Random BS people say that you get fed up with.

[lacktheknack]

"If we want to save the planet, we have to leave all the remaining oil in the ground."

No we do not. The planet is not something sacred, if we screw it up, it'll adapt and change. Furthermore, we are SO dependent on that oil that suddenly stopping all drilling would RUIN MODERN CIVILIZATION. Plus, my province would suddenly have an unemployment rate of about 85% (or higher, since the government wouldn't be able to afford any of its workers anymore), and I know that's the case for a lot of other places.

So please... stop acting as though oil is the root of all that's evil. Kill society's dependence on it, THEN we'll talk. Not before.

I'm assuming you're from Alberta so I'll talk about our Premier.

Quote from Redford before she released this year's budget: "We have to diversify our economy away from our reliance on oil and gas!"

And immediately cuts post-secondary funding with increased tax breaks to oil and gas.

I'm a Petroleum Engineering student at the U of A so this is kinda funny. Good and bad for me at the same time.

People who argue against oil usually never know what they're talking about. Like the environmental arguments against the Keystone pipeline. A pipeline is a hell of a lot cleaner than other forms of oil transportation. There's immediately less trucks on the road, less cars on the rail, and less ships in the ocean. And that's just scratching the surface of the environmental bonuses a pipeline has.

Correct on the location. And also, you're dead right.

I've never understood the hatred for the Keystone pipeline. I think we'd do better if we could just refine the stuff ourselves, but if we're going to transport it anyways, pipeline is the way to go. I had an "environmentalist" "friend" "say" (read: oblivious, frenemy, scream) that we should be shipping the oil by train. Because, you know, trains are cleaner than immobile pipelines.

It's like they've all played Just Cause 2 and think that's how all pipelines work.

 

[Akytalusia]

people saying "i lied." when they were wrong. lying is worse than being wrong, why is it so hard for people to just admit they were wrong? why do they prefer to claim they were lying? i don't understand this practice.

 

[windlenot]

I feel like mine is such small potatoes in comparison to others.

But Rock Band may be my favorite video game series, and I HATE when people say it copied Guitar Hero, when in fact Harmonix developed Guitar Hero then sold the rights after Rocks the 80s to make Rock Band. Get it right, people!

 

[Headbiter]

"Well, that is, like, your opinion."


....


FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU [censored]

Comes up everytime someone tries to bring an actual argument into an discussion, be it a movie, music, a game, a book, anything. Not just some hollow phrases, an actual ARGUMENT. Something that can convince people or at least can be refuted. And always, ALWAYS there's this one cnutcraetuer who thinks he goes all Zen with this "It's just your opinion and everyone is entitled to his/her opinion". Well, it's not Zen, it's not wise, not intelligent nor any other thing you deluded yourself into thinking. It's bloody stupid.

OF COURSE it's my bloody opinion, you dolt, that's why I am presenting it. If it wasn't my opinion, I wouldn't frigging bring it up.
And while we're on that topic: a)You don't know what the word "entitled" means, otherwise you wouldn't fart out such BS and b) I'm pretty sure you don't actually have an opinion. An opinion is FORMULATED. There is an actual thought-process behind it. Most likely the thing that you have floating around in your think-box is an IMPRESSION at best.


Aaaah, that felt good. ^^

 

[kortin]

people saying "i lied." when they were wrong. lying is worse than being wrong, why is it so hard for people to just admit they were wrong? why do they prefer to claim they were lying? i don't understand this practice.

Lying is a fundamental part of human communication, and, when used properly, a wonderful and useful thing.

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

When the media say everyone loved x or y national event e.g. Everyone in the country loved the Olympics or Andy Murray winning Wimbledon.

I don't have hard numbers but I'm pretty sure not every single person in the country cares or even gives a toss.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

-"That's different".

There are times where it is indeed different. And when someone can explain to me how it is, I accept it. But by and large, when 'that's different' is used when I say something, it's when people realize it's COMPLETELY THE SAME BUT THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT.

