Pet Peeves

[Adultery]

5 hours ago, ClassicGMR said:

MWUAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!

You dirty SOB... Double fisted. Now I can't sit down for a while. Thanks a lot! That second one is remarkably accurate though, I'm definitely a Squidward these days.

I forgot to mention predictive text on my phone that seems to think I wanna say 'fir' instead of 'for' all the time, even though I've never mentioned any type of trees in any texts.

And people who talk during movies, which are usually the same people that try to guess the ending.

And kettle corn.

And Square-Enix porting classic games straight from iPhone to PC.

Oh, and Facebook in general. Especially people who post what they're having for dinner.

To flip it: a good thing... That a lot of the YouTube kids videos my daughter watches repeatedly have unreasonably hot chicks in them. Let's have more of that please.

[RIP-Felix]

8 hours ago, Adultery said:

...And people who aren't programmers that say something shouldn't be hard to code.

Guilty

6 hours ago, tthurman said:

Gender based double standards. YES!

...and this (Hyperbole) :

3 hours ago, stigzler said:

ROTFLMFAO.....

 

[RIP-Felix]

People who say, "you can't understand because"...

1. "You don't have kids."
2. "Your not married
3. "You haven't had a close relative/spouse/child die"

Basically those who don't give other people enough credit. Every normal human can empathize. We all have the same emotional range and can "imagine" how we would feel, then offer support. If you don't want to hear it, then politely redirect the conversation. Don't be a dick about it!

[Draco1962]

Another pet peeve... people who want to talk politics but do not vote. Just another example of people that can be critical towards others efforts, but not willing to educate themselves or make an effort to make a difference.

[Adultery]

...people who think we can't complain about politics just because we don't vote, knowing full well our vote doesn't count anyway because of the electoral college and redistricting.

I vote often btw. Just wanted to see if I could make your list. Lol!

[RIP-Felix]

2 hours ago, Draco1962 said:

Another pet peeve... people who want to talk politics but do not vote. Just another example of people that can be critical towards others efforts, but not willing to educate themselves or make an effort to make a difference.

Caring deeply and not voting are the same thing if all you have are bad choices. If all you have are the choice between two evils, choose neither, lest you be guilty of choosing evil!

Which brings me to another peeve:

"Choose the lesser of two evils"

#illusionOFchoice

Spoiler

To summarize that study:

The Average American citizens’ preferences have statistically no significance in policy outcomes (R-sq = 0.05).

The Average Economic elites’ preferences have statistically modest significance in policy outcomes (R-sq = 0.78).

Note: R square is a measure of correlation, how well two things are associated. 0 means they don't affect each other, 1 means they are tight as conjoined twins.

Quote

In the United States, our findings indicate, the majority does not rule — at least not in the causal sense of actually determining policy outcomes. When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the U.S. political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favor policy change, they generally do not get it.

There is a term for this system of governance, "Civil oligarchy". It has features of democracy (voting, free speech, and many personal freedoms), but it does not reflect in policy the preferences of the median population. Instead it weighs the preferences of special interest groups, industry lobbyists, and wealth elites more heavily. Cases where the median populations' policy preference is observed occurs almost always when there is no focused objection by the influential minority.

 

[Draco1962]

1 hour ago, Adultery said:

...people who think we can't complain about politics just because we don't vote, knowing full well our vote doesn't count anyway because of the electoral college and redistricting.

I vote often btw. Just wanted to see if I could make your list. Lol!

Votes do count albeit not directly. The ones that frost my nuts are the ones that complain, but regurgitate what they hear vs. Actually educating themselves on ther issue. The want to argue. Yet their argument fails within a few seconds of discussion.

P.S. you just made the top of my Ass list.

[RIP-Felix]

5 minutes ago, Draco1962 said:

... The ones that frost my nuts are the ones that complain, but regurgitate what they hear vs. Actually educating themselves on ther issue. The want to argue. Yet their argument fails within a few seconds of discussion.

I know the type you meant. I wasn't disagreeing with you, although it would look like it to people who make my next peeve...

People who think in black and white terms only! No gray areas or exceptions to any rule. Right and wrong, good and bad, pros and cons, nothing in between can exit! Basically people without imagination or common sense. 

10 minutes ago, Draco1962 said:

P.S. you just made the top of my Ass list.

[tthurman]

5 hours ago, Tom Speirs said:

Was looking for something relevant but couldn't find anything. So just something good instead

Sanxion_-_Rob_Hubbard_-_1986.m4a

I'm not surprised you posted something along this line.  When I was posting earlier today I ran across this one.

 

<Edit>  Haha, I just hijacked this thread, a major pet peeve..........

Edited April 10, 2018 by tthurman

[Adultery]

^^ If only it were derailed *AND* in the wrong forum... Heh heh!

[Draco1962]

A new pet peeve... someone purposely says a number while you are trying to count cash.

