Why do these even exist?

[Judgement101]

Are you trying to hint that I didn't use proper grammar?

"Does these" is a subject-verb disagreement. Do these things matter on forums? Not really, but this is a pretty odd one.

I would go with Edward Cullen tampon covers.

I fixed the "Does these" (Hey if I don't learn from mistakes, how do I learn?)

 

[Judgement101]

To go off yours I would have to say FB App games now. If those didn't exist we wouldn't have stupid parents shaking their babies to death because they want to play Farmville.

Those aren't really pointless though. Just really annoying.

Laws like these:

Chicago, Illinois:

One may not pee in his neighbor?s mouth.

...

I cannot help but wonder if they made this law preemptively in case someone eventually peed in his neighbor's mouth, or if someone actually did it and then they decided "hey, this should be illegal."

Isn't peeing in someone's mouth already illegal for public indecency or for....mouth rape?

 

[mjc0961]

I would go with Edward Cullen tampon covers.

... What?

*goes to google*

What is this I don't even

Spoiler: Nothing dirty in here, it's only a picture of a felt case and description of the item.

"Bella's most useful accessory. Case is 5.5" by 2" and holds two average sized tampons. Edward's face is sparkly. Tampons not included."

[Portal turret voice] Whyyyyyyyyyyy? [/voice]

Isn't peeing in someone's mouth already illegal for public indecency or for....mouth rape?

You would think so, but apparently that wasn't good enough for some states.

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

Those wierd ads about teeth and weight loss on the interenet surely everyone knows they are fake now right? They just irritate me by existing.

I also can't stand people who make other people miserable on purpose, I mean really what's the point? Like the world isn't bad enough already.

Misery loves company. There's no greater pick-me-up when you're sad than bringing someone down to your level.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I also can't stand people who make other people miserable on purpose, I mean really what's the point? Like the world isn't bad enough already.

So you hate trolls? I think everyone on this website hates them.

Not just trolls people who make mean remarks or just make other people's lives difficult for no reason at all.

Misery loves company. There's no greater pick-me-up when you're sad than bringing someone down to your level.

Ugh that's awful

As for being pernickety about language and grammar watch this. It might be illuminating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

 

[DesiPrinceX09]

Laws like these:

Chicago, Illinois:

One may not pee in his neighbor?s mouth.

...

I cannot help but wonder if they made this law preemptively in case someone eventually peed in his neighbor's mouth, or if someone actually did it and then they decided "hey, this should be illegal."

Well I'm willing to bet that just like with a lot of weird warning labels, they exist because someone actually did it and it got out of hand enough to make a law against it, but then again in the old days people made the most ridiculous laws for no reason at all.

 

[Judgement101]

Those wierd ads about teeth and weight loss on the interenet surely everyone knows they are fake now right? They just irritate me by existing.

I also can't stand people who make other people miserable on purpose, I mean really what's the point? Like the world isn't bad enough already.

Misery loves company. There's no greater pick-me-up when you're sad than bringing someone down to your level.

That is probably the worst thing I have heard today.

 

[jawakiller]

Orgami... WTF were they smoking when they made that up (and can I get some)? Its all awesome and shit but, why?

I also can't stand people who make other people miserable on purpose, I mean really what's the point? Like the world isn't bad enough already.

So you hate trolls? I think everyone on this website hates them.

...I don't. -.-
Why ya gotta be all hurtful like that man? Words create pain. haha
Assumptions kill me. But I love them.

 

[Stryc9]

Basically what do you think it pointless that exists?
For me, those damned things that are fake anti-virus that go "You have 1,000,000 viruses" and then ask you to buy it. Seriously, even the most basic virus scan can tell you they are fake. (My personal favorite are the ones that say "Windows Defender has detected a system crash" and then it gives you an IE window that runs an extremely fake scan)

So anywho, what do you think has no reason to exist?

EDIT: Oddly enough, one of the ads here, on the Escapist, sent me one of these fake scans.

Trust me, people fall for this crap ALL the time. I removed two of these things from one guy's computer in less than a week, and the first time he almost paid the people to 'remove all viruses from his computer'. It cost him nearly $150 total to have me fix his computer and he still refused to try Firefox even after I told him that would help stop this crap from happening. It was new and he didn't want to learn it.

There are still a lot of people out there who are not the least bit computer literate and will fall for shit like this because they don't use any sort of caution when looking at stuff. You would be surprised at the number of people I've had say to me they need a new computer because of this problem or that problem that is totally fixable. People are still afraid of their electronic devices and that kind of scares me a bit.

As for my thoughts on things that shouldn't exist...about 90% of reality TV shows. I just can't figure out who watches some of this crap, honestly, I just don't get most of it.

