Pet Peeves

[Edgedancer he/him]

22 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

When you finish a story and wish you had the author's number so you could call them up and tell them the story is too short and they need to write more, but the closest thing you have is their Facebook page, and that probably won't convince them to give you more of the perfect story. 

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Yes, I refer to "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania." Why Brandon chose to give us only the final three episodes of one adventure instead of, I don't know, three annotated volumes is a cruel, cruel reminder that life will never be fair. 

 

Spoiler

I'm pretty sure the whole story is in the Mistborn Adventure game Alloy of law supplement, so basically the whole purpose of those three episodes is not to tell the story but to make you buy more stuff.

Note that i don't actually have that supplement so maybe i got something wrong there.

 

Edited January 12, 2017 by Edgedancer

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

5 minutes ago, Edgedancer said:

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I'm pretty sure the whole story is in the Mistborn Adventure game Alloy of law supplement, so basically the whole purpose of those three episodes is not to tell the story but to make you buy more stuff.

Note that i don't actually have that supplement so maybe i got something wrong there.

 

Spoiler

I don't know. All I know is that Allomancer Jak is hilarious. 

 

[marsoupial they/them]

No, what was in AU is all he's written of Jak. The next time we see Jak will (hopefully) be in the broadsheets in The Lost Metal, if he ever gets around to writing it.

[Edgedancer he/him]

5 minutes ago, bleeder said:

No, what was in AU is all he's written of Jak. The next time we see Jak will (hopefully) be in the broadsheets in The Lost Metal, if he ever gets around to writing it.

I stand corrected then.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

53 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

When you finish a story and wish you had the author's number so you could call them up and tell them the story is too short and they need to write more, but the closest thing you have is their Facebook page, and that probably won't convince them to give you more of the perfect story. 

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Yes, I refer to "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania." Why Brandon chose to give us only the final three episodes of one adventure instead of, I don't know, three annotated volumes is a cruel, cruel reminder that life will never be fair. 

 

Completely agree. The humor in that story was almost exactly what I needed at the time I read it.

[Shqueeves]

After reading all 70 pages of this thread, I'm mildly amazed that this joke wasn't made

[Arraenae]

I remember one time when I was frantically searching for my eraser. I looked all over the classroom for about five minutes and got very panicked. Then I realized I'd been holding it in my hand all along. 

13 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

When you finish a story and wish you had the author's number so you could call them up and tell them the story is too short and they need to write more, but the closest thing you have is their Facebook page, and that probably won't convince them to give you more of the perfect story. 

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Yes, I refer to "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania." Why Brandon chose to give us only the final three episodes of one adventure instead of, I don't know, three annotated volumes is a cruel, cruel reminder that life will never be fair. 

 

Or, maybe you could write the other episodes of that adventure...

It might not be the same as what Brandon would write, but at least you'd be filling the gap with something.

 

[Exalted]

When you get a 17th Shard notification, and you click on it, but it opens the notification in a tab that you were still using.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

To the middle-aged woman outside those condos who, upon seeing Bruce, immediately launched into a condescending lecture for me (given in the guise of a lecture to Bruce) about not leaving "presents" on the patch of grass you have decided is yours: 

You know, I always carry a bag with me to pick up those "presents" you're so high-and-mighty about. In fact, he's left "presents" on the spot that made you so rude, but you wouldn't know it, because I made sure to erase all evidence and dispose of it in a designated container. 

But your lecture has opened my eyes. I am now even more concerned about those "presents" than I was before. Next time Bruce does his business on your cherished patch of grass, your lecture will be foremost in my mind. Why, I'll be so worried about accidentally disobeying your edicts that I might leave a piece or two behind. 

I do hope you understand. 

Sincerely, 

A Courteous Dog Owner You Don't Deserve

[Erunion he/him]

In this world there are a certain type of person. 
This person is best described as a cremling. A vile, loathsome, cremling. Someone who Torol Sadeas would be ashamed to spend time with, and who would disgust Wit so much that he wouldn't be able to speak. 

These people? These vile purveyors of villainy? 
They're the cremlings who dog-ear books. The absolute, disgustingly vile cremlings. 

Please, for all that is good and holy, don't do this. Please. 


