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Posted by bluetoelover (Member # 14736) on :
 
Well I decided to start the Bitch thread. Rules are pretty simple...DONT BITCH ABOUT SOMEONE ON THIS FORUM OR THE PICS INVOLVED ON THIS FORUM.
I'll start the bitching! [Big Grin]
To the fucking bums/hobos whatever the fuck they call themselves today that sit out in front of my apt. complex and say "spare change?" or "I need change for the bus/cheeseburger"! Like fuck buddy you need change for a bus..where the fuck do bums need to be??And interview right? fuck...I finally broke down one night when leaving a movie..it was rather cold out and there was a guy sitting there asking for change and nobody was giving him any so I said fuck it i gave him about 2 bucks. Me and the wife went into the McDonalds right beside where he was sitting and lo and behold who walks in but fuck face and buys a mcflurry!!!
 
Posted by Footman Pete (Member # 16664) on :
 
Oh I hear ya man, I've got one guy whos on the road right by my apartment everytime I goto work in the morning. He walks around wearing a sign that says "Homeless; I need $2." FIRST of all, what the hell kind of homeless person walks around demanding no less then a toonie?

Secondly, I've seen him outside his house mowing the lawn! He's kind of a joke around here as the only people that seem to give him money are out of towners. I feel bad for the actual homeless people who really DO need money, and you have jack-asses like this walking around who are just too lazy to get a real job.. arrghh!
 
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
 
Well vagrancy is against the law here in Texas. Whenever a bum decides to park his ass in front of the business I just make a call to the friendly law enforcement officers and they get him to move on and quick!

In the west end of Dallas years ago these fuckers were really bold and would actually pretend to be parking lot attendants and collect money from people parking in lots that were actually free in the evenings. An owner of one of the lots we parked in for concerts made it a point to start working on evenings too and he packed a "Saturday Night Special" in his waist band in case one of the bums decided to play attendant again. I remember him talking about chasing one off with a baseball bat before he got the gun. Dallas was a dangerous place to hang out when I was younger. I'm guessing it probably hasn't changed much now.
 
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
 
I have absolutely nothing against homeless people...in fact I hung out with some of them in my very early days when I was still a squatter and a punk.
Like in every social group, there are cool guys and assholes.
Don`t forget that homelessness could happen to almost anyone.

-Hal-
 
Posted by Salvy_Mic (Member # 13384) on :
 
Here's my general rule of thumb regarding the homeless and the fact that they demand money: I don't give money to bums, ever, unless they're missing limbs. The more limbs they're missing, the more money I might give them. I remember one time when I was young, my parents and I were in downtown L.A. driving around when my mom saw a homeless guy, who was legless above the knees, dragging himself across the sidewalk by his arms and elbows. I think even my dad felt sorry for him, because he never gives anyone money, so they gave him like 10 bucks.

The only other type of person my mother has given money to was this one ragged looking Mexican guy who seriously only looked like he had arrived in this country the night before. We were walking out of a Pollo Loco when he politely asked my mom (who's from El Salvador) if she knew anyone or anywhere that he could find work with no problem. My mom knew right away he was a recent arrival. She told him she didn't really know herself, but asked him how long ago he arrived. He said the day before. There was a lot of compassion on my mom's part, since she knew exactly how this guy felt, having done the exact same thing as him years ago. She asked him if he had eaten anything, and he told her that's why he was looking for work, so he could eat as he hadn't eaten in a few days. My mom bought him a meal, and man, when she brought the food out to him, I had never seen anyone look happier that he had a meal in front of him. He ate that as quickly as I had ever seen anyone eat.
 
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Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
 
"Will code HTML for food!" is awesome. [Laugh]

-Hal-
 
Posted by Tyler D. (Member # 11452) on :
 
bums are like always buggin me for change in a lot of the place i been pickin up women lately. freakin sux too cuz i had a huge change bin in my car and now it has dwindle to almost nothing and I have gotten very little valuable scoop from some of these change beggars in exchnage for the help i gave them [Cry]
 
Posted by Mighty Mike (Member # 1922) on :
 
you people are heartless
 
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
 
I was homeless once... around Jan-Feb...

Didn't have enough time to find a new place to rent from the old one, so lived in the car for 2 weeks... Still went to work as usual and used the Local laundrymat for my washing and my furniture was put into a storage facility... Showered at work and at family and friend houses but didn't let them know about my homeless situation.... Acted normal as possible & no-one suspected... I let them all in on it as soon as I settled into my new pad..... They felt bad about it but I'm the type that don't like to rely on anyone to survive....

