Too much math?! (a lengthy rant)
obieone
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It is my understanding, that evolution is a walk towards making life easier. I strongly believe that we have PEAKED, and are now on the down slope of DE-EVOLUTION. Below are several examples:
[B]Example 1:[/B] Yesterday, I went to Applebees for lunch. I walk to the bar, and order a ginger ale, and TRIED to order a plain, turkey sandwich, on white bread. The bartender gets a confused look on her face, and retrieves a menu. After studying it, like an abacus, she waves over the mgr. and explains what I want. The mgr. explains that, what I'd have to do, is order some goofy item off the menu, and have everything stripped off of it, and that their computer system doesn't allow anything off the menu.
I get up and say 'nevermind'. I go to the brothel next door, a.k.a. Hooters, and order a grilled cheese sandwich.
Fo those of you who don't know what a grilled cheese sandwich is, I'll explain: It's 2 pieces of bread, with AMERICAN CHEESE in the middle, heated on a grill. (Hence the name
) The key ingredient is the AMERICAN cheese. NOT cheddar, swiss, guda, or anything else. Just AMERICAN cheese. But once again....too much math. I couldn't even eat 1/4 of the friggin thing, becaue it WASN'T American cheese.
This pathetic attempt at a simple sandwich cost me $11!
Example 2: Today I tried to call Lowes, to see if they had a fuel filter for my lawn mower. After scrolling through 2 menus, I finally get through to 'outdoor equipment' They answer, I tell them what I'm looking for, they attmpt to transfer me. I end up back at the service desk, where I repeat my request. The female who answerd, did not know how to transfer my call back, and neither did the person standing next to her.
When did a simple phone call turn into a calculus quiz?:sad:
Example 3: Disclaimer: This affliction has plenty of white men, so, please don't call me racist.
In recent years, there has been a 'fashion' going around, ususally by young males, going for an urban look. This involves wearing pants, several sizes too big, and a belt. Let me repeat that: AND A BELT!!! And yet, these individuals, have to utilize one of their hands, FULL TIME, to hold the pants up.
***sigh*** Skippy....if you're getting 'beaten' by pants with a belt, you are all done. Game over. You just can't be helped. Your career choices are pretty much limited to throwing dirt, and..................................that's it, throwing dirt. Sorry:rolleyes:
By now some of you are telling me to lighten up. Fine. But I don't have a problem with us not going back to the moon, because that was, and still is, very complicated. I don't even have a problem with getting stuck in traffic, due to a jacked knife big rig. That's a complicated problem, that is going to take time and resources to resolve.
But what I do have a problem with, is getting jacked up in a traffic jam, all 3 lanes, because someone on the opposite side of the highway is getting a ticket. Seriously? We're that easily distracted, that some blue lights make us 'challenged'?!
The movie 'Idiocracy' wasn't a comedy, it was a prophecy! We're doomed:eek:
[B]Example 1:[/B] Yesterday, I went to Applebees for lunch. I walk to the bar, and order a ginger ale, and TRIED to order a plain, turkey sandwich, on white bread. The bartender gets a confused look on her face, and retrieves a menu. After studying it, like an abacus, she waves over the mgr. and explains what I want. The mgr. explains that, what I'd have to do, is order some goofy item off the menu, and have everything stripped off of it, and that their computer system doesn't allow anything off the menu.
I get up and say 'nevermind'. I go to the brothel next door, a.k.a. Hooters, and order a grilled cheese sandwich.
Fo those of you who don't know what a grilled cheese sandwich is, I'll explain: It's 2 pieces of bread, with AMERICAN CHEESE in the middle, heated on a grill. (Hence the name
) The key ingredient is the AMERICAN cheese. NOT cheddar, swiss, guda, or anything else. Just AMERICAN cheese. But once again....too much math. I couldn't even eat 1/4 of the friggin thing, becaue it WASN'T American cheese.This pathetic attempt at a simple sandwich cost me $11!
Example 2: Today I tried to call Lowes, to see if they had a fuel filter for my lawn mower. After scrolling through 2 menus, I finally get through to 'outdoor equipment' They answer, I tell them what I'm looking for, they attmpt to transfer me. I end up back at the service desk, where I repeat my request. The female who answerd, did not know how to transfer my call back, and neither did the person standing next to her.
When did a simple phone call turn into a calculus quiz?:sad:
Example 3: Disclaimer: This affliction has plenty of white men, so, please don't call me racist.
In recent years, there has been a 'fashion' going around, ususally by young males, going for an urban look. This involves wearing pants, several sizes too big, and a belt. Let me repeat that: AND A BELT!!! And yet, these individuals, have to utilize one of their hands, FULL TIME, to hold the pants up.
