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Ikael said:
Forum posting habits that annoy the hell out of me?

My own.

... confessional ...

So my sincere apologies, gaf. I sometimes forget a very basic truth: being right in a debate or conversation never outweights nor compensate being an asshole, and that's the worst posting habit that one can have.
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Welcome back *pats on back*
 
OP focused on some tragedy then the first response is some tasteless pun because of the stupid insistence on being 'first' to reply. Rest of thread is now about how tasteless the pun was and the original subject of the thread is buried.
 
Threads being locked with no explanations. What do people do at that point? Re-create the thread and make the moderator mad?

Talking about this thread.

'Banshee - A new action series from the creator of True Blood - Fridays - 10 - Cinemax'
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=506920&page=18

So.. I guess that just means we will start a new thread for Season 2? The above locked thread was for Season 1, so it was probably locked since Season 1 has ended and is no longer applicable and is irrelevant.

Who knows, maybe the creator of the thread locked it.
 
Dax01 said:
That reminds me of another annoying posting habit! People assuming you're male when they're not sure.
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OK, sweetheart, I'm sorry.


Cyan said:
I don't recall ever seeing your username before.
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My username is forgettable. My posts are legendary. Maybe you remember my "What's the deal with airline food?" classic or my "What's the deal with Bronys" tirade*. All coming back now isn't it?

* winner of the Nobel prize for forum posting 2012.
 
strobogo said:
I went back to my school a year or two after I graduated and my English teacher was complaining about how she now had to teach to drop the last comma in a series. I agree that it often completely changes the meaning of what you're trying to say, but kids are being taught otherwise now.
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The Oxford comma stuff makes me so angry that I could seriously blow. I'm all for the evolution of language, but this is just bad all around. Why would anyone possibly want to make sentences more ambiguous? What is gained? raaaaaaaaaaage.

Weird about APA, but this kind of thing is why there's still no universal standard after transitioning from typewriters. People learn differently, different standards abound, and everyone is just spacing all willy-nilly after periods.
 
hey_monkey said:
The Oxford comma stuff makes me so angry that I could seriously blow. I'm all for the evolution of language, but this is just bad all around. Why would anyone possibly want to make sentences more ambiguous? What is gained? raaaaaaaaaaage.

Weird about APA, but this kind of thing is why there's still no universal standard after transitioning from typewriters. People learn differently, different standards abound, and everyone is just spacing all willy-nilly after periods.
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Hey, I was pissed about the Oxford comma too :p F that noise, I will continue to use it.
 
Chinpoko_Master said:
List threads where people post a picture of something without explaining what it is or what it's from.
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That's pretty much my biggest pet peeve.

I wish it would become a bannable offense. Unless that shit has the name of the game in it, or it's a screenshot of the game that is the topic of the thread... stop being an asshole and at least post the name of the game it's from. Or if not game side, post what the fuck or who the fuck it is.

Most of the time it's because shit's obscure and the the poster is thinking he's all cool by knowing what it is, and I can see them waiting by their keyboard for the inevitable "WTF game is that?" post so they can come back in and drop their hipster card.
 
Dax01 said:
What was? The sweetheart? Sorry, people call me "hon" and "dear" and "honey" and all that other shit, when they don't even know me, all the time (all men, obviously), so I have hard time distinguishing joking from being generally weird.

I'm not your sweetheart.
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He was playing up to your comment, and making a joke of his own.
 
Dax01 said:
What was? The sweetheart? Sorry, people call me "hon" and "dear" and "honey" and all that other shit, when they don't even know me, all the time (all men, obviously), so I have hard time distinguishing joking from being generally weird.

I'm not your sweetheart.
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I get that a lot too when people are being condescending, to the point that I have started to call guys 'sweetie' when they are being annoying. No one thinks it's funny when I reverse it, heh.
 
I came into this thread to post about the "So" titles and the ridiculous use of spoiler tags (currently #1 on my list since the So threads were addressed).
 
Dax01 said:
What was? The sweetheart? Sorry, people call me "hon" and "dear" and "honey" and all that other shit, when they don't even know me, all the time (all men, obviously), so I have hard time distinguishing joking from being generally weird.

I'm not your sweetheart.
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Is this an admission to being weird? ;)
 
"well deserved" whenever a developer or publisher does good business

They get what they get, dammit!
 
