Internet Pet Peeves

[Ekkostar]

I don't know if this has been done before, but it's inspired by the "I Can't Believe I Posted That!" thread.
What is your BIGGEST internet pet peeve?

Mine is when people call trolling of any kind "spamming". Spam is a crappy lunch meat and unsolicited e-mail. Period. Trolls are people who try to start flamewars for their own amusement or flood or use several different user names or post things that have nothing to do with... pretty much anything.
I don't know who the idiot is who decided to mix up Spam and Trolls, but when I meet that person (Probably some stupid 13-year-old), I'll slap him or her.
It grates on my nerves when people call trolling "spamming".

[Artimus Gigan]

The fact that the internet gives everybody and their grandmother a voice to speak out against the world....and the majority of what they say most of the time is incredibly stupid...

Also the internet has created a vast number of factions of crazy people who brand themselves different terms and then demand that they deserve equal treatment(i.e. furries, incestors, other-kin, child pornographers, the list goes on)

The internet is actualy a prime example of what the world would be like without any baisic/enforced rules, chaos and stupidity would abound...

[auto]

The two things that bother me are 1337-speak (73# 1337 #4><0|2Z |>\/\/|\| 4|_|_) and that AIM dialect (ima goin 2 hell, u? OMGWTFLOLOLOLROFFLES!!!!ONE!!!!11). Is it really that hard to just write in plain english?

[William C. Maune]

Also the internet has created a vast number of factions of crazy people who brand themselves different terms and then demand that they deserve equal treatment(i.e. furries, incestors, other-kin, child pornographers, the list goes on)

While I agree with the rest of what you mentioned, I don't think furries really fit in with the rest of the things you list. Compared to the others, they seem pretty much harmless.

[Ekkostar]

While I agree with the rest of what you mentioned, I don't think furries really fit in with the rest of the things you list. Compared to the others, they seem pretty much harmless.

They DO complain about the confusion of Fursuiting and Furry subculture.

[Yash]

Fanfiction.

Harry Potter, Inuyasha, Code Lyoko, you name it.

[Ekkostar]

The internet is actualy a prime example of what the world would be like without any baisic/enforced rules, chaos and stupidity would abound...

If you've seen the movie Tombstone or know about the history of law enforcement of the old west, that's what the whole admin/mod force in the forum world reminds me of.
The internet is a wild west without a universal law constitution set in place.

[Artimus Gigan]

If you've seen the movie Tombstone or know about the history of law enforcement of the old west, that's what the whole admin/mod force in the forum world reminds me of.
The internet is a wild west without a universal law constitution set in place.That's just with message boards, I mean websites,aim, and the other parts

I mean think of the most disgusting thing ever, then type in in on google, chances are there are websites devoted to it

[cross blues]

What is your BIGGEST internet pet peeve?
freakin VIRUSES everywhere... mainly spyware but they're all a pain in the you know what. I hate viruses and the people who create and unleash them for amusement... except the ones that attack big companies, those are funny. :D

[True Noir]

The two things that bother me are 1337-speak (73# 1337 #4><0|2Z |>\/\/|\| 4|_|_) and that AIM dialect (ima goin 2 hell, u? OMGWTFLOLOLOLROFFLES!!!!ONE!!!!11). Is it really that hard to just write in plain english?
That's my pet peeve when it comes to message boards or forums. If it's like a live journal or on AIM or something, I don't mind it.

[sidewinder]

Prank. Flashes.

[Elven Moon]

Pop ups and viruses.

[DarT]

Spyware, popups (especially the pron ones on non-pron sites), flamers, etc...

[Watagashi]

While I agree with the rest of what you mentioned, I don't think furries really fit in with the rest of the things you list. Compared to the others, they seem pretty much harmless.
Okay, here's my ultimately dumb question of the day: What's a furry??

Pretty much everything mentioned above annoys me about the internet. Can't really choose to type just one. :shrug: Also, those things that come up when you enter a website that keeps asking you these questions to either click "Ok" or "Cancel", but it won't let you go back to the previous page or anything until you answer. Then another one pops up in its place and you have to start over again. >.< Gar

[William C. Maune]

People who like to dress up as animals.

[Chad Bonin]

Karl Olson.

[RD!]

Naturally, being an internet snob, I have many peeves. Also coming with that territory, is the love to list them. So:

The use of any ":" emoticon.
The use of any image emoticon, unless used for irony or a special image.
The use of "=P" so that P has trailing edges (Same for =D).
Ugly avatars.
Avatars that look nice but are automaticaly resized through web software.
Ugly avatars with the same case.
1337 speak.
AOL speak.
Alternate cap speak.
Any combination of the above.
Signatures containing quotes like: "I have nothing clever to put here."
Quoting yourself in signatures (where the joke is something you say).
Linking sites in your signature while stating you're wasting your time at the same time.
Fake quotes.
Smart people who hate what I like.
Annoying people who love what I like.
Webmasters who link their site in signatures on forums hosted by their own site.
Bad jokes.
Knux Five.
People who reply to threads like this claiming this such thread is an example of the threads immediate question.

[Kury Wagner]

People who purposely type wrong bother me to no end. Certain things are understandable, but to constantly type that bad is just urgh. Leet speak still makes me laugh though.

Karl Olson.Best post of the thread.

[Dark Fact]

Pwned and Noob! These two words frustrate me to no end! :mad:

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Pwned and Noob! These two words frustrate me to no end! :mad:
STFU noob*.

*=you have been Pwned.

The things that really annoy me are the whole shorthad "y r u" stuff. Pisses me off. Learn how to type out full words.

[Anime 51]

Pwned and Noob! These two words frustrate me to no end! :mad:Damn straight! Everyone knows its "pwn3d" and "n00b".

[Dark Fact]

Way to prove my point Kuwabara!

[JSpengs]

I hate when people say stuff like "IMO" or, even worse "IMHO"

SHUT THE **** UP!!

Its been my experience that people who say these things often go on at great length about there so called 'humble opinions'. Like they don't want people to suspect that they're actually totally full of themselves, so they add that 3-4 letter disclaimer before their long winded insight.

If you're going to be preachy, just do it, don't try to mask it.

[Elphaba]

I don't like the fact that the entter button is the submitt button for IM. So, being the forgettful person I am, my messages look like:

"I liked it when the character said......"

And no more, because I froget the that the enter button isn't a space thing, so my message looks random and stupid. I also don't like pop-ups are spam. I also hate it when your computer frezzes up for no apparant reason.

