Horrible Smutbeast posted:In creative fields it's amazing because 99% of the time they have HR sort through all the applications to be passed on to the art director... Which means some dumb rear end in a top hat who went to college for HR is going through applications and portfolios, having never studied art, and becoming the gatekeeper based on absurd things like whether your cover letter has all the right buzzwords they want to read in it. It's a god damned nightmare. Especially if you're the kind of person who doesn't really give a poo poo about becoming best buddies with your co-workers anymore and you just want to get your job and do it. I'm perfectly at home just sitting and working for hours in front of photoshop or whatever the hell they want me to because I just don't care anymore. I can do my job, I enjoy it and I'm not bad at it. But god help me if I haven't missed out on jobs before because my favorite activities weren't going out after hours of slowly blinding myself and getting smashed with a bunch of people I don't actually like. Is it really that hard to just maintain professional relationships for most people? Dr Scoofles posted:Pet peeve. Having to think up what to cook for dinner every.loving.night. I wish humans could just live on space food capsules, or, I wish I was rich and had my own chef to cook for me.
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lidnsya posted:What is that from? Pet peeve: People who want to bring Firefly back when it was cancelled more than ten years ago, because it makes it embarrassing to admit liking the one season there was. Also, people who leave food in/steal food from communal fridges.
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lidnsya posted:What is that from? Ha, my first thought would have been, gently caress you, make your own lunch then, ungrateful poo poo. SOR-REE for wanting my husband to eat healthy food. Nuebot posted:It's a god damned nightmare. Especially if you're the kind of person who doesn't really give a poo poo about becoming best buddies with your co-workers anymore and you just want to get your job and do it. I'm perfectly at home just sitting and working for hours in front of photoshop or whatever the hell they want me to because I just don't care anymore. I can do my job, I enjoy it and I'm not bad at it. But god help me if I haven't missed out on jobs before because my favorite activities weren't going out after hours of slowly blinding myself and getting smashed with a bunch of people I don't actually like. Is it really that hard to just maintain professional relationships for most people? I thought I was the only one! I mean, I get cravings sometimes, and can appreciate good-tasting, healthy food, but I hate the whole ritual of cooking and sitting down to dinner. It's annoying to me when people have a special occasion and the best thing they can think of to celebrate it is dinner. Like, okay, happy birthday, let's go chew for awhile. My issues with food are well-documented on these forums, so I'm sure some in here are thinking that's what this come from, and maybe it does, but part of me just gets bored thinking about meals all the time. If I want to do something fun, I'll go indoor skydiving, roller skating, dancing, hiking...anything besides passively sitting around shoving food in my face.
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Maggie Fletcher posted:Ha, my first thought would have been, gently caress you, make your own lunch then, ungrateful poo poo. SOR-REE for wanting my husband to eat healthy food. Dude, going out for dinner is the best thing in the world for fatigued home cooks. I'm the only one in my household who does the cooking and I get fed up with it, as well as the taste of my own style of cooking. Going out, or having a meal cooked for me is utter bliss because I get to eat food that I didn't have to plan, shop for, prep and wash up after that also is completely different from my cooking style. Also, before even scrolling up to check the name I knew it was you. Are you eating well these days?
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Maggie Fletcher posted:It's annoying to me when people have a special occasion and the best thing they can think of to celebrate it is dinner. Like, okay, happy birthday, let's go chew for awhile. My issues with food are well-documented on these forums, so I'm sure some in here are thinking that's what this come from, and maybe it does, but part of me just gets bored thinking about meals all the time. If I want to do something fun, I'll go indoor skydiving, roller skating, dancing, hiking...anything besides passively sitting around shoving food in my face. Going out for dinner is an excuse to sit and talk with people you like. Everyone has to eat, so it's an activity that anyone can join in with that lets you relax and spend time together. It's not really about the food.