(Disclaimer: The above is an exaggerated, hyperbolicly expressed sentiment. The author knows that people dog-ear books, and that they are not otherwise terrible people. He kindly asks that you refrain from such actions in the future. For the sake of the children.)

[Silverblade5 he/him]

45 minutes ago, Erunion said:

In this world there are a certain type of person. 
This person is best described as a cremling. A vile, loathsome, cremling. Someone who Torol Sadeas would be ashamed to spend time with, and who would disgust Wit so much that he wouldn't be able to speak. 

These people? These vile purveyors of villainy? 
They're the cremlings who dog-ear books. The absolute, disgustingly vile cremlings. 

Please, for all that is good and holy, don't do this. Please. 


(Disclaimer: The above is an exaggerated, hyperbolicly expressed sentiment. The author knows that people dog-ear books, and that they are not otherwise terrible people. He kindly asks that you refrain from such actions in the future. For the sake of the children.)

Dog ear books? I am confuse! You must apologize with explanation!

[Erunion he/him]

" A dog ear is a phrase that refers to the folded down corner of a book page. The name arises from the fact that wolves'ears stand erect while the ears of many breeds of dog flop over. A dog ear can serve as a bookmark. " - From Wikipedia

That... Blasphemy.... Cannot be tolerated. 

[+Slowswift]

Honestly, I see no problem with it so long as it's your own copy, not someone else's. 

[Erunion he/him]

Just now, Slowswift said:

Honestly, I see no problem with it so long as it's your own copy, not someone else's. 

Understandable, naturally - what you do with your own books (however heretical) is naturally your own business. 
But I have spent time these past two Sundays attempting to repair the damage to various hymnals done by dog-earing. It is a true tragedy, and to do it to books that are not your own (or are shared) is just.... Terrible. 


Please note, I continue to be hyperbolic w.r.t. this topic. 

[+Slowswift]

10 minutes ago, Erunion said:

Understandable, naturally - what you do with your own books (however heretical) is naturally your own business. 
But I have spent time these past two Sundays attempting to repair the damage to various hymnals done by dog-earing. It is a true tragedy, and to do it to books that are not your own (or are shared) is just.... Terrible. 

Agreed. 

[WayneSpren he/him]

When you finally start reading/watching that ones series EVERYONE loves, and find out how great it is, and then when you've consumed every ounce of content you realize the next installment won't be out for years.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

When this happens….

Opinion: *exists* 
Person 1: That opinion is worse than Ebola and the fact that it exists is a sign that we're headed for an apocalypse! Anyone who doesn't feel the same way I do is also worse than Ebola! 
Person 2: Well, aren't you a special snowflake. 
Person 1: I'm not a special snowflake; I'm a crusader for righteousness and the fact that you didn't immediately condemn Opinion means that you are 10,000,000,000,000 worse than Ebola and Bubonic Plague combined! I'm going to treat you like crem! 
Person 2: You're everything wrong with this generation and now I'm never going to change or rethink a single one of my opinions! 
Person 1: *long diatribe of cherry-picked facts and figures that back up their argument* 
Person 2: Snowflake! 
Person 3: Well, I agree with Opinion and anyone who doesn't is worse than Person 1! 
Person 1: Cyberbullying! Censorship! Workplace violence! Road rage! 
Person 4: We're not even on a road….
Person 1: DO YOU AGREE WITH OPINION YES OR NO????? 

The "Not on the Shard" disclaimer applies here for sure. Everywhere else, though…. well, there's a reason why I've left so many websites.  

[Shqueeves]

29 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

When this happens….

Opinion: *exists* 
Person 1: That opinion is worse than Ebola and the fact that it exists is a sign that we're headed for an apocalypse! Anyone who doesn't feel the same way I do is also worse than Ebola! 
Person 2: Well, aren't you a special snowflake. 
Person 1: I'm not a special snowflake; I'm a crusader for righteousness and the fact that you didn't immediately condemn Opinion means that you are 10,000,000,000,000 worse than Ebola and Bubonic Plague combined! I'm going to treat you like crem! 
Person 2: You're everything wrong with this generation and now I'm never going to change or rethink a single one of my opinions! 
Person 1: *long diatribe of cherry-picked facts and figures that back up their argument* 
Person 2: Snowflake! 
Person 3: Well, I agree with Opinion and anyone who doesn't is worse than Person 1! 
Person 1: Cyberbullying! Censorship! Workplace violence! Road rage! 
Person 4: We're not even on a road….
Person 1: DO YOU AGREE WITH OPINION YES OR NO????? 

