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bradzilla posted:Do you really not know that there's a hole on the other side of the lid to insert the cover? Really? Well that's awkward.
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BioEnchanted posted:Also avoid getting caught in bad weather for the rest of your life. I hope your resigned to lugging an umbrella around everywhere forever. My cold came because of getting caught in a Hailstorm in Mid Spring! England's bizarre weather in action. Wait, our weather carries viral infections now? edit: To expand on the flu shot thing, people who don't get the shot because "Last time I got it, I caught the flu* the next day!" I happen to be one of the lucky people with Type 1 diabetes and so am in one of the 'at risk' groups that needs to get one every year. Thanks for putting me at risk, dick! *probably just a bad/not even bad cold and also a coincidence Wrath of Mordark has a new favorite as of 20:03 on Apr 13, 2016 |
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Wrath of Mordark posted:Wait, our weather carries viral infections now? I learned recently that when you first get the shot you're a bit more susceptible to colds and the like for a couple of days. Explains this persistent myth; I wish people giving out shots would mention it!
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 20:03 |
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I didn't know that. Interesting. The other peeve is people confusing flu/cold. Similar symptoms only one completely fucks you over.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 20:05 |
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People who go to the doctor and demand antibiotics for a flu or cold make me irrationally angry. Although maybe it's rational anger, since the doctors giving into them demands has, in part, caused an increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 20:07 |
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Wrath of Mordark posted:Wait, our weather carries viral infections now? I never implied that it did, but can't it lower your body temperature and weaken your immune system to make you more susceptible? I often get colds when caught in bad weather.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 20:12 |
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Sorry, should have read that one a bit better. I believe that can be the case.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 20:26 |
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Sometimes the campus Starbucks runs out of lids so they borrow them from Costa but they don't quite fit and you often spill a bit when drinking.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 22:26 |
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self-peeve: I really wish I didn't freak out in my head from every little bit of criticism, even if it is constructive.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 23:34 |
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Maggie Fletcher posted:People who go to the doctor and demand antibiotics for a flu or cold make me irrationally angry. Especially as it fucks the rest of us up when we have a more serious infection and doctors just dismiss it as a cold and refuse to prescribe anything. A few winters back I had an awful throat/sinus infection which was causing me to cough so much that I was doing actual physical damage to my throat. It took three trips to the doctor before they were convinced that a hot lemon drink was not enough. Pet peeve: lazy loving doctors who don't listen.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 23:50 |
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Maggie Fletcher posted:
It's not the biggest problem at my gym but I just looove walking up to people that use the machine as a nice resting place and ask how many sets they still have. Gets them on the wrong foot almost every time and I have a machine for me now. Gym related peeve: people using the machine not the intended way, you train shoulders on the standing calf raise machine and why did you think doing shrugs on the incline bench machine is a smart idea? There are machines exactly for those exercises freely available...
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Helios Grime posted:Gym related peeve: people using the machine not the intended way, you train shoulders on the standing calf raise machine and why did you think doing shrugs on the incline bench machine is a smart idea? There are machines exactly for those exercises freely available... One of Cracked's columnists once requested for gyms to instate an Amateur Hour, precisely to avoid things like this (or at least to let them make those mistakes in peace), so people like him can just go in and figure this poo poo out themselves. I still stand by this being a great idea.
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# ? Apr 14, 2016 11:19 |
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Cleretic posted:One of Cracked's columnists once requested for gyms to instate an Amateur Hour, precisely to avoid things like this (or at least to let them make those mistakes in peace), so people like him can just go in and figure this poo poo out themselves. Oh the guy isn't an amateur in the true sense, he knows what the machine is truly for but his super special No.1 workout needs to be as convoluted as possible. Imagine Crossfit with machines and less hot chicks.
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# ? Apr 14, 2016 11:36 |
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I really want to know what on a person's phone could possibly be so loving important that they have to read/view it while walking up/down the stairs to a train station. What on earth couldn't wait until you're on the platform/outside? The train station near my apartment is above ground so it's not like these idiots are going to lose service either. Another pet peeve: people who ascend/descend the stairs and just stop directly in front of the stairs for no discernible reason. What goes on in these people's brains?
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# ? Apr 14, 2016 12:31 |
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YeahTubaMike posted:Another pet peeve: people who ascend/descend the stairs and just stop directly in front of the stairs for no discernible reason. What goes on in these people's brains?
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Tiggum posted:It is, if you're heating it to that temperature. I hate walking into a room with a heater on that brings the temperature over 20. If it's over that already, you don't need a heater. If it's hotter than that and you're cooling it then yeah, 23 is probably fine, although I generally dislike it when a heater or air conditioner makes the inside temperature more than 5 degrees different to the outside temperature. It just makes the transition way too unpleasant and means you have to change your clothes. I'm going to take a guess that you don't live somewhere where it gets terribly hot. Lemme tell you: if it's 32 degrees out, plus humidity pushing the heat index up to closer to 35 or 37, I sure as gently caress am not keeping the air conditioner set to 30. That poo poo goes down 20 or so. But then, heat is my pet peeve. I can't loving stand it. Give me cold any day of the weak, but god help me if the temperature climbs above 27 (80F is my cut-off), then I am just miserable. Heat makes me physically ill. I feel cranky and fatigued and nauseous. It sucks.
