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Title: Things you HATE
Post by: Richter on May 01, 2012, 02:53:45 AM
When you try to tip to one side at a red light to cut a fart, but it turns green before you've let it all fly.

People with loud children at the grocery store.

GO!
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Freeky on May 01, 2012, 02:56:25 AM
Hypocrites

Other kinds of hypocrites

MOAR HYPOCRITES

Celibacy.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: navkat on May 01, 2012, 03:08:26 AM
schadenfreude

People who do evil things and are spared any consequences including the awareness that they're evil so they keep on winning, winning, winning.

feeling powerless to do anything about anything.

People in the south who try to turn vegetables into candy: a Tbsp of sugar in the nibblets, bacon & brown sugar in the green beans, MARSHMALLOWS ON TOP OF THE YAMS. What the fuck??? How about I put Jelly Bellys in your ceasar salad, huh? Or chocolate sauce on your fucking steak? You fucking dolt. Your pedestrian taste buds are why we have a Farm Bill subsidizing corn syrup and raising the production costs on organic food so that one day, all you'll be able to feed your fat monkeys will be little debbie snack cakes and microwavable, processed, high-fructose gelatin-and-yam-food. They will call them "vegetables" and your New and Improved food pyramid propaganda will require you to eat 6 helpings per day.

IEEEEEEEE!
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Juana on May 01, 2012, 03:12:29 AM
Men who screech about "female privilege"

Creepers who think it's ok to be creepy and then get offended when I cut them off.

My lamp that keeps eating lightbulbs.

Everything in general today.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Richter on May 01, 2012, 03:13:35 AM
How Flo passes herself as a "Progressive girl".  Her fake doormat attitude, rictus grin framed in pancake cosmetics, and poorly Freudian pose with a pistol-grip scanner device would be more appropriate to an "Austin Powers" sequel, "Barbarella" extra, or other immitations of a "Hanoi Jane" urinal cake.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: navkat on May 01, 2012, 03:14:34 AM
Quote from: Richter, Baron von on May 01, 2012, 03:13:35 AM
How Flo passes herself as a "Progressive girl".  Her fake doormat attitude, rictus grin framed in pancake cosmetics, and poorly Freudian pose with a pistol-grip scanner device would be more appropriate to an "Austin Powers" sequel, "Barbarella" extra, or other immitations of a "Hanoi Jane" urinal cake.

I have an erection now.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on May 01, 2012, 03:17:36 AM
fucking useless coworkers who refuse to do their work because they are perpetually waiting on someone else, who is also waiting on someone else, who in turn is waiting on you to send an email you sent 4 days ago.

also, anyone who badmouths Brussels sprouts.

and iVangelicals.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Kai on May 01, 2012, 03:23:47 AM
A certain inability or unwillingness in some people to notice simple (not a product of muscle memory) behavioral mistakes and make equally simple corrections to said behaviors, thus not repeating the mistake.

People who are unwilling to regulate the volume of their voice.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on May 01, 2012, 03:28:53 AM
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on May 01, 2012, 03:23:47 AM
A certain inability or unwillingness in some people to notice simple (not a product of muscle memory) behavioral mistakes and make equally simple corrections to said behaviors, thus not repeating the mistake.

People who are unwilling to regulate the volume of their voice.

too much Facebook for me. I keep trying to find the Like button for this post.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 01, 2012, 03:58:24 AM
Karoke

Triple digit heat

Sucky jobs

Parking lot vomit

Piggy eyed yahoos who look at me funny

Nickelback

Taylor Swift

Getting sick

Blue eyeshadow and/or ANY makeup that looks orange

Pro lifers and evangelicals bothering me

Explosive diarrhea

Those commercials they try to make you watch on youtube and photobucket

Seguin

The stench of Cup-O-Noodles and/or microwave popcorn

Traffic

When my neighbor unplugs the router and I have to go down the street to steal wi fi (I know, I know...)

What Navkat said about the vegetables. Except I do like glazed carrots.

Krispy Kreme donuts. I can't even take the smell of those motherfuckers. 

Facists and nazis.

Most teevee.





Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞ on May 01, 2012, 04:00:11 AM
Quote from: v3x on May 01, 2012, 03:17:36 AM
also, anyone who badmouths Brussels sprouts.

WE WILL MARCH ON A ROAD OF TINY CABBAGES!

Things I hate:

• land whales occupying the center of a sidewalk or aisle who clearly can see you trying to get by but make no effort to move
• sinus infections and the inability to get some goddamn sudafed without a fucking prescription
• douchebags who take advantage of sweet, generous women
• condoms
• intelligent people who wallow in willful ignorance
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: navkat on May 01, 2012, 04:39:34 AM
Mall Madness, a game designed to raise your daughters to be materialistic cunt-wagons which probably retailed for $25 at its inception, is now $127 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-4047-Mall-Madness/dp/B000050B3I

Do we have a word for Hatemirth?
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 01, 2012, 04:45:19 AM
Tinnitus

Escalators

Butt zits
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: E.O.T. on May 01, 2012, 04:53:39 AM
WIFI

          which is there, but will not connect(!)

