What are your top pet peeves?

Also, those goddamn punk teenagers on my yard!

Grim thread makers of DL.

fetishizing the rich and famous.

Do you have three consecutive days to spare, OP? Because that is how long it would take you to read through my complete list of things that annoy the hell out of me.

R4 sounds insufferable, but I am intrigued.

Not having only square pillows and red m&ms in my dressing room!

MAGA HATS

The term "pet peeve". I cringe whenever I read it.

People who post photos of their Starbucks cups on Instagram

"Attention-seeking “In Memorian” decals on rear windshields."

Memorian?

[quote] Memorian?

Yes. Robin Hood's chick. The maid.

People who leave voicemails.

shaved pubes

People who get up to the cashier and suddenly forget how to use an ATM card.

These "look at me" decals are more annoying than fucking post-it notes.

people who drive slow in the left lane.

people who go in the express checkout lane with more items than the posted limit.

people walking slow with their nose in their phone blocking the aisle.

Stock photography

Old people in the Express Lane at Whole Foods who don't know how to use their fucking credit card.

Overuse of House Of The Rising Sun in movies. Or any cliche song just thrown into a scene for a few seconds to try and elevate the crappy storyline.

Disney in general. Superhero "movies".

People who think “could’ve” is short for “could of.” It’s short for “could have.”

People who don't use their fucking turn signals!

"Yes. Robin Hood's chick. The maid."

Silly, that was Maid Mammalian.

I don't want to listen about how real you are. You probably aren't anyway.

"Thoughts and prayers."

Foreskin.

Between you and I

If you are the first car in a turning lane at a red light, it is your duty to watch for the arrow to turn green so we can all go!

Straight people who say parTAY. Then invite a bunch of people who stand around looking bored. It only gets fun when someone gets drunk and does something stupid.

Also, "Oh, Wow." Many people don't seem to have the words to describe or comment on how they feel or what they see. I stopped watching Antiques Roadshow for this very reason.

[quote]Overuse of House Of The Rising Sun in movies. Or any cliche song just thrown into a scene for a few seconds to try and elevate the crappy storyline.

I’ll Take You There

Walkin’ on Sunshine

Rescue Me

Let’s Get It On

...and, to indicate that it’s Fire Island circa 1979:

You Make Me Feel Mighty Real

People who give lectures on Twitter: "Everyone needs to read this immediately," "If you aren't crying yourself to sleep at night over what's going on, you have no soul."

Frau who ask a question or a recommendation on social media and end it with ‘And Go!’

People using an apostrophe to make a word plural.

The Clinton's / all of the dog's were / these place's are...

Also people just randomly putting an apostrophe in front of every 's'.

get's / set's / walk's

PLUS the misuse of 'I' when it should be 'me,' with so many people afraid to use the word 'me' at all.

"It was a gift to him and I" is one wretched example.

"He was mad at Eric and I."

Tish at R19, the worst is "Mad World", the Tears For Fears song made famous in 2001's 'Donnie Darko.'

Now EVERY TV show uses a sad version of this song to underscore sad scenes. Ugh.

"conversate"

'yous"

"Step up."

What is this, fucking MAURY?

Everyone walking around with 1 gallon plastic tubs of soda or "special healthy vitamin water" that's full of sugar so they can "stay hydrated."

People who have to use wheelchairs solely because they're morbidly obese.

Commercials. All commercials.

The fact that kids as old as 11 or 12 now have to be strapped into car seats.

People who say or write "supposably..."

[quote]“In Memorian”

People who use the internet but can't figure out how to use spellcheck.

People (not homeless) who walk around in public with NO shoes on. When my earphones get pulled out of my ears, Bumping into things. My neighbors with six cars. Shitty grammar that is subsequently excused by linguists who argue that the English language is “always evolving”.

"Hivemind, tell me about the best... (etc.)."

We're not insects, bitch.

Mindless corporate-speak. "Ramp up, reach out, circle back" etc. It sounds so lazy and unintelligent, and I have to hear it constantly.

On-trend

[quote]PLUS the misuse of 'I' when it should be 'me,' with so many people afraid to use the word 'me' at all.

I’ll see you and raise you the overuse of “myself.”

Tammy and myself went to the mall.

wire hangers!

Referring to anything that happened in the past that sold a few seats as “iconic.”

Cyclists riding on sidewalks.

People who comb their hair or otherwise groom themselves in public.

Tourists (aimlessly milling about)

Retired people (aimlessly milling about)

These idiots clog busy cities. There are busy people are in a rush to actually achieve something in the day.

Tranny Hackers just went to the top of my list.

Cyclists who want to be recognized as a legitimate road vehicle .... until they don't.

You know the type, break all the rules of the road without reprisal when it suits them - i.e. weaving through a line of stopped cars to get to the front of the intersection.

Then complaining loudly to the media that drivers have no respect for them, and that millions of tax dollars should be spent for their sake (after they have broken all the rules of the road without reprisal)

Cyclists in the middle of road.

The use of the phrase "chosen family"

Nose rings

Other people.

Walking walls of people who hog the entire sidewalk by holding hands, all 7 of them. I just drop dead in my tracks to see who’s gonna let me through. If no one does, we’re in a stand-off.

Stop dead

Using the word "flavourful"- what a horrible word.

Saying "could care less" instead of "couldn't care less".

You were right the first time R54/R55

Buck passers: people who gloss over their duties/positions because they want to find or can find someone to do it for them, rather than having to learn their supposed job or role. People who feel all the things that have gone wrong in their life have absolutely nothing to do with them and they're innocent bystanders. It's never them. People who announce "I HATE DRAMA" -- no! YOU, are drama. People who think pets are disposable. Oh, just rehome them. Back to a rescue, it's fine. People who think you want to see 1,000 photos of their kids/family. No, one will suffice.

Rent a bikes, kids not being supervised in public places, fish as decoration, people losing their kittens, limp pasta.

R54

Surrogacy. So many children in the world need homes, yet people feel that their genes are so important that they must procreate. I know the emotional desire to reproduce but we are over populated as it is.

On a side note, when two couples decide to go the surrogacy route, yet the uglier partner uses his sperm. Looking at you Simon Halls.

Misuse of reflexive pronouns indicates a general lack of intelligence.

People who are OBSESSED with fraus. You know who I’m talking about. Those who don’t just see these women as amusing, but who are engrossed in every aspect of these broads’ lives and devoted to hating them. It’s not that serious.

People who develop lists of pet peeves.

Frau-defenders are my pet peeve.

My top pet peeves is pets! No one cares about your ugly smelly dog, and it's not your "fur baby", you bought it (yes, even if you went to some kennel) like you would anything else. Your animal is gross and boring and stupid and you should keep it at home and shut the fuck up about it.

Facebook and Instagram! I got rid of them and couldn't be happier. Sick of attention seeking people taking inordinate amounts of photos of their monotonous boring lives; their children with their participation awards, the new car they bought, their meals! Selfies...fishing for likes and compliments. I don't care what other people are doing!

[quote]smelly ... gross ... boring ... stupid

What a sophisticated vocabulary, R66.

“Daddy issues” Screeching at bars. People that tell boring stories about being drunk in high school/college

Restaurants and parties with no music playing and every conversation and utensil touching every dish is audible.

Dogs that aren't registered service animals in restaurants or places selling food.

Eateries that play music so loudly, that you aren't able to have a conversation with your dinner companions.

Instagram eyebrows, on ladies or gentlemen

Motorcyclists who zoom in and out of traffic at high speeds or pass traffic on the shoulder.

I saw a Motorcyclist pass on the shoulder when there was a highway patrol in the left lane. The cop had to work his way to the shoulder and then took off after him. He did catch him and I cheered when I passed.

Guys who sit fully clothed in the gym sauna with their music playing so loud through their headphones the room becomes a giant speaker box. Turn that shit off., Trey.

Where is that AT?

The entire language as been reduced to anagrams and initials because no one has time for extraneous communication except the redundant AT put unnecessarily on the end of sentences. Why go to the extra extra effort to show your ignorance?

Women who take their shoes off in public, ESPECIALLY if they then put their nasty bare feet all over the fucking furniture! Gross!

When you have to wait 80 years while some douchebag in a truck or a frau in a minivan does a 15 point turn to reverse into a parking space.

People who stand in passage ways.

Smokers and vapers standing right outside the door of EVERY FUCKING BUILDING.

The real assholes are the ones that take one last big drag and exhale as they walk back in.

Twee little fuckers saying "heckin', eg "a heckin' good time" .

When four or five women with baby carriages line up in one row and push their way through a public space, as if everyone else has to leap out of their way or go around them.

Similarly, bitches with baby carriages who extend their arms as far as they can to push the baby carriage in front of you so they can cut you off on the way to a check out or crossing. Fucking bitches. (I don’t give way and instead tell them to watch it or “Okay, okay! Watch where you’re going” or “That’s enough.”)

[quote]Attention-seeking “In Memorian” decals on rear windshields.

