What Grinds your Gears?

[itsbenjibrand]

Marks Work Warehouse. Their pants sizes are crazy. I have to wear 30/36 jeans, but 30/32 dress pants. Do you know how hard it is to find 30/36 jeans?

 

[BubbleBelly542]

-It's 03:55
-Very bored
-It's surprisingly easy to be bored of 1,754 songs
-Hundreds of miles away from anybody I would consider a friend
-So I spam my friends on Facebook and Skype way more than I should and feel bad about it
-The only thing I seem to do in my spare time is deepen the arse groove in the sofa
-I'm 21 and still single with not a single prospect on the horizon and just one successful endeavour in the past
-This instills a lack of confidence and belief
-Going through a family bereavement
-Dad's getting re-married
-Which I don't disapprove of, but it's hard to take
-I watch Prime Minister's Question's every week and it only depresses ever me more
-It's still four months until I fly home
-I have work to do but no enthusiasm, drive or desire to complete it
-I always feel narcissistic talking about my own problems
-But I need to vent somehow
-I also feel guilty about whinging about my issues when I've got a pretty decent quality of life

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Just not feeling it at the moment.

Don't feel guilty. We all have little issues here and there and them they add how and need to be expressed. That's why I love this thread because we can get it out and other people can see that maybe they aren't the only people with this problem.

 

[nitrorocks]

-It's 03:55
-Very bored
-It's surprisingly easy to be bored of 1,754 songs
-Hundreds of miles away from anybody I would consider a friend
-So I spam my friends on Facebook and Skype way more than I should and feel bad about it
-The only thing I seem to do in my spare time is deepen the arse groove in the sofa
-I'm 21 and still single with not a single prospect on the horizon and just one successful endeavour in the past
-This instills a lack of confidence and belief
-Going through a family bereavement
-Dad's getting re-married
-Which I don't disapprove of, but it's hard to take
-I watch Prime Minister's Question's every week and it only depresses ever me more
-It's still four months until I fly home
-I have work to do but no enthusiasm, drive or desire to complete it
-I always feel narcissistic talking about my own problems
-But I need to vent somehow
-I also feel guilty about whinging about my issues when I've got a pretty decent quality of life

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Just not feeling it at the moment.

Where are you currently living and where we're you living before?

 

[ilikewaffles11]

I'm annoyed with life. I really wish I could work a lot more at the garage but I can't always get transportation over and since I'm to young to drive that's obviously not an answer. I also get annoyed that I have school so I can't go in for to long since I leave school at 2:45 and get to work at about 3:40 and my dad leaves at roughly 6. I also wish I'd get to spend mire time with my friends but transportation is the thing screwing me over again since the only two people I'd really want to hang out with live about a 15 minute drive away. Work is about the only thing I do that occupies my mind or hanging out with friends so otherwise I'm at home doing nothing and being depressed.

 

[itsbenjibrand]

I have a similar problem waffles. I wanted to work with my father, however I could only help a couple hours a day, and they won't hire me despite the fact I had good marks in machining classes. I wrecked a few easy parts in those classes, however excelled at the CNC part. But no company in their right mind would let a 16 year old run a CNC machine worth a few hundred-thousand dollars...

 

[ilikewaffles11]

Fortunately for me, my dad owns the business and the shop. But I'm mostly doing cleaning stuff and all those crappy jibs he doesn't have time to do. The inky actual time I worked on a car was changing his trucks oil and one of his employees helped me out.

 

[Skython]

You missed my point. It's punctuation. Spellings're is a contraction of spellings are.

Knowledge bomb.

I saw the rest of the points though. Spelling wasn't mentioned to have any incorrect spellings. And from what I know, spelling're isn't a word. It's two thrown together in a way that no one else in the world would even use.

Every 🤬 day I wake up in the morning and feel depressed as hell and like I just wanna lie in bed and sleep all day. It annoys me since it's happened for the past week or so.

Do you want to know why? Because you know you have to get up and go to school. I'm the same way, but to be honest I don't hate the actual schooling part of it. Just having to get up at 6.50 A.M.

I have an awful feeling that I'll just be alone for most of my life. I want to make more friends, and become connected & close to them. I want to have more fun towards a course of people. But, it never works. I don't understand why.. Maybe I'm just not a talkative person? Maybe I'm just not normal to their social pool? This was a problem ever since I walked into preschool. And it still is.. I cry my heart out by the thought (not now, however). And suicide crossed my mind several times. I'd never even had one person who stuck with me for a long time, in the exception of my Sis. Every one of them left me like I was an insect, and never to be seen again. A couple did helped me out in hardships, but they just fainted away, to much nicer and generally more comical persons. And even though there is something I should have done, there was just nothing. I was helpless. But what kept my head up was my own imagination, my own surreal thoughts & implications. I pretend someone was there, and soon have the most joy I'd ever experienced. I wished countless times that they are actually there, and I tear up as a result. But I always seemed to like it, although more likable if a living being was there with me. On the other hand, I do lose it and just cry out, but I recover afterwards.

