Okay, if this seems angry it is because it is. My wife and kids were hit head on by a car (Who sped up to get around the car she was passing...,) in a new van we just purchased, by a lady with no insurance. In Florida we get fucked for it (Thankfully they are alright...)

So here goes. You work for a bunch of cum guzzling money grabbing fuckfaces. It is a shameful job, unappreciated because your bosses want the most money at the expense of those who have just been through a terrible, horrible ordeal.

Insurance companies donate billions to lawmakers to keep these fucking stupid laws up. Florida's You-Pay-for-Uninsured-Motorist's laws are proof-fucking positive about that. "I am responsible so fuck my asshole wide please."

And the scare tactics of god damn claims adjusters?! Holy fuck, that shit would be considered assault anywhere else. Congratulations if you are one of the rare ones that don't threaten or low-ball...

Of course your company would charge it as 50-50 (or 70-30.) They would do it in every situation they could. Because it's all about the money to those anal-warted motherfuckers.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Music Video, German, Comedy, Unappreciated, Complaining' to 'Music Video, German, Comedy, Unappreciated, Complaining, Norwegian' - edited by Lann

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

Sometimes???


The majority of the time then, haha. Totally. He endeared me to him a few times I remember, but I cannot recall how or why. Let's just whitewash the bastard

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Unfortunately, yes. Advertisers pay for their content to be noticed. I'm just glad we have an option, through charter membership, for Sifters to bypass all of it.>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^dag:
It's a devils bargain - without the ads, VideoSift would cease to exist.>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^dag:
In our defense - I don't think we have any more ads than a standard news site. Even communities have to pay bills.
I can respect that you've got bills to pay. I also do not mean to sound unappreciative that you do all this at no cost to us (and little to no profit to yourself).
The ads are just gigantic. I estimate that the initial view when I load a video page is 1/3rd ads. To make it worse, some are intermingled with the content (between the video and comments) and then there's the non-ad clutter. Do we really need a link to Like Videosift on both the top of the screen as well as the side? The giveaway announcement above the video? That's more prominent than polls which change the rules of the site. The Login with Facebook button could be on the login form page rather than the head of every page.
Some people probably don't consider all of these things clutter because they probably use some of them on a regular basis but when they're all thrown in together they start to remind me of... well... http://videosift.com/video/What-if-Microsoft-designed-the-iPod-packagi
ng


But do they have to be so obtrusive?

>> ^dag:

It's a devils bargain - without the ads, VideoSift would cease to exist.>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^dag:
In our defense - I don't think we have any more ads than a standard news site. Even communities have to pay bills.
I can respect that you've got bills to pay. I also do not mean to sound unappreciative that you do all this at no cost to us (and little to no profit to yourself).
The ads are just gigantic. I estimate that the initial view when I load a video page is 1/3rd ads. To make it worse, some are intermingled with the content (between the video and comments) and then there's the non-ad clutter. Do we really need a link to Like Videosift on both the top of the screen as well as the side? The giveaway announcement above the video? That's more prominent than polls which change the rules of the site. The Login with Facebook button could be on the login form page rather than the head of every page.
Some people probably don't consider all of these things clutter because they probably use some of them on a regular basis but when they're all thrown in together they start to remind me of... well... http://videosift.com/video/What-if-Microsoft-designed-the-iPod-packaging



But do they have to be so obtrusive?

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

It's a devils bargain - without the ads, VideoSift would cease to exist.>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^dag:
In our defense - I don't think we have any more ads than a standard news site. Even communities have to pay bills.
I can respect that you've got bills to pay. I also do not mean to sound unappreciative that you do all this at no cost to us (and little to no profit to yourself).
The ads are just gigantic. I estimate that the initial view when I load a video page is 1/3rd ads. To make it worse, some are intermingled with the content (between the video and comments) and then there's the non-ad clutter. Do we really need a link to Like Videosift on both the top of the screen as well as the side? The giveaway announcement above the video? That's more prominent than polls which change the rules of the site. The Login with Facebook button could be on the login form page rather than the head of every page.
Some people probably don't consider all of these things clutter because they probably use some of them on a regular basis but when they're all thrown in together they start to remind me of... well... http://videosift.com/video/What-if-Microsoft-designed-the-iPod-packagi
ng

>> ^dag:

In our defense - I don't think we have any more ads than a standard news site. Even communities have to pay bills.

I can respect that you've got bills to pay. I also do not mean to sound unappreciative that you do all this at no cost to us (and little to no profit to yourself).

The ads are just gigantic. I estimate that the initial view when I load a video page is 1/3rd ads. To make it worse, some are intermingled with the content (between the video and comments) and then there's the non-ad clutter. Do we really need a link to Like Videosift on both the top of the screen as well as the side? The giveaway announcement above the video? That's more prominent than polls which change the rules of the site. The Login with Facebook button could be on the login form page rather than the head of every page.

Some people probably don't consider all of these things clutter because they probably use some of them on a regular basis but when they're all thrown in together they start to remind me of... well... http://videosift.com/video/What-if-Microsoft-designed-the-iPod-packaging

The cop let's him off with a warning and everyone still complains. What a bunch of unappreciative assholes.

