Pet peeves

[Ekserb]

Ekserb, you are stunning, as always.

I got nothin'. Dammit.

 

[monique1971]

Daizie! You sweet thing, you.

Peeve: People who are always complaining about how busy they are. We're all busy. It's the curse of modern life. Get over yourselves.

 

[Ekserb]

Daizie! You sweet thing, you.

Peeve: People who are always complaining about how busy they are. We're all busy. It's the curse of modern life. Get over yourselves.

Hmm. I'm not busy. Not by a long shot. I never get anything done because I'm lazy.

 

[sugaredwalls]

Using the acronym MILF to describe any woman over the age of 25. WTF is up with that?

 

[Ekserb]

Using the acronym MILF to describe any woman over the age of 25. WTF is up with that?

I think the online porn industry uses that term to get viewers. They will label a video "MILF gets a facial" and on the next page use the same actress in a scene called "Teen takes it up the ass."

I'll watch both, of course, but I still think it's dumb.

 

[Ekserb]

What is it about cats or people (or both) that precludes owning just one of these stupid fucking animals? How many times do I have to go into a house that is infested with cats, cat toys, cat trees, cat houses, cat piss and cat shit? I was in one of these places two days ago and the smell was so foul I think it stained my teeth.

 

[sugaredwalls]

Not long ago, we went to a dinner party and I kept thinking I smelled cat piss. I have a really, really sensitive sense of smell but I thought maybe it was just me. When we left though, my boyfriend confirmed it did indeed smell like cat piss in there. I think if people live in it, they get used to it and don't realize their house stinks like a litter box.

I have one cat, he's a bad ass and doesn't need sissy shit like toys and cat houses.

And speaking of pets and pet peeves...

People who let their dog shit on my lawn and don't clean it up. I've been finding a big pile every damn day and I know it's from the same dog. I hate irresponsible pet owners.

 

[trysail]

I was out running yesterday and unfortunately happened upon one of my all-time "hot button" pet peeves. I run a course through the woods. There are a number of reasons I do this— not the least of which is that the ground afoot is not as hard as pavement and I especially like the solitude, the quiet and the serenity.

As I neared the end, I encountered a fat, dumbass woman waddling along the path loudly jabbering on her cellphone. It's not the first time I've come across a similar obscenity. This one was a beaut; she could be heard for fifty yards in every direction. And— by god— ten minutes later, while cooling off from my run, she emerged from the woods STILL BLABBING AWAY ON THE GODDAMNED PHONE!

I have no wish to be accused of sexism, nevertheless, I swear it seems to me that women are the offenders every goddamn time. Why in fuck do these birdbrains feel a need to stroll through the woods blabbering and making a din on their cellphones? It is incredibly self-centered and inconsiderate. Believe it or not, there are some of us out there who'd rather hear the blue jays, the cicadas, the doves, the bullfrogs, the cardinals or the crows than your insipid conversation. It makes absolutely no sense to me. How can someone fail to realize how annoying it is to those who go into the woods for some peace and quiet?

... and it's not just individual women on cellphones. In another area of the country where I spend some time, I'll frequently encounter two or more women out jogging in the woods while they simultaneously carry on a full-blown, non-stop conversation. It's all I can do to restrain myself from commiting assault and battery— they are, after all, assaulting and battering my peace and quiet.

 

[TypicalDeviant]

Pet peeve: the phrase "you should..."

How do you know? Really? I should? Shutthefuckupthankyouverymuch

Also, trysail, I agree 1000%

 

[Ekserb]

Because this thread hasn't been updated in a few months, and because the many, many offenders of my impending rant will not want to read the entire thread to be reminded of their butchery of the English language, I'm going to bring up an older peeve once again:

"You're" and "your" are not the same word. One is a contraction of "you are." Can you guess which one? (Hint: It has an apostrophe.)

"Their," "they're" and "there" are not the same word. If you don't know which is which, kill your parents and then yourself.

"Could've" and "would've" are contractions. "Could of" and "would of" are wrong. I know they sound similar, but they're nothing. Stop using these word combinations.

"Our" and "are" are not interchangeable. Jesus, they don't even sound the same.

Nobody reads a grammatically correct sentence and thinks: "Wow. This guy is an asshole. Look how he writes everything so well." On the other hand, lots of people read the gibberish that passes for written language on this forum and others and thinks the writer probably didn't pay attention after the second grade.

