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SoulOverflowing Member |
posted 06-17-2006 10:07 AM
  
So, I was thinking the other day about little pet peeves that I have, and I was wondering...what really drives you crazy? I myself have compiled a list of my pet peeves: - people behind me at a red light who honk at me as SOON as the light turns green -people who take up two parking spaces -when someone says they'll call me right back and they don't -telemarketers -when the President interrupts my shows for some pointless press conference
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booklady Member |
posted 06-17-2006 10:24 AM
People who drive less than the speed limit on the Central Expressway here in Dallas. People who DON'T have their money ready at the toll booth. People who can't even park their SUV's, much less take up two spaces. People who talk during the movie (the main reason I don't go to movie theatres any longer). Parents who don't make their children behave. YOU are the parent, not your 3 year old. That is just a brief list, I am feeling kind of crabby today. IP: Logged |
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Mistress Hibbins Member |
posted 06-17-2006 10:29 AM
Gah, I dislike discourteous drivers as well. One thing that I can't stand is when people without handicap tags park in handicap spaces. I also hate whistling. I don't know why, but the sound of a person whistling can make me fly into a violent rage. IP: Logged |
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Mistress Hibbins Member |
posted 06-17-2006 10:32 AM
Ah, yes, Booklady, I forgot! I, too, cannot stand misbehaving children! There have been times when I actually considered going up to people and saying, "Please control your child." Back in my day, my mother certainly wasn't afraid to discipline myself or my siblings, and she made doubly sure that we behaved in public. What has happened to parents today? [This message has been edited by Mistress Hibbins (edited 06-19-2006).] IP: Logged |
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SoulOverflowing Member |
posted 06-17-2006 10:43 AM
quote: Oh yeah, I cannot stand people that do that. I don't mind a brief comment or question here and there, but not throughout the whole thing. Actually, I have a friend that does that alot, and it finally got to the point where I had to call her on it because it was ridiculous. IP: Logged |
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Acey Member |
posted 06-17-2006 10:44 AM
Spitting. That violently religious woman who has a mega-phone outside Oxford Circus Tube Station - what religion, i don't know, all i know is that i'm evil. People who state the obvious, as a question, just so they have something to say, for example, I am in the kitchen, standing by the toaster, having just put some bread in, in walks Father: "Making toast?" ARGH! That's quite apparent! Do you stand infront of the mirror in the bathroom and say "Reflecting light again are we?"? NO! And bigotry in all it's forms. IP: Logged |
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Greenery Member |
posted 06-17-2006 11:11 AM
Okay, I know this sounds really tacky, but when people say "kilo-meeeters" instead of "kilo-meters" (with a short e). I can't stand the long e in meters with kilometers. You have to use the short e. It drives me insane. The same sort of thing applies for Carribean (sp?) when they say "carri-BEan" instead of "carribean." The extra emphasis on "BE" makes me vent steam out of my ears. This is probably why I love discussion boards, because I don't hear pronunciations! Weee! IP: Logged |
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ElphabaOfOz Member |
posted 06-17-2006 11:12 AM
My biggest one: Using apostrophes like this: "Free puppy's for sale!" or "Use trash can's and cup's please!" I cannot STAND that. The worst is when people use "it's" incorrectly, especially educated people whou ought to know the difference. That's just inexcusable. IP: Logged |
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ElphabaOfOz Member |
posted 06-17-2006 11:14 AM
Also when people put their sprinklers right on the edge of their lawns so that when you walk by you get soaked. How hard is it to put it in the middle of the lawn, AWAY from the sidewalk? Not hard at all. Those people should be shot. IP: Logged |
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Greenery Member |
posted 06-17-2006 11:25 AM
quote: Well, shot is a little violent. Maybe they should just have to walk past their lawn twenty time to teach them to put their stupid sprinklers in the middle of their lawn. And the apostrophe thing makes me crazy too! It's not that difficult of a concept. Honestly. [This message has been edited by Greenery (edited 06-17-2006).] IP: Logged |
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OvertheMoonforIM Member |
posted 06-17-2006 11:28 AM
When people like the above can't be bothered to edit their original post and feel the need to reply again.  Umm, let's see. MTV, because they should be RTV (Reality TV) because they don't actually play music anymore. Reality TV in general, because you could be watching things that require a tiny bit of thought instead of watching some girl cry because she could only get the blue BMW for her sixteenth birthday, and they didn't have it in pink! Sorry, babe. I don't care. People who don't pick up after their dogs. When it's on your lawn! Gah! Andy Milonakis. Please, I don't want to watch a 30 year old guy act like a 10 year old who has ADD and nothing better to do than act stupid.
