NationStates Jolt Archive

Rule #1: Politics is boring. Leave those mutts at home.

For instance, one of mine is the race to the red light. I can't understand why it's a sport around where I live. I assume people are racing for the privledge of waiting in line longest? Why? I can accomplish more coasting the hundred yards (Meters) to the light and moving through with traffic and lose no time at all in comparison to the person who had to wait 20 seconds.

That and turn signals.

For instance, one of mine is the race to the red light. I can't understand why it's a sport around where I live. I assume people are racing for the privledge of waiting in line longest? Why? I can accomplish more coasting the hundred yards (Meters) to the light and moving through with traffic and lose no time at all in comparison to the person who had to wait 20 seconds.
That.

That and turn signals.
And that.

And really any other kind of asshole-y traffic behaviour you can think of. Like honking at me when they're the ones being too dumb to navigate the lanes in a big roundabout.

Or using an empty turning lane to pass everybody waiting in line at a traffic light only to cut right into the front of the line at the intersection.

Hate it.

I'm awfully good-natured most of the time, but boy do I ever get pissed off in traffic. Grrrr.

Crosswalk signs that flash the green "go" sign at you for .8 seconds then turn yellow by the time you have put your foot on the pavement.

Just because the right hand lane is for slower traffic doesn't mean you should go 15 mph below the posted speed limit.

And people that go 10 mph above the posted speed limit until the exact second I pull behind them, where as then they drop to 10 mph below it

children who run rampant as their parent(s) sit there and say, "Johnny, stop."
and do nothing else.

hiccups.

slow internets/computers.

pet peeve competitions.

When someone swerves infront of me without making any kind of indication, for example a turn signal, that they intend to do so. I also get hate my DIAL-Up internet connection.

Personification of animals - I cringe whenever I hear the words "dog years", it just makes the sayer sound retarded.

Jon Bon Jovi - hate him with a passion.

Citron Saxo's - especilly the badly modded kiddie boy racer ones were I live.

My wireless keyboard which decides what letters it wants to put on screen.

Hamsters.

Undercooked potatoes. They are my bane.

Hamsters. Why, we never knew! :p

Contradictions. I don't know if that really counts, but like every time I notice someone being contradictory, I can't help myself, I have to point it out.

People who leave turn signals on.

Censorship. It's getting pathetic. It's to the point now where they censor the word "drugs" and "doses" (which in that case wasn't used in reference to drugs, it was like a metaphor) on CDs now.

Incorrect spelling.

My number one pet peeve, I'm not sure what to call it. But when someone uses the words "most" or "best" or "least" with a superlative. Like "most lonliest" (thank you system of a down). And anytime anyone uses the words "stupider" or "stupidest".

"It isn't fair"

Get over it already - life is not fair.

Rampant, uncontrolled political correctness.

Poor grammar and bad spelling.

My number one pet peeve, I'm not sure what to call it. But when someone uses the words "most" or "best" or "least" with a superlative. Like "most lonliest" (thank you system of a down). And anytime anyone uses the words "stupider" or "stupidest".

Ah give 'em a break, they were poetically hyperbolizing! :p

My number one pet peeve....Annoying and loud children in places that are supposed to be quiet (libraries, etc.) And whiny kids in stores, begging there parents for some sponge bob doll.

Sponge Bob. . . :upyours:

Poor grammar and bad spelling.
Oh, yes, ditto on that.

And people who can't manage basic politeness, like saying thanks when you hold the door open for them.

Sponge Bob. . . :upyours:
I concur. Sponge Bob represents the eventual downfall of Western Civilization. I watched Sponge Bob once, and I experienced an excruciating headache and started to bleed from the nose and ears. Fortunately, I left before he sapped my remaining brain power. Sponge Bob is evil. He must be stopped ... and I have to stop him.

loud eating (with mouth open generally :mad: )

opportunistic drivers (like when there's two lanes going straight agead before a set of lights and it goes into one lane after the junction (there's a whole load of these round here), and only two or so cars waiting in the inside lane... and some opportunistic prick will insist on pulling up in the outside/right-hand lane and burn the rightfully waiting cars off the lights. i hate that so much... its like skipping the queue just because you can. i always make a point of, if i'm at the front of the queue on the left, putting my foot down and blocking them from coming in. eventually if enough people do that they'll learn that they can't just skip the queue like that)

people who don't indicate while changing lanes or turning

tailgaters

drivers who will either a) hover round your ass while they overtake you and only eventually do the deed, b) do that and box you in when it comes for you to overtake the car in front of you :mad:



basically, lots of driving stuff annoys me :P

Those stupid quiz questions you get on TV programmes, who's sole purpose is to get you to ring a £1/min hotline and get insulted by a robot. You know, the ones with questions like "The United Kingdom is made up of England, Wales, Northern Island and A) Spain B) Scotland C) Sweden." And people still get them wrong. :headbang:

I would say that political correctness is a pet peeve of mine, but that would be offensive to imply that anything could be correct, since one thing being correct might therefore mean that someone else holding the opposite position is wrong, therefore offending them.

