Football Home Game
Sat, August 31, 2024
Sat, August 31, 2024
Basketball Home Game
Fri, November 1, 2024
Fri, November 1, 2024
Random Pet Peeve
-
- Posts: 1567
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 6:01 pm
- Has thanked: 160 times
- Been thanked: 299 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
The LA drivers had probably never seen a turn signal so they didn't know what to do.ChicAggie wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 3:04 pmUnexpectedly, when I lived in Los Angeles, drivers more often than not would keep the gap open or allow it to open even wider if I signaled to move over. In the Chicagoland area, I find it is quite the opposite. It seems that the vast majority of drivers rush to close the gap when you signal. Definitely a pet peeve.BigBlueDart wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 11:16 amOh my gosh! This! There is plenty of room in the lane I need to move to. I turn on my signal and then the car behind me starts closing the gap. I think it's a knee-jerk reaction from a lot of people. Usually I still just start moving into the lane as there is usually still the space to do so. I just end up with someone tailgating me breifly (I hope). I've been honked at, for doing this, but really they've got no right to.brownjeans wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 11:07 amDrivers who take my signal as a challenge to quickly make claim to the land I intend to move to and cut me off or block me out by any means.ChicAggie wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 8:38 amOther driving pet peeves:
- Drivers who don't signal their intentions before turning or changing lanes
- Drivers who don't pay attention when the light changes and then get mad and flip you off when you give them the polite tap on the horn to alert them that the light has changed (the appropriate response is to get moving and give a polite "apology wave")
-
- Posts: 1567
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 6:01 pm
- Has thanked: 160 times
- Been thanked: 299 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:36 pmThey’re called leashes. I know pet owners find them inhumane but dogs aren’t human. While I can appreciate you’re at least an owner that picks up the poop, I don’t relate domesticated pets with wild animals. Like what was already said it’s not about the poop so much as a pet owner determining that my yard is free for use of their pet simply because it’s an animal and “animals will be animals after all”.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:21 pmAnd you can respect that property by picking up after your pet. It is the outdoors. The pet is an animal. It is no different than a deer coming down from the mountains and into your yard and dropping their raisins. It comes with the territory of having a yard. At least I'm picking up after the pet I own!hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:04 pmIf I’m on a walk with my kids I don’t let them run on a random person’s yard or even a neighbor’s yard.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 5:48 pmI think you are overestimating how much control pet-owners have over where/when their dog poops.. If your neighbors dog is ALWAYS pooping in your yard, that is different, but if I'm on a walk with my dog, he's just gonna poop on some yard, and I clean it up every time. If you're that bothered by poop residue, you either need a pet or a baby to help you move past it.AgMac wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:49 pmHipsterdoofus is my spirit animal. I've said the same thing 10,000,000 times. How insanely inconsiderate do you have to be to allow your dog to crap in someone else's yard, cleanup or not? In what world do you think its ok to allows your pet on someone else's property to take a crap?hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:30 pmThis drives me nuts too, but for me I’m almost as much bothered by people thinking it’s ok for their dog to crap in my yard as long as they clean it up. There’s still poo residue people!
I don’t like that an individual’s decision to get a dog suddenly makes it neighborhood’s shared responsibility. If pet owners can’t control where their pet roams, goes to the bathroom, digs, or the sounds it’s making in the wee hours of the morning then they shouldn’t have that pet unless everyone on the street signed off on the decision.
Like AgMac I too grew up on a farm. It isn’t about the poop, it’s about respecting someone’s property.
You can't make the comparison to children. You are able to give them more explicit instructions.
There are plenty of things that become the neighborhood's responsibility without having to get permission that everyone has to deal with. I have a neighbor that has been remodeling their yard for the last four years. The neighborhood has had to deal with the dirt mounds that blow everywhere when it even gets a little windy. I didn't sign off on their decision. There are plenty of things that would fit into this example, and I guarantee you would have some yourself. It is all a give and take.
It's a piece of dirt with some vegetation on it. I couldn't care less if a dog poops on my lawn as long as the owner picks it up. It's not disrespectful or lazy (if they pick it up it's the opposite of lazy). There are bigger things to be annoyed about in life. Like the inappropriate use of quotation marks in "society".
- ChicAggie
- Posts: 2816
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 1:18 pm
- Location: Chicago
- Has thanked: 357 times
- Been thanked: 380 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 8:56 amApostrophes when somebody is using a plural word.
Classic.
"Good is the enemy of great.” ~ Jim Collins
- sam tingey
- Pick'em Champ - '13, '16 FB Predict the Score; '17, '18 Bowl
- Posts: 3622
- Joined: October 2nd, 2012, 8:40 am
- Has thanked: 1827 times
- Been thanked: 888 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
FIFYQuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 8:56 amApostrophe's when somebody is using a plural word.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
- These users thanked the author sam tingey for the post (total 3):
- NVAggie • QuackAttackAggie • aggies22
-
- SJSU Ultimate Loser Award Winner - Given to someone that should probably give up but won't.
