Are you eating store-brand pretzels right now like me? Why didn't I spend the extra dollar to get something less … donkey shit?Kory wrote:I know exactly what you're going through. I hate that shit.Dr. Medulla wrote:Some advice to you university students when writing term papers: Don't fucking well put footnote markers in the middle of the goddamn sentence. It's visually ugly and bloody well disruptive. What it tells the reader to do is stop reading this sentence right now, before it's complete, and go read the footnote. Why are telling someone to stop reading your lovely sentence, then expect them to come back and just pick it up after that numeral, and that your point will still flow well? Wait until the end of the damn sentence before you want to provide evidence that you're not making shit up or have additional points to make.
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The Mighty Pet Peeves Thread
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"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I like Auntie Anne's at the mall....with the cheese sauce.Dr. Medulla wrote:Are you eating store-brand pretzels right now like me? Why didn't I spend the extra dollar to get something less … donkey shit?Kory wrote:I know exactly what you're going through. I hate that shit.Dr. Medulla wrote:Some advice to you university students when writing term papers: Don't fucking well put footnote markers in the middle of the goddamn sentence. It's visually ugly and bloody well disruptive. What it tells the reader to do is stop reading this sentence right now, before it's complete, and go read the footnote. Why are telling someone to stop reading your lovely sentence, then expect them to come back and just pick it up after that numeral, and that your point will still flow well? Wait until the end of the damn sentence before you want to provide evidence that you're not making shit up or have additional points to make.
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Tho it's never actually happened to be, I have a weird fear that my teeth will break on large pretzels, so I only eat mini-sized ones. I think in a past life I was bitten by a large pretzel (said large pretzel was Flex in a past life).Kory wrote:I like Auntie Anne's at the mall....with the cheese sauce.Dr. Medulla wrote:Are you eating store-brand pretzels right now like me? Why didn't I spend the extra dollar to get something less … donkey shit?Kory wrote:I know exactly what you're going through. I hate that shit.Dr. Medulla wrote:Some advice to you university students when writing term papers: Don't fucking well put footnote markers in the middle of the goddamn sentence. It's visually ugly and bloody well disruptive. What it tells the reader to do is stop reading this sentence right now, before it's complete, and go read the footnote. Why are telling someone to stop reading your lovely sentence, then expect them to come back and just pick it up after that numeral, and that your point will still flow well? Wait until the end of the damn sentence before you want to provide evidence that you're not making shit up or have additional points to make.
(Note: I'm dealing with a writer right now who has an allergy to putting footnote markers at the end of sentences and it's pissing me off.)
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You know those large pretzels are soft...Dr. Medulla wrote:Tho it's never actually happened to be, I have a weird fear that my teeth will break on large pretzels, so I only eat mini-sized ones. I think in a past life I was bitten by a large pretzel (said large pretzel was Flex in a past life).Kory wrote:I like Auntie Anne's at the mall....with the cheese sauce.Dr. Medulla wrote:Are you eating store-brand pretzels right now like me? Why didn't I spend the extra dollar to get something less … donkey shit?Kory wrote:I know exactly what you're going through. I hate that shit.Dr. Medulla wrote:Some advice to you university students when writing term papers: Don't fucking well put footnote markers in the middle of the goddamn sentence. It's visually ugly and bloody well disruptive. What it tells the reader to do is stop reading this sentence right now, before it's complete, and go read the footnote. Why are telling someone to stop reading your lovely sentence, then expect them to come back and just pick it up after that numeral, and that your point will still flow well? Wait until the end of the damn sentence before you want to provide evidence that you're not making shit up or have additional points to make.
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Not all of them. I saw a kid take a bite once and it just shattered everywhere.Wolter wrote:You know those large pretzels are soft...Dr. Medulla wrote:Tho it's never actually happened to be, I have a weird fear that my teeth will break on large pretzels, so I only eat mini-sized ones. I think in a past life I was bitten by a large pretzel (said large pretzel was Flex in a past life).Kory wrote:I like Auntie Anne's at the mall....with the cheese sauce.Dr. Medulla wrote:Are you eating store-brand pretzels right now like me? Why didn't I spend the extra dollar to get something less … donkey shit?Kory wrote: I know exactly what you're going through. I hate that shit.
