What Grinds your Gears?

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Would other generations find certain popular youtube videos enjoyable?

As an adult, I cannot say if I were a child I would find these videos entertaining. But what disturbs me is the possibility that with todays internet connected generation being "stupid" is funny or cool. Misspelling words like "muh" or "moar". Pointless, unfunny "random" humor that plagues the internet, like the "ASDF" videos.

One thing is for sure, these videos are exploiting the most innocent among us, the youth, by appealing to their extremely unrefined taste in humor, their naivety , or ignorance. One of the worst examples I've seen yet is the "parents suck" video that millions of kids are no doubt watching.

These sick individuals will do anything to get views (views = money, the losers behind these videos are MILLIONAIRES now thanks to youtube).

When I was a kid, I was watching sesame street, blues clues, family matters...all upbuilding and educating entertainment.

Today's youth is filling their minds with this garbage? What a crappy generation thats about to spring up gentlemen

It grinds my gears to no end that with today's youth its probably cool to spend hours on youtube filling your mind with pointless garbage on youtube making conmen who dont give a crap about them millionaires and any educating programs are probably considered uncool or stupid.

Parents suck? What a message to send to kids you low life piece of CRAP. Like he cares. All he cares about is getting views from vulnerable youth and making $$$

A few examples of youtube garbage



 
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mattythedog
Well, I've woken up this morning, hoping to be snowed in, but actually the amount of snow is dismal. It's only 5-6 centimetres, and that's not going to cancel anyone's school. :grumpy:
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Wait for La Nina; there will be much more snow then. We currently have the warmer El Nino cycle. :)

/fakenerd
 
mattythedog
I know, I meant for tomorrow. It had to snow lots so there was still enough snow left to cancel school on Monday.
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You can always hope that it snows really heavy tonight. Or you could spend all day gathering lots of snow and make it appear that you're snowed in. :sly:
 
Really? This winter has had the heaviest snowfall the region has seen in years. I'm talking entire towns buried under feet of the stuff, people trapped inside their homes until the National Guard arrives to free them.
 
F1 fan
You can always hope that it snows really heavy tonight. Or you could spend all day gathering lots of snow and make it appear that you're snowed in. :sly:
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It's still snowing, so it's getting deeper. And the buses aren't running, so if the situation is the same tomorrow, I won't be going to school.
 
mattythedog
It's still snowing, so it's getting deeper. And the buses aren't running, so if the situation is the same tomorrow, I won't be going to school.
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How "deep" does the snow have to be for it to be considered a "snow day"?
 
White & Nerdy
Really? This winter has had the heaviest snowfall the region has seen in years. I'm talking entire towns buried under feet of the stuff, people trapped inside their homes until the National Guard arrives to free them.
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Yes, but you're from Alaska. You know... where they actually know how to deal with snow. In the UK, if we get more than a few centimeters of snow, all public transport breaks down and idiots turn the road into chaos.
 
1241Penguin
How "deep" does the snow have to be for it to be considered a "snow day"?
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There's no specific amount, but if there's no public transport, then they usually cancel it, as 3/4 of the pupils take public transport; the school would be very empty.
 
F1 fan
Yes, but you're from Alaska. You know... where they actually know how to deal with snow. In the UK, if we get more than a few centimeters of snow, all public transport breaks down and idiots turn the road into chaos.
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mattythedog
There's no specific amount, but if there's no public transport, then they usually cancel it, as 3/4 of the pupils take public transport; the school would be very empty.
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I'm moving to the UK! :)
 
Earth
Would other generations find certain popular youtube videos enjoyable?

As an adult, I cannot say if I were a child I would find these videos entertaining. But what disturbs me is the possibility that with todays internet connected generation being "stupid" is funny or cool. Misspelling words like "muh" or "moar". Pointless, unfunny "random" humor that plagues the internet, like the "ASDF" videos.

One thing is for sure, these videos are exploiting the most innocent among us, the youth, by appealing to their extremely unrefined taste in humor, their naivety , or ignorance. One of the worst examples I've seen yet is the "parents suck" video that millions of kids are no doubt watching.

These sick individuals will do anything to get views (views = money, the losers behind these videos are MILLIONAIRES now thanks to youtube).

When I was a kid, I was watching sesame street, blues clues, family matters...all upbuilding and educating entertainment.

Today's youth is filling their minds with this garbage? What a crappy generation thats about to spring up gentlemen

It grinds my gears to no end that with today's youth its probably cool to spend hours on youtube filling your mind with pointless garbage on youtube making conmen who dont give a crap about them millionaires and any educating programs are probably considered uncool or stupid.

Parents suck? What a message to send to kids you low life piece of CRAP. Like he cares. All he cares about is getting views from vulnerable youth and making $$$
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👍 To be honest I never laughed at all in that. I watched all three. And wait! People make money from youtube? I'm not an adult. I'm far from it I'm barely 16.
 
Earth
Would other generations find certain popular youtube videos enjoyable?

As an adult, I cannot say if I were a child I would find these videos entertaining. But what disturbs me is the possibility that with todays internet connected generation being "stupid" is funny or cool. Misspelling words like "muh" or "moar". Pointless, unfunny "random" humor that plagues the internet, like the "ASDF" videos.

One thing is for sure, these videos are exploiting the most innocent among us, the youth, by appealing to their extremely unrefined taste in humor, their naivety , or ignorance. One of the worst examples I've seen yet is the "parents suck" video that millions of kids are no doubt watching.