- Posts: 23328
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 8:09 am
- Location: Where the sagebrush grows!
- Has thanked: 1400 times
- Been thanked: 3128 times
- hipsterdoofus21
- Mr. Buttface
- Posts: 18006
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 9:39 pm
- Has thanked: 3014 times
- Been thanked: 3032 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Was my use inappropriate? It’s how dog owner’s justify their dogs behavior and pass the buck on responsibility.AgMan21 wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 9:46 amhipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:36 pmThey’re called leashes. I know pet owners find them inhumane but dogs aren’t human. While I can appreciate you’re at least an owner that picks up the poop, I don’t relate domesticated pets with wild animals. Like what was already said it’s not about the poop so much as a pet owner determining that my yard is free for use of their pet simply because it’s an animal and “animals will be animals after all”.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:21 pmAnd you can respect that property by picking up after your pet. It is the outdoors. The pet is an animal. It is no different than a deer coming down from the mountains and into your yard and dropping their raisins. It comes with the territory of having a yard. At least I'm picking up after the pet I own!hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:04 pmIf I’m on a walk with my kids I don’t let them run on a random person’s yard or even a neighbor’s yard.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 5:48 pmI think you are overestimating how much control pet-owners have over where/when their dog poops.. If your neighbors dog is ALWAYS pooping in your yard, that is different, but if I'm on a walk with my dog, he's just gonna poop on some yard, and I clean it up every time. If you're that bothered by poop residue, you either need a pet or a baby to help you move past it.AgMac wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:49 pmHipsterdoofus is my spirit animal. I've said the same thing 10,000,000 times. How insanely inconsiderate do you have to be to allow your dog to crap in someone else's yard, cleanup or not? In what world do you think its ok to allows your pet on someone else's property to take a crap?hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:30 pmThis drives me nuts too, but for me I’m almost as much bothered by people thinking it’s ok for their dog to crap in my yard as long as they clean it up. There’s still poo residue people!
I don’t like that an individual’s decision to get a dog suddenly makes it neighborhood’s shared responsibility. If pet owners can’t control where their pet roams, goes to the bathroom, digs, or the sounds it’s making in the wee hours of the morning then they shouldn’t have that pet unless everyone on the street signed off on the decision.
Like AgMac I too grew up on a farm. It isn’t about the poop, it’s about respecting someone’s property.
You can't make the comparison to children. You are able to give them more explicit instructions.
There are plenty of things that become the neighborhood's responsibility without having to get permission that everyone has to deal with. I have a neighbor that has been remodeling their yard for the last four years. The neighborhood has had to deal with the dirt mounds that blow everywhere when it even gets a little windy. I didn't sign off on their decision. There are plenty of things that would fit into this example, and I guarantee you would have some yourself. It is all a give and take.
It's a piece of dirt with some vegetation on it. I couldn't care less if a dog poops on my lawn as long as the owner picks it up. It's not disrespectful or lazy (if they pick it up it's the opposite of lazy). There are bigger things to be annoyed about in life. Like the inappropriate use of quotation marks in "society".
You sound like a dog owner yourself.
- WAaggieFan
- Posts: 3263
- Joined: June 27th, 2013, 9:02 pm
- Location: Wenatchee, WA
- Has thanked: 21 times
- Been thanked: 113 times
Random Pet Peeve
Actually it was. Owners should not have an apostrophe while their dog’s behavior should. Did I get that one right, quack? Or should dogs have been plural too? In which case I think it might be dogs’ behavior?hipsterdoofus21 wrote:Was my use inappropriate? It’s how dog owner’s justify their dogs behavior and pass the buck on responsibility.AgMan21 wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 9:46 amhipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:36 pmThey’re called leashes. I know pet owners find them inhumane but dogs aren’t human. While I can appreciate you’re at least an owner that picks up the poop, I don’t relate domesticated pets with wild animals. Like what was already said it’s not about the poop so much as a pet owner determining that my yard is free for use of their pet simply because it’s an animal and “animals will be animals after all”.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:21 pmAnd you can respect that property by picking up after your pet. It is the outdoors. The pet is an animal. It is no different than a deer coming down from the mountains and into your yard and dropping their raisins. It comes with the territory of having a yard. At least I'm picking up after the pet I own!hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:04 pmIf I’m on a walk with my kids I don’t let them run on a random person’s yard or even a neighbor’s yard.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 5:48 pmI think you are overestimating how much control pet-owners have over where/when their dog poops.. If your neighbors dog is ALWAYS pooping in your yard, that is different, but if I'm on a walk with my dog, he's just gonna poop on some yard, and I clean it up every time. If you're that bothered by poop residue, you either need a pet or a baby to help you move past it.AgMac wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:49 pmHipsterdoofus is my spirit animal. I've said the same thing 10,000,000 times. How insanely inconsiderate do you have to be to allow your dog to crap in someone else's yard, cleanup or not? In what world do you think its ok to allows your pet on someone else's property to take a crap?hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:30 pmThis drives me nuts too, but for me I’m almost as much bothered by people thinking it’s ok for their dog to crap in my yard as long as they clean it up. There’s still poo residue people!
