Petty Pet Peeves

[Starkist]

When she is to lazy to put her hair down and instead of doing so, she puts it in either a pony tail or a bun.

Petty shit I know. But it really does bother me.

 

[Slash-LN]

My buddy and I have a this list of phrases and things people do that annoy us. So we'll text each other when a new one comes up. We don't write them down or anything but it's just an "add this to the list" type thing.

Things like "awesome sauce" or when someone will post 30 profile pictures a year on Facebook but then say "I'm so ugly" on them.

 

[klunderbunker]

My name in capital letters, it looks weird. LEE.

I'm partially deaf, any time I tell someone they say "what".

"Can I wear your glasses?" "no" *takes glasses*

"I could care less." You mean you COULDN'T care less.

See I intentionally say could, because I in fact could care less. If I talk about it at all, odds are I care about it in some way.

People saying the word hashtag in regular conversation because they think the real world is on Twitter.

 

[Good Golly It's Ollie]

"I could care less." You mean you COULDN'T care less.

Oh God, I hate hate HATE this one.

Also, people who think it's "one in the same". It's one AND the same.

Some people do not read enough.

 

[nightmare]

"OMG you have to see this" (holds up a stupid meme involving cute animals or babies)

I really dont have to see that & certainly not important to share during a completely unrelated conversation. Life will somehow manage to go on without knowing a duck & pig were caught drinking from the pond at the same time or somebody put a fake moustache on an infant. Especially irritating when I dont see anyone holding up pics or articles on a breaking news story or anything related to what we are discussing. It kinda shows you are not paying attention to the conversation or are just fucking dumb.

 

[future admin]

People who god damn double dip in communal dips.

 

[Good Golly It's Ollie]

The fist bump, arm flex and crying with laughter emoticons.

Burn emojis tbh.

Social Justice Warriors.

This is difficult for me because I know in many ways I sort of am one, but I also dislike the narrative and stereotypes propagated by the really hardcore radical ones.

Take for example, that whole transgender bathroom thing in the States recently. They should be able to use the bathroom they identify as and feel comfortable with. The whole "but what about sexual predators" argument is slippery slope at its worst. Allowing trans people into the correct bathroom is not going to make sexual assault more likely, nor will banning them stamp it out. All people have the right to their private space to do their business in a place they feel comfortable and I think that should equally be respected on all counts.

What gets me is all the invented genders and identities and the expectation that they will be catered to exclusively. There's a reason the pejorative "special snowflake" became associated with such people.

Also, it's perfectly okay for men to be and act hyper masculine, because that too qualifies as a gender identity. Being Cena-level manly is not a crime. Gender is a spectrum, but it has two ends and two ends only. I hate this notion that being traditionally masculine is now "a bad thing".

And finally, the character of Goldust was never trans- or homophobic. He was, however, entertaining as fuck.

That about wraps it up for me.

 

[BaconBits]

Burn emojis tbh.



This is difficult for me because I know in many ways I sort of am one, but I also dislike the narrative and stereotypes propagated by the really hardcore radical ones.

Take for example, that whole transgender bathroom thing in the States recently. They should be able to use the bathroom they identify as and feel comfortable with. The whole "but what about sexual predators" argument is slippery slope at its worst. Allowing trans people into the correct bathroom is not going to make sexual assault more likely, nor will banning them stamp it out. All people have the right to their private space to do their business in a place they feel comfortable and I think that should equally be respected on all counts.

What gets me is all the invented genders and identities and the expectation that they will be catered to exclusively. There's a reason the pejorative "special snowflake" became associated with such people.

Also, it's perfectly okay for men to be and act hyper masculine, because that too qualifies as a gender identity. Being Cena-level manly is not a crime. Gender is a spectrum, but it has two ends and two ends only. I hate this notion that being traditionally masculine is now "a bad thing".

And finally, the character of Goldust was never trans- or homophobic. He was, however, entertaining as fuck.

