NationStates Jolt Archive

It seems like a good day for a 'pet peeves' survey.

My peeve of the day is people who use allegory and analogy as if the words were interchangeable.

How about yours?

i hate it when people hate it when people use analogy and allegory interchangably

I hate all the haters.

Iakeokeo, thats about it.

When people misuse the word irony. I do not care so much if they use it in a situation that is sort of ironic. I really hate it when people use it when it is way off base. Whenever someone improperly uses the word I try to think of a example of something that is not ironic; something really dumb. For example: I think it would be ironic if we were all made out of metal.

oh my perpair for bile overflow ok my pet hates are:
compensation companies (did you have a fall and it was not your fault?)
Robert Killroy-silk (E.M.P) i cant see the bloke without having the urge to punch him, or slap a lable that says "prat".
Tony Blair... same reason.
people who offer stupid advice
.... um that all i can think about for now.. i'l post more as i think of them

When smart people that just don't test well get excluded from "challenging" activities (no I am not talking about me).

Uptalkers (every sentence they say sounds like a question, "It's time for dinner? I have algebra next period?")

Annoying people

..the French...

Bullies
(especially economic ones)
corporate robotic answering machine menus
people who never signal when driving a vehicle
spin doctors
overpaid atheletes
"Christian" politicians
jolt
cold toast
warm salad
dishonest weights (the old "thumb on the scale")
instructions that are unintelligible in seven languages
hidden fees
people who have hidden fees who advertize that they do not (Capital One)
2nd mortgage spam
bigger male parts spam
nonprescription narcotic spam (it's illegal, kids)
magazines with cover articles on (1) dieting and (2) chocolate cake
flat soda pop
people who will do any immoral thing so that their side will win
(and then criticize the tactics of the other side)
bouncy chicken. "It's moist!" No, it's just rubbery
People who criticize every vice except their own
bait-and-switch ads
sending jobs to Pakistan and Singapore
"No interest until 2006", but then they charge you for all that back interest! (and this is supposedly legal?)
huge deficits
oil companies, period
tobacco companies, ditto
intellectual dramas in which no one twitches. Not even the corner of a mouth.
plumbing repair kits with every part in the world selaed in a blister pack (except the one you neede in the first place)
planned obsolescence
loud loud LOUD tv ads
rap
used car salesmen
disappearing socks
arresting somebody for not tipping (it happened near me)
childproof caps
microwave meals but no sppon or fork
50% off sale on an item already marked up 300%
grey flannels, Muffy, Chip and the East Hamptons
People who email you 6 hours after their last email: "Why haven't you answered me? Urgent, urgent!"
no spellchecker on the forums
potholes
historic potholes (3 years old or more)
plastic surgery
teeners with boob jobs (may they leak and sicken you all)
Snide clerks: "If you don't see it, we ain't got it!" instead of helping
Employers who pay no benefits
Cops who fondle their guns
vice principals
HR directors
nagging wives
nasty hubbies
bratty kids
and all other bullies I may have overlooked

People who insist on driving well below the speed limit
Trucks that pass on a busy highway
Local TV anchor people
pseudo-intellectualism
well educated people who think that a sheepskin makes them intellectuals
populist politicians
political correctness
Amway
televangelists
young adults who think their analysis of crappy films contains original thought
OR
people who think that just because you don't like some form of entertainment means that you didn't "get it"
people who inject politics into everything
stupid pharmaceutical commercials
"Can you hear me now?"
"You go, girl!"