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So, I'm learning a lot about myself lately. One thing I'm learning is that, although I'm nice to everyone, I really don't like a lot of things people do. It's weird! I usually get along with a lot of people, but lately it feels like I'm having second thoughts on a few new friends.

What are behaviors that you've noticed you can't stand?

One thing I've noticed I can't stand is when people are show-offs, or just really prone to brag about themselves. I love being happy for friends, but when all they can talk about is how great their life is, it gets old. Ironically, if you keep bragging and I wasn't initially impressed to begin with, I start to think less of you. That behavior just really drives me crazy. Whenever I feel like someone's trying to impress me, I completely shut off. (note: there's a huge difference between sharing good news as it comes, and constantly making every conversation about how fantastic you are)

Another thing-- this is in women, moreso-- is when someone compares themselves to others. Girls always want to compare each other. They'll look at what another girl has, see what they're missing out, and get upset. Why? I don't care whose thighs are thinner than mine. No other girl's thighs are going to ruin my day! I'm going to do the best to look as good as I can, but there's no sense in beating yourself up because of the girl right next to you. I'd like to be happy that my friends look nice, not sad that they look better.

Partially doing this to see what you guys say, to see if I've become irritable lately, hahaha. I wanna know what bothers you guys! I'm sure I do a lot to annoy others, too. I don't want yall to think I think I'm above anything, just venting

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I'm telling you you're wrong.

People clipping their nails near me. I don't know what it is about the sound, but there's something there that just makes me run out of the room. It doesn't bother me to clip my own nails, so it must be something to do with not being able to anticipate the sound. Ugh, it's the worst.

I was at work one day shortly after my team had moved from the second floor of the building to the first. The entire department was scheduled to eventually make the move, but my team was the first to go, so we were adjacent to another team from a different department that we didn't know. One day, some woman in the other group started clipping her nails in the middle of the work day. I had no idea who this woman was, but I went up to her and immediately said "You need to stop that." She looked horrified.

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In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
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Quote (RelmArrowney @ 16th February 2011 11:02)

One thing I've noticed I can't stand is when people are show-offs, or just really prone to brag about themselves.  I love being happy for friends, but when all they can talk about is how great their life is, it gets old.  Ironically, if you keep bragging and I wasn't initially impressed to begin with, I start to think less of you. That behavior just really drives me crazy.  Whenever I feel like someone's trying to impress me, I completely shut off.  (note: there's a huge difference between sharing good news as it comes, and constantly making every conversation about how fantastic you are)

I heart venting topics.

Relm, I agree. Ugh. That's got to be the biggest complaint I'll have about somebody. Show-offs and attention-seekers in general are the worst of people. It comes in two forms I think.

First form: bragging and boasting. I went out with a girl who said a guy showed her his bank balance to try and get together with her. General material and personal success makes me so uninterested. I'll be massively impressed if somebody has done things of merit and they don't say a word about it, even if it's relevant to a conversation. It's great to be told of someone's achievements by another person. I particularly hate it if someone is exaggerating. I love exaggerating but only to make a point or for comedy. Recently someone told me he was a lawyer, then I asked him more about his work, and he finally conceded that he was a clerk working in a legal office. Why lie? I don't care that you work as a clerk, I think considerably less of you now that your pathetic insecurities about your job got in the way of a bit of mindless basic conversation. I'm sure I've done the same in the past, but I hate myself for it nonetheless. On a similar note, I don't like the thought of myself doing this. Job or academic interviews which basically involve selling myself are horrendous. I hate doing it. Really hate it. It's vulgar.

Second form: attention. Some people can be fantastic once they relax and just chat without feeling the need to dominate a conversation. I have a friend who's a girl, she relaxes around guys, but when there are other girls in the room she insists on being this ridiculously loud dominant proponent of the conversation. I've no idea if she relaxes around girls; probably. And everything has to be about her story to do with what we were talking about that isn't to do with what we were talking about. "Oh I had a cat that died once too... when I was scuba diving in Cuba." But she's great when she's relaxed. On the other hand, there are people who are always the biggest personality in the room probably out of intense insecurities as well, and these people are always the ones I try my hardest to avoid. Seriously, if there's a party with even one of these people there, I'll avoid the entire gig unless there are 30 or more people (exaggeration) to drown them out. It's just not worth it.