People who think the rear windows on cars are "windshields". I mean, it's kind of in the name. Wind. Shield. A shield from the wind. Do you drive backwards a lot?

People who rush the elevator before letting others exit. Were they raised in a barn?

If you are in the right lane at a stop light and you are the first person in that lane, move the fuck up and over to the left as far as you can so people behind you can pull far enough up to turn.

Signs inside a home that say things such as "The most important things in life aren't things", or "Live, Laugh, Love". In my experience, the people that have these signs are the most materialistic people who value things and money over people and family.

People saying "I could care less".

People who say IC in texts Giving someone a Red Rose.. sorry they're white trash I love you to the moon and back.. WT have run w this as well Disney In n Out Girls who talk in vocal fry up speak Corp language.. 100% BS Fat guys that wear fedoras and buttons 60 yr gay men out trolling for sex dressed in leather Gay men with 106 of their closest friends posing for instrgram Gay men w three names.. all fucking made up ex michael justin miller.. cant u say .. hi im mike u queen

R87 Sorry about my punctuation. I’m sure Mrs. Higginbotham - the grammar queen will mention it.

Tank tops (especially ribbed cloth), tucked in & worn with a belt by some tragic middle-aged former twink who thinks tucking it in & wearing a belt somehow makes it 'formal' and 'classy'.

“Price point”

OP has been sending in questions to Alex from Target. HIs best one? "When did something start off so badly for you but in the end it was great A: Anal." at 2:10

My top pet peeve is that there aren’t enough of them.

grammar queens

WTF, R87, are you typing with your feet?

The voice actors in Spotify's ads for Premium with their harrrrible vocal fry.

People who talk at the top of their lungs on their cell phone, non-stop, the entire time they're at the store, about anything and everything going on in their mundane lives. More disturbingly, is when these same people put the call on *speaker phone* and hold the phone out several inches away from their face while they're yapping away. They're insufferable attention whores that think everyone around them is their captive audience.

People who crawl by the entrance of stores, and/or slowly cruise around parking lots with all their windows down, blasting their shitty hip hop music so loud you can't even here yourself think.

^hear, sorry

I don't like people who eat corn on the cob with those little plastic holders, especially not the ones that are themselves shaped like little corn on the cobs ( or is it "corns on the cob?").

That's a weird one, R99. Were you tortured by corn as a child?

Yes, R96 - the speaker phone cell caller - STFU!

Also - and this is nuts, but it pisses me off EVERY time as though it’s the first - when restaurants leave the tail shell on the shrimp that’s in an entree. The ONLY suitable dish for the shell to remain on the shrimp is shrimp cocktail (it’s like a little handle for dipping).

But when I have to fish it out of Alfredo sauce or curry or salad dressing or whatever - the delicious sauce is reduced to disgusting glop, and the shrimp itself to vermin.

Thanks lazyass food-preparers, you’ve ruined EVERYTHING!

Robocalls

Repeating the same fucking threads on DL every six weeks....

Those god damn mobility scooters at WalMart. They make the most obnoxious, screeching horn sound every time someone backs up.

Andy Cohen haters

R104 here, I forgot to add - how do some of these people even GET to Walmart in the first place? They're all like 750 lbs, and their fat asses are literally swallowing the scooters. There's no way in hell they could fit in a car to drive themselves there.

People who sit on the weight resistance machines at the gym and do nothing but text on their phones

Twitter and Vice writters.

Saying axe for ask. It’s not that difficult.

Replacing the th at the end of words with f.

What on earf?

Tell me da truf!

R109 I also hate when that same group of people makes you wait a half an hour while they fucking back into a parking spot.. passive aggressive assholes

London here.

This is probably not an American thing but is ubiquitous here:

Cafés/coffee shops where they don't clear and wipe the tables frequently. The amount of times I find myself sitting in places surrounded by tables covered in all sorts of muck while the staff gossip and giggle together behind the counter.

Understaffed supermarkets.

Same theme:

Restaurants totally run by two Eastern European gurls with poor English. Overworked. No manager.

A DL thing.

People who shout at or sneer at people on other threads for liking The Royal Family, the '70s, Real Housewives etc...

I mean, who gives a shit?

People who SHOUT AT YOU for linking to Joel & Lia.

Constant fault finders.

They can never truly be happy or positive.

There is always drama with them.

London (cont.)

I'm on a roll.

"Classic TV Stations" that endlessly repeat the same old crap - when you know for sure there's tons and tons in the archives that we never see.

TV "documentaries" with endless boring people, some who have no connection to the subject, speaking endlessly to camera. Hardly any archive footage. No real facts.

Cliquey Facebook groups - or any online fan groups for that matter.

No decent interviews programmes, just giggly Graham Norton (& the people on DL who think he's refreshing and terrific).

Places that demand all your information (email, phone, address etc...) before they'll give you any information about anything. Real Estate agents, for example.

Endless TV shows about America. You know something?...there are other countries in the world...Ireland and France for instance, that are right next door. Sweden.

Businesses that say they're profitable but can't spend any $$$ on fixing their parking lots so you don't disappear into a huge pothole.

It goes on for years & years in towns under 50,000 people & you can't find another franchise store close by to replace them with.

I'm talking about you Tim Horton & Long John Silver's.

People who go on social media and lecture the rest of us not to do dumb things we’d never do but they did:

“Warning everyone: don’t leave your cars unlocked! This morning, when I got back from the beach, my wallet was stolen right out of the glove compartment!”

Or

“Don’t leave your purse in the car ladies! When I came back from my daily run, someone smashed the driver’s side window and stole my Louis Vuitton right off the front seat!”

Or...when someone posts a request for recommendations on social media and someone immediately chimes in with “Following!”

If you don’t have a recommendation to add to the conversation, then just SHUT UP.

[quote]Or...when someone posts a request for recommendations on social media and someone immediately chimes in with “Following!

But like the freaks on DL who shout "BLOCKED!" Who cares?

Christmas psychos. The ones who live for the holiday season and start putting up their trees (yes, plural) in September, smugly boast of having their shopping done by Labor Day, and plan to hit the stores for more crap on Thanksgiving evening.

Yes, I live in the South.

People who post messages like this under pop songs on YouTube:

"This was my Dad's favorite song. We played it at his funeral. He died a year ago today. Miss ya Dad!"

& the 137 people who give him a thumbs up.

What R120 said.

People who use social media, and come to DL to bitch about others who use social media. DON'T FUCKING USE IT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, ASSHOLES.

[QUOTE]I'm talking about you Tim Horton & Long John Silver's.

People who eat in shitty places like Tim Horton & Long John Silver's and complain about it. Don't like it? Don't eat there.

[quote]People who SHOUT AT YOU for linking to Joel & Lia.

Joel likes the dong, doesn't he?

[quote]Twitter and Vice writters.

SMH.

- Loud background music in restaurant.

- So many things on Facebook: People posting a lengthy complaint, ending it with "No words". Meal pictures. Political postings, rarely profound, usually informing me that the poster is against racism, Trump, and that he doesn't support mass shootings.

- Cashiers at Trader Joe's validating my food choices.

Forgot one:

- Amateurish or semi-professional podcasts (90% of all podcasts): Interview skills make a huge difference. Just chatting with another individual is not an interview. There is a lot of wasted airtime in podcasts.

Fat asses on scooters. Same with fat-assed, chunky-hocked over-the-hill heifers out trotting around in too-short/tight dresses and their stupid, strappy sandals. Because, you know, it's summer. Barf.

People who just wake up one day and decide they're either photographers or ....(urp) LIFE COACHES.

People who leave the house in pajamas. Is it really that hard to throw on jeans or sweatpants?

Nobody wears pajamas outside where I live. Lucky me.

'Curate' used to describe things like compiling a playlist on spotify or choosing decorations to put on a coffee table.

1. People who confuse highway driving with a video game. The ones who dart in and out of lanes, passing on the right, startling other drivers and almost causing accidents all along the way as people brake in response to a car unexpectedly zipping in to their lane, just a few yards in front of them. Ditto drivers to get into the left lane and tailgate everyone who isn't going fast enough for them in an attempt to get those drivers to pull into the center.

2. People who have loud speakerphone conversations in public, in coffee shops, airports, subway cars. Get headphones or put the phone up to your ear.

[quote]People who have loud speakerphone conversations in public, in coffee shops, airports, subway cars. Get headphones or put the phone up to your ear.

This, times 1,000,000.

YMF has redeemed himself.

Smegma

R124 I wasn't complaining about their food DUMBASS.

Their properties aren't kept up to decent public standards.

Another pet peeve of mine are people who can't respond to what was said/written so they just make shit up like R124 just did.

Meghan Markle is NOT a good princess.

Sorry, r137, for assuming you actually eat in restaurants, and don't just go there to park.

Rewrite: If you don't like the parking lot an establishment provides, [italic]don't park there[/italic]. I don't give a fuck where, or even whether, you eat.

All better, Prissy Sissy?