When you type the garbage that is posted here on a daily fucking basis, you are telling your readers that you don't care about them. You are saying, "Fuck you. I don't want to spend an extra fucking second to bang out the right word. You figure it out." Either that or you are truly dumb.

I had to bring this up again after reading on another thread an entire page of posts that were wrong. Not a little wrong. Just wrong. No punctuation, no capitalization, incorrect spelling and poor grammar. Every fucking post. I could feel the contempt welling up in me and sought this thread for some needed relief.

 

[tweetygal]

Ekserb - Thank you very much for that. I read the Pet Peeve thread just because I saw your name and always like to read your posts (and look at your pictures).

Those were just a tip of the iceberg grammatical pet peeves for me. I am a medical transcription and spelling, grammar and sentence structure is something I pay attention to me. I will respond a lot faster to a guy who says "Are you horny?" rather than " r u horni?" - just among the few things. Sometimes I can tell that it is an honest typo or fast typing - I've been known to do that myself - but when it is constant you can tell - they just didn't know any better. And sometimes I will turn a phrase to be cute - after all I are a woman - lol.

And oh please - don't get me started on text speak - shudder -

 

[Ekserb]

Ekserb - Thank you very much for that. I read the Pet Peeve thread just because I saw your name and always like to read your posts (and look at your pictures).

Those were just a tip of the iceberg grammatical pet peeves for me. I am a medical transcription and spelling, grammar and sentence structure is something I pay attention to me. I will respond a lot faster to a guy who says "Are you horny?" rather than " r u horni?" - just among the few things. Sometimes I can tell that it is an honest typo or fast typing - I've been known to do that myself - but when it is constant you can tell - they just didn't know any better. And sometimes I will turn a phrase to be cute - after all I are a woman - lol.

And oh please - don't get me started on text speak - shudder -

I will let slide a lot of errors in a phone text message or IM, because those forms of written communication are supposed to be immediate, like spoken words. With the emphasis on speed, there will be some typos, and this I can live with.

However, with a reduced need for speedy response there should be an increased priority given to accuracy. Here is my ranking of message type versus time spent checking your writing for errors:

• Email: There should be no errors in an email. No excuses. Pretend you're writing a letter to the President of the United States.

• Online forum signature block: This is going to be seen after everything you post on a particular forum; make sure it's correct.

• Forum posts: I covered this in my previous post. Don't be dumb.

• Private messages: A little more speed and a little less focus on correctness. Not a big deal.

• Phone text messages: When I send these, I'm often not expecting an immediate response, but I do realize that most people are typing on a very small, difficult-to-use keyboard. I will cut some slack here.

• Instant messages (AIM, Yahoo, etc): Quickness is key. This is as close as you'll get to a spoken conversation, so I generally don't deduct points for typos. I do, however, hate when I'm forced to decypher weird leet-speak codes that sometimes have little to do with the word they're meant to replace.

I wrote this post on my iPhone, so don't try to tell me that using a cell phone is too difficult to do correctly.

 

[bimmerman330]

i share a desk with my afternoon counter part

my peeve is that the mother fucker cuts his nails at the desk and often leaves many of them behind as well as he always leaves half drunk water bottles. i was so pissed about the water one time that i emtied all the drawers and filled them with water bottles and coverd the entire top of the desk in them too lol

 

[nonimura65]

A little something for Ekserb to ponder.

A student's letter to the editor.

 

[trysail]

Jesus, Mary and fucking Joseph! The website is Literotica ( a portmanteau of "literary" and "erotica"). One can be forgiven for having reason to expect correct punctuation, capitalization, spelling and grammar.

 

[Ekserb]

A little something for Ekserb to ponder.

A student's letter to the editor.

That's got to be a joke, right? Come on. How could it be otherwise? Please tell me it's a put-on. Please?

I'm finding it hard to breathe right now. We're all doomed.

 

[nonimura65]

That's got to be a joke, right? Come on. How could it be otherwise? Please tell me it's a put-on. Please?

I'm finding it hard to breathe right now. We're all doomed.

Unfortunately that is not a joke and yes we are doomed, gotta love "No child left behind."

You do realize that "No child left behind" means pass them on to the next grade even if they fail?

 

[Ekserb]

Why do they even make bicycle jerseys and shorts in XXL sizes? No one larger than SMALL should be allowed to buy and wear skin-tight spandex while riding a bicycle, and then only if they also use clip-on pedals and tires less than an inch wide.

