Annoying Poster Habits And Other Annoying Things That Annoy (Title Change)

[smearbrick1]

While I am one to not complain too much, I have been noticing a trend with annoying poster habits in this, and every other forum out there. Some these include (but are not limited to) the following:

Since I'm going beyond the realm of forum posting, I thought I should change the title.

1. Posters ending sentences with the word "smile" after the period. Stop that crap! It's annoying and no one is smiling!

2. Posters who put common words in double quotes in the titles of their posts. Example: Help me find a "title".

Why is this double-quoted? Did I miss a meeting about the double-quotes? Because if I did, I would really like to be informed about these things.

3. The seemingly interminable number of posts all relating to the same thing.

Example: How do I copy-protect my homemade DVDS?

-or-

How do I convert a 9GB DVD to fit on a DVD-R? There is only is 4.7GB of space?

4. People who use the text messaging abbreviations in their posts. STOP IT! IT'S FREAKING ANNOYING!

5. PEOPLE WHO POST IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

6. People who do not use punctuation or capital letters.

7. People who use words in their posts like "Holla back" or "Peeps".

8. People who post ridiculously long guides on "how to" when there are 3 hundred other guides describing how to do the same exact thing.

9. Stop using cutesy terms for words. EX: Link becomes Linky, Program becomes Proggy. This is not Sesame Street or the Muppet Show. Knock that shit off!

10. People who feel it's necessary to weigh in on every single post whether resolved or not resolved. Especially when their opinion is not needed, is well-known to the rest of the posting community (you know who you are), and you post only to cause a huge angy debate.

11. CMC media is crap! Stop buying it.

12. Stop putting labels on your DVDs. I don't care who's uncle told you they would. Surface labels (not hub rings) kill playback quality of DVDs.

13. Sharpies will not harm the surface of a disc. Stop asking. These discs are not made out of some organic skin-like material that can't handle a non-toxic marker. Also, discs do not have allergies so this can be ruled out. They are made out of a polycarbonite. They can handle it.

14. PWNED, PSOWNED, OWNED (and many other variations). What is this? What does this mean? Can we stop this insanity (just like Susan Powter) and do everything we can to rid the web (and the world) of this nonsense.

15. The PG-13 rating. I know this has nothing to do with web forums, but I must comment on this atrocity to film also known as the PG-13 rating. What happened to the golden age of film? Remember the 80's: the golden age? In the 80's, two things were assured: There would another Rambo sequel and film studios would produced a ridiculous amount of rated R horror movies. Enter the 90's and the 21 century... gone! No more gratuitous nudity, inventive death shots, pre-marital sex on film (this goes hand and hand with the gratuitous nudity), or anything else that made these super cheesy rated R horror films (and some comedies) not great, but way more tolerable than today's crap.

16. The Unrated Edition. Stop putting out PG-13 crap and put out the movie as it was originally intended not some sanitized, watered-down pile of crap!

17. Women. I'm not necessarily annoyed by women in general, but there are little things that just get me. One example: When you are watching TV or working in the garage or doing anything that you do not want to be bothered, does your wife/significant other like to talk to you? She just talks and talks and talks and you are thinking "can you please quiet for 5 minutes. Then, on the other side of the coin, when you and your wife/significant other/mistress are in bed being intimate (you know what I mean) all you want is a little feedback. What do you get? Nothing. My wife will not open her mouth and say one thing. One could take that as meaning that you are doing everything right, but seeing as I have a bit of an inferiority complex, I imagine it's probably the exact opposite.

18. People who use the word "loss" instead of "lose" or "loose" instead of "lose".

19. People who use the word "you's" in place of "you people".

20. Men who refuse to cut their ridiculously long hair.

21. Women with fly-away bangs.

22. Stonewashed jeans.

23. Those half-pants that women wear these days. Are they pants or are they shorts? Looks like a flood is coming.

24. People who call their computer tower the harddrive.

25. People who think a faster processor equates to faster web surfing on dialup.

26. My cousin (who is a DJ) who takes 6 speakers with him to even the smallest gigs just because it makes him look cool.

27. Volunteer fire fighters. Yes I know, these people are there to help. Do they have to be so... I don't know... redneckish about it? Take the light bar off your car and put the police scanner down!