This post has been edited by sweetdude on 16th February 2011 14:57

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Me on the Starcraft.

I'm more than willing to agree with being driven insane by people who constantly talk about how good their life is. It's something that is annoying enough, but is even worse now due to the expansion of social media. I can't stand people who talk constantly about how amazing each day of their life is, because I simply don't buy it and it screams "false" to me.

What really makes it even worse in the social media realm, as I think sweetdude picks up a little bit in his post, is that everyone that does this seems to have a ring of sycophants around them to congratulate them on every single amazing day they have. All it does is feed the beast, and it's a never ending cycle.

What annoys me just as much, though, is the flip side of the coin: people who never have anything to say unless it's moaning about how miserable their life is. Again, I'm kind of stuck with hearing this over the interwebs, because I'm a fairly isolated guy (and, thankfully, most of the people I do see frequently offline are well-adjusted, by and large). But when I see the same people complaining day in, day out on Facebook, it makes me want to grab them by the shoulders and shake them, yelling "if it's that bad, you need to drop what you're doing and make a change in your life that doesn't involve complaining about it!"

I realize this sounds a bit harsh, and it can be and often is. I'm not in a place to judge who should be happy or unhappy, and as such I'd never say something to either side directly. I'm not qualified to do so, bottom line, and I know that everyone has their ups and downs. It's not the fact that these people seem to be on such permanent highs or lows that gets to me - it's the fact that these people don't seem to understand how trite either extreme looks to outsiders.

Worse, for me, it's doubly annoying because it makes me want to participate less in the social realms around me. If I have a great day, I'd love to post about it because I'm happy. If I have a terrible day, I'd love to vent. But I try to avoid doing it now because I don't want people to look at me the same way, which is why, if you are my Facebook friend, you probably only ever see me posting about soccer.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

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I hate people who interrupt. I think interruptions are a very big but subtle form of social power. I have a tendency to observe this in its various forms among friends, as well as interactions at work and otherwise. You can always tell the people who aren't listening to what others are sayng, instead just formulating what they want to say next in their head. And you know those dominant types who cut you off at every turn, may not even consciously be aware they are doing this. Because they are too self-absorbed that they think only their opinion is important or that what others are saying doesn't matter due to what they are about to say.

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I appreciate what you're say[Excuse me, just had to get in here. -Neal]ing here, but I think I need to interject. -R51

I think this is a very powerful thing in our society, and a way many people try to insert their dominance over a circle of friends or in other relationships like the workplace. A lot of men do this to women, too, which makes it an interesting observation of societal norms like upbringing and how family relationships are.

Edit: I hate you Josh

This post has been edited by Neal on 17th February 2011 01:32

I'll come up with a more thorough and better thought out list of behaviors that annoy me later, but for me, it's people not using their turn signals while driving.

Another thing that annoys me? When someone doesn't like something, and consequently insults and makes unfair generalizations about and people who do like it. One of my friends was complaining on Facebook on how a new Glee episode was on after the Super Bowl, and he stated how it's "the [expletive] worst show ever" and that people who watch it are "[expletive]ing retarded." I can certainly understand why someone might not like the show, but myself, a great deal of my close friends, and a majority of my immediate family DO like Glee, so I felt slightly offended by the second part.

Speaking of Facebook, something else that really pisses me off is people whining about their crappy lives, posting insanely passive-agressive statuses, or discussing private topics on Facebook. A [former, I guess] friend of mine once posted on the Facebooks saying how he really pissed off his girlfriend by doing something-or-other and how he doesn't know if she'll ever forgive him. The girlfriend commented on the status saying something about how she'll forgive him as long as he doesn't do it again or something, I don't remember. I commented, trying to say politely that it's not really the kind of thing that should be discussed in a public medium (for the record, everyone in our circle of friends who I've talked to about it - including the girlfriend - doesn't think I did anything wrong). Anyway, one aforementioned passive-agressive status, a second attempted helpful comment on my part, and one incredibly rude wall post from him later, and he unfriends me, and refuses my later attempts to re-friend him. I haven't seen him in person since, but from what I heard, he basically pretends that I don't exist anymore.

