Coffee Pancake Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Gah !!! I know it's region restart day. But why does it have to restart just as I'm getting into my groove and being productive. We need a button "BUT MOOOM 5 MORE MINUTES PLEASE" 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Coffee Pancake said: More pet pet peeves ? RAMDOM CAT BARF Breakfast in .. Happy Cat .. Sneaks into the bedroom and starts retching .. Wakes my SO up in a adrenalin fueled panic to stop her pukin on something important .. Sad cat in cat jail .. Frazzled SO and a huge mess No hairballs or anything. Even worse is stepping in that strategically placed pile you didn't see because it's on the oriental rug and kind of blends in. Cat food, cat spit all up between your toes. Such a great way to wake up. 😒 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmi Zehetbauer Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Peeve #541: Tried to stay in a hotel recently and couldn't stay due to their systems. The guest room doors are only set up for use with a smart phone and couldn't stay. Went to desk to inquire about key cards, the clerk said there is none and the app was the only way. When I showed my flip phone she busted up laughing and got the manager down, who also laughed. We told them we booked it online and there was no indication phone was required. After a heated discussion we got refunded and left. We did find another hotel about a km down the road and got a room. Even had a convo with the desk clerk there and he said the hotel we tried at was highly geared to millennials (or those who have the phone permanently glued to them) and not old farts like us. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 57 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said: Gah !!! I know it's region restart day. But why does it have to restart just as I'm getting into my groove and being productive. We need a button "BUT MOOOM 5 MORE MINUTES PLEASE" My home is still offline .. all the other regions around here and gone down and come up .. but not mine .. I have to sit here and stare into the void waiting for it to come back before I can do anything else, even things away from the computer that I really need to be doing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 @Love Zhaoyingand @Ardy Lay's conversation about "matrices" in the Laugh thread pokes at one of my pet peeves. I know it's like trying to stop the tide at this point, but I still get quietly annoyed by people who don't recognize some plurals when they use them. DATA and MEDIA are plurals, guys! "The data are inconclusive", not "The data is inconclusive." "News media are mostly electronic these days", not "News media is mostly electronic these days." Our language isn't going to hell in a handbasket, but little things like this make me wonder whether people would notice if it did. \end_peeve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Psaltery Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: @Love Zhaoyingand @Ardy Lay's conversation about "matrices" in the Laugh thread pokes at one of my pet peeves. I know it's like trying to stop the tide at this point, but I still get quietly annoyed by people who don't recognize some plurals when they use them. DATA and MEDIA are plurals, guys! "The data are inconclusive", not "The data is inconclusive." "News media are mostly electronic these days", not "News media is mostly electronic these days." Our language isn't going to hell in a handbasket, but little things like this make me wonder whether people would notice if it did. \end_peeve Well, the BBC website has betrayed a certain slipping of standards for some time now. I admit to being peeved when I saw that one of their staff does not know the difference between 'inequity' and 'iniquity'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 My favourite kilts come with two pairs of buttons on either side to close it. I had to resort to putting the first buttons in the second holes to tighten it for a while, but now it's just nowhere near. My belt still holds it up, but the inner 'flap' of the kilt frequently just falls off since there button is just loosely sitting in the hole. The way my clothes are kind of half falling off makes me feel rather indecent at times. I'm also not about to start wearing trousers in ~25-30C. I'm peeved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: @Love Zhaoyingand @Ardy Lay's conversation about "matrices" in the Laugh thread pokes at one of my pet peeves. I know it's like trying to stop the tide at this point, but I still get quietly annoyed by people who don't recognize some plurals when they use them. DATA and MEDIA are plurals, guys! "The data are inconclusive", not "The data is inconclusive." "News media are mostly electronic these days", not "News media is mostly electronic these days." Our language isn't going to hell in a handbasket, but little things like this make me wonder whether people would notice if it did. \end_peeve I think "Data" from ST:TNG should have been called "Datum". We need to make "Datum" cool. "Could you please send me the datum?" "I question your use of that datum in this context." If "media" is plural for "medium", is "largeum" singular for "large"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 20 minutes ago, Garnet Psaltery said: 'inequity' and 'iniquity'. Which way to the den of inequity? Asking for a foe, of course. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, Orwar said: My favourite kilts come with two pairs of buttons on either side to close it. I had to resort to putting the first buttons in the second holes to tighten it for a while, but now it's just nowhere near. My belt still holds it up, but the inner 'flap' of the kilt frequently just falls off since there button is just loosely sitting in the hole. The way my clothes are kind of half falling off makes me feel rather indecent at times. I'm also not about to start wearing trousers in ~25-30C. I'm peeved. No Velcro kilts? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Heartsong Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Silent Mistwalker said: Then they sit back and laugh while they watch the silly humans staffs' reactions. Fixed that for you (From the saying ... Dogs have owners, cats have staff.) Edited June 28, 2022 by Katherine Heartsong 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: No Velcro kilts? I uh, don't think I'd want to run around in a Velcro kilt. Especially not with how my keychain, lanyard, decorative chains, padlocks, and chainmail I usually wear have a tendency to get stuck on stuff so that I occasionally almost rip half the kitchen with me as I saunter through it. It'd be terribly embarrassing if you got off a flip-seat on the bus and the kilt got stuck! