Seicher Rae Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 21 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said: Peeve: How we as a society have become so scared of discussing sociology. Note: This is a highly abbreviated version of a rant I'm gonna go post on my Facebook page, and it is actually SL- related. There was a discussion last night in my inworld mental health support group chat that ended up getting shut down by one of the moderators there. I think they were right to shut it down, because hot topics can upset people and thus don't belong in a mental health support chat - unless they're personal and have a trigger warning first. It started innocently enough. Someone complained that people are so argumentative lately that it would take an alien invasion to get us to work together. I said "Damn, C'thulu cultists!" in reference to people who'd rather side with invading aliens than work with other people to fight them. This lead to a short discussion about H.P. Lovecraft being a notorious racist and with me saying " Race is an arbitrary construct used to divide people and to oppress some people". At this point the moderator stepped in and told us to change the subject as this one was becoming political. I said "ok" and we changed the subject. My peeve is that it's getting so difficult to discuss social issues unless it's in an echo chamber like on Facebook or Twitter. We can't discuss them on this forum and we can't discuss them in many places inworld either. I have to skip getting into the weeds of how social issues have been contentious throughout history because this would be viewed as political, but my concluding point was that Politics aren't just about which party someone votes for. Politics are about how much control people should have over other people. This is a psychological question as well as a socio-political one. End of peeve/ micro-rant. The world, as a whole, has gotten more female-otter-y. From COVID, to orange leaders, to invasions, to inflation to... well pretty much everything. Everything has gotten more echo-chamber-ish. It is ironic that the very media that makes an exchange of ideas so much easier than it used to be, also has made us more insular. Seems true, here, also, where the shutting down of free discussion seems to be going hand-in-hand with more female-otter-y behavior, and while one can posit that the ottery behavior lead to the shut down, it is very possible that the opposite is the truth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevaehHeartstrings Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 20 hours ago, Rowan Amore said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 People that insist on posting a huge wall of text without any capitalization or punctuation. How in the hell do they expect anyone to read that crap? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: People that insist on posting a huge wall of text without any capitalization or punctuation. How in the hell do they expect anyone to read that crap? Or white spaces. Or line breaks. Or... About a year or so I had to deal with this... ♀ otter person, who boasts on her profile she only punctuates when she's pissed off. True enough. It was impossible to read her blather. So I decided to piss her off so I could read her. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 52 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: People that insist on posting a huge wall of text without any capitalization or punctuation. How in the hell do they expect anyone to read that crap? And I get it. Some people post things from their phones. I do,.too but I still capitalize, punctuate and spell check on there. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahKB7 Koskinen Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) Peeve: People who can't tell the difference between a cup, mug, glass, beaker, or pot and call them all "cups". Edited August 11, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Persephone Emerald Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said: Peeve: People who can't tell the difference between a cup, mug, glass, beaker, or pot and call them all as a "cup". plastic silverware, plastic glass, plastic candles - are these actual things, because I don't know what else to call them sometimes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Persephone Emerald said: plastic silverware, plastic glass, plastic candles - are these actual things, because I don't know what else to call them sometimes. Normally, fine distinctions between very similar items don't really matter much to most people. Other people are just too persnickety. Edited August 11, 2022 by LittleMe Jewell 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said: Peeve: People who can't tell the difference between a cup, mug, glass, beaker, or pot and call them all "cups". Perhaps they can't tell the difference because they are in their cups. 🥳 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Personally, most people do know exactly what all those things are. I'm guessing here but maybe people pretend not to know just to ruffle feathers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 "Words are hard!" my daughter tells me and I'm inclined to agree sometimes. They can be hard for disparate reasons. For my daughter who is on the autism spectrum, they are hard to attach to the thoughts and feelings she is overwhelmed by. For my 67 year old brain, they are elusive. I know that there is a word for what I'm trying to say and I used to know what it was but I can't recall it into active memory and so I mutter about the thing, you know, the thing that I can't remember what it's called but it will come to me in 5 minutes or so when I've forgotten why I was trying to retrieve it in the first place. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I have sometimes been asked about my glasses by men in SL. Also about my cups. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahKB7 Koskinen Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) I wonder what saucers are called elsewhere? Cup trays? Cup stands? Cup dishes? 😜 Edited August 11, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charalyne Blackwood Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said: I wonder what saucers are called elsewhere? Cup trays? Cup stands? Cup dishes? 😜 Tiny plates? *sprinkles tiny mershmellaz on the tiny plate* 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 52 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said: Peeve: People who can't tell the difference between a cup, mug, glass, beaker, or pot and call them all "cups". I get abuse because I call just about everything "socks" from thick athletic white anklets to sheer, expensive hosiery. I know the difference, I just don't care. I hate socks, of all kinds, and avoid them but will put on socks if I have to, like with a fancy dress. "Oh ffs, they are not socks!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahKB7 Koskinen Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Socks are shin length, or shorter. Any higher and they're stockings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 24 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said: I wonder what saucers are called elsewhere? Cup trays? Cup stands? Cup dishes? 😜 It probably depends on a lot of factors. You DO put sauce in yours, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, Seicher Rae said: I get abuse because I call just about everything "socks" from thick athletic white anklets to sheer, expensive hosiery. I know the difference, I just don't care. I hate socks, of all kinds, and avoid them but will put on socks if I have to, like with a fancy dress. "Oh ffs, they are not socks!" 3 minutes ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said: Socks are shin length, or shorter. Any higher and they're stockings. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Pet peeve: Overly pedantic people. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Seicher Rae said: Pet peeve: Overly pedantic people. But we must use the original British term, or the Queen's going to come kick our arses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayashe Ninetails Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Knee socks would like a word. Peeve...dang, these are bright omg. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Just now, Love Zhaoying said: But we must use the original British term, or the Queen's going to come kick our arses! We solved that in 1776. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahKB7 Koskinen Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) Peeve: Citizens of other countries who don't even know their own history! Bzzzz! Wrong year. Try 14th January 1784! Then read up on 24th August 1814. How's that white paint looking 208 years later?! 😜 Edited August 12, 2022 by SarahKB7 Koskinen 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Can we not, please? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Good grief. Apparently there is a spot #14 on my list. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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