These sick individuals will do anything to get views (views = money, the losers behind these videos are MILLIONAIRES now thanks to youtube).

When I was a kid, I was watching sesame street, blues clues, family matters...all upbuilding and educating entertainment.

Today's youth is filling their minds with this garbage? What a crappy generation thats about to spring up gentlemen

It grinds my gears to no end that with today's youth its probably cool to spend hours on youtube filling your mind with pointless garbage on youtube making conmen who dont give a crap about them millionaires and any educating programs are probably considered uncool or stupid.

Parents suck? What a message to send to kids you low life piece of CRAP. Like he cares. All he cares about is getting views from vulnerable youth and making $$$

A few examples of youtube garbage

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzJIrtw8WZE">YouTube Link</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnsfV5N2n8">YouTube Link</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLn_aNRdvUY">YouTube Link</a>
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Your right! We're screwed! I'm a freshman in highschool and kids are still acting childish like that! They are also very stupid. He next generation is going to be bad. I was also taught to respect my parents. It's like these videos make you dumber b watching them.
 
Earth, how old do you think the people watching these videos are? Those videos are made for people 12-13 and up, sesame street, blues clues, etc. are made for people under 5. There's a big difference.
I do get what your saying about kids watching dumb youtube videos though, I just think you used a poor example.

That first video... that's not good for kids to be watching, but I think that if the parents raised their kids correctly it really shouldn't cause any problems.
Parents that leave their kids to be raised by youtube and the internet grind my gears. If you don't want to look after your kids, why'd you have them in the first place?
 
F1 fan
Yes, but you're from Alaska. You know... where they actually know how to deal with snow. In the UK, if we get more than a few centimeters of snow, all public transport breaks down and idiots turn the road into chaos.
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We have our own snow problems. A fairly sizeable segment of our population is made up of the "I live somewhere still sorta-underdeveloped, therefore I am a tough invincible redneck" people that give the state a bad name. This leads to a rather interesting phenomenon: when the snow flies and cars start coming to rest in ditches, red 4X4s will probably outnumber the others by a sizeable margin.

Now just imagine what could happen if you were near one of those people when his testosterone got the better of him... yep, mondo insurance claim. If you live.

Sometimes the snow obscures the lane markings as well, making everything a confusing mess.
 
GT5's UCD is grinding my gears, not a complaint to not finding a car, but to the effect it gives. In GT4 you buy, let's say a 1989 Mazda MX5 from the Used car Dealer. It feels like a used car, it's like: I found it, and the oil light's on, which you see every time you drive it. It needs a wash and it gives a good feel of buying second hand. But GT5 hasn't captured this properly. It feels more like buying a well restored car from a dealer even though it's done the miles. It's sort of disappointing.
 
Another example of the British attitude to a tiny bit of snow. My rowing session today has been cancelled, because of "extreme weather". :rolleyes: I suppose they have a point, nobody could get there, and we'd get hypothermia.
 
Brando-K
My own stupidity with some things.
Here's the story, I got my bike a few days ago, yesterday (I think) I tried starting it with the choke on. It wouldn't start. So I then started it without the choke like I had done before.
Today I started thinking about how much it would be to fix. I then spent 30 minutes trying to figure out what could be wrong with it and why it possibly wouldn't start. Turns out that by holding the starter in a bit longer (like turning the key in the car) it fires up just fine.

I'm so dumb sometimes.
I guess it's all part of the learning curve of getting my own vehicle that still uses a choke.
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I didn't have a starter but I had to kick my Enduro and I used choke only on the slow kicks to let it circulate into the cylinder then it started just fine.
Took it out from the basement from being inside the whole winter to clean it before selling it and it started on the first kick.
MFW that happened. :sly:
 
Pennies Grind my Gears? Why the hell do we need them? What can you buy with 1 penny, they're pointless...
 
Jai
Pennies Grind my Gears? Why the hell do we need them? What can you buy with 1 penny, they're pointless...
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Considering our numerical system increases by factors of 1, I'd say a 1 pence piece is quite important. There are some calls in some parts of the world for prices to all be in even numbers, so we can eliminate the 1 unit coin and have the 2 unit coin as the lowest denomination.

However I say question the prices, not the coins.

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What can you buy with a penny? Why a penny chew of course!
 
Jai
Don't rub it in Skythong :p



Showoff.
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If this is an insult throw off? Then I'm not going to join. Because my name has many things to name, but all I can say to Jai is that I once met a girl named Jai. Well I think it was a girl. It's eyes were bulging out of its face and a cigarette hung from it's mouth and it hurled abuse at people and threatened to beat you up. Even though they were the size of a cigarette. So you have the name of a scary thing. :p

Yeah, that didn't go too well.
 
Jai
I once asked the shop owner to exchange £5 into nothing but these 5p Bubblegum things, he wasn't very happy.g
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I do wonder sometimes if you're considered a Royalty in parts of England as a Pain in the arse. :lol:
 
Having not eaten for 24 hours. It's my fault, I didn't eat dinner, because I'm an idiot and said to my mother "I'll have it later". 1AM comes around and I still haven't eaten, I go to bed at about 2.30. Wake up at 8.30 to go to my dads, wade through the snow, skip breakfast. Go sledging, it's lunchtime now and I'm bloody hungry.
 
Jai
I once asked the shop owner to exchange £5 into nothing but these 5p Bubblegum things, he wasn't very happy.

And :lol: Skythong
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I once bought a £4.50 book from a charity shop and paid them in 1p and 2p coins. They weren't amused, though I was looking at the man's expression. :lol:
 
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