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Randman · Jul 31, 2005, 09:19 AM

Is it me or has the level of whining increased lately?

You have people (spaz and his Panther love) and (Mike/starman and his and treo experience) coming across as their experience MUST be the only true one, despite who others have to say.

Then you have 80,000 people retiring nicknames in the mistaken belief that that is cool and changes their online persona somehow.

Then you have others complaining about being banned from the lounge for being @$$e$, or others complaining about people being/not being banned for the same offenses.

I understand that it's human nature to complain more than to compliment, but sheesh.

Then again, I just realized that I'm whining about people whining. But I have a point, I think.

Your thoughts?

GranolaBoy · Jul 31, 2005, 09:46 AM

Babble much?

Cody Dawg · Jul 31, 2005, 09:53 AM

Yeah, I'm a whiner this week, too. Sorry.

zizban · Jul 31, 2005, 10:05 AM

uh-oh.

In Before Lock

TheIceMan · Jul 31, 2005, 10:50 AM

I hate to state the obvious, but aren't you also whining that the "level of whining [has] increased." Not trying to start a flame war, just questioning the irony of the situation.

ManOfSteal · Jul 31, 2005, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by TheIceMan

I hate to state the obvious, but aren't you also whining that the "level of whining [has] increased." Not trying to start a flame war, just questioning the irony of the situation.

He stated that in the original post already.

TheIceMan · Jul 31, 2005, 11:03 AM

Thanks Gorickey...I mean ManOfSteal. Apologies to you, Randman. Damn, just goes to show I should never respond at 1:00am (it's past midnite here in the Pacific/Oceania area). Thanks again MoS for the correction.

[EDIT:] Wow, now I think it's me who's whining. It's a vicious circle!

Gankdawg · Jul 31, 2005, 11:11 AM

Vicious circle or Catch-22?

d4nth3m4n · Jul 31, 2005, 11:26 AM

meh, i know what i'm in for when i psot in the lounge. it's a little annoying, but i psot at like 4 other places as well to water it down. keep an eye out for the usual suspects and you're in the clear.

lavar78 · Jul 31, 2005, 11:31 AM

vicious cycle

Zenbone · Jul 31, 2005, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Randman

Then you have 80,000 people retiring nicknames in the mistaken belief that that is cool and changes their online persona somehow.

You're projecting. (BTW, this is an actual psychological phenomenon and not just a Zimphire comeback).

dreilly1 · Jul 31, 2005, 11:47 AM

I'd like to whine about the fact that I thought that the Mets were getting Manny, and then they weren't. and then they were again, and now (apparently) they aren't. Such drama! And I was all set to put his picture in my sig. (Should I have given Carlos or Mikey the boot?)

starman · Jul 31, 2005, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Randman

Is it me or has the level of whining increased lately?

You have people (spaz and his Panther love) and (Mike/starman and his and treo experience) coming across as their experience MUST be the only true one, despite who others have to say.

Then you have 80,000 people retiring nicknames in the mistaken belief that that is cool and changes their online persona somehow.

Then you have others complaining about being banned from the lounge for being @$$e$, or others complaining about people being/not being banned for the same offenses.

I understand that it's human nature to complain more than to compliment, but sheesh.

Then again, I just realized that I'm whining about people whining. But I have a point, I think.

Your thoughts?

Excuse me, but I'm tired of people telling me that I'm the (only) one with the problem, even when I show proof I'm not.

Go back and sit in the corner.

Randman · Jul 31, 2005, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by starman

Excuse me, but I'm tired of people telling me that I'm the (only) one with the problem, even when I show proof I'm not.

But your treo posts turned quite trollish, don't you think?

Cody Dawg · Jul 31, 2005, 11:57 AM

I like a whining thread, actually. Randman has started a great thread.

This is the default point where everyone can come to whine about ANYTHING. So, instead of whining within a perfectly great thread - and ruining it - just come here and whine.

Now, pass me another Darvocet or Hydrocodone.

Zenbone · Jul 31, 2005, 12:09 PM

This is the default point where everyone can come to whine about ANYTHING. So, instead of whining within a perfectly great thread - and ruining it - just come here and whine.

I am so SICK and DAMN tired of all the garbage that networks are throwing on the bottom of the TV screen in the middle of a show every 5 minutes. Animations, "Coming Next", etc. WAY out of hand. It's nothing more than graffiti, and mark my words...as soon as they discover how much they can get away with, they will start selling those spots to advertisers, sponsors. Mofo bastards.

OK. I feel a tiny bit better now.

Ozmodiar · Jul 31, 2005, 12:16 PM

I think it's just the state of the internet in general. Other forums that I lurk/post at are also batshit crazy right now.

d4nth3m4n · Jul 31, 2005, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

Now, pass me another Darvocet or Hydrocodone.

AHA!

tooki · Jul 31, 2005, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Zenbone

...as soon as they discover how much they can get away with, they will start selling those spots to advertisers, sponsors. Mofo bastards.

I know some already do it. I distinctly remember a news ticker that used the KFC logo (Colonel Sanders' head) as the bullet point separating the news items!!!

tooki

Chuckit · Jul 31, 2005, 12:49 PM

They used Colonel Sanders' head as a bullet point? That's awful.

jasonsRX7 · Jul 31, 2005, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by lavar78

vicious cycle

Actually...

