What stuff REALLY annoys the hell out of you?

[battleknight24]

Really, what stuff annoys you... certain "friends," certain songs, certain actors who can't act, certain politicians (too easy... think of something else...) an false urban legend of urban myth that refuses to go away, a commonly repeated "strange but true fact" that is not true at all, etc, etc, etc, ...

Out with it... the door is open...

What f*cking annoys you to death?

For me...

- People who refuse to admit that they are wrong even when they have been completely refuted.

- People who respond to a certain stated fact by saying "no, I don't think so..."--- and then respond as if you had just stated an OPINION.

- The Urban Legend about the "Twinky Defense." Dan White's attorney never argued that eating Twinkies caused him to commit murder. For more on this, click this link...

http://www.snopes.com/legal/twinkie.htm

- Copying CD's and DVD's and giving them away or downloading for free off the internet IS illegal, whether or not somebody is making money off of it.
Actually, many people do know what they are doing is wrong in illegal- they just don't care.

- Many people say "such and such is a multi-millionaire... why does it matter that I download this for free or get an illegal copy from a friend?" Yes, a lot of musicians are multi-millionaires, but some we think are very wealthy actually struggle week to week and month to month.

- People who think that someone who is an outstanding athlete will be a great coach. Being an athlete in a particular sport and being a coach in that same sport require very different skills.


This is all I can think of at the moment. What do you guys think?


Peace,

[Darth_Kitten]

1. cell phones...

I have an overwhelming need to grasp those suckers from people's ears and throw them to the ground.

I hate them, they are so misused.

I also hate it when people say "huh", or "eh" or "uh" all the time, learn some manners, I say. :mad:

that's it for starters. :)

[HuskerDU]

20. Amen. There is a reason that phones came in booths.

Besides cell phones, I also find most new pop and country music annoying.

[Darth_Kitten]

22. it's just not natural having a phone conversation outside....

or on a bus....

or in a store....

it ain't natural, I say. :(

[Skittles]

2. people leaving shopping carts all over parking lots

JAYSUS people walk your fat ass with the cart TO ITS PROPER PLACE.

And don't even get me STARTED on f***ing CELL PHONES.

[barb162]

3. that gets me too and also the people who block the aisles with

their carts instead of just pulling them over to the side.

[RC]

61. They usually stop in the middle and turn the cart sideways

WHY!!!

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Damn right!!

[Darth_Kitten]

6. don't get me started on shopping carts!!

:) I forgot about those.

People using them and leaving them outside homes, apartments, IN apartments.

I love how people leaving shopping carts in handicapped parking spaces. Unique brand of stupidity there. :(

Oh, about the cell phones, I just love sitting at the front of buses and knowing everything about the life of the guy at the back of the bus because he's yelling into his cellphone.
:(

[Skittles]

29. aw Darth have you not heard the infamous Skittles cell phone story?

I'm in line at the store and a lady behind me is yakking on her cell phone about FERTILITY TESTS - the whole bit - semen count, stick test......finally I whirled around and said SO WHY CAN'T YOU HAVE KIDS? IS IT YOU OR IS IT YOUR HUSBAND? She started saying, "I don't think that's any of your......" but I cut her off and yelled THEM STOP TALKING IN MY F***ING EAR. She stomped off and a couple of young guys in line behind her hi-fived each other. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND - if someone was talking on a pay phone there is no way in HELL it would be proper for me to stand a foot behind them listening but these people on f***ing CELL PHONES think nothing of subjecting me to their personal lives - I tell you Darth I refuse to take it, someone has to teach these assholes some MANNERS.

[Callalily]

56. Great story Skittles

Think I'll take your lead. Next time I ahem "over hear" a cell conversation, I too will start chatting with that person as if I'm in the conversation too. Hopefully this will send the message.

[battleknight24]

11. I'm sorry... I didn't hear you two...

... I was talking on my cell phone... what did you say?


Peace,

[KitchenWitch]

47. People who leave the shopping carts in the Handicapped spots

Well, geez, If I can't park there, I can park my cart there...:evilfrown:

[barb162]

5. People who chew with their mouths open.

[Darth_Kitten]

8. People who SNAP SNAP SNAP whilst chewing gum....

ERRRRRR!!!!!!

I don't want to hear it. :(

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. Willful ignorance. The kind of willful ignorance that says learning is

evil; or that says learning is liberal; or that is just too goddamn lazy to learn; or views knowledge with suspicion; that has no interest in the fine arts, whether painting, theater, film, music, etc.; or the kind that says "I know those are the facts, but what I BELIEVE...".

Accidental ignorance - it can be annoying as hell, but it's understandable.

Intentional ignorance - should be sterilized, and moved into a special work camp where they make shit for the 10% of America that ISN'T willfully ignorant.

[hickman1937]

9. Each and every one of those creepy commercials

that tell you how to raise your kids. How to talk about drugs, have dinner with them, Toss their room, etc. It just amazes me that anyone who grew up without these instructions still has any kids still alive.

