I enjoy the smell, but despise the taste.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Hey, I like their donuts and their bagels, and I don't mind the fact that 9 out of the 10 people that work there don't speak any goddamn english, but their coffee literally tastes like coffee-flavored hot water.

Also, you can't order anything from Starbucks without sounding like a flaming homosexual or a woman or a wussy scarf-wearing hipster (anything feminine, really). I bet if they put like water or orange juice on the menu they'd manage to fag that up too.[/QUOTE]

Whenever I go to Barnes & Noble to relax, I usually end up at Starbucks.

"Just give me a medium chocolate frappuccino, creme based."
"You mean a grande?"
"It's a medium, okay? You know it, and I know it."
"Okay, so one grande creme doble chocolate chip frappuccino."
"Lady, it's just a fancy-[size=2]a[/size]ss milkshake. The only reason I'm buying one here instead of getting a bigger sized one for the same price at McDonalds is because I don't want food poisoning."

[QUOTE]I hate coffees[/QUOTE]

"coffees", "maths", any other words that your Brits turn plural for no good reason?

[QUOTE]Whenever I go to Barnes & Noble to relax, I usually end up at Starbucks.

"Just give me a medium chocolate frappuccino, creme based."
"You mean a grande?"
"It's a medium, okay? You know it, and I know it."
"Okay, so one grande creme doble chocolate chip frappuccino."
"Lady, it's just a fancy-*** milkshake. The only reason I'm buying one here instead of getting a bigger sized one for the same price at McDonalds is because I don't want food poisoning."[/QUOTE]

Yeah for real. I'm sorry, but using "venti", "grande", and "tall" instead of "small", "medium", and "large" doesn't make you sound cool or smart. Now go hop into your Miata, you fruit.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Yeah for real. I'm sorry, but using "venti", "grande", and "tall" instead of "small", "medium", and "large" doesn't make you sound cool or smart. Now go hop into your Miata, you fruit.[/QUOTE]

But wearing a French beret does.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Yeah for real. I'm sorry, but using "venti", "grande", and "tall" instead of "small", "medium", and "large" doesn't make you sound cool or smart. Now go hop into your Miata, you fruit.[/QUOTE]

Foamy the Squirrel did a huge rant on that a while ago.

"Tall? Forgive me squirrelly ignorance, but isn't tall the opposite of small? You're just trying to brainwash the customers since the word tall is already subconsciously implanted in their minds and they feel better about handing over 5 bucks for a urine-sample-sized cup of coffee."

What really grosses me out is the little island with all the cream, sugar, straws, etc. I once saw somebody drink right out of the cream pitcher when he thought no one was looking.

[QUOTE=TheDMV]But wearing a French beret does.[/QUOTE]

:lol:

but my Mazda comment got me thinking: what happened to the guy car? That loud, fast, [usually] American-made ride that can turn just about any guy into a 14 year old kid and just say "whoaaa, awesome!"

I ask because one of my buddies was looking into getting a Mustang, and looking at the more recent models, it seems that Ford has been toning it down a lot. What's the deal? Worse yet, I heard a rumor that Pontiac has stopped making the Firebird. The Firebird! C'mon that has to be one of like the top 10 guy cars of all time.

I dunno.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Foamy the Squirrel did a huge rant on that a while ago.

"Tall? Forgive me squirrelly ignorance, but isn't tall the opposite of small? You're just trying to brainwash the customers since the word tall is already subconsciously implanted in their minds and they feel better about handing over 5 bucks for a urine-sample-sized cup of coffee."

What really grosses me out is the little island with all the cream, sugar, straws, etc. I once saw somebody drink right out of the cream pitcher when he thought no one was looking.[/QUOTE]


Thats disgusting.

We get the same thing at Starbucks.

You Americans are so cute using foreign words you can't pronounce.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]"coffees", "maths", any other words that your Brits turn plural for no good reason?[/QUOTE]

Well coffees was actually a typo that I decided to leave in because it sounded amusing..

