#pet peeve

[markscherz]

Are there any really stupid science hills you'll die on for no reason? I do NOT mean "this is a serious and oft-misunderstood issue on which I disagree with my peers," I mean the "hotdogs are tacos" of your field.

So basically all of ‘higher taxonomy’ (every taxonomic rank above species) is just made up, wibbly wobbly, and incomparable. Arguments about what high ranks ‘should’ contain or mean are pointless, because the system is just deeply flawed.

But damn if I won’t write pages and pages of papers about how much it matters that higher taxonomic ranks are *useful*, and whinge loudly about the fact that many higher taxa are overly lumped to the point of insanity. See: genus Anolis == family Anoliidae. How can that possibly make sense? The people who argue in favour of this taxonomy seem to just be disinclined to learn which species belongs to which genus, and want to keep it simple by throwing them all in the same bin. To which I respond ‘okay, let’s just call every genus and family the same thing. Then you can’t possibly get it wrong. And also, thbbbbbt’.

#taxonomy #pet peeve #answers by Mark #ecruvian #this is the hill I will die on

[classycookiexo]

#pet peeve #honestly

[noctumsolis]

I've said elsewhere that I reject the idea that counting arises from the fingers.

People often say that base 10 is the obvious choice because we have 10 fingers. Then people come up with other ways of counting fingers to explain away other number systems like the ancient mesopotamian system ("well its because they were counting on individual phalanges!")

As of yesterday I have a new example to undermine the counting-from-fingers idea.

Because if you want a really practical way of counting on your fingers and which will correlate to written numbers, you want base 6.

0..5 on the units hand.

6¹..6⁵ on the sixes hand.

Counts all the way up to 35 and the numbers (digits) you'd write down match 1:1 with your fingers (digits).

If counting arose from the fingers, where's base 6?

EDIT:

I made a silly notation error in the above. Since there are already reblogs I'm not going to change the error, but I feel it needs to be acknowledged.

I wrote 6¹..6⁵ when what I meant was 6×1..6×5.

I'd got distracted by tangential thoughts.

#numeracy #maths #counting #pet peeve

[pass-da-baton]

Women reblogging pics of random cute animals of unspecified gender:

Look at him....he this....he that....little guy....he him his he he he him boy his he bro him boi......

Women collectively need to rewire their subconsciousness into recognizing the female sex as the default. I doubt that'll ever happen though.

#petty things that grind my gears #pet peeve #animals that are flashy/glamorous or innocent looking get called she but if it’s a grumpy/goofy looking platypus or sth you bet #the comments are all he

[theholybun]

Sigma's pet peeve (Being 8 ft tall) Part 2

#overwatch #sigma #siebren de kuiper #sigma overwatch #sigma ow #overwatch sigma #ow sigma #overwatch2 #pet peeve

[arielthedaydreamer]

I will forever be bothered by how boys in fantasy shows lack whimsy.

The teen girls are riding unicorns, talking to fairies and being happy, while the teen boys are like "eew, fairies. Magic. Ew. I wanna go home and play videogames" I literally wanna punch them.

I want whimsical boys plz. Hell, I want whimsical men. Fully grown adult men, their eyes sparkling with childlike wonder as they cast spells and pet unicorns and protect magical plants.

Jupiter North. I want more Jupiter North please. Read Nevermoor, yall

#lgbt #fantasy #ya #teenager #teen boys #movie tropes #book tropes #pet peeve #whimsy #whimsical #toxic masculinity #jupiter north #nevermoor #jessica townsend #whimsical men #whimsical boys #magic #witch #wizard #unicorn #transmasc #trans guy #ftm

[ensegnity]

Biggest pet peeve is Creepypasta artists inserting Brian and Tim into their little crossover world, getting their personalities wrong, and excluding Jay and Alex. Hey does anybody know that Masky and Hoodie are against the Operator/Slenderman because the amount of baffled Creepypasta artists coming to terms with this “new” revelation is insane.

What keeps me up at night are the people in my deviant art posts getting mad at me for excluding “Toby” when I draw Marble Hornets characters and adding “random people” in them. Ahem, those two random people are Jay and Alex, helloooo? Did you even watch the Entries?

I drew this in 2022. I put a lot of detail in it. Basically I compiled artwork drawn strictly by Creepypasta artists and weighed which features were more prominent compared to Marble Hornets artists. Of course MH artists are generally more “accurate” This is only from observation however.

#marble hornets #timothy wright #digital art #fanart #tim wright #masky marble hornets #tim masky #brian thomas #marble hornets fanart #mh masky #jay merrick #jay marble hornets #alex kralie #alex marble hornets #ALEX!!! #jeff the killer #ticci toby #eyeless jack #creepypasta #pet peeve #pet peeeeeeve

[ishoulddefbedoingotherthings]

No I can’t hold it in anymore. People who complain that Emma and Killian got boring after they got together (mainly season 5 and 6 and mainly Emma) are my biggest pet peeve.