[Ekkostar]

I hate when people say stuff like "IMO" or, even worse "IMHO"

SHUT THE **** UP!!



I use BTW sometimes when I'm lazy. "By The Way" :sweat:

[Scythemantis]

IMO is a peeve of mine as well, but moreso because I feel it should NEVER be neccessary. It seems that if you don't go out of your way to say that you're stating an opinion, people will jump all over you. Please. Any statement about your approval or disapproval of a work of art or entertainment should be automatically taken as an opinion no matter how you word it.

And I've gone off about this plenty of times, but I hate people who accuse others of being hypocritical in internet arguments, because I've literally NEVER seen the word used properly in such a situation. Not once.


I use BTW sometimes when I'm lazy. "By The Way

Read the rest of Jspeng's post. It's ONLY talking about "IMO" and "IMHO" (in my opinion/in my honest opinion), not abbreviations in general.

Okay, here's my ultimately dumb question of the day: What's a furry??

I'm always amazed by people on the internet who still don't know this, and am always happy to fill them in!

There are several meanings to the term and different levels of each. At its most extreme and disturbing, a "Furry" is someone with a fetish for anthropomorphic animals (animals with humanoid bodies, like, say, Minerva Mink from Animaniacs) and who dress in animal costumes that they tend to modify in ways that cannot be discussed on toonzone to do things that also cannot be discussed on toonzone.

The entire thing was pretty much unknown until the internet came into full swing and everyone had a quick and easy means of finding others like themselves. Furry communities are EVERYWHERE online, and what makes them a peeve of so many people and myself is that a great deal of the hardcore furries consider themselves an "opressed minority", and anyone who admits to finding them even mildly creepy is attacked as a "bigot". But you know, last I checked, there are no laws against furry marriage, furries were never enslaved, and furries did not suffer in the holocaust.

The thing is, though, that "Furry" can also refer to the anthropomorphized animals themselves, and there's an entire vast internet subculture of people who draw furries (or write stories about them) but are not neccessarily into the stuff I described above. They prefer to be called "anthro artists". Course, there's a LOT of "anthro artists" who are also full-on "furries" and vice-versa.

[JSpengs]

There are several meanings to the term and different levels of each. At its most extreme and disturbing, a "Furry" is someone with a fetish for anthropomorphic animals (animals with humanoid bodies, like, say, Minerva Mink from Animaniacs) and who dress in animal costumes that they tend to modify in ways that cannot be discussed on toonzone to do things that also cannot be discussed on toonzone.

The entire thing was pretty much unknown until the internet came into full swing and everyone had a quick and easy means of finding others like themselves. Furry communities are EVERYWHERE online, and what makes them a peeve of so many people and myself is that a great deal of the hardcore furries consider themselves an "opressed minority", and anyone who admits to finding them even mildly creepy is attacked as a "bigot". But you know, last I checked, there are no laws against furry marriage, furries were never enslaved, and furries did not suffer in the holocaust.

The thing is, though, that "Furry" can also refer to the anthropomorphized animals themselves, and there's an entire vast internet subculture of people who draw furries (or write stories about them) but are not neccessarily into the stuff I described above. They prefer to be called "anthro artists". Course, there's a LOT of "anthro artists" who are also full-on "furries" and vice-versa.
*waves* furry artist, well... ex-furry artist. because of bigotry within the ranks. Did you know that furries hate on other furries because of their chosen species? They oppress themselves muchly. I left after I was told, in so many words, that my art didn't deserve to see the light of day, let alone be sold to other furries (which was something I tried to do in my spare time).

Another peeve I have are people who can't type, and expect to command respect for what they're saying. obvious typos, excess spaces between or within words, words shortened to just 2 letters, stuff like that. On one ghostbuster message board I go to we used to have a guy like that, he built GB props as a hobby and we joked his typing skills lacked because he had lost a couple fingers building stuff. Eventually some mod took it upon himself to follow this member's activity, and edit/translate all his posts so we could all understand what he was saying. Eventually the guy got so ticked off, something about how "its the internet, and he didn't need to type well", that I think he just left.

[Artimus Gigan]

Just to further expand on the stupidity of furries:


Awhile back IIRC someone compiled a list of famous people past and present who by "long time-consuming research" were apparently furries and then also listed the animal they were...

Apparently Andrew Jackson was one, as was Bill Clinton, Julies Ceasar, Alexander The Great, Albert Einstien, Cleopatra, Malcom X, Jimmy Carter, Josef Stalin, Ben Affleck, and those were the only ones that I remember

This is why the internet can be a BAD thing

Also I hate Bloggers and Blogs. I loathe when the newscasters say "bloggers lead the charge" or "the bloggers will be in an uproar". It's like their opinion they post on the internet actualy matters in real life...it doesn't. Nothing on the internet matters in real life...

[Bubblegum Girl]

Three words: Spam and Porn.

[Fone Bone]

IMO is a peeve of mine as well, but moreso because I feel it should NEVER be neccessary. It seems that if you don't go out of your way to say that you're stating an opinion, people will jump all over you. Please. Any statement about your approval or disapproval of a work of art or entertainment should be automatically taken as an opinion no matter how you word it. I sometimes forget that when people bash stuff I like. I sometimes use IMO but IMHO is kind of condescending. I don't want to make people mad. I also thought IMHO meant In My Humble Opinion not In My Honest Opinion.

And I've gone off about this plenty of times, but I hate people who accuse others of being hypocritical in internet arguments, because I've literally NEVER seen the word used properly in such a situation. Not once.



Read the rest of Jspeng's post. It's ONLY talking about "IMO" and "IMHO" (in my opinion/in my honest opinion), not abbreviations in general.



I'm always amazed by people on the internet who still don't know this, and am always happy to fill them in!

There are several meanings to the term and different levels of each. At its most extreme and disturbing, a "Furry" is someone with a fetish for anthropomorphic animals (animals with humanoid bodies, like, say, Minerva Mink from Animaniacs) and who dress in animal costumes that they tend to modify in ways that cannot be discussed on toonzone to do things that also cannot be discussed on toonzone.

The entire thing was pretty much unknown until the internet came into full swing and everyone had a quick and easy means of finding others like themselves. Furry communities are EVERYWHERE online, and what makes them a peeve of so many people and myself is that a great deal of the hardcore furries consider themselves an "opressed minority", and anyone who admits to finding them even mildly creepy is attacked as a "bigot". But you know, last I checked, there are no laws against furry marriage, furries were never enslaved, and furries did not suffer in the holocaust.

