I'm Angry

[Inferno04]

I think my grandmother represents everything I hate about America.

If one complains even the smallest bit about this country, she immediately implies I should go to a third world country and get killed. Just because I hate the way our courts and laws seem to work, doesn't mean I want no law at all. She seems to think we are the only socially advanced country, and everywhere else is akin to the middle east. It's funny she tries to use comparison when we're not much better. Who else uses religion to supress human rights, hmmm...

I'm just saying, maybe I think a woman getting 20 years in prison for defending herself against an abusive husband is fucking stupid, when not even a year ago a woman was let free after killing her child so she could party.(Oh hai Florida) Maybe I think all of the 'Deep South' is fucking stupid. Maybe I think in 200 years or less, this country will be over just as quickly as it began. Oh and I loved the part where she said, "We made a mess, it's your generation's job to fix it." WHAT? Fuck that noise. Isn't it supposed to be the opposite, isn't each generation supposed to do good for the next, not make them clean everything up? My 8th grade teacher once said that the baby boomer generation is the most spoiled, whining, entitled generation of our time, and over the years I'm seeing what he means. Mine may be lazy, but at least we don't delude ourselves into think America can do no wrong.

Normally I like my country fine, but being around attitudes like hers coupled with unfair court sentences, ineffective presidents, declining education systems, and all around rude idiocy from people around me make me embarassed and ashamed to be here. Don't get me wrong guys, I know I could be in a worse place. God knows she and other propoganda try to ram that into my head, but I can't help feeling like we're getting worse as a country. Socially, economically, I wouldn't be surprised if we became as bad as her 'examples'. And not because some 'terrorists' invade our country, no the reason would be ours alone, because our government can't do jack shit and people seem more corrupt now than ever.

Fine, entitled rant over. I also find it funny that my whole family has the balls to all my cynical when, while I am, there are so much worse than me out there. I guess not being in la-la land all the time makes me wrong as a human being. I gotta wonder how the non-American THIA members see us.

[Mr. Spencer]

Women don't want to be better than men, they want to be equal. Which to me implies a lack of ambition.

[WeskerSexyCheez]

Me: hello facebook friends! Today I would like to talk about this women's right issue that has been concerning me! *Proceeds to highlight points*

Male Friend: I agree with you 100% .......... BUT THIS IS WHY YOU ARE WRONG, LITTLE FEMINIST!

Me: ............ FUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Male Friend: But otherwise, yeah. I'm on your side and tots support women's rights! It's just that you're wrong. And I need to point it out. All the time. As condescendingly as possible if I can manage it.

Supporting women's rights, you're doing it wrong. Boys, I love you, I really do. But this... No... No... Just no...

[[STARS]TyranT]

And to round off a superb week, my PC died last night as well.

Fucking marvellous.

[[STARS]TyranT]

My PS3 launch machine with BC and such YLOD over the weekend, so aquired a PS3 Slim (god they look fucking awful).

Realised tonight upon reinstalling everything and such that I backed up every save... apart from Dark Souls.

EPIC. FUCKING. FAIL.

[Mr. Spencer]

Typical bloody Frenchman.

[alexdz]

Wow... guess you won't be eating him alive now.

[Dot50Cal]

Nah its Eric, hes a Frenchman.

I do think we should start a part 2 thread though, this one is QUITE long and thats a pretty good ending note for me. Some of the other very long stickies perhaps need a part 2 as well just to ease the burden of searching.

[randomwab]

Woah. This is the first post in this thread. Almost 6 years later....

Subject: Refund
Note: Refund for True Story Behind Biohazard Resident Evil I bought 5 years ago. Sorry for that.

Guy actually refunded my money. Damn man.

That's hilarious. Is his name Earl? Ahah!

[Darkmoon]

Holy shit. Guess we can close the thread now then?

...nah.

[Dot50Cal]

*address and info removed*

This asshole ripped me off. I sold items to him on ebay and 2 months later he says he didnt get them. Then he does a paypal refund and holy shit, he getsh is money back DESPITE ME PROVING THE ITEMS SHIPPED TO HIM. WTF! So I call the USPS to get my money back (thanks insurance) and they tell me he got them on May 23rd! WTF!!!