It does make sense, though; different types of coffee = coffees.

And maths does make sense :)

[QUOTE=Illmatic]
I ask because one of my buddies was looking into getting a Mustang, and looking at the more recent models, it seems that Ford has been toning it down a lot. What's the deal? [/QUOTE]

It's been around for too long. Not cool to grow old. Have to burn out young.

screw coffee.

emerald smoothies allll the way :]
emerald smoothies > jamba juice
although i'm not sure it's a big chain

[QUOTE=Illmatic]:lol:

but my Mazda comment got me thinking: what happened to the guy car? That loud, fast, [usually] American-made ride that can turn just about any guy into a 14 year old kid and just say "whoaaa, awesome!"

I ask because one of my buddies was looking into getting a Mustang, and looking at the more recent models, it seems that Ford has been toning it down a lot. What's the deal? Worse yet, I heard a rumor that Pontiac has stopped making the Firebird. The Firebird! C'mon that has to be one of like the top 10 guy cars of all time.

I dunno.[/QUOTE]

Apparently, it's not cool to be a man anymore. We're not allowed to drive muscle cars, we can't oggle women in public without being slapped with a restraining order, we're looked down on for going to topless bars... hell, we're even are told to be ashamed of our bodily functions. Yeah, it's generally rude to fart in an elevator, but I've heard some people say that they think hearing someone's stomach growl is uncouth.

Uncouth to whom? Queen Victoria?

we need a regressive movement. back to the good old days.

No more diet drinks or food!

Luckily Australia, land of the free, never bowed down to female oppression, male castration, or basic good manners and sobriety.

This is strange. My last.fm still hasn't updated for last week. :(

Neither has mine. Yet the artist totals do regularly.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Luckily Australia, land of the free, never bowed down to female oppression, male castration, or basic good manners and sobriety.[/QUOTE]

Well, duh. Even if you wanted to, you'd never have the time down there to let women browbeat you into a whipped ball of puss. You're too busy trying not to get killed by everything else that shares the continent with you.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]I heard a rumor that Pontiac has stopped making the Firebird. The Firebird! C'mon that has to be one of like the top 10 guy cars of all time.[/QUOTE]
Dude that was like four years ago

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Neither has mine. Yet the artist totals do regularly.[/QUOTE]

Same here. It's annoying.

That's so odd. My last.fm totals haven't tallied for the week either. They also switched back a day to starting and resetting every Monday instead of every Sunday.

[QUOTE]emerald smoothies > jamba juice[/QUOTE]

:eek: I have never...

I love Jamba Juice! There's one near my school, and I go a lot after school to do homework. It smells nice in there. Citrusy. :)

[QUOTE=Mister Blue Sky]:eek: I have never...

I love Jamba Juice! There's one near my school, and I go a lot after school to do homework. It smells nice in there. Citrusy. :)[/QUOTE]

My friend's mom works at a Shell station, so I get free Slurpees :) So nice in summer.

[QUOTE=Bartender]Same here. It's annoying.[/QUOTE]

Yeah. Not only is mine not updating, but my weekly charts are completely gone. All I can see now is overall top artists. It's pissing me off.

[QUOTE]Dude that was like four years ago[/QUOTE]

Crap, so it's true.

[QUOTE]Apparently, it's not cool to be a man anymore. We're not allowed to drive muscle cars, we can't oggle women in public without being slapped with a restraining order, we're looked down on for going to topless bars... hell, we're even are told to be ashamed of our bodily functions. Yeah, it's generally rude to fart in an elevator, but I've heard some people say that they think hearing someone's stomach growl is uncouth.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, really.

I'm not saying we have to be Larry the Cable Guy or nothing (I can't even think of a black guy who embodies ignorance, anti-intellectualism and all that junk...Martin Lawrence maybe?) but why can't we drive a Trans Am, drink beer, watch football, and scope out women without being looked down on?