[Darth_Kitten]

19. My daddy was a drunk.........

oh, the one I grew up with, won't get into bio dad.
:silly:

No commercials ever helped me. ;)

[Left Is Write]

68. Some people need guidance. I don't think it hurts.

[bearfan454]

10. No towel in the kitchen to dry my hands

I fucking hate that.

[RC]

62. Or hang it from the oven door so it wipes the floor every time the

door is opened. Don't forget the dog wagging it's tail against said towel just before you dry your hands on it to make the tossed salad.

[Flying Dream Blues]

12. Cell phones...people who talk so loud in restaurants you

can''t concentrate on your own conversation

People in service jobs who say "no problem" instead of "you're welcome" aaaaagh...I'm GLAD it wasn't a PROBLEM to do your JOB!!!

Screaming children in restaurants/parents who think this is cute

Gum chewing/popping

F'ing lights and sirens on those "people movers" in the airport

Body cavity searches in airports

Media overkill on everything...ie, the story behind the people on the plane with the bad landing gear! etc etc etc..STFU already!!

[spacelady]

17. You had body cavity searches?? Damn, that's whack! n/t

[miss_kitty]

13. The people in my 'hood who don't pick up their

GREAT DANES' SHIT. Yes plural possesive intended. Fucking huge-like horse shit, only horse shit is just hay.

What pisses me off more is the landlord who lives next door to them doesn't make them do it.

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Flying Dream Blues]

16. Hmmm. Seems like maybe you could re-deliver it to them.

Like on their front porch. Seriously, an intervention is needed here!

[miss_kitty]

Actually, I am thinking about calling Animal Control

They'll send someone out to talk to them. Tonight there were many offerings on the planting strip in front of the house, which is city property.

[Flying Dream Blues]

41. Good idea! Good night and good luck. :)

[spacelady]

18. Horse poo smells much better. n/t

[miss_kitty]

37. Very much so!

I didn't want to get so poo quality oriented though!

[Ksec]

14. interruptions.

All interruptions when Im concentrating.

[spacelady]

15. Bad drivers who do something stupid that just about kills you, and

then they honk at you like it's all your fault! (yes , I am a road rage sufferer). I am also still driving my 1968 Buick Riviera that I had in High School 25 years ago, oh well nevermind.

[hickman1937]

21. Anyone that starts a thread, and doesn't reply to anyone.

It's like throwing an m-80 in a lake.:P :P

[Darth_Kitten]

23. I like replying to posts that somehow get lost in the shuffle....

everybody deserves to have their post responded to, I say. :)

[hickman1937]

27. You, my friend, just cracked me up.

:yourock: too. I just used that smilie in another thread, hence the "too".

[battleknight24]

35. (OP) Hey!... I responded to an earlier post...

... well... uh...



Peace,

[hickman1937]

40. You must reply to all posts on a thread you started if you want to be

truly cool. It's work, I know, but people will respect you for it. Btw, Darth_Kitten is doing half your work for you on this thread. I'm sorry if this sounds like bitching, it wasn't meant to. No harm here.

[LaurenG]

51. I never knew about thread etiquette

I just thought you responded to those who tell you you're a so and so or in defense of your post.

[saged52]

24. stupid people in general

stupid drivers who don't use their blinkers - ('cause they are on their cells) -
and did you ever notice that stupid people drive their cars in the same stupid manner they 'drive' their shopping carts?
stupid friends who continually send me their stupid repuke-oriented e-mails - - - like I am so stupid that will magically change my mind
living in an area where hunting season is a freaking happy holiday
union-busters and -
Walmart

[Darth_Kitten]

26. amen.

:thumbsup:

[spacelady]

25. Hey Yeah....Hey Battlebot, give us some sugar or something.......?

[obxhead]

28. Drivers that cut you off for no reason...

...The W sticker is a double whammy.

[bliss_eternal]

30. People more concerned with pledging allegiance to a FLAG

than the way human beings treat other HUMAN beings.

Need I say more?

[saged52]

38. oh my goddess yes - could not agree more!

you said it all -

[bliss_eternal]

50. Welcome to DU, saged52!

:hi:

[Dude_CalmDown]

31. Girls who fuckn hurt you.

They can all go to fucken hell.

Edited: because the word go doesn't actually have an "h" in it. And Fucken doesn't actually have an "m" in it. Who new?

[spacelady]

32. Dude, calm down.

[RevolutionaryActs]

33. People who pronounce Iraq "Eye-rack" and Italian "Eye-talian"

I just want to throw a fit and yell "no no no no no no no!" when they say it that way. GAH!

[spacelady]

34. I had a teacher who used to say "you mean those people from Eye-taly?

[battleknight24]

36. Your joking... right?

...


Peace,

[RevolutionaryActs]

39. That's scary

Please tell me it wasn't your English teacher. :o

[spacelady]

43. OMG, I totally phrased that wrong--what I meant to say was

that I had a really great HS English teacher (A Pearl Harbor Veteran) who, when a student said Eyetalian, the teacher would make a point of correcting them by saying, "Oh, you mean those people from Eye-taly?"
And then he would proceed to berate them for their ignorant pronunciation. This was a good way to make his students remember the proper pronunciation! Although my posting on the fly DID read as just the opposite!

