Repost: Pet Peeve No. 21 Internet People

When I open my eyes I see stupid people everywhere. It just blows my mind the way people think and react online. I had hoped that the AOL chat room mentality was gone, but I see it is alive and well. It has reared it’s ugly head on MySpace. You see this type of thing on other community sites, and forums, but today we shall focus on MySpace. These things absolutely drive me nuts:

Glitter comments: Why do you leave glitter comments on my site? Do you think they are cool? They are not. Do you think they are cute? They are not. Do you think it makes me think you are a nice person? I do not. In fact it disgusts me to no end. I think less of you for cheapening my site. I do not want to see a bear holding a heart with the headline of HUGGERS. I see grown men leaving these comments to all their friends over and over. Get a life! Leave your mother’s basement, and do something productive. You are the equivalent to those that foward chain letters. Kids are starving in Ethiopia and you are pasting bears on Myspace. You get my drift? Probably not. I challenge all of you to make the world a better place and stop putting these comments all over the place. Give a hoot, don’t pollute! Women, if you get a glitter comment from a guy, give them the finger immediately. If not, you are helping the terrorists win. It’s that simple. You are enabling the pussification of man by not doing something.

Picture Comments: “Hey baby, I love the way you look with that g-string on, call me”. Hey Rico Sauve, do you really think the chick with the slinky photo has no idea she is attractive? Do you really think your smooth talking makes a difference other than to boost your own ego for a split second? That split second where you actually have some kind of contact with that super model looking chick. Stop it now. You sound like a tool. Yes and the stripper you just gave $100 to for the lap dance, of course she’s a med student.

Spammers: Well this is more of a myspace admin problem where spammers create
accounts, and there’s nothing but links to adult webcams and chat rooms. There’s nothing more annoying than this. When someone invites you, check their profile…if you see a hyperlink to a chat room or adult photo gallery...dont’t accept. This will eliminate them over time. Do this.

Young kids: If you see a profile with a girl that is really underage looking, but her age is listed as 30…take the time and report it to myspace. These may be online predators, or they could even be just kids trying to access adult stuff. In either case it must be stopped. If you get an add request for something like this, don’t accept it. It might even be law enforcement trying to catch freaks. Even more reason to not accept, so it helps them weed out legitimate people. Which leads me to question why you freaking morons put pictures of your kids on your site. Earth to stupid people…stop doing this. The world is full of evil, you need to protect your children, not show them off. Stop being so naïve and step up.

Friend Requests: When people ask to be my friend, I look at their profile. I may or may not accept. Does this make them my friend? No it makes them a link. Do you understand this?

Add Friends: When I add someone as a friend, I almost inevitably get one of these stupid questions “Who are you?”, “How did you find me” , “ Do I know you?”, “Why do you
want to be my friend?”. Oh for the love of God shut up with this crap! It’s just a link.
It’s very possible we could become friends, and its possible I know you, and its possible I found you by looking for you and it’s possible I am not who I say I am. It’s the internet…and I’m just a link. We don’t have to be friends, you don’t have to like what I say, you don’t have to respond, you can delete me, you can remove me, you can block me, you can whatever…just stop asking these stupid questions. Get to the point, do you have something to offer or not? Are you just another number, because if that is the case, then so what! It doesn’t matter…it’s the Interent. I’m here to build my network as advertised…I’m here to learn and have fun. Quit wasting my time otherwise.

Duh: “I’m sorry I can’t add you unless I know you”. Are you kidding me? Why are you even on here? Nut jobs. “You have so many friends, what could you possibly want with me?” Oh shut up and get some confidence. Probe or sell, that’s your only reason for being on here…so proceed to do so. In the dance of life, wallflowers have no fun.

Forwardness: Now granted I am all for getting to the point…but do I really want to be with someone or meet someone who gives me their phone number on the first email? No I don’t want to chat with you either. Show some class. Once a tramp, always a tramp.

Fairies & Dragons: Why are there a million sites with dragons and fairies as their theme?
Did they change myspace to dungeons&dragons space? I must have missed that. If so I need to get out of here. What is the fascination with this magic crap…just seems like an escape from reality times ten. Stop it. Edit your page to something that’s at least eye pleasing. I’m sure you have pewter dragons in your living room, but I don’t want to see your living room. Brace yourself…Star Wars is fake!

Layouts: Why do grown women obsess over celebrity myspace themes and photos? Your whole site and your profile pic is Angelina Jolie. What ever happened to individualism. I mean like a Farrah Fawcett poster as much as the next guy, but come on let’s get real. Are you saying that you think she is pretty? Wow I had no idea.

Width: People…if you are going to attempt to edit your page layout, at least now how to
edit the page width. I see pages that you have to scroll a mile to the right to see the content. This is unacceptable. It is not pleasing to the eye, and its painful. You are not helping your environment by doing so. You are causing frustration and offer nothing of value to the goodness of mankind. You deserve to die for your poor taste.

Language: The evolution of the internet has created the worst online vernacular. Everyone use dis and dat, and they want to ttyl. Of course they will brb. What am I complaining 4? Because this along with the other aol crap emoticons makes me very ill. Please stop using that stuff, and type the words out. Ok I’m being a bit picky on this one, but you’ve put me in a bad mood.

Pet Peeves may indicate what I hate in life, but in actuality they simply tell what I really do love in life. One needs to identify the bad, in order to see the good. One needs to correct the wrong, to preserve the right. Who’s with me? What did I miss?