Little things that annoy the hell out of you

[moh]

When procrastination gets the better of me yet again.

I used to be a huuuuuuge procrastinator.

it just takes a lot of self-discipline, and years of effort

[Ed Oscuro]

It takes years of effort to learn how to do things on time?

Admittedly this has been the case with me. You just have to have a few elementary insights, like "this task is more important than being self-absorbed with time wasters I like to do." It's funny, though - procrastination doesn't imply laziness.

[Specineff]

When I find an interesting news story, click it, and it's a video I have to wait while it streams, without text. If I wanted to get news spoon-fed to me, I'd watch them on freaking TV. Pisses me off especially if it's something that could have been effectively communicated without said video stream.

[Ed Oscuro]

Wow, that's true. I find it even worse because of NoScript - I have to fuck around to find the servers I need to allow scripting for, too.

[Despatche]

when you do something in the past only to do something in the future that is inconsistent with that past thing

[moh]

when you do something in the past only to do something in the future that is inconsistent with that past thing

I don't think I quite follow you D:
mind providing an example?

[Despatche]

it's some terrible combination of double standards, hypocrisy, and forgetfulness

kinda hard to give a good example because my interests are terrible

[Stormwatch]

I'm annoyed by the loss of distinction between 'thou' and 'you'.

[Never_Scurred]

I'm annoyed that eating poorly (ie. pizza and taco bell) has become much more convenient, preferable, and (slightly) cheaper for me than buying groceries
I'm annoyed that I spend an hour a day practicing guitar but spend nearly three times that fantasizing about guitars I want
I'm annoyed that there are no American-made arch-top guitars cheaper than $3000
I'm annoyed that a $2500 all wood, hand-carved arch-top from China is cheaper than an American made all-laminate one
I'm annoyed that middle-aged white men have set the agenda for guitars and isn't set to change anytime soon
I'm annoyed that my professor neglects to inform his students that he won't be showing up to class, especially on cold ass mornings like today

[neorichieb1971]

Getting a text message whilst driving when your phone is in your tight jeans pocket. You find a safe place to park, undo your seat belt.. Take a deep breath for "phone release" leverage. Take it out and find out its a silly solicitation "text 89000 to win a free iphone" garbage.

[moh]

I'm annoyed that eating poorly (ie. pizza and taco bell) has become much more convenient, preferable, and (slightly) cheaper for me than buying groceries
I'm annoyed that I spend an hour a day practicing guitar but spend nearly three times that fantasizing about guitars I want
I'm annoyed that there are no American-made arch-top guitars cheaper than $3000
I'm annoyed that a $2500 all wood, hand-carved arch-top from China is cheaper than an American made all-laminate one
I'm annoyed that middle-aged white men have set the agenda for guitars and isn't set to change anytime soon
I'm annoyed that my professor neglects to inform his students that he won't be showing up to class, especially on cold ass mornings like today

y'know laminate archtops are made of laminate for a reason.
If im ever buying another electric, it'll be an all laminate jazz-box.
the characteristic tones of an archtop are not those of an astoundingly resonant guitar, but rather a mellow, perhaps duller (for lack of a better word) tone. that's what gives jazz guitar its mellowness, the lack of resonance! =P

and another word of advice, american guitars are not automatically amazing guitars.. gibson and fender are very overpriced guitars because they have a legacy name. the really old fenders/gibsons are great, but both of those companies have been under new management for the past decade, and their quality has unfortunately gone down. Some of the best guitars I have ever played have been japanese (yamaha), korean (cort), german (warwick) and australian (cole clark).

but to each his own! And best of luck with your guitar journey =]

[mesh control]

Have you looked into any of the Ibanez artcore series? I can't speak of the guitars, but I love my artcore bass.

[Never_Scurred]

I'm annoyed that eating poorly (ie. pizza and taco bell) has become much more convenient, preferable, and (slightly) cheaper for me than buying groceries
I'm annoyed that I spend an hour a day practicing guitar but spend nearly three times that fantasizing about guitars I want
I'm annoyed that there are no American-made arch-top guitars cheaper than $3000
I'm annoyed that a $2500 all wood, hand-carved arch-top from China is cheaper than an American made all-laminate one
I'm annoyed that middle-aged white men have set the agenda for guitars and isn't set to change anytime soon
I'm annoyed that my professor neglects to inform his students that he won't be showing up to class, especially on cold ass mornings like today

y'know laminate archtops are made of laminate for a reason.
If im ever buying another electric, it'll be an all laminate jazz-box.
the characteristic tones of an archtop are not those of an astoundingly resonant guitar, but rather a mellow, perhaps duller (for lack of a better word) tone. that's what gives jazz guitar its mellowness, the lack of resonance! =P

and another word of advice, american guitars are not automatically amazing guitars.. gibson and fender are very overpriced guitars because they have a legacy name. the really old fenders/gibsons are great, but both of those companies have been under new management for the past decade, and their quality has unfortunately gone down. Some of the best guitars I have ever played have been japanese (yamaha), korean (cort), german (warwick) and australian (cole clark).

but to each his own! And best of luck with your guitar journey =]

As for the laminate thing....I understand it's done to reduce feedback, but why are they so fuckin' expensive? I never understood how Gibson could charge $3500 for the ES-175, when everyone knows you could just spend $500 to mod out the Epiphone 175 with Gibson pups and parts, and pretty much have the same damn guitar with $$$$$$$ to spare. I'm looking at the Artcores from Ibanez.
And that pretty much sums up my whole beef with all these old bastards who can't see past their pro-American Gibson/Martin/Fender bias. There ain't no fuckin' magic in a hunk of wood. And what is the point of championing a brand of guitar just because its made in the USA when barely half of the population can afford to buy it? This is one area I would LOVE to see the Chinese and Koreans dominate. I wish all these assholes over the age of 45 would hurry up and die so common sense can take over and these guitars can move for what they're REALLY worth. A laminate guitar is not worth more than $1000 no matter who's name is on the headstock.

