MFP pet peeves.....go on, you KNOW you have one!

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  • luvinmytwins
    luvinmytwins Posts: 12
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    People that clutter up the news feed with facebook/twitter type babble making SUPPORTING my MFP friends that much harder as I have to weed through all the blah-de-blah-blah to get to the food and exercise posts!

    Edited to add - yes sometimes I babble about something but not 10 times a day :)

    The opposite of this -- I want to know a little more about you than what you ate and how much you worked out! Not a pet peeve, so much as a preference :-)


    This. I'm interested in Dude lost 1lb, but I'm more interested in: Dude just started a new weight lifting routine and is doing great! Or Dude found a way to cut (xyz terrible thing) out of his diet! or Dude wants to know what his friends have done to reduce (sodium/fat/carbs/whatever) or Dude's NSVs. Or even Dude needs help resisting the gigantic cake sitting near his desk!

    These are real interactions with MFP friends and much more meaningful to me.

    My peeve is: People using the site feed as a circle jerk; not even reading diaries or looking at the exercises. Don't tell someone "Great healthy plan!" when they had 900 calories of twinkies and 400 calories of soda and were "Under."

    The above is why I keep my friend's list short. I like reading diaries, and looking at exercises, and I appreciate like minded people.


    (heh - yes, i find how long this quote is getting pretty funny)

    I completely agree with the circle jerk "support". I refuse to say a damned thing about a diary until i read it. And then I <shocker> give tips on what i see.

    My left turn signal is out.

    I love the random postings. Oops! That's not a pet peeve.
  • luvinmytwins
    luvinmytwins Posts: 12
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    Does anyone know how to make a pine cone bird feeder?

    Yes!
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
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    sometimes.

    Wanna fight about it?

    I like this broad.


    Everybody wave to the mods as they lock us down! :drinker:

    I'll arm wrestle the HELL out of 'em if they try to lock us down!!!
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
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    I can violate whatever I want to.

    It's MY thread....................................


    wanna arm wrestle?

    :heart: this.

    Response to the OP...

    I am kind of a spelling freak - but I don't usually post about it.

    The long quotes - yah - they are a little bothersome... that scroll finger gets tired after a while.

    Being deleted from a friend list for no apparent reason used to bother me - but now I could give a @#$%. (***Waving at the people that used to have me on their list. :flowerforyou: )

    Hey, Juleseybaby....................
    They don't DESERVE to know someone as awesome as you!

    Arm wrestle 'em to the GROUND, girl!!!!

    And spellcheck them. It's the right thing to do.
  • Curvy1taliana
    Curvy1taliana Posts: 371 Member
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    People who post recipes only with a link to their blog and you click on it only for it to be a copy cat of some other low fat or diet recipe that's been around for years. (IE: kale chips, baked apple something or other, fake mashed potatoes (cauliflower) etc etc), or it's just a copy of a Hungry Girl recipe, tweaked to be "original".

    So over it.

    moving on...........:happy:
  • gashinshotan
    gashinshotan Posts: 753 Member
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    People with Super-low self-esteem... myself included (wait is that hypocritical?)
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
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    People that clutter up the news feed with facebook/twitter type babble making SUPPORTING my MFP friends that much harder as I have to weed through all the blah-de-blah-blah to get to the food and exercise posts!

    Edited to add - yes sometimes I babble about something but not 10 times a day :)

    The opposite of this -- I want to know a little more about you than what you ate and how much you worked out! Not a pet peeve, so much as a preference :-)


    This. I'm interested in Dude lost 1lb, but I'm more interested in: Dude just started a new weight lifting routine and is doing great! Or Dude found a way to cut (xyz terrible thing) out of his diet! or Dude wants to know what his friends have done to reduce (sodium/fat/carbs/whatever) or Dude's NSVs. Or even Dude needs help resisting the gigantic cake sitting near his desk!

    These are real interactions with MFP friends and much more meaningful to me.

    My peeve is: People using the site feed as a circle jerk; not even reading diaries or looking at the exercises. Don't tell someone "Great healthy plan!" when they had 900 calories of twinkies and 400 calories of soda and were "Under."

    The above is why I keep my friend's list short. I like reading diaries, and looking at exercises, and I appreciate like minded people.


    (heh - yes, i find how long this quote is getting pretty funny)

    I completely agree with the circle jerk "support". I refuse to say a damned thing about a diary until i read it. And then I <shocker> give tips on what i see.

    My left turn signal is out.

    I love the random postings. Oops! That's not a pet peeve.

