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Fjones said:
Also, I kow this was covered already, but the intentionally misspellings are just beyond the scope of my comprehension.

I guess sometimes it is just cool to be different? So we get phrases such as "hai" instead of "hi," or "moar" instead of "more."

What's wrong with "Hi" and "more?" Can't we come up with more creative ways to be creative?

In one of the photo threads, someone referred to someone else as very "seksie."

That one just boggles my mind.
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Okay, I did a bit of researching.

"moar" is a combination of "more" and "roar," so as to suggest an animalistic demand for something to continue (i.e. nudie posts by a BLer).

"hai" or "hai thur" or "o hai thur" is a phonetic 'spell it like it sounds' expression, mimicing the typical approach of the street worker.

"hai" also means "yes" in Japanese, so it could also be used to mean two things (i.e. "hai" in COTB's avatar coming from "Pedo Bear" means "hi" and "yes, I'd hit that.")

So I guess it's not simply a series of intentional mis-spellings, but each one kind of has its own origin in cyber-culture.

It still peeves me the hell off!

"Seksie," I believe is just an intentional mis-spelling, so it would be grouped with "dat" "dis" "skool" and the like.
 
Similarly to Fjones' hatred of Jeopardy contestents not being able to do correct math in Final Jeopardy, I watched The Price is Right today (for my first time with Drew) and was amazed by this (they're not exact prices, just the theme...):

Rule: Closest bid wins, without going over.

Contestent 1: $2000
Contestent 2: $300
Contestent 3: $1750
Contestent 4: $1550

Okay, 3's bid was admittedly just a bit absurd, but why in god's name would you big $1550 as opposed to $301?

(Contestant 2 won, by the way, with the total being around $1200.)

I was so disgusted that I flipped the channel to Maury Povitch.
 
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The fact that the Maury Povitch show reveals too much in its previews about the results of the show's secrets.

Every show starts with a preview of the segments, and each set of commercial sequence is prefaced with something similar.

I have learned over time that they do not attempt to mislead you in these, they just actually do give you way too much information.

Today's show:

1) The commercial preview shows a woman jumping up and down in front of the audiance in excitement.

Status: Is the father. No need to even watch the segment after the commercial. Thanks for ruining it for us.

2) The commercial preview shows the guy all up in the girl's face, yelling and screaming, as she cries. Hmm, I thought. Either this is outrage from the little interview with them all, or it's outrage at a negative test result (he's "givin' it to her now," showing her "now what's up"...). Well I watched the segment and this part never occurred. But to try and keep me in suspense, they wait to reveal the results right after the commercial break.

Status: Is NOT the father. No need to even watch the results.

Come on Maury, I want to feel the suspense of these exploited people's problems!!!

Now I have to like hide my eyes from all of the previews and ads for the episode, or else the fun is ruined.
 
Redleader said:
Similarly to Fjones' hatred of Jeopardy contestents not being able to do correct math in Final Jeopardy, I watched The Price is Right today (for my first time with Drew) and was amazed by this (they're not exact prices, just the theme...):

Rule: Closest bid wins, without going over.

Contestent 1: $2000
Contestent 2: $300
Contestent 3: $1750
Contestent 4: $1550

Okay, 3's bid was admittedly just a bit absurd, but why in god's name would you big $1550 as opposed to $301?

(Contestant 2 won, by the way, with the total being around $1200.)

I was so disgusted that I flipped the channel to Maury Povitch.
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there is a famous Youtube clip of a 4th contestant bidding 799 when someone had already bid 800.

!!!!??????????????????????????

Bob Barker ridiculues him for about three minutes, drawing it out in dramatic fashion.... and then gives the guy the $100 dollar bill for getting the price exactly right and winning the auction. One of the most bizarre thgns I have ever seen.
 
Redleader said:
The fact that the Maury Povitch show reveals too much in its previews about the results of the show's secrets.

Every show starts with a preview of the segments, and each set of commercial sequence is prefaced with something similar.

I have learned over time that they do not attempt to mislead you in these, they just actually do give you way too much information.

Today's show:

1) The commercial preview shows a woman jumping up and down in front of the audiance in excitement.

Status: Is the father. No need to even watch the segment after the commercial. Thanks for ruining it for us.

2) The commercial preview shows the guy all up in the girl's face, yelling and screaming, as she cries. Hmm, I thought. Either this is outrage from the little interview with them all, or it's outrage at a negative test result (he's "givin' it to her now," showing her "now what's up"...). Well I watched the segment and this part never occurred. But to try and keep me in suspense, they wait to reveal the results right after the commercial break.

Status: Is NOT the father. No need to even watch the results.

Come on Maury, I want to feel the suspense of these exploited people's problems!!!

Now I have to like hide my eyes from all of the previews and ads for the episode, or else the fun is ruined.
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I agree that this is really poorly done on their part.

But WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY are you watching the Maury Povich show in the first place !? :)
 
I think the original was going for parallel structure -- "If you think blah blah blah, you've got another think coming."

I would just go for proper grammer and say, "you've got another THOUGHT coming." I would never say "you've got another thing coming" because that makes no sense.

Or I might just rephrase and go with, "You'd best reconsider!"
 
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Dear Fjones,

It seems you are obviously not enjoying that dildo. Kindly slide it out of your ass and pass it on to me. I'll put it to good use.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation.



Yours Sincerely,



Yaz.

p.s. hai thar!
 
Hey, who said I am not enojoying it? I never listed it as a pet peeve :)
 
Deal or no deal. Every aspect of this show is excruciating.

First of all, what is the deal with that little bit of facial hair Howie Mandell has? It looks ridiculous.

Then, when someone picks a case, and they take forever with this contrived drama and suspense, all the while the contestant is saying things like, "Donna, help me out, I know you have the penny in that case," and the case opener is saying, "you're good, I know I don't have the 500,000, I can feel it."

Give me a fucking break. This is a game of random chance! The only skill comes in when people have to do an EV calculation, and they fail miserably at it!

But most annoying of all is when the person TAKES a deal, and then Howie checks the actual case to "see if it was a good deal."

What the fuck!?? The deal was based on the EV of the remaining cases AT THE TIME THE DEAL WAS MADE. The actual contents of the chosen case are IRRELEVANT to whether it was a good deal or not! This is day one shit people! Probability 101! AAAARGh!

It just drives me insane when there are three cases left, and one is the really big one. The person takes a deal for approximately 1/3 of the value of the big case (If he is lucky, they usually offer less then EV to make a deal), ensuring a large payday, but then Howie shows him that his case actually contained the large amount, and in a really sad voice, Howie says, "_____ , you made..... a bad deal"

I cannot believe this show is popular.
 
What is up with people who decline an offer by saying "Thanks but no thanks?"

The phrase "no thanks" literally means "no, thanks." It declines the offer but gives thanks for making the offer. What do people think "no thanks" means? Do they think people say it to deny the existence of thanks?

Saying "Thanks but no thanks" is just silly and redundant.
 
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People who use the words "epic" and "fail" excessively,or "epic fail"....gets fuckin annoying
 
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