All your irksome behaviors are belong to me.
Or: “Uh. No.”
The only purpose of it is to belittle. Do that in real life and whatever else you have to say will have to be spoken to my back.
When I was new on here I didn’t know about the bolding username rule and just put a name without bolding it. Subsequently everyone got very confused and thought I had invented a new word or said some kind of englishism. Once I said that it was somebody’s name I was very much corrected. It scared me so much I will never make that mistake again!!!
Not that you guys are scary or anything…!
Simple: xkcd: Cat Proximity
Research is pending, but this may apply to the abstract concept of a “cat” (in words) as well.
Depends on the inflection (in real life). I type on message boards (for the most part) how I talk, and lacking inflection and body language online I come off as condescending on occasion, when it was more like a hesitant “uhhhh… no.” In a manner that’s more illustrating that I didn’t know the answer right off hand. It’s really my fault for not eliminating ambiguity, and I accept that. When I see it, I admit I jump to the same conclusion (if I catch myself within the edit window oftentimes I’ll tack on a “that sounded more confrontational than it was meant to”) but I don’t think it’s completely fair to assume everyone using terms like “m’kay?” And “Uh. No.” Are necessary belittling the other poster (though I concede they USUALLY are).
And this is where the nazi part comes in. It’s usually clear that it’s a typo and not a lack of fourth grade grammar. No need to publicly denounce them.
I like the use of “Og” as a generic deity name. It neatly sidesteps the question of whose deity is paramount, what the proper way to spell the deity’s name is, and so on… by referencing none of them.
Exactly! I made a similar comment in another thread. I hate bad spelling anad grammar as much as the next Doper, but I’m not gonna try to rip someone a new one for what is, obviously, just a typo.
thinks carefully before posting to avoid irking anyone*
The reason you stated is the one I cling to when using “Og” in my posting. It doesn’t offend anyone’s spirituality, but gets my point across very well.
I feel exactly the same about this one, although the permutation that makes my blood boil the most is “Er, no”. I know you can’t gauge the intended voice in print but all I can hear in my head when I see that is some middle aged public sector twat in a shabby suit whose only claim to fame is his vast knowledge of 19th century steam engines, delighted at the prospect of “correcting” someone.
It’s because in the old version of the software, before usernames were hyperlinks, they were bold. That was the ostensible reason, anyway. The practical reason is more like what Mahna Mahna says. It’s for vanity purposes. I rarely do it and never more than once per post.
I’ll be back later with an excerpt from the list of SDMBism that annoy me. It’s way too long to post it all :D.
I win the thread!!
Hate that.
It’s a stupid joke that lives on much longer than it has any right to–just like “Hi Opal”, and, from days of yore (so sue me!), “1920s Style Death Ray”, before that one was taken out of its misery by being assumed by the current bearer as his Doper name.
But that’s the thing with stupid jokes. They do serve a useful purpose of lightening the mood, and I definitely do not automatically despise someone for posting one or playing along with it. Nor do I feel anything like embarrassment in regard to it. Embarrassment with respect to whom? About what? As long as these things aren’t overdone, they can’t in any way be compared with the IRL situations you mention. Well, at least in my opinion.
Oh, this reminds me of one…cutesy name for family members. Like I’d have ArizonaWife and ArizonaSon and ArizonaDog. On the one hand, it’s an undeniably clear way of identifying them, but on the other…auigh.
As far as jokes, 1920s Style Death Ray and Marianas Trench don’t bother me so much because 1) I honestly don’t see them very often 2) They were funny when they happened, partially because they weren’t intended to be funny.
Hi Opal was burnt out years ago, and pie jokes were never funny, nor was that “when come back, bring pie” flash animation they are based on.
Most of the little annoyances have been mentioned; This. Er, no. I, for one, welcome our <>. Grammar and spelling nazis. Nitpickers. Doperland (I’m with ya, elmwood.) Etc, etc.
One of the ones I hate most is any post that ends in:
what?
Your post is not funny, or clever, or offensive. You can’t make it so by pretending to react preemptively to people’s shocked response. Plus, it’s played the fuck out.
I hate the “let me show you my pussy/boobies/cock” followed by a picture of a cat/bird/rooster bit. That was old before the internet existed. People actually said they were tempted to do that in the NSFW picture thread. Really? You were tempted? Did you think anyone would laugh?
Can’t stand any kind of “pull up a chair”, “gets popcorn” or “this is not going to end well” posts. And that goes for a broad range of posts that don’t include that exact wording but carry the same meaning. Also can’t stand pointless, non-contributing “you’re a douche”-type posts in the middle of a pile-on. Pile-ons are masturbatory enough - at least have something to contribute if you’re going to participate.
I hate how no one can have a nuanced opinion on anything. For a bunch of Bush-haters, this board has a very “you’re either with us or against us” tone.
Can’t stand recreational outrage, especially when it’s a topic that is clearly gray. Child raper = black and white = have fun with your RO; I probably won’t participate but knock yourself out. Man has sex with wife in coma = very gray, interesting topic = let’s discuss that one in a more civil forum please.
I could go on and on (and probably will, later, when I have more time :p) but I want to end by saying there are 10 good things about this place for every bad thing. I don’t want to give off the impression that I hate it here because that couldn’t be further from the truth. Someone said once that you only complain about the things you truly care about. I wouldn’t give a shit to point any of this out if I didn’t love you fuckers ;).
This isn’t limited to this board, but there’s dozens of people who seem to take immeasurable pleasure in pointing out redundancies in natural language. There’s good reason why expressions like “PIN number” exist, namely, hardly anybody knows what it stands for, and nobody with a life actually gives a shit what it stands for, anyway.
Similarly pointing out “I, myself…” as redundant, and the like. For one, I don’t believe that it actually is redundant, as I see “I, myself” as having a different denotation to “I” alone, (i.e. it places added stress on the “I”, like placing “ego” at the beginning of the sentence does in Latin—I realise that this may be idiosyncratic). Secondly, there’s a host of good stylistic reasons why redundancies are a good thing.
I disagree with this. I think we should stamp out and abolish redundancy.
[sup]Just kidding, I don’t like that stuff either.[/sup]
How about virtual hugs?
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Fair enough - it’s definitely only the condescending version that bugs me - not just those particular words themselves.
That is an AWESOME link!
Oh, my. I had never seen that animation before. Now that I have, I will think twice before uttering the words “when come back, bring pie” again.