#peeve — Public Fediverse posts

Peeve: undergoing orientation makes you oriented, not "orientated".

When you use public transportation, you are transported to your destination, not "transportated".

Thank you.

#peeve #English #BusinessJargon #NotAWord #ThatsNotAWord #oriented #orientated

Peeve: undergoing orientation makes you oriented, not "orientated".

When you use public transportation, you are transported to your destination, not "transportated".

Thank you.

#peeve #English #BusinessJargon #NotAWord #ThatsNotAWord #oriented #orientated

Peeve: undergoing orientation makes you oriented, not "orientated".

When you use public transportation, you are transported to your destination, not "transportated".

Thank you.

#peeve #English #BusinessJargon #NotAWord #ThatsNotAWord #oriented #orientated

Peeve: undergoing orientation makes you oriented, not "orientated".

When you use public transportation, you are transported to your destination, not "transportated".

Thank you.

#peeve #English #BusinessJargon #NotAWord #ThatsNotAWord #oriented #orientated

Peeve: undergoing orientation makes you oriented, not "orientated".

When you use public transportation, you are transported to your destination, not "transportated".

Thank you.

#peeve #English #BusinessJargon #NotAWord #ThatsNotAWord #oriented #orientated

[Note: something has now changed and clicking a hashtag brings up a context menu that *does* have a mute option. It didn't this morning! Dunno.]

Mastodon #peeve:

If you click a hastag, you're taken to page summarizing content with that hashtag etc.

At the top is a prominent button labelled "Follow hashtag", which does what it says in one click.

There is no equivalent "Block" or "Filter out" functionality on this page. Instead, you have to copy the tag (or retype it later), go to Preferences, select Filters, then Add New Filter, then fill out a multi-input form, and then click Add Filter.

#Mastodon should make it as easy to filter specific things out of your feed as it does to follow those same specific things. The fact that the difference in effort here is so stark makes it feel like a dark design pattern - maybe even to the point of being abusive to the user.

There's also a different level of effort for following/muting-or-blocking a user. To follow, you can hover over their name in your feed, and there's a one-click button to follow them. But to block or mute them, you have to open a separate page for the user, and then click multiple things to actually complete the action.

"Create a suggestion issue in our repo!" - ya, I've done that a few times. Those requests appear to drop into the round file, unread and unresponded-to. It seems posting to Fedi gets better traction.

#MastoBug #MastoSuggestion #UI #DarkPattern #Filter #Block #Follow #Hashtag

[Note: something has now changed and clicking a hashtag brings up a context menu that *does* have a mute option. It didn't this morning! Dunno.]

Mastodon #peeve:

If you click a hastag, you're taken to page summarizing content with that hashtag etc.

At the top is a prominent button labelled "Follow hashtag", which does what it says in one click.

There is no equivalent "Block" or "Filter out" functionality on this page. Instead, you have to copy the tag (or retype it later), go to Preferences, select Filters, then Add New Filter, then fill out a multi-input form, and then click Add Filter.

#Mastodon should make it as easy to filter specific things out of your feed as it does to follow those same specific things. The fact that the difference in effort here is so stark makes it feel like a dark design pattern - maybe even to the point of being abusive to the user.

There's also a different level of effort for following/muting-or-blocking a user. To follow, you can hover over their name in your feed, and there's a one-click button to follow them. But to block or mute them, you have to open a separate page for the user, and then click multiple things to actually complete the action.

"Create a suggestion issue in our repo!" - ya, I've done that a few times. Those requests appear to drop into the round file, unread and unresponded-to. It seems posting to Fedi gets better traction.

#MastoBug #MastoSuggestion #UI #DarkPattern #Filter #Block #Follow #Hashtag

[Note: something has now changed and clicking a hashtag brings up a context menu that *does* have a mute option. It didn't this morning! Dunno.]

Mastodon #peeve:

If you click a hastag, you're taken to page summarizing content with that hashtag etc.

At the top is a prominent button labelled "Follow hashtag", which does what it says in one click.

There is no equivalent "Block" or "Filter out" functionality on this page. Instead, you have to copy the tag (or retype it later), go to Preferences, select Filters, then Add New Filter, then fill out a multi-input form, and then click Add Filter.

#Mastodon should make it as easy to filter specific things out of your feed as it does to follow those same specific things. The fact that the difference in effort here is so stark makes it feel like a dark design pattern - maybe even to the point of being abusive to the user.

