Official Venting Thread

[GaMeR]

Some advice:

Lag - Yeah it sucks, if it's related to your ISP give them a call and if they don't take you seriously then tell them you'll switch providers.

Racism - It happens, just ignore it (if it's not too serious) and if it really annoys you then tell your friend to stop as he wouldn't like you calling him the "N" word.

School - Complain, I'm assuming you're paying for it right? Tell them you'll use another service if they don't straighten things out.

Parents - Toughest issue of the above, but probably the best one to solve ASAP. From my understanding you come from a very religious household thus your parents tend to be stricter due to that. Use religion to your advantage and get their trust. Explain to them how you're about to become an adult and how you've shown responsibility by coming clean to them. There was no need to punish you, also explain to them how they can't protect you or keep making decisions for you forever. Eventually you'll have to be out there on your own making your own choices etc.

All I can think of for now, hope it helped.

[oneillz8o8]

Drizz, I TOTALLY FEEL YOU about the school thing.

Those courses we take through our '18 years or younger' of formal education are really just that; redundant.

I don't remember ANYTHING about geometry, nor do I care. When the HELL am I gonna use theorems, use converse shoes, or SOHCOHTOA (suck a toe eh)?

I mean seriously, if you just DON'T LIKE a dang subject, it's OBVIOUS that we're not going to try out best in it. It's pointless.

[Specktren]

I hate my job.

I do not have a speech impediment, nor do I need help answering the phones. I get paid 15 an hour to do my job and I do a damn good job of doing so.

Leave me the f**k alone.

/rant

[Deadpool]

Some juicy rants in here today.

Vot4Drizzt Wrote:Racism
I'm white, I am aware that I have not been the target of TRUE racism, but my black friends feel that it is okay to make comments like " White people Suck!"
and I'm just supposed to take it, yet if I disagree about anything at all, race-related or not, I'm a member of the KKK.
HOW IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS GOLDEN BROWN AND DELICIOUS, IS THAT FAIR???

I know just how you feel my friend. I have some black friends and I just shut up to say anything in regards to history between us.
I would like for them to understand that they don't have a right to be so racist and call us that. We don't feel the same way towards them as our ancestors did. Most of us. Peace doesn't come in a pretty box.

[The Dr0w Ranger]

In Response to GaMeR, Lag is not something I can change, we have the best connection my parents will pay for(at least if it is for gaming), My NAT causes the issue with my friend who lives near me, and I don't know how to alter that.

Racism, I deal with it, but it still makes me mad, like skin tone changes whether or not it's okay to make fun of someone.
In relation, why is race only and issue if you are Against Obama?
If you are for him it is issue based, but if not, you are racist.


School, they told me how to do it, supposedly I should be able to do it right, but seriously, did anyone here write down every single number that flew through your head whilst doing a problem?
I do addition in my head, some Multiplication and most of my Polynomials, I know I got them, I checked the answers, PHAIL!!
HUH?
And so what if my method of getting an answer is not the exact one taught to me, I got the answer right, didn't I?

Finally, My parents have already heard the Spiel, they just stonewall me with" We are the Parent's, It's final" or some dumbed down variation thereof.

<new rant>
I am tired of people who try to shout me down with half-ideas and thoughts that have no backing, or calling me stupid when they flubbed the grammar in the statement telling me so!!!
If you are smarter than me, more open minded thatn me, or have the truth(Proof, Intelligent arguments) on your side, then use it, and quit fabricating B.S. to make me shut up, It will NEVER work.</new rant>

[oneillz8o8]

From an optimist, pessimist, and realist point of view about racism:

You've just gotta deal with it as you said

Definitely one of the things that make life NOT fair and it is SO INCREDIBLY in our presence EVERYWHERE.

You've got to be able to laugh at yourself, not take others so seriously, and STAND UP FOR YOURSELF. If they are YOUR FRIENDS, they HAVE to LISTEN to you.

When I play games online, there are TONS (99%) of the population that say, 'Gay' 'Fag' 'Homo'. Do I get offended? No and yes. No because already they are showing me that they are ignorant. What can I do to change their views if I don't know them? And yes, I definitely do get offended because it's simply just not RIGHT.

Sometimes words DO HURT people.

[The Dr0w Ranger]

I'm not so much Hurt, as tired of it, and the hypocrisy.

[oneillz8o8]

(09-10-2008 04:28 AM)Vote4Drizzt Wrote:  I'm not so much Hurt, as tired of it, and the hypocrisy.

And that is exactly why you've got to take a stance.

If you are crossing the street and I see a car that is not stopping before you, do I look the other way?

[Deadpool]

There always comes a time when you have to put your foot down and tell the person to shut it up. We didn't do it, our ancestors did.
Just like with Obama, you can't have change when you are causing a racial divide.

[oneillz8o8]

Oh yeah. VMAS SUCKED.

The music industry is going down fast and hard. REPRESENT THE TRUE ARTISTS, MTV.

*Goes back to watching MTV shows*