That about wraps it up for me.

Being an average everyday liberal is a much different than being a SJW. One can have liberal views and not be a SJW. In fact, most liberals aren't SJWs. It takes a special brand of narcissism to fall into the SJ rabbithole, and most people don't have that special brand.

And in reality, true SJWs are a fairly small, but extraordinarily loud, group of people.

 

[The Bearded One]

Relating to cancer, I think the way we portray people with cancer as warriors is kind of weird. Is everyone with cancer some kind of warrior by default? Why cancer? Is someone struggling with heart disease or diabetes not a warrior? What if this hypothetical person with cancer spends every day lying in bed depressed they have cancer instead of scrapbooking their treatment and uploading it to Instagram? I mean, not that either approach is wrong, but we've somehow romanticized the latter and it's like the former is some kind of lesser person for dealing with cancer their own way.

I completely agree with this. I lost my mom to cancer in 2012. Since she passed away, does that make her less of a warrior or less of a fighter? No. Cancer is a horrible thing and it doesn't care how hard someone "fights" or their will to survive. I also feel bad for Craig Sager, who it repeatedly getting eulogized to his face while he's just trying to do his job.

As for my pet peeve, it's the phrase "It is what it is." It's such pointless thing to say. Of course it is what it is because if it wasn't was it was then it wouldn't be what it is.

 

[@smarkmouth]

People posting 'Save the bees' on Facebook. Don't get me wrong, this is an important issue. I just can't help but wonder how many of those posts are deployed from cell phones.

 

[Khalifa]

When people on Facebook dedicate a birthday post to someone who doesn't even have Facebook. I mean seriously, just say it to their face instead of on some place they will never see. This is excluding death related ones.

 

[Nate DaMac]

Alliteration.

 

[Coco]

Alliteration.

So sincerely sorry.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

When people on Facebook dedicate a birthday post to someone who doesn't even have Facebook. I mean seriously, just say it to their face instead of on some place they will never see. This is excluding death related ones.

Using somebodies death as a means of getting bringing yourself attention.

 

[Uncle Sam]

"TL;DR," particularly on things that are just a few hundred words.

If you don't want to read it, that's fine - no need to broadcast to the world that you have ADD.

 

[Барбоса]

People who say "waiting on" when it should be "waiting for."

A waiter waits on someone. You do not wait on someone to arrive.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Yeah, but "waiting on" is a lot more poetic. "I'm waiting on my burrito to finish in the microwave."

 

[Барбоса]

It sounds awful.

And I don't mean the microwaveable burrito.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Seeing my surname spelled as either Dowd or Dowd's.

 

[justinsayne]

People trying to record video of a concert or live show on their phone. You video look & sounds like shit & you're obstructing my view, put you're fucking phone away asshole.

People in line at fast food place they get to the front of the line then spend ten mins. staring at the menu trying to figure out what they want.

 

[Барбоса]

"Good" customer service, which seems to involve repeatedly asking me if I require help when I just want to be left alone to browse.

People in line at fast food place they get to the front of the line then spend ten mins. staring at the menu trying to figure out what they want.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Agreed on all points. Especially in places that are super basic and nation wide....taco bell, burger king.


You fucking know what is on the goddamn menu.

 

[ScreaminNormanSmiley]

Wait staff that goes overboard on how often they come by to ask if everything is okay. I am crying into my food so obviously it isn't but I can't really answer with my mouth full.

 

[Good Golly It's Ollie]

People who say "waiting on" when it should be "waiting for."

A waiter waits on someone. You do not wait on someone to arrive.

In the same vein, I dislike "Based off" or its even worse cousin, "based off of". You base something on something else.

Also, Americans really like "gotten" in places it doesn't belong. "I've gotten better". No, you got better.

 

[Lee]

When it's midnight/1am and you say to someone see you tomorrow and they say "Well it's technically today" why does it matter?