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Post by G✇JI☈A on Oct 16, 2008 0:58:38 GMT -5
Online videos that have unskipable ads before hand.
Online streaming audio that only streams when playing (So it's constantly refuffing), jump 5 seconds ahead when you pause and the position tracker does not work properly. Podango I'm looking at you.
Yahoo Mail: Sometime they are just down for no reason. Or say you don't have an Email account with them when you do. This is not good enough. People rely on their Email. You can't just go down like that.
Ebay - The fact you can't just cancel an order if you change your mind. You have to let the Seller know and even if they say it's cool and cancel. Ebay will still tell you to finish the transaction.
The Itunes Store - The fact that I have bought 237 songs and 3 games from them and the only freebies I get are songs from unknown bands or singers (Who the smurf are the Kahn Brothers?). Come on I'm a loyal customer how least give me a discount so I can get rid that $1.31 I have in credit (songs in Aus cost $1.69)
OK that will do..> FOR NOW!
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Oct 16, 2008 1:00:27 GMT -5
I attempt proper spelling and grammar. I don't always hit it, but I at least try. On a forum, where speed is irrelevant, it doesn't so much matter. And serious no IM or PM or any of that is so effin' vital that it needs to have a shortcut on multiple syllable words.
Fact is, if I can hold down my end of a debate in a chat room, and am able to be damn NEAR proper grammar, and be coherent, and you are neither one or both, then frankly one of us is more attached to the outcome, and should take a step back. Maybe have a sandwich. But not an angry sandwich, never an angry sandwich. (Spoiler: It ain't me sunshine.)
Second one: people bring up Nazis or fascism or any other repressive/despicable regime and drawing a correlation between that and the person they are arguing with. It make you look like a Collar-Popping Twit when in a verbal debate/argument, then on the 'net it's the same. There is no logical basis for this remark at best. It is a baiting tactic, and shows you cannot hold a defensible position and are all but allowing everyone else to call your intellect into question.
Further, the slippery slope argument is bunk. Completely bunk. It is a logical fallacy at BEST. At worst is fear mongering. In any case, it is the same as the drawing of parallels, in fact the drawing of parallels is generally a variation on the slippery slope argument.
Hmph. I may have more, but we'll stick to two for now.
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Post by FrankGotch on Oct 16, 2008 1:22:56 GMT -5
The Free Wii/iPod ads over at 411mania (and other sites). If I ever found out who was responsible for them... I'd show up at their house reading Catcher in the Rye with a megaphone. That may be the greatest threat I have ever heard in my life.
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on Oct 16, 2008 1:37:24 GMT -5
Internet lingo and abbreviations drive me up a wall. Freely dismissed complete disdain for spelling and grammar. It's written communication. Learn to write. Porn spam that is not at least hilariously written. lolcats. there is nothing funny about them. Music videos set to anime clips. None of these are ever good. I could go on. I really could. I concur on all counts, though I've seen a few good AMVs in my time. I for one am most pissed off at the bastardization of the term "epic." Second one: people bring up Nazis or fascism or any other repressive/despicable regime and drawing a correlation between that and the person they are arguing with. It make you look like a Collar-Popping Twit when in a verbal debate/argument, then on the 'net it's the same. There is no logical basis for this remark at best. It is a baiting tactic, and shows you cannot hold a defensible position and are all but allowing everyone else to call your intellect into question. Further, the slippery slope argument is bunk. Completely bunk. It is a logical fallacy at BEST. At worst is fear mongering. In any case, it is the same as the drawing of parallels, in fact the drawing of parallels is generally a variation on the slippery slope argument. Hmph. I may have more, but we'll stick to two for now. I've resigned myself to the fact that arguing over the internet resolves nothing. No one ever concedes sides, and most people will throw out the most ludicrous logical fallacies at you. Like Hitler, or a universal negative, or simply throw out ad hominem attacks. If I ever debate online, I do it for the fun of it, not for any desired outcome.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Oct 16, 2008 1:44:42 GMT -5
