Water Parks

You know what really grinds my gears?

Water parks. While these wild wacky places are meant to be fun, they are in fact... disgusting. These places are filled with millions of little kids running around barefoot (in their bathing suits). The water is gross and I am pretty sure that no matter how much chlorine they put in there, they still cant kill all of the germs. Also, just think of all of the pee in the water. EWWW (See South Park episode for more on this point: http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/251891)

In short they are kinda gross. I will stick with roller coasters, thank you.

Ticketmaster

You know what really grinds my gears?

Ticketmaster. Every time I try to purchase concert tickets, I get the ticketmaster run around. First with the pre sales. If you don't pay $50 or have a platinum amex card, you can't get good tickets. Once you go on at the exact time, you will be placed in a line that continues to get longer. A one minute wait becomes a five minute wait, as if thousands of people are cutting the line in front you. Afterwards, you are assigned a terrible seat. You may graciously accept it or let it go to get a worse seat. Then you get dinged with the fees. They charge you a "convenience charge" for being incredibly inconvenient. Then they charge you to print out your tickets.

They are obviously a monopoly and need to be shut down.

Unnecessary social networking sites.

You know what really grinds my gears?

Unnecessary social networking sites. Ok, I will say that some of these are just incredible, Like take Facebook for example. It is genius and has been an incredible tool for me with a lot of the work that I do.

But some of these are tools that are just abused. For example, I have to manage a Twitter account at my office and people share the stupidest shit. Like "My cat likes his new toy" or "OMG! LUV THE JoBro" or they will link to pointless websites. I sometimes wonder why our tax dollars are paying to have this archived by the government. In 1000 years, people will look back and be like, "Damn! Their lives were boring as fuck"

With that said, I absolutely hate FourSquare (4sq). This is a site that tracks you and tells all of your e-friends where you are at any given minute. Like really, i don't wanna know if you are at Trader Joe's, Penn Station or Planned Parenthood. have you ever stopped to think it may not be the best idea to publish your movements to people on the internet?

Mall Cops

You know what really grinds my gears?

Mall Cops. These individuals were so smart that they have entered the field of being rent-a-cops. I am not talking about the people who just work in malls, I am taking about people who are paid to be "security guards." These people range from Mall Cops to Wackenhuts to Gated Community Guards to the man who feels it necessary to pull me aside walking out of kmart with one box of laundry detergent.

Basically these are people who have absolutely no authority or legal power, and feel saddened by it, so they go out of their way to be as obnoxious and rude as they possibly can.

For anyone who has gone to college recently, I am sure you can remember the lovely encounters with campus police. These are some of the only people on the payroll who interact with students, yet, are too stupid to have a college degree. These individuals get a sort of sick pleasure of hassling students for presentation of ID cards or inconveniencing them and smiling while doing it. As Ms. Lindsey Kay Howard can attest to, these are the some of the smuggest SOB's out there.

Then, we have the mall cop. They single out teenagers because (Of course...) people in their 20s and older never steal. These people are too lazy to walk around the mall and use a segway to make their way through people. The Segway mall cop has a larger ego than most because he is slightly higher than everyone else. These people segway back and forth between the food court and main entrance which why they are often slightly over weight.

If you are from South Florida or LA, you may be familiar with the idea of a gated community. Essentially, people put giant signs on the entrance to their neighborhoods in the form of a gate that say the following: "We have cool stuff to steal". Anyway, these people feel that they are the police force with in the gates and will do things such as give tickets, ask for IDs and give you disapproving looks.

But what really grinds my gears is the following. Why are these people packing heat? Seriously, if you can't be a real cop (because they are just so smart too) why are you permitted to hold a gun?

Adderall Abuse

You know what really grinds my gears?

Adderall abuse. Ok people. I know college is competitive and stressful. I am a student at a half decent school. But this abuse has to stop. First off, selling people prescription drugs is not only highly illegal, but it can be dangerous.

Second, it is not fair to students like me who actually do the work with out the illicit use of drugs. If you cant focus for 8 hours straight, it doesnt mean you have ADD or ADHD, it means your a normal human being. Let me ask you a question: Do you think it is fair to use steroids in professional sports? Because I dont, and I dont think it is fair to abuse drugs like this in academia. Plan ahead, drink coffee and take a study break. What you are doing isn't fair and it is wrong.

