What Grinds your Gears?

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I just learned that scientists made a strain of bird flu that can easily be transferred to humans. What the 🤬 is wrong with them? Who sits and thinks "Hmm, we should make a deadly flu easier to spread to humans." Why waste time on making it deadlier instead of making a cure for it?
 
To go back to the Parkinson's thing... There's a lot more there to make me so mad.

For one, my poor grandparents have to try and sleep tonight with this knowledge. My poor grandpa! How can he begin to live with knowing his brain function will decrease over the years? I think that's what Parkinson's is (after a quick Google search)?

Now I really want to see my grandparents. But why did it take THIS for me to want to be with them? I've always loved them, and the level has gone up in the past year, probably with me realizing they are getting older, as well as me maturing to realize how important family is. So why does it take such a thing for me to care?

I deserve bad things.
 
Yeah Bubble, real sorry to hear that, but you don't deserve any bad things. You didn't have any idea or control over him getting that, and you're lucky to have such a relationship with grandparents. I never had a good relationship, not that it's bad, just not close. I hope you guys can cope well.
 
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Yeah Bubble, real sorry to hear that, but you don't deserve any bad things. You didn't have any idea or control over him getting that, and you're lucky to have such a relationship with grandparents. I never had a good relationship, not that it's bad, just not close. I hope you guys can cope well.
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But I'm not all that close with them! I should be though, and it's my fault we aren't.
 
BubbleBelly542
But I'm not all that close with them! I should be though, and it's my fault we aren't.
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How is it your fault? From my understanding you're 13 or 14, so it's not like you can just drive to see him. Don't blame yourself for these things.

My gear-grinder is my girlfriend blaming herself for stupid things. Things like people being angry at her when she does nothing, then her thinking she did something wrong and crying over it, or her feeling guilty for making me upset about her having depression and being down randomly, with no reason. It's just annoying, but if I told her that she'd feel guilty, when it isn't her fault. I feel really bad now, too.
 
BubbleBelly542
To go back to the Parkinson's thing... There's a lot more there to make me so mad.

For one, my poor grandparents have to try and sleep tonight with this knowledge. My poor grandpa! How can he begin to live with knowing his brain function will decrease over the years? I think that's what Parkinson's is (after a quick Google search)?

Now I really want to see my grandparents. But why did it take THIS for me to want to be with them? I've always loved them, and the level has gone up in the past year, probably with me realizing they are getting older, as well as me maturing to realize how important family is. So why does it take such a thing for me to care?

I deserve bad things.
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Read this again Bubble - that you posted what you posted shows that you care and are a good person. Our relationship with our parents and grandparents evolves over time, and never stops changing. As you mature as a person, so your realtionship with the elders in your family improves. As you experience more in your life, so you find new respect and appreciation for the things that they've been through.

It wasn't until I had children for example that I truly appreciated my own parents.

A final thought. Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1984 - he turned 70 last week and continues to inspire people around the world.
 
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My gear-grinder is my girlfriend blaming herself for stupid things. Things like people being angry at her when she does nothing, then her thinking she did something wrong and crying over it, or her feeling guilty for making me upset...
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Exactly the same thing happens here, I've told her a lot of times not to blame herself for everything, and not to overreact to silly little things. Thankfully, she is starting to hold her own now :)

My gear-grinder: Electricity went out for about 1.5 hours in the morning, today is a national holiday, I don't have any school, hence I lost a lot of PS3 time :grumpy:
 
zedextreme8177
My gear-grinder: Electricity went out for about 1.5 hours in the morning, today is a national holiday, I don't have any school, hence I lost a lot of PS3 time :grumpy:
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There are many things more fun than GT5! Why didn't you just go.... errrr... ummm... nevermind, I take that back. No GT5 for an hour and a half must have been hell.
 
This stupid Malaysian in Nokia Malaysia's FB page is a real gear grinder.. He only knows how to say ''Nokia suck, Nokia suck...'' but whenever I said something factual or even an opinion that makes sense, he said that I'm just a kid why do I have to boast like I know everything? He also said I just ask my dad if I want a phone and I don't have to say anything because I'm a kid, thus knowing nothing about it. Now really, whose being an idiot? Me, or him?

