Typically I don't get frustrated or pissed off at anything. I've calmed my temper down quite a bit, and with doing so I've realized that things just aren't worth it. Instead of taking my frustration out on real life individuals which might lead to severe altercations I've decided to post a few here.
Yesterday I spent nearly 8 hours on campus for orientation. I'm a 22 year old college student that just transferred to the second largest university in the United States of America, and man it was hell. It was a frigid 29 degrees when I woke up and my car was covered in ice. Typically I'd take an icescraper and chip the ice off smoothly, but because I live in Florida I had no such thing. After several minutes of fidgeting with my credit cards the ice was removed and I was on my way! The drive was smooth and traffic was minimal. The average hour commute only took 45 minutes and I was well on my way to an awesome orientation...or so I thought
Upon arriving, I realized I had nearly a mile walk in the freezing cold to the main building. Armed with an amazing, well detailed map, I headed toward my destination. *turn off sarcasm* The walk was exactly the opposite. The campus is a giant circle with several inner circles, which eventually lead to a main building. It seems simple enough, but the walk-ways to each inner circle were cris-crossed and disorganized. After 30 minutes of walking, I finally asked for help and I was assisted kindly. It was almost 8 am. I had made it on time. After waiting an hour in a giant auditorium the first speaker came on. I could already tell this day was going to be hell. I'll be honest though, it wasn't that bad except for one female.
After a shorting speaking engagement, the speaker stepped down and we quietly awaited our next presenter. At my table were two parents and presumably their 18 year old daughter. She was your stereotypical just-out-of-high-school female with no manners or sense of direction. I'm cool with that, until she started to bitch. Now this wasn't your stereotypical bitching, it was all out nonsense. From what I gathered the girl was discussing the parking decal that needed to be on her car in order to park on campus. They have two types: a sticker and a hanging decal. The sticker is much cheaper, but the hanging decal can be moved from car to car. Nonetheless, the girl started bickering with her father about getting a hanging decal because she did not want to put a sticker on her brand new car. The argument ensued. The parents eventually gave in and decided to buy her the hanging decal. This royally pissed me off. After the conversation, I soon realized that her parents had in fact just bought her a brand new bmw, and they were paying for all of her schooling etc.
How does one get that spoiled? This is why it irked me. Here I am saving my money to go to school, while a girl bitches about a parking decal. Talk about 1st world problems.
Side note: I pay for everything. And it really annoys me.
Next I recently came across an old story about my town of Windermere, Florida. It was in regard to a mansion nicknamed Versailles after the Versailles mansion and gardens. The house is currently on the market for 75 million US dollars. Think about how much 75 million dollars is. It's a lot, especially for a home. I started to think about this home and I realized that I indeed had passed this home quite often, and wondered what it was. On the outside it looked like complete crap. It was unfinished and ugly. After doing some research I found a link stating that it was 90,000 square feet with 23 bathrooms, 13 bedrooms, 10 kitchens and had a 20 car garage. I thought to myself...TEN kitchens? For some reason this pissed me off. Who the fuck has ten kitchens, and only 13 bedrooms? I started reading the story and I realized it was up for sale because the man building it was in financial problems...no shit you're building a 75 million dollar mansion... You can read about it here
I took a video of where I live today which you can watch here:
Tonight I will get plastered to forget all of my problems...(not serious, but I will be getting drunk with my friends safely)
Idk to be honest it's their money and yeah she may be spoiled but it just means she doesn't know the value of money. I don't know why you would get so pissed about it. When I read this I feel like you're just pissed due to jealousy. I pay for my school and when I see rich kids failing school their parents paid for and having a mercedes or BMW, I don't get pissed.
I agree it's frustrating seeing people like that, but I gotta say, I really hate bumper sticker parking passes.
I refused to put mine on at grad school lol (and by mine, I mean the THREE they are supposed to slather on to your car from all directions). At least I was paying for my classes XD
i had the same situation with my car on campus, i just got a new lambo and i didn't want a sticker.. unfortunately it ended up in my parents saying fine you don't get a car at university and i had to take the bus. fuck orientations, they NEVER work out. i woke up an hour early for mine, yet i still ended up being 2 hours late to the room i needed to go to get my "roommate.."
