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

and yes, I agree. I hate now that every time I go to a movie, the first thought in my head is whether some fucker is gonna ruin it for me....

Countdown to "MAGNITED STATES OF AMERICA" being an internet meme...

lol yea that made me laugh

awsum work, drafthouse

companies you are already with for one thing, eg phone/internet, taking advantage of having your contact details and cold calling you to sell you others or the complete package etc. SO WRONG.

Oh, and how about paying a credit card bill over the counter at a bank, and having the bank teller say "I see you haven't paid off your complete balance, would you like me to investigate how you can save money on alternate financial packages?"

To which the only polite answer is "FUCK OFF READING MY PRIVATE STATEMENTS ACTUALLY!!!!"

I am annoyed at my sick co worker coming over to my desk and sniffling and everything over my shoulder to read something I am looking at on the intranet - GET AWAY INEFERI!

Seeing a belt under a vest

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"Disney's Fast Play". More like slow play you fuckers. In fact, all DVDs that don't let you access the main menu without forcing you to watch some promo first can just go self smash themselves!

lol Kim - I feel you pain - just rip it to your pc and then burn your own - instantplay dvd
also - pox on disney in general

It's only worth it because she loves the Heffalump movie so much.

xxxp

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I am disappointed the mine likes the recent CGI strawberry shortcake more than the classic Japanese animated one

She hasn't seen much of Ms Shortcake yet I don't think. It was on tv one day, but I changed the channel because they were all being bitchy to each other about shoes or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu6Ul7Daxk4

--when people 'shush' someone for being too loud and the 'shush' is louder than the noise the other person was making

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- I hate that when I turn our car engine off the only door that unlocks is the driver's side door. And I always put stuff in the backseat, and I always forget to unlock all the doors before I get out of the car, so I always go to open the back door and it's locked. Basically what I'm saying to you is that I hate my brain and that I have NO learning curve. (I've been driving this car for like 4 years, and this is a daily occurence for me.)

I hate power locks with a passion. I hate how the car locks itself (what if I'm kidnapped, thrown in the backseat, and my only chance of survivial is to open the door and bail? Hard to do when the doors keep LOCKING THEMSELVES.)

We've got a garage, so it's common to leave the windows down at night. What's also common is for one of the little gremlins I live with to take my keys and lock the doors with the remote from inside the house, just to hear the horn beep. This leads me to going out to the car to get something, the doors are locked, I reach in through the open window to unlock the door AND THE WHOLE FUCKING CAR ALARM GOES OFF.

I'm also convinced that I will one day drown in the river because of these power locks and windows, but I try not to think about it too much.

You could also try not driving into a river, I dunno, just a thought.

Yeah that's kind of a classic "what if the seat belt kills me because I'm stuck" thing

I mean, doors locking is a little bit beyond the obvious seat belt thing, but hey

PP I feel pretty much the same way about powerlocking. Also the CLICK of the powerlocks going off when I start the car just makes me think about carjacking and how that's probably why the locks even do that :/

No it's really because of kids and crazy people and sleeping people accidentally knocking the door open!

My kids never sleep in the driver's seat!

THIS IS A BAD THING and I know I am bad but: alleged dietary "allergies". If you didn't have that food allergy five years ago why do you have one now? Holidays are no fun anymore, we can't go out to dinner, no one caters to your diet etc. In a few years she won't have that food allergy and will move on to something else.

the word "maybe". as infuriating to me now as it was when I was 5

THIS IS A BAD THING and I know I am bad but: alleged dietary "allergies". If you didn't have that food allergy five years ago why do you have one now?

And people who hold on to their newfound gluten intolerance (usually "diagnosed" by a naturopath) like some sort of all-encompassing religion.

Of course, I'm a hypocrite here because I have an anaphylactic reaction to nuts, so I ought to be more sensitive, but we're being irrational here, right? Anyway, my allergy can KILL me, so I feel stupidly superior.

The key thing here is allergies as opposed to intolerances. One gives you a bit of a tummy ache or a few hives. The other WILL KILL YOU, as James points out.