There's also a different level of effort for following/muting-or-blocking a user. To follow, you can hover over their name in your feed, and there's a one-click button to follow them. But to block or mute them, you have to open a separate page for the user, and then click multiple things to actually complete the action.

"Create a suggestion issue in our repo!" - ya, I've done that a few times. Those requests appear to drop into the round file, unread and unresponded-to. It seems posting to Fedi gets better traction.

#MastoBug #MastoSuggestion #UI #DarkPattern #Filter #Block #Follow #Hashtag

[Note: something has now changed and clicking a hashtag brings up a context menu that *does* have a mute option. It didn't this morning! Dunno.]

Mastodon #peeve:

If you click a hastag, you're taken to page summarizing content with that hashtag etc.

At the top is a prominent button labelled "Follow hashtag", which does what it says in one click.

There is no equivalent "Block" or "Filter out" functionality on this page. Instead, you have to copy the tag (or retype it later), go to Preferences, select Filters, then Add New Filter, then fill out a multi-input form, and then click Add Filter.

#Mastodon should make it as easy to filter specific things out of your feed as it does to follow those same specific things. The fact that the difference in effort here is so stark makes it feel like a dark design pattern - maybe even to the point of being abusive to the user.

There's also a different level of effort for following/muting-or-blocking a user. To follow, you can hover over their name in your feed, and there's a one-click button to follow them. But to block or mute them, you have to open a separate page for the user, and then click multiple things to actually complete the action.

"Create a suggestion issue in our repo!" - ya, I've done that a few times. Those requests appear to drop into the round file, unread and unresponded-to. It seems posting to Fedi gets better traction.

#MastoBug #MastoSuggestion #UI #DarkPattern #Filter #Block #Follow #Hashtag

[Note: something has now changed and clicking a hashtag brings up a context menu that *does* have a mute option. It didn't this morning! Dunno.]

Mastodon #peeve:

If you click a hastag, you're taken to page summarizing content with that hashtag etc.

At the top is a prominent button labelled "Follow hashtag", which does what it says in one click.

There is no equivalent "Block" or "Filter out" functionality on this page. Instead, you have to copy the tag (or retype it later), go to Preferences, select Filters, then Add New Filter, then fill out a multi-input form, and then click Add Filter.

#Mastodon should make it as easy to filter specific things out of your feed as it does to follow those same specific things. The fact that the difference in effort here is so stark makes it feel like a dark design pattern - maybe even to the point of being abusive to the user.

There's also a different level of effort for following/muting-or-blocking a user. To follow, you can hover over their name in your feed, and there's a one-click button to follow them. But to block or mute them, you have to open a separate page for the user, and then click multiple things to actually complete the action.

"Create a suggestion issue in our repo!" - ya, I've done that a few times. Those requests appear to drop into the round file, unread and unresponded-to. It seems posting to Fedi gets better traction.

#MastoBug #MastoSuggestion #UI #DarkPattern #Filter #Block #Follow #Hashtag

Opinion:

If you are the small-business owner of a restaurant, and that restaurant has a website that details your location(s), your menu, and has an "About Us" section, and if your restaurant has a presence on multiple food-delivery services, and none of those have any information about your hours of operation, you have Failed At The Internet.

#peeve #failed #FailedAtTheInternet #FailedInternet #website #restaurant #HoursOfOperation #HaveAFuckingWebsite #SmallBusiness #information

Opinion:

If you are the small-business owner of a restaurant, and that restaurant has a website that details your location(s), your menu, and has an "About Us" section, and if your restaurant has a presence on multiple food-delivery services, and none of those have any information about your hours of operation, you have Failed At The Internet.

#peeve #failed #FailedAtTheInternet #FailedInternet #website #restaurant #HoursOfOperation #HaveAFuckingWebsite #SmallBusiness #information

Opinion:

If you are the small-business owner of a restaurant, and that restaurant has a website that details your location(s), your menu, and has an "About Us" section, and if your restaurant has a presence on multiple food-delivery services, and none of those have any information about your hours of operation, you have Failed At The Internet.

#peeve #failed #FailedAtTheInternet #FailedInternet #website #restaurant #HoursOfOperation #HaveAFuckingWebsite #SmallBusiness #information

Opinion:

If you are the small-business owner of a restaurant, and that restaurant has a website that details your location(s), your menu, and has an "About Us" section, and if your restaurant has a presence on multiple food-delivery services, and none of those have any information about your hours of operation, you have Failed At The Internet.

