Little things that annoy the hell out of you

[drunkninja24]

I've grown quite tired of tools on youtube saying "X (always related to the video in question) disliked this video." Do those guys have any idea how unoriginal and dull they actually are? I swear, kids these days.

It does, but I'll admit I've got a chuckle out of a couple of them.

[greg]

I'm way too lazy to search through previous pages in this thread, but somebody (either Rancor or GP) griped about girls with large, fake looking glasses in Tokyo. I found this article:
http://web-japan.org/trends/11_fashion/fas110623.html
The style originates from the character Arale-chan from Akira Toriyama's manga, Dr. Slump. I read a few chapters of this manga last year and I liked it way better than Dragonball, that's for sure.

I'm a sucker for girls who wear glasses, so you won't see me complaining about this fad. Just remind yourself about the ganguro days (or obake as I called them) and count your blessings.

[null1024]

I'm way too lazy to search through previous pages in this thread, but somebody (either Rancor or GP) griped about girls with large, fake looking glasses in Tokyo. I found this article:
http://web-japan.org/trends/11_fashion/fas110623.html
The style originates from the character Arale-chan from Akira Toriyama's manga, Dr. Slump. I read a few chapters of this manga last year and I liked it way better than Dragonball, that's for sure.

I'm a sucker for girls who wear glasses, so you won't see me complaining about this fad. Just remind yourself about the ganguro days (or obake as I called them) and count your blessings.

I'm a sucker for girls who wear glasses too, but this just reminds me of those idiots who punch the lenses out of 3D glasses to wear.

[mesh control]

WANT

[Obiwanshinobi]

I wonder why bespectacled girls (for whom I have a soft spot as well) keep wearing thick rims in this day and age. Lucca from Chrono Trigger is the only one I find these particulary fetching on.

[greg]

Because if the rims are way too thin, you can't hardly see they're there. I prefer the more angular square ones though. Anything's better than those weird, wavy, plastic monstrosities from the 80s and early 90s.

[Blackbird]

People that are careless with other's possessions, or just careless in general. I should really stop letting other people handle my games >_<.

[Siren2011]

People that are careless with other's possessions, or just careless in general. I should really stop letting other people handle my games >_<.

That just irks me to no end. Luckily, I've never had the problem of another person damaging/losing an item that I lent them. If someone ever did, then I probably would never let people borrow shit unless they were really, really, REALLY good friends with me. What did they damage? It's not really crucial information, but I'm just curious.

[ZOM]

People that are careless with other's possessions, or just careless in general. I should really stop letting other people handle my games >_<.

Stopped with that ages ago, that is, I'm still giving them out to very close friends whom I trust their soft handling capabilities. And then there's the fact that a close friend knows that you'll get pissed if he doesn't take enough care.


EDIT: Sign me in for the girls-with-glasses-are-sexy club.

[Blackbird]

What did they damage? It's not really crucial information, but I'm just curious.

Nearly damaged a brand-new (well, not new, but just arrived in my possession today) DonPachi. Shut the spine card in the hinge of the case without thinking it might get creased. Eh, not really major damage, it mostly made me mad because it hadn't even been in my house for an hour before people are trying to wreck stuff I bought with my hard-earned cash >_<. In the end, it was only a little folded, so I was able to bend it back into shape with no observable damage.

Ordinarily, I wouldn't stand for it, but I put up with more than I should because he's my brother.

Edit: Me three for glasses club.

[neorichieb1971]

Games that change structure in 2p mode. Example - I'm playing Mr driller 2 or Bust a move again EX on my cabs and someone presses the 2p button when i'm doing really well in 1p mode.

I remember back in the day playing Gauntlet on my own I got to level 60 and some idiot put 3 coins in and started pulling the screen into all the ghosts. Luckily he died before I did and I managed to continue but I was so pissed off. I eventually got to level 89 on one credit and I only stopped there because my dad pulled me off the machine lol.

[Stormwatch]

This one got me foaming. See, I was looking for a console-opening tool set, like this or this. But pretty much every store where I find either of these wants me to register and give all sorts of personal information before telling me the shipping costs. Are those fuckers actively trying to anger potential clients?!

[Obiwanshinobi]

Games that change structure in 2p mode. Example - I'm playing Mr driller 2 or Bust a move again EX on my cabs and someone presses the 2p button when i'm doing really well in 1p mode.

I remember back in the day playing Gauntlet on my own I got to level 60 and some idiot put 3 coins in and started pulling the screen into all the ghosts. Luckily he died before I did and I managed to continue but I was so pissed off. I eventually got to level 89 on one credit and I only stopped there because my dad pulled me off the machine lol.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_gau ... orrows_ps2

[mesh control]

http://youtu.be/_W-lFVzIf00

[Ex-Cyber]

Software vendors that silently install their own "updater" for non-system software and set it to run at boot/login and/or run in the background periodically (whether or not I've launched the app). No. You're not that fucking important.

