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Pet Peeves: We All Got 'Em

SaintB
30-05-2007, 16:59
A pet peeve is a stupid thing that for some reason just sets you off; it angers you, makes you annoyed, and sometimes liable to get very angry for no damn reason. What's your pet peeves?

Mine:
People that drink out of the jug. It doesn't matter whether it is a milk jug, or what. Strangely, this only bother me when in relation to a gallon jug. The sound it makes grates on my nerves, my stomach muscles tighten, and my aggravation become very apparent... sometimes I even shiver.

Men that leave toilet seats up... Yes, I am a man. I have lived my whole life with my mother and my sister, and girlfreinds in college who practically lived with me. I always put the seat down, its a reflex to me. I have a hard time comprehending that some people don't, and it annoys me when I find the seat sitting in the upright position; possibly because I got yelled at, and one time even kicked in the balls (sister) on those rare occasions I did leave it up. Perhaps I feel they deserve a kick in the balls.. or at least a 3:30 am wake up scream.

Grammer Nazis. I really don't care about correct spelling or grammar while posting on a public internet forum. If I make a bad enough mistake I might fix it, but stupid things don't matter to me. Grammar Nazis tend to get annoying fast.
Hynation
30-05-2007, 17:01
Nothing really annoys me...I love everything and I love you all :fluffle:
Curious Inquiry
30-05-2007, 17:02
Imagine how annoyed the grammar nazis must be . . .
Peepelonia
30-05-2007, 17:07
A pet peeve is a stupid thing that for some reason just sets you off; it angers you, makes you annoyed, and sometimes liable to get very angry for no damn reason. What's your pet peeves?

Mine:
People that drink out of the jug. It doesn't matter whether it is a milk jug, or what. Strangely, this only bother me when in relation to a gallon jug. The sound it makes grates on my nerves, my stomach muscles tighten, and my aggravation become very apparent... sometimes I even shiver.

Men that leave toilet seats up... Yes, I am a man. I have lived my whole life with my mother and my sister, and girlfreinds in college who practically lived with me. I always put the seat down, its a reflex to me. I have a hard time comprehending that some people don't, and it annoys me when I find the seat sitting in the upright position; possibly because I got yelled at, and one time even kicked in the balls (sister) on those rare occasions I did leave it up. Perhaps I feel they deserve a kick in the balls.. or at least a 3:30 am wake up scream.

Grammer Nazis. I really don't care about correct spelling or grammar while posting on a public internet forum. If I make a bad enough mistake I might fix it, but stupid things don't matter to me. Grammar Nazis tend to get annoying fast.

Heh thats bloody strange that is.

Mine are, people that tell me off for drinking from the bottle. Shit we are all family be proud to share my germs.

The whole toliet seat thing, okay we need it up, wimmin need it down, I don't get anoyed when I go to the loo and the bloody seat is down, I just lift it up. Don't be so bloody lazy, it takes two seconds to put it back down again, just do it.

Grammer nazis, yeah I agree, so I may speil a word or tow wrong, you can work out what I mean.:rolleyes:
Chumblywumbly
30-05-2007, 17:12
MISPLACED APOSTROPHES!!

Oh, and doors not entirely open or closed.
MrWho
30-05-2007, 17:14
When we're at a restaurant and my mom starts dumping all the leftover food from her plate onto mine. Seriously, that's disgusting.
SaintB
30-05-2007, 17:14
Nothing really annoys me...I love everything and I love you all :fluffle:

And I love you! You know.. in a completly non-carnal, non-familier, completly plutonic and detached sort of way. :fluffle:
Telesha
30-05-2007, 17:20
Something my wife does: she'll leave things lying around the apartment, stacked on tables, on the floor, whatever. Says it's her organization system. Really it just clutters up the place and just looks shoddy.

But I can't leave an open 12-pack of soda by the fridge because "it looks cheap"

Also, people that can't eat hard candy without making smacking or sucking noises. It's not that hard and it keeps you from sounding disgusting.
Hynation
30-05-2007, 17:21
And I love you! You know.. in a completly non-carnal, non-familier, completly plutonic and detached sort of way. :fluffle:

You just had to suck the fun out of it... :(
SaintB
30-05-2007, 17:22
You just had to suck the fun out of it... :(

Well in that case I'll break out the Barry White....
Hynation
30-05-2007, 17:23
Well in that case I'll break out the Barry White....

Its too late... :(
Chumblywumbly
30-05-2007, 17:23
And I love you! You know.. in a completly non-carnal, non-familier, completly plutonic and detached sort of way. :fluffle:
Awww.... kinda.
Peepelonia
30-05-2007, 17:26
Something my wife does: she'll leave things lying around the apartment, stacked on tables, on the floor, whatever. Says it's her organization system. Really it just clutters up the place and just looks shoddy.

But I can't leave an open 12-pack of soda by the fridge because "it looks cheap"

Heh I have the same thing:

'Darlin' have you seen that book I was reading?'

'Where did you leave it?'

