something that bugs me

[Celtic_Emperor]

Actually, it was all capitalized, but the coding here must have lower-cased them.

I don't like typing it "lol", I prefer "LOL" since its an abbriviation and abbriviations are usually capitalized.

One thing that bugs me a bit is when people don't bother to capitalize at all when they type. Thats just pure laziness. Theres no excuse like "well, thats just my style" or anything, its just plain laziness.

Another thing is when people abbriviate usernames that aren't that long to begin with.

 

[-Kunoke-]

Actually, it was all capitalized, but the coding here must have lower-cased them.

I don't like typing it "lol", I prefer "LOL" since its an abbriviation and abbriviations are usually capitalized.

One thing that bugs me a bit is when people don't bother to capitalize at all when they type. Thats just pure laziness. Theres no excuse like "well, thats just my style" or anything, its just plain laziness.

Another thing is when people abbriviate usernames that aren't that long to begin with.

Agreed on capitalizing "lol". But I usually only use "lol" if something is extremely funny, so I always capitalize it anyway.

Yes, people who only type in lower-case annoy me as well. But what really annoys me is when people type like this.

"I Am Going To Teh Store Teh Pick Up Some Green Tea!"
Or something of the like, while at the same time throwing in a bunch of misspelled words and horrible punctuation. Then, not only do they do that, but they think that they are typing fine, and even try to argue about it to proove they are typing well.

To add one more thing...people who use stand-by on XBox Live. For those who don't know the evil of stand-by, your enemy can use it to render you completely immoble while he runs around doing what he pleases for around 30 seconds. This is especially annoying on CTF when I'm playing Halo 2. But hey, it's a gamer thing. I deal with it. 😀

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Then thats that l33t speech, the online equivelent to technical slang/ebonics. I think that stupid. Its just easier to type regularly than to learn all that just so a select few people that also know it will understand you.

Most people online type in regular english, so either keep it to yourself or in private with your other l33t friends, please. 🙂

 

[Kalamos]

Mmm.... I've been thinking about it.

I really dislike the way most fantasy RPGs mix and match arms from different - often incompatible - eras and settings.

I mean... you get the paladin toting a XIII cent. bastard sword, the elven rogue is wielding an early '600s rapier, the dwarf is trolling about a swiss axe from the late XIV... and many of them are wearing plate armour, designed to stop arquebus bullets [or are they pellets?], when gunpowder is none but unheard of in most fantasy worlds.


More on that! They misname the weapons too!
Let me rant on that forsaken rapier, pretty please!

So, let me shed some light. It is no rapier. Not even a cousin of it. What most RPGs are actually portraying is a foil, or more often than not, the little known ancestor, the colichermard.

Just google it, you'll find the sources I am quoting.

The rapier was by no means flexible nor light. It was derived by straight swords, not too unlike the scottish claymore [the smaller version, not the two-handed behemoth] or the slavic schiavona.

While it was meant to strike by a thrusting motion, it was too heavy and unwieldy for close fencing in the true term.

That's why many warriors employed a second weapon in their spare hand - even if it only was a thick glove to parry slashes with.

Most rapiers were meant to gain advantage by reach over strength: you could nail your opponent in his throat or groin, while he was still flailing his thicker, sharper and heavier broadsword to lop you head off with.

Of course, as it gained renown, people ditched older weapons; firearms had rendered them pointless by the previous century anyway.

So, swordplay became a closer affair, and thick weapons, meant to parry high-mass slashing blades [something still rare back then, though] got thinner and slimmer.

The first child to the rapier was the hybrid "colichemard". It had a thicker lower section, meant to counteract the ticker rapier, and a lighter striking point, which helped quick forward leaps.

As more warriors moved on to the colichemard, smiths further refined it, and ditched the rectangular section, for a full diamond shaped foil blade.

The sword most RPGs mistake for a rapier!


That is something that really bugs me!
And the rapier would be too heavy to rely on DEX anyway! So there, dual-wielding finesse fighters!

Try an estoc next time! At least you won't look like some lost-in-time D'artagnan wanna-be!

😀

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

While it doesn't bug me, per say, I find how 'demon' is almost always refered to now as "daemon" (the british version) is sometimes unnecessary. Both are fine, but the latter seems to be replacing the former.

 

[-Kunoke-]

Mmm.... I've been thinking about it.

I really dislike the way most fantasy RPGs mix and match arms from different - often incompatible - eras and settings.

I mean... you get the paladin toting a XIII cent. bastard sword, the elven rogue is wielding an early 1600s rapier, the dwarf is trolling about a swiss axe from the late XIV... and most of them are wearing plate mail, designed to stop arquebus bullets [or are they pellets?], when gunpowder is none but unheard of in most fantasy worlds.


More on that! They misname the weapons too!
Let me rant on that forsaken rapier, pretty please!

