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Column: I'm getting annoyed: Part One
David Thill/Opinions Editor
Issue date: 11/2/09 Section: Opinions
It is a well-known fact amongst those who know me personally that I'm not the most personable individual. I'm an established grump; many things annoy me.
That being said, I have decided to air some of my gripes right here, to you, the reader, in the hopes that at least someone out there feels the same as me. And if not, then who cares?
First up: Idle threats.
I'm sick and tired of people making outrageous threats they never have any intention of carrying out. It both demeans yourself as well as me by forcing me to waste my time being concerned about whether or not you are actually going to live up to said threat.
If I cut you off in the passing lane and you scream to me at a red light that you are going to burn my house the ground, then I expect to go home to a smoldering pile of rubble.
It's just plain rude to cause me to live in fear only to forget about the threat two days later. It also gives me license to continue pissing people off because I know they are never, in fact, going to actually punch me in the face.
Next issue: Guys who play their music incredibly loud out of their dorm room windows/guys who play guitar in the quad (this one is a two-part complaint).
I'm officially tired of walking across campus and hearing music blasted at 75 decibels from a third-floor window. I'm really happy to know that you just bought the new Jason Mraz CD and you've got a gigantic stereo, but if I wanted to listen to that, I would go out and buy the album myself, which, of course, I will not.
Close the window, turn your speakers around and put on your headphones. No one wants to hear your music but you.
Furthermore, guys with guitars, keep them indoors.
I'm super-psyched that you just learned "No. 41" by Dave Matthews but I could care less to hear you scream it off key while I'm trying to walk my half-awake hind parts to class.
No one is stopping to hear you play other than girls who are looking for a "deep" guy with feelings, and she will be sadly mistaken once you put your guitar down and start speaking to them.
We get it. You have a guitar and that makes you really cool.
One of my bigger annoyances: Effort and those who put it forth.
I learned at a very young age from "The Simpsons" that the first step toward failure is trying.
Those of you that are waking up two hours before class to do your hair and put on a nice button-down shirt are just making the rest of us look bad.
And those of you going out of your way to participate in extra-curriculars are killing me.
Not to say I'm that lazy but I don't need to hear how you are maintaining your 4.0 GPA while running a student group. I'm busy just trying to pay rent. Some of us are poor.
This is not a complete list of things that anger me, not by a long shot. But it is a start. And it isn't to say that everything in the world angers me, just certain things.
Maybe you feel the same and now know someone else out there has your back.
David Thill is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at DENopinions@gmail.com or 581-7942.
That being said, I have decided to air some of my gripes right here, to you, the reader, in the hopes that at least someone out there feels the same as me. And if not, then who cares?
First up: Idle threats.
I'm sick and tired of people making outrageous threats they never have any intention of carrying out. It both demeans yourself as well as me by forcing me to waste my time being concerned about whether or not you are actually going to live up to said threat.
If I cut you off in the passing lane and you scream to me at a red light that you are going to burn my house the ground, then I expect to go home to a smoldering pile of rubble.
It's just plain rude to cause me to live in fear only to forget about the threat two days later. It also gives me license to continue pissing people off because I know they are never, in fact, going to actually punch me in the face.
Next issue: Guys who play their music incredibly loud out of their dorm room windows/guys who play guitar in the quad (this one is a two-part complaint).
I'm officially tired of walking across campus and hearing music blasted at 75 decibels from a third-floor window. I'm really happy to know that you just bought the new Jason Mraz CD and you've got a gigantic stereo, but if I wanted to listen to that, I would go out and buy the album myself, which, of course, I will not.
Close the window, turn your speakers around and put on your headphones. No one wants to hear your music but you.
Furthermore, guys with guitars, keep them indoors.
I'm super-psyched that you just learned "No. 41" by Dave Matthews but I could care less to hear you scream it off key while I'm trying to walk my half-awake hind parts to class.
No one is stopping to hear you play other than girls who are looking for a "deep" guy with feelings, and she will be sadly mistaken once you put your guitar down and start speaking to them.
We get it. You have a guitar and that makes you really cool.
One of my bigger annoyances: Effort and those who put it forth.
I learned at a very young age from "The Simpsons" that the first step toward failure is trying.
Those of you that are waking up two hours before class to do your hair and put on a nice button-down shirt are just making the rest of us look bad.
And those of you going out of your way to participate in extra-curriculars are killing me.
Not to say I'm that lazy but I don't need to hear how you are maintaining your 4.0 GPA while running a student group. I'm busy just trying to pay rent. Some of us are poor.
This is not a complete list of things that anger me, not by a long shot. But it is a start. And it isn't to say that everything in the world angers me, just certain things.
Maybe you feel the same and now know someone else out there has your back.
David Thill is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at DENopinions@gmail.com or 581-7942.
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Viewing Comments 1 - 10 of 11
Stephen Wunder
posted 11/02/09 @ 7:23 AM CST
Seventy-five decibels? Hello? Try 120. You no longer can hear it; you feel it through the sidewalk.
W.H Hearst
posted 11/02/09 @ 8:33 AM CST
Hi, I'm William Randolph Hearst. In order to increase profits for my newspapers, I instigated the Spanish-American War and ushered in an age of American imperialism. (Continued…)
R
posted 11/02/09 @ 9:28 AM CST
Pff This is the best article I've read yet, there will always be someone angry at someone who tells it like it is, in this case it is probably a bunch of whiney Jason Mraz fans, this is America where we have a right to freedom and complaining lol, this article is humorous which is what we need around here, if someone doesn't like it then exercise your right to write to or for the paper and hey if you want to write about candy Mr. (Continued…)
Journalism major
posted 11/02/09 @ 11:51 AM CST
Are you kidding me? You have a position that allows you to publish your thoughts and ideas for the whole campus to read and you choose to go on a rant about the petty little things that annoy you?
Your obligation as a journalist is to inform and serve the community. (Continued…)
useless
posted 11/02/09 @ 11:56 AM CST
I respect that you are willing to be open about things that probably annoy many of us on campus, but this is a useless article. It's not funny at all. (Continued…)
R
posted 11/02/09 @ 1:27 PM CST
I beg to differ, i thought this article was hilarious, especially bright and early in the morning when i'm sitting in class, i would much rather have funny in the morning than typical news drab, i agree we need some good solid progressive action type of articles to read but they usually cover that elsewhere in the newspaper, this is a column not a news article, again i'm sure a certain group is slightly offended but hey laughter is good for everybody, if i was one of those quad guitar players i'd laugh that a column was written about me and then i would play louder next time lol
Greg
posted 11/02/09 @ 5:56 PM CST
This was beyond boring.
R - you wrote this article didn't you? Quit patting yourself on the back. You suck worse than the DEN.
Kelly
posted 11/02/09 @ 10:15 PM CST
Effort. You clearly hate it because you put none into making this column entertaining, enlightening or educational.
Maybe your next pet peeve should be words that start with "e. (Continued…)
R
posted 11/03/09 @ 1:42 AM CST
ahh jason mraz fans disappointed :(, no I, or R am not David Thill, I believe it is against policy anyways to post if you write the column or work for the paper, and I don't so I say to you all boo hoo lol, it's funny how everyone spends the time complaining over something they supposedly can't stand, who is the fool here?
Kelly
posted 11/03/09 @ 1:18 PM CST
You're the fool, judging by your terrible grammar and punctuation.
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