Educating Annoying Ignorances

[Marcus Kehoe]

Whenever someone says chiropractors aren't doctors. Yes they don't have PHD's but they are just as much a doctor as a dentist or physical therapist.

Whenever people have yard sales and either have nothing but garbage or overprice everything. Give the stuff to salvation army and lower the price or don't have a yard-sale. Also people who have a yard-sale every week, throw the stuff away or donate it, I'm pretty sure their is a law about it.

Those who think Jehovah Witnesses are a cult and don't believe in Jesus. I am not a witness but I study with many and go to their churches and they are very religiously sound and are some of the kindest people I know. Yes they don't believe in the trinity and they don't believe in a pain eternal ridden hell but they believe in Jesus and the fact that he died for our sins. They do in fact use their own bible, but it was one where they translated it into real English and it's not translation not a different kind of bible. Thats why it says new world "Translations" on it not King James version. They don't alter the bible in any way just translated it the best they could over many years.

Why is it that any girl that doesn't have gigantic knockers in manga or anime basically considered loli.

Flat feet are the cause of me not being able to run no longer. Because of them I have stress fracture's and I can never join the military. If I can't keep up with you it's because I don't want my legs to swell up so shut the hell up. Oh you have flat feet too well you only weigh 90 lbs, double your weight then trying running a mile then see how your legs feel.

 

[FernandoV]

Everyone is ignorant when it comes to certain things. Take for example me when it comes to vehicles. I have little idea what car is what when it drives by me on the street. And even less of a clue what I'm looking at once a hood has been popped. So a lot of people's ignorance can be taken lightly. But then there's the stuff that's just extremely annoying...

Like the misconception of the term "iPod." I work retail and I swear every single customer either believes iPods are different then MP3 players, or don't even know there's an electronic device called an MP3 player. And even MP3 player is slang! Or really just an obsolete description. Now it's Digital Media Player. An iPod is a brand of MP3 player, just like how Kleenex is a brand of facial tissue and Q-Tip is a brand cotton swab and Coke is a brand of soda. But every day I will get customers asking for "Sony iPods" or "generic iPods." Every single time.

And another annoyance, and the reason I thought to make this thread, is the misconception of what a hamper is. My roommate just asked me if I wanted a hamper and I replied that I did. So I cleaned out a spot in my bathroom to put it just for him to bring me an old laundry basket. And this isn't the first time someone has done the exact same thing to me. I already have laundry baskets. Really nice ones too. But what I could use is a hamper. NOT another basket! And for those who don't know the difference, a hamper is a container used to hold dirty clothes out of sight. Usually it's a semi-decorative plastic or wicker container with a lid. A laundry basket on the other hand is a container for carrying clothes, usually to and fro the washer/ dryer or outside clothes-line. Now I know a lot of people use laundry baskets as hampers, just like I've been doing for awhile now since I'm too cheap to buy a real hamper, but there still remains a difference.

So what ignorances do you find frustrating?

So basically you're peeved at convenient colloquialisms? Probably should work on that because in your line of work you're setting yourself up to be annoyed on the daily.

 

[kickyourass]

I don't know exactly how common either of these are anymore, but just a few years ago I couldn't seem to escape them.
*A-chem*
British is NOT shorthand for English, there are three whole other countries in there.

On a similar note, for the love of God DO NOT make the mistake of thinking the WHOLE of Ireland is part of Britain, ESPESSIALLY if you are talking to someone actually from Ireland.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

The use of the word "literally"

I work with youth (15-18) and hearing one of them say "Did you see ___? He literally exploded from eating too much food!" makes me want to smack them.

Literally does not mean hyperbole.

 

[Queen Michael]

There does seem to be a much larger variety in American cartoon styles than Japanese manga character styles. Hm.

That's just because the manga with the more innovative art is rarely translated. Western manga fans are usually very specific in what kind of manga they want. There's some pretty original manga out there. Just look at Junko Mizuno, Ai Yazawa, Ryoichi Ikegami and Naoto Yamakawa. (Although Yamakawa has never been translated into English, either by fans or officially...)

 

[Queen Michael]

Whenever people have yard sales and either have nothing but garbage or overprice everything. Give the stuff to salvation army and lower the price or don't have a yard-sale. Also people who have a yard-sale every week, throw the stuff away or donate it, I'm pretty sure their is a law about it.

I'd say this is more "annoying" than "ignorant."

 

[BonGookKumBop]

Every year we fail to return to an ice age (cos that is what we are due. YAY go 2000m think 13million km^2 ice sheet over the entire USA!) increases the likelihood that we are affecting the climate. And despite this rant Im actually pro preventative measures. At worst our worries are completely unfounded and we get cleaner air. Just look at the number of smog days LA and London used to get. London never gets them now and LA rarely does. This can only be a good thing. Worst case scenario we were right and we will be ready. BUT STOP WITH THE BLOODY PROPAGANDA! Present the TRUTH!