Vicious circle

Vicious cycle

King Bob On The Cob · Jul 31, 2005, 01:09 PM

Teh Internet == whining central

Oisín · Jul 31, 2005, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Zenbone

It's nothing more than graffiti

That's an insult to graffiti. Graffiti (or proper graffiti) is an art form. There is nothing art form-ish about that crap they spout at the bottom of the screen during shows.

I would also like to whine about idiot commentators who talk through the entire end credits of movies/shows, and often during 'start credits' (can't think of a better word), often even after the show itself has actually started.

starman · Jul 31, 2005, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by Randman

But your treo posts turned quite trollish, don't you think?

Define trollish.

I said I had a problem with the Treo. They said I was wrong. I proved I wasn't wrong. They still said I was a nutjob. How am I the troll?

Mike

ReggieX · Jul 31, 2005, 01:32 PM

I guess from now on we should only make topics about everything that's going right. I'll start:

My CDs from Amazon UK came promptly and I've enjoyed them all very much.

Salty · Jul 31, 2005, 01:51 PM

Or morons who tell everyone to get a blog...

budster101 · Jul 31, 2005, 02:48 PM

What else are we going to complain about?

At least Windows users can complain about the "blue screen of death", "Adware", "Viruses", and how their computer is 3x slower than when they bought it 5 months ago... their excuse usually is, "Well, technology keeps moving and you have to keep up with it by buying new computers...." ack.

Wait, I think I just whinned....

S h i t.

Oisín · Jul 31, 2005, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Wait, I think I just whinned...

You whinnied?

SimpleLife · Jul 31, 2005, 03:40 PM

I don't know why, but I feel like wishing you all to be loved and comforted by that special person you deserve to be with.

Atomic Rooster · Jul 31, 2005, 04:19 PM

It's not the whining that bugs me. I think it's a natural response in a place where you are unknown and in a dark hard drive somewhere.

What drives me to whine is the shier stupidity of some people who respond for the sake of responding and know nothing of what they speak of...and then the whining starts about the grammar and the spelling...blah, blah, blah.

I do believe the median age level is declining in the forum as the older more mature sane people move on.

Some cheese with that whine, sir?

Chuckit · Jul 31, 2005, 04:29 PM

I'm not sure your generalization about age is right. Some of the most intelligent and civil posters on MacNN are fairly young, and I'm often surprised by how old the...less mature ones are.

smoke-tetsu · Jul 31, 2005, 05:04 PM

"A little vino, would be keeno...I want
some WHINE!"--Tom Hanks, Bachelor Party

wdlove · Jul 31, 2005, 05:11 PM

Complaining is a part of human nature. Cody is one that has good reason. That is why we put her in our thoughts.

d4nth3m4n · Jul 31, 2005, 05:17 PM

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

*ahem*

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHH !

(i'm done)

nredman · Jul 31, 2005, 08:42 PM

i have a ****ing headache right now & its ****ing hot outside

FulcrumPilot · Jul 31, 2005, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by wdlove

Complaining is a part of human nature. Cody is one that has good reason. That is why we put her in our thoughts.

What are you made of? Marmalade?

budster101 · Jul 31, 2005, 09:45 PM

Shut it.

mitchell_pgh · Jul 31, 2005, 09:48 PM

I look back and think how much I've changed since I joined... and how much this place has changed. Some for the good, some for the bad.

OogaBooga · Jul 31, 2005, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

I look back and think how much I've changed since I joined... and how much this place has changed. Some for the good, some for the bad.

Me too.

Randman · Jul 31, 2005, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

I look back and think how much I've changed since I joined... and how much this place has changed. Some for the good, some for the bad.

How so?

Starman: not trying to pick on you earlier, just that your posts in that thread reminded me of spaz and his tiger rants.

Kerrigan · Jul 31, 2005, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by FulcrumPilot

What are you made of? Marmalade?

I wouldn't provoke WDLove, with such an unnaturally schmaltzy disposition you know he must be quite deranged in real life.

Adam Betts · Jul 31, 2005, 11:32 PM

MacNN hasn't changed much recently, it's always been this way

I really miss the old MacNN though. Lot of great people back then.

lavar78 · Jul 31, 2005, 11:39 PM

Adam Betts lives!

ManOfSteal · Jul 31, 2005, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by lavar78

Adam Betts lives!

His weblog has died though...

turtle777 · Aug 1, 2005, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by Randman

Your thoughts?

Whining about whining. How creative

-t

xi_hyperon · Aug 1, 2005, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

I wouldn't provoke WDLove, with such an unnaturally schmaltzy disposition you know he must be quite deranged in real life.

^

Randman · Aug 1, 2005, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Whining about whining. How creative

Better than anything you've contributed lately.

turtle777 · Aug 1, 2005, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by Randman

Better than anything you've contributed lately.

Stop whining about it.

-t

GranolaBoy · Aug 1, 2005, 02:49 PM

Man looking over this thread inspires images of a post-apocalyptic dog-eat-dog world. We need to get out more.

Zenbone · Aug 1, 2005, 03:10 PM

Everyone go out for 15 seconds and report back here what you saw.

I just saw 2 guys building a new set of stairs.

Wow...outside...what a novel concept.