....... lol [Laugh] That wasn't me bitchin' yet...

FUCK ALL THE DRIVE-THRU ATTENDANTS AT MC'DONALDS who overcharge you on purpose just to make a lil' extra for themselves and act all stupid puttin on the DUMB/CONFUSED face sayin' "sorry, I made a mistake".... MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR ORDER, PRICE AND CHANGE....

[ July 23, 2007, 02:35 PM: Message edited by: FootLongSub Zero ]
 
Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Hal:
Don`t forget that homelessness could happen to almost anyone.

True enough Bro. We've got our fair share of homeless folks here in Kentucky...and yeah there's some scammers and drunks that only ask for money because they're either too lazy or too much of a lush to work...but then there are some that are truly at a loss for finances and down on their luck. If a guy approaches me for money, I'll usually give them whatever I have tucked in my front pocket, which admittedly is usually only change, but can sometimes add up to be a couple of dollars. It's not much, true, but a little is better than nothing, and I'm not exactly made of money myself (just ask me about my diet of ramen when things get tight around here). I've been in a position more times than I care to remember in my life when I didn't know if I'd be able to afford to eat, and it never feels too good, so I can sympathize to a small degree with some of these people.

But anyway, since this is a bitching thread, here's something I personally want to bitch about:
People who want to cram their beliefs down your throat. We already know how annoying religious zealots can be, but has anybody been approached by any (what I like to call) anti-theists? Jeez-louise, these guys make the Bible-thumpers look tame! These are people who think of themselves as atheists, but they spend what seems like every waking moment either bashing religion, arguing about religion, or going out of their way to turn every conversation they get into about the "evils of religion". For some folks who supposedly don't buy into religion, they sure spend a lot of time on it!

That to me makes about as much sense as, say, hating a particular band, but then spending inordinate amounts of time learning every single line in every single song, and talking about this band that supposedly sucks ass every single opportunity that comes along...and even creating opportunities to talk about them!

They say with conviction that this life is all we have and we need to enjoy it, and yet they pore obsessively over a belief system that they think is nothing but a waste of time to begin with. Hello...talk about irony!

As long as there's religion, theres going to be folks that don't buy into it...and that's no reason to start drawing lines in the sand. Why can't more people just agree to disagree, and then leave it at that? Religious folks need to realize that they aren't going to convince or convert everybody they talk to, and non-religious folks need to realize the same damn thing.

I can't figure out if it's amusing or sad that this whole "conversion" thing when it comes to theology has come full-circle. I just know that nobody knows all the things they claim to know, and a whole hell of a lot of people, and I mean a WHOLE HELL OF A LOT of people just need to shut the fuck up already...
[Mad]
 
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
 
My shop happens to be a really popular hangout for college students from a private Baptist college and a lot of preachers spend time there also doing research and even writing sermons. I have no problem with them even though I believe in freedom from religion. However, one time a few years ago a student with a video camera came up to me one time and started asking questions whether I was a Christian or not. I told her to turn the camera off and take it out of the store because I really didn't want to have to hurt her feelings and it wasn't the place to do it in a private business.

I don't push my way of thinking on anyone (even though I'm right) and I really don't care to have it returned in my face. Hey, my wife was raised in a fundamental Baptist household. I'm pretty damned tolerant if I should say so for myself! [Laugh]
 
Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by LeDaemon:
I don't push my way of thinking on anyone (even though I'm right) and I really don't care to have it returned in my face.

Exactly! People are perfectly entitled to disagree with my ways of thinking as well, I'll still treat them with a decent amount of respect...I can't go hating on anybody just because they're wrong. [Wink] [Laugh]
 
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
 
Have to bring this back up to the top. I have a new bitch I have to harp on a moment.

I hate internet slang!!! Its getting worse with everyone texting on their phones these days too. Whenever I read a post someone makes I think their Intelligence Quotient drops a few points when I see abreviations like "plz" "LOL" "cuz." Poor grammar, excessive misspelled words, and total lack of punctuation in general really makes me want to retch too. For example whenever I read a post and he mentions that he is college bound and I read:

"yo wazup peeples. im nto feets. LOL i gess u no dat tho cuz u r hear."

