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Pet Peeve rants.
- Thread starter Mathias
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Hey, don't go hating on my buddy
Edit:damn mobile site missing the button for that and me forgetting the exact code
just pretend it's right, you know what I'm going for.
GasBandit
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It's just (s) now.Hey, don't go hating on my buddyInternet ExplorerGasBandit!
Edit:damn mobile site missing the button for that and me forgetting the exact code
Guess that means I'm an old fogey now too.
And the research on trigger warnings shows that people actually pay MORE attention to the triggering topic. They do this even if it is a genuine trigger for the person! So I now give warnings about my trigger warnings being counter productive.
GasBandit
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GasBandit
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Was it Stanford that mandated 'trigger' warnings be called something else because 'trigger warning' was triggering? I mean that's delicious irony, I don't care where you stand on the issue itself.
I absolutely can appreciate some people being triggered by *bam*suddenly out of nowhere graphic rape scene in the middle of their light fantasy relaxation or something. I have my own traumas to cope with that can get triggered by some specific things.
But if you're getting triggered by the word "user" in a computer setting:
A) I wonder how you function in life considering I encounter that word a dozen times a day and
B) maybe you need some more counseling/therapy/support? And I don't mean this in a mean way, but genuinely.. . That level of emotional response/reaction to such a word isn't healthy. Or, of course, you're confusing "triggered" with "I don't like it".
But if you're getting triggered by the word "user" in a computer setting:
A) I wonder how you function in life considering I encounter that word a dozen times a day and
B) maybe you need some more counseling/therapy/support? And I don't mean this in a mean way, but genuinely.. . That level of emotional response/reaction to such a word isn't healthy. Or, of course, you're confusing "triggered" with "I don't like it".
Some short footage from this morning's ride. I have a pet peeve with sidewalks or shared trails: groups that spread out and don't make room for others.
It's a SHARED path. It doesn't matter if I'm biking, running, or even walking faster. If I'm coming from behind you, make some goddamn space. What's irritating here is I clearly rang my bell THREE times before they finally made room. My tires were nearly on their heels
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It's a SHARED path. It doesn't matter if I'm biking, running, or even walking faster. If I'm coming from behind you, make some goddamn space. What's irritating here is I clearly rang my bell THREE times before they finally made room. My tires were nearly on their heels
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All I can think is the woman on the left posting somewhere, “Out for a nice walk this morning and this rude asshole rides up on his bike demanding I get out of his way! How rude. Inconsiderate asses on bikes.”
Not the way I see it if course, but I just almost know that’s what she would say. Just gotta laugh at ‘em and go on with having a good day for you bro. Happy your weather is good enough to let you get out this way.
I've heard they'd rather be there with Daddy.
Watch stealing cat.
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GasBandit
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Like, Kidz Bop for adults!
I had a boss who hated Febreeze. He would note, "Oh you sprayed Febreeze in the bathroom, so now it smells like shit AND we're being gassed?"
"It was so weird. They were playing fast car but it was some male country sounding guy."
figmentPez
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Current pet peeve: people who say "purple isn't a real color".
Bullshit. There is spectral purple. But "Violet isn't purple" they say. Well, to many people it is. I can't use a computer screen to show you an example of 405nm light, but if you took a 405nm laser and asked people what color it was, a whole lot of them would call it purple. I'd wager more would call it purple than would call it violet.
Moreover, there are TONS of non-spectral colors. So what if magenta (or any color on the line of purples) isn't a single wavelength of light. Neither is seafoam green, or peach, or burnt umber. There are a fucking ton of colors that do not exist as a single wavelength of light. Non-spectral colors are still colors! Even colors that exist as spectral colors can sometimes be produced as a mix of other colors. Is the yellow on your computer screen any less of a color than the yellow from a sodium lamp? If an object looks yellow under sunlight, but dark under a sodium lamp, is it any less yellow? What is the fucking point of saying "purple isn't a real color"? It's like saying "water isn't real matter" because it's made up of hydrogen and oxygen.
