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I mean, really

[IMG]http://www.piginshit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/chad-kroeger-sucks.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;892792]Because people are idiots?[/quote]i don't think the mods are idiots. they probably have good reason to not allow it. please elaborate

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Not a fan of custom avs or sigs. Junks up the board.

[QUOTE=los panda;892802]i don't think the mods are idiots. they probably have good reason to not allow it. please elaborate[/QUOTE]

Let me clarify, I wasn't talking about the mods but all of us little people. Too many people who want to come in and use gawd awful pics that they think are AWESOME, or some gif that slows the whole board down. Matty has always tried to keep a level of class on this board, not every fan gets that.

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[IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b364/talitm/Spaceballs_moves.gif[/IMG]
You'll just end up with crap like this.

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i don't see how a limited size jpg does that but i understand matty's point

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[quote=Mattyk;892791]think this sums it up

[IMG]http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/41575_402723329912_6222555_n.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

dammmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Rave found you someone to hit the next Nicklebag show with. looks like class

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[quote=BuckSkin;892806][IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b364/talitm/Spaceballs_moves.gif[/IMG]
You'll just end up with crap like this.[/quote]

That and MMA gifs of guys getting drop kicked.

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Since when have mullets not been classy? To me that's the epitome of class.

Also I'm definitely glad Matty doesn't allow custom sigs/avi's on the boards here. Not only does it make a huge difference when viewing the boards on my slow-as-hell work computer, but imo there's nothing worse than someone posting a minimal post such as saying "this" in agreement with someone else (like I do), and then having their oversized picture signature take up half the screen.

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[quote=Chico23231;892808]dammmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Rave found you someone to hit the next Nicklebag show with. looks like class[/quote]

I like my men sans mullet, more snuggly and less douchebaggy.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;892830]I like my men sans mullet, more snuggly and less douchebaggy.[/quote]

and less teeth. you'd be really happy man-hunting in the surroundings of Richmond

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[quote=Mattyk;892794]I mean, really

[IMG]http://www.piginshit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/chad-kroeger-sucks.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

Now THAT makes me LOL. HAHAHAHAHA! He definitely looks like he would cry if you ever got in his face...

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[quote=Mattyk;892825]That and MMA gifs of guys getting drop kicked.[/quote]or things of this nature [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/subdubstp/sellers.gif[/IMG]

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Tonight my new gear grinding was people who over pronounce Spanish words at a Mexican restaurant. I really don't have any issue with people who actually know what they're talking about, but this woman was like, "Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrracias!" with a lot of tongue rolling.

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[quote=los panda;892842]or things of this nature [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/subdubstp/sellers.gif[/IMG][/quote]

Dawkins got the truck stick

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[quote=Hog1;892661].....Girls Scouts..
Damn their cookie hawkin' souls to Hell!
Every year it's the same thing. It's not enough to purchase their containers of cookie delight every time you see one of their.....tribe during the cookie season. You must dig deep each and every time they put there collective "arm" on you...Please Mister, it's for the Girl Scouts and my fate is sealed or be branded a leprous child hater or is it Hatter?
Enough of the Big Sad Eye's at the exit of my favorite grocery store. I will have to resort to doing my grocery shopping at my local Quicky Mart until the season closes. They blanket the area better than the local PD on a BOGO at Dunkin' Donuts.
Oh...when will it end?
Sooo many Tagalongs.........[/quote]

[IMG]http://digboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/evil-girl-scout.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=Mattyk;892794]I mean, really

[IMG]http://www.piginshit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/chad-kroeger-sucks.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

I don't know why but this picture reminds me of Avril Lavigne. Maybe it's just the girly rocker pose.

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The FDA. WTF?!?!??!

Coke changing their formula to abide by stupid [URL="http://www.wbur.org/npr/148075310/coca-cola-modifies-caramel-color-to-avoid-cancer-warning-label"]FDA[/URL] rule:

[I]When the state of California added the compound 4-methylimidazole, also known as 4-MI or 4-MEI, to its list of known carcinogens in 2011, it created a problem for the soda industry.

The caramel color they used to give colas that distinctive, brown hue contained levels of 4-MI that would have warranted a cancer warning label on every can sold in the state.

And this wasn't the industry's only challenge. The Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban ammonia-sulfite caramel color. It's a request the CSPI repeated this week after finding 4-MI in samples of Coke and Pepsi.[/I]

And:

[I]FDA spokesman Douglas Karas wrote in a statement that the FDA is currently reviewing the CSPI petition, but "it is important to understand that a consumer would have to consume well over a thousand cans of soda a day to reach the doses administered in the studies that have shown links to cancer in rodents."[/I]

So why ban it? Gears ground.