    Threadjacking with random postings are a peeve of mine. Here's a funny pic of a monkey licking a window:
    funny-monkey-78.jpg
  • Stefanie7125
    Stefanie7125 Posts: 462 Member
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    Another is the people whose profile shot is pornographic. Like the guys with the 6-pack abs whose slacks barely cover their privates. I realize that I may be in the minority on this one....LOL


    I kinda like the guys with the 6-pack abs. Don't get to see them much in real life......lol
  • savage22hp
    savage22hp Posts: 278 Member
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    Mine is the "fitness police" who troll the forums and think they know everything.... they know what worked for them, not for everyone. Yes, I find it awesome to hear their stories, but no I don't need to read a post with 50 people jumping on one person who asks about a cleanse or something that isn't the "fitness police" preferred method of losing weight!
    Now, remember... they are posing questions to the public forum. Why would anyone not expect to receive some different opinions?

    Many members are kind enough to provide reputable and accurate information -- not anecdotal personal information -- to answer other member's questions. You may be assuming that they are providing info for something that worked for them, but many times, it's reputable, helpful info -- not anecdota

    You may call them "fitness police". I call them "mythbusters" that are out there, trying to help others with accurate information.




    And God knows only they are able to quote studies to support their accepted method of doing anything ( really chaps my *#€£¥>)
  • ashleynicoleh04
    ashleynicoleh04 Posts: 195 Member
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    Mine is how many people say they wanna "loose" weight instead of "lose" weight. I know misspellings are all over the Internet (their/they're/there, your/you're, etc.), but this one is rampant on MFP. And when you're a proud member of the Spelling Police, it really stands out. :)

    OH my gosh SAME HERE!!! ITS LOSE PEOPLE!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!
  • kim_mc
    kim_mc Posts: 321 Member
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    Mine is how many people say they wanna "loose" weight instead of "lose" weight. I know misspellings are all over the Internet (their/they're/there, your/you're, etc.), but this one is rampant on MFP. And when you're a proud member of the Spelling Police, it really stands out. :)

    ^^This^^
  • thatsnumberwang
    thatsnumberwang Posts: 398 Member
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    You know what really grinds my gears? People in the 19th century. Why don't they get with the freakin program? It's called an automobile, folks. It's much faster than a horse!
  • goodhealth2012
    goodhealth2012 Posts: 85
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    Another is the people whose profile shot is pornographic. Like the guys with the 6-pack abs whose slacks barely cover their privates. I realize that I may be in the minority on this one....LOL

    LOL. I AGREE! It's great to share your progress, but some of the pictures... TOO MUCH INFORMATION!
  • sweetseraph7
    sweetseraph7 Posts: 91
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    I hate when you're looking for support and people get nasty....
  • AmyG1982
    AmyG1982 Posts: 1,040 Member
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    People who quote a reply that has already got like a dozen quotes. so 1 reply takes a whole page. and the people who "Bump" stuff - I get it to push it back up on the lists to get a reply, but if you want to come back to it later, just bookmark it. I hate a 15 page post that is 95% "Bump".
  • kimi131
    kimi131 Posts: 1,058 Member
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    Honestly, I think the game threads are kinda dumb, like the "say the most obvious thing about the poster above you," or the "guess the age of the poster above you" threads. I don't participate, but they still annoy me when they pop up.

    I probably have a gazillion more, but that's the only one that comes to mind right now.
  • AmyG1982
    AmyG1982 Posts: 1,040 Member
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    Oh! and when someone posts a before/after pic and someone replys "How'd you do it?" i'm gonna take a wild guess here and say i think they did it by using MFP?
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,071 Member
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    People who quote a reply that has already got like a dozen quotes. so 1 reply takes a whole page. and the people who "Bump" stuff - I get it to push it back up on the lists to get a reply, but if you want to come back to it later, just bookmark it. I hate a 15 page post that is 95% "Bump".
    bump

    come on. you know you all wanna do this.
  • kellylara93
    kellylara93 Posts: 228
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    It has recently come to my attention that I need to:

    Post more about my daily life
    Post less about my daily life
    Be less critical about my friends' eating and exercise
    Be more critical about my friends' eating and exercise
    Not be afraid to ask questions before doing something stupid
    Not ask any questions on the forum because I will look stupid
    Drink more water
    Eat my exercise calories
    Don't eat my exercise calories
    Eat my exercise calories or I will go into starvation mode and die
    The first rule of starvation mode is NEVER TALK ABOUT STARVATION MODE


    :frown:


    You win. :laugh: :flowerforyou:
  • 12skipafew99100
    12skipafew99100 Posts: 1,669 Member
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    Mine is how many people say they wanna "loose" weight instead of "lose" weight. I know misspellings are all over the Internet (their/they're/there, your/you're, etc.), but this one is rampant on MFP. And when you're a proud member of the Spelling Police, it really stands out. :)


    yes and when they don't use any punctuation they just go on and on and on and don't ever stop to take a pause and use run on sentences it makes it really hard to read as they just keep talking and subjects get all jumbled up i don't read these anymore:noway:

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