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Indy Confluence is a waste of time
Feb 26, 2009Twitter Head - Broadripple
I recently went to the Indy Conflunce meeting at the Manhattan off 82nd street looking to see how Twitter can help my business and maybe do some networking. Well thats not what happened. First of all the crowd was filled with old people trying to wrap their aging minds around twit pics and hash marks which lead to multiple questions and personal anguish. Second of all the panel was made up of hipster doofusses feeling ultra cool that they are being praised for their dorkyness. Only to top the dorks was the only lady on the panel that spoke as if she had roast beef in her mouth, and her long drawn out answers made you want to inflict pain on yourself. Third of all Indy Confluence is the retarded step child of 30 something networking groups that thinks its original and unique when ultimately it has nothing to offer and is a waste of time.
Fountain Square Diets
Feb 25, 2009Rusty - Fountain Square
Ahhh, Bud's. The epitome of white trashiness. God, how long's it been since I've been in here? It's really too bad, since I live so close and it's a lot cheaper than seeing the Ice Capades at Conseco.
The woman in front of me had a box of swiss rolls and a gallon of milk... and that's it... IN A CART! Awesome, of course. The woman behind me though didn't require a cart... she only had a gallon of milk and a pack of ding dongs. Yep. Another guy in line had what looked like a pack of Nutter Butters, but I have an inkling they weren't name-brand... and he paid with a check... it took six minutes.
Of course, I can laugh at everyone else's purchases in line, but the fact remains, I was actually buying two 40oz King Cobras. Oh yes. Whether for comic effect, or the actual white-trash-gut-rot-drunkenness... I can't say for sure. I was already pretty drunk off Jameson (so, yeah, comic effect probably).
On a side note, King Cobra is just awful! ....until about two-thirds of the way through your second 40!
**Update : No... it's still awful.
Piss right the F*ck Off, radio now 100.9
Feb 24, 2009Jon and Cherie - eastside
Me and my girlfriend were driving tonight and this is the promo I heard come on 100.9: "As we continue our boycott against Chris Brown's music, support our 'No Excuse for Abuse' campaign." And then they started playing a pre-recorded tape of someone telling their "tale" of domestic abuse. My gf quickly changed the station before we had to listen any further. Thank god.
First off, this rant has nothing to do with Chris Brown's actions, no matter how you take it. So you can piss off too, everyone who thinks we're defending him here. This has every thing to do with media over-stepping their bounds and pushing morality on the general public.
Radio Now is a commercial business. You ARE NOT a church. Furthermore, you're not even a commercial program disguised as a morality program (see "Delilah" or "Nancy Grace"). You're a pop music station for fuck's sake! I tune to your station (if ever) for terrible pop garbage escapism..... not a fucking sermon!
If I want morality tales and judgment by appointed leaders, I'll go to church. If I want judgment by some dickhead journalism/broadcast flunkie, I'll read US Weekly. The fact is, I don't... want to or do either. And now there's another thing I won't do - listen to your radio station.
You're just getting yourself off by exploiting this tabloid hay-day of an incident. Masturbate in private, 100.9, not on the public airwaves.
What a world class city Indianapolis...
Feb 23, 2009K - Broadripple
I'd like to think that the city is getting better about litter; both that the citizens are keeping up after themselves and the city is cleaning up after its citizens. Apparently not. As I was driving north on Keystone Sunday, between 52nd Street and Kessler, I drove through the most disgusting thing. It looked as if 3 trash bags spontaneously combusted over the street, emptying out their contents. I am being dead serious here. I was literally ashamed of my city as I had to drive through fluttering trash. C'mon Indy, is this what we are now? There is absolutely no excuse to have that large of an amount of trash littering a street. I mean, I get the random bottle on the curb. People are lazy, stupid, or just both. But entire boatloads of trash?? No wonder people complain about the people who live in Indy, we do nothing but perpetuate the image of disgusting-ness.
have some consideration
Feb 19, 2009chuck - fletcher place
I don't know if it's just me and the way I was brought up, but I've always thought it was considered extremely rude to sit outside a house and honk your horn until someone comes out. Am I wrong?
And the rudeness factor is just the first thing pissing me off about the people who do this. The second thing - don't you have a cell phone?? I know when I'm picking someone up and we're in a hurry, I'll call and let them know I'm pulling up so they can meet me outside. And my friends do it to let me know they're arriving. (Though I'd never do this for anything formal, like say a date.) But one thing I'd NEVER do is sit outside and honk!
Granted, people with piss-poor form irk me a little more than they should, maybe... but honking outside someone's house isn't just a personal peeve, right? it's fucking rude and inconsiderate... to them AND every house within earshot!
EVERY SINGLE DAY there is some jackass honking in front of the house across the street. It's not even the same jackass, there are several of them! Maybe it's just a house full of jerks that have no idea what respectable human beings behave like, and I just have the bad luck of living across from them.
