The Ranting Room

ExittheLemming wrote: I live in Brisbane which is now a city threatening to sink towards the earth's core under the weight of tattooed and pierced charity muggers in their 20's queuing impatiently at every street corner to harangue passers by with their habitually glib, presumptuous and downright invasive how's your day been so far? do you like animals/trees/baby seals/whales/the red cross/human rights/dolphins/polar bear cubs? (the list goes on) Even if you tell them to go f*ck themselves, they just radiate smug serenity and say awesome/cool/catch ya later mate.  To paraphrase Malcolm Tucker, I'd like to punch them into paralysis....Of course some of the causes are worthy I admit, but this is NOT the way to garner either attention or reduce apathy Most of these self righteous little oinks are currently in tertiary education and will graduate overnight into future captains of industry who will attempt to recycle dead kittens into catfood and bring in the death penalty for pedestrianism.

In London I believe these apparently selfless creatures are called chuggers, and many of them (ie some made-up statistic I can't be bothered to search for) are paid by the number of people they sign-up. Altruism it is not. My daughter is regularly accosted by them even when sporting her best face-like-thunder-don't-even-think-about-it--does-it-look-like-I'm-having-a-good-effin-day-so-gfy countenance.

^Maybe the heat and humidity up here does something to our brain chemistry? (like dilute it vigorously)

I live in Brisbane which is now a city threatening to sink towards the earth's core under the weight of tattooed and pierced charity muggers in their 20's queuing impatiently at every street corner to harangue passers by with their habitually glib, presumptuous and downright invasive how's your day been so far? do you like animals/trees/baby seals/whales/the red cross/human rights/dolphins/polar bear cubs? (the list goes on) Even if you tell them to go f*ck themselves, they just radiate smug serenity and say awesome/cool/catch ya later mate.  To paraphrase Malcolm Tucker, I'd like to punch them into paralysis....Of course some of the causes are worthy I admit, but this is NOT the way to garner either attention or reduce apathy

Most of these self righteous little oinks are currently in tertiary education and will graduate overnight into future captains of industry who will attempt to recycle dead kittens into catfood and bring in the death penalty for pedestrianism.

Radio interviews were they obviously haven't left enough time for the interview.  Usually, the interviewee is spouting off on something important and interesting and the interviewer is obviously been told to shut him up and move on to the weather.  You can hear it in his voice and you can hear the music come in and I an screaming internally 'Just let him finish and leave the weather a minute late ffs'

Terra Australis wrote: ^How annoying. Our Microwave tells us to "enjoy your meal". What if I don't want to?

^How annoying. Our Microwave tells us to "enjoy your meal". What if I don't want to?

Edited by Terra Australis - June 09 2013 at 05:21

Chris S wrote: I hate frigging fridges that beep when the door has been open too long, as if we dont have enough time window pressures without a f&^%ing fridges telling us to put the margerine back.The next fridge I own will not have a beeper...seems like a trivial rant I know

^I  would love a fridge like that.

Dean wrote:   O-kay... (backs away slowly)...   I'm getting the impression you are taking this thread a tad too seriously for comfort. Ranting at the world is harmless venting with humorous intent that does not require ballistic weaponry.   It's more ironic observations of lard-assed women blocking the food aisles in supermarkets as they fill their trollies with 2 litre bottles of diet coke and frozen ready meals than contemplating acts of urban terrorism.

I think it's fixed now.

DO you mean the Libertarian Thread?