The "Not on the Shard" disclaimer applies here for sure. Everywhere else, though…. well, there's a reason why I've left so many websites.  

I'm pretty sure that most people on this site are Person 4. And for that I'm glad. It's really nice that there is at least one site that isn't a constant argument that devolves into an insult match

Edited January 16, 2017 by Shqueeves
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[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

45 minutes ago, Shqueeves said:

I'm pretty sure that most people on this site are Person 4. And for that I'm glad. It's really nice that there is at least one site that isn't a constant argument that devolves into an insult match

Yeah, this site is awesome for that and many other reasons. Insult matches just bother me when I see them elsewhere because, when the opinion at stake isn't completely trivial ("Who should Generic Female Protagonist be shipped with—Good Guy or Bad Boy?") it's a genuinely serious issue that needs to be discussed and treated as the weighty issue it is. But instead of discussing it, everything devolves into an insult match, which is especially bad if someone in the "discussion" has embraced faulty thinking and needs to be set straight. Because the internet's definition of "setting them straight" is "insult them, yell at them, and generally treat them as someone undeserving of human dignity." And I can see where the anger comes from, and how letting it out might be cathartic, but….seriously. Dumping all of your anger on them is only going to make them dig in their heels even more firmly than before. 

[ThirdGen]

1 hour ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

When this happens….

Opinion: *exists* 
Person 1: That opinion is worse than Ebola and the fact that it exists is a sign that we're headed for an apocalypse! Anyone who doesn't feel the same way I do is also worse than Ebola! 
Person 2: Well, aren't you a special snowflake. 
Person 1: I'm not a special snowflake; I'm a crusader for righteousness and the fact that you didn't immediately condemn Opinion means that you are 10,000,000,000,000 worse than Ebola and Bubonic Plague combined! I'm going to treat you like crem! 
Person 2: You're everything wrong with this generation and now I'm never going to change or rethink a single one of my opinions! 
Person 1: *long diatribe of cherry-picked facts and figures that back up their argument* 
Person 2: Snowflake! 
Person 3: Well, I agree with Opinion and anyone who doesn't is worse than Person 1! 
Person 1: Cyberbullying! Censorship! Workplace violence! Road rage! 
Person 4: We're not even on a road….
Person 1: DO YOU AGREE WITH OPINION YES OR NO????? 

The "Not on the Shard" disclaimer applies here for sure. Everywhere else, though…. well, there's a reason why I've left so many websites.  

Give Ebola a chance.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

"Yes, that's what I asked."

No it isn't. Maybe it's what you intended to ask, but that's not the question I got. Don't treat me smugly because you can't communicate. 

[Delightful]

5 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

"Yes, that's what I asked."

No it isn't. Maybe it's what you intended to ask, but that's not the question I got. Don't treat me smugly because you can't communicate. 

From the other side, it's annoying to ask a question and then have them basically repeat it back to you. But yeah, politeness is key.

I have a new pet peeve.

"So what do you do with your time?"

Anything other than "I have three jobs and volunteer with special needs children and develop rocket ships on the side" sounds completely inadequate.

[Kaymyth she/her]

2 hours ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

From the other side, it's annoying to ask a question and then have them basically repeat it back to you. But yeah, politeness is key.

I have a new pet peeve.

"So what do you do with your time?"

Anything other than "I have three jobs and volunteer with special needs children and develop rocket ships on the side" sounds completely inadequate.

"I make papier-mache wombats."

[Delightful]

3 hours ago, Kaymyth said:

"I make papier-mache wombats."

Bwahahahaha

I should totally come up with a way to make writing/drawing/talking to internet friends sound super interesting and then at least it could be a conversation starter. 

[Shqueeves]

22 minutes ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

Bwahahahaha

I should totally come up with a way to make writing/drawing/talking to internet friends sound super interesting and then at least it could be a conversation starter. 

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