What are your Rockslide pet-peeves?

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Having to make a minimum post count to PM someone.

 

[T-town]

Another vote for "running". Where the heck did this come from? Bruh??

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Is this Gripe Thread 2.0?

 

[rookieforever33]

Is this Gripe Thread 2.0?

Maybe we could have a new pet peeve thread every year like we do for different species meat poles. LOL

 

[smc1193]

thanks for the info

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Is this Gripe Thread 2.0?

Certainly seems to be a popular "I need 10 posts to access the classifieds" thread. Which is ironic.

 

[Andyranger]

I’m not much of a fan of the 10 comments / posts to gain more access and private messaging

 

[rookieforever33]

I’m not much of a fan of the 10 comments / posts to gain more access and private messaging

At this rate you will be there in 6 more years. Enjoy

 

[Andyranger]

I’m working in the right direction anyways

 

[Rigo]

I really hesitate to call this a pet peeve because in my experience this is one of the best-run forums I'm a member of, and I'm one of those people who hates "logical fallacies" - of which the Nirvana Fallacy is absolutely one of them. To assume we could ever have a "perfect thing for everyone" would probably require "everyone" to be just one person whistling into the void.

That being said (and I'm as guilty of this as some others) when "we" are in the off-season we get a much higher percentage of off topic posts, especially those heavy on religious or political opinions. It's complicated because:

1. It's not actually against the rules (although "we" also do often stray pretty far in those threads from the "When posting, no name-calling, whining, crying, sobbing, bitching, sniveling, sulking, bickering, complaining, or pouting!" rule,
2. Many of those discussions often do have some relationship to hunting even if not directly, and
3. "We" are all humans, and often times our non-hunting-related beliefs have a lot of crossover to US to our hunting beliefs, even if others might not always see things the same way.

I do see a lot of threads lately where people are more sh1tty to each other than a) serves any actual purpose unless the goal actually was to belittle the other person and b) appears to have no value to the concepts of hunting at all. But hey, again, Nirvana Fallacy - how can you have any Nirvana without some Fallacy?

Despite all that I do wish even those of us who (apparently, given the tone of some recent threads) hate each other (without ever even having met one another in most cases) would temper it with the realization that the VERY MOST right-wing and VERY MOST left-wing members of this forum still have a ton more in common than even the most mild-mannered average non-hunter does. We all win or lose many of these fights together, but it seems like we spend most of it bickering here.

I'm no genius and I'm wrong as often as I'm right but I'm pretty good at seeing patterns and I have a box full of 5- and 6-leaf clovers (I stopped gathering the 4's) to back that up. This post will probably fade into the vacuum, but hey, can't know until you try, right?

Well said! I have several good friends that I don’t talk politics or religion. Great people. And I think sometimes we can lose that online because of a person’s beliefs or religion when we don’t even know them or what type of person they are.

 

[Ckat]

I understand that I’m a FNG, but IMHO a few things I can’t stand:
1) pet peeves
2) abbreviations
3) misspeling
4) irony
5) lists

YMMV.

 

[ReaptheHeat]

I understand that I’m a FNG, but IMHO a few things I can’t stand:
1) pet peeves
2) abbreviations
3) misspeling
4) irony
5) lists

YMMV.

Lol this is ironic.

 

[Mormegil3]

The fact that the actual forum is spelled “rokslide” is a pet peeve for me… The problem is with the forum, not with your spelling in the post title.

 

[KenLee]

The word “running” when used in regards to someone’s gear or setup. Not sure why but just doesn’t sit well with me.

C'mon now, "Run whatcha brung!" is my view on how all game seasons should be.

 

[IDVortex]

When folks do a screen shot of the forums and they dont use dark mode. So you feel as if you looked at the sun for a brief moment.

 

[dårlig jeger]

I think anyone who posts a price from a discount program like govx or expertvoice or any other perks program should get banned.

Too many people are just stupid and selfish and want to brag about their discount with disregard for others and the programs. Just like commenting on prices in the classifieds, it should be immediate ban. It might prevent those programs from going away due to the abuse of their rules.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

If it already hasn't been mentioned enough....the new ad placements...

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This is severely irritating especially when one pops in and covers up the "post reply" button

 

[taskswap]

Honestly, the only thing that comes to mind is the level of politics, religion, and other off-topic content. We're all surrounded by it every day. Why rehash it yet one more time when it won't improve anyone's life, won't make anyone happy, won't change anyone's mind, and has nothing to do with hunting?

 

[wind gypsy]

Old thread.. I assume someone said the "I only shoot 20 rounds a year but which rifle should i get to be good to 800 yards hunting and 1000 yards on steel" inquiries already?

Also - Threads about leveling scopes where there is a bunch of advice about using this gizmo and that to get a scope plumb to bore for/by people who dont even use a scope level. As if it matters.

 

[Wprinkle]

People with the need to comment on EVERY SINGLE POST.
People who just regurgitate information that they have never validated to any extent...