No R139. You're still a dumbass who assumes too much (& why do you act like all of these pet peeves are directed at you? Get over yourself).

For the record, I've never even eaten or parked at a Long John Silver's or a Tim Horton restaurant in my life (I only use the drive thrus).

The bottom line is no one should have to put up with parking lots that could double as lunar film sets.

[quote]For the record, I've never even eaten or parked at a Long John Silver's or a Tim Horton restaurant in my life (I only use the drive thrus).

Well, a Long John Silver's drive-through customer. Yours is a POV I must cultivate.

Saying "Tar-jay" instead of Target.

Cashiers asking "Did you find everything you were looking for?" Who would wait until they get to checkout to ask for an item they really wanted or needed? I think the retail industry needs to conduct a study or focus group to determine if this question is really necessary. I feel certain they will come to the conclusion that only an occasional asshole actually answers this question with anything other than "Yes, thanks." Thereafter said question should be abolished from the checkout experience everywhere.

Well R141, your POV is obviously doing you no favors so a change could do you good.

"S. Crow," r143?

I said...

Wow. Long John Silver's [italic]and[/italic] Sheryl Crow, r145. Bet you're the real tastemaker within your set.

R146 I bet they're both more popular than your opinions will ever be.

Okay, r147. You win. You're the bigger cunt.

I always win (except when it comes to fucked up parking lots).

I hope your car dies before you get to one more of those fucked up parking lots.

DLers who overtake a thread with their petty back-and-forth sniping.

I take back my endorsement of YMF. You are as big a douche as your hate thread purports. May you inhabit the same Silver/Horton/Crow-iverse as r147.

A repeat, but "could care less"

People driving in their convertibles with the top down but the windows up! Ugh! Let your hair be free and blow in the wind with your windows down!

Rental scooters on sidewalks and dating app folks who become silent upon matching

Stupid people who give negative reviews to products on Amazon because they had a shipping issue or some problem related to the order, not the product itself.

Fraus that hyphenate their last name and married name and then use both or one or the other with the general public and then get mad when they forget how they signed up for shit and people can’t find them.

Name?

-Mary Spaghetti-Zatoran

-Hmm. No name under that.

Ugh try Mary Zatoran

No—but I have a Mariana Spaghetti Z. Would that be you?

-Yes ugh why was that so hard?

BECAUSE YOU CANT DECIDE ON ONE NAME AND BE CONSISTENT, BITCH!

[quote]Stupid people who give negative reviews to products on Amazon because they had a shipping issue or some problem related to the order, not the product itself.

These are likely the same people who write negative reviews of online recipes while noting that they made numerous substitutions and other changes to the original instructions.

Another Amazon oddity is when someone asks a question about a product and some ignoramus answers with "I don't know." . As if they believe the question was asked solely to them.

Straight couples who think you're checking out the male half of the relationship who proceed to start making out in inappropriate locations like an elevator or in a shop.

Noting AM or PM along with morning or night:

“I had to wake up at 7AM in morning.”

“We got the call at 11PM at night.”

Journalists and reporters who allow their interview subjects to run the interview, by letting them go unchallenged when they: make a dubious claim, or reply without answering the question, or back previous assertions with argument relying on logical fallacies. Pisses me right off that this journalistic laziness has spread so far and wide. Fuck you Murdoch. And you slack prick useless reporters.

r156 urgh I hate those, especially when they attach pictures of the damaged product and are like "dis is how my order arrived durr".

They make the star rating system useless, because their dumb reviews fuck up the average rating.

Those TV shows like The Hollywood Medium - when the "victims' start telling the "psychic" all about themselves rambling on and on. "SHUT THE FUCK UP! let him tell you!"

r156 r163 I appreciate comments on shipping on eBay however, as what I have mainly bought there are things that can break if they're not shipped with enough bubble wrap, peanuts, etc. I have had at least ten purchases over the years in which things were broken because someone just slipped something into the smallest Priority Mail container possible. The item had no choice but to break in shipping.

[quote]Another Amazon oddity is when someone asks a question about a product and some ignoramus answers with "I don't know." . As if they believe the question was asked solely to them.

I used to laugh at this, too. It used to piss me off until I found out why.

When you purchase something, Amazon occasionally sends you emails asking you to “help this customer with [the product you purchased].” They’ll tell you the question asked as if it is directed only at you. While anyone with common sense would just ignore it if they didn’t know, I guess they think they’re the only ones Amazon sent the email to.

Also, there’s a button for “I don’t know” in the email, so it’s possible if you hit that button your comment shows up that way, but I’m not certain.

I really hate public transit buses. Big, lumbering, dumb-ass things that constantly stop and snarl traffic. Just all drive off a CLIFF!

R147 : add to that people who have a name in another language and then make up a nickname in the local language and also have the same issue.

If your name is Pham Nguyen for example, use that EVERYWHERE and stop signing things with the name you wish you had and don't make people take 30 minutes looking shit up and eventually failing to find any record of you because you just have to call yourself Gucci.

Also, submit your names in the same order every time. Stop flip-flopping.

[quote]Straight couples who think you're checking out the male half of the relationship

This doesn't happen to me, but the opposite does: The guy sees me coming and quickly puts his arm around the woman and pulls her close. Maybe I look like a rapist?

You do look like a rapist.

I didn’t want to be the one to tell him, r170.

People that cut over early when we are in a merging lane (like getting on a freeway). They usually cut over the solid white lines as if there is a cliff at the end of the lane. Also annoys me when passengers freakout and try backseat driving with their complaints to MERGE! I coast at a respectable speed and join traffic at the end of the lane. No need to rush, just fallow the lane right into the other one.

Mines an obvious one and probably already shared here, but I am so goddam sick of women in gay bars. Straight women, gay women, tranny women, CDs.......I go because I want to be with other MEN

And when passengers have their own brake pedal on their side.

R173, I’m not being snarky. I don’t think it’s been mentioned.

R175 - thanks! Long day for me and I didn’t want to read thru all the other posts 😘

People who walk into a store and hand you a list and expect you to be there personal shopper.

*their

R177 - if you are a retail queen, that is what you signed up for. I give the queens at Nordstrom my list and sit and wait while on my phone. If they complain, I email their manager.

Who does that, r177?

Mine are all driving related:

People who indicate that they want to change lanes by drifting into that lane, but can’t be bothered to use their turn signals. Then they get mad when you don’t yield to them.

People who rush to cut in front of you so they can slam on their brakes to make their turn (when there is plenty of room behind you).

People who drive less than the speed limit in the carpool lane.

(I live in LA. Does it show?)

[quote](I live in LA. Does it show?)

No, it doesn’t. You could’ve been describing New York. We have the same issues with these muppets.

People who come to a almost a complete stop in the middle of a busy road and then turn right. They also wait until they stop to turn on their turn signal.

an*.

People who treat you with total contempt if you don't share their entire canon of political and cultural beliefs.

I cant stand people who have more money or a nicer house than me.

People who don’t do at least a cursory goddamn search before posting a new thread.

So we have five different threads on the same shit.

(Nobody here, btw.)

I can't stand selfish or oblivious people.

I helped a friend move. Due to his disorganization, what should have taken 2-3 hours ended up take 6-7. Not the end of the world, but by the end of it I realized that I was starving and needed to grab dinner. My friend also mentioned that he's hungry and was going to grab food with his father (drove down to help him move). His father had to speak up and extend an offer to me. My friend couldn't give two shits. He also didn't offer to pay for my meal. Money isn't an issue for him, as he told me twice during the move, so it's just a lack of awareness.

Every person I've helped move at least would supply pizza and drinks. He also hired two people to help him and decided to sit on his couch to monitor their progress (delaying his move). Did my friend offer them water? No, the thought never crossed his little mind. I had to go to the gas station to get these gentleman some damn cold water. How can people be so selfish?

[quote]I can't stand selfish or oblivious people.

Me neither, R188. Though this isn't a pet peeve—it's a dealbreaker.

R188 That’s not a friend, that’s a user asshole. Tell that person to hire help next time they ask for it. After all, money is not an issue. They can afford it. You should have thanked them in advance for buying you lunch and sealed the deal.

Idiots who wear too much perfume.

Friends who think they can contact you on your phone 24/7.

People who anthropomorphize their pets too much.

2/3 WW for r191.

R191 - what does “anthromorphize” mean? I’ve never heard that word and hold two college degrees.

It means you assign human characteristics to something that's not human, such as your dog. I used to do it with light switches, feeling sorry for them because I turned them on and off so much.

[quote]I live in LA. Does it show?

Absolutely it does. I thought that before you said it. Driving in that town is tense making....and of course you have to drive everywhere.

And those multi-storey car parks in L.A. Everyone racing around trying to find a place.

People honking their horns at you.

This sunny city with beaches and palm trees yet everyone's so fucking tense and uptight.

[quote]It means you assign human characteristics to something that's not human, such as your dog. I used to do it with light switches, feeling sorry for them because I turned them on and off so much.

