Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

I have a major anti-rant. I took the dogs outside a moment ago. Cocoa still wont go on her own and I had to carry her and shut the door behind me.
In true hillbilly fashion, we have a broken dryer on our porch which we place the cats food on.
One of the seasonal male "strays" is hanging around and the dogs flipped out and I think my toe is bleeding from one of the dogs claws

But when all the excitement died down, Tiny (our female cat) started eating her food.
Then low and behold, what do I see? Cocoa is standing on her hind legs, begging the cat for some scraps

She's begged us in that fashion ever since we got her, but I've never seen her use the behavior on another animal.

Sure enough, the dogs had eaten all of their food, so gave them more and now Meesha is pestering Cocoa who is very territorial of her food. Meesha thinks Cocoa is playing but she just wants to eat in peace lol So, Cocoa takes a bite of food, Meesha runs toward her then Cocoa chases her several feet, growling and yipping. They can do that 15+ minutes several times a day
What goofballs they are!

My rant is that I keep shutting down. I need sleep. I even somewhat WANT sleep, but my stupid legs are puffy and aching again I just can't get comfortable.

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

Hehe, what's wrong with thinking about smoking? I think I'll smoke a bowl myself.

It's just that sometimes I get obsessed with it, and I can't always get some, but I keep thinking about it and trying to find it and then researching where to get seeds from and....
Yeah.

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

One of them increases blood levels of glycerol and fatty acids, and the other causes vasodilation

Gonna have to correct you there. Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor. That's why it works to stop migraines, because they are usually caused by overly dilated blood vessels.

Originally Posted by tommo

It's just that sometimes I get obsessed with it, and I can't always get some, but I keep thinking about it and trying to find it and then researching where to get seeds from and....
Yeah.

I understand, I've been there. I just like torturing myself so I keep thinking about it anyway.

Originally Posted by tommo

Gonna have to correct you there. Caffeine is a vasoconstrictor. That's why it works to stop migraines, because they are usually caused by overly dilated blood vessels.

Actually, it's both. It causes vasoconstriction in the central nervous system which is why it stops migraines, but it causes vasodilation in the peripheral nervous system which relates more to what I was saying.

Ah I just realised flickr limits the number of images I can view on my photostream to 200. And I've been using it for my DJ photos on DV. But I like it that I can set certain images to private. It helps me to resize one image to different sizes so I have the flexibility of size too. Well at least my images are not deleted, they are just not viewable on the photostream unless I save the image url...

Have I rant about this before? I think I did several months back.

I answered every single question in my last homework correctly but received 50% because it was 30minutes late.

I have a bunch of things I want to vent, and I've been wanting to for a long time. But since I haven't been able to figure out how to word it, it has instead taken the shape of vague and random comments thrown out into the DV Chat where it probably has just been an annoyance... I guess that is in itself a rant? I still don't know how to word all these conflicts and odd situations. Everything is so confusing.

So I'll go with something less complex. I'm doing a maths assignment for tomorrow and my calculator ran out of batteries. No idea where or if we keep a stash of batteries. Bummer.

Originally Posted by Maeni

I'm doing a maths assignment for tomorrow and my calculator ran out of batteries. No idea where or if we keep a stash of batteries. Bummer.

Should have gone with solar power!

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

I get that you're into drugs, and I'm cool with that. People choices are peoples choices; but it's a tad irresponsible encouraging minors to get into drugs. I don't know, you should be more careful - could have been some easily influenced kid reading that, and his life would have been destroyed in a month. # Just saying C;

There is a difference between pushing drugs, and saying how easily drugs are available. Besides, choosing to do them is always the persons choice. It's like people who don't want to smoke; You might feel peer pressure, but you're still to blame if you cave in.

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

I don't encourage minors to do drugs unprovoked, but I will not try to talk someone out of smoking weed either, and I would if it was any other drug. Weed will not destroy anyone's life.

Could if you got caught with it.

Originally Posted by khh

Could if you got caught with it.

Ehhhh... that's not really the weed's fault. :T It's still up to the person using it to know their situation and make wise decisions. I also don't really consider getting caught with weed capable of "destroying" someone's life. It certainly doesn't help anything, but it's not the end of the world, unless you've been moving massive amounts, like heavy dealer amounts, in which case you know what you're getting into. Meth and heroin are drugs that can destroy your life. Weed is not.

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

Actually, it's both. It causes vasoconstriction in the central nervous system which is why it stops migraines, but it causes vasodilation in the peripheral nervous system which relates more to what I was saying.

