Things That Annoy You

[Art Vandelay]

Fuck you, the erasure of men people is nothing to joke about, you privileged oppressor.

[Ultimate Paragon]

People who get defend jokes about minorities but suddenly become really sensitive when a joke about white/men poeple is made.

Me, I determine whether a joke like that is acceptable by its actual content, not who the target is.

[Askold]

People who get defend jokes about minorities but suddenly become really sensitive when a joke about white/men poeple is made.

Me, I determine whether a joke like that is acceptable by its actual content, not who the target is.

I think the point was about people who only complain about jokes that hit close to home and will accept any other jokes as long as they are making fun of "others."

[I am lizard]

People who get defend jokes about minorities but suddenly become really sensitive when a joke about white/men poeple is made.

Me, I determine whether a joke like that is acceptable by its actual content, not who the target is.

I think the point was about people who only complain about jokes that hit close to home and will accept any other jokes as long as they are making fun of "others."

What askold said.
If you want to laught at jokes about minorities that's fine, but you can't cry bitch and moan when someone makes fun of people like you.

[RavynousHunter]

Some mothafucka on Fanfic.net accused me of plagiarizing a story I've never even read.  Didn't ask if I'd read the story, didn't ask if I knew the author, just outright said I was copying someone else's shit.  Fuckin insult if ever there was one...

[Veras]

I'm trying to finish my thesis this week.  I've been working on it for years, and it's due at the end of August.  I've collected all of the data, and I just need to run the model and write up the results.  To do this, I need access to SPSS, which is (theoretically) available for free for a 2 week trial period, which is plenty of time.

Here are the steps that I've gone through to try to get it, and why each one has failed.

1.  Tried to download it on Chrome (need Java, Chrome and Java don't work)
2.  Tried to download it on Firefox (Firefox is fucked up and laggy)
3.  Tried to fix Firefox (updates and solutions didn't work)
4.  Tried to download SPSS on IE (Java is out of date)
5.  Updated Java, tried to download SPSS again on IE (Java is out of date)
6.  Switched back to Firefox, even though it took 20 minutes to fill out their 12 question download form (Java is disabled)
7.  Enabled Java, successfully downloaded after spending another 20 minutes on the stupid form
8.  Attempted to install three times, failed every time without explanation
9.  Got pissed off, gave up... came back a few hours later, attempted another install, and it worked for no reason
10.  Joyously opened SPSS and attempted to copy my data into an SPSS dataset.  (failed due to error with license)
11.  Checked license, it's valid
12.  Checked SPSS troubleshooting, found and implemented solution (twice, because the first time it didn't even pretend to work).
13.  Opened SPSS again, failed due to error with license.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!  Seriously, I just need it to run a couple of simple crosstabs and one goddamn regression.  I am now in the process of uninstalling SPSS 18, for which I had a paid subscription in 2011, hoping that its presence on my computer is somehow interfering with SPSS 23, which I should be able to freely use for two weeks.  Obviously, that's not going to work, because there's no reason that it should, and nothing in this process has worked correctly even when there's no reason that it shouldn't.

My wife suggested that I buy it, but since I'm not technically enrolled in any courses, I can't get the $150 year long subscription, I would have to pay $2500 for a year of the cheapest version.  This price is particularly steep considering that the evidence seems to indicate that I won't be able to open it anyway.

YAY!!!!

[Random Gal]

Due to my issues in keeping a relationship going (most attempts end within the first week due to me accidentally violating some social boundary that I'm supposed to instinctively know is there; see here and here) and my being 2-4 years shy of the average marriage age with nothing to show for it but a trail of failures, I have discovered that I literally cannot be around a happy young couple close to my age without getting sick from bitterness and resentment.

And please don't tell me that being single is better or that relationships are overrated or anything like that. I've heard it a million times before and all it has done is hold me back.

[Veras]

I'm trying to finish my thesis this week.  I've been working on it for years, and it's due at the end of August.  I've collected all of the data, and I just need to run the model and write up the results.  To do this, I need access to SPSS, which is (theoretically) available for free for a 2 week trial period, which is plenty of time.

Here are the steps that I've gone through to try to get it, and why each one has failed.

1.  Tried to download it on Chrome (need Java, Chrome and Java don't work)
2.  Tried to download it on Firefox (Firefox is fucked up and laggy)
3.  Tried to fix Firefox (updates and solutions didn't work)
4.  Tried to download SPSS on IE (Java is out of date)
5.  Updated Java, tried to download SPSS again on IE (Java is out of date)
6.  Switched back to Firefox, even though it took 20 minutes to fill out their 12 question download form (Java is disabled)
7.  Enabled Java, successfully downloaded after spending another 20 minutes on the stupid form
8.  Attempted to install three times, failed every time without explanation
9.  Got pissed off, gave up... came back a few hours later, attempted another install, and it worked for no reason
10.  Joyously opened SPSS and attempted to copy my data into an SPSS dataset.  (failed due to error with license)
11.  Checked license, it's valid
12.  Checked SPSS troubleshooting, found and implemented solution (twice, because the first time it didn't even pretend to work).
13.  Opened SPSS again, failed due to error with license.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!  Seriously, I just need it to run a couple of simple crosstabs and one goddamn regression.  I am now in the process of uninstalling SPSS 18, for which I had a paid subscription in 2011, hoping that its presence on my computer is somehow interfering with SPSS 23, which I should be able to freely use for two weeks.  Obviously, that's not going to work, because there's no reason that it should, and nothing in this process has worked correctly even when there's no reason that it shouldn't.

My wife suggested that I buy it, but since I'm not technically enrolled in any courses, I can't get the $150 year long subscription, I would have to pay $2500 for a year of the cheapest version.  This price is particularly steep considering that the evidence seems to indicate that I won't be able to open it anyway.

YAY!!!!

Finally managed to get access to SPSS, and the independent variable in my model is statistically insignificant.  Which means that the final third of my paper could be summarized as, "Nope..."

[Zygarde]

So my 12 year old cousin managed to download 4 Trojans and 63 other programs onto my aunt's computer and I had to spend the better half of an hour removing them. The worst part is I'm not done by a goddamn long-shot.

[RavynousHunter]

Did ya smack the shit out of him?

[Zygarde]

No but he is banned from using any computers in the house.

[Art Vandelay]

How did he even manage that? Did he Google "cool toolbars for Internet Explorer" and just download everything on the first ten pages?

[mellenORL]

He must've been cruising around the free porn and click bait sites.

[Zygarde]

He was looking for free copy of Spore and went to a Trojan laden website.

[ironbite]

When you sneeze and pull something.

Ironbite-in this case, my lower back.