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

speak to her only in cure lyrics imo

Trayce I don't blame you, people who talk to you that way over time get you to the point where you start pre-emptively defending yourself and you hate yourself for it but they forced you into it over time!

Starting to get really ia about those pseudo-empowerment fridge magnets/postcards with a drawing of a '60s-style American housewife along with a droll 'I'M A BITCH IN THE KITCHEN' type quote.

I do like the "how about a nice cup of shut the fuck up?" one tho.

Yeah that one's cool, and the other day I saw one that was basically 'lol i just said a blonde thing', but 98% of them are things like 'WATCH OUT HUSBAND I AM A BITCH AND I AM CARRYING AN IRON'

It's just I dunno, I really don't think these days there are men who see those fridge magnets and suddenly think 'wow, women can think for themselves now'

just did a gis for 'female empowerment fridge magnets' and got this

http://images7.cpcache.com/product/women-sex+-+relationships-sex/469661757v6_225x225_Front.jpg

hahaha!

I want one of those for my fridge just to CONFUSE EVERYONE.

bahahaha

Also ia: those greeting cards with a stock photo of a cute old nanna in the 1940s and a caption that says something like 'NORMA WAS GREASING UP FOR HER SIXTH FISTING OF THE DAY'

Yeah an ex gave me a bday card like that once, a 50s guy wielding a glass of milk with some caption about it being a glass full of his own jizz, or something idk o_0

Is that why he became an ex?

Hah! No :) Actually at the time I recall finding it rather amusing.

What used to be my favourite card shop for finding birthday cards which were actually nice (not just a rubbish cartoon captioned "lol u old! time 4 a pint!!") now seems to devote 95% of their stock to these, and you can't reach the other 5% because the shop is full of teenagers sniggering at the rude cards.

Dunno if I'm angry but it's certainly mildly annoying. Still, as a business model, it seems to work for them.

Costs for postage
CD Single	UK £1.06 Europe £3.24 USA/Canada/ROW £2.99
CD Album	UK £1.50 Europe £3.98 USA/Canada/ROW £3.98

Are they heavier with more songs on them?

When ppl say "mute" point instead of "moot" point

When none of my friends can come out to a show and I bail on the whole thing because I don't want to go on my own.

I get to work early, and the lights are usually off or mostly off. It's still fairly bright in the room with the lights off (skylights). I work in a big barn of an office - there are about 50-60 people on the floor. I realize that the lights must be turned on at some point, but there is this one guy who turns them on almost every day, and he never ever gets them right the first time. So, for twenty seconds or so I'll be distracted from my work by this same guy turning all the lights on and off. He should know how they work by now.

Also, some annoying person in here has a cricket ringtone on their phone.

That is all I have today.

office recaps of the Grammys, "who ARE Arcade Fire anyway, I've never even HEARD of them!"...aghghghgg shut up

^^^^

Heard way too much of this today, particularly (surprise, surprise) popcorn girl who thinks that "people who no one has ever heard of shouldn't be allowed to win awards". Gah.

popcorn girl probably loves bieber.

Strategy: pretend you don't know who Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift or Katy Perry are. And Gaga? 'Eh, I think I've heard of her but I'm not sure.'

During my entire music journalism career I have implemented this strategy on PEARL JAM.

I'm sorry, who?

Thank heaven someone finally has the balls to knock Pearl Jam down a peg.

office recaps of the Grammys, "who ARE Arcade Fire anyway, I've never even HEARD of them!"...aghghghgg shut up

Rosie O'Donnell tweeted pretty much exactly that. ^

LOLrel wins.

(Reverse chrono order here)

Rosie O'Donnell
@realtracywalton - wow shit boppers!!!! CHILL- i downloaded them tonight - i just said i never heard of them and its true
13 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply

@drexonair -arrogance? more like ignorance...and age
13 hours ago

@hugh hugh - i bet donald never heard of them either - i am 48 - what can i tell u
13 hours ago

@Peaches66 just i tunes them
13 hours ago

@June8th1984 me 2
13 hours ago

Rosie Rosie O'Donnell
album of the year ? ummm never heard of them ever

Rosie Rosie O'Donnell
@justinbieber - i saw ur movie today - u r an amazing young man - there will be many more awards 4 u - and ur performance was amazing - xxx

his performance was amazingly terrible and I was kind of hoping he would spontaneously combust

we could only be so lucky.