I don’t like that an individual’s decision to get a dog suddenly makes it neighborhood’s shared responsibility. If pet owners can’t control where their pet roams, goes to the bathroom, digs, or the sounds it’s making in the wee hours of the morning then they shouldn’t have that pet unless everyone on the street signed off on the decision.
Like AgMac I too grew up on a farm. It isn’t about the poop, it’s about respecting someone’s property.
You can't make the comparison to children. You are able to give them more explicit instructions.
There are plenty of things that become the neighborhood's responsibility without having to get permission that everyone has to deal with. I have a neighbor that has been remodeling their yard for the last four years. The neighborhood has had to deal with the dirt mounds that blow everywhere when it even gets a little windy. I didn't sign off on their decision. There are plenty of things that would fit into this example, and I guarantee you would have some yourself. It is all a give and take.
It's a piece of dirt with some vegetation on it. I couldn't care less if a dog poops on my lawn as long as the owner picks it up. It's not disrespectful or lazy (if they pick it up it's the opposite of lazy). There are bigger things to be annoyed about in life. Like the inappropriate use of quotation marks in "society".
You sound like a dog owner yourself.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
- frankiesaysrelax
- Posts: 639
- Joined: August 15th, 2014, 8:15 pm
- Has thanked: 125 times
- Been thanked: 194 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Subaru’s the word was Subaru’s, but thanks for playing.WAaggieFan wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 9:16 pmActually it was. Owners should not have an apostrophe while their dog’s behavior should. Did I get that one right, quack? Or should dogs have been plural too? In which case I think it might be dogs’ behavior?hipsterdoofus21 wrote:Was my use inappropriate? It’s how dog owner’s justify their dogs behavior and pass the buck on responsibility.AgMan21 wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 9:46 amhipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:36 pmThey’re called leashes. I know pet owners find them inhumane but dogs aren’t human. While I can appreciate you’re at least an owner that picks up the poop, I don’t relate domesticated pets with wild animals. Like what was already said it’s not about the poop so much as a pet owner determining that my yard is free for use of their pet simply because it’s an animal and “animals will be animals after all”.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:21 pmAnd you can respect that property by picking up after your pet. It is the outdoors. The pet is an animal. It is no different than a deer coming down from the mountains and into your yard and dropping their raisins. It comes with the territory of having a yard. At least I'm picking up after the pet I own!hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:04 pmIf I’m on a walk with my kids I don’t let them run on a random person’s yard or even a neighbor’s yard.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 5:48 pmI think you are overestimating how much control pet-owners have over where/when their dog poops.. If your neighbors dog is ALWAYS pooping in your yard, that is different, but if I'm on a walk with my dog, he's just gonna poop on some yard, and I clean it up every time. If you're that bothered by poop residue, you either need a pet or a baby to help you move past it.AgMac wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:49 pmHipsterdoofus is my spirit animal. I've said the same thing 10,000,000 times. How insanely inconsiderate do you have to be to allow your dog to crap in someone else's yard, cleanup or not? In what world do you think its ok to allows your pet on someone else's property to take a crap?hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:30 pmThis drives me nuts too, but for me I’m almost as much bothered by people thinking it’s ok for their dog to crap in my yard as long as they clean it up. There’s still poo residue people!
I don’t like that an individual’s decision to get a dog suddenly makes it neighborhood’s shared responsibility. If pet owners can’t control where their pet roams, goes to the bathroom, digs, or the sounds it’s making in the wee hours of the morning then they shouldn’t have that pet unless everyone on the street signed off on the decision.
Like AgMac I too grew up on a farm. It isn’t about the poop, it’s about respecting someone’s property.
You can't make the comparison to children. You are able to give them more explicit instructions.
There are plenty of things that become the neighborhood's responsibility without having to get permission that everyone has to deal with. I have a neighbor that has been remodeling their yard for the last four years. The neighborhood has had to deal with the dirt mounds that blow everywhere when it even gets a little windy. I didn't sign off on their decision. There are plenty of things that would fit into this example, and I guarantee you would have some yourself. It is all a give and take.
It's a piece of dirt with some vegetation on it. I couldn't care less if a dog poops on my lawn as long as the owner picks it up. It's not disrespectful or lazy (if they pick it up it's the opposite of lazy). There are bigger things to be annoyed about in life. Like the inappropriate use of quotation marks in "society".
