Innocuous things that make you irrationally angry (a list thread)

162. people asking nosy/judgemental questions about innocuous things. eg "oh you've been shopping at that expensive supermarket? very grand" or something. it's my business where i shop, not yours! i realise this can be done in a way that's not annoying but irish people have a knack of mixing the nosy with the judgemental.

163. There's a woman in our office who sends out monthly staff e-mails, reminding us when to pay our state taxes, our property taxes, our federal income taxes. It's like, Thanks Mom, except of all the things my mother ever harassed me about, it wasn't ever about my taxes.

Same woman threatened to call the DMV when she noticed a car in the parking garage with a Vermont plate that had been there for more than 30 days.

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I am the worst possible type of douchebag and I cordially invite you to punch me until I die at http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG man when will it stop smh

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164. The word "veggies." For some reason just hearing it, especially out of the mouths of adults, makes me want to scream. What the hell is wrong with the perfectly good word "vegetables?"

And when I read that word, I hear it being said sarcastically, like by George Carlin or somebody, and I get even more irrationally angry.

hi smoek!!!!!!!

That "Being A Dickhead's Cool" video. I know we've discussed the hipster backlash to death now, but over the last few weeks this has been posted to my FB wall and sent to my email no less than 10-15 times, and it's really not THAT funny in this post-Barley world. Plus, I mean, who's got the time to make a zingy music video taking the piss out of the Shoreditch media crowd, other than said Shoreditchers themselves?

It is sad when a cat sleeping against a radiator looks so damn cute that you pat it and you both get a static shock and the cat looks at you like "what the hell did you ruin my nap for"

― patapon pataphysics (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:24 (Yesterday) Bookmark

How about being so allergic to cats in the first place you daren't even pet them for fear of sneezing and spluttering for the rest of the afternoon?

The whole serious/cereal thing is a South Park joke that was taking the mick out of Al Gore.

23. use of the word "random" outside of anything mathematical. i think it stems from ppl who use it to describe anything slapstick or absurd (a monkey in hockey skates omg so random!!!!) but i now have a Pavlovian response to it in any context.

Some (nice but boring) friends of my girlfriend described a recent Groove Armada concert they attended as "the randomest gig I've ever seen" - they didn't mean this in a good way.

i've heard so many people complaining about random that i think that should be added to this list. it strikes me as needless annoyance at an increasingly commonplace substitute for "weird".

what's wrong with it as a 'weird' substitute?

seems like a fairly random petty annoyance tbh

I'm not crazy about the collective term 'randoms' to describe other people.

x-post yeah i agree, i don't see anything wrong with it. it seems like something people criticise to try and distinguish themselves via their despair at the way their generation behaves.

just as you're saying that- it's a straight nabbed line form a dylan moran rant about his teenagers in his latest stand-up

trust a comedian

his whole steez is petty annoyances, but i do like him

That "Being A Dickhead's Cool" video. I know we've discussed the hipster backlash to death now, but over the last few weeks this has been posted to my FB wall and sent to my email no less than 10-15 times, and it's really not THAT funny in this post-Barley world. Plus, I mean, who's got the time to make a zingy music video taking the piss out of the Shoreditch media crowd, other than said Shoreditchers themselves?

This was so awful, I only got 20 seconds in.

and when you try and say this to people they're like "it's JUST A JOKE". worst defence of anything ever. "what i said was JUST A CRITICISM OF A JOKE, don't take it so seriously, come on, lighten up!"

Haha, yeah if you're talking about the dickhead video, I got tagged as being a funhater when I moaned about it.

As for "random" and "weird" as a complaint - this is usually boring people who say this, and it's normally about something that is neither random nor weird, e.g. "OMG, I can't watch Big Brother anymore it's way too random".

How about being so allergic to cats in the first place you daren't even pet them for fear of sneezing and spluttering for the rest of the afternoon?

― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Yeah, I know.