#peeve #failed #FailedAtTheInternet #FailedInternet #website #restaurant #HoursOfOperation #HaveAFuckingWebsite #SmallBusiness #information

Opinion:

If you are the small-business owner of a restaurant, and that restaurant has a website that details your location(s), your menu, and has an "About Us" section, and if your restaurant has a presence on multiple food-delivery services, and none of those have any information about your hours of operation, you have Failed At The Internet.

#peeve #failed #FailedAtTheInternet #FailedInternet #website #restaurant #HoursOfOperation #HaveAFuckingWebsite #SmallBusiness #information

Alice: Are these cinnamon buns, or cinnamon *raisin* buns?

Bob: Why? Don't you like raisins?

Alice: I like raisins, just not in my baked goods.

Bob: You're weird.

Alice: Do you like kumquats in your garlic bread?

Bob: What? No!

Alice: Kumquats and raisins are fruit. Garlic bread and cinnamon buns are baked goods. Why am I weird and you aren't?

Bob: ... go away.

#CinnamonBun #CinnamonRaisinBun #raisins #BakedGoods #SliceOfLife #1MinutePlay #peeve

Maybe this marks me out as a #curmudgeon , but if you post a link to an obvious "listicle" without adding anything of substance of your own, not only will I not visit the #listicle, I may mute you entirely.

It's not personal. I just hate, with the heat of a thousand dying suns, the information sphere's equivalent of empty calories. We used to make fun of information-lite news like USA Today, but that stuff from decades ago would compare favourably to a lot of big-city newspapers' websites these days.

You *can* read deeper content. I *believe* in you.

#EmptyCalories #information #InformationSphere #JunkFood #JunkInfo #JunkContent #InformationLite #PetPeeve #peeve #grumpy #GrumpyOldMan #content

A small units-related #peeve prob not resonating with many others, but if someone says their product has a 3000 mAh battery, I see that as:

"We've got a 3 ✖️ 1000 ➗ 1000 AmpHour battery!"

Yeah, I know Dave in marketing says big numbers look more impressive, but just say it's just a 3Ah battery.

Power bank specs are worse to a factor of ten, often quoting 20,000 mAh capacity! I'm surprised they aren't trying to do 20kmAh which would be a crime against units.

#consumerElectronics #units

What's your current pet #peeve with #systemd, you ask? [1]

Well, one of the oldest #complaints about it is its #stupid binary #logging system. "Instead of paging your way through /var/log/messages, just run journalctl !" they say.

But if you run #journalctl, it'll start at the beginning of the log. For this machine, that's a few months ago. I want to get to "now", so hit `G` ... and wait for literally *minutes* for it to parse through the whole bloody thing.

1/x

[1] You didn't ask.

Guys wearing their ballcaps backwards shading their eyes with their hand when they look in the direction of the sun

#Peeve

Every #Mastodon / #Fediverse poll that includes the text "boost for larger sample size" should be required to have "Dewey Defeats Truman" as one of the poll answers.

#peeve #PetPeeve #statistics #poll #sample #bias #DeweyDefeatsTruman #SamplingError #SamplingBias

@benroyce oh oh - and while everyone is trying so desperately to use the word "exacerbate" lately for some unknown reason, please note that "exasperate" is a totally different word and "exasperate the situation" makes no sense.

#peeve #words

#Peeve: I wish they'd tell you the #fees up front. Several times recently I've made small orders for $5 or $10, then three or four days later an "international conversion fee" of 15¢ or 28¢ shows up on my online bank statement. It's not like the bank doesn't know this up front.

Things we can do away with in headline and blurb #writing

Scientists say...
Experts say...
Shoppers say...

And the word "this" anywhere in the title if you didn't also tell me what "this" is, as in:

"This one food will clean your laundry in your sleep!"

Specific, nouns, people. Do you speak them?

#rant #peeve

#Peeve: contrarian #units. Why say your phone has a "six thousand milliamp" battery, when you could just "six amp"? Two syllables versus six. Written, "6000 mA" vs "6 A" is the same deal, six characters versus two.

I'm also one who would also prefer saying that the Moon is 384 megameters from Earth, not 384,000 kilometers. #SI

Pet peeve: national-level mainstream media outlets that absolutely cannot differentiate correctly between a budget deficit and national debt.

#debt #deficit #NationalDebt #BudgetDeficit #MSM #media #peeve #PetPeeve

I know a lot of the web is crap, but it really bothers me how lame many sites are explaining meanings of #Sanskrit words/names.