I'm all for clean air, but I cringe every time some one calls carbon dioxide a pollutant. I know that I'm in the minority since the EPA declared CO2 a pollutant so that they could regulate it. I just have this sinking feeling that the whole anti-carbon dioxide movement is fueled on ignorance. Consider the fact that most combustion gives off two principle products. Both of these products are green house gases and both of these products end up, for the most part, in our oceans. The weaker green house gas is carbon dioxide which people are already afraid of because it can cause suffocate you. While this gas gets all the attention, the other, stronger green house gas that also "suffocates" hundreds of people every year gets ignored because it is water and no one is going to be afraid of it. I understand the differences between water and CO2 and I'll even put on my tinfoil hat before saying this, but a small section at the back of my mind started to wonder: "If I wanted to control all of the industry in the world, could I take a process central to everything, say combustion, and take a little understood part of that process, like carbon dioxide, and make everyone so afraid of it that they ask me to control it for them?"

Anyway, clean air is great. I hate smog; I don't want to breath nitrates or sulfates and I can barely tolerate being around smokers. I want clean water. Carbon dioxide, however, is an essential part of life and industry and it makes soda-pop great.

 

[theheroofaction]

First ones a biggie... People who use threads like these to get some big highly controversial objective through by offending everyone of a certain group. It's not convincing anyone, and it's not even offensive, it's just annoying, and it's kinda missing the point.

Okay that was a bit meta, and a tad hypocritical, so I'm going to get back to what this is actually about.

"I could care less" Seriously, I'm all up for linguistic evolution, but make sure that, with the exception of sarcasm, you aren't actually saying the opposite of what you mean.

Just because you were alive when a machine was invented doesn't mean you know more about it then that 22 year old technician who was actually educated about it.

"laws are the same everywhere" Seriously, when somebody of some different nationality or principality or whatever is doing something and the first thing that pops into someone's head is "isn't that illegal" they can't comprehend that "illegal" is subjective.

Literal is the opposite of hyperbole, same problem as "I could care less"

"The internet is down", especially coming from people incapable of comprehending a loose cable. I personally blame the people who install routers, not bad people at all, but their presence as "the internet fairies" perpetuate this particular thing.

"Genre" and "medium" are about as interchangable as rock and frog. "anime"isn't a genre and "action" certainly isn't a medium.

The fact that there are regional variations in spelling seems to elude way more people than it should.

I could go on, but I won't

 

[requisitename]

People who call video game controllers "remotes". While it does work remotely (sometimes), it's not a fucking remote!

Tech support people who firmly believe no.. *gasp*.. consumer knows as much as they do. When I call tech support for ANYTHING, it's a very specific problem. Most of them below "Tier 2" are just reading from a script. When I call, I succinctly state my problem - in specific terms - and tell them what I've already done (and how many times I've done it!) to try to remedy it. But, they never want to listen. They always want to start back at 1. I'm *trying* to save us both time. I know what I'm doing when it comes to the electronics I own, damnit. I am that asshole who actually reads the manual that came with it. Also, I know how to use Google to try to solve my problem by looking for people who've had the same issue. By the time I call tech support, I've exhausted every possible "easy" fix. If you don't know, please get me to someone who does.

On a related note, when I call for website/software support and they don't fathom that I have a Mac, not a PC. I'm not saying "Mac" to hear myself talk and honestly, "Clicking start" isn't going to do shit for me because I don't have a freaking "start" button! I fully understand that a lot of companies don't train everyone on their support staff on how to deal with issues specific to non-PCs. At least, they used to didn't. They might now, though I doubt it because I still have this problem. Again, if you don't know, get me to someone who does.

People who classify "anyone who buys anything Apple related, ever" as "fanboys/girls". Maybe I just prefer it. Did you ever think about that? I couldn't care less what you prefer, for I'm not you. I like what I like, you like what you like. Hurling childish insults at me just makes you look petty and jealous. (I realize that's not necessarily the case - that's why I said "look".) I don't tell you that you're stupid for not wanting Apple products and I don't go into a tizzy when someone insults Apple and I don't try to convert people.

People who type "use to" instead of "used to". Ugh. It was trending on twitter last night - "#Iusetothink".

And the above "intensive purposes". And "case and point" instead of "case IN point". I see that one a LOT over in R&P.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

Whenever people have yard sales and either have nothing but garbage or overprice everything. Give the stuff to salvation army and lower the price or don't have a yard-sale. Also people who have a yard-sale every week, throw the stuff away or donate it, I'm pretty sure their is a law about it.