Freaky analogy.

You clearly don't like dogs. Sorry about that. Your loss.

Grammar-wise:

"I feel badly about so-and-so" (should be "I feel bad...) Quit mimicking donald, media.

"Him and her went up the hill." (He and she has a nice ring to it.)

People (often children, but adults-who-should-know-better as well) who play games or videos on their phones in public places with the sound ON.

White shoes and dirty white shoes.

R165 triggered me ! I once won a set of hand blown antique doll house glassware on ebay and the dumb cunt sent it in a box ,loose,with no wrapping or padding. 14 pieces of amazingly delicate,exceedingly rare 1830s miniature red glass dishes arrived in shards. When I shot off a furious email she responded with "I thought they were plastic" I was BEREFT !

People are supremely stupid about packaging things to be sent in the mail. Once they get paid many don’t care. Always be specific about how you want your item packaged and request insurance.

I always write: Thank you for this wonderful item! Please insure package and ship carefully to avoid damage to product - and negative feedback on transaction. A full refund will be requested for items that arrive damaged due to inadequate packaging.

The last part is a real reality check, since most sellers do care about feedback. Make them think twice.

How about recipients of email who reply to all with information needed by only one correspondent?

Also friends who will not let a cycle of texts close. I have a friend who sends five texts when two would have been appropriate. I sometimes avoid engaging because of that.

I hate it when I email someone at work - a substantial email, not a little meaningless one - and in their reply they copy in a whole bunch of other people, who can then read my original email which was just to that one person. Sometimes there are things in that first, private email that I didn't actually want shared with others, out of my control. It would be courteous to start a new email chain if you're going to copy in other people.

In France, where I am now...numerous people have really bad breath and very strong BO. This is in customer service roles or out in public, not in a gym.

Me not like dogs, r196? That's quite possibly the most incorrect thing anyone has ever said or thought about me. The guy who started it, r191, used the word in talking about dogs, not me. I love dogs. I anthropomorphize all of them.

Sorry for the misunderstanding, R205.

Thank you, r206. I'll now anthropomorphize you.

I know this is a repeat thread oh, but I'm still enjoying it. Carry on.

Not being able to post in the P&G soaps threads.

New York tourists who search for their MetroCard while standing at turnstile.

[quote]I was BEREFT !

I think I can honestly say in all my years on this earth, I don’t believe I’ve ever been bereft. I’m envious.

Oh, and the posters above regarding the emails: YES! I hate that too.

Women with fat asses wearing thong underwear with lightweight or see-through clinging clothing.

Women wearing tank tops or camisoles with their bra straps showing.

Please, ladies, show some class!

Probably half of the 30 work colleagues I email on a regular basis have almost a compete lack of common sense when it comes to email:

- Writing messages about project B, in an email thread about project A

- Starting messages with a blank, irrelevant, or cryptic subject line

- Typing the message in the subject line (which, of course, exceeds the max number of characters that can be displayed in the message preview), and leaving the body of the message blank

- Answering just one or two of several specific and important questions, leaving me to follow up again for the remaining answers

- Copying every Tom, Dick, and Harry they can think of, regardless of their involvement in the project

- Sending a vague initial email, then several subsequent messages as they think of more details

Dog lovers - the ones who need others to know about it, and who think it makes them special and kind. It doesn't.

R185 you've just described the ENTIRE "progressive" left

Lesbians who get angry if you are male and in “their” bar. Stopped by to have a drink with a lesbian friend the other night and you would have thought I was a black man in the pre-Civil Rights south sitting at a Woolworth’s lunch counter.

A couple years ago I was denied entry into a lesbian bar. Not sure if it was legal for them to do that, but I didn't care enough to look into it. These days, I could just insist that I AM A WOMAN, even though I'm obviously a man.

[quote]I email their manager.

Karen's gone digital!

People who write "loose" instead of "lose." What are they -borderline illiterate?

R219. I love you! This drives me crazy! Although I find it hilarious when it’s an angry Trumper and they say shit like “What a liberal looser!”

People who shit in public restrooms.

Soundtracks/Cast Recordings

Women with buttcheeks the size of twin giant watermelons wearing yoga pants, outdoors, in public.

Yes, r223! I hate that.

Looks like two Buicks fighting for a parking spot.

R219, It reminds me of the guy with the misspelled tattoo: “Born Too Loose”

Trump apologists, poor spelling and grammar, fags who post a dozen selfies a day, people who post every meal they eat, and people who ask for "prayer" on social media. Seriously, fuck off.

R226 - I love u

Overtalkers Conversation hogs Name droppers.

I just can’t anymore

R197 While correcting litigants for saying "tooken," Judge Judy has no problem telling us she feels "badly."

People determined to make up wacky new English-language gender pronouns.

No, it's not because I hate trans people. It's because English ALREADY has a perfectly good option for deliberate gender-ambiguity that goes all the way back to Shakespeare's era: use 'they' and 'their' instead he/she/it and his/hers/its.

A sentence like "Xe walked xis dog" is going to leave nearly everyone confused for at least a second or two. On the other hand, "They walked their dog" is perfectly understandable.

Sure, there's a tiny bit of ambiguity... it COULD MEAN that two or more individuals walked their collectively-owned dog as a group activity... but that's a minor quibble since singular-vs-plural intent would be almost always obvious from context... and generally moot, when it wasn't.

Men (and99% of them are men) who ride loud roaring chugging motorcycles. I'd curse them all to horrible mutilating accidents, but they nearly all eventually wind up in them anyway.

r230, would someone named "Xe" have a dog in the first place?

r232, yeah... but a very confused one. Say, half rottweiler, half chiuhuahua. With a vagina *and* prosthetic testicles, just to confuse everyone.

Negative people who try to bring others down with their negative 'doom and gloom' perspective.

Phones with batteries smaller than 8,000mAH, ESPECIALLY if they can't be casually swapped by the user. Quick-charging makes it less awful, but dammit, I miss being able to rip the back off from my phone, slap in a 10,000mAH Anker extended battery, put on the bigger back, and make it 6-10 hours at high-performance without having to worry about battery life.

Phones whose very design precludes the use of a case like the Otterbox Defender (squishy bumper, rigid frame, sacrificial glass front.

Phones with eMMC slower than a 4200RPM hard drive, no microSD, or microSD slower than UH5-1.

UHS-1 microSD with AWFUL random-access read performance (write, I can halfway understand... but slow reads are a pox on the whole industry)

The near-impossibility of getting an Android phone to use 150Hz+ touchscreen sampling without a custom kernel & lots of sheer luck... assuming the phone even HA5 the hardware to do it.

Mine is a little....unusual. The sound of a bottle or can of a beverage being opened and poured into a glass on the radio. I literally turn the volume down and wait a few seconds.

Nerds who obsess about their phones.

Married lesbians who fight all the time, in front of me, at parties.

Lesbians period.

Me too, R236. Any liquid being poured. NPR seems to love profiling coffee shops, breweries, etc, and get their microphones close to capture the sound. It enrages me.

Fascinating, r236 and r240.

I never even gave those a second thought. Now I will.

Entitled (usually straight male) assholes who shout their conversations in public.

People driving window-down vehicles who place their arm outside along the top of the driver's side door parallel to them with their forearm forward. Dunno why it really annoys me, but I do notice that the gesture seems almost always to be attached to a breeder-looking type of driver.

People who leave time on the microwave, blocking the usage of the clock. I know it's petty, but it drives me nuts.

Sam Smith. For the love of god, can people stop blowing smoke up this bland man's arse. Grasping claims of having a rainbow 'spectrum' of sparkly 'Queer' identities is no substitute for actually having your very own personality. Even if it's his own.

Loud women's voices, especially when they're drunk. Baby on Board signs. People who talk during movies. Whispers.

People who buy concert tix in the front rows and then decide to catch up and talk over the performer.

People who go up and take selfies or photos in front of the performer on stage while they are performing.

Any loud, drunk skank that yells wooooooooooo every ten minutes during a concert.

R231 I especially hate asshole motorcycle riders who think riding a bike gives them the authority to scold or yell at car drivers. It’s like they think being on a motorcycle gives them a sixth sense about driving and the rules of the road while they weave in between cars at top speed and pass people on the shoulder. You can tell they are just waiting for someone to do something so they can go apeshit on somebody.

Yes, they're very defensive because they are riding death machines.

CNN and other news sites with auto-load videos. I guarantee you nobody has ever once wanted to watch one of those videos, but you will crash your browser trying to shut it off.

@R248

I'm in France also right now R204 and I agree 110%!!! It seems like A LOT of people here in Paris have horrible breath. It's not as if they ate garlic or something, it's more like they simply didn't brush their teeth. Men/women, young/older, plain/attractive. It's really kinda surprising and gross. E.g., I work with a very attractive guy (nice rear as well) and when I was sitting next to him working, his breath smelled horrible - again it was like he didn't brush his teeth. Then the other day I was talking to an attractive young blond woman, and when she came close talking, her breath smelled too! Unbelievable!