28. Those people at the DMV who take your photo. I don't know about any other state, but the people in the Harrisburg, PA DMV photo center think they are Herb Ritz or something. They get annoyed if someone doesn't wear the right clothes or has odd posture. I guess commonwealth employees need just a little more to bitch about. (I would know, I'm one of them.)

29. My wife can't seem to find the lightswitch in any room to turn the lights off. She also has an allergy to open doors. It is impossible to get her to either close a door or turn off the light. If you get her to do one, you can't expect the other. Most of the time I'll open the closet door and find she left the light on. The best one is when she goes to take a shower and turns the bedroom light on, the spare bedroom light on, the hallway light, and both bathroom lights (one over the mirror, one over the rest of the room) and leaves all of them on while showering. Apparently her dream house is a house with no doors and lights that remain turned on permanently. I'm going to install motion detectors in each room and eliminate the switches. That way she has no control over the lights.

30. Along with her light and door issue she has a tendancy to place everything on the kitchen table. Keys, purse, checkbook, dog collar, tampons (those are the best, especially when you have company) today's mail, yesterday's mail, the newspaper from Sunday (it's Wednesday and she "still hasn't read it"), various laundry items, and whatever else she may have on her person. I think if I let her, she would have everything she owns on the kitchen table.

31. And what and the hell is up with taking my keys? The minute she is done driving my car, she steals my keys. (thieves take note) 90% of the time the keys to my car are in my car. I park in a garage at my house, we do not have nomadic gangs of car thieves, and my garage is pretty secure. Everytime she takes my car and I go to drive it... NO KEYS! Not only are there NO KEYS but there is NO GAS!

32. Those stupid, cutesy little Powerpoint presentations that people send around that have images of fuzzy animals. I hate fuzzy animals.

33. Those awful friendship emails. If you want to truly test a friendship, send one of these.

34. People who talk with their hands (not deaf people or people communicating with deaf people.).

35. Women who smoke while pregnant.

36. People who suffer from chronic bronchitis and continue to smoke. Nothing clears up a cough like a good cigarette.

37. People who bitch about smokers in obvious smoking situations (bars, bar-restaurants, pubs, etc).

38. People who sue tobacco companies.

39. Uwe Boll films.

40. The Parents Television Council - Since when are the words "loser" and "stupid" profane? Apparently this group of idiots believe they are.

41. People who talk on cell phones while driving.

42. People who are paying for food items with food stamps at the grocery store and are talking on a cell phone.

43. People who attended college for like a day and half that think they are geniuses.

44. People who, all their lives, never create anything, but have absolutely no problem criticizing other's creations.

45. People who stretch their earlobes. Can anyone explain this? When you're 40 what will you think of this brilliant idea then genius?

46. People who wear driving hats.

47. People who wear driving gloves.

48. Elitist, yuppy, bastards.

49. Women who pretend to be gay and say they "became gay" or "I decided to be gay" then leave their "born gay" lover for a man.

50. The "No Spin Zone".

51. People who claim to only want "Fair and Balanced" news but get their news from Fox news.

52. Anyone who belongs to Oprah's book club.

53. The people that made Jimmy Fallon famous.

54. People who think that just because an item is discontinued that it will be worth a ton of money.

55. People who obsess over getting the original Star Wars trilogy on DVD.

56. Trekkies, Trekkers, Lord Of The Rings whackos, Star Wars freaks, and any other sci-fi fanatic. *note: This only applies to those whack jobs that show up three days before a premiere and camp out to be the 11th person in line, all while wearing a homemade costume of their favorite character. This applies to anyone who wears a costume on any day other than Halloween. Unless you are a theater major or something like that.

