Geeky stuff you hate

[Dommyboy]

Japanese stuff. It is just too creepy for me.

 

[sms_117b]

Short hand being spoken, there's no need, my sister uses it, she's not even a geek

Elitism amongst gamers

carrying on about their modded game, I really don't care how you've made a good game better

L.A.Z.E.R, this isn't a spelling thing as such, but that pisses me right off, L.A.S.E.R is a acronym "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation".......argh!

10^9 is not a billion and 10^12 is not a trillion

Sulphur doesn't have a "f"

Sorry if those last few seem to be aimed at America I'm a science and math student and constantly being told by a few lectures otherwise it does my nut, I'm a proud Englishman

It seems ironic that you'd get bothered about the spelling of sulfur, but you can't be bothered to punctuate correctly. Just selectively proud, then?

Seriously, all you English-types who get all bothered that someone else does it differently from you? Get a life. You aren't the world anymore. The empire is gone. It's time to find a new hobby (I mean, other than literally hounding your celebrities to death).

I wouldn't mind it so much if lectures/people weren't telling me I'm spelling it wrong when I'm not. Punctuation really isn't a strong point of mine.....But, yeah I'll admit to being selectively proud. Because the UK culture at the moment seems something I steer very clear of.

Some "celebrities" don't deserve it, and, harsh as is sounds, other really should just die, Amy Winehouse, I'm looking at you o_o

 

[Manbro]

I hate when people use text abbreviations ('lol' or any variations of lol like 'lolcano, 'rofl', 'wtf') in real life.

 

[B-lockdown080]

I hate when first thing in the morning without saying hey one of your "geeky" friends will come over without even saying hey or nothin and begin straight talkin about some game or gaming or that general topic. If the wanna throw thoses things in after talkin for awhile thats fine but when u see someone and automaticly go to "geeking it up" it really pisses me off.

 

[Neosage]

See what I mean..... everyone automatically assume WH players have no lives!

Actually I just hate Warhammer, well, I specifically hate their extortion pricing, and self reinforcing stupid rules that revolve around spending money. I don't think the players have no lives, hell, my little brother plays warhammer and I know he has a life, why should other Warhammer players be any different?

Basically, I hate the game, not the players, well, not all the players, I hate some players, but then again, I hate certain people in every hobby.

I agree...about everything you just said.

 

[Riley_Tahn]

Anime

I hope you're being sarcastic, seeing as your display pic is from an anime cartoon haha

 

[Girlysprite]

As a non english person, when people suddenly start to mix whole english sentences in their speech, while it isn't needed. This often happens in the rpg crowd, using sound bites from popular series or books.

btw...for the larp hater...I larp But there are a lot of misunderstandings about larp folks. I guess larpers are the new DnD'ers when it comes to bad image.

 

[Lukeje]

Esthetically is actually just an alternate spelling for aesthetically, although the latter is usually the one that's used.

Ah! I win this round Lukeje!
*throws smoke bomb and disappears*

It depends; if you're American, then I may let you get away with the American spelling, otherwise...

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I find manga nuts pritty annoying. I had a mate in school who was obsessed with manga, but not the healthy annoying characters and pocket monsters stuff. He was into...the more...adult stuff.

Yer, it turned me off manga for life.

 

[wewontdie11]

The only thing that wears a little thin on me is when I'm talking to some of my really nerdy friends and they make ridiculously obscure references to things I know bugger all about, and find it weird that I don't get it. I apologise for not knowing all the ins and outs of Linux or for not knowing a minor quote from one episode of Bleach, but I wish they'd not think it abnormal that I am not as massive a nerd as them.

 

[full_empty]

I can't stand console fanboy's, also people who play counter-strike or wow for 5 hours a day and then call you a nerd for playing games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Command and Conquer (not that im offended by being called a nerd, it's the fact they're TRYING to insult me)

 

[Slayer_2]

RPG's, unless its an RPG-7 and its aimed at some enemy armour.

Also fanboys. Period. No game is perfect, never will be, get over it.

