Annoying Things in Life

[Tyrannigon64]

A thread to talk about things that get you frustrated, annoyed, etc.
I guess I'll start:

Being behind someone that's moving really slowly. I'm talking about in school, walking down the halls, but I assume it goes for driving too (I'm too young to drive).

When people mispronounce words, mainly "nuclear" as "nucyelar" and "frustrated" as "fustrated".

When you're about to say something to someone and you forget what you were going to say.

That's all I got right now. I might think of something later.

[SilentSentinel]

Being behind someone that's moving really slowly. I'm talking about in school, walking down the halls, but I assume it goes for driving too (I'm too young to drive).

You bet your ass it goes for driving. I don't drive that fast, but there's a lot of old people near where I live, and they go about 7mph everywhere.

[ImmunityBow]

One thing that really gets me is when people say "Calm down."

Somehow in those two words I am awash with the ideas that the person is a condescending prick attempting to make nothing of my opinion and saying that any kind of emotion I'm feeling is wrong. It leaves no room for discussion or conversation and tends to give the speaker the false feeling that he's being mature for stopping the argument.

I don't hate many things, but that would be one of the strongest contenders.

[PokePoindexter]

I don't have much of a list, but here it is:
*Being around people smoking
*Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and other inflammatory conservative TV hosts

I particularly despise the latter; it's one thing to have a certain political view. It's another to attack those who have opposing views and make yourself look like some saintly, angelic being because of them. Obviously, some are nicer than others, but Coulter and O'Reilly take the cake for the worst, I think (hence I don't watch them).

[Quinn]

being backstabbed and used by people. Simple. Or cheated on.

[MK94]

One thing that really gets me is when people say "Calm down."

Somehow in those two words I am awash with the ideas that the person is a condescending prick attempting to make nothing of my opinion and saying that any kind of emotion I'm feeling is wrong. It leaves no room for discussion or conversation and tends to give the speaker the false feeling that he's being mature for stopping the argument.

I don't hate many things, but that would be one of the strongest contenders.

i hate it when people do that.
but my sister annoys the heck out of me

[Reliability]

You bet your ass it goes for driving. I don't drive that fast, but there's a lot of old people near where I live, and they go about 7mph everywhere.

In contrast, I find it annoying when people tailgate because they think you're going too slow, but in reality, you're going over the speed limit already. Especially for me, since I'm used to driving in rush hour traffic, where 10kmph over the speed limit is still too slow for most roads.

Some other things:
-people who think that they are the smartest thing in the room
-lack of respect for authority
-TAs (and profs and teachers) that don't seem to care about the course they're supposed to be teaching.

But I could go on infinitely.

[Cyndadile]

I'm probably the only American who finds feet/inches/pints etc. annoying. GO METRIC, YOU STUBBORN HUMANS!!!

I also dislike people who believe that it is okay to write poorly online, use text language, or actually say "lol" in everyday speech.

[Reliability]

r actually say "lol" in everyday speech.

I think I do this. I'm pretty annoyed with myself.

[Cyndadile]

Some of my friends say L-O-L. One says it "lol." One syllable.

Another thing: People who honk as soon as the light turns green.

[SilentSentinel]

I'm probably the only American who finds feet/inches/pints etc. annoying. GO METRIC, YOU STUBBORN HUMANS!!!

I am with you. Why did we make such a complicated version of everything? 5280 feet per mile is not something that fits in the mind easily when compared to metric conversions.

[NyteFyre]

Hey, I'm American, and I agree with above, why must we be so stupid?

[ImmunityBow]

A foot is more manageable to keep in mind than a metre, though.

Considering that when you hear that someone is 1m 30, 1m 40 or 1m 50, it doesn't quite resonate as well as, say, 4'6", 5' or 5'6". Imperial is a little more human-scale than metric.

[NyteFyre]

Well, it's ok when doing human height, but weight, and long length, and liquid measurements are annoying to calculate in your head. I hated trying to remember liquid measurement. Liters are so much easier, though it's exploited in Europe. Try comparing $2.50 a gallon to 3 Euro a liter. It's fucked up.

