Credit goes to Tatsuya Ishida of Sinfest. Comic is ID #113, posted on 05-17-2000
Buying clothing is always a trial for me, and is the main reason I don’t like shopping.
And explains why most of my clothes are more “masculine,” even if I don’t identify that way (which explains my “omg i haz boobies” post a couple days ago. Rare that I have a girly blouse on.)
It’s not so much that we’re angry/disappointed in the fact that Maroney got silver versus gold. We would have been proud of her if she’d ended up with bronze or nothing at all. She tried her hardest and it just didn’t happen. No one is guaranteed a medal in these competitions, despite what NBC was spouting during the prime time replay. She is an amazing athlete in terms of skill, and I’d hope that we all respect her in that regard.
What we’re disappointed in is how she conducted herself when the results were posted. We expect a certain amount of graciousness, decorum, and good sportsmanship out of our athletes, no matter what the outcome. So when we see one of our athletes, especially from one who is an extremely good athlete skill-wise, blatantly pout and sulk from the moment of the results we have every right to be disappointed.
I can understand her being upset with herself. But even being mad at herself and the situation that panned out, she could/should still congratulate the gold and bronze medalists. At least a handshake if she didn’t want to give them hugs (I personally found the hug and attempted hug awkward, but she could’ve just offered a hand to shake if she didn’t want to hug Izbasa or Paseka.)
I don’t agree with some of the comments calling her a “bitch,” as that’s taking things too far. We don’t know her personally and are basing our reactions only on what we’ve seen on TV or from the stands in London. Please don’t lower our level with that kind of name calling. We need to hold ourselves to the same standards as we do our athletes.
Sinfest (5-17-2000) - Yes, I’m poking fun at myself for ranting about this.
I’m getting kinda tired of seeing so many people fan-cast Francisco Randez as Desmond. While he was used as a model base for Desmond’s character, there is nothing to support any kind of acting career.
WARNING: LONG RANT BELOW!!
Okay, this might have already been posted somewhere here on Tumblr, but I need to address this (and I attempted to make a response twice on the actual site, and it hasn’t posted. >n< So my post is going here.)
Watch every event live on NBCOlympics.com
Posted by Mike Florio on July 29, 2012, 8:26 AM EDTForget the opening ceremonies. The Olympics officially have begun only when folks who know squat about the television business start pissing and/or moaning about the fact that many key events are shown via tape delay in prime time.
They rail about the fact that it’s a new world, unconstrained by the normal viewing windows.
Meanwhile, these tech-savvy complainers don’t realize that every event is being streamed live at NBCOlympics.com.
That’s right. Every event.
So instead of logging on to Twitter to piss and/or moan, why not log on to NBCOlympics.com and watch the events live?
After all, it’s a new world, unconstrained by the normal viewing windows.
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No. This is not okay. This is not how you react to complaints against the coverage of the Olympics. I honestly don’t know what Florio’s position is in NBC’s company, but he seriously needs to take some classes in how to properly post a reaction to complaints (or if he even has a position with the company. For all I know, he’s just a blogger NBC allows to post to the site.) But calling NBC’s viewer complaints “pissy” isn’t right (even if in some cases that description fits.)
And his comment to log on to NBCOlympics.com? Yeah, that doesn’t quite work.
Sure, you can stream full replays of the events and specific matches for free through YouTube…provided they happened the day before yesterday. And for some events you don’t get even that. If you want to see the what happened the day before yesterday/yesterday/today, you have to stream through your cable/satellite provider. And if you aren’t paying for specific packages through said provider, I guess you’re just shit outta luck (note that we have Comcast, and we only have basic cable - no Xfinity or whatever the hell they want us to subscribe to. I can’t say exactly what the other providers are doing…maybe Comcast is just being a whiny bitch about us not paying for their extended services - I don’t know.)
Also, some events don’t show that they’re recorded, and you have to go through a few pages to even find the “Full Replay” links. There are also events that don’t have any video recording listed, and clicking on the specific event details pulls up nothing. So either they weren’t recorded, or haven’t been uploaded yet (maybe they’re transferring the cable provider streaming into YouTube versions? Trying to give them the benefit of the doubt here.)
