Rant for the Day - Upside Down Pictures

[farmer52]

While we're on the subject of those of us that are less proficient, can somebody tell me please, what does   mean? Is this some secret code word that you have to be 12 years old to know?

Please take pity on me and help! What am I missing here?

and no bull shit please!

[farmer52]

As a offender on this topic I just want to say...... I do preview my post. Everything looks good , I click "post" and boom, there it is up side down. Now mind you, it was right side up in the preview. I only have the upside down problem when using a mobile device. - Brad

Then the moral of the story is DON'T use a mobile device to post pics.

[umodelnut]

My pictures are upside down because I used a mobile device. It was the only device that I had pictures of a certain truck on.

[mack mhe9]

My pictures are upside down because I used a mobile device. It was the only device that I had pictures of a certain truck on.

Thanks for sharing no matter how they got here. Just think not too long ago we couldn't see your pic's unless we drove to your house or you mailed them. Same with cellphones, we get mad when a call is dropped and we can instantly redail while driving down the road. And, once again. not too long ago, you would have to stand at a pay phone in the morning at a truck stop make all your calls, and if anything went wrong when you got there you just dealt with it.

[vision386]

Thanks for sharing no matter how they got here. Just think not too long ago we couldn't see your pic's unless we drove to your house or you mailed them. Same with cellphones, we get mad when a call is dropped and we can instantly redail while driving down the road. And, once again. not too long ago, you would have to stand at a pay phone in the morning at a truck stop make all your calls, and if anything went wrong when you got there you just dealt with it.

I remember them days well! nowadays you gotta look long and hard to find a working payphone anywhere!...........................Mark

[hatcity]

Pay phone-either a drug deal or a man cheatin'

[JumperAndSon]

Idiocracy is a very real concept, however not a family friendly movie!

Randy, eat a sammich or something, you're looking too healthy.

Rowdy, having seen the FoMoCo projects that you drive, I would never guess that the operator is as literate and articulate as you are, been meaning to compliment you on that.

Vinny, I have no idea how to post pics, so your upside down ones are a sight better than mine.

Tim

[Green Dash]

I've been busy this week and haven't had a chance to come on here. Have you folks been playing nicely?

As has already been said, ALL pictures are appreciated and there are several members on here that are computer savvy enough to help anyone in need. For those with the issue of pictures looking in fine in the preview but then appearing upside-down in the post: perhaps flipping it before hand would result in a right-side up pic in the final post??? Think of it as "high tech reverse psychology".

Idiocracy is a very real concept, however not a family friendly movie!

I have have something I'd like to share with this community regarding what is clearly an insult the intelligence of all mankind is possibly the stupidest movie ever made:

Idiocracy is freakin' hilarious and, despite feeling dumber after each time I watch it, I can't get enough!

What can I say, I'm pretty boored tonight............

You misspelled bored, you hillbilly!

To soon?.....I'm sorry.

[farmer52]

What can I say, I'm pretty boored tonight............

At least the important part is right side up.

[ap40rocktruck]

"I still don't understand why you would lump Rednecks in with the stupid, lazy, and ignorant, though, and quite honestly I'm still offended by the remark....seeing as how I are one. :tease:"

Well if the term "redneck" is still such a personal slam, then how about HILLBILLY. Even though it is pretty much the same thing (A rose called any other name is still a rose), and still a slang term as opposed to the other terms used.

Since this forum reaches a global community, the need for some lever of being PC (politically correct), so many of the more common "slang" terms may only be implied rather than being stated.

RM

[41chevy]

I remember them days well! nowadays you gotta look long and hard to find a working payphone anywhere!...........................Mark

There are many payphones in the Bronx and they work damn hard holding up the hookers and providing shade to the drunks.

I am personally stunned the path this thread has taken. What used to lead to an in-depth discussion of Boobs and Randy's Boar adventures has turned to Redneck verses Hillbilly verses Global Correctness. Well take this in. . .I sure like photo shop.

daveigou, on 22 Mar 2013 - 18:28, said:

While we're on the subject of those of us that are less proficient, can somebody tell me please, what does   mean? Is this some secret code word that you have to be 12 years old to know?

&NBSP: means No Boobs Skip Post

[mike69mackman]

At least the important part is right side up.

[mike69mackman]

Ah never mind.

[daveigou]

&NBSP !

[1958 F.W.D.]

You misspelled bored, you hillbilly!

Just shows what you know!! I was born and raised in Philly- so neener neener neener to you!!!! LOL

[Green Dash]

Just shows what you know!! I was born and raised in Philly- so neener neener neener to you!!!! LOL

Phillbilly.

[1958 F.W.D.]

Phillbilly.

I can't remember what the discussion was about, but a bunch of you hicks were talking farm-boy hick talk, and I had to ask what "silage" was.....LOL

[Pawel]

Ooh, baby, what a great rant it is! I sure did like the movie "Idiocracy" and dang, it has something to it. The more stupidity I see around, the more it looks like a prophecy!

As for the nbsp - that "no boobs" explanation was cool, but actually its a special character, a so called "non-breeaking space". When you type, you separate the words by spaces (that long key at the bottom of the keybord). When the text gets wrapped, it gets wrapped - broken to the next line - at the spaces. But somtimes you want to keep two words (or pictures) together in the same line, that's when you use a non breaking space. Used by computer hacks to format html documents, it sometimes backfires and then the code -   - becomes visible when it actually should stay hidden.