This post has been edited by Insegredious on 16th February 2011 21:52

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Quote (RelmArrowney @ 16th February 2011 03:02)

One thing I've noticed I can't stand is when people are show-offs, or just really prone to brag about themselves. I love being happy for friends, but when all they can talk about is how great their life is, it gets old. Ironically, if you keep bragging and I wasn't initially impressed to begin with, I start to think less of you. That behavior just really drives me crazy. Whenever I feel like someone's trying to impress me, I completely shut off. (note: there's a huge difference between sharing good news as it comes, and constantly making every conversation about how fantastic you are)

Another thing-- this is in women, moreso-- is when someone compares themselves to others. Girls always want to compare each other. They'll look at what another girl has, see what they're missing out, and get upset. Why? I don't care whose thighs are thinner than mine. No other girl's thighs are going to ruin my day! I'm going to do the best to look as good as I can, but there's no sense in beating yourself up because of the girl right next to you. I'd like to be happy that my friends look nice, not sad that they look better.

I agree with this entirely. My former girlfriend is this way. She started dating a guy last month and is supposed to get engaged in June. She was bragging and seeking attention on FB last month from what I read and some of this month (Im not friends with her anymore, but her page is public).

She compares herself to others, and used to make updates about her breasts being too small (I recall her saying she wears A-Cups), or how she is fat (she is 5'4 and 110 pounds and is nearly 24).

Basically things like that annoy me.

Insegredious, I couldn't agree more! The worst is when they make crappy passive-aggressive statuses like, "People are talking about me on their facebook statuses. Mind your own business and grow up, so childish." Ummm, did you really just... Uhh, nevermind. Lol.

Wow, Sweetdude, I know exactly how you feel! I have a friend who is awesome one on one, because she's not trying to impress anyone. But the second it's a group thing, she's all about bragging, "jokingly" making other girls look bad, and reminding everyone how great her car is and how she's eating soooo healthy and how much her husband loves her. Every time we meet someone new, she goes out of her way to mention how she's a girl who rides motorcycles. Who cares?

Actually, if any of you guys have advice on how to deal with people like that, I'd really appreciate it. I always seem to make friends with those types, and to be honest, once we're hanging out in a group, I can't stand them. It's hard because not only is this behavior really irritating, but if you point something out to her, she's NEVER wrong. Even when she's obviously wrong, she twists it into a technicality.

Not gonna lie, I like people with more humility than that! We're all human, and there are several sides to a story, so listen to what people say!

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You're telling me that there's no hope.

I'm telling you you're wrong.

People who don't realize they're a pathetic joke...

... hey, at least I ADMIT it


Edit- just to clarify, the main reason is I have a habit of being ashamed for people who don't have the good sense to be ashamed at their own lack of dignity. I find such circumstances more embarrassing than the person being pathetic does most times.

This post has been edited by MogMaster on 17th February 2011 10:40

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It's an illusion, and you're in-between.
Don't you be tarot-fied,
It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean?
~Frank Zappa

Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way

The practice of buying birthday cards. It annoys me. o_0

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Well, if I went into it we'd be here all day so I'll just say "the majority of human existence as we know it at this time" and that ought to cover it.

For a tad more detail, draggers, the arrogant, all that jazz so far is on the list, plus people who get way too obsessed with minor things (fanboys, fangirls, people who support Mancunian football teams...). Oh, and the kind of well-meaning façade with a backstabbing centre you get from every elected official these days. I'm stunned that the sheer hypocrisy and bovine excrement coming out of the mouths of the ConDem government of late hasn't landed the UK with fines for pollution.

This post has been edited by Del S on 17th February 2011 12:25

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"Only the dead have seen the end of their quotes being misattributed to Plato."
-George Santayana

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..."
-Abraham Lincoln, prior to the discovery of Irony.

Unpleasable fans. This applies for any big game series, but I'm thinking of the Zelda fanbase the most.

I never liked arrogant people.

I knew this guy at work who had a higher position than id id but not the biggest boss who was badmouthing his boss and i went up to him all annoyed and said:You know you got a really big mouth.You don't go badmouthing your boss and bragging that you are the best.

I also don't like people who only talk about themselves,i find it boring.
I like it when people take interest in similar things like:lets say you love fishing and talk about it or movies or something,multiple stuff.I don't know anything about fishing but i do enjoy movies music and books and games.


