People are wrong on the internet! What gets your goat?

[ReinWeisserRitter]

Blind fanaticism, the apparent belief that because you like something, you have to violently object to anyone that doesn't say it's the greatest thing ever created lest you burst into fucking flames or something.

I also hate it when people participating in an argument don't actually read what the other guy says, wasting their time and the other guy's ranting about something that they'd know would be addressed already if they'd stay their raging indignation boner long enough to freaking read it.

I also don't care for the "being an asshole is cool" movement on the internet of the last five years or so. Any attempt to irritate someone else is taken with glee and relish as the internet children try desperately to win the approval of their fellow twats.

All in all, I'm really damn hard to upset, but I'm quite easy to make loathe the entirety of our species.

Oh.

People who believe in their "right" to live their life along their lines, Socialist, Social Democrats, Market Liberals, Cultural Marxists, Libertarians, Anarchists, Anti-Nationalists, and Liberals in general.

And people who feel the need to wave their political views all over the place, but that's not confined to the internet, to be fair.

 

[The Funslinger]

- Evolution; I'm no biologist, but the basic facts aren't that hard. Still, I see people getting them wrong all the time.

Pretty much this one. I am a biologist and I have more knowledge on the specifics of evolution than most and almost guaranteed more knowledge than someone who's not a biologist. People seem to think it's a magical thing that allows anything to happen.

Most fun I have ever had was when I actually had to explain that there's fundamental differences between plants, bacteria and mammals. It doesn't get easier than that and still some haven't understood that. Also by fun I am being sarcastic. It was really annoying.

So you're saying my terrier won't evolve into a wolf if I enter him in enough dog fights?

Nooo.

He's just saying that it won't evolve into a Venus Flytrap.

Then I guess I'll have to start using a taser on a daffodil!

But how will you get a dragon?

Buy a lizard and make it fight my terrier.

 

[SoulSalmon]

Recently it's just been people who think this:

Is the "Most unoriginal Pokemon ever" and it's "Proof that 5th gen is the worst gen ever"

And I can't help myself from saying things like "Yes and the caterpillar named Caterpie (Which ends up a butterfly named Butterfree) is so much better" despite the fact I know it causes a shitstorm with these people...

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

OT: Nothing really gets to me. People say wrong things all the time on all topics; and I simply don't take anything personally.

Recently I've become very annoyed with the abuse of the word "Liberal". Mostly because I took the time to actually look up what the word means. (note, this might just be an American thing)

For those of you interested: In American politics, the word Liberal is used when someone wants to say the words "Democratic Party" but know that Democrats are the wrong word (usually having something to do with socialism, environmentalism, or other "left" policies).

Language evolves. Especially in politics and you simply have to go with the flow and try to understand the modern meanings. For example the Democratic-Republican party was founded by Jefferson and concerned themselves with opposing the Hamilton's FED and fighting for states rights. Now that party is called the Democratic Party and they favor the central bank and a strong central government with weaker states. Whereas the Whigs are now called the Republicans(not to be confused with the Democratic-Republicans) and they now switched the policies and champion states rights while hating on strong central monetary control.

There are now two terms for Liberalism in the US and you have to be careful about which you're using. The common term refers to Modern Liberalism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States The less common terms is classical liberalism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism

Basically what happens is that often parties will just steal words and then adapt it to their needs. Liberalism is a good thing, lets start using it as a blanket term for our party. Republicanism is a good thing, lets start using it as a blanket term for our party. It's not an incorrect usage its just a usage that has been changed.

For examples: http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/some-words-whose-meanings-have-changed-without-controversy/

For example you aren't going to start yelling at people that snack is a verb not a noun(unless you're a crazy person,) you're simply going to accept that language has evolved and a word now has a new meaning. Just like Liberalism is now Classical Liberalism and Modern Liberalism is now a mild form of Market Socialism or Social Democracy.

The thing is, EVERYONE in America is a Liberal, it is literally the ideology of freedom and choice.

Not true. There's plenty of people in the US who don't believe in freedom. And that includes politicians. Though most of them at least pretend they are.

While I was writing the above, I also realized that I hate the confusion behind "Literal" and "Figurative." Because every time someone says "I literally died!" I want to punch them in the face and stake them in the heart - because I ain't taking no chances with vampires/zombies.

I would love to see this go to court. 'Your honor, if he was not a zombie he shouldn't have said he was.'

 

[DaWaffledude]

When people get Star Wars wrong.

