Post a DU pet peeve

[jpgray]

When people post something sarcastic/ironic/sardonic/platonic/ionic/polytonic, and then do this


































(insert defusing smiley).

By the time I see the bigass message window, I -know- what's up. And yet I have to scroll anyway. :cry:

[Pirate Smile]

1. I hate unnecessarily rude and insulting replies (not joking ones) when

you could just agree to disagree.

Most of us are all on the same side so I hate it when we treat each other like "the enemy".

It just makes me :(

[progmom]

4. me too

probably the thing that drives me the craziest.

[jpgray]

7. You would say that

Isn't there a useless Lounge trend that needs starting?


:eyes::shrug::eyes:

:D

[Moochy]

18. Up your marquee

Nice. I didnt know about the direction attribute on the marquee!!

marquee direction = up!! :D

Thanks, you learn something neat every day!

[jpgray]

19. I enjoy a good snark parade (nt)

[LincolnMcGrath]

154. How cool

How you make em go up?

[progmom]

22. nope.

looks like you already took care of that.
































:eyes:

[jpgray]

26. What do I get to take credit for

Upward marquee HTML or pet peeves?

[progmom]

40. pet peeves, you ass

:grr:




































:P :hi: :loveya:

[jpgray]

42. Well well, here's another one of mine

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=155422



































"beast me to it" :P :loveya:

[progmom]

47. have i earned your eternal ire???

:D

[BeFree]

20. Gee, I never...

...get any responses like that. Tell me your secret. What do yall do to get people treating you like a freeper? Don't be shy... spit it out. Feel free!

[WCGreen]

63. Or try to explain why the problem in Cuyahoga County

voting wasn't really a problem, just a misreporting of realtively clean data...

I am the Freeper of Hell's Fire and I bid you to Burn......

[BeFree]

64. You did?

Well yeah, that wasn't too smart. I've stayed away from those threads cause I know very little about Ohio. But knowing what I know, hi-jinks in Ohio are not to be lightly dismissed.

Relatively clean data, eh? So you're an expert on that? And I guess you think Ohio is clean... no sign of recent hi-jinks?

[WCGreen]

120. nah just in Cuyahoga County....

I know that system well since I served on the Board of elections as well as being the treasurer for the county party for over 8 years...

I know how the data is presented and I know what happened.....

As for other counties....

Well, I can't speak for them....

I wanted people to stop loking at Cuyahoga and look at the other couties cause CC's problems were an old reporting system that presented the data so it appeared as if there were more votes than actually were cast in several municipalities... But those total that were reported on the report in question were not the official tally's.....

[asthmaticeog]

2. In GD: posting "(such and such a public figure) is an ASSHOLE!"

or something suchlike, and that's it, no link, no story about what set it off, nada. Even if it's like Sean Hannity or someone who's so manifestly a scumfuck it needs no explanation, I'd nonetheless like to know why I just clicked on a damn thread.

[JimmyJazz]

13. What's GD?

:shrug:

[newsguyatl]

3. i hate the ubiquitous

"i'm just XX number of posts away from XX!!!!"

who cares?!?!

[ghostsofgiants]

6. I don't even keep track of my post count

I have no idea what it's at right now.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. 6765........

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Haha, thanks Peggy!

:hi:

Higher than I expected.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. You're welcome, my dear primate1!

As you said the other day, I like to make myself useful whenever I can....

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Haha, well played

:)

[gmoney]

5. Copycat threads...

...put 'em INSIDE the thread, don't start a new one.

[TNDemo]

I second that.

[Clintmax]

45. I third that!

Sometimes there are so many copycats when you come in you can't tell what's real and what's not! :grr:

[grace0418]

101. Oh dear god those make my head explode. What is the point?

They're soooooooooooooooooo annoying.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. the "OMG! DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!' posts

which contain no mention of whatever it is the poster is referring to.

and the "help me get my post count up!" threads...

and on and on... :P

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Those "did you see that?" threads are the worst...

Or any time something is being discussed without any reference to what is being discussed, so you have no idea what the hell is going on. Quite frustrating.

