internet stupidity and homophobia... joy

[KabeRinnaul]

XCashier, I have an idea for a word to use when something is bad, inconvenient, or otherwise annoying.

"annoying".

Other suggestions include "bad", "inconvenient" and "irritating".

I tend to prefer "_____ sucks" or "____ is made of fail." Or random profanity directed towards the subject of the irritation. But then again, I'm from teh internet.

[Geek King]

How I didn't strangle him is a mystery to me... apparently I have great self restraint now.

You've not learned self-restraint, you've just channeled your anger into snark. Join us on the Snark Side. Let your anger flow through your words. Look inside yourself. You know it to be true.

[chainedbarista]

*giggles madly* silly sheldonrs...

smiley, on that smackdown and double that for the well played putdown and refusal to play into this junior asswad's phobias.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I stopped using "Gay" as a descriptor for objects before I got out of High school. That's just immature.

On your first point, it really shocks me that people freak out so bad when the internet is down, like it's some kind of "e-crack" and they can't get their fix.

The world existed for a long time without internet and most of us are old enough to remember when it wasn't around. We got by fine without it then, we still can now.

[sms001]

SC- ... call my room when tech support finishes doing what you should have been able to do.
Me- sure thing (thinking to self- I hope it's because of UTA's construction and the weather and that this won't be fixed until you check out, Twat).

hmmmm. Guess I AM an asshole. As soon as I read the "call my room as soon as..." line I started hoping that the 'net would come back up - about 3:30 in the morning.

"Hello? Room 307? This is smileyeagle at the frontdesk. You asked for a call when internet services were restored...."

[Jester]

I stopped using the word "gay" to mean lame when I was about, oh, eight or so. So did most of the people I know. Of course, when we were that age, we didn't KNOW too much about the sexual connotation of the word gay, and frankly, I don't think you can hold eight year olds to account for such things too much.

That being said, to this twat waffle, the snow probably was gay. People fear what they do not understand, and it is obvious he did not have the brain capacity to understand meteorology or homosexuality. So to him it is all bad, thus lame, thus to his limited vocabulary, "gay."

Kind of appropriate, then, that the dude was pretty much fucked, don't you think?

Now, I don't believe snow is gay. I believe snow is more analogous to my ex-girlfriend. No, seriously. After all, it's cold, annoying, sits around doing nothing, gets in your way, and interferes with much of what you try to do. And, if you're around it too much, it will chill you to the bone, possibly even get you ill. Just. Like. My. Ex.

Your Honor, I rest my case.

[SengaKitty]

"In what way is that game possibly homosexual?"

He thought for a second and said "well, it's a pain in my ass."

Touche.

that was.. just wow.. and Smiley, i'm still sad you didn't get pictures of either "person"'s face

[Broomjockey]

I'm sad to admit that I used "gay" for quite a while as a derrogative. Then one day I stopped. I have no idea why. It's like a switch was flicked. And now every time I hear it used that way, I shudder, because I remember it wasn't too many years ago that I sounded like that.

[tinamarble88]

I hate when people use gay or retarded to describe things as well. Gay means happy or male loves male or female loves female. I think I probably have used retarded to describe something once, but never gay.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

but was it the good kind

ok, I'll go hide in my corner again

Nah, don't hide in the corner, Smiley. Come down to the gutter with the rest of us pervs.

Well done putting down that obnoxious twit. I don't know if he ever got his head out of his ass, but at least you gave him a piece of your mind he hopefully won't ever forget.

[MadMike]

It's just as annoying as when they use it towards people to mean "lame" or "stupid." One of my closest friends is female and bi, and while she doesn't flaunt it, she's quite open about it. She's a lot of fun to go drinking with, because we often end up checking out women together. We seem to have the same taste in women, in fact. But I digress...

One time I was out at the bar with her and her boyfriend, and we were hanging out and talking with some of the other people there. Apparently she said something that one of the other guys thought was stupid, and told her, "You are so gay!" Without missing a beat, she said, "No I'm not! I'm bi!"

Gotta love her!

[tropicsgoddess]

SC- well, why don't you fix it?
Me- I've tried... I can't get it to work... I"ve tried everything I can think of... it didn't work, that's why I had to call tech support.
SC- fine... I guess you're useless...

You're pretty useless yourself, asshat. If you want it so bad, why don't YOU fix it then. Those kind of SCs really get under my skin.

And for the homophobia... one of my big pet peeves is people who will refer to inanimate objects as gay... because, while I don't really like the snow either I'm pretty sure the snow has no sexual attraction, gay or straight.
The SC in this story is a teenager, trying to act tough to impress his girl thing.
SC- God, all this snow is gay.
Me- The snow does suck... but I'm pretty sure it has no sexual preference.

---SNIP----

SC- gays, snow, both need to go.
Me- Right... I have work to do, if you don't mind and there is nothing else I can assist with...
SC- you really don't care about the gays, do you? (I'm still trying to make the logical jump from snow to gays... but ok... as GK said, I lack the jetpack to make this jump)
Me- actually, I do care... however, this is not the time or place to be discussing it... now if you'll excuse me...
SC- no, tell me your opinion
Me- my opinion is that you are busy ignoring your girlfriend who really doesn't look amused with this conversation, you really should spend less time arguing with me and more time paying attention to her... and while you're paying attention to her, I also believe you should mind your own business and not worry about how others are living their lives. I also believe that your chaperone would not be thrilled if I had to call her to tell her that you are loitering in the lobby as it is I'm pretty sure it is past curfew for your group... have a good evening

That was incredible!

[Slytovhand]

But Jester... snow can be fun to play in....

[Amethyst Hunter]

one of my big pet peeves is people who will refer to inanimate objects as gay...

SC- gays, snow, both need to go.

*sigh* My brother is like/does this.