57. Just to be fair with those affected by number 56 - Sports fanatics. What a bunch of freakin' lunatics. The insanity of these people is beyond comprehension. I have yet to see the point in wearing a hockey/football/baseball/etc jersey with someone else's name on it. And this whole "my team" thing is really just crazy. Did you play? Where you the one with hyperextented knee from Sunday's game? Was it you that crashed into the wall at 160mph? I DON'T THINK SO! You sat at home on your lazy ass and watched the game from the comfort of you air conditioned/comfortably heated living room. You did nothing. There is no "my" in "team". Put your shirt back on and change the god damned channel! I'm sure your kids will appreciate it later.

These are just a few things that have been getting under my skin. Personally, I believe all of these people should be strapped to a chair and have their eyelids propped open for about 2 days. Or, to avoid all of the unnecessary chair and restraint gathering, just beat them over the head with a ball-peen hammer.

[Cobra]

Hmmm... I think smearbrick may be annoyed at something, but I'm not quite sure what...

(I know what you mean, smearbrick, by this post, and I agree)

[gadgetguy]

Oh good, it's not just me then.

[lumis]

7. People who use words in their posts like "Holla back" or "Peeps".

yeah, that is pretty annoying. unless you're 13 and talking to your friends at school, don't bring that shit here

[canadateck]

Peeps = Friends?

Peace Out.

[gadgetguy]

Peeps = Marshmallow chicks

[smearbrick1]

Peeps = Young (usually newborn) chickens.

[canadateck]

Jeepers Peepers!

[Ironballs]

Smearbrick add

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[jimmalenko]

Must say that I gotta agree with most of these.

I have a few of my own pet peeves though:

1. I like the people who use the word "h3lp" in the subject title and then admit that the only reason they did it was because the forum wouldn't let them use the word "help" in the subject. Welll Duhhhhh ! Perhaps there was a good reason, Albert Einstein !


2. At the risk of sounding offensive (I'm not intending to, BTW, and this is not a crack at canadateck specifically either), but what about people that use pictures of their newborn as their avatars ?

Whilst I'm happy for y'all for procreating, there's a lot of ugly babies out there. And sure, I know I have the option to turn off avatars in my profile, but unfortunately it's a "one in, all in" situation, and I don't want to have to hide everyone's avatars just so I can hide the ones I don't want to look at. If I have to, then so be it. However as an alternative there's a PHPBB mod that allows turning avatars (and signatures for that matter) off by user, which could be useful here IMHO.

... but OTOH, a ban on baby photos as avatars may well have saved Jeex from making this sage comment:

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1020962#1020962


3. The same band of WinAVI spammers that show up here every week or so, and keep putting China as their location

[Noahtuck]

People on boards bitching about stupid shit

[Supreme2k]

How about stupid shits bitching about people on boards? :P



smearbrick, when you compile this into a book, put me down for two copies.


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-people who go to a specialty site's message board (VH, sci-fi, whatever) and only hang out in OT (never posting anywhere else).

-people who have to make a big deal about introducing themselves to a board (or do it at all).

-I second the annoyance at people with their mongoloid children as avatars.

-the (purposely) gender confused. You know who you are.

-people who actually take your status seriously: "For someone



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2. Posters who put common words in double quotes in the titles of their posts. Example: Help me find a "title".

This was common practice at my last job. There were signs like:
"Authorized" Personnel Only (huh? really authorized, or just pretend?)
Please pay for each cup of "coffee" you take (was it or was it not real coffee?)

3. The seemingly interminable number of posts all relating to the same thing.

or
How do I copy the Incredibles?
New copy-protection on the Incredibles?
Problem with Incredibles

5. PEOPLE WHO POST IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

whatever did happen to DVDDave
/joking

7. People who use words in their posts like "Holla back" or "Peeps".

That shit is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S

10. People who feel it's necessary to weigh in on every single post whether resolved or not resolved.

Often times the thread has been dead for a while (months or years) to boot.

