The ranting thinking thread

[LordOfDarkness]

@therogis

Wow what an absolute jackass. So because he can’t see anything wrong automatically means that there’s nothing wrong. So what about hundreds of different conditions that you can’t see just by looking? Those don’t exist, right.

And if it’s a self-esteem discussion then maybe he should have been, y’know, more helpful and encouraging. What a jerk.

 

[therogis]

And if it’s a self-esteem discussion then maybe he should have been, y’know, more helpful and encouraging. What a jerk.

Exactly! The whole discussion was started by someone who really suffers her condition so bad that she really stays at home and avoids all social situations. I tried to help her by telling my story and about my own difficulties, which have been pretty similar, but then this little jerk showed up to tell that I (or we, including the one who started the discussion) can't really be suffering for this because he can't see the problem. I don't really mind anymore if he doesn't believe me, but I can't stop wondering if his words affected the person who started the discussion in the first place. I really tried to help her and I feel like this dumbass just made it worse for her.

 

[ef9dante_oSsshea]

It's just like my own condition , unless I'm wearing tight clothes or shorts and a t-shirt you can't see my muscle fasciculations or spasms , you can see the myclonic jerks in my fingers but I hide them well

And unless people see me with a crutch for all they know I am perfectly normal

Screw that guy for his ignorance , nobody knows what's going on with you but you

 

[therogis]

As I'm finally in full health I wrote down my to-do -list, since I didn't bother to think that much about studying when I was ill (which was a huge mistake).
The list looks like this:

"legal english exam 9th April, 10 chapters to study, none of them done
climate law exam 9th April, 600 pages to study, none of them familiar
group work must be complete 11th April, no idea how long is it gonna take or where to start
comments on writing club must be completed 11th April
commercial law task deadline 15th April, 10 essay questions, none of them done yet
family and inheritance law exam 15th April, 700 pages to study
German lessons every Thursday, remember homework"

So I guess no more DMC for me for a while... also I'm considering getting myself banned on here because I'd rather just explore the forum than study lol. (Seriously, I should be sitting at my desk studying my brains out but instead of that I'm writing this message)

Yeah, I'm in a huge trouble. So freakin' huge that I'm just thinking I'm not gonna make it anyway, so I won't bother at all. Which doesn't really help me with this since I need to get those study credits. I also hate that fact that I have to skip something for now because it's not really possible to handle all those tasks, but I don't know what to skip.

I'm gonna disconnect my Internet cable now and go sit in the corner. I won't allow myself to do anything else than just stare at the wall until I accept that in order to get those credits, I really have to do something for that. Let's see how long am I going to be entertained enough with the wall...

// Yay I got something done, I've deserved a bit fun \o/

 

[LordOfDarkness]

So my council tax bill for last year was £194.51 and I set up a direct debit with the council for the 1st of every month and the £194.51 was due on the 31st March.

I ring them up to change that to the 22nd because I didn’t fancy having £194.51 and £97 come out of my account all around the same date.

Anyway it gets changed and she advises me over the phone to pay the £194.51 before the 31st March which I pay on the 29th when I’m paid.

No problems right? Wrong.

They take £194.51 out from my account again on the 1st. I ring the council up finding out why they took the payment when I’d already paid and she tells me she can only write a memo about the problem and it’ll take up to three weeks to get the money back.

Three weeks.

3 weeks.

T H R E E...FUDGIN’....WEEKS!!!

So I then ring my bank and explain the entire situation to them and I get my money back to me in less than an hour.

oop:oop:oop:oop:oop: - That’s what I think of your three fūcking weeks, North Somerset Council.

 

[ef9dante_oSsshea]

Private and council rent sucks ,the council sucks too and so do their taxes and charges

All that money and roads still full of potholes and empty houses all over while people sleep rough on streets

Makes me glad I own my land and home outright

Rend is such dead money

Hope u get reimbursed lod

 

[Angel]

Your bill is £194 for the entire year?

That's...amazing. Mine's £146 a month.

 

[LordOfDarkness]

Your bill is £194 for the entire year?

That's...amazing. Mine's £146 a month.

I should’ve been clearer I’m referring to January-April 2018. Me and my fiancée moved into our flat the end of January. The bill was for those months not the entire year.

 

[Angel]

That makes far more sense. Probably should have been able to figure that out...

 

[LordOfDarkness]

That makes far more sense. Probably should have been able to figure that out...

To be fair I never properly stated lol

Either way I was too ****ed about the issue when I typed that which is why I didn’t clarify that.

Funny thing is it’s all cool for our Council Tax to hike up in price but we have poor local bus services, Black bins/recycling waste management is poor and the icing on the cake is we have a seriously crap hospital with no overnight A&E. But suuuuuuure I’m “happy” to pay more for all these shït badly run services.

 

[Angel]

Our town doesn't even have a hospital - and our nearest A&E was closed down overnight so if we want to go anywhere in an emergency, it's a loooong trip.

So many services are gone and it sucks. Jake (my middle child) needs speech and language therapy but budget cuts meant he's had none for the last two years and it'll be a battle for us to get anything for him. My youngest has a minimum 6 month waiting list for his therapy, my daughter got zero help when she was unwell and when I needed MICATS (they deal with bones and joints and shiz) they never actually received my referral so I had to just wait out my sciatica until I could walk upright again.

