Little things that annoy the hell out of you

[Stormwatch]

It's a magical thing.

[Vurpa]

All brought upon myself perhaps. I'm a hobbyjuggler (diaboloist) and have practiced since 11 years old. For some reason jugglers will attract the most annoying people. Pretty much every single time I'm forced to practice in public instead of alone in a gym someone will ask if I'm a clown and laugh. As if after now 12 years of daily practice they seriously think it's the first I've heard that question and that they're being hysterical...

Also jugglers practicing in public areas aren't babysitters but somehow some dumb mom always ends up yelling at me for not being willing to look after her kids while she goes shopping.

^Got a thousand stories. Jugglers are like magnets for morons.

[Specineff]

When people use "then" instead of "than" when comparing something. (Smarter THAN the average bear, kiddies. Not "then").

[Jeneki]

Me at the local store, looking at meal replacement bars:

Clerk: "Those are buy one, get one half off."
Me: "Sounds good." I grab two and go to checkout.
Clerk: "Would you like to join our store membership? It costs a few bucks but you get 20% off for a year."
Me: "Does that stack with the sale?"
Clerk: "No, but you get 20% off which is a better deal."

[Despatche]

those moments where you feel like shit for doing or believing in <x> but then come across this shmuck who does/believes in the same thing or something very similar yet somehow manages to make it all seem about x10 worse, causing you to feel good about yourself and possibly even ignore why you felt like shit in the first place

[Aliquantic]

People on EBay who refuse to do EU-wide shipping, when it's the same exact thing as regular UK shipping (for a quid or two more) And how local shipping here is more expensive than just getting things from the UK...

[Ed Oscuro]

speaking of eBay: People who sell no-name items as brand name items (it's called fraud)

then they refuse to sign for the item when you return it

At worst I'll just get the item back and try to resell it for a huge loss (they were asking the same price as the brand name item, ROFFLE, stupid me for not catching that it was some funky off-brand)

[neorichieb1971]

When companies announce something you like alot. Then proceed to screw it up in every way imaginable.

I like steelbooks. Universal just announced a whole bunch of exclusives through play.com. They are going to be made landscape with no art on the inside or back.

Thats like announcing a mushimesama HD remake and having 2 3rds of the game missing the rest of it in vertizontal mode.

[BIL]

WHAT IN THE SWEET, SWEET FUCK

Is the announcer saying when a boss appears in

BLAST WIND

???

It's a little thing that's truly annoying the hell out of me. It sounds like "You're dead!" which would be a pretty hilariously terse boss warning indeed, but we could never be that fortunate. I do get the "good jarb keep up tha good wurk" when a boss gets taken out, though.

Also, nice job randomly alternating between a sexy senorita and the cover of The Smiths' "Hand In Glove" for the option screen wallpaper, Tecno Soft! (I think they were implying that a good percentage STG fans are closet homosexuals, presumably the very reason they went bankrupt shortly after)

[moh]

WHAT IN THE SWEET, SWEET FUCK

Is the announcer saying when a boss appears in

BLAST WIND

???

It's a little thing that's truly annoying the hell out of me. It sounds like "You're dead!" which would be a pretty hilariously terse boss warning indeed, but we could never be that fortunate. I do get the "good jarb keep up tha good wurk" when a boss gets taken out, though.

Also, nice job randomly alternating between a sexy senorita and the cover of The Smiths' "Hand In Glove" for the option screen wallpaper, Tecno Soft! (I think they were implying that a good percentage STG fans are closet homosexuals, presumably the very reason they went bankrupt shortly after)

speaking of shit that announcers say in STGs... I love donpachi for the american announcer. at least he sounds american...

what was going through his head when he pronounced "bomb" as BAWMBUR?

[jonny5]

head colds

[Hagane]

what was going through his head when he pronounced "bomb" as BAWMBUR?

Bomber.

[moh]

what was going through his head when he pronounced "bomb" as BAWMBUR?

Bomber.

yeah, i figured, but you're not even supposed to pronounce the second b let alone put that much emphasis on it D:

[Deca]

The way a friend/roommate/whatever always has to come up and start talking to you or watching or whatever on the tail end of one of the best credits you've ever played.

[drauch]

The way a friend/roommate/whatever always has to come up and start talking to you or watching or whatever on the tail end of one of the best credits you've ever played.

OH MY GOD YES. I'd say my biggest peeve ever is people talking/laughing/interrupting during videogames/shows/movies/whatever media. Even when my disgust is prominently displayed no one ever gets it.

