Shit that pisses you off, part II

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Oct 14, 2009 10:27:09 GMT -5 America Young Fusion said:

When they get close to me I say: "Hail Satan in Obama."

Worship the Spirit of Kinju; he needs the support.

[Warchief Onyx]

Oct 14, 2009 10:27:09 GMT -5 America Young Fusion said:

Guys, it's never a good idea to talk about politics or religion in your workplace. If anything just let them make asses of themselves and perpetually whine about the man.

It pisses me off too, specially when it's religion. I hate women who preach. There's this creature in my office that does it compulsively like that evil old lady from Stephen King's The Mist. I also hate it when people preach at the bus. It may be illegal in the US but it's not around here and you can have assholes telling you to let Jesus show you the light and vote for the candidates that fucked up this island. When they get close to me I say: "Hail Satan in Obama."

Tell that to the Subway preachers in NYC who say I'm going to hell unless I accept Jesus as my savior.

[America Young Fusion]

Do they try to pick a fight with you if you ignore them? That also happened to me a couple of weeks back while waiting for a bus. One of them looked like a drug addict who's spent time in prison and really didn't appreciate getting ignored. Sucked for him I managed to tell them both to fuck off before quickly getting on the bus when it showed up.

( Yeah it's sad, I'm really evil with religious people. )

[Warchief Onyx]

No, but then everyone ignores them.

[Ike]

Whenever I get asked personal religious stuff, I just respond that the dialogue between God and I is between God and I. So butt out.

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Oh man. That reminds me of something I hadn't thought of in years. About nine years ago, I was working at a call center at my college. I had been there for a while and was on good terms with the management, so they would let me work extra hours to help with my bills.

Well one time I was there on a Saturday. No one else was in the building. All of a sudden, another one of the employees wandered in and just struck up a conversation with me. He told me that god had come to him in a vision and told him that it was his mission to save the people of earth from living a life of sin. Then he proceeded to ask me if I had a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Now, people who know me will say that I'm not the type to hold my tongue. Especially back then, I almost went out of my way to pick fights with Christians. In that particular situation though, things were a bit more complicated. There's no easy way to get out of a conversation with a guy who's clearly insane, and looking to convert you right there on the spot.

That was pretty awkward.

[adolbundy]

I don't think anything opens a can of worms better than politics or religion discussions. I try to keep my opinions to myself because I'm pretty non-confrontational and I don't feel like getting into some dragged out argument.

I hate how expensive Warhammer is as a hobby. I've been buying figures off ebay but it's still a rape on my wallet. But damn, I do love the setting, models and gameplay!

I used to say I hated Halo. I think I hate what it represents - pedantic , boring and safe for the masses to churn out money.

[Jave]

I wouldn't say it pisses me off, but I definitely zone out completely whenever I hear gamers talk about so-called "sense of accomplishment." Hey, I like playing games as much as the next guy, but really, what accomplishment? All you did was get good at a game.

[camanchi]

I once was wearing a Bad Religion hoodie and one of these people came right up to me. They gave me a comic about Jesus. :/

[justjustin]

Really? You don't feel proud or extra happy when you get past a tough part or beat the game? I don't care if other people know or not, but I find it personally satisfying and it's probably the main reason I bother to play a game at all. I like being good at things that are fun to do, because to me that makes it more fun.

Maybe I can understand your point of view if you're talking about the people who equate everything to numbers-- "I did x, y and z aren't I cool?"-- the ones who just do things to simply say they did them. I definitely don't do that myself... but I definitely still feel accomplished when I can get all the way to level 4 on Raiden DX on the expert course, because last week I could only get to level 2.

[Smithee]

Yeah, I'm with JJ, if a game is hard it feels good to make it past that part! Very good


Yo, Camanchi, I have a Jesus comic book. My dad sent us Christmas gifts through this Christian program, so I got a little New Testament and The Life of Jesus comic. It was written by a Russian, and translated and stuff. Really cool, actually. The art is good, and it is a good story (duh). I like it

[Jave]

Okay, maybe a little context. The problem I have with it is when I express dislike for a game on account of it's difficulty and someone feels the need to step in and say "well... how do you expect to feel any sense of blah blah if you never challenge yourself?"

The last particularly hard game I beat was n+. I stopped enjoying it about two thirds in, and just forced my way through the rest out of sheer stubbornness. In the end, I felt no satisfaction whatsoever, I felt a deep regret for having wasted several hours of my life playing a game and not having fun... and in the process, completely ruined a game that I initially really enjoyed, to the point where I was relieved to never have to play it again.

The last few games I've beaten have all been baby easy, and sure, there's no big sense of satisfaction for having got through them, but at least I actually had fun. I did n+, I did the Battletoads self-flagellation routine when I was a kid, I'm done with it. If a game bores, frustrates, or even just annoys me, I'm tuning out. There's other games I could be playing, hell there are many other things I could be doing with my time that don't involve games in any way.

So I guess maybe my gripe is the assumption that this satisfaction you get is universal, or that it's the entire point of playing games in the first place. Or maybe it's just the use of the word "accomplishment" that bugs me. It's a strange word to attach to getting good at a video game.

[camanchi]

Oct 16, 2009 10:18:16 GMT -5 Smithee said:

Yo, Camanchi, I have a Jesus comic book. My dad sent us Christmas gifts through this Christian program, so I got a little New Testament and The Life of Jesus comic. It was written by a Russian, and translated and stuff. Really cool, actually. The art is good, and it is a good story (duh). I like it

I kind of wish I kept it. It was the coolest conversion attempt I've ever had.

[Smithee]

Yeah, if it is the same one it's pretty cool.

When I said "duh" in my previous post I was just saying it is the same story as before... so if you like it in the Bible you'll like it now. I think it is a decent story, pretty bad-ass, so I said "duh". Just wanted to disclaim myself there.

Today my sister was given a free crucifix thing, which I think I'll keep. I love the idea of little metal Jesus dying forever as he watches me change.

I think I'm going to Hell, ahahaha. (Not to mention yesterday when I tried deepthroating the thing as a joke to my brother. I wonder, did Jesus like it?)

[Vendaval Este]

"Cannot close iTunes Set-Up. It is being used by another person or program. Close any other programs and try again." GET OFF MY COMPUTER, ITUNES.

Oct 17, 2009 8:31:37 GMT -5 Smithee said:

(Not to mention yesterday when I tried deepthroating the thing as a joke to my brother. I wonder, did Jesus like it?)

I would not want to suck on anything that's not really meant for sucking, and is made of metal.