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

fwiw, they probably do help you sustain an erection and give you the advertised "endurance," assuming you use it as a cock ring.

magnets, how do they not work.

Blogs generally do not help me sustain an erection.

People who ride their bikes across crosswalks when the "Don't Walk" sign is up. I already think it's dangerous enough to do that when you DO have the WALK sign, rather than walking it across, because we have a lot of asshole drivers here, and it's harder to dive to safety when you're on top of the bike...I've seen people hit before.

but for fuck's sake, riding across when you have the DON'T WALK sign is just idiotic. you're just asking to get your face smashed in, and because you're riding across and not walking, reaction time is gonna be even briefer for the people in the cars.

A bicycle shouldn't be in the crosswalk anyway.

I dreamed I ran someone over by mistake last night, coulda been reality just an hour ago

bicyclists around my office making me IA lately -- one guy waits for the green left turn arrow (waits for it halfway out into the middle of a busy intersection) then once he's across he darts into the sidewalk on the other side of the street, and rides down the sidewalk a block past the intersection to the next street.

one one side, pretty sneaky way to not have to wait for the lights.
on the other side, how about you fucking wait for the goddamn traffic lights in the direction you should be going, and not Magyver your way through traffic.

Magyver your way through traffic

my new verb of choice <3

Nearly hit by a cyclist yesterday. like: there is a pedestrian standing on the kerb at a crossing. the crossing goes green for pedestrians. what might the pedestrian do next?

for bonus points, you can easily see 1. the pedestrian, 2. their green crossing light, and 3. a red light on your own road. the pedestrian cannot see you easily, as you are behind them. what ways can you think of not to hit the pedestrian?

final advanced level question: there is a bus stopping at a bus stop and the doors open. if you cycle at 20mph up the pavement right alongside the bus, might anyone step out onto the pavement from a position where they can't see you, such as inside a bus?

hey, I dunno!

realising you've forgotten to hang your washing out at five minutes to bedtime.

;_;

(hang out in the spare room that is. i'm not sad mr sun has gone away. anyway it's just displacement anger, the real issue is me still sitting here f5ing at 20 minutes past bedtime.)

The "if you don't have an iPhone" commercial...like, see this is why people hate you. It makes me embarrassed to even have one.
Also the iBooks demonstration they click past at least 3 possible screens where they could have downloaded the stupid Stieg Larsson book RRAAGGH

hey do they explain how crap ibooks is? 'choose from a wide selection of dozens of titles'

lol...the free Proj Gutenberg stuff has a better selection

About the bike stuff- I don't ride on the sidewalk, but I do do a pretty cool macguyver thing at one particular intersection by school that involves riding through with traffic after I've lost my green left turn light, stopping in front of the two lanes of cars opposite who have also lost their green turn light, and then going on my left turn once everyone has their red. I'm pretty good at it and it's safe, anyway. There is no dodging involved, at least not any dodging or defensive riding I wouldn't have to do anyway riding straight with traffic.

mmmhhhmmmm (narrows eyes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnOvMFnRvs

wrong thread! that was for the rebecca black thread. but enjoy css anyway.

- people who wipe their arse like they're buffing scratches off a car

how do you know they do this

the noises!

I know this is such a mundane IA, it's probably been covered 900 times but being trapped in an elevator with someone who tells you their life story when you ask "How are you".

got a full story of someone's ear infection, doctor's appointment, weekend of sickness... honestly, likeigiveafuck.gif

how do you know they do this

dude you can hear it over the partition, scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape

Re "how are you": In the nicest way possible and I really mean that, maybe next time don't...ask? I know that one assumes people will understand that it's a meaningless social gesture but maybe it shouldn't be.

that sounds unpleasant for their anii xpost

hence my ia

There's someone on my floor who . . . I don't know what his BMs are like or what his problems might be, but whenever we're in there at the same time I just hear him tearing off strip after strip after strip of toilet paper. Like, two feet at a time, about ten times in a row. Are you bleeding down there? Building a TP snowman? Deliberately trying to break the toilet? What?

xxpost Laurel, yeah it's hard... In this case today she asked me how I was so my automatic response is "Great! How are you?" ...I think I need to think ahead sometimes and maybe not respond that way with the over-sharers, I dunno. But it feels rude not to ask so...

