Rant VII: Now With 25% Less Drama

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makare said:
Well Facebook would be pretty annoying if it were nothing but various groups raising funds. Facebook is a system for interacting with people socially so doing simple social things like that (which I did) makes sense on Facebook. Knowing is half the battle and those little things help with knowing.


If you are at a Child Abuse and Neglect seminar talking about the things people have done to help kids and raise awareness and someone smugly says, "well I changed my profile pic on Facebook", then that's something I would see as something worth getting upset about.

Although I feel similarly about people who shave their heads when someone they know gets cancer. I think that is one of the most absurd things in the world. But whatever makes people feel better I guess.
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Sorry, it's not so much the just the people who will post about it, though that does bother me a bit to be sure. Rather the people who boast as if they've made some great contribution are the major offenders in my eyes. Should have been more specific. I do understand that awareness is an issue, especially in some more obscure cases, I just feel there are more productive ways to go about it. At least with poppies and support the troops ribbons you generally have to donate something which both promotes awareness AND helps the cause, however minutely.


Also, I'm very sorry for what you're being put through and what your uncle is going through Little Sin.
 
Krisken

Krisken

The ones that bother me are the really misinformed political messages. I just want to say "Hey asshole, I ignore your email messages filled with this crap, why would I want to read it here?"
 
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makare

I admit that some of these facebook awareness things really confuse the hell out of me.


"Post this in your status if you are against SIDS"

the hell!?
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

makare said:
I admit that some of these facebook awareness things really confuse the hell out of me.


"Post this in your status if you are against SIDS"

the hell!?
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A family member posted something like this.

I love my family...but I really had to hold my fingers back from questioning this one. I mean....what the hell? Really?
 
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makare

It was especially confusing for me because people in MY family were posting it and my aunt lost an infant to SIDS just last year. It was mind boggling.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

How could he check himself out? Presumably he was admitted following his suicide attempt? This should be followed up by an involuntary admission for evaluation... Canada can't be THAT different with regards to mental health. He should be on a 72-hour hold... Or maybe I mis-read what happened.

LS, I wish you strength and the best of luck in bringing this to a peaceful resolution.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

Apparently, the cops were called but since he hadn't actually done anything to harm himself or something, they could only 'talk' to him. So he went and checked himself into the facility in lieu of the cops taking him. Since he checked himself in, he could check himself out.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Ah, yeah, that makes sense (as much as it can in this scenario, that is). I have to hear an overt admission of willingness to harm yourself or others before I can involuntarily admit.

I hope he reins himself in enough to talk to someone soon, LS...
 
Adam

Adam

Far said:
And what the fuck is awareness anyway? EVERYONE knows that these diseases and problems exist, by posting some convoluted message in your update, or with some of them just changing your profile picture, you have effectively done the absolute smallest amount of effort yielding, I'd wager, no benefit for the cause you are trying to promote. It's lazy ass people trying to feel better about themselves without actually doing shit all. If they really wanted to help out raising money, donating or volunteering would be a much more sensible method. That would require them getting off their asses and actually contributing though.

Movember is another one of these awareness campaigns that kind of tick me off as well
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While I appreciate he sentiment, I really do have to comment on the Movember thing. Obviously I'm not completely unbiased on this but the lack of awareness around mens cancer issues is astounding. Testicular cancer is most common between the ages of 15 and 35. If even one guy checked his balls a little more closely while playing around done there because of something he read on Facebook, then the awareness part worked. Sure everyone could go out and donate time and money but there sre so many causes out there, do many different groups that doing something different, like Movember, targeting the specific group most at risk, makes sense. One guy i grew up with was nailed with testicular cancer at 14. Only through blind luck did it get caught in time. The fact that you're even talking and complaining about it here shows that awareness has risen, and to cancer fighters, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
 
Dave

Dave

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My wife changed my avatar in Facebook for some cause. I don't even know what cause it is but now I'm the Scooby Doo Crew.
 
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makare

It's most likely the child abuse awareness one. Which seems to upset people on a visceral level for some reason. I get so tired of people bitching about facebook, the games, the awareness, "liking" stuff... honestly if you do not like facebook log the fuck off.

It's really starting to infuriate me.
 
Far

Far

My movember rant does not in any way hold the same credence as the ones regarding the other issues and I should have made that more clear. With movember there is actually something being done by a very large subset of the population which is both amiable and to be commended for sure.

My point of contention mostly stems from the people who take these profile and status things, like changing your profile picture to a cartoon character (this apparently started in Greece and had nothing to do with child abuse.), and spinning them in order to make themselves look better or in an effort to make others feel worse. These are generally never explained by anyone so I can't see how they help to raise awareness much when no one knows what they're for. Someone within my circle of friends was repeatedly called an ignorant buffoon yesterday for daring to question what changing your picture has to do with child abuse. I totally understand that these things can and do help. I just see it from the same people repeatedly who have never lifted a finger in their lives in the name of altruism aside from these things and then seem to have the audacity to berate others.

makare said:
It's most likely the child abuse awareness one. Which seems to upset people on a visceral level for some reason. I get so tired of people bitching about facebook, the games, the awareness, "liking" stuff... honestly if you do not like facebook log the fuck off.

It's really starting to infuriate me.
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I don't even like facebook, however, having moved across the country a few years ago it is definitely the most efficient means of keeping in touch with my friends back home. I think what I really need to do is a pruning of my friends list.
 
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makare

Far said:
My movember rant does not in any way hold the same credence as the ones regarding the other issues and I should have made that more clear. With movember there is actually something being done by a very large subset of the population which is both amiable and to be commended for sure.