E.g., so many sites that say "dhanushka" is about wealth, when in fact it is about bow (archery). 🤦‍♂️

https://mastodon.social/@nityakrishna/114484413728306639

#language #peeve

#Reading The Crucible, the latest Fighting Tomcats #AltHist book, and my #grammar funny bone was smacked. A naval agent is getting info about the situation in WW2 Italy from a Mob member in New York. He ends the meeting with “I'm thankful for all the La Cosa Nostra has done for the war effort.”

Ack, "the La"? I'd think most anyone would know "la" means "the" and shouldn't be duplicated. It's worse than some rich boor saying “Who cares what the hoi polloi think?” since fewer people know "hoi" is "the" in the Greek phrase "the (common) people" or "the masses". #peeve

Made tacos tonight, from a hard shell kit. There's usually a piece of waxed cardboard folded in with the shells to make them a bit less crushable. Now it's apparently a piece of plastic. Cardboard was good enough for years, El Paso. Why make the world a bit worse? #peeve

R.I.PEEVE /// PEEVE GRAVE DIGGER RELEASE + JAVA, DUREX, LIFELINE @ BLUE DOG

The Blue Dog Motel, Saturday, March 22 at 08:00 PM EDT

SATURDAY MARCH 22ND / 2025
R.I.PEEVE + FRIENDS:

PEEVE [GRAVE DIGGER EP RELEASE]
JAVA
DUREX
LIFELINE

$10 NOTAFLOFLMFAO
BLUE DOG TAVERN/MOTEL?

KARAOKE AFTER???

COME PAY YOUR RESPECTS TO EVERYONE'S FAVORITE BAND, PEEVE, AND WITNESS THE MAJESTY AS THE GRAVE PARTY ROCKERS ROCK THEIR LAST GRAVE TO HELL!!!!

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/ripeeve-peeve-grave-digger-release-java-durex-lifeline-blue-dog

Goddamit. I thought that for once, or maaaybe twice, in the 19 years I've been running Linux, that this one time an upgrade from one version to the next had gone fine. Things looked good. Then now there's very obvious graphical glitches in Gnome Settings and Nautilus. Ugh. Guess I'll have to do a clean install yet again. This must be my biggest annoyance with Linux right now, I think.

#Linux #Nobara #peeve

Another old #fogey pet #peeve. I much prefer calling application software, #software, rather than ##apps but still apps is better than just calling it a "soft".

Thanksgiving and the following Black Friday and Cyber Monday have no religious connection. None whatsoever.

Not even if you take advantage of the sales to get a headstart on Christmas shopping.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday

#peeve #psa #holidays

#Peeve: a movie about a person's life is a BI-o-pic, not a bi-OP-ic. You know, 'bio' as in 'life'?

Someone just referred to Cybersecurity Awareness Month as “Cyber Month” and I’m (once again) shaking my head. Cyber by itself has nothing to do with security, crypto by itself has nothing to do with currency, &c. Prefixes are essentially adjectives. It’s like saying “red” and expecting people to assume the thing we’re describing. #Peeve

What’s One Pet Peeve Of Yours That You Wish That You Could Get Rid Of–Because It Hampers Your Enjoyment Of Life?

#CriticalQuestions #Quiz #PubQuiz #PetPeeve #Peeve #irritation #Enjoyment #StayHome #StaySafe #StayHomeStaySafe

https://youtu.be/AyZluYVjqDg

Journalism and news tip.

"This <whatever>" in a headline is click bait.

Let it pass over and through you, and do not engage.

Starve the beast of the attention it craves.

Demand specific nouns!

#peeve #news

#peeve of the day: people who don't include dates on their blog entries.

Dear package delivery folks.

I know your working conditions are terrible, and you need to get an insane amount of work done.

But could we please not leave packages up against my outward-opening front door?

The small ones are just annoying when they fall over, the large ones are a fire hazard if I can't open my door.

There is plenty of space to either side, and even a convenient small table in the shade, right there.

Thanks

#peeve

Code in posts complaining about C++ is quite often actually/largely C code. ☹️

#cpp #cPlusPlus #c #peeve

Reporter: People were glued to their TV watching events unfold.

Me. NOOO. People were glued to their *seats* watching events unfold (on TV).

#peeve #English #words #expression #communication #misstatement

Total Nada (EP release), Uzu, Peeve, HRT

📍 La Sotterenea
📅 Saturday, 21 October (21:00)

Total Nada (Reunion show, release of their second EP)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-nada-ii-ep
[https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-nada-ii-ep]

Uzu (also just dropped their LP) https://uzupunk.bandcamp.com/
[https://uzupunk.bandcamp.com/]

Peeve (new sllit tape!) https://peeeve.bandcamp.com/album/peeve-glowing-orb
[https://]

HRT (new release out soon)

21h @ Sotterrenea

$15

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/total-nada-ep-release-uzu-peeve-hrt

Les Insoumises X Birthday BASH THE PATRIARCHY Part Two

📍 Foufounes Electriques
📅 Saturday, 4 February (20:00)

Come celebrate our 3rd anniversary with us!!!