I searched but I can't find anything corroborating that.
Were you thinking of theobromine, which is part of what caffeine is metabolised in to?

It actually seems less certain than I previously assumed. I can't really find anything saying definitively whether it is a vasoconstrictor or dilator. Interesting.

WHAT IS THE FUCKING TIME-OUT ON THIS SITE!??? 5 MINUTES??? 10???
FUCK IT!!! FUCK IT TO HELL!!!!
Seriously, can't even type a post without it signing out. POS!!!!!!!!
I think enough people have complained about this to have it changed already. If someone is dumb enough to leave it open on a public computer, let them have their account stolen, IDGAF!

Originally Posted by tommo

WHAT IS THE FUCKING TIME-OUT ON THIS SITE!??? 5 MINUTES??? 10???
FUCK IT!!! FUCK IT TO HELL!!!!
Seriously, can't even type a post without it signing out. POS!!!!!!!!
I think enough people have complained about this to have it changed already. If someone is dumb enough to leave it open on a public computer, let them have their account stolen, IDGAF!

I was experiencing this problem with my office's computer. Open private browsing, login with "Remember Me" option checked. Solved. XD

I thinking my OCD is worsening again... >.> Having headache trying to reassure myself my extra thoughts are not legit.

Originally Posted by tommo

I searched but I can't find anything corroborating that.
Were you thinking of theobromine, which is part of what caffeine is metabolised in to?

It actually seems less certain than I previously assumed. I can't really find anything saying definitively whether it is a vasoconstrictor or dilator. Interesting.

Yeah, most people seem to be sort of confused about it.

Here's one. ---> Effects Of Caffeine On The Circulatory System | LIVESTRONG.COM

I've also heard claims that it acts first as a vasodilator, then as a vasoconstrictor.

I wasn't necessarily referring to theobromine in that most recent post because I'm not certain if that creates the most significant aspect of its vasodilation, but if you'll look back to the original post of mine that you quoted, I was referring to it there.

Originally Posted by Maeni

I have a bunch of things I want to vent, and I've been wanting to for a long time. But since I haven't been able to figure out how to word it, it has instead taken the shape of vague and random comments thrown out into the DV Chat where it probably has just been an annoyance... I guess that is in itself a rant? I still don't know how to word all these conflicts and odd situations. Everything is so confusing.

So I'll go with something less complex. I'm doing a maths assignment for tomorrow and my calculator ran out of batteries. No idea where or if we keep a stash of batteries. Bummer.

Use windows built in calculator. Switch it to scientific mode though.

Haha, I did~ Most of all I needed to solve an equation, which the windows calculator doesn't really do. So I went hunting for a web-based solve thingy...
Eventually I found batteries.

Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

Meth and heroin are drugs that can destroy your life. Weed is not.

Unless you are one of cousins. I have seen dozens of people handle weed, but it turned them (2 cousins) into jobless, unwashed, losers and it has lasted over 25 years. sad, they just could not handle it; genetics maybe?

I crashed at around 3AM and slept until noon. I slept well but I had a lot of stress dreams though I can really only recall one now. It was centered around the ocean which is always a symbol of being overwhelmed and stressed for me.
I woke up frequently throughout the night though. My legs ached, or I had to go to the restroom. And once, I "heard" the computer calling me and I jumped up to answer but (of course) it was quiet. I hate the noise of the computer calling (Google Voice). I hear it all the freagin time if there's another noise, like the AC or the bathroom fan. I even "hear" it during certain songs
It's almost enough to make me get a real phone again lol

The other rant is fleas. I guess a new generation has hatched because these little buggers are tiny and much more vicious than the last ones. I can't wait for winter to come along and freeze them all

I see my p-doc at 1:30. I forgot to get my car inspection sticker renewed so I'm going to be paranoid the whole way there.

The birds are out of food now, the dogs are almost out and the bunny refuses to eat the Timothy Hay I bought him (Walmart was out of his pellets), my son is laying on the couch whining that he's starving to death, and I'm almost out of smokes It's sad that running out of smokes concerns me the most.
I wish hubby would just give me the freagin money I requested and then I could get caught up. It's not like I ask for a lot (in general). Great. Now the annoying debate of humility is going to war within my brain...

I'm going to eat the second half of my cake slice and get ready to leave...

Originally Posted by sivason

Unless you are one of cousins. I have seen dozens of people handle weed, but it turned them (2 cousins) into jobless, unwashed, losers and it has lasted over 25 years. sad, they just could not handle it; genetics maybe?