'On the pile of books by the side of the chair'

'Ohhhh what that open one on the top, I put it away on the book case where books belong'

Gahhhhhh wimmin! Nice to look at though!:p
SaintB
30-05-2007, 17:26
Its too late... :(

I sowwy's :(
Curious Inquiry
30-05-2007, 17:32
MISPLACED APOSTROPHES!!

Oh, and doors not entirely open or closed.

When is a door not a door?
When it's ajar ;)
Call to power
30-05-2007, 17:38
people who use exclamation marks as full stops!
people who talk to you when your on the toilet!
dumplings!
people who leave the seat down! (coming from a almost all male family why?)
Peepelonia
30-05-2007, 17:43
people who use exclamation marks as full stops!
people who talk to you when your on the toilet!
dumplings!
people who leave the seat down! (coming from a almost all male family why?)

Sorry! Dumplings? Umm is that some sort of slang or eupemisim that I am unaware of, or do you mean dumplings wot you put in stew?
Call to power
30-05-2007, 17:47
Sorry! Dumplings? Umm is that some sort of slang or eupemisim that I am unaware of, or do you mean dumplings wot you put in stew?

Dumplings in stew is one of the greatest heresy's :mad::p

course it has a duel meaning of small fat children (esecially when they run urg:mad:) and dumplings in general which should be destroyed at all cost!
Peepelonia
30-05-2007, 17:50
Dumplings in stew is one of the greatest heresy's :mad::p

course it has a duel meaning of small fat children (esecially when they run urg:mad:) and dumplings in general which should be destroyed at all cost!

Ahhh okay I just wanted to clarify that. So I can put you on my 'quite clearly mad' list then?

Dumplings make a stew man, whats a stew without dumplings?

Ohh I just had thought, you're not a Brit are you?
SaintB
30-05-2007, 17:50
When is a door not a door?
When it's ajar ;)

When its not a door!
Sumamba Buwhan
30-05-2007, 17:53
screw that, it's an ajar door!

My biggest pet peves involve bad drivers and especially the older folk who should not be on the road at all.
SaintB
30-05-2007, 17:54
Ohh I just had thought, you're not a Brit are you?

Call to power
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Neesika
30-05-2007, 17:55
Pet peeves...religious people who say, 'you can't prove what I believe is wrong' in the face of me saying, 'I don't care what you believe...I'm not buying it...now piss off'.
Khadgar
30-05-2007, 17:57
People who use U as if it were a word.

If you're too lazy and or stupid to type out a three letter word I'm not going to waste my time acknowledging your inevitably short and pathetic existence.
Hamilay
30-05-2007, 17:58
GrammAr Nazis! :p

I agree with misplaced apostrophes. Especially 'its' and 'it's' because so many people do it.

Speed bumps. Why the hell would you build a flat surface for people to drive on more smoothly and quickly and then put gigantic bumps in the middle of it, which are more easily ignored when driving faster? :headbang:

When people say 'woman [profession]' or anything like that. I might be wrong here, but saying 'woman soldier' (like TIME does all the time... :mad:) just sounds wrong to me. You wouldn't say 'man soldier' would you? It's FEMALE, not WOMAN! Can anyone clarify if I'm in the right here?
Call to power
30-05-2007, 18:00
Ohh I just had thought, you're not a Brit are you?

I'm not from the North anyways :p
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
30-05-2007, 18:02
People that drink out of the jug. It doesn't matter whether it is a milk jug, or what. Strangely, this only bother me when in relation to a gallon jug. The sound it makes grates on my nerves, my stomach muscles tighten, and my aggravation become very apparent... sometimes I even shiver.
That's not a pet peeve, that is basic hygeine. People who drink straight from the communal supply are little more than animals, and, as such, shouldn't be allowed to open the refrigerator. There are glasses in the cupboard for a reason!
Extraordinarily fat (as wide as they are tall) children are one of mine. Whenever I see one I am forced to stop whatever I am doing to stare and mutter quietly, "Woah. That is one FAT kid." It baffles me that they are able to maintain that much bulk.
SaintB
30-05-2007, 18:03
GrammAr Nazis! :p


I spelled it right the second time, did it on purpose the first time... just to annoy the grammar nazis.
Chumblywumbly
30-05-2007, 18:04
When is a door not a door?
When you leave it slightly open/not quite closed, and I use your head to smash it in.

In a nice way. :p

Grammar Nazis! :p

I agree with misplaced apostrophes. Especially ‘its’ and ‘it’s’ because so many people do it.
Dear Eris, yes!

You wouldn’t write “she’s”, would you?

Would you, you heartless bastards?
Draconic Gehenna
30-05-2007, 18:04
Nothing really annoys me...I love everything and I love you all :fluffle:

I love you man...

I hate:
Crappy punctuation.
People with really nasty BO/bad breath
Goodie-twoshoes
Egotistical bastards
Guys that have their pants hanging off their butt. I'm sorry, but I don't like crack.
Women that are pansies and can't take pain, bugs, blood and the like.
Women that allow their breasts to hang out of their shirts/ have too big breasts and don't wear a bra *shudders*
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
30-05-2007, 18:05
I agre'e wit'h misplace'd apostrophe's. Especiall'y 'it's' an'd 'it's' becaus'e s'o man'y peopl'e d'o i't.
Fixed for my own personal amusement.

