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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: loup garou
People who get repeatedly banned and keep coming back, but are too stupid to hide themselves well.
*cough*
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if a had a neon QFT sign, i would hang it here
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No wonder I was so confused.

I always thought "QFT" meant "quit effing talking."

I just looked it up on urbandict.
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: chcarnage
When I invest some time for an in my opinion informative reply and it gets zip feedback. I don't really care about flamefests. Meh, it's the web and I'm here voluntarily, but a sporadic pat on my e-shoulder makes things better 😉
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good post :thumbsup: 😉
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Thanks!

This will suffice for the rest of the week 😉
 
It annoys me when people post things like "first post" or "In before the L0ck" ....

I hate posts with absolutely no content whatsoever.

I know I'm beating a dead horse with this one, and it's not even my horse, but I really really really hate when people post crap in the wrong forum.
Post software in Software, post general hardware in general hardware. How fvcking hard is it???

I also hate reposts of reposts of reposts of reposts ....

If something is like 6 months old ... fine .. repost it, but if it's from yesterday and there's already been 3 posts about it ... no matter how bad you are at guessing keywords ... you'll probably find them in a search.


 
Originally posted by: Slimline
Originally posted by: logic1485
Acronyms tick me off the most.

It's a forums. Jeebus, it's not a race to see who can get the first post in. Take your time, don't acronymize, and check your spelling. Who cares if your post ends up being posted the next day. Just make sure you have quoted the person that you are replying to if it's not the OP's question.
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You used an acronym in your post...if you didnt notice. The irony.
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Some words are alright, like OP or WTF, but I don't even see the point of posts that have "w/" instead of "with", or "w/e" instead of "whatever"
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
Originally posted by: Slimline
Originally posted by: logic1485
Acronyms tick me off the most.

It's a forums. Jeebus, it's not a race to see who can get the first post in. Take your time, don't acronymize, and check your spelling. Who cares if your post ends up being posted the next day. Just make sure you have quoted the person that you are replying to if it's not the OP's question.
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You used an acronym in your post...if you didnt notice. The irony.
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Some words are alright, like OP or WTF, but I don't even see the point of posts that have "w/" instead of "with", or "w/e" instead of "whatever"
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I agree, lots of this shorthand garbage is horrible.
The worst have got to be when people try to spell What as "wat" ... WTF, it's ONE FVCKING LETTER, JUST TYPE THE DAMN THING. Others are "r" or "u" .... OMG 3 LETTER WORDS I CAN NOT TYPE THE WHOLE THING !!!11111

 
1. Song lyrics thread. I don't give a flying fsck what song you are listening to now, and how do lyrics help me understand how the song sounds?

2. Pronunciation threads. Totally useless 99% of the time. The problem lies is that even if you spell out the soundings of each syllable, many times it's still possible to mispronounce that "syllable sound". Some spellings have multiple ways of saying it.

3. People who create a thread asking for advice and then when others start to disagree with the OP, the OP gets super defensive and starts crying/whining/complaining/bitching at those who disagreed with him.

4. People who create rants dedicated to someone who will never read it. For example, I see a lot of "TO THE DOUCHEBAG WHO DECIDED TO WRITE A CHECK INSTEAD OF USING A CC...BLAH BLAH BLAH"...guess what...they won't read your stupid gay rant!

5. People who create threads with titles that say something to the extent of "OMG, A truck almost hit me just now". How can you be typing this thread and almost have been hit by a truck?

I'm sure there's more things I hate, but I have to get back to work lol.
 
Originally posted by: MDE
.999999999999999=1
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Those threads are a bit annoying ... but far worse are the people that say .9999... is NOT equal to 1 as those people are mathematicly incorrect. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: loup garou
People who get repeatedly banned and keep coming back, but are too stupid to hide themselves well.
*cough*
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if a had a neon QFT sign, i would hang it here
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No wonder I was so confused.

I always thought "QFT" meant "quit effing talking."

I just looked it up on urbandict.
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now you get to go back and read all your previous posts to see how many times you've misconstrued that oh-so-vital acronym 😛
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
now you get to go back and read all your previous posts to see how many times you've misconstrued that oh-so-vital acronym 😛
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I'm certain I confused many people.
 
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Originally posted by: MDE
.999999999999999=1
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Those threads are a bit annoying ... but far worse are the people that say .9999... is NOT equal to 1 as those people are mathematicly incorrect. 🙂
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My work here is done.
 
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I posted this somewhere else, but you might appreciate it 🙂
If you are new to the Internet, allow me to explain how to debate in this medium. When one person makes any kind of statement, all you need to do is apply one of these methods to make it sound stupid. Then go on the offensive.

1. Turn someone?s generality into an absolute. For example, if someone makes a general statement that Americans celebrate Christmas, point out that some people are Jewish and so anyone who thinks that ALL Americans celebrate Christmas is stupid. (Bonus points for accusing the person of being anti-Semitic.)

2. Turn someone?s factual statements into implied preferences. For example, if someone mentions that not all Catholic priests are pedophiles, accuse the person who said it of siding with pedophiles.

3. Turn factual statements into implied equivalents. For example, if someone says that Ghandi didn?t eat cows, accuse the person of stupidly implying that cows deserve equal billing with Gandhi.

4. Omit key words. For example, if someone says that people can?t eat rocks, accuse the person of being stupid for suggesting that people can?t eat. Bonus points for arguing that some people CAN eat pebbles if they try hard enough.

5. Assume the dumbest interpretation. For example, if someone says that he can run a mile in 12 minutes, assume he means it happens underwater and argue that no one can hold his breath that long.

6. Hallucinate entirely different points. For example, if someone says apples grow on trees, accuse him of saying snakes have arms and then point out how stupid that is.

7. Use the intellectual laziness card. For example, if someone says that ice is cold, recommend that he take graduate courses in chemistry and meteorology before jumping to stupid conclusions that display a complete ignorance of the complexity of ice.
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From Scott Adam's blog.
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I don't know whether to laugh because its true or cry because its true.
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I went with a chuckle and a sigh. :thumbsup: for the list.
 
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
To those who said "elitists," you're jealous, so shut it.
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Jealous of a Hair Dresser on Fire who's Girlfriends in a Coma? Surely you jest (I know I do)🙂
 
I hate what I will refer to ass "pseudo-expertism" in that people think with the power of Google and Wikipedia they are now experts on whatever the relevant topic may be.
 
The "I'm better than you" mentality and the sheep mentality. OMG "First Post" was funny, lets all do it 1000 times. QFT, 1000 more times. In Russia, 1000 more times.
 
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