Argh, I know and people who're always negative and tone-deaf about how boring/awful they sound are their own problem, too.

I really wish people would stop talking to me today. Can't move for people I know and/or complete strangers trying to force a conversation onto me. Toilets, lifts, you name it.

maybe you have a friendly face

I cannot think of a single aspect of myself atm that says 'talk to me i am friendly'

Can't imagine why anyone would have that impression of you tbqh :p

Fucking power outages pissing me off ATM. Two in the past two days, more bad weather, more outages likely bah grr

APPLE EAR BUDS.

FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT.

They fall out of my ears if I turn my head a few degrees, and forget about wearing them while running or working out. Isn't Apple supposed to be known for their design wizardry??

Oh god I hate them too...always forget to bring my sennheisers home from work and have to suffer the pain and annoyingness of those stupid things...they are the worst ... and the sound is for shit, to boot

- People who think headphones included with audio devices are worth a shit

I actually like the sound when I press them deep into my ears. My Shures don't have enough bass and mid-range for my liking. (And I'm using the Apple ones instead of the Shures right now b/c the adapter cord broke.)

xp - I don't think they are worth shit, but I think they should be at least serviceable!

Maybe your ears are just a more awesome shape than the average human and so they don't fit right

I have Sennheisers that go everywhere with me, a backup pair of Sennheisers that also go everywhere with me, a backup pair of Sonys that are behind emergency glass at home, a backup pair of rubbish Sennheisers that I bought accidentally, a bag of ear plugs, a drill with a bit that's perfect for bursting ear drums and easy access to a train line for a quick and instant death. If all of those fail I have a pair of Apple earbuds under the stairs.

Maybe your ears are just a more awesome shape than the average human and so they don't fit right

I like this standard, because according to it, my ears are incredibly fucking awesome.

This is not innocuous but I feel like this doubles as my letting off steam thread so

They laid off at least 10 people at work today. They have never laid off that many. Two of the layoffs were a young husband and wife whose 8 yo daughter died suddenly last year. I don't even know how that family absorbs/deals with that at all, or how the company even decided to lay them both off at the same time. They laid off 4 ppl from our Eaat .coast office, leaving one person. And a senior marketing manager who runs that department and I have no idea how that even gets absorb, she was far from "dead wood"

I just...maybe I should have out this on the I'm sad thread, but I'm fucking mad. And it's tilting at windmills because it doesnt do any good to be mad...but I spent all day thinking about all these people going home to their families and it just...

Weird, weird fucking day

god, that sucks, VG. i'm sorry.

Thanks. I'm still processing it...we are a pretty small company and I think theyve been "protecting" us from layoffs for longer than they should have. We have had some cutbacks over the years, but it was usually only one or two a year...this was huge. Its shitty to say I don't fear for my job right now, but that is not what I is driving my emotions right now...they set this company up so that we would be like a family, so that's how it has been. I think the 180 on that position with these cuts just feels hypocritical and I don't like being lied to

Agh ranting now, I'll stop

Oh VG that is horrible :( It leaves the rest of you feeling so uncertain which is just the worst!

I was gonna come here and kick a can about how pissy I am about my stupid jokes on ILX about myself being apparently taken seriously but all water under bridge.

the only thought i'm gonna express on that subject is that if you find you keep having to point out things are a joke there might be something in the telling that isn't quite working..

You can kick your can, Trayce...I think I've let off all the steam I have, lol. And for the record I never take you seriously :) <3

if you find you keep having to point out things are a joke there might be something in the telling that isn't quite working.

I dont really give a fuck either way at this point tbh.

What I dont appreciate is people making up blatant lies about me for the lolz on a thread thats about someone else, and turning into a joke at my expense. I dont find that kind of thing remotely funny especially from people I know in real life.