Why is everyone so angry? - Page 4

mrnoodle · 10-07-2005, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mrnoodle

I'll let you know what happens...haven't gotten any word yet, and my lawyer had a death in the family over the weekend, so it'll be awhile before I learn court dates, etc.

Woo hoo! Went to my DMV hearing this morning, and the arresting officer didn't show up. So, I get to keep my driver's license.

Court is on November 10, but another happy development is that they lost my second blood sample, so I never got to have it retested. I may just be able to avoid all this nastiness.

New self-imposed restriction: If I ever drink a beer again, I will not drive a vehicle until the next day. Never. Cab fare is now part of any evening out. In fact, I will never use my own car to drive to a place where I plan to drink.

Lots of bullets were dodged here. Lots of people were praying, too. I don't think it's a coincidence, but you're free to disagree.

Griff · 10-08-2005, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by mrnoodle

.... In fact, I will never use my own car to drive to a place where I plan to drink.

Good fortune!

I always use a stolen vehicle when I go out as well.

wolf · 08-26-2005, 12:41 AM

And the Mars thing coming up this weekend (no, not the spectacular one from a couple years ago in the error-ridden email that's going around, but still a closer pass than usual)

WabUfvot5 · 08-27-2005, 05:02 AM

Everyday we hear and experience more and more about stuff we have little or no control over. Like the hippos. Sad situation and none of us can do anything about it. Iraq war? Same thing more or less. Pulled over by cops? Helplessness in mass quantity breeds discontent and anger.

richlevy · 08-27-2005, 09:44 AM

I also think it's the sense that we have lost control over our own political process. In a Republic we are supposed to be able to pick the people who control our tax money and laws. Thanks to apathy, gerrymandering, and special interests, we seem to have fewer choices and politicians who feel less answerable to us.

We know the system is breaking, but not how to fix it.

plthijinx · 08-29-2005, 12:53 PM

Radar is working on that for us.

gonzo_4_life15 · 09-26-2005, 03:34 PM

people are crackign under the kingdom of fear, everyone is a psycologist and can see other peoples subcontious but not their own, yesterday an old white guy who looked like my granpa called me a terrorist because i was wearing baggy pants and almost bumped into some guy by accident cause i was stoned, i think people get off on trying to be smarter then the people they think hate them by using some james jones gonzo speech wich satisfys their animal sense of power.

seakdivers · 09-26-2005, 07:43 PM

errrrmmm.......

eeeep.

kerosene · 09-26-2005, 10:50 PM

this thread is starting to hurt me.

wolf · 09-27-2005, 12:54 AM

Mercury is going retrograde this weekend ... that won't help matters at all.

But it's a nice excuse.

gonzo_4_life15 · 09-27-2005, 08:52 AM

sorry i stopped taking my medication a few days ago.....look theres two woman fucking a polar bear.

elSicomoro · 10-07-2005, 12:17 PM

Just make sure you've learned from the incident...nothing wrong with being lucky/blessed.

Trilby · 10-07-2005, 01:27 PM

noodle, i think praying really makes a difference.

I've had loads of fox-hole prayers...and, still---I've made it thru.

don't drink and drive. get someone else to do it. (JOKE! HUGE JOKE!)

jaguar · 10-07-2005, 02:09 PM

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look theres two woman fucking a polar bear.

that made my evening.

Back to the original question, my theory is simple enough, there's a lot of shitty things in the world, corruption, greed, hate, the list is pretty fucking endless, it's hard not to get pissed about at least some of the stuff that goes on, at a personal, local, national or international level. Personally I find it's a good motivator.

Clodfobble · 10-07-2005, 03:57 PM

Glad to hear it, mrnoodle. Make sure the resolution lasts longer than the memory of your fear.

08-26-2005, 12:41 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	And the Mars thing coming up this weekend (no, not the spectacular one from a couple years ago in the error-ridden email that's going around, but still a closer pass than usual) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-27-2005, 09:44 AM	#5
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I also think it's the sense that we have lost control over our own political process. In a Republic we are supposed to be able to pick the people who control our tax money and laws. Thanks to apathy, gerrymandering, and special interests, we seem to have fewer choices and politicians who feel less answerable to us. We know the system is breaking, but not how to fix it. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

08-29-2005, 12:53 PM	#6
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	Radar is working on that for us. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

09-27-2005, 12:54 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Mercury is going retrograde this weekend ... that won't help matters at all. But it's a nice excuse. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-07-2005, 01:27 PM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	noodle, i think praying really makes a difference. I've had loads of fox-hole prayers...and, still---I've made it thru. don't drink and drive. get someone else to do it. (JOKE! HUGE JOKE!) __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-27-2005, 05:02 AM	#4
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Everyday we hear and experience more and more about stuff we have little or no control over. Like the hippos. Sad situation and none of us can do anything about it. Iraq war? Same thing more or less. Pulled over by cops? Helplessness in mass quantity breeds discontent and anger.

09-26-2005, 03:34 PM	#7
gonzo_4_life15 im just a hard working patriotic north american like urself Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: little house onthe prarie Posts: 41	people are crackign under the kingdom of fear, everyone is a psycologist and can see other peoples subcontious but not their own, yesterday an old white guy who looked like my granpa called me a terrorist because i was wearing baggy pants and almost bumped into some guy by accident cause i was stoned, i think people get off on trying to be smarter then the people they think hate them by using some james jones gonzo speech wich satisfys their animal sense of power.

09-26-2005, 07:43 PM	#8
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	errrrmmm....... eeeep.

09-26-2005, 10:50 PM	#9
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	this thread is starting to hurt me.

09-27-2005, 08:52 AM	#11
gonzo_4_life15 im just a hard working patriotic north american like urself Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: little house onthe prarie Posts: 41	sorry i stopped taking my medication a few days ago.....look theres two woman fucking a polar bear.

10-07-2005, 12:17 PM	#12
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Just make sure you've learned from the incident...nothing wrong with being lucky/blessed.

10-07-2005, 03:57 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Glad to hear it, mrnoodle. Make sure the resolution lasts longer than the memory of your fear.

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