What induces nerd rage in you?

Penny_Dreadful · 2014-11-25T14:57:26.000Z

I actually have, once. When my company hired a bunch of high schoolers to do some menial stuff for a few weeks they emitted a nonstop cacophony of stupidity and you could occasionally make out a “Could you get that for me, MEOW?” which would kick off a series of animal noise responses.

In general I really think people should stop breeding.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2014-11-25T15:09:02.000Z

My son does that. :(

TimElhajj · 2014-11-25T15:37:20.000Z

Penny Dreadful:

When my company hired a bunch of high schoolers to do some menial stuff for a few weeks they emitted a nonstop cacophony of stupidity and you could occasionally make out a “Could you get that for me, MEOW?” which would kick off a series of animal noise responses.

hahaha, this is so good it will probably end up in some of my fiction.

zx81-Amd64 · 2014-11-25T17:05:55.000Z

What induces nerd rage in you?

Anything to do with Star Wars that is not the original trilogy, including the yet to be released new stuff (as it is surely going to suck balls kind of like the prequel trilogy did, my ol bones just know it).

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2014-11-25T17:10:04.000Z

Hell, Ewoks provoke nerd rage in me, and they are in the original trilogy.

Houngan · 2014-11-25T17:36:30.000Z

Penny Dreadful:

I actually have, once. When my company hired a bunch of high schoolers to do some menial stuff for a few weeks they emitted a nonstop cacophony of stupidity and you could occasionally make out a “Could you get that for me, MEOW?” which would kick off a series of animal noise responses.

In general I really think people should stop breeding.

The correct response is, “Yeah, SuperTroopers! I loved that movie, what was that, ten years ago?”

I guarantee you’ll never hear it again.

arrendek · 2014-11-25T19:49:31.000Z

Note: this is not the only way it is used, but is very common for this bs I’ve described
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=“right%20meow”&src=typd

I have several acquaintances who do it in regular conversation. They are trying to be cute.

Edit: I wrote this response before I noticed the page had ticked over and other people beat me to it with anecdotes.

However, I did bring something to the table, so this post shall stand.

arrendek · 2014-11-25T19:53:41.000Z

Houngan:

The correct response is, “Yeah, SuperTroopers! I loved that movie, what was that, ten years ago?”

I guarantee you’ll never hear it again.

I will try that next time, thanks! :)

zx81-Amd64 · 2014-11-26T04:05:33.000Z

Gus_Smedstad:

Hell, Ewoks provoke nerd rage in me, and they are in the original trilogy.

oh yeah…that rage sustained my quite wonderfully until my cinema trip for The Phantom Menace, then they became kind of lovable fluffballs (which was the original intended emotional response?) :) Ah wicket - give me a planet of wickets over Jar Jar(etc) every time. I do blame Spielberg for the death of Star Wars as a ‘believable’ and honest franchise, he was full of darkside whispering to a young Lucas finding his voice in the world of corporate cash-in.

ShivaX · 2014-11-26T06:33:52.000Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXPeLctgvQI

I’m sorry are you saying meow?

arrendek · 2014-11-26T09:00:14.000Z

ShivaX:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXPeLctgvQI

I’m sorry are you saying meow?

I’d point to my original post on this topic for the video link, but this can never be posted too much.

KevinC · 2014-11-26T09:16:43.000Z

My nerdrage inducer: Unskippable cutscenes in games. I have this completely irrational level of rage when a game forces me to watch for five minutes as they go through some terribly written cutscene. It’s like “Fuck you, we spent a lot of time and money on this, you will fucking watch it!”. Such a disrespectful commandeering of my time.

ShivaX · 2014-11-26T09:16:52.000Z

arrendek:

I’d point to my original post on this topic for the video link, but this can never be posted too much.

Meow I can’t help that I love Super Troopers.

CraigM · 2014-11-26T09:26:14.000Z

KevinC:

My nerdrage inducer: Unskippable cutscenes in games. I have this completely irrational level of rage when a game forces me to watch for five minutes as they go through some terribly written cutscene. It’s like “Fuck you, we spent a lot of time and money on this, you will fucking watch it!”. Such a disrespectful commandeering of my time.

<This message has been brought to you by Far Cry 4>

In a similar vein unskippable previews before a Blu Ray, and overly long unskippable splash screens for a game drive me nuts. If the time between loading a movie/ game and getting to the main menu (after the media has opened) exceeds 30 seconds I will cut you. I’M LOOKING AT YOU DISNEY AND SHADOW OF MORDOR.

RichVR · 2014-11-26T09:29:38.000Z

Meow, Meow Mr. Rogers.

Pod · 2014-11-26T12:01:49.000Z

I couldn’t make it past the first section.

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2014-11-26T12:06:30.000Z

RichVR:

Meow, Meow Mr. Rogers.

That was horrible.

RichVR · 2014-11-26T12:08:36.000Z

ShivaX · 2014-11-26T12:24:51.000Z

Pod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32mxZxv3dYM

I couldn’t make it past the first section.

“I don’t know how to say this word…”

Annnnnd I’m done listening to you.

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2014-11-26T14:09:49.000Z

ShivaX:

Annnnnd I’m done listening to you.

I got as far as her balking at the idea that there are single-cell organisms today, and thinking that this somehow disproved evolution. Then I understood what specific kind of moron I was listening to.