[moh]

To be honest, NO electric guitar is worth more then $1000, because it's limited by the ability of modern technology. Our pick-ups can only get so good.

Acoustics on the other hand are works of art the ability to make something resonate like a beast is something that takes a master luthier.

[ancestral-knowledge]

I love your avatar moh! Where is it from?

On topic: ipods.. it's like 5 years have passed and these things are still not able to play FLAC, APE, OGG etc in addition to being restrictive and annoying (itunes) as fuck. Whenever i plug in the ipod from my friend i feel like i am polluting my PC. My God, completely unbearable... need to get a COWON player
AND THERE ARE NO MACS AND PCS!! MACS ARE PCS TOO. MACS ARE A SUBSET OF THE SET PCS. GOSH!

[Ed Oscuro]

I'm annoyed by the loss of distinction between 'thou' and 'you'.

The distinction is that "thou" isn't used any more...because it's annoying.

On-topic...I'm annoyed at Canon for not putting an image stabilizer in their latest 24-70mm lens for full frame because "it was too heavy"

Maybe the 55-100mm f/2 won't be annoying. Actually, I am not annoyed at Sigma for making good lenses (120-300mm f/2.8 OS, 180mm f/2.8 OS Macro) because Canon won't (the nicer prices aren't annoying either).

[Eaglet]

If ya want resonance you should try out an old ES-135 pre-60s.
Amazing sounding guitar. Works great for teh rawks too.

[moh]

If ya want resonance you should try out an old ES-135 pre-60s.
Amazing sounding guitar. Works great for teh rawks too.

yeah, they're amazing! but get ready to fork over the cash. they're the neo-geo of guitars =P

I love your avatar moh! Where is it from?

It's from sonic wings 2 for the neo geo. He's a playable character named whity, ISNT HE SUCH A CUTIE?

[Eaglet]

Naah, they're not that bad. Got mine for 1500.

[Ruldra]

ISNT HE SUCH A CUTIE?

Put fish in you mouth.

[ratikal]

I sat in bed for like 3 hours trying to go sleep to no avail. So I got up and stayed up for a bit. Tried again and the same fucking thing ahppened and now I'm running on maybe like an hour of REM sleep?

I think I might not bother going to class.

[JBC]

They just delayed Aliens: Colonial Marines again.







FUCK!

[ShmupSamurai]

The loss of freedom on the internet.

ACTA bill, I'm looking at YOU....

[Stormwatch]

I'm annoyed by the loss of distinction between 'thou' and 'you'.

The distinction is that "thou" isn't used any more...because it's annoying.

But other languages have "you singular" and "you plural". It's too weird that English lacks that... other than not-universally-accepted forms like "youse", "yous", "y'all". Which are a plural on top of something that was a plural in the first place!

[Aliquantic]

But other languages have "you singular" and "you plural". It's too weird that English lacks that... other than not-universally-accepted forms like "youse", "yous", "y'all". Which are a plural on top of something that was a plural in the first place!

English only had a singular/plural distinction back in Old English, which also had dual pronouns everywhere and was a very different beast (it's the English of Beowulf and pretty much unreadable if you don't know the language). As soon as the fairly recognizable Middle English hit, thou/you was an informal/formal distinction, and while a lot of languages do have a T-V distinction like that (it's possibly more widespread than having separate second person plural pronouns too), I'm quite happy it went away from English personally

[Ed Oscuro]

I'm annoyed by the loss of distinction between 'thou' and 'you'.

The distinction is that "thou" isn't used any more...because it's annoying.

But other languages have "you singular" and "you plural". It's too weird that English lacks that... other than not-universally-accepted forms like "youse", "yous", "y'all". Which are a plural on top of something that was a plural in the first place!

You know what's actually annoying?

Trying to use "their" as a gender-neutral possessive and getting bashed for it!

"Eche of theym sholde ... make theymselfe redy." (c. 1489)

[Ex-Cyber]

You know what's actually annoying?

Trying to use "their" as a gender-neutral possessive and getting bashed for it!

"Eche of theym sholde ... make theymselfe redy." (c. 1489)

That kind of use is fine, but it doesn't really work for particular individuals of unspecified gender: "Pat should take their car to the mechanic" sounds like you're talking about someone else's car, not Pat's car.

As long as we're on language criticism peeves: people complaining about metaphorical use of "quantum leap", which usually involves missing the point of the original physics term (and sometimes giving an incorrect definition of it, to boot).

[Ed Oscuro]

You know what's actually annoying?

Trying to use "their" as a gender-neutral possessive and getting bashed for it!

"Eche of theym sholde ... make theymselfe redy." (c. 1489)

That kind of use is fine, but it doesn't really work for particular individuals of unspecified gender: "Pat should take their car to the mechanic" sounds like you're talking about someone else's car, not Pat's car.

That would be a problem for a dumb writer, I suppose.

[Ex-Cyber]

That peculiar breed of amateur software project that spawns a single colossal thread on its home forum, such that the only way to really have a clue about the state of the project/code is to read through approximately 58926735497354937 posts, most of which are people discussing bugs that were fixed over a year ago and/or begging for info on the next version.

[Ed Oscuro]

Important question: Is MLP a big thing or a little thing?