Sometime in June he emails me telling me to refund him and he will cancel the refund request! HAH! A couple days later PayPal decides he needs his money back. So now Im out the money and the goods. FUCK YOU ERIC! YOU GODDAMN ASSHOLE!

I feel like buying a ticket to france, then hiring a local to take me to these addresses..Then when I get there [SIZE="6"]ILL EAT HIM ALIVE!!!![/SIZE]

To top it off today, I brave asshole drivers who dont realize theres two lanes and just edge their way into mine. Im doing 40, and this asshat decides "Oh shit, I gotta go to the mall!" So he stops dead in the other lane SLOWLY turns his wheels to the left and begins entering my lane, meanwhile im coming around the corner doing 40. Hes in my lane now, and half of the opposing traffics inching along at 3MPH. WTF! I slam on the brakes. I stop about 12 inches from him. I look around and see the guy that was behind him is super pissed at the guy too. I lay on the horn. Asshole finally makes it across the road into the mall.

But thats not it! I get to my destination: The Cingular store! I want to get my phone activated! Yay finally I can go places with my POS vehicle and not worry about dying from dehydration when it breaks down. But whats this? I dont have credit! That'll be a $500 deposit! Oh no im sorry fuck you. ASSHOLES!

[SIZE="5"]Feel free to voice your anger about stuff in this thread as well![/SIZE]

Woah. This is the first post in this thread. Almost 6 years later....

Subject: Refund
Note: Refund for True Story Behind Biohazard Resident Evil I bought 5 years ago. Sorry for that.

Guy actually refunded my money. Damn man.

[REmaster]

^ That sucks man, somehow I've managed to get out of jury duty twice now.

[News Bot]

I got called on for jury service about a month ago. My first reaction was "fuck yeah!" until I read where it actually was. It was a courthouse 3+ hours away. Still rather excited, I looked up the bus timetable online and left to venture to this place I'd never been to.

That's when things got a bit shit. When I finally got to the bus centre, it turned out that the online timetable was wrong. Very, very wrong. I was set to be at the court for 10am so I went for the 8:30am bus, but the bus I was to get wasn't there. At all, even. The timetable actually in the place said it wasn't due for another hour. Ended up luckily getting a 8:40am bus that wasn't on the online timetable. Took longer than the other one would have, but I got there in time and managed to find the courthouse... eventually, after discovering that the only indication of its location was a backwards sign facing a wall.

I would never expect court to be exciting, and naturally it wasn't. Both cases ended up pleading guilty, so there was no need for a jury. I didn't get sworn in, but I had another 4 weeks to go, and that's where it pretty much went straight to shit. The next time I had to go, I missed the bus on account of having to wait for a black taxi for 30 minutes, and then construction and an accident blocking traffic (what the fuck.). These buses only come once an hour, and the next one would take an hour and 30 minutes and make me late. I immediately called the court and explained. The jury officer was nice, and excused me and said I should write an e-mail explaining my situation to see if I could be permanently excused, since my circumstances were too difficult. I sent two.

Fast forward to today, same shit happens. Construction, traffic, completely wrong timetable. On top of that, I'm unemployed and didn't have any money for the bus (going from home -> town -> court is about £20, not counting food expenses). I once again immediately called up. New girl was a snooty bitch and kept interrupting me while I was trying to explain. After finally explaining, she went into silence mode for a few seconds and then blurted out "you should be here anyway". After explaining about the e-mails, suddenly they "weren't good enough" and they "didn't get them". Now I had to post a handwritten letter for the judge to review. Then she went on to say that I will most likely be getting fined £1000 (or more) despite the circumstances being completely beyond my control.

So I just posted the letter. Now I'm hoping the judge is understanding.

Boring story but fuck. Don't know what to do now. Can't pay the fine, so it's likely jail time (three months) or community service. I've always wanted to be on a jury, the thought of it was awesome to me, so I have no intention or desire to try and skip out on it, yet I still get fucked over. I was already depressed this weekend over personal issues, now it's just snowballing.

[nemesiswontdie]

Why am I here?

I forgot.

[Inferno04]

Fuck you Google for censoring TVTropes, that is all. XD