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Post by the sandman on Aug 27, 2009 20:04:55 GMT -5
Also, I don't know if you dumb fuckers noticed this, but your pal Jesus, HE HAS FUCKING LONG HAIR. So did Samson, and he was a bad motherfucker! Well, in reality Jesus would have been a Semite, and as such would not have had long hair. His hair would have been short to medium in length, curly and dark, with olive oil worked into it. It was wanker artists in Europe who invented the whole "long-haired, blue-eyed, blonde, white Jesus." Maily because they mistakenly believed that everyone in the ancient world walked around in flowing robes, sandals, and long hair. The only reason Sampson had long hair was because he was a Nazarite (which is a kind of religious radical, not the same as a "Nazarene," like Jesus, which just refers to a person from Nazareth). Nazarites did a few things to indicate their religious vows, including refraining from any fermented beverage or cutting their hair.
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Post by katz on Aug 27, 2009 20:27:01 GMT -5
People who use the "words" irregardless and guesstimate. And use brand names as verbs, ie "to Tazer", "to Band-Aid", "To Jacuzzi". They're product names and you sound like an idiot. Mind you, I am extremely fond of the word "staycation". I'm with you on "irregardless," but product names do, in fact, end up legitimately verbed. "Hey, would you Xerox this for me?" "Tazer" is on the same path, i.e. "Don't taze me, bro!" I really don't see the problem there, it's a matter of certain people being anal-retentive. Nobody says "facial tissue," regardless of the brand name, it's "pass the kleenex, please." "Pass the Kleenex" is fine, because it's actually using a noun as a noun. "Xerox is" is stupid because it's using a noun as a verb. There's nothing wrong with "Photocopy this". People don't go around saying "I'm going to Honda to the store, need anything?" or "I'm La Senzaing for a new bra."
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Post by Art Vandelay on Aug 27, 2009 21:05:35 GMT -5
I'm with you on "irregardless," but product names do, in fact, end up legitimately verbed. "Hey, would you Xerox this for me?" "Tazer" is on the same path, i.e. "Don't taze me, bro!" I really don't see the problem there, it's a matter of certain people being anal-retentive. Nobody says "facial tissue," regardless of the brand name, it's "pass the kleenex, please." "Pass the Kleenex" is fine, because it's actually using a noun as a noun. "Xerox is" is stupid because it's using a noun as a verb. There's nothing wrong with "Photocopy this". People don't go around saying "I'm going to Honda to the store, need anything?" or "I'm La Senzaing for a new bra." I've never really heard people IRL say "pass the kleenex". Pretty much everyone just calls them "tissues". Same goes for photocopying. Must be an American thing. Anyways, my list: People who say "I could care less", it makes no fucking sense for christs sake! People who ask me about my day/tell me about theirs. Do you honestly give a flying fuck? Really?! I'd rather not spend 10 minutes walking you through my daily routine, which apart from some minor differances, is pretty much exactly the same as any other day. Health nuts. Yes, I eat almost all junk food, Yes I'm probably not going to live past 40, no I don't care and no it's none of your fucking business you fucking tofu-eating hippy! It's my body, I'll eat whatever the fuck I want. I really don't see the point in prolonging my life just so I can spend more time eating tasteless crap. High school/university leftist stereotypes. Socialist alternative, I'm talking about you. Stop hanging around outside the library asking me to sign a petition to "free Gaza". I'm not stupid and naive enough to believe that a petition from a bunch of Australian student, know-it-all bleeding, heart morons is going to solve the whole Israel-Palestine conflict. You'd think university stuudents would have half a brain now wouldn't you. Also, at least learn what socialism actually *is* before you decide to bother everyone else about it. It's not a Utopia, a democratic socialist government is exactly the same as the one we currently have, except with a lot more direct control over the economy. If you hate the current system so much, why the fuck do you think giving it more power will make everything all peachy?! I'm so ashamed that at one point, I was like this. I grew out of it in year 10 though, thankfully. Overly self-righteous moralistic jerkoffs. I'm terribly sorry, but you can't justify something simply by saying "it's more moral" or "we have to be moral". Last time I checked, morals were completely subjective, and thus if you can't at the very least link them back to some objective proof, it's a sure-fire sign that yours are just some emotional bullshit. This covers many many areas, anti-video gamers, war on drugs advocates, higher legal drinking age advocates, pro-censorship advocates, the "porn is evil and demeaning" crowd, etc. People who gossip really loudly about random people. My mum is renowned for this. If we're in public she'll usually point at some random person and say in a loud voice "hey look at what she's wearing, isn't is silly?!". A- I don't give a flying fuck what anyone's wearing and B- If you really must do that, at least turn the volume down, it's embarrassing to be seen with you.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Aug 27, 2009 21:27:00 GMT -5
(@ Sandman): I was actually referring to the artistic version of Jesus. Mostly because I know (or at least have a strong feeling) almost every person even remotely exposed to Christianity thinks of him when they hear or see the word "Jesus." I mean, the fundies don't actually do any Biblical research anyways, as we've seen numerous times. - People who, while eating, allow the tip of their fork or the edge of their knife to come into extended, forceful contact with their plate or bowl. I don't know if I'm extra perceptive of high-frequency sound or what, but I seem to notice screetchy noises more than other people, and it usually causes me to drop whatever I have in my hand and tense up.