Emma’s rough exterior was because she experienced a lifetime of trauma. She was constantly abandoned/cast aside by people she cared about. For 28 years she believed her parents gave her up, and for her entire childhood she was living in the foster system or on the streets. When she was still a literal child she was betrayed by a person she loved and was sent to prison pregnant where she sat in that trauma for eleven months without a semblance of justice. She was hardened at such a young age and as seen in the show, it manifested itself into impenetrable walls that made her closed off and snippy. Yes, she was a badass when she chopped down Regina’s apple tree and slammed that guy’s head into a steering wheel (he really deserved it). But many of her badass interactions were because of her walls that made her so closed off. She only had herself to rely on, so obviously all of the stunts she pulled looked so awesome because she only had herself and her strength that was created through years and years of trauma.

What’s cooler? A person scaling a cliff all by themself without help of any kind, or a person using ropes and a partner or many partners to achieve the same result? Many people would choose the first one. But what’s safer? The second. It may not look cooler, but there’s no doubt in my mind that the second person would feel completely safe with people to rely on. And then if you put yourself in that situation, you would choose help. Right? Well when Emma realized that she had that help (mainly in season 4/5), she damn well took that help.

“The only one who saves me is me.” That quote has Emma coolness written all over it, but her tone of voice when she says “Hook” right before just shows how surprised she was that people- that HE actually came back to save her. AGAIN, no less. In New York, she looked genuinely surprised when he said “I came back to save you” because nobody had come back for her before. Absolutely nobody.

Emma is a badass and will always be a badass, but her hesitance to trust anyone and everyone makes her appear MORE badass because she only had herself. Then, she suddenly didn’t have to rely on herself anymore when she got closer to Killian (yes, she did have her parents before, but even then the only thing on her mind was to run far away and take Henry with her because it was safer. And because it was safer, she would have less fear about being put in a situation where she had to trust other people to do something that she previously only did for herself. ‘You want something done right, you have to do it yourself’)

AND THATS NOT EVEN COUNTING THE EMOTIONAL ASPECT.

Scenes where Emma opened up in season 1-most of 3 is like finding an emotional needle in a trauma infused haystack. She only opened up because she had to, and ‘had to’ most commonly meant ‘to get her son back’. She opened up about feeling like an orphan because she needed a magical map to find her son. She told Neal she wished he was dead because she had to unlock a cage, or else her son wouldn’t have a father, not because she wanted to. She didn’t want to face all the trauma he caused her, but she had to. She opened up to Henry in season 1 about a foster family giving her up because she couldn’t deal with how he was complaining about a family that she desperately wanted. It was a necessity for her to make Henry understand that his life was not unfair. (Though that was before Regina acted like a total bitch to her).

But then when she and Killian got together, or even just got closer to each other, she was opening up to him so much and it made her both more vulnerable, but also stronger emotionally, and being able to be emotionally vulnerable IS badass and such a big step for Emma. Compared to her in season 1, season 4 Emma wouldn’t even recognize herself because look at all the people she trusts and relies on. And not just her family, this random eyeliner-wearing-hook-for-a-hand dude who thinks she’s enough purely because she’s HER. The random dude who’s first priority is HER. Emma has never had that in her entire life. She has never been put first like that, and it must’ve been so amazing for her to be put first by a person who doesn’t need to do so because they’re family, but because she’s HER and he loves HER.

Flash forward to the end of season four, she sacrificed herself to the darkness and trusts the people who love and care about her to save her. THAT IS SO BIG FOR EMMA. THAT IS SO BADASS.

And I feel like the same people who believe that Emma and Killian got boring during and after these seasons neglect to realize that it was fricking traumatic. I always imagined the darkness as something that latches on to a person’s suffering and abuses it to their own agenda: to snuff out the light. (Which is exactly what it did to Killian). Emma had that darkness inside of her for the first half of season five and we all saw the tole it took on her. I know some people don’t like how Emma’s voice changed a bit, but that’s how a person who is empty sounds. She was tired and terrified and had to rely on Killian and her family to help her, and Killian was there for her at every step of the way and he helped get rid of the voice inside of her head.

Yes, Henry has always been a rock in her life, but in that season Killian was a fortress that she could lock herself away in and feel safe and loved during a time where she was constantly reliving her suffering.

