what are things people always do that annoy you?

ive got dozens, but here are two:

1)if a movie is based on a book and person has read the book, theyll always complain about the changes, as if jesus were the author. and it doesnt matter how pragmattic the changes were, or if they were for the better.

2) fans of a band will always claim the bands unreleased stuff is their best, and definitly should have been on their last album. doesnt matter how bad the song is, and usually if the fidellity is awful the song is that much better. if i ever made it big and then lost all creativeness, i would record an album into a tape recorder with only unfinished songs, untuned instruments, and atleast a little tippsy. as]long as i had a fanbase i could sell the albums out of my car and it would probably be my most crittically acclaimed/ best seller.

Talk.

Make 1 word posts.

I'm getting used to peeps saying Deeeeetroit, when its a short e, imo, but I actually heard a 20 something year old say Mitchigan the other day. I just turned and walked away. Not that I'm some english or prahnunseeashon guru.

I'm getting used to peeps saying Deeeeetroit, when its a short e, imo, but I actually heard a 20 something year old say Mitchigan the other day. I just turned and walked away. Not that I'm some english or prahnunseeashon guru.

Was this person on one of your crews?

Nossir

I really have a hard time listening to people talk about math-related topics when so few people really understand math.

Please humans: Don't talk about taxes unless you understand how fractions work. Don't talk about population growth unless you understand the concept of exponents. Don't use the word "one billion" unless you really get that it means "one thousand million."

I don't expect everyone to have a really thorough knowledge of mathematics - that would be insane. But I also don't think people should open their mouths unless they know what they are talking about. It gives the rest of us cramps.

math is bad, but nothing is worse than directions. its called mapquest, asshole. i hope i never here another directions conversation again.

Medical talk is pretty bad too. They have all these abbreviations for shit and when they talk in mixed company they still use them like everyone else has a damn clue what they are talking about. I get it that it saves you time at work to use the abbreviations, but spell it out for the rest of us.

tangent:

Am I the only one that won't rely on Mapquest anymore? I can't remember how many times that I've gotten bad directions from MQ, and I've never had trouble with Google or Yahoo!.

I hate MQ as well. It sucks. Google maps are much better and you can zoom to street level to see the front of the building too. Google maps also give you 3 alternate routes and the drive times for them automatically.

bitch.

googlemaps>>> mapquest in every aspect but name.

its sort of like coke/pepsi. i dont prefer coke to pepsi but i do prefer saying it.

math is bad, but nothing is worse than directions. its called mapquest, asshole. i hope i never here another directions conversation again.
I cannot tell you how much I agree with this. I go into seizures when someone tries to explain the spacial arrangement of something. Just give me the goddamn address, a printed map beats your crappy directions like Chris Brown.


Medical talk is pretty bad too. They have all these abbreviations for shit and when they talk in mixed company they still use them like everyone else has a damn clue what they are talking about. I get it that it saves you time at work to use the abbreviations, but spell it out for the rest of us.
Next time someone does this, look at their faces. They are rattling off acronyms because they know you won't understand them, and they're going to be paying off those student loans for decades, and they want to get the satisfaction of knowing that you don't understand them. Just leave the room. The only way not to lose is to refuse to play.

worse than someone giving you directions is two other people discussing them. this happens at all my familly functions. its agony every time.

What about this phone conversation:

"Let's go out and see a movie. Where? I don't know. What movie? I don't know. When? No idea. I'm on my way to your house though. I'll just call you again when I get a little closer."

Tell the same fucking story every time they drink.

"remember when" in general is bad. especially if your the outsider in the group and you realize your no longer part of the conversation.

True Dat, double true.

I find that situation a great litmus test for groups. If they just go into their nostalgic reminiscing, they're annoying. But sometimes a group will actually turn to you and start telling you the story from the beginning so that you can get in on the whole thing. That's cool.

Another litmus test for annoying or not deals with vegetarians. You have the cool kind who just eat what they can wherever they go. You also have the annoying assholes who will make an entire group of five or six people not be able to go the restaurant the majority want to go to just because one single member of the group is a militant vegan.

Another litmus test for annoying or not deals with vegetarians. You have the cool kind who just eat what they can wherever they go. You also have the annoying assholes who will make an entire group of five or six people not be able to go the restaurant the majority want to go to just because one single member of the group is a militant vegan.
I'm not trying to argue with that, but you gotta know that if everyone wants to go to TGI Fridays or Buffalo Wild Wings Terry Foster where you at soulja? Whut whuuut then it's basically like telling the one vegetarian in the group to fuck off.