Now it looks like you have some bizarre accent.
SaintB
30-05-2007, 18:07
That's not a pet peeve, that is basic hygeine. People who drink straight from the communal supply are little more than animals, and, as such, shouldn't be allowed to open the refrigerator. There are glasses in the cupboard for a reason!
Extraordinarily fat (as wide as they are tall) children are one of mine. Whenever I see one I am forced to stop whatever I am doing to stare and mutter quietly, "Woah. That is one FAT kid." It baffles me that they are able to maintain that much bulk.

The thing that makes it strange to me is I am not bothered by people drinking out fo a 2 liter bottle, or a half gallon jug.. just the 1 gallon variety. perhaps its because I have in the past bought and drank an entire 2 liter bottle or half gallon (juice, chocolate milk) by myself on long trips or while hanging out with freinds.

But then again I would shudder at the thought of someone else drinking from it.
Hamilay
30-05-2007, 18:07
Fixed for my own personal amusement.

Now it looks like you have some bizarre accent.

Hmm, looks Italian to me. :p
Peepelonia
30-05-2007, 18:09
I'm not from the North anyways :p

Damn, then I can put you on my list! you are clearly mad. Dumplings man, eat it!:eek:
SaintB
30-05-2007, 18:10
I hate:
Crappy punctuation.
Egotistical bastards
What are you doing on a web forum then?

Fixed for my own personal amusement.

Now it looks like you have some bizarre accent.

A+!
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
30-05-2007, 18:12
Hmm, looks Italian to me. :p
Hm..
"Mam'a mi'a! That's-a spic'y meatbal'l!"
Close enough, I guess.
SaintB
30-05-2007, 18:15
[QUOTE=H N Fiddlebottoms VIII;12715079]Hm..
"Ma'm'a mi'a! That's-a spic'y meata'bal'l!"
QUOTE]

Thats more italian now...

I'm waiting for the Italian person that says they are annoyed by foregners who try to match thier accent...
Call to power
30-05-2007, 18:19
Crappy punctuation.
People with really nasty BO/bad breath
Goodie-twoshoes
Egotistical bastards
Guys that have their pants hanging off their butt. I'm sorry, but I don't like crack.
Women that allow their breasts to hang out of their shirts/ have too big breasts and don't wear a bra *shudders*

I foresee a dark and terrible relationship between us

Damn, then I can put you on my list! you are clearly mad. Dumplings man, eat it!:eek:

last time I tried dumplings I nearly combusted dammit!
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
30-05-2007, 18:22
Hm..
"Ma'm'a mi'a! That's-a spic'y meata'bal'l!"

Thats more italian now...
Agghh! I think I'm about to overdose on apostrophes.
I'm waiting for the Italian person that says they are annoyed by foregners who try to match thier accent...
At least I haven't started flailing my hands everywhere like some sort of deranged octopus.
Ruby City
30-05-2007, 21:32
Men that leave toilet seats up... Yes, I am a man. I have lived my whole life with my mother and my sister, and girlfreinds in college who practically lived with me. I always put the seat down, its a reflex to me. I have a hard time comprehending that some people don't, and it annoys me when I find the seat sitting in the upright position; possibly because I got yelled at, and one time even kicked in the balls (sister) on those rare occasions I did leave it up. Perhaps I feel they deserve a kick in the balls.. or at least a 3:30 am wake up scream.
One of my pet peeves is men that put the toilet seat down. There are 4 possible cases:

You put it down, the next person wants it down, seat adjusted 1 time.
You put it down, the next person has to lift it up, seat adjusted 2 times.
You leave it up, the next person has to put it down, seat adjusted 1 times.
You leave it up, the next person wants it up, seat adjusted 0 times.

The best case if you put it down, seat adjusted 1 times, is just as bad as the worst case if you leave it up. The worst case if you put it down is twice as bad as the worst case if you leave it up. Therefore, I can't help but feeling that men who put the seat down are irrational inefficient idiots.

Another is people who think the only thing you can do with a computer is to sit in front of it, that the entire Internet is located in the monitor or that I know everything about Windows because I use Linux.

Worst of all, people who throw trash along walkways. There are plenty of trashcans along walkways but they are so lazy they can't even hold on to their trash until they pass the next trashcan. It's my tax money they are wasting when they expect someone to be paid to pick up after them.
SaintB
30-05-2007, 21:42
One of my pet peeves is men that put the toilet seat down.

Well, try getting yelled at at 3:30 am for half your life... you'd put it down too.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
30-05-2007, 21:52
The best case if you put it down, seat adjusted 1 times, is just as bad as the worst case if you leave it up. The worst case if you put it down is twice as bad as the worst case if you leave it up. Therefore, I can't help but feeling that men who put the seat down are irrational inefficient idiots.
This is only true if you live in a household composed primarily of men, as your square assumes that someone going to the toilet has a 50% chance of wanting it up and a 50% chance of wanting it down. Women, however, have a 100% chance of wanting the seat down.
The easy solution to this problem is just for guys to learn how to aim, and then possibly use a bit of toilet paper to wipe the seat if you miss. 'Swhat I do.
Smunkeeville
30-05-2007, 21:53
One of my pet peeves is men that put the toilet seat down. There are 4 possible cases:

You put it down, the next person wants it down, seat adjusted 1 time.
You put it down, the next person has to lift it up, seat adjusted 2 times.
You leave it up, the next person has to put it down, seat adjusted 1 times.
You leave it up, the next person wants it up, seat adjusted 0 times.