NOT

          being able to think of that thing you're trying to think of
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Salty on May 01, 2012, 04:58:37 AM
When a coworker leaves streaks of shit in the toilet shared by forty-seven (47) people when there's a brush RIGHT NEXT TO IT. Then, after taking a big red marker to a sheet of paper, this person comes out and says, "Hey, you left me a nasty note."
OH YEAH? THEN WE, FUCKFACE, ARE EVEN.

People who ask you a question and then hone in on their smartphone while you answer.

People who can't handle the drugs they take on a regular basis.

Unsolicited advice from idiots who won't shut their FUCKING FACES FOR FIVE FUCKING SECONDS.

Horse-Whisperers.

Unsolicited fashion advice.

98% of my family.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Salty on May 01, 2012, 05:01:21 AM
People who won't STFU about *insert band here*, especially Tool.

People who overuse words like "phenomenal".

People who can't let go of their fears, people who can't change out of the habits that bring them to the same rodeo of emotional turmoil and rank self-pity, people who listen to MOTHERFUCKING ENYA.

People.


ETA: Cilantro. And Peanuts. And bees and bears. Fuck bears.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Sir Squid Diddimus on May 01, 2012, 01:34:48 PM
My boss's voice
People who chew with their fucking mouths open and smack their food
Old people
dogs
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: navkat on May 01, 2012, 02:21:47 PM
Also: It's not really a "box of wine" if the wine itself is contained in a bag, now is it? It occurs to me that you're already beyond being pretentious about your drunkardly ways. Why don't you save yourself like 50 more cents and stop adding the cardboard lie to the landfill also?
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: trippinprincezz13 on May 01, 2012, 02:22:05 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on May 01, 2012, 01:34:48 PM
People who chew with their fucking mouths open and smack their food

This. Including/especially over the phone. DO YOU THINK I CAN'T HEAR YOU!?!?!

Selfish, inconsiderate people.

People who refuse to/are unable to learn the simplest tasks because they care that little, so instead create more work for you, which is the complete opposite of what they were supposed to do.

People who insist that they are special little snowflakes so the "rules" can't possibly apply to them because "my situation's different".

Diagonal walkers and people who can't put the carriage in the carriage thing even though it's RIGHT THERE!


Also, Alty, Tool's a pretty phenomenal band, so I don't know what you're problem is. Especially if you play one of their songs over an Enya track.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on May 01, 2012, 02:51:31 PM
People who miss a golden opportunity IRL to SHUT UP.  When you see me in the hall by the copy room, you should SHUT UP.  When we pass each other in the parking lot, you should smile and SHUT UP.  If the U of A won a game, the best way to celebrate is to SHUT UP.  Unless you are on fire and likely to ignite me, you should SHUT UP.  Even then, scream quietly and TO YOURSELF.

Just SHUT UP.  It's not that fucking hard of a concept.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Cain on May 01, 2012, 02:53:19 PM
I used to like Tool until they made the same album
That they made the last time they made the same album
Every time they make a damn album its the same album, really
And only stoners listen to their music, it's silly
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Bu🤠ns on May 01, 2012, 03:22:44 PM
The portrayal of the role of the Father in the media as some bumbling idiot who can't iron, can't cook,  and is a waste of flesh who evokes zero respect from his family and displays the same amount of value as if he was six feet under the ground.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 01, 2012, 03:33:43 PM
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on May 01, 2012, 03:23:47 AM
A certain inability or unwillingness in some people to notice simple (not a product of muscle memory) behavioral mistakes and make equally simple corrections to said behaviors, thus not repeating the mistake.

People who are unwilling to regulate the volume of their voice.

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

Also, housemates who want to "share food", but what that means in practice is that they eat all of your but get weird and territorial about theirs.

Also, housemates who do things like drop your toaster and nice enameled cast iron bakeware, denting the toaster and chipping the bakeware, but won't take responsibility for it.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Oysters Rockefeller on May 01, 2012, 03:59:04 PM
Quote from: Alty on May 01, 2012, 05:01:21 AM
People who won't STFU about *insert band here*, especially Tool.


GAH, Tool fans are the worst.


Also!

Reality TV
People who watch reality TV
People with deeply held sacred beliefs. The Universe doesn't give a fuck, neither do I.
red lights
Being told what to do
When women listen to music that objectifies women. Nikki Minaj is pretty popular right now.
Broccoli
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Triple Zero on May 01, 2012, 06:07:21 PM
- people that tell me they have "nothing to hide"
- people that nod, but still believe they have "nothing to hide", really
- that guy at the Young Researchers when he makes lewd remarks about young student girls in short skirts
- the amount of sweat I produce after minimal physical exercise, such as quickly washing and toweling off to dry myself
- that my head gets so tired from too much input so much quicker than it does for most people
- that guy in front of the supermarket that is there playing accordion every day and still manages to really suck and not improve even a tiny bit and plays the same tune every 15 seconds
- bike thieves, also laptop thieves, probably burglars in general and also robbers
- people that buy stolen bikes on the street that feel entitled to it because their bike got stolen
- people on cocaine
- ... I could probably make this list really really long, but I've other stuff to do now :)


