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Many people have pet peeves. I have numerous myself. Including "Left Lane Vigilantes", the people who drive in the fast lanes at the Speed Limit, thinking to themselves "This is the speed limit, and by god, everyone will follow it, if I have to enforce it myself." All they end up doing is slowing down traffic and causing Road Rage.

There is even a Fox News (Yeah, I know. The point of the thread is not criticize the source) column dedicated to the pet peeves of the world.

"Oblivion (oh-bliv-éon) — A person who is so oblivious to his or her surroundings that they abandon all common courtesy and commit daily acts of rudeness. Oblivions are oblivious to the very fact that they are Oblivions, which makes it difficult for an Oblivion to ever see the error in his or her ways.

For example: A line of courteous people will form at the Starbucks coffee counter, with each person ordering in their turn. An Oblivion usually stands to the side of the line, staring so intently at the Frappuccino menu that when a clerk asks who's next, they are awakened out of their Oblivion trance and will yell out their order, cutting the line as if there weren't a line at all. They're also parked in a no-parking or handicapped zone.

Another example is the movie theater Oblivion, who arrives to a packed theater with an Oblivion friend, after the movie begins. Together they will search for seats and eventually spot two separate, empty seats in the same row. They will then proceed to ask the people who bothered to show up early so they could choose the seats they wanted (non-Oblivions) and ask everybody in the row to scoot down a seat so they can sit together (most times people will accommodate the Oblivion, just to save the Grrr!)."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,126808,00.html


So... What are your Pet Peeves?

I don't have pet peeves, I have psychotic fucking hatreds.

Left lane hogs, the politically correct, people who think the iraq war made the world safer, people who were opposed to us kicking ass in afghanistan, pacifists in general, militant vegans, police officers who run licence plates on passing cars at random, people who beleive marijuanna should remain illegal,
too many to mention.

Pet Peeves:

-I hate it when you're playing hide and seek/manhunt and a dog sees you and barks at you or comes running over to you wanting to play, giving away your hiding place (Although I haven't played these types of games in years)

-I hate people who won't turn right at a red light, even when they have the right away.

-I hate it at work when the older men I wait on, try to put the money they leave for a tip in my apron, as if I'm a stripper...

Text speak in message board threads (Don't get me started on that!)

Junkies (drug addicts) harrasing me for a smoke when I am in hospital (give them a ward of their own so that non junkies can sleep peacefully without the thieving bastards rummaging through your side locker!)

Sunday drivers, usually a ninety year old driving his sixty year old car at twenty miles an hour in the fast lane.

My pet peeves.

Anyone, in the left lane with a car the has less than 200hp enigine in their vehicle, or does, and isn't using it.

Also idiots in SUVs that think they have the piloting skills of Luke Skywalker, but fail to realize that they are in fact driving a vehicle that has the handling characteristics of a "big trak". Get the fuck out of my way, you are not going that fast and you have no clue where your fucking vehicle is. I will laugh when you kill your family in a "roll over"

Also, the constant need for traffic cops to pull me over and castigate me about my "speed" on a perfectly lit, dry day on an empty road. Can I assume that the rape and murder situation has been sorted out then officer?

Baby on board stickers.

"_____" on board stickers.

People who buy expensive sports cars, "because I'm the kind of driver that really appreciates the handling and performance," but have to get an automatic transmission. Dickheads.

Minivans should also be banned.

People who cannot merge.

People who do not understand the principle of the "yield" sign.



German luxury vehicles, pieces of crap, get a real car.

Minivans should also be banned.

People who cannot merge.

People who do not understand the principle of the "yield" sign.


Don't ever go driving in India! ;)


German luxury vehicles, pieces of crap, get a real car.

Such as?

Text speak in message board threads (Don't get me started on that!)

:) Especially since I don't care enough to learn it.

Such as?

1994-96 Impala SS for one. (With a switched out EMS). Very nice, lots of ponies, a thick back axel and a heavy frame.

Or, a Buick Grand National NSX.

Sadly, todays auto industry produces rubbish, but I have high hopes for the new mustang.

If you have to drive an import, I think infiniti does a good job - if that's your thing.

Edit: A few years ago I owned a 86 Thunderbird Turbocoup, excellent car.

"Oblivion (oh-bliv-éon) — A person who is so oblivious to his or her surroundings that they abandon all common courtesy and commit daily acts of rudeness.
So... What are your Pet Peeves?

People who bitch about people being "rude."
Grow some thicker skin.