So, I guess the question is - how well do I remember "industrial tech" from high school... and do I really remember the difference between the brake-line and the horn? We'll see!
Why do we have prosecutors anyway?
Feb 15, 2009IN-Country Dan - West Indy
Recently, Henderick's County Prosecutor Office fined a man that beat the hell out of a cop, only $1 and court costs, then let him go FREE!!!
Same Prosecutor's office, offered the same fines and a very light 'House Arrest" to a young man, that was drunk, admitted taking pills, and ran from the Plainfield Police after he attacked and beat 2 handicapped and elderly men and confined them in their own homes DURING HIS CONFRONTATIONS WITH THEM!!!
This same Prosecutor's Office ALSO sent these 2 elder handicapped men, letters telling them NOT TO APPEAR in the bail hearing on this man!!!!
Even though the courts in america are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at all times!!
So; for a second time, the Prosecutor's office allows this CRIMINAL to again come back into the neighborhood and TERROIZE these 2 men!!
AND THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE STILL DOES NOTHING!! (when called about the threats).
Are we to start doing their jobs also for them???
This CRIMINAL has a record a mile long for drunken disorderly(7) and assults (2 priors) on others in his past, and they let him run free, even after he STILL VILOATES A RESTRAINING ORDER to stay away from these 2 handicapped gentlemen!!!
And he continues to drink, get drunk and make the neighhborhood where he lives in Plainfield FEAR WHAT HE WILL DO TO SOMEONE NEXT!!!
Maybe, he will be running for an election soon, and they wish him in office with the other crooks; THAT DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PUBLIC AND PEACE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ANYMORE!!
Why is getting it free so much of a problem?
Feb 14, 2009Dan - West Indy
On one of the local "get it free" sites, it seems there are so many liars there now, who promise you their item and tell you to come and get it, only to arrive to pick it up after driving some distance, and find out they have already given it to someone else and they 'forgot' to tell you before driving to their home for pick up???
And Craigslist now has so many biggots and asses that flag all 'wanting free' postings as they do not want 'beggars' on "their site"!
If you have medicaid- Drop the Attitude!!
Feb 14, 2009raving lunatic - northside indy
So I work in a dental office and we take medicaid. Medicaid is government aid for those supposedly unable to care for themselves or their kids. I am not opposed to medicaid, what I am opposed to are the people who abuse it. Time after time we see people on medicaid that drive up in nice cars, whip out their cell phones and their cigarette packs and then they also have attitudes. Sometimes people who don't make enough money that they have to be on government assistance need a reality check!
If you are on medicaid DROP THE SELF ENTITLED ATTITUDE and try and make some changes in your life to get off of medicaid. You can save a ton of money by:
1. getting rid of cable. $65/month
2. getting rid of internet. $40/month
3. getting rid of cell phones. $50/month-single or $90 family plan
4. getting rid of your smoking habit- 1 pack a day x 7 days x 4 weeks= $112/month
5. home phone-get rid of all those caller id/three way calling/call waiting options and just get plain, old, basic phone service!
just with these 5 small changes these people can save over $267 a month.That's $3200 a year.
And no you don't need a cell phone. 13 years ago no one had one and we lived just fine without one!
Case in point: Thursday we saw a teenager who has a ton of work to do. So the mom brings her in to the office for the work. We take her back and discuss her treatment and we decided that instead of her having to take off from school and her mother having to take off of work 4x since she has cavities in all 4 quadrants of her mouth that we will do the whole left side today. Well lets just say that mom got all pissy out in the waiting room because,"it was taking TOO DAMN LONG!!!!!" OK so let me get this straight...you don't pay for the dental work your daughter is getting done today and we're trying to save you time and money by doing an extra quadrant on her so you don't have to take her out of school and you take off of work to bring her in again. OK so now what are you bitching about? Some people act like they are so entitled! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-
Handicapped parking is for cops?
Feb 14, 2009Dan - west indy
Why is it an increasing problem to stop at a gas station or almost anywhere in Indy that has a parking spot for 'handicapped people' and find that a local cop, a delivery man, or even a services truck parked in the handicapped spots, and they are definitely not handicapped???
Recently, when I complained to a cop at a gas station (on Thursday) in the center of Indy as to why he was taking the only spot for 'us handicapped' he told me to keep my d@#@! mouth shut, or he would find some reason to arrest me and place me in jail for a few days!!!!
Seems we are definitely turning into the 'new Russia' now that we have forgotten to be polite to each other, compassionate to those less fortunate than us. And all 'us disabled' and 'handicapped' are becoming disposable to the world just because we have some 'differences' in our health or bodies that we cannot change - nature took that course for us!!
As 'the Pope' stated recently; Forget to be kind, compassionate, and caring for your fellow man/woman and we shall truely destroy the world we know, love, and live in quickly!!!
