Things that drive you mad

[StrandedonEarth]

43 minutes ago, TheSaint said:

See, I don't mind hanging them up. But folding them drives me bananas. When i was single I had a stack of bins in my closet. All the stuff that would normally be folded and put in drawers, like underwear and socks, just got sorted out of the laundry basket and into the bins. Getting married put an end to that.

Marriage puts an end to a lot of things.....

I used to have a bunch of concert tshirts that never went in the dryer; they were always hung to dry. They lasted a lot longer that way, but still eventually disintegrated 

[HansonKerman]

3 hours ago, TheSaint said:

See, I don't mind hanging them up. But folding them drives me bananas. When i was single I had a stack of bins in my closet. All the stuff that would normally be folded and put in drawers, like underwear and socks, just got sorted out of the laundry basket and into the bins. Getting married put an end to that.

oH MY GOD SAmE I hate folding clothes.

 

maybe that’s part of why I’m so bad at origami

or me being bad at origami is part of it

On 5/31/2020 at 4:01 PM, Superfluous J said:

There's an easy fix for that.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

ok that’s actually great

[StrandedonEarth]

3 minutes ago, HansonKerman said:

oH MY GOD SAmE I hate folding clothes.

 

maybe that’s part of why I’m so bad at origami

or me being bad at origami is part of it

Spoiler

 

 

[HansonKerman]

On 5/31/2020 at 4:53 PM, IncongruousGoat said:

This is going to be crazy levels of nitpicky, but CGI rocket exhaust plumes in film. They're nearly always depicted as the big, opaque, cloudy exhaust typical of solid motors, even when the rocket in question is very clearly liquid-fueled. I can let it slide if the film in question isn't depicting a real rocket for which good reference footage is available (e.g. the MAV from The Martian)... but if it's a historical film? No. Just NO. There is NO valid excuse for getting that wrong. All the reference footage you could ever want is available for free on the Internet, and it's trivial to look at that footage and observe what the plume & exhaust are supposed to look like. This is not something that's difficult to get right. And yet, movie after movie gets this wrong.

GAH. Drives me completely nuts.

Ehat about the Great Glass Elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the newer one)

[IncongruousGoat]

2 hours ago, HansonKerman said:

Ehat about the Great Glass Elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the newer one)

I haven't seen it, so I wouldn't know.

[catloaf]

The fact that "Peppa Pig plays Kerbal Space Program" is not a thing (yet.)

[kerbiloid]

On 6/6/2020 at 7:33 PM, Nuke said:

using a noun as if it was a verb

Finally, I realized what's wrong in the SW title.

"Star Wars" is incorrect.
The correct title is "Star Wages War".

And then we can see who's the main protagonist of the series.
It's about the Death Star and the war it wages.

So, it's actual title "Death Star Wages War".
The "SW" is just a camouflage.

Edited July 21, 2020 by kerbiloid

[HansonKerman]

ahh, but now comes the time when you realize that the Star is a place, so it should actually be “Stars Wars”

On 7/16/2020 at 12:11 AM, IncongruousGoat said:

I haven't seen it, so I wouldn't know.

It’s infinitely better than Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, not perfect bc it deviates a lot from the book but still pretty good

Edited July 21, 2020 by HansonKerman

[catloaf]

4 hours ago, HansonKerman said:

ahh, but now comes the time when you realize that the Star is a place, so it should actually be “Stars Wars”

It’s infinitely better than Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, not perfect bc it deviates a lot from the book but still pretty good

I haven't read the book in so long that I didn't notice anything wrong with the movie.

[Nuke]

22 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

Finally, I realized what's wrong in the SW title.

"Star Wars" is incorrect.
The correct title is "Star Wages War".

And then we can see who's the main protagonist of the series.
It's about the Death Star and the war it wages.

So, it's actual title "Death Star Wages War".
The "SW" is just a camouflage.

in this case "star" is used as an adjective, which may be a feature of the english language rather than a bug. but this is the least of the problems with star wars right now. i think it may be grammatically acceptable to use a noun as an adjective though, so things like "space ship" or "ship cat" are ok. but its been a very long time since i watched schoolhouse rock. using a noun as a verb is still completely unacceptable to me though. relevant xkcd:

also when you say "star ship" what i think of is a boat sailing on the surface of the sun waving around a jolly rodger. so i actually prefer "space ship" 

Edited July 22, 2020 by Nuke

[DunaManiac]

I think it should be "Wars in the Stars" or "War Waged in the Stars".

[kerbiloid]

On 7/22/2020 at 8:49 AM, Nuke said:

using a noun as a verb is still completely unacceptable to me though

I saw a saw and tried to saw, said sawyer Sawyer to smith Smith.

***

Boxing rounds. Football matches. Accuracy and precision play role for the play.

Edited July 24, 2020 by kerbiloid

[Starhelperdude]

when people call KSP weird while they are playing a game where you kill the enemy and dance a stupid dance on him or play a ball kicking simulator that costs to much IMO

[The_Arcitect]

When somebody sends me a website to code and they make the genius idea of NOT zipping the folder for easier downloading.

[adsii1970]

People who pass me on the Interstate to simply zip off on the very next exit not even half a mile (0.80 Km) down the road.

[Lewie]

On 11/19/2020 at 12:36 AM, Starhelperdude said:

when people call KSP weird while they are playing a game where you kill the enemy and dance a stupid dance on him or play a ball kicking simulator that costs to much IMO

Bingo