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The "I wish I could live off a pill, I don't like food!" is a pet peeve of mine which comes attached to my mum. And to go with that my sister won't eat "liquid food" because of the texture which sounds like bullshit but she says it's a "real phobia." I've moved back home for a bit with mum and my sister and I love cooking for people so I tried to take over making dinner every night to try and contribute something but the only thing I can find that everyone will eat is a plain roast chicken with 2 veg and roast potatoes. And one of them likes floury potatoes and the other one likes waxy ones so I can't win there either. No soups, no stews, no pies, no rice, no red meat, nothing with too many onions, nothing that the sauce can't be left out, and tbh that would be fine if either of them would give me alternatives but it's just "no thanks" and a grimace every time I make a suggestion. So three separate dinners are made most nights. In a few months I'm moving in with my partner who doesn't eat anything spicy. He thinks sausages are spicy and won't put pepper on a steak but it's probably going to be much easier to deal with.
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As a (slowly improving) picky gently caress, A) I'm so so sorry  , but B) for certain people I can confirm certain textures can be off-putting as hell.
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I'm usually good with food but I literally can not eat things like Orange Chicken, unless every Chinese food place I've tried just does it wrong, it's like biting into a slimy candle and my stomach instantly just rejects it. I don't seem to have any actual control over it and the last time I forced myself to swallow some it came right back up. Meanwhile I've had people look on in horror as I've drunk out of a bottle of hot sauce or eaten a whole clove of garlic on a dare.
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AlphaKretin posted:As a (slowly improving) picky gently caress, A) I'm so so sorry Yeah I know it is a thing, like I don't enjoy jelly textures myself and anything that tastes like aniseed makes me feel queasy so I'm not expecting everyone to like everything. I can deal with either mums or sisters fussiness separately okay, it's just the ridiculousness of trying to work with them both that's driving me nuts.
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Fonts that make lower-case L and capital I indistinguishable. It doesn't come up that often, but when it does it's guaranteed to be irritating 50% of the time.teenytinymouse posted:In a few months I'm moving in with my partner who doesn't eat anything spicy. He thinks sausages are spicy and won't put pepper on a steak but it's probably going to be much easier to deal with.
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I used to shake my head in total disbelief at the "why can't we just eat a pill for sustenance and be done with it" crowd, until I got diagnosed with ADHD and put on medication. Now, the only meal for which I have an appetite is breakfast (before I take my meds). At lunchtime and dinnertime, I have the peripheral signs of hunger (feeling shaky and irritable, etc), but I don't actually feel like eating anything. I just want the hunger symptoms to go away, not actually....you know....eat food. Tiggum posted:I don't think I'll ever choose to eat food that hurts, but coming from a family full of people who like it I know from experience you can get used to it and even enjoy food despite the heat, it's just a matter of exposure. That's exactly how I think of it, too. Spicy hot food has no appeal to me (even when I have an appetite  ) because it just makes my mouth hurt. I'm talking especially about foods like peppers, like if there's a choice between two delicious sandwiches that are identical except one has sweet peppers and one has hot peppers, of course I'm going for the sweet. I don't taste any flavor difference between the two, except one feels good in my mouth and the other sets it on fire.
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Rabbit Hill posted:Now, the only meal for which I have an appetite is breakfast (before I take my meds). At lunchtime and dinnertime, I have the peripheral signs of hunger (feeling shaky and irritable, etc), but I don't actually feel like eating anything. I just want the hunger symptoms to go away, not actually....you know....eat food. I don't know what's wrong with me but I don't get hungry. I have to actively remind myself to eat meals or I'll forget to. Whenever I'm out with friends people are like "Hey, you guys hungry?" and my only answer is "Maybe?" Because I never am. Anyway, know what gets my goat? People who use acronyms without context. This is especially common among people who play games and stuff, but like I was always taught if you're going to use an acronym the first time you do you should either expand it, or explain it so people understand what the letters mean when you use them like five more times. So it kind of annoys me when I'm reading a topic and someone will just post something full of game specific jargon reduced to acronyms so no one else understands it.
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Nuebot posted:Anyway, know what gets my goat? People who use acronyms without context. This is especially common among people who play games and stuff, but like I was always taught if you're going to use an acronym the first time you do you should either expand it, or explain it so people understand what the letters mean when you use them like five more times. So it kind of annoys me when I'm reading a topic and someone will just post something full of game specific jargon reduced to acronyms so no one else understands it. In my experience the worst offenders for this are nurses and people in the military. When nurse friends tell work stories I just kind of play along pretending I get it because asking them what every third word is would just take too long.
