your biggest internet pet peeves?

[Powerslave]

Oh that reminds me...


people who say "I think I'm going to puke"


STFU

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Another one:

People who say they want to play Metal Gear Solid 1-4 in japanese. Why? The game has American characters, not a single jap, and you want to play it in a moonlanguage that doesn't make sense for the characters?

[bork]

Another one:

People who say they want to play Metal Gear Solid 1-4 in japanese. Why? The game has American characters, not a single jap, and you want to play it in a moonlanguage that doesn't make sense for the characters?

I can't recall seeing floods of posts from people saying this.  MGS is one series I only want to play in English.  The voice actors fit better to me.  But it's not like Russian characters speaking English makes any sense, either.     Gnerally I just like to watch stuff in whatever its original language is.  With games, it just depends on how the voice actors do.  Unfortunately a large amount of English-dubbed games have ultra-shitty voice acting.  The Japanese versions come off as better-acted, BUT at the same time, use tons of cliche lines and voice styles, plus often have annoying "little girl/boy" high-pitched squeals.

Also let's try to quit saying "jap."

[Vizzys]

its an abbreviation

[bork]

lyte do you casually walk into japan arcades and pwn noobs using sol badguy

just wondering

 

Dude, I'm in Japan, right?  So that means I go to an arcade and get my ass kicked all over by the guys who seem to live there 24/7.  Don't play GG in arcades, but I *DID* kick that ass in Battle Fantasia and Basara X when the arcades first got them.  The former was such a shock to me that I was laughing my ass off.  

awesome

They actually have shmups in the arcades in japan.   :'(  I have to go to Canal St. in NYC if I want to rock some shmup arcade action.  

Sure, sometimes I go and there will be some dude, cigarette in hand, racking up points in a game while 1-2 other guys sit behind him and watch.  I always wonder why people want to waste their spare time watching someone else play a game in an arcade.  Then there's the "cool dude with girlfriend" type, who walks over to some game (usually a fighter), sits down, and then proceeds to play the CPU for an hour while his girlfriend sits next to him with a "why did I go out with this loser?" look on her face.

[Mupepe]

it's an offensive abbreviation viz!

[Vizzys]

it's an offensive abbreviation viz!

no it isnt

ww2 is over

jap is short for japanese, I use it all the time

add this to my list!

[Mupepe]

SHUT UP RACIST

[Vizzys]

lets just call them elevens

[AdmiralViscen]

Or nips

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Viz is a true american.

[bork]

The inoffensive abbreviation is "JPN."  But come on, the guy typed out "American" first, and even "japanese," (not the lack of capitol letters!)    

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OH SHIT JAPANOHPILE TENDENCIES EMERGING  

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"Moonspeak" is kinda offensive too I suppose, but that's hilarious.

I got pretty pissed off at a guy who said "don't Pak me" at my old job once, by the way.  It's not like I'd just get uppity over something said about Japan.  This idiot was then like "haha, well it's like saying 'don't Jew me'," to which I replied "I'M Jewish."  "Me too," he says.  Easily one of the dumber people I've ever encountered.  He left his textbooks in the store after he awkwardly left, too.  I wanted to throw them out so badly.  

Or nips

I can't help but start laughing every time I see those crackers at the supermarket.  Such a wrong name to use.   

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I'd put money on there being more russians who know english than japanessy.

And I didnt mean to say jap derogatoraly, I just use it to shorten "japanese person".

[bork]

crackah-ass crackah

[Mupepe]

The inoffensive abbreviation is "JPN."  But come on, the guy typed out "American" first, and even "japanese," (not the lack of capitol letters!)    

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OH SHIT JAPANOHPILE TENDENCIES EMERGING 

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"Moonspeak" is kinda offensive too I suppose, but that's hilarious.

I got pretty pissed off at a guy who said "don't Pak me" at my old job once, by the way.  It's not like I'd just get uppity over something said about Japan.  This idiot was then like "haha, well it's like saying 'don't Jew me'," to which I replied "I'M Jewish."  "Me too," he says.  Easily one of the dumber people I've ever encountered.  He left his textbooks in the store after he awkwardly left, too.  I wanted to throw them out so badly. 

Or nips

I can't help but start laughing every time I see those crackers at the supermarket.  Such a wrong name to use.   