[burgerkingdiamond]

How about when your girlfriend continues asking questions about a movie you're watching when it's the first time you've seen it, so you don't know any more about the plot then she does.

[BulletMagnet]

How about when your girlfriend continues asking questions about a movie you're watching when it's the first time you've seen it, so you don't know any more about the plot then she does.

Reminds me of a Kevin James joke about watching a movie with his girlfriend:

"Oh, ohh, watch this part!"

"...I've been staring at the screen this whole time, what'd you think I'd do at this point?"

*elbow* "No, I mean really watch it!"

"......" *squints, furrows eyebrows*

[Skykid]

How about when your girlfriend continues asking questions about a movie you're watching when it's the first time you've seen it, so you don't know any more about the plot then she does.

Gahh, ha ha! I get that a lot.

[ShmupSamurai]

Oh, dear god- Writer's Block.....it never fails!

Both in writing AND artwork!

[BPzeBanshee]

yeah, i figured, but you're not even supposed to pronounce the second b let alone put that much emphasis on it D:

I've posted this once before, but every time I think of the pronounciation of "Bomber" I think of this now.

[Leader Bee]

When people use "then" instead of "than" when comparing something. (Smarter THAN the average bear, kiddies. Not "then").

How about when your girlfriend continues asking questions about a movie you're watching when it's the first time you've seen it, so you don't know any more about the plot then she does.

Love it

[moh]

yeah, i figured, but you're not even supposed to pronounce the second b let alone put that much emphasis on it D:

I've posted this once before, but every time I think of the pronounciation of "Bomber" I think of this now.

BOOOOOM-BAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[Ed Oscuro]

Those dudes that run across the screen in Lethal Enforcers.

He's here...no wait he's there...aw shit I'm dead.

Also, having nearly instant-hit enemies at the boss. The real wall I seem to be hitting is at Chinatown though...can't survive more than a minute there.

In related news, MAME's method of determining "offscreen shots" with a mouse annoys the hell outta me. There's dead space to the edges of my screen (and anybody's screen, if they have a widescreen monitor), let me use it, damnit! On that note, s p a c e d o u t letters in the framerate display (F11 toggle), there's no reason for them. I want that stuff in the monitor's dead space as much as possible. Jesus, can't MAME Plus do anything right besides autofire?

[burgerkingdiamond]

political correctness. It's like our society feels that people have a fundamental right to not have their feelings hurt.

I was reading Njiska's blog and apparently some women complained about Dire Straits' song "Money for Nothing" because it says faggot a few times. Fuck YOU. That song is only about 30 years old, and if you listen to it in the context of the song it's not being used against a gay dude anyway.

You do not have the right to not have your feelings hurt. You don't have the right to be accepted by and liked by everyone. You don't have the right to dictate what other people say.

[Ex-Cyber]

I was reading Njiska's blog and apparently some women complained about Dire Straits' song "Money for Nothing" because it says faggot a few times. Fuck YOU. That song is only about 30 years old, and if you listen to it in the context of the song it's not being used against a gay dude anyway.

It is obviously meant as an anti-gay slur in the context of the song; it's disparaging a man's (purportedly) effeminate appearance. Then again, the context of the song is that it's mockingly written from the POV of a clueless asshole.

[drauch]

Fake mustaches. They aren't funny. They never were. Stop acting like a fucking fool.

[BPzeBanshee]

political correctness. It's like our society feels that people have a fundamental right to not have their feelings hurt.

I was reading Njiska's blog and apparently some women complained about Dire Straits' song "Money for Nothing" because it says faggot a few times. Fuck YOU. That song is only about 30 years old, and if you listen to it in the context of the song it's not being used against a gay dude anyway.

You do not have the right to not have your feelings hurt. You don't have the right to be accepted by and liked by everyone. You don't have the right to dictate what other people say.

Amen to that. Political correctness sucks.

A song's a song and there's worse songs than that one, namely those "yo yo yo walking down the street banging chicks at da club" etc etc. THOSE songs I hate.

[Ruldra]

[RGC]

Nail 'em up! Nail some sense into 'em!

[undamned]

When a video goes viral and all the hoes have to make an "Re: [insert viral video title here]" video with some low cut shirt shot. Get real. Quit riding other people's success and title your video appropriately: "I'M A WHORE LOOK AT MY BOOBS!"
-ud