 

[Alexxerth]

The thing I don't get is decaffeinated coffee. Unless you're getting a flavored coffee, coffee doesn't really taste all that great. But people don't drink it for the taste, they drink it for the caffeine. So why would you drink a coffee that doesn't have any caffeine?

I don't understand people who drink coffee just for the caffeine. I very much enjoy the taste of coffee and if you need caffeine then take a 5 hour energy shot or something. It's like eating chocolate JUST BECUASE it is good for your heart. Sure it helps but not as much as something MADE for that purpose.

 

[Judgement101]

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Do they actually give you a virus or does it just say it does? After it popped up I ran like 3.5 virus scans and nothing came up. But now I'm not sure.

 

[Alexxerth]

Some of them give you a virus some do not. When one pops up end it via task manager. If you just close it they can and will sometimes disguise the X button when it really is just a download button or something. For some reason they don't typically download it automatically.

 

[Judgement101]

Some of them give you a virus some do not. When one pops up end it via task manager. If you just close it they can and will sometimes disguise the X button when it really is just a download button or something. For some reason they don't typically download it automatically.

When I clicked the X it says "Leaving this page will leave you unprotected, click cancel to stay or OK to leave" So I just click the leave the page button. I have an anti-virus program so I'm hoping that stops anything.

 

[Krion_Vark]

Something I find kind of strange to exist is TABLOIDS. I mean someone posted a completely skewered article from some random internet tabloid that seems "legit" that posted a story from two years ago TODAY and the person took that story as fact when if you googled the name of the guy and the city you come up with the legit news site of the local paper and the new about that.

Hell since I am on the topic WHY THE HELL DO STUPID PEOPLE EXIST. I mean someone in my high school as a joke was like hey we should enact retroactive abortion where if the person ends up being an idiot the parents can have them killed before their 18th birthday.

 

[WolfEdge]

Improper grammar. Seriously, is it so hard to use verbs correctly? How about nouns and pronouns? No, it isn't hard.

But, without bad grammar, would we truly appreciate the good grammar? What would literary snobs and grammar nazis like you and I have then, if not for our feelings of grammatical superiority?

The world would go mad. And it would be completely legible as it did so!

Chilling!

 

[RowdyRodimus]

I ask this anytime I see someone spend 20 minutes typing up a text message when a phone call would take 2 minutes to say the same thing.

 

[Sparcrypt]

For me, those damned things that are fake anti-virus that go "You have 1,000,000 viruses" and then ask you to buy it. Seriously, even the most basic virus scan can tell you they are fake. (My personal favorite are the ones that say "Windows Defender has detected a system crash" and then it gives you an IE window that runs an extremely fake scan)

As someone who works in IT, I can tell you the number of people who fall for this and then PAY for them is significant.

Best one I ever saw scanned your machine for .torrent files, then showed up a window saying "You have been caught pirating stuff!" and listed all the torrents as 'proof'. It then said legal proceedings had begun against you.. BUT.. because the DoJ was so overwhelmed with these law suits they were offering you a choice to instead pay a one time fee of 500 bucks. So long as you then deleted all the pirated files from your machine you would not be prosecuted further.

It looked very legit.. and considering the number of people I've seen over the years who have fallen for VERY fake looking anti-malware scams I would be highly surprised if this one didn't make the creators a fortune. Though I guess pretending to be the DoJ is a bad idea... wonder if they got caught.

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

Those wierd ads about teeth and weight loss on the interenet surely everyone knows they are fake now right? They just irritate me by existing.

I also can't stand people who make other people miserable on purpose, I mean really what's the point? Like the world isn't bad enough already.

Misery loves company. There's no greater pick-me-up when you're sad than bringing someone down to your level.

That is probably the worst thing I have heard today.

I'm sorry, but it's the truth. When someone is feeling down, it's normally because they feel powerless about something, or they feel worthless. The fact that they can manage to bring someone to their level proves to them that they have power and that their opinions matter to someone. Granted, I'm not talking about trolls. They take a perverse sense of sexual satisfaction from angering people. I'm just talking about the random person who might have had the worst day of his life and he/she needs to vent.

 

[scienceguy8]

Basically what do you think it pointless that exists?
For me, those damned things that are fake anti-virus that go "You have 1,000,000 viruses" and then ask you to buy it. Seriously, even the most basic virus scan can tell you they are fake. (My personal favorite are the ones that say "Windows Defender has detected a system crash" and then it gives you an IE window that runs an extremely fake scan).

I had to get rid of one of those from my sister's laptop. My hatred for Vista was at an all time high that day.

Anyway, back on topic, I don't have a what that should not exist, but a who: idiots. People who just throw their lives away by not bothering to learn anything useful or relevant. I see them a lot less here in college, but high school had a bunch of them, and because of the idiocy that comes out of their mouths they somehow end up on television and in print. Is their any country where intelligence is actually valued, unlike my home country, the U.S.?