I am becoming increasingly annoyed at people who think that I need to think the way they think, or that if I do not think the way that they do that I am incorrect.
Just because I do not agree with you does not mean that I am wrong or that you are right.
Similarly, if I do something I do it because I think it’s the best way to do it given the circumstances. If I do something and it’s not the way you would have done it does not mean that I have done it wrong, it means that I have done it differently. I recently got rid of an asshole boss who thought like this (although this is not directed specifically at him).
The next time you try to throw your opinion in as if it is the way, prepared to be sorely mistaken.
One day I was listening to WHNN (96.1 FM) as I do when working around the house and yard. In one particular spot I heard the DJ (Scott Stine) say a couple of things that made me take notice, so I wrote an email. That email is below.
I was listening to WHNN as I do rather regularly and in one spot yesterday afternoon you said two things that I take issue with.
1) You said that WHNN.com is best viewed using a Charter Internet connection. I’m sure there is some kind of arrangement w/Charter that mandates that you say that, but aside from a dial-up connection, there will be absolutely NO difference with anyone’s browsing or listening experience, regardless of who the Internet Service Provider is. That is, in effect, false advertising.
2) After Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” you went to back-sell the song and said it was “Some kind of special healing”. I’d like to shake your hand and thank you for setting broadcasting and censorship back TWENTY YEARS. Is that kind of…censorship necessary? Really? Is your next step going to be to edit the lyrics of the song itself? I find this particular kind of take on things ridiculous and condescending to your listening audience. Do you also do the same thing for Hot Chocolate’s “You Sexy Thing”, making it “You some kinda special thing”? Haven’t we gotten past this yet? Did the countless number of artists change the song title? NO. Not even Carz 108 in Flint pulls this kind of stunt.
Again, I’d like to personally thank you for setting broadcasting and censorship back 20 years. It managed to lose a pretty faithful listener.
I didn’t think he’d write back, and I was pleasantly surprised when he did…until I read the most condescending email I’ve ever gotten from someone who is supposed to be a local “celebrity”. That email is below. Read more after the jump.
My wife and I booked a cruise back in April and, shortly thereafter, booked flights on Delta in order to get to Los Angeles to get on the cruise. Delta failed in every single aspect. Below is the body of the letter this is going to Delta in an effort to try to get something back out of the $1036 we spent trying to catch up to our cruise.
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On Sunday, October 11 my wife and I were scheduled to fly out of Bishop International Airport on a flight to Los Angeles, CA, where we would participate in our first cruise. We have been confirmed on the following flights since April 18, 2009:
Delta flight 6427 to Atlanta (Scheduled to depart at 5:35 a.m. and to arrive in Atlanta at 7:38 a.m.)
Delta flight 2801 to Los Angeles (Scheduled to depart at 8:29 a.m. and to arrive at 10:20 a.m.)
Were we to have arrived on time, we would have a window of almost 6 hours to make it to our 7-day Mexico cruise.
There’s an old adage that says “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”. It was drilled into my head as a child and teenager. Not to mention that it’s never, ever cool to criticize something that’s based on a personal preference, i.e. tattoos, piercings, hairstyles, clothing, music, etc.
For example, I recently posted a photo of my new tattoo on my Facebook page. Most of the comments regarding the image were complimentary, as Tami Jo did an absolutely fantastic job of replicating the source image that I gave her.
Situation: Someone asks for you opinion regarding a certain thing.
Action: You give them your opinion, thinking it may spark a conversation or lead to an exchange of information.
Reaction: The person who solicits the opinion then informs you that your opinion is wrong and cites evidence in support of their opinion.
Result: The questioner negates your opinion, reducing it to rubble.
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Why ask someone a question that is so subjective, only to try to knock it down? It’s very inconsiderate and rude to solicit personal/preferential information from someone and to then disregard it and, instead, try to supplant it with what you already had in your mind.
It’s like telling someone that their favorite color is wrong.
Next time don’t even bother asking, since the answer is already in your head anyway…
…one thing I find that irritates me to no end is people who feed their Twitter updates with RSS feeds. It clouds the tweet stream and it’s simply extremely annoying to have to scroll through someone’s 6-10 tweets to look for something. If you want to share something do it manually instead of with some automated process. Got a website? Put the shit in there where it won’t piss people off.
I enjoy blogging, even though I don’t do it with any regularity. For the most part I use this blog to share items of interest more than to expound on Life and Jim! Today, however, a couple of practices came to mind that I felt I need to address.
1) People who insist upon claiming their spot as the first respondent of any blog/news/video post. You see it all the time on YouTube and on any number of blogs and news sites that I frequent. The inevitable “FIRST!!” someone proudly proclaims when they think they’ve made the first comment to whatever they’ve just finished reading. I find that, more often than not, they make that entry to wave their hands in the air and plant a metaphorical flag on it instead of contributing to what they’re following.
Anyone who knows me knows that I have been a loyal XM Radio subscriber for quite some time. “Quite some time” meaning since about 2002. In that time I’ve expanded my musical listening genres, enjoyed countless hours of uncensored stand-up comedy, been saddened by the demise of some great stations (XM84, Chrome), and when they toppled the statue of Saddam Hussein I was listening to it on XM, as well as the beginning of the “Shock & Awe” bombardment.
I am SO god-damned tired of the hype over American Idol that I think I’ll puke. A very violent, turbulent, vile wretching…the kind that appears only after you’ve eaten 3 or 4 pounds of shrimp followed by 10 or 15 shots of Jager.
What Is The Big Fucking Deal about the show? Rather the hype surrounding the show. In the last 2 or 3 weeks I’ve seen headlines using the words “shocking”, “challenging”, “gamble”, “sacrifice” and “daring”. With the exception of “challenging” singing is never, ever any of those other words. Despite the fact that I don’t agree with the concept of the show, I just can’t see getting excited and wrapped up in watching amateur singers compete for a singing contract and celebrity that they didn’t actually earn. Please, please, please stop trying to inject false enthusiasm and hype into a competition that is a slap in the face to established musicians (and by that I mean those that have paid their dues through auditions, meetings, club singing, band break-ups and make-ups, agents, rehearsals, lessons, rejections, uneasy bedfellows, and the remaining miasma that is the trail to musical stardom) and undermines the very fabric of the musical universe. They give the winners a contract and stardom for simply having a good day. True singers pay their dues and have many, many good days…backed up with real talent and ability. Clay Aiken an International Super Star? Come On…who writes this stuff?
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