Pet Peeve rants.

The day grades are due: Could you prepare some extra credit for me?
Oh my fucking God, this. Or my other favorite: "What can I do to raise my grade?"

My usual response is "Unless you have a time machine, your only choice is to actually start doing some work."
 
Speaking of, teachers not having grades posted online by their deadline. It was supposed to be yesterday and I'm still waiting for one.
 

Cajungal

Staff member
Speaking of, teachers not having grades posted online by their deadline. It was supposed to be yesterday and I'm still waiting for one.
That really does suck, but I tend to be more forgiving about it now than I used to be... provided the grade is no more than a day late. I took a class a couple of years ago where the professor never gave feedback on our essays and projects unless we went chasing after him. So there was no way to know how you were doing and what you needed to improve.
 
After 5 days in Disney, my questioning people and walking is probably more than a pet peeve, but anyway...

Treat freaking walkways the same way you would a road! I shouldn't be hugging the right side of a walkway and have someone coming toward me trying to get between me and the edge. Hey! I'm already here, you move to the side to let me continue, not me move to let you against the "wall" to get past. UGH!
 
People sending messages in 10 short, separate sentences so my phone will not stop going off for a good 3-5 minutes. Messages can be written as a single paragraph, people. Or there should be a setting somewhere so I can make it my phone stops notifications after the first message from the same person if they send multiple messages within a minute of each other.
 
People sending messages in 10 short, separate sentences so my phone will not stop going off for a good 3-5 minutes. Messages can be written as a single paragraph, people. Or there should be a setting somewhere so I can make it my phone stops notifications after the first message from the same person if they send multiple messages within a minute of each other.
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People sending messages in 10 short, separate sentences so my phone will not stop going off for a good 3-5 minutes. Messages can be written as a single paragraph, people. Or there should be a setting somewhere so I can make it my phone stops notifications after the first message from the same person if they send multiple messages within a minute of each other.
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People sending messages in 10 short, separate sentences so my phone will not stop going off for a good 3-5 minutes. Messages can be written as a single paragraph, people. Or there should be a setting somewhere so I can make it my phone stops notifications after the first message from the same person if they send multiple messages within a minute of each other.
for that.
 
The worst was when I was dating that widow. She had a talk-to-text thing in her car, so she'd be yattering and and I'd receive 6-part texts. One night she sent me almost 70 texts at work before I shut my phone off. Despite a third of my responses being "I'm at work, I'll call you later."
 

figmentPez

Staff member
Survey results that mean absolutely shit. Survey found 51% of people think stormy weather affects cloud computing.

Apparently the survey makers think that's the wrong answer. I'm just wondering how many of those 51% of people have no idea what cloud computing is, and how many of them know their internet tends to go out during storms, and knows damn fucking well that they may not be able to get to Google Docs, or play Sim City if they can't connect to the internet. So yes, smart people who know what cloud computing is can have the informed, and accurate, belief that stormy weather affects cloud computing. One of the major points mentioned in almost every article about how cloud computing will impact online applications and computer games using cloud processing has been how a lack of internet connection means those applications will be degraded, or completely unavailable. You asked your question wrong, Citrix.
 

fade

Staff member
On a similar note, I often wonder how many of those Buzzfeed-style "LOL look at how dumb these guys are!" list entries were intentional jokes that got taken out of context. I am willing to bet the number is high.
 
On a similar note, I often wonder how many of those Buzzfeed-style "LOL look at how dumb these guys are!" list entries were intentional jokes that got taken out of context. I am willing to bet the number is high.
That's Poe's Law, innit?
 

fade

Staff member
You know where there's a bunch of idiotic pop science? Car discussions. It's amazing how many rednecks think they know better than engineers, decades of field statistics, physics, and basic laws of the universe.
 
You know where there's a bunch of idiotic pop science? Car discussions. It's amazing how many rednecks think they know better than engineers, decades of field statistics, physics, and basic laws of the universe.
To them, anecdotal evidence > scientific method.

--Patrick
 

GasBandit

Staff member
You know where there's a bunch of idiotic pop science? Car discussions. It's amazing how many rednecks think they know better than engineers, decades of field statistics, physics, and basic laws of the universe.
DA RED STROIPE MAKES IT GO FASTA YA GIT
 
On a similar note, I really dislike it when folks speak with authority on subjects that they have no authority. If they just spoke from experience, it would be much more palatable.
 

Cajungal

Staff member
"I'm so random!" No you're fucking not, shut the fuck up I hate you
That's how I feel about people who make a big deal out of the fact that they're "weird." The weirdest people I know think they're perfectly normal when they're doing truly crazy things. That's what makes them kind of strange in the first place. Only wanting 3 cubes of ice in your water does not make you a Zooey Deschanel-grade "adorkable" (shudder) weirdo.
 
Only wanting 3 cubes of ice in your water does not make you a Zooey Deschanel-grade "adorkable" (shudder) weirdo.
And demanding that your three cubes of ice be made of frozen lemon water so they flavor your glass of ordinary water as they melt just makes you a jerk.

--Patrick
 
And demanding that your three cubes of ice be made of frozen lemon water so they flavor your glass of ordinary water as they melt just makes you a jerk.

--Patrick
Yeah. If you do that at your house, fine. That's all you. But asking someone else to do it when you're out somewhere? Are you fucking kidding?
 

Cajungal

Staff member
The "I'm so weird/random" folks can get in the boat with the "I am so OCD" folks and shove off.
It bothers me when people make light of OCD. Also, if you say you're so "OCD" you're saying "I'm so obsessive compulsive disorder." Do you also use an ATM machine?
 
People that actually are OCD have a legitimate problem, and typically don't make an issue of their issue. This is about the "I'm saying I have this even though I have never exhibited a single indicator" type person, the same type person that that will always say they are weird/random when they do nothing that is different than the crowd is doing.
 
What if they're obsessive-compulsive about being an Aspie?

(While obviously Asperger's is a serious and existing problem, 92% of all people claiming it are not but are maladjusted jerks claiming it as an excuse to be antisocial)
 
"Man, that was a messy one! But I've finally cleaned up the last bit of it and . . . OH COME ON, AGAIN?! MORE?! I know I've said I'm full of shit, but I didn't mean it LITERALLY!"
 
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