You think a $75 million house is extravagant? Try wrapping your head around India's richest man building his family of 4 a $1 Billion house. thats right. Its "BILLION". Its only approx 27 storeys but each storey is much higher than average and the building is equivalent to a 60+ storey building in Mumbai, for a family of four only. And you know the worst part of it? HE'S NOT EVEN LIVING THERE!
You should be raging right now. Like the rest of India. His first month power bill was reported to be $150,000. Put 10% of the money you spent into such a building towards charity or making the lives of Indians below the poverty line better and the world will be a much better place. FYI, over 60% of the Indian population stays in villages/rural areas and most of these people are below the poverty line making less than $1 a day.
Gigantic and irresponsible waste of money. Goddammit, put it to better use!
On January 07 2012 10:49 ranshaked wrote: How does one get that spoiled? This is why it irked me. Here I am saving my money to go to school, while a girl bitches about a parking decal. Talk about 1st world problems.
There's some irony here, but I can't quite put my finger on what it is...
On January 07 2012 12:23 hyperknight wrote: You think a $75 million house is extravagant? Try wrapping your head around India's richest man building his family of 4 a $1 Billion house. thats right. Its "BILLION". Its only approx 27 storeys but each storey is much higher than average and the building is equivalent to a 60+ storey building in Mumbai, for a family of four only. And you know the worst part of it? HE'S NOT EVEN LIVING THERE!
You should be raging right now. Like the rest of India. His first month power bill was reported to be $150,000. Put 10% of the money you spent into such a building towards charity or making the lives of Indians below the poverty line better and the world will be a much better place. FYI, over 60% of the Indian population stays in villages/rural areas and most of these people are below the poverty line making less than $1 a day.
Gigantic and irresponsible waste of money. Goddammit, put it to better use!
lol 1billion rupies = like 50 cents it's probably a card house
On January 07 2012 10:49 ranshaked wrote: How does one get that spoiled? This is why it irked me. Here I am saving my money to go to school, while a girl bitches about a parking decal. Talk about 1st world problems.
There's some irony here, but I can't quite put my finger on what it is...
On January 07 2012 12:23 hyperknight wrote: You think a $75 million house is extravagant? Try wrapping your head around India's richest man building his family of 4 a $1 Billion house. thats right. Its "BILLION". Its only approx 27 storeys but each storey is much higher than average and the building is equivalent to a 60+ storey building in Mumbai, for a family of four only. And you know the worst part of it? HE'S NOT EVEN LIVING THERE!
You should be raging right now. Like the rest of India. His first month power bill was reported to be $150,000. Put 10% of the money you spent into such a building towards charity or making the lives of Indians below the poverty line better and the world will be a much better place. FYI, over 60% of the Indian population stays in villages/rural areas and most of these people are below the poverty line making less than $1 a day.
Gigantic and irresponsible waste of money. Goddammit, put it to better use!
Contrary to popular belief, spending large quantities of money is actually great for the economy and therefore the country as a whole. There's no such thing as a "waste" of money.
You should let other people bother you like that. You are young healthy, sounds like you are in college. Things are pretty good for you right now. Let other people have their shiny things, they don't mean anything in the long run anyway. Think about what you want to accomplish, and use your time in college to make yourself into someone that can accomplish those things. The best revenge is living well anyway.
The rich spend a far smaller portion of their income than do the poor and middle-class, but keep cheerleading the rich!
Even if you do buy the general argument, that billion dollar mansion was probably built by foreign contractors, designed by a foreign design firm, and features fixtures and furnishings comings almost exclusively from foreign companies -- the money spent there isn't trickling down, it's just leaving an already poor country in droves.
Funny, this is my favorite mansion and I was just watching a youtube video of it a few days ago. It's called the Versailles mansion and it's completely badass. The guy pretty much has a mall in his basement, with an arcade, bowling alley, movie theater, etc. You can criticize it but don't act like you wouldn't be in that sucker, riding around in an electric go cart while you visit the candy store, play a little bowling, and stop off at the theater for some flicks.
