things that make my blood boil

[Hinata]

Okay. . .so a few things have occurred today and they have caused my blood to start boiling. . .

1. Someone wrote a rant and turned it in as a personal essay. . .and it wasn't even a well developed rant. It was about how great the Green Party is and how Republicans should be taken out and flogged. I mean, really. . .Republicans are needed as much as the Green Party or the Democrats are needed and I'm not Republican. . .I'm saying this because we need balance in the government. I hope we workshop him last because if we do him first, he might not be so kind to my essay and I'm frightened by that.

2. Someone actually had the galls to tell me that I basically didn't know what I was talking about. I made mention about how a website was taking ASL and corrupting it for their kicks and giggles in a parody. I was appalled because I know that the Deaf are REALLY hesitant about having hearing people learn the language; look at their history of oppression and you see that. But to tell me I didn't know what I was talking about, excuse me. ..but I think I'm getting my degree in this. . .I have a RIGHT to speak out about this. They have a right to their opinion but they really ought to look at where I'm coming from and think for twenty seconds that I'm not just some know it all kid, I actually understand a small portion of this culture! grr!

Side note: this one makes me almost as upset as the judge who told me that he and his friends came to the conclusion that intergration for Deaf students was a good thing for them. . .Thank you, Mr. I-Know-What's-Best-For-Everyone!

AHHH. . .

So what makes your blood boil?

[silverlining]

What crummy things! There are many things that make my blood boil, but mainly a person's ideal that their way/belief/opinion is somehow more important and more "right" than anyone else's. Why can't we just live knowing that we don't all think alike? I am so confused with the disruption of our country and where people feel the need to place the blame and ask questions. I am more confused by the people who don't care enough to place blame or even ASK questions.

[Zeke]

When someone says that we need to accept all vew points but yours because you must be rong or if not they are so your views are not accepted I mean hey I dont push my views on others ( I prefer shoving ) it's like anything is acceptable ecept what I beleive


But I guess that it really does not matter what is acceptable I WILL beleive what I beleive and nothing will change that.

of couse that does not make me right

[dgan]

#1 - I'm glad your blood boils, Hin. There are way too many people in this world that just let everything slide.

#2 - Zeke, I'm not sure that 'believing what you believe and nothing will change that' is the wisest course. The thing that makes a belief a belief and not a fact is because it is not proven. If someone were to prove that you are wrong, it may not be wise to continue holding to that belief.

#3 - I DO know what's best for everyone.

(Hin - You sound like a formidable opponent in a debate. Perhaps we'll have the opportunity to bump into each other one day. I would enjoy that. )

[Hinata]

Of course I'm a formidable opponent in debate. . .I only transferred schools because of speech and debate. . .and because someone upstairs calling the shots told me to do that. . .

[dreamer]

Things that make my blood boil... I must say that the people who want "tolerance" and then will not support tolerance for anyone else's beliefs or values because it does not ally with theirs makes my blood boil, as does racism. Anyone who thinks that they are better than anyone else because of the color of their skin or the shape of their face is just unfathomable to me. I'd like to ask them, " Who made you better?" I can't understand the basis for their superiority complex. God made all of us unique and wouldn't it be funny if Adam and Eve were the original biracial couple?!! (All the rainbow of color in society today had to come from these two! Just my little rant.

[Gwalchmai]

Well I guess I'll start with what gets my blood to boil. I would have to say, "being talked down too" is the best way to put it. I work very hard to seriously look at other people viewpoints and to work togther with others. I also work hard to try and research a topic I get caught in debate with and if you present me with a viable arguement, I will likly cecede to you. So to be given a tone of inferiority or slight I find to be unacceptable. I'm making the effort to be as fair as humanly possible so the other person should at the very least make the effort to be polite about it. For instance:

I'm at work the other day (I'm a deli worker) and my boss came up behind me and demanded why I put the chickens on to cook early. Now when I say early, I mean 15-20 minutes before she would have done it herself. Well she ranted and ranted and I was of the attitude of "fine, I'm sorry I did it early, I be sure to do it your way from now on, sorry, my bad" BUT she had to add one of those "OooKAY!?" at the end of her rant. Now I've been nothing but a freaking yes man for 6 months now and suddenly I get this stupid attitude!?!? This was 2 weeks ago and I'm still angry over it.

And this came to mind reading the whole racism thing so... here goes. I personally, don't believe everyone is equal. Lots of people are born with natural skills, abilities, diseases, disabilities, and so forth and so forth. Thats not to say that they are all negative, in fact many of our greatest achivements... or at least some of the most note worthy were done by individuals with disabilities. However I also think that certain cultures develop different attributes that end up getting incooperated into their society. So for better or for worse, I do feel that culturally there is something to be said that some people to be better in certain aspects or senarios.

[Hinata]

This is by far the first thing that has made my blood boil so much. . .I tend to think of myself as fairly open minded. I'm willing to hear new things and try different ideas out . . .so when I was told that I had to go to the play "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told" I was okay with the subject matter. . .it's based off the concept of God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. . .and it develops the characters in the first act and then in the second act it dives into some of the serious issues surrounding homosexuality. . .namely: AIDS, parenthood, marriage, etc. These things I come across everyday as I participate in Speech and Debate so this didn't phase me. What did phase me was the idea that the playwrite put in this character who has recently moved from Utah to New York City. . .you guessed it, she's a mormon. The playwrite then took the opportunity to have the audience LAUGH at stupid ridiculous jokes about Mormons the whole way through it.