TommyT said:
Oh? What's the story behind this?
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I made this thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=637868), bitching about the "So" titles that permeated GAF. At the time, there were dozens made over the previous few days. Stump went and renamed them all, then a few weeks ago he told me he made a script that notifies mods whenever a thread is started and the title begins with "So", so the mod can lock/change thread title. Don't know if it was implemented but there's definitely a lot fewer "So" titles. Just a pet peeve of mine :)
 
commish said:
I made this thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=637868), bitching about the "So" titles that permeated GAF. At the time, there were dozens made over the previous few days. Stump went and renamed them all, then a few weeks ago he told me he made a script that notifies mods whenever a thread is started and the title begins with "So", so the mod can lock/change thread title. Don't know if it was implemented but there's definitely a lot fewer "So" titles. Just a pet peeve of mine :)
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Very interesting, thanks. I like that there are not bots/scripts of GAF that can handle of bunch of things; pretty nifty!

edit: Sooo yeah...
 
Fiction said:
I get that a lot too when people are being condescending, to the point that I have started to call guys 'sweetie' when they are being annoying. No one thinks it's funny when I reverse it, heh.
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I know! Recently, I was at a Cook-Out in North Carolina to order a burger and a shake. I walked up to the front of the building and a man pushed the windows apart to take my order. Here's how the conversation went:

Him: "Hey, hon, how can I help you?"
Me (being polite, smiling): "Uh...can I have a plain baconburger with a Hershey's chocolate shake?"
Him: "Sure thing, honey. Will that be all?"
Me: "Yes, that's everything."
Him: "All right, dear, that'll be $6.56."

I hand him my money, he closes the window until my order's ready. He opens the window to give me my order.

Me: "Thanks!"
Him: "No problem, honey, see you tomorrow."

After he closed the window, I walked away to make the biggest "What the fuck?" face. What the hell did he mean by "See you tomorrow!"?

:|

Hitokage said:
Is this an admission to being weird? ;)
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That was me getting fed up with it! So I started doing it on GAF, then I got fed up with me doing it.
 
Dax01 said:
I know! Recently, I was at a Cook-Out in North Carolina to order a burger and a shake. I walked up to the front of the building and a man pushed the windows apart to take my order. Here's how the conversation went:

Him: "Hey, hon, how can I help you?"
Me (being polite, smiling): "Uh...can I have a plain baconburger with a Hershey's chocolate shake?"
Him: "Sure thing, honey. Will that be all?"
Me: "Yes, that's everything."
Him: "Alright, dear, that'll be $6.56."

I hand him my money, he closes the window until my order's ready. He opens the window to give me my order.

Me: "Thanks!"
Him: "No problem, honey, see you tomorrow."

After he closed the window, I walked away to make the biggest "What the fuck?" face. What the hell did he mean by "See you tomorrow!"?

:|
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I'm fairly certain he meant no great offense to you.
 
What really grates my nerves is when I'm called "bud" or "buddie" in real life. It has a similar connotation as sweetie. I typically respond with the most loathing "... Thanks pal"

That's not to say I'm always hyper sensitive. I just want the slightest courtesy from the people who I'm paying for shit. Usually they're older and forget the nature of the transaction.
 
Dax01 said:
I know! Recently, I was at a Cook-Out in North Carolina to order a burger and a shake. I walked up to the front of the building and a man pushed the windows apart to take my order. Here's how the conversation went:

Him: "Hey, hon, how can I help you?"
Me (being polite, smiling): "Uh...can I have a plain baconburger with a Hershey's chocolate shake?"
Him: "Sure thing, honey. Will that be all?"
Me: "Yes, that's everything."
Him: "Alright, dear, that'll be $6.56."

I hand him my money, he closes the window until my order's ready. He opens the window to give me my order.

Me: "Thanks!"
Him: "No problem, honey, see you tomorrow."

After he closed the window, I walked away to make the biggest "What the fuck?" face. What the hell did he mean by "See you tomorrow!"?

:|



That was me getting fed up with it! So I started doing it on GAF, then I got fed up with me doing it.
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The only time I don't find it super annoying is from elderly men and women. I have no idea why. Maybe cause my step-father calls me hon and sweetie all the time? Or perhaps because they have a right to look at me as a child? Everyone else, I am 31 years old, using cute children's terms on me when I don't know you is annoying.
 
When people use hell as a preface or whatever you would call it. i.e: My cat runs fast. Hell, he runs faster than me.

I don't like it.
 
Dax01 said:
I know! Recently, I was at a Cook-Out in North Carolina to order a burger and a shake. I walked up to the front of the building and a man pushed the windows apart to take my order. Here's how the conversation went:

Him: "Hey, hon, how can I help you?"
Me (being polite, smiling): "Uh...can I have a plain baconburger with a Hershey's chocolate shake?"
Him: "Sure thing, honey. Will that be all?"
Me: "Yes, that's everything."
Him: "All right, dear, that'll be $6.56."