***sigh*** Skippy....if you're getting 'beaten' by pants with a belt, you are all done. Game over. You just can't be helped. Your career choices are pretty much limited to throwing dirt, and..................................that's it, throwing dirt. Sorry:rolleyes:
By now some of you are telling me to lighten up. Fine. But I don't have a problem with us not going back to the moon, because that was, and still is, very complicated. I don't even have a problem with getting stuck in traffic, due to a jacked knife big rig. That's a complicated problem, that is going to take time and resources to resolve.
But what I do have a problem with, is getting jacked up in a traffic jam, all 3 lanes, because someone on the opposite side of the highway is getting a ticket. Seriously? We're that easily distracted, that some blue lights make us 'challenged'?!
The movie 'Idiocracy' wasn't a comedy, it was a prophecy! We're doomed:eek:
I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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Dude, your going to wake up a mod!!
Your last thread with capitols in the title?
Anything with capitol letters in the title is connected directly to their alarm system, red police light in their bedroom and all!
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Everything IMHO is a scam nowadays.
Don't believe me?
PM me your address and for $9.95 I will send you the answer!
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You need to watch this classic!
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Everything IMHO is a scam nowadays.)
Oh, I believe you. Everything revolves around putting distance between you and your hard earned coin.
Also agree with the OP, our education system, society in general is failing the human species. We are dumbed down, robbed of our coin, told we are too stupid to make our own decisions. Common sense is no longer common, only something on the soon to be extinct list. Power and greed rule the day regardless of how you get it. Yet that has been the path we have been on for over a hundred years and only now, as usual, we wake up to the nasty side effects when it's too late.
Even in my day, you were ashamed to be on welfare. Now you wear it as a badge of honor that your sticking it to the man and getting something for nothing. In my day, you were ashamed to not have a job, not support your family, not take responsability for your actions. You were ashamed to not help your fellow neighbor in need. Ashamed to not save the pennies for a rainy day instead of living and spending every nickel you made. A handshake was an unbroken contract. Today....it's every man for himself, no substance.....all superficial. Today, you work for the government, not the other way around. A moral downslide that seems to have no end. But.....I have hope for our kind. We are a resilient bunch of wacko's aren't we ? It's not all that hard to see where we went wrong and in what area's. Thing is, we have become too lazy to do anything about it.HT SYSTEM-
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Oh, I believe you. Everything revolves around putting distance between you and your hard earned coin.
Also agree with the OP, our education system, society in general is failing the human species. We are dumbed down, robbed of our coin, told we are too stupid to make our own decisions. Common sense is no longer common, only something on the soon to be extinct list. Power and greed rule the day regardless of how you get it. Yet that has been the path we have been on for over a hundred years and only now, as usual, we wake up to the nasty side effects when it's too late.
Even in my day, you were ashamed to be on welfare. Now you wear it as a badge of honor that your sticking it to the man and getting something for nothing. In my day, you were ashamed to not have a job, not support your family, not take responsability for your actions. You were ashamed to not help your fellow neighbor in need. Ashamed to not save the pennies for a rainy day instead of living and spending every nickel you made. A handshake was an unbroken contract. Today....it's every man for himself, no substance.....all superficial. Today, you work for the government, not the other way around. A moral downslide that seems to have no end. But.....I have hope for our kind. We are a resilient bunch of wacko's aren't we ? It's not all that hard to see where we went wrong and in what area's. Thing is, we have become too lazy to do anything about it.
Could not agree more Tony!
I quit my job of 10 years with Pepsico because I made a decision to be happier in my life.
I refused to draw unemployment because I simply did not need it, and never filed knowing and seeing, there are
people who need it WAY worse than me.
There are people who need such things and it is a godsend, and due to every American that needs it.
IMHO anyone who draws assistance, should go through the procedures as any job application.
Drug test.
Background check.......ect.
Personally, I feel if you if you need it, earn it!
Entiltlement is not the new LOTTERY!
And please do not read in any different, I am all for benefits (its what makes this country great), but there should
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I love to buy something for say $4.59 and give the clueless cashier $9.32 just to watch them try to figure out what to do. Cheap thrills.>
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like when it's $1.06 give them $5.01Polkersince85 wrote: »I love to buy something for say $4.59 and give the clueless cashier $9.32 just to watch them try to figure out what to do. Cheap thrills.POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
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Do you really think your cheese came from China? Give your head a shake.
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Polkersince85 wrote: »I love to buy something for say $4.59 and give the clueless cashier $9.32 just to watch them try to figure out what to do. Cheap thrills.
