Pet Peeves

[Draginon he/him]

Heard the Ghostbusters theme song on the radio and remembered a peeve.

When someone hates on a film/show/book for misogynistic reasons. Ghostbusters (2016) was a pretty good film but not a lot like it just because it had women in it. Whenever I see any reception for that film 90% can't come up with any reason why they hate it other than the main characters being women or they say 'I liked it, but I would've preferred guys instead' and in an industry where not many women are lead roles this is a stupid thing to hate a film on. Also this complaint isn't just from men, I had a female coworker who didn't want to see it because they were women instead of men.

Now granted for that film I did have jokes about it when it was first announced but I got that out of my system by the time the trailers started arriving

[Delightful]

On 18 October 2017 at 9:00 AM, Delightful said:

I sat in front of him. 

Hes from an extreme Jewish sect that believes men should never look at women for modesty ergo women have to sit behind men on public transport. 

And today I'm having a panic attack because I need to take on of these buses again. chullholes. 

Edited November 1, 2017 by Delightful

[A Budgie she/her]

13 hours ago, Delightful said:

And today I'm having a panic attack because I need to take on of these buses again. chullholes. 

*hug* Good luck!

[Delightful]

7 hours ago, A Budgie said:

*hug* Good luck!

*hug*

the bus itself was ok. A guy had spread his stuff over an extra double seat but moved it as soon as I asked. 

I just spent a while trying to figure out if I could dress in a way that would make them leave me alone and then arguing with myself that that's classic victim blaming and I have no control over someone else and then figuring out what I actually wanted to wear and then dealing with the panic. Sigh. 

[AngelEy3 he/him]

On 10/31/2017 at 7:30 AM, Draginon said:

Heard the Ghostbusters theme song on the radio and remembered a peeve.

When someone hates on a film/show/book for misogynistic reasons. Ghostbusters (2016) was a pretty good film but not a lot like it just because it had women in it. Whenever I see any reception for that film 90% can't come up with any reason why they hate it other than the main characters being women or they say 'I liked it, but I would've preferred guys instead' and in an industry where not many women are lead roles this is a stupid thing to hate a film on. Also this complaint isn't just from men, I had a female coworker who didn't want to see it because they were women instead of men.

Now granted for that film I did have jokes about it when it was first announced but I got that out of my system by the time the trailers started arriving

I don't think some people appreciated the ham-handed approach they took to the whole "oh look, women! Isn't it marvelous?" thing they had going on. It's also why nobody complains about Sarah Connor or Ellen Ripley, but why everyone loses their crap about Rey. It's all marketing. 

[SilverTiger she/her]

My pet peeves? Well, first would be authors who try way too hard to make their books seem diverse and inclusive and non-racist or -sexist and stuff. It is not the right way to approach writing a book. The second pet peeve is people who blame the Catholic Church for stuff a few priests/brothers did, or stuff that it did centuries ago. It does a lot more good today than bad.

Another pet peeve of mine is the myth of the Dark Ages= Medieval Era. The Medieval Era was actually really good for people, but some group that disliked the Church later on (the Church had a lot of good influence in the Medieval Era) tried to cover it up by calling it the Dark Ages and saying they were bad. True history, people.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Methinks someone here is Catholic 

[SilverTiger she/her]

1 hour ago, TheOrlionThatComesBefore said:

Methinks someone here is Catholic 

Gee, how'd you know?

[Orlion Blight he/him]

13 minutes ago, SilverTiger said:

Gee, how'd you know?

 My cat is a wizard! 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

I thought Ghostbusters (2016) was full of stupid and forced humour.

[Kaymyth she/her]

On 11/2/2017 at 4:39 AM, Delightful said:

*hug*

the bus itself was ok. A guy had spread his stuff over an extra double seat but moved it as soon as I asked. 

I just spent a while trying to figure out if I could dress in a way that would make them leave me alone and then arguing with myself that that's classic victim blaming and I have no control over someone else and then figuring out what I actually wanted to wear and then dealing with the panic. Sigh. 

Well, you know what I think you should wear. It would certainly shut them up. And possibly leave them quivering in fear at your awesomeness.

(I have been giving Delightful absolutely terrible advice on Facebook on how to deal with the bus trolls. I'm a menace to society.)

12 hours ago, Darkness_ said:

I thought Ghostbusters (2016) was full of stupid and forced humour.

And I want to be Holtzmann when I grow up.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

3 hours ago, Kaymyth said:

And I want to be Holtzmann when I grow up.

*googles name

....Jillian was the most 2D of the lot....

[Delightful]

On 03/11/2017 at 9:21 PM, Kaymyth said:

Well, you know what I think you should wear. It would certainly shut them up. And possibly leave them quivering in fear at your awesomeness.

