Do you have any pet peeves or annoyances?

Post » Sun May 13, 2012 3:23 pm

:shrug: The subject in school that most held my attention was English. Throughout my life, I've thought that there's little more remarkable than the ability to communicate impeccably and eloquently, especially when one considers how difficult that task is, in the light of how imprecise and unwieldy our methods of communication are. If that makes me shallow, pedantic and a snob, so be it. I, instead, like to think I'm passionate. :biggrin:
Going by your sig, I'm not taking you seriously.


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Josh Dagreat
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:34 pm

Going by your sig, I'm not taking you seriously.


:tongue:

The most appropriate reaction, I think.
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Shelby McDonald
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 12:28 pm

What do you drive? :blink:

Either you're driving world's smallest vehicle, or Oof has a horse with the biggest ass in the history of hoofed animals... :ahhh:
I drive the newest in Rhode Island vehicles. http://cdn.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/flintstones_car.jpg
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Scotties Hottie
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 6:35 am

I also hate. "LADS!" I think this is just a British phenomenon. They're groups of young blokes, normally aged 17-30, who think that they're awesome because they go out in a group, get hammered and try and pull girls.

Now don't get me wrong. I love getting hammered and pulling girls, but these guys are just dikes.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 8:14 am

I also hate. "LADS!" I think this is just a British phenomenon. They're groups of young blokes, normally aged 17-30, who think that they're awesome because they go out in a group, get hammered and try and pull girls.

Now don't get me wrong. I love getting hammered and pulling girls, but these guys are just dikes.

Oh you must mean "chavs"...I'm not even British and I've heard of these knuckleheads. Rebels without a clue.
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Claire Lynham
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 9:00 am

Oh you must mean "chavs"...I'm not even British and I've heard of these knuckleheads. Rebels without a clue.

I guess they are chavs, but more of a "sub-category" of chavs. Some of them are normal guys, who go on holiday, or go out and suddenly turn in to a pack of obnoxious morons. It's quite the sight to behold...
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 8:12 pm

I guess they are chavs, but more of a "sub-category" of chavs. Some of them are normal guys, who go on holiday, or go out and suddenly turn in to a pack of obnoxious morons. It's quite the sight to behold...

Might be some hang out here for all I know.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 3:22 pm

Oh you must mean "chavs"...I'm not even British and I've heard of these knuckleheads. Rebels without a clue.
Yeah chavs svck, sadly Australia is a nice place now, so we have no place to send them.
Well we do have some land in ther arctic iirc...

Also disliking chavs isnt a pet peeve. Everyone hates them for good reason.
I guess they are chavs, but more of a "sub-category" of chavs. Some of them are normal guys, who go on holiday, or go out and suddenly turn in to a pack of obnoxious morons. It's quite the sight to behold...
I knew people like that, nice enough people here, but when away they make the UK look bad. Im pretty sure I read Spanish people are getting pissed at how tourists are acting, in their country. Cant say I blame them.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 4:59 pm

I suppose my pet peeve is rudeness: especially the likes of queue-jumpers and people who are generally inconsiderate. Driving seems to bring out the worst in that regard, I guess because the perceived anonymity causes them to drop any pretence of civility so you see how they really are. Just because I'm not tailgating the car in front doesn't mean I'm inviting you to force your way in front of me! Especially if you then slow me down. And indicators are there for a reason. Bah.

And people who feel the need to force their ideology on to me or anyone else in their vicinity. The subject isn't important, it can be absolutely anything, and even a point of view that I ostensibly agree with, but seriously, stop it. If it's a subjective opinion, people are entitled to their own, not yours.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 3:06 pm

Smokers who insist on smoking around me.

Girls who lie about being "single" on Facebook (*cough*Becki*cough*)

Girls who lash out at you when you're only trying to cheer them up (again, *cough*Becki*cough*)

People who complain about the "lack of talent" in mainstream music, but at the same time they also support the most mindless mainstream acts (such as Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Soulja Boy and LMFAO)
(sadly, some of these same people tend to see progressive rock as an even bigger affront to music than bubblegum pop...)

People who are bigoted against those who have autism or Asperger's (such as myself)

There's other pet peeves I have, but can't talk about them due to them being under restricted topics...

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Lily
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 1:05 pm

I don't like hearing outside noise when gaming. Breaks immersion.
I don't want to hear phones ringing when gaming. Breaks immersion.

People who smoke around me. I can't stand cigarette smoke, go away.
tYPEseTTing WORds likE ThIs. You didn't read that, did you?
People who kiss each other in public.
People who doesn't listen to me when I talk..or when somebody else talks to them.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 8:26 pm

Oh I see what I did back there :facepalm:
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 8:27 pm

My biggest pet peeve is someone using a knife to get jam/jelly/preserves out of a jar. Use a spoon people and don't cut my beautiful jams into ugly bits and pieces. Makes me want to chop arms off.
I don't see why you would use a sppon, like do you scoop it out with the spoon and then get a knife to spread it over your toast or do you just spread using the knife?
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 7:02 am

Oh I see what I did back there :facepalm:

I was wondering when you'd click. Didn't want to spoil the surprise.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 3:14 pm

oh i just remembered one
i [censored] hate it when people hum or sing for themselves. i can't help it, i try not to be rude about it when i ask them to stop, but it takes away all my focus and makes it impossible for me to think of anything else than getting mad :biggrin:
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 5:19 am

My biggest pet peeve is someone using a knife to get jam/jelly/preserves out of a jar. Use a spoon people and don't cut my beautiful jams into ugly bits and pieces. Makes me want to chop arms off.