[Moochy]

21. What's worse than that..

Whats worse is I end up knowing what they are talking about and I feel somehow compelled to give the context in a reply. :)

"DID YOU JUST SEE WHAT JOE SAID? "

And I end up explaining who the fuck joe was... I can't resist. and I'm stupider for it. :D

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Hahaha, I like the cut of your jib

[jpgray]

16. Turn on Univision!!!

I assume there's a fat guy with a bikini-clad co-host doing an interview. :shrug: It's all I see when I flip by. I bet Top Gun is on TBS right now, for example.

[jus_the_facts]

10. pet peeve threads on DU....

:eyes:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

15. (Insert Name) on Hardball NOW!!!

And I see the thread three hours after it's over. Thanks for the heads up, there.

[AtomicKitten]

23. I hate black and white attitudes

I hate hero-worship on our side. It's unrealistic. It makes it tough for the rest of us to get on board. In fact, it puts me off. That's where Howard Dean and I parted company. Couldn't stand his adoring fan club. Of course if Al Gore decided to run again I may have re-think that sentiment.

[jpgray]

25. Yes! I hate the way people go from liberal hero to depraved villain here

Back when Ohio was being contested in Congress, Hillary went from zero to hero then back again all in the space of about two and a half hours. It was mind-boggling. My opinion of her stayed virtually the same, but I got whiplash reading GD that day. Sometimes it seems no middle ground exists.

[AtomicKitten]

28. me too, me too

I'm not interested in anything enough to get that excited.

It's unrealistic to expect a person do act and say everything the way we want them to 100% of the time. In fact, this last sentence probably needs rewording but I'm not interesting enough to go back and do it.

[lastknowngood]

27. My pets are all dogs. What does a Peeve look like?

n/t

[AtomicKitten]

29. Not sure exactly

but I think Pat's about to pass one.

[meganmonkey]

88. Bwaha!

:rofl:

[xultar]

30. Drudge posts.

[bicentennial_baby]

31. oh yes, that's a big one

:)

[El Fuego]

33. I like your lizard!

[xultar]

69. Merci. Feel free to save him and make him your own.

[El Fuego]

72. Thanks!

I have a new pet!


He's a cutie.

[khashka]

32. I have very few pet peeves

Sarcasm, irony, stupidity, complaints, cruelty.... usually make me laugh.


What get's to me....

People posting their pain.... because there is usually not a fucking goddam thing I can do for them..... Except be nice, which is rarely enough.


Oh yeah, and the stupid scrolling down thing... get a life kids!


Khash

[bliss_eternal]

34. Baiting and unnecessary arguments...

I don't get why some on these boards can't accept that some don't share their opinion of some issue, and just let it be. It just seems insane that they insist we all be in lock step on every single issue.

Disagree, and allow me (or whoever else) to do what we feel in our heart is what we feel we need to do about something. This insistence that we all ignore the same issues, and act on the same issues, it just smacks of everything I hate about the right wing, and it bothers me a great deal to see that sort of bullying insistence on DU.

Then, after everyone has disagreed, called each other names, etc. The thread is locked by mods. Then someone ALWAYS starts a new thread on the SAME thing, just phrased differently or asking a related question. This thread tries to bait people somehow, and allows the original dissenters to come along and pummel the others a bit more (yes, I fell for this myself once or twice).

For the record--my peeve is DU members insisting we all agree and arguing everyone down that doesn't agree. Then the obligatory 'bait' thread...

:hi:

[Sannum]

38. Yes...

I was once called every name in the book over a flamewar on a kid eating a fry on a subway:eyes:

I don't think I have been to GD since

[bliss_eternal]

41. That's retarded. I'm so sorry that happened to you.

:hug:

I fell for bait once after the Roberts nomination was announced. Someone started a side thread asking 'what those of us that planned to fight it, planned to do--specifically.' I argued on and on w/this person--only to watch as they went back over their responses, erasing them to make it look like I was responding to nothing.

:wtf:

I was VERY sorry I fell for that bait.

On a brighter note, the ignore feature on DU rocks!!! ;)

[HEyHEY]

35. JVS

[Redneck Socialist]

36. n/t in the body of the message.

It goes in the subject line folks! :mad:

If it's way down here it kind of defeats the purpose of typing n/t at all now doesn't it? :mad: :mad:

[JimmyJazz]

37. I know exactly how you feel!

eom






:P

[Redneck Socialist]

39. Knew that was gonna happen

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Telly Savalas]

46. And I'm sure you're anticipating someone else will do it again.

n/t




























































}(

[Redneck Socialist]

50. A two-fer!

Well done. :grr:

I wonder how many of these "peeves" someone can combine in one mega-massive peeve-a-licious post?

