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As many of you will remember, the 'pet peeves' was good ol' SR rant, with everyone venting their annoyances. On the internet. Score.
Well anyway.. for those of you who have no idea what it's about, you basically list the things that get on your nerves, with a little rant about why under each.
Yet now, it's basically just anything that annoys you really
Warning.. this could be a long, long rant
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People who say 'me' when talking about going somewhere
I realise, this sounds a bit strange, but what I mean is the people who talk about who's gonna be somewhere they've been talking about, when you both know you're going.. then when you ask who else is they say "me, etc". Gah!
We was
It's we were. It's really not that hard. Plain and simple.
You know what I mean?
I'm sure everyone's said or heard it a good few times in their life, when people feel the need to qualify what they've just said with 'know what I mean?', when it's totally unecessary. Blargh!
Dog crap
Come on, pick it up! How hard can it possbily be to just bend down and scoop it up.. or simply just make sure your dog doesn't lay a ten pounder right in the middle of the pavement, usually somewhere in the dark where it can't be seen. Best of all, it's next to impossible not to stand in it, then, the grip on your shoes that's been wearing for the last three years and is almost non-existent suddenly becomes flypaper for little chunks of dog dump.
Saturday Night tv
Let's be honest, it's one of the nights of the week that people would be more than happy to sit down to a little tv about the time you come in from work, or as you stagger home in a paralytic state.. yet all that's ever on is 'Ant and Dec's grab yourself a brain' or the after-midnight slot of quiz shows, that are simply moneygrabbing and pathetic.
Leering O.A.Ps
Maybe leering is too harsh a word, yet, you only have to walk past a pensioner these days for them to give you a look you'd expect Jack the Ripper to get as he walks down the road in a trail of blood, clutching a severed head.. or simply one filled with hatred. When I say walk past I don't mean swaggering past in the escaped-convict look, I mean walking past casually, maybe even giving a slight nod or smile that quickly dies on your lips.
People are never there when you want them to be
I don't mean this in the 'boo-hoo I need a shoulder to cry on' sense, more that whenever you actually need to speak to someone about something you're doing, you almost always never see them.. yet when you don't really care if a person's around or not.. there they are! all the time!
Now that's what I call Music!
Well, it's what I call awful. I hate the chart music, and it's completely beyond me why they felt the need to release more than one 'album' of this in the first place =|
Car Alarms
It's 2am. You're just drifting off to sleep. Outside in the lane and ant coughs and... BEEEEEP! BEEEEEEP! BEEEEEP! on the ten second mark, every ten seconds, for the next few hours. Arrrrgh!
Chewing Gum
There's almost nothing I like about the stuff, and genuinely can't stand the appeal of little strips of plastic coated in sugar. Having said that, I've never even had a piece in my mouth in my life. I get put off mainly by the smell of it.. warm on people's breath is horrible, and the disgusting, sticky little balls that get everywhere. Usually in your hair or all over your shoes.
Mayonnaise
Why the hell does it have to be in everything?! It doesn't mind things together, it just looks and tastes horrible, dribbling all over your clean clothes out the side of a sandwich. Hellman's makes it? Hellman's ruins it.
iTunes
It's about the worst music transferring programme imaginable, half the point of an MP3 player to remove some of the space from your pc, and yet should you want to delete anything from iTunes, the next time you try and add something else the thing that isn't there anymore will be deleted. It wouldn't bother me so much if it was only music, yet films to take me days to download - that I then want off my hardrive - are gone forever.
Age ratings
Thanks BBFC for attempting to protect our children from films they'll only watch with their parents anyway. It just seems to me that preventing people from buying alcohol and cigarettes is fair enough, but stopping people who are seventeen from buying eighteen related films and especially games is just pedantic.
DVD Boxsets
I like the amount of watching time you get out of a boxset, as compared to a film, yet the prices are too high for starters. Now sale prices on things like the American Dad boxset aren't too bad, only £9 for a boxset, but then that's only for a half series! Then there's things like the Simpsons which have only managed to release up to the now ancient Series Eight, yet charge in excess of £30 a set. Finally there's a popular, reasonably long-running series of Malcolm in the Middle which has yet to release any boxsets!
'Deals' and Catches
You've all been suckered in and annoyed by them I'm sure, yet they never stop getting on my nerves. You always seem to see a great deal which then either has so much small print that it's not a deal anymore, or is only available if you subscribe to something that then prevents you from quitting it.
The way the Simpsons went south
Let's be honest, until about Series Nine the Simpsons was brilliant, but then ended up with random endings to episodes that seemed to stem from nowhere, or too many series-specific jokes that aren't funny to those who don't watch 'em.