Internet lingo and abbreviations drive me up a wall. Freely dismissed complete disdain for spelling and grammar. It's written communication. Learn to write. Porn spam that is not at least hilariously written. lolcats. there is nothing funny about them. Music videos set to anime clips. None of these are ever good. I could go on. I really could. I concur on all counts, though I've seen a few good AMVs in my time. I for one am most pissed off at the bastardization of the term "epic." Second one: people bring up Nazis or fascism or any other repressive/despicable regime and drawing a correlation between that and the person they are arguing with. It make you look like a Collar-Popping Twit when in a verbal debate/argument, then on the 'net it's the same. There is no logical basis for this remark at best. It is a baiting tactic, and shows you cannot hold a defensible position and are all but allowing everyone else to call your intellect into question. Further, the slippery slope argument is bunk. Completely bunk. It is a logical fallacy at BEST. At worst is fear mongering. In any case, it is the same as the drawing of parallels, in fact the drawing of parallels is generally a variation on the slippery slope argument. Hmph. I may have more, but we'll stick to two for now. I've resigned myself to the fact that arguing over the internet resolves nothing. No one ever concedes sides, and most people will throw out the most ludicrous logical fallacies at you. Like Hitler, or a universal negative, or simply throw out ad hominem attacks. If I ever debate online, I do it for the fun of it, not for any desired outcome. Given I am a devil's advocate on and offline, and will argue passionately for any topic I can, while still trying to use logic I can see your point clearly. But then, if they want to play dirty, then sophism isn't just allowed. It's encouraged.
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 16, 2008 2:12:58 GMT -5
I was once chatting with a friend. She had her webcam on (this is important). I said something, I don't remember what...she types back "LOL"....completely stone-faced. I wrote back, "You have your webcam on, I can see you're not laughing".
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
Posts: 41,949
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 16, 2008 2:14:38 GMT -5
Second one: people bring up Nazis or fascism or any other repressive/despicable regime and drawing a correlation between that and the person they are arguing with. It make you look like a Collar-Popping Twit when in a verbal debate/argument, then on the 'net it's the same. There is no logical basis for this remark at best. It is a baiting tactic, and shows you cannot hold a defensible position and are all but allowing everyone else to call your intellect into question. The first rule of being taken seriously by grown-ups is not comparing everything you don't like to the Nazi's. Nothing is like the Nazi's. Not even neo-Nazi's.
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Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone. Got away with it, this time.
Posts: 23,580
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Post by Bo Rida on Oct 16, 2008 7:26:46 GMT -5
Audio or video that start automatically on pages (like TNA Today on TNA's website) or in ads. This can be usually be stopped by the ad-block and flash-block add-ons for firefox. I hate videos where the lip-sync isn't right, sure I shouldn't complain about illegal viewing not being perfect but it's still annoying. Also when people can't detect sarcasm, which is pretty much everybody (at least once), including me.
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Post by blef on Oct 16, 2008 9:12:12 GMT -5
The rollover ads have gotten to the point where some of them actually don't need to be rolled over; they just expand when the page is done loading.
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icansleep
Don Corleone
Wasn't Hornswoggled
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Post by icansleep on Oct 16, 2008 9:53:35 GMT -5
Music videos set to anime clips. None of these are ever good. Oh man...you just opened Pandora's Box. I'll pray for you.
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Push R Truth
Patti Mayonnaise
Unique and Special Snowflake, and a pants-less heathen.
Perpetually Constipated
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Post by Push R Truth on Oct 16, 2008 10:25:31 GMT -5
Epic Fail is, in fact, an Epic Fail.
Seriously. You can do better then that.
The other thing I hate?
You'll get a 37 page thread with 1 good joke on it, and 477 posts that say nothing more than "LOL, OMG LULZ, EPIC FAIL, /THREAD".
