What's your DU pet peeve?

[jpgray]

My big one is the concept that criticism of an opinion is somehow oppressing the opiner's free speech rights. Every time we get into a big argument here, one poster will eventually play this card, and claim that the other side is attempting to repress his/her freedom to speak on the issues. It's just a tactic to sidetrack the issue and irritate one's opponent, and if taken at face value it is pretty ridiculous, but it invariably sucks people in.

[PartyPooper]

1. Too many pets. Cats in particular!

:P

[Senior citizen]

3. Too many posts. Copycats in particular. j/k (n/t)

[Career Prole]

4. Cats...

thefearthefearthefearthefearthefearthefear... :scared:

[jpgray]

5. Flamebait is another of my pet peeves

;-)

[HEyHEY]

12. My new best friend!

[Tom Kitten]

20. Right...

Cats can adapt and grow even larger ears to hear perceived slights, and can use these new organs of sensitivity to adopt formerly cat taboo methods to appear "hip" and "with it", especially with jaded DU lounge posters...

"when humanity finally destroys itself through nuclear annihilation the cat shall rule the earth"

[arwalden]

35. Cat People? ON IGNORE... very simple.

:hi:

[Teddy_Salad]

54. Oh! You're such a party pooper!

;)

[LiviaOlivia]

126. East Coasters who are not time zone sensitive; aka Spoilers

Let me first say, Teddy dear, this is not an actual reply to you but a way I can sneak my post ahead of others.

And yes, it is a pet peeve. I see people "strategically" place their posts this way all the time.

Back to my main bitch.

Us lucky on the West Coast would appreciate you fools in the Eastern and Central time zones to be a little more sensitive to those of us in the Mountain and Western time zones when it comes to posting your excruciating, blow by blow, and ultimately boring descriptions of "The Daily Show, sports, etc. The world does not revolve around the Eastern time zone.


For the love of God, note spoilers, you unfeeling, selfish, self-centered fucktards.

[JohnLocke]

2. Misleading subject lines; referring to DU as "the DU."

[jpgray]

6. Well logically there is exactly one DU

In the domain of things there exists an x that is Democratic Underground, and for all y that is Democratic Underground, y is equivalent to x.

:silly:

[slackmaster]

8. There is... ...another... ...DU

http://www.ducks.org/

[JohnLocke]

15. Oh.

:D

[jus_the_facts]

121. Depleted Uranium = DU too!

:silly:

[Sporadicus]

7. Copycat Threads

IMO, puns are pretty low in the humor food chain.

[PartyPooper]

10. Once a pun a time...

;-)

[kiahzero]

9. Mine's similar

It pisses me off when someone responds to a normative argument (You should (not) do X because Y) with "It's my right to do it."

Just because you have a right to do something doesn't mean that you should do it; just because you have a right not to do something doesn't mean that you shouldn't.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. Excellent point...I like the old "my rights end where your rights begin"

and to JP up at the top...the humorous thing about that argument is that the person claiming you are trying to get them to be PC is really trying to shut you up via intimidation.

I maintain people have a right to say whatever they want and I have a right to rebut it or call them on the content of what they say...

[Paragon]

11. "You freeper! You believe everything you're told, don't you?"

"You're just an apologist for the corporate conspiracy that's tapping my phone and spying on my dog!!!"

:silly:

[AlGore-08.com]

27. And currently "If you disagree with me - - you'll make Bush win!!!!"

There is a big difference between saying something like "I'm still gonna vote for the guy, but I wish my local Congressional candidate had a different stand on topic X" and working 24/7 to elect Smirk and his fellow travelers.

[tigereye]

84. yes I really dislike ad hominem arguments

just an excuse not to really think something through!

[Red State Rebel]

124. Whew, I'm glad it's the dog, I've been telling the good stuff to the cat.

[RobinA]

128. Don't Forget

"If you don't agree with me you must be a member of the Bush psych ops team."

