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

yeah i wanna do it in chrome, and just on twitter.com. allegedly greasemonkey scripts should work in chrome but that one isn't, can't be arsed to faff around figuring out why. but y'know it's just an innocuous irrational gripe.

I can't stand hash tags that are written more as an afterthought. #nootherpersonwouldeverusethishashsowhywouldyoupostit

#hashtagpunchlines

FUCK YOU IM A POCKET is classic

From the upcoming Schoolhouse Rock series on clothing.

people shitting up the movie title in movie thread with "comedy"

yeah people shitting up threads with obvious parody does get irritating

Forget about it, guys. It's ILX Town.

I know, and it's completely innocuous, and something I've done to other threads.

"Hi, it's me, your work colleague in another city who you never hear from when you're seeking content for our marketing efforts - do we have any collaterals or powerpoints supporting the messaging in an ad campaign we stopped using more than three years ago?"

Poorly designed figurines ragh

I have an awesome Iron Maiden figurine that's Eddie from the Killers cover, standing on a sewer thing but he is designed so badly that even when you plug his feet into the stand he doesn't stand so much as lean, and this stupid plastic thing that's attached to it has broken off so many times that I have to prop the whole thing against a wall so it will display properly.

Also I have a whole set of Christmas Story figures and NONE of them can stand unassisted. Do people not test these things?

Pretty sure this is the most innocuous and immaterial of all the ia's here. Sorry.

I get IA on my daughter's behalf when her toy animals don't stand up properly. Dinosaurs >>> mammals in that respect.

We've got a Wonder Pets flyboat at home with little pegs on the surface where you're supposed to set the animals on using holes in their feet. Never works.

I can't stand hash tags that are written more as an afterthought. #nootherpersonwouldeverusethishashsowhywouldyoupostit

― pplains, Friday, 15 February 2013 01:53 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there are people in my feed who do this compulsively. they can't say anything at all without ramming a redundant comedy hashtag at the end of every single tweet.

Also I have a whole set of Christmas Story figures and NONE of them can stand unassisted. Do people not test these things?

I hear ya, VG. My Simpsons Mr. Burns and Moe figures are always falling down. Or rather, when Mr. Burns is holding Blinky, he falls down. Now Blinky sits at Mr. Burns' feet, and that's just not right.

Maybe they're meant to be held and waved around like toys

My poseable Dr Zoidberg stands up fine but is not actually in any way poseable (the arms move by like 4mm and then go back to where they were before) and can't hold the stethoscope he came with, which was lost within about 30 seconds of opening the box

with apologies to hardcore collectors who are right now crying at the concept of opening the box, never mind losing the accessories

if you're not making them talk and then "fight" by ramming the figures together then you're doing it wrong

The worst is Mrs Christmas Story, Ralphie's Mom. I think she's meant to lean against the Dad because they molded her to slant sideways slightly and she literally does not stand ever

And the Dad is supposed to hold the leg lamp, but lampshade is removeable and falls off when it's on its side

Like, CMON

Can you guys show me on the doll where you were made irrationally angry?

*throws doll at u*

http://www.luisescobarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Lisa-vs-Malibu-Stacy-doll-throw.jpg

Eddie from the Killers cover

This is more "irrationally pleased" but the only other guy in my 7am yoga class was wearing this t-shirt today.

overuse of semicolons is driving me insane atm

one of the worst human beings i ever went out of my way to avoid at college had a semicolon tattoo

why the fuck would you want that (and why did so many people think it was cool)

re: semcolon abuse

I know a fella with a © tat.

at least that's something

what if you got it near your ass so that the dot part of it was the end-point of your actual colon?

the semicolon might be the least inherently 'meaningful' punctuation mark ... xp

lol mh

i would get "..." on my forehead

MAKES MORE SENSE THAN A SEMICOLON

yep

ANSWERING PHONES

Me: <COMPANY NAME REDACTED>, this is <ELMO>. How may I help you?
Them: ... Hi.... Is this <COMPANY NAME REDACTED>?

the semicolon might be the least inherently 'meaningful' punctuation mark ... xp

― Alice 2 Chainz - "I Luv Dem Bones" (zachlyon), Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:23 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I love semicolons. ;_;

See?

just... ugh... if the first thing you do is make me repeat myself... we are not going to be friends.

Xp Me too; I hate the misuse of commas in their stead

i enjoy a well-placed semicolon when the time is right

but they are meaningless bourgeois little shits out of context

;_; would make a fine tattoo

I feel weird about using semicolons too freely, so I sometimes throw in a dash instead.

Did you know that if you're wondering what sex a kitten is, you can hold them and look at their backsides. It's a boy if the holes look like a :

It's a girl if you see a ;

what if you see a !

"this tattoo on my arm is a female cat's nether regions, i'm glad you like it so much"

After my resectional surgery a few years ago, I bragged about my new semi-colon, but that horribly formed joak got old real fast.

Did you know that if you're wondering what sex a kitten is, you can hold them and look at their backsides. It's a boy if the holes look like a :

It's a girl if you see a ;

wat

punctuation is ~all around us~

IA: when someone is already waiting at the pedestrian crossing I'm walking up to and need to use, but they haven't pressed the button

irrational because ok, they may (or may not) have cost me a little time, but if they pushed it and then ran across early and I didn't come along they'd needlessly hold up traffic. But, dammit, I'm me and I want to get home and that is way more important to me than a bunch of people in cars.

irrational because 99% of those do nothing