[Cathyclysmic]

133. Me too!

j/k

[merh]

49. Folks who tell me how to post my subject lines.

:shrug:


Of note: n/t & eom in the subject line allows the recipient of the post the opportunity to review the message from their "my post" section. They don't have to open it to find "eom" or "n/t". IMHO, that is why you use either n/t or eom.

Of course, my "of note" could be the next pet peeve! :hi:

[salin]

43. zomby woof could predict what I would write here...

one major dismissive pet peeve... (hint: dimissive nature of a particular comment)

[Zomby Woof]

52. nuff said!

:P

[salin]

56. this is the one, and only time that I will respond to that phrase in

this way:

Smooches! So good to see you, and actually rather cool to know that someone knows this about me :D :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

58. Smooches back!

Good to see you too! Miss you these days. :loveya: I also know about your fondness for beanbag chairs. :D

[salin]

59. yes, bean bags are better than cold metal folding chairs

:D

Can't even express how much I miss my bestest lounge friends :loveya: :hug:

[Texasgal]

44. OMG!!! TURN ON CNN!!!

BREAKING!!! BREAKING!!!

Umm... no link! GRRRRRRRR! :mad:

[Zomby Woof]

54. THANK YOU!

No link AND no info! :nuke:

Personally, I think GD needs guidelines like LBN - prohibiting non-specific alarmist threads like that for starters.

[friesianrider]

48. When people jump on the vegetatian-bashing bandwagon

It rolls through every few days/weeks. The closed-minded mob mentality is alive and well, even here at DU :(

[Zomby Woof]

76. You're kidding, right?

NO ONE on DU bashes vegetarians. They make up a substantial percentage of DUers, and the rest of us RESPECT and APPRECIATE their choices.

What some of us don't like is the SMUGNESS and SANCTIMONIUSNESS of SOME vegetarians and THAT is what is bashed. That is COMPLETELY different than bashing vegetarians or vegans. Bashing an attitude and bashing a choice are TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

So your pet peeve doesn't exist, actually.

[smbolisnch]

79. "NO ONE on DU bashes vegetarians"

Where the hell have you been? :shrug:

[Zomby Woof]

81. Again

I think bashing the messenger is getting confused with bashing the message.

There may be some JOKING about vegetarians, but that isn't bashing, unless one lacks a sense of humor.

[friesianrider]

144. "Joking"

"There may be some JOKING about vegetarians, but that isn't bashing, unless one lacks a sense of humor."

Oh, okay, so can I start joking about homosexuals and minorities, and when people say it's out of line I can say "hey, it isn't bashing, you must have no sense of humor!"

Please. If there was a cause YOU felt *very* strongly about and took very seriously and people on a progressive message board told you to "lighten up" when they completely bashed you every week, you'd probably be a little pissed off too. :eyes:

What you and others fail to understand is that vegetarianism is something many of us take very seriously and it affects our lives very much. The point is we as a group have made REPEATED pleas for acceptance and respect, and we don't think these so-called "jokes" are funny, and that's reason enough for it to stop. If you're not mature enough to see that, then well...:shrug:

[smbolisnch]

153. Well said.

Some people just don't care about the feelings of others.

[Piperay]

155. You're on point

there is constant bashing of vegetarians here. If any other group was bashed and made fun of here the way vegetarians are it would never be tolerated.

[friesianrider]

141. And this attitude...

Is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Smugness and sanctimoniousness? Please. It doesn't matter how gently we point something out, we still get jumped all over.

Excuse it however you want, but it is attitudes like this that shouldn't be present on DU - unfortunately, they are.

[spacelady]

78. You don't like Shrub bashing? n/t

[magnetism]

135. I like shrub bashing

or bush bashing
or bashing bush
:evilgrin:

Bush "The Senior" visited our HS during his re-election. The girl announcing his arrival said over the loud speaker,"Come on everybody. Let's cheer on the President. We Want Bush! We Want Bush!"

The laughter was deafening.

[spacelady]

137. Heh heh-She said "bush" n/t

[Telly Savalas]

51. People who post pictures of their children...

as a pathetic ploy to get attention.