Stereotypical English 'toffs'
In almost every Hollywood film, English people are portrayed as rich stuck-up members of the 'upper class', rather than the normal people you would see around. We always seem to gain a part as a villain or a whiney, annoying character that you can't wait to die.
WHSmith
They over price everything, the DVDs are about three times the cost that they are anywhere else, the range of CDs is pretty poor and relatively expensive, and even the stationery they're good for seems quite pricey.
The cinema
It's extortion that the price of entry is over a fiver, let alone having to shell out more than £3 even for a small popcorn. I understand and quite like the mentality that to upgrade between sizes is only a matter of pence, yet, I think that should be between medium and large, with small about half the price.
Being PC
I hate the way that everything ever said on tv, in the media, or even in schools now has to be politically correct with people screaming 'racism' at every comment and even the extreme of changing the word 'brainstorm' to 'mindmap' as it might be deemed offensive to epileptics =|
Socks
You never seem to have enough. They usually contrast to the clothes you're wearing. You wear them inside out and don't notice. They quickly wear through or get unwashably dirty.
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And that's how for now, kids
Well anyway.. for those of you who have no idea what it's about, you basically list the things that get on your nerves, with a little rant about why under each.
Yet now, it's basically just anything that annoys you really
Warning.. this could be a long, long rant
*
People who say 'me' when talking about going somewhere
I realise, this sounds a bit strange, but what I mean is the people who talk about who's gonna be somewhere they've been talking about, when you both know you're going.. then when you ask who else is they say "me, etc". Gah!
We was
It's we were. It's really not that hard. Plain and simple.
You know what I mean?
I'm sure everyone's said or heard it a good few times in their life, when people feel the need to qualify what they've just said with 'know what I mean?', when it's totally unecessary. Blargh!
Dog crap
Come on, pick it up! How hard can it possbily be to just bend down and scoop it up.. or simply just make sure your dog doesn't lay a ten pounder right in the middle of the pavement, usually somewhere in the dark where it can't be seen. Best of all, it's next to impossible not to stand in it, then, the grip on your shoes that's been wearing for the last three years and is almost non-existent suddenly becomes flypaper for little chunks of dog dump.
Saturday Night tv
Let's be honest, it's one of the nights of the week that people would be more than happy to sit down to a little tv about the time you come in from work, or as you stagger home in a paralytic state.. yet all that's ever on is 'Ant and Dec's grab yourself a brain' or the after-midnight slot of quiz shows, that are simply moneygrabbing and pathetic.
Leering O.A.Ps
Maybe leering is too harsh a word, yet, you only have to walk past a pensioner these days for them to give you a look you'd expect Jack the Ripper to get as he walks down the road in a trail of blood, clutching a severed head.. or simply one filled with hatred. When I say walk past I don't mean swaggering past in the escaped-convict look, I mean walking past casually, maybe even giving a slight nod or smile that quickly dies on your lips.
People are never there when you want them to be
I don't mean this in the 'boo-hoo I need a shoulder to cry on' sense, more that whenever you actually need to speak to someone about something you're doing, you almost always never see them.. yet when you don't really care if a person's around or not.. there they are! all the time!
Now that's what I call Music!
Well, it's what I call awful. I hate the chart music, and it's completely beyond me why they felt the need to release more than one 'album' of this in the first place =|
Car Alarms
It's 2am. You're just drifting off to sleep. Outside in the lane and ant coughs and... BEEEEEP! BEEEEEEP! BEEEEEP! on the ten second mark, every ten seconds, for the next few hours. Arrrrgh!
Chewing Gum
There's almost nothing I like about the stuff, and genuinely can't stand the appeal of little strips of plastic coated in sugar. Having said that, I've never even had a piece in my mouth in my life. I get put off mainly by the smell of it.. warm on people's breath is horrible, and the disgusting, sticky little balls that get everywhere. Usually in your hair or all over your shoes.
Mayonnaise
Why the hell does it have to be in everything?! It doesn't mind things together, it just looks and tastes horrible, dribbling all over your clean clothes out the side of a sandwich. Hellman's makes it? Hellman's ruins it.
iTunes
It's about the worst music transferring programme imaginable, half the point of an MP3 player to remove some of the space from your pc, and yet should you want to delete anything from iTunes, the next time you try and add something else the thing that isn't there anymore will be deleted. It wouldn't bother me so much if it was only music, yet films to take me days to download - that I then want off my hardrive - are gone forever.