Well, let me just say first that obviously I don't know your cousins or their life situations and I mean absolutely no offense in any way when I say this. I hate thinking about people as statistics, but I need to here to make my point. That being said, this is what comes to mind for me when you say that. "Dozens" is a very, very small sample size and two is a relatively small fraction of that. To you, those two people stand out because they're your cousins. To me, I hear "two people out of dozens who smoke weed were unsuccessful in life". If I told someone that in a randomly selected survey group, two people out of dozens who had never smoked weed were unsuccessful in life, they wouldn't bat an eye. That is a very normal figure. There are several, several reasons that people could be unsuccessful in life, and many of them could even lead to drug use.

Just in my personal opinion, which I've built up through experience and observation, I feel that anyone who cannot quit using weed in order to increase their quality of life does not truly have the desire to improve, at least not more than they have the desire to wallow in depression. Weed simply does not effect cognition or motivation significantly enough to inhibit you from living your life, and the longer you go on using it the less of an inhibiting effect it will have. It is also not addictive enough, physically or psychologically, to force you to use it or demean yourself to obtain it, period. I believe that people whose lives are defined by weed lack, for any reason, the drive to continue their lives and would very likely seek out a means of escapism to avoid it, regardless of whether or not it was weed. The thing is, most methods of escapism (e.g., alcohol) can come with serious consequences. After 25 years of being jobless and smoking weed, all you will have lost is time. And of course, time is precious, but that's still significantly less than you lose with other methods. People whose lives are "ruined by weed" are not suffering directly from the weed, they're consciously choosing to using it to ignore their actual issues. I firmly believe that if enough help was given to them (perhaps more than some people will obtain unfortunately, but still within reasonable bounds in an ideal setup or if there is enough intervention early on) they could turn their lives around and live happily, and continue smoking weed without incident, if they wanted to, of course.

Now again, I don't know your cousins, and I don't mean any form of disrespect. Obviously, there's no way to accurately show what roads in life people did or did not have the potential to take. This is simply my view on things. I have yet to see any convincing evidence that weed can directly influence someone's life to this degree.

I haven't gotten a chance to rant about things in a very very long time on here (relatively speaking) because I've ... just not taken the time to come on here. SO HERE GOES!

1. Too many things are happening all at once; there's an amazing opportunity I now have to spend 5 weeks doing service-learning in Ireland, and 5 weeks in South Africa educating children (and BOTH are part of the program). However, even if I get all of the grants I apply for (which I won't) I still can't pay for the entire thing; my loans are going to my tuition, I'm losing $2000 a year because my brother is graduating (sibling discount), tuition will increase, etc. So I have no idea where to get this money (private loans are out of the question; I won't be able to pay off their high interest rates.) Hopefully... hopefully I can figure something out. Here's hoping.

2. Americans are such fickle idiots. They freak out about how much worse America will be if we have a different (or the same) President. Shit won't noticeably change with Romney OR Obama. They are far too similar, corporate-funded candidates. The only thing that would really "change" America is one of the many wonderful third party candidates that get ignored by the (corporate-funded) media. I hear so many arguments about the D/R candidates, yet they are of so little substance. They don't talk about war, they don't talk about foreign policy, they don't talk about Social Security, they don't talk about the budget in a serious manner, they don't talk about tax REFORM, only "I want to alter the tax rate this tiny bit or that tiny bit." But Americans love to argue over the little things that don't matter all that much, so I guess I get dragged down with them.

3. People are way too materialistic. As much as people want to APPEAR to be "green" they are just environment-destroying whores that have no idea how dire our situation will be in 50 years if we keep things up at this rate. The rate of degradation is escalating, too. As more and more emerging economies grow their middle classes (China, India, the notable giants) they all want to live like Americans (And I don't blame them; our cultural values are crammed down their throats... but that's in part 4.) but if everyone on earth lived like Americans, we'd need 3 earths to sustain us all! And then what happens when in 50 years we have another 3 billion people? We're royally-screwed. FUN FACT: there is not enough land or water in all of China to raise livestock to meet their increasing demand for meat. Americans are lucky to have such a large amount of land and low population, or else we wouldn't be able to afford our ultra-cheap steaks. And think about technology; people buy new cellphones and TVs and computers and printers and appliances and devices etc. etc. etc. at faster and faster rates. These products are cheap, crappy, often MADE to break, forcing us to buy MORE! What happened to the family that had one TV that lasted for 30 years, and a kitchen with 2 appliances, a fridge and a stove, both of which far-outlive modern models? What happened to having a landline telephone that didn't require "updating" every 12 months because Apple wants more money? And we consume SO MUCH electricity it makes me want to cry (he says as he types on his internet-connected, electricity-using computer.) People think we can just switch to solar and wind, but we don't physically HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES to replace our energy sources and our cars with battery-powered cars! They just don't exist! PLUS WE DONT EVEN MAKE THINGS RECYCLABLE! Back in the day, a glass bottle could be re-used over and over by the same company. Paint and chemicals on aluminum cans, however, render them virtually unsalvageable as cans again. The lithium in your cellphone battery cannot be salvaged to become a battery again once the battery is thrown away. We're going to run out of lithium if we don't change it.