The Autoprix deodorant doesn’t really do anything either.

[quote]People who leave time on the microwave, blocking the usage of the clock. I know it's petty, but it drives me nuts.

There is NOTHING petty about this.

I think that was actually part of the reason the dude in North Dakota went nuts.

People who hijack threads with their bitching and moaning about other posts/posters they don’t like. This includes the overly emotionally invested Troll monitors who, when they dislike certain posts/posters, loudly declare them TROLLS! and go on and on and on about WHY they are trolls.

Case in point: the British Royal Family threads. Here’s an idea: why don’t you just shut up and let us judge for ourselves who the trolls are so we can get back to discussing gossip, okay?

Aggressive bikers on city streets everywhere who think they own the road and ride their bikes in the car lane not giving a fuck about traffic around them.

The female drama that gay men like to mimic.

Experienced it all this weekend during Market Days (hey Chicago). Felt like everyone received a Real Housewives manual on friendship coupled with a Regina George guide to queen bee status. Just so much unnecessary jockeying and gossip. I went out with some straight friends at the end of the weekend and it was such a relief relax and enjoy the festival.

[quote]Experienced it all this weekend during Market Days (hey Chicago). Felt like everyone received a Real Housewives manual on friendship coupled with a Regina George guide to queen bee status. Just so much unnecessary jockeying and gossip. I went out with some straight friends at the end of the weekend and it was such a relief relax and enjoy the festival.

So you're saying that having too much in common with your friends is a bad thing sometimes.

Nice one r258. I guess I'm one of those people that are consistently above the drama, yet always end up in the middle of it, lol.

Saying "could of" instead of "could have."

People who say "Should of" should have been aborted.

The assumption that gay men are "dramatic" and straight people are never dramatic.

Just wait until they're having relationship problems.

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Loud eaters, slow walkers, people with a tyrannical need to make everyone around them engage in smalltalk, fake social justice warriors, real social justice warriors, deplorables, and intense, barky dogs, regardless of size.

People who pronounce the word “ask” as “axe.” Example: Can I axe you a question?

People who say "ask" instead of "axe" like "Can I borrow that ask to go cut some wood?"

r262 I don't know anyone in the world that would call straight people "never dramatic", so I can understand how that could annoy you.

Some of the 80s/90s fashion that females are re-adopting. Scrunchies are coming back, like how and why? Those awful loose fit boyfriend jeans. Simply disgusting.

[quote] I don't know anyone in the world that would call straight people "never dramatic", so I can understand how that could annoy you.

It's implied when people are constantly reporting how they have to associate with straight people instead of gay people to avoid "drama".

Internet shopping (so-called e-tail), even though I do it, too. I mourn the slow death of shopping for clothes, books, and all sorts of stuff. It's the end of whimsy and creativity. Contributing to the death of creativity is social media...What the hell is an influencer?

Another pet peeve is the rampant narcissism that defines culture today.

May I also add the jerks who are ubiquitous and who carry on one-sided conversations on the phone right next to us in public spaces.

People who think you have to do everything the "modern" way.

I like my landline phone(s) and that is the number I give people. Sorry if that upsets you.

No, I don't do "texts" if you need to contact me, phone me or send me an email.

People on here who brag that they hate to talk to people on the phone, as though that makes them James Bond cool. And brag that they never answer their phones when they ring - stuff like that. It just makes them sound like old hostile queens.

I’m just glad r264 gave us an example or we’d have no idea what he was talking about.

[quote]Adults who are *really* into Disney.

Kinda into Disney is OK?

American students, usually female, who walk four abreast on narrow European streets, forcing others off the sidewalk.

That’s 8 breasts!

Overuse of the word “super,” especially when it is paired with the word “cute.”

Whenever I hear an adult utter the words “super cute” in reference to an article of clothing, I want to gag.

That's better than the new but already worn out "stinkin' cute".

“Don’t take it for granite…”

Kiddos

Doggos

“…for all intensive purposes.”

White dudes who bend over and flash ghetto gang signs when they sing anything.

The worst is white people with dreads. Instant sign of a douchebag.

Versatile tops. Gurl, you ain’t foolin nobody.

Whoopie doopie on a poopie r281

Fags who identify as “butch qweens.” 🤮 🤮

This is awful - a newish thing I've noticed some Americans do - I think it's a female thing. I heard it just yesterday on TV, a woman pronounce Manhattan... Man-ha-en.

It sounds BIZARRE.

I've heard it used on other words but I can't remember them now.

I think it harks back to Ye Olde English or something like that. A genetic throwback.

I also rather hate the expression "dial back" or "dial it back!" It's icky.

[quote]Fags who identify as “butch qweens.” 🤮 🤮

Worse "YAAAS! Qween!" - what the fuck does that mean?

[quote]I also rather hate the expression "dial back" or "dial it back!" It's icky.

And "circle back around," of which I only became aware very recently.

Gay rethuglicans

Actually, the grease fire thing is SO tired. It's become a cliché, aided by the fact that it's so nasty.

Vocal fry.

[quote]Men (and99% of them are men) who ride loud roaring chugging motorcycles. I'd curse them all to horrible mutilating accidents, but they nearly all eventually wind up in them anyway.

I had a roommate who was in medical school and had to do a rotation in the emergency room. He was amazed at the number of motorcycle accident victims who came in ... I remember him saying that the joke among the staff was that at least the worst of them will get killed before they can procreate.

[quote]Actually, the grease fire thing is SO tired. It's become a cliché, aided by the fact that it's so nasty.

I hate you.

Entitled massive cunts like R179.

Partnered or married gay men, relentlessly prowling for sex. I can’t log onto Scruff without being begged to drop my load in some married PrEP queen’s ass. I can’t do my grocery shopping without lascivious stares from preened muscle bears with gleaming wedding rings.

^^ my profile says “no married or partnered dudes.”

Nick Nolte's voice.

John Cusack's voice.

r293, consider the possibility that one partner is on supplemental testosterone, which turns you into a 14 year old horndog for a day or two after each shot. If their partner isn't on testosterone-replacement too, their over-the-top sex drive is an annoyance & their partner is GLAD they can roll their eyes, say, "have fun", and do something else ... because otherwise, they'd be dragged into spending 3 days a week having nonstop sex just to appease their horny partner's temporarily-insatiable sex drive.

When I started TRT, my partner got mad about me playing around, so I made a deal: I wouldn't do it if he had sex whenever I was horny. 3 weeks later, I had his enthusiastic blessing to fuck anyone I wanted to, as long as I didn't inconvenience him, because he got tired of spending all his free time after work as an unpaid amateur escort. ;-)

Upspeak or uptalk. Every sentence sounds like a question.

I hate the phrases "and to your point" and "on both sides of the aisle." Also, on television when the person being interviewed starts every answer with the word "so."

While driving, hate it when people forget to turn off their turn signals and keep driving with them on. When people change lanes without using their turn signals.

When people walk aimlessly while looking down at their phone.

Finally, I can't stand those stupid motorized scooters and the one-wheel things. People look so stupid using them.

R294 My profile says “single guys only” and “no face pic no chat” and the majority of hits that I get are from guys in relationships with a profile shot of their calves.

I can’t stand the sight of someone (m/f) wearing low cut socks. I always imagine them to be smellier and dirtier than other types of of socks

People who write “full stop.”

It’s arrogant, condescending, and completely worthless.

Makes me jump right to the next post without reading anything else you may have to say.

The face of Chloe Grace Moretz... seriously.

People who think anyone else gives one shit about your pet peeves.

OP the only people who might care what your pet peeve is, would be someone in love with you, no one else cares what bothers you, so just deal with it.

"Men" who use emojis.

I care R303, otherwise I wouldn't have clicked the bloody thread! Many have made me laugh, and many I sympathise with.

[quote]OP the only people who might care what your pet peeve is, would be someone in love with you, no one else cares what bothers you, so just deal with it.

People who add commas where they don’t belong.

[quote]OP the only people who might care what your pet peeve is, would be someone in love with you, no one else cares what bothers you, so just deal with it.

Comma splicers. I guess they never learned to write sentences.

AKA Comma Faults. You should have really cleaned that up for him R307. Too many independent clauses improperly joined R303.

I hate cats. I'm a dog person.

r308 Someone that cuntescent does not deserve the benefit of anyone's corrections. Let him go on embarrassing himself in front of anyone except novelist Jonathan Kellerman, who, since the beginning of the current century, has been the number one popularizer of the comma splice.

[italic]Is[/italic] r303 Jonathan Kellerman?

I hate the term "pet peeve." It makes me think someone has a box on their desk with holes poked in it, and a tiny, snarky man is kept in there as a pet, saying snotty things at random. One of those hamster water bottles is attached to the side, except it has chardonnay in it.

This thread

"I lit-TER-uh-LEE" said with vocal fry

I've been thinking over this thread all morning. We all have pet peeves, and the ones I'm about to list may have already been mentioned. So forgive me if I'm repeating stuff! Here goes:

About gay men:

The "Straight-Acting" descriptor: I do not know what is straight about men having sex with other men. You're gay. Accept it.