[JohnLocke]

13. People who say you're a conservative for having a slightly different view

[HEyHEY]

14. hypocrisy

I.E. When people tired to tell you you're an opressor because of your skin/sex

[Screaming Lord Byron]

64. Stop oppressing me with your skin. I can't breathe you white bastard!

:evilgrin:

[sundog]

16. I've got a cat problem too -- (sorry cat people)

--

[Jade Fox]

18. Cat/pet threads. Pun threads. Enough already.

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Well...

1-- things move too fast to have a real discussion.

2-- too many dupes and people posting without reading

3-- the rules say you can't call an asshole an asshole

4-- more time spent on arguing over PC and trivia than substance

But, why should this place be that much different from any other?

[fishnfla]

101. #2 for me too

people post without reading the link or the whole thread

[SheilaT]

21. Not bothering to use spell check.

No excuse. And if I were a moderator, I'd ban posters who can't figure out how to use its and it's correctly. And all other possessives. Out in the real world, I'd consider the death penalty for such infractions.

The Grammar Nazi

[PartyPooper]

25. Butt, I alwayz trye too spel corectlee az I wuz taut.

Pleeze dont send me to no prizon!

:scared:

[SheilaT]

62. Trust me, no prison time.

Just take them out and shoot them.

[Teddy_Salad]

56. Eye agrea, Sheelar

Baad spellling hear en D-EWE reelee pissus mea of two.

Y peepal kan knot ewes spel chek iz beyawned mee.

:silly:

[Lestat]

22. Hypocrisy, someone calling you a freeper...

because of a slightly different view on a topic, tin-foil hatters, people who hate on others for having religious beliefs (basically religious intolerance), and those god-damn pet threads. :grr: :mad:

[jpgray]

24. You have a problem with extraneous lounge threads, eh?

;-)

Welcome to DU, by the way. :hi:

[RandomKoolzip]

58. People who say "Hate ON."

There is no such construction in in English. It sounds awkward. Just say something like "People who hate others" or "People who make fun of others," etc etc.

Oh, and "my bad" is incorrect. And no one should ever EVER use "party" as a verb.

[theoceansnerves]

23. hate me for this

but the lack of progressive ideals sometimes. that's not to say i think everyone should be as liberal as me or that i go around calling people freepers-- i've never done that.

[AlGore-08.com]

26. Folks who flame others based on their own preconcieved notions

It's at it's worst when people are discussing candidates. So many people will flame a pol for something they haven't done - - or flame them for not doing something that the pol has actually done.

And a lot of time that's based on labeling pols - - if a pol is supposedly progressive (or liberal or left or whatever you want to call it), they have to have done certain things and never done other things. Ditto with pols labeled centrist and conservative. And the labels often have nothing to do with the pol's actual history and proposals.

I can't begin to express how annoying that is.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

95. Are you suggesting that people should base their opinions on facts?

And not the other way around?

Wow, what a concept!

[Awsi Dooger]

28. Conspiracy lunatics

I was literally shocked my first night on DU, certain the conspiracy threads were tongue-in-cheek then discovering anything but. Since college, the people I generally respect the least are the ones who insist on manufacturing a pathetic built-in excuse -- the boss doesn't like people like me so I'll never get the promotion, we lost because the game was fixed, etc.

I understand the residue of Florida 2000, but a segment of DUers relentlessly apply cynicism to every subject or issue, with the hysterical requirement you prove them wrong instead of the other way around. There are at least a dozen regulars who are foaming to blame Diebold or Jeb if Kerry loses, even if it's by double digits. Then we when we win an election in which the late polls suggested otherwise, like Oklahoma gov '02, Wyoming gov '02 or LA gov '03, miraculously not a single peep from that same crew implying we cheated and swiped one from the Republicans.

[RandomKoolzip]

60. But conspiracies DO exist, are executed at both high and low levels

of government, and DO affect policy. This is not some wacko theory; it's provable. Remember, Watergate was originally a "wacko" conspiracy.