So, let me shed some light. It is no rapier. Not even a cousin of it. What most RPGs are actually portraying is a foil, or more often than not, the little known ancestor, the colichermard.

Just google it, you'll find the sources I am quoting.

The rapier was by no means flexible nor light. It was derived by straight swords, not too unlike the scottish claymore [the smaller version, not the two-handed mehemoth] or the slavic schiavona.

While it was meant to strike by a thrusting motion, it was too heavy and unwieldy for close fencing in the true term.

That's why many warriors employed a second weapon in their spare hand - even if it only was a thick glove to parry slashes with.

Most rapiers were meant to gain advantage by reach over strenght: you could nail your opponent in his throat or groin, while he was still flailing his thicker, sharper and heavier broadsword to lop you head off with.

Of course, as it gained renown, people ditched older weapons; firearms had rendered them pointless by the previous century anyway.

So, swordplay became a closer affair, and thick weapons, meant to parry high-mass slashing blades [something still rare back then, though] got thinner and slimmer.

The first child to the rapier was the hybrid "colichemard". It had a thicker lower section, meant to counteract the ticker rapier, and a lighter striking point, which helped quick forward leaps.

As more warriors moved on to the colichemard, smiths further refined it, and ditched the rectangular section, for a full diamond shaped foil blade.

The sword most RPGs mistake for a rapier!


That is something that really bugs me!
And the rapier would be too heavy to rely on DEX anyway! So there, dual-wielding finesse fighters!

Try an estoc next time! At least you won't look like some lost-in-time D'artagnan wanna-be!

😀

Wow. Well, there's something I didn't know. 😀

 

[Kalamos]

I edited it for typos! 😀

 

[nessonite1]

ROFL @ alchmey's news report. 😀 😀 😀

Something else that bugs me:
Waiters who sit down at your table when you're ordering. Squatting next to your table is okay at someplace informal but sitting next to me is creepy.


I asked hubby to list some things that annoy him and he said "hmmm...democrats, liberals, taxes, government, socialism...
LOL something tells me he has been reading "alternative" news sources again. 😀 😀
(please no hubby flames) 😛

 

[alchemy1]

Grrr...

Managers that think that good managing involves: treating your employees like little children (no matter how old they are), always speaking in a condescending tone, reprimanding employees very loudly in front of customers, trying to get employees to be little spies and tattle-tales, being only concerned with your carreer advancement and image in the company, eating a lot of peanut M&M's so as too maintain a massive size, and shouting and complaining often about the lack of morale in the workplace. :no:

 

[nessonite1]

Just a guess...you're talking about someone specific, alchemy? LOL!

 

[MistressValerie1]

Microsoft's incredibly stupid idea of releasing a whole month's worth of security patches on one day per month: dial-up users' hell! I just finished downloading 16 MB of patches over 1 1/2 hours; I wonder how many dial-up customers have the patience to do this every month. The worst part is that most of these patches are fixes for the huge patches released just this February ...

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Managers that think that good managing involves: treating your employees like little children (no matter how old they are), always speaking in a condescending tone, reprimanding employees very loudly in front of customers, trying to get employees to be little spies and tattle-tales, being only concerned with your carreer advancement and image in the company, eating a lot of peanut M&M's so as too maintain a massive size, and shouting and complaining often about the lack of morale in the workplace. :no:

And to top that off, alot of them do it only to cover their own asses, making it much worse, contemptable, and making them most unworthy of any leadership or authoritive position.

I think this one reason, among many, is why alot of people fear and/or don't want to work in retail, because they know about the BS that goes on behind closed doors and behind your back. For something as simple as earning a wage, people sure do complicate it with their stupidity and foolishness.

The only more foolish thing that this, is staying with a business like this, knowing very well you are capable of more and allow yourself to be a part of this nonsense.

There are good situations where retail workers and their managers work in harmony, and thats because they've got the fundamentals down. For everyone else, its because they take a school-yard mentality to work that it becomes unprofessional and degraded as an atmosphere and place of business.

 

[alchemy1]

I think this one reason, among many, is why alot of people fear and/or don't want to work in retail, because they know about the BS that goes on behind closed doors and behind your back. For something as simple as earning a wage, people sure do complicate it with their stupidity and foolishness.

I heard that man! I get really tired of all the internal politics and rumor bullsh*t. I mean, we sell USED BOOKS for christ sakes! It shouldn't be that complicated, but oh no... Corporate says that we have to show this percentage of sales for this month and if we don't meet it (regardless of the reason) there is hell to pay. The district manager gets on our store manager about the sales figures and she, in turn, chews us out for the drop in sales. She is then also pissed because she is rangling for a higher position in the company and this is not looking good to her bosses. The employees then turn on each other and accuse each other of not working hard enough, taking too many breaks, not answering phones, etc. Then the rumor mill kicks into overdrive and before long, sexual harrasement suits are popping up left and right and so-and-so doesn't like whats-her-name and...well, you get the picture.
I do my best to stay out of all this.

