fifthdream: (never knows best)
Cristofer ([personal profile] fifthdream) wrote2008-01-02 07:05 pm
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Shell.


Okay. Rant time.

I'm an operator for the irc chat channel of a cable tv network. Last night they were running a marathon of "Cops". Cops has its own chat channel, where a bot asks questions, and the answers the chatters say get on tv. Alright, but see, i operate a DIFFERENT channel for the network. The site for this network is apparenly designed in such a way that people can't tell what link to click to get to the right chat channel. Or they're too stupid to. So we have people streaming in the wrong channel all night, trying to participate in the "Cops" chat.

Every 75 and 90 seconds, i have timers set that say:

THIS IS NOT THE COPS 2.0 CHAT ROOM. THE COPS 2.0 CHAT IS ROOM #cops20 <- DOUBLECLICK HERE OR TYPE /join #cops20 (THE SLASH IS IMPORTANT!) FOR THE COPS 2.0 CHAT ROOM, WHERE YOU GO TO GET YOUR TEXT ON TV.

Literally 80% of the people looking for the "Cops" channel can't do it. They never end up in the "Cops" chat, or immediately after the notice, they ask "how do i get in cops chat" or "is this on tv" or type (and i am absolutely serious when i say i saw about ten people do this last night, and i hadn't even been paying attention very often) "join#cops20". That's not counting the other, equally, or even more incorrect, variations.

Now. As you can see, it clearly states, in caps and bold, to "TYPE /join #cops20 (THE SLASH IS IMPORTANT!)", not to type join#cops20. And that the slash is important. Or alternately, they can simply doubleclick where it says to double click. Now i'm betting most of you readers, when given these instructions could, in fact "TYPE /join #cops20", or doubleclick where instructed to. That is why you are my friends.

Seriously, is the rest of humanity so incredibly stupid that they can't follow simple instructions printed on a screen in big bold letters? Is this typical of the human race? I mean, this isn't just, sort of stupid, this is "i can't believe you have the mental capacity to find which hole you put the food in" Is this why i find so very few people tolerable? No wonder the world is in the state it is today.

I know it might not seem like a big deal to most of you, but this is aggrivating me so much. This is just another in a long, long line of things that show me how stupid humans are. I really feel like... screw people. if everyone is this stupid, i don't need 'em. No one does. They don't have the right to exist. And i'm not being dramatic. I really don't think these people deserve life. I had to go to school. I had to learn how to read, and follow instructions. Screw you for thinking you don't have to. Learn to do something for yourself. You're not mentally disabled, you have no excuse. You're insulting every single one of us who actually uses our brain for something other than storing football stats and trying to get laid. Stop wasting our oxygen and making the cost of food go up driving your stupid giant gas guzzling soccermommobile around town. Oh, and P.S. I hate you.

And those of you smart enough to know i'm not talking about you, know i'm not talking about you.


Thanks for listening. Your reward is a survey i filled out last night, in which you may learn some things about me. Or not. Read it anyway, especially the ones with long answers.

1. It’s 2AM on the weekend, and you are not home. You are more than likely:
...being held hostage.

2. What’s the last thing you spent more than $100 on?
Um. No idea.

3. What do your bank checks look like?
Bank? Checks?

4. Where did the shirt you are currently wearing come from?
No idea. I've had it for a very long time.

5. Name something that was on your Christmas wish list:
Zone of the Enders and .hack//G.U. Vol. 1 Rebirth, and i got both.

6. What color is your toothbrush?
White and blue, mostly.

7. Name something you collect...
Pumpkin-shaped objects, anime series, seahorse-shaped objects.

8. Last restaurant you ate at?
No idea.

9. Last person you bought a birthday card for?
No idea.

10. What is your worst bad habit?
Procrastination.

11. Name a magazine you subscribe to?
Spin and EGM, both for free.

12. Your favorite pizza toppings?
Mushroom and pepperoni. Hate tomato sauce.

13. Who’s number were you looking up the last time you used a phone book?
Electric company, cuz the power was out.

14. Who is the person that you love most?
Me. Nah, not really.

15. What is the last thing you cooked?
Fried rice.

16. Name something you wouldn’t want to buy used?
Condoms.

17. Which shoe do you put on first?
Whichever one i pick up first.

18. What is the last thing you remember losing?
My patience.

19. What is the ugliest piece of furniture in your house?
"Furniture" is really defined by how you use something, no?

20. Last thing you bought and ended up returning?
A router i was told i needed by customer support, and i didn't.

21. What perfume/cologne do you wear?
Er.

22. Your favorite board game?
Monopoly.

23. Last board game you played?
Can't remember. :\

24. Where did your vehicle come from?
Human minds.

25. If a movie was made about your life what would the theme song be?
Rasputina, "The New Zero". Speaking of, it just came on.

26. You're sad, who can cheer you up easily?
The same people who probably made me that way in the first place. Kind words from people i care about are really the only thing that can cheer me up.

