Store made pineapple upside-down cake. Instead of combining pineapple slices, brown sugar, and butter to create that heavenly topping, many smear an unnatural vaguely pineapple-ish goop over the cake. *shudder*
People who believe that "vomitoriums" were places where ancient Romans threw up. Not that I'm saying ancient Romans didn't occasionally...look, never mind.
Flipping my radio around from station to station, then finding a really great song...and then, the Station Identification: Radio Disney
When I'm waiting in line, and suddenly the line loses definition...several new mini-lines forming in front of me. No idea where to stand. Invariably, this is the point someone to the side will narrow their eyes and look at me: "I was in front of you." I retreat. They them murmur and mutter for the next twenty minutes about "cutters."
People who complain constantly about other people taking the internet too seriously. Until it's all they talk about. They should really take taking the internet too seriously less seriously.
The woman who decided that since the movie theater had no "Family" restroom to take her son -not- into the Ladies Room, but into the Men's Room.
Powdered milk. No matter how it's prepared, it tastes like pure evil. Dried, pulverized, then mixed with water.
People who make pointless, vapid fluff posts on busy message boards. Honestly, some people...
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
Oranges and boiled eggs where the peel won't freaking come off already. Also see: fragile juicy nectarines that are impossible to seperate from the pit without turning them into nectarine pulp. (Why can't they label nectarines according to whether the pit will separate? I just want nice neat nectarine slices.)
People who leave the checkout stand while the cashier is ringing them up to go get another item or five. (This one belongs on the thread about deadly laser beam eyes.)
Loitering teenagers. Doesn't matter how many, where they are, their demeanor, anything. OK, it matters a little. But they've all got to go.
People who put makeup and otherwise tart up their toddlers (or any little girls) and enter them in beauty pageants. If the reader does this, sorry to offend you, but you must stop. No good can come of this.
People who organize beauty pageants for little girls. Especially if they don't make rules against sexualizing the contestants' appearance or behavior.
Mechanics who tell you your car has problems for which you haven't detected symptoms and you can't disprove their claims without spending money at another shop.
People at Costco who are in too much of a hurry or simply too important to slow down and yield the right of way to other cart pushers.
Extroverts who think its funny to tell introverts that when the extrovert heard about the mall shooting the other day, he imagined the introvert's face on the shooter.
Applebees restaurants. No thanks, I don't want any rubber riblets or cardboard flavored mini burgers.
Snotty people who think that they are better than the food served at chain restaurants.
"Mexican" food that consists almost exclusively of greasy melted Cheddar cheese, soupy grey pinto beans, and rice that has been carefully boiled until the precise moment the last nutrient is destroyed, then colored pink and drained of moisture.
Soaking wet iceberg lettuce.
Baked beans. I'll take my legumes and my dessert seperately, thanks.
Happy Meals. They should call them "Happy Toy-in-a-Box with Industrial Food Product."
Sour Straws. Whatever that silicone like substrate is, it's not a "straw."
Boys wearing girls pants. When all the kids are doing it, it's no longer edgy or hip.
Hard sell tactics. "Oh really? This water softener will cost me nothing because of the soap savings? I had no idea I was spending $100 a month on soap!!!"
People who post disturbing images that I click on right before I sleep. What the hell is that thing?
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
quote:Originally posted by scifibum:
Oranges and boiled eggs where the peel won't freaking come off already.
I can't help you with oranges, but eggs should be at least two weeks old before boiling, otherwise the shell is very difficult to remove. However, I've never had that be a problem with store-bought eggs...
--Mel
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
One of my favorite science experiments in school was soaking an egg in vinegar, waiting a couple of days, then carefully rinsing the shell off the translucent membrane. Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
quote: Mechanics who tell you your car has problems for which you haven't detected symptoms and you can't disprove their claims without spending money at another shop.
I always assume this will happen anywhere but my regular mechanic. I never take them seriously. Someday my car may blow up because of this, but seriously, my car can't need an extra $700 worth of work just because I went to Firestone or the dealership. </rant>
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
I'm totally naming my first dog Peeves...
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
1) Posting a diligently written, very first landmark, and getting 3 replies.
Awww, how cute!
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote:Originally posted by AvidReader:
quote: Mechanics who tell you your car has problems for which you haven't detected symptoms and you can't disprove their claims without spending money at another shop.
I always assume this will happen anywhere but my regular mechanic. I never take them seriously. Someday my car may blow up because of this, but seriously, my car can't need an extra $700 worth of work just because I went to Firestone or the dealership. </rant>
OK, I have a bone to pick with you on this one. I'm a dealership mechanic. Let's use your figure, $700. That's about what it costs on some Acuras(what I work on) to do the timing belt and water pump. Some neighborhood mechanics don't know that they not only have to be replaced at 105,000 miles, but also every 7 years, so he won't recommend it. Dealerships recommend it because if it breaks, it costs thousands in engine repair. Savvy? That's just one example.
A few pet peeves: -Trucks in the fast lane on the freeway -People who say "I could care less". Shouldn't it be "I couldn't care less?" -$1000 or more audio systems in cars worth less than said audio system that blast their bass all day.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
For people who say "I could care less" I've started mentally filling in the rest of the sentence "...but not by much." Then it at least makes sense to me.
OK, Nick, not to pick on you, but what's the actual gamble of not replacing a water pump and timing belt at 105,000 miles or 7 years, and waiting for signs that either is about to fail? If anything less than 20% of cars without this maintenance performed on schedule are going to cause thousands of dollars of damage, it sounds like a bad bet for the customer to me.
However, I'm far more disgusted with chain repair shops outside of dealerships. I don't think a dealership has ever cheated me, I just think they are biased toward over-maintaining vehicles. (Like a dealership told me I needed a new radiator and water pump 8 months ago because they were leaking coolant - well, for about $20 in coolant and radiator stop-leak since then, I've been limping along just fine. Indications are I'll wear out the vehicle before the recommended repair becomes really necessary.)
