The Bitch Box

Astronomer · 07-25-2013, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Totally!

Mojo · 07-25-2013, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Gotta rant this.

Sister/roommate, you ungrateful b*tch. Yesterday you "asked me for a favor" to lend you 25 bucks so you can pay the minimum balance on the credit card you obviously can't manage, since you're paying minimum payments on a balance to begin with, and I readily agreed. Only, I didn't have the cash on me at the time and asked if I could do it online with my debit card while at work, since it was late. She said yea. So I went to work today with her details, intent on paying it online and then letting her pay me back when she got paid. Well, turns out it only accepted a bank transfer as payment... I remember my bank account number, but not my f*cking routing number. Who remembers that? And it's not something that is posted on my online banking. So, I went to an ATM and got cash during lunch. (paid a 2.75 fee too)

Since her bill is due tomorrow (25th), I figured she wouldn't have a problem paying for it at work tomorrow, since her card is a Target card, which is also where she works.
Turns out, that's totally possible. But when I brought her cash after work, instead of "taking care of it automatically without any effort from herself", SHE ACTUALLY GOT PISSED OFF and said, "F*CK. Now I have to drive [roughly 3 miles] to work tomorrow ON MY DAY OFF and pay the bill in person or else it will be late!!!", then proceeded to be bitchy as though I had done her a disservice.

ARE. YOU. F*CKING. SERIOUS.
Sorry bro... didn't know BAILING YOUR ASS OUT was going to be so f*cking inconvenient, you ungrateful slag.

It was at that moment that I realized... this bitch has entitlement syndrome.
I have no idea how she's going to handle the real world when she no longer has anyone to depend on. Actually, I'm not too worried about that. The way the system is, I'll probably be paying for her expenses whether she's staying with me and being unappreciative or not...

It's a good feeling, isn't it? Having a genuinely good deed thrown back in your face. It's usually by people who seem comfortable enough with or around you to take advantage as well, such as friends and family.

I once had to move out of a flat I was living in at really short notice. I was struggling health wise and financially and couldn't keep on top of my rent. My flatmate replaced me, with his best friend and a guy I knew really well and also was working with at the time. My flatmate asked me if it was possible to continue paying the rent out of my account for the remainder of our lease (to avoid making changes to it for the last two months of the contract) and have this guy pay into my account rather than the landlords directly.

I said sure, whatever. My flatmate had been very accomodating and I wanted to do what I could to help him, so I kept my direct debit to our landlord, on the condition that this guy recover the money.

That only resulted in me paying out over £600, that I didn't have, and waiting nearly a year to get £300 of that back. I had to move out because I couldnt afford the damn rent and then I ended up paying it anyway, making my financial problems even worse, to the point they were really crippling. To this day he still owes me some of that money.

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

After reading about the train derailing in Spain, I felt a bit scared riding on the train back home today as it was wobbling a creaking really loud. There is bound to be a crash one day with the state of these trains.
I'd also like to ask what the **** is everyone's problem lately? Both on the internet and off? It seems like people are complaining for the sake of it. Do people not have enough going on in their lives so they need to complain about others? Negative energy creates more negative energy, I personally would like to see happiness in my own life and everyone else's. If you take this comment personally (as its not directed at anyone in particular) maybe you might feel like being more positive?

I'm positive enough as it is already!

So piss off!

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

I hate my job.

What have the little kids been up to now?

Astronomer · 07-25-2013, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mojo

What have the little kids been up to now?

The little kids are the best part of my job. Teaching in the classroom with the kids is my favourite part of the day. It's all the extra, bureaucratic crap that comes with it and creates the pressure, stress, long hours, & extra work that has nothing to do with the kids that I hate

The Batlord · 07-25-2013, 09:23 AM

Balls. I guess I swallowed weird, cause a muscle in my throat spasmed or something and now there's a little spot that hurts whenever I swallow. It's happened before and it always lasts all day and possibly the day after. It's not horribly painful or anything, but it's annoying. My grandparents are taking me to dinner tonight, and I'm probably gonna have a rare-as-**** hamburger with more blood than a virgin on her wedding night, and now I've got this bull****.

Freebase Dali · 07-25-2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

That's all I could find at the moment but I swore I saw something on a news program that talked about racist emails that were found.
George Zimmerman Racist Comments - Business Insider

Hmm... so an unnamed witness testified that Zimmerman's mom said racist things, and that she never heard Zimmerman saying or doing anything racist.

Meanwhile, Zimmerman got angry over mistreatment of a homeless black man:
Tape showed Zimmerman's anger over black man's beating - CNN.com

Meanwhile, according to a lot of people, and assumingly testimony, his prom date was black.
Had a black business partner.
He helped out underprivileged black kids in his neighborhood.
Oh, and his brother is a registered Democrat and supports Obama.

This doesn't sound like their parents infected them with any racism.

My parents are somewhat racist. I'm not. So I don't want to hear any arguments about, "Well if the parents are racist, the kids will be too!". Because that would make a whole lot of racists out of a whole lot of people whose parents grew up back in the day where that sort of thing was prevalent...