The thing is, though, that "Furry" can also refer to the anthropomorphized animals themselves, and there's an entire vast internet subculture of people who draw furries (or write stories about them) but are not neccessarily into the stuff I described above. They prefer to be called "anthro artists". Course, there's a LOT of "anthro artists" who are also full-on "furries" and vice-versa.Remember when Harley Quinn was trying to say Goths were an oppressed minority? I didn't understand that.

Either way, Furries sound weird and deserve their bottom rung on the geek hierarchy.

As for stuff I hate:

I hate people bashing shows just for the sake of bashing them. I also hate people hijacking threads.

And I hate pop-up ads and spyware.

[William C. Maune]

Either way, Furries sound weird and deserve their bottom rung on the geek hierarchy.

Eh, when it comes to geek hierarchy, no one deserves a bottom rung. Geeks in general tend to be looked down upon by the regular populace and I don't see any reason we need to perpetuate that amongst ourselves.

I guess that's my pet peeve of the internet. The medium has a great potential to increase communication and bring the world closer together, and it often does. However, it is also used to further divide folks and that just seems unnecessary to me.

[Charlie]

People who disregard proper grammar and spelling on forums. I can let it pass most of the time. Such as when the person dose indeed try and speak in a coherent form, but when ppl spk lik thees for the majority of the time it drives me nuts. Especially when they tag multiple exclamation or question marks at the end of their statements. It dosn't add to the urgency of their post, it just looks stupid.

Also needly swearing. Theres no point in adding obscenities after every five words.

[Chad Bonin]

Three words: Spam and Porn.People can be annoyed by porn? Heck, that's probably why I open half of my spam...

[zmanjz]

I hate when you use a computer, log in, and forget to log your cookies out so that someone can read everything you've ever posted or private messaged.


But that's just me. :sweat:

[Kury Wagner]

Usernames and passwords annoy me. So much typing! It just gets so annoying. I have to type in my username and password everytime for just about everything because of stuff like zmanjz said.

[Artimus Gigan]

Three words: Spam and Porn.ZOMG, "AND" ANNOYS ME TOO!!!!111:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Scythemantis]

*waves* furry artist, well... ex-furry artist. because of bigotry within the ranks. Did you know that furries hate on other furries because of their chosen species? They oppress themselves muchly. I left after I was told, in so many words, that my art didn't deserve to see the light of day, let alone be sold to other furries (which was something I tried to do in my spare time).

I don't know if the idea of bigotry between furries is funny or depressing.

I know a cool anthro artist on DA who draws herself as a Earwig. That beats any cutesypoo fox-cat-anime-girl crap but I bet a lot of furries would fail to appreciate it. I myself would choose a cockroach if were a walking/talking animal.


But furries don't have the bottom rung in the geek heirarchy, Fone. That honor goes to "People Who Write Erotic Versions of Star Trek Where All the Characters Are Furries, Like Kirk is an Ocelot or Something, and They Put a Furry Version of Themselves as the Star of the Story".



I've NEVER had trouble with popups actually. Even before I switched to firefox. Never had trouble with viruses either.

[RD!]

Gigan postAdding this to my list...

[KuwabaraTheMan]

People can be annoyed by porn? Heck, that's probably why I open half of my spam...
*shakes his head sadly* Poor, poor Knux.

Other pet peeves:
Password Recovery systems that ask you a secret question and then e-mail it to you. There's only one thing worse. When that e-mail is a password reset link. I don't want to have to spend 40 minutes changing my password just because all these sites have stupid password requirements anyways.

People who say "this isn't English class so I don't have to type properly". I don't know how much time I've lost trying to decipher posts.

The fact that people like Knux Five are allowed within reach of a computer.

[Queen of Hearts]

I think I have at least five internet pet peeves:

1.) Spamming- This annoys me to no end...

2.) Trolling- I hate being tricked by some jerk.

3.) Taking what I say out of context- Sometimes, when I try to defend my opinions, or someone else's, etc., some jerk will accuse me of being a snob, or being rude, and whatnot. This REALLY infuriates me.:mad:

4.) People ramming their opinions down my throat- These people are so arrogant and rude. I've had this problem on Sonic the Hedgehog forums about Sonic's love life (I'm pro-Sonic/Sally), and they just love to look down on me (especially the Mina Mongoose fanatics).

5.) Hentai, porn, etc.- I HATE HENTAI and PORN!!!! It's so disgusting and foul!!! Treating nudity as a thing of beauty is one thing, but nudity being treated as an object of sick, sexual pleasure is another.:mad:

[Chad Bonin]

5.) Hentai, porn, etc.- I HATE HENTAI and PORN!!!! It's so disgusting and foul!!! Treating nudity as a thing of beauty is one thing, but nudity being treated as an object of sick, sexual pleasure is another.:mad:I... I think my concept of humanity is just being shattered...

[Speedy Boris]

Wayport.

[zmanjz]

I... I think my concept of humanity is just being shattered...
Don't worry Knux, there's a reason for why there are so many hentai/lemon/slash sites on the internet.

(Most people just don't admit that they visit them.)

[Demonic Raven]

Hmm..

- Incorrect grammar
- People that are much smarter than me and love to show it off where ever possible
- People that are much dumber than me and love to show it off where ever possible
- Furrys
- Conspiracy theories(see other topic :p ) and their theorists
- Spyware
- Viruses
- Fangirls and fanboys (of all shapes, sizes, and egos)

There's more, I tell ya!

[Artimus Gigan]

Adding this to my list...Which ones...Jam-Chan?

[guinaevere]

- People that are much smarter than me and love to show it off where ever possible
- People that are much dumber than me and love to show it off where ever possible
- Furrys
- Conspiracy theories(see other topic :p ) and their theorists
- Spyware
- Viruses
- Fangirls and fanboys (of all shapes, sizes, and egos)

There's more, I tell ya!Unfortunately, so many of your peeves aren't just relegated to online communites/newsgroups.

Trust me, there are always people who love to hear themselves talk and try to sound as if they're the smartest person in the room. Very few of us actually are the smartest person in the room. http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v76/guinaevere/smilies/wink_ani.gif

I think my biggest issue is (again, something that you run into a lot in real life) when a person is consistantly entering into conversations, but not actually adding a single thing to the conversation.

It doesn't have to be profound. An insight, an intelligent opinion, something that makes you laugh or think. So many seem to think that saying something completely random or obscure is QED funny. It isn't. It has to have some measure of relevance.