But at Firestone and other chains - I've been outright lied to. A firestone shop told me I had a cracked serpentine belt, and wanted some hefty amount to replace it. I told them no because I didn't have the money to do it right then, and when I inspected the belt myself, it was showing no cracks whatsoever. It lasted me another 30k miles before I sold the vehicle.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
You're not picking on me at all scifibum, you're more than welcome to your opinion, but I still think you're missing some information.
Dealership "over-maintenance" as you call it is simply the dealership following the manufacturer's recommended schedule that will maximize the life of the car. I don't use "stop-leak", I perform quality repairs so the car doesn't have to limp around. Also, when you get warning signs of the timing belt failure, it's almost always too late. It's always better to be safe than sorry when it comes to timing belts(unless the engine is non-interference, but this isn't a car thread). /thread hijack
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
A timing belt I wouldn't mind. In fact, when some bizarre bit of hardware that tells the transmission when to shift went out in my car, the dealership told me I had a seal leaking but that it wasn't a big deal since I'm only 30,000 miles away from the timing belt/water pump/assorted seals replacement anyway. But they still had a list of things my beat to heck car needs done that would have run about $700.
I'm sure there are many wonderful mechanics out there who aren't just adding things on and only want my car to run well. And my car may even need all that stuff even though it's running just fine 10,000 miles later with no additional work. But there are enough con men out there to ruin it for everyone. If you're not my regular guy, how am I supposed to know which camp you're in?
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
People who say "a whole nother'.
Politicians with a western drawl who've never worked on a farm or lived in a small town.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
People who post disturbing images that I click on right before I sleep. What the hell is that thing?
As Puffy said, it's called an aye-aye. Seriously. Wikipedia link: aye-aye Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
'nucular'
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Well, since we got to words: 'aluminum'.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
The fact that many new trucks and SUVs are now sold without mudflaps and those drivers are totally oblivious to how much crap they are spraying on the cars around them during rain/slush.
People who put an "s" on the word "toward". Really, it is quite sufficient to just say toward in any context. Yeah, I know it's in the dictionary both ways.
The phrase hot water heater. It's a frickin' water heater. It doesn't heat hot water --- it heats cold water to hot.
People who don't turn on their turn signal until already halfway through the turn or lane change. Way to warn me.
I'm sure I'll think of others.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
scifibum seems to have some serious food issues, doesn't he? Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
quote:Originally posted by Farmgirl:
People who put an "s" on the word "toward". Really, it is quite sufficient to just say toward in any context. Yeah, I know it's in the dictionary both ways.
I've always thought it was "towards" and was amazed to see some spell checkers suggesting "toward". I'm still using "towards" now. It sounds wrong without an "s". Sorry. Posted by Trent Destian (Member # 11653) on :
quote:People who put makeup and otherwise tart up their toddlers (or any little girls) and enter them in beauty pageants. If the reader does this, sorry to offend you, but you must stop. No good can come of this. People who organize beauty pageants for little girls. Especially if they don't make rules against sexualizing the contestants' appearance or behavior.
I literally wanted to punch someone during Little Miss Sunshine. That was beyond disturbing.
Peeves to add: -Repeating myself. Please listen the first time. -Misqouting me, generalizing what I've said. I said the words that I said for a reason, try to recount them properly. -Tapping the desk, drumming your fingers. If it's just a regular class, no worries. Cut that out though during tests, don't make me fail because of your OCD. -OC looking kids on every single show. All people don't look like that, not all people dress like that, and I hope many people don't act like that. -7th Heaven.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
quote:Originally posted by Farmgirl: scifibum seems to have some serious food issues, doesn't he?
My food issues are not only serious, they are also determined and hard working.
I'll really eat nearly anything that other people will eat though, within reason. (I try to avoid food poisoning and wriggly things.)
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
TV stations that make the volume of the commercials so much louder than the volume of the show. I'm trying to sleep while my husband is next to me watching TV, and those blaringly loud commercials wake me up every time.
I really and truly believe that there ought to be a law against that.
Posted by L_mustang94 (Member # 11693) on :
I hate it when people make noises when I'm mad.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
People who don't know white flour is made from wheat.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Duh! It's made from whites.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
I can't stand the idea that man is a cancer on the organism that is planet Earth. Even if under the right assumptions it's true, what of it? I can understand people's anger at man's killing of other intelligent creatures such as apes and dolphins, but planet Earth has no natural rights as a planet!
Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
-Allergies. Who gave all these plants permission to breed?
-Apartment complexes who don't tell you the pool is under construction and won't be ready until next year until after you sign the lease.
-Co-workers who try to drag me into their little power-struggles. I'm sorry guys, but I'm just a grunt and I'm not interested in whose project should take priority. Take it to your boss.
-Guys who leave their Bluetooth headsets on while on an airplane after I've watched them turn off their phone. I know it's probably possible to forget about something that small, but it bugs me all the same.
-Reclining seats in coach, and/or people who don't ask permission before reclining their seats.
-Comcast. Enough said.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
High priority projects that are ill defined and the affectation of disappointment from requestors when results don't live up to their top secret expectations.
Devaluation of the socks/shoes model.
Too many feet in plain view.
Walking has been replaced with shuffling.
Ambidextrousness. It hurts my left hand's feelings.
Hangnails.
Mushy apples (food issues).
Parents who observe and tolerate their kids being deliberately mean on the playground. I can't believe how common this is.
Being told that an arbitrary inconvenience is in place "for your convenience."
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote:Originally posted by AvidReader: But there are enough con men out there to ruin it for everyone. If you're not my regular guy, how am I supposed to know which camp you're in?