The only more foolish thing that this, is staying with a business like this, knowing very well you are capable of more and allow yourself to be a part of this nonsense.

I'm with a retail business like this right now because I'm working on being a musician. If i had an office job or something that demanded a lot of my time all the time, I would probably have to choose between music and work way before I am ready to make such a choice. I would more than likely have to keep it as a side occupation and...well, there goes my dream. No thank you. I'll starve first. Music is my life...everything else is just a means to an end.

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Yeah, I understand what you mean. It would be the same for my art, music, or acting. I simply said that however in cases where people have better options but stay put because they don't want to give up whatever sense of security they think that job is giving them. I'd rather brave the unknown and take my chances on something I know I might be good at than to stick with something because its all I know or think I'm capable of. Thats better than subjecting yourself to this kind of disparaging environment and setting smaller personal standards for yourself in this way.

What I said is mainly a push for people to try harder and aspire for more for themselves.

 

[alchemy1]

Ah. Cool. Yeah, I agree. I know some people that do not really aspire to be more than they are. They work in retail and seem to be very contented there (or else don't think that they are capable of doing anything else). For the most part, these are also the people that seem to complain/gossip/cause problems the most about their job. I listen to this and think, 'if you really hate it so much, get another job...or at least a job with a different company.' I don't understand it. I think that maybe these people are scared of change. They find a comfortable little groove and stay there regardless if other opportunities come along. It's just like Bruce Lee said. "Be water my friend." Water either flows or stagnates.

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Yes, exactly what I'm saying. People become so complacent with their jobs that they don't aspire for more. It is, in actuality, a lie of self-deception.

 

[Kalamos]

Yes, exactly what I'm saying. People become so complacent with ther jobs that they don't aspire for more. It is, in actuality, a lie of self-deception.

/me scratches head.

 

[nessonite1]

Uh oh...Kalamos has lice again...

*gets the shampoo*

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

I never had lice nor knew anyone that did, so forgive my ignorance. But how does a kid, or adult for that matter, get lice?

I'm assuming its poor scalp hygene or unsanitary living environments where lice breed or something, right? Or is it more completely random, like how a dog gets a flee?

 

[nessonite1]

lol Ive had lice once before. Truly an unpleasant experience.
Most people get it when it's passed around at school. One kid has it and then 50 kids have it and then their brothers and sisters have it, their parents, etc. It can be quite hard to stop once it starts getting spread around.
They're tiny little bugs and they cant be washed out with ordinary shampoo so it's not a hygene issue. It's just a matter of being in close contact with the wrong person at the wrong time.

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Where do they come from though? I know and understand what they are and how they multiple, but how does an infestation begin?

Is it like my example of a dog with a flee wherein the flee simply jumps unto the dog from a carpet or when the dog is outside in the grass?

Or are lice born another way, like with cereal that is left open and exposed to the elements? I've seen it happen that flys will lay eggs in cereal and maggots will form at the bottom where the sugar and starch is, etc.

And no, I've never eaten expired cereal that had maggots in it 😛 , but I have seen this happen...which was gross (in unattended cereal boxes that is). "I pity da foo' who be eatin' maggot cereal!"

EDIT:

"I also send dat foo' to da docta!"

 

[nessonite1]

As far as I know lice, like fleas, eat only blood from their hosts. So a local epidemic would start by someone carrying them from somewhere else and passing them on. I dont think they lay eggs or breed anywhere but in your hair (or I guess pet hair but I dont think they infest pets for some reason).

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Of course they don't invest pets, the fleas, tics, and mites own that territory. 😛

Not on MY dog, though. ^^

 

[nessonite1]

Your posts are invested with typos, tonight. Quite uncharacteristic. I find myself asking someone for the second time today...Are you drunk?

😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 hehehe

A handy guide to understanding Vlad:

flees=fleas
invest=infest
tics=ticks

LOL I'd joke more but I dont know how far your sense of humor can be stretched 😛

Im very fortunate that, with so many animals, we don't have a problem with fleas. Ugh...my pets had them when I was a kid and they're awful and impossible to get rid of. Ticks are another thing though. We live in a rural area and they just can't be avoided. Every time I go outside in the summer I have to check myself over for ticks when I get home. 🙁

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

I know its unlike me. I've been slightly pre-occupied with the last several posts. I am only human. An extraordinary human perhaps, exalted....regal....majestic....king or prince like perhaps...but still only human. 😀 😛

Yeah, sometimes these things happen no matter how much we protect ourselves and our pets. One time, many years ago, a dog I used to have (its since dead) had one of those queen ticks or whatever they're called (you know, the big white ones?) in her ear canal!

If I hadn't been looking in her ears, I wouldn't have seen it otherwise. That sucker was big, almost the size of a dime. I'm glad I got that out of there.