Trivial things that annoy you Part 2

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I needed a shower after changing the bedlinen the humidity here is awful

Where is 'here'?

I'm in Southern Ontario ... close to Hamilton. The temperature here at the moment is 23C but with the high humidity it feels like 31C. I would not mind that so much and would prefer to just sit in front of the fan but my landlord wants to do his annual inspection this coming Friday so that means I have to clean my apartment floors in this heat.
Also, we've just gotten a thunderstorm warning for the rest of today and tonight from Gov't of Canada's weather bureau. I just hope it doesn't escalate into tornado warnings.

Bloody 89% humidity at the moment, rotten.

Trivial annoyance - not being able to let shìt go

Tardful Slakerly II wrote: »

Rousing stuff, but all rhetoric. Good political speech material. And a pot shot at the Irish welfare system for good measure.

This is why I don't normally entertain discussions on politics, economics nor employment - you're always guaranteed to offend somebody.

Why not a pot shot at the Irish welfare system? I'm making this quick because I don't want to dwell on it and ruin the thread but it's a crap system, badly managed and badly maintained, and like I said, allows people to stay in the poverty trap, and encourages them to stay there. That's not right IMO. There are numerous opportunities funded and provided by the State and private enterprise, but people in the poverty trap are more focused on short term goals and will quickly dismiss long term opportunities as unrealistic.

Ya. The middle ground is where most reasonableness lies, if that doesn't sound pompous.

The whole idea of ambition and a determination to succeed is to rise above the middle ground and not just settle for average. The middle ground is occupied by the most people who are squeezed from both sides, and if a person is determined enough and resourceful enough, they don't have to settle for the middle ground.

Bad management is inexcusable, but a bad attitude is even more inexcusable, and I wouldn't rely on personal accounts posted online because they're often fuelled by a bad attitude, but again - I wouldn't often admit that online because you're bound to offend somebody, and I'm not someone who sets out to offend anyone on purpose.

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'm in County Clare in Ireland, it's 22C in our bedroom.

Nine more degrees and you've got the temperature here.

Czarcasm wrote: »

Trivial annoyance - not being able to let shìt go





This is why I don't normally entertain discussions on politics, economics nor employment - you're always guaranteed to offend somebody.

Why not a pot shot at the Irish welfare system? I'm making this quick because I don't want to dwell on it and ruin the thread but it's a crap system, badly managed and badly maintained, and like I said, allows people to stay in the poverty trap, and encourages them to stay there. That's not right IMO. There are numerous opportunities funded and provided by the State and private enterprise, but people in the poverty trap are more focused on short term goals and will quickly dismiss long term opportunities as unrealistic.





The whole idea of ambition and a determination to succeed is to rise above the middle ground and not just settle for average. The middle ground is occupied by the most people who are squeezed from both sides, and if a person is determined enough and resourceful enough, they don't have to settle for the middle ground.

Bad management is inexcusable, but a bad attitude is even more inexcusable, and I wouldn't rely on personal accounts posted online because they're often fuelled by a bad attitude, but again - I wouldn't often admit that online because you're bound to offend somebody, and I'm not someone who sets out to offend anyone on purpose.

By middle-ground I mean that equitable living and oppertunity is found with balanced rather than polar policies, that there's room for improvement in both Irish and American society and we could learn from each other with regard to various things. I'm not sure what you think I mean.
But, determination means nothing in the grand scheme. It's all numbers. Only a few will ever be on the top, and always the many will be on the bottom. If you know how the world works then you know that.
I don't know why you have problem with the idea of the middle. The middle class is the heart of any economy, every healthy nation has a strong "middle". It's a good thing.
I don't know if that addresses the middle for you or what you're really getting at otherwise.

OK, welfare.
It's not a bad system at all, it's a system that looks after people, and that's a good thing (as if I should need to say that). A few abuse it, and they are a minority of people. If you don't understand that then you need stop reading red tops. You can find wastage in lots of areas of the budget without targeting and belittling the poor and unemployed.
You think our welfare is crap because it allows people to live without suffering is the gist of it. If people were homeless or starved or both I'm getting the impression you would think it were a better system, you think that would motivate the bums or something crappy like that.
It's judgmental to talk about people, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds and many of whom have had bad luck or suffered however so, as if they're brainless leeches. You aren't an authority on the minds of everyone who recieves welfare, that's a guess on my part. They're human beings just like you, not mindless animals.
You're going on with generalities with regard to what people on welfare, or in the poverty trap as you've defined it, think. It's all pundit talk.
The majority of people want work, many working can only find part time work and that means they're still receiving welfare too. The largest portion of welfare money is even toward pensions, not the unemployed. It's a fraction of it. It's only an issue because the poor are easily attacked and looked down on.

homemadecider wrote: »

Time to move out to your own place?

Would love to but I can't afford it at the minute.

OT: I got a PM from a user called "McChubin". Just said "hi there" but I'm annoyed at the fact he/she is aping my username. I *could* be wrong and they could just've coincedently come up with it all on their own but I smell a troll in the midst.

McChubbin wrote: »

OT: I got a PM from a user called "McChubin". Just said "hi there" but I'm annoyed at the fact he/she is aping my username. I *could* be wrong and they could just've coincedently come up with it all on their own but I smell a troll in the midst.

Troll bellow?:mad: Ain't nobody taking the p1ss out of our McChubbin! We kill 'em! :pac:

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Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

We have that here. Every year there's a spate of photos in the county papers of toddlers in caps and gowns graduating from playschool. It's as bad as giving prizes to all entrants/competitors. Competition is healthy and it diminishes the dedication and commitment that other kids put in to something when all the kids get a prize.

Why can't they be allowed to fail? As much as society would wish it otherwise, not every one is talented.

The problem is everyone has to be at least average, if you are below average there is something wrong. It ignores the whole idea of average.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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That reminds me of when I used to travel by bus, and people would try several prepaid tickets before hitting on the one that actually worked
Did they dispose of the used up ones ,in the container that is there for just that purpose? Oh no.
Replace them delicately in wallet for repeat performance the following day.
And rinse and repeat ...

LynnGrace wrote: »

That reminds me of when I used to travel by bus, and people would try several prepaid tickets before hitting on the one that actually worked
Did they dispose of the used up ones ,in the container that is there for just that purpose? Oh no.
Replace them delicately in wallet for repeat performance the following day.
And rinse and repeat ...

It makes their wallet look full

Photo-Sniper wrote: »

I work in Gastronomy and i'm living abroad and theres nothing that grinds my gears more than the people moving over here for the summer looking for waitressing/waiter jobs.

Gastronomy eh?