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

we were bored one day, we went to east gippsland, we stopped at moe for lunch, 'er indoors threatened divorce

in our family Moe is affectionately known as "poo town"

looooooooooool

- when the people at the caff put soy sauce on my dim sims, after i specifically requested they not do so, with exaggerated head shake, twice.

- witch house music

"course you want soy sauce EVERYONE wants soy sauce on their dimmies or are you a poofta or something"

she appears to be young european student tho

in bulgarian 'no' means 'i am a stan for your condiments'

Absolutely despise whoever started the e-trend of "[statement]?...i think so"

You see it a lot of fb/twitter/etc:

"vail on sunday?... i think so"
"night out with the girls?... i think so"
"pancakes as hangover cure?... i think so"

STOP IT

I'm already 10000% over "winning" and "tiger blood". If Charlie Sheen doesnt get committed to a mental hospital soon or snort a bucket full of chlorine pool cleaner I may well shoot him in the face myself

Really disgusted at how people are just lapping that shit up. It's the single most obvious self-promotion streak I've seen in years (his joint venture with ad.ly should have tipped off a load of people but nooooo).

also I have all that crap blocked in tw4tter so

grown adult students who haven't done any study or homework (despite my most bestest motivations) complaining that their company will make them pay for the exam if they don't pass it & getting all passive aggressive & panicky about it nnnnnnnnng!

people who wear shorts in the winter...wtf is that shit. hey bozo, its 20 degrees out get one pant.

Maybe they're going to or from the gym?

there's a guy who lives somewhere near me who I often see walking his dog while wearing shorts even when it's very much below freezing. It doesn't bother me at all though.

Smokers who are technically obeying the letter of the law by standing 10 feet or whatever outside the entrance to a building, but stand directly in the path of travel for people entering or leaving so you have to walk through a cloud of smoke anyway.

no its definately not gym attire. its like cargo shorts and sweaters.

Don't worry, Jon -- NYC is like 6 mos away from banning all smoking in places where anyone else can smell you, see you, hear you, or sense you with their extra-special non-smoker telepathy.

Oh I knew I would rile up the smokers with that one.

Oh man this should probably go on the things that make you irrationally angry thread for me. It's freezing here right now and I saw some asshole yesterday walking around in shorts. I HATE those idiot fratty dudes who insist on wearing shorts when it's ridiculously cold out and there seem to be tons around here. What is that? I mean, what are they trying to prove? Hate them.

― ENBB, Friday, December 17, 2010 10:01 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark

and, yeah, I was not talking about gym people

haha.

my neighbor does this all year. he's out taking his dog for a shit in shorts and a fucking sweater.

the reason it makes me mad is because I'm pretty sure that in some cases it's some sort of lame machismo.

macho cheesmo as i once heard it called.

i think im my neighbors case its because he's a big dude...which then makes it ok?

I will sometimes wear shorts in the winter if I'm going to the store down the block or something, but that's different and I get what you're talking about. People who wear shorts as all-day attire in the winter seem like they're showing off.

xp - see, I would take the dog out for a walk while wearing shorts because I usually wear shorts while at home and I don't mind the cold that much.

(i don't have a dog, but i do that when i'm dog sitting)

my neighbor does this all year. he's out taking his dog for a shit in shorts and a fucking sweater.

Oh man it takes FOREVER to get dog shit out of shorts, your neighbor is in big trouble.

some people just aren't that bothered by the cold, it's no big deal and I don't think they're doing it because of some macho attitude

YETIs

I had a friend in junior high that always wore a combo of shorts and sweaters. It got to the point that even our history teacher was poking fun at him for it, throwing asides in class about his "confused internal temperature" and stuff.

I do remember that when I started going out with my girlfriend, she would often refuse to put on a hat no matter how cold it was (and it can get pretty cold here) because it would mess up her hair. Then later she would complain about the cold.

I get pissed at people who keep their homes extra warm during the winter. If you have radiant heat and can't control it, whatever. But if you have a house with central heat, why would you ever put it above 70 degrees?