It's not until I started eating veg that I realized that most restaurants hate vegetarians, either on the down-low or just flat out admitting it like Anthony Bourdain. They have vegetarian food all right - it's a side salad. With iceberg lettuce. I've never been in a regular sit-down restaurant that had a real vegetarian dinner entree. You can get the chicken and rice without the chicken, except it ends up being half the size and you pay full price.

Rant in white for people who don't want to hear it. I'm not refraining from meat because I'm a dick and I want other people to suffer. I'm doing it because I don't have the goddamn heart to do it anymore. I've seen my mom on a hospital bed opened up like an oven. I've seen my dog lying on a table turned half inside-out. And you know what? What's inside them looks exactly like the stuff down in the deli counter. That's inside me too. You can't tell me any different. It's a choice I don't have the heart to make anymore. Don't shit on me because I found a little empathy in my life and ended up liking what I found.

Anyway, I hope this doesn't turn into the vegetarian thread. Moving on.

I dated a militant vegitarian back in the day. We didn't really have an issues with where to eat. Most local places, especially the chic ones, will have a pretty good selection for both sides of the fence.



Anyway...

People that always call you to hang out, but don't follow through. Just don't call me in the first place. If your life is that chaotic, then don't call til you're pretty much on your way over. It's not like my life is so boring that I'm waiting for someone to call, and you made my day by thinking of me.


Tailgating. No I don't mean following a little too close in busy traffic. I mean someone who rides 6 inches off of you when they could just go around. Also, people who will not turn right on a red light regardless of traffic. Really, you don't have to wait for the green light, you're fucking turning right. GO!!!

I cannot tell you how much I agree with this. I go into seizures when someone tries to explain the spacial arrangement of something. Just give me the goddamn address, a printed map beats your crappy directions like Chris Brown.
Heh...

My house is on a road that sucks in winter. It ices up and becomes slick as hell. There's a simple way to avoid the nasty parts, but you have to listen to Uncle Mxy. An out-of-town relative favored their GPS over me and ended up in a ditch. From one particular direction, people have a hard time getting to my place without a landmark... the road signs are confusing.

One thing people always do that annoys me is use compass directions for roads. It's ok to use compass directions if the compass direction is part of the name of the road. Otherwise, it's horribly prone to confusion, especially with roads that curve around some. (Riddle me this -- what direction does Wide Track run in?)

When is a bicycle not a bicycle?

When it turns into a driveway.

Heh...

My house is on a road that sucks in winter. It ices up and becomes slick as hell. There's a simple way to avoid the nasty parts, but you have to listen to Uncle Mxy. An out-of-town relative favored their GPS over me and ended up in a ditch. From one particular direction, people have a hard time getting to my place without a landmark... the road signs are confusing.
Move where the roads are. Problem solved. :)


One thing people always do that annoys me is use compass directions for roads. It's ok to use compass directions if the compass direction is part of the name of the road. Otherwise, it's horribly prone to confusion, especially with roads that curve around some. (Riddle me this -- what direction does Wide Track run in?)
Or Outer Drive. For those of you who have never been to Indianapolis, I-465 runs in a circle around the outside of town. People in Indianapolis are always telling you "go east" or "go north" on I-465, and that shit doesn't make any sense at all. IT'S A FUCKING CIRCLE, B. HOW ABOUT I PICK A DIRECTION AND KEEP GOING UNTIL I FIND YOUR EXIT.

^^Well, if you aren't retarded then receiving which direction to go will save you a bunch of time rather than circling the whole goddamned city.

^^Well, if you aren't retarded then receiving which direction to go will save you a bunch of time rather than circling the whole goddamned city.
It will take you 20 minutes. Indianapolis is a ghetto the size of a postage stamp surrounded by farms.

lol k, but it can take a lot longer if you hit traffic... but that's true anywhere I suppose.

Move where the roads are. Problem solved. :)
I am. My house is basically at the intersection of two roads -- one good all season, one prone to icing up badly in some stretches. Unfortunately, from most directions, Google and Mapquest make the wrong choice. I'm not gonna pick where to live because it's "Google-friendly". If anything, I'd love to live in an underground palace that Google/MQ couldn't find at all. :)

If anything, I'd love to live in an underground palace that Google/MQ couldn't find at all. :)
And I believe that you'll get there someday, Mxy, I really do.