If your drag coefficient is the same as a minivan, do you really think you're more aerodynamic just because everyone can see the rolls of flab that are testing the limits of man-made fabrics?

 

[littlebabyclit]

I'm a littled peeved that I didn't discover this thread until now, since I love places to rant.

An ongoing pet peeve of mine is people who seem to douse themselves or marinate in a whole bottle of cologne or perfume. I can't stand being forced into nasal overload just because their own sense of smell is broken. These kind of people also seem to have no idea that scent used as a weapon can have a toxic or sickening effect on others. Subtle is good, reeking is bad, no matter what the smell.

Another smelly pet peeve of mine is the way smokers smell. That's going to piss off smokers here who read this. I'm sorry about that. I'm not attacking that you smoke. I guess to other smokers and some non-smokers you are not offensive, but to me, you just stink. I have known a few smokers smart enough to use breath mints after they smoke, and keep up moderate cologne usage for better general body scent, but these are, unfortunately, not typical smokers.

One person who comes into work all the time literally makes me want to hurl, that's how bad her body odor is from smoking.

 

[nomgone]

Amen! It's usually enough to bath properly and relay on the nice soaps. No need for folks to assault the rest of us w/their cologne. lol

 

[nonimura65]

Agreed, I used to work at a hospital where one of the ER secretaries would bath in the stuff, put the scented lotion on, puff with the scented powder then liberally spray herself. You knew she had passed by 15 minutes prior because you could still smell her cologne.
Most people don't realize that stuff is made with modified pigs urine to make it stick to the skin. Of course I am allergic to this stuff and endure lovely asthma attacks due to the overuse by numb skull morons.
Ps. I hate the ladies at the perfume counters in the stores who spritz the crap out of their display area.

 

[Ekserb]

When you go on vacation and take lots of pictures, don't upload them to your Facebook/MySpace/etc account until you've edited out the duplicates, blurry accidents, and poorly conceived compositions. In other words, don't dump the contents of your memory card onto the internet before you remove the crap that no one wants or needs to see.

"Oh, look, she got a picture of the family riding the log flume at Six Flags! Oh, there's another! And another. And another. Aaaaand another...." Boring!!!

 

[Daizie]

A little something for Ekserb to ponder.

A student's letter to the editor.

I could only read the first paragraph. Even that much caused a moderate throbbing to begin behind my right eye.

 

[littlebabyclit]

People who are always shown as "offline." I get it once in a while, when you just don't want to be interrupted, but, all the fucking time ?? If you don't want PM's, just turn them off ferchrissakes.

 

[Ekserb]

This is less of a pet peeve and more of a rant on the current state of our society:

The other day I met a young woman who didn't know who Humphrey Bogart was. Humphrey fucking Bogart! What. The. Fuck. (Okay, that part is a pet peeve—I nearly smacked her.)

I blame technology and cable TV. Bogie was before my time, but I know him from the many, many movies I've seen him in. (Plus, he's kinda fucking famous.) When I was young, we watched whatever was on TV when we turned it on. There were four or five channels and on Saturday morning there was an excellent chance you'd get a Three Stooges movie or an old film noir classic. Creature Feature was always good for a campy horror film. The only time you'd get to see a contemporary mainstream release was Friday or Saturday night at prime time. When the networks would announce "First time on television!" you'd better believe it was the first time a lot of people were going to see it, and it was also the last time it would air for a long time—it didn't play fifteen times in the first week and then twice a week for months afterward.

Nowadays, kids will turn on the TV and watch any one of a hundred recent releases, anything but some old black and white movie. "Laurel and Hardy? Who's that? Put on Transformers again!"

When the new version of The Day the Earth Stood Still came out in 2008, I read a lot of comments online about how much better it was than the Michael Rennie classic. I saw the new one. It sucked harder than a Tenderloin hooker. The 1951 version was better in every fucking way, but the reason these punks thought the new one was a better experience? It was in color. That's it. The fact that many of them admitted to never even having seen the original (because they didn't want to waste time with a B&W movie) was the icing on the cake.

I can't even imagine what would happen if I suggested watching any Charlie Chaplin movie: "What's wrong with the sound? Do you have the secondary audio track turned on or something?"

I will grant that there are some movies that beg to be remade or updated. This summer's Clash of the Titans looks like a decent re-telling of a fairly silly movie. (I was never a fan of Harry Hamlin.) We'll see if they came up with a script even worse than the 1981 version.