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Heartsong Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: @Love Zhaoyingand @Ardy Lay's conversation about "matrices" in the Laugh thread pokes at one of my pet peeves. I know it's like trying to stop the tide at this point, but I still get quietly annoyed by people who don't recognize some plurals when they use them. DATA and MEDIA are plurals, guys! "The data are inconclusive", not "The data is inconclusive." "News media are mostly electronic these days", not "News media is mostly electronic these days." Our language isn't going to hell in a handbasket, but little things like this make me wonder whether people would notice if it did. \end_peeve And the plural of octopus (a Greek word) is octopuses or octopods, not octopi. Don't add a Latin pluralizing ending to a Greek word. And do NOT get me started on pronouncing the word kilometre. The stress is KILO and not OM, like in CENTImetre and MILLImetre. Those aren't pronounced cenTIMetre and milLIMetre, don't pronounce kilometre like that. It does NOT sound like barometer ... the ending is even spelled different! Bloody heathens. Edited June 28, 2022 by Katherine Heartsong 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 37 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: @Love Zhaoyingand @Ardy Lay's conversation about "matrices" in the Laugh thread pokes at one of my pet peeves. I know it's like trying to stop the tide at this point, but I still get quietly annoyed by people who don't recognize some plurals when they use them. DATA and MEDIA are plurals, guys! "The data are inconclusive", not "The data is inconclusive." "News media are mostly electronic these days", not "News media is mostly electronic these days." Our language isn't going to hell in a handbasket, but little things like this make me wonder whether people would notice if it did. \end_peeve If data and media are plural, what are the singulars, please? *runs away and hides 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Heartsong Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: If data and media are plural, what are the singulars, please? *runs away and hides Are you causing drama? (teasing, love you!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cariboustag Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) The pettiest of peeves When objects don't keep their XYZ modifications and rotations, size, etc. until after you detach them. I'll fidget something to death, then either 1. Crash 2. Realize I need another, and copy-paste it from the inventory folder And have forgot to detach the original so all my fidgeting got saved. Infinitesimal in the grand scheme but man it really gets me every time. Edited June 28, 2022 by cariboustag 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: If data and media are plural, what are the singulars, please? *runs away and hides Heh ... datum and medium. And to riff on @Love Zhaoying's question ... 39 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: If "media" is plural for "medium", is "largeum" singular for "large"? Um, no. But "largesse" is the feminine form.... (rim shot). 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Ignoramuses, NOT "ignorami" . . . please remember. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Akane Nacht said: is this a thread for pet peeves or peeves about pets? 🤔 A peeve is a peeve is a peeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Kimmi Zehetbauer said: Peeve #541: Tried to stay in a hotel recently and couldn't stay due to their systems. The guest room doors are only set up for use with a smart phone and couldn't stay. Went to desk to inquire about key cards, the clerk said there is none and the app was the only way. When I showed my flip phone she busted up laughing and got the manager down, who also laughed. We told them we booked it online and there was no indication phone was required. After a heated discussion we got refunded and left. We did find another hotel about a km down the road and got a room. Even had a convo with the desk clerk there and he said the hotel we tried at was highly geared to millennials (or those who have the phone permanently glued to them) and not old farts like us. Please tell me the hotel name & location. While I do have a smart phone, I absolutely hate businesses that require them and make assumptions that everyone has one. They will definitely go on my list of "never ever give them business". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rolig Loon said: @Love Zhaoyingand @Ardy Lay's conversation about "matrices" in the Laugh thread pokes at one of my pet peeves. I know it's like trying to stop the tide at this point, but I still get quietly annoyed by people who don't recognize some plurals when they use them. DATA and MEDIA are plurals, guys! "The data are inconclusive", not "The data is inconclusive." "News media are mostly electronic these days", not "News media is mostly electronic these days." Our language isn't going to hell in a handbasket, but little things like this make me wonder whether people would notice if it did. \end_peeve Language is ever changing. https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/data_singular_or_plural.htm Edited June 28, 2022 by LittleMe Jewell 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiera Clutterbuck Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Everybody are wrong about grammars today. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 13 minutes ago, Kiera Clutterbuck said: Everybody are wrong about grammars today. I isn't! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Katherine Heartsong said: And the plural of octopus (a Greek word) is octopuses or octopods, not octopi. Don't add a Latin pluralizing ending to a Greek word. And do NOT get me started on pronouncing the word kilometre. The stress is KILO and not OM, like in CENTImetre and MILLImetre. Those aren't pronounced cenTIMetre and milLIMetre, don't pronounce kilometre like that. It does NOT sound like barometer ... the ending is even spelled different! Bloody heathens. I watch electronics / retro repair videos on YouTube. I cringe when they pronounce "multimeter" as "multee-meeter" not "mul-tih-mihter". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 15 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Language is ever changing. https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/data_singular_or_plural.htm Oh, I know all about windmills and about tilting against them. I didn't mean to imply that I thought there was any way to reverse the flow (or even that it was much of a disaster, in the grand scheme of things). It's just one of those things that make me sigh a bit. A pet peeve. 🤕 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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