You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?

[Couchtr26]

I get annoyed with people who laugh at or insult you just because you still enjoy the Star Wars franchise. The mockeries are all the same: Star Wars fans have no life, still live with their parents even though they're forty years old, can never get laid because apparently nobody likes Star Wars anymore and every fan is a loser, etc.

I still kinda like the movies (the original trilogy only), but even though I'm not exactly a huge fan anymore, these insults still drive me crazy. If only lowlifes like Star Wars, how come most well respected critics around the world still praise the saga and even named it as being one of the best film franchises in history? How do you explain that, haters?

I think there are a lot of closeted Star Wars fans out there that refuse to admit it so they hate on the people who openly like it.  I kind of rank myself in the midrange Star Wars fandom.  In other words, I know when to draw the line in ultimate dorkyness but enjoy the franchise and it's history.  Well minus the horsesh!t. 

Ditto. I do prefer the originals because I think they told their stories better, but even the prequels had their rare moments (I do appreciate space battles that flow nicely). I enjoy what the movies did well, but I certainly won't try to justify what they did poorly (eg- Anakin/Padme. That pairing didn't say "they're in love" to me, but rather "Anakin is a creepy stalker type and Padme, while repulsed by him, is probably too scared to dump him, especially considering what he did to the sand people").

I am a Star Wars fan through and through.  I still remember being asked about it all the time.  I'm just not a big fan of where George took it with the new Episodes.  I admit it is his creation and everything but I prefer the first four and the stories that created a much richer universe.  I can understand wanting to wrap everything up but the Episodes 1-3 seem much more like they're tacked on rather then any actual continuity flow.  Other then them, I still enjoy the series.  It is a place that we can forget in as a group, feeling that somewhere some high minded goals are being fought for and wrongs are being righted.  There are character flaws that make them human enough to appeal to many people.  Great series for us to go for a short visit from reality. 

[Doc Daneeka]

EVIL POST COUNT BEGONE

[Nukie 2]

I hate it when the neighbor upstairs free-styles really loud day and night-- you're almost thirty with two kids, your teenage dream is pretty much defunct.

[Nukie 2]

Oh and they suck horribly at it, all they can rhyme with is the word "know".

[Mr. DS]

I went to the grocery store tonight and ended up having to explain to the cashier that 16oz and 1lb is the same.

[Menard]

Speaking of grocery stores: Why do people have to try to push their carts past an obstacle on the narrow side of it, when on the opposite side is three times as much space?

[Mr. DS]

Speaking of grocery stores: Why do people have to try to push their carts past an obstacle on the narrow side of it, when on the opposite side is three times as much space?

Yep, the usually end up knocking something over too and normally fail to pick it up.   

[ImaginaryFoot]

I hate the fact i havent won the damn Megamillons lottery yet

[AndyC]

Speaking of grocery stores: Why do people have to try to push their carts past an obstacle on the narrow side of it, when on the opposite side is three times as much space?

Yep, the usually end up knocking something over too and normally fail to pick it up.   

Then there are the people who happen to bump into each other and decide to have a conversation, while they and their carts are blocking about ten feet of groceries I need to get to. Trying to break into such a meeting and ask to get by is not always easy, nor is it always met with a polite response. Thankfully, most of them just aren't thinking, which is annoying, but they at least get apologetic when you talk to them.

People who stop suddenly or make sudden direction changes without paying attention to the shoppers around them are another one. I once had a lady stop her cart right in front of me to stare at something or other. This was not in an aisle, but in one of the larger end areas. The store had set up a free sample display in what was already a bit of a bottleneck, which left a space just over one cart wide in a part of the store that is supposed to handle the traffic between aisles, as well as the stuff in the rear. And although this narrowing was only a couple of feet long, it was right where this woman decided to stop. I was in no hurry, so I waited...and waited. She finally glanced over her shoulder, saw me (and the people behind me) and moved. After I walk by, I hear a sarcastic voice behind me say "you're excused." I just bit my lip and kept walking, but I wanted so much to walk back and ask her how I was the rude one for waiting quietly while she stood there like a f**king moron in what any thinking person could see was the worst possible place to stop a cart.

One of the most frequent annoying things I get when shopping, especially in department stores, is the people who are more disruptive trying to pass by me politely than if they had just walked right by. I'll be standing and looking at something. I'm already standing back a bit for a better view, and I take another step back to make room if I see somebody coming. But they always hesitate, then scoot by in kind of a half-duck that doesn't accomplish anything, and mutter "excuse me." WTF? I made room. Just walk by, and it will be far less of an intrusion. It's not even like these people stopped and asked to pass. They walked right by without waiting for my permission. Everything else is basically saying "no offense meant, but I'm walking past you." Jeez Louise, no offense was taken, aside from the distracting little "excuse me" dance. Maybe it's a Canadian thing. We're always apologizing for things we have every right to do.

[Paquita]

People who stop suddenly or make sudden direction changes without paying attention to the shoppers around them are another one. I once had a lady stop her cart right in front of me to stare at something or other. This was not in an aisle, but in one of the larger end areas. The store had set up a free sample display in what was already a bit of a bottleneck, which left a space just over one cart wide in a part of the store that is supposed to handle the traffic between aisles, as well as the stuff in the rear. And although this narrowing was only a couple of feet long, it was right where this woman decided to stop. I was in no hurry, so I waited...and waited. She finally glanced over her shoulder, saw me (and the people behind me) and moved. After I walk by, I hear a sarcastic voice behind me say "you're excused." I just bit my lip and kept walking, but I wanted so much to walk back and ask her how I was the rude one for waiting quietly while she stood there like a f**king moron in what any thinking person could see was the worst possible place to stop a cart.

Something like this happened to me yesterday.  I was in a really narrow aisle that had one side blocked off.  There was barely room for two carts to fit through.  I went to the end, turned around and was making my way out quickly, just in case someone else wanted to go in, and a lady with a kid in the cart (the kid had to be at least 9 years old) turned down the aisle and stopped her cart diagonally so even if there WAS room for two carts I couldn't go through.  She just stood there looking at the shelf, there's no way she didn't notice me when she turned because we almost collided.  I waited for about 2 minutes before moving her cart myself and squeezing by.  There was a couple standing on the other end and they started laughing.. I don't know if they were laughing because they thought I was rude or she was rude, but I was so ticked off I just left the store.  I hate shopping so much.

[Trevor]

I had to buy a new toilet seat over the weekend and was on my way to the check-out when this guy stopped me, saying "Why are you carrying the frame for your mother-in-law's picture around?" Huh-huh: very funny.*


* I don't think.

[Doggett]

DVDs thats have that weird line thing that happens.
I've got hundreds of DVDs and it only happens on two. But still...

[Flick James]

DVDs thats have that weird line thing that happens.
I've got hundreds of DVDs and it only happens on two. But still...

Wierd line thing?

[Doggett]

DVDs thats have that weird line thing that happens.
I've got hundreds of DVDs and it only happens on two. But still...

Wierd line thing?

This is the perfect example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLhoK_CDE9I

[ImaginaryFoot]

I hate that my 81 year old father is too dadburn stubborn to admit that he needs to go to the doctor and get checked for alzheimers. In the car with him today, he told me the same thing 3 times in 5 minutes.