Sorry for that tech talk but I wanted to contribute, since I'm asking for pictures all the time and seldom post any :-))) It's just that there are no Macks in my country, dang! Have a nice day

Paweł

[leversole]

Ooh, baby, what a great rant it is! I sure did like the movie "Idiocracy" and dang, it has something to it. The more stupidity I see around, the more it looks like a prophecy!

As for the nbsp - that "no boobs" explanation was cool, but actually its a special character, a so called "non-breeaking space". When you type, you separate the words by spaces (that long key at the bottom of the keybord). When the text gets wrapped, it gets wrapped - broken to the next line - at the spaces. But somtimes you want to keep two words (or pictures) together in the same line, that's when you use a non breaking space. Used by computer hacks to format html documents, it sometimes backfires and then the code - &nbsp - becomes visible when it actually should stay hidden.

Sorry for that tech talk but I wanted to contribute, since I'm asking for pictures all the time and seldom post any :-))) It's just that there are no Macks in my country, dang! Have a nice day

Paweł

I am sure I have heard that explanation somewhere before.....hmmmmmmmmmm

[hatcity]

legal/technical mumbo jumbo

I prefer the "And:No Bullshit Please" explanation

[JumperAndSon]

Okay guys, I'm going to throw in my two cents here.

First of all, the upsidown pictures are not that big of a deal. With mobile devices, there is no way to avoid it. With my dad's iPad, some pictures end up upsidown. There's nothing we can do about it. There's no need to get all bent out of shape about it.

As far as spelling and grammar however, there should be some concern. I will admit that I am not a perfect speller, but I try my best. I think grammar is much more important than spelling.

What bothers me the most (it really bothers me actually) is when people do not use proper capitalization and punctuation. I can't stand when people write a whole paragraph with like three different sentences and two questions in it but do not use capitalization at all and use no periods or question marks either. I have one heck of a time trying to figure out what they're trying to say.

As a 14 year old kid with a pretty complex social life, I have a pretty good amount of experience with this stuff. Teenagers these days seem to have absolutely no regard for grammar at all. Even my own sister could not care less about making her texts look good. When she is texting her friends, she doesn't even capitalize the first letter of the text! That just boils my blood.

When I give her a hard time about it, she gives me the same answer that all teenagers give me: "It's just a text message. When I write something in school, I try to make it nice"

Apparently that's the way kids think nowadays. What they don't realize is that by sending texts and making posts that look horrible, it makes them look stupid. I was talking to my buddy on facebook last night and I told him that he should work on his grammar. He of course said "I'm just posting on facebook." (except when he said it, it wasn't written nearly as well as that) I told him "Dude, by not proofreading your posts and texts, you're just making yourself look stupid." He said, "Well I'm actually really smart when you get to know me, I'm a whole grade ahead in math and english."

This is what I told him: "Being smart and acting smart are two completely different things."

If you don't present yourself as being smart, then people will not think you're smart. I'm definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I am sharper than a bowling ball. More importantly, I try my best to make myself appear smart.

So yea, if you take an extra three seconds to go through and proofread your posts, text, and messages, it will save you from years of being remembered as that stupid guy than has no grammar skills. Not to mention the inconvenience for us that have to read that stuff and try to figure out what you're trying to say. You don't have to be perfect, you just have to put some effort forth to make it look at least readable.

Sorry if that was offensive to anybody haha.

Ben

[RowdyRebel]

I've found that by being smart and acting average or slightly below, people expect less from you. Then when you slip up and reveal what you've really got between your ears, it takes 'em a while to pick their jaw up off the floor.

Kinda like a "sleeper" car....looks like a hunk of junk, but the engine is hopped up, drive train solid, and it'll blow the doors off that fancy show car any day of the week.

However, if you live your life trying to prove to the world how smart you are, you alienate people who might think you are arrogant. You also look like a fool each and every time you slip up and reveal that you aren't quite as smart as you've led people to believe you are.

You'll get much farther in life exceeding expectations than you will by not living up to them. However, it is a fine line you've got to walk. If you come across as too dumb, you'll never be given the chance to show what you know. That's where a lot of people go wrong....they come across as too dumb. You'll never fit that bored, stroked, supercharged big block under the hood of a "smart" car, and everybody knows it....

....but damn that'd be a wicked fast car if'n ya could! Engine would probably account for 90% of the car's weight...power to weight ratio would be tough to beat...

[farmer52]

Okay guys, I'm going to throw in my two cents here.

First of all, the upsidown pictures are not that big of a deal. With mobile devices, there is no way to avoid it. With my dad's iPad, some pictures end up upsidown. There's nothing we can do about it. There's no need to get all bent out of shape about it.

So yea, if you take an extra three seconds to go through and proofread your posts, text, and messages, it will save you from years of being remembered as that stupid guy than has no grammar skills. Not to mention the inconvenience for us that have to read that stuff and try to figure out what you're trying to say. You don't have to be perfect, you just have to put some effort forth to make it look at least readable.

Sorry if that was offensive to anybody haha.

Ben

Ben,

I wish all kids (and some adults) thought like you do. The world (and future of the world) would be a better place.

As for the upside down pictures...I am not "bent out of shape" but if the "modern" devices post them that way....that is NOT acceptable. Maybe if you own a new fangled device, your neck can swivel to view the pics upright but my old neck cannot swivel very far. If you can't take the time to download them correctly, why bother to post them at all? This falls under the same category as spelling and grammer. My two and a half cents.

[RowdyRebel]

My two and a half cents.

Adjusting for inflation?

[Dennis Hall]

I tend to agree with all of the above............accept the go green part.............just kiddin'