Simple here in CA: BAR. We try to con you, they fine us, which would eliminate our profit or worse, shut us down. There are safeguards against being conned in the car industry, at least in California.
Posted by Trent Destian (Member # 11653) on :
quote: Walking has been replaced with shuffling.
It's called poise ladies and gentlemen. Let's walk with some class.
To add a few more: -Electronic communication "holsters". Sir, excuse me, you are not that busy. There are exceptions of course, but the ratio is far too skewed. -Individuals who learn a new word or fact and try desperately to work it into a conversation followed by the phrase "What you didn't know that?" -Most "spoken word" pieces and overly literal and shallow poetry. Bad writing in general. -7th Heaven
[ August 01, 2008, 02:18 PM: Message edited by: Trent Destian ]
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
- 'definately'. - Rogue apostrophes. They're popping up everywhere; they even sneak into some of my own words where they don't belong when I'm not looking.
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: Well, since we got to words: 'aluminum'.
You prefer "aluminium"? That always sounds funny to me. But then, I avoid that word altogether; when I need to wrap something I call it "tin foil".
quote:Originally posted by scifibum: Extroverts who think its funny to tell introverts that when the extrovert heard about the mall shooting the other day, he imagined the introvert's face on the shooter.
What??? Has that really happened often enough to you to be considered a "pet peeve"? Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Girls who put on so much make-up that their faces are literally a strange shade of orange, and leaving a nice straight line on their neck that separates the orange from the regular flesh.
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
quote:Originally posted by Trent Destian: Peeves to add: -Repeating myself. Please listen the first time. <snip> -7th Heaven.
quote:Originally posted by Trent Destian: To add a few more: <snip> -7th Heaven
Wow, you really are used to repeating yourself. Either that or you really hate that show.
--Mel
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Jenna, I'm an introvert, and I hear that all the time. Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
Jenna, the example I gave was quite specific, but jokes of that nature crop up every year or two. Not enough to define my existence, but enough to notice and be a pet peeve.
You'd think people would realize that it's not funny to joke that you think someone is bottling up rage and insanity, instead of just being shy and reserved.
Posted by Trent Destian (Member # 11653) on :
quote: Wow, you really are used to repeating yourself. Either that or you really hate that show.
The later I assure you. I didn't feel right without properly expressing my disdain.
quote: Nick: There are lots of things worse than movies: politicians, wars, forest fires, famine, plague, sickness, pain, warts, politicians...
Jack Slater: You already mentioned them.
Nick: I know I did. They are twice as bad as anything else.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Pet Peeve: People who use acronyms in front of and for people who don't know what they mean.
I HATE acronyms. They should never be written. Human Resources departments in particular are bad at this, because they generate paperwork, give it stupid names, and then call it by its initials, and THAT'S what they expect everyone to know.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
quote:Originally posted by Corwin: Well, since we got to words: 'aluminum'.
You will have to explain this one to me.
'aluminium.'
Don't change words just to make them sound elementy. Let's get goldium, silveranium, tinium, and leadon too!
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
I'm with you on that one Katharina, people on the board tend to use acronyms all the time that I don't understand. I just found out what IIRC means last week.
Also, has the spelling of aluminum always been aluminium? It's funny, my spell checker in my browser(Safari) recognizes "aluminum" as the correct word of the two.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
I still just use "tin foil".
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
So which one is correct, the more common or the one that has been "standardized"?(aluminium).
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I've never even seen it spelled aluminium... at least if I did I assumed it was a typo.
And it's NOT tin-foil. It's not made of tin, and I doubt it ever has been. It's like a child of today calling a refrigerator an ice-box. It's just silly.
I just call it foil. I'm all about brevity.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
That's me, I'm just silly.
quote:Also, has the spelling of aluminum always been aluminium?
For a very long time now, both spellings have been acceptable - but with the different spellings go different pronunciations. "Aluminum" is preferred in the US and "aluminium" in the UK.
[ August 01, 2008, 09:49 PM: Message edited by: JennaDean ]
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
quote: There are safeguards against being conned in the car industry, at least in California.
Woot! Go California. I'm totally jealous.
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
Glenn Beck
Nancy Grace
Showbiz Tonight
People who call trance music techno
Crocs
The chatspeak term "l8r"
Scented condoms
Adobe Acrobat
Posted by Zhil (Member # 10504) on :
FPS nubs who call me haxer or glitcher because I consistently kill them. No, you just suck and I just knifed you. gg snipernoob lolololololololololololllo
People who take up the entire sidewalk by walking side by side. Double plus annoying if they walk slowly.
Stupid people in movies. I don't know, something about them just gets my goat. Oh, you're in a zombie movie... and you throw away your gun?? GOOD JOB. Go get eaten.
Posted by Starsnuffer (Member # 8116) on :
JennaDean-They used to make tin foil, but what you probably have now is alumin(i)um foil. They are not the same, though their purposes and appearances are.
People who speak inaccurately, and then expect people to know what they are trying to say despite their poor communication
Fruit that looks tasty, but ends up being a cruel trick
People on the sidewalk with headphones in who fail to let me pass easily for that reason
Young Earth creationists
Ignorance
Favorite colors
Failures in the use of past participles
How thoroughly embedded the exclamation "God!" and its like are in our culture
People who don't tie and untie their shoes
The saying "Everything will be ok"
Commercials.
Alright (you'd think "allright" but it's not)
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
My Grandmother called it "lead foil."
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
quote: People who don't tie and untie their shoes
Why should my shoes take more than 4 seconds to put on?
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
I agree, I'll tie my work boots and dress shoes. As for casual, I never tie them and often wear sandals. *peeves Starsnuffer*
AvidReader, there isn't a form of car repair bureau in your state?
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by Epictetus: -Reclining seats in coach, and/or people who don't ask permission before reclining their seats.