This post has been edited by Magitek_slayer on 17th February 2011 16:31

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Quote (Metal King Slime @ 17th February 2011 14:56)

Unpleasable fans. This applies for any big game series, but I'm thinking of the Zelda fanbase the most.

Ugh. Yeah. *Wind Waker comes out* "Ugh! We hate the new art style! Go back to the old one! Ocarina of Time was the best!" *Twilight Princess comes out* "Ugh! It's too similar to Ocarina of Time!"
For me, it's the Pokemon fanbase. "OMG THE NEW ONES SUCK THE ORIGINAL WAS THE BEST 151 FOREVER"
No. Please stop it. I understand that everyone has a nostalgia filter, that the quality of the TV show has drastically decreased over the years, and that the spinoff games are largely hit-and-miss, but the main series games have only improved as new generations have come out.
The original games were glitchy - for instance, Psychic was immune to Ghost instead of weak to it, Focus Energy decreased the critical hit rate instead of increasing it, and let's not forget the lovely Missingno.
The gameplay was also horribly unbalanced: Psychic was RIDICUOUSLY overpowered, and the two types it was meant to be weak to (Ghost and Bug) were practically useless against it, since someone had the bright idea to make the Gengar family half-Poison, and since there were only three Bug-type moves at the time (the best of which - Pin Missile - could only be learned by two mons, one of which - Beedrill - was a Poison-type). Don't forget that critical hit rate was directly proportinal to Speed, and that the Special stat dealt with both Special Attack and Special Defense, causing the move Amnesia to be born immediately at game-breaker status, among other things. Also, if you taught a Pokemon an HM, there was NO WAY to delete it in Gen I, so it was entirely possible for first-time players to have a Lv. 100 Charizard with Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Hyper Beam...and Cut.

Aside from the obvious (the new mons), every generation has improved the gameplay, further balancing it and adding more dimensions to battles: new moves, the Dark and Steel types, hold items, abilities, weather conditions, various pockets in the Bag for various kinds of items, streamlining the PC Box system, splitting the Special stat, registering items to the Select button, Battle Towers/Frontiers for something to do post-Elite Four, breeding and inhereted moves, double, triple, and rotation battles, etc.
Previously crappy and completely forgettable Pokemon (Seadra, Golbat, Togetic, Roselia, Magmar, Weezing, the list goes on and on) were made AWESOME in later generations thanks to new evolutions, movesets, abilities, and so on. For instance, in the upcoming Generation V, it's possible to get Ninetales, my undisputed favorite Pokemon ever, with both SolarBeam and the Drought ability, so needless to say, I'm pretty happy.

In Gen I, after you beat every regular trainer in the game, the only way to get money is to either battle the Elite Four or sell items. In every generation afterwards, there has been some sort of mechanic to rematch trainers, with the various mechanics improving from generation to generation. Granted, I'm not a huge fan of the Vs. Seeker, and the phone in HG/SS can get pretty obnoxious ("my Rattata's in the top percentage of Rattata!"), but the benefits outweigh the costs.

Of course, none of the Generations are perfect. The Pokemon Contests and its variations are largely pointless (with the exception of getting a Milotic) and kind of annoying (even though I do kind of like the Pokeathlon), although they are, fortunately, completely optional. Another thing that annoys me is the trend of making practically every HM move, with the exception of Fly and Surf (and Waterfall in Gen IV), virtually useless in battle. Flash's accuracy was maxed out only after its HM status was revoked, Cut, Strength, and Rock Climb are outclassed by countless other moves, Whirlpool is one of those crappy "trapping" moves, Rock Smash is an absolute joke of an attack, and Defog? Seriously?

But I can't help but get the feeling that most of the people who hate the newer generations haven't even played them.

Also, the Running Shoes? Can someone please tell me why it took three generations to add those?

This post has been edited by Insegredious on 17th February 2011 18:24

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A behavior that annoys me is the people looking at me as if I were an alien because I don't have twitter, i don't have facebook and I see no reason why i should.

Another one: people hiding their tastes from some people in various environments, and/or with the purpose of scoring with someone of the opposite sex (or the same, you konw what I mean). This last one is particularly annoying, because i can't stop thinking how much weakness this is... perhaps i'm to severe.