Fortunately I do talk to lots of people at school. And I have a great time with them. Just not, in a "pinky-promise" kind of way.

I completely understand your situation.

PS3 is grinding my gears! I turn it on, plug in my DFGT, start up GT5. New update. Takes forever to download. Then I try and log in. But no, I have to exit GT for a System update! It's such a pain in the arse! I had to wait almost half an hour just to get into GT5!

 

[Techy]

In a world where everything is coming closer and closer together, people find themselves more and more alone. A "funny" paradox.

Finding people to hang out with can be really tough, but to find likeminded people as yourself, you should engage yourself in the activities you most enjoy, and try to find the most social way to do it. It's much easier said than done, especially if you're not a very social person to start with, but it's important to keep at it and try to stay positive. Try to find a club which suits your interests, or start some sort of course to learn a new skill.

By far the easiest way to make acquaintances is to end up in a place where no-one knows each other. This could be a new school in a new city, some sort of camp or another new place. When there are no predetermined social structures, it's easier to approach people and discuss any subject. I'm sure there are people everywhere who are interested in atleast some of the same things as you, so there's always something to talk about.

I don't know if this is any real help, but having wrestled with similar problems and known people who are lonely I feel your pain. Suicide is sometimes tempting, but you have to remember that it's easier than you think to start a completely new life. In a couple years from now, there will have been moments where you've thought "Thank god I didn't kill myself", I'm sure of it.

I actually joined a couple of clubs in my school, and I believe I'll be able to stick with everybody soon enough.

Anyway, I think a similar thing will happen once I become a sophomore, since I have a couple of months until the school year ends. And many people I will miss greatly, as all will chase their dreams if graduated. Although I wished I could start over middle school and strolled through it properly.


Funnily enough, I imagine myself having a lot of fun & friends when I get older, or as to now. They are many people just like me in my school, however. And I did build a relationship to a couple. Just wasn't really worth their time to talk to me.

I completely understand your situation.

Nice to see a fellow sufferer 👍

 

[Skython]

In a world where everything is coming closer and closer together, people find themselves more and more alone. A "funny" paradox.

Finding people to hang out with can be really tough, but to find likeminded people as yourself, you should engage yourself in the activities you most enjoy, and try to find the most social way to do it. It's much easier said than done, especially if you're not a very social person to start with, but it's important to keep at it and try to stay positive. Try to find a club which suits your interests, or start some sort of course to learn a new skill.

By far the easiest way to make acquaintances is to end up in a place where no-one knows each other. This could be a new school in a new city, some sort of camp or another new place. When there are no predetermined social structures, it's easier to approach people and discuss any subject. I'm sure there are people everywhere who are interested in at least some of the same things as you, so there's always something to talk about.

What if the only groups that exist are for homosexuals (no joke), sport players and... No that's all there is. Seriously, here that's all that seems to matter. Homosexuals not feeling different; Drugs, and people who play sports.

Nice to see a fellow sufferer 👍

Yeah, my case not so severe. Though I'm reasonably content with how all is going right now. People say that they feel so down due to girl hate, or general hate. Though I've found ways to make it a positive experience. I just argue... With everyone. Today I was arguing that my point I had made sense. All you should do is see everything like it's a pink elephant with pink fur. No, don't think about mutations, think. "Well, the reason I'm not appreciated is because I'm simply too great for them. I always joke that when I sit down, people move away because I'm so great that they have to give me space. I'm like a royalty.

 

[nitrorocks]

Fortunately for me, my dad owns the business and the shop. But I'm mostly doing cleaning stuff and all those crappy jibs he doesn't have time to do. The inky actual time I worked on a car was changing his trucks oil and one of his employees helped me out.

Same with my dad and his business when I would go over to work there.

 

[Skython]

Some people's idiocy is really ear grinding. I mean, I'm not exactly the intelligent kind myself, but it's amazing how stupid some people are! It seems the only thing the moron males can do is. Claim that their urinating utensil is the size of their entire leg; beat each other up; break things and scribble ridiculous acronyms and words small enough for them to misunderstand. Then there's the failing females... They know how to photoshop women bodies to make them look better (worse as the case may be), but of course keeping in mind they can only photoshop their own body and mockery they call a face. They think no one will hurt them, just because they are girls. What!? The stupid meter has reached a point where it has actually burst and it's officially spreading as a disease! Because people seem to just continually get dumber and dumber!

And also, people who are desperate to a point that they photoshop someone of the opposite gender (and doing a bad job of it) into their image kissing them. How pathetic is that. How desperate would someone be as to do that!?

 

[hawkeye122]

People that drive slow and stupidly in front of you. And the gap is never quite big enough to reasonably consider passing them...