I mean, anyone who wouldn't want to drive a Mustang or a Firebird or a GT is fooling themselves, a woman, or a very feminine man.

Fortunately it's still okay for men to drive ridiculously luxurious, fast, dangerous (sometimes), and expensive sports cars (even though some of the new Benzes are getting gender neutral if you know what I mean?)

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Yeah, really.

I'm not saying we have to be Larry the Cable Guy or nothing (I can't even think of a black guy who embodies ignorance, anti-intellectualism and all that junk...Martin Lawrence maybe?) but why can't we drive a Trans Am, drink beer, watch football, and scope out women without being looked down on?

I mean, anyone who wouldn't want to drive a Mustang or a Firebird or a GT is fooling themselves, a woman, or a very feminine man.

Fortunately it's still okay for men to drive ridiculously luxurious, fast, dangerous (sometimes), and expensive sports cars (even though some of the new Benzes are getting gender neutral if you know what I mean?)[/QUOTE]

Larry the Cable Guy sucks anyway. Overrated and painfully unfunny lump of beery, spoilt ham.

Still, I'm just glad I'm still allowed to grow a beard without some gratuitously PC wanker getting in my face about it.

So today i downloaded firefox. It seems faster and its kind of annoying of all the things poping up, and i dont have pop up bloackers...



Np: Mastodon- Elephant Man

There so freaking good...

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Still, I'm just glad I'm still allowed to grow a beard without some gratuitously PC wanker getting in my face about it.[/QUOTE]

They'll never take that away from us.

/gently rubs teenage stubble.

[QUOTE]Still, I'm just glad I'm still allowed to grow a beard without some gratuitously PC wanker getting in my face about it.[/QUOTE]

The biggest risk with a beard or goatee is looking like a pasty Walker Texas Ranger rip-off.

(and no, Chuck Norris ISN'T cool)

That is, if you're white. Black guys can do anything and pull it off :p

[QUOTE]Larry the Cable Guy sucks anyway. Overrated and painfully unfunny lump of beery, spoilt ham.[/QUOTE]

I never said he was...

On the topic of Last.fm:

When I click on "More weekly charts," they refuse to show up and I only get all-time charts. My January 23-30 charts never showed up this week, either, so maybe I'll get both of them at once this week. Hopefully.

On the topic of Larry the Cable Guy:

Easily the worst of the four Blue Collar guys. Which doesn't say much, but I can find the other three guys funny if I really, really, really, REALLY try hard.

On the topic of tea:

Snapple, Nestea, and Brisk are all fine... but freshly brewed tea is by far more superior.

On the topic of coffee:

The only time I drink it is when I have to meet a friend there who loves coffee. Then, I get something like the chocolate coffee or the caramel coffee. I don't know the names for 'em - mocha and macciato or some crap like that - but they're basically like a special treat because I never go out and buy coffee or make it here or back home. It's just not appealing enough to drink every day.

On the topic of milkshakes from McDonald's, and I shi[font=verdana]t[/font] you not:

I was out and about the town and had a sudden urge for an ice cream mix. Now, McDonald's has these milkshakes that are triple thick or whatever, so it's basically ice cream through a straw. Good every once in a blue moon because a) I'm not much for fast food, and b) they probably have 4,000 calories in a milkshake. Anyways, I go through drive-thru, pay my $3 or whatever it was, and then pull up to the next window.

Cute girl opens the window, gives me the shake, freakin' [i]winks[/i] then says, "I hope this brings you to the yard."

If it's possible to have an awkward silence with oneself, then that's what happened until I got back to the townhouse.

I decided that it had to be a prank amongst her co-workers to gauge my reaction or something. After all, it's not like I ordered any food to compliment it or whatever.

It was just... yeah, really, really strange. And I know I've done my fair share of ranting about that Kelis song (see: uni last year when it was on repeat next door and the dumb bitch had the door locked and I couldn't drown it out with my own music), but man, that's just bizarre.

You are not going to comment on the cars that all men want to drive even if they don't want to admit it? :p