Don't dismiss all conspiracies out of hand just because a few of them are indeed outlandishly stupid. I mean, you don't REAAAALLLY believe the Warren Commission, do you?

[yorgatron]

29. people who barge in at the top of the thread

even though they're the 29th responder

[jus_the_facts]

30. Oh let's see....hmmmmm....prolly PET PEEVE threads.....

.....orchestrated as a personal attack would be my choice! :eyes:

[arwalden]

33. Posts That Use Fad Words Like "Prolly" and "W00t"

;-) :hi:

[jus_the_facts]

52. Oh yeah....well....another one o'mine is......

....good lookin' men with a GREAT sense o'humor...I have NO chance with what so ever! :silly: :hi: :loveya:

[Duncan Grant]

31. Poster without profile.

People without profiles post the most incendiary shit around here. Wonder if that's related somehow?

(Yea, you're gonna check my profile now aren't ya? Busted. ;) )

[arwalden]

34. That's A Big 10-4 Good Buddy

:hi:

[Duncan Grant]

89. Speaking of nice profiles...

:hi:

(Have you checked your post count lately? It's huge. :evilgrin: Me and the 'boys' should host your "16,000 posts" party here in the lounge...)

[Guy_Montag]

32. Cats dogdammit!

Too many bloody cats pics.

[Don_G]

36. Very, Very, Very Long Initial Posts

It doesn't take me 22 pages to get the gist of what a poster is trying to express.

Research is fine and necessary sometimes, but 22+ pages????

[sniffa]

37. when no one taLks to me

i need constant attention

[skypilot]

49. Hi Sniffa

:hi: Are you unpopular around here for some reason? Are you the resident black sheep?

[sniffa]

50. no i'm white

it's possibLe i'm a bLack sheep here, but c'mon.. i'm just so LovabLe.

[skypilot]

53. Sniffa sounds like such a lovable name.

Soft and cuddly like the Snuggles bear.

[sniffa]

57. must be referring to my beLLy

it is soft and cuddLy. :P

[TOhioLiberal]

38. When I venture into GD...

...I've seen posters with 1000+ next to their names insinuate that someone with a low post count is a troll, or worse, because thay have disagreed on something. The Reagan threads being a good example.

(present company excluded of course :))

[terrya]

39. The complete lack of ronaldreaganrespect here.

I'm ronaldreaganpissed about it. :-)

[Skittles]

40. people who think I should respect Reagan

IN ANY F***ING WAY. :puke:

[1gobluedem]

41. Cliques and no donor stars

People who routinely look and respond only to certain posters while less-known forum members' often very good threads are ignored and quickly kicked off the front pages.

Also seeing the names of people with 1000+ posts who obviously get a lot out of this forum but have no donor stars which means they don't support it financially. You play -- you pay (what you can) is my belief. I was a donor before I even joined DU.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

43. At least a buck. You can scrounge up enough pennies...

...around your house to get a buck or two. Go to the bank and get a money order and send it to skinner. We can only give that much, but at least we're trying. And if everyone did that, it'd add up to a ton of money.
Duckie

[Bertha Venation]

42. copycat threads -- they are an exercise in vapidity

thanks to Kinky Friedman for the quote

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

45. Sniff.....I'm sorry.........sniff

:(

[sniffa]

51. i thought this was directed at me

my mistake.

[Bertha Venation]

83. it's not directed at you or Chavez or anyone in particular . . .

When I see a rash of copycat threads, I leave DU and don't come back until the next day. They annoy me. I don't care who posts them.

[m-jean03]

87. Oh god, I just happily spend the next hour laughing my ass off

But I laugh at the stooges too, and my mom has to leave the room.

Diff'rent Strokes for Different folks, that's what I say...

[m-jean03]

80. dlete

Just teasing :-)

[m-jean03]

81. copycat threads -- they are an exercise in validity!

I hate validity! :silly:

[Endangered Specie]

44. Three word responses.

[afraid_of_the_dark]

46. Reagan!

He's dead... it's over... let's move on.