[lordsmurf]

smearbrick, when I come across most of this sort of crap (at least the more obnoxious ones, especially crap grammar) I do one of three things:

(1) Delete the e-mail. I don't talk to dumbasses.
(2) Ignore the post. I don't talk to dumbasses.
(3) Delete the PM. I don't talk to dumbasses.

9. Stop using cutesy terms for words. EX: Link becomes Linky, Program becomes Proggy. This is not Sesame Street or the Muppet Show. Knock that shit off!

Every time I see Panasonic referred to as "Panny", I cringe. The only time I would call a Panasonic a "Panny" is if somebody painted it pink and it was only able to receive chick-flick programming. Anybody who says "Panny" I imagine as wearing a tutu/make-up and eating cheesy tofu while watching that Gay Eye For the the Straight Guy or whatever the hell it's called.

[Noahtuck]

How about stupid shits bitching about people on boards? :P

R U Biotching bout muah
:P

Every time I see Panasonic referred to as "Panny", I cringe. The only time I would call a Panasonic a "Panny" is if somebody painted it pink and it was only able to receive chick-flick programming. Anybody who says "Panny" I imagine as wearing a tutu/make-up and eating cheesy tofu while watching that Gay Eye For the the Straight Guy or whatever the hell it's called.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

I've got a homemade DVD that I want to copy protect, and I think Sharpie looks really tacky and definitely erodes the disc over time. How do I copy-protect it and what's the best label paper to use?
Holla back peeps!

As far as the baby pictures go, I know every parent thinks that THEIR baby is just the cutest little bundle of joy ever, but the honest truth is that they ALL pretty much look like Winston Churchill until they're around 18 months old.

Teeny tiny little fonts in signatures seem a bit pointless.

Somebody mentioned features that may or may not be turned off by mods -- many of the forums I visit have a spell check button (of course nobody ever uses it...), that would be nice. I'm sure these types of features are totally dependent on what forum program they're using though.

Please, please, please: learn the difference between there, they're, and their!
PLEASE!
Also, learn the difference between then and than.

Rampant fan boys. Especially those who go to specialty sites/forums just to flame. Example, a rampant Honda rice-boy with a giant wing on the back of his Civic with the ill-fitting unpainted body kit and fart-can muffler and no mechanical improvements/modifications whatsoever joining a VW, Nissan, or any other brand than theirs tuner forum just to constantly spam about how much Honda "ownz".

Forums that sanitize posts with characters like #$@%*!.

Baiting (this could fall under my fanboy rant I suppose).

Forums that won't allow you to delete your own posts (another software limitation possibly?).

I must admit that I am often an offender of the capitalization and punctuation issues though.

[lordsmurf]

People who add "lol" all over their e-mails and posts.

Learn some grammar. "A lot" is two words. Then/than, too/to/two, wear/where/were,

If you use a "z" in place of an "s" you are a retard.

I am not your "bro". If you feel the need to get a sibling, go join the local Big Brothers program.

[MackemX]

If you use a "z" in place of an "s" you are a retard.

customize, organize etc

I just always knew the Americans were retards , hmm ain't you in the USA Lordsmurf?

(and please fellow members it's a f'in joke please don't anyone get upset and touchy about it and think I'm attacking the Americans. I just couldn't resist a simple joke about the differences of spelling especially with the S & Z :P)

4. People who use the text messaging abbreviations in their posts. STOP IT! IT'S FREAKING ANNOYING!

5. PEOPLE WHO POST IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

, what you wrote in #4 is what you moan about in #5

@Jimmalenko, if someone's avatar/sig is too much to look at then if you use Firefox get the adblock plugin. You can block specific things such as avatars and annoying sigs with a simple right click . It's also great for blocking other crap on sites you don't really want to see/hear as it doesn't just have to be images 8). I find it comes in useful for those sites that have stupid adverts at the top of the forum that make you scroll down

