Let It All Out! -rant Thread-
We've all been a little stressed out lately, and we've seen some flame wars errupt here and there. Although I believe that flame wars are a healthy part of a forum board, one needs to remember not to take everything to heart. Quite often things are taken out of context because the reader cannot see the emotions of the other person, so something said as a joke can often be taken as a personal attack. We often take things as personal attacks againts us because we're usually in a bad mood with what is going on around us.
My idea is to dedicate this thread to just letting yourself loose, and saying(typing) anything that is annoying the **** out of you today....and hopefully it will help you cool down, and eliminate the stress and help you become more productive in the AO community. Some of you have seen me on the IRC channel rant on and on about how stupid some people are in the malls that I work at, but I've also noticed that I feel better after rant is over.
A few simple rules I wish you could please follow:
1. NO personal attacks againts anyone. You can alwasy PM the other person and tell them how you feel.
2. DON'T belittle anyone's post. Everyone gets ticked off by the silliest things. They do not need you to tell them that they're getting pissed over something stupid.
3. Lets keep this thread open. No Antipoint assignments please. If you feel the person deserves greenies...just give them those greenies in another post....same goes for negs (although I don't see why someone would get negged here)
4. Political rants are fine, but please, lets not try to convince the other person that their political party sucks and that they need to join yours ;).
5. Have fun, and hopefully we see something positive come out of this :D
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
As some of you may know, I do long distance cycling. I also bike to work (the campus) on a fairly regular basis (2-3 times a week with a 4 day schedule). I also do longer training rides (30-50km for about 3 hours). Many of the streets I go on can be busy but I tend to leave early. As some of you have noticed, I'm up rather early in the morning (430ish am). That's so I can get some AO in before hitting the road.
Well this morning I left at a little earlier than previous days (5:45am) and was off to work. As I was coming down this one street, this cabby comes from behind me, slows down (the light is green so I can still go on), then decides he wants to go forward to turn right and is about to do it while I'm still going STRAIGHT!!! *******!! I tweeted my whistle and he acts surprised like I had just appeared or something.
*Eh* I continue some more and the stress goes away....
The particular street I'm on (Bloor-Danforth -- it changes it's name at Parliment Street -- Don't ask. I didn't name them) heads in an east-west direction (roughly). There are a few streets that start and end at Danforth so there are a few 3 way light intersections. Not a hard concept. Red light means stop. Green light means go. I'm still going along Danforth with a green light for me to go.
Dumbass, coming off of Parliament (and thus having to turn right against his red light that says no right turns on red) isn't paying attention. Now before someone says he probably didn't see you, I'd like to know how he couldn't see me since my bike light is what is know as a HID (High Intensity Discharge) light. This thing is brighter than some car lights. Now I can and often go at a fair clip (25-35km/hr, which on a bike can be fast). Again I get to tweet my whistle, although this time it's loud (nearly went deaf), I do it 3 times (and get to see the passenger look shocked and hear wheels squeeling) and have a stream of obscenities coming from me about the wonderful driving abilities of some people.
I know that cyclists are on the low end of the totem pole and some cyclists are total dumbasses but geez! ****in' pay attention out there!
*meh*