[ProfessorGAC]

47. People Asking for Links To Counter An Opinion

I've seen it here a little too often. When someone posits information as fact, without backing it up, i can see it.

But, when a poster reaches a different conclusion from the widely available information, that differs with someone acting stridently, that day, they resort of a request for links to support the opinion.

Exactly where would 99.9% of us find a link to support, reinforce, or validate our own opinions. It's an opinion!
The Professor

[fishnfla]

107. OMG! good one

how about when someone post an opinion based on their own first hand experience, and they get called out because they cant provide a link?

its only real if you can link it on the internet, right?

If i have seen it once, I've seen it a million times.....

[skypilot]

48. I've seen what you describe but...

...I've also seen something else. Actually, this isn't unique to DU, it goes on on all message boards. It is when someone simply posts a smart alecky or nasty response to someone and then try to defend it as an opinion. That is a pet peeve I encounter on ALL message boards. People need to distinguish between expressing an opinion and merely taking a pot shot. Not everything that pops into someone's head and works its way to their fingers and onto the keyboard is an opinion.

[jpgray]

66. I'm talking about mostly objective criticism

'Another zealous Deaniac' or 'the Kerrybots have arrived!' do not qualify, in my *opinion*. :D

[Zomby Woof]

55. "ask me anything!" threads

A desperate attempt to be cool and hip. Ugh.

Next person who posts one gets a pile of yak poop on their Cheerios.

[gpandas]

59. captions-way too many

[Endangered Specie]

122. funny... I was going to complain about a lack or participation

in the caption threads.

[RandomKoolzip]

61. When someone with a low post count replies "I agree!"

and leaves it at that. Red flag, anyone?

[Commendatori]

72. I agree!

I really apologize for that, but I couldn't resist. I tried, too. :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

77. I concur!

[Commendatori]

131. I am agreeable to your concurrence!

:)

[Bog Frog]

63. I have a new one. It started on Saturday. Read:

Here's my new DU pet peeve:

Many DUers are up in arms about the use of the plane used as AF1 to transport Reagan's body, about the closing of the federal government on Friday, about all the taxpayer resources going into this funeral. And I, a DC-area DUer, am very upset about the traffic snafus to come this afternoon.

But this is all standard operating procedure for a state funeral. If Carter or Clinton has a state funeral, it will all be exactly the same. This wasn't done for Nixon because he didn't have a state funeral. It isn't being done because it's Reagan. It's not being done because the Republicans are in power.

It is a state funeral. This is what the U.S. does.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

65. Arrogant know-alls who are an expert on every subject

I know all about this, believe me.

[jpgray]

67. No, I know way more about it than you

In fact, I think I'll begin a useless lounge thread on the topic just to lure DUers in and regale them with my superior grasp of the subject--I won't even read their posts, but I will reply with a glut of self-validating data. Hell, I'll even steal some from Google and pass it off as my own mystical encyclopedia-like power.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

70. I discount your opinion because you are unable to debate at length

the intricacies of my pet list of esoteric topics at a moments notice. Therefore you are clearly an idiot.

[ProfessorGAC]

73. Neither Of You Guys Know Anything

Compared to me, of course. You guys ain't know-it-alls! Besides, that's my job!
The Professor

[Screaming Lord Byron]

74. What do you know? You like a band I don't like.

That nullifies your opinion.

[ProfessorGAC]

75. Oh, Yeah!

Sorry, best i could come up with.
The Professor

[tigereye]

85. but Byron you are the font of all wisdom!!

everyone knows that! ;)

[jpgray]

86. You're thinking of Courier New (nt)

[sangh0]

68. "Why are you so disagreeable?"

I was asked this in what I guess was an attempt to get me to post nothing but "I agree!"

