hoo Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 What was the most pointless thing you have raged over? Mine would be missing the 100 points in the skeeball game on my iPod... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmony Descent Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Trying to find my iPod/iPhone in my room when it's obviously laying right there in front of my damn eyes on my bed... Man, do I feel utterly retarded after I find them LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeth Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Trying to find my iPod/iPhone in my room when it's obviously laying right there in front of my damn eyes on my bed... Man, do I feel utterly retarded after I find them LOL This. This so much. Also, I'm known to freak out over cliff hangers. I know I'm being an idiot screaming at my TV/book/whatever, but I can't stand the darn things. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gestalt Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Yesterday, I included a purposeless preposition (without any function) in a post of mine. I was very angry at the world and myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden O'Conner Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Stupid drivers or drivers that insist on driving slower than the speed limit. I kind of understand if you're old, but come on. People have things to do, you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snys93 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Pointless thing I've raged over. Hmmm... To tell the truth there a bunch of things I've given a ridiculous amount of rantious scrutiny (lol I invented a word). Well, one thing does stand out in my mind thats wasted my time...Star Wars. I'm part of the fan generation that grew up watching Star Wars the only way it was possible, on the TV via VHS tapes. At six years old I witnessed something so mind blowing that it set fire to my already overactive imagination unlike anything else before. A cosmic tale of heroes overcoming seemingly unbeatable odds and villains who fit the criteria of evil, a galactic fairy tale in space with mythological undertones and archetypes that have been in use for thousands of years. It seemed ridiculous but it worked and we as fans expected only the better to come. In 1997 with the release of Star Wars the Special Edition, I was excited and saw them repeated in the theaters. I didn't understand what the older fans meant by "Han shot first" or whatever. I didn't think about it then and eagerly awaited the arrival of a new trilogy. In 1999, Phantom Menace was released and for many was a turning point. Me, I was 10 years old and loved the lightsabers and the ships blowing up and the zing, zaps and zooms that went on. Yet there something wrong, something I didn't notice at the time. To tell the truth I was a big Jar Jar Binks fan (don't judge me, I was 10). In the years since leading up the release of Episode 2, it became apparent to me this trilogy didn't get off to a good start but forgave it rather quickly. May 2002 saw the release of Attack of Clones, another film I had awaited. But for some reason I lagged in my enthusiasm. Upon seeing it I realized it was more of the first and Lucas showed a complete disregard for backstory of Boba Fett and other character arcs. Anakin goes from this example of Jedi knighthood we were all anxiously awaiting to see, to this whiny emo bitching cry baby who lusts for power? On top of that the whole plot centers around a clone army that happens to pop up and no one thinks, "Hey, this is too seem convenient. Here we're on the brink of war and suddenly there is this army for the Republic that allegedly a member of the Jedi Council gave an order to create and no is looking into it?" What may seem to be the last straw was that so far in this series of movies mirrored the original trilogy too closely. Lucas called this "rhyming" and in affect took events and battles from his earlier films and rehashed calling it new. But it didn't stop there. Yoda is a master, a wise relic of the Jedi Order with a strong connection to the force. Did we really need to see his fight with a lightsaber? When that scene happened, I laughed out loud so loudly I was told to shut up or get out. I stopped but the laughter continued on the inside. What is this? Its not Star Wars, its a fanfic parody concocted by some hairy fat kid who doesn't see the sun. As it turns out I was right. 2005, Revenge of the Sith. By this time, the love was gone and by the title you knew how it was gonna end: a reversal of Return of the Jedi. So f*cking surprising. No words from Lucas, no special effects, no promises mattered it all, I only came to just get it over with. Its like going to the dentist, there will be pain but that sucker of a rotten tooth has got to come out. To quote Red Letter Media: "We all felt let battered housewives and kept coming back." In short I hated it for what it was, a failed re-attempt of glory for fatass, money raking Lucas. In the long run he showed the telltale signs of his failure at well...everything. From blaming his fans for his movies sucking and calling studio CEOs and executives racists to get attention (Red Tails) to destroying the original Star Wars that made him famous to match the trilogy he really wanted to do. Lucas takes everything about film making and throws it out the window and makes his own, which in other circumstances is commendable. But I choose not to encourage willful stupidity of this sort. And in the end, yes, it is pointless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorAllosaurus Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Moving this to the lounge where it belongs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drasiana Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 I really, really hate most crossovers and AU's. Whenever I see something begin with some stupid shit like "AU where Mulder and Scully are basketball players who learn how to love" I see red, and god help you if you dare even utter the word "Superwholock" in my presence. I don't know why. They are the most pointlessly-hated things that I hate for no real reason, but lord help me I cannot stop hating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unoservix Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 your face. yes, you. your face. your face. it pisses me off so bad. i look at your face and i see all the injustice of all human history writ large, in mocking letters, reveling in all that is wrong in the world. it makes me so mad. it makes me so mad i just want to pick up all of the things and set them on fire with my mind. and then poop on them. from a great height. and then drop all of it on your face. your stupid face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 (computer derped, feel free to delete this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 your face. your stupid face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 I don't know why, but back when I played SOCOM: Confrontation a lot, the people in ranked games (ranked meaning no respawns, one life per round) that would run up and shoot the body of the last person on the enemy team when they had absolutely nothing to do with their death was just annoying as fucking hell. It was just one of those things that pushed the buttons in my head that shouldn't of been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoo Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 I kind of meant video games... Thats why I put it in the arcade. Skeeball on my iPod is a game. So um... But this works too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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