Your Biggest Pet Peeves

[Bunk]

When the car in front of me at the Timmy's drivethrough leaves a six foot gap between his car and the one in front of him - resulting in me having to lean out of my window and yell my order at the speakerbox.

[Oban]

People who cause traffic jams by lining up for drive-throughs.

Get out of your fucking car and go inside to order.

[IainC]

People who cause traffic jams by lining up for drive-throughs.

Get out of your fucking car and go inside to order.

Drive-Throughs.

My in-laws think that eating in the carpark is so awesome. I hate it (especially as they smoke like chimneys in the car). They have tables inside the restaurant, why can't we park up and sit down to eat like civilised human beings?

[Cyrrex]

People who cause traffic jams by lining up for drive-throughs.

Get out of your fucking car and go inside to order.

On a similar note, all the mommies to those precious teenagers who can't be bothered to catch the bus or walk home, parking their giant ass SUV monstrosities out on the fucking road waiting for their precious offspring.  Fucking stabby time!

[stray]

Net lingo associated with apps, that does fuck except confuse people and go against the whole idea of user friendliness. For instance, "scrobble" (Last.fm). Fuck you. Tell people how to use your product instead of making up words.

There's also jargon, which no one gives a fuck about except uber nerds, and then technical terms that have come into mainstream usage because there were no alternatives (download, pixel, etc..) - these are a little different. I could just do without these "cute" terms companies like to associate with their products.

I could do without all companies or products named after completely nonsensical shit too. I refuse to even use their shit, if they're named like that. There's a fuckton of strangely named things in the linux world, where it's hard to avoid, but some odd names sort of hit the mainstream, like "Joost" or "Miro". What the fuck is that? I mean, if you are going to do that, then at least have it somewhat associated with a real word. Like Google.. stupid word as well. But I think when Google came out, most people subconsciously associated it with "goggle". Same with Flickr. Obviously, it's associated with the flicker of a camera. Err... I guess.

"Joost" on the other hand.. I don't know. I think of juice and joust, which have fuck all to do with Joost, in the same sense that "goggles" and "flickers" have to do with Google and Flickr.

[FatuousTwat]

From wikipedia: "The name "Google" originated from a common misspelling of the word "googol"."

[Ironwood]

On Strays point, my web developer recently sent me an e-mail about wanting to show me a new app.  The appointment, says he, won't take too much of my time, since I'll grok it really easily.

No.

Don't do that shit.

You can do that shit if you're Raph.  Don't do that shit to me.

[Strazos]

I could do without all companies or products named after completely nonsensical shit too. I refuse to even use their shit, if they're named like that. There's a fuckton of strangely named things in the linux world, where it's hard to avoid, but some odd names sort of hit the mainstream, like "Joost" or "Miro". What the fuck is that? I mean, if you are going to do that, then at least have it somewhat associated with a real word. Like Google.. stupid word as well. But I think when Google came out, most people subconsciously associated it with "goggle". Same with Flickr. Obviously, it's associated with the flicker of a camera. Err... I guess.

You have to name it Something. Working in banking, it drives me nuts when I see a company name like "214 East 85th Street Associates." Totally uncreative. Don't even get me started on how so many companies exist only to collect rent on properties - people get rich from this shit, but how is that work?

But anyway, Don't personally see a problem with making up names or your company or product, though trying to be cutesy about it does drive me a little nuts.

[Hindenburg]

Don't even get me started on how so many companies exist only to collect rent on properties - people get rich from this shit, but how is that work?

That's akin to saying "but banks only lend money with interest, how is that work?".

[schild]

Don't even get me started on how so many companies exist only to collect rent on properties - people get rich from this shit, but how is that work?

That's akin to saying "but banks only lend money with interest, how is that work?".

Spiderman can shot web, how is that work?

Something about that phrase really drives me up the wall. I think it's now one of my pet peeves, but only in text.

[Bunk]

The idea people have, that somehow, something like the following is a good idea for a website to advertise one's own business:

www.arizonahome$4u.com

[Signe]

Wait.  Doesn't the web come out of his special suit?  Are you saying that it comes out of a hole in his wrist?  I don't believe that!

[Oban]

Spider man's wrist makes tubes, how is that work?

[IainC]

Spider man's wrist makes tubes, how is that work?

It's like the internet.

[stray]

Nerd argument forthcoming.

Spider-Man was a science geek, who only got strength, regenerative, crawling, and dexterity powers (well that, and "spider sense") from the bite. He built the webs shooters to flesh out the spider alter-ego.

In the movie though, his webs were organic. Originally, I guess you could say that if he were a CoH character or something, he'd be part technological and part biological oddity. In the movie, he's simply a biological oddity.

[Signe]

I'm pretty sure that Spiderman's father was a giant spider and his mother was a seamstress which explains both the spidey sense and the special suit that shoots webs.  I'm fairly confident that I'm right.