Really? I've never had anyone in front of me ask permission before they recline their seat, nor have I asked.
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- Sentences that are intended to be questions but end in a period
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
As a chemist, I feel it necessary to point out that Aluminium exists in many forms that have nothing to do with "foil", many of which are in common everyday use.
I mean, what do you call it when you see a mass spectra with a peak at mass 27 with a slight mass deficit?
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
quote: AvidReader, there isn't a form of car repair bureau in your state?
I found a government bulletin about deceptive billing practices back in '96 that references an Auto Repair Bureau, but I can't actually find the Bureau. I'd never heard of it before I went looking for it.
The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services does offer a list of tips for picking a mechanic and an 800 number to check out the number of complaints they've received about them. That's all I see.
Besides, if there was an easy way to keep from getting taken, how would the local news do a big expose piece about area mechnics every few months? Bay News Nine wouldn't know what to do with themselves. Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Oh, which reminds me:
- using "spectra" or "phenomena" where they should be "spectrum" or "phenomenon"
Posted by Starsnuffer (Member # 8116) on :
I just don't like seeing people wreck their shoes by not tying them. (this is sort of like the people crushing down the heel of their shoes that someone mentioned...somewhere I guess it isn't in this thread though. hm)
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Kind of a car industry thing, but I can't stand it when people say VIN number. VIN stands for "vehicle identification number". It's redundant!
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote:I mean, what do you call it when you see a mass spectra with a peak at mass 27 with a slight mass deficit?
Mom?
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I die a little inside when someone says VIN number, ATM machine, or PIN number. Or "same difference."
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
quote:Originally posted by Starsnuffer: I just don't like seeing people wreck their shoes by not tying them. (this is sort of like the people crushing down the heel of their shoes that someone mentioned...somewhere I guess it isn't in this thread though. hm)
I still don't get it. I keep my shoes in great condition. I rarely tie them.
Posted by Starsnuffer (Member # 8116) on :
Bad comedians
Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :
quote:Originally posted by Glenn Arnold: My Grandmother called it "lead foil."
quote:I die a little inside when someone says VIN number, ATM machine, or PIN number. Or "same difference."
Very much agreed. Wikipedia has an article about it titled RAS syndrome.
[ August 03, 2008, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: Pegasus ]
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by rollainm: I die a little inside when someone says VIN number, ATM machine, or PIN number. Or "same difference."
I wonder what recursive acronyms would do to you.
Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
- Co-workers who do not make a new pot of coffee when they take the last of it. A quarter-inch of coffee on the bottom of the pot is NOT "still some left" which absolves you from making more. If there's not enough for another full cup, you need to make more. (This is similar to the replacing-the-toilet-paper rule. One square remaining does not absolve you.)
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
- teenagers (there are exceptions) - bad drivers
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy:
quote:Originally posted by rollainm: I die a little inside when someone says VIN number, ATM machine, or PIN number. Or "same difference."
I'm cool with intentional redundancy for the sake of humor.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
I'm aware that aluminum foil is not tin foil. I just say "tin foil" to avoid having to pronounce "aluminum". As for the mass spectra with a peak at mass 27 with a slight mass deficit ...
I would probably be speechless.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
quote:People who call trance music techno.
I use techno as a catch-all term for electronic dance music. Electronic dance music is too unwieldy for common use, even if it is more accurate.
EDIT to add my own: Swiffer Vacs. If that little special cloth thing is so great, why the vacuum? In fact, this entire line of product just sets me off. They're usually less effective than normal cleaning products, and create more waste.
[ August 04, 2008, 08:33 PM: Message edited by: Juxtapose ]
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote: People who call trance music techno.
As Juxtapose said, they might not be the same, but you can't deny they're both forms of electronic dance music. They're definitely related.
Juxtapose, they don't have to be effective or produce little waste. They don't even have to do anything that they promise at all, they only have to sell. It's just another stupid company that thinks that making people think their product is good rather than producing a good product. In the long run, only the latter is truly successful in a capitalistic economy.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
People who say "You only liked The Dark Knight so much because you just like Batman! And it's only making lots of money because Heath Ledger died!"
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
People who only contact you when they want something from you.
"Oh, hello person I haven't talked to in a month since I was so rude last time! How about you come to my house so you can give me your money in exchange for stuff I'm selling!"
Now, I think those are fine if you clearly have a relationship beyond this. However, when it's the first time you heard from someone in two months and they were rude the last time, it's not okay.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Grown-up men who don't lift the seat when they pee. Grown-up men who don't wash their hands before leaving the bathroom. Smokers who gather outside the door in small groups and stare at you as you enter the building--hoping I'll scowl at them, I guess, and affirm that the world is against them. People who prefer to sit in their cars outside their houses. Guys who sit on their porch steps (usually with no shirt, punk hair, and a cig) and stare at you as you drive by--same reason as above The VP in my office with the loud, annoying laugh that's about as sincere as everything else he says Check Engine lights One-way streets People watching People's Court on the TVs at the gym
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I don't get that last one.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
[*]People who give themselves two minutes in the bank to do a seven minute transaction. [*]People in a terrible hurry who won't get off their cell phone to answer my questions or complete my requests. [*]Customers who don't get their way, whine to the manager about it, and smirk at me on their way out the door after they get what they want. [*]That manager.
I think the cell phone thread gave me flashbacks. Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Insure vs. Ensure
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nick:
quote: People who call trance music techno.
As Juxtapose said, they might not be the same, but you can't deny they're both forms of electronic dance music. They're definitely related.
Yes, well a car and a truck are both automobiles but they are not interchangeable terms.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
People who revive an older thread for the sole purpose of making a wildly off-topic post that has absolutely nothing to do with the thread.
Show confidence in one's own topic.
(Not directed at anyone in this thread.)
