Silent Mistwalker Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) This is one of those peeves that end up making you giggle. I'm currently reading Old Man's War by John Scalzi: http://scalzi.com/books/omwpreview.html A little more than half way through the book Scalzi introduces a new character. The character's name is Aimee Weber. https://aimeeweber.com/ I'm peeved I don't know which one of you jokers wrote this book! 😂 If you like Starship Troopers, you'll love this book. Edited February 27, 2023 by Silent Mistwalker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Peeve: finally started working on a parser to parse from another format (for example, a "Tiny BASIC") to my native JSON format. Realized that the larger problems of recursion, storage, and Linkset Data management had all been solved by my native parser. And realized..I can use my parser to parse something like BASIC into its own format. If only I could do that retroactively. Peeved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Misfit Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Peeve: Stores that aren't in search places, or websearch, or classifieds, that you have to find by knowing the creator's name and hoping that they have a working link to their current store in their profile. It makes no sense that creators would make it so hard for people to find their stores. I guess maybe it is indicative of the reliance on events these days, that main stores are virtually forgotten. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordyn McGregor Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 I swear my inventory is out to get me. I have been working for days now to sort through everything and box up stuff I wanna keep (cos hoarder!) but don't really need, and finally got it to just under 195k items. So I looked at my count today and it was just under 150K and cue freak out, cos there is no way in heck I have gotten rid of over 40k items, and I didn't think my inventory was in need of a cache clear, cos no folders were showing as empty....but I did one anyway. And now....back to just under 195k items. ^&*%$#%^ inventory!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Jordan Whitt said: I swear my inventory is out to get me. I have been working for days now to sort through everything and box up stuff I wanna keep (cos hoarder!) but don't really need, and finally got it to just under 195k items. So I looked at my count today and it was just under 150K and cue freak out, cos there is no way in heck I have gotten rid of over 40k items, and I didn't think my inventory was in need of a cache clear, cos no folders were showing as empty....but I did one anyway. And now....back to just under 195k items. ^&*%$#%^ inventory!!! Maybe you will see less of this problem when your inventory is smaller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordyn McGregor Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: Maybe you will see less of this problem when your inventory is smaller! That's my hope, and why I'm doing this. Plus it keeps me out of trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jordan Whitt said: That's my hope, and why I'm doing this. Plus it keeps me out of trouble. If you're ever looking for trouble, let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabari Nightingale Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Peeve - North Americans that don't know SL is international, so use expressions that I have no clue what they mean. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Charlie McGregor said: Peeve - North Americans that don't know SL is international, so use expressions that I have no clue what they mean. That's not entirely a N. American issue. I've heard things from English, Australians and various other nationalities that I have no idea what they mean. I have these bookmarked for those occasions... British slang words & phrases | Oxford International English 40 Most Common Australian Slang Terms | YourDictionary 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Luv Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Charlie McGregor said: Peeve - North Americans that don't know SL is international, so use expressions that I have no clue what they mean. Watch out when they say "Bless your heart"! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Just now, Rat Luv said: Watch out when they say "Bless your heart"! Once you learn the secret code, sarcasm detectors work better! A more obvious example: "Well, isn't that special!" - popularized by Dana Carvey as "The Church Lady". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Rowan Amore said: That's not entirely a N. American issue. I've heard things from English, Australians and various other nationalities that I have no idea what they mean. I have these bookmarked for those occasions... British slang words & phrases | Oxford International English 40 Most Common Australian Slang Terms | YourDictionary For your further illumination: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~steffan/canadianisms.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 What if we had a sub-forum, or even just a thread, that required all posts to be in "Rhyming Slang", use country-specific euphemisms, and region-specific language constructs? It would be..fun! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 9 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: For your further illumination: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~steffan/canadianisms.html Some of us are in the dark, does that make us dim? Definitely shady, at the very least! Whichever, illumination solves all of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Charlie McGregor said: Peeve - North Americans that don't know SL is international, so use expressions that I have no clue what they mean. Odd. I've been thinking the exact same thing about the British authors I've been reading the works of lately. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rat Luv said: Watch out when they say "Bless your heart"! I must have grown up in the only place in the south where that phrase wasn't derogatory. Now that's something to be peeved about. Edited February 27, 2023 by Silent Mistwalker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orwar Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 18 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: Odd. I've been thinking the exact same thing about the British authors I've been reading the works of lately. Blimey, I wouldn't Adam and Eve British chin-wag might appear iffy. Still, nice to have bit of a read when it's brass monkeys outside, eh? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Silent Mistwalker said: Odd. I've been thinking the exact same thing about the British authors I've been reading the works of lately. It's especially confusing when the story supposedly takes place in the US with American characters and they toss in the slang. Edited February 27, 2023 by Rowan Amore 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 11 minutes ago, Orwar said: Blimey, I wouldn't Adam and Eve British chin-wag might appear iffy. Still, nice to have bit of a read when it's brass monkeys outside, eh? Nothing a bubble and squeak won't fix. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Heartsong Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Charlie McGregor said: Peeve - North Americans that don't know SL is international, so use expressions that I have no clue what they mean. Oh, put a touque on it, you hoser. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Luv Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Love Zhaoying said: Nothing a Greek won't fix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 13 minutes ago, Katherine Heartsong said: Oh, put a touque on it, you hoser. Now I've got "The Beer Hunter" stuck in my head, eh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Orwar said: Blimey, I wouldn't Adam and Eve British chin-wag might appear iffy. Still, nice to have bit of a read when it's brass monkeys outside, eh? I thought I said that already? 🤔 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 39 minutes ago, Katherine Heartsong said: Oh, put a touque on it, you hoser. Take off, hosehead. Eh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordyn McGregor Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 7 hours ago, Rowan Amore said: That's not entirely a N. American issue. I've heard things from English, Australians and various other nationalities that I have no idea what they mean. I have these bookmarked for those occasions... British slang words & phrases | Oxford International English 40 Most Common Australian Slang Terms | YourDictionary No-one EVER understands Australians!!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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