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Quote (Kirchewasser @ 17th February 2011 17:26)

A behavior that annoys me is the people looking at me as if I were an alien because I don't have twitter, i don't have facebook and I see no reason why i should.

My mother has a facebook page and I don't. You're not alone dude.

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Praise Be To Helix!

People who act as is if they have some right to never be offended, or that anything controversial or otherwise different from their own beliefs must be awful, These are the people who protest every time someone draws a picture of Mohammad, or feel the need to lecture you on the history of women's rights because you used an unflattering alternative for female dog. Get over it.

Fans of Manchester United. Oh my god, shut up.

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Okay, but there was a goat!

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Fans of Manchester United. Oh my god, shut up.

Add in Chelsea and you've got a deal.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

You know what I hate? People who won't let something go. Okay guys, i trusted you enough to tell you about that really embarrassing dream I had, can we let it die now? What, we can't? Why ever not? Because people will keep talking about it without me anyway? Yes, that is perfectly valid reasoning! I see absolutely no flaws in your logic, and therefore am not angry at you for not letting me "live this down" as I had phrased it. So yes, go on! Continue mocking me! I don't mind, not now that you've so completely proven there's no reason for me to mind it in the first place.



Yeah. That about sums it up.

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"When we think there's no hope left, we keep looking until we find some!" - Claire Farron

Quote (Insegredious @ 17th February 2011 13:20)

*lots of pokemon things*

People who go in-depth complaining about video games (kidding).

What bothers me? God, I know the answer, and I also know that if I say it every single person who's been in CoNchat is going to think "wow, what a hypocrite" but I've grown up some since I joined, so...

People who are unable to take a hint. You can give them the cold shoulder, you can not answer when they talk, you can straight out say "I don't like you" and yet they still want to TALK TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU and urrrrgh.

And, um, yeah, that was me for a long time. I like to think I've gotten better.

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FFIII
FFIV
FFVI
FFVII
FFIX
FFX
FF Tactics: Advance 2
Chrono Trigger
Dragon Quest 8
Dragon Quest 11
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People who are unable to take a hint. You can give them the cold shoulder, you can not answer when they talk, you can straight out say "I don't like you" and yet they still want to TALK TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU and urrrrgh.

That's annoying, if only because there isn't an answer to it. If I ignore him I'll feel bad and he might be offended. If I do speak to him I might have to do some serious long-winded talking that would be better spent elsewhere, and also not talking might make the guy relax a bit and do more interesting things. There just isn't a way out of it that makes everyone happy.

The other similar type is someone that doesn't say a word but just hangs around awkwardly. I thought that sort of behaviour was gone after school, but still I know someone who does this. I once walked home with one other person, then after 10 minutes I realise the guy's been following us since we left the campus! He was walking a mandatory one exact metre behind us. I honestly just don't know what to do. I said hello which was incredibly awkward, ignoring him would've been even more awkward, and pretending we didn't see him is just bad behaviour.

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

Me on the Starcraft.

I just remembered the most annoying person I've ever known. He was an old classmate who kept dragging up embarassing memories involving me (he wasn't even there in most cases, which proved that my other "friends" told it to him) and he used to show up all the time and ask me things like "IS IT TRUE THAT YOU DID [something stupid] X YEARS AGO?" with this retarded smile. Usually when others were watching just to make it more humiliating.

If I tried to ignore him, he would follow me and say "WELL? IS IT? IS IT?" (yes, he spoke in ALL CAPS). IIRC, he used to listen in on my conversations with other people and try to interrupt us with his annoying crap too. The more he talked about me behind my back, the more people seemed to pick on me. It's like I had gained a reverse fan club. This was in 7th grade. People thought everything everyone said about me was true. Most of them didn't even know me, they just assumed I was stupid and weird because he told them so. The year after that I transferred into another school and cut off all contact with these people. And now they send me Facebook friend requests as if nothing had happened. Classy.

Quote (Kirchewasser @ 17th February 2011 21:26)

Another one: people hiding their tastes from some people in various environments, and/or with the purpose of scoring with someone of the opposite sex (or the same, you konw what I mean).

Hah. Oh dear. I do that. Everytime I meet a girl I keep my mouth shut about my video game addiction, because I figure its just not a good idea to talk about that on first meetings. Or second meetings..or third.

