Pet Peeves Thread

[Unfunnydededenotxd]

In my dad's car, when the radio starts being stupid and is half playing music and half playing SportsRadio 94.1

 

[Plague von Karma]

When we can't get more than 4 Wittybot players on Discord :(

 

[War Incarnate]

Making a really unique sub for a Pet Mod only for another really unique sub to overshadow it

Having that one sub you voted for as your favorite in a pet mod lose to the winning sub by 1 point

 

[Sijih]

Making a really unique sub for a Pet Mod only for another really unique sub to overshadow it

Having that one sub you voted for as your favorite in a pet mod lose to the winning sub by 1 point

The problem with first past the post voting is so severe that it even affects pet mods on a pokemon website

 

[かたわれ時]

People eating random animals without at least properly preparing them first
Then they make the whole world suffer

 

[Lina]

Ohhhh I have one! In Gymnastics, the same skills are called different things in different countries. For example what you would call a Back Handspring in the US is called a Back Flip here in Australia. However, I constantly hear Back Flip being called Back Handspring and I gosh darn haaaaate it. Another example, I've heard Straight Jumps being called Stretch Jump recently and I also haaaaate that.

 

[Unfunnydededenotxd]

yes i know this thread is old but another pet peeve is when people spell my name with 2 de's instead of 3.

 

[Martin]

When people spell "definitely" as "defiantly"

All my friends know this pisses me off so they do it just to annoy me.

HOWEVER one time I did it myself by accident so I had to roll with it. We were deciding in the groupchat where we wanted to go to dinner and I said "I defiantly want Olive Garden." So I got roasted for it and I was like no it was on purpose, I defiantly want those unlimited breadsticks and I will be in a bad mood until I have them.

We ended up going to Texas Roadhouse instead

I’ve never seen it spelled like that, but I see ppl spell it “definate” a lot and it kinda bugs me.

My main writing pet peeve is long, clunky, pretentious, colourless words—particularly “utilise” and “individual,” neither of which serves any useful purpose (in virtually any context) that isn’t better served by another word or phrase that has less or the same number of syllables.

My other one is the way ppl incorrectly use “ironic,” particularly in the form “unironic.” You don’t believe something “unironically:” you believe it “sincerely” or “genuinely” or any other similar word that doesn’t involve haphazardly shoving “un” onto something it doesn’t belong on. It’s another case of horrible, clunky language being used for no good reason.

 

[Sijih]

My main writing pet peeve is long, clunky, pretentious, colourless words—particularly “utilise” and “individual,” neither of which serves any useful purpose (in virtually any context) that isn’t better served by another word or phrase that has less or the same number of syllables.

The other obstacle to succinct writing is adverbs and adjectives. I think it's always preferable to say "brook" over "small stream" and "sprinting" over "running quickly".

I can't really hate when it's on the internet because people don't care + english isn't everyone's native language, but when it's in a published book that's when it becomes a pet peeve

 

[Sijih]

when you're playing a ladder game and you pick a lead instantly, then your opponent turns the timer on and takes another 50 seconds to pick a lead.

why would you turn the timer on if you haven't picked a pokemon yet? why?

 

[Ununhexium]

when people use the word “alumni” when referring to a single person

 

[az]

when people bump an old thread

when people post a duplicate of an extant thread, instead of bumping the old thread

 

[antemortem]

when i have to unironically moderate an otherwise lawless forum…

don’t bump just make new threads, etc.