 

[mattythedog]

That it's only Thursday. I want the weekend to start, as then I get a weeks holiday....

 

[shmogt]

Stupid ****ing slow Internet. My comp going so slow for unknown reasons so I say whatever I'll watch some internet tv on the ps3. Of course it's slow as ****. Ask me to do some update too and doesn't even move from 0% after like 5min. Cancel that and try the Internet. Even tho the signal is low but decent it takes soooooo long to load. Been at least half and hour and the thing just went to the next page as I am writing this.

 

[uMadson?]

Stupid ****ing slow Internet. My comp going so slow for unknown reasons so I say whatever I'll watch some internet tv on the ps3. Of course it's slow as ****. Ask me to do some update too and doesn't even move from 0% after like 5min. Cancel that and try the Internet. Even tho the signal is low but decent it takes soooooo long to load. Been at least half and hour and the thing just went to the next page as I am writing this.

I know that feel bro.

What grinded my gears to scratches and sparks today? Classmates without manners...

 

[Skython]

Something at school is grinding my gears. Because the school have a new singing teacher. I've just got to hope that the new one is just as good as the previous one.

First world Problems Grind my Gears! I don't know which to choose!!! Rage for Order, or Empire!!! WHICH ONE!!!!

 

[ilikewaffles11]

Do you want to know why? Because you know you have to get up and go to school. I'm the same way, but to be honest I don't hate the actual schooling part of it. Just having to get up at 6.50 A.M.

Me to, I'm usually pretty happy to be at school simply because I get to see my friends but I HATE getting up at 6.

 

[Danze1984]

People that move your things and forget where they put them. Absolutely infuriates me.

 

[Schwartz]

Me to, I'm usually pretty happy to be at school simply because I get to see my friends but I HATE getting up at 6.

Oh yea, well I just got to Pittsburgh now. And I left at 5:00 pm last night. Running on 2 hours of sleep.

 

[mattythedog]

When a teacher says "come and get your book after school", and then isn't in their office. I'll have to get it tomorrow morning now...

 

[E28]

When a teacher says on my report that I 'failed to hand in the extended homework on slavery' when I handed it to her early.

 

[ilikewaffles11]

Oh yea, well I just got to Pittsburgh now. And I left at 5:00 pm last night. Running on 2 hours of sleep.

Ah how do you like it? PA's pretty boring.

 

[rb26x]

That it's winter and I can't work yet. I'm really excited to start as a supervisor making decent money, and it's taking forever for it to get here. I'm broke as of now, so that makes the wait even worse. I want to go swimming, hang out with my girlfriend when I want (she'll have a license, I'll get mine August or September), I want to longboard in a tee, with a nice longboard that is small enough to slide around, mine is 54 inches, I want a deck the is 38", but $120. I want it to be summer so I can work with friend from last year, and I know I'll enjoy it because I did last year being on register every day, this year I never have to unless it's really busy. I just hate winter and school beyond explanation, and I want to go to college to get a nice job as an engineer. I hate school, yet I put myself through tough classes to end up where I want to be once I graduate. There's just so much stress right now.

 

[Cowboys965]

I don't know if this EMT course at my school will be good for me. As I heard its extremely hard, but you get to be an EMT. I can't what I want to do!

 

[mattythedog]

People on Facebook who can't spell. I quote a status from 1 guy: "oh no, weres my fone ive lost it :/ dont txt me i cant rply". Now, GTP has probably turned my into a bit of a grammar nazi, and I was always a bit OCD, but that annoys me so much. I've posted a comment saying "and in English", now watch how I get attacked for "bein a prppr nrd".

 

[Finduszip]

Xbox fanboys. They bang on about how the Xbox is better, but when I tell them the specs of both (PS3 has better specs) they just go: "But PS3 sucks."

 

[MadMike'86]

Spelling FTL

You noticed

 

[Skython]

There only being 5 minutes left of this class is a little annoying. I only just got to log on here!

 

[Cowboys965]

Xbox fanboys. They bang on about how the Xbox is better, but when I tell them the specs of both (PS3 has better specs) they just go: "But PS3 sucks."

Gear grinder?
Something like this.

I have a friend who's a complete bandwagoner.

Xbox is better than PS3, but he hasn't played a PS3, except for his cousins. (understandable)

Loves CoD, says Battlefield is terrible, hasn't played it.

Says GT5 has better graphics, but Forza has better gameplay, without playing either.

Changes his NFL team during the playoffs like 3 or 4 times. Then brags to me how the Giants won. He's a Jets fan.

And in group school work yesterday, he just sat and talked to his cousin sitting next to him while barely doing any work, leaving me and my other friend to do it, and the teacher tells me I have to give more effort to get into the honors class.

/rant

 

[rhys159]

I can't seem to find a simple way to get emulators/GT2 onto my Xperia play. First world problems eh...