[Czar Gato]

Also the internet has created a vast number of factions of crazy people who brand themselves different terms and then demand that they deserve equal treatment(i.e. furries, incestors, other-kin, child pornographers, the list goes on) Ouch, that hurts, man. Though I must agree that there is an idiotic "OMg stoopid hYoomansz!!" mentality within much of "the community". I don't have anything against furries, either, though some darker aspects of the fandom creep the hell out of me.

The biggest pet peeves for me are probably conspiracy theories and spam. Oh, and spyware; I hate that stuff. Also, I can't help but admit that when I see a lot of poor grammar in someone's posts, it kinda makes me tink that they're not as intelligent as those that can type well, though I realize that's more of a prejudice on my part than anything.

[Fone Bone]

Eh, when it comes to geek hierarchy, no one deserves a bottom rung. Geeks in general tend to be looked down upon by the regular populace and I don't see any reason we need to perpetuate that amongst ourselves.

I guess that's my pet peeve of the internet. The medium has a great potential to increase communication and bring the world closer together, and it often does. However, it is also used to further divide folks and that just seems unnecessary to me.You big silly. I was only kidding.:p

Knux what is hentai?

And I've always maintained there are different degrees of porn. Playboy and Cinemax don't bother me but I find most of the stuff on the internet just disturbing.

[Czar Gato]

Knux what is hentai? I'm not Knux, but I can tell you that one: it's anime porn.

[Fone Bone]

I'm not Knux, but I can tell you that one: it's anime porn.anime porn? That sounds silly. :ack: :confused:

[Artimus Gigan]

Ouch, that hurts, man. Though I must agree that there is an idiotic "OMg stoopid hYoomansz!!" mentality within much of "the community". I don't have anything against furries, either, though some darker aspects of the fandom creep the hell out of me.


Do they actualy consider dressing-up in renisance fair-esque garb a serious activity?

[auto]

Prank. Flashes.*Agrees*
The only things worse than prank flashes are some of those disgusting shock images. And don't let me get started on prank flashes containing shock images.

[Kury Wagner]

Pop-ups don't bother me too much. Most sites only have one or two, so it's not that big a deal to me.
anime porn? That sounds silly. :ack: :confused:Wow, I'm fascinated you didn't know of that. . .

[g_UnIt_GaNsTa]

I... I think my concept of humanity is just being shattered...
Just now? Don't worry, you'll get along well without one.


Well, I'm annoyed by furries, (Especially those who insult me for visiting somethingawful) 1337 speech, AOL talk, and fanfiction. Not to mention porno and hentai. Ick. That's why I don't visit newgrounds anymore. All the ads for hentai/porn congregate there.

[Artimus Gigan]

I... I think my concept of humanity is just being shattered...Don't worry Knux, go to an FYE...they have shelves of Hentai

most of it I'm sure could be illegal(content-wise) in some standards

Like for example, they have some warped hentai spoofs CCS....

[Fone Bone]

Pop-ups don't bother me too much. Most sites only have one or two, so it's not that big a deal to me.
Wow, I'm fascinated you didn't know of that. . .Why?

[Kury Wagner]

Why?Even my parents know what hentai is. It's just weird that you don't. Don't worry, it's not a bad thing (well, I don't think so anyway). Just odd.

[Fone Bone]

Even my parents know what hentai is. It's just weird that you don't. Don't worry, it's not a bad thing (well, I don't think so anyway). Just odd.Jebus, how old are you? I'm 29 and didn't know about it. Well, I think I heard there was some anime porn out there but I sure as heck didn't know there was actually a name for it.

I also had never heard of furries until a couple of months ago.

[Artimus Gigan]

Jebus, how old are you? I'm 29 and didn't know about it. Well, I think I heard there was some anime porn out there but I sure as heck didn't know there was actually a name for it.

I also had never heard of furries until a couple of months ago.So...how low is the rent for the rock you live under?

:p

There is new stuff that comes into being thru the internet everyday

Heck now macromedia Flash has been harnessed for anyone to make Hentai..

also 1337 is apparently evolving into a more gibberish confused mess

also pop-ups have a good chance of being replaced by a more annoying add tool

this is also why the internet is a BAD thing

[Ekkostar]

So...how low is the rent for the rock you live under?

:p

There is new stuff that comes into being thru the internet everyday


Yeah, but there are actually people on the internet who don't go looking for bizarre drawings of your favorite anime characters having kinky sex.

[Kury Wagner]

Oh, for the record, I didn't know of furries 'til a few months ago either.Yeah, but there are actually people on the internet who don't go looking for bizarre drawings of your favorite anime characters having kinky sex.You mean, there is more to the internet than that?

[Bubblegum Girl]

Slash Shippers. I especially hate those Zim/Dib slash fanfics and fanart. It just gives me the creeps.

[Kury Wagner]

Ah, Bubblegum Girl reminded me of something else that bugs me: HP slash fics. Ugh! Remus and Sirius weren't lovers! *shudders* I'm sure J.K. would agree with me on this! And nothing happens in the dorm at night between Ron and Harry. =P

[livingfruitvirus]

- overused catchphrases
- poorly run message boards
- cliche webtoons
- cliche webcomics
- liberals
- japanese culture
- any 15-minutes-of-fame latest internet fad (Yuma Yuma Dance, SuperGreg, etc.)
- plagarism

[RD!]

- overused catchphrases
- poorly run message boards
- cliche webtoons
- cliche webcomics
- liberals
- japanese culture
- any 15-minutes-of-fame latest internet fad (Yuma Yuma Dance, SuperGreg, etc.)
- plagarism...and you've been here how many years?

[Artimus Gigan]

Yeah, but there are actually people on the internet who don't go looking for bizarre drawings of your favorite anime characters having kinky sex.I don't do that either...

To note I have heard of Hentai and have read summeries....but I have not watched any actual hentai

Because if I did, DVDs by Critical Mass would be lining my shelves...

[Czar Gato]

Do they actualy consider dressing-up in renisance fair-esque garb a serious activity? Vampyre otherkin probably do, though I don't know a whole lot about the "fantasy 'kin" (vamps, dragons, faeries, etc.) gatherings since I'm not one. I consider myself a therianthrope (person who considers either their soul, spirit, and/or psychological makeup, etc is that of an animal). We have "howls"- social get-togethers- though most people who go just show up as their normal selves (no fursuiting, etc). We get confused for furries, but most of us aren't actually.