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 07-25-2013, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Hmm... so an unnamed witness testified that Zimmerman's mom said racist things, and that she never heard Zimmerman saying or doing anything racist.

Meanwhile, Zimmerman got angry over mistreatment of a homeless black man:
Tape showed Zimmerman's anger over black man's beating - CNN.com

Meanwhile, according to a lot of people, and assumingly testimony, his prom date was black.
Had a black business partner.
He helped out underprivileged black kids in his neighborhood.
Oh, and his brother is a registered Democrat and supports Obama.

This doesn't sound like their parents infected them with any racism.

My parents are somewhat racist. I'm not. So I don't want to hear any arguments about, "Well if the parents are racist, the kids will be too!". Because that would make a whole lot of racists out of a whole lot of people whose parents grew up back in the day where that sort of thing was prevalent...

cue some edgy wannabe comin thru and saying "LMAO having black friends dont mean you arent racist LOL"

youre totally right though. zimm wasnt racist. he wasnt racial profiling. he described why he initialyl evne bothered thinkin about trayvon and it had nothin to do with being black

djchameleon · 07-25-2013, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 216

youre totally right though. zimm wasnt racist. he wasnt racial profiling. he described why he initialyl evne bothered thinkin about trayvon and it had nothin to do with being black

Why would you even believe a word of what he said when he lied numerous times? He was obviously profiling the kid. It happens all the fucking time and now that it happens in this case it's automatically irrelevant and race isn't involved give me a break. Just be glad that you don't have to deal with being profiled in your daily life.

You wanted a link Freebase and I gave you one. Sure it had a rumor but it wasn't about the initial thing that I was talking about. The specific emails that showcase his racism.

Freebase Dali · 07-25-2013, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Why would you even believe a word of what he said when he lied numerous times? He was obviously profiling the kid. It happens all the fucking time and now that it happens in this case it's automatically irrelevant and race isn't involved give me a break. Just be glad that you don't have to deal with being profiled in your daily life.

You wanted a link Freebase and I gave you one. Sure it had a rumor but it wasn't about the initial thing that I was talking about. The specific emails that showcase his racism.

When you come across the emails, I'd be interested in reading them. It just seems confusing to me how he could be a racist yet simultaneously have supported evidence to the contrary.

Anyway, about the profiling thing, this brings up an interesting concept I was thinking about last night as I watched a video on LiveLeak involving an older White man having the cops called on him because he was sitting in the park watching his grandchildren play.
The cops gave him some grief before finally walking away.
The man was understandably outraged at being profiled as a pedophile for being old and white near a playground, however, what made the entire thing bizarre was the majority of the comments on the video...

To sum it up, most people felt like it was a justified action, due to the safety concerns for children. No one was really outraged at the profiling. In fact, they supported it.

However, if we change tracks here, would people feel the same way if a cop stopped a black teen that was lurking suspiciously on a street known for black on black gun violence just to make sure he wasn't planning on shooting someone?

I think not.
What are your thoughts on this?

djchameleon · 07-25-2013, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

When you come across the emails, I'd be interested in reading them. It just seems confusing to me how he could be a racist yet simultaneously have supported evidence to the contrary.

Anyway, about the profiling thing, this brings up an interesting concept I was thinking about last night as I watched a video on LiveLeak involving an older White man having the cops called on him because he was sitting in the park watching his grandchildren play.
The cops gave him some grief before finally walking away.
The man was understandably outraged at being profiled as a pedophile for being old and white near a playground, however, what made the entire thing bizarre was the majority of the comments on the video...

To sum it up, most people felt like it was a justified action, due to the safety concerns for children. No one was really outraged at the profiling. In fact, they supported it.

However, if we change tracks here, would people feel the same way if a cop stopped a black teen that was lurking suspiciously on a street known for black on black gun violence just to make sure he wasn't planning on shooting someone?

I think not.
What are your thoughts on this?

I'm a bit surprised that they weren't outraged at the profiling of the old man especially with the amount of hate that police are getting in general lately no matter what they do.

Also in that made up scenario, the cop wouldn't even stop the kid. he would probably sit in his squad car for a bit and watch him but he'd probably just wait til the aftermath of whatever the kid does to get involved.

Freebase Dali · 07-25-2013, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I'm a bit surprised that they weren't outraged at the profiling of the old man especially with the amount of hate that police are getting in general lately no matter what they do.

If the basis of the outrage was about not liking general cop behaviors lately, it wouldn't have much relevance to the issue here. You do, however, strike at a particular point, and it is that people tend to compartmentalize their perspectives and operate within them individually, which often tends to equate to double standards and inconsistencies when no internal comparisons are made in order to arrive at an equitable approach to issues.

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Also in that made up scenario, the cop wouldn't even stop the kid. he would probably sit in his squad car for a bit and watch him but he'd probably just wait til the aftermath of whatever the kid does to get involved.

The point of the hypothetical scenario is not what the cop would do in reality, it's how people would react in reality. So you still haven't answered the question.

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