  Don't Pak me?  wtf?

and moonspeak is hilarious

[Vizzys]

[bork]

  Don't Pak me?  wtf?

and moonspeak is hilarious

Yeah, this guy reminded me of Woody Allen in appearance and was a huge nerd.  He's asking about prices and then goes "come on man, don't Pak me" in a high-pitched whine with a crooked smile.  I couldn't believe he thought this was funny.  Come to think of it, I think he was also muttering something about not being able to get into college/get a good job, and he had a bunch of prep-books with him.  Gee, I wonder why?

[Reb]

It's okay guys, Viz is taking it back.

[MrAngryFace]

Code GAS people need some burgers, stat

[Vizzys]

It's okay guys, Viz is taking it back.

Im taking it back

you watch

[cool breeze]

Most web comics and the people who find them funny.  I am shocked when I see dozens of people praise a comic that spend several panels trying to explain the joke and why it should be funny.  Mainly because there is someone out there who spend his time to think of and then draw this comic.  The worst part is that the audience eats this shit up.  It is almost like there is a generation of people who are too stupid to understand humor these days, so they are forced to rely on comics that need to spell out the joke and why they should be laughing.  Of course, this isn't restricted to merely web comics, but they are usually the prime source of all this.  And this isn't a "I don't think it is funny so no one should think it is funny!" thing, because there are times when I can at least understand why something would be funny, but personally I don't find it that amusing.

[brawndolicious]

The first half of FMJ is amazing. The second half is trash.

Whats the real ending to CO? I can't even really remember the other ending except for with the parents and his friends as cops.

It's probably a better to read it because the idea was meant as a book.  I didn't like it though and the way it's overhyped by most people who watched/read it make me hate it.  It's not even a good book and if it didn't have the shock value, it probably wouldn't even be published.

FMJ is not really that bad.  Not great in any way but it's not unwatchable.

[Cormacaroni]

I hate the religious people who no matter how much you reason with them, aren't willing to change their opinions because they think religion>*.  It's because of them that I can stand the atheists that act like assholes.  They're obviously doing that for fun plus they usually have a good base of evidence for all of their opinions.

The worst group of people are the misogynists though.  I'm talking about people who get angry in real life every time that they see two tits and a purse.

Logically, if you believe in a religion that offers a choice between life everlasting and paradise and torment unending in a fiery Hell, religion IS more important than everything. This is why perfectly normal-seeming housewives strap explosives to themselves and get on school buses. You can only argue with people like that on their terms, I'm afraid. Or wait for them to realize what a hollow sham it all is.

Luckily, the vast majority of "religious" people I grew up around merely paid lip-service. But if they actually did believe, I'd expect them to take it more seriously than anything else, because it would be.

[brawndolicious]

I hate the religious people who no matter how much you reason with them, aren't willing to change their opinions because they think religion>*.  It's because of them that I can stand the atheists that act like assholes.  They're obviously doing that for fun plus they usually have a good base of evidence for all of their opinions.
The worst group of people are the misogynists though.  I'm talking about people who get angry in real life every time that they see two tits and a purse.

Logically, if you believe in a religion that offers a choice between life everlasting and paradise and torment unending in a fiery Hell, religion IS more important than everything. This is why perfectly normal-seeming housewives strap explosives to themselves and get on school buses. You can only argue with people like that on their terms, I'm afraid. Or wait for them to realize what a hollow sham it all is.

Luckily, the vast majority of "religious" people I grew up around merely paid lip-service. But if they actually did believe, I'd expect them to take it more seriously than anything else, because it would be.

it might be your most important belief but it shouldn't be used as evidence for your beliefs.  some people just cross over that line and start comparing pictures of jesus with pictures of stephen hawkins as if that somehow proves something (I saw that once on OA at least).  I'm talking about a small minority that have an irrational hatred of irreligoius people but they shit up just about every political thread unless the mods on your board are very fair.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Most web comics and the people who find them funny.  I am shocked when I see dozens of people praise a comic that spend several panels trying to explain the joke and why it should be funny.  Mainly because there is someone out there who spend his time to think of and then draw this comic.  The worst part is that the audience eats this shit up.  It is almost like there is a generation of people who are too stupid to understand humor these days, so they are forced to rely on comics that need to spell out the joke and why they should be laughing.  Of course, this isn't restricted to merely web comics, but they are usually the prime source of all this.  And this isn't a "I don't think it is funny so no one should think it is funny!" thing, because there are times when I can at least understand why something would be funny, but personally I don't find it that amusing.

I hope you're not including Cyanide and Happiness in that.

