Things that annoy me

[Spell Siren]

I have noticed some people developing an annoying habit of posting unnecessary visitor messages and spamming....

If his/her story/vid is good he/she will automatically be appreciated. I wonder if there is any need to knock on everyone's door to publicise it...

It is good manners to thank poeple, to say a few kind words, and offer invitations, but when these things get a bit too much, they are seriously very annoying.......

What's your take on it people?

[collesfracture]

Interesting observation Spell..Kinda agree with you on the appreciation part.if something is good it will get appreciated and the word will be spread regarding it.Dont think one needs to publicize anything/everything here.The folks here are smart enough to see and appreciate.Hell its just cause of the appreciation and support of the amazing people here that i love being here and giving my all.
Cheers to RB

[hellminth]

Agree with you guys - I really think spamming on people's walls who you hardly know, about your story has just been completed, or please read my jokes etc. is really lame and desperate. Not only it messes up your wall that your actual friends write on, but completely makes me not want to read McDonald's-like advertised material.

I guess currently there is no rule against that?

[Flesh4Fantasy]

I never promote myself on the board.

Wait... Stop throwing rotten vegetables at me...

I was only being sarcastic.

[FuckingRotter]

Did somebody say rotten?

[batffink]

Originally Posted by FuckingRotter

Did somebody say rotten?

There's only one Rotten on this Board and it's a pity we don't hear more from him. I don't care if he is English, nobody's perfect. (Except me of course)

[HRH1948]

Originally Posted by batffink

There's only one Rotten on this Board and it's a pity we don't hear more from him. I don't care if he is English, nobody's perfect. (Except me of course)

Actually, you come pretty damned close! There is nothing more rotten or more toady than what you are likely to see on this board!

Batffink, you are the cerebral pro from Dover.

My hat is off and I need not adjust my kilts in your company.

Watch out for the up drafts and the more than occasional pole axe.

Your olde friend,

HRH

[batffink]

The main thing that annoys this old scribe is the insidious political correctness stifling free speech these days. Minorities are always bitching about some slight or other that's offended them.
Let's not forget that these ARE MINORITIES after all. Does the MAJORITY not have a say? We are not allowed to use certain words because they may offend some fucking sensitive group who have nothing to do all day except pick faults in the rest of us.
One idiot group even tried to take a man to court for using the word 'denigrate' The wankers thought that it slighted negroes in some way. (yes: negroes not the more PC African Americans.
I spoke to a friend in London recently and asked why he still did not have a Council house to rent. He said that the only way you could get a Council house in Islington was if you were a black, one legged, unmarried, lesbian, Muslim, pregnant mother.
What a fucking joke, and it's getting worse.


PS Don't pm me and tell me I'm a bigot. Far from it. But I'm getting fed up with being a second class citizen. Australia's not far behind.

[Sierra]

I have chosen not to identify with my minority status.

In my field (law), just being a woman is enough to get you kicked out of the clubhouse. I am a member of at least four "protected classes" (probably more), two of which can be plainly seen by looking at me, but I prefer to earn my way without invoking them. I wish more minorities and women would do the same.

That said, although I recognize your frustration, Batffink, and share some of it, I would have you walk a mile in that black lesbian unwed mother's shoes before you think she got the clean end of the stick.

Prejudice, hate and discrimination are sadly still with us. There are people who believe that women should not work. Who don't like Blacks. Don't like middle-eastern people. Don't like gays. Don't like Jews. Don't like Whites - the list goes on and on - and are willing to go to extremes to say so.

There always will be those who hate themselves enough to hate and fear someone else based on something so inconsequential as the color of their skin or which version of God they worship. Who view being gay as a "preference". Even here on RB, where we are already looked down on as "perverts" and should be more tolerant, take a look at how this community treats women who are not a size 10 or below. It's shocking.

I wait for the day when being a person of color or being a certain religion will be of no more consequence than having brown eyes or red hair - something you see but which does not matter. We're not there yet.