[stray]

His dad was the seamstress actually! I think he based the technology on some space-age adhesive that his dad invented.

[Sky]

Spiderwoman shoots web from her vajayjay.

I can't stop using the word Vajayjay lately.

I agree with Stray on the stupid name thing, because it's always the pseudo-techs that are all fucking hot and bothered over the new online gizmo.

I hate gizmos in general, git off mah lawn. OH NO THERES THAT DERN PURPLE BACKDROP AGIN!

[Lantyssa]

Sky, I always knew you were secretly a lesbo.

[Oban]

Suddenly unexpected mood swings in women.

[Cyrrex]

We can't really be calling them "unexpected", though, can we?  I mean, we know they're going to happen.

[NowhereMan]

I can't stop using the word Vajayjay lately.

Stop Watching Scrubs!!!

[FatuousTwat]

Spiderwoman shoots web from her vajayjay.

I can't stop using the word Vajayjay lately.

I agree with Stray on the stupid name thing, because it's always the pseudo-techs that are all fucking hot and bothered over the new online gizmo.

I hate gizmos in general, git off mah lawn. OH NO THERES THAT DERN PURPLE BACKDROP AGIN!

Fucking gizmos.

[Tarami]

I can't stop using the word Vajayjay lately.

Stop Watching Scrubs!!!

Elliot (and mother) calls it bajingo, not vajayjay.

So, in other words, your comment should have been directed at me. Oh snap.

[FatuousTwat]

I can't stop using the word Vajayjay lately.

Stop Watching Scrubs!!!

I thought Oprah was the one that started that? The Soup host uses it as well.

[Signe]

Strange.  I read on the internet ages ago that was invented by the guy who wrote Grey's Anatomy.  I don't know what The Soup is but I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that you watch Oprah.  Do you really?

[Merusk]

I could do without all companies or products named after completely nonsensical shit too. I refuse to even use their shit, if they're named like that. There's a fuckton of strangely named things in the linux world, where it's hard to avoid, but some odd names sort of hit the mainstream, like "Joost" or "Miro". What the fuck is that? I mean, if you are going to do that, then at least have it somewhat associated with a real word. Like Google.. stupid word as well. But I think when Google came out, most people subconsciously associated it with "goggle". Same with Flickr. Obviously, it's associated with the flicker of a camera. Err... I guess.

You have to name it Something. Working in banking, it drives me nuts when I see a company name like "214 East 85th Street Associates." Totally uncreative. Don't even get me started on how so many companies exist only to collect rent on properties - people get rich from this shit, but how is that work?

Well, I'll guess your first problem in seeing it as work is you assume everyone pays rent in full, on time and keeps good house in the place they're renting.

[voodoolily]

I thought Oprah was the one that started that? The Soup host uses it as well.

My vajayjay is painin'.

[stray]

I could do without all companies or products named after completely nonsensical shit too. I refuse to even use their shit, if they're named like that. There's a fuckton of strangely named things in the linux world, where it's hard to avoid, but some odd names sort of hit the mainstream, like "Joost" or "Miro". What the fuck is that? I mean, if you are going to do that, then at least have it somewhat associated with a real word. Like Google.. stupid word as well. But I think when Google came out, most people subconsciously associated it with "goggle". Same with Flickr. Obviously, it's associated with the flicker of a camera. Err... I guess.

You have to name it Something. Working in banking, it drives me nuts when I see a company name like "214 East 85th Street Associates." Totally uncreative. Don't even get me started on how so many companies exist only to collect rent on properties - people get rich from this shit, but how is that work?

Well, I'll guess your first problem in seeing it as work is you assume everyone pays rent in full, on time and keeps good house in the place they're renting.

Strazos not a big fan of Lex Luthor, I see.

[Sky]

My vajayjay is painin'.

Woman, why you got yo vajayjay on a panini?

[Stewie]

People that say "ax" as in "Can I ax you something"
Its "aSk!"

Also I'd like to reiterate. Pull up your goddamn pants!!
Christ, whats wrong with kids nowadays?

[Sky]

On the way home for lunch, I saw three different kids walking down the street in 19º temps with snow....with no jackets. Two had on t-shirts, one just a light hoodie. Separate groups, not together. And they all had droopy draws, the girl was running across the street with her ass hanging out.

I laughed. We did stupid fashion when we were kids, but at least we wore fuckin' coats!

[Signe]

I laughed. We did stupid fashion when we were kids, but at least we wore fuckin' coats!

Surely most of the men on f13 wore anoraks. 

[Samwise]

I wore t-shirts all the time when I was a kid, but then I grew up in San Francisco.     I've only started wearing more layers during the winter now that I'm getting older and my blood has slowed.

One of my pet peeves, incidentally, has always been people saying "aren't you COLD?!?" to me when I'm very obviously not.  Homeostasis, bitch.  Look into it.

[Hindenburg]

Hypothermia, bitch. Look into it.