This video drove me up the fucking wall earlier on. It's weird that despite all the idiocy I know is out there, my usual exposure to the public forum is in Question Time, where most people tend to have at least similar views to myself. At worst you end up with somebody who says something ridiculously offensive about immigrants, then its all better when you... Read More
AT is a complete tard!!!!, all three are ,made me mad in the first minute and Im not even into video games that much, people will continue to point the finger as no one wants to admit its parents shit parenting is the problem
I did a discussion on this for my criminology module last year.
The whole thing irratated me - we found info on crazy people that played games and went around killing people afterwards. Although - no one could prove it was the games or movies that they watched that made them like that. Random studies on people playing wii games and wanting more hot suace?!! I personally think they were a little crazy to start with and couldn't tell the difference between fantasy and reality. I do feel kids are desensitiesed to thing now. But thats just the culture we live in rather than video games making us evil!
The guy from CVG did really well - and he is right. Things come with age ratings!! I am sure I even saw 50 cent on cribs not allow his kid to play one of the violent games due to the blood and the swearing!
Sometimes I amaze myself with just how little I can do in a given night. I've got more than enough hobbies and interests, but I still find myself sat around watching shite on BBC3 like "Undercover Princesses" The kicker is that tomorrow when I'm in work I'll probably regret wasting my life, and there's times when I tell myself I should get more regular guitar... Read More
I've never been to IKEA before today. The nearest one is over an hour away, and means braving Kerry Katona's hometown. I don't think I've been remiss in avoiding it like the plague. Still, Louisa needed some new bed slats and with me visiting Sweden later this year I have a newfound affinity with these people, I stopped making her watch ridiculously vicious hockey hits... Read More
OK so I missed yesterday. Although thats far from the end of the world, It sucks that I failed within the first 2 weeks of my stupid endeavour. My excuse is that I got home from my guitar lesson feeling like complete shit. Either I was just stupidly tired from a week of ill-advised post-work geekery, or I was ill. I maintain that I was... Read More
Today I was subject to my first ever PR shitstorm. It was surreal if nothing else. Some pseudo-journalist from a trade magazine called us up demanding our comments on a product recall we have going on. The jist of her phonecall was "My deadline is in a few hours. I need a statement from you, and if... Read More
There's nothing quite like getting whined at for stuff that predates your time with a given company, let alone your time within the relevant role at said company.
The capsule version is that I now work in the warranty dept at my company. Our stockists carry out warranty work and then put in a claim with us to get... Read More
Thanks for all the recommendations. A lot of it I was already aware of, but its given me some stuff to look out for. Finding new bands is awesome, and there are a few now that I wish I could go back to when I first heard them, back when everything was new.
I also found the download page for the free compilations Punktastic have... Read More
For ages now the only albums I've been really listening to have been new releases from bands I've already known and have liked for a while. Spoiled by music TV through my more formative years I'm struggling to find new stuff I like now that its all just landfill indie.
Say Anything
Hit The Lights
Forever the Sickest Kids
Horse the Band
Kids in Glass Houses
Nine Black Alps
Cobra Starship
The Cab
Although most of these were newly recommended to me! Not sure if they are your thing though. Let me know what you think.
And my fave album of the moment is 'Punk goes Crunk' - as its hilarious.
If somebody staunchly refuses to bother taking part in the lottery, almost looking down on those that pin all their hopes on it, spends a lot of time thinking about how he'd spend such a windfall - does that make them hypocritical or just stupid? Every now and then I'll drift off for a few minutes (usually while driving) thinking of all the awesome but... Read More
The whole thing irratated me - we found info on crazy people that played games and went around killing people afterwards. Although - no one could prove it was the games or movies that they watched that made them like that. Random studies on people playing wii games and wanting more hot suace?!! I personally think they were a little crazy to start with and couldn't tell the difference between fantasy and reality. I do feel kids are desensitiesed to thing now. But thats just the culture we live in rather than video games making us evil!
The guy from CVG did really well - and he is right. Things come with age ratings!! I am sure I even saw 50 cent on cribs not allow his kid to play one of the violent games due to the blood and the swearing!