When people don't think is a good one, when people don't let OTHER people think is another, and then there's when people insist that they ARE thinking, but they really aren't. Maybe it would just be better if we did the thinking and get it over with.

This is really a positive forum topic!

Why, we never knew! :p

LOl, you saw my evil hamster thread then eh? Too many years of being bitten by the little bastards!

I travel by train a lot, and so I am confronted with people who are generally quite incapable of entertaining themselves for more than a few seconds. In their constant boredom they find it necessary to check and re-check their list of ringtones LOUDLY!!! Aaaaaaargh.... Show me the sniper's nest!

Hiccups... can't stand em, like somehow the spirit of revolution has gripped your insides and they have decided; "We shall not tolerate the unjustified control of the mind over breath and swallowing anymore!!!"

And the sound flies make

I remebered another annoyance this morning when I was trying to get back to sleep. I woke up because I was hungry. So, I tried to sleep but a stupid bird was unceasingly churping outside my window. arg:mad:

Kiddies in cars with wide mouthed exhausts that are only there to generate noise and don't add any power to their cars performance. (Most people don't know that exhausts are actually already tuned to get the best performance on most cars.)

These same kiddies playing "doof doof" music so loud that all you can hear is the bass over the music in your car.

These same kiddies thinking that their bad body kitted cars are faster than a motorbike away from the lights.

Any idiot who tries to overtake me in an artic (big rig to the colonial tyoes) on a roundabout (traffic circle to the colonial types), when there isn't space for them to get through. BTW- anyone ever seen a BMW 3 series with both front wheels snapped pff. I have and it is funny when they try to get you nicked for it by the Police and they get done for "driving without due care and attention" :D

Poor grammar and bad spelling.

agreed. That and people who leave their car lights/turn signals on.

Fargozia']Kiddies in cars with wide mouthed exhausts that are only there to generate noise and don't add any power to their cars performance. (Most people don't know that exhausts are actually already tuned to get the best performance on most cars.) Ah, the old baked bean can exhaust; source of merriment to automotive engineers everywhere.

Shorts and long sleeve shirts, together. It just confuses me for some reason.

Noisy children in any place other than the schoolyard, playground and the parent's home. They've got no place indoors when they can't be stopped from screaming. A crying infant is not counted amongst "screaming" children, as it is can only communicate by crying. Over that age, the damn brats can be muzzled. I can't stand screaming children when I'm trying to eat.

basically, lots of driving stuff annoys me :P
I can vouch for this :p
(*random love* :P :-))

People who freak out too much over insignificant stuff. Seriously people, chill out.

People who freak out too much over insignificant stuff. Seriously people, chill out.
OMFG! I broke a nail!!! :p

I will save you the full list (which I did in a text file once out of bordom and was 12K)

I will list one thing that annoys me more than anything else


stupidity.

sponge bob rocks, as do the simpsons, futurama and beavis and butthead. as for poor grammar, its not wiv the thingy that was in the other one before and didn't go round two times. like.

I don't like lots of candels on a birthday cake. It bothers me to think of hot wax dripping on the icing. When it is my birthday (I had one yesterday) I insisted on only one candle to minimize wax drippage.

OMFG! I broke a nail!!! :p

*shudders*

People whose car alarms go off for no reason at 02:00. It then turns out that they are not at home - they went out by taxi or something - so the alarm keeps going off for the next three hours.

People who want praise for doing their job. Not doing their job well, just for doing their job. You did what you're being paid to do, congratulations. What did you want, a pat on the head and a cookie?

People who want praise for doing their job. Not doing their job well, just for doing their job. You did what you're being paid to do, congratulations. What did you want, a pat on the head and a cookie?
Just the damn cookie. Now.

Chewing with your mouth open- Disgusting

Slow drivers in fast lane- U show a victim of road rage and I'll show you someone talking on their phone in the fast lane.

Nitpickers- someone who replys to a general statement with an out of context detailed response

Statement: the world needs to look at reducing CO2 emissions
Nitpicker: Actually... the world is 70% covered in water so only 30% is in need

Celine Dion- She's # 2 on my all time free punch in the face list.

People with stupid PAY ATTENTION TO ME THREADS- you know people on the forum are discussing some issue or another and someone pops in with a random Pulp Fiction, Matrix or Monty Python quote that has nothing to do with the discussion

Paris Hilton - Do I really need to explain why?

People who put clothes on their animals - No, it isn't "cute", it's odd and slightly deranged, it doesn't look like a person regardless of what anyone might say. Get a child, and please try to avoid trying to make them look like the family pet.

Paris Hilton photos with her dog wearing clothes

Slow Drivers - I'm fine with you not wanting to exceed the speed limit, just follow two rules. Stay out of the passing lane when traveling below the speed limit, and don't drive more than 10 miles below the speed limit for a long stretch.