It is worth noting that the highlights are streamed through YouTube, no matter what the day is…but there aren’t many listed, and they only showcase a very, very tiny portion of what can be extremely long events.
I can maybe understand not streaming today’s events for free, that I think is reasonable. But I don’t think it’s fair to the viewers who don’t have those extended services to be forced to wait to watch the videos for the previous days, or be forced to upgrade their services in order to stream them.
Note:
I did go through every singe sport on the site, sampling from each of the daily listings of full replays from the “Results and Schedules” (mainly on the first and last “broadcast” times from each day - if there was a long list for the day, I would sample a couple from the middle of the list.) If there was a “Highlight” piece listed, I would check it to see if it would stream.
If there wasn’t a piece listed immediately on the page, I would click on the event in question to see if I could find any video buried in the site (and those seemed to also follow what I mentioned up top, with a few variances here and there.) There were a few broken links to the “Full Replay” videos, but I’m gonna give them the benefit of the doubt on those and chalk it up to server and link errors.
Thankfully, we don’t really have much interest in the Summer Olympics, but since the service that we used during the last Winter Olympics is no longer provided by Comcast (we used Universal Sports, and it covered quite a few events the normal NBC channel didn’t), we’re going to have to figure something else out.
And the problems I have with contemporary/modern design.
It looks too cold and too much like those overly rich, magazine cover images. Those ones where clearly the owner hires someone to come in and clean, and all the stuff is some kind of rare wood/fiber/cloth from some place in the middle of nowhere. Even the rooms with warm tones and “older” furniture sometimes feel too stark (sometimes they take the idea of color schemes too far. “We want warm tones, so everything is practically the same damn shade of tan.”) The rooms aren’t inviting me to go in and stay a while.
I need a place to live in, to visit with. Not a place that might as well be in a museum or a hotel.
A place with warm furniture, all mismatched, and pillows all over the fucking place (and clearly used, as they’d be smashed, folded, sat on, etc.) Rooms filled to the brim with furniture and clutter, but still somehow organized. Paint/fabric colors more than just white, black, and the primaries.
I made this massive rant a day or so ago, in reaction to fellow employees complaining that I was being “too strict” at work. (x)
And I’ve been thinking about it and and have come to the conclusion that their complaints aren’t about shrink or safety (as those are clearly defined in our Standard Operation Procedures. And any arguments they could make, I can easily reference them to said SOP and be backed not only by our store management, but the whole Best Buy Corporate system.)
Some of them might stem from these, but I think I figured out who might have been complaining and why (it’s not for any of the reasons I listed in that long ass rant.)
that one person who adds a comment to every single post they reblog
Kay, I’ve seen this going around for a while now on my dash and it’s really starting to irritate me.
Does it really matter what they do on their own blog? Is the comment hurting you in some way? Is it that hard to scroll past if you don’t want to read what they’ve decided to add?
It’s one thing if somebody deletes previous comments when they add their own (like deleting the OP’s comment or deleting a source), but I don’t really see the harm if they’re just adding in their own two cents. And if it’s just to add in a “OMG/That’s so kawaii/cute/alksdjflakjsdf;lkadjfal;skdfj,” I doubt think it’s going to add much to the length of your dash and is easily skipped over (unless someone was an ass and keyboard smashed for a paragraph. I’d find that irritating, but so far I haven’t seen this yet.)
And don’t get me started on the people who bitch about others deleting commentary tags (hint: they might not have the same reaction as you, even if you both liked the original post.)
(via sushiandpie)
That I could have fucking riot gear or something when working AP.
Seriously. Somebody get me the body armor, helmet, shield, and a fucking bean bag gun and I guarantee I’ll stop people from stealing.
There could be a disclaimer etched into the glass on the doors that states that entering the building means I can use necessary force if you have full intent on stealing product. And by leaving the store without paying for it, I cannot be held liable for whatever force I use to get you to either drop the product or hold you until the police get there. If you drop the product before attempting to leave, I’ll leave you alone. If not, well….
…..
Or get me a tripline for sheer lulz factor when people faceplant when they try to run away.
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