In preparation for the construction of an upcoming poll, please state some specific SDMB conventions, memes, expressions, in-jokes, styles of posting, etc. that you find annoying.
Some examples:
Unnecessary spoilers
Zombie jokes in zombie threads
“Pwned”
Bad puns
“Get off of my lawn”
Referring to spouse as “Mrs.(username)”
Signing each post with your initials (:D)
Hackneyed jokes (“Hi, Opal”), particularly when used incorrectly.
Welcome threads with jokes about squids, goats etc. make me cringe.
Single-issue dopers - mention, e.g. Israel/Palestine, and you know exactly who will be there within two posts, dominating proceedings and dismissing all other opinion.
People with no sense of irony failing to get very obvious jokes.
My biggest annoyance is for a Board that prides itself on fighting ignorance, etc., I find a lot of hostility towards anyone with an “unauthorized” worldview or position on an issue. Thus, there’s not a whole hell of a lot of variety on here as far as posters go. Those who are different seem to either get shouted down and/or driven away before anyone learns anything new or gets exposed to something that doesn’t jive with the way they see things. I suspect a lot of people lurk simply because it’s not worth the hassle to post.