[jpgray]

53. Aww, she's cute!

And smart too!

:D

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

55. People who post flamebait threads, then don't reply, even though they can

be seen to post on other threads while the flamefest flames.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

57. People who seem to primarily post links from RW trash sites like Drudge

and FAUX, saying "Can ya BELIEVE what those wingnuts are sayin' now? Oh the humanity!"

It's a fine line but some seem to be trying to, ahem, promote the viewpoints from those sites.

[fishnfla]

60. when people ask for advice and dont acknowledge your reply

"must read" threads
"Turn on CNN now!" threads
FR link threads
"Did you see what rush just shat " threads

[Bombero1956]

61. starting a post

and getting 1 measly reply. For example this post from earlier today.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3910737

I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but I don't know what to make of it. I sure wish somebody would tell what the secret is to posting and getting some sort of reaction. Maybe it's like everything else in life. There are those people who are "in" and those who are invisible. Please don't misunderstand that by no means are folks required to reply to anything I post, but it hardly ever happens. Who knows, maybe nobody will reply to this post too. Maybe I'm imagining it. Maybe I'm the electronic version of the guy who stands in the corner with a drink in his hand that nobody talks to.

[Clintmax]

65. We all have posts that drop like rocks, Gargoyle...

I do all the time. I don't think there's a secret, it's just the subject matter you're posting about. If I post something that drops away in a flash, I just let it die the death it deserves. I've also been known to self delete a post that I think may be a stinker and needs to go away or I never should have posted in the first place.

[The Flaming Red Head]

99. I try to never ever

start a post. I go to my blog and shout into the vacuum. It makes me feel better if I can beat on my chest, yell, and be queen of my own little hill.

[NMMNG]

62. People being boorish/stalking other DUers/just plain being mean

We are a very diverse group here so of course we are not all going to agree on everything. There are going to be times when we get into heated debates over delicate subjects. But there is no need for personal attacks.

There will be plenty of times that people post threads on topics in which you (the generic "you") have no interest. If so, just pass them over rather than posting a snarky reply about how little the subject interests you.

And there will no doubt be instances where some mebers develop animosities, but purposely "stalking" another member around the forum and snarking them at every opportunity is not only childish but downright freeperish behvior.

We are DUers--we can discuss all sorts of matters with tact and maturity, yet still have fun doing it. :silly:

[RebelOne]

66. I hate "WTF". Annoys the hell out of me.

[Donkeyboy75]

67. People who bitch and moan all the time

about their pet peeves.

[miss_kitty]

80. my pet peeve?

fucking photobucket links that don't work, and when you click the box to 'View Image' You are taken to a photobucket page you can't back out of with the arrow, Donkeyboy75.:grr:

:hi:

[Donkeyboy75]

122. All part of my devious plan...

[miss_kitty]

136. Damn you, Donkeyboy75!!

I fell for it AGAIN!:dunce:

[jonnyblitz]

68. people who start a thread in the lounge about every random

thought that pops in their head. such as "I am hungry", "I am tired", etc etc. :eyes:

[progmom]

75. my favorite?

"i am bored"

[Magrittes Pipe]

70. .

:shrug:

[1gobluedem]

71. My pet peeve is always the same

People who have 1000+ posts and no donor star next to their names. Even $5 merits a star and, if you get so much use from this forum, you should donate. Drives me crazy.

Disclaimer: I am professional fundraiser and experience much of the same regarding my organization. But I can't complain about it the way I can here.

[progmom]

73. hey there

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

74. Hey back

:hi: back!

[Trigger Hippie]

77. Agreed.

:hi:

[miss_kitty]

83. See #82

[Trigger Hippie]

104. Sure, I can understand that you don't have enough money.

Still a pet peeve, though, irrational though it is. But aren't most pet peeves irrational? I think they are. :)

[miss_kitty]

117. No. What's irrational about my pet peeve of the act of prejudgment

of my donor status based on a 0.2 KB 11 by 11 pixel (or lack thereof) and no other info about me other than my post count?

I don't think most pet peeves are irrational. Class yours that way if you care to (and I do agree with you-YOUR pet peeve IS irrational and your reasoning that most pet peeves are irrational did not rationalise it), but I'll take care to assess my own pet peeves.