LOL!
Just tell them you need to use the phone and ask them if you could get "Two dimes for a nickle"".
Works everytime""!!!!!!!
Triple your money!!!!!!
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Could not agree more Tony!
I quit my job of 10 years with Pepsico because I made a decision to be happier in my life.
I refused to draw unemployment because I simply did not need it, and never filed knowing and seeing, there are
people who need it WAY worse than me.
There are people who need such things and it is a godsend, and due to every American that needs it.
IMHO anyone who draws assistance, should go through the procedures as any job application.
Drug test.
Background check.......ect.
Personally, I feel if you if you need it, earn it!
Entiltlement is not the new LOTTERY!
And please do not read in any different, I am all for benefits (its what makes this country great), but there should
be at least a "small" check going back some years to see your "Entitlement"!
So what you're really saying is that you can't pass the drug or background check so you can't get a gubment check.Main Rig-Realistic AM/FM Record player 8 track boasting 4 WPC
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Hey I got some math that don't add up. In 2009 when I filled taxes I found that my state refund was around 32 measly bucks. TT wanted 39.95 to file so I sent my return in with a stamp instead of electronic. I received a letter in the mail today saying there was a problem and I now owe them 1322 in penalties and such. How the Eff does that work? They owe me 30 bucks and I now owe 13hun because some nit wit had to calculate from a sheet of paper instead of Turbo Tax doing it for them!? Lies, Deceit and BS is all that is left of this society. How can we SCREW you today sir?!Too much **** to list....
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You need to watch this classic!
Was thinking the same thing as i was reading the post. -
Too many toys and no alone time with their brains. Welcome to modern living.
I bought a new car, and I had to buy it twice! They screwed up the paperwork
so bad, I had to come back a week later and do it all over again.
Then when the plates came in, they didn't call me. I called a month after I bought it.
They said they had them. I went over and watched them shuffle around stuff for
30 minutes until they found them. They had been sitting there for weeks in the pile.
I don't think I'll be going THERE for any service work.
Everywhere I go I seem to run into the same thing. People that can't seem to get
anything right. There are a few small pockets of competence. But the trend seems
to be towards total chaos"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
sucks2beme wrote: »Too many toys and no alone time with their brains. Welcome to modern living.
I bought a new car, and I had to buy it twice! They screwed up the paperwork
so bad, I had to come back a week later and do it all over again.
Then when the plates came in, they didn't call me. I called a month after I bought it.
They said they had them. I went over and watched them shuffle around stuff for
30 minutes until they found them. They had been sitting there for weeks in the pile.
I don't think I'll be going THERE for any service work.
Everywhere I go I seem to run into the same thing. People that can't seem to get
anything right. There are a few small pockets of competence. But the trend seems
to be towards total chaos
I am pretty sure this kind of talk has been going on for HUNDREDS of years. There has been plenty to **** about in EVERY society throught history. At least we can **** and not have to worry about getting thrown in prison or losing our heads (yet). -
Do you really think your cheese came from China? Give your head a shake.
There are many things I could **** about from when I was in the states a couple months ago or here at home, but what for?
What for ??
Ever heard the expression "the squeeky wheel gets the grease" ? If you don't open your mouth, you leave the door open for others to take advantage, especially advantage of your wallet.HT SYSTEM-
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What for ??
Ever heard the expression "the squeeky wheel gets the grease" ? If you don't open your mouth, you leave the door open for others to take advantage, especially advantage of your wallet.
What does that have to do with my reply? Who took advantage of me?
I'll reserve my opinions about this topic as its the polite thing to do. Enjoy the long weekend bud! -
De-evolving? not likely. My view is that people are becoming less and less tolerant. Somehow empathy has flown out the window. Despite life becoming ever-more-complicated, we expect things to work without a hiccup, lest we get annoyed and complain on a forum or facebook about it. Society is progressing constantly, and our lives as well as doing business are intricately complex, yet we hold them to simplistic standards. Every day the shades of gray of our lives subdivide and people still try to apply black and white standards.
I have no problems with people voicing their opinions, but falsely denigrating a society for anecdotal annoyances is only a perpetuation of the problem. If society destroys itself, it will only be because others have convinced us it is our fate.design is where science and art break even. -
Was thinking the same thing as i was reading the post.
We may be too old for this to be relevant. :cheesygrin:
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These days i expect stupidity and am seldom dissapointed. Take away bar codes, pictures on the register and calculaters. Imagine the lines then.Erik Tracy wrote: »We may be too old for this to be relevant. :cheesygrin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEpx7hF4YLU
