Pet Peeves: Aka Things That Make You Go "Gah!"

[Dimity]

2 minutes ago, Anela said:

I don’t spend much time there, but meta is apparently going to flood facebook and instagram with bots. After years of punishing people who didn’t use their real names. The article I read, said there are at least 100,000 on there already.  

Did the article say why they were doing it?  My FB wall is already crammed to bursting with unsolicited memes, group posts etc to the point where I have to struggle to see anything from actual friends.   Of which, BTW, there are far fewer as more and more of them are cutting the FB cord.

[Anela]

21 minutes ago, Dimity said:

Did the article say why they were doing it?  My FB wall is already crammed to bursting with unsolicited memes, group posts etc to the point where I have to struggle to see anything from actual friends.   Of which, BTW, there are far fewer as more and more of them are cutting the FB cord.

I can’t remember, but one thing was they wanted to attract and keep younger people as users.  

[JustHereForFood]

32 minutes ago, Anela said:

I don’t spend much time there, but meta is apparently going to flood facebook and instagram with bots. After years of punishing people who didn’t use their real names. The article I read, said there are at least 100,000 on there already.  

As if Facebook was not already full of russian bots.

[Anela]

2 minutes ago, JustHereForFood said:

As if Facebook was not already full of russian bots.

I only pay attention to my friends, and a few groups.  I have noticed a fresh group of posts in the woman’s march group, from people calling Hillary by  a name her haters use.  Their profiles displayed support for trump.  

[Yeah No]

9 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:

What do they do at an organist's convention?  I'm dying to know?  Do people take turns playing?  Do they discuss new hymns?  Do they get to play on gigantic special organs? 

LOL, I'm laughing because I really don't know. This will be my first time attending some of the events with him. I do know that some of the time is spent visiting church organs in the area of the convention and listening to mini-recitals. They also hold educational workshops in technique where people generally gather around an organ and a teacher demonstrates and instructs.

I don't intend to attend everything with him, though, and he understands that. I have an appreciation for organ music but I don't play so I'd be bored with the workshops. Normally he goes to these things himself without me. I did go to one with him way back in 2006 in Chicago, but I didn't attend anything. We were staying at a hotel downtown on Michigan Ave. so I was far from bored shopping by myself.

[Ancaster]

On 12/30/2024 at 12:28 PM, EtheltoTillie said:

What do they do at an organist's convention?  I'm dying to know?  Do people take turns playing?  Do they discuss new hymns?  Do they get to play on gigantic special organs? 

I have to confess that "organist's convention" took me in a completely different direction.  (Or not - gigantic special organs anyone?)

Edited January 3 by Ancaster

[Yeah No]

6 hours ago, Ancaster said:

I have to confess that "organist's convention" took me in a completely different direction.  (Or not - gigantic special organs anyone?)

Tell me about it! There is absolutely nothing about church organs that if you think about it twice doesn't take you in that certain direction, LOL! 

My husband and I have literally spent an hour thinking of different aspects of organs and organ music that do that, cracking up the whole time. It never gets old either!

[Dimity]

People like my niece who only read one side of a complicated issue and think they know everything.  And when you point out, as gently as possible, that she should, perhaps, do a little research on the authors of these books before she accepts what they say as being impartial somehow you're the intolerant one.  Sigh.

[PRgal]

39 minutes ago, Dimity said:

People like my niece who only read one side of a complicated issue and think they know everything.  And when you point out, as gently as possible, that she should, perhaps, do a little research on the authors of these books before she accepts what they say as being impartial somehow you're the intolerant one.  Sigh.

Which is what often happens in various support groups.  I’ve had to deal with that in both DEI and donor conception parent groups because no one is willing to listen to the perspective of immigrant cultures, especially ones from collectivist/hierarchal respect/documented genetic lineage.  Sorry, I’ve had to deal with both situations, virtually and in person. 

[HissyFit]

I wear a lot of black. A lot. (That's not my peeve; it's my comfort zone.) I'm also careful with my clothes, washing only blacks together in cold water with a detergent for dark fabrics. But when I opened my washer today I discovered I had overlooked a Kleenex in a pants pocket and there are minuscule shreds of white lint on all my black pants and tops! So, my peeve is with me!  I know to check pockets! Believe me, "Gah!" was much nicer than anything I said. 