[Siren2011]

http://youtu.be/_W-lFVzIf00

That has to be the most pretentious moment of humankind. How sickening.

This generation is proof that even if you aren't talented in the slightest, there is an industry position available with your name on it. You can dupe anyone these days. Even yourself.

[xris]

ugh, I noticed that that video was filmed in my home town...
I have no clue who the guy that is playing is, but there is actually a very healthy noise scene here. Allot of it has to do with there being a regular night on Sundays at a Vietnamese (I think) restaurant that used to be a really big night club. The place in the vid is not it. The people that own the place actually love it because it brings in 30-40 people regularly, and they buy lots of drinks. I know some of the people in the scene, and have even gone to some shows myself, they're all really cool people, that are involved in different aspects of culture. Yup, these are the people that write graffiti, print shirts, put on shows, organise block parties, play softball on Sunday afternoons before hand. That kind of shit. One of the guys in the video used to play in Brutal Truth as well.
Looks like a bunch of people having fun, well kinda.. So, don't knock it just 'cause you aint down. That's what annoys me.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Software vendors that silently install their own "updater" for non-system software and set it to run at boot/login and/or run in the background periodically (whether or not I've launched the app). No. You're not that fucking important.

All the more I appreciate those who don't do it for a change. When I install some commercial software and then it just sits there quietly, it's heartwarming.

[Skyline]

I've always had a thing about repeating myself, or people unnecessarily repeating themselves. Recently I discovered that I can't really use drive-thru windows anymore, because the fact that your total is repeated to you at the window pisses me off.

I usually bark out my extra requests for ketchup and the like while holding my payment out just so they won't repeat how much I owe them, when I heard them loud and clear the first goddamned time. I end up looking like a complete dick most of the time so I usually just pay inside.

[Acid King]

http://youtu.be/_W-lFVzIf00

That has to be the most pretentious moment of humankind. How sickening.

Nah it's just a guy making noise.

This generation is proof that even if you aren't talented in the slightest, there is an industry position available with your name on it. You can dupe anyone these days. Even yourself.

I don't see what this generation has to do with Emil Beaulieau, as he's been doing noise for 20+ years. I liked that you compare a microgenre of music, probably the only one where absolutely none of the performers make a living from it, to an industry, though.

I have no clue who the guy that is playing is, but there is actually a very healthy noise scene here.

That's RRRon Lessard, proprietor of RRRecords. He's been around forever.

[mesh control]

http://youtu.be/_W-lFVzIf00

That has to be the most pretentious moment of humankind. How sickening.

This generation is proof that even if you aren't talented in the slightest, there is an industry position available with your name on it. You can dupe anyone these days. Even yourself.

Heh.


I don't mind noise, just not this particular brand. Although it's been a while since I've listened to anything for worthwhile.

[ncp]

Looks like a bunch of people having fun, well kinda..

Looks more like 10 people standing around enduring something they don't enjoy thinking "wow this is so artisic and i'm so hip for listening to this..." to me

[Siren2011]

Looks more like 10 people standing around enduring something they don't enjoy thinking "wow this is so artisic and i'm so hip for listening to this..." to me

Whew. For a second there I thought I was alone in thinking this. I will investigate this "noise rock" with cautious optimism. It can't all be bad.

On another note, I think it's about time for Nyan Cat to be euthanized.

[emphatic]

Forum search giving fruitless results. FUCK!

[Acid King]

Whew. For a second there I thought I was alone in thinking this. I will investigate this "noise rock" with cautious optimism. It can't all be bad.

Noise rock

Just plain noise

[xris]

Looks like a bunch of people having fun, well kinda..

Looks more like 10 people standing around enduring something they don't enjoy thinking "wow this is so artistic and I'm so hip for listening to this..." to me

In this case, you're probably right. Sturgeon's law in effect.

[njiska]

Whew. For a second there I thought I was alone in thinking this. I will investigate this "noise rock" with cautious optimism. It can't all be bad.

Noise rock

Just plain noise

Alessandro Cortini's blindoldfreak project has turned up some decent tracks that are essentially electronic noise. Saw a live quadrophonic performance that was incredible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnkDe3_rXz8

[RNGmaster]

Babies. Goddamit, 2-year-olds are the worst.

We've has my sister's kid over at the house the last week or so, and while I love the kid he only has two settings: really freaking loud and overly clingy. Doesn't help it when he comes down and I'm trying to 1cc Strikers '45 II...

Also, people who laugh at EVERYTHING annoy me. I'm not talking people who mock everyone, I mean people who have a little insincere laugh that they use whenever they feel awkward.

[Siren2011]

Also, people who laugh at EVERYTHING annoy me. I'm not talking people who mock everyone, I mean people who have a little insincere laugh that they use whenever they feel awkward.

I love it when people laugh, but this is too much, I agree. I know someone who fits that description perfectly.

[Skykid]

Foot fetishists.

What the fuck is that all about?