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They're nurses. Every third word is likely a synonym for "poop" :P
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Hidden/private numbers. What, are you too afraid I'm going to call you back? Sadly, over here, government organizations tend to use hidden numbers (why) along with telemarketers, so every time I answer one it's like playing phone roulette. I just see no legitimate reason to hide your number unless you're living under a different identity and frequently stalked by someone. And even then you can probably call me without using it, unless you're afraid I'm the stalker, in which case, again, maybe don't call me.
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Thoughtless posted:Hidden/private numbers. What, are you too afraid I'm going to call you back? Sadly, over here, government organizations tend to use hidden numbers (why) along with telemarketers, so every time I answer one it's like playing phone roulette. Lots of people have absolutely legitimate reasons for using a hidden number and assuming that they don't kind of makes you an rear end in a top hat.
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Maggie Fletcher posted:It's annoying to me when people have a special occasion and the best thing they can think of to celebrate it is dinner. Like, okay, happy birthday, let's go chew for awhile. My issues with food are well-documented on these forums, so I'm sure some in here are thinking that's what this come from, and maybe it does, but part of me just gets bored thinking about meals all the time. If I want to do something fun, I'll go indoor skydiving, roller skating, dancing, hiking...anything besides passively sitting around shoving food in my face. The Malaysian immigrant community has organizations that will match a single man to a family, so he can go eat dinner at their house instead of alone. The ancient Spartans supposedly outlawed eating alone. I don't really get it either.
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E: gently caress, should have quoted. Re: private numbers And while I can understand the frustration, whether they have a legitimate reason or not people are within their right to keep things private. Actually that's a peeve of mine; expected lack of privacy. Whether it's Gmail just casually wanting a phone no., people pressing for unnecessary details in conversations (this one especially because once they ask it's "rude" to not answer) or, uh, I can't think of a third example that's not in the same vein as the first but three examples is best for emphasis , it just irks me. I mean I have nothing to hide but you don't need to know that and, I dunno, I'd feel that bit more secure if you didn't. 
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Thoughtless posted:Hidden/private numbers. What, are you too afraid I'm going to call you back? Sadly, over here, government organizations tend to use hidden numbers (why) along with telemarketers, so every time I answer one it's like playing phone roulette. I've recently had a few hidden number calls from a real estate agent I was dealing with. I guess maybe she was calling from her private phone instead of her work one, but why?
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Dr Scoofles posted:Dude, going out for dinner is the best thing in the world for fatigued home cooks. I'm the only one in my household who does the cooking and I get fed up with it, as well as the taste of my own style of cooking. Going out, or having a meal cooked for me is utter bliss because I get to eat food that I didn't have to plan, shop for, prep and wash up after that also is completely different from my cooking style. I know, I'm definitely in the minority here. People LOVE going out to dinner, or creating a beautiful meal at home, and I recognize that I'm weird about it. Probably at least part of it stems from my own eating issues. I certainly don't mind going out for people's birthdays--even if it's not something I would choose--because I have certainly dragged my friends out skydiving or to roller derby or arena football for MY birthday. Things are better, honestly--I stopped having dinner with the boyfriend's parents all the time. The food his parents make is really good, high-quality food, but it's too rich, too much, and too much red meat for me to handle. So I started working late and staying out on the weekends (this happened organically because of work and hobbies, not so I could avoid eating) and he told them they should just go ahead and have meals without me. It's honestly made it a lot better now that I'm eating the food I want, on my own terms. And I'm not using it as an excuse to not eat--I usually have really big hearty lunches and was never much of a dinner person. I eat really healthy now (although occasionally will go nuts on a pizza or piece of cake), but not to orthorexia levels. Just a lot of salads, vegetables, lean protein, etc. I'm not averse to eating--it's just a holdover from my disorder that if you remove all control from me (as in, making meals, setting