RANT THREAD.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » May 16th, 2008, 8:28

Yeah, and I downloaded different drivers from Creative too, and between them and a fair bit of swearing and muttering under my breath, it worked. So far.

Thanks.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 16th, 2008, 8:34

Hurrah!

friznit · Post by **friznit** » May 16th, 2008, 11:53

Me vs Office Daily Mail Reader:

ODMR: "OMG the situation in Burma is terrible, we should do more!"

Me: "I agree, but I think our government's doing all it can under the circumstances"

ODMR: "No! We should do much more! This is mass genocide!"

Me: "Well, beyond invading Burma and deposing the Junta I think our hands are rather tied, given they're deliberately blocking entry to foreign aid"

ODMR: "I bet if this was Iraq we would invade. We always invade when they have something we want...like, Kosovo and stuff"

Me: "This isn't Iraq. Nor is it Kosovo. They're not about to launch nukes at us, there's no sectarian violence, and the UN has not been invited to mediate"

ODMR: "But we went into Kosovo! And Iraq!"

Me: "Slightly different situation"

ODMR: "BUT WE SHOULD DO MORE"

Me: "OK. What do you suggest?"

ODMR: "I don't know! If they had oil we'd invade! Like in Iraq!"

Me: "Look. Stop bringing up Iraq. It's a totally different situation. Burma isn't a massively destabilising influence in the far east with a proven track record of mass genocide using weapons of mass destruction and a publicly announced intent to rid the world of western infidels. We're not about to bomb them into the stone age, that would be a bit heartless given they've just had a turn of bad weather."

ODMR: "It's terrible! We need to help these people!"

Me: "I bet you voted in favour of the fox hunting ban"

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 16th, 2008, 15:48

There's no fucking way I'm reading six pages of this, my brain will melt and I'll turn into a Rage Zombie off 28 Days Later. I hope you all behaved.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » May 16th, 2008, 16:02

Dog Pants wrote:There's no fucking way I'm reading six pages of this, my brain will melt and I'll turn into a Rage Zombie off 28 Days Later. I hope you all behaved.

They all behaved and maybe even some problems of the world were solved.

Post by **Roman Totale** » May 18th, 2008, 10:30

News stories like this give me the rage, especially given that it was on the 'World News' front page:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7406336.stm

"Doherty and Winehouse, two of the UK's most adored musicians"

Fuck you BBC, fuck you.

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » May 18th, 2008, 10:43

Roman Totale wrote:News stories like this give me the rage, especially given that it was on the 'World News' front page:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7406336.stm

"Doherty and Winehouse, two of the UK's most adored musicians"

Fuck you BBC, fuck you.

LOL!!!! AMII WINEOUSE! WAT A LEGERND11!!!

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » May 18th, 2008, 10:44

Ami Winehouses! LEGEND!!11!!?!

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 18th, 2008, 11:40

Roman Totale wrote:News stories like this give me the rage, especially given that it was on the 'World News' front page:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7406336.stm

"Doherty and Winehouse, two of the UK's most adored musicians"

Fuck you BBC, fuck you.

There's so much wrong with that. Firstly, "adored"? By the media maybe, not particularly by the public. Secondly, why the fuck are they quoting YouTube comments? What sort of news is that? My opinion is that many journalists are lazy opportunists who have little regard for the truth. Sort of like those ambulance chasing solicitors. The BBC seem to have more and more of them.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » May 18th, 2008, 11:55

Here's one that always gets my goat

Bad Journalism

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 18th, 2008, 12:00

Pfffft. Emo is a secret underground cult with a belief system and evil agenda to make teenagers kill themselves. Of course it is.

Fucking hell, the Daily Mail need to find these kids and get them to run the country, 'cos they make them sound a hell of a lot more organised than the government is.

Post by **HereComesPete** » May 18th, 2008, 12:30

These little fucks aren't even proper emo's. They listen to fallout boy and my chemical romance, mumbling about how no one listens, if they spoke up a bit someone might! But then they'd just tell you to shut the fuck up again.

One of the best things is that people who regard themselves as proper emo's hate the pop-emo kids. As far as they're concerned all these little fucks have ruined the image. They just get angry and smash stuff, the whole kissing each other and wearing loads of make-up has made it the joke it is today.

Post by **HereComesPete** » May 18th, 2008, 12:35

HA FUCKING HA HAHAHAH HAHAHA

I can barely breathe after reading this gem -

Crazy Daily Mail journo wrote:Only after her death would they discover how she had secretly chatted online to emo followers all over the world, talking about death and of the "black parade" — a place where emos believe they go after they die.

It's the next left after the elephant graveyards of africa...

Anery · Post by **Anery** » May 18th, 2008, 13:09

Jeyzyz! do the Daily Alarmists never listen?