[Zolok]

69. A certain obnoxious shrill yet humorless tone

usually found under posts that begin with:
FELLOW DEMOCRATS WE LOST THE ELECTION TODAY....

or
JOHN KERRY JUST LOST MY VOTE
or
FACE IT, KERRY CAN'T WIN WE STILL HAVE TIME TO NOMINATE...

or my fave:
READ THIS...PRETTY SCARY


There must be a million such posts as this acculmulated by now all tedious dreck in extremis.

www.chimesatmidnight.blogspot.com

[Feanorcurufinwe]

96. obnoxious, shrill, humorless, not to mention defeatist

yeah I hate those, too.

[Zolok]

129. Oh yeah defeatist... I forgot that...

generally those posts come from the "fair weather friends of an easy liberal victory" wing of the party.
They can only be counted upon to show up when it's a lock...otherwise they loaf around their rooms posting "why we are gonna lose" stuff on the DU.

Hopeless and annoying.

www.chimesatmidnight.blogspot.com

[Commendatori]

71. People who tell us what to think

Someone launches a valid criticism of a Democrat, along the lines of "I wish he'd stop doing that and run on his record," or whatever (there have been many posts like this about Kerry, and I agreed with well over half of them), and someone else will post a thread saying "I'm tired of all the criticism of so-and-so, we need to stick together."

Saying that our guy is perfect and everything he's doing is great is not "sticking together," it's stupid. I'd rather take the chance that a campaign manager reads posts here and says "hmmm, this poster has a point."

Or, there's the threads about "we need to be civil to Reagan." No, actually, we don't.

Obviously no one here is as bad as a Freeper (except for Freeper lurkers), but I can't stand it when anyone tells me how to feel, whether it's one of us or one of them.

[m-jean03]

76. All those insipid Birthday and Milestone threads --

What damn right do people have to be HAPPY and CELEBRATORY???

Just an embarassing waste of bandwidth, IMO!!! :grr:


Sincerely,
Ebenezer Scrooge :P

[underpants]

78. That smartass underpants

'nuff said.

[arwalden]

79. People Who ONLY (ONLY!) Post Polls And Nothing Else... Also...

people who never participate in their own threads. They just sit back and watch (presumably)... or they just post something outrageous and NEVER come back to respond to questions or criticism.

[jpgray]

82. Does my thread participation so far meet your arwaldenian standard?

Plus, all people named Allen are criminally insane, and I have the links to prove it.

I'll get around to posting them later.

[arwalden]

88. I'll Only Believe It If It's A DU Poll ...

Which reminds me... all those people who INSIST that their adversaries post a LINK and a footnoted reference for every nitpicking common-knowledge fact that happens to appear in any rebuttal or flame war.

"Links? Links? Where are your links?" they whine!

LOL.

-- Allen

[jpgray]

91. I've never personally seen those posts, therefore they cannot exist

I demand links! I defy logic and its inexorable command to admit the truth of your common-knowledge statement. Instead I banish you to two minutes tedious work scraping up some examples, and after you do that I will skulk away without a single reply. Unless it's a 'bad' link, in which case I will hound you with your single mistake for the rest of our DU careers.

:P

[arwalden]

98. Even If The Link Works And The Info Exists... I'll Point Out How BIASED

the source is and that it's not reliable and not to be believed. Simple, really. :-)

-- Allen

[Lydia Leftcoast]

90. I hate copycat threads

I can't recall a single one that's actually been funny.

[jpgray]

92. I ate copycat threads

Ha! I think someone was wrong about these things not being funny! No need to apologize--the knowledge that you can now bask in the heady glow of my wit is reward enough for me.

edit: Also from now on you must address me as 'jpgray, master of phonetic tomfoolery'.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

118. I'm basking! I'm basking!

B-)

uh...Mr. Jpgray, master of phonetic tomfoolery...Sir!

[Nevernose]

110. I hate copycat threats

They annoy me, too. But somwtimes it's hard to resist...

[Feanorcurufinwe]

93. I'm with you

that is a totally bogus response.

Another one I hate is when a poster starts in with the 'sorry I got you upset', 'calm down', or 'why does this bother you so much' crap. It's another way to avoid discussing the topic and trying to make it personal instead.