portions, and getting mad if I don't eat it all), it doesn't go over well. Things are better now. Anyway, sorry for the derail! I totally understand I'm the odd one here. I just am not a food person. Considering how "not a food person" is a step up from "anorexic," I'm okay with being weird. I can understand how you'd enjoy going to dinner if you're used to doing all the food prep. For content: There is this guy at work who's been a bit of a problem since day 1. I won't go into it because it's a long story, but one major peeve is he is on the phone ALL DAY. For reference, we do contracts--there's a lot of back and forth trading documents over email. We almost never get on the phone unless it's a conference call or we're experiencing a miscommunication via email that can easily be cleared up on the phone. I handle about 60 contracts on average, and most of them are complex, high-level, multi-million dollar clinical trials, and I only use my phone about once a day on average. But he calls every client and every external party about every contract he does--after he sends them the email containing the contract. For some reason he's not content waiting for an email response with edits--he HAS to call them right away and explain that he just sent them the contract, and that he wants to talk about the edits. Before they even have a chance to read it. He does this all day long, and he mumbles and rambles like a crazy old man, just loud enough to be distracting to everyone else. I can shut my door, but some of my coworkers don't have that luxury so they get to listen to him mumble on the phone all loving day. He's been asked multiple times to stop calling people all day long, but he still does it. This seems petty as I'm writing it, but in context (and I could write a book on all the other problems he's caused) it's just another reason I can't even deal with him right now. Oh, and he's creepy. The shredder box is right outside my office. We have a fairly paperless office, almost everything is electronic, but he prints out everything he does and visits the shredder about ten times a day. Every time he does, he stares in my office and if I have the bad judgment to make eye contact he'll take that as an invitation to come and start a really intrusive conversation about what I'm doing, how is running going? Oh, I see you're eating your protein! (if I have food on my desk). Yeah I know my wife is all about the diet, I know about you women and your diets, hehehe, women amirite? He just went to the shredder box as I wrote this. And he stared in to see if I would look up at him. I am managing to look like I am concentrating VERY hard on writing about this, so I certainly cannot be disturbed. I'm not the only one who finds him creepy. If he wants to talk to you, he'll come to your office or cube, but he'll sneak up behind you to try to get a glimpse of your computer screen before saying hello. If I shut my door to get work done, as soon as I open it, he pounces "HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING DID YOU GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE ARE YOU STRESSED CAN I HELP HERE I FOUND THIS BOOK ON MANAGING STRESS, YOU SHOULD USE IT" The ladies at the front desk have complained about him sneaking up on them too. I was trying to keep it short, but I could go on forever about this guy. Basically, creepy people with no sense of boundaries are a pet peeve.
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People who don't handle death with the gravity and respect it deserves. I recently lost a friend of mine to a complication with her meds. Of course, people hear that and immediately ask me "WHOA DID SHE KILL HERSELF?!" No, you insensitive piece of poo poo.
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I hate it when people don't know when to use me versus I. I see it all the time on Facebook. Someone will post a picture and caption it "my dad and I at the beach" or "the girls and I in Mexico!". The easiest way to figure it out is to take the other person/people out of the sentence and see which one makes sense. You wouldn't say "this is I at the beach" or this is I in Mexico". People are taught that me is wrong in a sentence like "me and Joe are going to the store", and just assume it's wrong in every context. Another pet peeve from work (serving) is when people order a drink and a water. I can understand if you order alcohol and a water on the side, but so many people order "a coke and water". Nine time out of ten they drink the coke, maybe even get a refill, and then I end up clearing away an untouched glass of water after they leave. If everyone at a table of 4 does this, I have to carry out 4 extra drinks and clear away four full glasses of water later. If they drink the coke and even half the water, it doesn't bug me.
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liquidypoo posted:People who don't handle death with the gravity and respect it deserves. I recently lost a friend of mine to a complication with her meds. Of course, people hear that and immediately ask me "WHOA DID SHE KILL HERSELF?!" 