You sound like a dog owner yourself.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
- WAaggieFan
- Posts: 3263
- Joined: June 27th, 2013, 9:02 pm
- Location: Wenatchee, WA
- Has thanked: 21 times
- Been thanked: 113 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Hmmm, didn’t see that word anywhere in what I quoted. But it’s really hard to keep track of where this thread is going!frankiesaysrelax wrote:Subaru’s the word was Subaru’s, but thanks for playing.WAaggieFan wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 9:16 pmActually it was. Owners should not have an apostrophe while their dog’s behavior should. Did I get that one right, quack? Or should dogs have been plural too? In which case I think it might be dogs’ behavior?hipsterdoofus21 wrote:Was my use inappropriate? It’s how dog owner’s justify their dogs behavior and pass the buck on responsibility.AgMan21 wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 9:46 amhipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:36 pmThey’re called leashes. I know pet owners find them inhumane but dogs aren’t human. While I can appreciate you’re at least an owner that picks up the poop, I don’t relate domesticated pets with wild animals. Like what was already said it’s not about the poop so much as a pet owner determining that my yard is free for use of their pet simply because it’s an animal and “animals will be animals after all”.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:21 pmAnd you can respect that property by picking up after your pet. It is the outdoors. The pet is an animal. It is no different than a deer coming down from the mountains and into your yard and dropping their raisins. It comes with the territory of having a yard. At least I'm picking up after the pet I own!hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:04 pmIf I’m on a walk with my kids I don’t let them run on a random person’s yard or even a neighbor’s yard.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 5:48 pmI think you are overestimating how much control pet-owners have over where/when their dog poops.. If your neighbors dog is ALWAYS pooping in your yard, that is different, but if I'm on a walk with my dog, he's just gonna poop on some yard, and I clean it up every time. If you're that bothered by poop residue, you either need a pet or a baby to help you move past it.AgMac wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:49 pmHipsterdoofus is my spirit animal. I've said the same thing 10,000,000 times. How insanely inconsiderate do you have to be to allow your dog to crap in someone else's yard, cleanup or not? In what world do you think its ok to allows your pet on someone else's property to take a crap?hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:30 pmThis drives me nuts too, but for me I’m almost as much bothered by people thinking it’s ok for their dog to crap in my yard as long as they clean it up. There’s still poo residue people!
I don’t like that an individual’s decision to get a dog suddenly makes it neighborhood’s shared responsibility. If pet owners can’t control where their pet roams, goes to the bathroom, digs, or the sounds it’s making in the wee hours of the morning then they shouldn’t have that pet unless everyone on the street signed off on the decision.
Like AgMac I too grew up on a farm. It isn’t about the poop, it’s about respecting someone’s property.
You can't make the comparison to children. You are able to give them more explicit instructions.
There are plenty of things that become the neighborhood's responsibility without having to get permission that everyone has to deal with. I have a neighbor that has been remodeling their yard for the last four years. The neighborhood has had to deal with the dirt mounds that blow everywhere when it even gets a little windy. I didn't sign off on their decision. There are plenty of things that would fit into this example, and I guarantee you would have some yourself. It is all a give and take.
It's a piece of dirt with some vegetation on it. I couldn't care less if a dog poops on my lawn as long as the owner picks it up. It's not disrespectful or lazy (if they pick it up it's the opposite of lazy). There are bigger things to be annoyed about in life. Like the inappropriate use of quotation marks in "society".
You sound like a dog owner yourself.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
- Posts: 1567
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 6:01 pm
- Has thanked: 160 times
- Been thanked: 299 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Haha no sorry. I actually didn't notice your use of quotation marks that was just a happy accident! I was thinking like when restaurants or grocery stores advertise their food as "fresh". I just don't mind animals on my lawn. Except for squirrels. They can burn in hell. But as long as owners clean up after them, I don't really care. I did grow up with a dog though so maybe that's why I don't care. And I grew up in Logan where almost everywhere has a green strip so our dog could just do his business there.hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 8:02 pmWas my use inappropriate? It’s how dog owner’s justify their dogs behavior and pass the buck on responsibility.AgMan21 wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 9:46 amhipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:36 pmThey’re called leashes. I know pet owners find them inhumane but dogs aren’t human. While I can appreciate you’re at least an owner that picks up the poop, I don’t relate domesticated pets with wild animals. Like what was already said it’s not about the poop so much as a pet owner determining that my yard is free for use of their pet simply because it’s an animal and “animals will be animals after all”.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:21 pmAnd you can respect that property by picking up after your pet. It is the outdoors. The pet is an animal. It is no different than a deer coming down from the mountains and into your yard and dropping their raisins. It comes with the territory of having a yard. At least I'm picking up after the pet I own!hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 7:04 pmIf I’m on a walk with my kids I don’t let them run on a random person’s yard or even a neighbor’s yard.Turtle wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 5:48 pmI think you are overestimating how much control pet-owners have over where/when their dog poops.. If your neighbors dog is ALWAYS pooping in your yard, that is different, but if I'm on a walk with my dog, he's just gonna poop on some yard, and I clean it up every time. If you're that bothered by poop residue, you either need a pet or a baby to help you move past it.AgMac wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:49 pmHipsterdoofus is my spirit animal. I've said the same thing 10,000,000 times. How insanely inconsiderate do you have to be to allow your dog to crap in someone else's yard, cleanup or not? In what world do you think its ok to allows your pet on someone else's property to take a crap?hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:30 pmThis drives me nuts too, but for me I’m almost as much bothered by people thinking it’s ok for their dog to crap in my yard as long as they clean it up. There’s still poo residue people!