[batffink]

With all due respect my Sierra, I still don't think you've grasped what I'm getting at. I don't want to deny ANYONE their rights. I just want to be treated EQUALLY. Should I get preferential treatment because;

(1) I am white.
(2) I am Scottish.
(3) I am Protestant
(4) I am right handed etc etc etc.

Of course not. So why do other groups get priority. Why should minority groups get more because, for some reason known only to God knows why, they squeal the loudest and invoke racial vilification if they are denied.

Isn't the majority sometimes discriminated against. I certainly think so. Think about it. We've all been suckered.

[FuckingRotter]

I think the problem is political correctness, the fear of lawsuits and a dozen a day stupid laws have caused us to lose our way. Fuck equality, how can all people be treated equally? That would leave many short changed.

What about treating people equitably? For anyone who doesn't understand, that means equitting yourself and giving each person you encounter the best of you.

By the way, that doesn't of course apply to one-handed, constantly protesting, pasty Scotsman.....

[batffink]

By the way, that doesn't of course apply to one-handed, constantly protesting, pasty Scotsman.....[/QUOTE]


See what I mean? Blatant racial prejudice. I'll have you up before the United Nations I will. Mods take note of this please.

[ChiTownHoney]

If it helps you guys...I am white and I recieved plenty of hispanic student grants and scholarships from the government that helped pay for over half my tuition at a 30,000 dollar a year private institution.

Hows that for kicking the government and 'minority' status in the ass?

I fucking love preferential treatment. I get both the benefits of being a 'minority' and being white in society at the same damn time.

You guys should try it. Change your name to Mustafa and see what the government will give you.

BTW Sierra, your minority status is something that stays with you for life. The world is just not going to change to a color blind utopia where everyone is going to accept each others religion. At least not in our lifetime. You can wait for that day, but it wont come not when you are I are around. Human nature is fickle that way. If we are all living in a world where race and religion doesnt matter, what the hell are we suppose to fight about then? Only if it benefits you, you should claim minority status. The competition in the world is fierce enough to not play some kind of minority card. A few years ago, I got a job over another white equally qualified candidate..I'm going to assume equally qualified...because they had assumed I was bilingual. Just by looking at me and by looking at my name they assumed that. Well fuck me, it was news to me I was bilingual. But I wasnt going to tell them that. Its a good thing a case that needed assistance like that never came up..

[batffink]

Excellent post Chi.
And goes a long way to prove my point. In Australia you get preference in housing, lower bank interest and preferential University entrance (via quota) if you are of aboriginal extraction. EVEN IF YOU ARE NO MORE THAN ONE SIXTEENTH ABORIGINAL.
Even if you are as thick as two bricks you can still get into Uni. because of the quota. Nobody says anything because they'll get accused of being racist. As far as I'm concerned, racism has nothing to do with it.
The system is purely and simply unfair.

[Sierra]

Originally Posted by ChiTownHoney

BTW Sierra, your minority status is something that stays with you for life. The world is just not going to change to a color blind utopia where everyone is going to accept each others religion. At least not in our lifetime. You can wait for that day, but it wont come not when you are I are around. Human nature is fickle that way. If we are all living in a world where race and religion doesnt matter, what the hell are we suppose to fight about then? Only if it benefits you, you should claim minority status. The competition in the world is fierce enough to not play some kind of minority card. A few years ago, I got a job over another white equally qualified candidate..I'm going to assume equally qualified...because they had assumed I was bilingual. Just by looking at me and by looking at my name they assumed that. Well fuck me, it was news to me I was bilingual. But I wasnt going to tell them that. Its a good thing a case that needed assistance like that never came up..

Originally Posted by batffink

Excellent post Chi.
And goes a long way to prove my point. In Australia you get preference in housing, lower bank interest and preferential University entrance (via quota) if you are of aboriginal extraction. EVEN IF YOU ARE NO MORE THAN ONE SIXTEENTH ABORIGINAL.
Even if you are as thick as two bricks you can still get into Uni. because of the quota. Nobody says anything because they'll get accused of being racist. As far as I'm concerned, racism has nothing to do with it.
The system is purely and simply unfair.

This is exactly why I choose not to use it. My personal reality is that I have done just fine without claiming any kind of advantage. I never did like take running starts.

