What You Love to Hate: Music & Other Annoying Things

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The thread explores various things that participants love to hate, including songs, health issues, social observations, and linguistic annoyances. The scope includes personal anecdotes, humorous reflections, and shared grievances about everyday experiences.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express frustration with songs that they dislike yet find themselves unable to forget, such as "The Thong Song."
  • Health concerns are mentioned, with one participant sharing their experience with medication and hospital visits.
  • Several participants discuss their annoyance with social situations, such as encountering tourists asking for directions.
  • There are humorous reflections on the experience of dealing with customer service phone menus and the irritation they cause.
  • Some participants express disdain for certain words, like "spicket," and the way others mispronounce mathematical symbols.
  • Observations about urban environments, particularly the "ghetto," are shared, highlighting both negative and entertaining aspects.
  • Participants share their feelings about specific individuals, such as a member named Wolram, indicating a mix of affection and frustration regarding their absence or presence in the discussion.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a range of personal grievances and humorous takes on things they love to hate, but there is no clear consensus on specific topics or experiences. Multiple competing views and expressions of annoyance remain throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

Some statements reflect personal experiences and subjective interpretations, which may depend on individual backgrounds and contexts. The discussion includes a variety of cultural references and personal anecdotes that may not be universally understood.

Who May Find This Useful

Readers interested in humorous takes on everyday annoyances, social observations, and linguistic quirks may find this discussion engaging.

  • #31
DaveC426913 said:
Microsoft's idea of trying to be helpful.

Google's too.
 
Science news on Phys.org
  • #32
Clueless newbies :wink:
 
  • #33
Borek said:
Clueless newbies :wink:

As new mentor you could make a "Clueless Newbie Thread" and if you need a moron in residence I would be happy to slink around and friend all these precious new minds. :!)
 
  • #34
khemist said:
specifically the flats of oakland (from downtown to san leandro,below macarthur), though there are a lot in the bay area.

never gets old seeing 5 thuggish dudes parading without their shirts on, ghetto booty, collection of students on the corner, ridiculous cars, and of course, the fights and general stupidity.

This freakin breaks my heart.
I was a member of the Oakland community growing up. I remember as a young person someone attacking grandpa in the garage. We knew back in the 60's the area was changing. We were only a few blocks from Lake Merit. It was so beautiful then.
 
  • #35
I really hate the word "spicket" and I hate to hear people saying it Maybe because it is not really a word...but it drives me crazy!

"Oh we can put a spicket there and there and " GAH
 
  • #36
People who call \epsilon and \Sigma "e".

People who spell \pi "pie". "pie" \approx 8.53973422.
 
  • #37
jhae2.718 said:
People who call \epsilon and \Sigma "e".
No way...have you really encountered this?
 
  • #38
HeLiXe said:
No way...have you really encountered this?

Yes! :cry:

And every time I die a little bit on the inside. At least half the people in my classes call \varepsilon_0 "e nought" or "e zero". Or summation notation "the E thing".

 
  • #39
HeLiXe said:
I really hate the word "spicket" and I hate to hear people saying it Maybe because it is not really a word...but it drives me crazy!

"Oh we can put a spicket there and there and " GAH
Hey, look, there's a spicket!
Ooh, another spicket!
What's this? It's a spicket!
jhae2.718 said:
People who call \epsilon and \Sigma "e".
I can understand calling epsilon "e" but capital sigma? It looks more like a Z to me.
 
  • #40
FtlIsAwesome said:
Hey, look, there's a spicket!
Ooh, another spicket!
What's this? It's a spicket!

You, sir, are the source of all evil -_-
 
  • #41
jhae2.718 said:
Yes! :cry:

And every time I die a little bit on the inside. At least half the people in my classes call \varepsilon_0 "e nought" or "e zero". Or summation notation "the E thing".

Yeah I was thinking the only people who would even care about epsilon and sigma enough to talk about it are those who are learning stuff using them...I think they're just doing it for fun lol "The Z looking E thing" :-p n! lololll
 
  • #42
HeLiXe said:
You, sir, are the source of all evil -_-
*talking to self*
Select response:

1. Mwahaha!
2. I'll take that as a compliment.
3. Imagine the number 0.999... and imagine that inside each 9 was the word spicket.
4. Bah, who cares what you think?

You have selected all of them!

Recommended course of action: run.
 
  • #43
I have never heard the non-word spicket.
 
  • #44
DaveC426913 said:
I have never heard the non-word spicket.

I love the word spicket. But that must be my czech background. I think in czech it would be pronounced -watermellon.
 
  • #45
DaveC426913 said:
I have never heard the non-word spicket.
It's a variation of the word spigot.
 
  • #46
FtlIsAwesome said:
*talking to self*
That's the first sign...
DaveC426913 said:
I have never heard the non-word spicket.

OK that's it! I'm packing my stuff and heading north. I always knew I was on the wrong part of the globe.
 
  • #47
HeLiXe said:
OK that's it! I'm packing my stuff and heading north. I always knew I was on the wrong part of the globe.

You are going to China?
 
  • #48
HeLiXe said:
That's the first sign...
The second would be the cosine.
HeLiXe said:
OK that's it! I'm packing my stuff and heading north. I always knew I was on the wrong part of the globe.
Maybe you're on the wrong globe completely.
Borek said:
You are going to China?
No, you have to dig into the ground to get there. Going north gets you to the Artic Ocean.
 
  • #49
Creationists
 
  • #50
Lacy33 said:
This freakin breaks my heart.
I was a member of the Oakland community growing up. I remember as a young person someone attacking grandpa in the garage. We knew back in the 60's the area was changing. We were only a few blocks from Lake Merit. It was so beautiful then.

It is almost an every day thing that something negative is happening. It is quite sad...

Lake Merritt is really gross now. The area (around lakeshore) is actually very nice, but the lake itself is, well, pretty much a septic tank...
 
  • #51
Evo said:
I don't love it, but I hate when wolram doesn't post and disappears.

Wolram, you must tell us if you are going to be out of touch. I get so many pm's about how you're doing!

Things are complicated for me at the moment, the phyc doctor prescribed the medication that ended me up in the normal hospital, after loads of tests they found my blood pressure was dropping momentarily, like when i stood up or made a fast movement, problem is now to find an alternate med that will help with my mental problems.
I may have to go to the phyc hospital for some time so my condition can be monitored closely.

love you all :smile:
 
  • #52
khemist said:
Sometimes, however, they just repeat the menu when 0 is pressed, and when this happens and I have already been through half the menu, my phone hits the wall with a considerable force.

They are probably in with the phone makers.
 
  • #53
Borek said:
You are going to China?
:smile:
FtlIsAwesome said:
The second would be the cosine.

The third would be negative sine? :rolleyes:

I love to hate myself for not doing all of my practice assignments in calc2
 

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