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

poor fella
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My editor unnecessarily amended some short pieces I did by ADDING IN SENTENCES that I never wrote. It would be okay if these sentences made any sense in the context of the rest of the writing. Would also help if there weren't typos in them as well. WTF? IA!

apparently some people get mad when their work is edited - I have proofread somewhat - it is an excellent way to annoy someone.
"My editor unnecessarily amended some jazzy little short pieces I did by mofukin ADDING IN SENTENCES that I never wrote. I hate dat! It would be okay if thesee sentences madhe any sense in the context of the rest of the writing. Would also help if there weren't typoliolioss in them as well. WTF? IMHO !!IA! CDE!!"

Success!

ARGH!!!

I mean, I understand the need to edit, but why add sentences that don't make sense? And FFS, spell them correctically yeh?

He's putting errors into your work so he can cite your error rate at your next performance review.

it seems like if someone adds that much in editing they are more like a co-writer than editor - she is stealing yoru ideas!

People who walk around with the stems of their sunglasses over their ears but the glasses hanging down the back of their head, becaus they don't have anyplace to put them or w/e. Just carry them!

ugh I hate this. or clipped on the back of your tshirt neck.

Luckily only douchebags do this, so it helps to ID them at twenty paces if you were in any doubt?

Also there is no call for hand-wringing from sensible shoe-wearers! The most stylish woman I know lives in silver Birkenstock sandals with orthotic heel cups permanently stuck in them.

Posted this on the Words Phrases You Hate thread:

When politician says about his state (or country) "XYZ is Open For Business". I just read something from the governor's office saying "New Jersey is Open For Business". First of all, it's stupid. Secondly, it's been used a ton, so if you're trying to be original and cute, you are failing miserably. Third, New Jersey is almost certainly not "open for business" unless you work in an unemployment office.

would you mock this man's shoes!?
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http://www.pressherald.com/news/as-police-pursue-leads-online-ad-offers-used-sign_2011-06-03.html

i h8 the fact that no1 will greet me for my birthday. ITS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!

I'm so sorry carl. :(

Happy birthday!!

Carl, I feel like we barely know each other, but I wish you the happiest of birthdays anyway. Jam a week's worth of fun into this weekend.

do they know its your birthday and they are just ignoring you?

People who walk around with the stems of their sunglasses over their ears but the glasses hanging down the back of their head, becaus they don't have anyplace to put them or w/e. Just carry them!

sunglasses in general are annoying. You keep having to take them off and put them on again depending on where you are, and when you take them off you never have any place to put them because they'll usually end up breaking if you just put them in your pockets, so what happens is that you inevitably forget them on a table somewhere and have to buy a new pair which you will once again either lose or break within six months.

Ad campaigns where they make up stupid new words, like that ridonkulous new McDonald's campaign with "Drinkccesorize" and "Funilla". Fuck whomever came up with that, right in the eye.

agreed.

Snickers wrapper has "SUBSTANTIALISCIOUS" on it.
raghhh fuck you & yr stupid word

Oh yeah, I forgot about those guys doing it too.

fast food employees who ask you 'for here or to go', you say for here, and they give you a bag.

JDLFKDJAL;FJDKLAJDFKLJAKL;HFGJKADHKGJADHKFDAKLFJAFK

people who tell other people "you're so funny" when they either say something they heard on TV or use some cliched phrase like "I just threw up in my mouth".

NO HTEY'RE NOT FUNAY FUK

why can't you push sunglasses up on top of your head like cool people have been doing for decades eh

I wear prescription sunglasses and have to take out my glasses case, take out my sunglasses, take off my regular glasses, put on my sunglasses, put my regular glasses in the case, put the case away. Then reverse it all! But I can do it in one smooth motion that takes about ten seconds so I'm okay with it.

Also I got offered magazines while purchasing a shirt today!

Any message board or blog comment that just consists of the word "first!" Especially if they did actually manage to be first.

^^ New board description.

^^ Should add it to the FAQ.

