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What ANNOYS you the Most

MyMac1976 said:
If it's ineffective why have it? If it's for your personal well being do it at home.
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Do you think it is useless and inappropriate to grieve a loss? You don't think that serves and purpose other than to attempt to reverse that loss?

You seem quite convinced that an emotional reaction is only intended to change what caused it. I'm not sure that's true at all. In fact, the only conclusion I can draw so far from what you are proposing is that people shouldn't have emotions.

Perhaps we could consider annoyance as an emotional reaction. In which case, it is useless to be annoyed at people who have emotional responses: you can't change it.
 
People (probably young) blasting their car stereos with subwoofers rattling the everything not screwed down tightly, especially when they pass my house at 3am. I want to ****ing kill them!
 
What ANNOYS you the Most

mobilehaathi said:
Do you think it is useless and inappropriate to grieve a loss? You don't think that serves and purpose other than to attempt to reverse that loss?

You seem quite convinced that an emotional reaction is only intended to change what caused it. I'm not sure that's true at all. In fact, the only conclusion I can draw so far from what you are proposing is that people shouldn't have emotions.

Perhaps we could consider annoyance as an emotional reaction. In which case, it is useless to be annoyed at people who have emotional responses: you can't change it.
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Actually I can and have changed it.

Another little tidbit common sense application of rules and laws. Remember perspective, none of the thing I have brought up equate in any way with death.
 
MyMac1976 said:
Actually I can and have changed it.

Another little tidbit common sense application of rules and laws. Remember perspective, none of the thing I have brought up equate in any way with death.
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You can't change other people having an emotional response. So it seems by your reasoning your annoyance is unwarranted.

And since you failed to qualify anything, I'm simply trying to figure out what you're thinking and trying to understand it.

Ok, so it is acceptable to you to have an emotional response in some cases. Perhaps you could describe situations in which is isn't acceptable to you? Also, I still don't understand why you think an emotional response is intended to change what caused it.
 
  • (based on a response here) People who live in a world where they would show such ignorance as to equate a person to a "waste of a human being" for simply disagreeing with their point of view.
  • (based on a response here) People who have decided that showing emotion after something has occurred is a waste of time.
  • People who turn their back on "friends".
  • Fatigue. Being tired annoys the **** out of me. :D



rdowns said:
Awesome post. I upvoted it.
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I lol'ed.
 
Being ignored, especially at work. Not meaning to say that I require attention all the time, but when I work on a project or ask for feedback on something, and I just get completely ignored (on purpose) -- it bugs the hell out of me.
 
mobilehaathi said:
You can't change other people having an emotional response. So it seems by your reasoning your annoyance is unwarranted.

And since you failed to qualify anything, I'm simply trying to figure out what you're thinking and trying to understand it.

Ok, so it is acceptable to you to have an emotional response in some cases. Perhaps you could describe situations in which is isn't acceptable to you? Also, I still don't understand why you think an emotional response is intended to change what caused it.
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You are either not reading my post or being obtuse, which is it?
 
MyMac1976 said:
On a more serious note leaving out the God part this is more the thing:

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

You cannot change what is in the past even if it's a second ago, so there is no sense in getting excited about things that have already happened. If something that just happened pissed you off as yourself if getting pissed of will make things better, if it will not then don't. If you just had a fender bender getting angry or sad about it will not get your car fixed but a call to the police and your insurance agent will.
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Well said indeed. :)
 
mobilehaathi said:
You can't change other people having an emotional response. So it seems by your reasoning your annoyance is unwarranted.

And since you failed to qualify anything, I'm simply trying to figure out what you're thinking and trying to understand it.

Ok, so it is acceptable to you to have an emotional response in some cases. Perhaps you could describe situations in which is isn't acceptable to you? Also, I still don't understand why you think an emotional response is intended to change what caused it.
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MyMac1976 said:
You are either not reading my post or being obtuse, which is it?
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I'm not clear how mobilehaathi's request for clarification of the position espoused in the post is obtuse.

Why not just answer his question, rather than fatuous name calling?
 
Shrink said:
I'm not clear how mobilehaathi's request for clarification of the position espoused in the post is obtuse.

Why not just answer his question, rather than fatuous name calling?
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Because in post 72 I gave an example, I've explained my position on the matter in at least three posts I think he's being obtuse.
 
pianojoe said:
The NSA eavesdropping on millions of phone calls in Germany. What are we? The enemy?
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If you think that Germany (and France, Spain, etc.) does not spy on the United States, you're pretty naive. When one gets caught spying on another, they have to make a big stink about it. That's just for local (in country) political consumption.
 
mobilehaathi said:
My apologies, you gave an example of a fender bender, and I failed to remember that.

Why do you think that someone getting angry after a fender bender intends to use that anger to change what happened?
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Then why get angry at all?
 
People who clip and/or bite/spit out their nails in public. Worse, on the subway. I literally have to move cars.
 
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mobilehaathi said:
The premise of your question is what I am asking you about. You seem to think the only reason to have an emotional response to something is in order to change it. Why?
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Negative, I asked the question, and I've answered yours already.
 
Petty forum bickering that goes on for more than 2 posts each.
 
People hate Macs. Actually people hate expensive things. People hate starbucks, macs, iPhones, iPad, people have BMW / Porsche / Ferrari beacuse they can't afford it so they try to convince people that cheap one (windows PC, android, 1$ coffee, cheap cars) is better :mad:. Then they say, ''PC is better beacuse you can play games with it. Console? Console gaming sucks beacuse graphics mean everything, I know, PS and Xbox made for gaming but we have graphics.'' or ''Android is better beacuse it can do more things. Only thing I do on my smartphone is checking facebook and playing subway surfers but my phone can do more things'' or the worst ''Why to buy a BMW? They look cool but my cheap car is as fast as your BMW. I am definitely not jealous.''
 
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