@Supreme2K, I don't think I've introduced myself. Please forgive my manners and I'm very pleased to meet you, maybe I can buy you a beer sometime or maybe you like some help with DVDStripper 8)

[MackemX]

Teeny tiny little fonts in signatures seem a bit pointless.

depends what resolution you are using and what size monitor you have

Forums that won't allow you to delete your own posts (another software limitation possibly?).

there is an option to allow users to delete posts, it just depends on the webmaster as to whether he allows it. Letting members delete their posts just means they can say things then retract them. If you want to delete something then you simply go back and edit. If someone has posted since your original post then it will show you have edited it and how many times you have done it. If nobody else has replied then your edit don't get timestamped

Somebody mentioned features that may or may not be turned off by mods -- many of the forums I visit have a spell check button (of course nobody ever uses it...), that would be nice. I'm sure these types of features are totally dependent on what forum program they're using though.

Please, please, please: learn the difference between there, they're, and their!
PLEASE!
Also, learn the difference between then and than.

Forums that sanitize posts with characters like #$@%*!.

I must admit that I am often an offender of the capitalization and punctuation issues though.

I'm not saying this is you Xylob the Destroyer but others I have seen on numerous boards. For the grammar/spelling freaks, get a f'in life. Who gives a shit how people spell or write posts, as long as it's harmless and unintentional then what's the big issue? . Can't you understand that some people may simply not have the same spelling/grammatical skills as you. Those who make a point of it must get great pleasure out of such a small thing musn't have anything else to feel 'good' about so that's why they do it

I guess I do a concern and that's people who reply within a minute or so just to add another comment to the same previous post. Why not just hit the edit button instead?

I know I'm replying again so when I could hit the edit but I don't want a huge long post but who is the main culprit around here for posting within minutes of their last post in the thread? :P I wonder how many posts they would have if they had used the edit button :P

joking of course but again I couldn't resist a poke a BJ_M. He replies to a thread, I get the notification and come along and read it. Then I notice he's posted again real quick by the latest posts indicators and read it. A few moments later I get another email notification, come back to the thread and it's just the email for BJ_M's reply as I'd read his 1st reply before he posted again

[lordsmurf]

For the grammar/spelling freaks, get a f'in life. Who gives a shit how people spell or write posts, as long as it's harmless and unintentional then what's the big issue? . Can't you understand that some people may simply not have the same spelling/grammatical skills as you.

I'm bothered by how relaxed society has become to uneducated communication. Some people are not, and that's your perogative.

But nothing says "dumbass" to me more than misused language. And I mean actual "the person doesn't know any better" sorts of mistakes, not typos or accidents caused by typing/thinking too fast. We all make typos, and forums are magnets for rushed writing mistakes. But it takes a special kind of uneducated dipstick to not know the difference between "they're, there and their".

How would people like books or newspapers that were written like this? I surely would not. This is a reason I refuse to listen to rap "music" (and I use the term loosely).

In fact, come to think of it, none of my friends or family are uneducated. I tire quickly of people who show a lack of education, I just assume not converse with them. Same for those who cannot read (ex: "How do I copy a DVD?" <insert Fran Drescher laugh>).

I think this is really what the whole post was about.

[Supreme2k]

Teeny tiny little fonts in signatures seem a bit pointless.

It's that MX guy up a couple of posts.

If you use a "z" in place of an "s" you are a retard.

Before you reply, please observe our following forum rules

• Do NOT give warez.
  
• Do NOT link to warez .
  
• Do NOT ask for warez.
  
• Do NOT provide information how to obtain warez.
  
• Do NOT advocate warez.
  
• Warez includes downloaded copyrighted movies, movies that are not yet released on VHS/DVD and copying rented movies.

