You know what really grinds my gears.......
Posted by shelloid on Oct 04, 2009 · Member since Nov 2006 · 4427 posts
Ok so maybe I'm just a weirdo, but there's silly little things that really bug me for no apparent reason - what about the rest of you? Is there any little thing that really annoys you, but probably shouldn't that much?
Ok I'll start:
I hate it when peolpe jiggle their legs up and down when they're sitting down. Some people will do this continually and I HATE IT. There's no logic to my annoyance but it really bugs me.
It also bugs me when women put their make up on on public transport - just wake up earlier if you want to wear it - and don't give people dirty looks when they stare at you.
Hahahaha, I definitely understand that one! Sometimes I'll add "lol" to the end of something because if I don't I'll think it looks a bit bitchy or mean and since you can't hear the tone of my voice I don't want it to sound bad. For some reason I feel like "lol" fixes that.
Another thing that bugs me that my cousins do is type like this,"hiiiiiiiiii iiiiii lovvvvvvee uuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!" Why are you vibrating when you speak??? Ugh, my cousins. Don't get me started. Some recent status updates from my cousins:
"Long distance relationships are NOT real. Stop being a fake bitch cause everyone knows you're ugly and can't get a real bf. Whore." (I guess I'm happy that she at least used the right "you're").
"Lance won't get me a kitty. :( I was gonna name it "The Cuteness"... I'ma go cry and pretend i'm a carrot naow..."
"Wow. I'm so affended. You called me a bitch. Iknow ima bitch. Get the fuck over yourself you scumbag."
wow!
finishes his sentences with "...and stuff" even if it doesn't make sense.
O.M.G. I only remember meeting one person who said "and stuff" and it completely twisted me up. In my last semester of college there was a man who lived across the street. My roommates said he was weird but I like to keep an open mind - i can be such a F-ING IDIOT that way!! Well one day he calls me over and starts telling me this crazy story about his mom and DAYEM if he didn't say "and stuff" at least once at the end of every sentence. I started calculating in my mind how long the conversation could possibly last, using the worst case scenario as my baseline, while thinking, "If I can just last X more minutes, then I will have a good excuse to leave." We never talked again. It was the strangest conversation I remember having and did not remember it for many years until you brought this up. Wow.
BTW: I don't know if you remember a kids' show with a character "Puff-n-Stuff?" I do not really remember it, can't think of the name, but my older sisters watched it. In any event, what would be KiLLER is if you could coax your dad into ending a sentence with "...puff-n-stuff" and see if he puts "...and stuff" on the end. That would sound SOOO cool!
it is. we were in a particularly shit area and the accents really stood out.
Innit, innem (aren't they), dunnem (don't they).
"Them girls look right fools, dunnem?"
In Spanish the tic is "verdad?" (True?) or "Total" at the beginning of a phrase. (Kind of like, "Anyway..."). I have students who will say it, in Spanish, when speaking English!
"Sorry I was late, but my car wouldn't start. Total, I had to call the Auto Club, and wait for the guy to show up, verdad?"
WRGMG is that this thread has lasted for 100 pages. >:(
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Just kidding, I love that this thread has lasted for 100 pages. :)>>>
Went to the only herbal shop that sells celery powder (no salt). I knew the package was about 2 Euros. It still is, but the package is only half as big now, 2 oz instead of 4. They just doubled the price without saying a word.
What is innit?
Minke, go here
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=16830.90
and look for the post by Hoodedclawjen and the following discussion on "innit." It's :-D
Innit, innem (aren't they), dunnem (don't they).
Thank goodness I have never heard those words before. That would drive me up a wall.
fb, I had a professor (actually, a few) who's native language wasn't English and they never had problems like that. He taught us how to pronounce words that we normally had trouble with like,"Azerbaijan." I don't think you were being too hard on him.
Hah, I had a professor from Azerbaijan. We didn't know where he was from initially, and gathered up the courage to finally ask 3/4 of the way into the semester.
The weird thing was that the "as you can imagine" guy had been in the country for about 20 years, and his brother came to the country 10 years ago. His brother speaks much better (both in English and in no verbal tics). Strange.
