Why do these exist?!?

[V da Mighty Taco]

That thing where they put * around an action? Like "I'm eating a cake *eats cake*" Don't fucking do that...

You must loathe me with the fury of two whole suns, as I love doing that.

On Topic: That Big Rigs game. I'm seriously a firm believer that game was made with the intention of making the worst game of all time for the lulz, as it's the only reason I can see for that game ever getting released in the state it's in. The fact that they released exactly one update that fixed fuck-all way after the game's release seems to prove my theory further.

Inb4 those guys also made WarZ, WarZ was at least playable and resembled a game to some degree. Can't say the same for Big Rigs.

I'll quit complaining about games I haven't played now.

 

[kailus13]

Inflatable Darts Boards...
Seriously now? You don't think that putting a mark on a balloon and throwing something sharp at it is going to fail in some way?

Inlatable dart boards usually have velcro darts.

That thing where they put * around an action? Like "I'm eating a cake *eats cake*" Don't fucking do that...
Accents and languages.

For the asterisk actions, it's to say whether you're "saying" it to someone or "doing" tha action. It's usually used in chatrooms where thelanguage is informal.

Accents and languages still exist because it's only been 50 years or so that the world has been connected anywhere near like it is today. In a couple of centuries a universal language might emerge, but I still doubt it. Would you give up your language for an ideal?

 

[Risingblade]

Ear Stretchers
That thing where they put * around an action? Like "I'm eating a cake *eats cake*" Don't fucking do that...
Comic book big events (secret invasion, Civil War, A v X etc)
EA (HA!)
The current ideals of censorship
Bingo! That's a good one. So fucking many Bingo adverts...
Sex phone lines. They used to serve a purpose but now we have the internet. And libraries.
Glee
Chavs (That's a UK specific one!)
High Heels
Mini skirts
Accents and languages.

I mean, that's all for now. I don't so much question why they exist... It's more why do they STILL exist.

People are weird
*smacks you* because we can
for good to exist there must always be evil
*censored*
Old people need something to do
cheaper than hiring a hooker I guess
to punish you
See above
Sex
See above
Communication

 

[SSJBlastoise]

Anything involving purchasing pornography. I think the internet had us covered there.

The windows key on my keyboard. What does it doooo?!

I just use it to minimise a game if I want to look up something (I know there are easier way but it's just my thing )

 

[Esotera]

Ultra-long distance events that give you a lot time to think & are also an amazing challenge. The most I've ever done is a half-marathon run & a 60 mile bike ride over some horrendous terrain, but I'd love to do a longer bike ride if I was more prepared & I lived in a flat area.

 

[MoreThanANoob]

The windows key on my keyboard. What does it doooo?!

I believe it opens the start menu. At least, it does on my machine.

 

[Ambitiousmould]

I don't know how knackering yourself out in these events can be fun in anyway. I once jogged halfway home (about a quater mile) and I felt like I was going to die. That's why exercise is bad for you.

OT: Wind chimes. Why? Who the fuck sat there and thought, "I have a great idea! I'll invent a device that makes a hideously annoying and frankly offensive sound whenever someone even fucking breathes in the same building as it!". They serve no purpose. Maybe I'm just bitter because the person across the road has an insanely loud one that is always clinking and rattling away and I can always hear it. I can hear it right now. I am going to kill the person who owns it.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

The windows key on my keyboard. What does it doooo?!

I believe it opens the start menu. At least, it does on my machine.

It can also be used in combination with other buttons. For example, windows key + P switches between the various multiple monitor options, which is really useful for people like me, who are constantly hooking laptops up to projectors for work. Also, for versions of Windows with Aero, windows key + tab does a pretty 3D version of alt-tab. I know there's others, but those are the two I actually use on a regular basis.

 

[Benpasko]

The windows key on my keyboard. What does it doooo?!

I believe it opens the start menu. At least, it does on my machine.

And Windows Key + R opens the run menu. It's useful for me, because I oftentimes go without a taskbar on my comp.

 

[Pink Gregory]

Endorphins, probably.

Does anyone else on the British side of the pond remember that advert a while ago for a sensor activated soap pump, marketed on the idea that you 'Don't want a germy soap pump'?. I do believe 'germy' was actually a word used in the marketing spiel.

 

[Auron225]

Automatic soap dispensers

Spoiler

For what POSSIBLE reason should these exist?

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Well, the other day I had a sports program on in the background and heard about an event where they had some distance for a swim, 1,800km bike ride and some huge running distance and I just thought why does it exist so I decided to look it up and came across Ultra Triathlons. I had heard of Iron Man events before but seeing the Deca Ultratriathlon (38km swim, 1,800km bike ride, 422km run) and then the Double Deca Ultratriathlon (yes, twice the size of a Deca Ultratriathlon) and it seriously took me about 10 mins just to fully take this in and all I could say was fuck that.

