You know what really grinds my gears?

[EUBlink]

I bought two pounds of fried chicken livers to share with my grandfather while we are repairing our fishing pier [after a tornado damaged it]. They gave me less than a pound of fried gizzards instead. Didn’t catch the weight difference until I was at the house because the bag had drinks in it also. Blah.

For those that don’t know the difference, gizzards are tougher and taste more gamey. I usually soak them in Sprite then milk before I cook them, same as how I prepare deer, elk or moose. Livers are much more tender and rich in flavor. Gizzards are also much cheaper and not as packed with nutrients, as they are muscle. Oh, first world problems, ha.

[Ghost Of The Year]

I love chicken livers but you cant pay me enough to eat a gizzard ever again. I'd rather eat a mouthful of dirt first.

[Blzer]

Ribeye is $18.99/lb at my Costco right now. Good Lord.

EDIT: And this was Choice grade.

[l3ulvl]

Idunno if anyone else is dealing with this, but I've been noticing more and more I only game for rewards/accomplishments/triumphs, like instead of playing for fun, I play for leveling up and completing quests or activities for rewards

it drives me nuts, like I should game for fun, not completing tasks in activities I don't enjoy just for the possibility of rewards

[Blzer]

Idunno if anyone else is dealing with this, but I've been noticing more and more I only game for rewards/accomplishments/triumphs, like instead of playing for fun, I play for leveling up and completing quests or activities for rewards

it drives me nuts, like I should game for fun, not completing tasks in activities I don't enjoy just for the possibility of rewards

Not the same thing, but as a kid my sports games were like 100-0 wins against the CPU, and I had fun doing that. When sliders became a big thing (around 2002 or so), my outlook totally changed, and all of my game playing went from "fun" to "realism." It wasn't until Super Mega Baseball again that I learned how "fun" can be experienced against the CPU again, but on a competitive level.

I do like trophies and such on games, but I only really "chase" them if I've exhausted my personal needs for the game besides that. If they happen to occur without my knowledge or alongside a conquest, then so be it. In fact, it actually sometimes miffs me when I don't get recognized for some things.

One of my favorite things is when games track time played in-game. Somehow RDR 2 didn't have this, but past GTA games did, and I love that ESPN NFL 2K5 had it in the Crib as well. I believe Xbox Live and Steam track these on their own, but I wish the developers themselves took the time to put that in.

I'm with you as a whole, though. Games shouldn't be tasks to compete, they should be entertainment to play. Some of them are so difficult, ridiculous, or irrelevant that they really make you ask: "For why?" Maybe it's just me getting older and not really gaming much anymore, though.

[Ghost Of The Year]

When you buy a box of chocolate covered cherries and half of them are crushed with the cherry oozing out and completely ruined. Its almost a total loss.

[BurghFan]

When you buy a box of chocolate covered cherries and half of them are crushed with the cherry oozing out and completely ruined. Its almost a total loss.

For some reason I initially read that as chocolate covered Cheerios and was trying to figure out what you were talking about.

[Ghost Of The Year]

I like chocolate covered just about anything and I love cherrios especially honey nut cherrios but chocolate covered cherrios sounds like low-key goodness. You may have hit on a million dollar idea.

[l3ulvl]

this is a weird one, even for me... people who barely back out of a parking space, then turn the wheels and move forward an inch, then turn back an inch, then movie forward another inch... I don't get why you don't just back out all the way on the first try, there's no reason not to!

[Blzer]

this is a weird one, even for me... people who barely back out of a parking space, then turn the wheels and move forward an inch, then turn back an inch, then movie forward another inch... I don't get why you don't just back out all the way on the first try, there's no reason not to!

On that note, this morning I tried to back into a spot of somebody leaving at Costco (which I had clearly indicated that I intended on taking with reverse lights and blinker), but the jackass behind me swooped in and took it as the other car got out. I decided to call him out a little, but it didn't sound like he spoke much English.

It wouldn't surprise me if I've posted that gear-grinder in the past, but the search feature on this site is now too broken to try and even see if I could find it.