Aversion to the flamboyant, lisping, feminine gay guys: This is related to the above. Hey, let me tell you something, "straight-acting," masculine gay guy, the fem gay guys have bigger balls that you do! They are being themselves and telling the world to fuck off, if the world is uncomfortable with them. They're real men. You, "straight-acting," butch gay guy...you are still dealing with internalized homophobia. Deal with it.

Those gay guys who are NIA (not into anal) or exclusive "Tops": fuck, are you people missing out on the variety and depth of human relationships! I get it. It can at first be painful. But with a caring, patient, and attentive lover it is the most beautiful feeling in the world to let another man inside you. To allow yourself to be vulnerable...to love! I suspect you're still dealing with internalized homophobia..

That's just for starters.

Idiots who say, "So why don't you tell us how you feel about it?" after you've expressed an opinion.

r296 (no snark) your relationship sounds sort of charming and fun.

Those that don't answer an email for a week because they say their lives are so busy.

OMG - R317. I was just thinking of that one. Even Princess Anne gets back to people sooner than that. SO annoying.

Maybe they don’t want to answer your goddamn email? I call people people if they don’t reply. If they don’t pick up, I know what they’re up to.

Excluding employers, who emails anymore?

Whatever is “on point.” Ugh.

People who interrupt. So fucking entitled and rude.

“Basically...”.

"vicious slapping" cunts

"Where the rubber meets the road" make me want to push them into traffic.

Anyone with septum piercings but ESPECIALLY gay men with them. An immediate boner killer.

When you say good morning or hello to be polite and people just look at you—or act put out because they assume you are hitting on them.

Idiots who say, "So why don't you tell us how you feel about it?" after you've expressed an opinion.

R315 - I think that is meant to show they are aghast at your candour.

Anyone who responds with YAAS QUEEN or GUURL or channels Nene Leakes

Ugh

[quote]Anyone with septum piercings but ESPECIALLY gay men with them.

My ESPECIALLY in this category is anyone who works with food. Septum rings usually look like boogers, about to fall into my food.

cum shots at the library

belly rubs at the justice of the peace

full colonics at the whole foods

[quote]belly rubs at the justice of the peace

Are you a cat?

People who stick their legs into the aisles on the train.

People who strike up conversations with me on the train while I'm reading a book and then act aggrieved when I don't engage with them. Reading on public transportation signals that the reader is not interested in interactions.

People who leave food waste on the train. It's bad enough they're eating on the train. How hard is it to carry the cups or boxes of chicken bones off the train and throw them in the trash?

The fact that they allow chicken to be eaten on the train is even more annoying than the chicken detritus, r334. And I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't like the smell of junk food.

People who say "Tell me about you..."

Is there any lazier question on the planet?

[quote] Excluding employers, who emails anymore?

Tons of people email in professional settings. Emails have largely replaced USPS mail (for letters and attachments).

If you work in a large office and your boss and coworkers are emailing you, emails can feel really stupid (who's bringing what to the potluck). However, the emails that you send to people outside your office should have professional content.

[quote] Even Princess Anne gets back to people sooner than that. SO annoying.

Well, to be fair-- what else does she have to do?

[quote]I hate the term "pet peeve." It makes me think someone has a box on their desk with holes poked in it, and a tiny, snarky man is kept in there as a pet, saying snotty things at random. One of those hamster water bottles is attached to the side, except it has chardonnay in it.

Ooh! I want one! I want one! Do they have them at Walmart?

People who walk back in to the queue after being served at a shop and expect those patiently waiting to move out of their way, when they can go another way to keep the traffic flowing. A woman di this to me yesterday and despite her saying Excuse me I still yelled at her.

[quote]What are your top pet peeves?

There aren't nearly enough of them.

R331, exactly. I always mistake them for boogers. They look fucking dumb on anyone and everyone who has one. I've never met an exception to the rule.

[quote]Tons of people email in professional settings.

Who BESIDES employers, though? I meant employers as in the companies collectively, not just the bosses.

If I want a speedy reply from anyone nowadays, I have to text them. That includes several of my supervisors and coworkers.

Idiots who say, "So why don't you tell us how you feel about it?" after you've expressed an opinion.

[R315] - I think that is meant to show they are aghast at your candour.

I know. I'm annoyed that my candor should annoy anyone.

Foreign factions, and people who don't mind their own beeswax.

[quote]Idiots who say, "So why don't you tell us how you feel about it?" after you've expressed an opinion.

Most people just say "Tell us how you really feel."

R314, the only thing guaranteed is that anybody requesting “straight acting” is anything but.

“So,...”.

R347, one time a guy I matched with on okcupid had on his profile "only masculine please", which implies that he himself was masculine. When I met him, he was really flamboyant (but nice) and even collected hair from the Victorian era to make dolls. That's so "masc".

R349 Does he rob graves?

R350, shame on me for not asking. I do believe it was actual hair from dead people from the Victorian era though (not joking). I called the end of the date right there.

Those that talk sweet but their actions are sour.

When people can criticize or put others in their place, but they themselves cannot handle any criticism.

R347 why? Was hair from the Victorian era better?

People who speak in buzzwords. They don't have an original thought in their empty heads, so they just parrot words they recognize from TV and social media, believing it makes them seem with-it: "killing it!", "noice!", "woke", "basic", "adulting", "snowflake", etc. Even worse are the ones who do it [italic]because[/italic] they're buzzwords.

People who have little to no sense of their physical self or space - and who move like drunk two year olds. Trying to navigate small and narrow public spaces like doorways, corridors, aisles with these people is maddening. They always make sure to walk directly in the middle and effectively block any busy areas where people need to get through—and then act like people who are in a hurry are crazy and rude for moving past them at normal speeds.

R304 is old!

When writers insert song lyrics into fiction novels -- when a character is singing or describing a song they are listening to. I always gloss over that crap.

On "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" when the contestant asks for help from the audience, why do people vote on the handheld device if they don't absolutely know the answer? The contestant doesn't ask for them to guess- they need help.

Invariably, the results come up about 25% for each of the four answers; that means 3/4 of them don't know the answer!

American journalists inserting random French phrases into [English] articles without translation, as if everybody was supposed to know what they were saying. This seemed to reach peak popularity in the '90s and early '00s.

Being ignored in a group conversation. This stems from some anxiety from high school when I was allowed to sit at the "cool kids" lunch table but my input was largely ignored. People would act like they don't hear me or will pause to briefly listen before continuing on with their original thought. It's a very cruel.

Leaving people out of groups. Again, happened enough in high school to still affect me today. When standing around in a group in a social gathering there are some oblivious assholes that physically don't make room for you in their conversation circle. I don't play around with that crap anymore. I will muster my way in if I wish to join the conversation. If I see another person being shut out, I will usually ask them a question to divert everyone's attention their way, given them the opening I wish others had made for me when younger. I do all of this in an a social acceptable way so as not to cause a scene.

Yes, I'm overtly sensitive, but I was very lonely growing up and can't stand to see people ignored like garbage on the street.

1.People who stop at the top of escalators. 2.People who move as slowly as fucking possible while leaving the subway train even though there are people who are trying to get into the train before the fucking doors close. I have physically shoved past these dumbfucks while trying to board the train. 3.Entitled upper middle class parents who think the world should stop for their spoiled spawn.4 Stay at home moms who claim their job is "the hardest job in the world ". 5.Americans who descend into puritanical shrieking hysteria over anything involving sex. 6.Pit bull owners who allow their beasts to intimidate smaller dogs and other pet owners at the dog park.7. Upper middle class women who have led relatively easy lives but define themselves entirely through victimhood because their boss came on to them a couple of times. 8 Angry red faced right wing white men who are constantly in a rage about something. I used to work in customer service and these guys will flip their shit over the pettiest things. 9. People who share or film viral videos of people fighting or having a personal dispute. Put down the camera and mind your own fucking business. 10. Neurotic homeowners associations filled with petty little SS wannabes. 11. Ugly beige colored suburban homes . So many ugly suburban neighborhoods could be brightened up with a bit of color 12 Adult journalists who write in smarmy and adolescent style "internet speak ". An example would be a headline saying something like "Iced coffees sold out at Starbucks , Because Summer " or "So This Happened ". Or the Headlines who randomly use the word "fuck ". Equally annoying are the preachy headlines telling readers how they're supposed to feel about something ie, "No, It's Not OK to Watch HBOs New Film ". Fuck off, I'll make that choice for myself.

People who pose for photos with their tongues hanging out. As if they are a panting animal locked in a hot car. Filthy,vile and unseemly.

Groups of diners that leave a restaurant together and stop right outside the main doorway to say their extended goodbyes as they and all their children block everyone trying to enter or leave the restaurant for 5-10 minutes.

People who pose for pictures giving you the finger. This turned me off to The Boys star Jack Quaid most recently. Why do people do this?