Featuring:

ENDFORM [https//endform.bandcamp.com] (neo crust punk)
PEEVE [https://peeeve.bandcamp.com] (punk)
FEED [https://feedmtl.bandcamp.com/] (punk crust)
TOTAL WASTE [https://totalwastemtl.bandcamp.com/] (hardcore punk)
JETSAM [https://www.facebook.com/jetsammtl](powerviolence)

Get your tickets now before this sells out!!!

https://www.epasslive.com/detail-de-l-evenement/birthday-bash-the-patriarchy-part-two-af93
[https://www.epasslive.com/detail-de-l-evenement/birthday-bash-the-patriarchy-part-two-af93]

TICKETS: 15$
DOORS : 20$/7PM
SHOW: 8PM

ALL WOMEN, TRANS PEOPLE, NON-BINARY PEOPLE, BIPOC AND QUEERS TO THE FRONT!

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/les-insoumises-x-birthday-bash-the-patriarchy-part-two

New #PEEVE / #GLORB just dropped (see last boost) and new #WARKRUSHER :PunkFelix: also came out?

https://agipunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ag134-warkrusher-armistice

Total Nada (EP release), Uzu, Peeve, HRT

📍 La Sotterenea
📅 Saturday, 21 October (21:00)

Total Nada (Reunion show, release of their second EP)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-nada-ii-ep
[https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-nada-ii-ep]

Uzu (also just dropped their LP) https://uzupunk.bandcamp.com/
[https://uzupunk.bandcamp.com/]

Peeve (new sllit tape!) https://peeeve.bandcamp.com/album/peeve-glowing-orb
[https://]

HRT (new release out soon)

21h @ Sotterrenea

$15

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/total-nada-ep-release-uzu-peeve-hrt

Total Nada (EP release), Uzu, Peeve, HRT

📍 La Sotterenea
📅 Saturday, 21 October (21:00)

Total Nada (Reunion show, release of their second EP)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-nada-ii-ep
[https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-nada-ii-ep]

Uzu (also just dropped their LP) https://uzupunk.bandcamp.com/
[https://uzupunk.bandcamp.com/]

Peeve (new sllit tape!) https://peeeve.bandcamp.com/album/peeve-glowing-orb
[https://]

HRT (new release out soon)

21h @ Sotterrenea

$15

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/total-nada-ep-release-uzu-peeve-hrt

Total Nada (EP release), Uzu, Peeve, HRT

📍 La Sotterenea
📅 Saturday, 21 October (21:00)

Total Nada (Reunion show, release of their second EP)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-nada-ii-ep
[https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/total-nada-ii-ep]

Uzu (also just dropped their LP) https://uzupunk.bandcamp.com/
[https://uzupunk.bandcamp.com/]

Peeve (new sllit tape!) https://peeeve.bandcamp.com/album/peeve-glowing-orb
[https://]

HRT (new release out soon)

21h @ Sotterrenea

$15

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/total-nada-ep-release-uzu-peeve-hrt

IFO Presents: Leather Jacuzzi, Pressure Pin, Peeve

📍 Under The Bridge
📅 Saturday, 9 September (20:00)

Glowing Orb

Peeve

Leather Jacuzzi (Calgary/TO)

$15 PWYC

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/ifo-presents-leather-jacuzzi-pressure-pin-peeve

Trespassing, No More Moments, Torpor, Peeve , Glowing Orb

📍 La Sotterenea
📅 Sunday, 30 July (20:00)

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/trespassing-no-more-moments-torpor-peeve-glowing-orb

SEARCH FOR THE SUN FRIDAY

📍 La Sala Rossa
📅 Friday, 3 November (18:30)

Friday November 3
Blu Anxxiety (Nuke York)
Cyberplasm (Olympia)
Béton Armé
Woodstock 99 (Cleveland)
The Hell (Cleveland)
Street Gloves
HRT
Beef
Peeve

Sotterenea / Sala Rossa – $35

Tickets: https://ifomontreal.bigcartel.com/product/search-for-the-sun-friday
[https://ifomontreal.bigcartel.com/product/search-for-the-sun-friday]

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/search-for-the-sun-friday