The $%*! frustration thread

[MagilsugaM]

Kill one ant more will come... just use sweet food as lure then take them outside and burn them with magnifying glass...

[GenesisOne]

And wasps and hornets, too.  Can't forget those little bastards.

What purpose do they serve, anyway?  They're constantly pissed off and sting anybody they see.  They're pre-emptively aggressive...  like 16-year-old girls.

[Lord J Esq]

The one thing we do know is that the LORD GOD made them all. It's in the Sacred Verses.

[Thought]

All creatures great and small serve a purpose. Without wasps, what would all those pesticide companies that specialize in anti-wasp spray do? Feed the hungry? I don't think so!

Sunrise, sunset.

[Zephira]

Wasps are natural pesticides. They eat other bugs that destroy plants. In fact, some plants have chemical scents that attract different species of wasps depending on what bug is assailing them. Current frustration is that I can't remember where I learned this, thus can't prove it.

[Lord J Esq]

I get frustrated by people who don't know what they're talking about when it comes to things like general chemistry. Just a moment ago I read a scare line written by someone with an environmentalist agenda. Supposedly, they were letting us into a dirty little secret: Methanol is bad. Why is it bad? Because methanol is a petroleum product.

That was their logic. Now, if you know even the most rudimentary chemistry, you know why that's so much bunk. Methanol is one of the simplest hydrocarbons there is, and the single simplest member of the alcohol family. It can be produced from petroleum, yes. It also comes from many other sources. It's pretty harmless stuff, so far as EEEEEEEEVIL CHEMICALS go...

This kind of rubbish talk undermines environmentalism. Next up we're gonna be hearing that table salt has chlorine in it...

[Lord J Esq]

A double frustration: I have been totally overloaded with work lately, but my pay has not been commensurate with my time spent.

[Thought]

I may have complained about this before, but in case I haven't: Central Serous Retinopathy. Cause being near-sighted just isn't unique enough for my eyes.

[Lord J Esq]

WTF. It's Thursday? Thursday night? Where did my week go? I only have one day left. This is bad juju, people. Somebody's toying with me. I wanna speak to Dalton. I wanna speak to Gato. Shit will go down, I avow this!

[FaustWolf]

Oh crap, it is Thursday! Not to mention December 3.

WHERE DID NOVEMBER GO!?

[Zephira]

November up and left you in the dust, Faust!

Frustration: My brain hates me. There is this place in Seattle that I need to bus to and I KNEW the name of the station a few hours ago, but my mind just completely blanked and I have no clue what it's called now. I think it has something to do with the letter P. Dammit P, why must you torment me so!?

Also, today was my last day of tutoring. While I'll enjoy not having to "teach me to English" anymore, I'll miss the money, and I won't get paid to watch Photoshop I final presentations next week. The next quarter doesn't start till next year, but I have yet to register, so I don't have my work schedule yet, either. Oh well. I shall register NEXT WEEK.

[Crono666]

I hate how much anime costs. A half season boxset for Fullmetal Alchemist costs the same as a full season boxset.
I don't think it's fair for a half season boxset to cost as much as a full season when you get less content in a half season boxset.

[FaustWolf]

Crono666, there are a few "all you can watch" anime sites that require only a high speed Internet connection and a small monthly fee ($5-$10). Only thing is, I'm not sure that they're actually, you know, legal.

[Truthordeal]

My understanding is that larger anime sites, i.e., Crunchyroll, where you can view for free are actually in conjunction with the production companies and they allow them to host the episodes in exchange for revenue(which they mostly get through advertising). The online video world is becoming more like the world of television in that respect, and sites like Dailymotion and Youtube actually help people without connections in "the biz" worm their way up. For instance, Fred has merchandise, and someone actually bought the rights to make a movie(I know, I'm as horrified as you are).

I think the problem that Crono666 is having has to do with simply wanting to watch the series on your television, where the screen is larger, decent quality and auto-formatted to fit your screen without warping the footage.

[Crono666]

I'm the type of person who likes to actually own things like anime, and comics. I like the feeling of having the real product. I like to know that I can pick it up and hold it in my hands.
You don't get that feeling when you watch(and or read)something online.