Recent SDMB peeves, major and minor

[Wolfian]

@DrDeth

Because:

1. Most of the time the ‘whoosh" isn’t "ironic’ at all. “You keep using that word- I do not think that word means what you think it means.”

2. It’s too damn easy to come in with a very stupid or bigoted comment- and then try and rescue yourself with a “whoosh!”.

3. Because GQ- at least- isn’t about 'deceptions", it’s about straight and factual answers. The Mods even discourage too much humour there. Note that I didn’t say that “whooshing” is evil and bad and should be banned everywhere- I said it was bad “in some forums”. I stand by my opinion that - at the very least in GQ- it’s a form of trolling and it’s “being a jerk”.

Okay, fair enough on numbers 1 and 3. On #2 we pretty much know when that’s happening. So what if they try to slither away with the “whoosh” defense? All the more reason to mock and/or ignore them.

[lissener]

@DrDeth

Because:

1. Most of the time the ‘whoosh" isn’t "ironic’ at all. “You keep using that word- I do not think that word means what you think it means.”

Couple more of my peeves:[ol]
[li]The “viral factoid” that “irony” only has one very rigidly delimited meaning, and only one rigidly delimited usage. (The use of “ironic” that you take issue with is perfectly correct. Look it up.)[/li][li]Quotes from The Princess Bride.[/li][/ol]

[Clothahump]

@Agent Foxtrot

Pardon? When was the last time I joined the Bush pile-on?

Adam

I quoted it.

[Contrapuntal]

@Frank

Who, me?

Yeah, wassup wit dat?

[What_Exit]

@Squee

I did in fact read this whole thread, but I failed to see this mentioned:

Anyone who says “Google is your friend”.

No, a friend is someone I play golf with, or go see a movie with. Google is a fucking search engine.

Ok, lame post, but it still irks me like no other.

Guilty as charged, but Google is my friend. His parents named him Mike, but he has been going by Google for many years now.
Actually it is just a silly saying like preview is my friend or Spell Check is my friend.

@Squee

Oh, actually one more… Firefox over IE advocates. People who spout this as the best thing since sliced bread. Little do they know since it’s been gaining popularity, it also has been gaining security vulnerabilities. So much for security by obscurity. People, if you are going to advocate something, please at least be informed about the topic you advocating. Parrotting something you heard somewhere should not be used as evidence to make your arguement.

I agree on this one. I keep my XP boxes 100% up to date. As I support a company with over 100 XP/IE users, I continue to use IE despite some real advantages to FireFox or Opera, but by staying 100% up to date, I have no pop-up problems and no compatibility problems that non IE users run into. I like FireFox but as part of my job is IE support, I am better off knowing it well. It works fine.

Jim

[Contrapuntal]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

Call me hypocritical, disgusting, or bunnyloving, whatever floats your boat.
Daniel

Done.

[What_Exit]

@Contrapuntal

Done.

Damn, I just got done reading your post in LHoD appreciation thread and then I came hear. My first Spit Take of the day.
(Don’t worry Keyboard & Monitor is find)
Jim

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Contrapuntal

Done.

Dude, that floated my boat.

Daniel

[Agent_Foxtrot]

@Clothahump

I quoted it.

Perhaps you’re missing the point. I was acknowledging that I agree with the Bush-bashers, but I’m also suggesting that it’s time we pit someone more interesting.

Adam

[Ephemera]

@Anaamika

Ok, I’ve got one that’s actually genuinely been annoying me. It happens when someone starts talking about anything, anything in pop culture, and the first 20 posters in all name something from the past five years. For example:

What’s the best _____?

Answers:

Buffy
Buffy
Firefly
Serenity!

Like that. Pop culture existed before the last five years, people!

Maybe I’m just getting old.

Buffy ran from 1997 to 2003 so more than half of it is older than five years and, besides, any superlative that *can * be bestowed Joss Whedon *should * be.

[Anaamika]

@Aesiron

Buffy ran from 1997 to 2003 so more than half of it is older than five years and, besides, any superlative that *can * be bestowed Joss Whedon *should * be.

Sigh.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Anaamika

Sigh.

Why the sigh? It’s true: Joss Whedon is the tallest actress in Hollywood today.

Daniel

[Anaamika]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

Why the sigh? It’s true: Joss Whedon is the tallest actress in Hollywood today.

Daniel

:: snort ::

Ok, now I have to wipe seltzer off my monitor.

[silenus]

Face it, Mika. Once you accept that Joss is Ghod, all things are revealed.

[Anaamika]

@silenus

Face it, Mika. Once you accept that Joss is Ghod, all things are revealed.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Bippy_the_Beardless]

@lissener

Apparently you missed where I acknowledged that the way I used the word might not be universally understood to be correct. So the issue had been addressed and covered well before you popped in to restate the same objections that had already been put to bed. THAT kind of “read the thread,” not “read the thread and then post as if you really hadn’t.”

Why didn’t you say that your usage was incorrect, rather than say “might not be universally understood to be correct”?

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Bippy the Beardless

Why didn’t you say that your usage was incorrect, rather than say “might not be universally understood to be correct”?

Normally I’d be with him on this: I’m not a big fan of saying that a word’s use is incorrect. However, when:

1. A fellow’s using a scientific word, and
2. It’s not the way scientists use it, and
3. It’s impeding communication, and
4. He’s using it to insult other people’s intelligence,

then it irritates me.

Daniel

[Idle_Thoughts]

Minor and probably lame and pathetic rant, but I don’t see how anything can be TOO pointless for the pointless forum we have here.

Linky

Really, all it was was your standared “What are you eating/What did you have for dinner?” thread just with a twist to make it more amusing.

Don’t know why it had to be closed…but ah well. It’s not all that important. shrugs it off

[Malacandra]

@Ooner

My biggest complaint always has, and likely will continue to be, people that respond to any complaint, and pit thread, with the behavior being complained about and think it’s funny.

Egad, thank you for setting up the example with your perfectly valid complaint just a few replies above. And Malacandra, thanks for providing a prime example of the unfunny lame ass douchebag responses I’m referring to.

Ah, but the hidden message behind the unfunny lame ass douchebag response is that the unfunny lame ass douchebag responder is saying “Grow up, get the stick out of your ass, turn off the computer and see if a thorough search of your apartment can’t turn up the life you ought to have; which, granted, may not be much compared to the life God gave a copepod, but it’s all yours and you should cherish it, instead of finding petty little snivels like this to waste your time upon.”

It’s just that the unfunny lame ass douchebag response is a little shorter. And somewhat less confrontational than telling the petty no-life sniveller to go stick his head in a blender.

[lissener]

@Bippy the Beardless

Why didn’t you say that your usage was incorrect, rather than say “might not be universally understood to be correct”?

Because a word is defined by usage, not be fiat, and there are others besides myself who have used that word in the same way that I used it. In fact, the reason I used that word in that way is BECAUSE I have seen it used in that way; my understanding of its meaning was based on its usage.