The List Complainers - These are the folks who comment on any 'Best Of' List. If there's a 'Best Restaurants in Denver' list, they will question why Bob's Beef Corral didn't make the list, as they have the best burgers west of the Mississippi. Same goes for 'Top 10 Views in South Dakota.' Someone will get their panties in a bunch because their favorite spot, Buzzard's Roost, was left out. Instead of taking notes on where to go next time they are in the area, they just take offense.
The Recipe Followers - Seriously, NEVER read the comments after any recipe you should come across online. If you think you don't know much about cooking, you would be wrong. Online recipe commenters know less. After a recipe for Banana Walnut Cookies, I've seen these questions: "I'm allergic to walnuts. Can I leave them out?" (Yes, that's called 'Banana Cookies') Or "I don't like bananas. Is there a substitute?" (Yes, it's called looking for another recipe) Most any recipe you will find people who ask if the recipe can be doubled or if they can use an off-brand ingredient instead of the one mentioned (ie., can I use Green Giant corn instead of Bird's Eye?) I do not know how recipe bloggers do it. Most seem to have the patience of a saint.
The Confused/Illiterate - This seems to go beyond bad spelling; these are people do not know the right word in the first place. The ones who are angry that the White House isn't flying the flag at "half massed" after a tragedy. A reality star who says her special needs kid is "plotting along" in school. A neighbor who goes online to look for fellow "pinnacle" players (that one took me a while to figure out - can you?)
I admit to deserving an award for my own online drama. Last year, I managed to get into a 'spirited debate' with strangers when I made the innocent comment that people 100 years ago had less time to worry about things like their 'feelings' because they were more concerned with just surviving. Good grief on the people who asked me for statistics on this? LOL! Then there was the time I said that channeling more $$ into public schools didn't fix the problem of graduation rates due to parents that were negligent in regards to truancy. Some long-winded 'computer teacher' attempted to berate me. I looked him up and discovered that he worked for an elite public school district that's known for its parent participation. Please.
P.S. I'm also guilty of that meme up there . . .
hahaha there will always be someone to argue with you. No matter what the topic. Yep, seen those three and just roll my eyes at the last one. They hurt my brain too much to even begin to try and figure out what such idiots are saying. Do I want to know what pinnacle is? Ugg to the list whiners too and their boo hoo.
ReplyDeleteI knew you'd enjoy these, just like I enjoy your search engine posts! Funny stuff.
DeleteLet's wait and see if anyone knows what pinnacle is.
"A neighbor who goes online to look for fellow "pinnacle" players (that one took me a while to figure out - can you?)"
ReplyDeleteHA! Did they mean, pinochle, as in playing cards?
And yes, I've witnessed all the things you mentioned here. In fact, I used to blog with a woman who found something to disagree about not only in MY post topics, but even in my comments to her on her blog and her posts. She would ALWAYS find something to disagree about in anything I (or anyone else) said. Finally, I stopped blogging with her because it was just too exhausting. I don't mind in the least if people disagree with me, but when it's constant (and only to be disagreeable) then I'm over them.
Have a FAB week, my friend!
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Wow! I'm impressed you got it without much context, Ron! Good job! LOL
DeleteThat's crazy about your ex-blogger 'friend.' What is up with people who need to be so negative? I've seen it and it always surprises me. They must get some form of pleasure from the attention. Sad.
Stay warm this week!
Pinochle? But, I have no idea what it is. I see that it is a card game; but, I had some vague idea it was played with chips - like poker chips.
ReplyDeleteI could easily become one of those annoying people, though. People who don't know (or care) the difference between through/threw, your/you're, too/two and on and on. The very worst are those who have no idea about subject/verb agreement. I have quit reading blogs over some of these things. I realize the problem is me. I shouldn't care about those things. I just think anyone who puts themselves out there should demonstrate their basic 4th grade skills.
Well, hello new commenter! I understand your annoyance completely! I haven't come across many bloggers without the basic skills. I think most people who are poor writers wouldn't take up blogging as a hobby, but maybe not? I get most irritated when I find mistakes like that in published books. Isn't there a team of editors??
DeleteThanks for visiting!
I knew what your neighbor meant because my ex-mother-in-law used to play Pinochle.
