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big bad birtha
05-07-2007, 10:46 PM
Since I'm sure there are a bunch of people here who are constantly pissed off, I might as well make this. Since I made this, it is only natural that I start it off.
1.Loud people
2.Loud noises in general
3.Preppy bitches
4.People who think too highly of themselves(it is pretty much the above, but guys count for this)
5.Youtube(I still use it though)
6.People who don't know how to shut the **** up
7.Hardcore racists(I don't mind people who are a bit racist)
8.Rednecks
9.Hypocrites
10.Gossipy bitches
11.Gossip
12.People who ask too many questions
13.Celebrity obsessed douchebags
14.People who sue for stupid reasons
15.Bratty kids
16.People who act black
17.Country music
18.People who judge others too harshly
19.Rap
20.Things that I frequently use that are messed up or broken(my computer)
21.Cartoons(there might be an exception somewhere, but not likely)
22.People who can't see the difference between anime and cartoons
23.G-4
24.MTV
25.Lifetime
26.Almost every other television channel
27.People who just don't learn their ****ing lesson
28.Dogs
29.Anyone who doesn't like my awesome hair
30.Mosquitoes
31.The hot weather
32.Old people who can't accecpt the fact that the past is gone
33.Children's cereal commercials
34.Grass
35.Bitches who just take advantage of the dude(the reverse applies as well)
There are more but I don't wanna put more down.
Doppleganger
05-08-2007, 03:46 AM
1. Rabid, stupid, bigoted, stinking weeaboo.
Talon87
05-08-2007, 03:50 AM
I'm not always pissed off.
PiccoloNamek
05-08-2007, 04:55 AM
1. Rednecks. I really, really hate rednecks. I hate the whole redneck culture. I hate their accent, I hate the way they talk, the way they smell, the way they throw litter everywhere... everything about them. They are a scourge on society and the world.
2. Politicians.
3. Punk-Ass kids that think the world owes them something.
4. Stupid-ass prissy girls with no brain cells.
5. Organized religion.
6. Christianity.
7. Jesus Freaks.
8. The moronic children's council at my church. They're all a bunch of sniveling, simpering pharisees who care more about procedure and rules than about Jesus and the children they're supposed to be helping.
9. Cruel people.
10. Wanna-be internet tough guys. I wonder if they dare act like that in real life. Of course not, because in real life they would get their flaccid asses kicked in a heartbeat.
11. Popular music. Manufacted by unfeeling corporations for consumption by the ignorant masses. It sounds like feces smells.
12. People with poor taste in music. (Almost everyone but me.)
13. Happy people.
14. People who are much smarter or more talented than me, or that have a particular talent that I don't have but desire.
15. People who do or buy something only because everyone does or has it, or to impress people in his social group.
16. Stupid people who can't figure anything out without help. (Like the people I work with in the A/V room. These people are incapable of learning through simple deduction and trial-and-error.)
Blah blah blsahb lah
SulcataIxlude
05-08-2007, 07:22 AM
Wahabists
Mormons
Jehova Whitnesses
Westboro Baptist church
Cults
White Supremacists
Rapists (especially folks who rape kids.)
Richland, WA
Wasps (mainly the insect type of wasps not really the white ones XD)
Sweet and Sour chicken
Cough Syrup
American society obsession about cash.
That is about it really.
Another Fan
05-08-2007, 10:36 AM
Huh, found myself on the list three times.
Guy who asks too many questions, guy who doesn't learn his effing lesson and some other thing. Whee, self esteem. Oh, and bad taste in music and can't figure things out by themselves.
Anyway, yeah, don't like girls who find any excuse or ridiculous logic to bother you, just because you are a loser. The ones who's faces are always stuck on either sneer or arrogant laughter.
That's about it.
Triple B, does that include people who don't give the slighest damn about the difference between cartoons and anime? Cause then, another reason to hate me.
Kasumi Violet
05-08-2007, 11:39 AM
Men who blame women for EVERYTHING (my dad does... he faults women for being hit by their husbands, being cheated on by their boyfriends, for being raped, etc)
bad Christian rock
homophobes
Republicans who are only the way because of the abortion issue, who are woefully ignorant about various fiscal policies
I'll add more later...
big bad birtha
05-08-2007, 02:23 PM
Triple B, does that include people who don't give the slighest damn about the difference between cartoons and anime? Cause then, another reason to hate me.