I immediately make a mental note to skip any posts by a true mental midgit. I'm not saying I'm a genius when it comes to the English language, but I like to read posts by people that seem to have some kind of cohesive thought. The ability to put thoughts into words is something I appreciate. Thank goodness that most of the folks here don't follow the above example.

For a quick reply to someone's picture posts a couple of (hopefully) kind words and a smiling graemlin is appropriate. However in the talk section of a forum there has to be something more.

Bitch ending.... [Mad]
 
Posted by Salvy_Mic (Member # 13384) on :
 
LeDaemon, I totally hear you about internet grammar and slang. I suppose it's even more galling to me because I'm a writer, and I can't help but notice most spelling and grammatical errors in a given written piece. I can't even bring myself to use Net Slang even when I'm chatting, using AIM, or texting someone, it just doesn't feel right.

Anyway, here's something I'll gripe about, and its something a lot of you won't understand: I'm getting sick of ultra-ethnic, ultra-nationalist boxing fans on the internet who in addition to trashing fighters from a country that's not their own, they end up trashing a whole group of people who support that boxer. I can't go anywhere on youtube to enjoy anything about boxing anymore before I see Mexican, Filipino, European, Puerto Rican, African American, or any group of people completely resorting to baseless and cowardly racial taunts on the internet. Fucking 'net warriors, I guarantee you none of those pussies would say shit in front of another group in person, but when they're behind their little keyboards, they feel like f'in Godzilla. Fuckin' cowards.... [Mad] [Violent]
 
Posted by bluetoelover (Member # 14736) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Salvy_Mic:
LeDaemon, I totally hear you about internet grammar and slang. I suppose it's even more galling to me because I'm a writer, and I can't help but notice most spelling and grammatical errors in a given written piece. I can't even bring myself to use Net Slang even when I'm chatting, using AIM, or texting someone, it just doesn't feel right.

Anyway, here's something I'll gripe about, and its something a lot of you won't understand: I'm getting sick of ultra-ethnic, ultra-nationalist boxing fans on the internet who in addition to trashing fighters from a country that's not their own, they end up trashing a whole group of people who support that boxer. I can't go anywhere on youtube to enjoy anything about boxing anymore before I see Mexican, Filipino, European, Puerto Rican, African American, or any group of people completely resorting to baseless and cowardly racial taunts on the internet. Fucking 'net warriors, I guarantee you none of those pussies would say shit in front of another group in person, but when they're behind their little keyboards, they feel like f'in Godzilla. Fuckin' cowards.... [Mad] [Violent]

That can also be said about people on foot forums also Mic. The "trolls"...the one's who bash a girl's peds because she is a certain ethnicity or there peds are "not their type" but yet feel the need to chime in to hurt the girl's feelings. I mean..it's hard enough to get a girl to allow you to take a picture of her feet let alone post them on the internet! So when you tell her that your going to post them on a foot forum..let her see the comments..and some dumb fucking waste of oxygen who is more than likely a 35 year old virgin living in his mother's basement bash the pictures of her...it makes my blood boil! [Mad]
 
Posted by A&F_FootDude05 (Member # 2999) on :
 
I saw a one-word thread just minutes before I read LeDaemon's posting LOL.
 
Posted by bluetoelover (Member # 14736) on :
 
There is a troll on the loose!! Profeta...he just posted a hate post in the Talk section..to the Girls only thread..what a douche!
 
Posted by ozkar (Member # 13264) on :
 
I can't stand the new best buy commercials for back to school.

One in particular is some girl who's going to college in best buy with her parents. They're running around with big smiles on their faces and they pick out a laptop. Next the mother picks up a digital camera for her saying "this way you can take pictures of your friends and send them to me". There was some promotion at the time to see a band and it cuts to the girl at a concert, then back to the store. Her dad hands her an ipod and says "now you can listen to BandX while you are studying"

I hate this culture changing bullshit advertising turning people into spoiled materialistic assholes. Now any kid watching that commercial feels it is their parents obligation to award them with a computer, ipod, and digital camera because they're going to college. Every parent watching it is meant to feel like an ass if they don't believe that they need to do that.

Remember that high school graduation party that your parents paid for? Remember all that money you got that you intend to spend on concert tickets and beer and spring break? Buy your own damned ipod. Have some respect for your parents.