27. What was the color of the bridesmaid dresses of the last wedding you went to?
Um.

28. What house cleaning chore do you hate to do the most?
Who likes doing any of them? You just do them because you have to.

29. What is your favorite way to eat chicken?
With my mouth.

30. It is your birthday. You hope the cake is?
What i said i wanted when whoever offered to make one asked me what i wanted. ;P

31. Last thing you laughed at?
I can't remember. Today hasn't been very laughable.

32. Now name everyone in your text inbox:
My what?

33. Who did you last call?
No one.

1. What's one thing that's heavily weighing on your mind?
Why someone is acting like they have been lately.

2. What's one thing you've learned from a good friendship gone bad?
Just reminded that no matter how someone may feel in the beginning, no matter how they act, no matter what they do to, for, or with you, that it'll fade away eventually, and they'll move on to something else. And that i'm different than other people.

3. What's one thing you've learned from love?
Same thing.

4. What's a happy time you've had in the past week?
Got to play .hack//G.U and it was way more fun that i thought it was going to be.

5. Is there anything in your past that you'd like to try again?
Being blisfully ignorant and happy again would be nice.

6. Who do you like to spend your nights with?
"Do" sort of implies "currently happening" and, well, it's not.

7. Are you an emotional person?
Yes, to a fault. And mostly i shut it off toward other people, because they're not worth it, or don't appreciate it. No point talking about being happy or depressed or anything to someone when all they're interested in is their own stuff, or just joke about it. Remember when there was a time you could say something made you mad, or you were depressed, or were happy about something, and the immediate response wasn't to be called "emo"? So sick of that. When did it become trendy to not have emotions? For a while there people used to talk about things. Now it seems that they're scared to go beyond the point of talking about what they did today.

8. Are you self conscious?
Sure. Society kind of teaches you you have to be. Well, it teaches some people that. It teaches everyone else to think they're god's gift.

9. Do you think of others before yourself?
Yes, not that anyone notices or appreciates it.

10. What's something that can always make you feel better?
People taking two seconds to see outside their own head.

11. Who was the last person you had a crush on?
None of your business.

12. Where do you see yourself this time next year?
I don't.

13. Do you tend to make relationships complicated?
No. I'm the one who thinks it's simple. You enjoy someone, you spend time with them. You don't have to create drama, have intense excitement, force artificial perfection upon it, and throw it away when it's not your absolute ideal. Just be. That's all. Why can't anyone do that?

14. Who do you feel the most comfortable around?
My sister.

15. One thing you're not looking forward to?
This weekend.

16. How do you feel about change?
I can usally buy a candy bar with it.

17. Who was the last person to sleep in your bed?
Me.

18. What are your plans for your next birthday?
Well, i plan on being a year older.

19. Do you even care about your birthday?
A little.

20. Do you think anyone in general out there loves you?
::Shrug.:: If so, they need to tell me more.

21. What are you listening to right now?
TV.

22. Did you get any compliments today?
No.

23. Are you friends with your neighbors?
No.

24. What were you just thinking about?
The answer to the last question. You should ask that question first.

25. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
I didn't, particularly.

26. What's a word that rhymes with "DUCK"?
Muck.

27. Where's your favorite place?
Inside my head. And now, even that's not a safe haven, sometimes.

28. What do you "label" yourself as?
Right now, the tag says "sleepy".

29. Name the brand of shoes you're currently wearing?
I'm not.

30. Bright or dark room?
Inbetween.

31. What do you think about the person who last took this survey?
Not sure who it was.

32. If you're alone in a room with two beds, which one do you sleep in?
Does it matter?

33. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Sitting there waiting for it to be 2008.

34. Did you dream last night?
Yes. But i can't remember any of it now.

35. What just so happens to be the best sound in the world?
Um.

36. What's a word or phrase that you say a lot?
"Exactly."

37. Who told you he/she loved you last?
No idea.

38. Last furry thing you touched?
Nasubi the Ferret.

39. How many drugs have you done in the past year?
I didn't take anything but NyQuil in all of 2007, and that was like... 5 times.

40. What are you drinking?
Redpop and Iced Tea. Not together.

41. Do you have film that needs to be developed?
Yeah, two rolls from like '99.

42. Favorite age you have been so far?
Mid-to-late 20s.

43. Who was the last person you talked to on AIM?
My sister.

44. Your worst enemy?
Most things.

45. What is your current desktop picture?
Chii holding up her panties.

46. Do you miss someone?
Yes.

47. Do you love someone?
In what way?

48. Last song you listened to?
Rasputina, "The New Zero".

49. If the last person you spoke to on the phone was getting shot at, what would you say?
"Are you okay?"

50. What are your favorite PJs?
Um.

51. What do you do when you pass graveyards?
Um. Pass?

52. Have you ever seen a shooting star?
Yes, many times.

53. How old do you think you'll live to be?
Uh.


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