[Caoimhe]

Biden’s Presidential Medal of Freedom list included that awful pox known as “Bono”. I like some of U2’s music, but can’t stand Mr Hewson.

[Ohiopirate02]

11 hours ago, HissyFit said:

I wear a lot of black. A lot. (That's not my peeve; it's my comfort zone.) I'm also careful with my clothes, washing only blacks together in cold water with a detergent for dark fabrics. But when I opened my washer today I discovered I had overlooked a Kleenex in a pants pocket and there are minuscule shreds of white lint on all my black pants and tops! So, my peeve is with me!  I know to check pockets! Believe me, "Gah!" was much nicer than anything I said. 

I hate when that happens, and it also only ever happens when I do load of darks. When I'm doing a load of lighter colors, the kleenex will make it through the washer and dryer intact. And I wash all my loads on cold water and dry on low. 

[Ancaster]

16 hours ago, HissyFit said:

I wear a lot of black. A lot. (That's not my peeve; it's my comfort zone.) I'm also careful with my clothes, washing only blacks together in cold water with a detergent for dark fabrics. But when I opened my washer today I discovered I had overlooked a Kleenex in a pants pocket and there are minuscule shreds of white lint on all my black pants and tops! So, my peeve is with me!  I know to check pockets! Believe me, "Gah!" was much nicer than anything I said. 

I hate this!

I have discovered since I moved about a year ago, that if you have a front loader washing machine, the tissue migrates intact to the rubber seal thingy at the front of the machine.  No more bits spread throughout your load.  Yeah!

[StatisticalOutlier]

2 hours ago, Ancaster said:

if you have a front loader washing machine, the tissue migrates intact to the rubber seal thingy at the front of the machine.  No more bits spread throughout your load.

Maybe it's specific to the machine?  My front loader spreads shards of Kleenex all over the clothes.  For that reason, we don't have Kleenex in the house at all, and only paper towels are kept in pockets.  The Target brand and Bounty paper towels come out intact whether still in the pocket or mixed among the clothes.

[Dimity]

I have a front loader and I've never found this to be the case either.  I don't know if it's the front loader or not but I do find that some paper stays more intact than others.  Usually just a sad little wad of what once was.  Kleenex though does what kleenex almost always does and that's disintegrate into little glue pellets that stick to everything!

[PRgal]

Did a grocery run today and boy oh boy, was inventory horrible!  Half the produce was either unavailable or limp.  Last week wasn’t great either, with lots of about-to-expire product!  

[Anela]

8 hours ago, PRgal said:

Did a grocery run today and boy oh boy, was inventory horrible!  Half the produce was either unavailable or limp.  Last week wasn’t great either, with lots of about-to-expire product!  

I’ve noticed the stores were out of a lot of things. I think people are doing new year diets, and I’m still trying to get over this vertigo. I got two hours of sleep yesterday morning, and then fell asleep in the afternoon, around 2pm. I got up around 11:30pm, and it hasn’t gone away, but at least I’ve been able to relax more. But I’m also in a foggy brain limbo.

I have barely left the house in months, and now we’re in freezing weather for a while.  I have a library book that’s due back today, but I haven’t even started it.  I’ll either ask dad to take it back, or try to read it in the next few days.  I don’t know if he has today off.  They gave him this past Friday off, unexpectedly, even though they’re still really busy. 

Edited January 6 by Anela

[Is Everyone Gone]

My pet peeve is when people say "my love language is gifts." Which usually means expectations that everyone has to buy them lots of stuff.

[Bastet]

My peeve is any use of the term "love language" as if what some homophobic preacher came up with from anecdotal evidence in order to justify men being thoughtless jerks is a scientific classification.

Edited January 7 by Bastet

[Ohiopirate02]

10 minutes ago, Bastet said:

My peeve is any use of the term "love language" as if what some homophobic preacher came up with from anecdotal evidence is a scientific classification.

