Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[Paul DePhiladelphia]

I bought a Rolling Stone today (not proud) because I was traveling on a train. There was an article championing Jonah Hill whose every other word was dick or fuck. Most of the article was him sticking it to anyone who ever doubted he'd be "such a big star" - popular girls in high school, teachers, guidance counselors. There's also an in-depth look at his ability to riff. Example: Conan O'Brien compliments his overcoat. Jonah Hill (improvising): "Yeah, I raped and murdered Inspector Gadget for it". Following are quotes by other comedians testifying to his ability to come up with similarly great jokes, just on the fly like that!

Yeah I really hate Jonah Hill. He reminds me of the jerk in highschool who is fat and ugly and no one likes him but no one can insult him because he has a notebook full of toilet-mouth 'just being honest' insults that he can say really fast.

Ugh Jonah Hill is in the new Duplass Brothers film. Not excited about that. Seth Rogan's current status and unfunniness has affected how I see him in Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared and this is unfortunate.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i don't know if i dislike these guys really, but rather, i dislike (even more?) the fan base they attract.

[dave from knoxville]

Nothing makes you hate humans more than hearing the thud of a mother's hand/fist hitting their young child in a department store, followed by "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT FOR" and a lot of crying, and then a promise that she will "Fuck you up in public if you don't shut up"

I didn't see this. I heard it from at least 4 aisles away. It almost made me physically sick.

Erika, swear to God, you go straight to the manager and demand they call the police. For future reference.

Mmmm in Baltimore City people don't call the police for stuff like that. I'll try it next time but I bet I'll get jacked in the parking lot or, at best, get laughed at by a city police officer.

Then you need to move from that hellish place to another where people look after one another. Animals.

[Paul DePhiladelphia]

Is Baltimore a lot like it is in The Shield?

[Stupornaut]

iTunes 9.2.

[fonpr]

iTunes 9.2.

iTunes!

Speaking of which,  I don't even update iTunes but my stuff got scrambled again!  All podcasts and playlists are gone.  Some portions of albums left behind most are scattered all over.  I can find most of the stuff and put it back in place but, man, what a pain in the ass.

Yes/no says this is not a storage problem.  I believe him.  I have no explanation.

If I didn't love Airtunes so much, I dump the whole thing.

[erika]

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Mmmm in Baltimore City people don't call the police for stuff like that. I'll try it next time but I bet I'll get jacked in the parking lot or, at best, get laughed at by a city police officer.
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Then you need to move from that hellish place to another where people look after one another. Animals.
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Meh. There are animals everywhere.

If half the shit that happened in this city (and others) made it into the public eye, you'd be done with humanity all together...

[iAmBaronVonTito]

iTunes 9.2.

iTunes!

Speaking of which,  I don't even update iTunes but my stuff got scrambled again!  All podcasts and playlists are gone.  Some portions of albums left behind most are scattered all over.  I can find most of the stuff and put it back in place but, man, what a pain in the ass.

Yes/no says this is not a storage problem.  I believe him.  I have no explanation.

If I didn't love Airtunes so much, I dump the whole thing.

my itunes fucked up big time.  i can't update the program AND i can't delete the damn thing.  i can't open it (unless i use a link, like listening live from the wfmu website), i can't listen to music, i can't do much anything with it.

unfortunately, i prefer it to Windows Media Player.  i'm a simple person so as far as i'm concerned those are the only two that exist.  not to mention, i use my ipod A LOT, but i haven't been able to update it in MONTHS.

[Sarah]

Isn't The Shield set in Los Angeles?

(I have a feeling I'm being a straight man again.  Oh well.)

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Mmmm in Baltimore City people don't call the police for stuff like that. I'll try it next time but I bet I'll get jacked in the parking lot or, at best, get laughed at by a city police officer.
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Then you need to move from that hellish place to another where people look after one another. Animals.
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Meh. There are animals everywhere.

If half the shit that happened in this city (and others) made it into the public eye, you'd be done with humanity all together...
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amen to that.  seriously, the things that i know about in Memphis (and i don't know a lot) create some despairity at times.  that's when i visit friends out of town.

t's a nice compromise to moving.

[Martin]

iTunes 9.2.

iTunes!

Speaking of which,  I don't even update iTunes but my stuff got scrambled again!  All podcasts and playlists are gone.  Some portions of albums left behind most are scattered all over.  I can find most of the stuff and put it back in place but, man, what a pain in the ass.

Yes/no says this is not a storage problem.  I believe him.  I have no explanation.

If I didn't love Airtunes so much, I dump the whole thing.

my itunes fucked up big time.  i can't update the program AND i can't delete the damn thing.  i can't open it (unless i use a link, like listening live from the wfmu website), i can't listen to music, i can't do much anything with it.

unfortunately, i prefer it to Windows Media Player.  i'm a simple person so as far as i'm concerned those are the only two that exist.  not to mention, i use my ipod A LOT, but i haven't been able to update it in MONTHS.

I only use iTunes for podcasts. I hate almost everything about that software, but it handles podcasts very well.

I play music (CDs, mp3, FLAC, etc) with foobar.

[emma]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/torontos-this-aint-the-rosedale-library-bookstore-at-risk-of-closing/article1611029/?cmpid=rss1

This Ain't the Rosedale Library, one of the best bookstores in Toronto (and certainly the one that has done the most for independent books and writers in the city) is in danger of closing. If this happens I am going to kick somebody in the face.

[Bryan]

That really sucks, Emma. It's a wonderful bookshop.

[Paul DePhiladelphia]

I had nowhere else to post this but its a thing I love and it is the archive from 4/13/04 where Jon Benjamin is in studio using a voice modulator. When he started talking I made a fool of myself at work.

[emma]

That really sucks, Emma. It's a wonderful bookshop.

It really really does. Charlie and Jesse are trying to raise money so that they can convince their landlady not to shut them down, there's a paypal link on their website: http://www.thisaint.ca/

There's no bookstore that's been more supportive of independent lit stuff in Toronto probably ever. Case in point: When my tiny internet magazine had its first event a month ago, Charlie (who had heard about me/us through word-of-mouth) emailed me the day of the reading to tell me they had set aside a book for us to give away as a door prize. They do that kind of stuff all the time. I know people who have sold hundreds of copies of their chapbooks or self-published novels through their bookstore. I like Type and everything, but This Ain't is the last bookstore in the city that's 100% involved and invested in the community, and it'll be really really sad if we lose it.

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