[Artimus Gigan]

Vampyre otherkin probably do, though I don't know a whole lot about the "fantasy 'kin" (vamps, dragons, faeries, etc.) gatherings since I'm not one. I consider myself a therianthrope (person who considers either their soul, spirit, and/or psychological makeup, etc is that of an animal). We have "howls"- social get-togethers- though most people who go just show up as their normal selves (no fursuiting, etc). We get confused for furries, but most of us aren't actually.
Wait, is this all just pretend or are you Super serious about this?

[Ekkostar]

Slash Shippers. I especially hate those Zim/Dib slash fanfics and fanart. It just gives me the creeps.

I don't support relationshipping of any kind, Sonic/Shadow and Sonic/Mina being the WORST.

[guinaevere]

I'm 29 and didn't know about it. Well, I think I heard there was some anime porn out there but I sure as heck didn't know there was actually a name for it.So...how low is the rent for the rock you live under?

:p Oh my gosh! The fact that Fone didn't know about hentai speaks VOLUMES for his taste in who he interacts with online and inperson and what topics he discusses with them. And y'all poke fun?!

[zmanjz]

Ah, Bubblegum Girl reminded me of something else that bugs me: HP slash fics. Ugh! Remus and Sirius weren't lovers! *shudders* I'm sure J.K. would agree with me on this! And nothing happens in the dorm at night between Ron and Harry. =Ptrue dat.

(besides anyone who's read the books know that the only person that can handle HP is Ginny.) ;)

Mark my words. if Rowling doesn't kill them off first, then he'll end up with Ginny.

[livingfruitvirus]

...and you've been here how many years?im very tolerant when im not an administrator

[Queen of Hearts]

Sonic/Shadow and Sonic/Mina being the WORST.
I should've added the "shippings" to my list. The Sonic fandom is REALLY nasty with that. Plus, I'm glad I'm not the only one who dislikes Sonic/Mina or Sonic/some-male-character (Sonic's straight).

[Fone Bone]

Oh my gosh! The fact that Fone didn't know about hentai speaks VOLUMES for his taste in who he interacts with online and inperson and what topics he discusses with them. And y'all poke fun?!I like reading things about cartoons and TV shows I like and stuffed animals. I don't know too much about that other stuff on-line.

I also like monkeys.

[Kury Wagner]

I also like monkeys.Gah! Not the monkeys!!! NO!!!!! *twitches*

[HumanoidTyphoon]

I'm not sure if I'd call it a pet peeve but these fake celebrity journals. They just seem really stupid.

Flash adds with sound. pop ups, spyware, and the like don't bother me they're fairly easy to gert around. It's the fact that they bother other people that bothers me then again I'd probably be out of a job.:sweat:

Other than that seriousness I mean it's ok to be serious but some people take things way too serious when online.:mad: Or maybe it's just my tendency to be silly.

[Fone Bone]

Gah! Not the monkeys!!! NO!!!!! *twitches*Jebus! Why is everyone making fun of me? I like making silly threads and I don't know about all the pervy stuff on the net. What's wrong with that?:sweat:

[Kury Wagner]

Jebus! Why is everyone making fun of me? I like making silly threads and I don't know about all the pervy stuff on the net. What's wrong with that?:sweat:I'm not making fun of you, Fone! I'm just being silly like Sam. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/923462/crazy.gif

[Demonic Raven]

Yeah, but there are actually people on the internet who don't go looking for bizarre drawings of your favorite anime characters having kinky sex.That's not exactly the case. Usually it's just by word of mouth through some friend, person, group etc that you come by (that may or may not actually look at it). At least that's how I found out, and so did Fone Bone inherently.

I just hope I'm not the only guy that knew of hentai by the age of 12. :sweat:

[KuwabaraTheMan]

That's not exactly the case. Usually it's just by word of mouth through some friend, person, group etc that you come by (that may or may not actually look at it). At least that's how I found out, and so did Fone Bone inherently.

I just hope I'm not the only guy that knew of hentai by the age of 12. :sweat:
I'm not sure if I was 12 or 13 when I found out.

[JSpengs]

I don't know if the idea of bigotry between furries is funny or depressing.

I know a cool anthro artist on DA who draws herself as a Earwig. That beats any cutesypoo fox-cat-anime-girl crap but I bet a lot of furries would fail to appreciate it. I myself would choose a cockroach if were a walking/talking animal. Ida know, I kind of find it funny. They're so gung-ho about non-furries not opressing them, yet they'll dump on (metaphorically) a furson who thinks they're a gryphon or a dophin or something.

Would you happen to know the address of that person's da site? That'd be something to see! :)

Nevermind, I think I found her.

[Ben]

Yeah, but there are actually people on the internet who don't go looking for bizarre drawings of your favorite anime characters having kinky sex.

Hey, look at it this way: drawing is better than humiliating real women by taking photographs.

[Czar Gato]

I know a cool anthro artist on DA who draws herself as a Earwig. That beats any cutesypoo fox-cat-anime-girl crap but I bet a lot of furries would fail to appreciate it. I myself would choose a cockroach if were a walking/talking animal. Oh, Earwig; I know her (well, I know of her, I've never actually talked to her but I'm acquaintances with some of her internet buds). She's actually a therianthrope, I believe. Most therians draw their "wereside" as an artistic representation of themselves. And I agree, her artwork is cool.

[RD!]

Hey, look at it this way: drawing is better than humiliating real women by taking photographs.Also cheaper than renting out an octopus for the shoot.

[Dark Fact]

Almost all hentais do have some form of monster or creepy pervert getting it on with a buxom girl but there are actually a few good hentais that display a loving relationship between a guy and a girl and the sex that follows is that of love for each other.

[Jave]

People who can't stand the fact that there's people out there who don't like the same stuff that they do.

They know who they are. :p

[Conekiller]

- Popups that aren't blocked by the fancy, minutes-old Popup blocker.

- People who act as if their opinion is fact and those who disagree are stupid, which brings me to:

- People who feel the need to be "above" everything else AND point it out. IE: " What's my Internet Pet Peeve? These kind of threads and the people that post in them. God, stop complaining already"

- Shippers (I only know what the term applies to, I don't actually know what it means) that act like their beloved pairing is actuall and talk to other fans as if the beleive the same (this applies to straight, or gay pairings in my book)

- EXTREME Sarcasm

- Internet pranks, (pranks in general actually)

- Respectible news sites that feel the need to deliver false news on the first day of April (I'm never gonna let it go :cool: )

- Anti____ sites/ flash movies/ art. If you don't like something, why bother devoting so much time/money/effort toward that which you do not like. just...go on not liking it and leave everyone else alone!

