Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

As far as I know, it is when someone states on a forum that they are leaving and possibly why they are leaving, before actually leaving.

ETA: It is, as you are probably aware, thought to be bad form but I do think it can be useful information sometimes and don't personally have any big issue with it. If someone wants to say why they're leaving, it's okay with me. If they change their mind later, that's okay with me too. And then a lot of people seem to feel differently, which is also okay with me lol. *shrug*

 

I've left messageboards several times but I've always managed to do it without announcing my departure. Partly because it's then so embarrassing when you realise you were a tit and want to come back.

 

LOL. Good point.

I've never announced my departure either but in a group I run that's part online and part in person, I struggle to keep the numbers up anyway so I'd much rather have someone speak up to the group than just quietly disappear. At least then we have a chance to possibly fix the problem. I mean I would prefer if they "spoke up" but that does not include cussing people out etc. So I guess it also depends on how we define "flouncing."

 

I have no idea if there's an official definition, but I would define a flounce as a goodbye message where you can feasibly imagine the poster:
a) stamping their foot
b) flipping their hair as they whirl on their heels and march off
c) doing this:

 

If I do leave it will be like this.

 

My favorite departure announcement was a few weeks ago on a banned member's status. Something like: "Please ban me. Full details can be found in my progress journal."

 

I'm quite flouncey.

As Socrates says 'the world does not move to the beat of just one drum.' Some @members can be rather literal-minded. Suppose the (moderation) skill is juggling those top end of the egg types with us righteous bottom feeders/enders, very good, Matthew.

Some disagreements really escalate. I don't know how they do it? I'd be so distressed with a 'hate' situation. My only forum flounce in a permanent sense was from Wordcrap.com, the alpha-lad on the site being more popular than me - ex-mercenary, always boasting about his kills on the plain and obviously a fantastic source for materiel, hew. But, ya, he was a jock. I can do jock but why bother any longer?

Of course - if we had wrestled - my victory would have been assured, but why ruin the fool? I have the similar problem with jet pilots & explorers.

I flounce/close my blog occasionally when I'm writing like shit and embarrass myself [or life is hell]. Mainly it gives me pleasure, the ten little red dots in the corner is the meaning of life, frankly, blog, A.N Author.

 

Gotta say flouncing is a new one for me, sounds a lot more elegant than the Rage Quit I'm used to.

 

When I sit around and don't do jack shit....

 

Tourists. I understand they're great for the economy, yes, but that doesn't stop them from being annoying.

We should have a tourist section of sidewalk. Just for the ones who've apparently never seen a building before.

 

"Ethel get the shotgun! There is a gaggle of camera wielding jackasses in the yard again!."
"Why do tourists find bricks so damn fascinating?" (Sigh)

 

You're right, that was a bit odd. I honestly still don't know if that was the same guy with two accounts or what...

 

That would be me, but not because I'm a tourist. Photos of architecture are pretty much the mainstay of my photography hobby, especially if I'm using a vintage camera. Buildings stand still while you focus and adjust the settings.

ETA: I love our tourists in L.A. .I'm always nice to them so they'll come back and spend more money.

 

And the crowd goes wild....I am so not worthy

 

Nicest mugger confirmed.

"Hand over the wallet please and thank you."

 

That’s how Canadians mug you.

(Please don’t kill me, Canadians...)

 

Bricks and men with cameras can be tourists, but if you see any traces of a tape-measure, spirit-level or tripod then you are probably looking at nerdy amateur photographers. Brick walls are the optimal motives when it comes to testing your new lens. I have shot many of those.



Notice how the bricks sort of bend above Amanda’s head.

 

It could just be a trick of lighting, or the fact that the older less uniform
bricked buildings settle unevenly thus causing that illusion. I don't study
photography, but maybe it only works for Amanda? (Secrete brick bender)

 

I will not call Chinese people rude. I will say, however, that the acceptable standards for behavior in public seem to differ greatly between China and Japan, more so than between those of Japan and the United States, and there are an awful lot of Chinese tourists in Osaka lately demonstrating their particular standards of acceptable public behavior.

 

I never understood why being "built like a brick shithouse" was a compliment about a woman's figure, but it seems relevant here.

To me though, it seems more descriptive of someone like the lovely Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus, who competed in Olympic shot-put.

 

Travel Agent:"Come to America, and see our lovely people zoos. They are much
safer, and offering cigarettes to those on display is strictly prohibited. In the event
you are taken hostage, the state will not negotiate for your release, so do stay off the
railings to avoid having an unpleasant experience while on your tour of our fine people zoos."

 

I've seen it referencing women who aren't, can't give you a cite right now though.

ETA: Here we go, Wiktionary says:

 

Thanks for heads up @Iain, will give it whirl at the salsa. 'Honey, you are beautiful, built like a brick shithouse to my eyes.'

 

Ketchup. I really don't know why but I am viscerally disturbed in the presence of ketchup.