I'm the same way. I dunno if my dad just doesn't notice it or not, but he can't seem to cut anything on a plate without making the fucking screeching, grating, SCREAMING noise with the god damned knife. I can't eat while he does because that fucking noise not only kills my appetite, but is enrages me to no end. I'm the exact opposite way with the opening braces. It makes them so hard to fucking read for me. With them on a new line, it makes it clear just where it begins and where it ends. The only time I disobey that rule is when I'm doing a simple get or set function, in which case, I do this: int get_gold() { return gold; }
Unless it gets too long to fit on the screen (usually 80 characters). Then again, that's just the way I learned how to do it. If I ever get a piece of code formatted the way you (and many others) do it, its no big deal, I just reformat it. Now, people who use idiotically inconsistent formatting anger me. Things like this: public Constructor( string name, int str,int dex) { // do some shit. }
public ~Constructor ();
int *pointer; int* pointer_2;
It makes me ill, quite literally. And this shit usually comes from college students. Just goes to show ya what little use college is when the professors don't teach you how to consistently format your damned code.
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Post by Caitshidhe on Aug 28, 2009 2:46:29 GMT -5
This is a copypasta from my journal, and it annoys me. But honestly I take my annoyances and turn them into something to laugh at--I've no idea where else to put this. Cue 3.40am I-can't-sleep-I-can't-breathe-I-hate-being-sick-why-the-hell-won't-these-cold-pills-work, just-one-nostril-please-that's-all-I-need rambly posty of silliness.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Aug 28, 2009 7:48:22 GMT -5
As bad as it sounds, Cait, you remind me of Rose Nylund with that post. "When she explained how...you know...IT works, Mom took me out to the pasture and showed me a bull." "Weren't you surprised on your wedding night?" "YES. YES I WAS." Also, I don't know if you dumb fuckers noticed this, but your pal Jesus, HE HAS FUCKING LONG HAIR. So did Samson, and he was a bad motherfucker! Well, in reality Jesus would have been a Semite, and as such would not have had long hair. His hair would have been short to medium in length, curly and dark, with olive oil worked into it. Wow. Er...no disrespect intended toward you, sandman, or any other Christians on the board, but holy FUCK, Jesus sounds hot.
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Post by Ranger Joe on Aug 28, 2009 8:00:47 GMT -5
Here's a huge thing that annoys me.
People who play Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc and then try to convince me how awesome they are with the instrument.
DONT TELL A BASSIST HOW MUCH YOU RULE ON THE BASS ON GUITAR HERO!! It will get you shanked and left in an alley for the rats. Learning a real instrument of any kind is difficult. Something that can take years to be good at and a life time to master. Five various colored buttons and a little switch does not a musician make! I KEEEEEEEL YOU!!!!!