THE SITH ARE EVIL. JEDI DO NOT STEAL CHILDREN. YOU CAN NOT USE THE LIGHT SIDE AND THE DARK SIDE AT THE SAME TIME. YOU CAN'T USE THE DARK SIDE FOR GOOD PURPOSES, FULL STOP. THE REBELS ARE NOT TERRORISTS, THEY ARE REBELS.

Ironically, you're getting it wrong.
The Sith are usually evil, given their beliefs, doctrines, and recruitment policies, but not inherently so. And the light side and dark side do not represent good and evil. They are actually one and the same. "There is only the force," etc. It is the hearts of people that corrupt the force, that in turn corrupts their minds and bodies. The dark side is fundamentally about emotions. The will to protect, love, anger, fear, sadness, even happiness; all emotions are conduits for the dark side. An overly nice person is equally susceptible to the dark side as a sinister asshole, as both are guided by emotions. Whereas the light side is about serenity, tranquility, balance, and peace. That means all emotions are banned. There is nothing that dictates what either 'side' can be used for.

Look, I'm no debater, so I'm just going to say G-canon and leave it at that.

 

[Xan Krieger]

OT: When people use the word "bigot" to describe someone who is against gay marrige, those people disgust me.

I think you're going to have to qualify this one a bit, buddy.

It just strikes me as being needlessly offensive. Besides, what insult can you throw back at the person who calls you that? I haven't really thought of any.

Sometimes, bigot is the appropriate term for those people, sometimes it is not. For example, that fellow from the Westboro Baptist Church with the 'God Hates Fags' signs, he's a bigot. Someone who genuinely believes that gay marriage is somehow morally wrong, but doesn't believe that homosexuals are somehow inferior to the rest of the populace, they're not a bigot, but perhaps misguided.

And insulting them probably isn't what you should be doing. Attempt rational discourse. If you're not capable, maybe you should examine why they're calling you a bigot. If they refuse to open to the dialogue, ignore them and move on. Insulting people gets you nowhere.

Thank you for teaching me I'm not a bigot. I think part of the reason I'm against gay marrige is because I'm against change in general. A good example is me still using windows XP even though I know I could use windows 7 and have some of my games work even better. I tend to eat the same foods at certain restaurants every time. I like some gay people, some of my favorite friends on facebook are lesbians and I consider them my equal in every way (though as some are attractive I really wish they were straight so they'd consider dating me, oh well, I'm forever alone).

 

[Vegosiux]

Another thing that gets my goat is people who happen to actually be on my side, but use such shitty arguments they do my side a disservice and weaken it. So all I can say to those is "Shut up! Stop helping!"

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

- Swordplay; this one doesn't come up quite as often, but I've learnt(/am in the process of learning) various historical European sword fighting styles and the knowledge is less accessible than the other two. This one somehow gets me the worst (I've been known to write 1600 word responses on this topic), despite the fact that it matters the least.

Y'know, I've found a lot of idiots out there who don't know the first thing about any form of combat, who seem to think they're invincible gods... But, I'm wondering HOW you could write out a 1600 word response to someone's misconceptions about swordplay... do you copy out the entirety of a training manual, from basic first steps, all the way to master level concepts in combat? Cuz even then you can usually get that out in like 700 words or less if you're efficient.

But yeah, a lot of people are morons, it's best to just leave them to learn their lessons the hard way so that when they're humiliated in a real life situation, the fact that they don't know everything, becomes rather apparent.

Takes way too much effort, and causes too much unneeded stress to bother arguing with most people...

 

[Wyes]

- Swordplay; this one doesn't come up quite as often, but I've learnt(/am in the process of learning) various historical European sword fighting styles and the knowledge is less accessible than the other two. This one somehow gets me the worst (I've been known to write 1600 word responses on this topic), despite the fact that it matters the least.

Y'know, I've found a lot of idiots out there who don't know the first thing about any form of combat, who seem to think they're invincible gods... But, I'm wondering HOW you could write out a 1600 word response to someone's misconceptions about swordplay... do you copy out the entirety of a training manual, from basic first steps, all the way to master level concepts in combat? Cuz even then you can usually get that out in like 700 words or less if you're efficient.

But yeah, a lot of people are morons, it's best to just leave them to learn their lessons the hard way so that when they're humiliated in a real life situation, the fact that they don't know everything, becomes rather apparent.

Takes way too much effort, and causes too much unneeded stress to bother arguing with most people...