Quote from: navkat on May 01, 2012, 03:08:26 AMYour pedestrian taste buds

you know, as opposed to motorised taste buds ... :? ;-)

Quote from: v3x on May 01, 2012, 03:17:36 AManyone who badmouths Brussels sprouts.

you hate children? :)

(children are often more sensitive to the sulphur compounds in Brussels sprouts, there's not a lot of "then you must never have had them prepared right" about it)
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on May 01, 2012, 06:18:03 PM
I have taught my children that it's fine to not like something, but to go on about how "gross" it is, especially to someone who enjoys that food, is incredibly rude.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Salty on May 01, 2012, 06:37:04 PM
People who beat their children or significant other. People in public who seem that abusive but I can't be sure so I don't beat them in the face with a tire iron.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on May 01, 2012, 06:39:57 PM
Eating steamed veggies for my lunch.   :argh!:
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on May 01, 2012, 06:55:37 PM
Posting rants, anymore.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on May 01, 2012, 07:01:18 PM
Engineers.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: AFK on May 01, 2012, 07:17:55 PM
Ingrown hares. 
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Forsooth on May 01, 2012, 08:28:41 PM
Quote from: navkat on May 01, 2012, 03:08:26 AM
MARSHMALLOWS ON TOP OF THE YAMS.

southern Sweet potato casserole has enough sugar that it gets rerouted into my dessert stomach, allowing me to eat more other unhealthy things.   Dessert for dinner.

Just like Reese's for Breakfast

CUCKOO FOR COCAINE COCOA PUFFS
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Lenin McCarthy on May 01, 2012, 10:48:36 PM
The ATM that ate my bank card.

Garden maintenance.

Depression. Social anxiety. People who use the aforementioned conditions as an excuse to not care about anything.

People who use alcohol as an excuse to not care about anything.

The fact that I have 4 hours of class and 4 hours of lunch break at school tomorrow.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 26, 2019, 03:55:45 AM
Undeserved redemption arcs and subsequent hero status for Nazis/supremacists/cult leaders/unhinged lunatics (the not fun kind)/etc. I'm looking at you, Steven Universe and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic! :argh!:

Defeat Means Friendship (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefeatMeansFriendship) is one thing, but seriously, quit redeeming sad Nazis. It doesn't make you look good, writer people, it makes you look stupid at best and like a Nazi apologist at worst.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on January 26, 2019, 04:23:08 AM
Well, you're not wrong.

Never seen those shows, though.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 26, 2019, 04:33:00 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 26, 2019, 04:23:08 AM
Well, you're not wrong.

Never seen those shows, though.
That's...probably for the better, beyond being great examples of how not to do certain characters and tropes. The former was a good idea that got bogged down by sad Nazis, lukewarm LGBT representation, an abysmal scheduling system, and unfortunate implications (among other things), while the latter started strong and surprisingly smart for a kid's show, but went downhill with increasingly meh musical numbers, and terrible people getting redemptions who really don't deserve them (among other things). Both tried to be great, both failed, one moreso than the other in my opinion.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: altered on January 26, 2019, 07:29:38 AM
I don't watch TV shows, even, but I like this new guy.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Bruno on January 26, 2019, 08:22:15 AM
Wait, what's wrong with Stephen Universe, now?

That show has never been anything but awesome, though I have yet to see the most recent season.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 27, 2019, 01:17:35 AM
Quote from: nullified on January 26, 2019, 07:29:38 AM
I don't watch TV shows, even, but I like this new guy.
D'aww, I feel so loved~
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 27, 2019, 01:45:41 AM
Quote from: Emo Howard on January 26, 2019, 08:22:15 AM
Wait, what's wrong with Stephen Universe, now?

That show has never been anything but awesome, though I have yet to see the most recent season.
Well...it's complicated, and maybe even a bit snobby and passé, but in a nutshell...
...the idea of the show is great; unigender lesbian space rocks save the world with a doofy lovable chubby human kid. That's how the show started out with its monster of the week format. But as it went on, Rebecca Sugar continued to make more and more questionable decisions with the show's writing, pacing, and direction: examples being...

Expanding the scope of the story out to a galactic empire, but still bumming around Beach City for a larf with boring, annoying human characters that don't serve anything to the plot.

The gross number of long hiatuses, mixed with the filler that came with the above statement, meant we got a break from the story...after we just got a break from the story. Multiple times.

Vilifying Bismuth (for a while) for wanting to murder Nazis The Diamonds.

Making a fusion between a black-coded gem (Garnet) and another black (or maybe Latina?)-coded gem (Amethyst) turn into an ape-like destructive creature with no self control who needs to be subdued by the whitest of the main cast. But remember, when Pearl is part of a fusion, that gem is graceful and suave as fuck.

Concrete. Enough said.

Having a human zoo in the story, which was explained by one staff member as "their excuse to draw as many hot people in a hippie commune as possible"...even though human zoos were a legitimate and terrifying thing back when Africa was colonized by Europe.

