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[crow]

That was an epic statement, my friend. I believe it is signature worthy.

What makes me angry is when I wake up in the morning and realize that one of my cats has affectionately purged his stomach contents right on top of the blanket that I'm lying under. Nothing says "I love you" like puking undigested catfood or a hairball on your soundly sleeping owner.

One day I may experiment to see if cats can fly off of my three story balcony.

[Dan Knight]

The twitter thing makes me mad as well. There's a news page for a reason!
Other than that...I don't get mad easily...

[JediMB]

What makes me mad is the fact that Dan seems to think everyone uses Twitter and thus posts EGS-related news there instead of on the website where it rightfully SHOULD be.

While I agree on that the information should be posted on the website, or at least the forums, it's not like you have to actually be a Twitter user to check his... um... "tweets".

[Contact_Lost]

I shouldn't have to check his Twitter page at all.

[JediMB]

And you should also get your EGS hand-delivered to you by a small legion of mimes.

[Contact_Lost]

Right because letting your fans know the comic is going to be a day late ON THE ACTUAL WEBSITE of all places is you know JUST ASKING WAY TO FREAKING MUCH.

[JediMB]

You're taking my responses way too seriously.

And apparently suffer from bad short-term memory, since I already stated that I agree with you on that the information should be posted on the website.

[Contact_Lost]

OR maybe people acting stupid when I'm trying to make a point is another thing that pisses me off.

[JediMB]

Well, clearly every tiny little inconvenience pisses you off, so that's no surprise.

[Aeg'air]

I have to agree that not knowing wtf? is happening unless you go on his twitter is... well.. annoying... Surely there's away for us to see his latest tweets on the site front page.

[JediMB]

That would actually be neat, if he'd put in IFrame or something on the EGS site, and let it display his Twitter page.

[Lorne]

Who'd have thought that posting in this thread was another thing that would make people mad? Oh wait, the entire existence of this thread is based on perpetuating anger. Carry on, then.

[Jake R]

Other than saying that I'm liking JediMB more and more:

I only got a Twitter account last Saturday because I was bored as hell. And, seeing as I have unlimited internet bandwidth (although slow) on my mobile phone for only 10 euros a month (which is worth it, for the amount I use it), it is a nice way of letting people know where I am when I'm showing up late. Which happens more often than not. And usually THEY already are at a place with internet, so I can then just tell them to "check Twitter if you want to know where the hell I'm stuck with public transport THIS time". Not kidding, people are amazed at my ability to passively destroy the entire public transport infrastructure just by having the need to be on time. They didn't believe me until they traveled in the same trains and busses with me.

That, by the way, pisses me off.

Back on Twitter: I don't really see the use of it apart from things like those mentioned above. I mean... to me, it feels like a simplified Facebook/MySpace/whatever, and I hate those because I keep having this feeling they're filled with... uhm... people who don't know how to use the internet except when trying to show off their new date and how much booze they had or whatever. And grandparents who are bored of looking at the plants in front of the window. You know, people who usually say they're "too cool" (or too old) for the internet. And people who are pretending they're very social by spending hours on these social network sites, but forget to actually go out and have fun with their friends because of it. It's like... going to a LAN party and while you're there, grinding an alt solo in WoW. Fake interaction or something. I don't know, I just think it's disturbing.


[edit:] Oh, Twitter is also a nice way of distracting you from the fact you're bored out of your skull during 1.5 hour long trainrides. Or while waiting those 5 minutes before dinner without anybody around who actually has time to talk to you for real, or something. You know, kill some small time. [/edit]

[Lorne]

Hey, I have something serious to say!

Jesus. Do we have to do this? If you guys have beef with each other, please don't clog up the thread. Use MSN or AIM, or PM each other, whatever you have to do, just quit hijacking the damned threads. This happens all the time here, and it's impolite, inconsiderate and just effing sad.

Thread-jacking. Sometimes, this forum reminds me of 4chan minus the swearing, porn and gore. It's like everyone who posts on the innerwubs is faking Aspergers.

[JediMB]

God forbid that people argue on an Internet forum, right?

Nothing wrong with going on a tangent for a bit either.

*coughs*

So, what makes me mad? Not much. Nothing that happens regularly. Maybe back-stabbing exes, but that's in the past now.

[The Old Hack]

I go frothing INSANE at those ILLITERATE and INSIPID IGNORAMUSES who post in 'l33t' or shorthand and believe 'u' to be an acceptable substitution for 'you' and who somehow consider proper punctuation an unnecessary and overly complex chore! They drive me INSANE, I tell you, INSANE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

...okay, so maybe it isn't that bad, but it still annoys me. *mutter*

[JediMB]

Oh, that used to annoy me too, but eventually I grew tired of being annoyed and just started making fun of them in my head.

...Because making fun of them so they could see it would just feel too mean.

[Jake R]

Thread-jacking. Sometimes, this forum reminds me of 4chan minus the swearing, porn and gore. It's like everyone who posts on the innerwubs is faking Aspergers.

Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I don't have to fake it.

[Lorne]

Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I don't have to fake it.

Then I'm not angry at you. In fact, I'm not targeting people with Aspergers in general, though I think you're perceptive enough to figure that out. I'm sick of people who get off-topic in threads just to pursue some petty argument. Posting about it here isn't going to change the fact that people will still do it.

I suppose it was a mistake to even post my misgivings here.

EDIT: Though in reflecting on it, I do apologize for the Aspergers comment. It was meant as a sort of callous joke, but it was insensitive to people who actually have the disorder. I suppose the only disorder anyone could accurately diagnose me with is 'diarrhea of the mouth', and since that's not an actual thing, I've no one to blame but myself.

[Jake R]

Well I can only speak for myself, but I don't blame you. As I said in the topic from which you quoted yourself, I too think it is time people learn that the internet shouldn't be taken too seriously. But I don't like being called ignorant without any sort of defense from my side.

And from what I know of Aspergers (one aspect of it that frequently shows is that those who have it don't really like to research it or learn more about it), going on and on about one topic until everybody's screaming "GET ON WITH IT!" is one of the most obvious and common aspects. Although I'm lucky to have a 'light form' of it, which for instance means I can at least recognize my own problems and stop before it gets really really bad (... usually) and I am able to acknowledge I have Aspergers even in public (something a lot of people with Aspergers dislike or fear they are practically incapable of doing it). Which also means I can't blame all my problems on it, and so I don't blame you for being annoyed with me.

It's something you have to learn with, I guess. And Aspergers does have it's upsides... when I focus on one task that needs to get done, and I want it done, I can get it done to such an extent that it amazes other people. You know, it takes them one week of hard work, I do it in one and a half day and get the same results, that kind of stuff. So, to be a bit ontopic (although this subforum is called off-topic, so everything is really... =P): I can't really be mad about Aspergers ''