Voila!
― kate78, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 14:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
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.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 7 October 2010 02:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ctrl+F "Annoy" FOUND.
If you were a dude, just sayin'.
― http://tinyurl.com/hommphommp (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 7 October 2010 03:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
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.
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Thursday, 7 October 2010 04:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
stoners who talk very slowly and uncertainly about boring shit ("Ummmmmmmmmm... I thinkkk... I'm goinggg to go brush my teeth now?")
― babygirlwc, Thursday, 7 October 2010 04:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
yall some irrational mf-ers
― (♥_♥) (roxymuzak), Thursday, 7 October 2010 04:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
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.
― miss danilelle steven and her clitoral stimulator (contenderizer), Thursday, 7 October 2010 04:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
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
― 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
― BIG BOOS aka the screamdriver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 October 2010 04:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
chris walla, i died
― (♥_♥) (roxymuzak), Thursday, 7 October 2010 05:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
walla walla washington
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 7 October 2010 05:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
violagina
― san te cross (onimo), Thursday, 7 October 2010 09:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
oops, got my 'i's and 'o's wrong
162. people who sign their e-mails with just their first initial
― dayo, Thursday, 7 October 2010 09:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
aw cmon srsly?
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Thursday, 7 October 2010 09:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
do you want me to call you "d" if I ever meet you irl
― dayo, Thursday, 7 October 2010 09:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
beats shit outta 'daz' if i'm honest, and yeah 'd' is fine.
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Thursday, 7 October 2010 09:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
163. The theme tune to QI.
― Rob Liefeld pose (chap), Thursday, 7 October 2010 10:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
:( this is something i do as an affectionate thing to friends!
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Thursday, 7 October 2010 10:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
I do "xok" to friendskisses, hugs, kate
lol at voilagina!
― kate78, Thursday, 7 October 2010 11:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Rob Liefeld pose (chap), Thursday, 7 October 2010 10:21 (47 minutes ago)
That's one of the best theme tunes on TV though!
Then again I'm kind of a suckah for terrible cod-reggae.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 7 October 2010 11:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's one of those tunes that begs for totally made-up lyrics while you hear it.
― Mark G, Thursday, 7 October 2010 12:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Q-I with Ste-phen Fry/He... is rea...lly smart/Al-an is kinda dumb/And I forget about the other one..."
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 7 October 2010 13:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Haha that works pretty well.
Lol "violagina"
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 7 October 2010 13:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
164. "Special edition" CD digipacks that are so tightly glued that they tear the first time you get the CD out to play it
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 23:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
Which one?
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 23:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
Most recently, Underworld's 'Barking', and before that Ben Frost's 'By the Throat'
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 02:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ive also had that happen with the packaging of the last several seasons of Simpsons on DVD. Stupid carboardy folded packages that end up smearing packaging glue onto the discs :/
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 02:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
165. Being hounded to get in line at a buffet.
― Kerm, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 02:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
See also: price tags and ad stickers that are so tightly glued to the digipack cover you end up tearing it when you try to take them off.
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 October 2010 10:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
or that leave that evil sticky glue residue that's still there 10 years later...JB HiFi in Melbourne I'm talking to YOU.
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 15 October 2010 17:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
166. Not angry, but irrationally shaking my head: The Johnny Depp gif, the Andy Rooney YouTubes, the freaking madlibs getting passed around... All of these things have been online for the past three or four years. Not trying to be "That's sooooo 2008, you guys," but ILX is above my 60-year-old co-worker who keeps forwarding us the meringue dancing dog video.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 15 October 2010 18:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Are you talking about the word-replacing gifs, or just people posting general gifs a lot? The word replacements really annoy me, but I don't think it's irrational - they are annoying, fact. I certainly don't mind textual things like the DUMPLINGS! substitution, but that doesn't repeatedly flash at me demanding my attention.
― emil.y, Friday, 15 October 2010 18:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:59 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Saturday, 16 October 2010 04:02 (5 hours ago) Bookmark
Yes! YES! They shall know my RAGE!
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sections/tabs of websites that are headed "contact us" but instead of leading to an informative section with phone number, address, email location and opening hours, automatically opens a 'mailto' email in Internet explorer or some shit.
― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
168. Those wee knobbly bits at crossings in city centres (presumably to stop blind people walking in front of the buses). I should not have to endure mild discomfort through thin-soled shoes just to prevent blind people from dying!
(& you'd think they'd hurt the guide dogs)
― underrated football teams I have owned (onimo), Monday, 18 October 2010 09:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
still, more than ever, and this burning is an eternal flame: PEOPLE WHO DO NOT JAYWALK
the rage
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Monday, 18 October 2010 09:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's been a while, but:
The person who used to forward "inspirational" messages regarding some child that died but before he/she did, created some epiphany regarding the world/god/etc that was moving and touched the heart of the vicar/priest/mother/whoever.
― Mark G, Monday, 18 October 2010 10:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
Has admitted to being Irish in order to have sex (darraghmac) wrote this on thread Current Facebook friends status updates on board 7Curtis's 7borad on Jul 23, 2010next person tries to teach me about JOY IN LIFE gets a tubgirl in return
next person tries to teach me about JOY IN LIFE gets a tubgirl in return
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Monday, 18 October 2010 10:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is probably the most innocuous thing on the whole thread, and I really don't know why it annoys me: when you're on a bus, and someone rings the bell for the next stop *milliseconds* after it pulls away from the current stop. Just let us believe, just for a moment, that we might move more than 500 yards without stopping AGAIN?
― Not the real Village People, Monday, 18 October 2010 19:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
Fuck yes. This is the only way anyone remembers they still have Outlook on their home computers, right?
― ailsa, Monday, 18 October 2010 19:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
As someone who has spent the past month trying to find the physical addresses of way-too-many college basketball arenas, I second this "innocuous thing".
― http://tinyurl.com/whitepony (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 18 October 2010 19:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
H8 OUTLOOK
― (♥_♥) (roxymuzak), Monday, 18 October 2010 21:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
172. Vevo
― Kerm, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 03:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
JB Hifi drive me mad with their crappy excess shrinkwrap and stupid stickers grrr.
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 08:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
Do they still use that yellow tape? Argh!!!!
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
chipmunks...until i shoot them
― thebingo2010 (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm sure this will be another one that straddles the "innocuous" line for some of us, but after my last two morning commutes - I need to add commuters who sprawl out with their daily newspapers on a packed train.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 13:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
That's just plain rude. Non-folders are straight-up assholes & deserve our wrath
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 13:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah I'm with you on that one.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 13:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
I do this, I like to give the driver plenty of warning. And what annoys me is when someone pulls the cord after I have already signaled for a stop. Then they continue to tug on it because they think it's not working. I ALREADY DID IT BRO, RELAX.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 13:57 (2 years ago) Permalink