If I am honest with myself, however, I have to admit that I'm not at all sure I would be quite so quick to disclaim this status if I was struggling to feed myself and my family. Standing on principle is a luxury you can only afford if your children aren't going hungry...

[squidley]

There is nothing wrong with helping the disadvantaged. That is one of the few things that make man just a bit better than the animals from which we claim to separate ourselves.

Individuals don't have to be fair about how we help others; you do what you can for who you can based on far too many factors. But our governments should at least strive for true equality, sharing what is available in the most equitable way and not just based on race, color, sex, or creed.

Real poverty and starvation don't recognize any of those factors, and one starveling looks pretty much like any other.

The Squid

[ChiTownHoney]

Originally Posted by batffink

Excellent post Chi.
And goes a long way to prove my point. In Australia you get preference in housing, lower bank interest and preferential University entrance (via quota) if you are of aboriginal extraction. EVEN IF YOU ARE NO MORE THAN ONE SIXTEENTH ABORIGINAL.
Even if you are as thick as two bricks you can still get into Uni. because of the quota. Nobody says anything because they'll get accused of being racist. As far as I'm concerned, racism has nothing to do with it.
The system is purely and simply unfair.

What is 1/6th? Is that like one grandparent? That would never go well here. I think Aboriginal is the native minority in Australia?...just like native Americans here who pretty do everything for free. Everyone here however claims Native American blood. Everyone.

Here you can be eligible to get minority scholarships and grants for college if you have at least one parent who is minority...which to me is pretty fair. Even if you are white-white, if one parent is minority, you are eligible, and I have no complaints at all about that....its very fair and allowed me to go to one of the best universities in the country.

I play the system very well. I recieved free health care when I was working a full-time job and had insurance coverage on the way. Not because I was a minority but because I didnt claim to work full-time which wold make me ineligible, the copy of my earnings that I had given them were for something completely different than what I was doing at the time. and believe it or not they didnt even look into it.

[AWDracer]

Originally Posted by ChiTownHoney

If it helps you guys...I am white and I recieved plenty of hispanic student grants and scholarships from the government that helped pay for over half my tuition at a 30,000 dollar a year private institution.

Hows that for kicking the government and 'minority' status in the ass?

I fucking love preferential treatment. I get both the benefits of being a 'minority' and being white in society at the same damn time.

You guys should try it. Change your name to Mustafa and see what the government will give you.

BTW Sierra, your minority status is something that stays with you for life. The world is just not going to change to a color blind utopia where everyone is going to accept each others religion. At least not in our lifetime. You can wait for that day, but it wont come not when you are I are around. Human nature is fickle that way. If we are all living in a world where race and religion doesnt matter, what the hell are we suppose to fight about then? Only if it benefits you, you should claim minority status. The competition in the world is fierce enough to not play some kind of minority card. A few years ago, I got a job over another white equally qualified candidate..I'm going to assume equally qualified...because they had assumed I was bilingual. Just by looking at me and by looking at my name they assumed that. Well fuck me, it was news to me I was bilingual. But I wasnt going to tell them that. Its a good thing a case that needed assistance like that never came up..

Originally Posted by ChiTownHoney

What is 1/6th? Is that like one grandparent? That would never go well here. I think Aboriginal is the native minority in Australia?...just like native Americans here who pretty do everything for free. Everyone here however claims Native American blood. Everyone.

Here you can be eligible to get minority scholarships and grants for college if you have at least one parent who is minority...which to me is pretty fair. Even if you are white-white, if one parent is minority, you are eligible, and I have no complaints at all about that....its very fair and allowed me to go to one of the best universities in the country.

I play the system very well. I recieved free health care when I was working a full-time job and had insurance coverage on the way. Not because I was a minority but because I didnt claim to work full-time which wold make me ineligible, the copy of my earnings that I had given them were for something completely different than what I was doing at the time. and believe it or not they didnt even look into it.

I'm honestly shocked that despite some replies made by members here, none have been addressed to Chitown for intentionally manipulating the system in order to reap benefits that did not belong to her and should not have belonged to her. Though other people have been doing it, that doesn't mean you should do it. It means that someone who was genuinely aboriginal AND cannot afford tuition means that person will be screwed for life, and sadly, the whites have screwed them again.