I hand him my money, he closes the window until my order's ready. He opens the window to give me my order.

Me: "Thanks!"
Him: "No problem, honey, see you tomorrow."

After he closed the window, I walked away to make the biggest "What the fuck?" face. What the hell did he mean by "See you tomorrow!"?

:|



That was me getting fed up with it! So I started doing it on GAF, then I got fed up with me doing it.
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Are you not overthinking this? Or looking to be insulted?
I doubt people are out to insult you because you are female.

Dax01 said:
Never said he did, just commenting on how it's annoying in real life.

It's a slight form of sexism. If I were a boy, that cashier would not have said "hon," "honey," or "dear" to me once.
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Older women say "hon" "dear" "sweetie" all the time. Especially down south. Where are you from?
 
Hyperbole and rage.
 
Dax01 said:
Never said he did, just commenting on how it's annoying in real life.

It's a slight form of sexism. If I were a boy, that cashier would not have said "hon," "honey," or "dear" to me once.
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I've definitely had female cashiers/waiters call me hon, dear, and sweetie. They were older, but still, guys get that. There is a whole generation of people who refer to EVERYONE as one of those words. They're the same people who say Warshington and warsher.
 
Dax01 said:
Never said he did, just commenting on how it's annoying in real life.

It's a slight form of sexism. If I were a boy, that cashier would not have said "hon," "honey," or "dear" to me once.
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I don't like when female bartenders/waitstaff do this. More so with bartenders, seems to happen a LOT.
 
I usually dislike threads were the opening post asks people to contribute with examples of their own. In theory it could work out well and create a thread that is not only interesting to read, but also helps you understand other members better. People could bring up an example of their own and then elaborate on their choice. This very thread is an example of this type of thread done well.

However how it usually goes is a swamp of the following:
  • People who just name-drop something and don't explain their choice.
  • People who just post an image without explaining their choice, but also leave people puzzled what the thing they posted was even from.
  • People who quote a one-word post and reply with "This" or "."
  • People who quote a one-word post, change it ever so slightly, and then go "Fixed". Again, without explaining a single thing.
The threads usually have a large amount of posts, so the very few posters that are trying their best are drowned out.
 
strobogo said:
I've definitely had female cashiers/waiters call me hon, dear, and sweetie. They were older, but still, guys get that. There is a whole generation of people who refer to EVERYONE as one of those words. They're the same people who say Warshington and warsher.
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Yeah I've had people say it to me as well. I never thought much of it.
 
Dax01 said:
Not nearly as often.
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Not by people your own age, but by older women, it happens all the time to men. Especially if they're young or look young. Sexism happens to men, it's just way less aggressive and offensive as when it happens to women. And less likely to affect a career.
 
I'm a 31 year old guy and I get referred to as hon, sweetheart, sugar, and all that by women older than me all the time, both by family and strangers. I take it as them being nice rather than condescending.
 
commish said:
Yeah I've had people say it to me as well. I never thought much of it.
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Being overly sensitive and taking everything as a personal attack - when it was never meant to be, seems to be a big trend these days.

As a matter of fact I notice that people will deliberately translate a general statement into a directed insult, just to push some kind of point, or maintain some victim/oppressed status.

There's this girl I work with that complains and whines about everything. When you offer her a solution, she always rejects it. Why? So she can go back to enjoying and benefitting off of her 'poor whoa is me' status.

This is not directed at anyone in the thread. Don't take it personal, it is not an attack.
 
strobogo said:
Not by people your own age, but by older women, it happens all the time to men. Especially if they're young or look young. Sexism happens to men, it's just way less aggressive and offensive as when it happens to women. And less likely to affect a career.
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I'm not gonna deny it happens to men, although from my experience I would disagree that it happens just as often to men as it does women.
 
Dax01 said:
Never said he did, just commenting on how it's annoying in real life.

It's a slight form of sexism. If I were a boy, that cashier would not have said "hon," "honey," or "dear" to me once.
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So wrong. I get hon, flower, sweetheart, etc all the time here in NE England.

Dax, you seem easily irritated by an utterly innocuous turn of phrase!

Some people call you hon or one of its derivatives with purely innocent intentions. The same with people assuming you are male on here, it's not intended to offend.
 
*Some tragic event happening at a place*

Poster : Holy shit, I / my friend / uncle's wife dad brother wife grandfather used to go there!

So? Whats the point of saying that?
 
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