The best case if you put it down, seat adjusted 1 times, is just as bad as the worst case if you leave it up. The worst case if you put it down is twice as bad as the worst case if you leave it up. Therefore, I can't help but feeling that men who put the seat down are irrational inefficient idiots.


you should put the seat and lid down.........
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
30-05-2007, 21:55
you should put the seat and lid down.........
Now you're just inventing rules to mess with other peoples' heads.
Khadgar
30-05-2007, 21:55
Now you're just inventing rules to mess with other peoples' heads.

If I remember her foibles correctly she doesn't like the idea of the bacteria and assorted nastiness that's ejected when you flush.
Chumblywumbly
30-05-2007, 21:56
you should put the seat and lid down.........
Quite right.

Then we all have to pick something up, regardless of the orientation of our naughty bits.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
30-05-2007, 22:04
If I remember her foibles correctly she doesn't like the idea of the bacteria and assorted nastiness that's ejected when you flush.
:rolleyes:
Because the bacteria are too large to squeeze through the gap between the lid and the seat. She knows I'm right, and that is why, sooner or later, Smukee will hire a Bathroom Troll that refuses to let people pee until they have answered its riddles three.
Ruby City
30-05-2007, 22:11
Well, try getting yelled at at 3:30 am for half your life... you'd put it down too.
No I wouldn't, I'd return the same medicine.

First I'd respond with I'll put it down if you put it up. If they return the favor I'd go along for a while then point out we always end up adjusting the seat more then necessary. If they expect me to put it down but refuse to return the favor by putting it up then that's discrimination so I'd refuse as well. If they keep yelling at me for leaving it up when I'd yell at them every time they leave it down. Discrimination is one of the few topics I can be stubborn about at any cost even when it comes to small issues.

This is only true if you live in a household composed primarily of men, as your square assumes that someone going to the toilet has a 50% chance of wanting it up and a 50% chance of wanting it down. Women, however, have a 100% chance of wanting the seat down.
The easy solution to this problem is just for guys to learn how to aim, and then possibly use a bit of toilet paper to wipe the seat if you miss. 'Swhat I do.
Let's say 90% of the time the next person wants it down, seat adjusted 1 time no matter what you do so those 90% doesn't say anothing about which is best. The tiebreaker is the last 10% where putting it down causes 2 adjustements and leaving it up causes 0. So the probability is irrelevant, since there is no case where putting it down is better, putting it down is never better.
Infinite Revolution
30-05-2007, 22:11
my pet peeve for today is television. except for scrubs and friends. and big brother in particular, why is it still running?!
Smunkeeville
30-05-2007, 22:15
If I remember her foibles correctly she doesn't like the idea of the bacteria and assorted nastiness that's ejected when you flush.

it is really gross when you think about it......besides the lid is there for a reason.
The blessed Chris
30-05-2007, 22:15
People who think it's terribly cool to misuse grammar.

People who don't remove their headphones when you engage them in genuine conversation.

Anybody who now labels themselves "nu-rave" having heard HelloGoodbye for the first time in the last month.
SaintB
30-05-2007, 22:15
Threadjacked by a toilet discussion!
Ashmoria
30-05-2007, 22:18
When we're at a restaurant and my mom starts dumping all the leftover food from her plate onto mine. Seriously, that's disgusting.

ohmygod my mother used to do that to me. she would say "im just going to throw it away" as if *I* had the duty to be her human garbage disposal.
Smunkeeville
30-05-2007, 22:21
my pet peeves.......

people who don't put the lid down after using the toilet

people who don't use turn signals

people who talk on their cell phones at inappropriate times

people who don't wash their hands enough

people who assume things

example

my kid: I lost a tooth!
random adult: did the tooth fairy come?
my kid: the tooth fairy isn't real
random adult (while giving me a dirty look): of course she is!

:mad:

we don't do Santa, or the tooth fairy, or the Easter bunny.......quit asking my kids about it.
Chumblywumbly
30-05-2007, 22:21
Anybody who now labels themselves “nu-rave” having heard HelloGoodbye for the first time in the last month.
Ken!

What the fuck is up with indie bands calling themselves ‘rave’?
Intelligent Humans
30-05-2007, 22:21
I love you man...

