Blog hopping is something that I seldom do. When I do blog hop (in hopes of stumbling upon a good read), I’d end up being disappointed.

Most of the time, Fate decides that letting me down isn’t enough. Fate slaps me right in the face then rapes my senses with visual and auditory nonsense. I. HATE. THAT. Pent-up anger is a no-no, so why not vent it here?

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#1: Flash Music Players.

I appreciate the fact that you’re willing to share your taste in music with the whole world, but you really don’t need two songs playing at the same time (one from a music player, the other from a video player). It’s all about enhancing the experience, but seriously, you can enhance jack shit with two songs playing at the same time.

I often, if not definitely, browse with more than 5 tabs open at the same time. I can’t be bothered to check which tab is making the noise. Do your readers a favor. Let them choose whether they want to listen to music or not when they read your posts.

Of course, this does not irritate me as much as..

#2: Glittery text/images and/or animated emoticons.

If I want to read blocks of text with blinking images and huge emoticons like this all around, I might as well get an account on MySpace and wait for the obligatory “Thanks For The Add” comment. Or maybe, go on MSN for a chatting spree. Blinkies are NOT awesome. They’re annoying, so keep them where they belong.

Blend created using this photo by Yumi-K and this photo by ZeroIn.

I think you know where I stand.

#3: “Leet” speak.

Is it that hard to type out a few extra alphabets? Okay, this does not annoy me as much as blinkies and emoticons. I use them acronyms too on certain occasions, and I understand that people want things to be simple. To save time, to save energy, whatever.

But how do you expect people to understand what you’re saying if a large part of your post is made out of symbols and acronyms?

#4: You’re and your.

“Your” a moron.

#5: Gratuitous usage of colored text.

I don’t know what else to put here, since it’s self-explanatory, so I’m just going to give you a rainbow.

Hey. Colored words don’t look that bad..

If you use them sparingly.

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Now, boys and girls, don’t you feel very educated today?