Ah hah! Just like I said, see?

Every time I use a knife to get jam a little voice in the back of my head goes: "Noooooo, it's the only thing in the world summer haaaaaaates"

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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 7:47 am

People who have pet peeves like putting forks and knives on the left of the plate, and get angry at me for setting a "bad example" too their kids by putting the knife and fork on opposite sides of the plate.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:38 pm

People who have pet peeves like putting forks and knives on the left of the plate, and get angry at me for setting a "bad example" too their kids by putting the knife and fork on opposite sides of the plate.

I do have a thing about having stuff laid out properly, if it's a formal dinner, but I wouldn't berate someone for doing it incorrectly...

People who force their children to finish their meals, always. You're teaching them to eat more than they need/want to. When I was small, my parents used to knock under the table and tell me that the sound was the witch coming to kidnap and eat me, if I didn't eat my food.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 10:25 am

Ah hah! Just like I said, see?

Every time I use a knife to get jam a little voice in the back of my head goes: "Noooooo, it's the only thing in the world summer haaaaaaates"

:tongue:
The voices in your head are liars, summer also hates the toilet seat being left up.

Now rememberingn useless stuff like that yet always, always forgetting the semicolon is what bugs me the most. For today at least.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:06 pm

People who have pet peeves like putting forks and knives on the left of the plate, and get angry at me for setting a "bad example" too their kids by putting the knife and fork on opposite sides of the plate.

Putting both on the same side is correct etiquette...? :unsure: You live and learn, I suppose.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 6:58 pm

People who care about stupid and usually insignificant things. Like the above mentioned fork/knife things I don't see the need to have them ordered in anyway, I just leave them in the drawer or on a tray and go get them when I need them.
Also dislike people when they point out I eat "funny" because I use my fork in the right hand and the knife in the left - When they do I end up looking at my hand going "Wait, Oh...Hmmm - ermmm" and after five minutes of fiddling with the stuff I get back to eating feeling strange <_<

People that won't confront me unless they have the support of someone else. Like the guy and women in the other scheme from me, they never say a word to me when I'm walking the dog but the Police were talking to them and out of nowhere the women - who is crippled in a wheelchair and doesn't take her dog out - shouts across "bla bla bla, keep your dog off our land if he's going to [censored] on it and you don't pick it up", to which I can't help put give a cheeky response back to. So the Policeman comes to me and starts giving me the run down on laws yada yada even though I have been on that land in a year, really the Policeman didn't seem to give a damn though.

People that think they deserve stuff that they have never earned the right to - like respect.
People that make a life changing choice but still want perks of the life choice they didn't choose.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 5:16 pm

People who have pet peeves like putting forks and knives on the left of the plate, and get angry at me for setting a "bad example" too their kids by putting the knife and fork on opposite sides of the plate.
I'd remind them that getting angry at menial things is likely to set a far worse example than the pointless pedagoguery over silverware.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 5:28 am

People that make a life changing choice but still want perks of the life choice they didn't choose.

There's nothing wrong with wanting "it all". Expecting "it all", though...
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 7:06 am

People who care about stupid and usually insignificant things. Like the above mentioned fork/knife things I don't see the need to have them ordered in anyway, I just leave them in the drawer or on a tray and go get them when I need them.
Also dislike people when they point out I eat "funny" because I use my fork in the right hand and the knife in the left - When they do I end up looking at my hand going "Wait, Oh...Hmmm - ermmm" and after five minutes of fiddling with the stuff I get back to eating feeling strange :dry:

People that won't confront me unless they have the support of someone else. Like the guy and women in the other scheme from me, they never say a word to me when I'm walking the dog but the Police were talking to them and out of nowhere the women - who is crippled in a wheelchair and doesn't take her dog out - shouts across "bla bla bla, keep your dog off our land if he's going to [censored] on it and you don't pick it up", to which I can't help put give a cheeky response back to. So the Policeman comes to me and starts giving me the run down on laws yada yada even though I have been on that land in a year, really the Policeman didn't seem to give a damn though.

People that think they deserve stuff that they have never earned the right to - like respect.
People that make a life changing choice but still want perks of the life choice they didn't choose.
The funny thing about knife and fork is I've got looks not only because I'm left handed, but because when cutting meat on a plate, I put the fork in my right hand so I can cut with the left as well.

I've seen someone give me the I've-got-the-stomach-bug look over this before, and I was hoping I disgusted them so much they lost their appetite. I don't like prudes (especially get tired of hearing the ridiculous hypocritical notion of how much more "rude" society is today over such small, pointless issues), nor do I like people that pedantic.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:20 pm

The funny thing about knife and fork is I've got looks not only because I'm left handed, but because when cutting meat on a plate, I put the fork in my right hand so I can cut with the left as well.

I've seen someone give me the I've-got-the-stomach-bug look over this before, and I was hoping I disgusted them so much they lost their appetite. I don't like prudes (especially get tired of hearing the ridiculous hypocritical notion of how much more "rude" society is today over such small, pointless issues), nor do I like people that pedantic.
I'm right handed but use the knife in my left hand, I think thats what confuses people, I'm not sure though since I just wanna clear the plate of foot.

Oh another one: When people get good, tasty meat for dinner but without trying it get thrown out or given to the dog - I could cry at how many steaks have been lost this way :sadvaultboy:

There's nothing wrong with wanting "it all". Expecting "it all", though...
Wanting it all is fine, but when you're given the choice of A, B or C, choose B but want the perks of A and C, thats whats wrong. People making choices and not dealing with it or at least thinking about it before making it.
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