No. I'm referring to people too stupid to tell the difference. I'm fully aware that there are people who don't like anime and I don't mind. However, if you watch the ****ing Rugrats and can't tell the difference between it and Eureka 7, then I have a problem.
This kinda reminds me of something. I was watching Inuyasha at one dude's house one time and he said, "That's Dragon Ball Z isn't it?". I was like, "Yup, this is Dragon Ball Z." and left it at that. However, my insides were saying WTF.
EDIT: I'm aware that DBZ is an anime as well, but this was the most recent example. Also, anyone with a brain should be able to tell the difference between a white haired dude with a huge sword and a bunch of screaming muscle heads with spikey yellow hair.
Also, good job Namek, you pretty much fillled in my blanks.
Another Fan
05-08-2007, 02:36 PM
Well, DBZ is anime though.
I don't really like when people think of anime as better than american cartoons, when the criteria of it being from japan is rather easily filled.
But anyway, moving on.
PiccoloNamek
05-08-2007, 03:12 PM
There are a lot of anime that are far superior to American cartoons. You can't honestly compare, say, Bugs Bunny to something like Serial Experiments Lain, for example.
Muyotwo
05-09-2007, 01:12 AM
Because one takes itself seriously, and the other is a lighthearted, funny eight minute show, that you don't have to get really involved in to enjoy.
You can rave about genre all you want, but stick me in a room for eternity forced to watch one kind of animation, I'll take Disney and Warner Brothers over any sequence of Anime.
I hate Karl Rove.
There's my contribution.
Talon87
05-09-2007, 02:15 AM
You can rave about genre all you want, but stick me in a room for eternity forced to watch one kind of animation, I'll take Disney and Warner Brothers over any sequence of Anime.
Have fun going crazy from desensitization to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. I'll stick to my desensitization of children being able to save the planet using godly robots that appear out of thin air, thanks.
Muyotwo
05-09-2007, 02:35 AM
Have fun going crazy from desensitization to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. I'll stick to my desensitization of children being able to save the planet using godly robots that appear out of thin air, thanks.
We're Animaniacs! We have pay or play contracts!
big bad birtha
05-09-2007, 03:06 AM
To me, comparing anime to cartoons is like comparing school meatloaf (cartoons) covered in ten year old ketchup with a high quality steak (anime) with a bottle of A-1 steak sauce beside it. I don't know about you, but I only eat the school's meatloaf when I want to give my stomach a test of endurance(I have a tough stomach, and being able to eat it without vomiting is a true homage to a stomach's strength). So, while you are eating the nasty meatloaf, I will pamper myself with a nice steak. Itadakimasu! ^o^
You'll be like "Did I eat that or rub it on my face?! My back hurts!!!!"
As for the whole "American companies can meet the anime level" thing.... Cartoons have tried to match the awesomeness of anime several times and have failed. One example is the Teen Titans. It copied almost everything from anime from the characters' expressions to the OP (They even hired a ****ing J-Pop band!!!!). However, it is a flaming piece of crap that only children would like. Cartoons should just stick to the whole easy to swallow comedy thing that it does, because that is all it can do.
EDIT: I just got schooled and imma gonna make a few changes. Nothing major though....
Talon87
05-09-2007, 03:37 AM
We're Animaniacs! We have pay or play contracts!
Y'know how people sing the lyrics to songs wrong so often? Yeah. You just schooled me. As a kid, I never ever fucking understood why the Animaniacs were saying "We have paid for our contracts." Now I know. They weren't.
Lindz
05-09-2007, 04:30 AM
Oh darn! I was going to make a thread like this accept also force people to add something they love to! Now I think I hate big bad birtha! :P
I hate:
Nintendo for cutting the GBA's life short
Drugs
Wasted time aka sleep or being "benched" due to illness
Dust! My room and stuff is always such a magnet to it!
My one sister, not so much the other
Christmas music and 50000000 year old tv specials they'll run until the end of time
Organizing pictures
Cheaters in Tetris DS. For fucks sake is Tetris not sacred enough to avoid these lamers?