I hate:
Crappy punctuation.
People with really nasty BO/bad breath
Goodie-twoshoes
Egotistical bastards
Guys that have their pants hanging off their butt. I'm sorry, but I don't like crack.
Women that are pansies and can't take pain, bugs, blood and the like.
Women that allow their breasts to hang out of their shirts/ have too big breasts and don't wear a bra *shudders*

i so totally agree!

also
- poor intentional grammar when not funny.
- writing and talking foreign language words mixed with national words just because it´s "cool"
- people obsessed with work, not caring about quality time with family
- people without any organization that just screw up your 1 hour work in 5 minutes and then kinda laugh at it to aggravate it
- people with not much hygiene or organization (not as much as you at least) who call you "pig and messy"
- people who assume things instead of thinking. thats why we have brains, to think people
- people who make fun of others because they like to do it. one thing is a random funny remark in some occasion, other is constant bashing like racism and homophobia
- egotistical bastards who call you selfish when you are mostly altruistic
- and of course, all racist, xenophobe, homophone and general hateful bastards

theres more, but i cant remember all. i can be picky some times, but i do have patience :D
Saxnot
30-05-2007, 22:25
it is really gross when you think about it......besides the lid is there for a reason.

What's that?

I don't get toilet lids, I really don't. Or why you would even need to make the seat and loo a seperate thing. Men can sit down. So can women. Just leave it. If you want to piss standing up, go in the woods or save it for a urinal. I don't see the point, to be honest.
Johnny B Goode
30-05-2007, 22:25
A pet peeve is a stupid thing that for some reason just sets you off; it angers you, makes you annoyed, and sometimes liable to get very angry for no damn reason. What's your pet peeves?

Mine:
People that drink out of the jug. It doesn't matter whether it is a milk jug, or what. Strangely, this only bother me when in relation to a gallon jug. The sound it makes grates on my nerves, my stomach muscles tighten, and my aggravation become very apparent... sometimes I even shiver.

Men that leave toilet seats up... Yes, I am a man. I have lived my whole life with my mother and my sister, and girlfreinds in college who practically lived with me. I always put the seat down, its a reflex to me. I have a hard time comprehending that some people don't, and it annoys me when I find the seat sitting in the upright position; possibly because I got yelled at, and one time even kicked in the balls (sister) on those rare occasions I did leave it up. Perhaps I feel they deserve a kick in the balls.. or at least a 3:30 am wake up scream.

Grammer Nazis. I really don't care about correct spelling or grammar while posting on a public internet forum. If I make a bad enough mistake I might fix it, but stupid things don't matter to me. Grammar Nazis tend to get annoying fast.

When people call my name. Loudly.
Unlucky_and_unbiddable
30-05-2007, 22:28
To add to the tiolet seat, my brother had bad aim to when the seat is up he'll sometimes leave some piss on the ledge and not wipe it off. Then when someone else puts it down it gets on bottom of the seat, then when he goes to leave it up again. I get a really disgusting view. I clean underneath it once a week and yet it is still disgusting anf filthy.

My other pet peeve is that my brother doesn't clean the toilet. He really should be the one doing it.

He also eats cereal really loudly and slurpily in the morning and breathes loudly like he's doing gym excersices in between bites. It sounds nasty. He also gets 8-9 hours of sleep a night (I get 5 if I'm lucky) and comes down stairs moaning with his hands in his pants and then sits down on the couch waiting for someone else to make his breakfast and then complains about too much/not enough milk. Seriously he's 12 it is not that hard to pour himself a glass of cereal.
Ruby City
30-05-2007, 22:29
we don't do Santa, or the tooth fairy, or the Easter bunny.......quit asking my kids about it.
So your kids know that other adults lie about those things. Does that make them less gullible by teaching them not to believe everything people say?

If so, great job on teaching them something very important!
Brusia
30-05-2007, 22:29
One of my pet peeves, is when people get more concerned about their hair than the state of the nation. That really ticks me off.
Intelligent Humans
30-05-2007, 22:29
What's that?

I don't get toilet lids, I really don't. Or why you would even need to make the seat and loo a seperate thing. Men can sit down. So can women. Just leave it. If you want to piss standing up, go in the woods or save it for a urinal. I don't see the point, to be honest.

its probably because men like to aim. coming from a man (myself), i find it quicker to do it standing, but i don't dislike sitting. think of it as a men's advantage, just as woman have the ability to hmm menstruate and have children. its like part of men's identity. to be faster at peeing
Smunkeeville
30-05-2007, 22:34
So your kids know that other adults lie about those things. Does that make them less gullible by teaching them not to believe everything people say?

If so, great job on teaching them something very important!

I never set out to build up the fantasy, but marketing got them believing in Santa pretty well besides my ever mentioning him, one day the oldest asked and I explained that Santa was a myth......end of story.

She never really believed in the Easter bunny or the tooth fairy. In fact since she lost her first tooth she explained how the tooth fairy was stupid because if she were real giving money for teeth was idiotic since kids loose them everyday so they aren't rare and also because they are worthless. She got a coin for her tooth but she knows it was from Daddy...not some fairy.
Leonidas and the 300
30-05-2007, 22:35
What really grinds my gears is when people think that their way is always the right way and they are unwilling to listen to anybody else.


Also, a lot of bad drivers annoy the heck out of me, and old ladies who pay mostly for something and then spend ten minutes digging for some change to pay the exact amount.
SaintB
30-05-2007, 22:41
You know what really burns my ass?

A flame about 3 feet high!

You know what really grinds my gears?