Now, I know that Mormons poke fun at each other, but that's our right! We don't sit and tell each other that our religion is based on a guy who got cheating on his wife so he lied about an angel! And then have the audience laugh at that! And as I sat there watching the play, I felt like the audience was laughing at me! For who I CHOSE to be! because I am Mormon and I hated having to go see this play because I was so offended by the idea that they could poke fun at me and not allow me the opportunity to defend me or my faith.

[chrystalized]

This recent conversation made my blood boil. I am a member of a drama group called DRIME (disciples ready in mobile evangilism) we have silent dramas put to music (songs like "in the light and Angus Dei) we perform the dramas on the streets of Vancouver and we use it to gather crowds to talk to them. I have had some really interesting conversations, and some really fun debates, but the one on firday made me so angry.
A man went up to and demanded that I tell him why the world has pain, without giving an answer he had heard before. When I tries to answer he continously inturrupted me and maade very insilting comments about my faith. then he asked me what I would do if he shot and killed my parents right in front of me. I answered honestly that I would have a hard time forgiving him. and then he told me I am not a real christian. Since when does becoming a christian make you perfect? After that he began attacking me emotionally and taking out all his anger on me. I don't understand it, if people want to know answers to their questions, why won't they listen?

[Zeke]

ah sory what I meant was that no amount of oppisition would make me change and go with the flow


But if someone has a point I will listen and possibly change my opinion

[Zeke]

oh and to answer your question chry some people are so hurt that they cant or wont accept help all they can do is dish out pain

[chrystalized]

yeah, I guess
I was just so taken aback by the way he reacted. sometimes it is really hard to deal with people like that

[lovehound]

I'm going to take a chance here...

What makes MY blood boil is the assumption that so many people have that the only legitimate and real religion out there is Christianity, and they can freely express their religious beliefs but if some non-Christian person comes along and tries to do the same, the non-Christian person gets attacked and told they worship false Gods and they're going to hell and yada yada.

I'm not a Christian and I have not been since the age of 18. I'm 36 now and have done a lot of searching, digging, researching, experiencing, learning, etc, and I have found something that works for me. And it is real. It's a real religion.

Most people operate on a level of not even knowing what "religion" means to begin with.

Well, there it is. The question was put out there, and that's my honest answer.

[lovehound]

Oh, I think I should add that no one should take that post personally, I just get so frustrated about it. It really hurts, very deeply. I know it probably seemed like an attacking post, but do try and understand why it pains me so. Like anyone else who feels they have found something beautiful, I have urges to share this with others, and when my gift is treated with disdain, it's a serious oucher. Make sense?

[twyrch]

What makes my blood boil can be contained in this post:

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How to Please Your I.T. Department
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When you call us to have your computer moved, besure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children's art. We don't have a life, and
we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours.

Don't write anything down. Ever. We can play back the error messages from here.

When an I.T. person says he's coming right over, go for coffee. That way you won't be there when we need your password. It's nothing for us to remember 700 screen saver passwords.

When you call the help desk, state what you want, not what is keeping you from getting it. We don't need to know that you can't get into your mail because your computer won't power on at all.

When I.T. support sends you an E-Mail with high importance, delete it at once. We're just testing.

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Send urgent email all in uppercase. The mail server picks it up and flags it as a rush delivery.

When the photocopier doesn't work, call computer support. There's electronics in it.

When you're getting a NO DIAL TONE message at home, call computer support. We can fix your telephone line from here.

When you have a dozen old computer screens to get rid of, call computer support. We're collectors.

When something's wrong with your home PC, dump it on an I.T. person's chair with no name, no phone number and no description of the problem. We love a puzzle.

When an I.T. person tells you that computer screens don't have cartridges in them, argue. We love a good argument.

When an I.T. person tells you that he'll be there shortly, reply in a scathing tone of voice: "And just how many weeks do you mean by shortly?" That motivates us.

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If the mouse cable keeps knocking down the framed picture of your dog, lift the computer and stuff the cable under it. Mouse cables were designed to have 20kg of computer sitting on top of them.

If the space bar on your keyboard doesn't work, blame it on the mail upgrade. Keyboards are actually very happy with half a pound of muffin crumbs and nail clippings in them.

When you get a message saying "Are you sure?" click on that Yes button as fast as you can. Hell, if you weren't sure, you wouldn't be doing it, would you?

When you find an I.T. person on the phone with his bank, sit uninvited on the corner of his desk and stare at him until he hangs up. We don't have any money to speak of anyway.

Feel perfectly free to say things like "I don't know nothing about that computer crap". We don't mind at all hearing our area of professional expertise referred to as crap.

When you need to change the toner cartridge in a printer, call I.T. support. Changing a toner cartridge is an extremely complex task, and Hewlett-Packard recommends that it be performed only by a professional engineer with a master's degree in nuclear physics.

When something's the matter with your computer, ask your secretary to call the help desk. We enjoy the challenge of having to deal with a third party who doesn't know anything about the problem.

When you receive a 30mb (huge) movie file, send it to everyone as a mail attachment. We've got lots of disk space on that mail server.

Don't even think of breaking large print jobs down into smaller chunks. Somebody else might get a chance to squeeze a memo into the queue.

When you lose your car keys, send an email to the entire company. People out in Pofadder like to keep abreast of what's going on.

When you bump into an I.T. person at the grocery store on a Saturday, ask a computer question. We do weekends.

Don't bother to tell us when you move computers around on your own. Computer names are just a cosmetic feature.

When you bring your own personal home PC for repair at the office, leave the documentation at home. We'll find all the settings and drivers somewhere.