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King of Quox Member |
posted 06-17-2006 11:47 AM
I have a REAL thing (and a really irrational thing) about women's stiletto heels clacking on the pavement. I don't know why, there's something about the sound that makes me want to scream bloody murder then give them a pair of sensible, quiet pumps. Noisy yawning. I can't bear it. Especially people that do it whilst they're doing nothing and I'm trying to work. Aaaaargh! And also, there is an advert on British TV at the minute for some dismal air freshener which is narrated by a racoon cartoon character who inists it needs said freshening product because it can't stand 'bad odour'. You're a *%&£"! racoon, for $%^&'s sake! You forage in the trash for food, you wouldn't give two ^&*(s for an air freshener. God, it makes me mad. Sorry, I'm a very stroppy (and slightly loopy) boy sometimes... Oh yes, and I forgot pleonasm in all its many-splendoured forms. Especially the grocer's bast*rd apostrophe... [This message has been edited by King of Quox (edited 06-17-2006).] IP: Logged |
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Acey Member |
posted 06-17-2006 12:02 PM
quote: Now, we're either on exactly the same wave length or completely opposable ones. Carry-be-an is good. Kah-rib-ian is bad. Yes? If no, then shoot yourself. And Quoxy, seriously, any advert on TV... Urg! ESPECIALLY! Those bloody rediculous hair product adverts where they just invent Elements of the Periodic Table like Nutrilium and Profollicum and Scalpon and Buymeum. Urg. [This message has been edited by Acey (edited 06-17-2006).] IP: Logged |
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Plant a Note Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 12:03 PM
Hypocrisy, more than anything in this God-forsaken world Bad drivers When my mother tells me to "Have a good day" every morning, when she knows I can't stand my job. I have sooo many more, but I just can't think of them right now. [This message has been edited by Plant a Note (edited 06-17-2006).] IP: Logged |
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King of Quox Member |
posted 06-17-2006 12:23 PM
Ah yes, the whole pronunciation minefield... You see, personally I don't like hearing the place called 'Cologne', since having lived there, it's 'Koln' (with an umlaut which this keyboard can't accomodate), but then where would we stop? Firenze, Moskva, Cote(circumflex)-d'Ivoire, Krung Threp... Yes, Acey, all adverts, now I come to think of it. Especially the hair ones, and especially those hair ones featuring Eva Longoria. Something about that damn woman just makes me want to shake her by her lapels and tell her to stop being, oh, I don't know, so damn plastic. And all those God-awful adverts that feature Carol Vordermann and June Whitfield and the rest twatting on about consolidating loans and whole-of-life-policies and life's too short for all of this twaddle. And anything, anything, with Linda bleeding Barker in. Now look what you've started. And I'd just got rid of the wrath I was feeling towards Thomas Stearns Eliot. Oh, and Acey, people who don't reply to my e-mails IMMEDIATELY! Only joking! Alex Edit: And I forgot the words 'moist' and 'nugget'. Ugh! Can't bear them. Particualrly when paired with anything to do with Bernard Matthews. Or Bernard Manning, even. *shudders* [This message has been edited by King of Quox (edited 06-17-2006).] IP: Logged |
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Acey Member |
posted 06-17-2006 12:37 PM
I know, i know, i'm such a slut. On it now... ish. IP: Logged |
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jerseyminx Junior Member |
posted 06-17-2006 01:04 PM
People who complain about things that they aren't forced to do or watch or hear. IP: Logged |
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King of Quox Member |
posted 06-17-2006 01:12 PM
quote: But if they bung Eva Longoria, Carol Vodermann and Bernard Matthews in one of the interminable ad breaks in the middle of one of my favourite episodes of 'Murder She Wrote', I can't help but hear/watch the b*ggers, can I! IP: Logged |
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Yero my hero Member |
posted 06-17-2006 01:21 PM
