Journal btlzu2's Journal: what drives you bloody insane? 34
you know what makes me see red? when i see a review on amazon for a technical book that says: "bad book--not for beginners." there are *so* many reviews like that. and you know what? none of the books i've read with those reviews claim to be for beginners! so fucking what if you can't understand the book because it wasn't written specifically for you? don't bash something you don't understand. if the book *claims* to be for beginners, but appears much too complex, fine. if you find inaccuracies or poorly explained topics, fine. just don't write a goddammed review that says, "waaaah, i can't understand this, so it's bad!" whiny bitches. there goes my new years hopes and dreams...
most of the reviews i've looked at that have pissed me off were for books that i've gained an immense amount of information from--perhaps they weren't for beginners, but who said all books are supposed to cater to the beginner anyway?
has anyone else seen these idiotic types of reviews?
what meaningless nonsense drives you mental?
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The positive reviews convinced me that I p
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This toaster is lousy: it makes terrible coffee!
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I have found some of those reviews very helpful, particularly regarding books about learning languages or preparing unusual cuisine. I guess as far as technical books go, most of the books I have purchased on related subjects were for things at which I was a beginner, so I never noticed a problem with people reviewing the books as such. If it was something on which I was trained but wanted more/newer information for maintain
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1) First is the bad review both in the score given and in saying it is a bad book. If the material is too advanced for you then you are hardly qualified to offer a review of the overall quality of the material presented.
2) Second in all too many cases the books getting these reviews have titles with words like "advanced", "experts guide to", "complete", "in-depth", or "reference" in them which should be an indication one
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I could care less.
Borrow me a pencil.
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misunderestimate
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Also, I am trying to never again use "normalcy" because I just found out last month that it isn't a real word. Normality!
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Heh. How odd -- just the other day I was thinking about Cosell for the first time in many years.
Who else could arouse such emotion out of the fans watching the TV?
From what I remember of him, and in particular what I remember of my parents saying of him at the time, I'd say he aroused emotion just through his own obnoxious person, rather than anything happening on the screen. ;-)
Cheers,
Ethelred
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hey, what's the deal? i was driving through Virginia a month ago and got a ticket. when the cop came up to me (in the Appalachians), i was really worried in a prejudiced, city-boy sort of way that he was gonna say, "you have a purty mouth."
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i actually despise it when people say "utilize" instead of "use". sounds like a sorry-ass way to sound important.
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It's nice to drive 3 hours south and suddenly noticed a surge in the ability of locals to speak English.
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i do hate the borrow thing too. so bad.
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How d'ye think it was for poor ol' me, moving to Minnesnowta in my early teens, speaking a variety of normal English*, and constantly being corrected on such things by the aboriginals**. I had never, even in the hills of them thar Appalachians where "ain't" is proper English and "y'all" is the plural of "you" and a "grudge" is where you park your car, heard the use of "borrow" in the sense of "lend", and yet people looked at me like I was from Mars*** when I used "lend" instead.
The "duck, duck, grey duck"
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Indeed: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=217126&cid=176 32080 [slashdot.org].
PS. You have to love those mutually recursive references :-)
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Using "and I" where it should be "and me" -- "It was given to Charles and I". Bleurgh.
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The "its" one is annoying too, but i must admit in a hurry, i use the wrong one at times--not for lack of understanding, but just typical human error.
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