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

god, i turn into such a little schoolmarm when people litter. i don't call them on it in flagrante delicto, because i like not getting stabbed, but something inside me wants to shake them and say "can't you just hold onto your trash a *bit* longer? have you never heard of stormwater runoff?? think of the poor choking seagulls!"

but at least i don't rap while i do it...

http://youtu.be/SJNFT8G_VP0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJNFT8G_VP0&feature=player_embedded

- the new Youtu.be addresses.

There are chunks of food in my drain right now. I am steeling myself to go in there and get them, but it must be done post coffee, else someone may get hurt.

To be clear, they are there because Z did dinner dishes last night, but does not have my habit of also washing the sink. I should just be happy that someone else washed up, right? See, irrational.

My flatmates are *great* at washing up, *terrible* at leaving the sink with half a fetid vegetable patch in there.

To be clear, they are there because Z did dinner dishes last night, but does not have my habit of also washing the sink. I should just be happy that someone else washed up, right? See, irrational.

Cleaning the sink is part of washing up. So is wiping the counters/stove. And if in the course of washing up you get crumbs all over the floor, so is sweeping the floor. If you're irrational, I'm right there with you!

http://strangersihaveloathed.tumblr.com/

I always leave food in the sink strainer. I enjoy collecting it there, watching it change and grow as a person. Sometimes a happy and of grapes will end up in there having the time of their lives. I must say I am surprised the wife hasn't complained. She must share the joy!

okay, i have a new one: I hate buying a new album and getting excited to talk about it, logging on to ILM on the first day of release and searching for the thread on it, only to realize it was discussed and more/less dismissed a few weeks ago due to a leak or promo copies distributed to critics. whatever, my morning jacket.

Pfft nobody on ILX actually *likes* anything.

truf bob-omb

The best is when I'm kind of discouraged by a lack of conversation on an album I like: one or two posts, and then the thread goes dead.

Then a year or two later everyone comments "oh, I really liked that, listened to it all the time!"

So people often music, but if it's not a critic's darling or widely hated, no posts.

i got sick of being attacked by fuckheads for having an opinion

You never music

But many people often do.

I just happily revive the Home Video thread every time they have a new release, rave about it, then it drops off new ansas. But at this point I dont even have ILM in my SNA page, so *shrug*.

--people who address waitstaff with "give me (item)"

--people who just start conversations with strangers despite no indication that this is welcome, and continuing after strangers are clearly uncomfortable...

I am trying so hard to break myself of the "Give me six inch turkey on wheat, no cheese" but whenever I say, "May I have the six inch turkey on wheat, no cheese" I feel like a big weirdo poser.

Like I should be ordering in posh accent or something.

Try the East Coast USA formulation - "Lemme get a [insert food item]"

High school French: Je voudrais un six-inch turkey on wheat, pas de fromage, sil vous plait

I try to remember to use "I'd like _________"

Yeah, I'm usually a "Can I please have"...May I is correct, but i don't want to sound completely posh. But I like to say please. Feel mean just barking orders.

you can do any of those, as long as you acknowledge the person behind the counter first. in years and years as a deli guy, i came to realize the only difference between a good customer and a bad customer was often that the good folks would start a conversation with 'how you doin.... can i have two pounds of pastrami?' vs. bad folks with all their 'gimme three quarters proscuitto sliced so think i can see the sun through it.'

sometimes i exaggerate my new england accent a little bit, too, just cuz i'm afraid i'll otherwise sound poncey

when someone says "how are you?" and i say "i'm good, how are you?" and s/he says "i'm well, thanks"

i don't care about grammar, "i'm well" sounds bad and pretentious

(i care about grammar plenty but not when it makes you sound funny)

"It puts the pastrami in the basket!"

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idgi, whats wrong with saying "I'm well"?

it's ok i suppose, just not my preference but i do notice sometimes people give you a raised eyebrow if you happen to say "i'm good" instead. yes i'm aware one is more grammatically fashionable, but i don't like it better so..

Daria otm esp when you know the person is saying it to emphasize the fact that you used "good" incorrectly and, yes, there are people that do that.

isn't "well" for health, and "good" for mood?
(in my head I rhymed "good" with "mood")

sometimes it feels like it has this air of correct grammar as a class marker. ugh.

the other thing is, "i'm well" feels like it narrows the scope of the question to "how are you feeling?" when the question "how are you?" is nearly always such generic small talk that it doesn't require a personal answer, so i'd rather say "i'm good" eg "everything is OK" instead of personalizing it unnecessarily.

I solve the problem of "I'm well" vs "I'm good" by just farting loudly whenever I'm asked the question

now there's a talent

If someone asks me first, I say I'm well how are you? But if I ask & they say good & how am I, I say good.
Or great! Or rockin like dokken

i'm that awful person who says "i'm well" and "i'd like." i don't think it's a "class" thing -- most affluent people i've met are too self-absorbed to think about how they use language. maybe if they went to some super-disciplinarian prep school.

(and for me, "well" refers to general well-being. it's not limited to physical health.)

(whereas "I'm good" means you are not evil)

Is the question "how are you?" itself grammatically correct?

i almost always say "yeah, pretty good...pretty good" though not in the larry david way just in case that's how it reads.

as for ordering food or whatever, i think i'd say, always "could i get....please" followed by a series of "amazing" "brilliant", "that's lovely", "excellent, thanks a lot" in response to further minor queries.

How are you?

Fine, thank you.

How are you?

Finer than frogs' hair split eight ways.

Q: How are you?

A: Ah, y'know. [grimace, shrug]

To my stuffy English self "I'm well" sounds like "I'm healthy and reasonably content" and "I'm good" sounds like a declaration of how awesome you are as a person

but my Northern Irish partner always says "I'm good" so I'm getting used to it

Daria otm esp when you know the person is saying it to emphasize the fact that you used "good" incorrectly and, yes, there are people that do that.

hi dere you hate me ;_;

Ok so, you know what else deserves fiery death? Fitted bed sheets that constantly slip off the corners and bunch up underneath you at night. F U. Is a competent piece of elastic too much to ask for in life?!

a related thing I hate: BED SUSPENDERS

wait what is that
all I can picture are pyjama suspenders & it's making me lololol