From what I have read, the preacher who coined the term did so in an effort to shame wives for wanting things from their husbands like remembering their birthdays or taking out the trash without having to be reminded.

[Wiendish Fitch]

6 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

From what I have read, the preacher who coined the term did so in an effort to shame wives for wanting things from their husbands like remembering their birthdays or taking out the trash without having to be reminded.

But God forbid the wife forgets her husband's birthday or doesn't take the trash out...

[Bastet]

49 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

From what I have read, the preacher who coined the term did so in an effort to shame wives for wanting things from their husbands like remembering their birthdays or taking out the trash without having to be reminded.

I was just about to look him up to make sure my memory of the whole thing's purpose being sexist was accurate, so you've saved me the time.  I'm going to edit my post to add that in. 

[Absolom]

3 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

From what I have read, the preacher who coined the term did so in an effort to shame wives for wanting things from their husbands like remembering their birthdays or taking out the trash without having to be reminded.

Yet another what a jerk moment in life.

[JustHereForFood]

5 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

My pet peeve is when people say "my love language is gifts." Which usually means expectations that everyone has to buy them lots of stuff.

I thought it meant that the person shows love by giving gifts.

[Ancaster]

On 1/5/2025 at 3:31 PM, PRgal said:

Did a grocery run today and boy oh boy, was inventory horrible!  Half the produce was either unavailable or limp.  Last week wasn’t great either, with lots of about-to-expire product!  

The quality of produce around here has been terrible for months - flavorless, going off quickly, and expensive.  When I could I'd drive to a produce stand run by a local farm.  Unfortunately, even when I had the time to make the trip, the produce was, by the very nature of the beast (seasonality), limited.  Then one time they were selling out-of-season tomatoes.  By the time I thought to ask how come they had them already, I'd already paid, but turns out they were shipped in from California, and, as I discovered, pretty tasteless.

And like you @PRgal, shelves of regular stuff have been unusually empty recently.  In fact I asked about it just this morning when I was at my local Middle Eastern food shop and the spice aisle was more than half empty.  The cashier didn't have any explanation but said the things I needed might be in again by Friday.  No good to me since I'm planning a big Indian feast for a bunch of people on Saturday and want to prepare most of it in advance, or at least know I have the ingredients I need.

Sorry to blab on - this has been my mundane but tiresome day.

[RealHousewife]

A few dating & guy friend pet peeves . . .

Men being confusing about their intentions and/or not respecting my boundaries.

If I tell you I'm not interested in being more than friends, respect that. When you are too pushy, we are no longer friends. I do not owe you anything. 

Men who frequently talk about how hot other women are and think you're supposed to be so flattered if they want to go out with you. 

Negging, which seems to be a common pattern with men who fit into the above categories. Backhanded compliments do not work on me. Making me feel inferior to other women will not work on me. It breaks my heart that it does with some women. 

Edited January 9 by RealHousewife

[RealHousewife]

4 hours ago, JustHereForFood said:

I thought it meant that the person shows love by giving gifts.

I believe according to the book, people show love the way they like to receive it. So if your primary love language is gifts, you like to give and receive gifts. 

[DXD526]

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If I tell you I'm not interested in being more than friends, respect that. When you are too pushy, we are no longer friends. I do not owe you anything. 

The whole concept of 'friend zone' ticks me off. It's not even a thing, IMO. It's not an insult if I want to be friends with you. 

The movies and such that promote this nonexistent concept anger me to no end. How about a movie about a woman who thought she had a good male friend, only to find out he was just faking, because he turned out to be just another shallow pig who wants to get into her pants?

How come we never see THAT movie?

[StatisticalOutlier]

My peeve is how the internet has all of us off balance all the time--you see something on a website and then go back and it's not there any more, that sort of thing.

It's here, too.  Look at this thread:

https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/120685-eureka-general-discussion/

The person who started it is called "Guest," which I think is a terrific user name.  However, if you look at the second post in that thread, it quotes that original post and in the auto-generated attribution, it says, "ParadoxLost said."  So ParadoxLost posted that.  Okay, maybe they changed their user name to the superior "Guest"? 

