Random Rants LV: The Joy of Ranting

[Borachio]

Maybe future Phrossack will be forgiving of both young and current Phrossack.

(Hey! This is fun!)

 

[warpus]

I've mixed up the rants and raves threads how many times now?

I think I need an assistant.

 

[Kennigit]

I've mixed up the rants and raves threads how many times now?

I think I need an assistant.

Just end all posts with "maybe had [or will have] some vodka"

Then no one can tell the difference

 

[Tahuti]

you know when you ride a bike, and you see a @#&@? And you're like, seven, eight? And you know the @#&@ is tiny. But you're so afraid of hitting the @#&@, so you watch the @#&@ to make sure you don't hit the @#&@. And then you hit the @#&@.

Stop watching the damn @#&@! Start watching where you want to be.

Hygro, I didn't knew you were such an inconsiderate jerk! You know what bad associations Phrossack has with @#&@'s, don't you?

 

[cybrxkhan]

Don't be so hard on yourself. After all, young Phrossack did create Current Phrossack.

Yes, this is a very important thing to remember.

Maybe future Phrossack will be forgiving of both young and current Phrossack.

(Hey! This is fun!)

My younger self is always aware that my older self will be watching, across time and space, with a disapproving glance. So, the former will try every moment to explain himself to the latter. For instance, sometimes in my diary, I speak directly to my presumed future self in self-deprecating terms, to indicate that I understand that he may find my current shenanigans amusing or embarassing and so onl

 

[Kennigit]

This past month has been the stupidest one month period of my life

 

[Hygro]

pole like flagpole -.-

 

[Takhisis]

?????????

 

[Hygro]

Kaiserguard, still on that bash-Poland bandwagon, swapped every reference to "pole" in the quote of my post to expletive coverings.

 

[Borachio]

My younger self is always aware that my older self will be watching, across time and space, with a disapproving glance. So, the former will try every moment to explain himself to the latter. For instance, sometimes in my diary, I speak directly to my presumed future self in self-deprecating terms, to indicate that I understand that he may find my current shenanigans amusing or embarassing and so onl

Why do you assume disapproval? Don't you expect one of your future selves to be understanding of your failings? Which are something you have to go through in order to reach your shining enlightened future self?

(I wish this were true of me!)

 

[choxorn]

I just think future me thinks about me what I think about past me, and I think past me was a complete dumbass. I have a little understanding of past me's failings, but I still think a lot of them were dumbass-y.

 

[bhsup]

What in the everloving hell is this?! I feel like my privacy has been violated by two of my favorite internet companies.

 

[Ajidica]

What in the everloving hell is this?! I feel like my privacy has been violated by two of my favorite internet companies.

For a second, I thought you were expressing joy that DA:I was coming in a few days before I realized this was the rants thread.

(On a un/related note, I really hope BioWare actually treats the player as an Inquisitor, having to root out heresy and engage in investigation as opposed to renamed warrior. The game Inquisitor may have sucked with regards to gameplay but so far it is the only game I've found that actually makes the player feel like an Inquisitor.)

 

[choxorn]

Uuuuuggghhhh. My internet is so crappy right now. Things keep either loading slowly or never loading at all and it's pissing me off.

 

[bhsup]

For a second, I thought you were expressing joy that DA:I was coming in a few days before I realized this was the rants thread.

Nay, in fact they pushed the release back from October to mid-November. Actually, they pushed it back from fall 2013 to fall 2014 first. I am giddy with anticipation.

 

[Ajidica]

Nay, in fact they pushed the release back from October to mid-November. Actually, they pushed it back from fall 2013 to fall 2014 first. I am giddy with anticipation.

Unfortunately, I have to wait until 2015 2016 2017(?) [and then delayed another year] until CDProjectRed gets around to releasing Cyberpunk 2077. At least Shadowrun: Dragonfall is releasing a massive update tomorrow. I might have to break down and start making my own content for it.

 

[JohannaK]

Someone messed up and now I will be using Hello Kitty bed sheets for the next week. I don't really care because nobody is goning to actually see them, but I am pissed because it isn't the first time that this happens and I hate that my stuff gets swapped with my sister's.

 

[Phrossack]

you know when you ride a bike, and you see a pole? And you're like, seven, eight? And you know the pole is tiny. But you're so afraid of hitting the pole, so you watch the pole to make sure you don't hit the pole. And then you hit the pole.

Stop watching the damn pole! Start watching where you want to be.

Sometimes I wouldn't mind hitting a Pole.

But I'm not sure where I want to be right now. About the only thing I can do is history, and that only because it's what I'm least bad at. I often have doubts about becoming a history professor, but what else can I do?

As for me being a bad person, consider: When someone starts coughing up a lung, I don't think, "That poor person. I hope they get better." I just wish they would shut up. It doesn't help that I've been getting more bitter and nasty over the past few months or years, and I'm pretty sure I'm a depressing person who's a drag on those I'm around.

Don't be so hard on yourself. After all, young Phrossack did create Current Phrossack.

I doubt that's a good thing. Current Phrossack is a very problematic guy.

Yes, this is a very important thing to remember.

My younger self is always aware that my older self will be watching, across time and space, with a disapproving glance. So, the former will try every moment to explain himself to the latter. For instance, sometimes in my diary, I speak directly to my presumed future self in self-deprecating terms, to indicate that I understand that he may find my current shenanigans amusing or embarassing and so onl

I'm kinda like that, except replace "future self" with "hairsplitting and bitter opponent." I'm constantly policing my thoughts, and sometimes even my words and actions, because I've internalized the voices of particularly critical and hairsplitting people I deal with, and I'm always worried that that internalized jerk will try to contradict, correct, criticize, or attack me. It is exhausting, and makes me defensive and irritable. It's been like this for years. It's like internalizing the voice of your nagging mother, only worse.

Plus, my closest friend and roommate is becoming even more obnoxiously eccentric, and I've found he's a scatterbrained, unsupportive, insensitive, arrogant jerk lacking in empathy or self-control. Whenever I explain something that's making my life difficult to him, his standard response, if he's paying attention, is to say that that sucks and that he is so much happier and doesn't have that problem. We've been friends since we were six or so, but he's turning into someone I don't like.

This became readily apparent after I mentioned to him that I was turned down by someone who has meant a lot to me for a year and a half. She was very sweet about it, and I knew I had no chance, but still, she's one of a kind...

 

[SouthernKing]

Someone messed up and now I will be using Hello Kitty bed sheets for the next week. I don't really care because nobody is goning to actually see them, but I am pissed because it isn't the first time that this happens and I hate that my stuff gets swapped with my sister's.

I'll take those if you don't want them

 

[Hygro]

Sometimes I wouldn't mind hitting a Pole.

But I'm not sure where I want to be right now. About the only thing I can do is history, and that only because it's what I'm least bad at. I often have doubts about becoming a history professor, but what else can I do?

As for me being a bad person, consider: When someone starts coughing up a lung, I don't think, "That poor person. I hope they get better." I just wish they would shut up. It doesn't help that I've been getting more bitter and nasty over the past few months or years, and I'm pretty sure I'm a depressing person who's a drag on those I'm around.
I doubt that's a good thing. Current Phrossack is a very problematic guy.

Hating on yourself is watching the pole, man! Sounds like your energy is low, and perhaps rather than taking the hit physically or cognitively, your body decided to let your emotions take the dip. I'd seek a physical fix. I'd also stop worrying about your quality as a person. Your example isn't indicative of anything judge-worthy.

My unsolicited advice.