Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

@Some Guy 's voice is odd to my ears, cos it sounds slightly like @Cave Troll 's...! I think it may be a regional similarity.

 

Dry weather?

 

South/South Western(ish).

 

My TV is too short, and I'm always missing something at the bottom.

 

So this maybe a justified Annoys me that maybe shared by others here... and that annoyance is.

Faux Happy Endings!!!

And what I mean by this is endings that seem happy initially, and yeah the bad guy is defeated and the heroes were triumphant. Hurrah!!!! Oh... Oh... Wait. Oh shit!!! No... No!!! Time for Reality of their victory to set in.

I think I developed this genuine annoyance from books like Dune. Where the first book had that Faux happy ending but with an underlining. And then the next book hits you with the reality and aftermath of that so called victory.

What sparked this however is Mad Max: Fury Road., I watched it in theaters and enjoyed it. Thought the ending was nice but then that other part of me kicked in as time went by.

First off, Let's keep in mind that Immortan Joe was sadistic and yeah a tyrant... but he was still a man keeping a small pocket of humanity alive and keeping some semblance of order, though heavy fisted at times. My biggest complaint with him would be water management. It's a hard fucking job to keep order after a nuclear war has destroyed everything.

And let's not forget that the Good people's area, "forgot the name" the we are so good and pure, we don't fight like those Warboys. We plant crops and everyone is equal... and what happened to their society. It's a bog ravaged by crows.

So at the end, Immortan Joe, the one man keeping society alive to some degree is killed along with the other leaders of neighboring towns. Max doesn't give a shit about society and what does Furioso know about nation building, she's a gladiator. And clearly those brides don't know shit and the surviving women from that dead town clearly dont' know shit about nation buidling as their nation is a bog and the few women who were "fighters" are now dead.

So... as they rise the platform to the higher area leaving Max... What the fuck next... What going to plant your precious seeds and start a village... what about the rabble underneath, what is to stop them from wanting control or from rebeling against Furioso and the others when they come to find they are getting shafted. Or at least think they are.

And then the neighboring towns, who already have infrastructure, the Warboys are dead... the other towns still have some troops and I will assume leaders, who will rally and come looking for revenge. What Furoso going to fight them off with seeds and girl power. If Tina Turner fro Thunderdome has taught me anything, you need to be ruthless to survive in this new world, to keep a community together. Most likely that victory is short lived, assuming there isn't civil unrest in the next few months, you are going to have some bands come looking for revenge. Hide up on the cliffs while those below are slaughtered, then what. Death will follow no matter what.

It's a Faux happy ending with no consequence of what is next.

Here's a bit of a contrast in Fallout 1's Junk Town... I always help Killian Darkwater.. because I am a dipshit and I don't like Gizmo... however is he the right choice, as the "Happy Ending" of Junktown is a faux one as the town is stagnated, sure it has safety, law and order... but under Gizmo, it prospers as a casino town, caps come rolling in and the structure is built.

anyways, mini rant over with.

 

Yeah, the developers put that in there specifically to show the player that the game didn't have a good v. evil, black and white morality to it. That's why it's one of the first quests you get when you get out into the wasteland.

 

That too... even the Master wasn't made out to be absolutely evil... just a vision that wasn't very agreeable.

 

Rock Nuts

 

Huh? I don't speak British.

 

Intentional misunderstanding as a way to "discuss" about something in a very competitive way.

 

Experts who get overly involved with your story.

My WIP has a basis in Christian mythology, and I have an old friend who is very knowledgable about the historical aspects of the Bible.

However, my friend is also very religious, and can and will cite chapter and verse explaining why the theology in my story doesn't hold up for a well-read, devout Protestant.

And I'm over here trying to say "Hey, look, I'm shooting for something between Dan Brown and Raiders of the Lost Ark here, my target audience isn't going to care about the third chapter of Genesis. The only review I'm hoping to get from Christianity Today is a fatwa against reading it."

It didn't end well.

ETA: And this is despite having explained that the theology in the book is all explained by Satan Herself, which should leave enough of an outlet for any thoughtful reader to say "Well, of course She was lying."

 

Is she a professor off cultural anthropology, sociology, social psychology or something like that in the area of grievance studies?

 

"Grievance studies"?

No.

 

There are thousands of different kinds of protestants, I'm sure there are some strains somewhere that support your characters beliefs somewhere. If you want to throw your friend for a loop, tell him you know a guy that's an Anabaptist that doesn't believe that hell as a place of punishment is a scriptural doctrine.

 

Nah, it was really my fault for having engaged them, we've known each other for decades and know where the other is likely to come from, and the inevitable result.

 

Looking for a cake recipe on an (presumably American) site.

"Ingrediense: bought cake mix + the matching amount of butter/such that is stated on the box"

...if I intended to buy cake mix I wouldn't have looked for a recipe, now would I?

On a less annoying note: I'm baking a roll cake for the first time today and I'm terrified since all real recipes state "egg, flour and sugar" and I can't see it happening with at least SOME butter? Milk? Anything more than three ingredients? No? Damn.

I can also confess I can't prounonce the word Flour and it's the sole reason I sometimes regret dating a Brit. It's really embarrassing not being able to say simple words

 

The Man with the Golden Helmet was long considered to be the work of Rembrandt, but a 1985 analysis of it determined that it was by an unknown student of his, and is thus worthless.

Well, not quite, but the "value" dropped considerably.

Since it's now the collector's equivalent of crayons on toilet paper by a five year old, perhaps one day I'll be able to afford it if I hit it big.



Meanwhile, in 2012 some jackhole paid $138 million ($138,000,000, or nearly 3000 years of my annual income) for this:



I think we need to take a great leap forward to some sort of cultural revolution and send some people to work-study programs on the farms....

 

The phrase "a fool and his money are easily parted" springs to mind.

ETA: I wouldn't pay 1.38 for that second piece of utter rubbish. My 2 year old would draw something more worthwhile.

 

People who name their children based on whatever the trend is at the time. Jayden, Kaiden...Lily Mae, Ella Mae etc. You get the point.

 

People on the tube who understand 'Please touch your card on the reader' to mean they need to massage the reader with their Oyster card. Firstly, it's clearly obscene, then their incompetence delays my journey to work by several seconds, which in my morning mood I tend not to take altogether kindly.

(I am currently a Londoner and therefore currently a horrible person.)

 

Dakota...

 

Ordered an anniversary gift for Lost and thought it'd arrive this week. Apparently it did but even though the package should be rather small it apparently didn't fit in my mailbox and now it's at the store instead.

I'm not sure if I'm most annoyed for having to go down to get it, or the fact I didn't realize I could track it until after I was at the store earlier today.

Guess I'll have to get out I the snow and cold again tomorrow... the things I do for love, @LostThePlot

ETA: Just realized the package arrived yesterday morning, so now I'm just annoyed the store didn't notify me. I guess that all that matters is that it arrived before the trip, but still...

 

You reminded me that I supposedly have an order in transit to me. Latest it's expected is March, IIRC! What's the betting it turns up whilst I'm in Arizona, and then gets sent back again before I return, as it can't be delivered?

ETA: I ordered it on 26th December. It's estimated delivery date is 11 th January-4th March!! Why did I bother? At least it's not an urgent purchase.

 

Maybe have a straight out "things that annoy the crap out of me and for good reasons" thread?

Applying for jobs means I have to answer all calls... to the joy of sales people. Or not joy, because I hang up on them the second I realize they're not going to give me a job. Still I'm getting sick of dropping all that I'm doing in hope of a interview... only to be greeted by someone who wants to sell me shit.