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Post by 1:( on May 20, 2005 22:38:31 GMT -5
Like the topic implies. You ever seen anything that you think nobody in the world would have any use for? Tell me about it.
The thing that struck me today was the fact that they have gigantic containers of powdered protein in nutrition stores. Seriously, why so big?
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Post by Shevy on May 21, 2005 6:49:36 GMT -5
Hardcore body builders need their protein. I know guys that plow through that shit.
There's a ton of shit that I think is truly pointless, but I'll just start out with one: People who drive some crap car like a Plymouth Breeze or a Chevy Lumina, take off all the badges, and replace them with high end badges/hood ornaments for BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, etc. Nobody is fooled and just makes the driver look like a complete fucking moron.
On the same topic, I saw somebody driving around with an old body style Dodge Ram with a sticker that said, "Yes, it's got a Hemi".
No it doesn't, you tool! It has some dog 318 in it! My Pacifica could light that thing up like Christmas!
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Post by smcproductions on May 21, 2005 17:53:27 GMT -5
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what's pointless to me is mc donald commercials like this one i saw recently for some yogurt fruit parfait or something and there's this sassy, stuck in 90's woman mode, black chick who walks in on her friends and they're all cartoons. "yo girl, this shiznite from micky dees make me mo animated!" "fo reeel, garl? yo hook me up wit dat shit! DAMN! now i be a cartoon too, yo!" "uh uh garl, i KNOW you didn't go there!" something like that. goddamn, i dont see how they even sell their burgers to black people anymore, much less white people. they might as well just change the slogan to "niggas be grubbin on our BARGARS! word!"
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Post by Shevy on May 22, 2005 6:07:16 GMT -5
I'd say Burger King has the right advertising idea right now. Those commercials are great.
On the topic of fast food, I don't understand why they even serve diet soda. When you're plowing through half your recommended daily caloric intake in one meal, it's kind of pointless not to just go all out. As a matter of fact, I think they should start deep frying soda and/or liquifying french fries. If you're going to eat like shit, don't do it half-assed.
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Post by 1:( on May 22, 2005 9:12:59 GMT -5
You know, speaking on the topic of food and what food is truly pointless, the restaurant I work at has low-carb cheesecake. Wouldn't it be better to just not eat cheesecake at all if you're on that type of diet?
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Post by sc00ts on May 22, 2005 9:38:59 GMT -5
diet soda is for diabetics
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Post by 1:( on May 22, 2005 9:46:08 GMT -5
Ah, so I see you have to stick to it then.
I've heard before that the chemicals they put in diet soda to make it diet make it unhealthier than the regular soda. Is there truth to this?
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Post by unclemeat on May 22, 2005 14:01:16 GMT -5
Aspertain?
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Post by Shevy on May 22, 2005 16:31:27 GMT -5
Alright, the diabetic thing I can handle. Not so pointless afterall.
I've had some low carb cheesecake before. It actually wasn't half bad.
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Post by 1:( on May 22, 2005 20:40:50 GMT -5
You know, I was wondering this just now.
I don't really want to get into a big discussion about gay people or anything, but how come they call their sexuality a lifestyle? I mean, I believe being gay's something you're born with and to me it just seemed kind of weird to call something you have no control over a lifestyle.
Who knows.
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Post by OneEye on May 23, 2005 2:05:09 GMT -5
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Post by sc00ts on May 23, 2005 6:45:32 GMT -5
the sexuality isn't a lifestyle, it's the interior decorating and buttless chaps that make it a lifestyle
/still gay
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Post by 1:( on May 23, 2005 13:23:44 GMT -5
Oh yeah. The people who try to make their sexuality their entire identity. Yeah, that's pretty annoying. Those types of people need to learn that their kind won't get any respect until they stop portraying themselves as one-dimensional. There are plenty of decent gay people out there though.
I'm off to go add to my fingernail collection and flip out because somebody moved the money on my desk 2 inches to the right.[/one dimensional]
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Post by Shevy on May 23, 2005 14:07:21 GMT -5
Oh yeah. The people who try to make their sexuality their entire identity. Yeah, that's pretty annoying. Those types of people need to learn that their kind won't get any respect until they stop portraying themselves as one-dimensional. There are plenty of decent gay people out there though. There was a show which shortly followed the success of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy which consisted of a bunch of manly men driving around in a Dodge Ram Diesel 2500 4x4 telling fags how to be men. The show itself was awful, but like you have already mentioned, the fact they chose to make fun of those who feel they need to live a certain way based on their sexual preference was subtly clever. Overall, people who focus on one small aspect of their life and build their entire lifestyle around it is not only pointless, but pretty fucking sad. Kind of reminds me about this one kid I used to hang out with from time to time (mainly when I was hanging out with mutual friends of ours). Basically, no matter how fucking hot it was in the summer he would never wear shorts. Only black jeans. On one particularly grueling day I confronted him about this. He said he couldn't wear shorts because he was "metal". Fucking moron. |
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Post by 1:( on May 23, 2005 14:16:09 GMT -5
He could have just cut the bottom half off the pant legs and become a crusty.  There's something I got with my drum set that's really pointless. A 6" splash. It's basically useless. It's not very loud, it doesn't sound as cool as a ride(which is supposed to be quieter) and it's not an easy target to hit. |
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Post by sc00ts on May 23, 2005 14:36:17 GMT -5
duuude.... so metal
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Post by OneEye on May 23, 2005 21:14:45 GMT -5
That story I'm sure I told at some point or another about the dude from Attitude Adjustment telling me I wasn't very open minded about my views of metal when I was a kid pretty much summed it up for me. Since then I've listened to more punk than metal as an adult. A friend once asked my point of view on being "punk rock", and I believe it's that people have the freedom and right to be whatever or however they want. Even morons, I suppose.
I try to learn about as many cultures and viewpoints as I can, to better understand the world. To deny yourself knowledge by forcing yourself into ignorance is truly pointless.
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Post by 1:( on May 23, 2005 21:29:19 GMT -5
Good commentary. It's always confused me how people can only listen to one genre of music. I mean, a lot of what I listen to is heavy and fast, but I still try to get a variety of different bands doing that type of thing. I try to understand other cultures and lifestyles to hate them more efficiently. Har har. |
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Post by sc00ts on May 23, 2005 21:35:23 GMT -5
YOU GUYS AREN'T LIFERS
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Post by 1:( on May 23, 2005 21:44:56 GMT -5
I haven't had too much of a life so far, so you can't be the judge of that yet.
You know what's really pointless? You know how in newer Windows versions they ask you if you want to file an error report for a non-responsive program? Does anyone actually do that?
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