[wlonh]

besides THAT one (nudge nudge wink wink) that everyone knows about already...

i am driven to homicidal urges when i see a post that states what has already been stated previously in the thread and by someone else!!!!

it is as if some peeps think that they are too good to have to read the thread and/or they think their answer (while it is completely the same content as was previously posted by someone else) is better than others OR even worse, they are just too lazy to read ...

horse pucky!!! do not do this silly junk, it makes you look really bad! unless of course it is an honest mistake... happens that way sometiimes i am sure, but i just saw two different and SHORT threads where there is no excuse whatever to not read and comprehend that the answer has been given!

posted opinions are a different matter altogether, opinions vary even though they may be/are on the same subject and may have similar content...

and it has occurred to me that perhaps my non-use of caps could be annoying to some... well lemme tellya, you have never met a more rotten typist than myself and once upon a time oh so long ago i used to like e.e.cummings poetry and he never used caps and i thought that to be so cool, lowkey... unpretentious... semi 'stream of consciousness' (yes i know it is not really representative of that), whatever, i thought i'd finally take the time to tell peeps what up with that no caps thing

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[Gregg]

I had a pet peeve once. It died. High blood pressure, I think.

[wlonh]

hear ya, but my bp is low... bank it!

runs in the family, no heart attacks, no strokes... none of that nonsense... we die of the big 'C'

pidgeon-hole me? can not be done, sir!

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[disectamac]

Pet Peeves? Well here's mine:
What I extremely, positively hate the most is when someone posts something that has already been stated in somewhere else in the fora!!!!! Why don't people read before they post?!?!?!!!!!?????


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Advance notice: disectamac's beheading is scheduled for 8pm today right after dinner.

Mine is when people post a problem, then finish it off with "Help!", "Help Me Please!", "Please Help!", etc. Do they really think that nobody would answer unless they cry out for help? Why else would they be posting, other than asking for help? This is so repetitively, recursively, redundant (get it?) that it makes me crazy. It really doesn't happen some much here, but at MacFixIt, it is epidemic.

Of course, if this were worst thing that I ever had to deal with life would be pretty good.

[blizaine]

wlonh and disectamac, Those are both really annoying pet peeves but mine is even worse. I hate it when people post things that have already been posted in the forums.

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[Bockie]

See, now that's humorous. Subtle comedy, now that's funny!

I don't understand why that's funny. Please help!

[Bockie]

wlonh and disectamac said their pet peeves were people whom post the same thing that had been posted before. After these posts, Blizaine then said his pet peeve is people whom post the same thing that had been posted before. His "worse" pet peeve is exactly that of wlonh and disectamac, thus satirizing their pet peeves.

I hope this helps, but I think I've taken the wittiness out of the jest.

[blue]

my pet peeve is people who, out of the blue, on the street or something, point at a piercing or a tatoo + ask if it hurt.

it's really anoying, and happens all the time. gahh!

b.

[deedar]

My pet peeve is people posting things that have already been posted. I mean, if something has already been posted it's already there. There is no point to post anything that's already been posted, because it's posted already. If you post something that's been posted, it's redundant ..... again. Help me please!!

Bockie, I was trying to be funny too (see my first post). I guess if I have to explain it, I failed.

[witulski]

here's one of my favorites: you're at a party, you've got your coat on, you're standing at the front door halfway out onto the porch, you've just finished saying "GOODBYE!" really loudly to nearly the whole room, and there's always one person who's just gotta ask, "You takin' off?"

[wlonh]

who's on first base?
right.
who?
yes.
no, what is his name?
oh, he's on second base.
who is?
no, he's on first.
who?
yes.

and on and on and on...

[tonymac]

My pet peeve are topics that are extremely general, or don't really relate to the question (ie. "G4 problems" or "CD Burning"). Why not "G4 crashes at startup" or "Which CDR drive for a G4"?

I find it odd that you guys all hate multiple posts about the same subject... I mean, think about it. It's usually newbies who do that. HEY! YOU MUST HATE NEWBIES! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

???

[wlonh]

no, i take great time and trouble with newbies to our forum and to Mac... those are the ones i care most about...

it is a matter of clear record.