On January 07 2012 14:02 BlackJack wrote: Funny, this is my favorite mansion and I was just watching a youtube video of it a few days ago. It's called the Versailles mansion and it's completely badass. The guy pretty much has a mall in his basement, with an arcade, bowling alley, movie theater, etc. You can criticize it but don't act like you wouldn't be in that sucker, riding around in an electric go cart while you visit the candy store, play a little bowling, and stop off at the theater for some flicks.
Like everything else it would kinda lose its novelty after a while. There were such better ways he could have handled that situation lol
On January 07 2012 13:15 HuK wrote: no what i hate? people who film shit while they drive, almost as bad as makeup and txting.
this video depresses me, something about fla depresses me idk
WTF! have you seen any other parts of Florida outside of Orlando (MLG)???
idk if you ever got a chance to go to the beach in Valencia during Dreamhack (met you there yo <3), but South Florida has similar women and beaches. nothing depressing about it really.
On January 07 2012 14:02 BlackJack wrote: Funny, this is my favorite mansion and I was just watching a youtube video of it a few days ago. It's called the Versailles mansion and it's completely badass. The guy pretty much has a mall in his basement, with an arcade, bowling alley, movie theater, etc. You can criticize it but don't act like you wouldn't be in that sucker, riding around in an electric go cart while you visit the candy store, play a little bowling, and stop off at the theater for some flicks.
Like everything else it would kinda lose its novelty after a while. There were such better ways he could have handled that situation lol
Maybe a little but with 90,000 sq feet you can probably stumble upon parts of your house that you forgot even existed to keep things interesting lol
Tiger wood's wife bulldozed a 12 million dollar home.
and the word "spoiled" is a very subjective term. I bet I can point out dozens of attributes about that that would make u appear spoiled to someone from a third world country.
Its always the rich complaining about those richer than themselves.
The rich spend a far smaller portion of their income than do the poor and middle-class, but keep cheerleading the rich!
Even if you do buy the general argument, that billion dollar mansion was probably built by foreign contractors, designed by a foreign design firm, and features fixtures and furnishings comings almost exclusively from foreign companies -- the money spent there isn't trickling down, it's just leaving an already poor country in droves.
and I love this every time I hear this argument. The truth is if the rich were to pour all of their money into the economy, inflation would skyrocket! You may argue that there is not enough demand, and the rich need to spend a larger portion of their wealth to stimulate the economy, but the truth is in the fact that most of the jobs in the US are in services and not manufacturing. As a result, we are constantly exporting all of our valuable resources to pay for the imported goods. There are no jobs because the US can not simply hope to compete with nations with 22 cents wages.
On January 07 2012 13:15 HuK wrote: no what i hate? people who film shit while they drive, almost as bad as makeup and txting.
this video depresses me, something about fla depresses me idk
WTF! have you seen any other parts of Florida outside of Orlando (MLG)???
idk if you ever got a chance to go to the beach in Valencia during Dreamhack (met you there yo <3), but South Florida has similar women and beaches. nothing depressing about it really.
also, OP, was it really 29 degrees in Orlando?
florida should be where he's from right, it sounds like he moved up north and isn't used to the weather yet
Perhaps you should read the post more carefully to see that I was referring to India and not the United States.
I'm not arguing that the rich should pour all of their money into the economy (in fact, I'm not arguing anything in that post). In fact, I think that the rich should be taxed at a reasonable rate and the government should use this money on things like improving infrastructure, investing in local economies, and expanding social programs. All of these things result in money staying largely within the US. Even if some of the money eventually makes its way overseas, it's certainly far superior to the current situation where the rich basically do nothing with their money that has any sort of domestic benefit.
thats a lot of negative energy flowing out of your aura man, but i have to be honest with you, i truly think that being angry at very irrelevant things degrades your quality of life. I mean think of all the time you wasted writing this post when you good have done something deserving of your timing. Possibly something that will help you relax more
i have plenty of friends who get really bothered over the simplest of things and it really does effect everyone around them to the point where many people find it hard to be around them
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I am no longer angry about music. ;_; 