Why is it that universities crack down so much on things like underage drinking and marajuana smoking when prescription drug abuse (20% according to the NYTimes) is much more dangerous and so prevalent?

So the next time you are thinking about buying "addy" from some drop out with a skateboard, please consider the following side effects of adderall:
Constipation; diarrhea; difficulty sleeping; dizziness; dry mouth; headache; loss of appetite; nausea; nervousness; restlessness; stomach pain or upset; unpleasant taste; vomiting; weight loss; Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); blurred vision; change in sexual ability or desire; chest pain; confusion; depression; fast or irregular heartbeat; fever; growth suppression; mental/mood changes; numbness or tingling in an arm or leg; one-sided weakness; painful or frequent urination; seizures; severe headache; severe stomach pain; severe weight loss; sudden severe dizziness, fainting, or vomiting; uncontrolled muscle movement; unusual weakness or tiredness; vision or speech changes; Palpitations, tachycardia, elevation of blood pressure, sudden death, myocardial infarction. There have been isolated reports of cardiomyopathy associated with chronic amphetamine use; Psychotic episodes at recommended doses, overstimulation, restlessness, dizziness, insomnia, euphoria, dyskinesia, dysphoria, depression, tremor, headache, exacerbation of motor and phonic tics and Tourette's syndrome, seizures, stroke; Dryness of the mouth, unpleasant taste, diarrhea, constipation, other gastrointestinal disturbances. Anorexia and weight loss may occur as undesirable effects; Urticaria, rash, rare reports of angioedema, rare reports of a symptom complex resembling anaphylaxis; Impotence, changes in libido.

Pat Robertson

You know who really grinds my gears?

Pat Robertson. Why, you might ask. Here are just somethings this man said.

10. "Lord, give us righteous judges who will not try to legislate and dominate this society. Take control, Lord! We ask for additional vacancies on the court." –Pat Robertson

9. "Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to destroy the Christians. Wholesale abuse and discrimination and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history." –Pat Robertson

8. "I would warn Orlando that you're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you, This is not a message of hate -- this is a message of redemption. But a condition like this will bring about the destruction of your nation. It'll bring about terrorist bombs; it'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes, and possibly a meteor." –Pat Robertson, on "gay days" at Disneyworld

7. "(T)he feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians." –Pat Robertson

6. "I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household and the husband is the head of the wife, and that's the way it is, period." –Pat Robertson

5. "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected him from your city. And don't wonder why he hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for his help because he might not be there." --Pat Robertson, after the city of Dover, Pennsylvania voted to boot the current school board, which instituted an intelligent design policy that led to a federal trial

4. "God considers this land to be his. You read the Bible and he says 'This is my land,' and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, 'No, this is mine.' ... He was dividing God's land. And I would say, 'Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the E.U., the United Nations, or the United States of America.' God says, 'This land belongs to me. You better leave it alone.'" --Pat Robertson, on why Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke

3. "Maybe we need a very small nuke thrown off on Foggy Bottom to shake things up" –Pat Robertson, on nuking the State Department

2. "You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with." –Pat Robertson, calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

1. "It may be a blessing in disguise. ... Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. Haitians were originally under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other." –Pat Robertson, on the earthquake in Haiti that destroyed the capital and killed tens of thousands of people, Jan. 13, 2010




Do I need to say more? This man is the ringleader for evangelical Christianity in America. His right wing cult needs to stop now. It is ruining this country. Hey Pat, it is the left wing liberals that give you the right to say this stuff, so maybe you shouldn't be so fast to criticize us the next time you open your ugly mouth.

People who ash their cigarettes on you.

You know what really grinds my gears?

People who ash their cigarettes on you. So today, I was walked out of Oren's on Waverly and some girl who would have filled the profile as the Harajuku Girlfriend walks past me and ashed her nasty cigarette in my face. Look, if you wanna smoke, thats your prerogative, but dont ash IN MY FACE. I asked her to watch where she was ashing, but after not hearing me, I ran up until I stood infront of her and said the following, "Hey Lady, did you hear me? You wanna watch where you are ashing, no one wants your nasty ass cigarette ash in their face". Needless to say I think I scared her so much she actually ran away. Oops, I was just trying to make a point. But seriously, maybe she will think twice about how cool she is next time she lights up and struts down the street.