| Pet peeves |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|09:18 pm] |
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You know what one of my pet peeves is? People who, either legitimately or ironically, complain about the way LiveJournal uses the word "Friends" as a descriptor for "people whose blogs you read." I wonder if they sit around concerned or smirking when they realize that their computer mouse isn't a rodent. Do they make posts about how their keyboard neither unlocks door nor is made from wood? I haven't seen this complaint recently, thank goodness, but it's something that's always gotten under my skin, which doesn't actually mean it's under my skin. |
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It also gives people the option to create friend lists, so they can create lists of actual friends, enemies, colleagues, foes, allies, arch-nemesis, etc, if they so choose. :P
My computer mouse isn't a rodent???
Then why does it demand cheese???
you're lucky! mine was trying to demand cat sacrifices or it wouldn't let me play guild wars.
bullshit.
It creates unnecessary drama.
You know damn well that the history of the LJ came from when it was actually the friends of the guy who wrote the first app, plus a good mix of geeky object-oriented-ness.
But I cannot even begin to count the number of times I've seen people going all emo and drama because someone decided they weren't a FRIEND any more. Every community that calls their watch-list "friends" has this same grief. Because people are kinda stupid unthinking when it comes to what words really mean.
If it peeves you that this stupid mis-use annoys me, well, now you have something to kvetch back at me for, when I grief you over your reflexive complaining about the technological mistakes in comics. So we're even there. | |
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