Having Rose actually be Pink Diamond, which means she pulled the strings of the war from both sides, then fucked off to Earth to fuck humans and ditch responsibility, all while stringing along her slave Pearl in an unrequited master/slave Diamond/Pearl love story.

Giving Nazis The Diamonds a redemption (because "we're family!") even though they still really wanted to kill the closest thing to a family Steven has ever had.

And more!

Trust me, I really enjoyed the show too. The characters were fun, and quirky. Peridot is still a lovable smol bean. Stevonnie is a neat concept at the absolute least. But between the hiatuses, the filler, and the unfortunate implications, I just...can't not say something. I'll leave you with this, even though linking to a critique of an LGBT-forward show by an LGBT person is controversial in and of itself, I think her ideas might shine through better to a Discordian than it has to the rest of the internet. Cheers. https://youtu.be/flLEr_sYC-k
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Chelagoras The Boulder on January 28, 2019, 03:43:56 AM
-Al Qaedic, for shitting on my favorite show.
-The fact that modern dating is a wall to wall shitshow, but i can't complain about it without everyone on the internet assuming i'm an incel
-people who assume that because i dabble in stand up comedy i am prepared to perform an impromptu set in the middle of our crowded office while everyone is trying to clock in.
-Life, the Universe and Everything
-people who don't get Doug Adams references.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on January 28, 2019, 04:12:32 AM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on January 28, 2019, 03:43:56 AM
-Al Qaedic, for shitting on my favorite show.
-The fact that modern dating is a wall to wall shitshow, but i can't complain about it without everyone on the internet assuming i'm an incel
-people who assume that because i dabble in stand up comedy i am prepared to perform an impromptu set in the middle of our crowded office while everyone is trying to clock in.
-Life, the Universe and Everything
-people who don't get Doug Adams references.

Dating does suck.  Until it doesn't.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 28, 2019, 04:26:36 AM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on January 28, 2019, 03:43:56 AM
-Al Qaedic, for shitting on my favorite show.
-The fact that modern dating is a wall to wall shitshow, but i can't complain about it without everyone on the internet assuming i'm an incel
-people who assume that because i dabble in stand up comedy i am prepared to perform an impromptu set in the middle of our crowded office while everyone is trying to clock in.
-Life, the Universe and Everything
-people who don't get Doug Adams references.
-Oi, you can at least get the name right. That's Qədic. Q-schwa-d-i-c. :lulz:
-Agreed
-I hate those people...even though I'm sometimes that person
-Something something 42
-Agreed. They ought to listen to some Vogon poetry, that'll teach em.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: LMNO on January 28, 2019, 01:08:06 PM
Having never known about the existence of this show before, reading Al Qədic's summary was.... really fuckin weird.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: hooplala on January 28, 2019, 02:48:04 PM
Ditto.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Con-troll on January 28, 2019, 04:01:58 PM
Tv-shows brainwashing people to have unhealthy views on reality... Color me surprised.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 28, 2019, 05:49:49 PM
Quote from: LMNO on January 28, 2019, 01:08:06 PM
Having never known about the existence of this show before, reading Al Qədic's summary was.... really fuckin weird.
It really did try to be better than all that. Honestly, it's easy to switch your brain off and not notice those glaring issues and just look at all the pretty colors and neat characters and excessive filler episodes. But because I do see those glaring issues (especially when they're given lots of attention by the plot), it can be hard to ignore.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: LMNO on January 28, 2019, 06:14:22 PM
I meant more the "unigender lesbian space rocks" part of it, though the race-coding and undeserved character redemption isn't cool at all.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 28, 2019, 06:24:23 PM
Quote from: LMNO on January 28, 2019, 06:14:22 PM
I meant more the "unigender lesbian space rocks" part of it
Yeah, that really is just the best way to describe the show in the beginning. Bunch'a fabulous space rocks and a chubby half-space rock 12 year old (who is kind of also his own space rock mother) fight space rock monsters and put them in bubbles in their beach house/space rock temple.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: LMNO on January 28, 2019, 06:55:44 PM
I reiterate:

Quote from: LMNO on January 28, 2019, 01:08:06 PM
....really fuckin weird.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on January 28, 2019, 07:04:21 PM
I would say that what happens on a cartoon is somewhere down my list of priorities right now.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Trivial on January 28, 2019, 08:17:22 PM
Race coding thing gets weird when you look at the racial make-up of the voice acting cast.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Trivial on January 28, 2019, 09:30:15 PM
I hate this fucking cold, going to be stuck inside all this week.
I hate tv weather people that ask me what model they should use.  They should know their area.
I hate Montana.  Nothing works for Montana.  Montana won't math.  Probably not Montana's fault, but it knows what it did.
I hate Alaska because it's warmer than here.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: chaotic neutral observer on January 28, 2019, 11:05:16 PM
Quote from: Trivial on January 28, 2019, 09:30:15 PM
I hate this fucking cold, going to be stuck inside all this week.
I hate tv weather people that ask me what model they should use.  They should know their area.
I hate Montana.  Nothing works for Montana.  Montana won't math.  Probably not Montana's fault, but it knows what it did.
I hate Alaska because it's warmer than here.