But f you click on the ParadoxLost attribution, you get "We could not locate the item you are trying to view."  And I noticed that "Guest" isn't clickable, so there's no associated profile.  And the avatar is a silhouette, not the usual default of the first letter of the user name.  So I don't think it's an actual user name.  In which case, what is it?

And here's a post that ParadoxLost edited; the user name is Guest, at the bottom it says, "Edited June 5, 2022 by ParadoxLost." 

https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/116498-predator-and-prey-assault-harassment-and-other-aggressions-in-the-entertainment-industry/page/46/#findComment-7491590

So ParadoxLost is definitely the same "person" as Guest, but how?  Why?  And why doesn't "Guest" have a profile?

And FWIW, the internet archive does have a user profile for ParadoxLost, but the most recent capture is a couple of years old.  It's proof that ParadoxLost did exist, I guess.

As with everything on the internet: What the hell is going on?

[Ohiopirate02]

8 minutes ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

My peeve is how the internet has all of us off balance all the time--you see something on a website and then go back and it's not there any more, that sort of thing.

It's here, too.  Look at this thread:

https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/120685-eureka-general-discussion/

The person who started it is called "Guest," which I think is a terrific user name.  However, if you look at the second post in that thread, it quotes that original post and in the auto-generated attribution, it says, "ParadoxLost said."  So ParadoxLost posted that.  Okay, maybe they changed their user name to the superior "Guest"? 

But f you click on the ParadoxLost attribution, you get "We could not locate the item you are trying to view."  And I noticed that "Guest" isn't clickable, so there's no associated profile.  And the avatar is a silhouette, not the usual default of the first letter of the user name.  So I don't think it's an actual user name.  In which case, what is it?

And here's a post that ParadoxLost edited; the user name is Guest, at the bottom it says, "Edited June 5, 2022 by ParadoxLost." 

https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/116498-predator-and-prey-assault-harassment-and-other-aggressions-in-the-entertainment-industry/page/46/#findComment-7491590

So ParadoxLost is definitely the same "person" as Guest, but how?  Why?  And why doesn't "Guest" have a profile?

And FWIW, the internet archive does have a user profile for ParadoxLost, but the most recent capture is a couple of years old.  It's proof that ParadoxLost did exist, I guess.

As with everything on the internet: What the hell is going on?

That Guest username is a placeholder on here for accounts that officially no longer exist on here for whatever reason but the site cannot get rid of. I have no idea who this particular user is and why they no longer have an account here, but that is not the only forum to have posts or threads attributed to Guest. There are more Guest accounts floating around than just that one.

[StatisticalOutlier]

7 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

but the site cannot get rid of.

That's the part I truly don't understand.  I get MY not having control about what happens to my posts or account here, but the website itself?  They can't do it?  They're the ones who made it.

Is this just a preview of life under uncontrollable AI?

[Dimity]

10 minutes ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

That's the part I truly don't understand.  I get MY not having control about what happens to my posts or account here, but the website itself?  They can't do it?  They're the ones who made it.

I noticed this when a lot of the former mods got de-modded.  Many of them changed their user name and stayed on the board but a few took their marbles and went home so their posts remain but now they are Guest####.   I did wonder why the powers that be didn't just delete the posts but that may require more effort on the back end than it's worth for them to bother.

[SoMuchTV]

12 minutes ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

That's the part I truly don't understand.  I get MY not having control about what happens to my posts or account here, but the website itself?  They can't do it?  They're the ones who made it.

Is this just a preview of life under uncontrollable AI?

As I understand it, when an account is deleted, its posts remain in place under the "guest" avatar (otherwise the conversations would make no sense).  For some reason, the original username remains in posts that quoted the deleted user.  But, if you try to look at their profile, it no longer exists.  Actually, it seems to me like the best way to handle the situation, and one that I see on other forums as well.

[Ohiopirate02]

8 minutes ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

That's the part I truly don't understand.  I get MY not having control about what happens to my posts or account here, but the website itself?  They can't do it?  They're the ones who made it.

Is this just a preview of life under uncontrollable AI?

