him. Lets make our voice heard to stop this. Police think they are above the law.".

The guy is recording the entire time and than all of a sudden the video stops and is skipped forward a few seconds and it just shows a guy rolling around on the ground with a cop standing over him. Absolutely nothing was done, and it's just another **** who is trying to get a viral video.

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

To add, it grinds my gears when a station airs an older movie that's in 4:3 aspect ratio, but stretch is to make it look like it's widescreen, so now the picture looks jacked up and distorted. They do this to eliminate the black bars (pillar boxes) on the side and to give the illusion you're watching a widescreen movie.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

Original 4:3:

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Stretched 16:9:

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Very rarely do you get this (god forbid you do):

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The first one is the way you should be watching it. Sometimes when ESPN has to play old footage that is in 4:3, they will blur the sides to eliminate the black bars, you may have noticed that before, which is way better than stretching it.

I'm with ya. A lot of the local affiliates here that run reruns of things like King of Queens and Seinfeld do the stretch bit.

[MrSerendipity]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I raged a little bit this morning.

I hate it...when people are turning left on a road and use part of the oncoming traffic lane in their turn. You literally only have to drive your car two more feet and then turn to avoid driving in an oncoming traffic lane. I don't know if this is a problem everywhere else in the country. But it sure as hell is in Texas.

[Ice_Cold345]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

To go along with the driving annoyances:

To get to the local Wal-Mart in our hometown (and strip mall / line of food chains) from the highway, there is a two lane turn left into another two lane road that shrinks to one lane after 100 feet. The left hand lane is for people going to Walmart/strip mall/line of food chain and the right hand lane is to get to Wendy's or a local car wash place.

People should know what lane they should get in, but no, that would be too easy. People in the right hand lane try to shift over into the left hand lane, that turns into one lane road. This is the part that pisses me off. Stop trying to turn into this lane, when you could have gotten here from the highway, but no, you tried to get in the shorter lane and then cut into the lane. I won't have any of it. I keep at the same speed as the person in lane, so they can't turn in, unless they stop and hold up traffic, or go through with their mistake, which would take five seconds to fix by turning around in the Wendy's parking lot.

Seriously, learn which lane of a turnoff goes where, so you won't hold up traffic and frustrate people in the other lane.

[dickey1331]

You know what really grinds my gears?

I wish people knew what this sign meant. This is NOT a yield sign.

[slickdtc]

You know what really grinds my gears?

Feeling like I'm doing something shady when I'm just being a regular person.

I'm house sitting/dog watching for my Dad, and some neighbor (who I didn't even recognize...) was grilling me hard as ****. Perhaps it's my extra puffy jacket or something. But they stared me down all the way out of the driveway and down the hill. I should be suspicious of them as I lived there 20 years and I've never seen this person. Why they gotta come all the way out to the edge of their driveway to smoke a cig? You're sketching me out, person!

Neighborhood watch better chill.

[MrSerendipity]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

To go along with the driving annoyances:

To get to the local Wal-Mart in our hometown (and strip mall / line of food chains) from the highway, there is a two lane turn left into another two lane road that shrinks to one lane after 100 feet. The left hand lane is for people going to Walmart/strip mall/line of food chain and the right hand lane is to get to Wendy's or a local car wash place.

People should know what lane they should get in, but no, that would be too easy. People in the right hand lane try to shift over into the left hand lane, that turns into one lane road. This is the part that pisses me off. Stop trying to turn into this lane, when you could have gotten here from the highway, but no, you tried to get in the shorter lane and then cut into the lane. I won't have any of it. I keep at the same speed as the person in lane, so they can't turn in, unless they stop and hold up traffic, or go through with their mistake, which would take five seconds to fix by turning around in the Wendy's parking lot.

Seriously, learn which lane of a turnoff goes where, so you won't hold up traffic and frustrate people in the other lane.

I wish people knew what this sign meant. This is NOT a yield sign.

We have both of these at a Mall near my place. Simply trying to park at the mall will have you saying things that no person should ever say out loud.

[VTPack919]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Feeling like I'm doing something shady when I'm just being a regular person.

I'm house sitting/dog watching for my Dad, and some neighbor (who I didn't even recognize...) was grilling me hard as ****. Perhaps it's my extra puffy jacket or something. But they stared me down all the way out of the driveway and down the hill. I should be suspicious of them as I lived there 20 years and I've never seen this person. Why they gotta come all the way out to the edge of their driveway to smoke a cig? You're sketching me out, person!

Neighborhood watch better chill.

He was probably a ne'er-do-well.


He was just grilling you because he figured that would make you think he was a neighbor. Then after you left he could steal.