I used to have a cat. It died, and I suddenly felt great.

dunno if it's irrational or not, but the lady sitting next to me on the bus using an emery board to shred her fingernails all over the floor made me nigh-on apoplectic

People who use the stalls rather than urinals (which is fine by itself) but then DON'T SHUT THE DOOR. I mean obviously visually there's nothing wrong with it as its the same as someone at a urinal, but half the time I enter the stall thinking it's free and well it's occupied and I couldn't tell cuz YOU LEFT THE DOOR OPEN.

also people in one-seater bathrooms and don't lock the door so I walk in and get to observe someone dropping a load.

just check for feet dude, in both cases there

it's like knocking almost

Re "random": I went on a youth retreat in 1991 and was set up to room with a girl from Colorado. She and all her flaky friends used the word "random" about fifty times a day to describe absolutely anything, and it irritated me THEN. Would not room with.

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just check for feet dude, in both cases there

how can I check for feet in a one-seater bathroom if there is no stall? you open the door, and walla, there's a toilet.

unless you're suggesting I saw the bottom of the door off, which might seem like a decent idea but will probably lead to many visits to the clink for me.

Next on the list: People who get on the "up" elevator expecting it to be the "down" elevator. GEE IT'S TOO BAD THERE ISN'T A BUNCH OF ARROWS AT THE TOP OF THE ELEVATORS THAT LIGHT UP TO SHOW YOU WHICH WAY IT IS GOING.

walla?

Voila!

What are we at, 167?

167. Qualifying again for the record that this is *innocuous* things that make me *irrationally* angry, I put forward thus: small talk in moments when silence would not be the worst thing in the world. To wit: the annoying local Sbucks girl who I referenced calling me 'sweetheart' way upthread, today just started asking me random questions about my day, my life...I'm not saying I'm averse to that in general. But I'd like her to know that she doesn't need to entertain me or engage me. I'm happy with the making of coffee and exchanging of money for said coffee, and maybe a pleasant hello and goodbye. Too much is made of friendly banter. Somedays it's like drama camp in there and I really am very happy with their service without all of those uberfriendly bells and whistles. It's too fake, it makes me incredibly uncomfortable, mad and sort of annoyed.

But I'm a grump.

Ctrl+F "Annoy" FOUND.

If you were a dude, just sayin'.

164. The word "veggies." For some reason just hearing it, especially out of the mouths of adults, makes me want to scream. What the hell is wrong with the perfectly good word "vegetables?"

― a seminar on ass play for kids or something (Phil D.), Tuesday, October 5, 2010 1:54 PM (2 days ago)

Yeah, but if I heard you say "vegetable-burger" it'd probably be more annoying.

stoners who talk very slowly and uncertainly about boring shit ("Ummmmmmmmmm... I thinkkk... I'm goinggg to go brush my teeth now?")

yall some irrational mf-ers

161. People who see bicyclists in their designated bike lane and still do the overdramatic swerve halfway out of their lane to avoid the nonexistent collision that isn't about to occur. FFS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LANE YOU IDIOTS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HIT THEM IF YOU STAY IN YOURS.

― it takes a nation of will.i.ams to hold us back (San Te), Tuesday, October 5, 2010 10:34 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

okay, i do this. but in my defense, i do it not to avoid some imagined collision, but to create a situation in which cyclists feel safe and harm is not likely to occur to anyone if things go wrong. like, if the car next to me swerves into my lane, or i into its, then we're probably just gonna scrape off some paint. the likelihood of real tragedy is low. but if a bike and i happen to rub fenders, it's very likely that the cyclist is gonna suffer serious injury. i assume that cyclists know this, and try to reassure them that i have their safety in mind.

i figure my car is a lethal weapon relative to cyclists and pedestrians, and i understand that things could go terribly wrong at any moment. therefore, when driving, i do what i can to make other people feel (and actually be) safe. that is, i swerve around cyclists for their peace of mind more than for my own.

how can I check for feet in a one-seater bathroom if there is no stall? you open the door, and Chris Walla, there's a toilet.

― it takes a nation of will.i.ams to hold us back (San Te), Wednesday, October 6, 2010 9:48 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

chris walla, i died

walla walla washington

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oops, got my 'i's and 'o's wrong

162. people who sign their e-mails with just their first initial

aw cmon srsly?

do you want me to call you "d" if I ever meet you irl

beats shit outta 'daz' if i'm honest, and yeah 'd' is fine.