Chi, if you say you're actually in a 'respected' school, it's clear that you didn't receive too much education from this so-called 'top school in the country' (honestly that made me laugh). Why do I say that? Simply the fact that you do not realize the amount of slight that has happened to the aboriginals when the Europeans took their land by force (via colonialism) and used the natives as slaves. Yes, it may seem silly that they're trying to balance out the playing field NOW because implicitly there is some guilt in how they formed their institutions and how they made their money. The quotas are for the disadvantaged. Would you hog up the spot for a handicapped person? Would you steal money from the poor? Your posts in this thread have eerily indicated that you would do just that for yourself.

But I like how complicit the people are here. I suppose if someone takes your life savings via insurance or bank fraud, I'd expect everyone to hush up about it. Now I will demonstrate why it is personal. She's essentially stealing public funds which actually come from your tax dollars. What Chitown's committing is fraud and if discovered, can equal jail time. The taxpayers got screwed, and you Americans got swindled by this woman here. Congrats.

I know what she's gonna say - if I'm not gonna do it, someone's gonna do it. Her typical justification for everything. That's why she can do what she wants to do without a single care about what other people think. Hm, what type of person is that? You decide for yourself.

For the record, I once considered being a Crown prosecutor - maybe I should go back into that direction. Also, I'm not Aboriginal or anything, so there's absolutely no way you can say I'm making biased comments.

As for things that annoy me, people who are intentional freeloaders. I once met a guy who asked that we should grab a coffee sometime. I thought that we were gonna each get a coffee and talk, but nope, he shows up and says, "I didn't bring my wallet" and personally asks me to pay for it. It was only 5 dollars and would have been awkward if I simply said no, but I knew his character just from 5 dollars. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes thousands of dollars, or even millions to realize someone's character. I sympathize with the victims of insurance fraud who lost their whole life savings and will die penniless because of a thief, or a number of thieves.

[ChiTownHoney]

Originally Posted by AWDracer

I'm honestly shocked that despite some replies made by members here, none have been addressed to Chitown for intentionally manipulating the system in order to reap benefits that did not belong to her and should not have belonged to her. Though other people have been doing it, that doesn't mean you should do it. It means that someone who was genuinely aboriginal AND cannot afford tuition means that person will be screwed for life, and sadly, the whites have screwed them again.

You have no idea what you are talking about. What benefits? Free healthcare? Not that I owe you any explanation, but I deserved it just as much as the ghetto welfare woman who can afford to get an $800 weave every month but cant afford a newspaper to look through the job listings!

Originally Posted by AWDracer

Chi, if you say you're actually in a 'respected' school, it's clear that you didn't receive too much education from this so-called 'top school in the country' (honestly that made me laugh). Why do I say that? Simply the fact that you do not realize the amount of slight that has happened to the aboriginals when the Europeans took their land by force (via colonialism) and used the natives as slaves.

Ok now you dont know me like that so dont say something that you cant back up.

I do not know the amount of slight?? When did I say that? I was talking about Native Americans, not Aboriginals. I dont know what went down in that country, but I know what went down in MY country. Why would you assume I dont know anything about that? I might know more than you can pretend to know about the injustices in history. Go ahead to Wikipedia and brush up on it. But my knowledge is not on the Aboriginals in Australia, my knowledge is limited to Central American, Mexican, and some North American History.

MY tax money should not go to those who YOU feel need 'reparations'. Please. You dont know the first thing about me. When those injustices were taking place, my ancestors were nowhere near. I pay my taxes and I'm going to take what they are willing to give to me.

[pervipete]

You do get people who use their skin colour as an excuse to be a pain.

One of my friends was accused of racism by an asian customer because whe would not discount a bag, despite that fact that she is from the Punjab...

Yeah, racism and bigotry is wrong, wrong, wrong. And some of the anti-racism and anti-sexism laws passed were justified, but have they gone too far with them? Are we now in danger of having the very thing they exist to end encouraged by their very existance?