I'm in Saskatchewan.  Four days ago we were at -20 C.  Then there was a sudden low-pressure thing, and yesterday it was +3 with freezing rain and high wind.  Tonight's low is -31.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Trivial on January 28, 2019, 11:14:09 PM
Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on January 28, 2019, 11:05:16 PM
Quote from: Trivial on January 28, 2019, 09:30:15 PM
I hate this fucking cold, going to be stuck inside all this week.
I hate tv weather people that ask me what model they should use.  They should know their area.
I hate Montana.  Nothing works for Montana.  Montana won't math.  Probably not Montana's fault, but it knows what it did.
I hate Alaska because it's warmer than here.

I'm in Saskatchewan.  Four days ago we were at -20 C.  Then there was a sudden low-pressure thing, and yesterday it was +3 with freezing rain and high wind.  Tonight's low is -31.
-9 C here, Wednesday it'll be -23 C with a -48 C wind chill.  It's been a while since we've seen that.  In Wisconsin.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: chaotic neutral observer on January 29, 2019, 12:25:18 AM
I hate:

Driving in winter.
People giving me orders.
Giving other people orders.
When people lose an argument on the internet, and they just fall silent instead of admitting defeat.
Potato bugs.
People who assert unquestioningly the rightness of their cause or beliefs.  Even when they're right.
Tim Hortons.
Country music.
Not remembering things.
The future.
Quiche.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 29, 2019, 01:41:34 AM
Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on January 29, 2019, 12:25:18 AM
I hate:

Tim Hortons.
Country music.
Never had Tim Hortons, on account of being a filthy American, but what's wrong with them?
I agree on country music though.  I'll take Scots and their bagpipes before Rednecks and their..."love stories".
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 03:05:30 AM
Quote from: LMNO on January 28, 2019, 06:14:22 PM
I meant more the "unigender lesbian space rocks" part of it, though the race-coding and undeserved character redemption isn't cool at all.

The make friends with enemies thing is the entire show really.  It's only partially a forgive the nazi's thing. They got them to not blow up the earth, or kill the main characters after realising they drove the one character that was part of their "family" to suicide, and then they cured some sick gems and fucked off to their own planet.  They have another season and a movie to see if that had any effect on them still being nazis or if they just figure that arc is closed.

The race coding issues, I think folks are looking for problems.  Sometimes you can over analyse a thing.  If you have problems with the fusion episodes you have problems with the main characters to begin with.  Which the one video person does.   

Also, these points will still make no sense because you know nothing about the show.  Maybe I'll do a let's pick apart a kid's show thread.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: chaotic neutral observer on January 29, 2019, 04:29:48 AM
Quote from: Al Qedic on January 29, 2019, 01:41:34 AM
Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on January 29, 2019, 12:25:18 AM
I hate:

Tim Hortons.
Country music.
Never had Tim Hortons, on account of being a filthy American, but what's wrong with them?
I agree on country music though.  I'll take Scots and their bagpipes before Rednecks and their..."love stories".

Tim Hortons is sort of a creeping pestilence, but with doughnuts.  They're everywhere, and they try to brand themselves as part of the Canadian identity.  I'm not much of a patriot, but I don't like being involuntarily assigned a corporate affiliation.  Franchises like this also have a tendency to suppress independent local coffee and tea shops (also see: Starbucks).

There was a fluffle about a year ago when Ontario raised their minimum wage, and Tim Hortons corrected for this by reducing employee benefits  (https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/tim-hortons-franchises-reduce-employee-benefits-blame-minimum-wage-1.3744717) rather than adjusting prices.  It didn't help their popularity much.

I don't dislike their doughnuts, but their tea is oversteeped, and bitter.

I can't remember, is being counter-culture "in" or "out" this season?
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 29, 2019, 05:14:57 AM
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 03:05:30 AM
They got them to not blow up the earth, or kill the main characters after realising they drove the one character that was part of their "family" to suicide
It was only suicide as far as they were aware for thousands of years...(actually they thought it was the up-and-coming rebel leader [who happened to actually be her] killing her but whatevs, let's roll with it). What it actually was was that "family" member faking her death to go relax on the moist mud ball she once called a colony. Once the fleshy human reincarnation of that family member got involved in things, the Diamonds knew she didn't actually die, so the idea that she killed herself is moot. And I feel like there's an important difference between "being dead to people" and "actually being dead".
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 03:05:30 AM
I think folks are looking for problems.  Sometimes you can over analyse a thing.  If you have problems with the fusion episodes you have problems with the main characters to begin with.
Alright, I can concede to that. I don't think every fusion or episode thereof is problematic (I quite like the bit where Peri tried fusing with Garnet so that she could understand fusion, and Garnet's nature as a "relationship", better), but when it's awkward, it's awkward...y'know? Sugilite's VA certainly didn't help. :kingmeh:
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 03:05:30 AM
Maybe I'll do a let's pick apart a kid's show thread.
I would welcome that. Could be neat to pick apart some quality Children's Entertainment™
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 05:46:32 AM
Quote from: Al Qədic on January 29, 2019, 05:14:57 AM
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 03:05:30 AM
They got them to not blow up the earth, or kill the main characters after realising they drove the one character that was part of their "family" to suicide
It was only suicide as far as they were aware for thousands of years...(actually they thought it was the up-and-coming rebel leader [who happened to actually be her] killing her but whatevs, let's roll with it). What it actually was was that "family" member faking her death to go relax on the moist mud ball she once called a colony. Once the fleshy human reincarnation of that family member got involved in things, the Diamonds knew she didn't actually die, so the idea that she killed herself is moot. And I feel like there's an important difference between "being dead to people" and "actually being dead".