Just did this to my wife while she was trying to reconcile the petty cash box where she works. Said she was going to beat me when I get home. Yay! Foreplay!

[Adultery]

Haha! So it bugs you and you did it on purpose to someone else?

Love it!!!!

[Draco1962]

I also have a playlist of earworms that i use with impunity with one of my coworkers who is very susceptible. I am a dick that way.

[tthurman]

People who cough or sneeze right next to you without covering their mouth.   This is especially annoying when they're screaming in the media how bad the flu season is.

[Draco1962]

Another pet peeve..  going to the doctor or vet and waiting 30 mins+ to be seen after the appointment time.

EDIT: Had to take my dog to the vet and posted the above at about 30 mins after the appointment time. We were taken to the exam room 15 mins after the appointment start. Talked to the vet tech briefly at 25 mins after the appointment. Finally talked to the vet at around 55 mins after the appointment, then waited for the vet tech to bring us meds and check us out at 1 hour 10 mins after the appointment time.

Now about to head to my optometrist appointment.

Edited April 13, 2018 by Draco1962
Because I fuggin' can

[tthurman]

You get assigned a task and spend an immense amount of time and effort on it only to get a pat on the back.  A few weeks later you see all your hard work in documents/audits/reports, whatnot with someone else taking credit for it. 

This one sends me through the damn roof and happens constantly!

[tthurman]

Unreliable people who don't follow through on things they commit to.

Another huge one in my book, if you aren't going to do it or do it in a reasonable time frame, then don't sign on for it.  

 

[tthurman]

Leaving shopping carts in the parking lot.  Habitually done by lazy asses that could use the exercise.

[tthurman]

Stores asking for donations at the checkout.

Stores that allow people to sell at the entrance of their doors.

Fast fast food restaurants that solicit donations.  If I had more money I probably wouldn't be eating this shit!

 

[stigzler]

Bono.

[Tom Speirs]

Lol. Nice one.

[RIP-Felix]

On 4/13/2018 at 7:57 AM, tthurman said:

Stores asking for donations at the checkout.

Stores that allow people to sell at the entrance of their doors.

Fast fast food restaurants that solicit donations.  If I had more money I probably wouldn't be eating this shit!

Most people who donate to charities or NGO's already have them picked out. This is a guilt trip ambush!

Spoiler

Big chains cherry pick charities that align with the products they sell. Toys 'R' Us = Toys for Tots program. Barnes & Noble = literacy groups. And so on. It's called "cause-related marketing" and is meant to associate the brand with doing good. Plus it funnels money into the market niche they fill. It's an effective way business organizations have to control the message surrounding them. It works for charities because they 'push' the donations around seasonal peaks like Christmas, when people are spending money and feeling generous. Win-Win for the business and charity, and for you if that's the kind of charity you tend to donate to and were going to anyway. Otherwise, it's an ambush.

NGO are another story. While they often help to get people back on their feet after a disaster, they tend to stick around too long afterwards. Offering free or greatly subsidized supplies outcompetes local businesses that would otherwise step in to fill the need. So it becomes counterproductive at some point. They tend to stay long after their usefulness. At that point continued donation is just putting another country out of business. Unless you have complete trust in the NGO, there is no way to know if your money is helping or hurting. But they'll tell you it's helping...at every opportunity.

I actually don't hate this business practice as much as most others (shortchanging employee benefits/pay, sweatshop economics, employer biased employment contracts/nondisclosure agreements, and etc. You know, "we crush you with BIG wallet" practices). While it benefits them in every aspect, it's not directly evil. As long as they don't receive a kickback from a portion of my $1 donation and the employees at the Tax exempt charitable organization aren't living in Huge houses and driving expensive cars, I can tolerate the inconvenience of telling them I'd rather donate to another charity. 

Don't feel bad about saying no.

[stigzler]

I just punch them in the snozzle. Then I give them a flower.

[Draco1962]

Cher

For that matter, almost everyone that things that having only one name makes them the hottest item since sliced salami. 

[ClassicGMR]

1) The gum-chewing bastard that snaps it. I have a guy at work that snaps his gum EVERY SINGLE TIME. I want to shove a rope down his throat, pull the other end out of his anus and tie him to the rafters that way.

 

2) Being late. I got into the habit of telling my wife to be ready by 6:30 when I want to leave by 7:00. Most of the time we make it...

 

3) People that don't silence their phones in obvious situations. We play bingo at the casino. It's not like playing at church (HEY! Another place to silence your damn phone) - you need to hear what's going on or you could miss a win. Right in the middle of a number call this dink's phone makes the most obnoxious noise. Then again... and AGAIN because he's in a texting match with someone. Then HE gets mad at ME for asking him to silence his phone. Vibrate works just as well and doesn't disturb anyone.

 

4) "No offense but..." how can that sentence end in any other way except being offensive? "No offense Bob but you stink like last week's fish catch rolled around in High Karate then fell into a litter box." "Gee... thanks for caring Tom. And not being offensive..."