Pet Peeves

[krashkart]

Words/phrases that twist my knickers:

blog - who's the effing genius that came up with that one? Just say "web log" or "diary" FFS.

epic - especially when used in conjunction with "fail"

fail - especially when used in conjunction with "epic"

gay - used to mean "happy", now it means four or five different things.

epic - did I already mention this one?

consumer - I don't know why, it just pisses me off

no beer tonight, honey - pretty much means the relationship is an epic fail... oh dammit!

modders - when used in conjunction with "will fix XYZ game"


There's five seconds of your life you'll never get back. You're welcome.

[Weiss Pinguin]

"Time to wake up" - probably my most least favorite phrase of all time.

[GoldenRivet]

One of the Sh5 modders wrote in his blog that his wife told him that there's "no beer money tonight, honey" he told her that their budget was an epic fail and that it was gay that they, as consumers, couldnt buy any beer.

[Platapus]

The phrase "I could care less"

For the sake of all that is held sacred. The correct phrase is, "I could not care less".

If you could care less about something, then it has some level of importance.

[Sledgehammer427]

I hate it when people tend to think I'm sounding meaner than I imply, I actually get annoyed when people start apologizing because my reaction was "firmer than usual" thanks to a splitting headache.

[frau kaleun]

I couldn't even begin to list the English grammer/spelling/usage ones, I'd be here all night.

My current major pet peeve is the new "feature" on (at least) one local news show called "What Do You Think?" or some such. This involves the news anchors reading messages that people have left on the station's web site in reponse to the online article on whatever "big story" they just finished talking about.

I watch the news for the NEWS, which granted is already an almost losing proposition, but still. What Joe Blow from down the street or across town writes in the comments section of the local news show's web blog (see what I did there?) is NOT NEWS. If I want to know what they think (or, to be more accurate in most cases, "think") I'll go to the freakin' site and read their comments myself. Why five minutes has to be wasted on this nonsense when most of the rest of the show barely scratches the surface of all the news that's out there is beyond me.

Okay, well, it's not totally beyond me. I suspect it's an attempt to generate more hits at the web site by giving its visitors a shot at getting their comments mentioned on air. Or, more likely, to generate better ratings for the TV news program by making visitors to the web site watch it just because they might see their own comments featured in the segment.

Whatever. It's annoying as hell.

[Admiral8Q]

Originally Posted by Platapus

The phrase "I could care less"

For the sake of all that is held sacred. The correct phrase is, "I could not care less".

If you could care less about something, then it has some level of importance.

Yes either you care more, or you care less.

My pet peeve is people that use the word f**k in every sentence.

Monty Python - Usage Of The Word ****.mp3

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Admiral8Q

My pet peeve is people that use the word f**k in every sentence.

Yeah, I f**kin' hate that too.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Admiral8Q

Yes either you care more, or you care less.

My pet peeve is people that use the word f**k in every sentence.

I tend to do that when I'm really upset about something, and with more colorful words mixed in to punctuate my distinct unhappiness.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Admiral8Q

My pet peeve is people that use the word f**k in every sentence.

My pet peeve is f**ks who want to sabotage half of my vocabulary.

You may not appreciate the grammatical and linguistic miracle that is the f-word, but if it were not for that four-letter piece of profanity, nothing would ever get done in the military, as troops would have no way to communicate or organize.

Most people think that the most basic level of unit organization is the squad or the fire team. Technically, that is true, but in reality the basic unit of military organization is the gaggle-*******, which consists of three or more non-rates doing something completely unproductive. When two or more gaggle-*******s coalesce, they become a cluster-*******, and there is often an NCO or even an SNCO in the mix. At this point, all activity becomes counter-productive. Most military activity falls into one of these two categories.

The supreme level of military organization is the Mongolian cluster-*******, which requires the presence of field-grade officers. In actuality, it is just a bunch of cluster-*******s that are supposedly working together for a common objective. The Mongolian cluster-******* is highly unstable and is only manifested for brief periods before the officers just give up and go back to whatever it was they were doing before.

In theory, there is another level of military disorganization...I mean organization, that consists solely of officers. It is spoken of in hushed whispers throughout the ranks but none have ever seen it, and there is no f-word derivative to describe it. The only evidence of it exists in conference rooms that are occupied only by styrofoam cups with what appears to be coffee residue in them, and the occasional half-baked plan scrawled on a dry-erase board or memo pad. Judging from these "plans", it would appear that this level of disorganization is counter-counter-counter-productive, which is to say that it actually negates any accidental benefit from normal counterproductivity.

In any case, overuse of the word "*******" and all derivatives are integral to military operations, and a therefore a matter of national security. As such, your annoyance at the profane term makes you a terrorist threat. You have been reported to the authorities, sir

Originally Posted by Admiral8Q

My pet peeve is people that use the word f**k in every sentence.

I usually try and stick F**K into my speech as much as I can.

Also, I have a pretty big pet peeve about when the words "b**ch" and "Hoe" are used as general references to women instead of insults.

"Damn, check out the rack on that b**ch"

[TLAM Strike]

People who toss glass bottles on the side of the road. I've replaced many tires on my bike because of that.

People who call my work to order food on a cell while driving. Yea hearing every other syllable when you're phone cuts out really helps.

When I tell someone where order will be ready in 20 minutes and they show up 10 minutes before its ready.

People whose cell rigs in the Library or Theater, can't these people read? Turn off cellphones it says that right when you walk in!

Pants sagging below top of @$$ crack, and or underwear showing while standing up. Especially when they are wearing a belt.

[CaptainHaplo]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Words/phrases that twist my knickers:

Emphasis added to what really gets me....

*Edit - oh wait - that was spelled with an I..... never mind....

[krashkart]

What? You don't like having your knickers twisted, Cap'n?


EDIT:

I R confused now.

[CaptainHaplo]

Uhm... krashkart...

change the I in Knickers to a different letter.....

Wheres a facepalm when I need one. *I'm just given you a hard time krashkart!