Um, did you see Change Your Mind yet?

Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on January 29, 2019, 06:13:40 AM
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 05:46:32 AM
Um, did you see Change Your Mind yet?
Yeah...I fail to see how that episode addresses that, beyond going into the "White controls a very dysfunctional family" thing, and the creepy "she's gone" scream by pink Steven spirit thing. She's "gone" in the sense that she'll never show up again as the same Pink that the Diamonds all knew and tolerated loved, with the same memories. But Steven's gem is still her gem, and his increasing hallucinations/flashbacks/whatever of her past only solidifies in my mind that for all intents and purposes, she's not truly "dead"

...I dunno man, I'm tired and hopped up on sweet, sweet 50% dark chocolate. The attempt at sympathy because the Nazis close down the gas chambers when they realize their precious lil sis is back for them to berate and lock in a room just doesn't cut it for me. Though I was surprised that Yellow and Blue didn't feel too rushed into their newfound "on-the-right-side-of-history" good person statuses.

Also, on another tangent, I kinda hated how forced the "Garnet fuses and then everyone else rushes to Stevonnie's defense, thus getting the kids thrown in a jail cell" thing was. Stevonnie could have unfused easily. Heck, I'd think they'd get so flustered in the moment that they wouldn't maintain form. I can buy Garnet getting too pissed off to abide tradition, but when everyone else joins in I'm like "nope. Even you clods are usually smarter than this". But I guess they just had to hold the idiot ball for a minute.  :kingmeh:
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 03:43:43 PM
Quote from: Al Qədic on January 29, 2019, 06:13:40 AM
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 05:46:32 AM
Um, did you see Change Your Mind yet?
Yeah...I fail to see how that episode addresses that, beyond going into the "White controls a very dysfunctional family" thing, and the creepy "she's gone" scream by pink Steven spirit thing. She's "gone" in the sense that she'll never show up again as the same Pink that the Diamonds all knew and tolerated loved, with the same memories. But Steven's gem is still her gem, and his increasing hallucinations/flashbacks/whatever of her past only solidifies in my mind that for all intents and purposes, she's not truly "dead"

...I dunno man, I'm tired and hopped up on sweet, sweet 50% dark chocolate. The attempt at sympathy because the Nazis close down the gas chambers when they realize their precious lil sis is back for them to berate and lock in a room just doesn't cut it for me. Though I was surprised that Yellow and Blue didn't feel too rushed into their newfound "on-the-right-side-of-history" good person statuses.

Also, on another tangent, I kinda hated how forced the "Garnet fuses and then everyone else rushes to Stevonnie's defense, thus getting the kids thrown in a jail cell" thing was. Stevonnie could have unfused easily. Heck, I'd think they'd get so flustered in the moment that they wouldn't maintain form. I can buy Garnet getting too pissed off to abide tradition, but when everyone else joins in I'm like "nope. Even you clods are usually smarter than this". But I guess they just had to hold the idiot ball for a minute.  :kingmeh:

I didn't want to go farther if you hadn't seen the episode, because what you said fit for Blue, but not White.  I smushed the suicide thing together because my prior answer really wasn't for you, it was for someone that probably wouldn't ever see the show.

It's not for you to think she's dead, it's for the Diamonds to think so, and for the writers to convince us they think so.  You're answering the is Pink still alive for yourself.
Which was my point of how they were turned, they had to see how miserable Pink was and feel some empathy.  You can argue about whether the writers did that well or not.

I'm not sure how else the show could have gone, given they were pretty much anti-kill the whole run and it was unlikely they wanted to change Steven in that way.  Steven had empathy for like everything the whole show, starting with acid squirting centipede monsters.  Hell he had a ptsd episode about poofing Jasper.

So the writers were stuck with the White had to realise she could be wrong.  Also they needed White to fix the corrupted gems, can't do that if she's dead.