I don’t like that an individual’s decision to get a dog suddenly makes it neighborhood’s shared responsibility. If pet owners can’t control where their pet roams, goes to the bathroom, digs, or the sounds it’s making in the wee hours of the morning then they shouldn’t have that pet unless everyone on the street signed off on the decision.
Like AgMac I too grew up on a farm. It isn’t about the poop, it’s about respecting someone’s property.
You can't make the comparison to children. You are able to give them more explicit instructions.
There are plenty of things that become the neighborhood's responsibility without having to get permission that everyone has to deal with. I have a neighbor that has been remodeling their yard for the last four years. The neighborhood has had to deal with the dirt mounds that blow everywhere when it even gets a little windy. I didn't sign off on their decision. There are plenty of things that would fit into this example, and I guarantee you would have some yourself. It is all a give and take.
It's a piece of dirt with some vegetation on it. I couldn't care less if a dog poops on my lawn as long as the owner picks it up. It's not disrespectful or lazy (if they pick it up it's the opposite of lazy). There are bigger things to be annoyed about in life. Like the inappropriate use of quotation marks in "society".
You sound like a dog owner yourself.
- ChicAggie
- Posts: 2816
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 1:18 pm
- Location: Chicago
- Has thanked: 357 times
- Been thanked: 380 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
As long as we're picking nits, with very few exceptions (colons, for example) punctuation belongs inside the quotes -- even if you're just quoting a single word like "fresh."
"Good is the enemy of great.” ~ Jim Collins
-
- Posts: 1567
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 6:01 pm
- Has thanked: 160 times
- Been thanked: 299 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
As with most grammar rules in English it depends on where you are from and whether you were taught American English rules or not. As a rule of thumb in American English, you are correct. Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks. However, traditionally, it depended on what you were quoting and whether the punctuation applies to only the quote or the entire sentence. I was taught by an English teacher that believed in traditional English rules and in my opinion it just makes more sense that the punctuation should be used in that way. Which, I suppose, means that I'm swimming against the current of modern grammar rules.
Since I don't really care one way or another, I'll do my best to switch to the modern usage. But I'm never giving up the oxford comma. You'll have to pry that from my cold, dead hand.
- thegreendalegelf
- Posts: 993
- Joined: August 18th, 2017, 3:26 pm
- Has thanked: 969 times
- Been thanked: 327 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
I don't understand how the oxford comma is even questionable. Clearly the best.AgMan21 wrote: ↑September 13th, 2019, 10:57 amAs with most grammar rules in English it depends on where you are from and whether you were taught American English rules or not. As a rule of thumb in American English, you are correct. Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks. However, traditionally, it depended on what you were quoting and whether the punctuation applies to only the quote or the entire sentence. I was taught by an English teacher that believed in traditional English rules and in my opinion it just makes more sense that the punctuation should be used in that way. Which, I suppose, means that I'm swimming against the current of modern grammar rules.
Since I don't really care one way or another, I'll do my best to switch to the modern usage. But I'm never giving up the oxford comma. You'll have to pry that from my cold, dead hand.
- These users thanked the author thegreendalegelf for the post (total 2):
- AgMan21 • JSHarvey
- BigBlueDart
- Pick'em Champ - '17 FB Predict the Score
- Posts: 9093
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 7:57 am
- Location: Syracuse, UT
- Has thanked: 252 times
- Been thanked: 1029 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
OXFORD COMMA RULES!!!!
- These users thanked the author BigBlueDart for the post:
- JSHarvey
- BigBlueDart
- Pick'em Champ - '17 FB Predict the Score
- Posts: 9093
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 7:57 am
- Location: Syracuse, UT
- Has thanked: 252 times
- Been thanked: 1029 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
You know what. I think I just found my poster to hold up at the next home game.
- These users thanked the author BigBlueDart for the post:
- JSHarvey
-
- SJSU Ultimate Loser Award Winner - Given to someone that should probably give up but won't.
- Posts: 23328
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 8:09 am
- Location: Where the sagebrush grows!