[Trigger Hippie]

132. Sure, assess away...

I just gave my opinion on pet peeves, as the thread suggests. I don't expect you to agree or disagree with it. I think any more discussion is counterproductive, so I'm done talking about it. :shrug:

No hard feelings. :)

[miss_kitty]

82. Some of us are on disability and have no money to give

my pet peeve is some people on DU don't understand that.

I give to one cause-the ACLU. A friend buys me a FAIR subscription and supports them in my name. I believe JimmyJazz bought me my star this time around, I have no credit cards, no Paypal and virtually no money to give to a .com.

Sorry if that bothers you, but right now, I have to scrape together $6,500+ for dental work and another grand to do some upkeep on my 14 year old Civic. all on $908 a month.

Wish me luck :eyes:

[JimmyJazz]

87. I was glad to do it.

You've been a good friend :pals:

And yes, it is possible to not be able to afford even $5.00. :(

[Zomby Woof]

90. With the price of gas

I can see that too. :-(

[miss_kitty]

100. Thank you

I only have 66,500 on my car, and I'll be putting less miles on him now-even though my brother has given me his gas card. He's not made of money either and has a family to support. Gas is nearly $3.00 a gallon here now.

Edited to change gender of vehicle. I don't know what got into me.

[miss_kitty]

97. Thank you

[1gobluedem]

98. Okay, I can see that

And I certainly can understand it. I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad; I saw a thread asking about pet peeves and that's mine because there are many, many who don't donate, who can just as there are in my biz who take advantage of the service daily. When you work in the non-profit world you become all too aware of that.

I have donated for others who can't and will continue to do so. I also donated before I even was a member.

But, I don't find the stars elitist; I'm sorry there are those who do.

[miss_kitty]

111. Well but it's not for you to pass judgement on people with no stars

I have no problem discussing my poverty, I had a lot of money at one time and gave it all away to people and causes who needed it more, as well as spending it on myself. And i don't regret it.

But you cannot possibly know the story behind every no star member... Some people like to keep their giving a secret and others have heartbreaking stories that are, quite frankly, none of your business.

[progmom]

114. 1gobluedem and i work together

so i know where she is coming from. in our situation, 10% or less of the people who use our service pay for it. it can be really frustrating for us when we're barely scraping by and we know that 90% of the people who depend on us don't contribute.



i didn't read her posts as passing judgment. :shrug: she just came on a pet peeve thread and talked about hers: people who have means, use a service, and don't contribute.

[1gobluedem]

118. Thanks! n/t

[miss_kitty]

121. "My pet peeve is always the same

People who have 1000+ posts and no donor star next to their names."

No mention of has the means there. And how is someone to know exactly what someone elses means are unless they post it in their profile? I did read it as passing judgment. It rankles her to see people with many posts who apparently don't pay.

I agree-If I am guessing right-you may be talking about public broadcasting of some sort...and that is non-profit. This is very pointedly a for-profit site. And there is a glitch in my membership of which you are aware...So even if I had the means, I probably would not be donating at this time.

[1gobluedem]

116. I don't think I'm passing judgment; I'm contributing my peeve

Which this thread asked for. Of course, I can't know the situation behind every no star member and I'm not going to pry into anyone's business, nor do I think their stories are my business. But, working in the non-profit world of fundraising for 15 years now, it's been my experience that the percentage of users who don't donate but have the means, is larger than the percentage who genuinely can't afford it. All the more reason for the 'haves' to donate more generously.

I guess the thread should be called What's Your DU Pet Peeve That You Don't Think Will Upset Or Offend Anyone, However Unintentionally.

[miss_kitty]

124. Right-nice little snark at the end there-hope you feel better now.

pet peeves are ALL about passing judgment. This is a for-profit site. It is not non-profit.

[1gobluedem]

128. The site is for-profit, yes,

but only because the highly political nature of the content exempts it from non-profit status, if I've read correctly. I don't think that anyone is getting rich off DU and I feel that it's a great public service.

And, I'm sorry if I offended you, Miss Kitty, or came off as snarky. I can't know anyone's story nor can they know mine. Your issues are your issues and, for the record, this is the first time anybody has responded like this to a post concerning a pet peeve so I didn't know.

Mea culpa, I will slink away in shame now.