1994-96 Impala SS for one. (With a switched out EMS). Very nice, lots of ponies, a thick back axel and a heavy frame.

Or, a Buick Grand National NSX.

Sadly, todays auto industry produces rubbish, but I have high hopes for the new mustang.

If you have to drive an import, I think infiniti does a good job - if that's your thing.

And I thought you were going to say the Dodge Dart! :p

And I thought you were going to say the Dodge Dart! :p


No dude, but those K-cars were great. :) (Stupid lee iacocca :mad: )

I have quite a few pet peeves, but most of them are situational are only for me. I have a few that are common, though:

1. "Wiccans", and I don't mean pagans who go about their religion in much the same way as everyone else in the world. You know the kind I am talking about. The kind who explain to you that you are an imperialistic, chauvinistic, Christian asshole when you ask them what they are doing. Despite the fact that you are not any of those things, except maybe the asshole when someone is an obnoxious ho-bag, these "Wiccans" go on to explain that they are practicing their freedom of religion, fascist. Usually this kind of thing doesn't bother me, but then they go on to explain (they got some 'splainin to do) that they are practicing a Craft which is thousands of years old, older than your "Jesus."

NOTE: Modern Wicca was invented by Gerald Gardner in the 1950's Before this time there was no documentation of a religion known as Wicca.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_hist.htm

Not only that, these "Wiccans" are all teenage girls. Ignorant ones. I have met Wiccans who understand their faith, and none of them act this way about it. It reminds me of Baptist proselytization.

2. Baptist proselytizers. Usually recently moved from a third world country, they haunt your town's main streets and hand out cute pamphlets. My town's Baptist P is a Filipino immigrant, and extremely persistent. Some of the pamphlets are funny though, really.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0021/0021_01.asp

3. "Satanists". See above on Wiccans, but insert teenage boys.

4. My sister's laugh when she is about to be evil. It makes me want to commit sororicide.

Those are the major ones. I have a lot of infinitesimal ones as well.

No dude, but those K-cars were great. :) (Stupid lee iacocca :mad: )

Oh don't get me going on him.

In a period of stupidity I bought his message of buy american and purchased a Dodge Daytona! :( Hateful car! I knew I blew it when I worked on it one day. German Turbo, French breaking system, Japanese Engine parts.

Ahhhh welll......

sororicide

What was that post about dictionaries and posting to look smart? :p

I have to agree about text speak on message boards (and emails for that matter), as well as political correctness. I also despise bad grammar, but I admit that sometimes that's a bit hypocritical ;)

Oh don't get me going on him.

In a period of stupidity I bought his message of buy american and purchased a Dodge Daytona! :( Hateful car! I knew I blew it when I worked on it one day. German Turbo, French breaking system, Japanese Engine parts.

Ahhhh welll......

It's a well known fact that he was pure evil.

It's sad too, because after him Chrysler was still quite innovative, but they couldn't shake their shit image. Oh well. I like the Viper though, that's pretty neat.

What was that post about dictionaries and posting to look smart?

Actually, that's how I talk. In real life. With my mouth, and my throat and vocal cords. With words like that. Because it works.

I have a shitload because I'm a compulsive perfectionist, so I'll group them into categories.

Musical
1. People who write all over sheet music which someone else will use!
2. People who have to write in note names because they're too stupid to learn the notes on the staff. See #1.
3. People who play a wrong note every time a piece is practiced, when the error is noticable, and who don't even think to check or correct it (even if I know they can hear the mistake) until the conductor manages to single them out!
4. People who make it into bands who can't play for shit (and who join after the band is formed!), even when I have to go through 3 damn rounds of auditioning to get it! (This is my school's Jazz band this year. I play drums.)

Message Boards/IM
1. People who either...
a) Can't spell, or...
b) Can spell but are too damn lazy to type the extra 4 letters in "forever" (usually "abreviated" to "4eva")
2. People who have erroniously long screen names (MSN only, really), and/or programs that make them longer. (I know I'm a bit of a hypocrite for this one, but usually it's one big long message)
3. People who type one or two words in one IM, i.e. the people who have to spread a thought over about 5 lines. Compounded with #2.

Example:
[Erroniously long name removed] says: yo
[Erroniously long name removed] says: can we
[Erroniously long name removed] says: go out to
[Erroniously long name removed] says: that new movie
[Erroniously long name removed] says: you know
[Erroniously long name removed] says: tonight?
[Erroniously long name removed] says: k?

