Most annoying current or upcoming trends?

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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
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    Bill Simmons on ESPN had an interesting debate with Chuck Klosterman the other day about this.

    Here it is if anyone is interested: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/pod ... id=2864045

    It's the one on 3/13.

    Simmons argues that one reason is that writers in newspapers had unions representing them so a writer basically got tenure there and didn't have to worry about losing his job so he wasn't doing the best work. I don't think this had anything to do with it.

    They both did point out what you said that it is just the internet and that papers saw other papers put their paper online for free so they would put there's on to try to keep up. But people stopped buying what they could get for free. You are right about craigslist. That's something Klosterman pointed out that I hadn't thought of.

    It's a bummer especially for my parent's generation. My dad reads the paper every morning and I know it will really suck for him.[/quote]
    Thanks for the link. That was a good debate there. I find that interesting they compare a writer's position to that of a teacher's tenure; it does seem like once you're in you're there until you retire and not much hope for the new kids.

    I guess in a way the older writers/editors never gave Internet that much credit when it first started out. Now, it came back to bite them in the ass and the print industry is dying.[/quote]

    Glad you liked it. I do think that writer's get tenured in there, but I don't think that had anything to do with newspapers folding. (I'm not saying you are arguing that, just making a point) Without the internet, papers would still be doing fine.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,946
    not current or upcoming....

    but this annoys me....

    people who blame everyone and their mother for all the problems in their lives...

    nobody seems to take responsibility for themselves or for their actions...and that drives me nuts...

    another thing that makes me crazy???

    people who expect everything to be handed to them...
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    nobody seems to take responsibility for themselves or for their actions...and that drives me nuts...

    an age old problem, and one that is unfortunately never going to change.

    the whole facebooking, blogging, twittering, myspacing mentality of the world
    and the laziness that it inevitably brings is quite annoying.
    Nice shirt.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,946
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    nobody seems to take responsibility for themselves or for their actions...and that drives me nuts...

    an age old problem, and one that is unfortunately never going to change.

    the whole facebooking, blogging, twittering, myspacing mentality of the world
    and the laziness that it inevitably brings is quite annoying.

    i still have friends of mine who ask me if i can help them get a job....

    wtf???

    they are in their 40s and still bounce from job to job..... just happy to make enough money for booze and smokes....

    wtf kind of life is that????

    they will spend 8-12 months unemployed....and it never once dawns on them to maybe go do something that will actually put them in a better positon to get hired by someone...

    I want to tell them to get off their lazy, ignorant asses and go do something for themselves....hehehe
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  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

    i still have friends of mine who ask me if i can help them get a job....

    wtf???

    they are in their 40s and still bounce from job to job..... just happy to make enough money for booze and smokes....

    wtf kind of life is that????

    they will spend 8-12 months unemployed....and it never once dawns on them to maybe go do something that will actually put them in a better positon to get hired by someone...

    I want to tell them to get off their lazy, ignorant asses and go do something for themselves....hehehe

    complacency has become so rampant in the online world we live in.

    sometimes you have to actually go out into the world and
    put a little more of an effort into bettering yourself.

    settling for living paycheck to paycheck, barely, is not an ideal lifestyle,
    though some feel that it is all that is necessary to 'succeed' in life.

    and thats just kind of sad...sad and disheartening.

    we should always try to better ourselves, challenge ourselves.
    Nice shirt.
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    rrivers wrote:
    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsa0301lw.html

    So that's where the bat wings went!


    Anything from that store! They use like 13 year old girls for their ads.
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    nobody seems to take responsibility for themselves or for their actions...and that drives me nuts...

    an age old problem, and one that is unfortunately never going to change.

    the whole facebooking, blogging, twittering, myspacing mentality of the world
    and the laziness that it inevitably brings is quite annoying.

    i still have friends of mine who ask me if i can help them get a job....

    wtf???

    they are in their 40s and still bounce from job to job..... just happy to make enough money for booze and smokes....

    wtf kind of life is that????

    they will spend 8-12 months unemployed....and it never once dawns on them to maybe go do something that will actually put them in a better positon to get hired by someone...

