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Post by dinosauria101 on Mar 4, 2019 7:24:59 GMT 5
Yeah, I think we can all agree we surpass Carnivora in quality, even though the quantities are vastly different. Heck, I'd even go so far as to say I prefer here to Carnivora in spite of the lower activity simply due to quality.
Back on topic, I really hate in winter (and this happened today, sigh) when part of me is overheating and another part is almost frozen.
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Post by Infinity Blade on Mar 4, 2019 10:32:28 GMT 5
Fictional character fanboys. Also, stupid head canon interpretations. Example: the idea that ki users in Dragon Ball need to be "oN tHeIr GuArD/pOwErEd Up UsInG kI", otherwise they can get seriously damaged by rocks, tiny laser guns, and bullets. Goku took absolutely no damage from bullets in the very first episode before he learned how to use ki, which he did when he performed his first Kamehameha (I haven't seen him use any ki in any battles/shows of strength prior to that episode). Likewise, in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Gohan blocks bullets with his finger when he wasn't visibly charged with ki. While he was responsive to the gun, he was also drunk and thought the gun was just a pellet gun as opposed to firing real bullets ( link). A couple instances where they get grazed by bullets show them in situations where they're clearly responsive to the threat (particularly the two bullet incidents with Goku and Krillin* in DBS), which doesn't support the narrative that ki users are vulnerable when they're off guard. The only conclusion we can draw from this is that these are obvious plot-induced stupidity. *Goku and Krillin are shown to be consistently invulnerable to bullets when they were kids (fifth example down below). In the early days they might have dealt pain, soot marks, or scared them (for obvious comic relief), but they never did any actual damage. Edit: a couple examples of DB characters surviving bullets when they were off guard. ^Kid Goku (emphasis on kid) wasn't aware of the sniper's presence. Yet while the sniper shot may have dealt pain to his cheek, it did no actual damage. ^You can tell that Android 17 was off guard when the man shoots him not only because his attention was directed towards his sister blasting the place prior, but he was also smiling right before he got hit by the bullet. And yet it ricocheted off of him like it were nothing. So much for vUlNeRaBlE wHeN tHeY lEt ThEiR gUaRd DoWn. Here's a final consideration: if it was all about being on guard and being charged with ki (and that otherwise you'd be reduced to normal levels of durability), then we should expect that every time someone in DB is attacked by a ki blast or a strike from whatever super powered character while caught off guard that they either get atomized with utter ease or get turned to mush. Except that's not what we see. (see 1:27 for the relevant bit) Gosh. It's almost as if getting seriously hurt by a tiny laser gun or bullets is plot induced stupidity.
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Post by Apex on Mar 17, 2019 1:38:38 GMT 5
Fictional character fanboys. Also, stupid head canon interpretations*. *Example: the idea that ki users in Dragon Ball need to be "oN tHeIr GuArD/pOwErEd Up UsInG kI", otherwise they can get hurt by rocks, tiny laser guns, and bullets. Goku took absolutely no damage from bullets in the very first episode before he learned how to use ki, which he did when he performed his first Kamehameha (I haven't seen him use any ki in any battles/shows of strength prior to that episode). Likewise, Gohan's not powered up with ki when he blocks bullets with his finger in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (and he was drunk too btw, so he wasn't even fully "oN hIs GuArD"), nor was Beerus when he gets shot between his eyes, only for the bullet to do absolutely nothing (I need to find the DBS version of this movie, but I'm pretty sure the same thing would have happened there). Instances where they have supposedly lowered their guard show them in situations where they're clearly responsive to the threat (particularly the two bullet incidents in DBS). So no, it's not that GoKu/KrIlLiN LoWeReD hIs GuArD, it's something called plot-induced stupidity. Honestly I don't even consider dbs as canon, I really do enjoy it but there are too many inconsistencies the whole existence of beerus doesn't even make that much sense taking the buu saga into account and especially seeing as Freiza vegeta and king kai knew who he was it doesn't make sense that he wasn't even mentioned before frieza Surpassing ssj blue after only 4 months is crazy too
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Post by dinosauria101 on Mar 17, 2019 1:41:39 GMT 5
It really pisses me off when I aim for something and miss by a hair
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jun 14, 2019 4:50:36 GMT 5
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jun 14, 2019 7:02:21 GMT 5