-hates-
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Post by Aqualung on Aug 28, 2009 9:08:49 GMT -5
Here's a huge thing that annoys me. People who play Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc and then try to convince me how awesome they are with the instrument. DONT TELL A BASSIST HOW MUCH YOU RULE ON THE BASS ON GUITAR HERO!! It will get you shanked and left in an alley for the rats. Learning a real instrument of any kind is difficult. Something that can take years to be good at and a life time to master. Five various colored buttons and a little switch does not a musician make! I KEEEEEEEL YOU!!!!! -hates- THIS. I'd play Guitar Hero and Rock Band for fun, but it is NOT the same as the real thing. Not even close.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Aug 28, 2009 15:17:14 GMT -5
Here's a huge thing that annoys me. People who play Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc and then try to convince me how awesome they are with the instrument. DONT TELL A BASSIST HOW MUCH YOU RULE ON THE BASS ON GUITAR HERO!! It will get you shanked and left in an alley for the rats. Learning a real instrument of any kind is difficult. Something that can take years to be good at and a life time to master. Five various colored buttons and a little switch does not a musician make! I KEEEEEEEL YOU!!!!! -hates- I've heard most of the jokes about this kinda shit, but people actually do that? Subtract one from my "Faith in Humanity" points...
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Post by disgruntledcolonel on Aug 28, 2009 15:28:27 GMT -5
- People who are overly earnest or have no sense of humour
- People who look at portraits and other works and go "oh that's just a picture"
- Cultural philistines and reverse snobbery towards art and classical music
- People who don't read or take pride in paying no attention to news and current affairs
- People who sneer at book smarts and learning
- Use of 'phrases like 'university of life' and school of hard knocks' usually by people who went to the nursery not being able to read whole sentences.
- Richard Littlejohn - What a coprophagic chaffinch’s cuddle cave he is.
- Altering programming to appeal to the casual viewer - jaguar's jammy joy valve that this viewer is.
- Crowded Crappy 2 carriage trains
- Children with no volume control
- Tabloid sized newspapers
- Reality tv shows
- The confusion of the concept of beauty with any folksy accoustic music even if its just absolute twee drivel.
- Radio 1's constant lowering of its target audience age range down to 13
- Blurry historical re-enactments in documentaries
- Usage of the words umm and like as punctuation
- The confusion of popularity with evidence of quality
- The usage of 'emo' as a pejorative to just describe whiny pop-punk, especially by people who wouldn't know real emo if you played a Heroin record in their ear drum
- Cryptic crosswords
- The New Musical Express
- Instant coffee
- The use of verbs as nouns or vice versa - e.g. a big ask
- Oversized paperback books replacing the standard size - especially in crime fiction
- Rolling news tickers when there's no breaking news at the time
- Waiters who look at you when you ask for a table for one as if you just asked if you could introduce their sister to a great white shark.
- Ricky Gervais
- Scraping of cutlery against plates.
- 'Light' Beer
- Lazy graffiti
- Mimes
- People whose taste in music is "well anything really"
- Garden Gnomes
- seagulls
[/list] ..and breathe out.
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Post by Aqualung on Aug 28, 2009 18:02:58 GMT -5
People who ride their brakes through green traffic lights really grind my gears.
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Post by romets on Aug 28, 2009 18:08:42 GMT -5
*Anti-intellectualism. Appreciating art, history, or the sciences, or reading nonfiction, doesn't make you "nerdy" or "weird." It makes you cultured and intelligent. It makes you a deeper, more well-rounded person. Ignorance does not make you "one of the people," it makes you foolish and gullible.
*Indecisiveness. Either do something properly, or not at all. If you need to do something but are afraid you cannot do it properly, seek the advice of someone who can teach you or do it for you. There is no shame in being incompetent, but to waffle weakly or give up without trying to do something useful, while things fall apart around you, is a tragedy.
*Modern "art." Ever notice how, in writing, we are expected to communicate clearly and eloquently, but in painting and sculpture, random, ambiguous shapes are praised? Any art that is intended for an audience is communication, and if it to be be good art, it must communicate well. No more of this abstract gibberish.
*Interrupting another person speaking. This happens to me far too often. It is rude and unkind.
*Discussing another person's private life in public. I can tolerate gossip, so long as it is done privately and does not spread false rumors. But to talk about how many hours a friend was in labor--as one of my teachers did in front of my class today!--is unseemly and crass. At the very least, confine such speech to the ears of trusted friends.
*People that are rude and arrogant to anyone beneath them, yet slimy and boot-licking towards those in authority. For instance, the teacher who yells constantly at his students yet kisses up to their parents. Such two-faced, underhanded behavior puts these people beneath contempt. They require a ten-pound rock hurled at their heads; perhaps the impact will teach them to be gracious.
