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I walked into a public bathroom once and a guy was at the urinal with his pants and underwear at his ankles, so I got a face full of old fat man rear end. I went into the stall to piss and he proceeded then to not flush and turned on the tap without shutting it off as he left. Some people just don’t get the idea of bathroom etiquette. Savages.
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Public restrooms that have incomplete hands-free systems. Like you can flush without touching anything but the sink is a normal hand-operated one. Or it's a hands-free sink but then you have to crank the paper towels. Or the sink is hand-operated but the dryer is a hands-free air blower, so you can't use a paper towel to shut off the sink that countless shithands have touched. Or the door opens inward so you have to touch a public door handle immediately after washing, knowing that god-knows-how-many slobs don't wash. Also, the fact that like half the dudes I see don't wash their hands after pissing. Also the dudes at the restaurant I used to work at that would drop food on the floor, toss it in the fryer for ten seconds or so, and then serve it up. Gross! Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 19:10 on Feb 10, 2018 |
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Feb 10, 2018 19:08
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Also the dudes at the restaurant I used to work at that would drop food on the floor, toss it in the fryer for ten seconds or so, and then serve it up. Gross! I think a lot of people think that "sterilizes" it. It might even be true, I don't really know, but that's not the point if you're making people pay for what you're making. If you're just at home and you drop something, it's still a little gross feeling to eat it but as long as nobody's watching the only person you're hurting is yourself so it's OK. When my dad was a chef the rules were if something drops on the floor you either throw it out or take it home so pretty regularly he'd bring home a couple giant lobster tails or steaks they charged 50+ dollars for. It was a pretty good deal as long as you don't think about how it was on the floor before being cooked.
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Feb 10, 2018 19:31
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If you've never dropped something on the floor and eaten it, I just can't imagine being able to relate to you on any level. You might as well be an alien from my perspective.
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Feb 10, 2018 20:16
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Tiggum posted:If you've never dropped something on the floor and eaten it, I just can't imagine being able to relate to you on any level. You might as well be an alien from my perspective. The thing is a restaurant kitchen floor is covered in stuff like raw poultry, mouldering dairy, whole raw pork chops, and god knows-what-else in addition to normal floor gunk. You have time to sweep during business hours but you ain't sterilizing it till close. Eating off your own living room floor is kind of a different thing. Even just my shoes alone, I spent a few months being the guy that breads and drops fried stuff. Doing that in a rush is gross business and my work shoes were and iirc still are coated in a layer of raw meat batter gunk. Those shoes x10 plus all the food that might get dropped plus normal germs getting tracked in from outside plus batter and marinade sloshing out plus plus plus And yeah making the choice to eat it when you know what's happened is different from presenting yourself as a clean, respectable place and passing off possibly-contaminated food as a-ok. Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 20:33 on Feb 10, 2018 |
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Feb 10, 2018 20:30
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:The thing is a restaurant kitchen floor is covered in stuff like raw poultry, mouldering dairy, whole raw pork chops, and god knows-what-else in addition to normal floor gunk. You have time to sweep during business hours but you ain't sterilizing it till close. Eating off your own living room floor is kind of a different thing. Even just my shoes alone, I spent a few months being the guy that breads and drops fried stuff. Doing that in a rush is gross business and my work shoes were and iirc still are coated in a layer of raw meat batter gunk. Those shoes x10 plus all the food that might get dropped plus normal germs getting tracked in from outside plus batter and marinade sloshing out plus plus plus You just reminded me of this funny standup take about a restaurant so bad you were compelled to stay to witness just how bad it was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KET476dpF1Y
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Feb 10, 2018 20:34
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Related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BmDCmZM45k&t=109s secondary peeve: when people upload a clip of a specific thing and include 2 minutes of bullshit before it ever happens when the stuff before it has absolutely no relevance.
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Feb 10, 2018 20:36
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BmDCmZM45k&t=109s Probably 90% of youtubers. I'd rather just get the thing and avoid the douchey dreamworks face commentary and useless intro/outros and reminders to like and subscribe
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Feb 10, 2018 20:41
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Misunderstood the post.
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Feb 10, 2018 20:42
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A guest peeve with two edges: -They ask a question, and don't let me answer because they insist on repeatedly elaborating on the question with useless details -I ask them a question, and a response that should be simple instead turns into a monologue full of useless details The first is more maddening because they'll pause as if they've finished talking, and then as soon as I try to offer an answer they immediately launch into another section of reasons and explanations for asking the question, as if it needs justification. The second is frustrating because it means either I'm sitting there listening to them prattle on endlessly, or I give them an answer and then they append a secondary explanation that provides no new information and nothing for me to respond with besides a repetition of my previous answer, worded differently so I don't sound like an obtuse moron.