Contribute something besides spam, please. Even if it's just a comment on why you like it. Just something besides OMGROFFLEROFFLEMAHWAFFLEZ.
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Push R Truth
Patti Mayonnaise
Unique and Special Snowflake, and a pants-less heathen.
Perpetually Constipated
Posts: 39,293
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Post by Push R Truth on Oct 16, 2008 10:27:59 GMT -5
Second one: people bring up Nazis or fascism or any other repressive/despicable regime and drawing a correlation between that and the person they are arguing with. It make you look like a Collar-Popping Twit when in a verbal debate/argument, then on the 'net it's the same. There is no logical basis for this remark at best. It is a baiting tactic, and shows you cannot hold a defensible position and are all but allowing everyone else to call your intellect into question. The first rule of being taken seriously by grown-ups is not comparing everything you don't like to the Nazi's. Nothing is like the Nazi's. Not even neo-Nazi's. There is an actual rule out there named after this. It basically states that you automatically lose an argument if all you have left to say is anything about Nazi's. It more or less states that you have no intelligent responses left and you are just throwing mud. Lemme look it up quick. EDIT: Guess I misremembered this. Oh well. It's kinda that, but not really. Looks like a common misconception. Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states:[2][3]
"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."
The rule does not make any statement whether any particular reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that one arising is increasingly probable. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued[4] that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact. Although in one of its early forms Godwin's Law referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions,[5] the law is now applied to any threaded online discussion: electronic mailing lists, message boards, chat rooms, and more recently blog comment threads and wiki talk pages.
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erisi236
Fry's dog Seymour
... enjoys the rich, smooth taste of Camels.
Not good! Not good! Not good!
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Post by erisi236 on Oct 16, 2008 10:34:38 GMT -5
The first rule of being taken seriously by grown-ups is not comparing everything you don't like to the Nazi's. Nothing is like the Nazi's. Not even neo-Nazi's. There is an actual rule out there named after this. It basically states that you automatically lose an argument if all you have left to say is anything about Nazi's. It more or less states that you have no intelligent responses left and you are just throwing mud. Lemme look it up quick.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Oct 16, 2008 10:52:47 GMT -5
The Ecyclopedia Dramatica, and to a lesser extent, the Uncyclopedia. Reading through the site gives me the feeling that my brain is melting.
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darthalexander
Hank Scorpio
I have a feeling I may end up getting banned soon.
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Post by darthalexander on Oct 16, 2008 11:14:08 GMT -5
I really really hate it when you write an email to someone and you don't get a reply for a few days and then when you do, it's a one-sentence email - that doesn't mention anything you wrote in yours so you're never 100% sure if they actually got it or not. You write back, just in case, another version of that same email and then they just say "oh yeah I know, why did you send this again???" ARRRRRRGH.
Not getting an email from friends/family for a long time, and then when you do it's a stupid forwarded list of jokes/"funny" pics...
Trolls.
Asking a serious question in a thread, and getting silly smart-aleck responses that are of no help whatsoever.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2008 11:17:09 GMT -5
Reading comments on ANY site is generally a bad idea. Reading such stuff has actually made me stupider as a result.
Seriously, the Internet needs a forced spellcheck function, immediately.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Oct 16, 2008 11:57:14 GMT -5
Hate threads.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Oct 16, 2008 12:28:24 GMT -5
just advertisments really ..... a complete waste of bandwidth IMO
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Post by gmanquik on Oct 16, 2008 12:38:04 GMT -5
MMOs and porn...especially when combined.
I'll be going now.
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Grendel
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
But ... why is all the rum gone?
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Post by Grendel on Oct 16, 2008 12:44:53 GMT -5
Audio or video that start automatically on pages (like TNA Today on TNA's website) or in ads. This too! How about when you go to someone's myspace or blog page and they have 2 music players and a video player, and all 3 start simultaneously?
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