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Pet Peeves v. u mad?

Good idea. I have a bad feeling though that they will. That does however give me a good idea (clearly a slight twist on yours). I'll buy a shitty pack, like you said, and whenever they ask, I'll make sure they SEE that I'm clearly smoking different cigs and giving them the shitty ones. They'll undoubtedly get offended that I'd give em the shitty ones, but hey... buy your own damn cigs and you don't have to worry about it.

What's the WORST kind of cigs that you can buy?
 
go to your smoke shop and ask for their least selling, least expensive pack

i hear ya man, giving away cigs to other smoker's who usually have their own is no big deal, it's the only bumming i'm down with

i love the 'i'm going to buy you a pack' for a few reasons, a. because usually they don't actually buy you a pack and b. if they do they develop super power 'can i get a smoke, man?' powers

i just throw out hints that i'm getting pissed off at them constantly asking for a cig, light heartedly, and they usually get the point
 
^ Great stuff. That's how I actually got the guy at work to leave me alone about it. By limiting his total number left (in saying "you have 5 total that you can bum from here on out, then you have to buy your own") he kinda got it. Though after his 5th and final, he'd occasionally say "can I go negative 1?" I never gave in, because then where's it stop? I just don't understand why he smokes, but won't buy his own. He's even offered to buy ME cigs, but WON'T buy his own. My guess is that his wife doesn't know he smokes. Meh. Not my problem. The guy at bowling though, I know him, and we've become friends, but not close enough friends that I feel comfortable confronting him in that way yet, but your friendly, joking, hint dropping might be the best way to go about it. :D
 
It does. Hence the reason I told him at that point "dude... it just doesn't work that way." He has finally stopped asking me. I think it kills him when I let other people bum a smoke in front of him then deny him. I know the other people will get me back when I need one though, so whatev.
 
Just carry a pack filled with sherm sticks. Whenever someone asks, give them one of those instead. Easy peazy!
 
Ahaha. +1 for the exploding cigarette prank. Doooo ittttt. :D



Personnel versus personal: They are not pronounced the same, nor do they mean the same thing! 8(

There's a bigger difference than just the "s" between "Your personal belongings" and "Your personnel's belonging". :P
 
i'll never understand the overwhelming disappointment within someone when they take notice that somebody can't spell, or grammar as well as them

omg

you are not as smart as i think you should be, I'M SO MAD 8) (get over yourself)

i get pissed off when a friend steals from me

now that's something to get pissed off about
 
^ While I see your point on the spelling and grammar thing, I still get annoyed by an obvious lackadaisical approach to spelling and grammar. We learn that shit when we're like, what... 6? I mean... if you can't properly use your and you're or their, there, and they're... you're clearly just too fucking lazy to use your brain. Ignorance is no excuse for common knowledge. Hell, kids with mental disabilities can figure those BASIC fucking rules of English out.

Another peeve of mine... people with whom you haven't seen in a while that complain about how you NEVER call them... meanwhile they haven't called you in just as long. You know a phone works both ways right?
 
undead said:
^ While I see your point on the spelling and grammar thing, I still get annoyed by an obvious lackadaisical approach to spelling and grammar.
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i have a lot of sympathy with the much-maligned grammar nazis online. i think what annoys them (and me) so much is not that people make these simple, easily-avoided mistakes but that they don't care that their contribution is substandard. why are people so content with - even oddly proud sometimes of - less than their best?

i recently discussed this with somebody here on bl. he had typed the plural "soviets" as "soviet's". i pointed it out and he got upset that somebody would point out a 'typo'. i argued that he was being intellectually dishonest. that's not a typo - there's no apostrophe anywhere near soviets" the plural. "soviest" would have been a typo...

another time, i pointed out a common misuse to somebody - probably a their/there/they're or a your/you're - and the guy told me that he knew how to use those words correctly he just chose to use the incorrect version deliberately!

the ultimate irony (and peeve :) ), for me, is that people - especially online - often use dismal spelling and grammar in posts pointing out how stupid other people are. i recently pointed out ironically poor grammar in a guy's post in which he was pointing out somebody else's poor writing. he wrote (of me) "...just makes you look like a lame ass bastard who gets his kicks by flaunting his superior spelling powers.". lolhypocrisy!

my pet peeve for today - a $5.10 ticketmaster 'convenience' fee on an $18 show ticket.

alasdair
 
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I always have a lot of these and can never remember them when I see this thread.

ali, after reading your last post I wonder why you don't capitalize your "i"s?
 
in informal communication like this, i use lower case entirely. it's easier and, more importantly, i think it's more aesthetically pleasing :)

alasdair
 
I've read you say that before but it just doesn't seem to align with this statement:

why are people so content with - even oddly proud sometimes of - less than their best?

Honestly, i couldn't care less, it's just interesting to me. :)
 
i don't think that choosing a different appearance - altering the style - of what i write is comparable to not knowing the correct way to use the words which make up what i write - the substance. i don't see it as any different from changing the typeface.

it's possible that others - yourself included - feel that it is and, therefore, i'm a hypocrite. i can live with that.

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
i recently discussed this with somebody here on bl. he had typed the plural "soviets" as "soviet's". i pointed it out and he got upset that somebody would point out a 'typo'. i argued that he was being intellectually dishonest. that's not a typo - there's no apostrophe anywhere near soviets" the plural. "soviest" would have been a typo...
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not necessarily. i admit that i have pointed out grammatical mistakes to others (especially when they're being rude assholes) but i'd like to think i limit it to when it's committed in excess and out of obvious ignorance of proper grammar. however, i will admit more than once re-reading something i posted and found the incorrect version of "you're" or an extra comma or unnecessary apostrophe. at which time, i promptly facepalm, edit and correct it. but still, i can empathize with someone who might become caught up in the content of their message that they overlook a simple mistake.

the only thing that makes me super ragefase frustrated are the occasional posts without sentence breaks. at least use *some* punctuation so i can get an idea of wtf you need help with. :X
 
alasdairm said:
in informal communication like this, i use lower case entirely. it's easier and, more importantly, i think it's more aesthetically pleasing :)

alasdair
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as do i :)

i guess i don't see capitalization as that important. it is almost like not capitalizing my posts is like wearing a pair of jeans, and capitalizing is like wearing a suit. i can't really think of another way to describe it.

and then, for some people, i think altering spelling/grammar gives them an unique style. laceyk comes to mind, her posts had a personality that would not have come through if she used proper grammar. or unsquared or PIP.
 
it's possible that others - yourself included - feel that it is and, therefore, i'm a hypocrite. i can live with that.
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LOL I rest assured that neither of us are losing any sleep over your i s. :)
 
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