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Gross. No wonder Canada doesn't have an empire.Dr. Medulla wrote:Not all of them. I saw a kid take a bite once and it just shattered everywhere.Wolter wrote:You know those large pretzels are soft...Dr. Medulla wrote:Tho it's never actually happened to be, I have a weird fear that my teeth will break on large pretzels, so I only eat mini-sized ones. I think in a past life I was bitten by a large pretzel (said large pretzel was Flex in a past life).Kory wrote:I like Auntie Anne's at the mall....with the cheese sauce.Dr. Medulla wrote: Are you eating store-brand pretzels right now like me? Why didn't I spend the extra dollar to get something less … donkey shit?
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Pretzel historical determinism was debunked decades ago by Prof. Toby Skunkskin.Wolter wrote:Gross. No wonder Canada doesn't have an empire.
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Bah, his methods were shoddy and his conclusions tenuous.Dr. Medulla wrote:Pretzel historical determinism was debunked decades ago by Prof. Toby Skunkskin.Wolter wrote:Gross. No wonder Canada doesn't have an empire.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:Tho it's never actually happened to be, I have a weird fear that my teeth will break on large pretzels, so I only eat mini-sized ones. I think in a past life I was bitten by a large pretzel (said large pretzel was Flex in a past life).Kory wrote:I like Auntie Anne's at the mall....with the cheese sauce.Dr. Medulla wrote:Are you eating store-brand pretzels right now like me? Why didn't I spend the extra dollar to get something less … donkey shit?Kory wrote:I know exactly what you're going through. I hate that shit.Dr. Medulla wrote:Some advice to you university students when writing term papers: Don't fucking well put footnote markers in the middle of the goddamn sentence. It's visually ugly and bloody well disruptive. What it tells the reader to do is stop reading this sentence right now, before it's complete, and go read the footnote. Why are telling someone to stop reading your lovely sentence, then expect them to come back and just pick it up after that numeral, and that your point will still flow well? Wait until the end of the damn sentence before you want to provide evidence that you're not making shit up or have additional points to make.
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When you get tenure at the University of Phoenix, I'll think about listening to your critiques.Wolter wrote:Bah, his methods were shoddy and his conclusions tenuous.Dr. Medulla wrote:Pretzel historical determinism was debunked decades ago by Prof. Toby Skunkskin.Wolter wrote:Gross. No wonder Canada doesn't have an empire.
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Did the pretzel break though ?Dr. Medulla wrote:Not all of them. I saw a kid take a bite once and it just shattered everywhere.Wolter wrote:You know those large pretzels are soft...Dr. Medulla wrote:Tho it's never actually happened to be, I have a weird fear that my teeth will break on large pretzels, so I only eat mini-sized ones. I think in a past life I was bitten by a large pretzel (said large pretzel was Flex in a past life).Kory wrote:I like Auntie Anne's at the mall....with the cheese sauce.Dr. Medulla wrote: Are you eating store-brand pretzels right now like me? Why didn't I spend the extra dollar to get something less … donkey shit?
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No, Vern, they just let him in. [/Stand By Me]101Walterton wrote:Did the pretzel break though ?Dr. Medulla wrote:Not all of them. I saw a kid take a bite once and it just shattered everywhere.Wolter wrote:You know those large pretzels are soft...Dr. Medulla wrote:Tho it's never actually happened to be, I have a weird fear that my teeth will break on large pretzels, so I only eat mini-sized ones. I think in a past life I was bitten by a large pretzel (said large pretzel was Flex in a past life).Kory wrote: I like Auntie Anne's at the mall....with the cheese sauce.
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I laughed heartily at the idea of an entire child shattering while trying to eat a pretzel.Dr. Medulla wrote:No, Vern, they just let him in. [/Stand By Me]101Walterton wrote:Did the pretzel break though ?Dr. Medulla wrote:Not all of them. I saw a kid take a bite once and it just shattered everywhere.Wolter wrote:You know those large pretzels are soft...Dr. Medulla wrote: Tho it's never actually happened to be, I have a weird fear that my teeth will break on large pretzels, so I only eat mini-sized ones. I think in a past life I was bitten by a large pretzel (said large pretzel was Flex in a past life).
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I have a pet peeve:
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Nice sweats, Unemployed Lad.Wolter wrote:I have a pet peeve:
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft