Pet Peeves

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,813]

He he he. You are so scared of me that you blocked me completely? That's fantastic.

[Not Mr. Big 4,796]

Any obstructive object or person(s) in a narrow hallway.

[nightscape94 967]

I was at a convenience store and they only had one register open. I was second in line behind a woman who was taking forever to get her credit card out. Suddenly, a guy manning the register on the other side said "I can help whoever's next". And, as I knew it would happen, the people at the back of the line dashed over.

That should be illegal! At the very least I should get to punch them in the face.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,813]

That's what happens here too. The "who-ever's next" line is bull. It should actually be "Who-evers's fastest"

[Quintus 5,613]

That's almost as bad as being behind an old person putting the lottery on, having their previous tickets checked for wins by the cashier, before selecting some scratch cards.

[Trent B 340]

I was at a convenience store and they only had one register open. I was second in line behind a woman who was taking forever to get her credit card out. Suddenly, a guy manning the register on the other side said "I can help whoever's next". And, as I knew it would happen, the people at the back of the line dashed over.

That should be illegal! At the very least I should get to punch them in the face.

That is definitely annoying... I wish people would have their stuff ready to pay when they get to the register instead of holding up the line as some take forever to do it.

[Sir Hilary Bray 235]

I was at a convenience store and they only had one register open. I was second in line behind a woman who was taking forever to get her credit card out. Suddenly, a guy manning the register on the other side said "I can help whoever's next". And, as I knew it would happen, the people at the back of the line dashed over.

That should be illegal! At the very least I should get to punch them in the face.

That is definitely annoying... I wish people would have their stuff ready to pay when they get to the register instead of holding up the line as some take forever to do it.

something I deal with a lot at work, such is the job. Trouble is you can't tell people that they've jumped the queue. Bad voodoo.

My previous pet peeve of cycling and pet peeve of people on mobiles (cells) combined brilliantly Tuesday as I cycled up to a crossing (one of these bike/pedestrian ones). Saw a gap to the left, gingerly with one foot on the ground starting going to left of woman on mobile who steps in front of me without looking. So oblivious was this woman she didn't register the light had gone green in her favour even after I cycled ahead. Must've been a good convo.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,813]

I text while cycling!

[Sir Hilary Bray 235]

I text while cycling!

that's talent. But then Holland's a better place to cycle from what I've heard.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,813]

Yes!

[Sharkissimo 1,975]

People who complain about chavs.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,813]

All of UKIP?

[Sharkissimo 1,975]

That, along with the Daily Mail and most of Middle England.

[Quintus 5,613]

I'm not middle England but I still laugh at chavs.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,813]

I've seen your car, you are middle England mate!

[Quintus 5,613]

Nah, we used to have to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of 'ot gravel, work twenty hour day at mill for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would thrash us to sleep with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,813]

Did your mum make tea from muddy rain water?

[Sweeping Strings 2,801]

No Mail reader or UKIP supporter, but ... about 6 or so years ago, the house directly opposite mine had a group of women housed in it by the Department Of Social Services. It was AWFUL ... drunken screaming arguments with their boyfriends (either 'face-to-face' or loudly via mobiles)/each other in the middle of the street at all hours of the day and night (accompanied by dance music blasting out from the house, of course). If you dared to even PEEK through the blinds as to what all the noise was about, a 'What the fuck are YOU lookin' at?' was quickly fired in your direction. Eventually the combination of an ASBO and the man from the family living next door to these harpies snapping and attacking their front door one night made them move on, thank God.

Sorry, but when it comes to those sort of chavs I'll complain all I damn well want to.

[Richard P 4,677]

Non-chronological score releases.

So I'm re-watching A Single Man (enjoyed it at the cinema), and rather like the opening 'montage' cue, which is the second piece of music in the film.

What, Korzenioswki, is it doing as the fourth track on the soundtrack?

[steb74 53]

.....those with the shittiest scrap of or power for the first time in their lives :sarcasm:

[Koray Savas 2,256]

What?

[Wojo 2,457]

When people who have never worked with you and would never know your work style, but still wanted to network with you on LinkedIn, still endorse your skills anyways. Um, isn't that lying?

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,620]

Who cares? Anything to boost my number of connections on LinkedIn to make others think I'm well... connected.

[Mr. Brown 91]

When people say "like" after every other word in a sentence.

Like, I can't stand it.

[Trent B 340]

When people say "like" after every other word in a sentence.

Like, I can't stand it.

Ugh, me too! It's worse when a woman does it.

[Koray Savas 2,256]

Why?

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260]

Because they're inherently more annoying than men, duh.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,620]

Like totally.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260]

People who make comments on Youtube or wherever about films/film music/music, acting as though they know what they're talking about, when they are in fact maddeningly stupid.

[Naïve Old Fart 11,362]

Whether you like him or not (I do) the new Mark Kermode book, "Hatchet Job", is good, and very funny.

[Sir Hilary Bray 235]

When people say "like" after every other word in a sentence.

Like, I can't stand it.

As I believe Shatner says in a song, "I can't get behind that like kind of English."

[Mr. Brown 91]

People who make comments on Youtube or wherever about films/film music/music, acting as though they know what they're talking about, when they are in fact maddeningly stupid.

Like those people who say Bernard Herrmann's "Scene de Amour" in VERTIGO is a pure rip-off of Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde".

Not long ago, someone tried to have a discussion with me about that. He's a grown man with a wife and kids that still collects and plays with Legos and I'm sure as fuck that he's never listened to more than five minutes of music from Herrmann and Wagner combined.

[Sharkissimo 1,975]

Not long ago, someone tried to have a discussion with me about that. He's a grown man with a wife and kids that still collects and plays with Legos and I'm sure as fuck that he's never listened to more than five minutes of music from Herrmann and Wagner combined.

I argued with that same guy about a year ago (maybe longer). The worst was the one who claimed that Alex North was a talentless hack who couldn't write a single melody (I reminded him this was the composer of 'Unchained Melody') and that crazy woman (on a John Corigliano video) who was convinced atonal music and rock was dangerous because some study found they stunted the growth of plants. FFS...

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260]

Which Corigliano video?

[Sharkissimo 1,975]

Going back through my inbox... can't seem to find it. Might of been taking down. Think it was a 70s string quartet, lots of microtonal clusters.

The poster's handle was KhagarBalugrak. Here she is commenting on Webern's Op. 28. Copy and paste the name and use ctrl + f.

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atonal music should not be played, listened to, or composed. Why do I say that? It's been scientifically proven to be destructive to living organisms. Also, atonal music all sounds the same. When you pile on dissonance without any resolution, it makes the expression and texture of music uniformly ugly and basically all the same, just like when pop music restricts music to I, IV and V chords, it makes the music bland and banal and basically all the same

check out the studies of Dorothy Retallack. Search for her on Google. Also, I myself did a study on the effects of music on plants (though I didn't include atonal music in my study). The plants I had listen to rock were stunted or didn't even germinate. Those that listened to tonal classical thrived and grew taller than those that weren't exposed to music at all. I am soon going to buy more plants and see how they like atonal music for myself.

https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?gl=UG&page=1&hl=en-GB&v=fQmXU-XMCIs

EDIT - I found the video. I was wrong, it was Corigliano's 2nd Symphony.

[KK 3,310]

Do you guys actually bother participating in youtube "discussions"?

[Sharkissimo 1,975]

I used to.

[Mr. Brown 91]

Do you guys actually bother participating in youtube "discussions"?

I'll do an occasional hit-and-run post, usually to piss of some fanboy or imbecile.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260]

Going back through my inbox... can't seem to find it. Might of been taking down. Think it was a 70s string quartet, lots of microtonal clusters.

The poster's handle was KhagarBalugrak. Here she is commenting on Webern's Op. 28. Copy and paste the name and use ctrl + f.