4. People who don't seem to understand the meanings of the statuses "away" or "busy", and who leave 1001 messages for you over a 5 hour period.
5. People who spam or post-whore.

General
Too much stuff to list, plus I have to go. But there's your taste!

Many pet-peeves...but here's a small selection:

-People in the right lane on Dual-Carriageways and Motorways going at the speed limit or slower when not overtaking someone else! (UK)
-Old people driving! They either drive so stupidly fast (not many, but my Grandad!) that they can't react in time, or (more likely) driving so slowly that you could pass them on a space hopper!
-Text speak
-Children asking, why?
-People trying to get me to sign up for a credit card in the middle of town. If I wanted the card I'd find you!
-Soccer...its not soccer its football
-Films that change historical facts so that they 'appeal to the audience'. If you don't think it'll appeal, don't make the damned thing!
-SPEED BUMPS!!!

Many pet-peeves...but here's a small selection:

-People in the right lane on Dual-Carriageways and Motorways going at the speed limit or slower when not overtaking someone else! (UK)
-Old people driving! They either drive so stupidly fast (not many, but my Grandad!) that they can't react in time, or (more likely) driving so slowly that you could pass them on a space hopper!
-Text speak
-Children asking, why?
-People trying to get me to sign up for a credit card in the middle of town. If I wanted the card I'd find you!
-Soccer...its not soccer its football
-Films that change historical facts so that they 'appeal to the audience'. If you don't think it'll appeal, don't make the damned thing!

Wow... I agree with all of these! (Only change the lane because I'm Canadian)!

Add them all to my "General" category! ;)

The people who think that by turning their emergency blinkers on, they have a license to park anywhere they want.

People who assume that just becuase you are a conservative that you are anti-gay, anti-abortion, and a christian.

People who call my house, and say "Who is this?" You called me!!

bumpingness in the gluyvin!

I've got another one.

Families that bring their eight month old kid on the long haul to heathrow from JFK, and the little bastard screams the whole way. Also they don't seem to mind changing it's shitty diaper in then isle while the 'meal" is being served.

Those people should be penciled in for liquidation.

people who go slow down on-ramps (don't they know it is designed for you to pick up speed so they can merge when they get down to the road?)
people who forget to turn their turning signals off
having a supervisor/authority figure that knows nothing about your job
people writing in books (I understand this helps some people learn the material, but it drives me crazy)
having to pay ridiculously high insurance rates because they check your credit and my credit is crap (though my driving record is spotless)
people who lie all the time about stupid crap
Christmas music on the radio beore Thankgiving

There's more, but I don't want to sound like a b**ch so I'll stop there :)

One of my pet peeves has got to be walking past people (english equivalents of jocks, but only the wanker ones) and hearing "Jesus, that guy is short! Huhhh." They seem to think like this: We're all over 6ft and so reserve the right to hassle people who don't conform or are male and under 6ft.

I wish they would just fuck off and die.

Also having people in a voluntary A-level lesson audibly saying "well I don't give a shit if I don't know this because none of it matters; I've got a rich dad". If you don't care, get out of the room, let me learn without having to listen to your inane babblings about how cool you are or how wicked this new dance track is.

And finally, this: People looking at my car and saying "Mine's better because its got a 2.5 litre engine, which makes it faster and therefore cooler". Why do they feel the need to tell me this?? Go rag the balls of the engine and make the gearbox drop out after 15,000 miles, you stupid boy racer

And finally, this: People looking at my car and saying "Mine's better because its got a 2.5 litre engine, which makes it faster and therefore cooler". Why do they feel the need to tell me this?? Go rag the balls of the engine and make the gearbox drop out after 15,000 miles, you stupid boy racer

2.5 litre engine? That's like 150 c.i.

Pshaw, tell him it's a lawnmower and to buy a car with a decent sized engine.

And finally, this: People looking at my car and saying "Mine's better because its got a 2.5 litre engine, which makes it faster and therefore cooler". Why do they feel the need to tell me this?? Go rag the balls of the engine and make the gearbox drop out after 15,000 miles, you stupid boy racer

Bloody hell, if you're only doing A-Levels how much must their insurance be?! :eek:

People who make a point of belonging to a minority group or a particular political ideology. If you make a massive point of belonging to an ideology, you probably don't quite understand what it's all about.

Also, I hate people who cheat on online games and people who gloat when they shoot you. However, what sends me into an incandescent rage is when someone cheats at an online game AND THEN GLOATS ABOUT IT.