    I want to tell them to get off their lazy, ignorant asses and go do something for themselves....hehehe
    that sounds like one of my best friends. he's about to go into his 4th year at community college... he had 15 credits the whole first year of college and i got 17 my first semester. his parents yelled at him a few months ago because he's not getting financial aid anymore cuz he should have graduated 2 years ago.. he JUST realized he should do something.. i tried helping him find a job he could do and would be interested in but he said he's only interested in one thing and won't go to school for it. i gave up helping him. i can't believe you haven't already told them to get off their lazy asses, thats what i tell my friend everyday!

    oh and i guess my least favorite trend is this whole american self-righteous bullshit. from the whole "i'm green and youre not.. tsk tsk.. i guess i care more about our mother earth" to the whole thing about kicking out people who don't speak english. wtf is up with that?!
    AND i hate this whole global warming bullshit too. this isn't the first time earth's climate changed and it certainly won't be the last so enough with this end-of-the-world-the-ice-caps-are-melting mentality.
    i really don't care if they're not really trends, it just pisses me the fuck off.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    AND i hate this whole global warming bullshit too. this isn't the first time earth's climate changed and it certainly won't be the last so enough with this end-of-the-world-the-ice-caps-are-melting mentality.
    i really don't care if they're not really trends, it just pisses me the fuck off.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    When people say, "it is what it is." There is not a more meaningless phrase.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    rrivers wrote:
    When people say, "it is what it is." There is not a more meaningless phrase.



    It is way over-used, but I think it can be appropriate.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    BinFrog wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    When people say, "it is what it is." There is not a more meaningless phrase.



    It is way over-used, but I think it can be appropriate.


    Sorry, it's never appropriate.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    Thanks to a certain miss CIW I went into an American Apparel for the first time ever this week and....It looked like the eighties threw up in there!!

    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsac307.html
    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsa0301lw.html
    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsald503.html
    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsand301mw.html (stone wash....are you shitting me??)

    Please no....it's horrible...because the ACTUAL people who wear these clothes sure as hell wont be models!

    THAT is the most annoying upcoming trend IMHO.

    yeah I'm not sure how anyone who knows anything about Dov Charney would want to support American Apparel.
  • mindi
    mindi Posts: 1,862
    rrivers wrote:
    When people say, "it is what it is." There is not a more meaningless phrase.
    I know someone who says that to me all the time. It really drives me insane :twisted:
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  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    mookeywrench wrote:
    yeah I'm not sure how anyone who knows anything about Dov Charney would want to support American Apparel.

    That's the owner guy, right? I saw a story about him on TV and totally agree with you. It made me sad, because I had previously supported them (not for their fashions, but for their sweatshop-free t-shirts).
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    mindi wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    When people say, "it is what it is." There is not a more meaningless phrase.
    I know someone who says that to me all the time. It really drives me insane :twisted:

    I have a friend who does the same. I don't see him that often, but when I do it seems like it's his answer to everything.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • bee_boy
    bee_boy Posts: 384
    iamsam_pj wrote:
    i'm also a wee bit tired of the ray ban "risky business" sunglasses...
    +1
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    rrivers wrote:
    When people say, "it is what it is." There is not a more meaningless phrase.

    OHHH there are SOOO many more useless phrases than that:

    "Ah jaysus begorrah"
    "Right so"
    and, the most over-used word in Ireland that doesnt have a meaning of any sort really: "Grand"
    Essentially, "Grand" is the word to use when you cant be arsed thinking of an actual answer or word.

    Try it, use it in a sentence. "Ah jaysus, sure bejaynie t'isnt it grand now, begorrah?"
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    JordyWordy wrote:
    Try it, use it in a sentence. "Ah jaysus, sure bejaynie t'isnt it grand now, begorrah?"

    Someday I'll have to meet you just to enjoy hearing you say that in person. :)
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    Thanks to a certain miss CIW I went into an American Apparel for the first time ever this week and....It looked like the eighties threw up in there!!

    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsac307.html
    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsa0301lw.html
    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsald503.html
    http://www.americanapparel.com/rsand301mw.html (stone wash....are you shitting me??)

    Please no....it's horrible...because the ACTUAL people who wear these clothes sure as hell wont be models!

    THAT is the most annoying upcoming trend IMHO.

    yeah I'm not sure how anyone who knows anything about Dov Charney would want to support American Apparel.

    Yeah, he was totally a perv in this interview. :)

    http://jezebel.com/5052969/american-app ... you-on-snl
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    scb wrote:
    JordyWordy wrote:
    Try it, use it in a sentence. "Ah jaysus, sure bejaynie t'isnt it grand now, begorrah?"

    Someday I'll have to meet you just to enjoy hearing you say that in person. :)

    hehe, :D Someday... I'll get practising so i dont mess it up, my accent will need to be more "Oirish" than it is now for it to work face-to-face ;)

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