[disectamac]

Mystery Man,
We should take time to trouble with newbies in our forums...those are the ones we should care about the most.


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-disectamac's beheading was post poned due to unexpected light hearted responses to my previous post (above). I'm sure to get it now

[RWoelk]

Oh, an easy one�

Women who wear their hair TOO short, and tatoos or unusual piercings associated with either gender. As to "blues' point, I would never be so indelicate as to comment on someones personal choice right there on the street. Rather, I reserve such critiques gently whispered in her ear in the throws of love making. I'm s-u-c-h a romantic

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[MacNZ]

hey.........enough of that,

Thing that peeves me most is when my friends all buy PC's. Other pet peeves would have to be my computer crashing all the time and losing rugby games and my CD-R failing in the last 10 seconds of writing something!

[yoyo52]

Unprepared students, but even more students who don't care about academics; Bret Easton Ellis--I shudder at the thought that I'm going to have to teach one of this person's books in the fall ; people who think they're cool either because they're younger or because they're older--it takes no talent at all to be either one; people with car alarms set to go off when someone sneezes three blocks away; the mayor of my town, the school board of my town, and people who think local government is the best government. Have I left anything out? Oh yes, my aunt Sally

[Arty50]

I hate nothing else more in the world than listening to someone chew with their mouth open.

I really dont like lowered honda civics with 6" exhaust tips.... ack.

And I despise diet caffiene free mountain dew. Whats the point?!?!?

ARgh..

Ca$h

[bood69]

I hate it when people ask me how old I am and then when I tell them they say "man, you don't look that old!"

[DBursey]

My pet peeve is death. To that end, I plan on having my head cryogenically frozen. As for my body, it's being pickled the old fashioned way!

[Bockie]

jtrunner,

Sorry about that...I guess I'm not intelligent enough to recognize the "obvious" subtle humor.

[wlonh]

huh? (asks the stupid, mean, hypocritical, and useless moderator... did i leave any derogatory self-reference out? jeez, i hope not... if so, someone who really likes me *NOT* will help me i am sure, and at their own peril... heh, off with his head! heh... this has been a public service announcement)

[slboett]

Lon,

I'd like to suggest we have a thread on "pet peeves". Can we do that, can we , huh?

Scott


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[wlonh]

not a chance in hell... not for YOU anyway



in case someone does not know, mr.slboett and i are friends, ok? so chill chill chill

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[keekeeree]

My pet peeve is censorship. As a journalist, I really hate when that happens.

[Barney]

One of my biggest pet peeves is people using the phrase "I could care less." Which means they still care some. The actual phrase is, "I couldn't care less."

[disectamac]

Same here. If I anger someone, please contact me off forum as well, it's not my intention.

this post was not meant in humor or sarcasm.

Barney, I agree. I hate that.

Wlonh: Yes. I hate censorship too. And the fact that you dont have an email address registered, and considering you've posted lots of **** about me, I couldnt get in contact with you about, and anything I said was deleted (by you).

Hrm THAT was pretty annoying..... grrr...

Ca$h

PS: Register an email address PLEASE, that way I COULD contact you if you angered me, or vice versa.

[Anthony the PC lover]

My pet peeve is people who come into this forum and have nothing useful or productive to say, they just make wise cracks and stuff then leave.

Oh wait, thats me.

hehehe. You're sarcastic. I like you.

Not in that way though.

Ca$h

[Gregg]

If I were to have a pet peeve, a good candidate would be threads that are locked down for no apparent reason.

skin

[wlonh]

cordially, and with all due respect: http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/Forum8/HTML/000156.html

[Bockie]

Gregg,
The word association thread was a (fun) waste of server space. wlonh has every right to lock/delete the thread; even garrettnelson stated, "Wlonh, if you think this is a massive waste of server space (which it is ) feel free to delete it."

I can lay claim to the 455th and final post, though!

my pet peeve is when people finish using a program, then close the window but do not quit the application, and then leave the computer like this for someone else to come and start yet another program and do the same thing until all the apps on the computer are running , and something happens and then i got to fix it, and they say "hey, what's wrong with this thing?" ... or they double on a program that is already running, with no window open and they think nothing is happening.

[Gregg]

Bockie, thanks for the explanation. That was considerate of you. I hope it didn't take up too much of your time.