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atonal music should not be played, listened to, or composed. Why do I say that? It's been scientifically proven to be destructive to living organisms. Also, atonal music all sounds the same. When you pile on dissonance without any resolution, it makes the expression and texture of music uniformly ugly and basically all the same, just like when pop music restricts music to I, IV and V chords, it makes the music bland and banal and basically all the same

check out the studies of Dorothy Retallack. Search for her on Google. Also, I myself did a study on the effects of music on plants (though I didn't include atonal music in my study). The plants I had listen to rock were stunted or didn't even germinate. Those that listened to tonal classical thrived and grew taller than those that weren't exposed to music at all. I am soon going to buy more plants and see how they like atonal music for myself.

https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?gl=UG&page=1&hl=en-GB&v=fQmXU-XMCIs

EDIT - I found the video. I was wrong, it was Corigliano's 2nd Symphony.

Lol. I think he'd be amused by this.

Also, new pet peeve from that. People who use the term "I myself."

[nightscape94 967]

...and that crazy woman (on a John Corigliano video) who was convinced atonal music and rock was dangerous because some study found they stunted the growth of plants. FFS...

These are the same type of people who believe vaccines cause autism. Claim yourself the victor and enjoy the show.

[Sweeping Strings 2,801]

The rapidity of the rate at which almost all YouTube comment 'discussions' turn nastily abusive never ceases to amaze (and sadden).

[Mr. Brown 91]

99% of the YouTube comment sections I read usually feature some sort of racism. Vimeo's the better video hosting site.

[nightscape94 967]

People who begin a parenthesis and never close it.

[Trent B 340]

Most of YouTube comments are nothing short of annoying. I tend to not read them.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,813]

I'd rather bash my head into a rusty nail over and over again then read Youtube comments!

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,620]

I'm a YouTube troll. I get a bit of a rise out of viciously abusing and tormenting content creators and watching them collapse under the mental stress.

[Wojo 2,457]

I'd rather bash my head into a rusty nail over and over again then read Youtube comments!

See, I'm the opposite. I'd rather read YouTube comments first, and then bash my head into the rusty nail.

Oh. I see. You clearly meant to say than.

[Naïve Old Fart 11,362]

What's YouTube?

[Sharkissimo 1,975]

Since everybody's hating on me for having the nerve to speak the truth, i.e. that Alex North was a no-talent hack, here's Stanley Kubrick: "However good our best film composers may be, they are not a Beethoven, a Mozart or a Brahms. Why use music which is less good when there is such a multitude of great orchestral music available from the past and from our own time?" One of the composers Kubrick had in mind when he said this was the guy he fired off of "2001", Alex North.

No-talent hack.

only part of Alex Norths score that was any good - rest of the music KILLED Dragonslayer - I feel that if the music had been done by someone with real talent (Goldsmith, Williams, anyone other than North) the movie would have been more successful - great movie - AWFUL music

North just wasn't that original. His scores tend to sound all the same.

If this is the entire piece as is, no wonder it was re-cut. From 2:17 on, nothing works. All the drama in the visual is killed by the music.

@BPrice1A

I agree. It sounds like music from Icecapades or something.

Yeah the score to this is inappropriate..like Ladyhawke..awful its not quite as bad as alex north's 2001 score which by itself is interesting but insanely wrong for that movie. Most of the music sounds like random cacophonous temp tracks waiting for a real score to be added later.

Yes, this score is absolutely horrible. Plink plonk! Duuuu!

should have gone way darker with the music.

agreed! The arrival of the dragon should be full of musical menace, instead its playful.

absolutely LOVE the movie but think the score is absolutely TERRIBLE

am I the only one that thinks this movie would be better with a BETTER SCORE?

seriously, the score annoys the living hell out of me - when I watch the movie I turn the music all the way downand play something else (which is actually cool - sometimes, NIN, sometimes Queen, etc)

@Essefen aww - poor little faggot with no taste thinks hes tough - go fuck your mother - I heard she likes it when you pound her with your 2 inch penis.

@darkkramer666 I agree with you 100%. Dragonslayer is a good-but-not-great movie (think of it as an early attempt to put "The Hobbit" on film) with some very convincing special effects that still hold up 30 years later - but that musical score SUCKS! Alex North was an awful composer, just a complete no-talent hack. How the hell that guy ever had a career in show business is a mystery to me.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,620]

I can see they really love Alex North.