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# ? Apr 14, 2016 13:56 |
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People who take their noisy toddlers to either nicer restaurants or to places that are basically bars that also serve food. I get that you all want a night out, but I'd like to enjoy mine. Also the fact that I feel a little bit bad about having that opinion.
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Initio posted:People who take their noisy toddlers to either nicer restaurants or to places that are basically bars that also serve food. Don't feel bad. Children are noisy, messy shits and should be eradicated. It's 3:00 AM and I'm hungover as gently caress, trying to enjoy some pancakes WHY DO YOU HAVE A TODDLER AT A DENNY'S AT THREE IN THE MORNING
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# ? Apr 14, 2016 14:34 |
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When people get pissed at you for using a word they don't understand as if you did it on purpose. I'm sorry dude, I didn't realize you'd get butt-hurt by me using the word "laconic."
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Silver Falcon posted:I'm going to take a guess that you don't live somewhere where it gets terribly hot. Lemme tell you: if it's 32 degrees out, plus humidity pushing the heat index up to closer to 35 or 37, I sure as gently caress am not keeping the air conditioner set to 30. That poo poo goes down 20 or so. But then, heat is my pet peeve. I can't loving stand it. Give me cold any day of the weak, but god help me if the temperature climbs above 27 (80F is my cut-off), then I am just miserable. Heat makes me physically ill. I feel cranky and fatigued and nauseous. It sucks. I live in Melbourne, so yeah, it gets over 40. I actually won't object if it's that hot and people want to bring the temperature down by more than 5 degrees, but for myself, 5 is enough that it feels much better without making the transition to the outside temperature too extreme. It mostly annoys me in public places like shops where you go from 40 degrees to 20 and you're suddenly shivering in the middle of summer, or you go from 10 degrees to 25 and you're sweating in winter. And then you step back outside and the situation reverses.
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Heat is also my pet peeve. It's the worst. I'd rather feel cold, damp, and clammy than dehydrated, woozy, and worn-out. But I thought of a couple more. I hate when people stare when you're doing something uninteresting or mundane. Like working out. I'm at the gym lifting a weight or doing a pushup or using a machine, and people stare. I'm not doing these things sexily, I'm in workout clothes and no makeup, just being a regular person working out, but people stare as if I'm doing a circus act. Today I was sitting alone in a conference room waiting for my boss and another person to arrive, and everyone who walked by had to peer in as if I were doing something interesting rather than checking emails and killing time. Another one: when people use the word "treat" as a reward. "Oh, i just have these every so often as a treat." "This is my monthly treat to myself." For some irrational reason, it irks me. A treat is something a dog gets when he's been a good boy, not an excuse for an adult to eat an ice cream. I have no problem with phrasing like "treat myself to..." or "it's on me, my treat." It's when it's used as some sort of reward for the person, it reminds me of dogs doing tricks and it bugs me. I really don't know why.
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Tiggum posted:I live in Melbourne, so yeah, it gets over 40. I actually won't object if it's that hot and people want to bring the temperature down by more than 5 degrees, but for myself, 5 is enough that it feels much better without making the transition to the outside temperature too extreme. It mostly annoys me in public places like shops where you go from 40 degrees to 20 and you're suddenly shivering in the middle of summer, or you go from 10 degrees to 25 and you're sweating in winter. And then you step back outside and the situation reverses. I guess I'm used to shedding layers. It gets waaaaay colder than 10 degrees up here.
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My mom finally decided to start paying bills online. So she had me set a few things up, but the Cox account was a disaster. I didn't have our log-in or passwords, but the system said we had signed up. I couldn't find anything in her little pad of passwords and finally got the login. But then in order to reset your password, you need to answer a SECRET QUESTION. And your SECRET ANSWER can't be sent to you. Nor can the tech guys at Cox tell you it. I had to play 20 loving questions with a tech who finally gave me enough hints to put together the secret loving answer and reset the password. The answer, btw, he said had been set a decade ago. And in those 10 years she has never ever used the online bill pay. You have our credit card info! I gave you all the other info! TELL ME THE loving SECRET ANSWER ALREADY. Peeve: when people honestly and truly believe that people who protest for better wages or treatment are just being lazy, that everyone can succeed if they just aren't lazy, and if you succeed, you are better than them, hands down. If you shop at Macys, you are better than the people who shop at KMart. A coworker of mine is a well-off white man and he constantly bitches about how fast food jobs are just for teenagers and if anyone wants $15 an hour they need to do better than fastfood. He shits on everyone and calls them communists if people want some form of a social safety net, and mocks the idea of any form of charity because "you get what you want and then you want more, and that doesn't make you a bad person! We punish the best people in the world because they are rich!" The best part is he urges everyone to donate to the Humane Society because animals, unlike humans, aren't lazy and they don't deserve to be put down because humans are stupid. He actively encourages people to adopt animals and to donate time and money and rescue dogs, but if you mention you donate to a foster kid instead, the putdowns and insults are something from Full Metal Jacket. He's Just World and FUGM in the flesh.