- Hackers. I'm not a violent person, but if I were to personally meet a hacker it would take a strong ammount of willpower to not pummel the person right then and there

- Anti-viruses/ Firewalls that castrate you (figuritively) while online.

- Sites that make you sign up to them to get information.

- LEET speak: it's just another way for people to try to feel superior to others

EDIT: the word "meh". I never thought a mere three letters could convey such apathy. This is even worse when said out loud in actual speech!

[Sumi_Masen]

A little late, but here is a quick explanation of hentai:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/EmsMercury/1078024187178_2.jpg

Credit goes to the person who made it, and I hope they don't harm me for using it. :sweat:

My peeve.... bad grammar. I can't stand unreadable posts. I try not to get mad about other people's personal interests. *shrugs* It doesn't directly affect me, and I don't have to pay attention, so I usually ignore it.

Also, the usual viruses/spam/pop-ups


- Shippers (I only know what the term applies to, I don't actually know what it means) that act like their beloved pairing is actuall and talk to other fans as if the beleive the same (this applies to straight, or gay pairings in my book)
"Shipper" is merely short for "realationshipper." Somebody who follows a particular "ship" just means that it's a pairing they like. :) I agree and disagree with your peeve. There are canon shippers out there, so their pairing is actual. I don't ship a pairing if it's not possible, or if one of the people is in a definate sturdy canon relationship. But, it's all in how you see it, I guess.:shrug:

[Ben]

No, this is hentai.

http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/64/63830/dsc04436.jpg

Or was that a hen tai?

[Chris Wood]

People can be annoyed by porn? Heck, that's probably why I open half of my spam...

HaHaHa!!! Funny stuff.

Hey, look at it this way: drawing is better than humiliating real women by taking photographs.

Humiliation apparently pays pretty well.

I dislike seeing pseudo-English such as IMHO, LOL, etc., but it's spam, spyware and viruses that really piss me off. Especially spyware. A big "F You!" to all the maggots out there who create that crap.

[lostrune]

These Flame Warriors (http://www.politicsforum.org/images/flame_warriors/index.php):


http://www.uofr.net/~lostrune/New/flamewarrior1a.jpg


Which flame warrior are you? :D

[Artimus Gigan]

I dislike seeing pseudo-English such as IMHO, LOL, etc., but it's spam, spyware and viruses that really piss me off. Especially spyware. A big "F You!" to all the maggots out there who create that crap.
Yeah it's really caught on in other languages as well

for example LOL in Japanese is ROR

[Ben]

Humiliation apparently pays pretty well.

And that makes it right?

for example LOL in Japanese is ROR

:rolleyes: That's a groaner.

[Chris Wood]

And that makes it right?


Er, well without getting into some moral debate, I suppose it is just a matter of capitalism at work. Some may disapprove (not many in Japan though), but as long as the demand is there the supply will follow.

Personally, I loathe tabloid newspapers with a passion, and feel points shaved off my IQ every time I have to stand next to them at the supermarket. But they also are not illegal, and as long as Suzy Homemaker considers the Weekly World News to be a more credible source of journalism than the New York Times they're going to keep assaulting me in the checkout line.

Getting back to the Internet, another peeve would be when you Google something and the result it produces turns out to be another search engine, only a shady one ridden with spyware.

[Scythemantis]

Aw, I think it's great you managed to go so long on the internet (in an animation community, no less) without hearing about hentai, Fone, even if it IS a tremendous shock. Which it is. "Anime porn" is an understatement; hentai is TREMENDOUS in scope, and constitutes an entire massive genre of anime all its own. As a matter of fact, there is so much hentai out there that those who are new to or still unfamiliar with anime can sometimes fall under the impression that ALL japanese animation is pornographic. I know more than a few people who believed so at some point.

And this is going to be even more fun than describing furries: one of the largest and most popular forms of hentai is the one known simply as "tentacle", and deals with anime girls getting "attacked" by monsters, demons or aliens with, you guessed it, their tentacles. Seriously, this is an entire massive subgenre all its own with literally hundreds and hundreds of movies devoted to mutant squid beasts hell-bent on copping a feel with a human. Subtle euphimisms or humorous references to tentacle porn even make their way into some G-rated anime.


Anyway, I don't see the harm of pornography as long as it's not pedophilia or snuff. Those who rant and rave about how "sick" and "disgusting" it all is probably don't realize that 99% of people they know, love, and/or respect at least have some sort of interest in it. Smut, tasteful and otherwise, is a perfectly natural part of society that dates all the way back to cave paintings.

Suzy Homemaker considers the Weekly World News to be a more credible source of journalism than the New York Times they're going to keep assaulting me in the checkout line.

Oh come on, if you think weekly world is meant to be taken as a reputable paper than you're just as gullible as the people who fall for its badly-doctored photos. Weekly World is a humor paper, always has been. The writers, however, revel in knowing that there are so many genuine believers, and their entire goal is basically to produce an issue that NOONE could possibly fall for. Every week they try, and every week they fail.

[Chris Wood]

Oh come on, if you think weekly world is meant to be taken as a reputable paper than you're just as gullible as the people who fall for its badly-doctored photos. Weekly World is a humor paper, always has been. The writers, however, revel in knowing that there are so many genuine believers, and their entire goal is basically to produce an issue that NOONE could possibly fall for. Every week they try, and every week they fail.

Well, my point was some people are stupid enough to find that junk entertaining, and the rest of us have to suffer for it.

I'm not sure that I buy that Weekly World is actually trying to be funny as it's so miserably lame. If people wanted to read a good humor paper they would pick up The Onion.

[Scythemantis]

Weekly World's TV show used to be scheduled in a block with Duckman and hosted by a disembodied head. Also, they've started having "batboy" cartoons in every issue.

And last month's headline was "SPOT THE FAKE STORY, WIN $500"

[Chris Wood]

Weekly World's TV show used to be scheduled in a block with Duckman and hosted by a disembodied head. Also, they've started having "batboy" cartoons in every issue.

And last month's headline was "SPOT THE FAKE STORY, WIN $500"

Perhaps we're not talking about the same thing. When I said Weekly World News, I was speaking generally about all those cheesy papers like The Star, National Enquirer, etc.

[William C. Maune]

Perhaps we're not talking about the same thing. When I said Weekly World News, I was speaking generally about all those cheesy papers like The Star, National Enquirer, etc.

Ah, that makes the preceeding posts less confusing. While papers like The Star, National Enquirer, etc. are unreputable papers that act like they are the real deal, Weekly World News is all fake/silly news and makes no attempt to hide that fact.