Bad dreams where you wake up feeling the pain
Cold weather!
Anonymous
When time passes by faster then it should
I think thats it.
PiccoloNamek
05-09-2007, 04:40 PM
Hot weather pisses me off.
Raptor Jesus
05-10-2007, 12:51 AM
-Anime Figures at 1/7(+) scale. They all look bad IRL, but somehow look amazing in pictures. 1/6 is good though.
-When my 56k disconnects after 5 or so minutes. It happened a lot during the winter, but surprisingly, it hasn't kicked me off that much recently *knock on wood*
-Overly zealous people. This applies to more then just religion.
-Gravity (sometimes). When your room is filled with things that can just topple over, you'll know why.
-Driving in Boston. It absolutely sucks to drive around there. I mean... All the streets are one way, and they don't change directions with the next street. You could end up driving down 10 blocks before you can do in the right direction! And lodging there is expensive.
-People who refuse to read a manga just because the anime rendition is considered bad.
-Anal people. Especially when something doesn't go exactly the way they want to and they bitch and whine for the rest of the day.
-The fact that I inherited stupid Chinese personality characteristics. Like talking loudly for no reason.
-People who like Mikuru more then Haruhi. Doujinshi where Yuki has a vibrate personality and/or sprouts [strike:7d1f2]a penis[/strike:7d1f2] male parts.
-The fact that I don't have my own digital camera when at an Anime Convention.
-Lightning while I'm trying to sleep. Thunder I can ignore, but lightning is so bright, my room flashes and my eyelids aren't thick enough to block out the flash of white.
-My dad when he asks for my help. I don't help hating him, I just hate that he never tells me what he needs me to do. Whenever he asks, I always say, "What do you need me to do?" and his response is always, "Help me." DUH!
Kasumi Violet
05-10-2007, 02:14 AM
I hate how women are not taken seriously, and how when they demand to be taken seriously, they're merely seen as b*tches.
I hate being dragged into a family problem that has nothing to do with me.
big bad birtha
05-10-2007, 04:04 AM
Oh darn! I was going to make a thread like this accept also force people to add something they love to! Now I think I hate big bad birtha! :P
You're not the first. Anyway, knock yourself and make a topic to fill the gap. There just are not enough things that I love to make one myself, or turn this into something for things that you love.
Anyway. I have more things that piss me off.
36.Politicians
37.Mormons
38.Gangs (especially redneck gangs that think they are badass)
39.Bitches who try to take EVERYTHING in a divorce (I have seen this way too many times)
40.Celebrities who do stupid things just to make more money (Are they not content with what they have?)
41.People who actually give a **** about what the celebrities are doing (Seriously, what loser keeps tabs on this crap?)
42.The E! Channel
43.Steven Colbert
44.Parents who just ignore their screaming babies in public areas
45.People who want to spend way too much time stoned
46.People obsessed with sex
47.People who laugh at fart noises (Seriously, grow up!)
48.Soccer mom bitches who blame their incompetence on video games (You know that without video games, you would have to actually take care of your kid, you stupid bitch!)
49.People who bitch too much and ruin stuff because they are "offensive" (Just like with the Indians baseball team)
50.The Anna Nicole Smith Story (OMFG, she is dead and you need to shut the **** up!)
51.People stupid enough to believe psychics
52.Psychics
53.Commercials that are bull****
54.Bitches who think they can get away with anything because they are attractive
55.People who think bitches can get away with whatever they want because they are attractive
56.My telephone (OMG it won't shut the **** up)
57.Alcoholics
58.People who call alcoholism a "disease" (No, the person just has a weak will and wants to escape from reality)
59.People who are overly wasteful with their money (I might have to explain this a bit...)
60.Idiots who just STOP right in front of you when you have somewhere to go (This can be walking or driving)
w00t I feel a little bit better now. Who knows, I might even have more =O
Doppleganger
05-10-2007, 10:06 AM
Just a question, but why do some of you cite Mormons as an article that piss you off? I'm not a Mormon myself, but I've had so many Mormon friends since I was in the fourth grade (no less than one in any given year) I've picked up a lot of their mannerisms.