Tymbrwulf, thank you for the upvote and response.

Your explanation clears up that you are simply not an errant..., but that you have, best case, chosen to have the lowest common denominators effect you to treat everyone as such and rationalize your behavior as adaptation. Worst case, you have no choice.

For the record, if you are interested, it was uncalled for and unappreciated.

Your exhibit another internet truism and is widely known, people will act, on the internet, in manners they would not face to face. Meaningless retorts to the contrary though anticipated may withheld.

Rudeness and bad form are just that, however couched.

I remain interested in your comments and postings.

>> ^blankfist:
Taking out trash is a man's job, she says, and I'm fine with that. Protecting the household is a man's job, and I'm more than fine with that. Doing anything that requires heavy lifting is my job, and that's cool.
As one of her Christmas gifts, I bought her a Roomba because we're both busy ... She thought it was sexist ...
What if she bought me a robot to carry out the garbage? You think I'd complain? Hells to the naw. I'd love it.


But therein lies the discrepancy. You accept that taking out the trash is solely your responsibility. She does not accept that it is her job to clean the floor. You said yourself: "We're both busy" which implies it's a job for both/either of you, not for her alone.

As far as the rest of the subject goes, there will never be true equality betwixt the genders because we simply are not equal.

The female gender will always be the one responsible for child birth and their biological chemistry can alter their psychology as a result. The male gender as an overwhelming majority possesses significantly more testosterone than females, causing them to be more aggressive as well as physically capable. (Note this isn't true for every male versus every female; again, it's just an observable fact for the vast majority of males versus the vast majority of females. Also, these aren't the only differences between men and women, but my point is that our inequality is inherent on a biological, not just societal, level.)

The whole feminism movement arose from the ancient oppression of women by men inflicted and accepted almost everywhere throughout human history (and is still carrying on today in many cultures). Feminism (and women's suffrage) was needed to improve the treatment and perception of females as a whole by society in general, but on a lower level provided the opportunity for any individual woman to seek treatment equal to that of her male peers.

While this equality is a available to any female who wishes to exercise it (even if it is not recognized/respected by every other male or female), the feminism movement did not and could not force all women into the role of a feminist, nor all men into the role of equals.

The points I'm getting at are:
- If a man chooses to be chivalrous, then it is a personal choice regardless of how it is interpreted or received by anyone else. His chivalry will be ignored by some women, vilified by others, and appreciated by the rest.
- If a woman wishes to be treated as an equal, she is relieved of the right to expect any male to, strictly on the basis that she's a female, provide her any special courtesy.
- If a women feels that she is entitled to special treatment just based on the fact that she's female, she'll likely look down on essentially all males and expect that they kowtow to her.

I think most women in America nowadays lie in the neutral camp; they don't seek true, full equality and they only feel slightly more entitled/deserving than males in general, but they appreciate a chivalrous male.

All of that is my long way of saying the bottom line is chivalry is not dead nor is it appreciated by everyone. If you choose to be a chivalrous male, you have to bear with the unfortunate fact that it will go unappreciated or even discouraged by some. (That's part of the package.) But in any case, if you do it, you should do it for yourself, just to be happy with and proud of who you are.

On the other hand, if you actually make an effort to intentionally lack all chivalry, then you probably don't care what females think about you anyway, so just be happy treating everyone else as equals. There's nothing wrong with that. No one is born automatically deserving of anything except common human courtesy, and that should be shared in all directions between all persons regardless of gender.

(P.S. Isn't it funny there is never any discussion about men who wish to be treated by women with some kind of fem-chivalry?)
(P.P.S. Funny to imagine what this conversation would have been if the two ladies on the sidewalk were two guys instead. Maybe the title would have been "Fisticuffs!" instead of "Chivalry?")

I was talking with my boss and something reminded me of it because I had almost forgotten all about it. Its very unappreciated as far as I can tell.

In reply to this comment by JesseoftheNorth:
I was going to post another clip from this movie just a couple days ago. Weird.

Awesome movie though. I remember watching it when I was a kid and it had a strong impact on me.

To export schools you have to first export bombs. The latter makes the former unappreciated. A school doesn't give my arm back, for me, my arm was all the mattered.

Sigh.. sad to see such sifts go unappreciated.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Playing-For-Change-Song-Around-the-World-Stand-By-Me#comment-746781 thar we go.

In reply to this comment by NicoleBee:
I think I must invoke this kind offer, if you still feel up to it, for this wonderful and unappreciated gem! http://www.videosift.com/video/Playing-For-Change-Song-Around-the-World-Stand-By-Me

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
If it makes you feel better, I'll give you power of attorney of my 2 power points, tell me where to direct them.

Eric moved on it before I did.. I'll save the promote for later.

In reply to this comment by NicoleBee:
I think I must invoke this kind offer, if you still feel up to it, for this wonderful and unappreciated gem! http://www.videosift.com/video/Playing-For-Change-Song-Around-the-World-Stand-By-Me

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
If it makes you feel better, I'll give you power of attorney of my 2 power points, tell me where to direct them.