[Scythemantis]

Yeah, the enquirer and such are made-up and cruel celebrity gossip presented seriously. Weekly World is headlines like "ELEPHANTS DISCOVERED ON THE MOON!" or "BIGFOOT SAVES BABY FROM FIRE!"

[Chad Bonin]

Weekly World News is a great read... and useful to boot! I had "Bat Boy fights Saddam in Iraq" as notebook wrapping in High School, used it to ship something to Willie C....

[Chris Wood]

Ah, that makes the preceeding posts less confusing. While papers like The Star, National Enquirer, etc. are unreputable papers that act like they are the real deal, Weekly World News is all fake/silly news and makes no attempt to hide that fact.

Well, whatever the distinction, they all make my brain hurt in the checkout line. I wish there was a no magazine aisle. Why can't there be a TV playing CNN or something?

[Chad Bonin]

You can't impulse buy a TV playing CNN.

...

Okay, well, yes, technically you can... but you get the drift.

[Chris Wood]

You can't impulse buy a TV playing CNN.

...

Okay, well, yes, technically you can... but you get the drift.

Well, yeah, but there must be a very large percentage of the population who would never, ever buy a tabloid publication. Certainly everyone I know well falls into this category. There could be a couple of CNN aisles for that crowd. People won't mind waiting in line as much if they have something interesting to look at.

[Artimus Gigan]

and miss out on headlines like these, never...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/00pie/cc.bmp

[Chris Wood]

Eh, I'd much rather read The Onion.

[Speedy Boris]

The WWN headline I still remember is "Angel spotted over Jerusalem! Could this be the Earth's last Christmas?!" :p That was back in 1999. But yeah, looking at the headlines for that magazine, how could you POSSIBLY believe it's real?
Eh, I'd much rather read The Onion. The Onion is good stuff- such smart satire that it's impossible to get through it without laughing out loud atleast once. WWN, while certainly funny from a "ridiculous headlines" standpoint, isn't nearly as funny. I'd be embarrased to buy it, too, because people could mistake it as a tabloid, but I'd feel darn good about buying The Onion. :)

BACK ON TOPIC

I hate "site has exceeded its allocated data transfer, try back later". I hate servers that won't let you link images to somewhere else. I understand why these rules exist (bandwith, yada yada), but still they suck.

I hate dead links. Don't lead us on- if a site's gone, delete it from the link list! And Google, delete it from your database! Are you THAT lazy?!

I hate pop-ups that occur even when you have pop-up blocking on. What's the point of blocking if it doesn't even work against the newest culprits?

I hate it when people display their WinAmp playlist on the internet. I guess it's there to trick people who are searching for mp3s to find out- oh, it's only his LIST- he doesn't actually have songs to download. :mad:

I hate streaming-only trailers. Like Re: Cutey Honey.

I hate websites with obviously incorrect or incomplete information. Like bcdb.com.

I hate sites where you have to pay to register just to look at a few pages.

I hate "Continue to the article you wanted to go to"; skip this Flash ad crap.

I hate elaborate Flash animation that slows down your computer to the point where it takes ten seconds for your mouse clicks to even register in the browser. :mad:

I hate live action porn ads.

Damn, the internet sucks. Did I mention Wayport?

[Conekiller]

I hate it when people display their WinAmp playlist on the internet. I guess it's there to trick people who are searching for mp3s to find out- oh, it's only his LIST- he doesn't actually have songs to download. :mad:

Oooooh, that's another one :mad:

[Chris Wood]

BACK ON TOPIC

I hate "site has exceeded its allocated data transfer, try back later". I hate servers that won't let you link images to somewhere else. I understand why these rules exist (bandwith, yada yada), but still they suck.

I hate dead links. Don't lead us on- if a site's gone, delete it from the link list! And Google, delete it from your database! Are you THAT lazy?!

I hate pop-ups that occur even when you have pop-up blocking on. What's the point of blocking if it doesn't even work against the newest culprits?

I hate it when people display their WinAmp playlist on the internet. I guess it's there to trick people who are searching for mp3s to find out- oh, it's only his LIST- he doesn't actually have songs to download. :mad:

I hate streaming-only trailers. Like Re: Cutey Honey.

I hate websites with obviously incorrect or incomplete information. Like bcdb.com.

I hate sites where you have to pay to register just to look at a few pages.

I hate "Continue to the article you wanted to go to"; skip this Flash ad crap.

I hate elaborate Flash animation that slows down your computer to the point where it takes ten seconds for your mouse clicks to even register in the browser. :mad:


Say, that's a pretty good list. I also hate when you are writing something or filling out a complex form and the damn thing times out when you're 99% done, forcing you to start over!!

[DarT]

I hate moderators or high ranked members thinking they're better than everyone else. They attack you with anything you say, even though it's none of their business.. And don't say it's pressure or anything, I've been a moderator before. This does not apply to this forum though, lol.. I'm talking about other forums.

[Eibhlin]

Many of these pet peeves are on my personal list, I will add a few more.

People who join a forum, but cannot keep from trolling and/or spamming , even though they had agreed to the boards TOS when they joined. Or don't have the ability to actually read the Rules, then gripe stupidly when they are caught by the Mods breaking the said Rules.

People who whine about the Rules being to strict on a forum, saying that they like another forum better, because the Rules are more lax there. Then stay on that other board if you can't hack having rules on another forum. Why is that so hard?

People who use forums for chat purposes, even though the people they are chatting to are friends of theirs and they know what IM services their friends are on.

This has nothing to do with Toonzone, but:
Board Adminstrators who are way too lazy to actually make an attempt at making sure the people who are posting on the board are following the Rules of posting that they themselves have made, instead leaving all the dirty work to the Moderators, even though the Mods don't have the ability to ban those whose transgressions are near constant. They have to wait and wait until the Admin gets on in order to get anything to happen. However, do not criticize their pet artists, or you will be driven out with in a day of posting said critique.

When Moderating an RPG and the character applications are either really crappy, with no history or anything except a few sort blurbs, or are somewhat unbelieveable or have a past that is ridiculously traumatic.

