BTW, at highway speeds you don`t need to be tailgating anyone to get the shit-spray from their tires. Even little things that get thrown off of tires can bounce around and do damage when they are going seventy miles per hour.
This is why Ive always wondered why criminals have never carried nails, ballbearings, jumping jacks, or other assorted small dangerous things to throw out the window at the cops chasing them. At least Ive never heard of this happening.
Not jumping jacks, but the little star shaped things that you play Jacks with. Ha.
Caltrop. At least that’s the word for the military application of what you’re describing. I don’t know what the word is for the little star shaped things that you play Jacks with either.
What about those metal balls that have spikes that can shoot out and can chase people around corners? You know, like in the move Phantasm? Those would be cool to use in car chases.
You mean they don’t exist? <disappointed groan>
Er, jacks? That’s what I always called 'em.
You are welcome to rant about whatever you wish, and I am free to point out lame whining whenever I see it. Everything has consequences, like having to listen to a cumbubble like you get your back up over a comment that was direct at someone else.
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You are welcome to rant about whatever you wish, and I am free to point out lame whining whenever I see it. Everything has consequences, like having to listen to a cumbubble like you get your back up over a comment that was direct at someone else.
Wow, you really are a loser, aren’t you, Fear Itself? Maybe you’re a little too dim to figure this out, but this space is for whining and wailing about things that piss us off, major OR minor. Check out the rest of the threads here before you fuss any more.
Christ, what a frickin’ moron . . .
See, without someone contesting the OP it would be a much duller thread. I sort of like it when someone contests my threads, that way I get to jump all over them and spread out my bitching longer.
Thanks Fear, keep up the good work.
Looks like I hit a nerve with the road rage crowd! Ease up on the steroids, Bubba, that little spit ball on your upper lip is about to fly off! You knuckle-draggin mouthbreathers that get all bent out of shape over a few little scratches on your testosterone-soaked lead sleds really need to gain a little perspective. Innocent people are getting blown to flinders in Iraq, yet an insult to your precious paint job pisses you off as if it were flag desecration. And you call me the moron?? Whatta Maroon!!
Attention! Attention! Present all Pit rants to Fear Itself for approval prior to posting!
And when you do, people are going to think you’re an asshole, because, basically, that’s what you are. And they’re going to tell you about it, because it’s the Pit. And around and around we go.
So you’re saying nobody should post anything contrary to a lame rant in the Pit, for fear that someone might think them an asshole? What a boring circle jerk that would be!
I noticed nobody is actually challenging what I said, just a bunch of uninspired insults from the usual mallet-headed cretins who try to pass off flatulence for invective. Pardon me, but you all have mistaken me for someone who gives a flying fuck what you think about me. I calls 'em as I sees 'em, damn the torpedos!
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It’s entirely possible that this is the worst thing going on in his/her life. He/she may have a wonderful job, a wonderful home, a wonderful family, a wonderful car, “a blonde on the arm, redhead to spare, spit on the shoes, and shine in the hair”, and one of those wonderful things just got fucked up. That would throw a crimp in anyone’s day.
You don’t know any of that, and likely wouldn’t care if you did, just as long as you get to stand up for your right to be an asshole. Fine, feel free. Agreed: you’re an asshole.
You pointed out the obvious-what’s to challenge?
I love it when people take pains to point out they don’t care what someone else thinks. It’s so cute.
You should pit the asshole who left the broken glass in the middle of the road, not the minivan
Sure I do; because I, unlike you and the intellectually challenged dimwits who are so outraged at my audacity, actually read the OP’s first response:
Try putting your brain in gear before you engage yer yap, TYM.
So you psychically knew that would be the response when you wrote your post? Maybe modern medicine will someday find a way to get your brain cell to divide.
Of course it’s only a car. But it’s something that I spent (and am still spending) a fair amount on and put a decent amount of time into to keep it up. I’m generally not a materialistic person and don’t place inordinate value in possessions, but what I do have I take care of. And someone came in and negated much of the effort I’ve put into taking care of my car.
I know it could have been much worse. He could have changed lanes in front of someone who, when confronted with a spray of broken glass flying at them, did more than just flinch a bit. Someone who panicked and suddenly jerked their steering wheel in an effort to get out of the way, possibly causing an accident. Luckily, it didn’t turn out that way.
The point is that some careless, oblivious, unthinking person did something incredibly stupid that, had he not been careless, oblivious and unthinking, could have easily been avoided. This person’s actions led to an event with an outcome that will cost me in both time and money. It may cost me even more later if this somehow affects the car’s resale value. If he had been paying attention and waited just one second before changing lanes, this never would have happened.
When I saw that pile of glass coming up, I moved to the opposite side of my lane in order to avoid it and not kick up any of it on to those behind me.
Exactly.
Probably 3-4 car-lengths, going about 60-70 mph, when he changed into my lane.
Interesting point. However, I don’t know how or why it got there or why it wasn’t yet removed.
My best guess is that the glass was a the result of a smashed up headlight from a fender-bender earlier (although it seemed like more glass that just a headlight’s worth). I was driving shortly after commute time on a stretch that usually backs up to a stand-still. Small incident, with no cops, highway crews, tow trucks, etc. to clean up afterwards.
Thanks to those who understand and sympathize.
It’s trivial to YOU. It pissed the OP off.
That’s why we have this little forum, here. To vent about what pisses us off. What, should we consult with you first? To find out if our ire has been aroused by something trivial?
If find that the OP’s trivial problem is not worth your time, then move on to something else. Jumping in like this just makes you look like a rude jerk.
And yet, you said nothing in your reply to challenge the OP. Just the usual uninspired dismissal from the usual air-headed, “I just want to post to show how little I care” who try to pass off empty nonsense for criticism.
The outcome was trivial in the grand scheme of things. A personal possession was damaged through another person’s thoughtlessness, and the OP must now pay to have it repaired. The event itself, however, was not trivial. The driver of the minivan carelessly (or perhaps even maliciously) endangered the OP’s life with his actions. Sending broken glass flying into the front of a moving car at highway speeds is not a harmless little inconvenience, it can easily cause an accident. And having something like that almost happen to you, IMO, is worthy material for a Pit rant.
My unsolicited advice: just stick with “I’m an asshole.” It falls trippingly from the tongue, and you can even set it to music.