I'd say this is more "annoying" than "ignorant."

Well in some places it's illegal, like mine evidently. So it's ignorance of law, and I don't see how they do it sometimes. Their is kinda a unwritten handbook of yard-sailing but most people ignore it.

 

[imnot]

I know nothing about popular music and cars.

What I hate however is people who confuse hacking with guessing a freidns facebook password.

 

[wottabout]

I can relate to that. I dont like when people say that anime is only made in Japan or asian countries. Thats probably because one of my favorites is French.

I can relate to that. I don't like it when people think that manga isn't manga unless it was made in Japan. Frédéric Boilet might be French, but his comics give me more of a manga feeling than many Japanese mangaka.

And let's not forget that the only really established meaning of the word manga is "comics." Not "big-eyed comics," or "comics read right-to-left," just "comics." So when I get into an argument about that kind of thing, I tell people that. And add "So when I say that the word "manga" can be used about this comic, I've got over one hundred million Japanese people who agree with me. You think you know this stuff better than the entire population of Japan?"

While "manga" means "comics" in the context of the Japanese language, in my experience the word "manga" is almost exclusively used by English speakers to mean "Japanese comics." I think that, at a certain point, this meaning might become (or might have already become) widespread enough to be taken as correct in English, regardless of its original Japanese meaning.

In my mind, this is more of an issue of opinion. As much as I love many non-Japanese animesque shows or non-Japanese comics in the style of manga, I, personally, do not consider them to be anime or manga. But I understand that some people define "manga" as a style, and some define it as "comics." And that's fine as long as general communication is not hindered.

 

[Talshere]

Every year we fail to return to an ice age (cos that is what we are due. YAY go 2000m think 13million km^2 ice sheet over the entire USA!) increases the likelihood that we are affecting the climate. And despite this rant Im actually pro preventative measures. At worst our worries are completely unfounded and we get cleaner air. Just look at the number of smog days LA and London used to get. London never gets them now and LA rarely does. This can only be a good thing. Worst case scenario we were right and we will be ready. BUT STOP WITH THE BLOODY PROPAGANDA! Present the TRUTH!

I'm all for clean air, but I cringe every time some one calls carbon dioxide a pollutant. I know that I'm in the minority since the EPA declared CO2 a pollutant so that they could regulate it. I just have this sinking feeling that the whole anti-carbon dioxide movement is fueled on ignorance. Consider the fact that most combustion gives off two principle products. Both of these products are green house gases and both of these products end up, for the most part, in our oceans. The weaker green house gas is carbon dioxide which people are already afraid of because it can cause suffocate you. While this gas gets all the attention, the other, stronger green house gas that also "suffocates" hundreds of people every year gets ignored because it is water and no one is going to be afraid of it. I understand the differences between water and CO2 and I'll even put on my tinfoil hat before saying this, but a small section at the back of my mind started to wonder: "If I wanted to control all of the industry in the world, could I take a process central to everything, say combustion, and take a little understood part of that process, like carbon dioxide, and make everyone so afraid of it that they ask me to control it for them?"

Anyway, clean air is great. I hate smog; I don't want to breath nitrates or sulfates and I can barely tolerate being around smokers. I want clean water. Carbon dioxide, however, is an essential part of life and industry and it makes soda-pop great.

While other natural gasses, most notably CH4, do undoubtedly contribute to the green house effect when we correlate the parts per million (ppm) to changes in air temperature. Usually (though not exclusively) all other gasses have a lag time behind the temperature shift event while CO2 lies on the incident boundary. From this we can correlate that CO2 is one of if not the most important green house gas in terms of climate forcing. It has also been linked significantly in paleoclimate records with ocean acidification and raising the lysocline (the point at which calcium carbonate dissolves in the ocean which atm lies at around 4k metres depending on where you are in the world). This is also important as it greatly affects primary productivity in the ocean.

Methane (CH4) has also been strongly linked to climate change but usually in the form of spikes in temperature which quickly (1 mill years or so) return to the normal trend causing no long term alteration.


I can provide you with accompanying evidence if you wish. So unless your going to start accusing climate scientists and more or less every environmental scientific journal in the world liars I suggest you do your reading and revise your statment.


It is true that water vapour causes climate change but it is relatively short term as when you pump excess water vapour into the atmosphere it quickly becomes over saturated and pisses it down. The theory, however, if you want to go an look it up is called "Global Dimming" which theorises that the amount of gasses harmful or otherwise such as jet con trails and cooling tower emissions are creating an imperceptible mirror in the atmosphere that reflects a significant proportion of energy back out to space. Some even suggest that this effect is significantly masking the effects of global warming and should we actually reduce this global dimming effect it could greatly accelerate climate change and throw out even our most extreme models.