Valentine's Day Massacre? yep, probably
Feb 13, 2009Sandy - broadripple
I know I shouldn't have waited to get reservations for Valentine's day, but this year isn't like any other, we're in a huge economic crisis and people shouldn't be spending money, right? You couldn't tell that by the 17 hostesses I talked to today. 17 places. None of them had a table for two available. Will my fiance mind the romantic Taco Bell dinner this year? Nawwww, she'll be cool with it..... but I'm not gettin' any.
No Water at the YMCA???
Feb 13, 2009Simone - Nora
So, I'm a member of the Jordan YMCA in the Nora area. A couple of weeks ago the vending machine, excuse me, the WATER vending machine was out of order. Okay I understand that these things happen. But I will say that it totally sucks to do a spin class with not a drop of water. Half way through the class your throat feels like you've been wading through a desert for days...not cool. Anyway, it was out for a couple days but I got by. And then I was at the YMCA today and that same machine was not accepting dollar bills...okay I'll go get some quarters, I thought. I walk over to the desk with my screaming child in my arms to ask for quarters for the vending machine and who would of thought...they were out of quarters. Are you kidding me??? The machine isn't taking dollar bills and you don't have any quarters...that's just fabulous news. Did I mention that there is only 1 vending machine with water? Did I also mention that I had a screaming child in my arms? I really needed that spin class today and some water would have been nice.
Potholes and dumbasses: friday the 13th??
Feb 13, 2009Rusty - Downtown
I'm gonna snap on the next jackass that can't drive. In front of me, behind me, it's like they're possessed. Maybe it's because of Friday the 13th. The full moon was earlier this week, so that can't be it. Unless everyone is as lazy as me and hasn't gotten fully dressed since Monday... then yeah, let's blame it on the full moon.
On i70, I have a jackass riding me like three feet behind and swerving around like it's fucking dodgeball or something. Getting off on Keystone, there's a Mustang in front of me going about 20 and taking up several lanes in an almost admirable ballet of drunken lane-drifting.
And to top it all off, the potholes on Keystone are goddamn ridiculous. I feel like I'm on a cheap carnival ride. It's not gonna be so cheap for my alignment, that's for sure. I was trying to call my mom and had to dodge a huge cement crater while the call was in progress. So this is how that went:
Mom: "Hello"
Me: "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!!!"
Mom: "hello?"
Me: "Oh... Hello Mother. How are you?"
Circuit City
Feb 12, 2009Sandy - broadripple
You want to take advantage of Circuit City's Biggo Going Out of Business Sale, but how do you buy electronics at a place where the staff has completely checked out and adopted the mentality they've probably wanted to for so long... not caring.
(You can't really blame them though. They're looking for new jobs... in NUVO, behind the counter, and while you're asking about your 70% off laptop cooling pad.)
They give the answer they've probably been wanting to for the last 10 years of $9/hour customer service, shit job - "Ehh, I dunno. Ask somebody else."
If you don't know exactly what you need, don't go to Circuit City, even with the going out of business sales... it's like the Thunderdome, "Two men enter looking for good deals... but there are NO returns..... rated R."
Colt arrested, Cop proves something
Feb 9, 2009Jon - eastside
Darrell Reid was arrested for disorderly conduct and trespassing this weekend for "running his mouth" to an off-duty cop at Oxygen on the northside. Okay, trying to get into a club that they're trying to get people out of isn't a great idea. And pulling out the "I don't have to leave, because I'm a football player with the Colts," is just bad form... but, arresting him, really? What the hell is the deal with IMPD throwing their weight around like this is a middle school lockerroom? It's like they're saying, "I don't care who you are, I'll arrest you for some bullshit just to prove I'm more important."
Should Reid have been less of a moron? Sure. Should he have been representing the team and the city more professionally? Of course. Should he have been arrested for some stupid shit? Hell no. Try arresting people that are robbing children at bustops.
Fountain Square Cock Lounge
Feb 8, 2009rusty - fountain square
Alright, so I took this pic of the Theatre Building last year, but I was reminded of it by the Brass Ring's sign being on the fritz (not more than 6-8 months after they've been open... they should be pissy with somebody!)
I can just hear the artsy conversations...
"Hey man, it's First Friday, wanna go to Fountain Square and check out some art?"
"Yeah, sounds cool, then maybe we can go duckpin bowling and get a drink at the Cock Lounge!"
"Yeah!"
Seriously, shops. get your signs fixed when they go out. Funny... but embarassing.
Stoplight Creeps
Feb 7, 2009cass - zionsville
What is so hard about staggering cars a little bit at stoplights?
I don't want to look at you! I don't want you looking at me!
