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You know what I hate?

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Things I hate. (with apologies to Limmy)

Loud sneezers:

#israel @ libera

2021-08-27T14:48:14Z	< cow_2001>	You know what I hate?
2021-08-27T14:48:48Z	< cow_2001>	People who shout while sneezing. I hate them.

Definition bot flooders:

#israel @ libera

2021-08-27T15:48:44Z	< cow_2001>	!ud perused
2021-08-27T15:48:45Z	< e-bot1>	perused(1/7): To examine or study.
2021-08-27T15:48:50Z	< cow_2001>	!ud 2
2021-08-27T15:48:50Z	< e-bot1>	perused(2/7): The act of a person or small group of people travelling somewhere, often by foot, without a distinct purpose other than having fun.
2021-08-27T15:48:51Z	< cow_2001>	!ud 3
2021-08-27T15:48:52Z	< e-bot1>	perused(3/7): One of the most overused words in modern english.  Typically used by snobs trying to sound more intelligent than they really are.  It simply means to review, usually with great care.
2021-08-27T15:48:52Z	< cow_2001>	!ud 4
2021-08-27T15:48:53Z	< cow_2001>	!ud 5
2021-08-27T15:48:54Z	< cow_2001>	!ud 6
2021-08-27T15:48:54Z	< e-bot1>	perused(4/7): what you're doing to this definition
2021-08-27T15:48:55Z	< cow_2001>	!ud 7
2021-08-27T15:48:56Z	< e-bot1>	perused(5/7): Going to Peru and crusing around.
2021-08-27T15:48:58Z	< cow_2001>	huh
2021-08-27T15:48:58Z	< e-bot1>	perused(6/7): To carefully examine a young woman's booty but quick enough as to not get caught.
2021-08-27T15:49:00Z	< e-bot1>	perused(7/7): A verb describing the act of perusing in a future tense.
2021-08-27T15:50:45Z	< cow_2001>	You know what I hate?
2021-08-27T15:51:10Z	< cow_2001>	People who flood in chat rooms with various bots. I hate them.
2021-08-27T15:51:32Z	< cow_2001>	who
2021-08-27T15:51:33Z	< cow_2001>	what
2021-08-27T15:57:49Z	< someone-0>	:D
2021-08-27T15:50:45Z	< cow_2001>	You know what I hate?
2021-08-27T15:51:10Z	< cow_2001>	People who flood in chat rooms with various bots. I hate them.
2021-08-27T15:57:49Z	< someone-0>	:D

(I do it a lot myself)

Gnome hiding executable names:

##politics @ libera

2022-08-15T07:30:55Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate about Gnome? they hide the names of their executables.

Touch screen configuration scrolling:

#nerds @ nerds

2022-08-27T22:03:38Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate in phones?
2022-08-27T22:04:08Z	< cow_2001>	when the whole screen is filled with configuration buttons and you are scrolling down and afraid you would flip a switch in the configuration by accident

NeoVim's gqq wrap command depends on terminal width:

#israel @ libera

2022-09-07T12:08:51Z	< cow_2001>	i just discovered something horrid! neovim's gqq wrap command depends on the size of your terminal!

They nerfed U+1F52B PISTOL 🔫:

2023-12-14 - The Unicode Consortium (or whatever) nerfed the pistol and replaced it with a water gun.

No screaming services:

#israel @ libera

2022-11-24T14:08:29Z	< cow_2001>	there're a thousand different streaming services
2022-11-24T14:08:38Z	< cow_2001>	but not one is a screaming service

2023-12-15 - I was informed, though, that there is a server called ShoutCast for Internet broadcast.

Keyboard scrolling in a configuration page changes the configuration:

#israel @ libera

2022-11-24T15:33:13Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? you press a radio button form widget and you want to scroll down. you press the down arrow. now the radio button chosen is the next radio button to the one you actually want to choose.

#israel @ efnet

2022-11-24T15:33:23Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? you press a radio button form widget and you want to scroll down. you press the down arrow. now the radio button chosen is the next radio button to the one you actually want to choose.