Pet peeves... hm. First of all, "to" and "too." It is seriously NOT that hard. The worst is whenever people say "I really need too." You really need too what? Too much sun? Too many bags of marshmallows? WHAT? Whenever people say something that is completely hurtful and then add "Just kidding." or "Where's your sense of humor?" It just makes me want to shove shim's fist down shim's throat. It does NOT make you cooler to bring up a subject that is hurtful to someone and then say just kidding. If it IS just playful fun, then okay. For example, I can make fun of my mom for the time that she blew up the Mountain Dew all over the car. (She had it coming with that whole "Mountain Dew doesn't have fizz!" deal five minutes before that.) But bringing up something that is blatantly hurtful--not so funny. Evangeline Lilly being with Dominic. What the heck is she actually thinking? People that chew gum too loudly. I don't care that you have gum! I don't need to know that you have gum! It's for YOU, not ME. Chew it quietly!! (The same goes for food as well.) Erm. I'm in a really good mood so I can't really think of many. Oh, I have one. Rude people that come into Smoothie King. GAH. I don't even... have words to describe how mad it makes me. Now, something else that is slightly more humorous but still rather annoying, is the stupid people that come into Smoothie King. *looks at menu* "So, like, what's in the Caribbean Way?" *I try to restrain myself from saying: Look at the @#$(&@# menu."* Just... gahdasiodj. Ellen hates whenever people say "idears." "IDEA" has no "r," she says. I can't stand it whenever people assume what it is that you're going to say and don't let you finish your sentence/argument/point. Will it kill them to wait an extra ten seconds to hear you out? No. No, it won't. ETA: ANTS! Dear God, I CANNOT STAND THEM. They bite me and... ERGH. *throws fit and storms off* [This message has been edited by Yero my hero (edited 06-17-2006).] IP: Logged |
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jerseyminx Junior Member |
posted 06-17-2006 03:19 PM
quote: Got a mute button? IP: Logged |
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helenbooktrip Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 04:40 PM
i cant say much now, but the one that comes to my head it is head when someone puts the milk on the dinner table before the food is ready. even SLIGHTY less cold milk makes me want to scream. have a nice day! IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 05:01 PM
I hate milk, cold or warm. It's sooo disgusting, festering in a poor cow's udders, mixing with pus and other stuff and then shipped out where HUMANS drnink milk designed for BABY COWS. It's really disgusting if you think about it. And what's even more annoying are the people willing to drink gallons of COW's milk and won't even touch BREAST MILK. Granted, I hate all milk, so I wouldn't touch breast milk, but if someone is going to drink something from another animal, what's so gross about drinking something designed for YOUR bodY? Wow, I ranted about milk anbd forgot about my peeves... IP: Logged |
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King of Quox Member |
posted 06-17-2006 05:37 PM
quote: I'd still see their smug faces...! IP: Logged |
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Yero my hero Member |
posted 06-17-2006 06:48 PM
Yero the hero, that is quite possibly one of the worst arguments against milk I have ever heard. Are you a vegetarian? Are you vegan? If not, I feel that in no way are you qualified to argue your point. Slaughtering is much worse than drinking milk. Almost all food products have animal in them.  And Helen, I agree. I can't stand even slightly warm milk. I feel bad for poor babies that have to drink it that way. IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 07:04 PM
Actually, YmH, I *am* a vegan, and that is a very good argument against milk. I know slaughtering is worse, duh, but helen was talking about milk. It's completely legitmate to point out people are more than willing to drink milk intended for another species than the milk intended for humans. Where do you come off being so smug, anyway? If you have a better argument, I'd like to hear it. I also never said it was the best argument against milk, I was just pointing something out. DO you think I was planning this whole thing? Did you think I did research about milk, knowing helen would bring up the topic? I wrote something in two seconds about my beliefs, why are you so rude? This isn't a debate, I was just pointing som,ething out, there's no need to demean me and tell me that I'm not a vegan. IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 07:06 PM
Sorry to add more to my venting, but YmH there are actually TONS of NORMAL foods with no animal produts in them. Don't act like you know everything  IP: Logged |
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Yero my hero Member |
posted 06-17-2006 07:13 PM
