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

I may have mentioned this one before: front-door callers, particularly strangers or tradesmen, who use the letterbox as a door knocker.

people who get all righteous about high fructose corn syrup but will eat crazy-salty potato chips & agave-sweetened cereal (or whatever) by the handful-tonne

> why should i need to download and install something for this when there are perfectly good authentication mechanisms on their website already?

these'll be digitally signed using a token in the download file, not just your 8 digit password - 940 lines of base64 encoded file if this one i'm looking at is typical, 50k of binary.

fuck the man

In fairness to yr momz this is absurdly stupid and shouldn't be allowed to happen, I can see plenty of people making a smilar mistake.

oh no doubt, my anger was at the situation and the events that led to it, not my mom (who is awesome)

Rain, wind, and fucking useless umrellas.

obligatory lol about "buying music".

That said…
- timers over 300 seconds
- Impeach Obama banner ads
- Two files that have to be joined to be played correctly.
- Bunch of weird metric euro talk that I don't understand.

Dust getting stuck to the bottom of my bare feet from dirty floors. Rage!

Oh and little chunks of food stuck in the kitchen sink trap - Rarrrr!

Dust stuck to your feet that then makes its way into your bed!

Also, kitty litter stuck to kitty toes that makes its way into the bed >:(

there is nothing irrational about getting angry over finding kitty litter in your bed

You don't understand, KittyLitter is the name of her dog.

Oh and little chunks of food stuck in the kitchen sink trap - Rarrrr!

you know what is awesome about this, though? taking it out. feels GOOD.

What? With your hands? All the little bits of grody slimy vegetable matter? <shudders>

that's why you use a straw

your screen name makes me think of a push-broom, dp

hahahahaha

You don't understand, KittyLitter is the name of her dog.

I used to get IA at being mistaken for a girl based on my name. Still don't like when people spell it "Jessie."

Yes with your hands. It's part of growing up.

It's okay, Jesse. I won't cut fresh flowers for you.

I hate having to tell clerks at kiosks/coffeeshops/wherever my name. Not for any privacy or respect reasons. It's just that they always misspell Tre as Tray or Trey or Ray or Tony or Tay or Terry or Trip. And even if they get it right, I'll still miss them calling it out when my order is ready since the AYE sound is probably the most common sound in the English language.

I've experimented with giving them a different name, but (A) Suddenly being asked your name and fumbling for an answer is one of the oldest tricks in the book for cops and border patrol. It's the most difficult question to lie about, if you're unprepared.

and (B), no one's going to believe that my name is Javier anyway.

I'm sorry, but what is your real name? If I may ask.

Dray?

Gary

Just say Pleasant Plains

My name is Tre.

Also, kitty litter stuck to kitty toes that makes its way into the bed >:(

This. And it really doesn't matter what kind you try, the cat will eventually find a way to track if all over the bed.

the secret is to lock you cats in the basement.

It especially sucks that the only logical place for the litter box in my current apartment is in an alcove about 7 feet from my bed. I'm going to finally get around to some Ikea hacking one day soon, hopefully that will help. Something like this will be good.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VyaOMCUEpoU/SeWlxrIhw1I/AAAAAAAAALM/JSWgjrTnxGU/s400/Cat+Box-6.JPG

here ya go jesse:
http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/pets/freds-diy-self-venting-cat-litter-box-project-128782

That's awesome, though not practical for me at this time.

yeah that would be so great if i could do that. With two cats its so hard to keep the house from smelling even cleaning it every day. Anyone have any tips?

my trick is expensive cat food + litter box in basement + air freshener

does the expensive food help control the odor, cuz i buy the cheapest shit out there. no way im spending $7.00 on a bag of high fallutin cat food.

I spend like $35 on a bag that probably lasts the little dude like two months, I think.

thats ridiculous, is it made out of gold?

that's like 50 cents a day! I lose that much pocket change

http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/product-details.aspx?pet=cat&pid=23

smartcatbox.com you guys

best cat-related investment ever

i mean there is still a little odor but for real, nowhere near as odoriferous as any litter i've tried

That looks pretty ok.

Just whatever you do, don't buy those automatic electronic litter boxes with the scooping rake that is motion-activated.

Wow, that actually does look good....

I had an electric litter box b/c my deal with myself was that I could have a cat if I sprang for one, but it SUCKED. Sometimes it was OK, but mostly the rake would stab urine clumps and cat turds and take them for a ride. And after a while it would get hung up, and go rrrrRRRRRrrrrrRRRRR until I woke up and cleaned it or turned it off. UGH.

I would mention more, but it doesn't make me IA, it's a completely rational anger that people keep buying them and they flat-out do not work. You just end up with a litterbox that has crap and urine-soaked chunks equally distributed around the whole

Now I feel obliged to give Littermaid a bad review on Amazon.

how does that smart litter box work for shit?

There is a link to this video on the website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AXmMSuL5C4. There is a filter on the floor that lets the seeds through and filters the shit.

haha, her name is "kitty maus"

scoop the poops with standard litter scoop
remove the urine collection tray
empty both into toilet
flush

Real answer to the kitty litter in bed: Get rid of your cats. Problem solved!

Needy animals make me IA.