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Quote (Kirchewasser @ 17th February 2011 21:26)

Another one: people hiding their tastes from some people in various environments, and/or with the purpose of scoring with someone of the opposite sex (or the same, you konw what I mean).

Hah. Oh dear. I do that. Everytime I meet a girl I keep my mouth shut about my video game addiction, because I figure its just not a good idea to talk about that on first meetings. Or second meetings..or third.

Jeez, you and me both. I'm afraid that girls will think it's weird that I, a college student, would rather play Final Fantasy than Halo or Madden. Or that I collect pens. Or that I'm a giant Weird Al fan. Or th-...you get the idea.

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Quote (Kirchewasser @ 17th February 2011 21:26)

Another one: people hiding their tastes from some people in various environments, and/or with the purpose of scoring with someone of the opposite sex (or the same, you konw what I mean).

Hah. Oh dear. I do that. Everytime I meet a girl I keep my mouth shut about my video game addiction, because I figure its just not a good idea to talk about that on first meetings. Or second meetings..or third.

Jeez, you and me both. I'm afraid that girls will think it's weird that I, a college student, would rather play Final Fantasy than Halo or Madden. Or that I collect pens. Or that I'm a giant Weird Al fan. Or th-...you get the idea.

I hate to say I'm right with you all. I really spent my high school years hiding my interests from people... actually one of the main reasons I'm here.

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Praise Be To Helix!

Quote (BlitzSage @ 20th February 2011 06:27)

I hate to say I'm right with you all. I really spent my high school years hiding my interests from people... actually one of the main reasons I'm here.

Haha that's exactly the same as me, particularly the last part. The thing is, I'm sure everyone has weird obsessions and interests that they don't tell anyone other than a few people. If playing fantasy games for many consecutive hours is your weirdest interest then that's probably a good thing.

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

Me on the Starcraft.

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I hate to say I'm right with you all. I really spent my high school years hiding my interests from people... actually one of the main reasons I'm here.

Haha that's exactly the same as me, particularly the last part. The thing is, I'm sure everyone has weird obsessions and interests that they don't tell anyone other than a few people. If playing fantasy games for many consecutive hours is your weirdest interest then that's probably a good thing.

I myself actually keep to myself.

I talk a lot online to have contact but i feel that sometimes i break off and lose interest in contacting them further and i never tell them my personal information.

I try to keep anonymous on the net as much as possible.


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We are stardust.Our bodies are made from the guts of exploding stars.

Neil Degrasse Tyson.

Wow where do I begin? I'm sure I could write book about all the things that annoy me about peoples behaviors. I try my best not to think about such things. It's not like it's going to help. So I'll just talk about the bigger things that get under my skin.

Seeing as we're on the subject, I'll start with when "friends" say something they don't like about a person when they're not around and never confront them about it when they are around. It's especially annoying when said person overhears it and brings up the subject only to find that they "don't want to talk about it" and then get into an argument. Friends should talk. I'd go on, but I think I've made my point by now.

It's annoying when people assume other people are a certain way based on how they dress, what they're into, or their religious beliefs without ever having a proper conversation with them. It's even worse when it's about race, but let's not get into that.

It pains me to see someone I had respect for act differently around every other person they're around. It doesn't make sense to me. If you're not going to be yourself around people you call friends, you should trust that they like you because of who you are, and not because of who you pretend to be. If you're always like this, I'm not going to trust you and I wont want to be your friend. Not only is it annoying, but it makes me think you're just using the people around you.

And when someone says "In my opinion" or "In your opinion" about everything. Of course it's your opinion; the words came from you mouth and not from mine. Knock if off ;P

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"You know that feeling you get when you're on a merry go 'round, and you want to jump off to make the spinning stop, but you know it'll suck when you land? I feel like that all the time"- Keno

"I stab my girl until I fall down"
-Yukari
Do you like Horny Bunnies?

Oh, and another thing (/nineties stand up comic)-

Am I the only one who is profoundly insulted by commercial advertising? Not only because I feel that the vast majority of them insult (or perhaps, accurately outline) societies intellgence, but because I find people have a habit of iconifying the most stupid, insulting ones. Case in point- Office Linebacker.