[Wapsie B]

42. Lots of stuff.

All the games people play in relationships is a big one for me.

[darkenedhalo]

44. slow people in the fast lane

I drive a sports car and yes I like to drive fast. Who are these people that feel obligated to drive UNDER the posted speed limit in the fast lane???

[RetroLounge]

45. Unrequited Love

Not one of God's better creations, I must say.

RL

[Hardrada]

46. Inordinately long toothcleaning appointment ordeals.

Ads on cable (WHY am I paying for these endless ads?)
Libertarians especially smug ones.

[chknltl]

48. people who pronounce the word "wash" with an "r" in it!

btw; A friend of mine is a co-founder for: www.giantradio.com
All of the bands who are in it are there because they WANT to be there. They all know that their stuff may be downloaded, traded and listened to for free. In this case it is good PR. Please feel free to check it out and Giant Radio hopes that you will find something there you like! (Just click anywhere on the cover picture to enter, no signing up required). (If you care for punk may I recommend Cookie, a punk-rock-country band with great lyrics, female vocalist and a most excellent old school guitarist)

[Robeson]

49. Republicans. I can come to terms with about anything else.

[Kickin_Donkey]

52. People on Internet forums who call it the "Internets"

ARGHHHHH!!!! Where the hell did this plural form come from? There's only one InterNET. It's INTERNET.

[Ladyhawk]

59. It came from a shrub quote: "There's rumors on the Internets."

I sometimes make it plural to mock the boy king.

[Kickin_Donkey]

71. Ah, that explains it ... one of those "moran" things.

I guess I didn't get the memo. Still, I think some people on here do it unintentionally ... like the brain-addled idiot-in-chief.

[renter]

53. High-pitched sounds...

such as whistling and screaming babies/toddlers, especially whistling.

[AussieDave]

54. People who start threads with "I just got in, what did I miss ??"

Er - ever hear of the "SEARCH" function, you fools ??????

Cretins, cretins the lot of them......

[spinbaby]

55. Fussy old people in checkout lines

They're old. They're retired. Shopping is the highlight of their day and they have all day to do it.

They have lengthy conversations with the cashier about the state of her health. They have two dozen coupons, three of which are for items not quite like what they bought and this must be discussed. A box looks a bit bent and someone must be sent to fetch another one. The issue of paper vs. plastic must be debated. The packing of the groceries is supervised in excruciating detail. No matter how small the order, they write a check and they never think to get out the checkbook until the entire order is rung up and the cashier is standing there waiting for payment.

[Callalily]

57. My neighbors dogs

Every time I walk outside they bark at me - ugh!!! Stupid little yappy muts.

[Blue Diadem]

58. Teenage boys trying to impress girls by saying they are in their

jockstraps or naked. That was the top of their lungs phone conversation the neighbor brats, 14-15 yrs old, had last night in their yard..by then they were shirtless. I don't know how far it went and quite frankly I don't want to know.

That was after they were bouncing their football off our roof..then told us they were going to call the police on us because we dared to tell them to knock it off.

[Left Is Write]

69. Ew. I'm sure you were thrilled to hear that conversation.

[Blue Diadem]

70. Definitely one I'd prefer to forget. n/t

[Shine]

60. People who drive for miles and miles with their turn signal on...

I HATE that!! :mad:

It's the first thing that comes to mind...

~Shine

[wovenpaint]

63. TAILGATERS!

Especially when I'm trying to pass in left lane of highway, going above speed limit usually (to get by), and after about 20 seconds of almost ramming me, they swerve into middle lane and pass on the right-just as I'm about to go there to get out of THEIR way. :mad: :grr:
Get a clue, tailgaters...if I'm doing 70 and you're hugging my butt-and I have to slow down or stop quickly-there is no room for you-you'll be in my front seat-or rolling over/spinning off the highway. Laws of physics, ya know.
Thanks for letting me vent.
:rant:

[Lady Freedom]

64. MATH CLASS!

:banghead:

[hippywife]

65. Besides the obvious humanitarian failures

of so many people...

...I hate it when someone walks by in a pair of mules clomping all the way down the hall!

[YouthInAsia]

66. When traffic on a major highway comes to a complete and total HALT for

absolutely NO REASON. You never pass an accident, you never pass a cop. The traffic just STOPPED. This phenomenom happens ALL...THE....TIME on 76 in Philadelphia. If I get on this road and it DOESNT come to a complete stop (at the same spot all the time too, mind you) then I feel cheated.

[Left Is Write]

67. Stuff that annoys me, both small and not-small...

Blonde jokes

People who are never, ever, ever, EVER wrong

The sentiment that I have to "support the president" to be "true to America."

People who don't understand that, in my view, being "true to America" means NOT supporting the president I believe is destroying it.

The word manscaping.

Excessive house dust.

Forwards of repeatedly refuted urban legends in which the sender swears up and down that they KNOW this person this thing happened to and it's ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!!111!

People who complain a lot about a given situation but do nothing to attempt to change it.