Other bitches:

When i go to the wendy's drive thru and ask for a milkshake i don't need some fat bitch giving me attitude..."we don't sell milkshakes we only have frostys." Make the leap you cur...give me whatever cold beverage you have that's made out of milk and ice cream.

And when someone does something stupid to you when they're drunk and the next day they're like "my bad, i was drunk" and act like that excuses it. I don't give a shit, you still did something stupid, you're responsible....And "My Bad..." hell, i already know that how about an apology?

Feaking bill o'reily... always telling me how simple everything is. No spin my ass. If he was talking and a huge turd fell out of his mouth i probably wouldn't even flinch. The only thing that simple on the planet is you, mr. freaking bill o'reily. Also, the people who publish and promote ann coulter should go to jail. I'm pretty sure it's a crime to take advantage of the mentally ill like that.

And if you are a 6'5" and 250 lbs long haired dude and i didn't notice your high heels and breast implants because i thought they were man-boobs, don't get sassy with me when I call you sir. I've got nothing against transsexuals doing their thing, but if you look like a dude, how the fuck was i supposed to know you want to be addressed as Miss?

[Thud] [Thud] [Thud] [Thud]
 
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
 
I especially hate that Best Buy commercial for promoting that limp wristed turd burglaring band Fall Out Boy.
 
Posted by russ (Member # 10866) on :
 
quote:
The "trolls"...the one's who bash a girl's peds because she is a certain ethnicity or there peds are "not their type" but yet feel the need to chime in to hurt the girl's feelings.
I couldn't agree more. I guess some people just can't show any restraint sometimes.
 
Posted by A&F_FootDude_05 (Member # 2999) on :
 
wen ppl tlk lyke dis
 
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
 
Whoa who dug this one up [Laugh] ....

Stuff those who try to push in front of you when standing at the supermarket deli where there is no official line.... 4 have tried and 4 have failed... wanna be my 5th???? [Wink]
 
Posted by A&F_FootDude_05 (Member # 2999) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by FootLongSub Zero:
Whoa who dug this one up [Laugh] ....

Stuff those who try to push in front of you when standing at the supermarket deli where there is no official line.... 4 have tried and 4 have failed... wanna be my 5th???? [Wink]

I was irritated and went on a search!
 
Posted by Thundercracker (Member # 7778) on :
 
I hate it when people don't clean up after their dogs.

You're out walkin' and SMOOSH!! Now the only one doing poo clean-up is you! [Mad]
 
Posted by Salvy_Mic (Member # 13384) on :
 
I wanna bitch about the lack of any good American cartoons in recent years with a few noticeable exceptions. What the hell? I mean, in the 80s and 90s, we were getting gold. Now, any programming directed towards kids is all live-action stuff and horrible dubs of quality Japanese animation. Saturday mornings will never be the same again...
 
Posted by Mommie Dearest (Member # 18340) on :
 
Two gripes ...

Assholes who travel SLOW in the FAST lane on the highway. I am in Florida so it is expected that the dead drive on our highways ... but STAY IN THE TURTLE LANE!

&

The one UCF student who didn't know the name of the cheese she was ordering on her food ... (swiss btw - we narrowed it down by the words Square and Holes).
 
Posted by Thundercracker (Member # 7778) on :
 
Eh, except for Justice League, Static Shock and Teen Titans, recent cartoons (2000-2008) pretty much blow.

I recently watched the first three episodes of Transformers (1984) on Youtube and I long for the cartoons of old:

Voltron,
GI Joe,
He-Man,
Dungeons & Dragons,
Smurfs,
C.O.P.S.,
Spiderman & His Amazing Friends,
the Incredible Hulk
Superfriends

- those were good times! With the crap on now, I'd hate to be a kid today. [Confused]
 
Posted by shook (Member # 12484) on :
 
Last summer i was driving home from work and I had stopped at a red light, waiting for it to turn green. I had my window down having a cigarette when a bum walks up to my driver side and asks if i have any change. Let me first say, i was 19 at the time, just got my first car and had only been driving 6 months, i was working part-time and going to school, and paying 300 a month on insurnce alone. That day, as usual i had No money. Seriously, i had to wait a few days til pay day just to put gas in my car. I couldn't even afford to take the longer trip to the local corner store for a pepsi. so i'm working my ass off in school and pushing carts at work and some bum wants money from me. get a job, it's as simple as that. he had all his limbs and could walk fine i'm sure he could work if he tried.

