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"Who?" or: What Are Your Biggest Posting Pet Peeves?
- Thread starter Gaf Zombie
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Those are trained professionals with years or decades of experience, pulling from the collected wisdom of the entire history of child development. Not shitlords in Era.
hate when I post about something and some genius replies "but [thing] sucks". like gee thanks for letting me know you don't like what I like, as if I really cared.
Convince me to buy/read/watch/play X.
No, fuck you, Youtube and Google exist. Do your own damn research. A specific question(s) is (are) fine, but having people try to cater to your tastes is not.
No, fuck you, Youtube and Google exist. Do your own damn research. A specific question(s) is (are) fine, but having people try to cater to your tastes is not.
When people make the exact topic made the week before, just worded differently. Gaming Era is not called out for this enough.
Exactly. So many people are fickle as hell.
Post or threads whose intent is to make the poster appear as "different" from "normal" people as possible.
"Recommend me some ______"
How about I recommenced a book on grammar?
'Just bought X system, hit me with some game recommendations'.
Jesus Christ, use the search bar. And why do you buy consoles without knowing what are you going to play, what the hell.
I agree with you to an extent and I understand your passion. I've found that arguing about music on the internet is the most worthless thing you could possibly do.
Unless you're on a dedicated board, the chances of having someones tastes line up with your is next to nil. On top of that, music is, to me anyway, the most subjective art form of all. We are just NOT going to appreciate an artist on the same level, even if we both like them.
Lastly, Music is about youth. I'm 38 years old. I've been listening to hip hop since the early 80's (my Uncle was a huge hip hop head who got me into the genre young). My favorite artists are tied to my formative years and early maturity. I was a scholar and even though I didn't like everything I heard, I was well versed in it at least.
You age out of that eventually. Now I rarely if ever get the time to truly appreciate MY music, and when I do I mostly enjoy it on a nostalgic trip. I rarely if ever seek out anything new and prefer to stick to my favorite artists. Because of this, I don't argue about hip hop on the internet anymore. I'm NOT going to like newer music for the most part. I also know that many people my age share the same experience and opinion. So yes, it is fruitless to argue with us. We're old.
All i'll say in closing is the following:
I dunno man, I feel like people hide behind age a lot. Mumble rap first started popping onto the scene like 4-5 years ago. I'm 31 now and would've been in my late 20s then. I hated it then, just like I didn't like Soulja Boy in 08 when I would've been 19. Does that mean I was "old" then? Was my opinion more valid then?? I find plenty, plenty of new music to listen to. I LOVE seeking out new music--I find new stuff I love all the time. I thought 2018 was a great year for music and I'm excited for 2019. Like...don't tell me I don't get Migos 'cause I'm old my dude....Quavo and Offset are 27.
I understand some dudes are hoteps and some dudes are racist and so it muddies the water over who's not even trying to engage in new music and who is, but still. Of course, I think art is all subjective and opinion based so you like what you like.
When an op titles their thread with a question and then immediately answers it himself.
"What's the best pizza and why is it Pizza Hut?"
Fuck off with that shit. It's not cute.
"What's the best pizza and why is it Pizza Hut?"
Fuck off with that shit. It's not cute.
This is true. A lot of parents don't want to accept they may have done wrong, so they have play the "you're not a parent so you wouldn't understand" card. The moment they say that, I just assume they've done whatever that topic is about.
"why hasn't this user been banned for sexism" in response to statements like "men are the worst". You have bigger problems if you don't get why that's a non issue.
This happens a lot. Threads get polluted with multi-pages of useless posts. People need to stop and think before they post reply... does this really contribute anything to the thread?
"I have not played/watched that game/movie, or have any intention to do so, but it sucks."
When I claim something sucks it is something I have suffered, at least partially though.
When I claim something sucks it is something I have suffered, at least partially though.
I also dislike posters needlessly using sensitive topics as a rebuttal.
If you receive criticism for liking Sugiyama's work, don't treat it as an attack on your agency as an lgbt person. Especially when the other poster did not present that topic (implicitly or explicitly) in their criticism.