It was over a semi-controversial topic, and what I was writing was less about restating the manuals (though the manuals were important in there) but going over the principles of sword fighting from a biomechanical and physics perspective.

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

- Swordplay; this one doesn't come up quite as often, but I've learnt(/am in the process of learning) various historical European sword fighting styles and the knowledge is less accessible than the other two. This one somehow gets me the worst (I've been known to write 1600 word responses on this topic), despite the fact that it matters the least.

Y'know, I've found a lot of idiots out there who don't know the first thing about any form of combat, who seem to think they're invincible gods... But, I'm wondering HOW you could write out a 1600 word response to someone's misconceptions about swordplay... do you copy out the entirety of a training manual, from basic first steps, all the way to master level concepts in combat? Cuz even then you can usually get that out in like 700 words or less if you're efficient.

But yeah, a lot of people are morons, it's best to just leave them to learn their lessons the hard way so that when they're humiliated in a real life situation, the fact that they don't know everything, becomes rather apparent.

Takes way too much effort, and causes too much unneeded stress to bother arguing with most people...

It was over a semi-controversial topic, and what I was writing was less about restating the manuals (though the manuals were important in there) but going over the principles of sword fighting from a biomechanical and physics perspective.

Would've been easier to just challenge him to a duel, less words, more direct proof of dominance, hell to keep with the legalities, use wooden swords and padding, and just give him a ton of bruises.

 

[Slayer_2]

1. getting genres wrong. I'm guilty of it myself...but really horrendous stuff like getting Dubstep mixed up with the entire electronic genre...or putting the entire genre under he umbrella of "techno" is just..anoying

2. [b/]rap/electronic isnt music[/b] <-YES...yes it is...no sorry, this isnt up for debate..it is, get over it

3.[b/] "whats the point of this new fangled "lec-tronic" music?....it don't gots no emotion or nuthin"[/b] <- acording to you that is, a purely subjective point

4. [b/]I'm a teenager but I totally listen to old classics..because people my age are into crap[/b] no, your not a special snowflake..and no, that doesnt even mean your taste is better

5.[b/] "music thease days is terrible "[/b] *SLAP!* shut up! go on the internet and find somthing to your taste, thats what its there for

This. So much this. I really dislike the #4 kind of people, especially in real life.

Also, people who expect to change a person's opinions/attitude over the internet. They aren't so much annoying as clueless.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

- Evolution; I'm no biologist, but the basic facts aren't that hard. Still, I see people getting them wrong all the time.

I am a biologist and this kills me inside on a level no one can possibly comprehend.

Secret confession time. I used to be addicted to going on R atheism just to see idiots misrepresent evolution in facebook pictures so i could get righteously outraged. I broke the habit but god if it comes up in real life or i stumble apon it i get this dark hole feeling in my stomach like everything is being screwed up into a ball of hatred.


Anyway the other day I was so tired of people using "Answers in genesis" the website as a source that i tried to wade through and debunk it all. It. Hurt. Me.

As a physicist you can relate when the arguement that:

"The earth is slowing down by half a second per rotation per year, if thats the case 1 billion years ago the earth would be rotating over a 100 times a day."

Atomic clocks in real journals show its 0.00017 seconds over the last century and to assume a rotating sphere will decrease its revolutions at a totally flat rate is absurd considering natural events add inertia to the motion. It just hurt me. The biology was terrible to. The science was just. So. Bad.

Bad science in general. Bad science.

People LOVE using thought experiments and applied logic to try and sound scientific. Thats not science. Science is tests. Its citations. Its a thousand citations coming together to draw a conclusion we call a theory. Its beautiful and not "fast enough" for the average person so they cut it down to single studies (shudder) or a single untested assumption. Its painful. If we used a drug we only tested ONCE we would be crucified. The medical community hinges on multiple studies on top of multiple studies. I hate it when people try and cut corners and lack multiple citations. Science. Is. Citable. Peer reviewed. Repeatable. Tests. And the conclusions drawn when we bring those all together.

 

[Wyes]

Would've been easier to just challenge him to a duel, less words, more direct proof of dominance, hell to keep with the legalities, use wooden swords and padding, and just give him a ton of bruises.

He's a member of these forums who lives on the other side of the world... I don't think it would've been easier it would however be a good way to settle the dispute, one way or the other. Though I prefer steel simulators over wood, which requires a little more gear (which I have, but others usually do not).