(I have been giving Delightful absolutely terrible advice on Facebook on how to deal with the bus trolls. I'm a menace to society.)

And I want to be Holtzmann when I grow up.

Eh, it gives me a good giggle.

[Kaymyth she/her]

On 11/3/2017 at 5:49 PM, Darkness_ said:

*googles name

....Jillian was the most 2D of the lot....

Bah. She was awesome and deranged and the best mad scientist. She is a goddess of mad science and your blasphemy shall not go unnoticed.

20 hours ago, Delightful said:

Eh, it gives me a good giggle.

I try.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

9 hours ago, Kaymyth said:

Bah. She was awesome and deranged and the best mad scientist. She is a goddess of mad science and your blasphemy shall not go unnoticed.

Heh, she was cringey  If she was more badchull I'd respect her, instead she felt like she was stuck in her own bubble tbh.

[Kaymyth she/her]

10 minutes ago, Darkness_ said:

Heh, she was cringey  If she was more badchull I'd respect her, instead she felt like she was stuck in her own bubble tbh.

Dude, she had the single most badchull fight scene in the entire movie.

I am going to be cosplaying her in 2019 and there is nothing you can do to stop me.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Just now, Kaymyth said:

Dude, she had the single most badchull fight scene in the entire movie.

I am going to be cosplaying her in 2019 and there is nothing you can do to stop me.

Those were fight scenes? Huh, I thought they were playing Deer Hunter while blindfolded.

Well duh, I'm kind of far away.

[Kaymyth she/her]

11 hours ago, Darkness_ said:

Those were fight scenes? Huh, I thought they were playing Deer Hunter while blindfolded.

Well duh, I'm kind of far away.

You know, you're kind of embodying a completely different pet peeve right now.

Let people enjoy things.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

11 hours ago, Kaymyth said:

You know, you're kind of embodying a completely different pet peeve right now.

Let people enjoy things.

Oh I thought we were bantering..

[AngelEy3 he/him]

Not so much a pet peeve, but... Why don't physical copies of books have an option to include the digital version for a small extra fee? Like buying a Blu-ray disc. You can choose to buy just the disc, or you can almost always find one that includes the digital version for either the same price or just a few dollars more. So why not books? Let's say the list price is $24.99. Why can't I get both versions for say, $29.99?

Edited November 8, 2017 by AngelEy3

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

51 minutes ago, AngelEy3 said:

Not so much a pet peeve, but... Why don't physical copies of books have an option to include the digital version for a small extra fee? Like buying a Blu-ray disc. You can choose to buy just the disc, or you can almost always find one that includes the digital version for either the same price or just a few dollars more. So why not books? Let's say the list price is $24.99. Why can't I get both versions for say, $29.99?

Because capitalism.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

 With a Blu-ray, the product is shrink wrapped so the code used to get the digital copy can be protected. 

Books aren't shrink wrapped. I could walk into a book store, get the code and have a free digital book. That then means whoever ends up honestly buying it will have a worthless code. 

Those are a couple problems I can think of. Essentially, it means that having a bookstore structure to sell physical books is currently and woefully unable to handle your desire. 

[Shqueeves]

11 minutes ago, TheOrlionThatComesBefore said:

 With a Blu-ray, the product is shrink wrapped so the code used to get the digital copy can be protected. 

Books aren't shrink wrapped. I could walk into a book store, get the code and have a free digital book. That then means whoever ends up honestly buying it will have a worthless code. 

Those are a couple problems I can think of. Essentially, it means that having a bookstore structure to sell physical books is currently and woefully unable to handle your desire. 

The code could come on the receipt

[AbsentKeeper he/him]

12 minutes ago, TheOrlionThatComesBefore said:

 With a Blu-ray, the product is shrink wrapped so the code used to get the digital copy can be protected. 

Books aren't shrink wrapped. I could walk into a book store, get the code and have a free digital book. That then means whoever ends up honestly buying it will have a worthless code. 

Those are a couple problems I can think of. Essentially, it means that having a bookstore structure to sell physical books is currently and woefully unable to handle your desire. 

I think that some this could be solved by using one of those 'scratch off' codes. That way you could at least check to see if the code has been used, and it would make it more obvious if someone was trying to copy it in the store.

Edit: Ninjaed by a better idea.

Edited November 8, 2017 by Cowmanthethird

[Orlion Blight he/him]

34 minutes ago, Cowmanthethird said:

I think that some this could be solved by using one of those 'scratch off' codes. That way you could at least check to see if the code has been used, and it would make it more obvious if someone was trying to copy it in the store.

Edit: Ninjaed by a better idea.

I actually think this is a better idea. The receipt idea would require an overhaul of the point of sale software. 

Another idea might be that, like with gift cards, the code needs to be activated. But that also runs into infrastructure problems.