Age ratings
Thanks BBFC for attempting to protect our children from films they'll only watch with their parents anyway. It just seems to me that preventing people from buying alcohol and cigarettes is fair enough, but stopping people who are seventeen from buying eighteen related films and especially games is just pedantic.
DVD Boxsets
I like the amount of watching time you get out of a boxset, as compared to a film, yet the prices are too high for starters. Now sale prices on things like the American Dad boxset aren't too bad, only £9 for a boxset, but then that's only for a half series! Then there's things like the Simpsons which have only managed to release up to the now ancient Series Eight, yet charge in excess of £30 a set. Finally there's a popular, reasonably long-running series of Malcolm in the Middle which has yet to release any boxsets!
'Deals' and Catches
You've all been suckered in and annoyed by them I'm sure, yet they never stop getting on my nerves. You always seem to see a great deal which then either has so much small print that it's not a deal anymore, or is only available if you subscribe to something that then prevents you from quitting it.
The way the Simpsons went south
Let's be honest, until about Series Nine the Simpsons was brilliant, but then ended up with random endings to episodes that seemed to stem from nowhere, or too many series-specific jokes that aren't funny to those who don't watch 'em.
Stereotypical English 'toffs'
In almost every Hollywood film, English people are portrayed as rich stuck-up members of the 'upper class', rather than the normal people you would see around. We always seem to gain a part as a villain or a whiney, annoying character that you can't wait to die.
WHSmith
They over price everything, the DVDs are about three times the cost that they are anywhere else, the range of CDs is pretty poor and relatively expensive, and even the stationery they're good for seems quite pricey.
The cinema
It's extortion that the price of entry is over a fiver, let alone having to shell out more than £3 even for a small popcorn. I understand and quite like the mentality that to upgrade between sizes is only a matter of pence, yet, I think that should be between medium and large, with small about half the price.
Being PC
I hate the way that everything ever said on tv, in the media, or even in schools now has to be politically correct with people screaming 'racism' at every comment and even the extreme of changing the word 'brainstorm' to 'mindmap' as it might be deemed offensive to epileptics =|
Socks
You never seem to have enough. They usually contrast to the clothes you're wearing. You wear them inside out and don't notice. They quickly wear through or get unwashably dirty.
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And that's how for now, kids
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I find Hedfix and Alfonse annoying
*Tags 'Fix*
*Tags 'Fix*
People who go to the cinema and don't watch the film.
People who complain about everything.
People who say "Oh my God!" as if the world is ending when they can't, say, learn the second bit of an easy duet right.
People who don't learn their side of the duet then make a fool of you in music class.
People who get thick over nothing.
N00bs.
People who complain about everything.
People who say "Oh my God!" as if the world is ending when they can't, say, learn the second bit of an easy duet right.
People who don't learn their side of the duet then make a fool of you in music class.
People who get thick over nothing.
N00bs.
Porn
back in the day
Too many links to get to what you want.. nothing's free.. viruses!
;(
back in the day
Too many links to get to what you want.. nothing's free.. viruses!
;(
I find Hedfix and Kawada annoying.
Tnc Wrote:
"'Deals' and Catches
You've all been suckered in and annoyed by them I'm sure, yet they never stop getting on my nerves. You always seem to see a great deal which then either has so much small print that it's not a deal anymore, or is only available if you subscribe to something that then prevents you from quitting it."
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The ones in stores that say 'buy one get one free' and don't have any small print explaining that the cheapest one is free. When that happens I refuse to buy the titles.
I go up and say 'I'm buying this, So I'd like this one (most expensive one) free please. with no smallprint it should be my choice I think.
Funny thing is this is the one time that Dixons has actually been very good. As they did a buy one get one half-price deal with no smallprint and I was allowed to nominate the one I got for half price so I bought an N64 game for 20 quid (this was way back) and got Resident Evil 2 for 25 quid instead of it's £50 RRP (due to the fact it used a larger memory cart for the FMV).
That's how it should be dammit!
"'Deals' and Catches
You've all been suckered in and annoyed by them I'm sure, yet they never stop getting on my nerves. You always seem to see a great deal which then either has so much small print that it's not a deal anymore, or is only available if you subscribe to something that then prevents you from quitting it."
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The ones in stores that say 'buy one get one free' and don't have any small print explaining that the cheapest one is free. When that happens I refuse to buy the titles.
I go up and say 'I'm buying this, So I'd like this one (most expensive one) free please. with no smallprint it should be my choice I think.