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Maggie Fletcher posted:I know, I'm definitely in the minority here. People LOVE going out to dinner, or creating a beautiful meal at home, and I recognize that I'm weird about it. Probably at least part of it stems from my own eating issues. I certainly don't mind going out for people's birthdays--even if it's not something I would choose--because I have certainly dragged my friends out skydiving or to roller derby or arena football for MY birthday. Dang. Thats rough. I really get pissed when people make callous statements about a group of people or something like that. Life sucks enough as it is, you don't have to be a huge rear end in a top hat about it. My current job is a block or so away from a homeless shelter that provides services to people down and out in life. Its also the only shelter in town that will take in actively drunk or high folks that need a place to stay. So it isn't uncommon to be walking to the parking garage to pass a group of homeless folk that are using the facility. Well one day, this lady who was either high, or severely messed up on stuff, was on the other side of the street from where I'm standing on one side of the street waiting to cross. Me and some...co workers I guess, were like "Lol, get a load of THIS one. HAHA CRACK KILLS, NOT EVEN ONCE, LOL" really loud and obnoxiously. Then they were all "pssh, did you see that, man" to me. gently caress people like that. They are the same group of guys that are all "women, amirite" and "don't be gay" and poo poo like that. Hate those guys, make my day suck so bad.
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I have a hard time eating around people because my mother would do stuff like randomly throw my food to the floor, take it and give it to my sister, put household cleaners in it and generally mess with my head. But I do try to go out since I know it is strange.
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Aerofallosov posted:I have a hard time eating around people because my mother would do stuff like randomly throw my food to the floor, take it and give it to my sister, put household cleaners in it and generally mess with my head. Um. I think you have a perfectly good reason to be weird about food. I think you're a champ for even trying. Your mother is my pet peeve right now.
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liquidypoo posted:People who don't handle death with the gravity and respect it deserves. I recently lost a friend of mine to a complication with her meds. Of course, people hear that and immediately ask me "WHOA DID SHE KILL HERSELF?!" Not quite the same thing but in a similar vein, I've taken a few friends and family who visited to see the Pearl Harbor Memorial and there are still bodies down there and stuff, it's usually a really somber place. Inevitably there's at least one group of guys posing and shouting something along the lines of "gently caress YEAH AMERICA! WOO BRO!" taking pictures with their phones of their wacky, hilarious antics while everyone else is notably irritated by them. That or you get the racist people loudly commenting that Japanese tourists shouldn't be allowed to visit it because "It's all their fault anyway".
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Nuebot posted:Not quite the same thing but in a similar vein, I've taken a few friends and family who visited to see the Pearl Harbor Memorial and there are still bodies down there and stuff, it's usually a really somber place. Inevitably there's at least one group of guys posing and shouting something along the lines of "gently caress YEAH AMERICA! WOO BRO!" taking pictures with their phones of their wacky, hilarious antics while everyone else is notably irritated by them. That or you get the racist people loudly commenting that Japanese tourists shouldn't be allowed to visit it because "It's all their fault anyway". Stupid poo poo tourists who don't respect local customs or in general act lovely. Like go to a church or museum and take photos with selfie sticks and giant flashes. Yelling loudly in sacred or somber spots like you said. Not respecting nature, especially when there's laws or huge signs against it (eg "don't touch the turtles!!"). Cigarettes. Food wrappers. Etc. Astrofig posted:Whistling or other repetitive sounds. It's like nails on a goddamn chalkboard. Ugh yes whistling or humming . For example, if you're standing in a checkout line and there's some pop song over the speakers, and someone starts humming or whistling completely off time and off key. HmmmmmmHhhmmMmMM oh my god I want to punch you in the face! E: thread titles on GBS and sometimes other places that leave off the last few letters of a word. I know there's a letter count limit but a most of them are just doing it as a gimmick. "I am ga" "Did u know SA is a place where people are st" stuff like that. Thin Privilege has a new favorite as of 02:35 on Oct 10, 2015 |
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Thin Privilege posted:Stupid poo poo tourists who don't respect local customs or in general act lovely. Like go to a church or museum and take photos with selfie sticks and giant flashes. Yelling loudly in sacred or somber spots like you said. Not respecting nature, especially when there's laws or huge signs against it (eg "don't touch the turtles!!"). Cigarettes. Food wrappers. Etc. Sometimes sea turtles and seals pop up on the beaches and the cops have to actually like, tape off the area and stand guard or idiots will start trying to ride the animals and get into fist fights with seals. I have seen fat tourists get hauled off for trying to punch a seal. I don't know why he wanted to but he was super pissed off that the cops were infringing on his free speech. Other idiot things: Tropical storm hit, we were on hurricane warning and the water was looking really bad. Pretty much every beach was abandoned except for a few scattered tourist families who by god had paid to come visit Hawaii and decided it was their god given right to risk their lives in the dangerous waters if they wanted! Of course if something happened and one of their five kids drowned they would have sued the government despite ignoring the DO NOT SWIM signs every five feet. Once again cops were literally having to drag these people away. But sometimes it's the locals who are assholes. I live on the "poor side" of the island. I have gone weeks without seeing another white person, back when I went to school I was often literally the only white kid in class. I mention this because a lot of people will complain, vocally, that it's all the white people and tourists that make this side of the island look like the trash it is. I've seen locals just throw entire bags of McDonalds garbage out their car windows while driving and still try to blame other people for all the pollution and poo poo ruining the scenery. 