4. America is a cultural imperialist powerhouse. I've been complaining about this forever. We're destroying other cultures by bombarding them with the "American" way of life. And we wonder why so many people around the world hate us; what if WE were bombarded by Eastern cultures? I personally enjoy some aspects of Eastern cultures, but I wouldn't want ours replaced entirely by theirs, but it's happening to them!

I'm not sure why I decided to only bold things in category 3. Hmm...

TL;DR: Everything sucks. I now understand why people drink so much. Sometimes I wish I weren't a non-drinking douchebag. It'd probably help me freak out less.

Back-to-school-and-work-post-summer-anxiety-mode: POWER UP!

The Preserver. I hope you get your finances figured out.
I can't really comment on the rest of the rant.
I don't keep up with politics AT ALL. I'm very apathetic about the state of the world. I feel nothing will ever improve unless something catastrophic occurs (and not one second before).
I do, however, share your rant about crappy modern products. A lot of times it's cheaper to buy a new product than a replacement for it if it breaks. We live in a throw-away society because of it.
And there's little wonder why people are fat. They often go for the best deal. There's usually just a few cents difference in fast food/snacks. When I get hotdogs, I can get 2 for $1.00 or 1 for .80 (And yes, I realize a LOT more is contributing to obesity. This is just one small example.)

I have been in a tremendously great mood all day today. I saw my p-doc and we actually talked for almost an hour (it's usually just 30 minutes though I'm allotted an hour). It wasn't anything serious though.
Then I went to the store and bought bird food, a bottle of Diet Pepsi for my son, a loaf of bread and a family sized Spinach, Mushroom and Chicken Lasagna. Then I got a fountain drink, hubby's hotdogs and a pack of smokes.
I got home and did a load of laundry so I could stop going "commando" lol
I stuffed myself on half of the lasagna and the last couple bites from my cake.

But my stomach is growling I can't be hungry so I guess my stomach is rebelling.
And my right ear is burning and bright red in color lol. Usually that means a spike in my blood pressure. But it's better than normal (almost low), so I have no idea what that's about
All in all, it's been a good day

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

I don't keep up with politics AT ALL. I'm very apathetic about the state of the world. I feel nothing will ever improve unless something catastrophic occurs (and not one second before).

I'm trying to be optimistic and think that with Occupy and peaceful protests spreading all over the world that something good can happen. Less violence and materialism? A completely new American government? The end of fake communism everywhere in the world? Who knows, but if something good doesn't happen from millions of people demanding peace and equality, even if most are trying to get it from corrupted governments, I'll start feeling like you do. I am worried about the constant war, violent protests, and all the Americans who watch and believe Fox news.

Now I want to complain about the American government. This might be long. Everything should be legal as long as you aren't hurting anyone else (physically or mentally). Who gets hurt when you smoke pot? Who gets hurt when two guys get married? And the people need to know what the government is doing. Why should anything that affects a whole country, which can affect the whole world, be kept secret? Schools need to be changed a lot too. Stop teaching bull$&!% theories and "patriotism" (one of the dumbest causes of war) and all the other crap! Why not teach more about spirituality and meditation? Why not teach people to think instead of follow? "Justice" and "law enforcement" have problems too. Look at some of those crazy murderers. What's the point of locking them up for the rest of their lives? What good does that do? They're clearly insane and need help from psychiatrists, and I'm not talking about the kind that say "Try this and come back in 6 months". And those cops arresting innocent protesters need to stop. The number of Occupy protesters arrested is 7,661, according to occupyarrests.moonfruit.com. Most of them did nothing except disagree with the government.

That's all I feel like complaining about right now. I really need some sleep and a life...

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

I wasn't necessarily referring to theobromine in that most recent post because I'm not certain if that creates the most significant aspect of its vasodilation, but if you'll look back to the original post of mine that you quoted, I was referring to it there.