"amazing" -Louis CK shd school Rosie on correct usage, lol

1. [company name here] will donate $$$$ to charities if you do x! [company name] is the best!

2. public perception: [company name] is great!

3. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/After-hockey-fan-s-50-000-goal-charities-almos?urn=nhl-320928

4. "he wasn't behind the line so we're not paying" <- then don't promise you'll donate you sad losers!

REALLY hate that. Also hate the whole 'buy this box of fried chicken and we will donate FIVE CENTS to the so-and-so appeal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' How about I just give 50c to that appeal and eat properly.

man that's like going "dude didn't spin around enough" at a dizzybat competition

this is really innocuous and I feel bad for being IA about it but
wtf with grown adults in my office handing out weird paper valentines to everyone. And not even like 'valentine' valentines, but Toy Story valentines that look more like birthday messages than valentines.

I don't understand. I mean, I'd never hand anything out to everyone I work with, I give christmas cards but only to people I talk to -- i've gotten 3 valentines from people I hardly ever talk to, and they've handed them out to everyone on my floor.

I don't know. I don't get it. It's cute, and a kind gesture I guess but seems a little OTT to me.

I didn't get any at work today and was more than fine with that.

Valentine thingo was weird yesterday. Loads of young guys clutching huge ????s of flowers (can't think of the collective noun wtf is wrong with me) and looking worried.

maybe they were "sorry i fucked up" flowers

upstairs neighbors getting all passive-aggressive about noise. at like 10 a.m., my wife was trying to get our baby to nap in the crib, the baby started crying (for like two minutes), we hear some thump-thumps from upstairs. i assume it's just a coincidence. then at 10:45 a.m., I play some music at a normal volume on my stereo, hear some more thump-thumps from upstairs. don't know why adults think this is an appropriate way to communicate displeasure with sound issues, especially minor sound issues taking place in the late morning on a weekday. maybe they work nights and are trying to sleep that late? that would be fine, if they actually communicated that they would prefer for us to keep it down in the morning, instead of thumping on the floor like cavemen.
this has made me tense all day, especially because we were going to try and start sleep training the baby this weekend, which is probably going to involve some crying.

i wasn't looking worried, just a little anxious

you shouldn't have to feel like you have to walk on eggshells because of their pussy-assedness. IMO, just keep doing what you're doing until they have the stones to come over and 'complain'.

that said, wtf is the baby supposed to do about the issue, it's a baby, they cry, fuck those neighbors.....

(xpost)

and we don't just sit there and let the baby cry! we don't want the baby to cry! anytime she cries, we are actively doing all we can to make her stop. and loud thumping noises coming from the ceiling are not likely to help soothe her. aargh.

I have irrational anger today and I dont know why or what at, so it's all leaking out and getting all into areas of my life I am not angry at. I feel bitchy and irritable and defensive but the more I worry about how that's making me behave the worse I get and the feedback loop is giving me a fucking headache.

xpost I mean it's your fucking house, what are you supposed to do, sit in silence? It's one thing if you're like me and you blast kung-fu movies loudly and the neighbor comes over to ask to turn it down...then you turn it down, but I mean even if they're on an irregular schedule, they should understand that everybody else isn't.

A couple of years ago we had a harpist downstairs. Harps are REALLY REALLY LOUD and she'd be striking up at all hours. We spoke to her and said we understood she needs to practise but please don't do it under our bedroom and at stupid hours. She was considerate (after a fashion) for about three months then just lost interest. If ever we get a harpist down there again I'm down there in a flash. Fuck it, we're not having our goodwill abused like that again.

xxpost maybe the IA's all need a group outing for a yearly massage and trip to the shooting range

xp but then we've had an incredible string of arseholes down there. I think I did a list here once.

It is difficult if youre a professional tho. My friend Kat is a concert French Horn player (French Hornist? idk) and she has to practice. Her housemated used to bitch at her cause housemate worked from home or something and wanted peace, I was like ffs dont move in with a musician then?

housemated?

I am really not having a good day. I need to see a brain specialist /mrgumby