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

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."

It occured to me on watching a QI where they were talking about th eoposite of hibernation being (a)estivation that Easter was probably from the Latin for summer or something. Turns out that that is aestas. Which would indicate to me that Easter was actually a festival indicating something to do with summer, birth of it or something. Which would in turn indicate it was a coopted pagan festival. & since all Xian celebration seem to be at heart syncretic adaptations of pre-Xian rites anyway I think it probably needs to be looked at from a non Xian perspective.

Symbology of popular cultural imagery for easter seem spretty pagan too. Celebrations of eggs meaning new life and rabbits meaning breeding like them etc etc.

Still not sure why Good Friday means no booze in Ireland.
But I am partial to a bit of chocolate & the 13FE lp so there you go.

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

Yes and I'll be on NPR this morning to announce my nationwide Atheist initiative "The Real War on Easter." BRB I've got to out up my yard signs informing everyone that Christian Easter was fabricated in 325 AD and practice my judgmental looks and persecuted sighs in preparation for going out in public later today.

Tea towels that are 0% absorbent

I rebuke thee, non-absorbent tea towels, and call on the The Lord to intervene as only he can do.

non absorbent tea towels are some bullshit imo

if you can't manufacture absorbent tea towels, don't be manufacturing tea towels

EXZACTLY

April Fools fake stories are terrible.

I fell for an NPR April Fools news story in 2003 where they said that a company was going to be projecting laser advertisements on the moon. I figured it out when I tried to find out more info about it online.

Pic from a friend's 9th annual "Seculeaster" party this weekend

http://i.imgur.com/bDmIQwxl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6wWhGMdl.jpg

v. transgressive

that looks like literally the most unpleasant person in the universe and i hope to never end up in the same room as him

:(

ipad newsstand apps that always default to shop view. when i open your app, idiots, odds are i'm on a wifi-less tram and i want to READ something, not browse your dumb shit

:(

― Je55e, Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

don't worry it's p innocuous all told

xxpost Je55e, Mr Veg fell for the exploding maple trees NPR story years ago. It's still a source of GREAT amusement to me :D

that looks like literally the most unpleasant person in the universe and i hope to never end up in the same room as him

That dude is a good friend of mine that I have known for pretty much my entire life (same with the other two visible people), and seeing that picture instantly made laugh as I imagined him saying a bunch of ridiculous shit.

Don't take this as me being offended or outraged or anything, I just think it's legitimately hilarious that you got such a visceral adverse reaction from it.

if he were smiling in the 2nd pic it'd be totally different

hard-to-read graphs with three vectors (i.e. left-side vertical = %, bottom horizontal = time, right side vertical = absolute number)

i.e. -- e.g.

people who don't keep their damn laughing to themselves

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, March 29, 2013 10:43 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sometimes it feels like people primarily to signal to other people LOOK AT WHAT A GOOD TIME I'M HAVING! and not so much the actual enjoyment of the object of laughter. Though maybe it's just me getting crankier as i grow old. It's like some people laugh because they love hearing the sound of themselves vocalizing pleasure or something. Effing narcissists.

I don't think that's you getting crankier, I think that's a real thing.

I left my headphones at home & now I am stuck listening to music through hated iphone earbuds

jimi hendrix sounds like he's playing through a tin can far far away in the distance ;_; uggggh curse my stupid forgetful brain

yeah I hate earbuds. People who shell out for "high end" earbuds are weird too, like ok man enjoy your premium cheez wiz

they irritate my ears something awful if I wear them too long

Haha when I was changing planes in ATL at 4 in the morning or whatever the fuck it was the other day I bought a pair of earbuds from one of those Best Buy vending machines. I'm still not sure why exactly I made that choice.