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

Also, a lot of courses get marked on a curve, so if more students do well then your otherwise good mark will be downgraded to an average one.

xxxp to get bent

So that Etsy person with the plastic windows? Would have been sorely tempted to answer one of two ways to that post:

"Namaste." - Bob Marley, or a link to Regretsy.

Ha. Regretsy's criticism of Etsy as a relentlessly positive place of kittens and rainbows and feelings that would brook no criticism, however valid, definitely came to mind during that exchange.

Maybe if they at least limited admission and it was in a nice setting and they promised you a place to sit

If they limited admission, there would be a line around the block by 10am.

If people are going off-piste to trawl for negative comments about their work on Etsy, then I'd say those people are both insecure and setting themselves up for a world of pain. Also, it's not your job to placate some random person or be their shrink if they've fucked up a piece of work.

When all my friends who are ~that way inclined~ invited me to join/check out Etsy, I just put a FB link to Regretsy on my page. Presto - no more share requests from the twee end of my friend spectrum!

I actually buy a fair amount of stuff on Etsy. I am down with the cottage industry thing, and I like buying things that are ~~unique~~ plus the vintage side is like thrift store shopping at my desk (for a premium).

Oh but the ethos is irritating so I steer clear of the community for reasons that are probably apparent now. I would feel like a bull in the china shop of feelings with those people.

I've seen similar reactions in the knitting/crochet online world. There are always a few voices of "how DARE you criticize someone" even when said someone is doing obviously shady things.

isn't that the deal on pinterest too?

Maybe? I usually don't interact with people on Pinterest. My ultimate plan is to establish a presence there so I can start trolling the shit out of people.

In other words, we'll soon find out.

I have a lengthy and violent dislike of mood boards - they remind me of B averages and hope chests - so Pinterest and I were never going to be friends.

In other words, we'll soon find out.

looooool. carl, you are a treasure.

Pinterest is definitely a hope chest. Pretty eye rolling one as well. I have even acquired that mentality with my board entitled, "...and on my farm" where I list animals I want on some farm I imagine I will one day have. But that seems more realistic to me than the billion dollar swimming pools meant to look like a natural ponds or the crazy tree house mansions. I think my board has more substance than those with yet another twee scene in the woods with banners, ribbons or people in animal masks and lit with tiny Christmas lights or candles dangling from trees. Hate that shit!

Plastic windows oh no how poor this person is. What a victim. I put plastic over my windows in the winter time cos it makes the house cooler but i never bitch to people about it and i dont really care. Tell her to rise above her struggles or something, slightly humoring her is the best i can offer.

makes the house warmer, sorry

Did she mean putting plastic up over the windows or that her windows were actually made of plastic?

I did not seek to clarify.

I assumed she meant that she had no glass in her windows, and had to cover the holes with plastic sheeting. Not a particularly great scenario for her, but nothing to do with CA.

I've taped plastic over my windows before too, back when I lived north of the Mason-Dixon, but the way that was worded, I thought that maybe she had some of those orange starburst plastic windows you see sometimes in the finest of mobile homes and camping trailers.

I got bubble wrap taped over one of my windows right now, that is some fancy double-glazing yo (got the tip from the cashier at Nando's, holla to ya bro)

She probably taped a couple of trash bags over a missing pane of glass while she was waiting six hours for a glazer to come out and replace it.

Trying to look up some info on a woman named C1ndy McLa1n for work and pictures of John McCain's wife keep popping up. GOOGLE, YOU ARE NOT HELPING ME.

a bull in the china shop of feelings

People who say OMG out loud.

Not "Oh my God", but Oh-Em-Gee. Especially if they're over 20.

people who type out "oh my god" on the internet, get over yourselves jfc

People who tell you out loud that they are "laughing out loud"

people who don't keep their damn laughing to themselves

omg, people, with their things

people

pvmic

people who type things on the internet instead of saying them

lol wut

Also the recent(?) stylesheet changes are driving me BAT FUCKING MAD. What happened to how it used to look?!

Oh thank god I think I found it. Or something close. The pinkish-tan text box was confusing me something turrible.

'keep calm and something something' posters

just stop

i'm going to the mall today, time to get angry

harbl smash

i maintained my composure in the mall but exploded when i had to stop in the middle of the aisle at trader joe's to wait for a mom to take a picture of her adult daughter holding a can of hansen's soda. multiple attempts had to be made to get the picture just right and they were telling a stranger how dad works for hansen's in california and he said "fantastic!"

i normally never click on this thread but seeing that it was last updated by a 'veryupsetmom' made me do so and i'm glad i did

http://ihopeyourbagiscomfortableasshole.tumblr.com/

Why do I have a court date for a headlight ticket?!?! GRRRRRR.

And I can't call anyone to complain until Monday GRRRRR.

tuesday?

'keep calm and something something' posters

just stop

― Esteban Buttiérrez (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:44 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this. completely thoughtless and imagination-bereft meme variations in general. e.g. harlem shake videos, and those tumblr pages about various professions ("WHEN I FINISH DEBUGGING THE SERVER BY 4:30 AND SNEAK OUT WITHOUT MY MANAGER SEEING" *tyrabanksjumping.gif* etc.)

Surprisingly, those things don't bother me in the least. I mean some where in this world people are walking three abreast, slowly down the sidewalk. They deserve all my anger.

Tea towels that are 0% absorbent

Pubs that insist on playing "Sunday chill-out" type CDs on a Sunday (jack Johnson, live lounge acoustic covers etc)
JUST BRING ME MY ROAST DINNER

the principle of soothing music on a sunday is fine, it's just that the stuff you listed would be v. unsoothing

- people wishing me happy Easter

Normally I welcome all well wishes, even those specific to religious holidays I don't celebrate, but I guess it's because I don't acknowledge Easter in any way? Or maybe because (pagan fertility egg rabbits aside) Easter is too central to the o_O parts of Christian mythology? I dunno. My it irks me.

So you're exactly the same as Christians who get bugged out by people saying "Happy Holidays."