Also, I hate people who cheat on online games and people who gloat when they shoot you. However, what sends me into an incandescent rage is when someone cheats at an online game AND THEN GLOATS ABOUT IT.


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1) Shopping malls. Except for the Sharper Image tucked in behind Sears.
2) TV commercials that refer you to websites to complete their advertisement because they are too cheap to buy another 15 seconds of airtime.

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OMFG thats lieK sooooooooooooo anoying!!!111!!!! liek wtf i mnea its bad enuf ppl already do thta on IM n da sHiziT but 2 maek a websit tahts liek oMg WtF!!111!!!111!!!!

*ahem* Who could possibly be so demented as to create that website? I think that just lowered my IQ about 100 points. Now I will go work on my homework with my new subretardedness...

OMFG thats lieK sooooooooooooo anoying!!!111!!!! liek wtf i mnea its bad enuf ppl already do thta on IM n da sHiziT but 2 maek a websit tahts liek oMg WtF!!111!!!111!!!!

*ahem* Who could possibly be so demented as to create that website? I think that just lowered my IQ about 100 points. Now I will go work on my homework with my new subretardedness...

LOLMAN is my god. He showed me the error of my non-teamkilling ways. That kid is a genius and I will have nothing said against him.

And I thought you were going to say the Dodge Dart! :p

Dude, I drive a 1969 dart. It has a 340 pushing 350-400 hp, 4.10 rear end four speed automatic. Bring it on.

Wait, I have a couple more.
3) People who don't understand how a 4-way stop sign works.
4) People who sit in the left lane, waiting to turn, until there is a yellow light, when they proceed to turn as to cause the person behind them to wait until another green light.

1. Anti-smokers (NB: not non-smokers)
2. People who call themselves anarchists/satanists/witches/etc because they think it is cool and never bother to learn more about the identity they profess.
3. People who use atrocious spelling/grammar (bad is excusable).
4. People too lazy to spell 'you' properly. It isn't even that hard, y is right next to u an o is less then an inch to then right of u.
5. People who support the Euro because "It'll be so much more easier when I go abroad."
6. People who object to the Euro because "the Pounds British!"
7. Boy racers
8. Scallies
9. Scally boy racers
10. Scallies who fire fireworks at my window
11. Scallies who seem to only communicate through the medium of whistles.
12. Drunk people that like to advirtise the fact they are drunk (ie making as much noise as possible).
13. People who are stoned who constantly say "I'm sooo stoned."
14. Reality TV (the usually arguement of "well don't watch it then" doesn't apply here. It permeates the whole of society, I cannot escape it).
15. prolier-than-thou snobs (thanks to RPP for that term)
16. People who think it is cool to be stupid
17. People who think that Star Trek is representative of all science fiction
18. People who try and MST3K everything even though they are fantastically bad at it.
19. Populists
20. Inane dance music (techno/trance/etc)
21. People that never seem to be short of money but seem to buy stuff. (Even those that work for every pound they own, maybe that should be 'people who econonise better then me).
22. People who say that Pirates of the Carribean was a good film.
23. Faux-samarais
24. People that rose-tint the past
25. Anti-hunters.



Maybe I should stop here.

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At least he wasn't cheating and gloating. He was simply making a perfectly legitimate attempt to completely bugger up other peoples fun using methods like teamkilling.
Bloody indeciperable l33tspeak, though.

My pet peeve?

Fucking townies. Scum, all of them.

When you see a poster for a film, and the order of the names at the top don't match the order of the people in the picture. Man, that's annoying!

(In the U.S.)
Sitting behind someone in a left hand lane at a light and the light turns green and they either:
A. Make a left with no signal so you sit there wondering if they are going to turn or are they asleep at the wheel. or
B. Wait for the light to turn green then turn on their signals.

Also people who run red lights. Sometimes after the other cars have started moving. Absolutely an epidemic in my area.

Burberry.

It's stupid and retarded, stop wearing it asshats.

Burberry.

It's stupid and retarded, stop wearing it asshats.

Especially as baseball caps.

Especially as baseball caps.

Yes, well fortunately that particular perversion didn't quite catch on here.

But I want it on record the whole thing is not cool. It's all too henifer lopeth.

Yes, well fortunately that particular perversion didn't quite catch on here.

But I want it on record the whole thing is not cool. It's all too henifer lopeth.

Hmmm.