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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

Hhaha . That will be as fun as trolling story game. You can check my blog ,and hypothetically find the link Somewhere .but its a moderated threadd and in the end ,the new users will face the brunt.
I can live without clockwworkmod(backup and. Restore via busybox.dd and tar ftw) or. Cyanogenmod.but people require names like cyanogen and clockwork to feel that they are using custom rom ..you will just end up pissing a good dev. The troll will be unaffected.
End loser will be users.
 
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People passing along really stupid chain messages that are "warnings" on facebook. Here's one thats going around right now and is pissing me off beyond I can handle to see it over and over.

WARNING TO ALL: Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your walls! You don't see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you posted it.If you see any such garbage posted under my name, please let me know because I didn't send it! Copy this as your status to protect your name.
 
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^ I heard that a lot of CP was going around on the books. As I have only a handful of pals online, I'm unaffected. And noscript prevents any of that nonsense.

And I don't know if I'd call it 'hacking' if someone just clicks anything without knowing what it is to...

But yeah, I hate those kinda messages too. Even ones for good causes like cancer support, I just don't buy into all that chain mail crap. Like in the old lamespace days the bulletin thing, "If you don't post this a car crash victim will kill you in your sleep".

Eh. People right?!

EDIT: By the by, really diggin the gastly avatar.
 
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+1 billion!!!! I totally agree about everything you said about XDA.
I completely spammed their requisite 10 posts just so I could say thanks to one of the devs. The rest - screw 'em - there is some good info over there but I'm so turned off by their Holier Than Thou attitudes that I only go there if my Google search sends me.
I will say that once my post count topped 300 over there, people were a lot more helpful. But yes, Sadie Lynn pegged the holier than thou for a good amount of folk. What is worse are the drama queens who start fights in the middle of popular threads - I want to see MIUI setups, not read 9 pages in a row of bickering about why its okay to steal people's work :eek: , much less do you have to give them credit when you mod it and redistribute :eek: I counted 75% of the posts for PAGES as name calling and grammar policing. People need to check their moral compasses...and while thy're at it, check their attitudes.
Oh, and while we're on the subject - MIUI subsidiaries and international forums talking my work and posting it without cred. Not cool, and I don't speak German, so how am I supposed to tell them to not post my work on the pretense that its someone else's? And wtf MIUI Slovenia, why would you take my shit and upload it to your server instead of just posting a link to my site? What kind of jackassery seems to follow MIUI users the world over that I'm apparently immune to?

Okay. Much better. Back to work :)

and Sadie Lynn, do come through the home screen thread on XDA some time, some of us regulars are really awesome ;)
 
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...women on topic forums with overtly suggestive avatars who contribute little to actual thread topics other than blatant flirting with any/all???

Sorry for the snark. Just needed to vent.

Not that I always contribute anything meaningful :p guess I'm just sensitive to the whole being taken seriously thing since I'm a chick in a male dominated industry.
 
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I hate the misuse of apostrophes. I went to two ATMs, not two ATM's. There is actually a sign outside of a business I drive by every day that says SPA's and BBQ's. SPA's
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How about when someone constantly call you somebody else's name? For some reason this one friend sincerely keeps calling me "Ritchie" Who the hayale is "ritchie?"
 
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You know who you are! You grind my gears


I hate when i dont grind someones' gears ....like this?
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i admit. it really grinds my gears when people made new threads asking stupid shit BUT WHAT I HATE EVEN MORE is when EVERYONE GANGS up on the OP and jus talks mad shit that dsnt help the question being asking the post or do anything to help the sit.

i admit i hate too. i dont post rude shit in response. 'jus saying...
tas the typa shit tht grinds my gears.. OOH and i hate it when ppl ask me to b formal.. its the fking internet world... if iwanted to b formal id b sittin in my english expository writing class. &*@*(#(#&3^#&^738729. kay dun =D
 
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i admit i hate too. i dont post rude shit in response. 'jus saying...
tas the typa shit tht grinds my gears.. OOH and i hate it when ppl ask me to b formal.. its the fking internet world... if iwanted to b formal id b sittin in my english expository writing class. &*@*(#(#&3^#&^738729. kay dun =D
Can I have a translation as I don't get your hip new lingo there son. :thinking:
 
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I'm the type of person that doesn't get annoyed by much. This quote doesn't have to be aimed at me, just overhearing it annoys me. I can't stand it when someone is like "My $600 phone (no contract) can do that so much better than your $150 Prevail." Well no der, Sherlock. >_> Lol, I'm wierd like that. :p

What grinds my gear is when I am not logged on in time to welcome some to AF on their first post... Hey welcome to af ThatOneadude!
 