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I hate the words "forage" and "cohort" and I have no idea why. They just annoy the living poo poo out of me.
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Cohort is a pretty ugly word, I guess. It sounds like a fart and it's pretty much only used by academics trying to think of a pretentious way to describe their peers.
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 01:20 |
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"utilize". SAY USE YOU loving WINDBAG
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 01:23 |
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When goons overreact to one or two or five odd things you do and then claim this makes you a broken person or they describe some other person who would also have those same traits and the overal picture painted is pretty abysmal. It's like, oh you do one weird thing do you? Well I bet you're weird in a bunch of other ways too! Ha!
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 02:08 |
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Watching Netflix in the shower is weird as poo poo you broken weirdo.
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 02:28 |
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Ryoshi posted:Watching Netflix in the shower is weird as poo poo you broken weirdo. I agree
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 08:50 |
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My dad puts grated parmesan cheese on anything he can. I made macaroni and cheese for the family, and got it just perfect, and since in his brain, "pasta=time for my salty cheese favorite!" He smothered it in parmesan and of course complained about how thick it was. He does this with stuff like pasta salad, too.
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 11:36 |
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People who go to A&E for minor illnesses. People who go to A&E for minor illnesses and then complain that they have to wait 5 hours because their symptoms are minor and A&E is already full of people who shouldn't be there.
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cash crab posted:"utilize". SAY USE YOU loving WINDBAG Middle managers whose only job responsibility is justifying their own existences loving love that word and it drives me up a goddamn wall. "I think we could utilize a more robust metric for this process." gently caress you, dude. You're just trying to sound important. Just say "We could really use a new metric" and get back to facebooking all day, you overpaid piece of poo poo
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Cheshire Puss posted:Cigars though? gently caress you. That poo poo reeks and if you're doing that poo poo in public you should know that you may as well be gargling raw sewage. I can smell those things from a hundred yards away outside on a clear day and feel physically ill from even the briefest exposure. Gods its foul. I completely agree with you. I do enjoy a cigar once every 3 months or so with a friend of mine that has a very impressive collection of high-quality cigars. They take usually about an hour to smoke. As per the rules of his house, this must be done as far as possible from the house and one needs to consider the prevailing winds. If you're not the one smoking them, they smell terrible and I'm all for banning cigars from everywhere but your own property. In MN, that is standard. Cigars are usually banned even on patios.
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 15:58 |
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The worst is the middle aged assholes who strut proudly through a crowded city puffing away on a noxious-smelling cheapass cigar.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:The worst is the middle aged assholes who strut proudly through a crowded city puffing away on a noxious-smelling cheapass cigar. do they think they're living in the 1920s or something?
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This is probably half unpopular opinion half pet peeve, but while we're on the topic of smoking: people who want to smoke weed in your place where it's not legalized and where you can face heavy fines by the landlord if you're caught smoking anything inside. I don't care if you smoke it, I do it sometimes too, just find somewhere else to do it. People always claim they have ways of making it not smell up the apartment, but to a non-regular weed smoker you can very clearly smell it for days. Also: friends who ask/pay you to drive them to go buy weed and "hide" it in your glovebox or whatever with the not-so-subtle implication they will pin it on you if we get pulled over and searched. I'm glad I'm not in college in anymore.
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 20:34 |
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Your friends suck, Murphy. Good to know weed smokers can be as big assholes as cigarette smokers.
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Yeah what the gently caress, it should end at "please don't smoke in my place" no matter what it is they want to smoke. Assholes.
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Plan Z posted:My dad puts grated parmesan cheese on anything he can. I made macaroni and cheese for the family, and got it just perfect, and since in his brain, "pasta=time for my salty cheese favorite!" He smothered it in parmesan and of course complained about how thick it was. He does this with stuff like pasta salad, too. Doesn't your dad do something else really hosed up with his food, or am I still still thinking of another weird example you told where he needed to put parm on something? I swear to god we had a "shaky cheese" conversation a while back. I smoke, but I never do it inside, and I'd rather people not smoke pot and cigarettes in my house. We live in a city with three dispensaries every block, you can smoke outside. I can't stand the smell of pot at the best of times, but if we're having a party and it starts getting everywhere it starts to give me a headache.
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Murphy Brownback posted:people who want to smoke weed in your place where it's not legalized and where you can face heavy fines by the landlord if you're caught smoking anything inside I have no problem with people smoking anything in my apartment, but your story reminds me of the time I had a housewarming party -- thereby implying that I was new to the building -- where some of my guests were complaining that I wouldn't let them go up on the roof (which has a "no people allowed" sign) or on the fire escape. How dare I not let them do illegal things and break explicit rules during my first month at a new place.
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