Funny thing is this is the one time that Dixons has actually been very good. As they did a buy one get one half-price deal with no smallprint and I was allowed to nominate the one I got for half price so I bought an N64 game for 20 quid (this was way back) and got Resident Evil 2 for 25 quid instead of it's £50 RRP (due to the fact it used a larger memory cart for the FMV).
That's how it should be dammit!
Places that put sauce on things even if you request that they don't.
People who cough openly and not into their hand.
Motorists who don't bother to signal for pedestrians. Oh i'm supposed to psychicly know you were going to turn left?
Christmas jumpers. Infact all festivity/easter themed jumpers and the fools who wear them.
Republican nutjobs.
The notion that fame somehow means a famous person is better than someone else.
Ghostwriters.
Idiot television: Most Haunted, Lost, Deal or No Deal... really makes you despair. Sure not everything has to treat viewers as if they're reasonably intelligent but there are limits. These are the television equivalent of smashing yourself in the face several times with a hammer, although that might be marginally preferable.
Soaps - see above.
News companies that own both politically right and left papers. There's something not right about that.
Dumbing down. Artillery should not be described as 'Big Guns'. People should not be treated as infants especially if they're watching the news.
People who say 'Have a nice day' without meaning it. Don't bother, I actually respect people who are doing a crappy job and have a little bit of an attitude. Fairplay to them it's a crappy job, I'm not some puffed up fool who's going to be offended by someone who doesn't like their job much. Much better that than some satan juice gargling corporate ho' trying to hump your leg with false sincerity. Infact we should be able to taser shop assistants who use false sincerity.
People who think South Park is the cutting edge of satire.
People who 'Love' everything.
People who use 'LOL' and 'ROFL' in actual verbal conversations.
Combovers.
Little yappy dogs.
People who don't pick up after their dogs, dogs peeing on things... infact dogs in general. Dogs are scum and should be classed as vermin unless they have a practical use and aren't just living trinkets/fashion items.
The kind of society that's happy to let it's waitresses scrape together a living based upon tips rather than a fixed salary.
The fact that beautiful things die /emo
Some emo things (see above)
The fact that Mission: Impossible has yet to bettered by any TV series (with the possible exception of The Unit).
Seeing Doctor Who getting large viewing figures whilst something decent like series 4 of The Wire goes largely unnoticed.
Quality shows that are overlooked because they're not British. (see above)
People who get annoyed when something that's used everyday gets worn down by the use: get over it.
The fact that Paramount still think the Beverly Hills Cop movies are a decent draw for weekend viewers.
When you lend something out and don't get it back. I am not Flanders! :D
Racist comedians who get primetime television slots (Big Break, Home Improvement) and the fact that I have watched these shows and enjoyed them. Bah.
The fact that I laughed at some Bernard Manning jokes on that 100 top comedians programme.
Headless chickens running about over-politicising every decision so as not to offend anyone in the known universe.
"Woman awarded damages because coffee cup was not labelled 'hot'".
Gardening and the sense that things must be tamed and that nice natural things can be improved by human-interference.
Human arrogance (see entire post)
People who put 'see above' in huge long posts.
You for reading this far and not finding one thing you agree with and posting about it in this thread. ;)
Websites who can't accept that "Gay-bye" (sic) is a jokey term made by posters on the site and is not designed to be offensive to homosexuals.
The fact I haven't got round to watching any of Twin Peaks.
Extra charges on top of already priced items, sales taxes and stupid things like that. Add it on in the first place so I can give you exact change and get out of your crappy store ASAP.
People who put 'Nuff said' as if their post is the definitive article and cannot be questioned in any way, shape or form.
'Nuff said.
People who cough openly and not into their hand.
Motorists who don't bother to signal for pedestrians. Oh i'm supposed to psychicly know you were going to turn left?
Christmas jumpers. Infact all festivity/easter themed jumpers and the fools who wear them.
Republican nutjobs.
The notion that fame somehow means a famous person is better than someone else.
Ghostwriters.
Idiot television: Most Haunted, Lost, Deal or No Deal... really makes you despair. Sure not everything has to treat viewers as if they're reasonably intelligent but there are limits. These are the television equivalent of smashing yourself in the face several times with a hammer, although that might be marginally preferable.
Soaps - see above.
News companies that own both politically right and left papers. There's something not right about that.
Dumbing down. Artillery should not be described as 'Big Guns'. People should not be treated as infants especially if they're watching the news.
People who say 'Have a nice day' without meaning it. Don't bother, I actually respect people who are doing a crappy job and have a little bit of an attitude. Fairplay to them it's a crappy job, I'm not some puffed up fool who's going to be offended by someone who doesn't like their job much. Much better that than some satan juice gargling corporate ho' trying to hump your leg with false sincerity. Infact we should be able to taser shop assistants who use false sincerity.