Why would anyone want to do an event where you have a 76km swim, 3,600km ride and an 844km run? The ride would be the same as riding across Australia.

So, what are some things that you question why they exist? (Please don't try to start fights with people over their choices)

Because at least from me those kind of people get a shitload of respect and are very inspiring to read about. I've had a news article about a man who was named "World's fittest human" in 2009, and his statistics are truly insane: runs 3800 meters in 12 minutes, lifts 240 kg (roughly 530 lbs) from the ground and can lift himself on a bar 74 times. I see it as a way of proving oneself.

I was thinking of several things, like the Jersey Shore lifestyle, sport fanclubs and such, until I came by the one thing I truly cannot and will never comprehend:

Spoiler: No better way to mark yourself as drug dealer gangster and never get a proper job than...

A FACIAL TATTOO

Seriously, anyone who takes them can fuck right off. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would want ANYTHING to show on their face FULLY VISIBLE ALL THE TIME FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE!

 

[Quaxar]

Automatic soap dispensers

Spoiler

For what POSSIBLE reason should these exist?

Hygienic mostly.
I get annoyed everytime I go into a bathroom and they have those automatic taps and paper towel dispensers but the soap dispenser is one big unhygenic lever. Argh!
And I should probably not start on doorhandles.

 

[username sucks]

Automatic soap dispensers

Spoiler

For what POSSIBLE reason should these exist?

Hygienic mostly.
I get annoyed everytime I go into a bathroom and they have those automatic taps and paper towel dispensers but the soap dispenser is one big unhygenic lever. Argh!
And I should probably not start on doorhandles.

But why would it matter if the soap dispenser is unhygenic? In about 2 seconds after touching it your hands will be covered in soap anyways.

OT: I know I will probably inslt a ton of people with this, but English class. The part where the language is taught I understand, but not the part with analyzing fictional book. The logic I see in that concept is "Hey, lets write incredibly long essays on fictional books that are made to be read for pleasure, so that the book is forever associated in our minds with doing hours of pointless work". Seriously, the only people who cares what you think the use of the word "blue" means in a story is the teacher. The only use of a high level English class is to become an English teacher, who will teach students things that will only allow them to be an English teacher, ect, ect.

The worst part is that the class is required.

 

[Auron225]

Automatic soap dispensers

Spoiler

For what POSSIBLE reason should these exist?

Hygienic mostly.
I get annoyed everytime I go into a bathroom and they have those automatic taps and paper towel dispensers but the soap dispenser is one big unhygenic lever. Argh!
And I should probably not start on doorhandles.

Granted there will undoubtedly be a multitude of lots of peoples germs all over whatever button/lever/etc you use to dispense the soap, but my point is why do you care if surely you are JUST about to wash your hands of all germs? It doesn't really matter what the button may be smeared with so as long as soap will wash it off, which it almost certainly will unless its nucleur waste.

 

[Quaxar]

Automatic soap dispensers

Spoiler

For what POSSIBLE reason should these exist?

Hygienic mostly.
I get annoyed everytime I go into a bathroom and they have those automatic taps and paper towel dispensers but the soap dispenser is one big unhygenic lever. Argh!
And I should probably not start on doorhandles.

But why would it matter if the soap dispenser is unhygenic? In about 2 seconds after touching it your hands will be covered in soap anyways.

Well, for once automatic ones are easy to use with one hand and dispense a fixed amount of soap so you might save money and on the other hand give more to those who are notoriously scare with soap. Then quite a few people don't know how to wash their hands "properly", but that may also partially be me who personally can't stop doing a full scrub since I started in the medical field.
Mostly it's because a big number of people touching it and leaving their own bacteria leads to more horizontal gene transfer, or "interbreeding" if you prefer, which drastically increases chances of resistance and picking up a new strain that's able to survive the soap wash. And of course because it is actually shown to <url=http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/content/14/4/304.short>increase usage.

Sure, in public toilets even if you're doing a surgical disinfection you'll still have to touch that awfully sticky, greasy door handle everyone who did not wash his hands touched as well. Even though foot openers are extremely cheap and easy. So fancy soap dispensers might not help that much there in the end.

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Posting while I'm writing my post, eh? Well I'll show you!
Dunno if that quote notification still works if you edit it in but I'm willing to try...

My point is, they are superior to handled ones in practically any way. And soap's not a magical bacteria-begone substance, even the specially labelled antibacterial one can only do so much in the 3 seconds you have it on your hands.