- Has thanked: 1400 times
- Been thanked: 3128 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
I'm all about the Oxford comma. I don't want to live in a world where it doesn't exist.
- TheAKAggie
- DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING I SAY
- Posts: 6360
- Joined: February 3rd, 2012, 10:21 pm
- Location: Hyde Park, UT
- Has thanked: 231 times
- Been thanked: 592 times
- Contact:
Re: Random Pet Peeve
I always use the oxford comma at school, for work and even at home.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
- These users thanked the author TheAKAggie for the post (total 2):
- sam tingey • JSHarvey
Hail Aggies!
-
- Posts: 2366
- Joined: September 9th, 2011, 4:32 pm
- Location: The gloomy Northwest
- Has thanked: 27 times
- Been thanked: 148 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
I just plain hate dogs. My father hated dogs, and his father before him. I walk past without looking at them, no matter how much their owners try to get me to pet, appreciate, or otherwise acknowledge their loud, stinking existence. Woe be unto the dog that craps in my yard.Chupamedia wrote: ↑September 12th, 2019, 9:01 amLove this! I don’t know when it happened but over the past 10 years every dog owner thinks I am just as enamored by their dog as they are. When did leashes become illegal? Every time I am biking in the mountains i come upon hikers with dogs loose. The dog will race up to me and whether it is aggressive or just curious or wants to play - I’m not interested. That’s why I didn’t bring a dog with me. They never can control their dog - but still refuse to leash it.hipsterdoofus21 wrote: ↑September 11th, 2019, 4:30 pmIf I’m on a walk with my kids I don’t let them run on a random person’s yard or even a neighbor’s yard.
I don’t like that an individual’s decision to get a dog suddenly makes it neighborhood’s shared responsibility. If pet owners can’t control where their pet roams, goes to the bathroom, digs, or the sounds it’s making in the wee hours of the morning then they shouldn’t have that pet unless everyone on the street signed off on the decision.
Like AgMac I too grew up on a farm. It isn’t about the poop, it’s about respecting someone’s property.
The whole taking a dump on your property - major annoyance. Just because your dog decides it’s time doesn’t give it the right to come over and pop a squat on my lawn. If you want a domestic pet - great, but be responsible. Your decision to be a pet owner shouldn’t affect my life. It’s just lazy and inconsiderate
- brownjeans
- Flatulent
- Posts: 18612
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 10:21 am
- Has thanked: 951 times
- Been thanked: 1739 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
"I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person."
-Bill Murray
-Bill Murray
- These users thanked the author brownjeans for the post:
- Turtle
-
- Posts: 276
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 11:14 am
- Has thanked: 47 times
- Been thanked: 81 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
I love dogs. It’s the dog owners that are the problem. If I have to hear one more dog owner tell me in hushed tones “he’s a rescue,” my head might explode. Like they’re mother Teresa for not going to a breeder or puppy mill.
- BearLakeMonster
- Posts: 2392
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 10:45 am
- Location: The Caribbean of the Rockies
- Has thanked: 375 times
- Been thanked: 388 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
THEY'RE NOT YOUR G@/×! D&÷*# BABIES!
Treating a dog like a person just ruins a good dog by foisting your codependency on a confused little animal turning it into a reflection of your psycho self!
Every time I hear anyone say fur baby I want to puke!
Treating a dog like a person just ruins a good dog by foisting your codependency on a confused little animal turning it into a reflection of your psycho self!
Every time I hear anyone say fur baby I want to puke!
- These users thanked the author BearLakeMonster for the post:
- Zaggie07
"The evil I can tolerate. But the stupidity... Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself homo!"
- thegreendalegelf
- Posts: 993
- Joined: August 18th, 2017, 3:26 pm
- Has thanked: 969 times
- Been thanked: 327 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
fur babyBearLakeMonster wrote: ↑September 14th, 2019, 1:51 pmTHEY'RE NOT YOUR G@/×! D&÷*# BABIES!
Treating a dog like a person just ruins a good dog by foisting your codependency on a confused little animal turning it into a reflection of your psycho self!
Every time I hear anyone say fur baby I want to puke!
- BearLakeMonster
- Posts: 2392
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 10:45 am
- Location: The Caribbean of the Rockies
- Has thanked: 375 times
- Been thanked: 388 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
thegreendalegelf wrote: ↑September 14th, 2019, 6:50 pmfur babyBearLakeMonster wrote: ↑September 14th, 2019, 1:51 pmTHEY'RE NOT YOUR G@/×! D&÷*# BABIES!
Treating a dog like a person just ruins a good dog by foisting your codependency on a confused little animal turning it into a reflection of your psycho self!
Every time I hear anyone say fur baby I want to puke!
"The evil I can tolerate. But the stupidity... Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself homo!"
- treesap32
- Moderator
- Posts: 16777
- Joined: July 28th, 2005, 1:00 am
- Location: Washington D.C.