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
I'm not disagreeing with you, I just thought it was all the same until I did a web search. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Pet Peeve of Today: The woman who interrupts Greek class to tell stories about her cat.
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
Cabinet doors being left open and disorganized closets.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Did she tell them in Greek?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Tragically, no. She shares every thought that comes into her head, and she gets very pouty if other people are better at a given translation than her. She required constant validation for how she is doing.
She is much older (at least 55) and I think she's lonely - that explains why she uses Greek class as her coffee clatch. I sympathize with that, but I still wish she'd knock it off.
No one's stories about their cat is as adorable as the teller thinks they are.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
Let's generalize that:
No one's stories about their [adorable thing] are as adorable as the teller thinks they are.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I admit I usually like the kid stories. I do not like the cat stories. Especially the cat stories.
"She just looked at me! And then licked my hand! Like she knew!"
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Glenn Arnold: Insure vs. Ensure
What's up with that?
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Pet Peeve of Today: The woman who interrupts Greek class to tell stories about her cat.
and you say she WALKED on your KEYBOARD? how unprecedented no ma'am we have never heard that sort of story before ever not even a million times
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
People who say "You're overthinking it" when the obvious answer to their trick question or riddle happens to be technically more 'complex' than the answer their looking for.
Man, my current teacher drives me nuts.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
For that matter: teachers who like to "engage their students in discussion" by asking questions with one particular obscure answer in mind and refusing to continue the lecture until the students guess right.
Also: teachers who refer to the above teaching style as the "Socratic Method."
Posted by Trent Destian (Member # 11653) on :
You and I must have been in the same class Raymond. That's the way teachers BS their way through a semester.
Also the phrase "You don't get it" No love, I get it, I just don't care.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
People who gripe about scientific inaccuracies in Avatar: The Last Airbender. It's a world where it's possible to kill the Moon. The laws of our universe don't fully apply.
[ August 12, 2008, 01:20 PM: Message edited by: Puffy Treat ]
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Here's an example! Of lousy use of acronyms!!!
quote:To expidite this process submit your DOB to [someone]
What the crap?? I'm guessing they are saying date of birth, but I shouldn't have to guess on that.
If you are going to send an urgent message telling people to submit a certain piece of information immediately, it is helpful to actually what piece of information that is.
And to spell expedite correctly.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
DOB possibilities:
Delicious Oat Bun (A little bran could expedite things...)
Derelict Oceangoing Boat (I can think of certain immigration activities that have been expedited with one of these)
Dainty Oval Barograph (uhh...never mind)
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
quote:Originally posted by scifibum:
fragile juicy nectarines that are impossible to seperate from the pit without turning them into nectarine pulp. (Why can't they label nectarines according to whether the pit will separate? I just want nice neat nectarine slices.)
I wonder if you can do what I do with avocado: take a heavier knife like a chef's knife, give the pit a hard tap with the blade so that it sticks in the pit, and then use the leverage of the knife to twist it out. It makes for perfectly-pitted avocados every time.
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
People who use school volunteer mailing lists to sell Mary Kay, Tupperware or the perfect vacation. We are not your customer database, we are people who volunteered to be reading tutors and teacher's helpers.
Room Moms who refer to themselves in the newsletter as Room Mom's.
Organizations that don't follow their own rules. Most recently the IOC, because if those countries banned some other group from competing, you know they would be barred from the games. Grr.
Being told you are going to be paid X amount of money on June 21st (for work you've already done) only to realize that it is now August 12 and still no money has materialized.
Realizing that all those times you said, "Well, at least it can't get any worse" you were being laughably naive.
The man driving the Saturn Vue in front of me who had the license plate reading "God's Vue." (Though it was fun to imagine following him until he got out of it and the things you could say. "Wow, you're balder than I imagined...")
*This burst of negativity brought to you by the government of South Africa and the letters F and U.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
People who don't know the difference between being sophisticated and being spiteful self-centered douchenozzles.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
*completely agrees with Olivet on the IOC*
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
- People who use "myself" when they mean "me". e.g. 'When you've finished with it return it to myself.' (Return it to ME!!!) 'There will be Dave, Mary and myself there.' (Dave, Mary and ME!!!) Drives me nuts!
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cashew: Drives me nuts!
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
I keep catching myself using "may" where I should be using "might". I may be somebody's pet peeve. Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cashew: - People who use "myself" when they mean "me". e.g. 'When you've finished with it return it to myself.' (Return it to ME!!!) 'There will be Dave, Mary and myself there.' (Dave, Mary and ME!!!) Drives me nuts!
<nitpick>Dave, Mary and I.</nitpick> Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
Grammar Police.
People who get angry when others correct grammar mistakes.
Hypocrites.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Awww, I was just poking fun. How often do you see me play grammar police?
I'll add one more: Broken tools that take 6 weeks to get rebuilt. Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nick:
quote:Originally posted by Cashew: - People who use "myself" when they mean "me". e.g. 'When you've finished with it return it to myself.' (Return it to ME!!!) 'There will be Dave, Mary and myself there.' (Dave, Mary and ME!!!) Drives me nuts!
<nitpick>Dave, Mary and I.</nitpick>
I'm pretty sure "me" is correct.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Regardless, it's awkwardly structured. "Dave, Mary and I will be there" is much better.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Nick, you're right, it is meant to be 'I'. Thanks. I guess I got so nut-driven I didn't notice myself make the mistake Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Yarrgh!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: I mean, what do you call it when you see a mass spectra with a peak at mass 27 with a slight mass deficit?
College flashback?
It's a bit like looking down a long Hall.
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
People who sit a the stop sign until every one has come to a complete full stop before they're willing to take their turn. Just go already.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
I'm developing a pet peeve about people in a conference room together, with others on a conference call, who talk amongst themselves instead of addressing the entire group (which requires talking loud in the direction of the speakerphone).