I have friends with actual celiac disease, and theyre glad of the relief a GF diet's brought them but they would not instantly die if they ate a bit by mistake (might feel pretty groo tho).

I did meet one woman who after a car accident was suddenly allergic to anything wheat related, and she was SO WHINY ABOUT IT. She'd eat something carefully approved as GF and whine "now I feel nauseaous... they lied about this being GF!". SHE was a PITA to be around. She also wouldnt eat tomato, dairy or eggs. And yet we had to go get pizza and find one she could eat.

But yeah, a nut allergy that'll fell you in 10 mins without an epipen handy? THAT I respect.

(also, I believe you can develop allergies you hitherto did not have, but I'm not 100% sure on that)

Was trying to come up with some PITA/pita bread/gluten gag, but I'm a bit tired

I figured someone might haha.

One glove! Why is it always one! I know why it's always one. It's because I leave the other one lying around somewhere else. I shall let this ruin my whole day.

I used to wait tables with a guy whose BF urged him to have an allergy test. The test showed that he had mild allergic reactions to a handful of foods. After that, he was insufferable to be around, as he would whine that he must have eaten something with egg or whatever in it because he was feeling sluggish. And he would talk to patrons about it, for example when describing a dish, "The halibut is sauteed and - oh! it is dusted in flour - you're not allergic to gluten, are you? I am." SHUT UP - just because a skin prick test turned pink doesn't mean that you feel shit.

I eat a gluten free diet. I always feel embarrassed and self-conscious about it - like everyone will make fun of me if they find out so I usually just keep it secret. I like not having abdominal cramping anymore when I shit!

When younger, I used to get really annoyed by people those people you'd see on transit wearing those "your perfume is making me sick" type pins on their bags and coats. Kind of assumed that they were just whiny and opinionated. But then something happened over the years, and now tons of products have started doing that to me - now I get it (tho still, fuck wearing a passive aggressive pin) and if you ask people not to wear them around you, many forget, and you can only mention it to them two or three times tops before you have to just sit there and suffer.

That's the thing! The gluten-free fad has made some people skeptical, so now people who have actual significant problems with it are suspect.

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Ugh, and how many times have you heard, "When I was growing up you never heard about food allergies. Now everybody ha them!" followed by opinions that the uptick in allergies (not that person's awareness of allergies) is due to GM foods, pesticides, "processing," etc. And a screed in organic, "natural", raw, blah blah blah. /ugh

Thing that makes me IA: quackery. And naturopaths.

people

I hate those.

just the worst, really

This couple was hovering over me on the train yesterday; I didn't notice them at first because I had on headphones and was playing Drop 7 (btw that game also makes me IA but I can't stop playing it). I noticed in my peripheral vision that the guy was gesturing towards me, which I thought was odd, so I looked up and said, "I'm sorry?"

Dude was not an English speaker so I am not mad at his communication attempt; I am mad about what he was trying to communicate.

What he said was, "Want seat. Mother," and pointed to the woman next to him.

I looked at him confused, then looked at the empty seat next to me, then looked back at him confused.

She then said, "It's fine, don't worry about it."

He said, "Want seat."

I was thinking, "There's a seat RIGHT HERE...?"

She said something to him and he smiled at me and said, "You're okay, enjoy your seat!"

When they left the train at the next stop, he clapped me on the shoulder.

WTF DON'T TOUCH ME CRAZY DUDE WHO DOESN'T RECOGNIZE AN EMPTY SEAT WHEN HE SEES ONE

maybe he was telling the seat he wanted a mother.

I'm interested in hearing more about that interaction! Was she a mother? Pregnant? DOES HE NOT KNIW NOT TO FUCKING TOUCH STRANGERS???

he probably wanted to sit with his mother, and wanted you to get up. which is frankly bonkers.

They were about the same age! (late 30s)

I think he was saying she was pregnant, which yes I'll give up my seat for a pregnant woman, but not when she repeatedly says "no I'm okay" and NOT WHEN THERE ARE EMPTY SEATS ALL OVER THE TRAIN, INCLUDING RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE I AM SITTING

That is . . . crazy?

"enjoy your seat"

Ultra conservative culture maybe? Like she wasn't allowed to sit beside another man?