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

they have cords, the cord retracts and coils (poorly) around that lozenge thing

well, I call them tongues

People confusing "virgin birth" with "Immaculate Conception." I'm not even a theist, let alone Catholic, but this bugs the ever-loving shit out of me.

OMG YES.

shit you'd be surprised at how many Catholics don't even know that

Er, well til a google just now I didnt either. But I know pretty much zero about catholicism.

well it doesn't help that so many adults teach it wrong.

I actually learned it when I was 15 because I missed it as a question on one of the YOu Don't Know Jack games

I knew, but didn't know how recent both the immaculate conception (1854) and the original sin problem it solved (5th century, st. augustine) were. ( http://www.biblicalheritage.org/Beliefs/differences.htm )

those kwazy Catholics

Neanderthal, I have found it is generally Catholics who don't know the difference.

i should ask my dad (a former catholic) if he knows

it is 9 am on a Saturday.

"C'mon Jake" lady is back. Only this time she has been calling for her dog at full volume for 15 MOTHERFUCKING MINUTES. She is so loud I wouldn't be surprised if my roomie can hear her.

STFU!!!!

yes I hate frenching!

Do you like kissing without tongue?

it's weird, one of my exes wasn't into tongue, though she liked kissing 'in general'

People who won't RSVP to invites where response is crucial.

Like if I get ten maybes and one "yes", I run the risk of being the only person to show up...so that doesn't help!

OK, thought of one over the weekend:

In documentaries, when a member of the public is saying something in an accent other than total clear and proper english as spoken by the Queen or Cheryl Cole, the use of subtitles.

Slight african lilt? A bit irish? Let's stick what they are saying up on the screen for the hard of thinking...

It doesn't happen so much for Geordie accents, but it's anoying when what that person is saying is perfectly understandable.

One exception I did notice, the particular show was talking to a deaf woman, and only used the subtitles briefly during a difficult-to-understand bit, the rest was fine and left alone.

In documentaries, when a member of the public is saying something in an accent other than total clear and proper english as spoken by the Queen or Cheryl Cole, the use of subtitles.

OTMFM! This isn't just a British thing though, I suspect it to happen in a lot of countries (it's exactly the same in Holland).

Oh yeah. I fucking hate that. Happens in the US though I've noticed that it happens more on mainstream news/documentary shows on commercial TV and less on documentary films or public broadcasting programs.

Oh yeah. I fucking hate that. Happens in the US though I've noticed that it happens more on mainstream news/documentary shows on commercial TV and less on documentary films or public broadcasting programs.

I hate when an English speaker who is speaking speaking English to a non-native English speaker uses the accent or syntax of the language of the listener, e.g. "Hhhow long joo are leeving een Amereeca?" it seem patronizing and useless.

But then whenever I've talked about this annoyance, someone had insisted that it really is helpful for the listener. Last time it was some bilingual friends, so what the fuck, maybe it is helpful and I'm annoyed over nothing.

^thish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90

I can understand Spanish much better when spoken slowly by Americans with terrible accents then I can by a native Spanish speaker. But holy shit, I would never speak faux-accented English to a non-native English speaker.

xp The thing with Schteve is, though, he doesn't come near to what is a Dutch accent in English, and therefore, even here in Holland, was the rightful subject of ridicule.

for sure

Sunny teases me because I watch "The Young Ones" with the subtitles turned on.

Jenny, remember when wewhen we were waitresses together and that one cook would use some weird accent to talk to the Ivoirian guy (Mohammed?)? When I said something about it he said something like "It only really works for Mexicans."

The VH1 Behind The Music episode on Oasis had subtitles. And it needed them. I never knew "Do you know what I mean?" could be compacted into half a syllable.

I only like kissing shoulders

Jenny, remember when wewhen we were waitresses together and that one cook would use some weird accent to talk to the Ivoirian guy (Mohammed?)? When I said something about it he said something like "It only really works for Mexicans."

Amadu, I think. And I do remember that. In retrospect, that kitchen was kind of a toolbox.

uuuuuuuuuugh, blaaaaaah, macys.com customer service is THE WORST. they refuse to honor a 'shipping by father's day' guarantee, and they refuse to refund me the $$$ i spent on the item.

Call back, get a different person. "Hi, I'm sure I've just had bad advice from one of your associates about a guarantee - I'll need to speak to someone a bit higher up the chain this time, to check I was given the right information."

In documentaries, when a member of the public is saying something in an accent other than total clear and proper english as spoken by the Queen or Cheryl Cole, the use of subtitles.

Wasn't Cheryl Cole just fired from the American X-Factor b/c no one could understand her? There was a letter about this in The Economist, but I couldn't make heads or tails of it.

They should have subtitled it.

I may have jumped the gun, in that jaymc was probably posting in jest...so hmmm, that makes me angry at myself.

I hate when people say dogs are better than other animals.
these rule
http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img/mammals/monkeys/pygmy-marmoset.jpg

They eat your soul!

rygmy rarmoset!

Sunny teases me because I watch "The Young Ones" with the subtitles turned on.

― Pleasant Plains, Monday, June 20, 2011 9:42 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

Should we ever divorces I'm guessing the reason cited on the official documents will be: 'Irreconcilable differences with regard to English and Canadian comedy'.

Neanderthal, I have found it is generally Catholics who don't know the difference.

― tokyo rosemary, Friday, June 17, 2011 9:48 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

i was raised by irish catholic women and i have no idea. is it just the diff between the conception itself and the actual birth?

i should add i just filled out a 5 page form for a new PCP and next to RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION I wrote Atheist/Catholic. Catholicism is some hard shit to shake.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother conceived her without original sin (though with sex). The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother conceived her without original sin (though with sex). The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother was conceived without original sin. The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother conceived her without original sin (though with sex). The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother conceived her without original sin (though with sex). The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother conceived her without original sin (though with sex). The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother conceived her without original sin (though with sex). The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother conceived her without original sin (though with sex). The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

I'm going to say that Mary's mother conceived her without original sin (though with sex). The virgin birth is the birth of Jesus.

AAAAH!! I'm going to say it over and over and over. WTF?

OMG - it KEEPS GOING!

I'm really sorry guys, I don't know why this is happening :(

It's a miracle.

What's weirdest is that I wrote that post on a regular computer, NOT on Zing Touch.