Depending on how the site was coded, they may not be able to easily fix this without losing hundreds or even thousands of posts. If the now Guest username started threads and subforums it is possible that the site is coded in a way that requires those accounts to still exist if the site wants those threads and subforums to still exist. Switching a handful of users to Guest is probably the simplest way to keep all the data the site and users wanted to keep while hiding the former user. I personally would rather see an occasional Guest than lose my comments on here because someone else misbehaved.

[Bastet]

This used to be the case, I don't know if it still is:  Members who want to officially leave (rather than just stop posting) have two options, and one erases all their content while other leaves it up but replaces the username with the Guest designation.  I think it was phrased as disabling vs. deleting one's account.

[StatisticalOutlier]

3 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

I personally would rather see an occasional Guest than lose my comments on here because someone else misbehaved.

I just don't see why it has to be one or the other. 

I remember back when I first met Mr. Outlier and he was doing something on the computer and I said, "Can the computer do that?"  And he said, "The computer can do anything."  I guess that's no longer true.

[SoMuchTV]

28 minutes ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

I just don't see why it has to be one or the other. 

I remember back when I first met Mr. Outlier and he was doing something on the computer and I said, "Can the computer do that?"  And he said, "The computer can do anything."  I guess that's no longer true.

I guess I’m not understanding what you think should be done differently. Leave account activity and profiles as-is after someone leaves the forum?  Erase every trace, even if it makes threads no longer make sense? 

Serious question - it sounds like you think there’s a better way to handle it, but I’m honestly not understanding what that would be. 

[StatisticalOutlier]

17 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

I guess I’m not understanding what you think should be done differently. Leave account activity and profiles as-is after someone leaves the forum?  Erase every trace, even if it makes threads no longer make sense? 

I'm definitely not in favor of erasing every trace, because people delete entire posts all the damn time on Reddit and it makes already impossible-to-follow discussions (the nature of Reddit) even worse because nobody there quotes what they're referring to.

But what I was responding to, and quoted to be sure to give context, was this:  "I personally would rather see an occasional Guest than lose my comments on here because someone else misbehaved."  I asked why these were the only two choices, and haven't gotten an answer but previous comments indicate that it's a coding issue, which is why I brought up the "the computer can do anything" comment.  Because apparently that's no longer true.

Your suggestion of leaving account activity and profiles as-is was not one of the options I was choosing from.  But I like it.  Why shouldn't someone's activity and profile, under a made-up user name, remain visible to others?  We all know that the minute we put something on a website we don't personally own, it no longer belongs to us.

And the "Guest" username is confusing, especially if it's given to more than one account (which is apparently the case unless ParadoxLost was the first person to ever be given the substitute username "Guest").  And I do look at people's posting history sometimes, to get a fuller understanding of what they're saying in a particular post, and I don't think that sort of knowledge is less important if a person deactivated their account as opposed to just stopped posting (in the latter case, their username does remain clickable). 

But my main complaint is about this:  "That Guest username is a placeholder on here for accounts that officially no longer exist on here for whatever reason but the site cannot get rid of."  They have content on their own site they have no control over?  That boggles my mind. 

[SoMuchTV]

29 minutes ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

I'm definitely not in favor of erasing every trace, because people delete entire posts all the damn time on Reddit and it makes already impossible-to-follow discussions (the nature of Reddit) even worse because nobody there quotes what they're referring to.

But what I was responding to, and quoted to be sure to give context, was this:  "I personally would rather see an occasional Guest than lose my comments on here because someone else misbehaved."  I asked why these were the only two choices, and haven't gotten an answer but previous comments indicate that it's a coding issue, which is why I brought up the "the computer can do anything" comment.  Because apparently that's no longer true.

Your suggestion of leaving account activity and profiles as-is was not one of the options I was choosing from.  But I like it.  Why shouldn't someone's activity and profile, under a made-up user name, remain visible to others?  We all know that the minute we put something on a website we don't personally own, it no longer belongs to us.