Raptor Jesus
05-11-2007, 01:21 AM
Agreed. I've never met a Mormon try to force their views onto me. Although, if you lived near Salt Lake City but weren't Mormon and was denied liquor, caffeine, etc., then I would let it be. But I thought you lived elsewhere.
Talon87
05-11-2007, 02:27 AM
It's my understanding (and correct me if I'm wrong, Mormons!) that the Church of Latter-Day Saints preaches that men crossed the Atlantic Ocean aboard a submarine vessel which had a hole in the bottom to allow for oxygen exchange between the ocean and the cabin's air. If true, this speaks for why people can claim they are "pissed off by Mormons" -- because they are pissed off by stupidity flying in the face of high school-level science.
Raptor Jesus
05-11-2007, 02:41 AM
Well, I wouldn't just slap that on Mormons alone then. I mean, it would be more of 'blind faith' then just Mormonism. Cultists like those of a certain one we're not supposed to speak of play off stupidity and blind faith.
big bad birtha
05-11-2007, 03:44 AM
Well, there's two reason's I put Mormons on my list. One is almost what Suigin said, and the other is the fact that they can't take "I don't want to be a Mormon." as an answer. I have been visited by Mormons many many times and they start preaching to me, and I don't mind because I gave them permission. However, after that, they start expecting me to go to a Mormon church and buy a Mormon bible and I'm like "I heard you out, however, I don't want to be a mormon." After that, they send more of them to this house for the same thing. Mormons don't piss me off as much as something else we are not allowed to mention, but I still don't like being pushed to believe something just because I was a little kind to them.
Talon87
05-11-2007, 04:31 AM
I see what you mean. You were polite, but they've mistaken your politeness for possible interest in the Church and/or gullibility. I've had the same problem for years with a good friend who was raised very strongly Christian; as a kid, he'd now and again say things like, "I'm sure one day you'll come to believe"; and then as we got older, he pushed a little harder (e.g. buying me a Bible for a birthday present); and then as we got older, he pushed a little harder (e.g. calling me three times in a 3-day window to come to a Christian dinner event where they read a chapter from the Bible and discuss it for 2 hours during and after dinner). He eventually quit pushing altogether and hasn't talked to me in a while, though that's more to do with life throwing him a few curve balls (like finding out some of his closest friends are outright atheists, having to change schools because he couldn't cut it academically, etc.). Still, I wouldn't say my friend has ever pissed me off with his "pushing" so much as annoyed me. I guess it's a subtle difference? "Pissed off" makes it sound like you're angry at the person; I was more frustrated than angry.
Muyotwo
05-11-2007, 05:55 AM
I've known a good number of Mormons throughout my life now, and I can honestly say that apart from being offered a copy of the Book of Mormon maybe twice, they never tried to push their religion on me in any way. I don't really find their beliefs too much more outlandish than the standard Christian line, and they certainly aren't as pushy as the bible thumpers I've been dealing with for as long as I can remember. And they don't even complain about evolution being taught in schools.
Side note: Every religion has their door to door people, and they are all trained to push and push and push to at least get a foot in the door. Getting people to change religions is a tricky job, and you have to go for it completely or you won't have a shot.
Anyways. Mormons are near the bottom of my list of "Religions that are destroying the world" so I try not to hit them with too much hate.
For a free copy of my "List of Religions that are destroying the world", I'll be by your door soon.
Hanatori2
05-11-2007, 11:02 AM
Eh, not a lot of stuff really gets to me that much, but I'll give this list a whirl:
1. The idea that Japanese manga/anime/music are automatically superior to everything else because they're from Japan. Those people are the reason why I'm ashamed to like anime/manga/Japanese music as much as I do.
2. The "If you don't watch ________, you're an idiot" people. That really just makes me want to avoid the show in question, and about nine times out of ten, it's something that I actually do want to see. If it's a show I'm already watching, it makes me very ashamed to be a fan of the show.
...Eh, I may as well just say elitism as a whole makes me angry.