People who make long lists and don't

use

paragraph breaks. Lookin' at you, R362

Fat cunts blocking the aisles on their motorized scooters.

The humorless whores of DataLounge.

R284, maybe a Speech Therapist here can give the medical term for people who have trouble pronouncing T;s. A friend says "buh-in your shirt.". When I said it correctly, he couldn't hear the difference.

People who interrupt me.

Every time I lose the state lottery.

People pronouncing the T in 'often'

Sloppiness, no attention to detail.

See R362.

[quote]The humorless whores of DataLounge.

I'm pretty sure most of us aren't hot enough to charge, so that makes us humorless sluts. Not whores.

People who do duck face in their pictures or stick their tongue out too much. Especially if they are older adults.

People who affect fake open mouth laughter, sneers or screams instead of just smiling in photos.

Check out these hipster cunts

[quote]What are your top pet peeves?

Tops who won't suck my dick.

People who act like they are making a lifetime decision when hooking up and engage in an extensive negotiation, interview, etc

People who act like sex clubs are soooo gross in front of their friends, but then you run into them there after the bar closes

Homeless people that feel entitled to my money. Specifically, the one's that will accuse me of lying when I tell them I don't have any cash.

Sweats.

PF Flyers.

Jiggle and Bounce.

People who fart while sitting at their cubicle and think that since no one heard it, they can’t smell it either. This is especially true of women, for some reason.

Picky eaters over the age of five.

The new American disenunciation propagated in part by JLo and Anderson Cooper - Manhadden for Manhattan, buddon for button, kidden for kitten, etc. Especially when some fucking Millennial actor uses it in a period piece movie.

R382 Ew! Who farts at work?

R284 I think most Americans say 'Man-ha-en.' I've never heard someone pronounce the T, except for perhaps J.Lo and Anderson Cooper as R384 rightly pointed out.

R386 Except they don't pronounce the T, they pronounce it as a double D - Manhadden. And all the kids are doing it now too.

DL pet peeve: replies I've already seen keep showing up as unseen on the right column!

Dick cheese. Come on fellas, a couple of swipes in the shower and that's all it takes.

[quote]I think most Americans say 'Man-ha-en.' I've never heard someone pronounce the T

I've had the opposite experience, but I'm on the West Coast, so maybe we don't know any better.

Pet owners.

Yes Central Americans don’t know how to clean their dick cheese. They always smell like cooking oil

R392 yeah, well, you have a big behind!

Here's a recent one I've noted:

Kate Snow, NBC reporter and substitute anchor. Know who I am referring to?

Most times when our Kate has finished speaking her bit on camera before a cutaway, she has the annoying habit of leaving her mouth ajar, like this is her trademark or something. She must "think she cute."

Actually what she looks like is a slack-jawed yokel-ette. Someone with connections at NBC News tell she looks stupid and and stop it at once.

R394’s post reminds me of Sue Aller, the woman who does traffic reports for the Scott Shannon in the Morning Show on WCBS-FM radio in New York City.

She seems like a nice lady. BUT she has extreme, crackling vocal fry that could blow out car speakers.

When she’s supposed to say “I’m Sue Aller” and the end of her traffic report, it comes out sounding like “I’mSwaller.”

How does someone who cannot enunciate get a radio job in a major media market like New York City??

Yeah, I know I need to get satellite radio. But I’m too cheap.

How does someone who cannot enunciate get a radio job in a major media market like New York City??

She swallows, R395

Recipes online that are 99% inane ramblings and 1% recipe.

Cake recipes online that start with a box of cake mix

How Americans pronounce t as d. Budder, bedda, wadder...

Not a ‘pet peeve’, but a genuine puzzlement: why did Muriel shut down an innocuous thread discussing which humanities subjects are elitist?

WTF?!

Expensive restaurants that cram couples into tiny tables so close together that you’re practically sitting on the laps of the couple next to you.

On those increasingly rare occasions when I go out to an expensive restaurant, I want to be able to converse with my partner without being overheard, or having to overhear every word of the conversations of the couples next to us. I especially hate it when they shoehorn you into those stupid tables, elbow to elbow with other couples, when the rest of the restaurant is practically empty (because got forbid they give additional space to people only paying for two overpriced meals plus drinks!). If you ask for another table, they either give you a resentful death stare or snap “I’m sorry, those tables are reserved!” (Except when we’re done, the tables are STILL empty).

Fuck you, honey. You’re not doing me any favors by “letting” me have a square foot of space to eat at your shitty trendy restaurant! I’ll go to the diner next time.

guests who shit in my bathroom.

People who don’t understand the different applications of “who”, “that” and “which”.

People in the checkout lane who wait for the total before they start looking for their CC card.

People crossing the street glued to their cell phone and not bothering to see if traffic is coming, they deserve to be run over.

All facial piercings, they look gross and dirty.

[quote]All facial piercings, they look gross and dirty.

Especially nasal, when sported by anyone who comes in contact with my food.

At the beach people who throw a ball out into the sea and expect their dog to retrieve it. I always think, how would you like to wade into the sea and get it? I saw a dog refuse to do it yesterday and thought, this dog has more brains than his owner, who had to wade into the water to get it.

That’s animal abuse r406

That’s animal abuse r406

[quote]People in the checkout lane who wait for the total before they start looking for their CC card.

People who use abbreviations that make no sense.

When daddy runs out of FUDGE!

R409 I think s/he meant to write just 'CC' for 'credit card' but ended up saying 'card,' as well, like some people say 'ATM machine.'

People who don't instantly adore me.

There ARE NO DIACRITICAL MARKS in English.

People who say “I’m sorry you felt that way” instead of apologizing. Cunts.

Long nails on men. Or ungroomed hands on men (blue collar workers or others who work with their hands get a pass, but if you work in an office and you have nasty hands, gross)

Most jewelry on men aside from wedding rings.

Non-traditional wedding rings for men, like black wedding rings or ones with lots of diamonds. Ugh.

Frau coworkers.

Men wearing black sneakers as their "work shoes" instead of actual dress shoes, thinking people can't tell the difference.

People who are insanely active and try to press their lifestyle on all their friends and coworkers. Not everybody wants to go hiking at 7 AM, dickweed.

Strangers who try to talk to you when you’re standing in line to get coffee or shopping at the store.

Girls under the age of 18 who think being a tomboy means they’re trans.

The fact that youtube now has double ads. What the fuck.

R361 not everyone lusts for social inclusion like you. Some people like to listen and observe.

R349 why would the desire to meet masculine guys imply that the seeker was masculine himself? I’d suppose the opposite actually.

Women on local and national news that are tarted up with jewelry, makeup and tight clothes.

These threads are always big hits on Datalounge and I don’t enjoy them.

That’s it. That’s my gripe.

People, usually you know who, who double park when there's clearly a space that they could pull into.

R327 most people are lost in their own thoughts so a polite greeting (i.e. from a stranger/acquaintance and not a friend) isn’t processed properly.

"I wish I would have..."

People who post a simple question on a web forum instead of just googling it.

[quote]most people are lost in their own thoughts so a polite greeting (i.e. from a stranger/acquaintance and not a friend) isn’t processed properly.

Just today I introduced myself to a woman at a real estate firm. Shook her hand and said, "Hi, I'm Jason." She replied, with a big fake smile, "I'm great, thank you!"

I wonder how people this vacuous make it through life.

Another beach one is when the owners of an aggressive dog that attacks me don't apologise, or laugh, as if I am nothing. I do the beach walk a lot and thankfully most dogs are friendly or just look then ignore me as they walk or run past. The ones that dog smile or lick my hand are sweeties.

People who ask me what I do for a living when I've just met them.

It was like when people asked me when I'd just met them whether I had any brothers or sisters when I was in my 20s and 30s - I used to think "I'm not six!"

People who ask me what I do for a living when I've just met them.

It was like when people asked me when I'd just met them whether I had any brothers or sisters when I was in my 20s and 30s - I used to think "I'm not six!"

I had a double post! That's like a four leaf clover on DL, right?

People who don't lift their feet when they walk. I'd sooner listen to someone pop bubble gum than some idea walking along shuffling his feet.

someone doing the gay pinky finger.

Little homosexual boys.

White garments.

Negativity.

Large tattoos, especially tats covering a whole extremity or more.

Repeating myself, or being asked 'What?!' repeatedly. People mispronouncing words or adding a syllable (cant correct them 90% of the time because their overinflated porcelain egos will shatter), WHILE giving a lecture!

People who interrupt.

Fuck them.

"If you have any questions, talk to John or myself after the meeting."

People who misuse reflexive pronouns don't understand basic English grammar. Often, they falsely believe that "myself" sounds more important than "me".

See also: use vs utilize

People who left-align numbers in a table or Excel sheet because it "looks better".

Idiots.