And the "Guest" username is confusing, especially if it's given to more than one account (which is apparently the case unless ParadoxLost was the first person to ever be given the substitute username "Guest").  And I do look at people's posting history sometimes, to get a fuller understanding of what they're saying in a particular post, and I don't think that sort of knowledge is less important if a person deactivated their account as opposed to just stopped posting (in the latter case, their username does remain clickable). 

But my main complaint is about this:  "That Guest username is a placeholder on here for accounts that officially no longer exist on here for whatever reason but the site cannot get rid of."  They have content on their own site they have no control over?  That boggles my mind. 

I guess my confusion was caused by the fact that the convention of using “guest” for accounts that are no longer active is something I’m used to seeing on various forums I’ve been on. I see now how it could be confusing if you weren’t familiar with it. Maybe they should use something like “deactivated account” instead of “guest”? But when someone says it’s something “the site can’t get rid of” I think they mean logically (as in, posts wouldn’t make sense if they deleted it), not that they didn’t have the technical ability to to get rid of it. 

Anyway, if it helps at all, when you see that silhouette with the username “Guest” on this site, now you know that it’s a placeholder for a user who’s no longer in the system. 
 

edit: and I’m realizing now I’ve gone way off topic, and your peeves are your peeves, so I’ll stop telling you why they shouldn’t be 😀 

Edited January 8 by SoMuchTV

[Absolom]

I vote with the crowd who says fictitious name posted something on the internet just leave it alone.  They said it, it's history, so no taking the marbles and leaving a mess.  Just go.  

Obviously someone wanted a halfway house of not deleting the account and all associated activity which would leave many conversations unintelligible so they change the username and that doesn't change all references to it.  

We're entitled to not like the compromise. 

[Yeah No]

8 hours ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

My peeve is how the internet has all of us off balance all the time--you see something on a website and then go back and it's not there any more, that sort of thing.

It's here, too.  Look at this thread:

https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/120685-eureka-general-discussion/

The person who started it is called "Guest," which I think is a terrific user name.  However, if you look at the second post in that thread, it quotes that original post and in the auto-generated attribution, it says, "ParadoxLost said."  So ParadoxLost posted that.  Okay, maybe they changed their user name to the superior "Guest"? 

But f you click on the ParadoxLost attribution, you get "We could not locate the item you are trying to view."  And I noticed that "Guest" isn't clickable, so there's no associated profile.  And the avatar is a silhouette, not the usual default of the first letter of the user name.  So I don't think it's an actual user name.  In which case, what is it?

And here's a post that ParadoxLost edited; the user name is Guest, at the bottom it says, "Edited June 5, 2022 by ParadoxLost." 

https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/116498-predator-and-prey-assault-harassment-and-other-aggressions-in-the-entertainment-industry/page/46/#findComment-7491590

So ParadoxLost is definitely the same "person" as Guest, but how?  Why?  And why doesn't "Guest" have a profile?

And FWIW, the internet archive does have a user profile for ParadoxLost, but the most recent capture is a couple of years old.  It's proof that ParadoxLost did exist, I guess.

As with everything on the internet: What the hell is going on?

They existed until a month or so ago. I know because they PMed me to thank me for posting something useful to them. They also told me that they had really left the board a while ago but still read here every now and then. They asked me if I remembered them and I did but I didn't remember how. I just remembered their user name from years ago. They saw a post of mine on a thread and replied to it and then wrote me to thank me and tell me they were considering leaving formally for good. I told them I was sorry to hear that and wished them well. Perhaps they did formally leave and asked to have their account deleted but not their posts, I don't know. 

But I guess an unsubscribing member's posts are left on the board unless they have the option to have them deleted. And I did see that once. I once did a search on another member name to see if they were still on the board and found no evidence that the user was ever a member. But then when I went to threads I remember they had posted in their posts had been completely removed but I could still see their username and posts in quotes.

I think in most cases when you see profiles and posts from people that don't post anymore they haven't formally left the board so their posts and profiles remain. But if they formally unsubscribe they may have the option to delete their profiles and even their posts if they wish. Although I know posters that were banned and both their profiles and posts remain so even banning doesn't automatically delete everything.

