• Life Advice & Visual Arts Welcome Guest
    Posting Rules Bluelight Rules
    🌌 Share Your Dreams! 🌌
    📸 15 Years of Photo Contests 📸
  • LAVA Moderator: Shinji Ikari

Pet Peeves v. u mad?

animal cookie said:
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.
Click to expand...

The interesting thing with laceyk's idiosyncratic syntax, mechanics, and morphology is that her corpus of posts is internally consistent; insofar as she 'breaks' a rule, she does so with complete regularity, suggesting proper grammatical use of an alternate dialect.

ebola
 
^that is why i think there is a difference between making typos/not caring and consciously breaking a grammar/spelling rule.
 
True, but there's also a distinction to be made between Laceyk's posts and someone who compulsively replaces "your/you're" with "ur".

ebola
 
My biggest gripe in the world of punctuation is the misuse of the apostrophe. It's most annoying when I see it occurring in the real world; specifically on signs. It really grinds my gears to see "Funky dj playing on Friday's!!!!", or my recent favourite, "great for wedding's, anniversary's and party's!!!" I notice people making those mistakes on here, however I generally don't take much notice of that; they're not being paid to use the English language correctly. If I can read and get the gist of the post, i'm happy. The only exception to this is when someone is being a complete smart arse or overly smug in a post - if I see bad grammar/punctuation, it gives me a chuckle.

My latest gripe is with drivers. I'm spending a fair chunk of time driving to and from work at the moment (this will change as of the 12th, thank goodness), and I really can't stand tailgaters and people who use their indicator as a confirmicator... they are half way across the bloody lane before they confirmicate, argh! :X
 
Last edited:
undead said:
Cigarette smokers who NEVER have their own cigs and always want to bum them off of you. I don't mean they rarely have their own, I mean they NEVER have their own.
Click to expand...

I knew this guy in college who'd actually turn down cigarettes (after asking to bum one) if he didn't like whatever brand you had. I saw him, on multiple occasions, go from person to person looking for a Marlboro Red or No.27. Like, come on man, ever heard of the phrase "beggars can't be choosers"? If you really need to have this nicotine like the rest of us, buy your own pack or at the very least, be gracious enough to accept what's offered to you. The guy I'm talking about actually did start buying his own cigarettes eventually, but only because he was accidentally given double what he should have gotten for living expenses from financial aid.

I can't stand people who compulsively lie so much that they start to believe their own bullshit. Luckily, I don't have to deal with these types of people too often anymore, but I did hang out with my friend's cousin for a few years who'd constantly tell us things that were obviously untrue like how he'd jumped a curb and killed two people but got out of it on a technicality or how his dad was a sniper in WWII. We'd tell him he was full of shit which would only make him more belligerent and would actually often times end up with him going home pissed off because we didn't believe his lies. I can understand wanting to exaggerate to make your life sound more interesting, but I just don't see the point in completely fabricating stories that aren't even believable.

Samadhi said:
My latest gripe is with drivers. I'm spending a fair chunk of time driving to and from work at the moment (this will change as of the 12th, thank goodness), and I really can't stand tailgaters and people who use their indicator as a confirmicator... they are half way across the bloody lane before they confirmicate, argh! :X
Click to expand...

Don't even get me started. I just recently stopped working as a delivery driver, and it is a huge relief not to have to drive around as much, especially with winter approaching. One thing that I don't get is people driving under the speed limit. I'm not talking about 5 miles under either; I've seen people drive below half of what the speed limit is on any given street (in perfect weather). What are these people doing on the road? Don't they have somewhere to be? I will admit that I tend to speed when I drive and I can't very well get angry at people for driving the actual speed limit, but driving under it just baffles me. These same people tend to take turns very, very slowly and put their blinkers on a mile before they actually have to turn, too.
 
Samadhi said:
or my recent favourite, "great for wedding's, anniversary's and party's!!!" I notice people making those mistakes on here, however I generally don't take much notice of that; they're not being paid to use the English language correctly. If I can read and get the gist of the post, i'm happy. The only exception to this is when someone is being a complete smart arse or overly smug in a post - if I see bad grammar/punctuation, it gives me a chuckle.
Click to expand...
even more curious are people who use it both correctly and incorrectly in the same post e.g. "tonight, i'll have a few cigarette's and a few beers". why oh why oh why do they think that one needs the apostrophe and the other doesn't?

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
even more curious are people who use it both correctly and incorrectly in the same post e.g. "tonight, i'll have a few cigarette's and a few beers". why oh why oh why do they think that one needs the apostrophe and the other doesn't?

alasdair
Click to expand...

typos, mate. they happen.
 
i disagree that they're typos and i believe it's intellectually dishonest to use that as an excuse.

there's no apostrophe anywhere near "cigarettes". "cigarettse" would be a typo.

alasdair
 
holiday car commercials annoy me. has anyone ever given or received a luxury car as a christmas present?
 
people who ask, "[x] much?" as a rhetorical question or otherwise. Is it possible to put forth sentiment other than vindictive denouncement with this phrase?

ebola
 
You know what I find weird.. When I come across a nudie thread, open it up and between pictures of various yummy looking women, some guy will just flat out post a picture of his hairy dick and balls. Just like.. FWANG.. here ya go.. here's my dick. and NOBODY says anything about the picture because I don't care who you ask, things just get uncomfortable when a guy pulls out his dick and photographs the damn thing. ;)
 
Last edited:
Cyc said:
You know what I find weird.. When I come across a nudie thread, open it up and between pictures of cold, dead, washed up raver eyes, disconnected from their corresponding tits, some guy will just flat out post a picture of his hairy dick and balls. Just like.. FWANG.. here ya go.. here's my dick. and NOBODY says anything about the picture because I don't care who you ask, it's just fucking weird when a guy pulls out his dick and photographs damn thing.

That is all.
Click to expand...

Don't go in the nudie thread, then. If it angers you, then go to 4chan for all your fapping needs. It's the "nudie" thread for a reason. It doesn't say "nudie thread vs. fap time for the guys (guys don't post your balls and dicks in here[that means you, nightwatch])".
 
Lol, I'm not mad, but you think people would just know to leave their veiny penises and matted pubic hair out of a thread with soft, smooth woman parts.

A dick is a blunt instrument, useful in its utility, not its appearance.
 
Last edited:
Cyc said:
Lol, I'm not mad, but you think people would just know to leave their veiny penises and matted pubic hair out of a thread with soft, smooth woman parts.
Click to expand...

I think it's also that women don't usually go, "Here's a picture of my pussy, and only my pussy." I think that posters complaining about cock shots in the nudie thread are more annoying than the actual cock-shots though.

ebola
 
Sorry, I thought this thread was a designated bitching zone, as suggested by the thread title. I would never post my wang gripes in the designated nudie thread.. and I will do my part to 'be the change' by simply practicing what I preach.

Merry Christmas everyone!
 
Last edited:
Cyc said:
Lol, I'm not mad, but you think people would just know to leave their veiny penises and matted pubic hair out of a thread with soft, smooth woman parts.

A dick is a blunt instrument, useful in its utility, not its appearance.
Click to expand...

At least Cyc realizes the difference between utility and beauty, which is a serious peeve of mine when people don't, but he just hasn't seen my beautiful cock. Even though I'm not gay or a woman, I can recognize that it is a well formed member. If I ever take a picture of it, I'll be sure to comb out and condition my pubes for you too.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top