My point of contention mostly stems from the people who take these profile and status things, like changing your profile picture to a cartoon character (this apparently started in Greece and had nothing to do with child abuse.), and spinning them in order to make themselves look better or in an effort to make others feel worse. These are generally never explained by anyone so I can't see how they help to raise awareness much when no one knows what they're for. Someone within my circle of friends was repeatedly called an ignorant buffoon yesterday for daring to question what changing your picture has to do with child abuse. I totally understand that these things can and do help. I just see it from the same people repeatedly who have never lifted a finger in their lives in the name of altruism aside from these things and then seem to have the audacity to berate others.

makare said:
It's most likely the child abuse awareness one. Which seems to upset people on a visceral level for some reason. I get so tired of people bitching about facebook, the games, the awareness, "liking" stuff... honestly if you do not like facebook log the fuck off.

It's really starting to infuriate me.
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I don't even like facebook, however, having moved across the country a few years ago it is definitely the most efficient means of keeping in touch with my friends back home. I think what I really need to do is a pruning of my friends list.
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I didn't really mean you because as I understand it your problem isn't with facebook but with the people who do the least possible thing and act like they are St Francis of Assisi. That annoys me too.
 
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makare

I've spent hours trying to rid my laptop of a virus. :( This is a serious rant because I need my laptop for my final Monday morning.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

*sighs* So I'm over due on the power bill by 200.00...this is stupidity on my part. I pay via my bank..but I have been putting in the wrong account, so all those fucking payments have been going to my ISP, not the power company becuase I'm a dumb ass.

My power is going to be cut off by Friday if I don't pay. There goes Christmas.
 
strawman

strawman

Espy said:
Don't they have laws against cutting things like power and heat during the winter up there?
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In Michigan they are required to put notice on the front door some time prior to disconnection, so that in cases of landlords not paying, or having the wrong address on file the actual people living there have a week or three to resolve the issue.

Usually the first disconnection notice appears in the mail at least one month prior to disconnection.

In most cases as long as the homeowner makes contact, sets up a payment schedule, and sticks to it (or starts the process to apply for heating credits - basically food stamps for heating), then the power company does not disconnect them.

But every state is different.

It should also be noted that there's going to be a lot of friction as power companies offer online statements. Some companies won't send notices in the mail if the customer has signed up for online statements.
 
Piotyr

Piotyr

I really hate being stressed out about money. I need to find a way to spend less on non-essentials (cable, phone, internet, cell phone), because cost of essentials (gas, water, electricity, house) keeps going up, and my salary has been frozen now for 3 years. Two car problems and family issues later, and the buffer is gone. Now I'm just hoping we can make it to tax refund time, thanks to the tax cut extension (which, though not necessarily good for the country long term, are going to be very necessary for me in the short term).
 
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makare

Ok so the saga of my sister continues. She has been in jail for a few days and we finally found out why. Enjoy

She and that trashy ex-girlfriend of her's Kelly went to Walmart to buy air duster so Kelly could huff it. They bought it and then went back to Kelly's car, which was parked behind the store. Kelly was huffing her air duster when the cops showed up. Kelly gets arrested for that and being in control of a vehicle while intoxicated. She is going to go back to prison because she was on parole. The officer asked my sister if she had huffed. She said no, which miraculously turned out to be true, but she was searched and she had a bunch of pills on her. She got arrested on felony possession.

Her bail is 1000 dollars and she actually had the balls to ask my mom to pay it. Ha. Ha. Ha.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

Thanks for thee concern guys.

I got this figured out. It's still going to be tight this Christmas but I''ll get by. :) Thanks for the offer Hylian but I don't have to bum money from people yet.
 
Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

@LS: I'e been there, and not too far in the past, either. If I can help out for Giftmas, in lieu of money, lemme know.

@Makare: Bail of $1000 for felony possession of pills? Jeez, and I thought Chatham County was light on bail... that's a PITTANCE
 
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makare

Bail has to be reasonable. She is unemployed. I'm sure that is part of it.
 
Frank

Frank

It sounds like Canadian bail. Ours is always reasonable to make. if the JP doesn't want someone making bail, he just remands them.
 
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Jiarn

I feel you like you wouldn't believe LittleSin.

My phone bill is due (100), my Light Bill (100), and one credit card payment (50). My son's backpack was ruined by a spilled bottle of spoiled milk (20), my daughter could really use a good haircut (25 I'd do it but she really deserves a cute style, not a butcher block chop), their Xbox red ringed and there's a local guy doing it for us ($40 but he's going to wait till I have the cash to charge), and I've got $7 in my account till the 15th.

Yeah, I've been working alot of OT these past two weeks. -sigh-

(Just to those who may think my priorities are messed up by the dating I've been doing, I haven't paid for any of the outings. I've been asked out each time and most of the things we've done didn't cost me anything).
 
Piotyr

Piotyr

I apparently tore my left Achilles tendon ever so slightly shoveling snow last week. We're going to try the "just let it heal" approach to avoid expensive surgery.

In the meantime, OWWW!!
 
drifter

drifter

Piotyr said:
I apparently tore my left Achilles tendon ever so slightly shoveling snow last week. We're going to try the "just let it heal" approach to avoid expensive surgery. In the meantime, OWWW!!
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Bummer, dude. I tried that approach; it took me maybe four months? for it to heal up, but it took another two years or so before the lingering pain stopped. I'd say start exercising it when you can; towards the end I started running again, which is when my heel finally stopped bothering me.
 
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makare

Well, I think I'll be taking conlaw again next year. Aw well I guess.


Wish I hadn't already sold the book though. Damn!
 
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