[Cyndadile]

It is true that a foot has a very convinient reference length. A human foot.

But I'm glad that in Science classes at least, where we take (metric) TONS of measurements, we use the system that makes more sense.

We Americans need to either swich to metric or make some revisions to our measurements and start counting in base 12. But we're too stubborn to do either. I believe that the government has tried multiple times. (The metric part, not the base 12 part).

Its nice to know I'm not the only American who feels this way.

[Tyrannigon64]

I thought of another one: paper cuts.

[SilentSentinel]

America has attempted to convert to metric before, my dad says they tried once when he was in grade school. I think it resulted in a lot of major miscalculations with the economy though, like there was a massive NASA project that got ruined because half the units were in metric and half weren't or something.

[Cyndadile]

And another thing: Spambots.

[Irot_Rebod]

Arrogance. Or at the very least, unearned arrogance.

[STT]

Arrogance. Or at the very least, unearned arrogance.

[Cyndadile]

Excessive swearing.

[Sev]

Excessive swearing.

Well heck yeah but still when you go to a private school you can't say things like crap which i believe is ok

[STT]

Bell Canada and their retardedly low bandwidth caps. I can't even download NWN2 from Steam here because it's 1GB over my limit!

[zeroality]

Ugh bandwidth caps? That is subpar.

Can't you get DSL? They tend not to cap that because it works differently from cable. With cable, the neighborhood on the same router (or whatever) has a fixed speed limit. If someone is using a lot of speed, it slows down the other users. That isn't the case for DSL so caps usually aren't an issue.

[STT]

They do it for DSL as well -- even then I can't get it because I'm in the middle of nowhere.

[zeroality]

Oh, that sucks. :\

You know what's annoying? The fact that Photoshop costs more than twice as much as my new computer. Freaking ridiculous. And they wonder why piracy exists?

[Cyndadile]

And they wonder why piracy exists?

Unless "they" live under a rock, I'm sure that they know why. They just don't like it.

[STT]

Oh, that sucks. :\

You know what's annoying? The fact that Photoshop costs more than twice as much as my new computer. Freaking ridiculous. And they wonder why piracy exists?

Same with Flash -- I remember when Flash was $299!

[Enajcium]

nvm problem solved

[Tyrannigon64]

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[MeekRhino]

I am as confused as you.

Here's what I hate: People who take out all of their anger on you when you have nothing to do with the cause

[zeroality]

nvm problem solved

wut

Here's another thing that irks me... the fact that (apparently) Windows 7 64 bit systems come with IE8 32bit and IE8 64bit installed. Why???

IE already sucks and the only way I'd want more than one version is to have IE8/7/6 for website testing. .__________.

Now I don't know if I'm supposed to be using 32bit or 64bit IE8.

That and the fact that Windows Photo Viewer can't play .gif files seem to be the only two things that Microsoft really got wrong as far as Windows 7 is concerned. It's great otherwise.

[MeekRhino]

Yes, I'm very happy with Win7. Especially dragging windows to the side of the screen to fit half the screen. It's so helpful for coding.

[STT]

Here's another thing that irks me... the fact that (apparently) Windows 7 64 bit systems come with IE8 32bit and IE8 64bit installed. Why???

IE 64-bit doesn't support Flash for some dumb reason.

[sifira]

Thing that irks me: Gas prices. Hate not having any spare money after paying for gas. :/

[MeekRhino]

Blame !@#$ing Libya

[Reliability]

Blame !@#$ing LibyaLibyan dictators

Fixed

[MeekRhino]

You have a valid point. Although if we want to trace the problem to its actual source I would say we can blame Mubarak in Egypt. He caused 'his people' to rise up, which sparked similar ideas in several other countries, i. e. Libya

[Reliability]

I wouldn't say it sparked similar ideas. Even if Egypt hadn't done anything, there was still discontent in Libya. It might be more correct to say that the events in Egypt created an environment in which the Libyans felt comfortable in rising up.

But the root cause is still Gaddafi.

[MeekRhino]

I think that the situation in Egypt is what caused the Libians to riot. Had there been no example, the discontent would have continued for a long time without the fighting breaking out (although it probably would have eventually)