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Post by rookie on Aug 28, 2009 18:57:33 GMT -5
[/li][li]Somewhat related to the above: Harley Davidson Motorcycles. Talk about paying for a brand name. Any vehicle which costs multiple times as much as its competitors and has parts that are deliberately mis-machined to make loud, obnoxious noises is just fucking retarded. Buy a fucking Honda or Kawasaki, their engines are more efficient and you don't look like an asshole who's going through his midlife crisis and is trying to relive his glory days. [/quote] (Emphasis mine) They are not deliberately mismatched. They are engineered that way to make that sound. It has to do with the engine being air cooled, mounted at that angle, and the pipes big as hell and the way they mount. And the Hondas and Kawasakis are not American. It may not be that big a deal to you, but to some it is. In fact, it was only very recently (mid 90's Polaris released the Victory brand) that you had a choice in American V-twin bikes. And the base price for a Harley isn't that much more than most of it's competitors. The money comes in after market products, just like any other bike. You don't like them? That's fine. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. Just please hate them for the right reasons. That said, it annoys me to no end when people riding bikes have to ride two abreast on a two lane road. They will at times look back and see me right there but can't pass them because they can't move over a foot and a half to the bike lane. People who consistently feel the need to correct my grammer and spelling. Yeah, I know I suck at those things. You know I suck at those things. So you "fix" it for me. Great. You're one smart fucking person. Now please explain to me how a misspelled word or switching who and whom makes me a stupider person or in any way changes my argument. Parents who won't discipline their kids. Some are too lazy, some won't believe their kids need it. Check your kids before someone else does it for you. People who have cats in place of lives. Nothing wrong with owning a cat but when you have several and that's all you freaking talk about, there's a problem.
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Post by Sandafluffoid on Aug 28, 2009 19:16:47 GMT -5
People who consistently feel the need to correct my grammer and spelling. Yeah, I know I suck at those things. You know I suck at those things. So you "fix" it for me. Great. You're one smart fucking person. Now please explain to me how a misspelled word or switching who and whom makes me a stupider person or in any way changes my argument. Grammar. Yeah, I'm an asshole, I wouldn't have done it normally, but it was too good to pass up. You may hit me.
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Post by Maronan on Aug 28, 2009 22:31:38 GMT -5
[/li][li]Mouth noises. Normally, this involves chewing with your mouth open or smacking your lips, but pretty much any noise made by your mouth that isn't meant to be speech drives me absolutely insane. My old roommate was so bad about eating loudly that it was actually one of the major factors that drove me out of the house and into my current apartment. It bothers me so much that I can't even watch blowjob porn with sound, because the noises made by a penis in someone's mouth is just too much for me to bear.[/quote] This. My dad chews with his mouth open and talks with his mouth full. He'll stop mid-sentence with his mouth full and shovel another forkful of food in there, as if the plate was going to run away from him if he stopped to say something without chewing at the same time. I just can't eat at the same table with him anymore; any attempt to do so ends in my clenching up and wanted to scream: "WHY CAN'T YOU LEARN THE BASIC TABLE MANNERS THAT THE REST OF THE SPECIES HAS FIGURED OUT BY NOW?!" Yet my dad was transformed into the paragon of table manners (or whatever) by someone else I had the misfortune of sharing a municipality with during a meal. So I'd also have to add a specific note of hatred for the 400-pound human beach ball eating the pastrami sandwich (but not the crusts) across the way. I didn't even know it was possible to make that many sounds at that volume as you slobbered and gulped over that sandwich. The mustard and other condiments all over your shirt were a nice touch— a combination of eating sloppily, trying to gnaw out the middle of the sandwich while leaving the crusts, and being so fat that any attempt at transferring the sandwich from plate to mouth required traversing the airspace of about eight inches of stomach, not counting what fit below the table. Thanks as well for trying to make conversation with me— not only were you able to foil my efforts to ignore you, but you regaled me with your voice, which was simultaneously whiny and grunting and forced me to look at you in an effort to respond. It will take much therapy to remove your image from my brain. You have about ten pounds of flab on your face alone and it shook oddly whenever you whined/grunted at me. I also hate my computer and/or my browser and/or Proboards because there is a very nasty lag between my keyboard and the words appearing on screen right now, which makes it very hard to type properly and even harder to correct the typos when I don't. And I also hate my LaCie-brand external hard disk for failing to mount properly. I only have a bunch of important shit on there right now— no need for me to access it anytime soon!
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