[LisaM]

123. I don't think 1gobluedem was saying that if there were circumstances

behind not getting the star she wouldn't understand. I think that in GENERAL she meant that those who use the forum and CAN contribute, SHOULD contribute. I feel the same way about friends who can well afford things but are cheap but do things like only get baseball tickets when they are free, wear fifteen-year old team shirts, bring their own peanuts to a ball game, and then claim to "support the team." Well, no, you don't support the team. You might cheer for them, but you clearly don't support them - then you wonder why the Yankees make all the money and get all the players.

[miss_kitty]

125. No mention of extenuating circumstances in the post

and as I have gone to great pains to point out, there is no way to know why someone is not contributing, unless you know their personal story.

[LisaM]

127. Except that it's a pet peeve thread!

I'm pretty sure she meant well because I know her. She's my baby sister!!!!! Don't make me come find you. :spank:

[miss_kitty]

129. OWowowowowow!

:rofl:

[LisaM]

130. LOL.

Scared you, didn't I?

[Zomby Woof]

84. You can donate and NOT get a star

It is a CHOICE for donors to REMOVE the star, because it carries a certain Star-Bellied Sneech aroma to it. An air of exclusivity some us of feel is contrary to democratic values.

My biggest DU peeve is star-elitism, and I say this as someone who has actually HAD the star for the majority of its existence. Dare I say, I was on DU before the freaking thing ever existed.

As for people who do not have a star because they CANNOT donate, cut them slack too - their finances are their business, no matter how much or how little they have.

[Ladyhawk]

138. Maybe the lack of a star is temporary???

:shrug:

[Ron Mexico]

85. "Hi, I'm in a rush to build my post count. Ask me anything."

I also agree with the "on Hardball now" threads and those joke "mirror" threads (or whatever they're called) - the ones where someone alters the title of an existing thread in a way that only the poster and his mom could find clever.

[no name no slogan]

86. "DU this poll"

Who the hell cares? The only people that care about online polls are the dolts who spend their time spamming them.

[Zomby Woof]

89. Can I get an AMEN?

It is unfuckingbelievable that people obsess over them.

[no name no slogan]

91. AMEN brotha!!!

Who cares if Wolf Blitzer reads the results on his crappy show? Both people who watch probably don't care, either.

[Ron Mexico]

95. That's high up on my list, too. Who sits around and says

"well, crap, because of this TV station poll, I'm going to change the way I think?"

I have yet to help out on those requests, and if I didn't hate Bush so much I'd probably vote the opposite way just because I'm so fucking tired of polls and requests to DU them.

This takes second place on my list, BTW. First place was posted just before you posted. Scroll up. :)

[Divameow77]

92. When people correct your spelling

We all have typos in our posts sometimes.

[northzax]

93. people who can't let something go

I'm all for arguement within a thread, but when that thread is over, it's over people! there are hundreds of threads at any given time, don't carry a grudge around. you may passionately disagree with someone on one thread and find yourself agreeing with them on another, if you're open minded about it.

also, people who take it way to seriously, for the most part, these are people you have never met, and will never meet, who know nothing about you, take it as it is, writing on a page. Screaming never changed anyone's mind, non-sequitor one liners never changed anyone's mind.

[Terran]

94. People who get all worked up about a subject

without knowing anything about it. This includes 1) failure to read the article on which a thread is based, and 2) making hardline ideological statements about some complex issue without knowing the first thing about the context behind the issue.

And FURTHERMORE (minirant!) you can't tell these people *anything* because they've made their minds up and no amount of fact will modify their intellectually precarious position. Harrumph!!

[youthere]

96. When the Du toothpaste is squeezed from the middle...

you know who you are.

[The Night Owl]

102. Any post with a title along the lines of... Today, I cried.

Stop crying. Get angry.

[The Night Owl]

103. Cryptic posts...

Cryptic posts in which the author assumes everyone knows what he or she is writing about.

[matcom]

105. DS1

:P

[grace0418]

106. When someone starts a thread about something they obviously love

to attract other like-minded folks (i.e. "I just watched the last episode of _____ and I'm really going to miss that show" or "Anyone else here a _____ fan? I love them!") and someone just HAS to reply just to tell everyone how stupid it is. What is the point of that?

It's one thing if OP asks "What do you think about _____?" or "I'm thinking of seeing _________ tonight, is it good?" But if the OP clearly just wants to share their enthusiasm, why is it necessary to rain on their parade? That drives me nuts.