You can tell when this occurs because they want to change the subject or say 'it's not important to discuss' any more. Just admit you're wrong so we can move on. Don't belittle my intelligence.

-"You're not attracted to X? I'm X! What's wrong with X?!"

I'm sure, X, that if I asked you, you'd have things that you find attractive and things that you don't. Maybe I don't find short hair attractive in a woman. That's my choice. To be defensive and angry about it because I have certain points of attraction is kind of fucking hypocritical, because I know you have the same.

Even if it isn't phsyicality, maybe it's intelligence. It's that same thing. It's you being attracted to a category. Don't get pissed off at me that you're sensitive about being X. I'm fucking black. Do you know how hard it is to find a geek girl to be attracted to a black guy?!

 

[MCerberus]

"X is just a theory" and its cousin "Yah, but there are people that believe y."
It's just such a GREAT AND WONDERFUL lack of understanding about model-based science and the difference between peer review and a nutbag with a sandwich board screaming on the streets.

 

[Tazzman]

People telling me that random rubbish they saw on facebook is true. The other day someone was spreading that "Capri sun has worms" picture and it's just utter rubbish (Capri sun can grow mould due to a lack of preservatives but only when the packaging has been torn and left open for ages from what I can gather) and then the self-declared experts comment on the picture with their all-knowing brains and everything they say is just a massive pile of crap. Then again most things I see on facebook annoy me so this probably doesn't count aha.

The only other thing that really annoys me is the over use of the terms milking, hard-core gamer, and masterpiece. Any Franchises or yearly releases or dlc are always milking the customer out of their money, game have to take into consideration this imaginary Hard-core gamer which people can never agree on what he actually is, and I thought this game was a masterpiece which is why I liked it. They've just become words you use when you don't actually know what else to say. Masterpiece doesn't annoy me as much but constantly telling me I have to appease fictional hard-core gamer and the constant abuse of cows annoys me no-end.

 

[EvilRoy]

"If we want to save the planet, we have to leave all the remaining oil in the ground."

No we do not. The planet is not something sacred, if we screw it up, it'll adapt and change. Furthermore, we are SO dependent on that oil that suddenly stopping all drilling would RUIN MODERN CIVILIZATION. Plus, my province would suddenly have an unemployment rate of about 85% (or higher, since the government wouldn't be able to afford any of its workers anymore), and I know that's the case for a lot of other places.

So please... stop acting as though oil is the root of all that's evil. Kill society's dependence on it, THEN we'll talk. Not before.

I'm assuming you're from Alberta so I'll talk about our Premier.

Quote from Redford before she released this year's budget: "We have to diversify our economy away from our reliance on oil and gas!"

And immediately cuts post-secondary funding with increased tax breaks to oil and gas.

I'm a Petroleum Engineering student at the U of A so this is kinda funny. Good and bad for me at the same time.

People who argue against oil usually never know what they're talking about. Like the environmental arguments against the Keystone pipeline. A pipeline is a hell of a lot cleaner than other forms of oil transportation. There's immediately less trucks on the road, less cars on the rail, and less ships in the ocean. And that's just scratching the surface of the environmental bonuses a pipeline has.

Correct on the location. And also, you're dead right.

I've never understood the hatred for the Keystone pipeline. I think we'd do better if we could just refine the stuff ourselves, but if we're going to transport it anyways, pipeline is the way to go. I had an "environmentalist" "friend" "say" (read: oblivious, frenemy, scream) that we should be shipping the oil by train. Because, you know, trains are cleaner than immobile pipelines.

It's like they've all played Just Cause 2 and think that's how all pipelines work.

Oh man, did they hear about the Lac Megantic disaster? Oil by train is risky enough when they're working properly and the person in charge is following safety procedures to the letter, and every now and then something like that happens because something falls into disrepair or safety procedures aren't followed.

