The Rant thread!

**GuitarHailz** · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 4910 Location: Austin, Texas

I think the biggest part of my homesickness was missing my family/friends/boyfriend etc. If I could take a group of people and go anywhere, I probably wouldn't get terribly homesick for America as long as I had those people with me the whole time. But then again I don't have an angsty hate-my-family thing that a lot of HS/college kids have, so that type of homesickness didn't seem to bother as many others.

But yeah, I was actually pretty depressed after 2 or 3 months of being away from it all, after the newness of it wore off. There are some things about foreign countries that are so drastically different that you'd probably miss America more than you realize Pieman (the people are not one of those things... people over there are so polite by comparison to the states, it really was culture shock coming back, I forgot people could be so horrible and rude). I think the thing I missed the most was better food and free refills and Dr. Pepper.

_________________

**bclare** · Joined: 21 Jun 2008 Posts: 6048 Location: Boston

**thecaptainof** · Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 7571 Location: ¯\(°_o)/¯

I love how people from other countries are all like "I wanna go to England", while everyone here is like "fuck this place, I'm moving to Canada/Australia/anywhere that's not here". The grass is always greener, indeed.

To be fair it's probably fine if you just come here for a short while. I'm sure most people would say the same about where they come from, though.
_________________

yksi-kaksi-kolme wrote:

Wow Mr. Mad, who fucked your buffalo?

**Xtresso** · Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 1575 Location: Toronto, Canada

I'm sure some people would think "OOOO PRETTY SNOW CANADA IS SO NICE IN THE WINTER."

Really it's just frozen white bullshit I have to walk through and shovel 4-5 months a year. On the plus side, we haven't even really gotten much yet this year! Hooray for global warming!
_________________

**FL4RE** · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 4178 Location: Liverpool yano

**Yewb** · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 3020 Location: Plymouth, UK

I feel you bro. I don't think we've had negative temperatures at all this winter, at least between 8am and midnight. Not complaining, natch, but yeah.

Not exactly surprising since we're practically neighbours

_________________

expertwin wrote:

ShadoWolf wrote:

expertwin wrote:

I just want to, you know, get my name out there. BTW, it updates every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Was just the first two, decided to do Saturdays as well.

Serious advice now: No-one likes indecision in their work, so find what you like that you're even remotely good at, and stick with it. Don't flit from one thing to another, because that just smacks of a large lack of determination and drive. And people don't like you for that, and won't remember you for it. I mean, I get that you have a plucky spirit and a willingness to try new things, but there's a limit, man.

I might knock it down to just Thursday and Friday.

JOE2210 wrote:

Leave me alone, I have been drinking and your made up words mean nothing to me.

**GregoryZero** · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 2338 Location: California

Goddamn package delays, I swear. It's going to probably get even worse at it comes closer and closer to Christmas.
_________________

**ShadoWolf** · Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 2034 Location: Slough, England

We had some frost over this way this morning, but that aside it's just been a little wet.
_________________

PiemanLK wrote:

Look, someone actually had to point out that singing "solo" meant singing alone. This is why we allow people to work registers at McDonald's that can't make change and it makes me want to run my face under a belt sander. For the love of tits, how can you be on the internet in 2012 and not think "maybe I can Google this word I should have learned in first grade before making a thread about it".

**Chaosxreigns** · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 1272 Location: Ontario, Canada.

Hoarders is such a damn depressing show. My parents are watching it now... How people can have their houses absolutely FULL of useless shit and not want to get rid of any of it is completely beyond me.
_________________

Fhdra wrote:

Logic is an opinion. I didn't say his was right

**FL4RE** · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 4178 Location: Liverpool yano

I don't think it has dipped below 0 at all since january/february.
I mean I know my dad said it was possible it would be a warm winter but if it doesn't go below 0 before NYE I'll wtf.
Speaking of NYE...any UK people head to St.Ives for New Years Eve! Amazing every single year (Y)
_________________

**krisdaschwab912** · Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 6567 Location: UW-Eau Claire

**JOE2210** · Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Posts: 2480 Location: In the Gagasphere

MY DAD IS A FUCKING MORON.
He comes in after an hour at the pub and slumps on the settee for the evening. Mum puts the central heating on. Dad wants to go turn it up a little. HE PRESSES ALL THE BUTTONS.
Now we have a broken boiler and no hot water. If we want a shower, we will have to drive to our Nan's house. He's rages because he needs a shower before work.
It's -1 outside at the minute, and I have no heating. It's also the 20th of December and we have a house to clean, which generally requires hot water. We also will probably not get a repair till the new year.
I'll just add that I have a box room with a badly fitted window with no double glazing and holes around the frame (that he fitted), which is directly above the music room with a running draught coming from there.
Nice going Dad, because of your fucking drunk ass decisions, we now have no heating.
And of course, somehow it's Mum's fault. The bastard has never done a thing wrong in his life, it's ALWAYS someone else.
Words can't explain how cold I am, or how angry I am at him.
_________________

Eastwinn wrote:

I honestly don't get it. What is the point of riding someone's ass. What benefit does it bring you?

**GuitarHailz** · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 4910 Location: Austin, Texas

**blingdomepiece** · Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 4358 Location: Ottawa ON Canada