Personally, while I'm willing to accept the theory of global dimming that the evidence is incomplete, I greatly doubt it would affect us "that" much if we stopped all emission tomorrow.



You have now been educated and may form a more correct opinion.

 

[Sarah Frazier]

I play MMOs and I've been through the whole newb stage myself which is why I don't mind helping others with the finer points of how the game works and terminology... But there was this one person who would ask repeatedly what something was or why something wasn't working even though there were half a dozen people answering the question. Some people would even give step-by-step directions on how to do something and they'd keep on asking. Eventually even I gave up trying to help them because they were either not paying attention or just incapable of being helped.

But generally people who don't bother looking at the basic instructions and then start whining about how things are too hard annoy the snot out of me.

Captcha: Robert wookshe (I didn't know Chewie's brother was into that stuff)

 

[Kizi]

This week is midterm week.
Of course, after taking the exams, we all ask each other about which exams we took. My first test was in orchestra. Almost every single time I brought it up, someone would go "Wait, you have midterms in orchestra? That's dumb." and then I'd have to explain that, yes, in orchestra we actually learn things, and do not, in fact, just dick around with instruments for 90 minutes.
That's a pain to deal with.
Also, my mom's ignorance of single thing I do is mildly frustrating.
"So... Which instrument do you play again?"
"I'm a violist, mom. I've been doing this since sixth grade."
"That's nice."

I have something similar.
I recently started philosophy at school and I'm enjoying it a lot. However, whenever I tell someone I'm studying philosophy, they ask me if the class is just sitting and staring into the air, stroking our beards, pondering everything and getting free credit for it. No. No, it's not. We're learning about ancient philosophers and their philosophical questions while also discussing our own thoughts of the matter.
Idiots, I tell 'ya.

 

[Dr Jones]

I remembering having a HUGE fight with dad a while back because I turned off his computer's screen to save electricity because he left in on for running. He insisted the computer was aware of the screen being turned off, and would respond to that, often by crashing.

Sorry, but that made me xD!
Don't hurt your computer's feelings, man! Turning the monitor off will make it angry!

 

[chadachada123]

"The internet is down", especially coming from people incapable of comprehending a loose cable. I personally blame the people who install routers, not bad people at all, but their presence as "the internet fairies" perpetuate this particular thing.

Err...I don't think that you understand the flexibility that the article "the" has. If me and my family own a dog, and she is sick, it's perfectly normal to say, "The dog is sick" as opposed to saying, "My dog/Our dog is sick." The internet is the same thing. If the internet is not working at my house, and I am in my house, talking to other people in my house, then for all intents and purposes, "the internet is down."

(Unless you're talking about people that would think that the entire internet is ACTUALLY down or something, in which case, yeah, they're pretty ignorant).

The fact that there are regional variations in spelling seems to elude way more people than it should.

Do you mean that some people will correct others on spelling, not realizing that there is just a regional difference? That would be annoying. I'm American yet I spell several words in the British English way, like grey, or offense/defence (that's right, I spell offense like an American, but defence like someone from the UK).

 

[Rule Britannia]

Not really ignorant as much as it is clueless and lazy ¬.¬

When I moved I didn't use a laptop in school and so when I came to this new school everyone used computers and I was next to useless with them since then I've become the fixit guy (although I don't know shit for hardware)


In my grade of 15 people I'm the guy to go to if your PC is fucked up (all the guys in my grade use PCs apart from one (5 people)) and so I am the one fixing things and installing programs, because I'm a busy guy I make my own "readme" files so they can do it themselves... They can't find "program files 86x".

 

[theheroofaction]

(Unless you're talking about people that would think that the entire internet is ACTUALLY down or something, in which case, yeah, they're pretty ignorant).

well, unfortunately, I was referring to the type of people who never attempt troubleshooting, because they literally believe the entire internet is disabled.

Do you mean that some people will correct others on spelling, not realizing that there is just a regional difference? That would be annoying. I'm American yet I spell several words in the British English way, like grey, or offense/defence (that's right, I spell offense like an American, but defence like someone from the UK).

And since I'm quoting you anyhow, I might as well bother clarifying that yes, what you heard is exactly what I meant.

 

[Zen Toombs]

Misunderstanding bisexuality was previously mentioned, but I would like to add the following: just because I'm bisexual doesn't mean that I want to date a guy and a girl at the same time. Bisexuality [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexuality] =/= polyamory [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory][footnote]For those who don't want to click the link, "polyamory" is the term for those who are knowingly and willingly involved romantically with multiple people at the same time.[/footnote] people!

Also, while I'm personally monogamous, why do people think that polyamory is a bad thing?