another story, when i was about 16 i was more of the punk kid type, i was hanging out downtown with one of my short-term gf's. anyway i ran into some teenager kid around my same age at the time who i ended up talking to. i was having a smoke and he asked me for one, so i gave him one. and we talked together while we were smoking. He mentioned about how he didn't know where he was going to be sleeping tonight. so i asked him if he had a job, he said yeah i was working full time a few weeks ago but i got fired. i saw why? he said i stopped showing up because i didn't like it. so right when i heard that i lost all sympathy for tihs kid. he even asked me if he could stay at my house that night. fuck some of these homeless people piss me off. sorry if some of this didn't flow right or make sense i was half watching conan obrian.
 
Posted by Explosivo57 (Member # 14342) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Salvy_Mic:
I wanna bitch about the lack of any good American cartoons in recent years with a few noticeable exceptions. What the hell? I mean, in the 80s and 90s, we were getting gold. Now, any programming directed towards kids is all live-action stuff and horrible dubs of quality Japanese animation. Saturday mornings will never be the same again...

although i agree saturday cartoons are dead

i do think some shows are still great
CHOWDER and Foster's home for imaginary friends are the two best shows on tv
i think more channels are gettin away from saturday and moving towards friday night cause they see people are more awake at that house
lets face it, what kid wakes up early on saturday
they all sleep in

ok, new bitching
music now aways sucks ass
every band looks, sounds and acts the same
they all suck
and damn american idol is ruining tuesday nights
i want house dammit
everyone on american idol blows
 
Posted by deeparchlover (Member # 7021) on :
 
Teachers and other school staff who try to convince parents that the only way to teach a child with ADHD is to put him some mind knumbing medication. If he is so hard to manage and his condition is affecting his learning, why then does he never get a score of less than 90%?

After a year of therapy and recommendations of medication I find out that the school has made the same suggestion for over half the children in his class. My childs therapist decided to observe my son in his classroom enviroment but said she had trouble staying awake because of the boring class environment. Makes me wonder how many of us would have been drugged up had we been in school during this day and age. How about we get teachers that don't bore the shit out of our kids everyday then expect them to sit like their interested in learning.
 
Posted by -cfg- (Member # 13863) on :
 
I really hate Nancy Grace. Nothing specific. Just in general I hate her. That is all.
 
Posted by A&F_FootDude_05 (Member # 2999) on :
 
She's so bitchy! I can't agree with you more on that one
 
Posted by -cfg- (Member # 13863) on :
 
I just found this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWPY7b35vF4

Classic!
 
Posted by A&F_FootDude_05 (Member # 2999) on :
 
Nice! I swear she is Bill O' Reilly as a man.

What a bitch.
 
Posted by Crazy_Diamond (Member # 22956) on :
 
Corrupt Union Officials. By the time I am able to retire, these crooks will bankrupt the pension fund and I'll be screwed!
 
Posted by Crazy_Diamond (Member # 22956) on :
 
Elected Union officials who fraternize with members of management. [Cheers]
 
Posted by Crazy_Diamond (Member # 22956) on :
 
Those who voted yes on the new contract both NMFA and Supplemental agreement. [Puke]
 
Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
 
Okay, I've got a bitch to air: I hate that miserable f__king video game, "Guitar Hero".

I am a guitar player by profession and teach some 40 students a week. Right now, every damn kid that stumbles in, looking for lessons, has played that game. Parents believe that their kid has some special musical gift because he reached the 7th level.

Those kids, that actually get in to see me, end the first lesson by telling me that this isn't anything like the game, as if it is my fault. I have tried all sorts of responses ranging from the instructive to the sympathetic but now simply tell them, "You're right. Get Out." Somehow, I have contrived some diabolical torment to prevent the fulfillment of their "Rock-God-status-in-a-month" fantasies.

Please, please, please tell anyone that you know that has any musical aspirations that there is nothing about the game that remotely resembles the actual playing of the instrument.

The only musicians that can play the instrument without years of dedication are the giftless hacks about whom Explosivo57 complained on page 2. The reason for this is that, somewhere along the line, someone in the recording industry recognized them as real suckers that can be used to make a lot of money for the industry. The talentless rubes have a cadre of producers and actual musicians telling them what to do (or doing it for them on the recording). Once the industry is done with them, the clods are thrown back on the street to fend for themselves. Mid-20's and already a has-been.