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[quote=RedskinRat;893625]The FDA. WTF?!?!??!

Coke changing their formula to abide by stupid [URL="http://www.wbur.org/npr/148075310/coca-cola-modifies-caramel-color-to-avoid-cancer-warning-label"]FDA[/URL] rule:

[I]When the state of California added the compound 4-methylimidazole, also known as 4-MI or 4-MEI, to its list of known carcinogens in 2011, it created a problem for the soda industry.

The caramel color they used to give colas that distinctive, brown hue contained levels of 4-MI that would have warranted a cancer warning label on every can sold in the state.

And this wasn't the industry's only challenge. The Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban ammonia-sulfite caramel color. It's a request the CSPI repeated this week after finding 4-MI in samples of Coke and Pepsi.[/I]

And:

[I]FDA spokesman Douglas Karas wrote in a statement that the FDA is currently reviewing the CSPI petition, but "it is important to understand that a consumer would have to consume well over a thousand cans of soda a day to reach the doses administered in the studies that have shown links to cancer in rodents."[/I]

So why ban it? Gears ground.[/quote]

You should bring this to the politically thread, this is more just for little things that annoy you.

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[quote=mredskins;893627]You should bring this to the politically thread, this is more just for little things that annoy you.[/quote]

Sir, this grinds my gears, it doesn't annoy me, like certain other topics I post do.

Good day!

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[quote=mooby;893083]I don't know why but this picture reminds me of Avril Lavigne. Maybe it's just the girly rocker pose.[/quote]It reminds me of a terrible American Idol audition. Or maybe a wax museum display that people do awful things to for the sake of a funny picture.

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People who leave time on the microwave clock. I think it's pretty inconsiderate. I always think, "No, actually, I don't need to heat my meal for 13 seconds, but thanks for making me push an extra button."

For some reason, everyone at my new office seems to do this. On a microwave, where the only way to accomplish it, is to actually open the door without pushing any buttons. Ugh

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[quote=jdlea;893646]People who leave time on the microwave clock. I think it's pretty inconsiderate. I always think, "No, actually, I don't need to heat my meal for 13 seconds, but thanks for making me push an extra button."

For some reason, everyone at my new office seems to do this. On a microwave, where the only way to accomplish it, is to actually open the door without pushing any buttons. Ugh[/quote]

I hate that too! My wife does it all the time and the microwave is my go to clock in the kitchen.

"Oh look we have plenty of time it is only 13 seconds right now."

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[quote=jdlea;893646]People who leave time on the microwave clock. I think it's pretty inconsiderate. I always think, "No, actually, I don't need to heat my meal for 13 seconds, but thanks for making me push an extra button."

For some reason, everyone at my new office seems to do this. On a microwave, where the only way to accomplish it, is to actually open the door without pushing any buttons. Ugh[/quote]


THIS THIS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every time I use the microwave at the office I have to clear someone else's laziness first.

I HATE THIS.

Pushing a button is not that hard, but it shows not only laziness, but a lack of courtesy for everyone else.

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How about leaving the work microwave a freaking disaster of a mess. I can't stand people that refuse to clean up after themselves.

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I constantly clean up the kitchen. I'm the only man there full-time, so it's the women who are being complete slobs. I'm never going to eat at one of their houses if they're this messy at work.

As any married man knows, it's the women who are the real slobs of society. Men gets accused by women all of the time, but when you move in with a woman (or work with them), you discovered that bathrooms and kitchens are like nuclear disaster areas when a woman leaves it. Plus, there is hair EVERYWHERE!

Women leave more urine AND BLOOD on toilet seats than any men do. I'm always finding that kind of mess and I know I'm not doing it.

Hair spray on the mirrors, feminine products and wrappers on the floor, toilet paper on the floor...yeah, men are the slobs...SURE!

These same women I work with also like to walk around the office barefoot. Disgusting.

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[quote=Mattyk;894015]How about leaving the work microwave a freaking disaster of a mess. I can't stand people that refuse to clean up after themselves.[/quote]

You wanna see nasty I'll take a picture of the microwave at my job. I'mma see if I can take a picture and upload it at home. It's disgusting and I don't want to use it but I really don't have any other options.

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How about people that call you up and leave a message with 3 different phone numbers? You can call me on my cell, my work #, or my home #. Uh uh, leave me the best # to reach you at. I'm not writing down 3 different numbers and then calling you at all of them. Please.