When I think too hard!
Lame Bums
30-05-2007, 22:42
Rich Snobs: I'm tired of these people walking around acting like they own the world, and then some of them have the nerve to lecture me on "being proper" (or improper). I don't care if I leave an open twelve pack on the floor, stacked on top of another and another twelve pack. I eat in front of the TV, not at the table. Especially during the Super Bowl. It's my way, get over it!

Socialists: Fucking morons who think they've got the solution to everything. Your crap system doesn't work. Look at Cuba, it used to be the richest country in Central America, now it ain't shit. Socialists piss me off. I want to hang 'em all.

Ohio Drivers: Where do they get their licenses? A cracker-jack box? Or do they steal them? Seriously, Ohio drivers can't drive for shit, and they can't park, either.

Gays: When you have a roommate who's gay, for one semester, who can't stop talking about his multiple fuck buddies, his newest perverted sexual fantasy, or how sucking on someone else's dick isn't enough, you realize that he does about as much to spread the cause of tolerance as Fred Phelps.

Toilet Lid Down: This only applies to late at night, when I'm making a blind shot at the pot in the dark. Who left the lid down? Now it's covered in piss.

Driver on Cell Phone: Watch the fucking road!

Slow Play: When I hit a round of golf, I want to do it in 4 hours. It's annoying when a 4 hour round becomes six hours, all because the slow foursome ahead is taking all damn day. Well, I got places to be, too, and I don't want to spend it waiting on someone else...

That's it for now, I suppose.
Chumblywumbly
30-05-2007, 22:43
we don’t do Santa, or the tooth fairy, or the Easter bunny.......quit asking my kids about it.
I watched a really interesting documentary recently by Jon Ronson; Death In Santaland.

It was about the kids in North Pole, Alaska, who, from about age 8, answer the letters sent to Santa from other children around the world. They pretend that they’re Santa’s elves. Recently, police arrested several students at North Pole Middle School for allegedly plotting a school shooting, much along the lines of Columbine; only the kids were a Santa’s elves.

The program basically put forward the idea that the shock of finding out that Santa isn’t real, or the realisation that there are millions of poor children who simply want clean water or new clothes for Christmas, buggers up Santa’s elves, destroying their innocence.


Not that I’m implying your kids will start shooting their schoolmates.


Oh dear.....
Myu in the Middle
30-05-2007, 22:57
My Pet Peeves:

The use of the word Fuck to describe casual sex. Use it as an adjective (that fucking bus), a general expletive (fuck it!), an adverb (he can fucking run!), even as a verb or noun in any other sense (The lawyer fucked me over, who gives a flying fuck?) all you want - even during sex if it's appropriate to the particular sentiment you wish to express - but the second you start using it to talk about fornication, I die a little inside. Not only is it irritating, it's a complete turnoff. Its power is as a commonplace and angry exclamation; can we keep it that way plzkthx?

People who, having used incorrect grammar and have it corrected, get indignant and defensive when they're clearly mistaken and blame it on the correcting party. Rules of language are there for a reason, and, okay, you're not going to get them right all of the time, but the point is that it's polite to make an effort. It's all about protocol, people; trying to stick to it is just good manners.

Money. I hate it. I hate it with a passion. I am sick and tired of the fact that this world seems to revolve around its acquisition and management above and beyond life itself. But I guess that's a little bit more extreme than a pet peeve.

Advertising. Get your products out of my head, you charlatans. I don't care that you're using a stupid catchy jingle and associating it with your bloody dishwashing tablets, and I certainly don't care about your new sprumtumner sale; just go the fuck away.

People who get annoyed at my inability to state a preference on an entirely arbitrary decision. I don't care whether I have the chicken or the pork; both will be good! Does it really matter who gets the blue ticket? Which cab company do you want to call? There is no sense fretting; just instinctively pick one at random if you're unsure, and let me do likewise.
Gun Manufacturers
30-05-2007, 23:02
A pet peeve is a stupid thing that for some reason just sets you off; it angers you, makes you annoyed, and sometimes liable to get very angry for no damn reason. What's your pet peeves?

Mine:
People that drink out of the jug. It doesn't matter whether it is a milk jug, or what. Strangely, this only bother me when in relation to a gallon jug. The sound it makes grates on my nerves, my stomach muscles tighten, and my aggravation become very apparent... sometimes I even shiver.....

I've got a question for you. What if you're the only one in the house that drinks milk? My roommate drinks soda, so I'm the only one that has milk. Therefore, I skip the formality of a glass, and drink straight from the container (I don't want to wash a glass everytime I want a drink of milk). Or is it the sound that irritates you?

My pet peeve is being interrupted when I'm talking. I feel that, in most circumstances, it's rude and disrespectful to interrupt someone while they're talking. Maybe it's just me, though.
Nadkor
30-05-2007, 23:11
People with bad spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

People who describe themselves as "crazy". Clearly they once did one thing, a friend said something like "that's crazy lol", and they've decided that they're crazy cool.

People who act up to a stereotype of stupidity in order to fit in with a crowd. What a waste.

People who don't listen in debates/arguments. I mean those that don't let the other person or side have their say, and just constantly repeat the same thing over and over again in order to drown their opponents out, and then claim victory when their opponents give up.