Though it may seem a stretch, it has been happening this way for over 4 decades and "Guitar Hero" is going to cultivate a whole new crop of wannabes that are never-shoulda-beens.

Thus endeth the sermon...and it could have been a whole lot longer.
 
Posted by -cfg- (Member # 13863) on :
 
It's so funny how the first post in this thread and the one above this one have both been made into episodes of Southpark...
 
Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
 
I never am around a TV to see Southpark. Those guys are pretty savvy; it doesn't surprise me that they picked up on the whole "Guitar Hero" mania. Now, if the kids and their parents would catch the message...nope, too much to hope for.
 
Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
 
And the homeless.....Don't get me started.
 
Posted by xxmadisonxx (Member # 24593) on :
 
i used too always give money to the homeless but now i usually ignore them as im fed up being mugged off by em, but on the other hand i feel 4 the ones who really r homeless, this is how it all started.........................

ok so there i am walkin down the high street near where i used to live, (this was way b4 my daughter was even thought about) so im off to the bank get my hard earned wages and go spoil myself, at this point i had no real responsibilities i was very young livin with parents, no rent, no1 to pay 4 but myself. so im walkin down the rd cant wait to c wat shoes i can go buy, and this homeless women is sittin on the freezin cold floor with a baby wrapped in a blanket, i stopped in my tracks and thought thats just not fair that poor little baby. so i go over and give her some change, she says thanku and i carry on walkin. all the time i just couldnt get it out my head that poor baby.
on the way back, holdin all my bags of shoes, clothes etc she is still sittin on the floor so i feel bad thinkin how ive just spent my money on crap wen she is there tryin to keep her baby warm, felt so bad i went and gave her more money.

so 10minutes later im standin at the bus stop and i c a nice shiny sports car pull up near her, get out take the money she has collected that day MY BLOODY MONEY!

she straps the baby in its lovely huge pram she has just got out the boot of this car and off they go hand in hand with the sort of pram my hard workin parents couldnt even afford 4 my little brother and sister
 
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Toetapper:
Okay, I've got a bitch to air: I hate that miserable f__king video game, "Guitar Hero".

I am a guitar player by profession and teach some 40 students a week. Right now, every damn kid that stumbles in, looking for lessons, has played that game. Parents believe that their kid has some special musical gift because he reached the 7th level.

Those kids, that actually get in to see me, end the first lesson by telling me that this isn't anything like the game, as if it is my fault. I have tried all sorts of responses ranging from the instructive to the sympathetic but now simply tell them, "You're right. Get Out." Somehow, I have contrived some diabolical torment to prevent the fulfillment of their "Rock-God-status-in-a-month" fantasies.

Please, please, please tell anyone that you know that has any musical aspirations that there is nothing about the game that remotely resembles the actual playing of the instrument.

The only musicians that can play the instrument without years of dedication are the giftless hacks about whom Explosivo57 complained on page 2. The reason for this is that, somewhere along the line, someone in the recording industry recognized them as real suckers that can be used to make a lot of money for the industry. The talentless rubes have a cadre of producers and actual musicians telling them what to do (or doing it for them on the recording). Once the industry is done with them, the clods are thrown back on the street to fend for themselves. Mid-20's and already a has-been.

Though it may seem a stretch, it has been happening this way for over 4 decades and "Guitar Hero" is going to cultivate a whole new crop of wannabes that are never-shoulda-beens.

Thus endeth the sermon...and it could have been a whole lot longer.

There is actually an episode of South Park where the kids get signed to a record label for being good Guitar Hero players. The one's dad breaks out a real guitar and amp and plays the song they're playing, asking them if they want to learn how to really play it. All the kids look at him and tell him, "no, real guitars are for old people." It's a funny episode and it cracks on all those people who think they're awesome cause they play that game.

Patrick
 
Posted by Salvy_Mic (Member # 13384) on :
 
I love Guitar Heroes, though I have harbored absolutely no illusions about any actual guitar playing prowess. And I think I blew a big opportunity when I was younger. Both my parents played classical guitar (not awesomely, but as a hobby, they both enjoyed it). Somehow, they never got me into it, and I never asked them to teach me. I'm sure they would have taken me to lessons for guitar instead of having me learn the piano.

Whenever you see the guys sitting out on the college quad with an acoustic, strumming typical happy guitar music with a crowd of girls around, I wonder what would happen if a guy who knew some legit Spanish guitar busted out on that same quad. Spanish guitar FTW.
 
