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

*pulls out encyclopedia britannica to settle argument*

i don't use a smartphone so the zagat guidebook and compass set comes in handy! :(

*calls son to ask who was the guy in the wheelchair in ironside*

*turns on radio, waits 16 minutes for news bulletin*

*navigates using starcharts*

*steps out onto stoop to check the weather*

*gets witticisms from Reader's Digest*

when you are in the rightmost lane to make a right turn on red and someone to the left of you going straight pulls her minivan waaaaaaaaay up into the crosswalk so you'd have to go into the road to see if anyone's coming. and at the same time is doing that thing where people hold the phone up near their chin. so they can talk while driving and think it's not as illegal or something.

hate that, the pulling way out next to you so you can't see a goddamn thing

got waved through a left hand turn by someone turning right...the other day I was twice waved through crosswalks by pedestrians waiting to cross. I've HAD it with these people. Time wasters AND scofflaws. They understand that the law requires me to to give way to them. That I'm not stopping out of the kindness of my heart. And that them making me wait longer with their, NO YOU GO little hand dance makes me want swerve and drive right into them.

she wasn't just doing it by accident either. like she was next to me, then crept up, then looked at me! in the eyes! fuck you mom

one day I'm going to get blind rage-y at someone who sits at a light to make a left turn from a non-turn lane because they were too stupid to get into the turn lane. Fuck you, go straight and turn around like a decent human being.

No, no, the real champs are the people who get in the left turn lane but then don't make a left turn and instead go straight ahead when the light turns green, merging back into traffic in a life-threateningly oblivious manner.

People with their left-signal on at a stoplight between two one-way streets. DO IT! YOU CAN GO! IT'S LEGAL.

wait what?

Turning left from a one-way street into a street that's also one-way (going left from your POV) is legal, just like turning right on red.

You're blowing my mind tbh

Guy next to me at a junction yesterday. There are two lanes for turning right (UK roads) at this junction, the far right lane is purely for turning right into the right-hand lane of the street round the corner, the second-to-right lane is for going straight on or for taking a right turn into the left-hand lane of the street round the corner. I was in the second-to-right lane aiming for the left-hand lane round the corner, guy was inside me on the furthest right lane, presumably to get into the right-hand lane round the corner because THAT'S ALL THAT LANE IS FOR. I turn right and he goes to go straight on (not what his lane is for) almost hitting the side of my turning car, and HE beeps his horn at ME for cutting HIM up. Twat.

when impressionists do their impressions unrequested and totally out of context

jon culshaw is on this old episode of pointless and he keeps launching into shit

you wouldn't get matt cardle launching into song or ainsley harriot whipping up a stir fry in the same situation, tis true.

otm

biggins was on, he didn't sing

but the less said about Andy McNab's appearance, the better.

You're blowing my mind tbh

Turning left on a red light gives me a silly little thrill b/c it feels like I'm breakin' the law.

Turning left from a one-way street into a street that's also one-way (going left from your POV) is legal, just like turning right on red.

― nickn, Thursday, April 4, 2013 3:19 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've never heard of this, but traffic laws vary from state to state so you're giving out dangerous advice.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrust,31828/

I've never heard of this, but traffic laws vary from state to state so you're giving out dangerous advice.

Nah, just do it. If it's not legal where you're at, well, it should be.

Wikipedia:

The following states and territories ban left turns on red: South Dakota (unless permitted by local ordinance), Connecticut, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, the District of Columbia, and Guam. New York City also prohibits left turn on red lights, unless a sign indicates otherwise.

New Hampshire, I am disappointed. "Live Free or Die As Soon As This Light Changes" is more like it.

And I've talked about it before, but I still have no idea how in some states, you can legally turn left on a red-light from a two-way road.

From Washington: However, the vehicle operators facing a steady circular red signal may, after stopping proceed to make a right turn from a one-way or two-way street into a two-way street or into a one-way street carrying traffic in the direction of the right turn; or a left turn from a one-way or two-way street into a one-way street carrying traffic in the direction of the left turn; unless a sign posted by competent authority prohibits such movement.

probably designed with empty-ass roads in mind

Why have a light at all then?

I liked what they did in my college town. At midnight, all the lights would turn into either flashing red stop lights or flashing yellow caution lights. You didn't have to worry about sitting at a deserted light for no reason in the middle of the night.

people who add the old "is" into their fbook statuses when it makes no sense

right now there's "*** ****** is Go Phils!" on my wall

how

actually to make it even more innocuous i also hate when people use it and it makes sense "*** ****** is rooting for the Phils! Go Phils!" statuses have been under the name for years now, get over it.

yesterday i was showing some of my students how to use our online library resources (various databases, ebooks, other stuff that will make their lives so so so so much easier) and i couldn't find the "log out" button on this one, so i just scanned L-R until I saw something that i thought was it. know what it said?

"i'm good"

the fuck?! since WHEN does "i'm good" mean "log out"?! these people need to seriously cool it with the "fun" language/jokes EVERYWHERE (even on the moving company's website!)
i just want it to stop and feel super crotchety about this trend

On Spotify, the proliferation of offbrand compilations that just clutter up the list so that for artists with long, large catalogs it becomes exceedingly difficult to find the exact album you want. Also the fact that their search isn't more advanced by now (you can't search for an album by an artist, only one or the other). Also the fact that some albums are listed by original release date while others are by reissue date, so you can't go chronologically either.

wtf @ "I'm good"

Also the fact that their search isn't more advanced by now (you can't search for an album by an artist, only one or the other).

I don't think this is true. Put "miles davis jack johnson" in the search bar and you'll see.

No you're totally wrong, I couldn't find the Jack Johnson album "Miles Davis," just some jazz rock crap.

haha, I love the "I'm good" button

Do you want to restart your computer now?

"Aight" "Nah, I'm good" "Holla at me later"

- Taboola links. Taboola, period.

- English muffins that get cornmeal and breadcrumbs everywhere.

I haven't had an English muffin in forever. I want and English muffing now.

A good, old fashioned English muffing.

oh do you know the muffing mang

gonna do some heavy duty english muffing this weekend

It sounds so dirty when you say it.

:D

Cornmeal dusting is horrible.

Cornstarch dusting, otoh...

Corn and Its Dusts

Oh. Carl was that an in-joke?