3. When people spray too much perfume, especially in a closed room. I have allergies, along with many other people, and they're only going to get worse when I smell the overpowering scent of Eau du Skunk or whatever the hell they're spraying in the locker room. Even when it doesn't cause me to sneeze my brains out, it's irritating for my nose and eyes. Amusingly enough, this mostly happens at school, and I'm pretty sure there's a rule against spraying perfume in school...
4. The comments section on YouTube videos... sometimes.
More to come, if I think of anything else.
Edit: Birtha, after looking at your posts on the anime/cartoon matter, I'm curious about what you think about the argument that anime are cartoons. I can't help but remember a member on UPN from a couple of years ago - Mootwo was his name, I think? - that would have a field day with that.
big bad birtha
05-12-2007, 01:02 AM
Well, I have to admit that Mormons don't bother me as much as the others, but I ONLY listed Mormons because I thought they were the only ones safe to list(since Namek and Ixclude listed them). I figured if I listed some of my others, everyone might get all pissy at me. I do respect the Mormon people who visited my house a bit, because I live in Redneck Christian Hell. I'm sure they were torn to bits by the other people in my area for not being Christian. Because of that, I was extremely patient with them, but after refusing to accept "No" after sending like 4 different people, I got annoyed. After that, I just lied and told them I would read a Mormon bible that we already had. I haven't heard from them since.
EDIT: I removed the spoiler box. This REALLY should not bother anyone. If so, then you are a ****ing douche.
61.Sereotypical Islamic people- I said STEREOTYPICAL for a reason. I'm not talking about regular believers that it mostly consists of. I'm talking about the actual terrorist bastards that everyone seems to see every one of them as. The people are the reason that the whole religion has a bad name and they themselves just piss me off. Mass murdering people daily is really not necessary.
62.Bigot Christians- I really hate these people. I am surrounded by them, and the simple fact that I am an atheist is just enough reason for all of them that know about me to look down on me. I have tried to show them another way of looking at this instead of "I am a Christian, and you are going to burn and die if you are NOT." However, every attempt failed. After a little bit, I got extremely pissed and said "I gurantee that I am a better ****ing person than all of you. I don't look down on you because you are Christians, and I know that every ****ing one of you are sex obsessed potheads, but you just use the name Christian to make yourself all high and mighty! The reason I am atheist is because if there was a god, he would never let human scum like you exist!!!" Because of this, my only buddies fit in the rare category of "Not Christian" or "Not close enough friend to know about me being an atheist". One is a Wicken, the other is a Niyalist(spelling?) and the others simply don't know about me(I try to hide it from as many people as possible).
63. I mentioned this in old UPN. That's all I am saying.
EDIT: Hanatori. I am well aware that anime are pretty much cartoons. People around me call anime cartoons all of the time, and I don't get pissy. I did not call it "American animation" because "cartoon" is shorter. Also, just to clear up any confusion about my general opinion on this... I merely perfer anime to cartoons (still using the shortening) and I am well aware that not all cartoons are trash. There's Aqua Teen Hungerforce, Family Guy (before season four), The Simpsons, Metalocalypse, Perfect Hair Forever (this is poking fun at anime, but this is still great) and alot more. The only cartoons I have ever liked were comedies. Cartoons have never brought me to tears, or had me pumped up in excitement. Anime frequently does this, and it has also left me suffocating in laughter. I think I should've said this earlier, so I didn't look like a dick.
Cartoon-Fine Arts. a full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
As you can see, anime also fits into this category. Incase you wanna challenge what I said, remember that dictionary.com is never wrong.
Talon87
05-12-2007, 01:41 AM
Wiccan and Nihilist, huh? You're in the nerd group or the emo group. No idea which. (All the Wiccans and Nihilists in my school were emo, but you don't strike me as emo, so ...)
Nihilism is a Latin word meaning "the belief in nothing." A nihilist basically throws up his hands and says, "Fuck. :|" That's my take on serious nihilists, anyway. (Hence "annihilation" is the complete obliteration of something, i.e. destroying something so thoroughly it becomes nothing.)