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
 
You know what else pissed me off? When female friends or even just unknown females, go out in public, tongue kiss, suck on each other's tits on a dance floor and feel each other up, and claim not to be bi. Now, if I did that to some dude, would the same hold true? Nope... I'd be sooooo gay to everyone. Not that I want to do it, just hate the girls claiming because they're doing it for "show," they're not bi or gay.

Patrick
 
Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
 
I agree, Patrick. If a pair of guys tried a "show" like that around my neck of the woods, they would be lucky to walk away with a few missing teeth (and no opportunity to explain that it was a lark). Girls, in the meantime, would be walking away with money.
 
Posted by A&F_FootDude_05 (Member # 2999) on :
 
I hate it when girls bitch about their feet and yet they end up being reallly nice - just when the paint chips a bit its like 'ewww time for another pedicure' haha
 
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Patrick:
You know what else pissed me off? When female friends or even just unknown females, go out in public, tongue kiss, suck on each other's tits on a dance floor and feel each other up, and claim not to be bi. Now, if I did that to some dude, would the same hold true? Nope... I'd be sooooo gay to everyone. Not that I want to do it, just hate the girls claiming because they're doing it for "show," they're not bi or gay.

Patrick

Funny, I think the world would be a much happier place if more women did that!

And Patrick, just for saying it as an example about you doing the same thing to a dude does makes YOU gay! [Laugh]
 
Posted by ljjnico (Member # 15015) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thundercracker:
Eh, except for Justice League, Static Shock and Teen Titans, recent cartoons (2000-2008) pretty much blow.

I recently watched the first three episodes of Transformers (1984) on Youtube and I long for the cartoons of old:

Voltron,
GI Joe,
He-Man,
Dungeons & Dragons,
Smurfs,
C.O.P.S.,
Spiderman & His Amazing Friends,
the Incredible Hulk
Superfriends

- those were good times! With the crap on now, I'd hate to be a kid today. [Confused]

I know! The 90's weren't too bad on cartoons either because there was:

Batman: The Animated Series
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Incredible Hulk (which featured a barefoot beauty in the She-Hulk)
Biker Mice From Mars
 
Posted by sofatater (Member # 4209) on :
 
"Cartoons of old"? That stuff was just comic books and morality lessons put on t.v. to keep you youngin's outta mamma's hair. The best cartoons were the old Bugs Bunny, Road Runner and Merry Melodies. Those cartoons were entertaining to kids but also contained political messages and the like and were actually written and produced to educated, motivate and entertain the adults in the household. This Japenese anime and Poke' man bullshit reminds me of the cheap "Clutch Cargo" Series that was around in the early '70's. What trash!!
 
Posted by sofatater (Member # 4209) on :
 
Car dealership commercials. They go out of their way to look or sound stupid or sometimes I think they believe WE are stupid! Example "Cal Worthington" (those of you in southern Calif. know who I'm talking about, or if you've ever seen that movie with Whoopie Goldberg and Ted Danson. I don't remember the name of it. I suffer from C.R.S.) They scream on the radio and or do stupid skits and on t.v. it's the same stupid shit with a visual theme. Hell, there's even a series on cable "The King of Cars" I think it's called. Is the American public really that fucked up? It's a scary world out there boys and girls. [Violent] [Mad]
 
Posted by A&F_FootDude_05 (Member # 2999) on :
 
I hate getting Canadian change back even though those coins have more purchasing power than my American coins.
 
Posted by Michael P (Member # 1922) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Patrick:
You know what else pissed me off? When female friends or even just unknown females, go out in public, tongue kiss, suck on each other's tits on a dance floor and feel each other up, and claim not to be bi. Now, if I did that to some dude, would the same hold true? Nope... I'd be sooooo gay to everyone. Not that I want to do it, just hate the girls claiming because they're doing it for "show," they're not bi or gay.

Patrick

they're at least somewhat bi and they are definitly attention whores
 
Posted by bluetoelover (Member # 14736) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by A&F_FootDude_05:
I hate getting Canadian change back even though those coins have more purchasing power than my American coins.

For the first time in about 30 years! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by A&F_FootDude_05 (Member # 2999) on :
 
I think it's annoying when guys put on a girl's pair of sunglasses and post it as their main Myspace/Facebook pic.
 


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