- Has thanked: 1112 times
- Been thanked: 2655 times
- Contact:
- ChicAggie
- Posts: 2816
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 1:18 pm
- Location: Chicago
- Has thanked: 357 times
- Been thanked: 380 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Indeed. When writing or editing, I always use the Oxford comma. If the writer I'm editing doesn't like it, F'em.thegreendalegelf wrote: ↑September 13th, 2019, 11:12 amI don't understand how the oxford comma is even questionable. Clearly the best.AgMan21 wrote: ↑September 13th, 2019, 10:57 amAs with most grammar rules in English it depends on where you are from and whether you were taught American English rules or not. As a rule of thumb in American English, you are correct. Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks. However, traditionally, it depended on what you were quoting and whether the punctuation applies to only the quote or the entire sentence. I was taught by an English teacher that believed in traditional English rules and in my opinion it just makes more sense that the punctuation should be used in that way. Which, I suppose, means that I'm swimming against the current of modern grammar rules.
Since I don't really care one way or another, I'll do my best to switch to the modern usage. But I'm never giving up the oxford comma. You'll have to pry that from my cold, dead hand.
"Good is the enemy of great.” ~ Jim Collins
-
- RIP
- Posts: 1861
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 4:34 pm
- Has thanked: 922 times
- Been thanked: 355 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Football etiquette is missing.
Children should be chaperoned, they should not roam around the west stadium club level. that is what happened. 5 monsters ruined much of the game for many of those in section 7 of the club seat area. Never sat down, moved to the rail blocking the view for many in attendance, screamed at folks below that where walking on the concourse throwing stuff at them.
If you want to leave your seat why not leave when there is a break in the action ? Then you return do the same thing. Do not kick the seat of those in front of you. When you send your kid to get the free snack's offered why not go less than 10 times in one game?
Children should be chaperoned, they should not roam around the west stadium club level. that is what happened. 5 monsters ruined much of the game for many of those in section 7 of the club seat area. Never sat down, moved to the rail blocking the view for many in attendance, screamed at folks below that where walking on the concourse throwing stuff at them.
If you want to leave your seat why not leave when there is a break in the action ? Then you return do the same thing. Do not kick the seat of those in front of you. When you send your kid to get the free snack's offered why not go less than 10 times in one game?
-
- Posts: 1154
- Joined: March 12th, 2018, 6:51 pm
- Has thanked: 190 times
- Been thanked: 337 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
I saw a pet peeve about not waving when someone lets you in to a traffic jam or something. I always wave cuz it’s the right thing to do. What about not waving back? Oh cuz you are nice enough to let someone in you don’t have to do the polite thing and wave back?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
- BigBlueDart
- Pick'em Champ - '17 FB Predict the Score
- Posts: 9093
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 7:57 am
- Location: Syracuse, UT
- Has thanked: 252 times
- Been thanked: 1029 times
- treesap32
- Moderator
- Posts: 16777
- Joined: July 28th, 2005, 1:00 am
- Location: Washington D.C.
- Has thanked: 1112 times
- Been thanked: 2655 times
- Contact:
Re: Random Pet Peeve
*wipe's
- These users thanked the author treesap32 for the post (total 2):
- BigBlueDart • sam tingey
- Al-O-Meter
- Posts: 52
- Joined: September 16th, 2019, 1:04 pm
- Has thanked: 11 times
- Been thanked: 75 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
I don’t mean to be a downer in what is a fun thread but I’m sad this problem isn’t worse.oleblu111 wrote: ↑September 16th, 2019, 1:17 pmFootball etiquette is missing.
Children should be chaperoned, they should not roam around the west stadium club level. that is what happened. 5 monsters ruined much of the game for many of those in section 7 of the club seat area. Never sat down, moved to the rail blocking the view for many in attendance, screamed at folks below that where walking on the concourse throwing stuff at them.
If you want to leave your seat why not leave when there is a break in the action ? Then you return do the same thing. Do not kick the seat of those in front of you. When you send your kid to get the free snack's offered why not go less than 10 times in one game?
I was at a local park one weekend that just happened to be the Pop-Warner sign-up day. There were, at most, 12 boys there to sign up. That isn’t 12 boys for a single age group. It was 12 total for all ages.
It so happens in my area that Pop-Warner also runs cheerleaders. On that same day there had to be 80-100 girls there to sign up to be cheerleaders. Football sign-up day was a field full of girls wanting to be cheerleaders and 10 or 12 boys.
The Aztecs used to draw 50,000+ to big games. In the upcoming USU game showcasing a future NFL star in Jordan Love, it is likely to be 25,000 in attendance. The mobs of kids who used to crowd the rails at the bottom of the aisle hoping to get the attention of the mascot, or a cheerleader, or get a cameraman to show them on the jumbotron are few and far between.