Stereotypical Muslims that (as you said) far too many Westerners mistake for the real, genuine Muslims do suck, as they do give Islam a bad name. As far as I'm concerned, real Islam isn't any worse than real Christianity and (frankly) is slightly more sensible since it doesn't make the outlandishly paradoxical claim of "there can only be one perfect being, which is why Lucifer failed ................ but ............. Jesus and God are both perfect beings." Christianity tries to resolve this pseudointellectually (imo) by saying, "They are two and they are one. They are the same and they are different. They are the Son and the Father, and they are also the One Almighty." Islam takes a more realistic approach and says, "Look, guys. Jesus was cool and all, and he's the real deal, and yes, God did give him a pretty nifty power ... but he's not the son of God. Because there can only be one God. Legendaries don't breed. :P"
Bigoted Christians also suck. Although in my town, it wasn't so much "bigoted" as it was generally hypocritical. All the self-proclaimed "Christians" were the kids who broke the law, did drugs, drank alcohol, had premarital sex, had abortions, etc. etc. One of the biggest biblethumpers in my grade, and the choir boy for his church, was a real jerk to me and my friends and then got himself into a car wreck which damaged his brain to a permanent level of 3rd-grade intelligence. a.k.a. he became retarded from a car wreck he got himself into. How? He was speeding over 100 mph down a country road in our town at 2 in the morning with an illegal blood alcohol level (for a legal adult), never mind that he was only 15 and therefore one year too young to be driving and six years too young to be drinking. And he crashed into a tree. A farmer heard the noise, which he described as "an explosion", and rushed out from his farm across his acres of land to the county road, where he found the car, all crumpled up and wrapping around the tree. And the boy, mashed up inside the car. The farmer pulled him and saved his life -- minutes later, the car's gas tank ignited.
All the kids in classes the two of us had had in common were all weepy and wanted me to feel sorry for the guy. When they saw that I wasn't deeply remorseful, and was just generically "sorry for any sort of tragedy" (I wouldn't wish retardation upon my worst enemy, but still, this guy was a douche who got himself into trouble; he wasn't the victim of anything, he had a good life and loving family) ... anyway, when they saw that I wasn't crying and shit, his best friend threatened to beat me up. Again with the "model Christian" bullshit. So I got angry and basically said that the guy was a big phony Christian and everybody else was being phony for saying "he didn't deserve this, how could this have happened? :cry: " because if anybody deserved it, it would be him. I said, "You guys are asking God to come and save him and return him to a normal life; but how do you know that it was part of God's plan to smite this false Christian and to knock some sense into the rest of you?" They were pretty horrified by that, but I stand by it to this day. If God is real, I don't doubt that he would "hate" false Christians if it was within his power to hate his beloved children. False Christians make me fucking sick. They are the real-world equivalent of "a wolf in sheep's clothing." "I raped a girl, but I'm going to Heaven because I've been baptized and I asked God for forgiveness. You're a great kid, but you don't believe in God, so you're going to burn in Hell." Fuck you.
Hanatori2
05-12-2007, 03:47 AM
EDIT: Hanatori. I am well aware that anime are pretty much cartoons. People around me call anime cartoons all of the time, and I don't get pissy. I did not call it "American animation" because "cartoon" is shorter. Also, just to clear up any confusion about my general opinion on this... I merely perfer anime to cartoons (still using the shortening) and I am well aware that not all cartoons are trash. There's Aqua Teen Hungerforce, Family Guy (before season four), The Simpsons, Metalocalypse, Perfect Hair Forever (this is poking fun at anime, but this is still great) and alot more. The only cartoons I have ever liked were comedies. Cartoons have never brought me to tears, or had me pumped up in excitement. Anime frequently does this, and it has also left me suffocating in laughter. I think I should've said this earlier, so I didn't look like a dick.
Cartoon-Fine Arts. a full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
As you can see, anime also fits into this category. Incase you wanna challenge what I said, remember that dictionary.com is never wrong.
Fair enough. I just wanted some clarification on your point, and you gave me what I asked for.