Well, T rex fanboyism, ESPECIALLY Carnivora's pisses me off a LOT. I'll elaborate later because I do not have the energy to do so now
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Post by DonaldCengXiongAzuma on Jun 15, 2019 14:38:46 GMT 5
When you are lining up and waiting your turn and the person in front of you is having a yarn with the cashier talking about their life story.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jun 15, 2019 17:10:43 GMT 5
Now for that explanation of why T rex fanboyism pisses me off It can turn otherwise perfectly good threads into sheer monotony. Just look at T rex vs Carcharodontosaurus or T rex vs Giganotosaurus on Carnivora and you'll notice that whenever someone tries to point out a carnosaurian advantage (usually bite) the T rex fanboys veto it with the myth that T rex has a deadlier bite. No! Both of those matches are a perfect 50/50! Heck. I might even go so far as to say the carnosaurs get an edge in those matches due to having usable arms along with EQUALLY DEADLY bites. Moreover, some even favored T rex over 10 Utahraptors (how on Earth can it kill them without being killed itself?) and Rex is even leading the poll in T rex vs Triceratops. Talk about asinine! Even when I requested T rex vs Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum to see how far the fanboys would go (but is now deleted), THERE WAS STILL A VOTE FOR T REX! Talk about wacko! Oh well, at least the T rex fanboys were enjoing themselves in the Diplodocus vs T rex thread and not filling T rex vs Mamenchisaurus with such heresy. I am sure glad at WoA I can turn the tables and stop the fanboys
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Post by dinosauria101 on Aug 1, 2019 18:18:11 GMT 5
-Horseflies -Deerflies -Downplaying of theropods and ceratopsians against proboscideans, this happened a lot on Carnivora and I am still salty about it (if Greg Rhodes is reading this, I have yet to hear a realistic way for an American mastodon to beat a larger and more robust Triceratops with far better weapons, or how a Palaeoloxodon namadicus can actually catch and kill 3 7-8 ton Mapusaurus, big game specialists, before being bled out and killed) -Pop music -Paper cuts
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Post by creature386 on Aug 1, 2019 20:51:16 GMT 5
Here's my ranking of groups of people by how much I hate them. I excluded those who cause harm by definition (murders, rapists) and rather focus on groups defined by a certain belief set or a certain personality. Note that I'm aware that individuals belonging to these groups can vary in extremism.
1. Psychopaths. 2. Nazis and what I associate with them (e.g. the alt-right, racists, bigots) 3. Global warming deniers and the anti-enivornmentalist movement in general. 4. Narcissists, bullies and bigots (yes, I had bigots twice because I think they fit in both groups) 5. Religious extremists.
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Post by Verdugo on Aug 2, 2019 5:19:05 GMT 5
and Rex is even leading the poll in T rex vs Triceratops. Talk about asinine! Why do you think T-rex would lose more often than not when against Triceratops? From what i have seen in modern Predator-Prey interactions, at size parity, the Predator (who is capable) will prevail almost all the times. Even against Preys who have a good deal of size advantage, the Predators still sometimes prevail. Are there any good reasons at all to believe that things were so much different during the Mesozoic that T-rex (who is a capable Predator clearly adapted for macropredatory) would lose more often than not against Triceratops (who is a prey of equivalent size)? (Feel free to bump up the ''T-rex vs Trike thread if you want some discussions since i don't to go too off-topic)
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Post by dinosauria101 on Aug 2, 2019 9:07:30 GMT 5
and Rex is even leading the poll in T rex vs Triceratops. Talk about asinine! Why do you think T-rex would lose more often than not when against Triceratops? From what i have seen in modern Predator-Prey interactions, at size parity, the Predator (who is capable) will prevail almost all the times. Even against Preys who have a good deal of size advantage, the Predators still sometimes prevail. Are there any good reasons at all to believe that things were so much different during the Mesozoic that T-rex (who is a capable Predator clearly adapted for macropredatory) would lose more often than not against Triceratops (who is a prey of equivalent size)? (Feel free to bump up the ''T-rex vs Trike thread if you want some discussions since i don't to go too off-topic) Yeah I'll bump it up right now. On topic, do you agree that what I posted about American mastodon vs Triceratops and P. namadicus vs 3 Mapusaurus (which was deleted on Carnivora, but still very much here) are annoying? I saw your poll votes as a guest and we share opinions about both
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Post by dinosauria101 on Sept 27, 2019 2:25:00 GMT 5
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Post by smedz on Sept 27, 2019 2:37:39 GMT 5
Things that tick me off.