People who think South Park is the cutting edge of satire.
People who 'Love' everything.
People who use 'LOL' and 'ROFL' in actual verbal conversations.
Combovers.
Little yappy dogs.
People who don't pick up after their dogs, dogs peeing on things... infact dogs in general. Dogs are scum and should be classed as vermin unless they have a practical use and aren't just living trinkets/fashion items.
The kind of society that's happy to let it's waitresses scrape together a living based upon tips rather than a fixed salary.
The fact that beautiful things die /emo
Some emo things (see above)
The fact that Mission: Impossible has yet to bettered by any TV series (with the possible exception of The Unit).
Seeing Doctor Who getting large viewing figures whilst something decent like series 4 of The Wire goes largely unnoticed.
Quality shows that are overlooked because they're not British. (see above)
People who get annoyed when something that's used everyday gets worn down by the use: get over it.
The fact that Paramount still think the Beverly Hills Cop movies are a decent draw for weekend viewers.
When you lend something out and don't get it back. I am not Flanders! :D
Racist comedians who get primetime television slots (Big Break, Home Improvement) and the fact that I have watched these shows and enjoyed them. Bah.
The fact that I laughed at some Bernard Manning jokes on that 100 top comedians programme.
Headless chickens running about over-politicising every decision so as not to offend anyone in the known universe.
"Woman awarded damages because coffee cup was not labelled 'hot'".
Gardening and the sense that things must be tamed and that nice natural things can be improved by human-interference.
Human arrogance (see entire post)
People who put 'see above' in huge long posts.
You for reading this far and not finding one thing you agree with and posting about it in this thread. ;)
Websites who can't accept that "Gay-bye" (sic) is a jokey term made by posters on the site and is not designed to be offensive to homosexuals.
The fact I haven't got round to watching any of Twin Peaks.
Extra charges on top of already priced items, sales taxes and stupid things like that. Add it on in the first place so I can give you exact change and get out of your crappy store ASAP.
People who put 'Nuff said' as if their post is the definitive article and cannot be questioned in any way, shape or form.
'Nuff said.
the prices on eBay
They always go against me! Whenever I want to sell something like an Xbox game, they seem to selling them for about £1 each.. yet when I wanna buy one.. it's about £20
Either that or a certain game is selling like hotcakes.. with several available and many bids... I post my game for sale - with cheaper p&p, a lower start and in better condition and guess what? No one wants it!
='c(
They always go against me! Whenever I want to sell something like an Xbox game, they seem to selling them for about £1 each.. yet when I wanna buy one.. it's about £20
Either that or a certain game is selling like hotcakes.. with several available and many bids... I post my game for sale - with cheaper p&p, a lower start and in better condition and guess what? No one wants it!
='c(
tnc wrote:
> Mayonnaise
>
> Why the hell does it have to be in everything?! It doesn't mind
> things together, it just looks and tastes horrible, dribbling
> all over your clean clothes out the side of a sandwich.
> Hellman's makes it? Hellman's ruins it.
Along these lines why do pubs etc insist on putting god awful salad dressing all over their side salads? Why not just put it in a pot like vinegar and you can have it if you want?
I like having a salad with say a lasagne and chips but rarely eat it because of this awful stuff.
> Mayonnaise
>
> Why the hell does it have to be in everything?! It doesn't mind
> things together, it just looks and tastes horrible, dribbling
> all over your clean clothes out the side of a sandwich.
> Hellman's makes it? Hellman's ruins it.
Along these lines why do pubs etc insist on putting god awful salad dressing all over their side salads? Why not just put it in a pot like vinegar and you can have it if you want?
I like having a salad with say a lasagne and chips but rarely eat it because of this awful stuff.
Things that get marked down a day/week after you bought them.
I dont know whether i've mentioned this before but
People who cut across you while you're walking or who are walking infront and then suddenly stop
Usually i'm pretty fleet-footed so i can avoid having to stop if people get in my way but i wasn't with it today, so i ended up getting quite annoyed with how many times i had to do it. It's inconsiderate you a***s! Watch where you're bloody going!
People who cut across you while you're walking or who are walking infront and then suddenly stop
Usually i'm pretty fleet-footed so i can avoid having to stop if people get in my way but i wasn't with it today, so i ended up getting quite annoyed with how many times i had to do it. It's inconsiderate you a***s! Watch where you're bloody going!
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