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People who just leave garbage everywhere, especially at fast food places where the trash is light paper and there are bins everywhere. The expectation of just leaving poo poo everywhere is so ingrained that once, while shopping, despite wearing plain clothes in literally the opposite colour to the store uniform and having an unemployably messy haircut, I got asked if I work there for daring to return an extra bag I realised I didn't need. God forbid I clean up after myself even slightly, I must clearly be getting paid for it.
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Moths. They're always coming into the house and flying around the lights making shadows or trying to fly through closed windows making annoying noises. You kill one and another shows up almost immediately.Purple trillium posted:I hate it when people don't know when to use me versus I. I see it all the time on Facebook. Someone will post a picture and caption it "my dad and I at the beach" or "the girls and I in Mexico!". Thin Privilege posted:Stupid poo poo tourists who don't respect local customs or in general act lovely. Like go to a church or museum and take photos with selfie sticks and giant flashes. Yelling loudly in sacred or somber spots like you said.
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Tiggum posted:Moths. They're always coming into the house and flying around the lights making shadows or trying to fly through closed windows making annoying noises. You kill one and another shows up almost immediately.
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Ugh Australia has loving huge moths. I'm not usually outright scared of creepy crawlies but some of the moths I see can gently caress right off.
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AlphaKretin posted:Ugh Australia has loving huge moths. I'm not usually outright scared of creepy crawlies but some of the moths I see can gently caress right off. Moths are fuzzy and cute though. I like them. Know what can gently caress right off? Roaches. They're everywhere here and not even geckos will touch the bastards. I was out the other night with a friend and they were like "Huh, is that a bat?" and pointed at something huge and black flying by a street lamp. Nope, just a gigantic roach. It hit the light with very audible thunk noises and we just walked a little bit faster because roaches are terrible. Mosquitos have also been swarming because it's been damp and rainy lately. Fun thing about when it rains here, poisonous toads! They scare the hell out of my cat thankfully so he won't eat one and die. The toads have a habit of hopping onto the road and getting run over though, so after heavy rainfall streets are just lined with exploded toads.
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AlphaKretin posted:People who just leave garbage everywhere, especially at fast food places where the trash is light paper and there are bins everywhere. The expectation of just leaving poo poo everywhere is so ingrained that once, while shopping, despite wearing plain clothes in literally the opposite colour to the store uniform and having an unemployably messy haircut, I got asked if I work there for daring to return an extra bag I realised I didn't need. God forbid I clean up after myself even slightly, I must clearly be getting paid for it. But it creates jobs (but seriously: Most people are lazy, inconsiderate fucks. It's bad.) Nuebot posted:Moths are fuzzy and cute though. I like them.  I grew up in a province that didn't have roaches and I saw my first one not more than two months ago. It was huge, and I am horrified to learn that they fly. Awful loving things.Bedbugs are worse though.
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cash crab posted:But it creates jobs To be fair, people leaving garbage everywhere is good for you. :P Also, on the sensitivity note regarding death, I'm not that bad but I tend to use humour as a coping mechanism, but it's always a ways removed from the actual death/event. Example: My grandfather dies a few months ago, and when chatting with the funeral staff after the service I said that the real reason people bowed their heads praying at a funeral specifically was so that they could be soothed by the Worlds Ugliest Carpet cheering them up. BioEnchanted has a new favorite as of 06:43 on Oct 10, 2015 |
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