Another Fan
05-12-2007, 08:17 AM
Even like the Lion King or Bambi or something, triple B?
big bad birtha
05-12-2007, 04:56 PM
I'm assuming you are talking about the whole "tearing up" thing. If so, then no. The last time I watched either, I was a child, and a character getting killed in something would do nothing to me (I was pretty heartless as a child)
Also, I don't really belong in a particular group. The Wiccan is this hardcore nerd, while the Nihilist is this heavy metal pothead, whom is also addicted to WOW (his name is Poonja =O).
quilava plush
05-16-2007, 12:17 AM
False Christians make me fucking sick. They are the real-world equivalent of "a wolf in sheep's clothing." "I raped a girl, but I'm going to Heaven because I've been baptized and I asked God for forgiveness. You're a great kid, but you don't believe in God, so you're going to burn in Hell." Fuck you.
I normally don't visit Pokemon forums to read miscellaneous threads, much less to discuss/debate religion, but as a Christian myself* (albeit non-fluffy and I look at it from a different perspective than most other practitioners), I have to agree wholeheartedly. =| Part of forgiveness (in my POV) is self-discipline, and chances are if you don't give a damn of remorse for your rape crime you're not staying in the "saved pool" (I'd go on about how I hate the term "saved", but that's a whole other ballpark), and if there is a hell, only God could say who is and who isn't going. I'm sure He doesn't like people putting words in his mouth (and doing a crappy job at it), especially when they haven't even followed the most basic of Jesus's teachings.
Granted, I can never claim to know how the theoretical Big Guy works his ways, and I'm a mere human and can't pretend that I'm a "model Christian" myself - but I just leave it at that. No telling people they're going to hell because of their lifestyle or personal beliefs. (I'm not perfect, and I have my own odd quirks, too!) No forcing my beliefs on others, because I view spirituality as a personal relationship between a person and their god(s). (I normally don't even announce my beliefs to the internets because I view my faith as a personal thing and leave it there.)
I've probably strayed waaay off topic, but there's two cents from an alternative perspective. *floats back to the D/P board*
*This isn't going flag me as a lolcow/flamebait, is it? =_=
Talon87
05-16-2007, 03:58 AM
"lolcow", never heard that one before ... sounds like something a sexually-frustrated male would say to a girl on 4chan who he's trying to make fun of. "You stupid lolcow ... I'd hit it. ._."
Neh, we've all probably seen or heard too many religious debates. I think we can all agree (theist and atheist alike) that the world needs more people like you, though. There are far, FAR too many fakers and "bossy boots," as my mom would put it.
SulcataIxlude
05-18-2007, 08:14 PM
The reason why I put mormons on the list of things that piss me off, is because most mormons in my region of the states are the type that are 'aggressive' with making their faith look like it's the shit. :P My high school had a seminar building where all the mormons go to for religious studies, and they act like they are so much better than everyone else thinking all non mormons are inferior savages. :P Also whenever I encounter mormon 'enlisters' they get kinda pissy if you don't take time to listen to them blab about their faith, and even try to shove tons of pamplets about their church and whatever in your door/mailbox on their way out.
Plus I've had some bad encounters with a few mormons, but I won't go into detail about that now. I am not saying all mormons are a bunch of latter day saint fanatics that impose their mutated views on christianity on everyone (westboro baptist church already does this amongst most baptist and evangelical groups of christians), but due to some negative experiences with the mormons in my region of the states my view on them is kinda iffy on them. In fact christians in general in southeastern washington are not exactly my most favorite people, but thats just in that part of the world. I have no problems with other christians for the most part (except for most evangelists, baptists, racists that use christianity as a devious tool for their plans, and groups like westboro baptist church) and when I went to a Indonesian catholic church with my gf I was surprized by the lack of 'holier than thou' attitude that I see in most christians in my part of the usa.
Not to mention Indonesian muslims are some of the most easy going people I've ever gotten to hang out with (most of my friends in Indonesia are either protestant or muslim indos. :P) Most american muslims in my region of the usa seem to avoid ya, pretend to 'not speak english', or just speak with you briefly then go back to their business. Moral of the story: SI region of the USA makes religious fanatics even nastier and more bigoted than all others in the pacific northwest.
Sylar
05-19-2007, 01:47 PM
The one thing that pisses me off the most in the world is...
...getting a burger from McDonalds, peeling the gherkin off the top of the cheese, then taking a bite, only to realise some bastard's put another one under the cheese. ><
Edit: Oh yeah, and people who treat their own opinions as fact. Which I've seen in this thread a couple of times already. >>
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