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Feb 10, 2018 21:06
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Both because I saw it on this very page, and because I've seen it happen a lot lately: the abbreviation of "until" as "till."
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Feb 10, 2018 22:14
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Agreed! A till is where the cashier keeps money.
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Feb 11, 2018 01:01
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Till is not an abbreviation and is etymologically older than until, altough considered less formal. It exists in anglo-saxon and Chaucer uses it
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Feb 11, 2018 02:32
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"Add" is not an abbreviation for advertisement.
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Feb 11, 2018 23:48
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"Minus" and "times" are not verbs. You cannot "times n by m" and you cannot "minus n from m". It's not so bad to hear this from elementary school children but it's pretty bad hearing it from adults. Also, automated washrooms never work for me. It's a relief every time I figure out how to get the tap on, and have to flail around to figure out how to trigger the drier to stay on longer than 2 seconds. I don't know if anyone else has this issue; I figure it's because I have freakishly small hands, but maybe this is universal and we just don't talk about it. The only thing worse than proximity activated sinks are the ones where one hand has to hold down a button to keep the water on. I ain't gonna wash my hands one at a time, at that point I'll just fish the hand sanitizer out of my bag.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:01
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Maybe you're a vampire.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:05
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Killingyouguy! posted:"Minus" and "times" are not verbs. You cannot "times n by m" and you cannot "minus n from m". It's not so bad to hear this from elementary school children but it's pretty bad hearing it from adults. I have dyscalculia and I genuinely do not understand this? Is it just grammar? I can't say "3 times four"? Is it just that I'm supposed to say "3 multiplied by four"? I feel like those are interchangeable, but I am frequently wrong about such things. Help, I can't even spell the number 3.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:07
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fizzymercy posted:I have dyscalculia and I genuinely do not understand this? Is it just grammar? I can't say "3 times four"? Is it just that I'm supposed to say "3 multiplied by four"? I feel like those are interchangeable, but I am frequently wrong about such things. I think he's saying that "I need to know what 3 times 4 is" is okay, but "I need to times 3 by 4" is his peeve, because it's wrong.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:10
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Oh! Okay, that makes sense. I think. Maybe. Nope I don't get it. Times 3 by 4 still equals 12 to me so...what? Goddamn you learning disabilities.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:31
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fizzymercy posted:Oh! Okay, that makes sense. I think. Maybe. It’s grammar pedantry.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:52
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“X times Y” is another way of saying “count Y X times.” “Count” is the verb, like “multiply” also is and “times” never can be. It’s a language peeve, not a mathematics peeve.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:58
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I ate one pint of Halo Top ice cream and I think it made me constipated. I'm not eating any more zero fat/zero sugar products again.
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Feb 12, 2018 09:36
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Bobby Digital posted:It’s grammar pedantry. This is incidentally my pet peeve.
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Feb 12, 2018 10:33
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I like playing board games. With most of my friends, I end up being the one to set up the game and explain the rules, because I'm the one who's played all the games before and, according to these friends, I'm the best at explaining them. But every single time, they constantly interrupt me mid-explanation to ask about poo poo that's gonna come up later in the rules and isn't relevant/has no context yet. It'll be like the first thing you're gonna do on your turn is roll the dice- but I don't understand the symbols on these cards! The goal of the game is to advance on the board by making sets of cards- How many cards can I have at once? Where does the discard go??It's infuriating! Like drat I JUST started, give me a second. The first one especially is a question I get ALL the time when we're just starting to set up a game, and it's kind of hard to explain symbols on the cards when they don't even know the loving mechanics of the game yet. Like if I say "that means you can wake up 2 of your resting villagers" that's not helpful if you don't know when/why you would need to do that, so maybe just let me get through the drat thing then see if you still have questions Also, recently we've had some new friends joining our games and some of the more experienced ones (the ones always asking these loving questions) have been trying to "help" me explain the games to the new folks. By randomly jumping in and talking over me to explain poo poo that I've already gone over or hasn't come up yet. Because game rules aren't complicated enough already, so of course you need 3 different people shouting random out-of-context rules over each other. Why even ask me to explain it if you're gonna interject every five seconds?
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Killingyouguy! posted:"Minus" and "times" are not verbs. You cannot "times n by m" and you cannot "minus n from m". It's not so bad to hear this from elementary school children but it's pretty bad hearing it from adults. There’s a store in town where the automated doors never open for me, so I have to pry them open. I think I’m soulless.
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bean_shadow posted:There’s a store in town where the automated doors never open for me, so I have to pry them open. I think I’m soulless. When I sold my soul to Satan, I wasn't anticipating this side effect. 