Yes that actually happened. Another lgbt poster had to call them out on it.
If you receive criticism for liking Sugiyama's work, don't treat it as an attack on your agency as an lgbt person. Especially when the other poster did not present that topic (implicitly or explicitly) in their criticism.
Yes that actually happened. Another lgbt poster had to call them out on it.
I don't disagree with anything you said, but I have to add that the "dusty" go to whenever someone doesn't like something is frustrating. It's true for a lot of people but it seems like you can't dislike something for legitimate, it-sounds-bad-to-me reasons.
That can get pretty bad in movie topics. I blame youtube essayist for at least part of this.
Oh you reminded me; I have always been annoyed by threads that have titles or OPs like "Sell me on ____."
It does depend on the tone of the poster, usually the 'prove to me why this should be worth my time' sort of vibe. Something about it just makes me want to tell them to figure it out on their own because I'm not a salesman.
Usually when they're losing that argument.
"I'm sorry, but [thing that is accepted by most people as being succesful, critically acclaimed and widely liked] fucking sucks. It's just bad. Sorry you had to find out this way."
People who use RottenTomatoes to defend a movie they like but then ignore it when people use it to say a movie wasn't that good.
On this website, when people make video game thread titles out to be super dramatic and like the most important discussion known to man.
"We NEED to talk about unlocking characters in Smash Bros. Ultimate."
Also, I hate, "I just bought this game. What should I know going in?"
JUST PLAY THE FUCKING GAME
And "Why didn't anyone tell me *INSERT SUPER POPULAR AND ACCLAIMED GAME HERE* was this good??!?"
"We NEED to talk about unlocking characters in Smash Bros. Ultimate."
Also, I hate, "I just bought this game. What should I know going in?"
JUST PLAY THE FUCKING GAME
And "Why didn't anyone tell me *INSERT SUPER POPULAR AND ACCLAIMED GAME HERE* was this good??!?"
My biggest pet peeve on this board is ppl who reply JUST to be antagonistic or to tease or bully. Like do u purposely just want to be a negative person? Would u rather push against someone instead of having a fun positive interaction? Life should be fun and not taken that seriously.
This fucking dumb fucking condescending "I completely missed the fucking point of what was being said but I'm gonna act like a jackass anyway" post is my fucking pet peeve.
God fucking forbid I point out we don't need a thread everytime AOC sneezes just because it gives you hope.
There's no problem with disliking something.
However, people don't phrase their dislike as "I don't like this." They say "This is trash and anyone who likes this is trash." It's dislike with the intent to make people who disagree feel less than. The whole issue here is that people who dislike music phrase it for maximum hyperbole. It isn't enough to say "I don't like trap", it now becomes "I think mumble rap is a genre for trash folks who don't understand real hip-hop. Modern rap is trash."
Why don't people use question marks.
https://slate.com/human-interest/20...ark-with-a-period-or-with-nothing-at-all.html
https://slate.com/human-interest/20...ark-with-a-period-or-with-nothing-at-all.html
I generally think that canned edgy responses of all kinds fall into this category for me.
We have all seen them thousands of times before, so it's not like they are in any way interesting.
Admittedly I have been guilty of posting stuff like that in the past myself.
We have all seen them thousands of times before, so it's not like they are in any way interesting.
Admittedly I have been guilty of posting stuff like that in the past myself.
"Can't wait for x group to come into this thread" usually without giving any input on the topic at hand. It's like, do you care about the issue, or just the drama surrounding it?
Here are two that are exclusive to art threads:
- Quoting artwork that you like (without hiding them in spoilers) then responding to each picture with some variant of "OMG EPIC".
- Leaving out artwork that fails to impress you while you are quoting stuff. All you are doing is discouraging less skilled artists from posting in the thread. And you are potentially turning the thread into a rigid circle of 3 or so professionals patting each other in the back.
Agreed, these are so goddamn annoying.
Except it becomes ridiculous when these parents are presented with decades of studies that something they do with their children isn't effective then they get all defensive.