And then she loses that fortress. One minute he was standing there with the utmost support and the next he was on the floor dying and she was so terrified of losing him that she turned him into the one thing he was desperate to destroy. And then she has to live with this internal conflict of lying to him to preserve the man she loves because she knows he would hate her for doing that to him. But of course she doesn’t want to lie to him, but she doesn’t want to lose him either because she won’t know how to go on.

That changes a person, and I think because OUAT is a magical show, there’s a tendency to downplay the trauma characters go through because it’s magical and it couldn’t happen in real life. It’s difficult to put yourself in the character’s shoes because it requires a lot of imagination to do so. Emma has spent months creating a relationship with Killian. She’s opened herself up in ways that she has never done before and suddenly he’s ripped away from her emotionally because the darkness took control over him, but she was so terrified of losing him that she settled for his physical presence.

That is so fucking traumatic. And because Emma is starting to completely open up, it hurts so much more because she doesn’t have walls to protect her.

And then she has to kill him, and he dies in her arms. The person she’s grown to love and care about dies in her arms and the amount of guilt and sorrow she felt clearly crushed her as seen in the scene of her lying on the couch, holding the ring he gave her, in what was supposed to be the place where she and Killian would live together- the life she wanted so much that she turned him into a dark one to keep him with her. And dark one Killian said a lot of messed up stuff to her (let’s be honest he was self-projecting) that definitely affected her.

Then she finds out that Killian’s entire death was for nothing so she goes back to save him. And she sees the torture and pain he endured because she made him a dark one and that guilt is probably so crushing, and amplified by the fact that she dragged her entire family down here including her son to save him because she was so desperate to see him again.

But when she finally has him back, it’s realized that he can’t go back to the living. She will never get to have that life with him that she wanted and it crushed her.

Yes, at the end of it all, she gets him back in the graveyard, but all of that trauma doesn’t go away.

In no way shape or form should Emma be the same exact person she was after living through that. In no way shape or form should she be EXPECTED to be the same snappy-comeback-armor wearing-badass she used to be because of that emotional and physical trauma she went through.

She is not boring because she relies on other people, and she’s not boring because she’s showing exhaustion or being less ‘badass’ than she used to be. The girl needs a break. She needs a break from the constant bombardment of villains and curses and trauma and in those little moments when she’s alone with Killian, she gets that break and it’s seen every time she smiled and her eyes soften at him. That’s her being happy, not boring. I would so much rather have Captainswan be happy and ‘boring’ than ‘badass’ and severely traumatized because haven’t those guys been through enough?

I didn’t even get to Killian who could fill the ocean with his trauma , but honestly most of the boring comments I’ve seen are directed towards Emma and it makes me so mad because she needs to REST. So what if Killian isn’t as flirty as he was in early seasons. it’s a mask, it’s clearly been a mask since the beginning and he finally has a person who loves him because he’s him (Emma) and a family and basically a brother (David). I for one think that pirate deserves to rest after living in darkness for hundreds of years. And I think he’s been plenty flirting. Uh, pancakes???????? Let the man have a break.

But does this make anyone else mad? Is it just me? I hope it’s not me.

THEYRE LIKE MY BABIES LET THEM BE HAPPY WITHOUT COMMENTING ON THEIR LACK OF BADASSERY PLEASE

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

#once upon a time #captain swan #killian jones #emma swan #pet peeve #rant post #ouat #i love them so muuuuuch #they deserve a break #Emma swan is a badass all the time #Killian jones is a traumatized dude he needs a break #let them heal

[penofwildfire]

Genuinely so sick of people acting like being attracted to a Lego person is weird and embarrassing and a "hear me out" kinda thing like no. No it really isn't. Lego animated characters are really not different from any other animated crush. And this isn't me defending my crushes this is me saying I have WAY WEIRDER CRUSHES and those Lego people are hot on purpose. They are designed to be attractive. Intentionally.

#saw a girl making fun of people using conventionally attractive people as their “hear me out” crushes #and then she turned around and said that her hear me outs were Donnie from TMNT and the entire Ninja team #girly that's still not a hear me out. that's not better. #rant #pet peeve #ninjago #lego #hear me out

[floral-ashes]

Here’s a pet peeve of mine. It’s not true that ‘literally’ has come to mean ‘figuratively.’ Rather, people are using ‘literally’ as a hyperbole, like saying ‘starving’ when you’re very hungry.

One day it might come to mean ‘figuratively.’ But that day has yet to come.

#pet peeve #language #linguistics #words #literally

[irregulardongyoung]

This pissed me off so much. I never thought i have such a strong opinion about this topic but here i’am.

In my language we have honorifics for siblings that we use daily. We can’t just say their name if we are not the older one, it’s rude and disrespectful.

But english language doesn’t have honorific for siblings. I get that it’s a cultural thing, but please don’t shame writer or make fun of them for it.

