Comments for [you] Ruined It For Everyone! http://youruinedit.com/blog People who screwed things up for the rest of us. Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:22:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on [post eleven] William Harley and Arthur Davidson by Isaac Brender http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-101 Isaac Brender Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:22:33 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=295#comment-101 Great goods from you, man. I've understand your stuff prior to and you're just extremely magnificent. I actually like what you have acquired here, certainly like what you're saying and the way in which by which you say it. You're making it enjoyable and you still care for to keep it smart. I can't wait to read far more from you. This is really a tremendous website. Great goods from you, man. I’ve understand your stuff prior to and you’re just extremely magnificent. I actually like what you have acquired here, certainly like what you’re saying and the way in which by which you say it. You’re making it enjoyable and you still care for to keep it smart. I can’t wait to read far more from you. This is really a tremendous website.

]]> Comment on [post eleven] William Harley and Arthur Davidson by Zeph Bickett http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-74 Zeph Bickett Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:51:24 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=295#comment-74 your an idiot your an idiot

]]> Comment on [the book] by Tammie Enders http://youruinedit.com/blog/?page_id=74&cpage=1#comment-65 Tammie Enders Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:08:30 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?page_id=74#comment-65 My favorite one is "The Tobacco Industry for killing its customers". I am buying the book for that page alone! My favorite one is “The Tobacco Industry for killing its customers”. I am buying the book for that page alone!

]]> Comment on [post eleven] William Harley and Arthur Davidson by Neal http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-40 Neal Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:23:06 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=295#comment-40 I like the Blue Oyster Bar reference.....what movie was that? I like the Blue Oyster Bar reference…..what movie was that?

]]> Comment on [post seven] Dr. Robert Atkins by john http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=128&cpage=1#comment-32 john Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:13:13 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=128#comment-32 Matt!!!!!!! Congrats on your Book! Some seriously funny and witty stuff, love your approach!! We are cracking up AND wishing you all the best with it! So awesome!!!! J + V zajec Matt!!!!!!! Congrats on your Book! Some seriously funny and witty stuff, love your approach!! We are cracking up AND wishing you all the best with it! So awesome!!!!

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]]> Comment on [post eleven] William Harley and Arthur Davidson by Bad Example http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-30 Bad Example Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:59:16 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=295#comment-30 You're a putz! You’re a putz!

]]> Comment on [ruined it for me] by AV http://youruinedit.com/blog/?page_id=77&cpage=1#comment-28 AV Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:11:37 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?page_id=77#comment-28 Someone who ruined it for me is a man named Gary Bettman. Mr. Bettman is the commissioner of the National Hockey League. Over the last twenty years, roughly the length of Mr. Bettman's tenure, the NHL has (d)evolved from a scintillating niche sport to a third-rate wannabe pro league. Hockey is great. The NHL, not so much. Thanks, Mr. Bettman [you]RIFE! Hockey is its own animal. The game itself is beautiful and extraordinary, but it doesn't translate to a mass (American) audience in the way that basketball, football and baseball do. Yet Mr. Bettman insisted on marketing the NHL in a manner similar to the other leagues, a decision which has ruined the NHL for the rest of us. Really, moving teams out of Quebec City, Winnipeg, Minneapolis and Hartford? Placing teams in Atlanta, Nashville, Miami, Tampa, and Charlotte? Bettman has overseen a diluted talent pool due to overexpansion. There's an underappreciation in warm weather cities that could car less about hockey. Regina and Halifax could outdraw large metropolises like Dallas and Phoenix. Skyrocketed ticket prices and empty luxury suites are another major Bettman blunder. Part of hockey's past appeal was the affordability in which John Doe could attend. Face it, it's always been expensive to attend an NFL or MLB game. People used to fill the seats at NHL arenas becuase they could watch the game and eat and drink for a reasonable amount. Bettman alienated his core fanbase by following the NBA model of luxury suite Now of course, Bettman did all of this in pursuit of the almighty dollar. His greed certainly has backfired though. Raised prices and overexpansion brought attendance down. TV deals fell through. We even had a whole year without the NHL a few years back. Apathy ensued, and here we are with hockey as an afterthought for the majority of the USA. Someone who ruined it for me is a man named Gary Bettman. Mr. Bettman is the commissioner of the National Hockey League. Over the last twenty years, roughly the length of Mr. Bettman’s tenure, the NHL has (d)evolved from a scintillating niche sport to a third-rate wannabe pro league.