People who are inexplicably arrogant. Those who have achieved nothing, yet feel the whole world should bow down to them.

Yeah, most of the things that piss me off are to do with human behaviour. Unfortunately, most people I need seem to display one, or a combination of a few, of these traits.
The Atlantian islands
30-05-2007, 23:13
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.................Just kidding. :D
The blessed Chris
30-05-2007, 23:22
People with bad spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

People who describe themselves as "crazy". Clearly they once did one thing, a friend said something like "that's crazy lol", and they've decided that they're crazy cool.

People who act up to a stereotype of stupidity in order to fit in with a crowd. What a waste.

People who don't listen in debates/arguments. I mean those that don't let the other person or side have their say, and just constantly repeat the same thing over and over again in order to drown their opponents out, and then claim victory when their opponents give up.



People who are inexplicably arrogant. Those who have achieved nothing, yet feel the whole world should bow down to them.

Yeah, most of the things that piss me off are to do with human behaviour. Unfortunately, most people I need seem to display one, or a combination of a few, of these traits.


It could be worse. I've recently realised I have no skills whatsoever with girls, and it's never vexed me more; I actually like aforementioned girl, and I really don't need the pseudo-depression it inevitably induces with my A-levels only a week away.

I hate to moan (well, no, I don't really...), but advice really would be welcome, and I can't be arsed to make a new thread.
Philosopy
30-05-2007, 23:26
It could be worse. I've recently realised I have no skills whatsoever with girls, and it's never vexed me more; I actually like aforementioned girl, and I really don't need the pseudo-depression it inevitably induces with my A-levels only a week away.

I hate to moan (well, no, I don't really...), but advice really would be welcome, and I can't be arsed to make a new thread.

Does your post have anything to do with a) the post you quoted or b) this thread?
Nadkor
30-05-2007, 23:27
It could be worse. I've recently realised I have no skills whatsoever with girls, and it's never vexed me more; I actually like aforementioned girl, and I really don't need the pseudo-depression it inevitably induces with my A-levels only a week away.

I hate to moan (well, no, I don't really...), but advice really would be welcome, and I can't be arsed to make a new thread.

The best advice I can give is just be confident. Or, if you can't manage that, at least appear to be confident. Stand up straight, shoulders back, head up. Talk to people directly, look them in the eye. Smile.
The blessed Chris
30-05-2007, 23:30
Does your post have anything to do with a) the post you quoted or b) this thread?

Of course not, I simply can't be bothered to make another thread.... actually, haven't I already written that?:rolleyes:
Philosopy
30-05-2007, 23:31
Of course not, I simply can't be bothered to make another thread.... actually, haven't I already written that?:rolleyes:

I was simply trying to see if there was some sort of connection I was missing.

And don't worry, I believe that you "can't be bothered", because it's such an effort to make a thread. I'm sure it has nothing to do with trying to protect dignity by hiding your problem away in a totally unrelated thread. ;)
The blessed Chris
30-05-2007, 23:34
I was simply trying to see if there was some sort of connection I was missing.

And don't worry, I believe that you "can't be bothered", because it's such an effort to make a thread. I'm sure it has nothing to do with trying to protect dignity by hiding your problem away in a totally unrelated thread. ;)

Well, and that.:D
Ifreann
30-05-2007, 23:40
Well, and that.:D

I'd be greatly amused if someone made you a thread on the subject. Well, maybe slightly amused.

Actually I'm bored of the idea already.
IL Ruffino
30-05-2007, 23:42
The sound of other people eating.
Extreme Ironing
30-05-2007, 23:44
Arrogance. People who talk loudly. People who play music loudly. People who have no common sense or logical thinking. People who are unobservant. People who can't use apostrophes correctly.
Philosopy
30-05-2007, 23:53
People who can't use apostrophes correctly.

Im reall'y b'ad at th'em. :(
Zarakon
31-05-2007, 00:19
People from the UK calling Americans "Inbred hicks".


Because...you know, the UK was (Although they're basically ceremonial now.) ruled by inbred hicks for hundreds of years.
Chandelier
31-05-2007, 00:27
My brother blowing his nose...it's every night, and really loud. It keeps me up when I'm trying to sleep, and, of course, he has to have the kitchen light on as bright as he can every time.
Mereshka
31-05-2007, 00:38
People who use U as if it were a word.

If you're too lazy and or stupid to type out a three letter word I'm not going to waste my time acknowledging your inevitably short and pathetic existence.

I completely agree with YOU on that.
Zarakon
31-05-2007, 00:42
Rap music and people who tell me I'll go to hell if I don't think the same as them.
Darknovae
31-05-2007, 01:05
My pet peeves:

My sister.

People butchering the English language is any way (netspeak especially!) This applies to English speakers though.

People not leaving me alone.

People asking me stupid questions.

My mom.

Constant religious BS.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister leaving the bathroom a mess.

MY sister.

People going on about my looks.

MY sister.

Rap music.

American television.

My sister.