Now and then I've needed to check out rail bridges in Alberta for my work, and I have to say I would be sweating if I had to drive a train over some of them every day. They're in excellent condition for their age, but its a damn shame some of them are nearly 100 years old.

OT:
I hate hearing "theoretically" used as slang. As in "If we gas up now, theoretically we should be fine until the next city." It's just... wrong, and kind of annoying, and it implies some stuff that isn't necessarily true and... bleh.

 

[ninjaRiv]

"Watchmen is the best superhero comic ever." Riiiiiiight because Dark Knight Returns, Year One and Bendis' Daredevil never happened. If you don't like those, there's plenty of other examples of better stories. Watchmen wasn't that great as a story and it certainly isn't as fucking essential as people say it is. I know that's opinion but to ignore other great works in such away is stupid. It's not even a problem that's exclusive to comics.

 

[Aris Khandr]

"It is just a theory." If you are discussing anything scientific and utter that phrase, stop and go learn what the scientific definition of "theory" is. It doesn't mean "a guess". Yes, there is a theory of evolution. There is also a theory of gravity. The "theory" is explaining the reason why something happens. The fact that it happens at all isn't up for debate.

"If you can't do better, you have no room to criticise." I may not be able to engineer a building, but I still know it is bad if the floor shifts while I walk on it. I may not have written a book, but I can still identify when a page is trying to choke itself to death on grammatical errors. The ability to do a thing is not a prerequisite for being able to tell that a thing is done wrong.

And to risk dragging this into R&P territory, "Because God said so," or any variation thereof. If that is the best argument you have, just stop. I'm going to lay a newsflash on anyone who does use that argument: If someone isn't of your religion, then your rules don't apply to them. I know you might think they do, but they don't. That's why those of us who aren't Jewish get to enjoy bacon, and that's why those of us who aren't Catholic can have steaks on Friday nights if we want them. I've got no problem with people following their own restrictions, but stop expecting that every else will too.

 

[thethird0611]

People only used 5% of their brains and geniuses are people who can tap into all of 100%. In that case, why are headshots so damn deadly? If we are only using a small percentage of our brains then we can lose most of it and be perfectly fine.

This. People dont understand that it means you use a small percentage of your brain at a time, not just that you only use one corner. You use your whole brain, with each part corresponding to a different function. If you used 100% of it at once you would likely have a massive seizure and die.

Also, that religion is the cause of all conflict. This is wrong - people are. Theyd find something to kill each other for even without religion.

Actually, in Neuro Psychology, we were told about this and it was debunked to us. That quote was made some years ago, and people just accepted it, but we use a large chunk of our brain constantly, whether it be sending out data or receiving it.

Just think to, we are nearly constantly breathing, seeing, hearing, feeling, moving, thinking, and other things, as well as the having the small processes like our noses stopping dust from getting in happening.

 

[thethird0611]

"It is just a theory." If you are discussing anything scientific and utter that phrase, stop and go learn what the scientific definition of "theory" is. It doesn't mean "a guess". Yes, there is a theory of evolution. There is also a theory of gravity. The "theory" is explaining the reason why something happens. The fact that it happens at all isn't up for debate.

Actually, a theory isn't saying that "This did happen like this", a theory is saying, "We have evidence that supports this theory, but we cannot list it as a fact".

To use your example of gravity... there is both a law and a theory of gravity. The law of gravity tells us that between two objects of mass, they will be brought together through gravity through a certain known equation.

The theory of gravity is still up in the air. We can calculate gravity yes, but WHY does mass attract itself and cause gravitational pull?

So pretty much, theory =/= law. A theory does have evidence supporting it, but it IS NOT proven.

 

[lokicdn]

"If we want to save the planet, we have to leave all the remaining oil in the ground."

No we do not. The planet is not something sacred, if we screw it up, it'll adapt and change. Furthermore, we are SO dependent on that oil that suddenly stopping all drilling would RUIN MODERN CIVILIZATION. Plus, my province would suddenly have an unemployment rate of about 85% (or higher, since the government wouldn't be able to afford any of its workers anymore), and I know that's the case for a lot of other places.