8 hours ago, Bastet said:

This used to be the case, I don't know if it still is:  Members who want to officially leave (rather than just stop posting) have two options, and one erases all their content while other leaves it up but replaces the username with the Guest designation.  I think it was phrased as disabling vs. deleting one's account.

I think most just stop posting but don't formally unsubscribe while others may choose to delete their profiles and user names but leave their posts up triggering the dummy account with the  "Guest" name, while still others elect to delete their profiles, user names AND all their posts. Except posts replying to their posts with their quotes won't be deleted, like I've seen.

[Dimity]

Speaking of Internet peeves it didn't take long for a bunch of memes and posts to show up claiming that Zuckerberg doing away with fact checking on Facebook is a good thing because, apparently to these people, fact checking = censorship.  I can't even with this mindset.

[Anela]

2 hours ago, Dimity said:

Speaking of Internet peeves it didn't take long for a bunch of memes and posts to show up claiming that Zuckerberg doing away with fact checking on Facebook is a good thing because, apparently to these people, fact checking = censorship.  I can't even with this mindset.

I saw this morning, that it apparently allows for women to be called “household objects”.  
 

so that’s one peeve.  Another is time blindness.  How is it almost 1pm already? Damn. 

[Dimity]

2 minutes ago, Anela said:

I saw this morning, that it apparently allows for women to be called “household objects”.  

I don't understand this.  I mean it makes me furious but I'm not getting it.  Does this mean people can post about women using this term now but couldn't before?  Ugh.  If I see one more whine ANYWHERE that is essentially "what about the mens" I may start screaming and I make no promises that I will be able to stop.

[KeithJ]

Pet peeves?  I could probably write a book on mine but here are a few: 

People who will sit in their car waiting for a parking space (and blocking the row) for 3-4 minutes when there is an open space two spaces back.

People who go through the drive-thru and order for more than four people.  If you’re ordering for that many people, please go in the restaurant.  You’re just slowing down the line for people who want to get through quickly.

[Dimity]

Went out for dinner with my Dad tonight and between the server absolutely reeking of cigarettes and the people who came in and sat next to us (thankfully just as we were getting our bill) absolutely reeking of pot I now have a headache. 

[Annber03]

19 minutes ago, Dimity said:

Went out for dinner with my Dad tonight and between the server absolutely reeking of cigarettes and the people who came in and sat next to us (thankfully just as we were getting our bill) absolutely reeking of pot I now have a headache. 

Ugh. I'm sorry. Yeah, that's honestly the biggest reason I've had no desire to try either of those. I can't stand the smell, and cigarette smoke has always given me a headache if I'm around it too long. 

(Obviously there's also the health risks with cigarette smoking, too, but yeah.)

[Cloud9Shopper]

When I have scoped out the perfect parking spot and someone pulls into it two seconds before me. I went around the corner tonight to pick up my car (where it was parked when the bar was crowded) and just as I was coming back, someone else turned the corner and parked in the spot in front of my parents’ house that I was going to take. 🤬I couldn’t help but glare at the other driver lol. I had to pull into my parents’ driveway, which is unfortunately a shared driveway, and I ended up bumping the house next door with my car. (No major damage and nobody is hurt; it’s just a risk of a driveway shared by two houses. Even my mom and stepdad who are good drivers otherwise have bumped the side of their house or the neighbors while pulling in or out.) 

Needless to say, I cannot wait until my parents get back from their vacation and I can go back to my own house where I have off-street parking to myself nearly 100% of the time. (More like 99.5% when people coming for Sunday Mass across the street use the lot or there’s a funeral at the church, but I can deal with that and knew that when I rented the place.) And when I’m ready to buy someday, I definitely want a driveway or a garage to avoid fighting for parking spaces with bar patrons and/or people who have 3-5 cars per house. 

[Anela]

I’m still dealing with vertigo. At least today was nice, with dad being home, and us deciding not to go out anywhere.  We just watched a couple of movies.  

[Browncoat]

7 hours ago, Cloud9Shopper said:

And when I’m ready to buy someday, I definitely want a driveway or a garage to avoid fighting for parking spaces with bar patrons and/or people who have 3-5 cars per house. 

Off street parking was a must-have when I bought my house.