Eager confirmation menus:

#emacs @ libera

2023-01-19T04:38:29Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? sometimes things expect "yes" sometimes things expect "y". if you write "yes" to something that expects "y" you write "es" for no good reason.
2023-01-19T04:39:35Z	< cow_2001>	"no" is only half as chaotic as "yes"…
2023-01-19T04:40:19Z	< cow_2001>	(i just did it when upgrading stuff in package-list-packages)
2023-01-19T04:40:39Z	< cow_2001>	meobutingoodmood: :D

Input focus stealing programs:

#israel @ libera

2023-01-30T23:23:29Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? when some program steals my keyboard focus or displays on top of another out of nowhere

#emacs @ libera

2023-01-30T23:33:12Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? when some program steals my keyboard focus or displays on top of another out of nowhere.
2023-01-30T23:33:24Z	< someone-1>	cow_2001 that gotta be GNOME.

Popup menues triggered by an unused mouse cursor hover:

#israel @ libera

2023-03-03T07:16:59Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? when you go around wikipedia and hover your mouse over a link, it pops up an obnoxious intrusive popup window with the link's article showing up

#israel @ quakenet

2023-11-09T14:01:19Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate?  i hate it when i point at something a wee popup appears and it just won't disappear, stopping me from either seeing or clicking anything it hides.  I HATE IT.  they can appear when i am just pgdning and pguping around the page and the cursor is just hanging out there minding its own business.

#systemcrafters @ libera

2023-11-09T13:59:49Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate?  i hate it when i point at something a wee popup appears and it just won't disappear, stopping me from either seeing or clicking anything it hides.
2023-11-09T13:59:57Z	< cow_2001>	I HATE IT.
2023-11-09T14:00:41Z	< cow_2001>	they can appear when i am just pgdning and pguping around the page and the cursor is just hanging out there minding its own business.

#israel @ efnet

2023-11-09T14:01:27Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate?  i hate it when i point at something a wee popup appears and it just won't disappear, stopping me from either seeing or clicking anything it hides.  I HATE IT.  they can appear when i am just pgdning and pguping around the page and the cursor is just hanging out there minding its own business.
2023-11-09T14:03:42Z	<@someone-2>	sounds like a virus
2023-11-09T14:08:44Z	< cow_2001>	no, just bad ui design

info giving you a crummy manpage instead of a glorious reference manual:

#libera-discord @ libera

2023-04-01T14:06:16Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? you write "info sigaction" but it gives you the crummy manpage
2023-04-01T14:06:36Z	< someone-3>	because its not man its info ya dink
2023-04-01T14:06:41Z	< cow_2001>	someone-3: it'll go right over my head :(
2023-04-01T14:07:05Z	< someone-3>	theres a vim plug to put into pages ina more reasonable format
2023-04-01T14:07:14Z	< someone-3>	forget the name

Single use board games (stickers and scratch cards):

#scheme @ libera

2023-04-06T13:13:09Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? DRMed board games

Emacs documentation without function names, only keybindings:

#emacs @ libera

2023-05-04T21:34:32Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate? documentation that has only the keybindings, not the interactive function names
2023-05-04T21:34:49Z	< someone-4>	for which package?
2023-05-04T21:34:53Z	< cow_2001>	<_<
2023-05-04T21:35:09Z	< cow_2001>	i don't want to sound mean spirited

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXB84fpWzg8&t=64s, but for text:

#israel @ libera

2023-09-09T13:26:24Z	< cow_2001>	someone: You know what I hate?
2023-09-09T13:26:32Z	< cow_2001>	someone: Long sentences.

Not allcaps, mandatory Javascript:

#emacs @ libera

2023-09-10T12:26:32Z	< cow_2001>	You know what I hate?
2023-09-10T12:26:54Z	< someone-5>	allcaps?
2023-09-10T12:27:28Z	< cow_2001>	Going to some Activitypub site with EWW and finding out I need to run Javascript in order to read it.  Hokum, humbug, and bah.

#systemcrafters @ libera

2023-12-14T17:32:47Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate?  mastodon't's mandatory javascript
2023-12-14T17:33:01Z	< cow_2001>	mandatory is a word i keep forgetting

Not mine, color themes, not one decent:

#israel @ efnet

2023-11-09T11:12:37Z	< someone-6>	947 color themes to choose from and not 1 is decent

Dark mode loaded only after a flash of blinding light:

systemcrafters @ libera

2023-12-12T00:23:45Z	< cow_2001>	you know what i hate?  when a dark mode site loads, just before the css loads, it is a blaring white page

#israel @ quakenet

2023-12-12T00:23:51Z	<@cow_2001>	you know what i hate?  when a dark mode site loads, just before the css loads, it is a blaring white page
2023-12-12T00:24:09Z	<@cow_2001>	it happens with dumb web based desktop programs
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