okay, on the radio today, they were talking about pet peeves on drivetime domination. I found this to be intriguing.

please tell me your pet peeves!! this could get interesting.

-- Amber (starlight@wellyeah.org), April 11, 2000

Answers

I'll start.

I really hate it when people ignore me when I say something serious. like, when they just really don't say one word about it and change the subject!!!!!

I also hate it when people spam me through email. it makes me angry since I can't respond or they'll send more!! who knows how they get my name.

okay, one last thing, I hate it when people talk in ebonics and say LoL too often. I used to do that and I hate it...yes, I wouldn't be friends with my old self. there ya go!

-- Amber (starlight@wellyeah.org), April 11, 2000.

heheheh I remember that ethan...after you said that, I tried to think if I ever butchered the word 'literally'. I don't think I have, but who knows. maybe I did when I was younger and acted stupid!

that 'could care less' comment...I hadn't really noticed before but yes, that does sound sooo wrong!!!!

I know something else I dislike...especially when dad says it. the word "neat". I just hate it!! there's not a real reason except how dad gets that snickering glare in his face and says, "neat!" and I just want to kill him. argh. a lot of what he does pisses me off though so I can just say my pet peeve is dad!! haha.

-- Amber (starlight@wellyeah.org), April 12, 2000.

when people say 'I could care less' and they mean 'I couldn't care less'. There's a big difference, the first one implies you actually DO care. It's not some cute little slang thing, it's just people who can't fucking speak english and it bugs the hell out of me more than anything :)

Hee :P I'm feeling petty today.

-- Raven (rv@notadomain.com), April 12, 2000.

Oh I HATE that "I could care less" thing too! Arrrgh! And when strangers say "take care now". Like I wouldn't have if that cashier said it? Or what about later? Can't I take care later? Must I do it now? Rrr.

-- Sam (flight@munich.com), April 12, 2000.

yes, "i could care less" is so so wrong. People often reveal how stupid they are when they try to sound smart.

another abused/butchered word is "literally". ah! stop using it if you don't know what it means. i wrote a long rant about it while discussin' it with amber. let's see if i can dig that up....

"ah. more dissing. the word "literally" should be banned. no one can use it properly for shit. they thought it's like "with no exaggeration", or "for real". but they use it in a totally "figurtively" way. like, "ah! this shift has been hell, literally"

shut. up.! if this shift has been "hell, literally", then the lane would be made of fire and brimestone, your boss would have horns and naked and red. of course, that person meant "figuratively speaking, hyperbole".

another example: "the market for mp3 players has literally exploded in the market".

wrong wrong wrong. if it's "literally exploded", then the mp3 players would be shipped with small charge of TNT inside...."

-- ethan (ethan.z@usa.net), April 12, 2000.

okay, I have a new one. I hate when it only posts my posts out of order. I don't know why it does that. it just started doing that yesterday. that must be a BIG pet peeve. I can't believe I didn't mention that right away.

anything that messes up on the computer that I can't figure out why it's doing it makes me mad!

there..I think I'm over it..hopefully. [I'm trying to figure out if it's the email soo that's the reason for the change]

-- Amber (elise@wellyeah.org), April 12, 2000.

AHA!!! it worked this time. from now on, this'll be the email I post under just soo it shows up right. thank you!

-- Amber (elise@wellyeah.org), April 12, 2000.

i hate when i think of something completely cool to do, and everyone jumps on it before i can get my idea together.

-- charlie (tiredlids@uglyGeek.com), April 12, 2000.

oooh yeah I hate that, too, charlie!! so far, no one seems to have a feng shui satire coming together so I'm safe. well, hopefully. since I keep talking about it who knows who could be doing one now!

-- Amber (elise@wellyeah.org), April 12, 2000.

IRREGARDLESS! This "word" should be tortured, beaten, stabbed, killed, ressurrected, and killed again!

I've been told that this is a portmanteau word, like "brunch", comprised of two words smushed together to make a new word... in this case, supposedly, "irrespectively" and "regardless." However, this explanation falls short, because first of all... "brunch" is a combination of "lunch," and "breakfast"... two completely different things... to form a new word, "brunch," which is a third thing altogether located halfway between the parents... where as "irrespectively" and "regardless" mean just about the same thing, and the child word, "irregardless," would mean the same thing as the parent words if you take it as a portmanteau word... but the way it's spelled, it looks like "regardless" with the "ir-" prefix, which would negate it... so it would now mean "regarding," or "with regard to," which is the exact opposite of what it's "supposed" to mean!

-- Lexy (babylexy@cuteandcuddly.com), April 13, 2000.

Oh, and when people ask a question and then, when answered, tell you, "I did NOT want to hear that." Why the fuck did you ask then?

-- Lexy (babylexy@cuteandcuddly.com), April 13, 2000.

And I know I have a third pet peeve but I can't remember it right now.

-- Lexy (babylexy@cuteandcuddly.com), April 13, 2000.

on icq: -people who immediately log off when you simply say "Hi" to them. ::stab stab stab:: what? you don't even have the decency to say "hi" back? i'm not asking for money, ya know, just a "hi". -a/s/l [sorry, no american sign language on icq] -people who don't use "?". a question looks incomplete, blunt and rude without it.

that's all for now. i'm easily annoyed. i annoy myself quite often too.

-- ethan (ethan.z@usa.net), April 13, 2000.

Chatroom Pet Peeves:

In a chatroom with whisper or private message mode, when someone you don't know PMs you and you tell them not to and they send you another PM asking you why or apologizing. Also, when someone asks you for cybersex and when told no, asks "Why not?"

People who come into a themed chatroom not because they fit the theme but because they view the room selection as a buffet and the room's inhabitants a menu to choose from. This includes repressed bisexual or gay men who think transsexuals are women with penises that exist to enable them to live out their fantasies without "making" them gay, and men who define lesbians as "Women who are attracted to other women and me." Seriously. If a girl called herself a lesbian but never looked at other girls and only had sex with men, men would be all over her. It's really frustrating when I spend half an hour trying to get into a crowded lesbian chatroom to talk to my friends and when I get in half the slots are filled up by "HOTSTUD4U" type chatters.

-- Lexy (babylexy@cuteandcuddly.com), April 13, 2000.

Work Pet Peeves

'your call is important to us'

I think that says it all. Especially at 10 second intervals.

Buh.

-- Raven (no@no.a.cu), April 13, 2000.

I have some new ones to share:

when someone says "her" or "she" when talking about me when I'm still in the room.

EX: dad: why do you always take her side??
::silence::
dad: she's wrong!!

okay, they can at least wait until I have left the room. I just remembered this. not that someone has done this recently.

also, I hate people who randomly try to chat with me and then they don't seem interested AT all in what I have to say!! or they just go, 'ok...' like they're bored out of their mind. I also hate those that seem all stupid and then go, 'so what do you look like?' who the hell cares if we're never going to meet!! it's not going to happen. hmphf...I mean, it's okay to send a photo of yourself or describe yourself but if asked as the first question, it means they don't care about anything else.

okay, I've said my piece. I feel better now.

-- Amber (elise@wellyeah.org), April 16, 2000.