Excluding that comic, I agree with you.  Comics should not need to be explained as to why they are funny.  Some might require more in depth reasons why they made the topic they did but you should still see something funny.  Most web comics suck ass.  A lot of them rely on either inside jokes (who nobody outside of the creator's three friends would give a flying fuck as to what they are talking about), trying to be deep when they can't (Tim Buckley), or just plain awful (Boston and Shaun, God Mode).

[Powerslave]

The Expirement, you rule man. Great taste in everything.

[VALIS]

The intentional misspelling of words like "moar" and "nao" and that cloying faggotry that goes through me like fucking nails on a chalkboard. It's almost like sociology professors created a clever internet viral worm to intentionally misspell some words on forums to see how many trend-seeking morons would jump on board the misspelling bandwagon, even though it isn't particularly funny and it doesn't mean nor represent anything. And jump on board they did.

[cool breeze]

I hope you're not including Cyanide and Happiness in that.

Excluding that comic, I agree with you.  Comics should not need to be explained as to why they are funny.  Some might require more in depth reasons why they made the topic they did but you should still see something funny.  Most web comics suck ass.  A lot of them rely on either inside jokes (who nobody outside of the creator's three friends would give a flying fuck as to what they are talking about), trying to be deep when they can't (Tim Buckley), or just plain awful (Boston and Shaun, God Mode).

Cyanide and Happiness is great, although some strips try a bit too hard to be controversial, but most are still hilarious.  PBF is also great.

And the one comic about miscarriage (I don't remember who drew it) is one of the most awful comics I have seen on the internet, and earlier today I saw a Team Fortress 2 comic that had the characters as young girls.

[chronovore]

I can't stand it when someone says, "You've misunderstood me" or "You've misread me…"

It's not up to your audience to decipher the inner workings of the speaker's/author's mind. The person disseminating their viewpoint is responsible for putting it out in comprehensible fashion. Fuck you and your egotistic, non-Copernican universe.

[VomKriege]

I can't stand it when someone says, "You've misunderstood me" or "You've misread me…"

It's not up to your audience to decipher the inner workings of the speaker's/author's mind. The person disseminating their viewpoint is responsible for putting it out in comprehensible fashion. Fuck you and your egotistic, non-Copernican universe.

You should go back and re-read what I wrote...

[bork]

When people bump almost 10 year old threads.

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[Raist]

I can't stand it when someone says, "You've misunderstood me" or "You've misread me…"

It's not up to your audience to decipher the inner workings of the speaker's/author's mind. The person disseminating their viewpoint is responsible for putting it out in comprehensible fashion. Fuck you and your egotistic, non-Copernican universe.

I think you're misunderstanding what they're trying to say.

[Eel O'Brian]

IRL Twitch streamers. They overreact to everything, it's like watching an old-timey melodrama. Although I do like watching Twitch fail videos on youtube where they fall down and bust their asses or set themselves on fire or whatever.

[chronovore]

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People who fuss too much with their facial hair. People with weird facial hair. I'm ALWAYS suspicious of these people.

[Valkyrie]

Why the fuck would he shave his cheeks but not his neck?

[Raist]

Man, Tony Stark really let himself go.

[chronovore]

I can't stand it when someone says, "You've misunderstood me" or "You've misread me…"

It's not up to your audience to decipher the inner workings of the speaker's/author's mind. The person disseminating their viewpoint is responsible for putting it out in comprehensible fashion. Fuck you and your egotistic, non-Copernican universe.

You should go back and re-read what I wrote...

[chronovore]

Internet cosplay enthusiasts who suffix their name with “-sama“ or “-chan“ or “-tan“

Anybody with even a passing knowledge of Japanese, even first semester Japanese, knows that you do not ever apply an honorific suffix to your own name. Occasional using -tan is OK only if one ridiculously is flirting with the target. And the only time to use -sama is if you are a bad guy referring to yourself as ORE-SAMA, and it’s a kids cartoon.

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[bork]

Internet cosplay enthusiasts who suffix their name with “-sama“ or “-chan“ or “-tan“

Anybody with even a passing knowledge of Japanese, even first semester Japanese, knows that you do not ever apply an honorific suffix to your own name. Occasional using -tan is OK only if one ridiculously is flirting with the target. And the only time to use -sama is if you are a bad guy referring to yourself as ORE-SAMA, and it’s a kids cartoon.

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Adding to this, translations that purposefully leave certain words untranslated, like the infamous "all according to keikaku."

[Sideshow Raheem]

"I have an announcement to share today that I'm suuuper excited about. This tweet is the appetizer to the main event. Keep your eyes peeled in the next hour or so!"