Examples are the child character that has been bitten by a werewolf at 2, orphaned at 4 and living alone in the woods eating twigs and berries. At eleven, they suddenly get a Hogwarts letter, which they can miraculously read, inspite of the fact that they have no formal education or contact with people for the past seven years. Oh.. and they are incredibly talented in magic and can transform at will! Who needs the full moon!

gahh... or this one:

The teenage girl that has been brutally physically abused by her father or brothers, usually made to live in the closet only coming out to service them like a prostitute, which made her cut herself constantly. Until the day she gets her revenge and murders them at age 13, burns down the house. But somehow at age 16, she's happy and well rounded person without so much as taking medication or seeing a psychologist. Every thing is internalized without emotional damage! Another miracle!
They don't understand that this is something that in real life is extremely traumatic and scars last a life time, especially since you are a sibling of someone who had been raped. Instead they get offended and abusive.

Then there's another favorite:

The player who must have a romantic relationship with a certain canon character, no matter what board they are on, and who is playing said canon character. She will get all put out if they don't get the man/woman for themselves

People who must duplicate plots seen on TV, and then not understand why your character who is female and in a serious relationship with another guy who is completely devoted to your girl, does not want to mess it up by having a child by their gay character, even though they are the best of friends and it happened on Queer as Folk.

How I hate Mary sue/Gary Stu on RPGS. It's the reason I gave up being a Mod on any RP.. people just don't seem to get how much this stinks to constantly have to police the boards or deal with peoples emotional issues if you ask them to make some changes to their character bio sheet.

It's more stress and headaches than I want to deal with, and I have enough of those in my daily working life without having to deal with the same crap on what should be something fun for me.

[Cactus Gunman]

Seeing someone linking to an online petition and asking others to help sign it in order to bring back or save a show. The same goes for getting a movie made or bringing the entire series to DVD. They just aren't credible enough for companies to invest more money into something.

People who just don't get the message and go away if they're being a nuisance to everyone.

List your favorite threads. I'm lousy at rating my own favorites and I could care less about how someone rates theirs.

Anime/Cartoon comparison threads. They usually attract elitists on both sides who spout nothing but how stupid the other one is with no real convincing reasons as to why one is better then the other.

These aren't all of them just some of the more annoying ones.

[UberMonkey]

-Elitism.
-Stupid People.
-Hypocrites.

...oh wait.

Seriously though, it does tend to bug me when people ignore capitalization and puntuation just because it's online. It's not that hard people, and you'll look more intelligent. Give your pinkies the exercise.

It also sort of irks me when people will just go off stereotypes and judge other fandoms/cliques/whatever. I guess, since it's already been brought up, furries could be an example. Most are harmless, and are just as disgusted by some of the atrocities in the fandom as you are. And, really, what fandom doesn't have groups of dumb people, drama queens, and deviants? EDIT: I guess, I should say I don't condone those things - I'm probably get as peeved by those as most - but I can't stand behind labeling a whole fandom just because of those people.

[Ben]

And, really, what fandom doesn't have groups of dumb people, drama queens, and deviants?

I think you've stumbled upon a great title for a book. "Dummies, Drama Queens and Deviants: The American School System." Or something. :D

[RD!]

http://theinternetsucks.net/ =[

[Lucky Bob]

1. Grammatically-challenged fellows who invade a message board, become village idiots, actually revel in that status, and eventually push the envelope so far that they are banned. Really, I feel sorry for them more than I'm put off by them. A glorious message board career cut short by 15 minutes of a cheap chuckle. Like the Academy Awards stripper of 1970-something.

2. Any primarily online group that cries "Discrimination!" when the average Joe finds their hobbies sick, dangerous, or just plain stupid. See also: Hackers, Furries, Pants-Wetters, etc.

3. The fact that Alexander Hamilton is on the 10-dollar bill. I mean, come on. What did he do for us? Got us in debt and got shot. Sheesh, I could do that and I wouldn't even get a lousy state quarter in my honor. (Not an internet rant, but hey, while I'm complaining...)

4. Anyone who uses "LOL" in a blog post in a non-sarcastic manner. LOL is fine for IM. Bad for putting coherent thoughts on a page.

5. People who just don't care to write ANYTHING coherently. I can see a typo here and there, but total apathy is inexcusable. (And, it happens to be my #1 reason for opposing gun control legislation.)

6. People who cry "FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!!111" when action is taken against them by the owners of an online resource they are using/abusing. I have yet to see a successful lawsuit arise from any such charge, and I doubt I ever will. Unless said whiners somehow run our justice system, someday.

7. Y'know, it also disturbs me to realize that today's internet audience is tomorrow's group of world leaders. Yikes.

8. Except for zmanjz. He can be President.

9. Where was I? Kinda lost my train of thought...

10. Oh yes. Finally: People who decry those of us that politefully request a more coherent, thoughtful internet experience as "elitists." Crap on a cracker. If the sort of thing I hate appeals to you, knock yourself out doing it. I won't send my Legions of Doom to melt your brains like cheese.* Just don't expect me to like it.

*NOTE: It may be a violation of a law of some sort that I have Legions of Doom capable of melting your brain like cheese.

[90'sCartoonMan]

I agree with a lot of you. Might I also add the phrase "teh suck" to the list?

[James_Batista]

"The Internet has given everybody in America a voice. For some reason, everybody decides to use that voice to ***** about movies." ~Holden, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

I think that sums it up for me.

[Kury Wagner]

Urgh, I encountered another thing that drives me crazy. . . sites that give you Trojans (get your mind outta the gutter! I meant the viruses!). Earlier I searched for lyrics and clicked the first result on Google only to have McAfee alert me that I got a Trojan. Stupid *grumbles things that children shouldn't hear* I just got one of those the other day too. Bah, they bother me.
I hate it when people display their WinAmp playlist on the internet. I guess it's there to trick people who are searching for mp3s to find out- oh, it's only his LIST- he doesn't actually have songs to download. Oh man, that bothers me too!

[Chris Wood]

[KurtWagner]Urgh, I encountered another thing that drives me crazy. . . sites that give you Trojans (get your mind outta the gutter! I meant the viruses!).

Hey, it's the only home it's got.

Earlier I searched for lyrics and clicked the first result on Google only to have McAfee alert me that I got a Trojan. Stupid *grumbles things that children shouldn't hear* I just got one of those the other day too. Bah, they bother me.

Yeah, lyrics sites are one of those types you have to be careful of. Any no-name site that professes to contain lots of free information is a possible danger.

[Kury Wagner]

Hey, it's the only home it's got.

Yeah, lyrics sites are one of those types you have to be careful of. Any no-name site that professes to contain lots of free information is a possible danger.Well the stupid part is I have a few lyric sites that I know are a'ight but for some idiotic reason I just Googled the song. Yeah, that's a stupid-Sam moment if I've ever seen one. . . which I have... seen one. Seen a lot. . . yep.