start a victory garden and ration your IRRATIONALLY ANGRY feelings, part 3

Ha I identify strongly with that last bit there.

Carefully navigating the dangerous waters between the Community and GoT threads on my phone in order to read Rolling Is This Racist

Local area having idiot teens throwing stones at passersby just because they are at hand. I assume this is pretty standard for disaffected youth but it does seem to be causing a lot of consternation among people who are trying to do things like litter picks locally.
There's a path you have to walk back along from the woods where the litter pick was being done and first a car that was collecting rubbish bags to take them back to the disposal point and then a guy walking a wheelbarrow containing more collected stuff had stones thrown at them as they went along it. Kids hang out at a point along it.. Looks like that might be the last straw for the guy and future litter picks are in doubt. He had had a sign showing the paths through the forest and local wildlife vandalised by somebody the day before. Can't be sure if it is the same people but likelihood of collection is pretty high.

There area lso various flowerbeds and things around the estate that have stones around them that I've seen kids throw at people for no apparent reason.
I'm not sure if they're actually intending to cause harm or thinking anything about the result of having stones thrown at people but it is a major pain in the arse. I'm thinking it is just a game on their part and they're not really thinking beyond their own enjoyment. Which is verging on creepy.
Just wondering how you handle things so that things like that don't repeat.

Interview subjects who use "Yeah, so," "OK, so," or "Right, so" as placeholder text and begin the answer to every question with one of those. You could be the world's leading authority on something, but you're going to have to work twice as hard to convince me.

Also, anybody who starts a sentence with "Look, _____"

I'm going to be meticulously checking my sentence beginnings for the rest of the day

Also, anybody who starts a sentence with "Look, _____"

our dear prime minister does this a lot

Also, anybody who starts a sentence with "Look, _____"

― WilliamC, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 11:05 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

An SVP at my company starts nearly EVERY sentence with this and I would like to strangle him.

I always expect those sentences to turn into "Look, you do what I tell you." or something equally noxious.

our dear prime minister does this a lot

― kinder, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 10:47 AM (9 minutes ago)

So does Obama -- I hate it so much.

No, you look, pal.

Look, a scissor-tailed flycatcher!

http://www.audublog.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/scissor-tailed-flycather.jpg

oh, fuck you

No, you look, a scissor-tailed flycatcher, chief!

http://stevenageliberaldemocrats.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2012/09/250px-Liberal_Democrats_Logo.svg_1.png

"Look out!"

"Go fuck y--"

"Look, ____" basically means "My perspective is clearly superior to yours and I no longer have the patience to point out all of the facets of your stupidity, so just shut your cakehole and trust me, idiot."

Did Old Lunch just "look" us by explaining what that phrasing implies.

Look, this is just how it is.

http://i.imgur.com/YZiG2ff.jpg

Look, I've obviously struck a nerve here, so I'll withdraw my complaint.

Hear me out, it's not that big of a deal.

gaaaaaaahh

I think that this is similar to adding ", right." to every sentence.

http://i.imgur.com/gw6XV8m.jpg

Elvis Presley: What? Why?

Thanks for catching what might be the funniest magazine cover copy ever.

pplains would appreciate this -- someone in my city owns the original LOOK magazine logo that was on the building and had it in their front yard, or at least they did when I used to drive through their neighborhood years ago.

Look was a bi-weekly, general-interest magazine published in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1937 to 1971, with more of an emphasis on photographs than articles.

I did not know that.

Definitely did not know about the sign in the front yard either.

if I have occasion to drive that way I will take a picture

IT'S STILL THERE?

I am showing enormous restraint on my part here, but I have to post this one:

http://i.imgur.com/RYabjwa.jpg

THIS LADY RIGHT 'CHEER, AMIRITE?

"The Child – Divorce's Big Problem"

The front yard sign is still there, I think! It was just in front of someone's house

You can live in the former LOOK magazine headquarters, though: http://111citylofts.com/

Also, anybody who starts a sentence with "Look, _____"

My wife says any time I start a sentence with "So listen," she braces for bad news.

God yeah. That's like opening a conversation with, "We need to talk."

"Don't be alarmed, but-"

"I need to tell you something"

I've done that to Jeff a few times without realizing how bad it sounded.

"I need to tell you something. The chicken didn't thaw so we need to order a pizza for dinner."

Hahahaha, I did that to my boss today. "I need to give you some news...something that's been going on since November but I haven't told you about." I had her in a total panic but then just told her I'm diabetic and that she needs to quit putting sweets in the gift baskets she sends me at Christmas and Easter.

I misread one of the captions on that last LOOK mag as "boy firemen - touching children safely"

Also WTF at that Roosevelt pic, was he drunk!?

My dad's 'I'm about to get at you' opener is always, "I'm not getting at you, but--"

LOL I admit I do that with "look I'm not having a go, but..." sometimes.

I need to tell you something

Men of a Certain Age was cancelled

I think you should sit down. You only have two more...punches on your card until you get a free sub.

that Look cover looks like a precursor to Inside Edition teasers

NEXT: CATS WASHING DOGS
THEN: PLANTS THAT CAN KILL
AND: WHAT IS IN THIS WOMAN'S EAR?
THEN: CHILD PIMP

who is to blame for advertisers urging us to 'join the conversation' via various internet methods

(i think it was one of hillary's slogans in '08, tho obviously she didn't start it)

the idea of needing to have a "conversation" about anything is really pissing me off right now. we just need to have a conversation about police brutality. ok.

a national conversation, too