How hard is it to stop a couple feet ahead or behind? Just a couple feet! And we wouldn't have to feel the awkwardness of looking over and seeing someone right there... doing their thing... in their car. And when you're a passenger, jesus, that other person is like two feet away! It's not quite as awkward as someone buddying up to you at the urinals, but really, all it takes is a couple feet and we wouldn't have to see each other. You're another car on the road, you're not a person, don't force me to acknowledge your existence, I don't want to, I hate you.
Are you so lonely that you want to feel the companionship of strangers on the road? And don't pretend you're not looking at me, cuz every time I pull up a couple feet to get out of your tractor beam, you pull up too. I'm practically humping the car in front of me and you're still creeping up to be creepy some more.
Is etiquette a sin or something now?
NUVO pwns DPW... or not?
Feb 5, 2009Rusty - Fountain Square
So, I didn't exactly understand the three-part "Department of Public Jerks" write-up in NUVO this week in their "Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down" section. The second two didn't seem to have anything to do with DPW at all.
Water... maybe, but still, that's on Indianapolis Water, not DPW. And what exactly did the republicans' standpoint on transporting prisoners to the Terre Haute facility have to do with our local DPW?
Whatever... I do have to agree with the first "thumbs down" though - quoting the head of DPW, "Get some shovels and snowplows. There's a lot of people who just need to do it themselves."
Hmm. Ok...
Oh, btw, I've decided to put my tax dollars toward community theatre this year instead of government. Also, I won't be plowing my own street. Just saying.
This World is so F*cked Up
Feb 4, 2009raving lunatic - northside indy
Ok so everyone in the state of Indiana knows how bad the roads were Tuesday. They were so bad that one of my employees had a serious car accident right in front of my office and I ran out to help her. She was really bad off, she was bleeding profusely and had broken bones in her face. The really F*cked up thing was there is a doctor's office right in front of where the accident happened and one of the people helping us ran over to the doctor's office to ask if they could come out and help. They REFUSED! Said that due to office policy/liability they could not help her and that we would just have to wait for the ambulance. OH MY GOD! WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF BEING A DOCTOR IF YOU DON'T HELP SOMEONE IN NEED!???? What if she were bleeding from an artery and would die in minutes if someone didn't stop the flow of blood and we couldn't wait for the ambulance? she would have died waiting and the doctors would have just sat in their office looking out the window. SOMETIMES the legal world has really screwed us that doctors are afraid to do what they were trained to do because they don't want to be sued.
You Got a Screw Loose
Feb 3, 2009Sandy - Broadripple
I recently towed my car into the Firestone Auto Repair on N. Keystone because my car wouldn't start. It was the best option because it was the closest to my house, even though I haven't used them before. I was delighted to hear from Derek the next day that all that was wrong was that the bolts that hold the starter together were loose, and not something serious. When I went to pick up my car it was a total of $150. Most of which was labor.
Now wait a minute. When a car doesn't start isn't the first thing that you check is the starter? and isn't the first thing you do is loosen up the bolts to check the starter? Why was labor $50 and an engine diagnostic $100 when the first thing you check was what is wrong with the car?
They then had the balls to ask if I wanted to have some other minor work done to the car.
Come on Firestone. It's so hard to find a trustworthy place to take your car and when a new face rolls in your business you should make them feel like your not ripping them off so they come back. Especially in this economy when everyone is tight, why not give them a break to come back especially when all that is wrong is some loose bolts.
A bad economy is not a sign to rip as many people off as you can to make the most money. It's a chance to build relationships with people that are going through the same money problems that you and your business are and to earn their money by keeping their business.
Ahh! Raptors!
Feb 3, 2009Rusty - indianapolis
Holy Crap! I couldn't be more proud of our local nerds taking it on themselves to continue the national trend of hacking these roadsigns. I wanted to do it sooo bad! (but it's been so damn cold and snowy or mushy, and leaving the house requires putting pants on). But come on, why are the comments from motorists so f'in stupid? RTV reports:
"I'm totally confused, I'm kind of expecting... dinosaurs to run down the road, or something." and "Which raptors?"
I blame the reporters. Sure it's cold and you just wanna get the story and get back to the studio, but can't you find anybody with anything better to say? Come on, there are frickin RAPTORS loose in Carmel! This happens way too often on the news, (poor interviews, not raptors) and is one of the major reasons I can't stand local newscasts. They just have a knack for finding the absolute stupidest person in the vicinity for an interview...
On the plus side, at least we don't have any Nazi zombies loose in our fair city... good luck Austin, TX, those bastards are tough.
RTV Channel 6 article: Here
Snowplows?
Feb 1, 2009jellybean - indianapolis
Do we NOT have snowplows in this State? I was watching the news and every picture showed a snowplow, was that from last year because I have yet to see one. I see school-busses crashing everywhere, so are we waiting until some kids die before we break out the plow trucks? Damn greedy Hoosiers!