Posted by lobo (Member # 1761) on :
smokers who throw their cig butts out the window.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
quote:People who sit a the stop sign until every one has come to a complete full stop before they're willing to take their turn. Just go already.
People who steal my right of way at a stop sign that I beat them to because I came to a full and complete stop and they didn't.
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
quote:Originally posted by Alcon:
quote:People who sit a the stop sign until every one has come to a complete full stop before they're willing to take their turn. Just go already.
People who steal my right of way at a stop sign that I beat them to because I came to a full and complete stop and they didn't.
I agree and those aren't the people I'm talking about. I'm talking about the people that wait for me to finish approaching and come to a full stop before they're willing to go, even though they're just siting there as I approach.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I do that. It's because people don't always stop, and I'd rather way a few more seconds than get t-boned by someone who wasn't paying attention.
That probably wouldn't be you, but I don't know that until I see you actually stop.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
Thanks for slowing down the whole world Kat.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
She's not alone, I do it too.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
If it prevents a single accident in my lifetime, it is worth every other moment of slowing down. You know what really stops traffic? An accident in the middle of an intersection.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by scifibum: I keep catching myself using "may" where I should be using "might". I may be somebody's pet peeve.
Um, that's wrong? Who knew?
quote:Originally posted by Cashew: Nick, you're right, it is meant to be 'I'. Thanks. I guess I got so nut-driven I didn't notice myself make the mistake
No, it's "me". Davidson's law win's again. Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
What's Davidson's law? From context I'd assume it goes like "Grammar police are bound to embarrass themselves by making grammar mistakes when attempting to correct others." Or, to make it more similar to Godwin's law, "Over time the likelihood of successive attempts to correct the grammar of others to themselves demonstrate grammatical errors approaches unity."
quote: The irony is, I think everyone who posted about LK's spelling errors had at least one of their own in the post where they commented.
This is what I call "Davidson's Law," in the hopes that it will make me famous across the Net:
"Every post which is made for the express purpose of criticizing the flawed grammar and/or punctuation of a previous poster will itself contain at least one error of a similar type."
(figured I couldn't be the only one unsure about this.)
[ August 14, 2008, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: scifibum ]
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
- People who start a game of Spades by going blind-nil and then drop off when they see they have the Ace of Spades.
Posted by Sachiko (Member # 6139) on :
When, seeing me with a pregnant belly and lots of kids, people ask me:
1. Are they all yours? (no, some are kidnapped?) and 2. Don't you know what causes that? (I'm split between a stupid look, "No, what?" or saying, "Yes, and I'm very good at it".
Ditto above, except when my husband's with me too, and complete strangers tell him to "get fixed". (when clearly nothing's broken )
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
That is too funny, Sachiko. Though I find I kind of like showing up at the neighborhood pool with a bunch of kids (especially my neighbor's daughters, who match our family in coloring and are stair-stepped with my boys, and Wee Boy's friends from down the street who are adorably multi-ethnic). I suppose I have come to enjoy keeping people guessing (after some years of doing it by accident).
The best is probably when I take my kids and their gaggle of cousins somewhere, because they all look like me. Also, my nieces and nephews all think I'm much cooler than my kids think I am.
I think my kid-related pet peeve is when people talk down to me because they see me with kids. Like I would not possibly have had children if I'd had enough brains to have other options.
Makes me want to knee-cap 'em. Grr.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
That is really funny. We have four and get that a lot. People have asked if we are Catholic. Another asked if we had cable. We said, "yes and we have Cinemax too."
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I tried to keep Peeves as a pet, but that pesky poltergeist would have none of it.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
I tried to pet Peeves once, but... never mind.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I used to have a pet, Peeve, but he got into a fight with the neighbor's bête, Noir.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote:Originally posted by lobo: smokers who throw their cig butts out the window.
Smokers in general. I know they can't help being addicted but. . . just stop killing yourself slowly! Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Quoting Mike: No, it's "me". Davidson's law win's again. Unquote
It's actually "I". The rule as I was taught it is that if you are saying, "Dave, Mary and I will be there" the "I" or "me" is decided by leaving out Dave and Mary, so leaving "I will be there". You don't say "Me will be there", therefore you don't say, "Dave, Mary and me will be there."
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
-Forgetting how tall I am, jumping, and hitting my head on a doorframe.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
quote:It's actually "I". The rule as I was taught it is that if you are saying, "Dave, Mary and I will be there" the "I" or "me" is decided by leaving out Dave and Mary, so leaving "I will be there". You don't say "Me will be there", therefore you don't say, "Dave, Mary and me will be there."
True, but that wasn't the original sentence. The original sentence was,
quote:'There will be Dave, Mary and myself there.'
In which case, "Dave, Mary and me" would be correct. You don't say "Me will be there," but you would say "There will be me there."
(Or, actually, you wouldn't, because it's an awkward sentence. But if you did, "me" is correct.)
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Why would "there will be me" be correct? "It is I" is grammatically correct, for example. Why would changing the tense change the object?
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Perhaps because the construction in "It is I" is an exception to the rule? Maybe the "I" in "It is I" is not actually an object at all, but a second subject. Also, tense is not the only difference between the two sentences: one wouldn't say "There is I", but one might say "There is me".
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: Why would "there will be me" be correct? "It is I" is grammatically correct, for example. Why would changing the tense change the object?
Both "I" and "me" are grammatically correct after a copula verb. They've both been standard for hundreds of years now. The difference is one of register, not grammatical correctness.
Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :
-You
-People who think they are more important than whatever book I'm reading
-people who steal other peoples nicknames
-People who dont understand me when I speak in fragmented sentences
-Pills (just give me liquid, or a shot gawsh-dang)
-medicine (we survived as a species so far!)