^^ +1

the fucking barking dog while the owner is out

Am I IA at the neighbors who fuck loudly on weekend afternoons? I guess not? One time in 2006 I was, but I was really lonely and bitter then. Now I'm just kind of grossed out and I wish they would stay aware that, while our walls are pretty thick, the way they slam against them while moaning and howling is super audible to the person they have to see in the hallway later. So I'm RGA - Rationally Grossed Out.

Every time you pass them, give em a leery grin and 2 thumbs up.

Also, put on a Barry White album real loud while theyre doing it.

A few weeks ago, I brought a pre-sexual date back to my place for a drink at about midnight. Right as we got inside, the neighbors (a hetero couple, btw) hit their overdrive. You might think that made things awkward, but it actually broke the ice. My date was like, "Dude! Check it out!" and he motioned me to join him in pressing my ear against the shared wall as he gave a play-by-play.

Later we bonded over belly laughs at how the guy whimpered "I'm gonna cum, I'm gonna cum, I'm gonna cum" and then was silent for 30 seconds before roared like he was having an unanesthetized tooth extraction.

Hahaha ewww.
God I dated a guy breifly who was LOUD, in a very embarrasing way. It was like shagging kenneth branagh in the middle of a battlefield.

Any message board or blog comment that just consists of the word "first!" Especially if they did actually manage to be first.

I srsly do not get why this is a thing. Anyone who does this is basically announcing to the world that they are a twat, as far as I can ascertain

Our downstairs neighbors used to fuck loudly. One occasion in particular lingers in memory because they tried anal, and she didn't like it very much at all - the moans were more panicky/fearful than usual, and afterward, there was much whimpering in Spanish about her poor injured ass.

hotel rooms are the best/worst for this because the couples are away from home and don't give a shit who can hear them.

I remember the lonely mournings of the woman who lived below WISHING she could be nailing her precious lost love LEROY. "I need you NOW Leroy! Oh Leroy!" on the phone. SHut the window dammit! God bless living in a house to escpae such things- but there still the barking

Marvel and DC team ups. Just wrong.

the moans were more panicky/fearful than usual

More than USUAL??? :(

not innocuous, but venting anyway...

when people have problems w/ you about something and instead of communicating them to you, they give you obvious 'silent treatment' or distance until you realize something's wrong and have to ask them directly OK WTF.

it's like everyone sucks at conflict now.

YES. Especially when you have no idea what their specific problem is.

Ongoing example: My not-really-friend M. stopped talking to me out of the blue in 2009, which was no big deal b/c he was high maintenance. Then we reconnected in 2010 and hung out a lot. Then on Jan. 3 of this year we had a long chat on the phone, during which he asked what I did on NYE. I told him about a big falling I had with a friend (not a mutual friend), and gave him a few details. Immediately after I told him, he said "Hmmm" in a disapproving tone a few times, then said, in the sassy-brassy-black/latina-lady voice that gay men sometimes affect, "Mmm, OK, well I'm finna go brush out my wigs. You have a blessed day now, y'hear?" and that was the end.

I mean, what the fuck?? I assume he's judging me for having drama in my life, but I still don't get it. He's clearly got a problem with me, but he's too fucking weird to tell me off. Ugh.

I ran into him at a party and he barely acknowledged me, so I hugged him, which made him satisfyingly uncomfortable.

Pettiness: M. has a crush on a mutual friend who, after that party, told me he was kind of into me. He also told me that he can't stand M. This is also pretty satisfying.

one of my exes, right before each time we broke up, would not say "i love you" back, and would be less responsive to text messages and stuff. it was heartbreaking because I knew what it meant but she neverh ad the balls to speak up and I had to initiate the awkward conversation that lead to the breakup.

it's like everyone sucks at conflict now.

ilx would be an amazingly different place without this sort of conflict-avoidance

Hahaha.

I think people suck at confrontation and they mix it up with conflict. Being good at confrontation is a wonderful art.

Neanderthal, that's really shitty. I used to ignore phone calls or emails in order to convey a message that I'm not into someone after a date or too, and I feel shitty about it. After someone did it to me, I totally changed my ways. The times when someone has told me flat out after a date that he wasn't interested in me have been overwhelmingly positive events! I feel really respected and like I'm living in a world of grown-ups.