I'm not sure if old people are a special case, but I'm pretty sure I've been in 80 degree old person homes.

my house is a toasty 70 degrees in the winter, pellet stove.

that has to be the worst name for a heating unit ever, it sounds like it runs on rabbit shit

pellets look like rabbit shit too.

some people just aren't that bothered by the cold, it's no big deal and I don't think they're doing it because of some macho attitude

― peter in montreal, Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:09 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark

I didn't say all but I'm pretty sure that some are esp when it's < freezing outside. Also, the people that do this under the kind of conditions I'm talking about are almost ALWAYS meathead looking dudes.

Oh man this should probably go on the things that make you irrationally angry thread for me. It's freezing here right now and I saw some asshole yesterday walking around in shorts. I HATE those idiot fratty dudes who insist on wearing shorts when it's ridiculously cold out and there seem to be tons around here. What is that? I mean, what are they trying to prove? Hate them.

― ENBB, Friday, December 17, 2010 10:01 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark

― ENBB, Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:56 AM Bookmark

When I went to school in Missouri, the cold weather season would start a lot sooner than it did back home. After one night of sub-teens and nine inches of snowfall, my roommate from Kansas City and I were walking to class and kept seeing dudes walking around in shorts.

"What is wrong with those people?" I asked.
"You know what you call those people?" my roommate asked back. I shook my head no. "IOWANS."

Also, I went to high school with a guy who perpetually wore a sweatshirt and shorts every day. One day I called him out on it, and he replied, "You ever wear pants and a t-shirt? SAME THING."

It's not the same thing, but 20 years later, I still don't have a good snappy comeback. He's a Methodist minister now.

I do remember that when I started going out with my girlfriend, she would often refuse to put on a hat no matter how cold it was (and it can get pretty cold here) because it would mess up her hair. Then later she would complain about the cold.

i never wear hats, not b/c they mess up my hair but i feel uncomfortable wearing them, and i still complain about the cold - hats don't really do me much good against the cold

TS: Shorts as a specific answer to a specific problem, ie really hot weather-dressing, and only to be applied when that problem is present

VS

shorts as a "neutral" clothing item that is equal with pants and can be applied at any time that circumstances don't absolutely prohibit it, like, say, you are in Antarctica.

i also wear shorts in winter sometimes, but only when running/exercising. i don't hate men who do cuz those men usually have nice legs to look at

I have gotten past it, but I always liked the idea that wearing shorts was somehow inherently undignified and shameful in men.

I mean, I am so far past this and wear shorts and flip flops and shit now, but only during the hottest couple months of the year.

Just to be clear - I don't have a problem with shorts in general per say just the inappropriate wearing thereof by a specific breed of tough guys.

I think it's kinda "I was raised by wolves" to think of shorts as just the same as all other clothing, but it doesn't make me IA in particular.

When I went to school in Missouri, the cold weather season would start a lot sooner than it did back home. After one night of sub-teens and nine inches of snowfall, my roommate from Kansas City and I were walking to class and kept seeing dudes walking around in shorts.

"What is wrong with those people?" I asked.
"You know what you call those people?" my roommate asked back. I shook my head no. "IOWANS."

this is hilariously OTM

I'm against inappropriate wearing in general, although now I keep thinking about a guy who lived near me in college who would wear shorts during the winter. He also was barefoot often and was medicated for being batshit insane. The year before I was there he'd randomly kick people in the shins.

fwiw, he was MINNESOTAN and going to school in Iowa. lol.

Just to be clear - I don't have a problem with shorts in general per say just the inappropriate wearing thereof by a specific breed of tough guys.

i sense a tough guys/nice legs correlation

Also correlation to be drawn between wearing shorts over the age of 30 and a Crate Logic sleeve full of Jimmy Buffet CDs in the sun visor.

I think we're saying "tough guys" as a pejorative. I'm envisioning ratty cargo shorts, oversized sweatshirt, backward baseball cap here.