Stupid ignorant people who won't think for themselves and.....



Paris Hilton. :D

Using the term "PIN number" or "SCUBA gear" is a bit annoying

People who drive down the freeway with all their windows down when I am a passenger. It is like I'm in the middle of a hurricane.

People who drive down the freeway with all their windows down when I am a passenger. It is like I'm in the middle of a hurricane.

So walk next time huh.

Whenever the drinking glass I'm using sweats.. gets every thing damp.

People who act like an ass just for the attention.

Other people yawning..

Styrofoam, chalk, chalk boards, erasers, pencils, lead pencils..

That feeling my teeth get after eating yogurt..

Dry skin.

Barking dogs..

My internet..

Loud cars, trucks, motorcycles, dirtbikes, quads, lawn mowers, weed whackers..

Loud voices, low voices.

The human race..

Showers..

That way the cheese gets when you leave it sitting on the counter..

Cooking eggs..

Effort.

Those damned green things with brown centers. Trees I think they are called. One fell on my house once and broke it. Dont trust them to just stand there peacefully forever. They are bad evil on the inside. Burn em.

People having yo' momma fights. For example...
"yo' momma so fat, she was baptised at SeaWorld."
"Yo' momma so fat when she haul ass, it takes two trips."
"Yo' momma so white she make Michael Jackson look black again."
See? Stupid. Annoying. Where'd I put that chainsaw?

Rule #1: Politics is boring. Leave those mutts at home.

For instance, one of mine is the race to the red light. I can't understand why it's a sport around where I live. I assume people are racing for the privledge of waiting in line longest? Why? I can accomplish more coasting the hundred yards (Meters) to the light and moving through with traffic and lose no time at all in comparison to the person who had to wait 20 seconds.

That and turn signals.

My pet peeve is the destruction of very high-performing and expensive automobiles. I get pissed off at action films sometimes.

My pet peeve is the destruction of very high-performing and expensive automobiles. I get pissed off at action films sometimes.

I hear ya, I was royally pissed off when a very nice Lamborghini was destroyed in Transporter 2

I hear ya, I was royally pissed off when a very nice Lamborghini was destroyed in Transporter 2

Yeah. More recently, I was annoyed at the same thing in MI3.

Yeah. More recently, I was annoyed at the same thing in MI3.
Me too, that was such a great Lambo.

Me too, that was such a great Lambo.

At least the movie was decent. One of my other pet peeves is crappy sequels, which MI2 was, in my opinion.

I don't like lots of candels on a birthday cake. It bothers me to think of hot wax dripping on the icing. When it is my birthday (I had one yesterday) I insisted on only one candle to minimize wax drippage.

Happy birthday!

Mines tomorrow. My family do birthday cakes with three candles , one each for past present and future.

top pet peeve - answering a question that isn't even asked

for example:

What's your biggest pet peeve?

Hey, you know what? I've got three gerbils at home right now, and they can do these fabulous tricks! Wanna see?

overly simplified, but you should get the idea...

Happy birthday!

Mines tomorrow. My family do birthday cakes with three candles , one each for past present and future.
I like that idea..

And happy birfdey shorty!

I hear ya, I was royally pissed off when a very nice Lamborghini was destroyed in Transporter 2

I almost cried in Harold and Maude when that XKE hearse went over the cliff

I like that idea..

And happy birfdey shorty!

fang ewe

They go in this order:

Tourists (I live on an island that is inundated with them every year)

Children (Especially those under ten years of age)

Conservatives (I get enough from my non-military members of my family... funny thing is everyone in my family who served would be classified as "liberal, including my gradfather (Navy WWII) my dad (Navy Vietnam), my uncle (Army Vietnam), my aunt (Air Force, Vietnam), Cousin (Marines, Gulf War I), etc. BTW every single one vehemently discouraged me from enlisting. In fact my grandfather had an acronym for the navy... Never Again Volunteer Yourself)

People who use cell phones in theaters. I didn't pay to go watch a movie on a big screen, which I could easily wait to watch in the privacy of my own home when it comes out on DVD, just to find myself constantly distracted by the glaring light of somebody's cell phone. It's bad enough to hear people constantly jabbering away when I am trying to watch a movie, now I have to hear beeps, too?!

People who use cell phones while driving. It's not a personal issue with cell phones. It's an issue with certain idiots who don't know when to use them. Hint: Your driving is bad enough without adding a cell phone into the mix!

fang ewe
no prob muh homes

I was driving behind one of my pet peeves this morning - Mr. "the world is my ash tray." Couldn't keep all of the nicotine goodness inside his cute little Jaguar, oh no, had to strew the ashes around the whole outdoors and then flick the butt into dry vegetation on the side of the road, all while doing everything except watch the road and drive his car.

AOL is another pet peeve.

Telemarketers.

Door-to-door solicitors (I don't care what they're selling, candy bars, magazine subscriptions or religion).