I know I’m part of the problem. I’m a big brawlin 6’5” former defensive end, and my wife is 5’11”. My 7-year old son is a natural athlete who towers over his classmates. He will not be allowed to play football. The years of head trauma incurred by all the practice necessary to become a high level performer are too high of a price to pay. That day in the park shows me how many of my neighbors agree with me, and so the love of this great game is breaking down.
I do have season tickets. My son and I go to every game. He loves it, but he really loves the tailgate with my friends and their kids more than he loves the game. I understand not liking poorly behaved kids but kids have always been wiggly. This problem used to be worse and I worry that as the as the stadiums empty of unruly kids, that it isn’t a good thing.
- These users thanked the author Al-O-Meter for the post:
- thegreendalegelf
- USU78
- Pick'em Champ - '16 Weekly
- Posts: 15338
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 6:43 am
- Location: Sandy
- Has thanked: 7112 times
- Been thanked: 2073 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Football is hard in the body, no question.
But life is even harder.
My broken neck. My aggravated scoliosis. My broken tailbone. My separated shoulder. These are my wounds that pain me in my sixties. Each the result of blunt force trauma. Each the result of football. And my one and only concussion didn't stop me from becoming a reasonably competent attorney. What else am I to point to that makes me proud of my manhood, who never fired a gun in anger at anybody?
Better my several traumas than never to have measured myself against other men and boys. Better to have aches and pains that aren't really occasioned by age alone.
Excuse my bluntness, but you're stealing something precious from that boy.
But life is even harder.
My broken neck. My aggravated scoliosis. My broken tailbone. My separated shoulder. These are my wounds that pain me in my sixties. Each the result of blunt force trauma. Each the result of football. And my one and only concussion didn't stop me from becoming a reasonably competent attorney. What else am I to point to that makes me proud of my manhood, who never fired a gun in anger at anybody?
Better my several traumas than never to have measured myself against other men and boys. Better to have aches and pains that aren't really occasioned by age alone.
Excuse my bluntness, but you're stealing something precious from that boy.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
- Al-O-Meter
- Posts: 52
- Joined: September 16th, 2019, 1:04 pm
- Has thanked: 11 times
- Been thanked: 75 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Maybe, but don’t confuse not playing tackle football with not competing. He’s been in martial arts since his fifth birthday, with full-contact sparing starting at around 6 ½. He’s been swimming since he was less than a year old and crushed his age-group at meets before moving up to compete against 8-year olds. He’s just started basketball for the first time this week. In the past he’s also tried soccer and baseball. In the next couple years he’ll get to try the very California sports of Triathlon and Water Polo. He’s also playing flag football after school. It is just tackle football that is off limits.
Contact sports, Non-contact sports, team sports, and solo sports, he does square off against friends and rivals all the time. Maybe this is an overshare, but currently we’re having an issue with honesty. He’s so competitive that he argues calls even when he knows he’s wrong just to see if he can get away with it. We’re having an ongoing talk about how bad it is to be cheater, and how being seen as a cheater ruins all the hard work you did because people will think you just won by cheating even when you didn’t. Like I said, that is off topic but it is on my mind and so now you all know about it but the life lessons and experiences, good and bad, that come from competition are being filled just not through tackle football.
- These users thanked the author Al-O-Meter for the post (total 5):
- AgMan21 • thegreendalegelf • USU78 • JSHarvey • crazywookie
- USU78
- Pick'em Champ - '16 Weekly
- Posts: 15338
- Joined: November 3rd, 2010, 6:43 am
- Location: Sandy
- Has thanked: 7112 times
- Been thanked: 2073 times
Re: Random Pet Peeve
Thanks for sharing it with us.Al-O-Meter wrote: ↑September 20th, 2019, 1:27 pmMaybe, but don’t confuse not playing tackle football with not competing. He’s been in martial arts since his fifth birthday, with full-contact sparing starting at around 6 ½. He’s been swimming since he was less than a year old and crushed his age-group at meets before moving up to compete against 8-year olds. He’s just started basketball for the first time this week. In the past he’s also tried soccer and baseball. In the next couple years he’ll get to try the very California sports of Triathlon and Water Polo. He’s also playing flag football after school. It is just tackle football that is off limits.
Contact sports, Non-contact sports, team sports, and solo sports, he does square off against friends and rivals all the time. Maybe this is an overshare, but currently we’re having an issue with honesty. He’s so competitive that he argues calls even when he knows he’s wrong just to see if he can get away with it. We’re having an ongoing talk about how bad it is to be cheater, and how being seen as a cheater ruins all the hard work you did because people will think you just won by cheating even when you didn’t. Like I said, that is off topic but it is on my mind and so now you all know about it but the life lessons and experiences, good and bad, that come from competition are being filled just not through tackle football.
- These users thanked the author USU78 for the post:
- Al-O-Meter
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.