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

Would've been easier to just challenge him to a duel, less words, more direct proof of dominance, hell to keep with the legalities, use wooden swords and padding, and just give him a ton of bruises.

He's a member of these forums who lives on the other side of the world... I don't think it would've been easier it would however be a good way to settle the dispute, one way or the other. Though I prefer steel simulators over wood, which requires a little more gear (which I have, but others usually do not).

Yeah, the distance thing is a bit of a problem... Also with you on the preference over wood, but as you said it does require extra equipment, whereas wooden weapons, well yeah not much required, and they're cheap to aquire/easy to make.

 

[Phasmal]

Hm, I get particularly annoyed at the `f*cking women, how do they work?` kinds of threads when I have to explain slowly that women are people and work like people. (Though, recently I've kinda given up this fight- I mean, as long as I dont have to know those people personally it's not too much skin off my nose no matter what they think).

Also annoying, `friend-zone` crap and people saying they are too `nice` to get a partner.

But also threads that just turn into two people arguing with each other about a comment made like ten pages back, that's super annoying.

 

[Wyes]

Yeah, the distance thing is a bit of a problem... Also with you on the preference over wood, but as you said it does require extra equipment, whereas wooden weapons, well yeah not much required, and they're cheap to aquire/easy to make.

The reason I prefer steel simulators (i.e. blunt swords) is that they behave a lot more like swords than wooden simulators, unsurprisingly. Wood is alright if you want a cheap option, but it's far from ideal.

 

[Vault101]

People LOVE using thought experiments and applied logic to try and sound scientific. Thats not science. Science is tests. Its citations. Its a thousand citations coming together to draw a conclusion we call a theory. Its beautiful and not "fast enough" for the average person so they cut it down to single studies (shudder) or a single untested assumption. Its painful. If we used a drug we only tested ONCE we would be crucified. The medical community hinges on multiple studies on top of multiple studies. I hate it when people try and cut corners and lack multiple citations. Science. Is. Citable. Peer reviewed. Repeatable. Tests. And the conclusions drawn when we bring those all together.

but science is just like a relgion! (or) you know if you blindly follow it your just as bad!

NO...sicence is NOT like religion...since is a [i/]systm[i/] a method,its based on logic first and formost...nor "faith" or dogma... its totally fucking different and I find it frustrating people even go there

and no I will never understand the universe like stephen hawking, but I understand the science enough to know its a damn sight better than any other "alternitives"

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

but science is just like a relgion! (or) you know if you blindly follow it your just as bad!

NO...sicence is NOT like religion...since is a [i/]systm[i/] a method,its based on logic first and formost...nor "faith" or dogma... its totally fucking different and I find it frustrating people even go there

and no I will never understand the universe like stephen hawking, but I understand the science enough to know its a damn sight better than any other "alternitives"

I like your last sentence especially. The thing about science and religion is scientists are NOT emotionally invested in science any more than a miner is emotionally invested in a pickaxe. Its a tool for understanding. We use it because as of yet it has NEVER failed to explain a phenomenon when properly applied in cases where its application is possible. If something is testable science always produces the same results in those tests and all anomalies have been identified as mistakes made in testing. If scientists found the scientific method failed and a BETTER method arose they would drop it in a heart beat and take up the new method. Scientists love the result of good science. We find it beautiful. But we are cold lovers who have little emotional investment in the method (beyond aesthetic beauty). And if a better alternative arose we would crush it in a heartbeat to adopt a better tool for understanding.

Its the same way we feel about theories. We have no love for them. A theory is never "defended" because that implies we make a conclusion then seek evidence like creationists do. It is always drawn from evidence gathered before we reach a conclusion. And if it WAS disproved we would drop it in a second.

Totally unrelated: I miss Mortai too... :C

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

EDIT: DOUBLE POSTING :C

Damn i hate it when my internet throws a hissy fit like that

 

[blackrave]

Internet trends (for a better lack of terms)
OMG Gangam Style- yes, whacky asian sings in unknown language and dances like seizure victim, SO WHAT? WHO CARES? WHY DO YOU ARE PUSHING THIS DOWN MY THROAT?
Rickrolling- I like "Never gonna give you up", but every troll linking anything to this video is just plain stupid. What next? Nickrolling by linking things to The Riddle?
Stupidly wrong language on-purpose- yeah me not liek teh pron, so SHUT UP, you sound like retard (even worse, because retards don't do this on purpose)

Things like that.