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Feb 12, 2018 18:43
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fizzymercy posted:I have dyscalculia and I genuinely do not understand this? Is it just grammar? I can't say "3 times four"? Is it just that I'm supposed to say "3 multiplied by four"? I feel like those are interchangeable, but I am frequently wrong about such things. 3x4 Is said as Three times four Or multiply three times or by four Or past tense, three multiplied times or by four Or even three added together four times, but no one really says that It can’t be times three by four, or rephrased “three timed by four” because time is not a verb in this confext unless Three is a track and field athlete and Four is timing their runs. The times is a math-only preposition essentially Original peeve is correct, later haters!
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Feb 12, 2018 18:46
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I'm a math teacher, a lot of my students are not native English speakers, and every time I hear 'x by y' meaning 'x divided by y' or 'x over y' I still have to stop for a second and mentally parse it. 'times' and 'minus' are fine by me, at least there's only one thing you could logically be talking about!
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Feb 12, 2018 19:06
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Nettles Coterie posted:I like playing board games. With most of my friends, I end up being the one to set up the game and explain the rules, because I'm the one who's played all the games before and, according to these friends, I'm the best at explaining them. But every single time, they constantly interrupt me mid-explanation to ask about poo poo that's gonna come up later in the rules and isn't relevant/has no context yet. It'll be like Are you me? Boardgames are a great hobby of mine but teaching boardgames is always the greatest hurdle.
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Feb 12, 2018 19:50
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God Over Djinn posted:I'm a math teacher, a lot of my students are not native English speakers, and every time I hear 'x by y' meaning 'x divided by y' or 'x over y' I still have to stop for a second and mentally parse it. The one that bothers me most is "y into x" instead of "x divided by y". It takes me a couple of seconds every time to mentally switch the numbers around to the right order so I can think about them.
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Feb 13, 2018 01:03
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That probably comes from long division notation.
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Feb 13, 2018 06:10
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Along with the math stuff, why are books called "chapter books" now if they have more than one chapter or aren't a children's story? I've even heard adults use the phrase and even a lady on a Good Morning America type show also used it. I hate it and will use my word sentences to speak out.
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Feb 13, 2018 09:09
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Seriously? “Chapter book” is a term that should only be used by young children (and those who teach them) to indicate they’ve crossed the threshold into actual reading.
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Feb 13, 2018 09:21
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:3x4 Ah ha! I totally get it now. I appreciate this post so much. Thanks for the breakdown. Peeve: Learning disabilities. Everything about them. I get so worked up about looking dumb that I stress over things like grammar errors when I'm talking about any maths related thing. I get antsy about making correct change. And then I get called stupid when I genuinely can't grasp a basic concept without a lot of extra effort. I'm not stupid
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Feb 13, 2018 15:01
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I loath the term "Chapter Book". What if it's a kids book divided into chapters? Does it refer to any book that's not a board book? is "Gödel, Escher, Bach" a chapter book?
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Feb 13, 2018 15:04
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I'm starting to loathe albums where the first song fades in very slowly. Just get to the song already, no one's interested in your phony drama. I swear some bands do it just to mess with their listeners, too. "Hmmm, what's with this album it seems to have been recorded very quietly, oh well let me just crank up the volume..." *giganto power chord* "Bleearggh! My ears!" I give Frank Zappa's Apostrophe a pass, just because.
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Feb 13, 2018 15:52
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Inconsiderate people. I work nights and thus far my family is awful about being considerate Webb I'm sleeping. Thus far they've played music very loud, called me when I'm trying to sleep, and a bunch of other poo poo. When I bring it up they get ask defensive and huffy and honestly I just want to blow an author at then when they're trying to sleep.
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Feb 13, 2018 18:05
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Mu Zeta posted:I ate one pint of Halo Top ice cream and I think it made me constipated. I'm not eating any more zero fat/zero sugar products again. Usually the sugar alcohol sweeteners they use have an opposite effect. As I learned when I accidentally bought wintergreen breathsavers instead of the lifesavers. I was basically crippled for a day.
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Sociopastry posted:Inconsiderate people. I work nights and thus far my family is awful about being considerate Webb I'm sleeping. Thus far they've played music very loud, called me when I'm trying to sleep, and a bunch of other poo poo. When I bring it up they get ask defensive and huffy and honestly I just want to blow an author at then when they're trying to sleep. Yeah, people that haven't worked nights typically get utterly baffled at the idea that a night worker's schedule might be different.
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Sociopastry posted:honestly I just want to blow an author at then when they're trying to sleep. I don't know exactly what this means but you'll probably have better luck posting it in Creative Convention.
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