Because you guys love my rants so much (and heck, I enjoy reading them later on after I've cooled down - they're good for a chuckle), here's a collection I've been saving up of things that annoy me. Yes, I'm letting it all hang out, partly because I have some pent-up rage that I haven't let out from some of this stuff that's actually happened to me, and partly because angry posts are lulzy to read. See? I'm thinking of you, people! If I offend anyone who happens to read this, then fuck ya. (See how luly that was?)

This list can (and likely will) get SO much bigger, but I'm trying to keep it to general things and not specific things or people. Anyway, without further ado, may I present to you my list of:



Things People Do That Annoy Me
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Taking an established character (like Sonic or Simba) and giving them a different color/scar/marking/whatever and calling it totally new and unique and all yours. It bugs me even more when they go on and on about how it's copyright them and don't steal it and blah fucking blah - news flash! No one wants your Mary Sue! Protip: If someone can confuse it for the original character, it's not unique enough.

People who answer a question falsely as if they are speaking facts. Please, be sure you know what you're saying before you try to answer someone's question. Don't just tell them what you think the answer is unless you qualify that you aren't sure. I remember looking up the etymology for the phrase "off his rocker" and someone answered something along the lines of, "It means going crazy, like imagine an old person who has gone senile. They usually sit in their rocking chair, but sometimes they go crazy and get up and cavort around the house, so they are 'off their rocker'." No, just, no. _{Tidbit: The actual etymology most likely stems from early days of steam engine development,in particular beam engines. The beam engine rocks back and forth in a "rocker" and if pressure is incorrectly applied, it can come out of said rocker and flail about wildly, thus you can see the correlation... I hope.}

People who feel the need to answer a posed question with something, anything, even when they don't know the answer. If I ask a question, I don't need 50 replies from other people telling me that they also don't know. If you don't know, keep your trap shut because I don't care. I'm only interested in the people who do know, so stop taking up valuable kilobytes with your pointless text.

Randomly changing the pronunciation of something. It went from Hiroshima to Hiroshima. It went from Demi Moore to Demi Moore. It went from Susan Sarandon to Susan Sarandon. Come on, people! Pick it and stick to it!

The ones of you who have been with me a while know this already most likely, but I hate it when an artist (popular or not) doesn't take the time to acknowledge comments. I suppose I could understand not acknowledging a "cool" or "Nice work!" comment, even though it only takes a second to say thank you or type a smiley face, but to ignore longer comments that are well written and were obviously thought out by someone who took the time to actually look at the work or read the story or whatever is just assholish to me and makes you seem like you're too stuck up to acknowledge the lowly. Don't be an asshole!

People who hold disdain for those who do something they do using a different or easier method. The first example that happens come to mind are pixel artists. I've seen a lot of people claiming "real" pixel art is done only in MS Paint, and they go around laughing at people who don't use MS Paint to make pixel work. Hey, look, if you're a masochist and prefer to use a method that's harder, fine. But don't look down your nose at people who have chosen a different method than you. It certainly doesn't make their pixel art any less "real." You act like they're cheating or something for not using Paint. Stop acting like you're better than everyone who doesn't use Paint. Not everyone uses the same programs as you to meet the same ends, so drop your holier-than-thou attitudes. Just because something takes more time or is a bit harder to do doesn't make you more of a hardcore artist, so please get over yourselves.

People who think that just because you use a phrase, picture, or word from ED, you are a troll. I can enjoy ED without being a troll. In fact, you know what? Fuck it. I hate people who don't get what a "troll" is. It seems "troll" has a different meaning on this site than on most. Let me simplify what being a troll is on dA... Someone offered you critique on how to improve a piece and it was slightly less than an asspat? TROLL! Someone who disagrees with your viewpoint? TROLL! Someone called you out on your mistake when you made one? TROLL! Someone who likes ED? TROLL! In fact, anyone you even slightly dislike - no, no, I'm going to make this super simple for you: everyone on dA, everyone, is a troll. No exceptions.