On another musically themed rant:

Fucking kids and crowd control at gigs!!!1!
Firday night was at a Holloways gig in Hell, normally I don't really venture too near the front to avoid mosh pits, but this being the Holloways and they really are not angry music makers in the least so we headed toward the front of the stage. 5 minutes after the band starting a group of about 20 kids started throwing themselves all over the crowd, annoying the fuck out of me and just about everyone else in the crowd. Several of them were punched and told to sort themselves out but the continued and the 'crowd control' did nothing. At one point my GF was knocked off her feet, at which point I - in full view of the bouncers - grabbed hold of one of the little shits by his collar and started screaming in his face that if anyone came near me or her again I would ***** (not sure what I said it was violent but I can't remember was in such a rage)
At one point the band were appealing to everyone to stop fighting and throwing each other about like idiots - nobody listened. I left the area about the stage and retreated with my battered GF to a safe distance back. But what pissed me off apart from the little bastards doing it was that the bouncers/crowd control/wthaever were doing nothing. One girl suffered a broken ankle in the crush, still nothing. If bouncers and doormen at nightclubs and pubs have to be licesnsed and trained then why do stewards at gigs not have to do anything, how the fuck were those shits allowed to get away with it when ejecting 3/4 of the instigators would have stopped the situation (and given those of us who smoke something to do when we are outside)

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 18th, 2008, 13:25

HereComesPete wrote:One of the best things is that people who regard themselves as proper emo's hate the pop-emo kids. As far as they're concerned all these little fucks have ruined the image. They just get angry and smash stuff, the whole kissing each other and wearing loads of make-up has made it the joke it is today.

Couldn't that be said about pretty much any music scene? There are always the hardcore elitists who think anyone who joined the scene after it became mainstream are just lightweights or pop-<insert>, and the johnny-come-latelys who wear the clothes and have the haircuts and listen to the chart stuff, but don't really know or care where it came from. Neither are any better than the other in my opinion though.

Post by **HereComesPete** » May 18th, 2008, 13:27

Fully agree. I've been to loads of gigs where it's face melting metal and the whole crowd go apeshit.

That's fine, but when I go to stoner rock/electronica stuff and there's little bastards at the front with their older chaperone off somewhere they bounce around like they've been popping pear drops and annoy the fuck out of everyone. No-one else bounces like that because it's just not music that you do that with, they must have some sort of internal soundtrack of heavy kick drums and the taste of blood. I've only ever seen one get thrown out, I guess stewards think because they paid they have the right, even though every fucker else paid too but they don't.

Also, when I go to gigs at carling academy newcastle, I end up paying 3.50+ for a pint of carling, if you want actual lager it's 4 quid a pint or more. The pub just next door to the academy is one that has deals for £1.50 a pint, buy a meal get a pint for 50p etc, but the fuckers at the academy won't even let you out once your in. No pass-outs even for smokers, no hand stamps or ticket use, just get told to fuck off. That drives me insane.

I smoke a fair amount and by the time the band I was actually there to see (dillinger escape plan) came on I couldn't concentrate properly for the nicotine cravings. What made it even more annoying is that all the stewards where male, so all the ladies that wanted to smoke just went into the toilets and sparked up.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » May 18th, 2008, 14:14

Ah gigs. DragonForce at Brum Carling Academy, no proper fight pit iirc, just lots of head banging and rock fingers.

The Enemy in Carling Brum, not really a proper mosh either, lots of bouncing.

Placebo in Nottingham, proper full on mosh pit and fighting.

Rather odd that.

Post by **Roman Totale** » May 18th, 2008, 14:58

I've been stood near some weird people at gigs. At Kings of Leon there was one girl popping E's and dancing about like she was at a rave - didn't quite fit in with the music being played. This was off near the sides of the venue (Gmex) where there was loads of space, but she still had the uncanny knack of dancing on everyones feet.

I got the rage at Queens of the Stone Age gig, not because of wild crazy moshing, but because in a packed venue that was pretty much like a sauna, there was bloke stood in front of me with a huge overcoat and a beany hat - he didn't remove them all night. Throughout the concert all I could think was "how can you not be fucking boiling your tits off you fucking freak?!". Small things, large rage.

Still, I think the wildest mosh pit I've ever seen was at a Morrissey concert. Seriously.

Post by **HereComesPete** » May 18th, 2008, 15:54

buzzmong wrote:...The Enemy in Carling Brum, not really a proper band ...

Fix'd.

Post by **HereComesPete** » May 18th, 2008, 16:11

Dog Pants wrote:stuff

True. But 'proper' emo was 80's American punk, very upbeat and shouty and absolutely nothing like the new stuff. Then came indie emo with fugazi, but even then they regarded themselves as punk rock. That's now gone because they all lost the emo bit and kept the indy.

Both fans of the new stuff and fans of the old stuff insist that the new stuff isn't emo, it's the kids that have no clue, and the record labels that pander to them that keep it going. Even the forerunners of modern emo say they aren't emo bands.

But of course if a lot of people use the term emo on bands that aren't emo, they are emo through the eyes of general society.