1. When I get hot while sleeping. Drives me CRAZY!!!
2. When the internet turns slow.
3. When someone tells me I don't do any research or calls me a fanboy. In fact this is me in my head when someone calls me a fanboy.
5. The anti-environmental people, trophy hunters, poachers, and all of those who threaten wildlife.
6. Climate Change denial
7. And this happened only days ago. When I ask out a girl (in this case as a friend) to homecoming and says she'll have to see if she can call off work on that day, only for her to keep you waiting for weeks, and then you get a text message from her saying and I quote "Hey so I actually already have a date to homecoming. but thanks for asking me!" And then you ask her when that guy asked her out of instinct because you didn't want to jump to the wrong conclusion and you wait only for her to say "I'm sorry but that is none of your business." Even though it is as she clearly was stringing you along so in case that one guy didn't ask her she could go with you. Then you end up feeling like your stomach is on fire. (Sorry, i felt like I had to say something about it. This is a true story.)
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Post by dinosauria101 on Oct 10, 2019 2:54:20 GMT 5
Discord's T rex fanboys are SERIOUSLY infuriating, as are they just about anywhere as I said earlier. Now T rex is a great dinosaur, but I have to be very careful about what I match it up against; the safest bets are non-dinosaurs as those matchups don't really attract the fanboys. Example: Any big carnosaur in T rex size range (Giganotosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Tyrannotitan, Mapusaurus, etc) is enough to beat T rex a bit more than 50 percent of the time. But that's not what the fanboys say; their view of the fight is basically a one sided slaughterfest in lieu of the blatant myth of crushing bite>slicing bite, as well as the fact that it's Tyrannosaurus rex, which the media seems to have branded king of the dinosaurs for whatever reason. Also not going to name names but I have seen at least 1 person I recruited on here (it wasn't jdangerousdinosaur, I can guarantee that) engage in this as well, albeit on a lighter level (not trying to be rude, just saying that is what it looked like to me). But still. The amount of fake, hyped-up superiority that T rex is given in these sorts of threads is truly sad. It forces me to make threads like Giganotosaurus vs Tarbosaurus and Daspletosaurus vs Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis (not saying they're bad matchups, they are actually fantastic. I just have to do this to stop those rampaging fanboys who also hate on the T rexes' opponents). They are not mismatches by any means but I have yet to see a good case for the tyrannosaurids winning more often than not. I'd in fact go so far as to say threads such as 10 Utahraptors vs T rex, 4 Daspletosaurus vs T rex, and T rex vs Apatosaurus are a service in this regard because while not mismatches, they help the T rex fanboys realize that their favorite dinosaur is not so indestructible after all. Well, usually. Unfortunately, I've seen fanboyism from Discord that suggest OMNH 1331 is a nice midday snack for FMNH PR 2081 which just so happens to be 1/12th its weight, 4 Daspletosaurus vs T rex is like 4 orphans vs a gunman, Spinosaurus is a floating seafood meal for T rex even in deep water regardless of how bad of a swimmer T rex was, and 10 Utahraptors vs T rex is 10 pigeons vs a bald eagle. For crying out loud! Even the very lowest Apatosaurus adult estimate (20 tons) beats Sue and Stan. 4 Das outweigh Rex and have a numerical advantage. 10 Utahs can use numbers and agility on their side. And it should be blatantly obvious why Spinosaurus absolutely curbstomps T rex 10/10 hands down in deep water. I am just so happy to be here on WoA where we can make threads to both give the fanboy-shunned dinos wins and turn the tables on the T rex fanboys.
At least the fanboys don't overtake matchups with T rex and non-dinosaurs
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