 

[Ranooth]

One for me has to be something that irriated me for a few years at my school. I'd be talking to a few of my "normal" friends in the morning and a friend of mine called Jake would come over out of the blue and start talking about his adventures the night before in Azaroth and the World of Warcraft. It was pritty fucking embarrasing, and I was good mates with usually so I couldn't really tell him to piss off.

My friend you have NO idea how many times that has cost me women in bars, I DONT CARE THAT YOUR WARLOCK OUT DPSed A WARRIOR, LET ME BLOODY PULL!!

 

[Archereus]

I'm going to go straight ahead and assume that everyone reading this post is a geek (unless your lost on the way to porn or bebo). Oviously, there are plenty of hobbies and activitys that surround us nerds i.e. Comic Books, Video Games, RPGs ect. And theres also a lot of things that geeks do that issolate us from the normal people.

But anyway, what is main geeky thing you hate? What is the part of our culture that really gets under your skin?

One for me has to be something that irriated me for a few years at my school. I'd be talking to a few of my "normal" friends in the morning and a friend of mine called Jake would come over out of the blue and start talking about his adventures the night before in Azaroth and the World of Warcraft. It was pritty fucking embarrasing, and I was good mates with usually so I couldn't really tell him to piss off.

Another thing that annoys the hell out of me is people correcting my gramma and spelling on forums. Im dislexic and often have to edit my post 3 or 4 times before they make them perfect so its pritty embarrasing when someone calls you out on it.

yeah i agree with you on the grammar monkeys. I`m a frenchy so my english is out the damned window

 

[Duck Sandwich]

When people choose to ditch their friends for games. Maybe I'm being selfish because I personally don't too often get the chance to hang out with friends, and maybe they do, but seriously, you shouldn't pass up a once a week/month/year opportunity to do something you could just as easily do the day after.

 

[ianuam]

Cosplay. Now i'm an Anime fan, and i watch quite a bit. But cosplay is just too pathetic.
Warhammer, never could get into it.
Marvel comics. No, just no.

 

[Avenant]

I hate competitive gamers. I mean, the ones who get REALLY angry when they lose - those people most definitely need to be made fun of because they get so angry you'd think someone had slept with their spouse. Guys who talk about games a lot? There's a time and place for it (in geek circles) but not out in public.

I find internet culture (or, the dark underbelly of it) in general to be far more annoying though. Internet "jargon" in real conversations (i.e people talking like those horrible lolcat image captions) makes me rage

 

[The Overmatt]

Oh man do I ever have a laundry list of this stuff.

Single-minded geeks: Just because I happen to enjoy a good game of DND every so often does not mean that I want to talk to you about it every time we run into eachother. There are other things in life.

Magic the Gathering: Admittedly it's more the people who I've known who play it. Namely a specific group of people at my old high school, all of whom had incredibly elitist attitudes and pretty much never showered.

Anime Fangirls: Yes I like anime, but I find it very difficult to get along with most anime fans, especially the girls. To them I have a few proclamations to make: Sephiroth is a fictional character, stop creaming yourself over him. No I do not want to read your FF Yaoi Fanfics. And finally, learning a few common Japanese words does not make you any more Japanese than the rest of us.

Ultra-Competitive Gamers: Basically people who get so absorbed in any game, be it video or tabletop, that they remove all elements of fun out of it. As was previously mentioned in this thread, I don't particularly care about every minor detail, I want to have FUN playing a GAME. Thank God I've got a sane group of people to play DND with.

LARP: God I don't even wanna touch this one with a 10-foot pole

Elitist nostalgia: Yes, the SNES and a good majority of its RPGs were awesome. However, automatically discrediting anything to come out since is completely stupid.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

As a non english person, when people suddenly start to mix whole english sentences in their speech, while it isn't needed. This often happens in the rpg crowd, using sound bites from popular series or books.

btw...for the larp hater...I larp But there are a lot of misunderstandings about larp folks. I guess larpers are the new DnD'ers when it comes to bad image.

Pshaw, I don't understand the stigma, I would LARP if I could, and if I knew the group I was LARPing with was into it for the reason I am (character acting and costumes, I loves me some character acting and costumes, and in a LARPing environment, I don't have to stand on a stage and freak out).