So please... stop acting as though oil is the root of all that's evil. Kill society's dependence on it, THEN we'll talk. Not before.

I'm assuming you're from Alberta so I'll talk about our Premier.

Quote from Redford before she released this year's budget: "We have to diversify our economy away from our reliance on oil and gas!"

And immediately cuts post-secondary funding with increased tax breaks to oil and gas.

I'm a Petroleum Engineering student at the U of A so this is kinda funny. Good and bad for me at the same time.

People who argue against oil usually never know what they're talking about. Like the environmental arguments against the Keystone pipeline. A pipeline is a hell of a lot cleaner than other forms of oil transportation. There's immediately less trucks on the road, less cars on the rail, and less ships in the ocean. And that's just scratching the surface of the environmental bonuses a pipeline has.

Correct on the location. And also, you're dead right.

I've never understood the hatred for the Keystone pipeline. I think we'd do better if we could just refine the stuff ourselves, but if we're going to transport it anyways, pipeline is the way to go. I had an "environmentalist" "friend" "say" (read: oblivious, frenemy, scream) that we should be shipping the oil by train. Because, you know, trains are cleaner than immobile pipelines.

It's like they've all played Just Cause 2 and think that's how all pipelines work.

Oh man, did they hear about the Lac Megantic disaster? Oil by train is risky enough when they're working properly and the person in charge is following safety procedures to the letter, and every now and then something like that happens because something falls into disrepair or safety procedures aren't followed.

Now and then I've needed to check out rail bridges in Alberta for my work, and I have to say I would be sweating if I had to drive a train over some of them every day. They're in excellent condition for their age, but its a damn shame some of them are nearly 100 years old.

OT:
I hate hearing "theoretically" used as slang. As in "If we gas up now, theoretically we should be fine until the next city." It's just... wrong, and kind of annoying, and it implies some stuff that isn't necessarily true and... bleh.

Reminds me of the Churchill quote about Democracy.

Pipelines are the worst way to transport oil except all those others that have been tried.

And "Is it hot enough for you"? Drives me nuts.

 

[AkaDad]

People who use the term "conspiracy theorist" or mention "tinfoil hats" when there's overwhelming scientific evidence of global warming/climate change and the poisonous chemicals associated with fracking.

I remember people using similar language when scientists were warning us about smoking cigarettes.

 

[lacktheknack]

Oh man, did they hear about the Lac Megantic disaster? Oil by train is risky enough when they're working properly and the person in charge is following safety procedures to the letter, and every now and then something like that happens because something falls into disrepair or safety procedures aren't followed.

Now and then I've needed to check out rail bridges in Alberta for my work, and I have to say I would be sweating if I had to drive a train over some of them every day. They're in excellent condition for their age, but its a damn shame some of them are nearly 100 years old.

Yeah, I heard... my co-worker has lost a couple friends to the explosion.

Pipelines, people! We should use pipelines!

 

[SmokingBomber465]

In general I just dislike everything people say on the internet (delivered with absolutely no irony whatsoever). I prefer to have my arguments face-to-face so that there is a sense of "owning" your words rather than hiding under anonymity.

I respect a strong voice I can hear and respond to, but words are wind and are even less meaningful when delivered from a machine. <--(Seems like Ben is taking Searle's Chinese box experiment one step too far)

 

[dave1004]

People who constantly over-use smileys in text-based conversations. Really, people, adding "-_-" "" "XD" ":3" ":<" and etc don't really add anything to your statement. I could understand a simple smiley face here and there, but anything more just makes me upset, and I don't really know why.

...Does this count as some random BS that people say?

There is, additionally, one other small pet peeve that I have..."A lot". I absolutely abhor it when people use "alot" instead. Gosh dang. Uh, also, does anybody know how to use italics on The Escapist? or something? Thanks.