Pet Peeves

The way House Migdet Leader John Boehner insists his name be pronounced.
Crikey, Amy Poehler doesn't (ahem) reach for "paler"
May Johnny-boy can twist Sarah's arm and get her to change her name to Poehlin.
After all, Bo knows

OK, I'm done

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Originally Posted by mendhak

Media exaggeration+scare mongering, and the people who fall for it.

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SWINE FLU!!!


:eek: :eek: :eek:

http://www.classesandcareers.com/edu...sionSpiral.jpg

Yeah, that's pretty much how it goes... the stock market has the power to destroy companies that have done nothing wrong, and over-inflate companies that try to destroy the country...

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Originally Posted by Spoo

oceanbelle

Is it my imagination, or has you avatar undergone a recent metamorphosis?

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Yep, got tired of my ashen face. I'm trying to pretend to be tough here so 'shuttup fool (and eat snickers)'. :P

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Originally Posted by oceanebelle

Yep, got tired of my ashen face. I'm trying to pretend to be tough here so 'shuttup fool (and eat snickers)'. :P

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LOL !!

"I pity da fool"
Thing is, I'm the fool.. I really liked the former one. It was so innocent
and sweet. But you could revert to it and still "sting like a bee" (oh, wait,
that was Ali, not Mr T).

Spoo

My new pet peeve: When a general discussion forum is moved to the bottom of the list of forums on a site.

pet peeve: people who quote Mr T (or talk about him in general)

pet peeve: people who pity the foo'.

We all wish computers could run/launch programs in the blink of an eye. A church where my wife was secretary had an older computer with Office on it. The preacher clicked on the Word(tm) button to run it so many times he had like 8 instances of it in the task bar. Clueless.

Pet peeve: the boss comes in to discuss a project at 4:55pm.

pet peeve: People who list as a pet peeve people who quote Mr T (or talk about him in general)

pet peeve: People who list as a pet peeve people who list as a pet peeve people who quote Mr T (or talk about him in general).

Person questioning EntityX: EntityX, do you mean to say that you are peeved by your own actions?

EntityX: Yes, sometimes.

You can stop confusing yourself now.

People who leave the plastic wrap on remote controls
People who have an HD TV, but watch regular channels stretched.
People who wrap their couch in plastic and then sit on it like that...
I even saw someone who wrapped their IPod in plastic wrap

Health nuts. Being obsessive about germs does nothing but make your problems worse. Your body does have this funny little thing called an "immune system", and like most other things in your body, the more you use it, the stronger it gets. How does it get stronger? By fighting germs. If you make it a point to kill germs before they touch you, your immune system only gets weaker. The very reason I avoid medicine as much as possible.

People wearing masks to protect against swine flu ... those masks do NOTHING

Hey, did you hear the one about the 3 side effects of the swine flu shot?

1. Your arm hurts a little
2. You get a little queasy in the stomach
3. Then you get this incredible urge to go .... in the mud.

(an oldie, but goodie)

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Originally Posted by CVMichael

People who have an HD TV, but watch regular channels stretched.

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That is indeed annoying. What's worse though is when you try to explain to them that it is wrong and they just do not see anything wrong with it. Are these people blind? Maybe they have seen too many fat Americans and are used to the whole stretched look of people in real life.

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Originally Posted by CVMichael

People who wrap their couch in plastic and then sit on it like that...

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Yeah, I know that feeling. :rolleyes:

And this... this just gets me furious! :mad:

Ahahahahahahahaha...

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Originally Posted by Arrow_Raider

My new pet peeve: When a general discussion forum is moved to the bottom of the list of forums on a site.

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That was one of mine, too, but I've now gotten accustomed to it.

One virtue of the new position is navigation ease
-- a simple End, then PgUp gets you right there.
No slide bar needed

Or.... bookmark CC? No nothing needed.

It's one of my homepages :afrog:

Hurry up with those wave physics, Mr. Wave Theory!

Tell me... What are these bookmarks you speak of? :confused: I memorize all my favourite URL's. :(

I wish there was an easy way to see how many bookmarks I have... must be at least 80.

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Originally Posted by BillGeek

Tell me... What are these bookmarks you speak of? :confused: I memorize all my favourite URL's. :(

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Hai 5!

http://www.kevinmenzie.com/illustrat...phics/nerd.jpg

My new pet peeve:
Users who pronounce "ctrl" as "clear."

How exactly does one deduce clear from ctrl? Do they throw out the 't' and flip the 'r' and 'l'?

so does that make it: clear + alternate + delete for them?

I never knew Alt was short for alternate but I guess that makes sense. What else would it be. Can't think of anything else that would make sense.

Altar.

There are some really cool funtions that are only accessible if you sacrifice a goat on the key.

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Originally Posted by EntityX

I never knew Alt was short for alternate but I guess that makes sense. What else would it be. Can't think of anything else that would make sense.

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If I remember correctly IBM called it 'Alternate' to compete with Apple's 'Apple' key

Strangely enough though, it is ctrl that parallels the apple/command key.

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Originally Posted by Arrow_Raider

Strangely enough though, it is ctrl that parallels the apple/command key.

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You're right, Apple keyboards do have the 'Alt' key that's called the option key. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Keyboard

People who can't get the pronunciation of "Gif" right. It's pronounced like "jif" not "gif". If the inventor says so and wishes to inflict a pun upon the world, then the inventor is right and you are wrong.

Then there's regex.

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Originally Posted by mendhak

People who can't get the pronunciation of "Gif" right. It's pronounced like "jif" not "gif". If the inventor says so and wishes to inflict a pun upon the world, then the inventor is right and you are wrong.

Then there's regex.

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I pronounce it 'rej ex', is that correct?

I have 3 new pet peeves.

1. Users that store important files they don't want to lose in the recycle bin/trash can.
2. Users that store important emails they don't want to lose in the deleted mail folder in outlook.
3. Users that take a screenshot of their screen, print it out, scan it, and email the scanned version.

Moar pet peeves pl0x!

Pet peeve:
Voicemail.

When your users delete the mail you sent them and then call up to request a copy of the mail that you sent them.

When I download a beta version (3.6) of firefox to discover it has killed most of my add ons.
When you find an addon listed in open source category, but are not able to find the source for the add on.

When people mix-up the term "setup" with the act "set up". Ie... "Watch me setup this computer."

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Originally Posted by Arrow_Raider

My new pet peeve:
Users who pronounce "ctrl" as "clear."

How exactly does one deduce clear from ctrl? Do they throw out the 't' and flip the 'r' and 'l'?

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Probably same people that pronounce wash as worsh, but have no problem pronouncing cash correctly, though I doubt they'd manage cache (I'm just being fastuous at the moment)

1. All the bull s**t about 2012.
2. Incorrect spelling.
3. Being told I am inferior based on gender.
4. 99.9% of the populations' favorite words: "Me, My, Mine, and I".
5. Being lied to over and over again.

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Other folks taking credit for my work. :) :)

Corollary: Other folks blaming me for their mistakes.