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Pet Peeves v. 5.0

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I hate biting into a really juicy apple. I know that sounds strange, but the juice running down my hand and arm frustrates me. Especially when i am driving.
 
^^Yes, and very ripe pears are even worse(its impossible to eat them without looking like your having some kind of mild stroke)..and when you rub the Juice off hands/face, there is still this godawful, film of sticky residue that feels yuck! *shiver* . Sounds quite rude! heh he



Shower's that turn hot and cold at random intervals! Grrrrr! >:/
 
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When people give me directions when I've said I know where I'm going - when people sing the WRONG lyrics to songs and just keep mumbling through it.
 
DJ Revisionist said:
I hate atheists who can't spell atheist and Grammar Nazis who can't spell grammar. Fucking idiots I tell you!
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Okay, I'll bite. Which misspellings have you encountered? This is one word I have never seen misspelled. It's spelled exactly as it sounds.
 
Fjones said:
Okay, I'll bite. Which misspellings have you encountered? This is one word I have never seen misspelled. It's spelled exactly as it sounds.
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I saw someone write the word 'auction' as 'oction' the other day :|
 
When the ice in your glass just won't work. It's either blocking the rest of your drink or it sits at the bottom of the cup only to avalanche into your face before you can react.

Yes, I've a drinking problem. (Airplane)
 
I am peeved by the fact that I have not had time to write entries here regularly. I have at least 30 saved up.
 
Places of business that have old magazines or newspapers for reading in their reception areas. If I have a regular appointment at your place every 6-8 weeks the least you could do is update your magazines.

I was even at a fast food store yesterday and they had a 10 day old newspaper. Fuck me it cost $1.10 for today's edition.
 
when people stare at you.. for absolutely no reason.. can't you just discreetly glance at me every once in a while instead?
 
What the hell is wrong with people on movie discussion forums? Do they not know how to write

WARNING: SPOILERS

when they are referring to ANOTHER MOVIE than the one being discussed?

I was reading extensively about (MOVIE A) and there were numerous and repeated references to (MOVIE B) by the same director that completely ruin parts of the movie, in fact, perhaps the most crucial parts.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE??????

Now, I am not one of these jerks who goes into the forum discussion for (MOVIE A) and complains about spoilers for (MOVIE A). I think these people are retarded. However, in reading about (MOVIE A), I should NOT have (MOVIE B) ruined for me.

See what I did there? I didn't even use the movies' real names because simply doing so would potentially spoil one for anyone who has seen one but not the other. IT'S NOT THAT FUCKING HARD.

Also, these are not old movies. They are recent. I was reading a blog about Survivor and there were spoilers for "The Godfather." Okay, no big deal. That's my fault for not having seen it yet.

But spoiling recent movies is just unacceptable.
 
I could rant for ten pages about the current educational system. I'll just focus on one annoying aspect: The grading system.

One of the beautiful things about the number 100 is that everyone knows what it means. 100%. There is no confusion. It means you got a perfect score. You got everything right. As a result, we all know what 85%, 76%, 53%, and 97% mean. If you say to someone, "I got a 93," or "I got an 85," we all know what that means.

On almost all tests (and on many papers and projects) we are given a grade between 0 and 100. Why? BECAUSE W ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

And yet, when we actually calculate our grades for a course, do we use that scoring system?

NO.

We use an absurd, contrived, pointless system of a 4.0 scale that is illogical, inaccurate, and creates a lot more work for everyone involved:

1) First we take the raw score we earned, say, 87, and convert it to a letter grade.

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?

87 is a PERFECTLY ACCURATE score. we all know what it means. Why make it less accurate and meaningful by replacing with with a vague "B" or "B+" or something like that?

WHAT IS GAINED BY DOING THIS?????????????

2) Then, once we have engaged in this nonsensical process, we further muddle things by converting these letter grades to an asinine 4.0 scale.

WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS ACCOMPLISH!??????????????????

Now we lose even more precision and accuracy. what once was an 85 (crystal clear in meaning) has become a B which has become a 3.0 out of 4.

REALLY????????????????

So we started with 85/100 and now are at 3.0 / 4.0 ?????????????

Are you fucking kidding me??????????????? Did the inventor of this system fail 3rd grade math????????????????

WHAT THE FUCK. Why do we do this? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?

As though that weren't bad enough, then there is further rounding error when computing GPA's because of the slightly imprecise numbers resulting from multiplying the + or - grades by the number of credits.

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY.
 
Lol

I have ranted in the past about LOL but I think we need a refresher.

I hate LOL. 99% of the times it is used, no one is laughing out loud. In fact, it is rarely even used for anything funny at all. No, unfortunately, it has come to have two main uses:

1) As a lazy reply to someone in text or IM to acknowledge a remark or comment, which may or may not have been funny or even intended to be funny.
I hate this use, but I can accept it, because the alternatives aren't great either. I would prefer a sentence such as "That's interesting (with possible elaboration if necessary)," or "Very clever," or "Good one," or something to that effect. Even a simple "Ha ha" (perhaps with a smiley face) would be better than "LOL."

But then there is the other use, which I condemn to the deepest, most fiery pits of hell:

2) As a punctuation mark. People - "LOL" IS NOT A FUCKING PUNCTUATION MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


To indicate the conclusion of a sentence or idea, we have something called a PERIOD. LEARN HOW TO FUCKING USE IT. It's right there next to the comma and below the L.

Here are some demonstration of right and wrong ways to punctuate a sentence:

Right: "Ugh, I hate when Milk spills all over the keyboard."
Right: "Ugh, I cannot believe I spilled milk all over the keyboard!"
WRONG: "I spilled milk all over the keyboard LOL"

Right: "Oh yeah, I know what you mean, I never get much sleep the night before a test either."
WRONG: "Yeah, I never get much sleep the night before a test either LOL"

I wish I had saved some of the more egregious examples, but i have seen people mention serious injury, illness, or other terrible occurrences and use LOL at the end of the sentence.

COME ON. Is it too much to ask that English-speaking people ACTUALLY LEARN HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH?
 
Ridiculous

When did "Ridiculous" become a positive term? This used to be my favorite pejorative word when I wanted to mock or ridicule someone. It literally means "deserving of ridicule." Why has it come to mean "awesome" "great" or something synonymous with those words?

This use is absurd. But I'll accept is as long as they never take "absurd" away from me. If that word ever becomes a compliment, I will quit my pedantic ways and just learn another language.
 
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