Seems to be a pattern here... :p
TRENTIUS
31-05-2007, 01:31
i hate the people who wear shirts that dont apply to them.

like those who wear band shirts, lets pick green day for example.

so i awalk up to a guy wearing the shirt and ask him to name a song or a band member, it happens that he is friggin clueless.

i hate those people. if you have no knowledge of what you are wearing stop being a walking billboard!
Kbrookistan
31-05-2007, 01:33
People who use the terms 'ATM machine' and 'PIN number.' Redundant much? Of course, I just spent twenty minutes on the phone with a very nice Indian man trying to convince him that I hadn't wanted to reset my PIN, I was just trying to find out why the hell I couldn't get money out of the ATM. He kept calling it a PIN number. Grrr...

On the bright side, my card works now.
United Law
31-05-2007, 01:36
My pet peeves:

My sister.

People butchering the English language is any way (netspeak especially!) This applies to English speakers though.

People not leaving me alone.

People asking me stupid questions.

My mom.

Constant religious BS.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister leaving the bathroom a mess.

MY sister.

People going on about my looks.

MY sister.

Rap music.

American television.

My sister.

Seems to be a pattern here... :p

What you do here, is make a fake copy of your sister's internet history, making sure there are lots of lesbian, fetish, and satanist websites on it.

Because, wether or not it is proven false, rumors will still abound.....
Trollgaard
31-05-2007, 01:40
My pet peeves....

Vegans
Vegetarians
Rap music (though this does not anger as much as it once did)

there are a few more, but these are the main ones, I would say...
Kyronea
31-05-2007, 01:43
False Compassion: People who claim to be compassionate but then refuse to have any sympathy for dead soldiers put into a war they are wholly against.

Religious Extremists: People who take their religion to the extremes, obviously.

Oh, and I also hate it when people who are debating cannot spell or use proper grammar and punctuation. Look, if you're just talking about some random subject, that's one thing, but for fuck's sake if you're debating something, be sensible enough to make your posts understandable!
Ashmoria
31-05-2007, 01:58
People from the UK calling Americans "Inbred hicks".


Because...you know, the UK was (Although they're basically ceremonial now.) ruled by inbred hicks for hundreds of years.

how DARE you!?

they werent hicks.
Ilaer
31-05-2007, 02:07
Those who, speaking English as their first language and having no illness of any sort which may prevent them from writing correctly, will still proceed to spell words incorrectly, ignore grammatical rules and, basically, completely ruin the beauty of the English language.

Mathematics. It's the love of my life but also a pain in the neck.

Physics. Another love of my life but an even bigger pain, particularly the lack of a true vacuum.

The continued inability of the human race to unite and actually start reaching for space to the best of its ability; Earth is not going to last forever, and we need to expand.
Minaris
31-05-2007, 02:49
Those who, speaking English as their first language and having no illness of any sort which may prevent them from writing correctly, will still proceed to spell words incorrectly, ignore grammatical rules and, basically, completely ruin the beauty of the English language.

Mathematics. It's the love of my life but also a pain in the neck.

Physics. Another love of my life but an even bigger pain, particularly the lack of a true vacuum.

The continued inability of the human race to unite and actually start reaching for space to the best of its ability; Earth is not going to last forever, and we need to expand.

1) I blame txt speek (though I must say I don't care so much about it)
4) That pisses me off too.
Smunkeeville
31-05-2007, 02:54
people who have no respect for other people's belongings.
Zarakon
31-05-2007, 02:55
I need to amend my statement about rap music. 99.999999999999999999999% of rap music is garbage. I will, however, give, at the very least, Rage Against the Machine a pass.

Also, I think the one excuse for saying stuff like "u" or "ur" would be if you're text messaging on a cell phone that isn't one of the fancy ones (You know, where you have to press a button like 3 times to get the letter you want?)
Darknovae
31-05-2007, 02:58
people who have no respect for other people's belongings.

You can put my sister on your list too if you like.
Unlucky_and_unbiddable
31-05-2007, 03:45
Vegans
Vegetarians


People having a different diet from you is pet peeve worthy?
Minaris
31-05-2007, 04:27
how DARE you!?

they werent hicks.

But they were inbred, as were all (pan)European monarchs. Just ask Rasputin.
IL Ruffino
31-05-2007, 04:28
My pet peeves:

My sister.

People butchering the English language is any way (netspeak especially!) This applies to English speakers though.

People not leaving me alone.

People asking me stupid questions.

My mom.

Constant religious BS.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister.

My sister leaving the bathroom a mess.

MY sister.

People going on about my looks.

MY sister.

Rap music.

American television.

My sister.

Seems to be a pattern here... :p

You have a large family.
Delator
31-05-2007, 07:04
My biggest pet peeves involve bad drivers and especially the older folk who should not be on the road at all.

Seconded!!!

Every time I see stupidity on the road, it's an older driver. Whether lethal inattentivness or idiotic slowness.

Maybe teens have higher accident rates, but you sure as fuck wouldn't know it living in my town.
New Stalinberg
31-05-2007, 07:27
Pet Peeves:

People who don't click their pens back when their done, the garage door code lid thing hanging open, those kinds of things.

Dressing. I fucking hate dressing and can't understand why people put that crap into their bodies. The smell, the look, seeing people actually eat it. *shivers*

Really, really REALLY stupid people.