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Things people dislike or hate, but you quite like them?

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Liver! Delicious! Now I want some, gonna make that for lunch tomorrow.

Working 60+ hours a week. I don't exactly like it but it's the only way to make the worry part of my brain shut up, to make myself feel like I'm truly earning my paycheck.

Having people guess me older than I am. This is residual from when I was ahead of my educational and career path, I think. It amused me that people thought I was 26 when I was 19. It bugs me now when people guess me at my age or younger.
 
Muse said:
I see your point of view and it annoys me too. I try to spell correctly, also use acceptable grammar. However, I'm reminded of Mark Twain's remark: "I have no use for a man who can only spell a word one way."
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My point of view is that using a keyboard typing is different than writing. Ultimately its about comprehension of the communication. proper spelling is irrelevant to the point, which is to comprehend it in something like a discussion board. Most of my misspellings is due to hitting the wrong key or missing a key. Age has a factor too, some words you just forget how to spell properly when you've been out of school for so long and virtually never write those words much, it happens. going back to fix it has no impact on the final outcome. Therefore, from a technical standpoint, its pointless to fix a word that is comprehendable by any english speaker on a forum, tweet..etc because the outcome is exactly the same regardless and time has a value for some.
 
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I don't really care what you guys are arguing about, I just would like to comment on this one statement here:

lxskllr said:
The fact is I can quit using coffee at any point. "Addiction" is a meaningless word if it doesn't affect daily life.
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And your statement (that you can quit coffee anytime) that you claimed to be a 'fact' is meaningless if you can't prove it. You don't really 'quit' something if you ended up taking it again. You can probably convince people that you're not as heavily addicted to it as they thought you are, but claiming that you can 'quit anytime' is something else entirely. Unless you really think you can give up coffee forever (and willing to prove it).
 
edro said:
I thought Water World was awesome.
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It was ok. It definitely doesn't deserve the "worst movie ever" reputation it has. According to IMDB, that movie actually made a lot of money.


You don't really 'quit' something if you ended up taking it again. You can probably convince people that you're not as heavily addicted to it as they thought you are, but claiming that you can 'quit anytime' is something else entirely. Unless you really think you can give up coffee forever (and willing to prove it).
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There's a difference between stopping an addiction and stopping completely. Suppose you were addicted to caffeine and you had to constantly consume caffeine throughout the day. If you managed to cut that down to 1 coffee per day and only when you first wake up, would you say you beat the addiction? I would say yes.


stuff I like: fountain pens. A lot of people don't like fountain pens because they are more difficult to use and they are less reliable than ballpoint, rollerball, and felt pens. I sort of like how bitchy they are. The nib must point this direction, pressure on the page must be within a certain range, the nib doesn't write properly if pushed in the wrong direction, etc.
 
ShawnD1 said:
stuff I like: fountain pens. A lot of people don't like fountain pens because they are more difficult to use and they are less reliable than ballpoint, rollerball, and felt pens. I sort of like how bitchy they are. The nib must point this direction, pressure on the page must be within a certain range, the nib doesn't write properly if pushed in the wrong direction, etc.
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Are you talking about a really old school fountain pen that you have to dip in an ink well? Or more modern cartridge based fountain pens? I haven't used the former but the later doesn't seem to be much of an issue.
 
ShawnD1 said:
There's a difference between stopping an addiction and stopping completely. Suppose you were addicted to caffeine and you had to constantly consume caffeine throughout the day. If you managed to cut that down to 1 coffee per day and only when you first wake up, would you say you beat the addiction? I would say yes.
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I completely agree. His choice of word is 'quit', which to me means stop completely.
 
cronos said:
And your statement (that you can quit coffee anytime) that you claimed to be a 'fact' is meaningless if you can't prove it. You don't really 'quit' something if you ended up taking it again. You can probably convince people that you're not as heavily addicted to it as they thought you are, but claiming that you can 'quit anytime' is something else entirely. Unless you really think you can give up coffee forever (and willing to prove it).
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I don't have to prove anything to anyone here, or anywhere else in the world. You can take my statement as fact, or not; I don't especially give a shit. What it comes down to is there was no real reason to quit coffee other than "to do it", so I prefer to drink coffee.

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cronos said:
I completely agree. His choice of word is 'quit', which to me means stop completely.
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The length of time isn't determined by the word "quit". When dealing with addictive substances, "quitting" is defined close enough by not using a substance after the physical/psychological urges are overcome.
 
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Locut0s said:
Are you talking about a really old school fountain pen that you have to dip in an ink well? Or more modern cartridge based fountain pens? I haven't used the former but the later doesn't seem to be much of an issue.
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The ones that have the ink inside the pen just like every other modern pen.

Probably the biggest issue with fountain pens is that they don't work on all types of paper. A shitty ballpoint pen will work on almost anything because it works like a pencil - the pen leaves color on the paper. Fountain pens use dyes instead of pigments. Fountain pen ink is not on the paper like ballpoint ink or pencil. It's inside the paper. Think of it like a t-shirt. The shirt I'm wearing is grey and it has a plastic logo thing on it. The plastic logo is like pigment; I can scratch it off the surface. The grey color is dye. I can't scratch it off. It's inside the shirt. So then what is the problem? The fountain pen only works if the paper can slurp up the water based dye. A lot of things don't like water based dye or they like it too much. A ballpoint pen works great on paper towel, but a fountain pen does not. Because of the high absorption rate, the towel pulls a lot of ink and one ends up getting extremely thick letters and so much ink that it soaks through to the other side. Fountain pens don't work good on things like construction paper or recycled paper. Recycled paper is very porous, so the letters look like they have hairs growing on them. The printer paper at my work has the opposite problem. It doesn't like water very much, so the ink stays wet for several seconds.
 