No, I don't want to hear your theory about how all colors aren't real. Get that nihilistic bullshit out of here. It doesn't matter if color is difficult to quantify objectively and color names have a high degree of subjectivity. The difference between a shed and a house is also hard to quantify objectively, and the names and functions of various buildings have a high degree of subjectivity. The man who is freezing to death in a shed while his neighbor is comfortable and warm in a house certainly wouldn't agree if you told him that houses aren't real.
Bullshit. There is spectral purple. But "Violet isn't purple" they say. Well, to many people it is. I can't use a computer screen to show you an example of 405nm light, but if you took a 405nm laser and asked people what color it was, a whole lot of them would call it purple. I'd wager more would call it purple than would call it violet.
Moreover, there are TONS of non-spectral colors. So what if magenta (or any color on the line of purples) isn't a single wavelength of light. Neither is seafoam green, or peach, or burnt umber. There are a fucking ton of colors that do not exist as a single wavelength of light. Non-spectral colors are still colors! Even colors that exist as spectral colors can sometimes be produced as a mix of other colors. Is the yellow on your computer screen any less of a color than the yellow from a sodium lamp? If an object looks yellow under sunlight, but dark under a sodium lamp, is it any less yellow? What is the fucking point of saying "purple isn't a real color"? It's like saying "water isn't real matter" because it's made up of hydrogen and oxygen.
No, I don't want to hear your theory about how all colors aren't real. Get that nihilistic bullshit out of here. It doesn't matter if color is difficult to quantify objectively and color names have a high degree of subjectivity. The difference between a shed and a house is also hard to quantify objectively, and the names and functions of various buildings have a high degree of subjectivity. The man who is freezing to death in a shed while his neighbor is comfortable and warm in a house certainly wouldn't agree if you told him that houses aren't real.
And Brent Sienna is not a real color either.
Dave
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I hate it when games - especially mobile games - give you an arbitrary and stupid roadblock to play their games. You have 5 energy so you can play 5 times before you have to wait to refill!
I know why they do it. They want people to come back or even give them real money to refill the bar. In reality? It just makes me uninstall a game I might have played a lot.
I know why they do it. They want people to come back or even give them real money to refill the bar. In reality? It just makes me uninstall a game I might have played a lot.
figmentPez
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Videos like this make me irrationally angry:
Use CMY not RBY you soggy muppet! Your green is dull and your purple is too dark. All your colors are less vibrant than they could be if you just started with better base pigments.
Use CMY not RBY you soggy muppet! Your green is dull and your purple is too dark. All your colors are less vibrant than they could be if you just started with better base pigments.
GasBandit
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NOOO THE SIMPLIFIED MODEL MY KINDERGARTEN TEACHER TAUGHT ME IS CODIFIED AS UNIVERSAL TRUUUUUUUTH
figmentPez
Staff member
"Sleeping too much is bad for you"
Correlation does not equal causation! This is bad science! Of course people who sleep more do worse on cognitive tests, they most likely have some sort of health problems that are also impacting their overall state. By and large healthy people don't choose to sleep 10+ hours a night! People with sleep apnea, COPD, anxiety, depression, etc get poor quality sleep, and then try to sleep more to get the rest they need.
Telling someone with health problems causing them to get poor sleep to just sleep less is like telling someone with impaired lung function to just breathe less.
Correlation does not equal causation! This is bad science! Of course people who sleep more do worse on cognitive tests, they most likely have some sort of health problems that are also impacting their overall state. By and large healthy people don't choose to sleep 10+ hours a night! People with sleep apnea, COPD, anxiety, depression, etc get poor quality sleep, and then try to sleep more to get the rest they need.
Telling someone with health problems causing them to get poor sleep to just sleep less is like telling someone with impaired lung function to just breathe less.
folowed up by "you need to lose weight, be less stressed, eat better..." Lady, if you are gonna ask for the impossible, im not gonna bother coming in for a check up...