But I agree with the grammar post. I would hope that one day, forums are not primarily inhabited by (learning-impaired) seven year olds.

[MackemX]

I guess I simply don't give a toss about grammar and spelling or anyone asking a dumb question

I also don't let it bother me that someone may not have 2 brain cells to rub together. They've done nothing to me apart from being stupid for whatever reasons (self inflicted or not). I can just ignore that fact unless something is thrown in my face and directed at me personally

I've got a great unemployed mate of 20 years who'd do anything for anyone whenever he can and is highly skilled in vehicle maintenance but he can't really read or write that well plus his education was pretty poor due to skipping classes

If everyone applied this dumbass dipstick 'rule' that some feel strongly about just because in their eyes he asked a dumb DVD backup question with poor spelling/grammar skills then to me that means people are being very judgemental just because of a few words on a screen

so by your reckoning LS, my mate is an uneducated 'dumbass' dipstick as he'd probably struggle to explain the reasons between their, there and they're also. It's so far from the truth apart from teh uneducated part and you look more of a dumbass for making that kind of statement in your previous post :P. If someone does have such a narrowminded view on someone just because of a post on a forum then that makes me wonder what that person is like in 'real' life making judgements

one thing I don't like to see on forums are the people who do give grief to those who ask dumb questions when they could quite easily just ignore it, or even stoop as low as correcting grammar/spelling but in an insulting manner. I'm not defending every daft post as they do appear often but I do see posters that do not deserve the crap they get at them just because they may struggle to post in the manner everyone would like

I got sick of people's attitudes towards others in these forums as I used to enjoy helping people no matter how stupid I thought they were and that's why I got dragged into OT as it was pissing me off a helluva lot more than the silly posts . Normally I would stoop as low as giving those well versed in the art of subtle 'bashing' a taste of their own medicine and it would often end in a flaming match. Most know I rarely backed down but tried my best to stay within the rules. I would do it all again if I had the time and interest as I think these are the ones who need a sharp shock treatment in forum etiquette and I just wish I'd been a mod for this place as I wouldn't have stood for it but I would have been very fair

like I said before these people need to get a life as all the moaning in the world won't make it go away

p.s. I'm not attacking you LS, I just find your comments in that last post a little puzzling that's all 8)

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

SMEARBRICK1, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE YOU "TALKING" ABOUT. smile

[MackemX]

SMEARBRICK1, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE YOU "TALKING" ABOUT. smile

I havnot a klue wat evry1 is talkn abowt eva

wat isa deeVdee burna, duz it not melt em coz their plaztik n can the'y mayk toast?

[Noahtuck]

Teeny tiny little fonts in signatures seem a bit pointless.

Peeps thet put thare avatar in the "siggy" field instead of whare the dayum thang iz spozed ta bee :P
WORD!! 8)


And i really hate those weirdos that hide shit in their avatars 8)

[lumis]

Please, please, please: learn the difference between there, they're, and their!

thank you.

people also need to learn the difference between "you're" and "your".

[Faustus]

people also need to learn the difference between "you're" and "your".

I have no idea what your talking about. There are two words you say?

[Xylob the Destroyer]

Peeps thet put thare avatar in the "siggy" field instead of whare the dayum thang iz spozed ta bee...

yo diggity, that's cuz they told me my avatar was "innapropriate"! (although I had received many compliments on it...)
da sig pic has always been there, but I'll change it juz fo u big daddy.
HOLLA BACK!

here's the old sig pic


it has been replaced now, along with the rest of the signature :P

[Dv8ted2]

People that threadjack a non-off-topic thread with their own questions, rather than start a new thread.

[Supreme2k]

People with multiple usernames for their multiple personalities

or

People who get banned or leave on their own accord, only to return with a new username, but same attitude.

[Dv8ted2]

People with multiple usernames for their multiple personalities

or

People who get banned or leave on their own accord, only to return with a new username, but same attitude.

Who would that be?