[hiphopnation]

94. DU pet peeve threads. n/t

:evilgrin:

[Forkboy]

97. The Israel/Palestine issues being relegated to the basement

where bigots can hide behind that forums special rules,and where one of the most important issues of the day is ignored.

I dont understand why we can have flamefests about everything else under the sun but God forbid someone should see rancor on this subject.

And if one even mentions this down there it gets deleted...as this might :puke:

[Squeegee]

99. "You are obviously close-minded"

This statement is usually the last resort for someone whose argument can't stand up to any kind of rational scrutiny.

[geniph]

100. "loose" as a synonym for "lose"

I can't help it, it makes me crazy.

[rumguy]

102. uppity admins

just kidding...

[Mobius]

103. you

kidding O8)
I dont have many, really only one. When someone posts about some tragedy in their life for support, and some dick shine/ ass clown says something nasty to the poster. I kind of want to kill these people. :shrug:

[Mobius]

104. Oh and people that use "your", when they should use "you're"

that isn't really a peeve, but I do find it irritating.

[LibertyorDeath]

105. The grammar Gestapo & spelling Police

No Soup For You ! 1 year

You could have the best content since humans put pen to page

but god help you if it's not up to par for the Grammar Gestapo & Spelling Police.

Content be damned I see 3 run on sentences & 1 incorrect usage of their.

Byte Me

[Zookeeper]

112. I've noticed....

that posters are more likely to point out each other's spelling or grammar mistakes when they disagree with each other.

[scubadude]

106. Swearing

There are just too many folks who use strong language in their subject lines.

[name not needed]

108. Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuckety Fuck Fuck

:)

[maveric]

109. "Deleted Thread" lines.

Let us have our fun with freeper morans.

[Nevernose]

111. Other people's imperfections

Why can't you all just be perfect, like me?

[DS1]

113. here's my fucking DU peeve

*insert opinion on current event here*

[DS1]

114. link?

[DS1]

115. Link?

[DS1]

116. got a link for that buddy?

[DS1]

117. no, fuck off, that's why this is a discussion board

not a collection of links

[wyldwolf]

119. IN all fairness, if someone makes a statement presented as fact...

..that someone finds odd - especially in a disagreement - then a request for some sort of source is perfectly understandable.

[DS1]

120. It's overly curt and somewhat obnoxious to me

Link?

It could be, why do you feel that way? What makes you say that?

Link?

I dunno, it's a peeve thread, this is my peeve.

[wyldwolf]

127. Oh, I see what you mean...

Just the one word reply of "link?" bugs you.

Understandable.

[quinnox]

123. Paranoid posts (tinfoilers), doom and gloomers, nostradamus wannabes

All those are annoying.

Paranoids are those that see everything as a conspiracy, and if you don't agree then according to them you are a sheep or naive no matter how nonsensical or absurd their pet theory is.

Doom and gloomers are those that like to post threads that just bum you out, they always take the most negative point of view or most cynical and play it up, another name for them are chicken littles. There are plenty of these too here at DU (too many).

Nostradamus wannabes are related to doom and gloomers, but this time they "see" future disaster, or have a "feeling" something cataclysmic or terrible is gonna happen, these posts usually take everyday trivial events and try to wind them togethr in some sort of narrative as "proof" that this time their sixth sense feelings must be right.

[DS1]

125. Number 2 is people getting banned and coming back

over and over again. You can spot them a mile away, same rambling style, same overuse of Random capitilizations, some words are ALWAYS used with an apostrophe where there shouldn't be one, which leads me to lots of posts about Cat's. <-

You get the idea.

[drumwolf]

130. my biggest DU pet peeve....

whenever i'm the last to post on a thread, sometimes another poster will "reply" to my post when they actually mean to reply to the OP. TAKE THE FUCKING TIME TO FIND THE PROPER "REPLY" BUTTON TO HIT FOLKS!!!!