Summary of "undeserved redemption arc"
So like they thought Pink was murdered by Rose - try to kill Earth. 
The only thing keeping earth safe was they thought it was dead.
They find out it's not dead, come back for murder.
Learned Pink was Rose - Don't kill earth, bring "Pink" back. 
Try to force Pink to be perfect which never worked. Lock in room.
Get Blue to see that what they were doing was torture to Pink, and why she faked death. Get Blue on side.  Sure, still not addressing the whole murdery part of Blue, but you know kids show and time.
Get Blue to fight, then convince Yellow and I'm forgetting what got Yellow on side, have to rewatch that.
Creepy White mind control scene.  White will try to "fix" all the mistakes by mindcontrolling them.
White thinks Pink is just hiding out in Steven.  Does get Steven to second guess he's his own person due to memories thing how she know this is odd but whatever.
Pulls gem out and you get creepy gem Steven.  Human Steven is dying.  Creepy she's gone statement.
White learns she's wrong, convinced Pink is Steven.  Pink is dead.  That was my suicide bit. 
Steven laughs to see he's been himself all along, fused back together.

Now this is my conjecture, but they realised Pink is gone and did this to herself because she hated everything, you see them talking with no heard dialog.  The White being "good" thing is rushed, but this seemed to be written to end the show and I'm not sure how they'd get that done in that bit of time.  Then we got the friendship for the win thing where we have the end of the episode with them fixing all the corrupted gems and then leaving.  Not exactly hanging around to to be all we're a happy family. 


The idiot ball with Garnet is a thing, but it was another emphasizing the whole how outgunned they were.  Also Garnet sees the future so, possibly on purpose (at least that's how they can explain it away).  She wasn't going there originally because she couldn't go as Garnet. 

There were fights and convincing and a whole hour long special for turning them so it wasn't meant to be perceived as a quick change. 

We're getting a lot of this redeem the enemy in shows now because the evil for the sake of evil was played out a ton before.  Now we're in the understand your enemies bit and fix them.  The next trend in stories should be understand enemies that need understanding, but when you see evil that is just evil, kill it.

And now there's another season and a movie, so maybe they'll address that.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 04:02:58 PM
I hate that I forgot and then remembered the whole trend of evil is evil, but never really hurt them in cartoons.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: hooplala on January 29, 2019, 06:31:30 PM
Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on January 29, 2019, 04:29:48 AM
Quote from: Al Qedic on January 29, 2019, 01:41:34 AM
Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on January 29, 2019, 12:25:18 AM
I hate:

Tim Hortons.
Country music.
Never had Tim Hortons, on account of being a filthy American, but what's wrong with them?
I agree on country music though.  I'll take Scots and their bagpipes before Rednecks and their..."love stories".

Tim Hortons is sort of a creeping pestilence, but with doughnuts.  They're everywhere, and they try to brand themselves as part of the Canadian identity.  I'm not much of a patriot, but I don't like being involuntarily assigned a corporate affiliation.  Franchises like this also have a tendency to suppress independent local coffee and tea shops (also see: Starbucks).

There was a fluffle about a year ago when Ontario raised their minimum wage, and Tim Hortons corrected for this by reducing employee benefits  (https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/tim-hortons-franchises-reduce-employee-benefits-blame-minimum-wage-1.3744717) rather than adjusting prices.  It didn't help their popularity much.

I don't dislike their doughnuts, but their tea is oversteeped, and bitter.

I can't remember, is being counter-culture "in" or "out" this season?

That was a single TH franchise, but having said that, since they stopped making their donuts in-house its been a pretty steady decline. At some point they decided their direct competition was Subway (wut) and decided to direct all their energy into half-assed sandwiches.

And I also hate their attempt to be "the most Canadian", it borders on offensive. Don't tell me I love Tim Horton's and hockey: I do not.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Bruno on January 29, 2019, 07:49:38 PM
Re: Al Qədic; Re: Steven Universe:

Aiight Den.

Re: This thread; Re: Things I hate:

1.)Cancer
2.)Whistling
3.)The lack of scientific evidence that whistling causes cancer.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on January 29, 2019, 08:32:45 PM
I hate primates.  Stupid fuckers are only technically vertebrates, and they shit on everything that comes within reach.

I hate water.  It doesn't feel the need to follow the rules all the other chemicals follow, and it is nothing but madness, horror, and death.  We'd be better off without it.


Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 08:55:09 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 29, 2019, 08:32:45 PM
I hate primates.  Stupid fuckers are only technically vertebrates, and they shit on everything that comes within reach.

I hate water.  It doesn't feel the need to follow the rules all the other chemicals follow, and it is nothing but madness, horror, and death.  We'd be better off without it.

FUCKING STEAM TABLES DAMNIT  :argh!:
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on January 29, 2019, 09:34:08 PM
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 08:55:09 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 29, 2019, 08:32:45 PM
I hate primates.  Stupid fuckers are only technically vertebrates, and they shit on everything that comes within reach.

I hate water.  It doesn't feel the need to follow the rules all the other chemicals follow, and it is nothing but madness, horror, and death.  We'd be better off without it.

FUCKING STEAM TABLES DAMNIT  :argh!:

OH FUCK YES FUCK YOU STEAM EXPANSION CALCULATIONS YOU LYING FUCKERS
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: chaotic neutral observer on January 29, 2019, 09:55:01 PM
Most materials contract when they freeze.  But not water.  No, water has to be special, and break everything.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on January 29, 2019, 09:57:58 PM
Quote from: chaotic neutral observer on January 29, 2019, 09:55:01 PM
Most materials contract when they freeze.  But not water.  No, water has to be special, and break everything.

