Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

And we can live vicariously through it.

 

There is. I recently acquired a brown corduroy suit and have sourced but not yet purchased suede elbow patches for it. Need to see how much my tailor will charge to put them on.

 

People in the UK who use American pronunciation.

In this country, it's "shedual'd", not "skedual'd", goddammit!

 

Where do they learn to say it that way? American tv or something?

 

By that reasoning all words that start with 'sc' make the 'c' silent.
So sceptic/skeptic would be 'septic' by this small deduction.
Or school would be pronounced 'shool'.
Just an observation of your mini argument, but following that rule
for all words staring with 'sc' as in schedule would make an entertaining
dynamic in common conversation.

Spelling and pronunciation are weird between American and English.
(Your accent is funner though.)

 

What's logic got to do with the English language?

 

It doesn't, I just find it amusing.

 

When people talk about David Bowie having one eye a different colour than the other. It really shouldn’t annoy me because I used to think it too, but he hadn’t got one eye a different colour, he simply had a permanently dilated left pupil.

 

I'm annoyed that @OurJud 's annoyances haven't yet been collected into book form.

 

I should start a blog but the moment I do these annoyances will stop occurring to me!

 

The what I can only imagine is a generation’s demand for documentaries and tabloid-type programmes concerning death/murder/violent crime. Does nobody else seek good old fashioned innocent escapism anymore?? Just a quick flick through the Sky schedules demonstrates my point. Starting at page three on the TV planner I see World’s Most Evil Killers; Snapped: Women Who Kill; America’s Hardest Prisons; Countdown to Murder; Criminal Intent; Ice Cold Killers; Manson Family Murders Cult; Evil Lies Here....

I could go on and on and on but I’m sure you get the picture. Why do so many people these days want to spend every waking hour in murder and death?? Even the fictional dramas these days seem to be in competition to see who can conjure up deaths and murder in the most horrific manner imaginable!

 

I noticed this with the recent obsession people had with a Netflix doc on Ted Bundy. That stuff gives me the shivers and I think I'd rather do just about anything else than watch a show about a depraved serial killer, but lots of people watched it for some reason. I do enjoy crime shows though.

 

I think its more the psychology of how these people could do these things. I havent watched the Bundy one, nor do i care to...but i listen to the true crime podcasts, and the murder mysteries and unsolved cases and stuff like that.

And a "based on a true story" one that i like is Mind Hunters, how the FBI created psychological profiles of killer by interviewing them in prison.


Personally.... The "why" (they are what they are) is more interesting than the "how" (they did what they did).

 

None of that stuff interests me, it only depresses me deeply. I’d rather watch artificial grass growing.

 

Mega- try hard classmates.

Yes, they're setting the bar and doing the exemplary work for the course a lot of the time. I get it. But when the assignment is a discussion board thread post where they need to respond to someone who did a fair thread start (500 -750 words) with outrageous lengths, i get irritated. This one dude in my class responded to a good thread initial post with a gargantuan 1700 word beast that cites 6 sources. We don't need to cite sources for this assignment. It's a freindly neighborhood discussion thread.

Please, mega try hard, just tone it down a smidge. That's all I'm asking. We're all going to get A's on the assignment anyways.

I thought this was fitting for the thread because his time and effort literally do nothing to affect me. And yet, it irritates the shit out of me.

 

No, Google, I'm not single and over 45. Thanks for asking though.

 

As a teacher I'm torn on this one. Last year was online hence the first use of discussion boards in my classes, a learning experience on both sides. Without going into specifics, I discovered that my syllabus was too weak. Students were able to follow the rules I'd set up and get passing grades despite doing what I considered sub-passing work. My fault, I made the rules and they figured out how to game them.

But what you mention can be equally annoying. It's hard to explain to a student that too much is as bad as too little, but when you have a [large number] of assignments to grade you can't give an appropriate amount of attention to all of them if they're just overdone. That's why I have to set upper limits with penalties as well. 500-750 word assignment turned in at 450 words? I'll score it fairly, then deduct 50% for not following the directions. 500-750 word assignment turned in at 800 words? Ditto. I guess I'm saying that his overeagerness does affect you as it consumes your professor's grading time and mental energy and may result in you getting a lesser level of attention than you deserve.

 

That is a stiff cut in score, but I'm sure they'll learn quick the first time. The mega-try hards will be super pissed though. All that work for a half score.

Do I feel bad? Hmmm, that's up for debate.

 

I teach mostly freshmen and sophomores, so I look at it as a life lesson in reading and following directions.

 

This commercial.

 

Jeebus. My thoughts wouldn't even fly in the Debate Room.

 

Nothing about that commercial helped me understand why I should buy Jeep.

 

We have similar drivel here. I find it deplorable that a car company would attempt to link national unity to its brand: only if you're a Jeep driver are you putting out a message of national unity.