Annoying Ways People Use Sources

"Dating Spider-Man" Annoyance:

Beginning or ending a paragraph with sourced material in quotation marks. It can be a bit confusing when a quote is not introduced prior to its use, or when a quote is not properly followed-up by material supporting the quote's purpose. Quotes from sources are meant to supplement a point the writer is attempting to make, therefore there should always be ample information preceding or following the quote to guide the reader into or out of it.

Example from my writing:

The final personal superstition I will describe is jinxing. Yes, I am a firm believer in jinxing. In the past, I have said to a friend “I just realized I’ve never been in a car accident before”, only to total a car a month or two later. So many times I’ve said something (usually horrible) won’t happen to me, but then that same exact thing I said would not happen smacks my reality in the face. In some ways my belief in jinxing might be a good thing, because it prevents me from judging people who are struggling with things they cannot control (for fear of it happening to me next). Even if someone I’m around mentions something that starts to sound jinx-inducing to me, an immediate sense of dread fills me as I say to them “Don’t jinx it!”. “Someone who seems to have bad luck or attract bad luck to the people around them is also sometimes called a jinx” (GotQuestions, 2015).

Corrected Example:

The final personal superstition I will describe is jinxing. Yes, I am a firm believer in jinxing. In the past, I have said to a friend “I just realized I’ve never been in a car accident before”, only to total a car a month or two later. So many times I’ve said something (usually horrible) won’t happen to me, but then that same exact thing I said would not happen smacks my reality in the face. In some ways my belief in jinxing might be a good thing, because it prevents me from judging people who are struggling with things they cannot control (for fear of it happening to me next). Even if someone I’m around mentions something that starts to sound jinx-inducing to me, an immediate sense of dread fills me as I say to them “Don’t jinx it!”. “Someone who seems to have bad luck or attract bad luck to the people around them is also sometimes called a jinx” (GotQuestions, 2015). Fearing these "Jinxes" and their curse-bearing nature, I format my life a little too much according to this particular superstition of mine.