Hockey is great. The NHL, not so much. Thanks, Mr. Bettman [you]RIFE!

Hockey is its own animal. The game itself is beautiful and extraordinary, but it doesn’t translate to a mass (American) audience in the way that basketball, football and baseball do. Yet Mr. Bettman insisted on marketing the NHL in a manner similar to the other leagues, a decision which has ruined the NHL for the rest of us.

Really, moving teams out of Quebec City, Winnipeg, Minneapolis and Hartford? Placing teams in Atlanta, Nashville, Miami, Tampa, and Charlotte? Bettman has overseen a diluted talent pool due to overexpansion. There’s an underappreciation in warm weather cities that could car less about hockey. Regina and Halifax could outdraw large metropolises like Dallas and Phoenix.

Skyrocketed ticket prices and empty luxury suites are another major Bettman blunder. Part of hockey’s past appeal was the affordability in which John Doe could attend. Face it, it’s always been expensive to attend an NFL or MLB game. People used to fill the seats at NHL arenas becuase they could watch the game and eat and drink for a reasonable amount. Bettman alienated his core fanbase by following the NBA model of luxury suite

Now of course, Bettman did all of this in pursuit of the almighty dollar. His greed certainly has backfired though. Raised prices and overexpansion brought attendance down. TV deals fell through. We even had a whole year without the NHL a few years back. Apathy ensued, and here we are with hockey as an afterthought for the majority of the USA.

]]> Comment on [ruined it for me] by Cindy http://youruinedit.com/blog/?page_id=77&cpage=1#comment-23 Cindy Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:36:24 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?page_id=77#comment-23 The person that invented the automated phone system. The one that involves listening to a 15 minute message (with a dire warning to listen to the whole thing because menu options have changed) then pressing 1 to reach another automated menu that has nothing to do with the reason you called, cycling through a few more "press X to reach Y", finally giving up and pressing "0" for help, only to be thrown back into automated hell. Whoever invented that deserves a worse punishment that the 'genius' that thought of telemarketing. At least you can hang up on a telemarketer. The person that invented the automated phone system. The one that involves listening to a 15 minute message (with a dire warning to listen to the whole thing because menu options have changed) then pressing 1 to reach another automated menu that has nothing to do with the reason you called, cycling through a few more “press X to reach Y”, finally giving up and pressing “0″ for help, only to be thrown back into automated hell.

Whoever invented that deserves a worse punishment that the ‘genius’ that thought of telemarketing. At least you can hang up on a telemarketer.

]]> Comment on [post nine] The inventor of plastic packaging by Alexis Roohani http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=175&cpage=1#comment-12 Alexis Roohani Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:30:01 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=175#comment-12 While we're at it, let's hate on the newest offender in the world of shipping packaging: hardening spray foam. Actually, I have no idea what the stuff actually is, but essentially you take, say, a 4"x 4" stone sample, find a box that's 20 times the size of said sample, spray some of aforementioned hardening foam to fill half the box, nestle the stone sample on top, then fill the second half of the empty box with the doubly offensive foam. When the box arrives at it's destination, the recipient will be left with 20x the packaging actually appropriate for what they ordered and a bunch of foam crap that doesn't compress - but thank god that stone sample is safe! While we’re at it, let’s hate on the newest offender in the world of shipping packaging: hardening spray foam. Actually, I have no idea what the stuff actually is, but essentially you take, say, a 4″x 4″ stone sample, find a box that’s 20 times the size of said sample, spray some of aforementioned hardening foam to fill half the box, nestle the stone sample on top, then fill the second half of the empty box with the doubly offensive foam. When the box arrives at it’s destination, the recipient will be left with 20x the packaging actually appropriate for what they ordered and a bunch of foam crap that doesn’t compress – but thank god that stone sample is safe!

]]> Comment on [post two] Peter Travis by Alexis Roohani http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=80&cpage=1#comment-11 Alexis Roohani Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:22:28 +0000 http://youruinedit.com/blog/?p=80#comment-11 I don't know about you, but my man looks good in a speedo. In fact, if you're really nice, he might just show you his swimming team photos circa the mid-eighties. H-O-double T:) I don’t know about you, but my man looks good in a speedo. In fact, if you’re really nice, he might just show you his swimming team photos circa the mid-eighties. H-O-double T:)

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