ReplyDeleteI somewhat can understand or forgive typos and some grammar errors on Facebook, because Facebook is casual and people often type quick responses. With blogging, I'm a little less forgiving. But you are right, people who have trouble writing typically don't blog.
What gets me is all the recipes that people post with a "This looks so good!" and then admit they haven't made it. I had to laugh out loud after such a post (you know, a healthy, three-ingredient cookie recipe without sugar) and someone else commented that she had made the cookies and they were awful. Hahaha.
Yes, it is funny when people comment with their results on the recipe! And I actually think I saw that cookie recipe on Pinterest that you are talking about!
DeleteI disagree with everything you say and need you to provide some statistics,
ReplyDeleteIt was crazy. I didn't think I needed references for such a general comment.
DeleteExcept for the 4 types you mention...I agree with those.
ReplyDeleteThe worst bloggers for me are the ones that share their decorations, what they are going to change here and there, etc. Those sharing recipes tie for second place. I commented not on a blog but a news story about Charles Manson and the care he might or may not be receiving with his health. I made the comment about what his doctors might be thinking about it all, some probably not even born when he was convicted of the heinous counts he had others do but the doctors doing their best to try to keep him healthy and provide the best care for him. I probably would have mixed this and that together in the medicines given to him, but I didn't take that oath to do no harm. Anyway, the black lash of that comment was interesting to read.
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Our local news site is THE WORST. Full of trolls who are just there to tear people down. I suppose only on the internet would one find Manson sympathizers.
DeleteThe comment sections seem to attract the most extreme people out there. I've been trying to swear off reading the comments on any news story for quite now a while with little success. Since it's a new year, I think I'll try again! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! I don't know why the news stories attract the biggest weirdos! Actually, more like bullies than weirdos!
DeleteHead on over to Instructables.com, it's a party palace for those who wanna tell folks everything they've done wrong and why they should rethink life choices ..... like using a toothpick when a bobby pin is called for ....
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun place to go spend a winter day with a bottle of wine and some mixed nuts. I will check it out!
DeleteLOL about the recipes. I've seen those types of comments on fb.
ReplyDeleteI'm kinda out spoken (Shocking right?) so I've had to stop arguing with people on fb. I even had to put my own brother on my restricted list so he can't comment on anything but public posts because he's rude as hell and it pisses me off. I post those passive aggressive meme's that are meant for one person and sometimes that one person will comment on it and say something like, "Oh I know one of those." Yeah, haha me too, idiot. lol
"I know on of those" - oh, that's hilarious, Mary! I have not had that happen! And yes, sometimes relatives can be the worst!
DeleteI've seen all of these (and have probably been guilty a time or two, especially about offering my favorite spot).
ReplyDeleteOh no!!!
DeletePinnacle/pinochle took me a minute, too.
ReplyDeletePosts aimed at one person peeve me, so I don't do them. But I have been known to let myself get sucked into an argument. Okay, many arguments. I'm a slow learner!
As for the recipes, if you can't figure out how to double a recipe or sub in something you like better, you probably shouldn't be cooking.
I'm trying to stay off comment sections, unless it's blogging. Maybe I can become a more productive member of society!
DeleteThere really are some people out there who should not go anywhere near a stove or oven.
It's the interminable political arguments that annoy me. People who just can't rest until they've "corrected" someone else with the appropriate ideological line. They go on and on for hours. Unbelievable. The confused and illiterate crop up regularly as well. Impossible to figure out what point they're making sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI'm equal opportunity when it comes to politics . . . I unfollow every side!
DeleteThey asked you for statistics? If you had given them statistics that didn't match their own politics, they would've pointed out how flawed your source was. Taking offense is a sign of the times. It means people are spoiled and don't need to devote much of their time to surviving. Spot on.
ReplyDeleteSo true!! Thanks for proving my point!
DeleteOh, man - I recognize all these people! Especially the confused/illiterate who misspell words they should know or mangle other phrases. The "I could care less" group, as I like to refer to them. Or, alternately, the "irregardless" ones.
ReplyDeleteI heard a complete mangling of a phrase last night that I meant to write down, but I've forgotten it now. I blame the whole thing on lack of reading as a child! It's easy to misunderstand what you hear, but not what you read.
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