ShawnD1 said:
The ones that have the ink inside the pen just like every other modern pen.

Probably the biggest issue with fountain pens is that they don't work on all types of paper. A shitty ballpoint pen will work on almost anything because it works like a pencil - the pen leaves color on the paper. Fountain pens use dyes instead of pigments. Fountain pen ink is not on the paper like ballpoint ink or pencil. It's inside the paper. Think of it like a t-shirt. The shirt I'm wearing is grey and it has a plastic logo thing on it. The plastic logo is like pigment; I can scratch it off the surface. The grey color is dye. I can't scratch it off. It's inside the shirt. So then what is the problem? The fountain pen only works if the paper can slurp up the water based dye. A lot of things don't like water based dye or they like it too much. A ballpoint pen works great on paper towel, but a fountain pen does not. Because of the high absorption rate, the towel pulls a lot of ink and one ends up getting extremely thick letters and so much ink that it soaks through to the other side. Fountain pens don't work good on things like construction paper or recycled paper. Recycled paper is very porous, so the letters look like they have hairs growing on them. The printer paper at my work has the opposite problem. It doesn't like water very much, so the ink stays wet for several seconds.
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LOL. I'm ware of all of these, you must have put a lot of thought into this or use them a lot 😛
 
AstroManLuca said:
Most people who claim to suffer from lactose intolerance are just hypochondriacs who find food allergies to be stylish.
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First, lactose intolerance != allergy. They are two different issues entirely.
Second, people thinking like that have almost put me in the hospital. I've got allergies, had them since I was a little kid, and there have been some very close calls because of people at restaurants that think its not a big deal.
 
lxskllr said:
Coffee... I drink 1+ pots per day. I don't get any kind of buzz from it, and I could quit in a second. After a day of headache, I'd be moving right along. I know, because I've done it several times. I drink coffee because it tastes good, as do most people. Only children consume things to get fucked up, because that's what children do. Maybe instead of analyzing others actions, you should look in the mirror, and analyze your own ;^)
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only a day? lucky you
mine lasts for the better part of a weak
 
Bignate603 said:
First, lactose intolerance != allergy. They are two different issues entirely.
Second, people thinking like that have almost put me in the hospital. I've got allergies, had them since I was a little kid, and there have been some very close calls because of people at restaurants that think its not a big deal.
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Never understood why people don't take food allergies seriously. I'm not allergic to any food but I can well understand the problem. Both my parents are vegetarians and they have a similar problem. They can ask 5 times if there's any type of meat or seafood in a dish and be told no, only to have it brought to the table with shrimps all through it or something similar. Now if this had been a seafood allergy they would actually be in trouble!
 
Locut0s said:
Never understood why people don't take food allergies seriously. I'm not allergic to any food but I can well understand the problem. Both my parents are vegetarians and they have a similar problem. They can ask 5 times if there's any type of meat or seafood in a dish and be told no, only to have it brought to the table with shrimps all through it or something similar. Now if this had been a seafood allergy they would actually be in trouble!
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Where is the incentive for these restaurants to cater to people with allergies? It does lead to a lot of extra work where the chef has to drop everything and make the persons meal from scratch. It's the sad truth. I tried vegetarianism for a few months and it was a headache. Either I had to pack my own stuff or visit vegetarian restaurants which was a ripoff (due to few customers) and disgusting.
 
God Mode said:
Where is the incentive for these restaurants to cater to people with allergies? It does lead to a lot of extra work where the chef has to drop everything and make the persons meal from scratch. It's the sad truth. I tried vegetarianism for a few months and it was a headache. Either I had to pack my own stuff or visit vegetarian restaurants which was a ripoff (due to few customers) and disgusting.
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The incentive is that if I can't eat there my whole group won't eat there. Also, it's just the decent thing to do. I'm pretty flexible and understand if they tell me they just can't do some dishes but I find it obnoxious when they say they can do it and then ignore what you had talked about.
 
Bignate603 said:
The incentive is that if I can't eat there my whole group won't eat there. Also, it's just the decent thing to do. I'm pretty flexible and understand if they tell me they just can't do some dishes but I find it obnoxious when they say they can do it and then ignore what you had talked about.
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1: These places obviously don't need your business.
2: If they really blatantly lie about something important like someones diet or allergies, it would be justification for a lawsuit.
 
God Mode said:
1: These places obviously don't need your business.
2: If they really blatantly lie about something important like someones diet or allergies, it would be justification for a lawsuit.
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1. Whether they needed it or not we've never been back to a place that has done that. Most of the ones that have done that to me in the past are now closed. I'm not saying it's because of how they treat allergies, but if they don't care about that they probably have found other ways to piss people off as well.
2. Sure it could have been the basis for a lawsuit. However, unlike many people I'm not looking for chances to sue so if I figure out that they ignored me I'm not eating it.
 
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