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Lifer
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The NBC Olympic coverage. (you know how bad it is, a typical hour is 30 minutes of commercials, 20 minutes of "stories" 5 minutes listening to the announcers ramble, and 5 minutes of actual sports coverage, but all on tape delay)

Oh god this. If Sochi is anything like the Summer coverage.. not turning that shit on at all. Not looking good though.
 

SamQuint

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Dec 6, 2010
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I got a good one...


All the pre flight boarding privilege crap. First class, platinum, premier, executive, diamond, emerald, ruby, preferred group 1, BS

Most of the time there are more "special" passengers than regular passengers. Then they waste so much time telling the idiots with group 3 tickets that try to sneak ahead that they have to wait until they are called.
 

Gibsons

Lifer
Aug 14, 2001
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grackles
mosquitoes
the electric scooters at grocery stores
full size pickup trucks that never carry more than one person
 

Scotteq

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Apr 10, 2008
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How about banning the "ninety pounds of cottage cheese masquerading as ass squeezed into 2 ounces of spandex" Look?

Seriously - spandex needs a permit.
 

Perknose

Forum Director & Omnipotent Overlord
Forum Director
Oct 9, 1999
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How about banning the "ninety pounds of cottage cheese masquerading as ass squeezed into 2 ounces of spandex" Look?

Seriously - spandex needs a permit.

I'm thinking of suing Walmart for providing a hostile shopping environment!
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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I got a good one...


All the pre flight boarding privilege crap. First class, platinum, premier, executive, diamond, emerald, ruby, preferred group 1, BS

Most of the time there are more "special" passengers than regular passengers. Then they waste so much time telling the idiots with group 3 tickets that try to sneak ahead that they have to wait until they are called.

I'm rather fond of the "pay $15 extra to cut in line" deal. Why does anyone want to sit on the plane any longer than necessary?
 

Brian Stirling

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Feb 7, 2010
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Fox News and MSNBC.

Then put CNN on notice that they will also be "disappeared" if they ever bring in partisan hacks again.

Oh, and fire Piers Morgan. I hate that guy :)


Actually CNN needs to get dropped by DTV and every other TV delivery outlet just as TWC is being dropped by DTV. Both of them have become reality programming networks and need to die so that other learn not to mix news/weather with reality programming.

And Piers Morgan needs to STFU...


Brian
 

Brian Stirling

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Feb 7, 2010
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I'm rather fond of the "pay $15 extra to cut in line" deal. Why does anyone want to sit on the plane any longer than necessary?


I take about 100 flights per year and I'll take any advantage that my frequent flier miles give me -- flying sucks so bad even with them.


Brian
 

rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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#itsapoundsign
crooked politicians (nearly all of them)
unions

- last 2 related to costing us too much to live here - "so move" is not an actual solution to such problems.
 
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02ranger

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TV when they put the huge ass promo/display overlay over the show. Seriously i dont give a shit if gold rush is on so stop taking up 1/3rd of the screen with a promo for it DURING THE FING SHOW.

This drives me nuts. I was watching a show with subtitles in a few scenes the other day, on FOX or FX I think, and there was a banner ad across the bottom of the screen for some new show and it was so big I couldn't read a lot of what they said. I really don't mind the logos in the corners too much, but the networks are taking it way too far now.
 

CrackRabbit

Lifer
Mar 30, 2001
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Internet trolls - it would be so much easier to tell exactly how stupid a person is by their postings. You don't have to worry about someone that's "doing it for the LULZ".
 
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OCGuy

Lifer
Jul 12, 2000
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The Supreme Court as presently constituted. Way too arrogant and out of touch. Case in point: Below is a pic, possibly from some comic alternate universe, of Antonin Scalia, who believes the current SC robes just aren't majestic enough.

I'll trade you Scalia for the "Wise Latina" racist POS.
 

Golgatha

Lifer
Jul 18, 2003
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Lobbying, the ability for insurance providers to be publicly traded companies, the mentality of "too big to fail", criminalization of marijuana use, opt-out marketing (as in, I should legally have to give you explicit permission to use my info, as the status quo), bundleware, computer viruses, cancer, AIDS, lack of food, Facebook games, free to play, DLC for games, allergies, overbright LEDs on the front of electronics, mobile electronics with no expandable storage capabilites and non-user replaceable batteries, Yahoo!, retail stock market investors (gamblers?), most flying insects, state or federally sanctioned marriage (I'm all for marriage or civil unions, but I want no legal or government ties to the concept of marriage), too much air in foods and food packaging, junk food, SUVs and trucks that are never taken off a paved road, and kittens (ok, just kidding about the kittens).
 

SamQuint

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Dec 6, 2010
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Lobbying, the ability for insurance providers to be publicly traded companies, the mentality of "too big to fail", criminalization of marijuana use, opt-out marketing (as in, I should legally have to give you explicit permission to use my info, as the status quo), bundleware, computer viruses, cancer, AIDS, lack of food, Facebook games, free to play, DLC for games, allergies, overbright LEDs on the front of electronics, mobile electronics with no expandable storage capabilites and non-user replaceable batteries, Yahoo!, retail stock market investors (gamblers?), most flying insects, state or federally sanctioned marriage (I'm all for marriage or civil unions, but I want no legal or government ties to the concept of marriage), too much air in foods and food packaging, junk food, SUVs and trucks that are never taken off a paved road, and kittens (ok, just kidding about the kittens).

agreed!
 

SamQuint

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Dec 6, 2010
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"news" websites that only link you to videos. I just want to read the news, don't need to watch a video and possibly advertisements just to get a story.

Top ten lists on websites done as a slideshow. God I hate these.