Also who the fuck ordered a universal solvent?  Not THIS kid!  :rogpipe:
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Bruno on February 04, 2019, 08:05:54 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 29, 2019, 09:34:08 PM
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 08:55:09 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 29, 2019, 08:32:45 PM
I hate primates.  Stupid fuckers are only technically vertebrates, and they shit on everything that comes within reach.

I hate water.  It doesn't feel the need to follow the rules all the other chemicals follow, and it is nothing but madness, horror, and death.  We'd be better off without it.

FUCKING STEAM TABLES DAMNIT  :argh!:


OH FUCK YES FUCK YOU STEAM EXPANSION CALCULATIONS YOU LYING FUCKERS

WHY IS WATER SO BAD AT MATH?
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on February 04, 2019, 10:43:50 PM
I hate Louis C.K.

https://people.com/tv/louis-ck-mocks-parkland-shooting-survivors-report/

Rebuttal from parent of Parkland student:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/parkland-dad-creates-stand-up-retort-to-louis-cks-mocking-of-school-shooting-survivors/ar-BBTb1og?ocid=spartanntp
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: LMNO on February 05, 2019, 12:45:10 PM
Yeah, Louis' downward arc has really been disappointing.  Some of his work was amazing, but I can't won't support anything he's done at this point.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Doktor Howl on February 05, 2019, 05:24:20 PM
Quote from: LMNO on February 05, 2019, 12:45:10 PM
Yeah, Louis' downward arc has really been disappointing.  Some of his work was amazing, but I can't won't support anything he's done at this point.

He's starting to resemble a meaner version of late Andy Kaufman.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: hooplala on February 05, 2019, 06:52:39 PM
He is now aiming his routine directly at the only audience willing to give jim the time of day.
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Chelagoras The Boulder on February 07, 2019, 12:31:47 AM
Quote from: Trivial on January 29, 2019, 03:05:30 AM
Quote from: LMNO on January 28, 2019, 06:14:22 PM
I meant more the "unigender lesbian space rocks" part of it, though the race-coding and undeserved character redemption isn't cool at all.

The make friends with enemies thing is the entire show really.  It's only partially a forgive the nazi's thing. They got them to not blow up the earth, or kill the main characters after realising they drove the one character that was part of their "family" to suicide, and then they cured some sick gems and fucked off to their own planet.  They have another season and a movie to see if that had any effect on them still being nazis or if they just figure that arc is closed.

The race coding issues, I think folks are looking for problems.  Sometimes you can over analyse a thing.  If you have problems with the fusion episodes you have problems with the main characters to begin with.  Which the one video person does.   

Also, these points will still make no sense because you know nothing about the show.  Maybe I'll do a let's pick apart a kid's show thread.
yea, can we do that? Cuz on the one hand, I dont want to derail this thread with my SU moop, but on the other hand,  I HAVE MOOP AND IT DEMANDS RELEASE :argh!:
Title: Re: Things you HATE
Post by: Al Qədic on February 23, 2019, 11:08:10 PM
I hate the equivalence between the ramifications of the internet age and the proclivities of the Millennial generation. Yes, we stare at our phones more often, yes we make fewer friends on average nowadays compared to Boomers and the like in their youth, and yes we "ruin" entire corporations that have been cultural mainstays for generation (diamonds, homeowning, etc.).

But, to the people who honestly believe that...do you realize how much good the internet does? How much we can learn from other people, and other cultures, in the modern day? Yeah, internet anonymity can be a hurdle, there will always be trolls and blackhats ready to make your day worse, but we can learn entire languages from the comfort of our bedrooms with the help of a lump of metal and plastic, talking to someone on the other side of the world. That's amazing! We don't spend as much time face-to-face with said person teaching us their mother tongue, but I think that's a smaller price to pay, compared to, say, going across the world (or even just the country) to meet with the people who can teach you what you want to learn.

Back to the "ruining businesses" complaint; ignoring the absurd costs of some things, which is of course a big factor in us not buying it, we "stupid spoiled kids" learn, thanks to that newfangled internet thing, that the idea of spending your life's savings on a rock that isn't even that rare is kind of absurd, and the decades of DeBeers Co. diamond propaganda doesn't make the idea look any better. We're not not buying diamonds because we think we're better than all that, we're not buying diamonds because we like to have the money we need to scrape by in life.

I would address all this point by point, but I simply don't have as much foreknowledge as I'd like to. So I'll end this blurb by paraphrasing something I brought up to my team management class professor the other day, where this very topic came up; "It feels as if there's a false equivalence between the negatives of technology and the negatives of Millennials. It's like the Boomers, who helped make the internet into what it is, reacted to it in its infancy, saying 'pfff, this probably won't catch on', and proceeded to be baffled once it, and the generation that has grown up with it, actually caught on."