You are correct.
I need to read better.

Originally Posted by sivason

Unless you are one of cousins. I have seen dozens of people handle weed, but it turned them (2 cousins) into jobless, unwashed, losers and it has lasted over 25 years. sad, they just could not handle it; genetics maybe?

You cousins were jobless, unwashed losers before they started smoking weed. Or they were destined to be anyway.
It doesn't change your whole personality or the way your brain works. Weed can increase motivation, but if you don't wanna do something in the first place,
it isn't going to make you want to do it.

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

And we consume SO MUCH electricity it makes me want to cry (he says as he types on his internet-connected, electricity-using computer.) People think we can just switch to solar and wind, but we don't physically HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES to replace our energy sources and our cars with battery-powered cars! They just don't exist!

[source needed]
We have more than enough resources man.
If we didn't have enough materials to produce wind and solar farms to power the world, we wouldn't be able to make anything new starting next week.

Edit: I feel depressed as fuck.
I feel like nobody really liked me as they get to know me.
All I have to go on is my smile and my relatively ok looks.
So I don't look like a depressed fuck and I'm not ugly so I don't scare people off.
But then they realise I have nothing interesting in my life and they get bored or hate me.
It's not that I really have nothing interesting, just that nobody I've met actually enjoyed the things I do.
I could talk for ages about dreaming or the things I'm learning, or about space or I could help someone learn something or get them to help me etc.
But no one I know gives a fuck about any of that. And it really gets me down sometimes.
I just don't know if I'm going to go through my whole life without meeting anyone like that.

This also causes me to feel like my life is empty, I am a boring person and I don't fit in anyway and so I just wallow in depression and depressing art and romanticise the world so I don't just off myself right now.

Wow... I just spent something like 4 hours sleeping in my chair and now I have a horrible kink in my neck and a slight headache to go with it lol
I also fell asleep with a Lime Tic Tac in my mouth and the after taste is horrendous!
At some point, I was smoking in my "sleep" and used my open cigarette pack as the ashtray I came too right before I put in out.
And speaking of cigarettes, I only have 2 left

Oh well, despite all of that, I'm strangely well rested and in a really good mood.

Originally Posted by tommo

Edit: I feel depressed as fuck.
I feel like nobody really liked me as they get to know me.
All I have to go on is my smile and my relatively ok looks.
So I don't look like a depressed fuck and I'm not ugly so I don't scare people off.
But then they realise I have nothing interesting in my life and they get bored or hate me.
It's not that I really have nothing interesting, just that nobody I've met actually enjoyed the things I do.
I could talk for ages about dreaming or the things I'm learning, or about space or I could help someone learn something or get them to help me etc.
But no one I know gives a fuck about any of that. And it really gets me down sometimes.
I just don't know if I'm going to go through my whole life without meeting anyone like that.

This also causes me to feel like my life is empty, I am a boring person and I don't fit in anyway and so I just wallow in depression and depressing art and romanticise the world so I don't just off myself right now.

I disagree with this:

All I have to go on is my smile and my relatively ok looks.

...this:

But then they realise I have nothing interesting in my life

...and this:

This also causes me to feel like my life is empty, I am a boring person

...because of this:

It's not that I really have nothing interesting, just that nobody I've met actually enjoyed the things I do.
I could talk for ages about dreaming or the things I'm learning, or about space or I could help someone learn something or get them to help me etc.

In fact, I believe that this:

But no one I know gives a fuck about any of that.

...actually proves that those other people are the boring ones, and anyone to whom this applies:

So I don't look like a depressed fuck and I'm not ugly so I don't scare people off.

...is not someone you should give a shit about anyway.

Also, this is just not true:

I feel like nobody really liked me as they get to know me.

...because I've liked you as I've gotten to know you, and I don't even know what you look like. I know this is an online community, but we're just regular people in the world, too.

Lastly, don't think about this:

so I don't just off myself right now.

Even if you're just venting, saying something like that at all shifts your mindset to be more inclined toward it. There are so many opportunities in this world still just waiting to be taken, don't throw your life away just because you're feeling down right now, there's no good excuse to rob the world of yourself when there's still so much for you to do in it. Make things happen if you want a change, even if it's tough to get out there at first. We all have the power to achieve something better if we just stick to our motivations. And if you keep your head high and continue pushing through, you will eventually meet the people in person that you want to meet, people who will like you for who you are and actually be interested in talking about these fascinating subjects, because they are out there. You just have to keep looking, and stay strong.