Especially if they write fanfic for a fandom that is not in english language originally (exp: Anime or Manhwa). I always read how people hate a story that has japanese honorific on it and will not show support (in form of likes, votes, kudos, or such) because of that, no matter how good the story actually is.

I get that it’s preference but please don’t make fun of writers for it. Don’t be a ghost reader.

I, myself, use honorific in many language for my fic because it’s so wrong to just say their name. Especially if the character is older than my mc or like a mentor to my mc.

My readers never complain about it but i saw some comments on other writer’s platform that pissed me off, so i need to say it.

In the English language we can call teacher ‘Miss’ or ‘Mister’. For master/mentor/superior is ‘Madam’, ‘lady’, ‘sir’, or ‘lord’.

But what about siblings? What about your older cousin? What about your sibling’s older friend? Wtf am i suppose to call them?

By their name only? That’s rude!

#writing #writing rant #pet peeve #night rant pls excuse some mistake on my typing

[chonkchu]

Artist Pet Peeve: No offence to some art out there but it low-key bugs me when people draw Toothless or even the light fury and the nightlights and they forget to add the secondary wings 😭😭

It’s part of what makes Toothless’ silhouette so gorgeously iconic besides the tail fins 🥺

#I can see why they’re kinda forgetful though. especially when toothy is not flying and they’re kind of tucked against his tail #also depends on the art style #fury dragon secondary wings awareness post 💀 #and the light fury’s is annoyingly smaller in comparison #plus his tail fin is the main focus and his main wings are so massive #night fury #toothless #artist #pet peeve #light fury #night lights #how to train your dragon #chonkchu’s thoughts

[morepopcornplease]

There’s something perversely consumerist about taking “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music and playing it in stores as soon as Christmas shopping season comes ‘round.

You’ve ruined a perfectly good song about facing your fears... It’s now about buying shit that makes you feel good.

you know a secular song from a popular musical that *actually* captures what the “Christmas Spirit” is supposed to be about? Coincidentally also sung by Julie Andrews?

Feed the Birds.

#pet peeve #Christmas #Advent #Julie Andrews

[deathlessathanasia]

I've talked about this before, but I feel the need to do it again.

It is not that I am a big fan of incest or anything (and they are gods! Why even care about the incest anyway?), but it is actually important that Hera is also the sister and not just the wife of Zeus. It is actually important that she is called “the most glorious child to issue from crafty Kronos and mother Rhea” (Homeric Hymn 5), “eldest/most revered daughter of Kronos” and “august goddess, daughter of great Kronos” (the Iliad), “the supreme celestial goddess, daughter of Kronos” (Pindar Pythian 2). It is not for nothing that Hera emphasises her birth and not just her marriage when talking to Zeus: “And yet my labor must not be rendered worthless; for I too am a god, and my parentage is from the same place as yours, and devious Cronus bore me to be his most revered/eldest (πρεσβυτάτην) daughter. For both these reasons, my birth and also because I am called your wife, and you are lord among all the immortals.” (Iliad IV) or “I—who claim to be the best/noblest (ἀρίστη) of the goddesses, both by birth and because I am called your wife, and you are lord of all the immortals.” (Iliad XVIII).

“It is not possible, nor is it seemly to refuse your request; for you sleep in the arms of almighty Zeus.”, Aphrodite tells Hera in Iliad XIV, but a few lines earlier she also says: “Hera, eldest goddess, daughter of mighty Cronus, speak what you will; my heart compels me to accomplish it, if I am able to accomplish it, and if it can be accomplished.”

To change her parentage because eww, incest! is to diminish her status, to accentuate the already existing power imbalance between her and Zeus even more, and to make her authority depend primarily if not solely on her marriage.

And of course this doesn't just apply to Hera, because family connections are meaningful for all the gods. Demeter is so closely associated with her mother Rhea that they can even be identified with each other. It does say something that Gaia, Rhea and Demeter are some of the only four or so goddesses in Hesiod's Theogony who are given the title “mother”. Persephone was not just some irrelevant flower goddess until Hades made her important and respected, she was the daughter of the king of the gods. To take away their connections (and only theirs; nobody ever seems to change Hades' parentage) just because you are uncomfy with Persephone being married to her uncle is just... weird, not particularly interesting, and certainly not inherently less problematic.

#ramblings #greek mythology #greek gods #greek goddesses #pet peeve #hera #zeus #demeter #persephone #hades #rhea #kronos

[classycookiexo]

#jobs #pet peeve

[theholybun]

Sigma's pet peeve for being 8 ft tall

#overwatch #sigma #siebren de kuiper #sigma overwatch #sigma ow #overwatch sigma #ow sigma #overwatch2 #pet peeve