Fellow Malaysian, I'm very, very dissapointed...

EDIT: Let me be a kid who knows something good or bad to say, facts than being like him having a bigger head and smaller brain that only knows to say 'Nokia suck...'. What an idiot!
 
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I am taking a online course and it mainly consist of read the book and do a quiz each week. I suck at reading and remembering what I just read and I suck even more at quiz's and test. I absolutely must pass it and it's not looking too good so far.

Edit: it's 4am and I can't sleep.
 
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Now I really want to see my grandparents. But why did it take THIS for me to want to be with them? I've always loved them, and the level has gone up in the past year, probably with me realizing they are getting older, as well as me maturing to realize how important family is. So why does it take such a thing for me to care?

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You don't deserve bad things, when I was 13 my grandad passed away due to lots of little thing(I'm still not sure what was wrong and I don't want to know) recently I've been thinking about him alot, although I saw him every week I still wish I had seen him more and now I'm older I think I would be even more interested in seeing him. The main thing is that you care and you obviously do, if not seeing your grandparents is the problem try having a word with your parents, I'm sure you can sort something out :)
 
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BubbleBelly542
Now I really want to see my grandparents. But why did it take THIS for me to want to be with them? I've always loved them, and the level has gone up in the past year, probably with me realizing they are getting older, as well as me maturing to realize how important family is. So why does it take such a thing for me to care?

I deserve bad things.
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You don't deserve bad things, when I was 13 my grandad passed away due to lots of little thing(I'm still not sure what was wrong and I don't want to know) recently I've been thinking about him alot, although I saw him every week I still wish I had seen him more and now I'm older I think I would be even more interested in seeing him. The main thing is that you care and you obviously do, if not seeing your grandparents is the problem try having a word with your parents, I'm sure you can sort something out :)
 
Lack of sleep grinds my gears. I didn't sleep last night and I sat down this morning to fill out my application for a certificate of no impediment (which will let me marry my Fiancee overseas). First box. Forename. It wasn't until I had finished writing my Surname that I realized my mistake.

Now I have to get a new form. :dunce:
 
I have a headache. It's cold, I can't stay home because my moms not home and won't pick up her phone and my dad sure as he'll isn't gonna let me. Come to think of it I also forgot to do some homework. Today is just starting off great..
 
Having to go into school in 9 hours grinds my gears. Just for Course Confirmation. I have to go aaaaall the way over there and be stuck over there all day! It's just a pain in the butt!!
 
People that can't get over the fact that the person they liked is/was in a relationship with me and resorts to, nevermind... But it grinds my gears. The reason I say is/was is because my idiocy. If I was smart I'd run from that situation, and that'll probably happen. Meh, it was a good month anyway.
 
axletramp
Hopefully you know where your fiancée is...
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Haha. I do. I have a suspicion that I left my birth certificate at my mums house. She's on holiday until a week on Saturday and lives through in Edinburgh. She won't be back for another week and a half. So I'm going to go down to the registrars and see how long it takes for a new birth certificate. If I could get another before my mum gets back then I don't mind paying.

I'm going to go to the registrars with every form of ID I can put my hand on. Including a notice of jury duty, passport, driving licence and tax letter. Maybe that'll be enough for them to order my certificate of no impediment. At least I hope.

I miss my Fiancee and just hope I can get all the paperwork together soon so I can join her in Japan.
 
The fact that I have no real friends because almost all the guys around here seem to only have cars, alcohol and vagina on their mind and are generally unruly, when I seem to be the exact opposite. Guess it's no wonder how I have isolated myself from the rest of the world right here, in these two rooms upstairs.
 
Submerged
Find another set of mates instead?

Join a hobby group?
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I'm not interested in anything, that's why I hate those questions (mostly on language lessons) where I'm asked what my hobbies are, when there are none and most likely won't ever be.
 
Another gear grinder today. I absolutely hate people who talk a lot about products but have not even a single idea about marketing. Sure, the S40 OS is lower than the iOS but why on earth would you even compare them? They're catered for different market you 🤬!...

Oh people these days...
 
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