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[Bella]

On the topic of rage - I too find myself getting worked up when reading stuff online.  As I mentioned when I first came back a few months ago, I tend to keep myself in check, but there are a few personal interest issues that tend to get me worked up rather quick.  I find listening to some Adventure Time songs or a Jim Cornette rant helps most of the time.

Pretty sure the soundtrack is one of my favorite things about Adventure Time. ^^

Most of the rage-inducing subjects for me fall into the civil liberties/rights category as well, though there are some animal rights issues that can get me quite upset as well (particularly whaling and the meat industry). Though the brunt of my rage seems to be aimed at:

1. Women's health and reproductive rights issues (for all sexes/genders). It's horrifying how women are treated in the medical establishment, but there are also distinct strains of misandry particularly when it comes to men and birth control.
2. Lookism in all forms. It's sickening how society sets up all sorts of unattainable physical standards for people to live up to.
3. Gender and/or sex inequality. I don't really think of myself as a feminist as much as a gender egalitarian, since I believe all genders and sexes should be treated as equal.
4. Discrimination against sexual and/or romantic orientations, be it hetero-, bi-, homo-, pan-, poly-, demi- or a- sexuality/romanticism or any other orientation there might be. We shouldn't forget the sort of flak that people get when they're questioning of their sexuality/romantic orientation or choose not to label themselves.
5. Big pharma. That's all I have to say on the subject.

[Nichi]

For me, rage-inducing topics include:

- People who feel the need to lecture me on why I should feel bad for liking things that they do not approve of. This seems to be a common trait among the older people in my hometown; I dealt with this with that 2nd job I had, which is one of several reasons why I was miserable down there

- My mom's paranoia. Where do I begin; the fact that giving out the specs for one of my PCs is like giving out my home address in her eyes, or the fact she claims Bella and Nejin are aliases of Kari and not real people? Sometimes, I think she should lay off the Lifetime Original Movies...

- Anytime my boss opens his mouth. Not much of a subject, but more of the fact that he's everything I hate about the state of Texas compressed into a physical form, which makes even him saying "Hi" an experience that makes me want to rip my ears out

There are others, but those are the ones that stand out the most to me

[Krizonar]

the fact she claims Bella and Nejin are aliases of Kari and not real people?

Can I be Batman?

[Nichi]

xD Sure
*tosses you a Batman costume and keys to the Batmobile*

[Chocofreak13]

i get to be three people in one. KICKASS.

that said, if you come here on vacation, i think i'll write her a formal-yet-cutting letter on the importance of trusting the people you care about.

i'm nejin....? really......

[Krizonar]

This place gets so boring at night.

[IanDanKilmaster]

Doesn't it, though?

@Penti:
Had to deal with the same kind of stuff from my mom.  I can see where she's coming from, though, with the way things are today.  A lot of people like to take advantage others, some even simply because they can, so it's understandable when the veil of anonymity comes in, folks get paranoid.

[Krizonar]

I'm extremely paranoid and had that trick pulled on me once as the Moderator of another site.

Luckily for me, I was five steps ahead of him and unbeknownst to others of the site at that time, six different people were me. 

[IanDanKilmaster]

I'm paranoid too, very much so.  My gf can attest to this, as until we decided we were going to be serious, she only knew me by a pseudonym and a false location.  I have quite a few pseudonyms floating around out there, but have only once ever "socked" on a forum.  In that case, I was using the sock account to determine if I really wanted to be a member, since the forum was completely registration locked.

[Krizonar]

Mine were completely different people (although two were posing as sisters).

Having so many internet capable computers can cause mighty amounts of mischief.

[Nichi]

Well, I can say that I'm not that paranoid, at least

@Kari: That letter might prove useful, so keep that in mind. Granted, I have no plans on telling her details on the new plans for my trip until everything is finalized, so we'll see how she reacts when the time comes...

[Chocofreak13]

@paranoia: a little bit can be healthy, while too much can be not. at school, i don't leave any valuables (ipod, dolls, etc) in the classroom if i leave, and make sure that if i do leave anything there (backpack, etc) that someone i trust is there to watch it and that i'm not gone long.

i also don't talk to people when i'm travelling between the school and the bus station (unless it's one of my friends). it's almost like an unwritten rule that you're not supposed to talk to people in the subway. (the only times people have talked to me and i've responded was when they were complimenting my clothes.)

@pentium: at this point, i'd talk to your dad more about it, since he seems to be less......crazy.
and pictures and a letter would be easy enough. bonus points if we can get bella in one of the pictures too.

[Nichi]

True that. It's a matter of catching dad away from mom, so I can get his honest opinion rather than the "Your mom said no" version. But, yeah; the letter and pictures would be easy enough.

I remember how my mom acted when she learned I rode my bike over to the grocery store not far from my grandma's house (Probably about 5 miles from home or so; not really a long ride), which I was given permission from dad to do so, as I needed a tub of whip cream to finish the pie I was making. She flipped out when I came back, but the fact I came back unharmed is what caused her to let up; allowing me to ride freely. So, maybe the same thing will happen here; after I come back home unharmed, she'll be more willing to let me travel.

[Bella]

Went to the hospital lab to ask for clarification on my blood type slip...

IT'S B+, BITCHES~~~

Stew bet I'd be an O of some sort, Pentium (and Kari?) said A+, and nobody else was fun enough to wager a guess. I thought I'd end up being, quote, "AB- or some rare shit", and I have the second rarest blood type for Caucasianish people AND it has a B in it, so I guess that means I win!


EDIT: Also went to the dentist, they didn't find anything immediately wrong (though I'm going back for x-rays just to make sure). The doc seems to think the one wisdom tooth that's actually surfaced will probably continue on a straight course. The only problem they see now is that it may not fully emerge, making cleaning it more difficult ... they'll keep an eye on it for the next few years, and that it would be more likely to need removal because of gum irritation than any sort of crowding or structural issues. 

A few years = more time for me to find money for major surgery like that, or time for me to get killed somehow and end up not even needing to get it out, which = awesome.

[stewartsage]

1) Serenity is on the Sci-Fi channel, one of my all time favorite movies.

2) I'm constantly paranoid with internet dealings.  That being said, I can pick up on speech/typing pattern quirks of people I talk to.  Whether I act on that or not...