WRGMG is when this happens, DH reeks. Other times I don't notice a thing but when I am sleeping in 90 min shifts like last night, the stink just rolls off him. I can hardly lie in bed next to him. And yes, you want to just push him out on the floor...roughly.
like the natural body odor smell wreaks? i kinda like the natural boy endorphin stimulating odor... if he farts or his breath and clothes stink that's a whole new ballgame!
when my bro was sleeping on the couch in the living room when i came out of my room in the morning i could just smell his nasty stench... barf
Amy,
Wreak: to make, to create. Such as to wreak havoc. Wreak, wrought, wrought. As in overwrought. Noun: wright; see playwright, shipwright, wheelwright.
Reek (noun and verb): to smell horrible, or the stench thereof.
And yes, he reeks. Out loud. He doesn't eat supper and does have acid reflux, so you get pottybreath on top of body heat. And at 3 am my nose is supersensitive. Even the sheets smell odd.
And then I go back at 10 AM or 4 PM or whatever and there's no smell.
J's anniversary present may be not at all what he or any one else is expecting. : /
Hah, I had a professor from Azerbaijan. We didn't know where he was from initially, and gathered up the courage to finally ask 3/4 of the way into the semester.
Ours just came out and told us but I was zoning in and out when he was talking so I completely missed the name of the country. All I remember was that it was somewhere in Africa and that it was a communist country, now turned democratic. And apparently the country doesn't pay attention to traffic lights. He was giving us an analogy about how laws are useless without enforcement and told us that if you go to his country there are traffic lights but no one enforces the use of them so everyone ignores them and drives all over the place. I loved him, he was so funny. He compared the Eastern Orthodox Church to an opium house.
I make calls on behalf of Home Depot. That's my job. Today I took a call from a guy who refused to work with Home Depot because "they support gays and bisexuals". It was everything I could do from going off on him. Instead..I laughed at him and said, "Ok, sir." He hung up on me.
My luck, this will be the call on my review or monitored by corporate. :)
Josh, one of my more "masculine" lesbian friends works at Lowe's. Two days in a row she had been insulted by customers who were uncomfortable. She was told to grow some breasts so people would know she's female, and someone else called her a dirty faggot. It really makes me angry.
When the bible-thumping "everyone is going to hell" Christians were demonstrating on campus, the Anthropology club was having its bake sale. One of "those" people came over to buy things from us, but had to make sure we weren't supporting some homo cause. He bought a lot of sweets and we had a good laugh after he left. Awesome.
Anyway, what grinds my gears is when I can't tell if my body is hungry or nauseous.
Josh, one of my more "masculine" lesbian friends works at Lowe's. Two days in a row she had been insulted by customers who were uncomfortable. She was told to grow some breasts so people would know she's female, and someone else called her a dirty faggot. It really makes me angry.
When the bible-thumping "everyone is going to hell" Christians were demonstrating on campus, the Anthropology club was having its bake sale. One of "those" people came over to buy things from us, but had to make sure we weren't supporting some homo cause. He bought a lot of sweets and we had a good laugh after he left. Awesome.
Anyway, what grinds my gears is when I can't tell if my body is hungry or nauseous.
That's horrible, Courtney. Fucking horrible.
when people stop being veg*n. my friend, who's been vegetarian for 3 years told me today she wasn't anymore. and you know why? because she craved meat...um wtf? solid reasoning, my friend. then she said something about her dad saying vegetarians have weak faith in God...but we've talked about this before and she has ranted that that's not true. and she used to be so gung-ho about it...and then she gets a craving for a fucking hot dog on the fourth of july and suddenly she questions what she said she'd never give up. wtf.
and i'm also pissed for lying and saying i wasn't disappointed. ugh whatever. i wish people weren't so fucking flaky. and stupid.
VH, she gave up being veg for a hot dog? Ew. That's like the most disgusting "meat" product there is. And it's pretty easy to find a veg version (which is not made out of gross reject dead animal scraps), so...wtf?
Woah woah woah, VH!! Vegetarians have a weak faith in God?!!! I mean, I'm no god-fearing man myself but even I think this is total bullshit. I know you're Catholic..and vegan. So I ask where did this person get this argument?! O_o
In my two years of being vegetarian, I've never ever craved meat. I don't get that argument either. I'm open to explanation, though. I have craved certain sauces that were used to flavor the meat but I can put that on my vegan hot dogs or Italian sausages that are delicious. :)
RIGHT?! it makes no sense whatsoever. and yeah, i've never craved meat. in my life. maybe the smell made me want to eat a vegan version of that, but i would never EVER want to eat the "real" thing again.
Yeah, I don't get the "weak faith" thing either... I don't see what one has to do with the other.
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