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Pet Peeves v. 5.0

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the irony - dare i say hypocrisy - of your berating others for incorrectly using punctuation while doing it freely yourself is not lost on us, fjones.

:)

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
the irony - dare i say hypocrisy - of your berating others for incorrectly using punctuation while doing it freely yourself is not lost on us, fjones.

:)

alasdair
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Where did i misuse punctuation? If you are referring to the quote mark after the exclamation point in my response to assphace, that is obviously a typo, since I wasn't trying to quote anything. I am not sure how that got in there, so I will remove it.
 
Damien said:
I think the GPA factors in time.


You would've been proud of our two year old telling me and my wife that she thought her being on time out "is ridiculous".
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You have a sharp two-year old! I am impressed.

The GPA does factor in time, in that it weights a 4 credit class more than a 3 credit class; but that can be done just as easily with the 0 - 100 scale also.

If you get a 100 in a 4 credit class and an 80 in a 3 credit class, your weighted average would be [ (100)(4) + (80)(3) ] / 7 , which equals 91.43.
 
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Champagne comedy my good man. 3 harrahs for you.

I am sick of people sprouting nutritional advice based upon what our ancestors ate as hunter gatherers like it was a perfect example of a healthy lifestyle. The average life expectancy of a Neolithic man was 20 for fuck sake. I have almost doubled that with a steady diet of "what I want, when I want", with an occasional helping of "that hits the spot". ;)
 
Busty St Clare said:
Champagne comedy my good man. 3 harrahs for you.
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Gaaakkkkkkkkk!! This is snowballing out of control! I made a baffling typo while explaining why I was editing a typo! And now there is no way I can edit the edit to fix the typo about the typo. And since I am half asleep I probably just made there more typos explaining the typo about the typo.

(Insert Xzibit typo meme here).
 
Busty St Clare said:
I am sick of people sprouting nutritional advice based upon what our ancestors ate as hunter gatherers like it was a perfect example of a healthy lifestyle. The average life expectancy of a Neolithic man was 20 for fuck sake. I have almost doubled that with a steady diet of "what I want, when I want", with an occasional helping of "that hits the spot". ;)
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What's worse is that those people are typically so set in their ways they don't want to hear anything else. Some of us with extreme diets are at least open to talking about other ways to nourish the body.

Pet peeve that stems from people not putting stuff back the way they found it: The sprayer on the kitchen sink. After you use it, put it back in the hole/holder all the way, please. Is it really that hard to make sure it gets in there and isn't propped up an inch or two?

Yes, I am aware an inch or two does not matter, but for some unknown reason it bugs the fuck out of me to find the sprayer like that every morning. I've started to not let it get to me as much and just put it how it belongs and go about my day, but it's just the little shit like that that adds up and makes living with the person I do make me feel so aggravated sometimes.

End rant.

tl;dr: PUT SHIT BACK HOW YOU FOUND IT!*

*Or better than. :P
 
Fjones said:
Where did i misuse punctuation?
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in posts 915, 916 & 917 you used multiple question marks and exclamation marks.

to indicate a question, one question mark is sufficient and correct - it's neither necessary nor correct to use 12 additional question marks.

:)

alasdair
 
Fjones said:
Gaaakkkkkkkkk!! This is snowballing out of control! I made a baffling typo while explaining why I was editing a typo! And now there is no way I can edit the edit to fix the typo about the typo. And since I am half asleep I probably just made there more typos explaining the typo about the typo.

(Insert Xzibit typo meme here).
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Just click on edit again, fix the "reason for editing", and click submit without editing the body of the message.
 
alasdairm said:
in posts 915, 916 & 917 you used multiple question marks and exclamation marks.

to indicate a question, one question mark is sufficient and correct - it's neither necessary nor correct to use 12 additional question marks.

:)

alasdair
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Eh. My grammar book says that when writing a rant, one's emphasis and dramatic effect are increased slightly with each additional question mark or exclamation point, based on the following function:

Letting n equal the number of total punctuation marks, and d equaling the quantity of dramatic effect added,

d = 3 / (2^n) summed from n = 1 to n = infinity.

(I don't know how to actually type in the sigma or infinity sign.)
 
I second the notion of 18,000 question marks / exclamation points. That drives me mad. Yes, you think it's important. We get it. However, not everyone else thinks it's as important as you do.

A few peeves of mine:

Others wearing my shoes / socks (wtf! You have your own!)
Greasy dishes after someone else has washed them
Incessant babble (get to the point)
 
Those trash bins at fast food restaurants that have the little door that you need to push to open(specifically the ones that require a significant amount of force to open) - those doors get so nasty and I HATE ketchup, which is usually smeared on these doors. Usually I try not to come in direct contact with them, but sometimes just using a cup or a trey isn't enough.

Seriously, why the fuck is that door even there?
 
China Rider said:
Those trash bins at fast food restaurants that have the little door that you need to push to open(specifically the ones that require a significant amount of force to open) - those doors get so nasty and I HATE ketchup, which is usually smeared on these doors. Usually I try not to come in direct contact with them, but sometimes just using a cup or a trey isn't enough.

Seriously, why the fuck is that door even there?
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To keep the disgusting food out of view, for the most part. They don't want to show much of what goes on behind the scenes.

Don't go to fast food places, problem solved?
 
I hate when someones eating food and then they get it all over their mouth. Then they don't know mayo is on the side of their face so they end up not wiping it off.... I don't know it irks me.

I also hate when someone farts when I'm eating because then I believe the fart contaminated my food. So then I just throw it out.
 
^ So politely tell 'em they got something on their face? 8)

Farts don't contaminate food, man. Better never come to my house--You'd be throwing out all your food. :P

Pet Peeve: That all our clinical assignments are "local locations." Uh, yeah, relative to school, which is 35 minutes away for me. Don't tell me an hour's drive is "local."
 
Simply_Live said:
To keep the disgusting food out of view, for the most part. They don't want to show much of what goes on behind the scenes.

Don't go to fast food places, problem solved?
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You don't need a door...all you need is significant separation from the top of the bag from the insert.

And thank you for that extremely thoughtful suggestion....

You don't like rain? Well hey man, just like don't go outside when it's raining, duh!!

You don't like it when your dog shits on the couch? Just get rid of the dog.
 
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