On hookup/dating apps, when men post on their about me sections that they are "I'm a nice guy looking for nice guys" and "be kind to one another". These are red flags and usually mean this person is a douche. Think about it--would a humble person post stuff saying "I'm very humble"? No, because that's contradictory. Also, men who post that they are "masculine" or "masc for masc". They probably wear a purse.

I'm with R401 regarding restaurants that are practically empty but want to seat you right next to another table. I just had this happen recently. The restaurant was half full, so plenty of open tables. I pointed to one by the window that had some buffer space, but the host wanted to seat us in the middle of the restaurant surrounded by a bund of other patrons and where it was really loud. I walked over to the one I wanted and said this will do. He looked pissed, but whatever. We got the table we wanted.

Also, people with expensive vehicles that take up two spaces in a parking lot and park diagonally. I see this all the time in store parking lots. Don't they know they're just inviting people to key their cars? Back in the 1990s, I had a co-worker who was kind of a tough chick. She'd always key cars that were parked like that.

Parents with bumper stickers saying, "My kid is on the Honor Roll at so and so Elementary. Who cares? Call me when he or she is valedictorian.

"I seen"

[quote] I had a co-worker who was kind of a tough chick. She'd always key cars that were parked like that.

I also know a woman who does this, and she is a mess of NPD and BPD.

[quote]Also, people with expensive vehicles that take up two spaces in a parking lot and park diagonally. I see this all the time in store parking lots. Don't they know they're just inviting people to key their cars? Back in the 1990s, I had a co-worker who was kind of a tough chick. She'd always key cars that were parked like that.

My mom was one of those people. Didn't get her car keyed, but one time found a note on her windshield that read "LEARN HOW TO PARK, ASSHOLE!!!" LOL! But she was rather disturbed by it.

Baby on Board

I lose respect for people who insist on 'grabbing dinner' or 'grabbing cocktails'. Jesus PETE! What are they? Neanderthals?

Cashiers that need to interrogate you about your purchases.

When things don’t work as they’re supposed to, specifically apps. You feel like you have no one to even complain to and if it’s an app you use frequently, like navigation, it’s extremely frustrating.

People who get in the left lane on a highway and drive under the speed limit. I think that many people do not realize that the left lane is for passing and vehicles going faster rather than slower. If you're driving under the speed limit stay to the right.

[quote]I think that many people do not realize that the left lane is for passing and vehicles going faster rather than slower.

Don't they teach that in Driver's Ed?

R451

Some think that those things don't apply to them and the rest are too fucking stupid.

People who say Zee instead of Zed

Who the hell says 'Zed'?

Everyone who learned British English, dummy.

People more offended by fat shaming than morbidly obese people like Tess Holiday.

People who pretend people like Tess Holiday are "beautiful".

R456 In other words, SJWs!

People who over-enunciate "t"s to the point that it sounds like they're separating a word into one that ends with a "t" followed by one that begins with a "t".

"You need to put those Mit-TTTTens on!"

"Not the lit-TTTTle one. The big one. "

Also, people who have overactive sex drives and have to flirt with everything they see and force people to stop and wait every five seconds for them to stare at someone or hit on someone like a sex addict with ADD.

I was just reminded of this when I was looking at the TCM schedule. Why do they insist on putting current photos of stars next to their names in the credit listing? If I’m watching an Ursula Andress movie from 1967, l don’t want to see a picture of her from 2009 next to her name when she hasn’t made a film in twenty-five years! And for lesser known actors, it’s pointless to attach a photo that is almost unrecognizable.

People who toss their cigarette butts out their car window while driving.

This bothers me in print form, but not so much spoken or blogposted, because I expect writers and editors to know better:

"comprised of"

What stops one from writing "composed of"? It's fewer letters, and shows a command of English. "Comprised of" shows one does not know English. How do English-language editors become editors without an understanding of English?

[quote]What stops one from writing "composed of"? It's fewer letters

That's my complaint whenever people use the incorrect 'irregardless' instead of the correct 'regardless.'

"Circling back..."

If I'd wanted to reply to your first dumbass email, I would have.

Anal retentive DL posters who constantly need to reply with: “Why are you posting this?? There’s a thread on this already! Why haven’t you done a full 20-year catalogue search of DataLounge before posting your topic?? Now there’s MORE THAN ONE thread of the same topic! Auggh!! “

Bitch, I’m not searching for old threads to appease your OCD.

People who compulsively clear their throats or sinuses all the time.

Men with long nails. So gross to look at.

Men who wear black sneakers at work and think people will think they are dress shoes (I work in a lowbrow Fed office)

People

Circumcised cock.

Pronouns

Whatever religion R468 was raised as.

Earrings and caftans.

Having a cunt like Endora as a sister.

When people refer to side dishes as "sides".

When people say "no worries!"

Oh really?

Thanksgiving must have been traumatic for R473.

Parents, uncles and aunts who still treat their adult kids, nephews or nieces like teenagers.

People who think there’s something wrong—or dismiss said thing—if it isn’t immediately understandable and takes some effort to comprehend.

*something

People who say "purchase" instead of "buy".

Fat people (any sex) who wear shorts.

The Facebookisation of LinkedIn.

Nobody cares that your daughter graduated from High School. Nobody wants to see your lengthy thirsty farewell after being let go from your job.

It’s even more these days an essential tool in the job hunt but having to wade through all this dreck pisses me off.

Getting asked “How was your weekend” and/or “Any plans for the weekend?”

The word “prior”

Posts that begin with "Umm ..." IMO, that's passive-aggressive and weak. Just say what you want to say.

When people don't use BCC (blind copy) when texting / emailing a group of people who don't really know each other (and don't need to know each other).

Also, receiving a group text and I have maybe half the phone #s programmed into my phone; the other half just comes up as numbers (no names).

People over the age of 15 who are unable to complete basic skills on their own, or lack fundamental understanding of simple tasks, like vacuuming, doing the laundry, etc. And cooking, especially! Look, I'm not asking for a meal prepared by a gourmet chef, but at least someone with the ability to follow recipes. (And they even come with pictures now!) Someone who can create something tasty and edible rather than ordering take-out or popping something in the microwave.

People who don't bother to actually read your entire response; they see the first three or four words and immediately begin ranting.

People who don't just answer their goddamn phones, especially if we're meeting somewhere at a certain time. No, they expect me to stop in the street, text them, wait for a one-word reply, do the whole text back-and-forth. All I need to let them know is, "I'm a half-block away, see you by the Smithe Street entrance." I'm not looking to have a conversation about life, goddamnit, I'm letting you know something that would take less time if they just answered the phone.

R441, the expensive restaurants that used to cram couples together into uncomfortable little spaces because they wanted to save the adult tables for families and groups of diners they deem more lucrative are now getting their dose of karma thanks to coronavirus “six feet apart” requirements.

Good.

Having to verbally confirm orders and to confirm that it will complete my order whenever I order food. It’s not the employee’s fault, but it sure gets annoying..

I also wish they’d get rid of store rewards cards and asking me if I want to donate money to charity. Just let me buy what I need without a major ordeal that holds up the line.

Those nasty paper towel rolls with "select-a-size" perforations that "let" you tear off a large, medium, or small sheet. Except that whichever size I want is never what comes off the roll and I end up with a skimpy sliver for a giant mess or a huge handful for a tiny drizzle. Everyone else in the world must love those things because it's impossible to find a brand that offers the old-fashioned style anymore.

I am probably dating myself here, but I’m irritated by by clipped responses to texts like “yup” and “yeah”. I don’t exactly text in iambic pentameter, but do watch things like grammar. Some features on my phone actually reverse grammatical rules, like turning a capitalized letter to lower case at the start of a new sentence by assuming the sender would forget. The same hold true for apostrophes. The “default” spelling of “its” is usually “it’s”. These electronic nannies irritate me, and the creeping isolation that comes along with friends and siblings who communicate through their social media platforms and an occasional text chain that ends quickly with a “thumbs up” icon, or a “liked”, “emphasized” or “laughed at”. I’m a busy guy, too, but feel that friends and immediate family merit a personalized interaction. My siblings don’t work anymore, but still always seem to be responding to things on the fly, perpetually distracted, busy counting the dew drops. Everyone seems so distracted.

R489, you can turn off the auto-complete or auto-correct function on your phone.

I understand what you're saying about texting. Since Covid, my family & extended family members have decided to group-text quite a bit. (We never did this before Covid.) Nobody in the group is very young, yet most of the texts are really stupid, not even funny. People send photos showing off this or that. I just delete.

Threads getting paywalled. The 2020 Bauer Barbecue has just been blue banded.

People who use the word "loose" when they really mean "lose".

Smokers

Celebs who make political speeches while accepting an entertainment award (e.g., EGOT). It was understandable in the days before Internet, because the only way to reach an audience then was through a middle man (e.g., television/radio, magazine interviews, newspaper write-ups). But these days, stars can directly communicate with fans and others via social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube). There really is no reason now to usurp an awards show and be the proverbial turd in the punch bowl.

Men celebs crossing their legs during talk shows and such. Nothing makes you look more feminine.