If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place — Page 105

DuracellEnergizer said:

There are blue screens and there are green screens

I WANT THE INTERMEDIATE COLOUR, DOGGAMMIT!!!

Depending on the point of refrence, that would be yellow. In which case...

'Death to the Daleks' 1974 ^. Doctor Who used all kinds of colours for their early CSO FX.

Black and White films used a red screen. :)

I understand your frustration with the country, much of which I myself feel.

But your suggested methods are antithesis to the spirit of the country and thus I can only assume you are using hyperbole.

Indeed. As a person who staunchly avoids the politics thread, it's lame when politics leaks.

OK, back on topic:

Facebook has created an entire new genre of pet peeves.  It's all those stupid placards people inexplicably share.  I'm talking about these:

• inane word games like "name a word that starts with A and ends with E" that are purported to be hard, when actually they are obviously just designed to make you think you're some kind of genius when you answer it in 2 seconds.
• placards with "wise" or "motivational" sayings that we're supposed to "like", such as "There is nothing more unconditional than my love for my children -- like if you love your children too".
• Ridiculous puzzles with supposedly insightful answers - such as "90% of the people see the same word first"... then, judging by the responses, it's clearly not the case.  Or for that matter, SO WHAT?
• Anti-Obama (or insert the latest politician-du-jeur) placards that contain no information, just some inflamatory slogan or empty rhetoric.

I've started un-following every friend that posts these things.  They are nothing but a waste of time.  If you're going to post something, use your mind and post something original or informative.  Vet what you "share".

Hear hear, Puggo.

Saw one yesterday that said "Name a City Without the Letter 'A' in it". There are thousands. It's ridiculous.

To add to your list, there's that whole idiotic "clickbait" news headline fad, too, "you won't believe what happened when X did Y!" that so many places are using now to drive traffic to their site. Following enticing titles like that is how people used to get viruses, and now I see at least ten of those a day shared by people. It's so transparent and stupid.

Sort of annoyed by something that I probably have no reason to be annoyed by in the first place but I can't help but be annoyed... Though it's a touchy subject to talk about. I'm not sure I can word my annoyance without it being taken the wrong way. Which also bothers me. Which then frustrates me about being bothered about being annoyed... Yeah...

Oh, my God.  I think I just spent an hour catching up on posts from this thread from around March-April.  Don't get me wrong.  It was very entertaining and infuriating.  That's the problem, though.  There were so many things I felt very strongly I needed to reply to, but then I remembered that they were several months old, and it would be rather stupid to do so.

EDIT:  Also, it was nice to see Bingowings mention me a few times, even if it was to worry about where I was.  Good to know I wasn't forgotten in my absence.  But I should clarify I didn't disappear because of any perceived criticism about my clothing choices or gender identity, so fear not.  :-)

Yay Gaffer!