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[Kazz]

hey Thad

remember that time I said I didn't like the Simpsons

and you came back and yelled at me for trolling

well actually, guess what.  i really don't like the simpsons.  anything that was done before the arrival or after the departure of Conan O'Brien is mediocre at best.  so, uh, episodes that are between 17 and 15 years old.

[Thad]

I don't think I'm trolling.  I think you're an ass for saying I'm doing so though just 'cause I don't agree with what everyone else thinks.

Another word I throw around a lot is "strawman".

Do you know what a strawman is?

It's that, right there.  You saying I'm accusing you of trolling just because you don't agree with what everyone else thinks.

When what I actually said was -- hey, fucking get this, it's THE POST YOU WERE REPLYING TO -- here, I'll bold some text for those of you in the slow class:

People have often accused me of throwing the word "troll" around at people who don't actually deserve it.

However, you have said something unpopular, repeatedly, in a combative manner.  Given that, there are really only two possibilities:

1. You know perfectly well that this will start an argument, and are doing so intentionally.  Viz, trolling.

2. You somehow think that this will NOT result in an argument.  Which is, let's face it, dumb.

So you see, when I accuse you of trolling in this circumstance, it is actually the more complimentary of the two possibilities.  Sort of a reverse Hanlon's Razor.

You know who else has never seen Avatar?  Me.  You notice how many threads I've crossed raving about how I will never watch it and anyone who suggests anything to me, ever, should burn in hell for being such an irredeemable asshole as to say something is good and I might enjoy it?

The problem is not that you disagree.  The problem is that you're being an asshole about it.

I have a form post I sometimes use when people pretend not to understand that distinction.  Would you like to see it?

[Rosencrantz]

hey Thad

remember that time I said I didn't like the Simpsons

and you came back and yelled at me for trolling

well actually, guess what.  i really don't like the simpsons.  anything that was done before the arrival or after the departure of Conan O'Brien is mediocre at best.  so, uh, episodes that are between 17 and 15 years old.

That's fair. I'm a giant Simpsons freak, and as far as I'm concerned everything before season 3 and after season 7 (give or take) can disappear forever.

[Ted Belmont]

So yesterday I discovered that one of my co-workers pronounces Aeris(th) "Ahh-Uhh-Rith". Aside from reminding me of this(warning, spoilers I guess if you're even farther behind on Batman than me), it gave me a new pet peeve: people who insist on calling video game characters by their 'proper'(japanese) names, but can't even pronounce them right.

[Guild]

So yesterday I discovered that one of my co-workers pronounces Aeris(th) "Ahh-Uhh-Rith". Aside from reminding me of this(warning, spoilers I guess if you're even farther behind on Batman than me), it gave me a new pet peeve: people who insist on calling video game characters by their 'proper'(japanese) names, but can't even pronounce them right.

I think I know that dude.

He inspired this post.

[Friday]

I still say Aeris, because saying Aerith makes me sound like I have a lisp.

Seriously. Scream "AERITH DIES!!!" like you were spoiling a room full of 13 year old yaoi fangirls and ask yourself if you don't sound silly.

Er, sillier.

[Bongo Bill]

Aerith dieth

[Alex]

So yesterday I discovered that one of my co-workers pronounces Aeris(th) "Ahh-Uhh-Rith". Aside from reminding me of this(warning, spoilers I guess if you're even farther behind on Batman than me), it gave me a new pet peeve: people who insist on calling video game characters by their 'proper'(japanese) names, but can't even pronounce them right.

Ever since I found out Bass' name in Japan was Forte, I stuck with that because for the longest time, I made the same mistake Megaman's voice actress did in the opening cutscene in MM8.

[Guild]

Bass, why must we fight? We are not enemies!

[Alex]

Exactly!

[Thad]

So yesterday I discovered that one of my co-workers pronounces Aeris(th) "Ahh-Uhh-Rith". Aside from reminding me of this(warning, spoilers I guess if you're even farther behind on Batman than me), it gave me a new pet peeve: people who insist on calling video game characters by their 'proper'(japanese) names, but can't even pronounce them right.

Ashura used to refer to Mavericks as "Illregulars".  An English word written in Japanese and then Romanized back into English -- poorly.

[Alex]

Mavericks always made me think of a 1994 Mel Gibson movie.

[Arc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgoxmgHUIrc

[François]

 

[Mongrel]

Goddamn! Somehow a nasty-diarrhoea smell is wafting its way around the apartment this morning. It's not me, it's not my wife, and it's not the cats. I got no clue what it is.

DAMN this shit is nas-tay.

[Lady Duke]

It makes me really angry when my mom is home and could answer the phone (especially because it's the phone not only for home but for her hair salon) and then she fucking expects me to get the phone.  I don't WANT to fucking take the calls for you, damn it.

[Friday]

That reminds me:

People who are slaves to their phone.

I've seen people drop precious diamonds and babies before dive jumping over furniture, shattering the very fabric of space/time in their all consuming, hellbent, burning need, to answer the phone, right now, right now, RIGHT NOW,

BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!

After all, it could be important.

[The Artist Formerly Known As Yoji]

One of my in-laws has a thing against my cell phone. It always seems to be such a startling surprise and outrage when it goes off. This is exasperated by the fact that I've got a nightly alarm set to remind me to stop playing Little Big Planet and go exercise.

It's like I'm supposed to have the damn thing on my persons for all my waking hours, which isn't very convenient to do since it's big and old. Maybe I'll be able to oblige when I get a cyberbrain, but for now it's just

[Bongo Bill]

Maybe you should change your ringtone to something other than panicked_screaming.wav

[Thad]

This is exasperated by the fact that I've got a nightly alarm set to remind me to stop playing Little Big Planet and go exercise.

Guess what MY pet peeve is.