-people who say L-O-L instead of lawl or O-M-G instead of awmg.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
You say "awmg"? That's awesome.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I say "I just ell-oh-elled out loud".
Posted by Starsnuffer (Member # 8116) on :
-The saying "Darkest before dawn"
Wouldn't the brightest time of night be directly after sunset and before dawn? If we accept that it really is darkest before dawn, then we could just as easily say that day is brightest before sunset, and that spring follows summer(Both of which are two, but not at the normally assumed timeframe)
(This is not to make light of the ongoing thread called "darkest before dawn" but it reminded me that I dislike that axiom..idiom?)
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
It IS brightest before sunset. You get that wonderful golden glow only right before sunset.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
It is darkest before dawn, just not right before. But, sometime before dawn, you can bet that there was a time when it was darkest.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
Rorschach ink blots. I mean, who do they think they are???
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Whatever anybody else wants them to be, I guess...
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
People who come out of a department store and walk diagonally across the road.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
People who come out of a doorway and turn in one direction while looking in the other...
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
People who come out of a store or down an escalator and stop where they are while getting their bearings or greeting someone, heedless of the fact that there are people behind them who'd also like to walk out of the store or get off the escalator. The escalator thing isn't just annoying, it's unsafe.
People who are oblivious to their surroundings, especially in lines or in traffic. This is sometimes aggravated by cell phones, but not always.
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
quote:Originally posted by maui babe:
People who come out of a store or down an escalator and stop where they are while getting their bearings or greeting someone, heedless of the fact that there are people behind them who'd also like to walk out of the store or get off the escalator. The escalator thing isn't just annoying, it's unsafe.
I wonder if escalators are equipped with sensors to detect when too many people are standing in the landing area (by weight, for example) and shut down. If not, this could get REALLY dangerous as the escalator forces people into the backs of others who might not be able to move forward for some reason.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Bulleted lists of only one item.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy:
Bulleted lists of only one item.
Wow, looking at that actually causes pain.
My pet peeve is the opposite of what was stated above. I hate it when people have the right of way at a stop sign, and then try to wave me through. Just go already! You only confuse people if you try to alter the rules behind right of way. Just observe the system, it's perfect, don't try to second guess it!
Little dogs with inferiority complexes also must leave.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade:
My pet peeve is the opposite of what was stated above. I hate it when people have the right of way at a stop sign, and then try to wave me through. Just go already! You only confuse people if you try to alter the rules behind right of way. Just observe the system, it's perfect, don't try to second guess it!
I'm with you on this. I've come to believe that people just don't know the rules of the road, so they think they're supposed to let everyone else go first. Or to let people turn left on a 2 way street. What amazes me are the drivers who try to wave you on when there are 2 other lanes of traffic (all obeying the rules of the road) keeping me from turning left, but they waive their right of way and think that's gonna let me go ahead? They think they're being polite, but they're just making a mess.
Posted by Starsnuffer (Member # 8116) on :
Yeahhh and inciting a crash. as a matter of fact, the only crash I was in was basically this situation...
I was naive, and didn't realize anyone would be driving down the turn-off apron for the place I was trying to turn into... grr people who try to cut the line waiting at a red light by going in a lane otherwise not meant for you do drive in...
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Also, people who refuse to get in the right lane when they know they need to exit when there's a long line of cars waiting to exit and they just stay in the left lane then try to "cut" in line.
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
People who call you "boss" when you're their customer. Like the pea brain that works at the closest fast food place. "Here you go boss." I frankly don't know why I ever go there. I'm always angry when I leave. (They're also the most incompetently managed place imaginable. I've worked in fast food and other customer service jobs and no one there has the slightest understanding of how to keep things moving or how to handle a crowd. I guess this parenthetical also qualifies as a pet peeve.) (It frankly makes me more annoyed that I allows crap like this to bother me enough that I'm actually angry.) (Queue the post claiming to find long content rich parentheticals annoying!)
Posted by luthe (Member # 1601) on :
People who crush the end of white board markers. We can get a new marker at work one day and by the start of the next day the whole chisel tip will be crushed into the body of the marker.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
* People who walk beside shopping carts in narrow grocery aisles.
* People who let children- especially children barely tall enough to see over the handlebar- push shopping carts.
* The person in front of me at the ATM who appears to be attempting to use it to contact the mothership.
* People who pretend not to see pedestrians waiting to use the crosswalk as they make right turns across it. Especially in bad weather.
* Slow jaywalkers.
* People's whose enjoyment of a game is dependent on preventing other people from enjoying the game.
* People who park minivans, SUVs, and similar large vehicles badly in compact spaces.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
I hate when the parking lot is only half full and I leave an empty space between me and the closest guy so I have room to get out and collect my things and someone wants to pull into the empty space I'm standing in. Being two spaces closer was really that important to you?
Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
People who talk about the kind of person they are all the time, in a way that makes them sound like great big pretentious jerks. Like this:
But that's just me, you know, that's just the kind of person I am. I'm an iconoclast. If I see a rule, I just have to break it - I'm always testing the limits, you know, see how far I can go. That's why I didn't do well in the sciences, because the sciences are all about rules, and I was always questioning the teachers about, you know, why do we have to do it THIS way, why can't we do it ANOTHER way? They really don't like to have their worldviews questioned like that.
That is my pet peeve. I always want to smack those people.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
quote:* People who walk beside shopping carts in narrow grocery aisles.
This drives me crazy, as it's usually ME and my kids. They just will not stay in a line and out of the way of other people. I'm constantly grabbing their shirts and moving them over to the side.
*The person at church who takes up two of the only four parking spaces in the shade. Every week. (The first time I thought, okay, maybe it's a mistake, maybe he doesn't realize he's parked across two spaces. But it's been at least five times now ... parked the same way, across two spaces. Grrrrrr.)