Yero the hero, if you're going to argue with me, read the whole post and not just the parts that offend you, alright? "If not, I feel that in no way are you qualified to argue your point." I said that it was a poor argument if you weren't a vegan. If you are, then I completely entitle you to say such a thing, because you're therefore against any use of animal. If you were NOT a vegan, then yes, it would be a terrible argument. Exactly as I said. DO please to not take things out of context. IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 07:17 PM
Okay, I understand. It's just, the thing is, you started off your post as "that is the worst argument against milk". I know I'm probably not one to talk, but you were being quite snippy and condescending. IP: Logged |
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Yero my hero Member |
posted 06-17-2006 07:27 PM
If you ate animals, it WOULD be the worst argument I'd ever heard. Because animals are for eating. You obviously disagree, seeing as you're vegan. But I eat animals. And I drink milk. And if you ate animals, it would be ridiculous for you to say what you did about drinking milk. *shrugs* I'm not against people that are vegan, what I'm against is hypocracy. Forgive me for sounding condescending, but I would rather not repeat myself again that I was talking from the viewpoint of someone that is not a vegan, and made that blatantly clear in my first post. IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 07:46 PM
Animals aren't for eating, that's the thing. Thank you for your "apology", but it's distressing to see that people don't think it's wrong to take part in the killing of innocent life. While you may not be the one killing the animal, of course, you're still promoting it. Animals are no more ours than any other life. There was a time where white people thought african americans were for their benefit, and everyone believed this. Of course, I'm not saying animals should be given the exact same rights as humans, they're still entitled to live and not feel pain. I know I'm getting all debate-y and you weren't completely advocating eating animals, but I had to say my word, considering you said yours. [This message has been edited by Yero the Hero (edited 06-17-2006).] IP: Logged |
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jerseyminx Junior Member |
posted 06-17-2006 07:53 PM
Milk is normally not taken straight from the utter to the carton. BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG Pet peeve: oh by the way, I can't stand milk. IP: Logged |
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Yero my hero Member |
posted 06-17-2006 07:54 PM
Hon, I live in Texas. We like our meat here. Yum. Honestly, I think that's what animals are for. What's the point of a field full of cows that just sit under the sun and eat grass? They waste grass, they waste space, they waste money. The people that pay to keep them alive are the ones that use them to their benefit. The human body was made to survive off protein--not protein tablets like some people have got to take these days. Animals=Protein. People need protein. Eat animals. It's a nice circle, and it works for me. So I won't change because some think it's wrong to eat animals. Just like I won't change just because some people think it's wrong to be gay. Whatever. I'd rather not keep talking. IP: Logged |
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Mistress Hibbins Member |
posted 06-17-2006 08:43 PM
Hmmmm...this argument is silly. Different strokes for different folks. Personally, I don't drink milk because I think it's unnatural for an adult animal to continue doing what amounts to nursing. Cows' milk is for baby cows, and milk of any kind is for babies. But I'm not bothered by the fact other people consume cows' milk. Not at all. I don't feel any need to impose my view on others, and it frankly isn't an issue worth wasting my energy on. As for meat, I am an enthusiastic--though concientious--omnivore. I love my fruits and vegetables, but I also love meat. Organic, free-range meat, though. I believe in the circle of life, and that there is nothing wrong with animals feeding on one another. That's just Nature. However, I also believe that all life still deserves respect, and that even animals meant for slaughter should not be mistreated. Plus, regulation of the way that livestock are treated makes the consumption of their flesh considerably safer for those of us who partake of it. IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 08:59 PM