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You want to see a nasty microwave you should see a friend of mine. He is a really nice guy but he is kind of messy and his wife is lazy as hell. Their microwave and kitchen is so nasty I will not eat anything from their house. Their whole house is pretty nasty but I just avoid his wife and going in their home.

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[quote=mooby;894030]You wanna see nasty I'll take a picture of the microwave at my job. I'mma see if I can take a picture and upload it at home. It's disgusting and I don't want to use it but I really don't have any other options.[/quote]


I always offer free lunch to anyone who will scrap the sides of my work microwave and eat. I figure if that do it they will be puking for so long that they won't want the free lunch.

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[quote=Mattyk;894040]How about people that call you up and leave a message with 3 different phone numbers? You can call me on my cell, my work #, or my home #. Uh uh, leave me the best # to reach you at. I'm not writing down 3 different numbers and then calling you at all of them. Please.[/quote]

This. And I think we've talked about it before, but overall, I just can't get down with voicemails period. It drives me nuts to come into my office where I have a message when it's just as easy to email me, where it comes to my laptop, desktop and phone.

I only leave a voicemail when it's a known issue with that specific person and returning emails.

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people walking around the office not doing shit on friday and letting everyone know they're not doing shit becuase it friday. these same people actually walk around every day not doing shit

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;894064]This. And I think we've talked about it before, but overall, I just can't get down with voicemails period. It drives me nuts to come into my office where I have a message when it's just as easy to email me, where it comes to my laptop, desktop and phone.

I only leave a voicemail when it's a known issue with that specific person and returning emails.[/quote]

Yeah and the people that call to ask if you've received their fax or email... makes me want to rage all over them.

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[quote=jdlea;893646]People who leave time on the microwave clock. I think it's pretty inconsiderate. I always think, "No, actually, I don't need to heat my meal for 13 seconds, but thanks for making me push an extra button."

For some reason, everyone at my new office seems to do this. On a microwave, where the only way to accomplish it, is to actually open the door without pushing any buttons. Ugh[/quote]put a note on it and put posters up if it really grinds your gears. a friend and i dramatically cut down on the number of naked dudes in the locker room with a poster campaign with simple slogans like "put a towel on", "is it that hard to wrap a towel around yourself?", and "disgusting"

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[quote=Chico23231;894085]people walking around the office not doing shit on friday and letting everyone know they're not doing shit becuase it friday. these same people actually walk around every day not doing shit[/quote]

Yup, and those same people will always be the first to complain about how much work they have to do. It's like no shit, you spend half your day trolling around the office, what do you expect?

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Just a general overall question, but how do people feel about smoke breaks?

I know a few people here that easily take 1-2 hours a day smoking.

If I wanted to play a video game for that amount of time, I bet I'd be scoffed at.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;894104]Just a general overall question, but how do people feel about smoke breaks?

I know a few people here that easily take 1-2 hours a day smoking.

If I wanted to play a video game for that amount of time, I bet I'd be scoffed at.[/quote]it's actually one of the reasons i started smoking. i was waiting tables, all the smokers got 5 minute breaks here and there. when i wanted a 5 minute break to get some fresh air, i was told no. i went out and held a lit cigarette, bad news. when i worked in dc, although i was still smoking, i would only smoke during my lunch hour. i don't smoke anymore

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;894104]Just a general overall question, but how do people feel about smoke breaks?

I know a few people here that easily take 1-2 hours a day smoking.

If I wanted to play a video game for that amount of time, I bet I'd be scoffed at.[/quote]

i dont smoke at work anymore, but I agree. average smoke break for some in here is seriously 20-30 mins. and then they bitch about being "watched". you watched cause you a trifeling ass mutherf*cker

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Some smokers in my office are totally out of control. Generally though I think management does a good job of policing it, but the problem is some of the biggest offenders [I]are[/I] managers.

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[quote=los panda;894108]it's actually one of the reasons i started smoking. i was waiting tables, all the smokers got 5 minute breaks here and there. when i wanted a 5 minute break to get some fresh air, i was told no. i went out and held a lit cigarette, bad news. when i worked in dc, although i was still smoking, i would only smoke during my lunch hour. i don't smoke anymore[/quote]

So interesting. I mean, I'm of the opinion that if you wanna' do it, it's your funeral provided you don't infringe upon non-smokers. I just think that smokers are given a free pass at work (at least here).

Matty, definitely noticed that at my last job. I mean what do you say considering it's something that's widely accepted in the workplace?