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
quote:Originally posted by JennaDean:
quote:* People who walk beside shopping carts in narrow grocery aisles.
This drives me crazy, as it's usually ME and my kids. They just will not stay in a line and out of the way of other people. I'm constantly grabbing their shirts and moving them over to the side.
I make some allowances for children (which is why my second peeve begins "people who let children..." not the children themselves.) It's when grown-ups who really ought to know better do it that really drives me nuts. I've all but stopped shopping at Winco because the modestly lower prices aren't worth the rise in my blood pressure... For some reason, the store seems to be full of oblivious people, and many of the aisles are long and narrow.
[ August 21, 2008, 03:59 PM: Message edited by: Sterling ]
Posted by DevilDreamt (Member # 10242) on :
* People who don't keep their fingernails clean and trim.
* People who don't have their house number posted in a place that's visible from the road, but expect delivery drivers to find it with the greatest of ease anyway.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
"Professional" photographers that blame me for their crappy photography and total lack in understanding of lighting, depth of field - and proportions of all things. No, I can't just make everyone fit in an 8x10 when the group spans the entire frame from end to end. Oh, you could do it on your computer at home could you? Well good luck with that. You have fun doing the impossible. I'll be here when you come back. Honestly, people actually paid you to shoot this crap?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote:People who talk about the kind of person they are all the time, in a way that makes them sound like great big pretentious jerks. Like this:
But that's just me, you know, that's just the kind of person I am. I'm an iconoclast. If I see a rule, I just have to break it - I'm always testing the limits, you know, see how far I can go. That's why I didn't do well in the sciences, because the sciences are all about rules, and I was always questioning the teachers about, you know, why do we have to do it THIS way, why can't we do it ANOTHER way? They really don't like to have their worldviews questioned like that.
That is my pet peeve. I always want to smack those people.
I completely agree with this pet peeve. Fortunately, these people tend to grow out of it, so if you wait it out, you don't encounter it as often.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Roommates and their boyfriends. Especially at 11:30 at night.
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
Websites that don't use a unique title for their pages. What you don't want me to bookmark interesting things on your site? On a related note, people with broken syndication feeds.
Posted by L_mustang94 (Member # 11693) on :
When I have to do work that I shouldn't do.
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
People who use the phrase "when hell has frozen over." Hell already froze over when Linus Torvalds got a blog!
Posted by Trent Destian (Member # 11653) on :
quote: People who talk about the kind of person they are all the time, in a way that makes them sound like great big pretentious jerks.
You are my new best friend. Absolutely cannot stand people describing themselves. "I'm really eccentric, I do just crazy things all the times, people think I'm wierd." No they think you're annoying, because instead of actually being eccentric all you do is talk about being eccentric while trying to pretend to be eccentric. You probably watched a show with a character that had a quirky personality and you thought that would be cool to be like that. So now you spend your time trying to convince people of something that isn't true.
Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
ppl who chew with their mouth open a lot. i know it happens on occasion, but some ppl just do it naturally ALL the time. this is especially true for ppl who chew their gum like this.
When i was in college, i couldnt stand taking exams with ppl sniffling and coughing right next to me. it was so distracting. nothing you can really do about this, and there is no way i would ever say anything to someone doing it. i've been that guy a couple times. it just sucks for the rest of the class though.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
People who don't corral their shopping carts in the parking lot. Put them away, dagnabbit - I want to park where your lazy butt left that cart!
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
People who think they're entitled to special treatment because they succeeded in breeding.
People who feel the need to inform me of the negative health effects of smoking.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
The Office, the American version. Awkward humor causes me mental and emotional pain. When I see people getting into embarrassing situations I inevitably internalize it. It's why, "Meet The Parents" made me want to kill myself. The Office is like a weekly dose of Meet The Parents. It's awful, I wish my wife had not just discovered the show because she is now blazing through seasons one and two.
Save me from this show, I'd rather endure water boarding.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
If you dislike that form of humor, pray that your wife doesn't move on to the original version once she finishes with the American one.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: The Office, the American version. Awkward humor causes me mental and emotional pain. When I see people getting into embarrassing situations I inevitably internalize it. It's why, "Meet The Parents" made me want to kill myself. The Office is like a weekly dose of Meet The Parents. It's awful, I wish my wife had not just discovered the show because she is now blazing through seasons one and two.
Save me from this show, I'd rather endure water boarding.
I should get your wife into Arrested Development.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Noemon: The only reason I'm currently safe from the British version is that Tiffany does not like accented English when she watches TV. I also have no intention of informing her that a British version existed in the past.
Samp: She had already seen both seasons of Arrested Development before we got married so that loose end is tied up.
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Samp: She had already seen both seasons of Arrested Development before we got married so that loose end is tied up.
You know... there are three seasons. It's also worthwhile to point out that they were aware the show would be canceled in the third season and proceeded to make it as zany and awkward as possible.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by dantesparadigm:
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Samp: She had already seen both seasons of Arrested Development before we got married so that loose end is tied up.
You know... there are three seasons. It's also worthwhile to point out that they were aware the show would be canceled in the third season and proceeded to make it as zany and awkward as possible.
Shhhh!
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on :
I don't find the humor in Arrested Development at all like that in The Office. The Office bugs me for the same reason it bugs BlackBlade (although I'm not at irritated as he seems to be), but Arrested Development is pretty much the best show ever.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
People who cross-thread fasteners.
Posted by Mocke (Member # 11963) on :
People who say "ohashi jyozu nee" and "nihongo jyozu nee". Look, I have mastered things you expect of a three year old, it isn't that amazing. When you come to America, we don't watch you eat and tell you how amazing you are with a fork.
People who spit or urinate where people walk.
People who think that they are entitled to their space bubble on a crowded train, OR people who shove for space that obviously isn't there.
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