[Coax]

People who use the phrase '<thing> be like' as an intended joke, when it's never used by them outside of that context.

[Tycoon Padre]

Nothing has the power to make me quite as irrationally angry as when a *certain sort of person* (coastal 30-something white person with a liberal arts degree) says or types the word "y'all"

[Pissy F Benny]

its even worse when someone you know for a fact is a middle class brit saying it

[Tasty]

Nothing has the power to make me quite as irrationally angry as when a *certain sort of person* (coastal 30-something white person with a liberal arts degree) says or types the word "y'all"

Lol who cares.

[BIONIC]

Nothing has the power to make me quite as irrationally angry as when a *certain sort of person* (coastal 30-something white person with a liberal arts degree) says or types the word "y'all"

I gotchu, fam 

[Joe Molotov]

Oh that reminds me...


people who say "I think I'm going to puke"


STFU (Image removed from quote.)

mine is broken image links in old threads

[Cauliflower Of Love]

forum admins who have to be special with different colored names

[who is ted danson?]

Oh that reminds me...


people who say "I think I'm going to puke"


STFU (Image removed from quote.)

mine is broken image links in old threads

[Potato]

Nothing has the power to make me quite as irrationally angry as when a *certain sort of person* (coastal 30-something white person with a liberal arts degree) says or types the word "y'all"

Try when someone NOT from the US uses it. Australians saying y'all is mystifying.

[Potato]

It really isn't. You all is a thing that can easily and naturally be contracted to y'all anywhere that speaks the English language.

Y'all doesn't qualify as English. It's something, but not English.

[team filler]

people who are not #teamfiller

[tiesto]

Internet cosplay enthusiasts who suffix their name with “-sama“ or “-chan“ or “-tan“

Anybody with even a passing knowledge of Japanese, even first semester Japanese, knows that you do not ever apply an honorific suffix to your own name. Occasional using -tan is OK only if one ridiculously is flirting with the target. And the only time to use -sama is if you are a bad guy referring to yourself as ORE-SAMA, and it’s a kids cartoon.

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What about Logan-sama, famous Grime DJ (as far as grime DJs could be "famous")?


(I used to talk to him a lot on an old UK garage message board a few years before he blew up... he was definitely into anime and RPGs and stuff like that so the "sama" is probably deliberate).

Also it's interesting to read this thread some 13 years later... so many people I miss and wonder what happened to (Bildi, Tauntaun, Eel)... and a surprising amount of weeb hate compared to nowadays.

[team filler]

Internet cosplay enthusiasts who suffix their name with “-sama“ or “-chan“ or “-tan“

Anybody with even a passing knowledge of Japanese, even first semester Japanese, knows that you do not ever apply an honorific suffix to your own name. Occasional using -tan is OK only if one ridiculously is flirting with the target. And the only time to use -sama is if you are a bad guy referring to yourself as ORE-SAMA, and it’s a kids cartoon.

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chrono-sama

[Tasty]

people who are not #teamfiller

 

[chronovore]

What about Logan-sama, famous Grime DJ (as far as grime DJs could be "famous")?


(I used to talk to him a lot on an old UK garage message board a few years before he blew up... he was definitely into anime and RPGs and stuff like that so the "sama" is probably deliberate).

Also it's interesting to read this thread some 13 years later... so many people I miss and wonder what happened to (Bildi, Tauntaun, Eel)... and a surprising amount of weeb hate compared to nowadays.

Nope, not unless it's a band name, maybe a reference to Wolverine's Japan-based Frank Miller miniseries. No individual refers to themselves with "-sama" - ever.

chrono-sama

[chronovore]

I certainly enjoy viewing a fair amount of titillating sexy cosplay, but I am stunned at what a high percentage of it is some woman who found a wig and the right-colored underwear to claim a finished costume. C Minus for effort!

[chronovore]

LinkedIn gives me this giant grid of people that I have possibly come in contact with. There are always one or two in 100 that I have worked with, but I don’t care to contact or connect with.

When I tap the X to get rid of the recommendation, I halfway wish it would let the person know that I am excising them from my life. The feature-converse of “these people viewed your profile.”

[Don Rumata]

Nothing has the power to make me quite as irrationally angry as when a *certain sort of person* (coastal 30-something white person with a liberal arts degree) says or types the word "y'all"

Try when someone NOT from the US uses it. Australians saying y'all is mystifying.

"You all" makes sense to some ESL, because some languages have plural forms of "you" that aren't present in English, so "Y'all" fills in that spot.