Gregg

[wlonh]

LOL pedantics, i swear... LOL

pffffffft

[Feathers]

My pet peeve: People posting factually inaccurate or downright wrong answers to people's questions on the fora. The DV forum is hilariously full of that crap!

[Anthony the PC lover]

My pet peeve is teenagers who act like growning up is so tough and that lives are so hard to manage with the peer pressure and crap. Thats a load of ******** , I mean as a teen I got great grades and worked my ass off and got a nice BMW and impressed girls with my success and ambition and I partied all the time everything was great. Everyone in school liked me, from jock to goth to nerd to preppy; i had great times with quite a diverse set of best buddies.

What the hell is so hard?

Anthony: I dont really get it either... but here's one guess. Turn on your hip hop station.. CRAP! And whats more? Rap music. Yeah, lets sing about raping women, because that makes me a hardass.

Sorry. No. You sing about raping girls around me, it makes you a dumbass, then a dead-ass.

Grrrr.... If only I had Eminem alone in a room. With my bat. >

Ca$h

[Shades of Gray]

In order from worst pet peeve for me

1. someone snapping gum for hours on end in the office!

2. someone talking on the cell phone in traffic, not paying attention, weaving - then getting mad at me for their idiotic driving!

3. someone who thinks porn is "healthy" and isn't a problem - but then avoids any further discussion when it might be his or her daughter that is being victimized.

[MacNZ]

1. School
2. School
3. School
4. Losing the Bledisloe Cup again!
5. When my G/F is in a bad (and usually anti-computer, especially anti-mac ) mood.

[roders]

My pet peave is being peaved by one of my pet peaves, one of which is being peaved another of which is peaves in general as they tend to be pifflingly little things that are not worth getting peaved about.
Remember an iMac is not just for christmas, it's for life.
(well it might be if it was more upgradable).

[roders]

My pet peave is being peaved, especially by pet peaves, one of which is being peaved by my pet peaves.

Remember an iMac is not just for Christmas, it should be foe life;
Although it's probably only good for the next six-to twelve months really (thanx to it's amazing upgradabilty & resultant futureproofing, still luv mine though) and then I guess you might as well put it in a brown paper bag and drown it in a local canal or river.
As I do with all Mammals I find in my Christmas stocking, although I have & would never waste the life of an endangered animal I have received for Christmas, I have to draw the line there, I have in fact never killed an unwanted Xmas gift that happened to be an endangered species; for no reason; I have always made good use of their fur &
eaten what's left over rest (I had a tasty last Christmas & I remember fondly that tasty Dodo I ate for Christmas as a child, although I've never been able to find one since, unfortunately.

BTW one of my real pet peaves is people who don't understand when people are just being polite, although these usually do not understand how to be polite themselves, so I'm not going to lose any sleep over it!

[wlonh]

politely teasing a former MacNN'er of the day (roders): what is that word you used so liberally, 'peaves'? not familiar with it...

oh, you mean 'peeves'...

[roders]

Right, I'm politely pEEved off now, actually I think I'll add that to my list of pet pEEve's, That being pEEved by Wlonh about not spelling pEEving pEEved properly,
along with not being able to go out to dinner and order a nice barbecued dog or a stir-fried cat, & I'm supposed to be living in a sophisticated, open minded liberal society (where literacy is taken for granted.)
By the way I am dyslexic (one of the reason's that my typing and spelling is so bad), actually one of the reason's I got my iMac was to do dissertations for Uni on, as writing out essays was a nightmare, but this is not the reason I spelt peeved incorrectly, I'm just a dumbass, as you yanks (fond English term for American's, no offence intended!) Might/not say.
+ I've got to say it's not a word I come across or use much, I certainly don't ever remember being taught to spell it, if only I had known when I was a child at school I could of avoided this humiliation, god knows I get enough on-line in Q3.
P.S does anyone know if I'll ever be capable of a short post?
I've just made this one even longer with that last remark haven't I, Doh!
P.P.S I've got to get back to Dues-EX now, by the way if anyone's having problems with the framerate outdoors (you should be walking & crouching slowly anyway really) all you hat to do is alter some of the Graphics & Rave settings in the Dues-EX ini file.