And the sad thing is, it's not the fault of the NHS. Or even, sometimes, the local council. The powers that be take away with one hand and take away some more with the other. But they are well-paid, have private healthcare and enjoy the best of the best for their families.

I love the town I live in, genuinely, but you can see it's just losing the will to live sometimes. When people come into the shop and start talking, they reminisce about how it used to be so lively and vibrant and now it's all charity shops, tea rooms and hairdressers. The council make it pretty much un-affordable to rent premises as a business and even the market stalls are expensive and tie you into commitments that aren't always feasible. No one puts money in but they sure as hell keep taking it out in taxes and rates.

 

[therogis]

I should really really REALLY study and I had a good pace with that already, but now my neighbors started to fight AGAIN. It happens at least once a week. As they're shouting and screaming and throwing stuff on their walls I can't really do anything that requires even a bit of concentration, I'm just trying to keep myself busy with chatting people and maybe listening to some music to cover all that noise and avoid anxiety.
Especially when I'm home alone, hearing them fight makes me panic very easily, that's because I've had my share of things like that in my childhood.

I would like to just tell them to get a f*cking divorce or something, I can't stand this anymore, not this frequently. At least I would like them to solve their disputes like grown-up people :banghead:

I was considering getting out of here and going to the library but it's not an option, the air is so dry there, so I would just cough all the time. *hears a loud bang* Aw crap, I'll just get my headphones...

Considering going for a walk too but I can't really step out of this apartment anymore, I'm too anxious already, I would just go crazy walking through the hallway and hearing them shout just behind one single door

/ lol so many mistakes, I can't really concentrate at all, forgive me

 

[Dante's Stalker]

Great. It's nearly 5am. The pain still hasn't gone. I don't know how I'm going to do today. The kids will have to fend for themselves.

 

[LordOfDarkness]

@Angel

That is absolutely atrocious concerning your hospital situation as well as the issues for your children receiving the therapy they require.

It feels like that here where I live. People always speak about how great the Town was before and now it’s also just coffee shops/cafes, charity shops, mobile phone shops everywhere and hairdressers as well. Besides the main supermarkets there is nowhere decent to shop to like clothes shopping or entertainment etc.

 

[Angel]

Aye, it is crazy - but it's the same all over the country, it seems. Unless you can go private, or somehow diddle the system to queue jump (something I just won't do on principle), you're left to it. And whilst I understand, I also get frustrated like any other person would.

Current rant: It ain't my fault you didn't think this through and are now regretting your most recent ridiculous purchases. Bank of Mother isn't going to help you out now, my dear.

 

[ItWasAnEggTimer]

Woke up to the sounds of my neighbor having their roof done, and a couple minutes later I heard a loud scream and then a thud, so I figured "oh no, the guy must've fallen off the roof, I gotta make sure he's okay!" and when I pushed my blinds aside to check, my arm hit a souvenir I got 8 months ago and knocked it off the cabinet it was on, breaking it. When I looked down at the ground, there was nobody there, and the guy was still standing on the roof. Turns out he was just throwing some stuff off while screaming like a madman for absolutely no reason, so now the souvenir broke for nothing just because this guy yells because he feels like it.

 

[LordOfDarkness]

Shut the frick up!

Every couple of weeks or so the people living behind us hold some damn house party that lasts literally all night long. I wouldn’t bloody mind if it only went on for a little while but no it’s throughout the entire night making sleep practically impossible.

On a couple of occasions we’ve heard them screaming and shouting at 4 in the morning and even reported it to the council that couldn’t care less.

Now seems tonight is another party night for them and I really didn’t get a lot of sleep yesterday so I’m on the verge of renting my own bulldozer and knocking their fūcking house down if they keep me awake tonight.

 

[therogis]

It's the parliamentary election day in Finland and Facebook is asking Finnish people to "share that you have voted". 15 000 people have already used that feature.

Like... what?! Are you seriously that stupid?
That feature is NOT there just as a good-will gesture, it's for DATA COLLECTION! If any other profitable business, say for instance Nokia, called me and asked "hey, did you vote", the first thing I would say would be "wtf, that's none of your business" and I think that's what the majority of people would say. But when Facebook does that exact same thing, they're just like "Yeah I did, let everybody know" and they really think that there's nothing weird in that!

For me this is a very, VERY questionable feature in the sense of modern democratic society. Facebook makes it so easy to tell everyone that you've voted, hence it will be easy to point out those who DON'T use that feature.

Besides, by using that feature people are handing out information about their political views to be sold for someone else. Think about that, my friends. :banghead:

 

[Foxtrot94]

Article title: "The Last of Us 2, the final scene moved the whole staff to tears".

God I'm so tired of the gaming industry and the press alongside it becoming more and more akin to the cinematic environment. Look at that title. If I didn't know TLOU2 is a videogame, I'd think the article is about a ****ing movie.

For ****'s sake. Stop trying to emulate cinema, goddammit. Make more gamey ass games, please!

 

[V's patron]

A comment about Nero being the future of the series got me "bothered". It brought out my inner butthurt fanboy. We all have one (even you).

Mine reminds me of the Obama anger translator sketch from Key and Poole.