Things That Are Annoying Me Currently

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1. People, if you are going to post to a community which has a membership in the thousands and which is orientated towards somewhat vaguely polished products rather than off-the-cuff remarks, maybe you could... I don't know... run fucking spellcheck on your posts. Particularly crack_van. I cannot believe anyone would attempt to recommend someone else's work with an incoherent, punctuation-less run-on sentence.

2. I've read two historical books in a row now where characters were described as "cousins" and who I therefore assumed were not suitable romantic partners for one another. In both books, of course, these characters ended up in love.

Oh, changing definitions of incest. How you freak me out.

Also, I could do without the random antisemitism, you same books.

3. Sitting around before the-class-that-really-annoys-me started, I vaguely listened to two classmates discussing some of the articles we'd read this week, but didn't pay much attention because I was doing something else. "Oh, I hope you didn't criticize that article too much in your paper! The professor really likes him; I've heard her go on and on about him previously," one said. "Really? That's good to know," the other replied.

I didn't think much about this until around an hour later, when the same article came up in discussion. When prompted by a request for any other comments on it, the second girl replied, "I just enjoyed reading this article so much. I found his writing to be utterly clear and comprehensible, and his ideas were so interesting. I just... really enjoyed reading it."

PEOPLE. I AM PRETTY MUCH QUOTING DIRECTLY. I JUST- WHAT. First of all, who even says something like that? Secondly, I wonder if such express obsequiousness causes one to hate themselves. I can only hope.

Things That Are Not Annoying Me, But Are, In Fact, Awesome: I have a new coffeshop with free wifi! And it is way closer to me than the previous ones I've been going to. Hooray!

Comments

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I don't actually find the idea of first cousin marriage unappealing (though I wouldn't want to marry any of my cousins, but that's because I don't like them, not because we're related), I just get annoyed when it throws off my interpretations of literature. *laughs* Which is a strange reason to be annoyed, I know. But if I'd known from the beginning of the books that cousins might be falling in love, I would have been less confused and better able to understand what was happening, which was what I really found irritating.

[aonekosama.livejournal.com]

Funny, I've always assumed that in historical books cousins are very likely to end up getting married. :D

Also, I hope the girl from your class is very ashamed of herself. Unfortunately, though, that's probably not the case. Makes me lose faith in humanity again.