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What grinds my gears is "acceptable poor grammar" on web forums, blogs and chats and that you cannot call people on it!

For example, if someone does not use "there", "they're" or "their" appropriately and someone else calls them on it, why is the person who pointed it out a grammar nazi and the person who typed it incorrectly not a moron?

What we are basically saying is that if two people are arguing about a difference of opinion, they can go back and forth for minutes, hours or days. They can ridicule each others opinions and beliefs but the moment one of them calls the other one out for "speaking" incorrectly...whoa, look out!!

After all, if your going to get upset with me about pointing out you
 
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What grinds my gears is "acceptable poor grammar" on web forums, blogs and chats and that you cannot call people on it!

For example, if someone does not use "there", "they're" or "their" appropriately and someone else calls them on it, why is the person who pointed it out a grammar nazi and the person who typed it incorrectly not a moron?

What we are basically saying is that if two people are arguing about a difference of opinion, they can go back and forth for minutes, hours or days. They can ridicule each others opinions and beliefs but the moment one of them calls the other one out for "speaking" incorrectly...whoa, look out!!

After all, if your going to get upset with me about pointing out you’re mistakes then how is that my fault? ;)

Oh, God Nooooooooooooo. It seems that grammar police are hated and despised everywhere you go. Tread carefully, this is a battle you aint a gonna win.

Trust me on this. Pointing out a posters poor writing just leads to banning and arguments and thread closures. Those of us that know about the problem are smart enough to avoid mentioning it. Keep in mind that if you do, you must forever be vigilant and avoid errors in your own posts or you will be called out.

For example, in your post, you did not capitalize the ‘N’ in “nazi.” Smiley.

For all you know, a poster might be struggling with English because it is their second language. Some people simply have trouble writing and many of those people are educated. When Winston Churchill was once criticized for ending a sentence in a preposition, he responded, "That is the kind of thing up with which I will not put." Is he providing further examples of his “bad writing” or perhaps an example of his brilliance?

If you want to read bad writing, join a few professional writer groups. If you post a query about the proper and improper use of a semi-colon, you will get answers that do not agree with the “accepted” use. If you ask about sentence structure, (you post an example) you will get arguments aplenty and no resolution. Quite often, I will encounter third grade writing and hillbilly spelling in poorly composed posts from working professional writers that you would think should know better.

Even ending a sentence with a preposition is argued endlessly by those that say NO! And those that say it is ok. No resolution and agreement amongst the pros that are paid real dollars for their crappy writing.

This is not professional writing we are talking about, it is a telephone forum populated by folks from all walks of life looking for answers. They do not want to be told they misused a particular word. Writing is designed to communicate ideas and if those ideas get across, their “poor” writing skills should not be pointed out.

You can occasionally judge a poster by his or her post. What you cannot do is publicly judge a person by his or her post. I am a freelance technical writer and I will be the first to admit my failings as far as forum posts go. I try to write well in public but until AF pays me so much per word or meets my hourly quote, I will continue to use bad English as well as far too many (improper) semi-colons, passive sentences, and other things that send chills up and down the collective spines of English teachers.

I will continue to make those egregious errors you seem to dislike.
 
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What grinds my gears is "acceptable poor grammar" on web forums, blogs and chats and that you cannot call people on it!

For example, if someone does not use "there", "they're" or "their" appropriately and someone else calls them on it, why is the person who pointed it out a grammar nazi and the person who typed it incorrectly not a moron?

What we are basically saying is that if two people are arguing about a difference of opinion, they can go back and forth for minutes, hours or days. They can ridicule each others opinions and beliefs but the moment one of them calls the other one out for "speaking" incorrectly...whoa, look out!!

After all, if your going to get upset with me about pointing out you
 
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