okay, jerseymix, don't get mad at me for being passionate. I am not imposing my views on anyone, I am stating a fact. Killing is wrong. The ten commandments say it, the constitution says it, natural law says it. Just because something is less developed doesnt mean you have the right to kill it; that's like saying it's okay to kill a mentally retarded person b/c they aren't as smart as you are. Cows don't waste space, they LIVE. They weren't created by you, you have nothing to do with them. Cows have been living fopr centuries w/o human aid, so the aren't wasting our money. It's really scary when people say eating meat isn't wrong, because to eat meat you have to kill something (and, today, torture, for profit gaining) that doesn't deserve to die. Also, it's unnatural to eat animals in the first place. If a puppy and an apple were placed infornt of a toddler, what would he do? Obviously, eat the apple and play with the dog. You wouldn't slaughter the dog, cook it and eat it. All you people see is a nice chicken leg in a shiny package. If that chicken leg still had a foot on it, would you eat it? IOf it still had feathers on it, would you eat it? If it was soaking in blood, would you eat it? No, I'm guessing you wouldn't. And, if people like SOcrates and Davinci can live w/o eating aniumals and w/o eating protein pills, I'm sure it's possible for anyone else. [This message has been edited by Yero the Hero (edited 06-17-2006).] IP: Logged |
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Yero my hero Member |
posted 06-17-2006 09:24 PM
You know what? People have reasons for doing the things they do. Don't try to change me or tell me that I'm wrong. I respect people that stand up for what they believe, but I don't agree with people trying to force their beliefs on other people or trying to tell them that their way is better. I eat meat. I like it. I didn't say you had to. Do what you want. Don't try to tell me that I'm wrong or disgusting. Do you understand? Because that's just going to open up another can of worms that I seriously don't want to touch. Just drop it. IP: Logged |
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jerseyminx Junior Member |
posted 06-17-2006 09:24 PM
No I wouldn't eat raw chicken, I wouldn't want to get salmanella (sp?) I don't blame you for being passionate, I commend you for that in fact. If you believe in something then you should be devout. Y believe that killing of any living organism is wrong. Well an apple is part of a living organism until it's picked off of the tree, then it starts to die. just uh.. food for thought *dun dunt duh tinggggggg* IP: Logged |
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ElphabaToTheThropp Member |
posted 06-17-2006 09:29 PM
Well, I think that this vegetarianism topic has gotten out of hand. I'm a vegetarian, and I HATE when people force their opinions of why it's stupid on me. I have my reasons, and I'm sure you (y'all?) have yours, but I really DON'T think anyone's going to change their opinions because of another person's.
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 09:29 PM
Okay, yero, I'm trying not to get mad at you. I realize people shouldn't force ideas on others, I hate that. but what I'm trying to say is that you are aiding in the torturing and deaths of innocent things. If I were a serial killer and I killed your mtoher or father or someone, how would you feel? I'm sure you wouldn't like it and tell me to die, but I would reply to you the same reply you said to me: don't force your beliefs on me. "I like killing people, that's what I do, you can't tell me this is wrong." It is. If I said you had to be exactly like me, wear expensive clothes and never go to Walmart, I could understand you would be upset. But this is different. Just answer me this: Would you consciously kill and animal, cut it up, and eat it? Just answer me that question. IP: Logged |
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Yero the Hero Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 09:32 PM
Also, yero, what did you mean by that homosexual remark? Because if you're going to start demeaning THAT aspect of me, you're in for an ear-full (or, eye-full considering you're reading this) IP: Logged |
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Plant a Note Moderator |
posted 06-17-2006 09:33 PM
Oh my God! This is just getting ridiculous! Yero THE hero, You're saying that you're not trying to force your beliefs onto others, but that is exactly what you're doing. Look, just live and let live, okay?! YmH eats meat, you don't. Just DROP IT! This is getting so stupid. IP: Logged |
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