[Left Is Write]

That bothers me too, not just on DU, but anywhere.

Why people want to post just to shit all over someone else's enthusiasm is beyond me. If there is a thread on a topic that does not interest me, I just pass it by.

[skypilot]

140. That's at the top of my list.

On occasion I will start a thread about, say, a reality TV show that I like. It is quite clear in the subject line that the thread is about a TV show so no one is getting duped into clicking on the thread but someone will just have to come onto the thread to say how stupid the show is or to tell me to destroy my TV before it rots my brain or something like that. I hate that shit.

[RevolutionaryActs]

107. Reading GD, it's pretty peevey over there.

Especially when religion is the topic of choice. :o

[name not needed]

108. GD

and most of the people in there. Especially the self-proclaimed leaders who offer nothing but an obviously naive thought and a stupid photoshop. I'm not naming any names, I might get trashed on some blog for being unsupportive to the cause. Oh, and conspiracy theorists who are certain nuclear armageddon is near. Hero worship, and the subsequent shitting on of said hero.

[RevolutionaryActs]

110. We have the same peeve!

How sweet. :P

[name not needed]

112. Besides Cubsfan?

:D

[RevolutionaryActs]

113. AHAHAHAHA!

:spray:

[graywarrior]

109. Duck bashers

[Dukkha]

115. Not enough Cat pics

[Lilith Velkor]

119. "hubby" instead of (my) husband

Makes a woman look like a damn idiot, IMFO.

[Cathyclysmic]

134. Exactly why?

husband is too formal

[Lilith Velkor]

145. It's undignified

It suggests one is either a child bride (ick) or an adult woman making baby-talk in public (double ick).

[Cathyclysmic]

146. I see your point,

but with my friends, he's my hubby...because husband sounds so stuffy and old.

[JimmyJazz]

147. Your man is definitely "hubby" material!

Don't let anyone tell you any differently :D

[Cathyclysmic]

149. Yes, he is the best

but I will not take this opportunity to gush.

[Lilith Velkor]

151. We disagree, no big deal.

:toast:

And the term hardly comes up among my friends because most of us just shack up, and even the straight ones say, "partner."

[Zomby Woof]

139. I agree

It sounds so suburban and white, very Tupperware and PTA. Too cutesy. I can't pin why, but it ALWAYS bothered me, long before the internet came along. :puke:

[pitohui]

126. cat threads are my pet's biggest peeve

he is a parrot

[SCDem]

131. People who get easily offended and then say they're leaving

then comeback months later with another DU user name after their sulk and pretend that they have never been here before. It's the internet for christ sake. And if you do come back be man or woman enough to come back with your original DU name and don't lie about never being here before.

just a pet peeve!

[skypilot]

142. Long, long, long "Post Your Picture" threads that...

...have relatively few pictures posted.

[WildEyedLiberal]

143. I second the hero worship pet peeve

Blind adoration is no more attractive for the "left" than it is for the Bush-worshipping freepers. Also, the tendency to lionize a person one day and villainize them the next is beyond stupefying.

[NewJeffCT]

148. When somebody says to listen or watch so-and-so on live now!!!!

Listen to Bill Clinton on Air America now!!!!

Watch Joe Wilson on CNN now!!!!!

Barbara Boxer kicking ass on CSPAN2 now!!!!!

Then, the first 10+ posters all have some variety of "he/she is doing great / kicking ass / awesome" and then absolutely NO DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

I don't know how many times I've asked for a summary of what is being said or what the topic is.

Please, if you can post that somebody important is on the air, try to provide a summary of what was said.

[jane_pippin]

150. People posting "Link? nt" for the most OBVIOUS stuff in the world....

For example:

Poster 1: The sky is blue

Poster 2: Link?


I mean for the love of god. I understand there are plenty of claims made that deserve to have credible links/information to back it up as they are made. But in some cases would it kill people to just google it themselves? It takes what? Less than a second?


oh, and in advance of any smart asses that want to respond to this with "link? nt" here's an advance :spank:

(nothing against smart asses. I love youse guys. :loveya: )

[Ediacara]

152. I hate it when people just repeat the subject line

I hate it when people just repeat the subject line as the first line of their message.