Am I saying every commercial is demeaning and makes me ashamed of the human race? No, and I certainly recognize the role they fill in not only the economy, but culture at large (hell, it's basically Josh's job in a lot of respects, and likely effects the career of everyone on here). I just can't stand it when, to name a fairly common example, at the end of the ad I was given no information about the thing I'm supposedly being sold.

A second example that irritates me is target demographic based ads. For instance, Nick obviously has ads for kids and TVLand ones for the elderly- on The former Ill see
Toucan Sam and the latter will yield Wilford Brimley. It is less these examples
based on the extremes oh human age which bug me (why would I try to sell a five year-old a hoveround?), and far moreso the ones that target all the massive subdivisions of age, sub-culture, and perhaps the worst, race.

When I turn to the rap station (or rather, when some pseudo-acquaintance I'm with does), I'm bombarded with ads for Auto-Dealers that feature a deep voiced black man using Ebonics and hood slang to convince the statistically poorest population in the country that they should be buying the most expensive vehicles. The two major reasons that this saddens me to the point it does is that, aside from the above statement: (1) if I flip to the hard rock station, a burly sounding gentleman (who sounds like he might be a pack a day smoker that washes down his cancer with a quart of a solid middle of the road whiskey), will advertise the same thing to me-
except using the lexicon of the blue collar demographic. I can't help but find something sinister in the calculated move by the ad-men to draw this line between human beings. This brings me to my next point...

(2)I cannot help but further be insulted by the knowledge that (far moreso in the example of African American targeted bits), the people who write these things, air them, own the companies that profit, and make the final decisions about what large chunks of our culture will interract with between entertainment, are in a general, white people in the middle to
upper crust, who in their work, are attempting to emulate the demographics they target. In other words, the most financially secure people are working to steal the culture of the poorest in order to sell them more garbage they don't need.

This explained, going back to the topic of "behaviors that annoy you" ( and not sheisty exploitative corporate practices), maybe you can see why I'm just a tad annoyed by people who t
give advertising the same time of day I might personally give to a compelling short story, essay, or piece of art in the Met.

Yes, I agree this makes me an elitist, idealistic, and an enemy to not only my own employer ( who sell glitchy BYO website software to the laziest and most web-ignorant people, all under the premise that one can have a successful working and professional looking site in 5minutes), but hard working capitalists everywhere. I just can't help but be irritated when I hear someone repeating nonsensical ad jargon and even worse, laughing and playing into them like they're innocent little distractions meant to give us information about a product while being clever and entertaing at the same time (which on some level, I will freely admit is true).

I am unreasonable in this, I know, and certainly somewhat of stick in the mud in an age where there are shows each year specially aired to reshow superbowl commercials as actual programming. Try as I might though, I can't help but be irritated by behaviours from others that, from my perspective, are in keeping with the actions of people who are brainwashed.

To sum up, while it would be unfair to lump every commercial (and certainly every form of advertising) into this category of insipid pandering and nihilistic pro-consumptive drivel, it also seems unfair to ignore the inherent patheticness that one encounters in a human-being who has memorized the entire Burger King "hold the pickles, hold the lettuce" jingle (and won't hesitate to sing it with pride at every available opportunity), but couldn't tell you what year World War 2
started or who fought in it on what side (and yes, I do have my fair share of jingles
memorized, and recognize them as a force in human affairs and private interaction). If this makes me an elitist prick, at least I am such for humanitarian reasons (and not monetary ones).






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If you've been mod-o-fied,
It's an illusion, and you're in-between.
Don't you be tarot-fied,
It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean?
~Frank Zappa

Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way

I'll keep it quick.

Online - I hate godawful grammar. I don't mind "poor" grammar, as it stands to reason that standards of English writing slacken with the "informal text" of the internet. Still, if someone pluralizes with an apostrophe, messes up your vs. you're, or even worse messes up to vs too vs two, then I die a little inside.

The Real Word: laszlow - I exhibit a lot of pretty awful/annoying real-life behaviors, so if I were to give a big laundry list of peeves then more than half would probably be the pot calling the kettle black. I'll just say that I don't like ad nauseum "my life sucks" complainers, evangelical vegetarians, and homophobes. Seriously. Your life doesn't suck, meat is delicious, and gay people are NOT scary.

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