Things that annoy you

Just smoke copious amounts of pot, silly!

Loud motorcycles.

People who walk on the left side of the sidewalk.

I want to slap them.

I don't understand all the hate for reversing into parking spots. Either way, you're going to wait for someone. I.e., if the driver parks head-first, you're going to wait while that person reverses out.

People who humblebrag.

E.g., "I've only saved 2 million for retirement so I'm way behind!"

Cell phone towers made to look like a palm tree in a pine forest.

Job applications that require three professional references. Bitch, I worked in restaurants until I was 40, when I went to law school. You want to talk to my manager at Applebee's?

Everything.

R7, 💯

Devices on speaker in public spaces.

Parents who hand their toddlers iPads and phones in public spaces (restaurants, airports) and let the kids watch annoying, high-pitched videos and games without earphones.

This is the smallest annoyance ever, but it gets me every time.

I hate the new baskets with wheels that many retailers (CVS, Walgreens, etc) have adopted in recent years. I get the concept, but they are heavier and bulkier than traditional shopping baskets, and a pain. I don't want to pull my shopping basket around the store with me.

At my local Walgreens, one of the baskets is missing the handle, so all you can do is drag it around. I don't know why the store doesn't just throw it out. Almost every time I shop, that's the basket atop the stack, so I have to set it aside and grab one that I can actually carry.

Very annoying.

Wow, R12. You’re practically walking the stations of the cross there. I was moved by your suffering.

People in stores who waffle. You know, stand out in the middle of the isle making it difficult for people to go around them.

I agree, OP. The cunts who back in to parking spaces need grease fires.

I also agree about people/kids not using headphones in public when they’re watching videos or playing games.

People are so fucking RUDE!

Fat asses in their fucking jazzy chairs blocking aisles at the grocery then getting all pissy when you say, “excuse me” and try to go around them.

Get your fat ass up and MOVE!

I'm with r12. To add, they're made for short people. I get a sore back having to bend to pull that damn thing.

WF putting the ingredients label on the bottom of packaged baked goods. That’s why all the pies look like shit.

Customers who only start to take out their purse when the cashier has scanned their purchases. And those at airport security who only get their shit ready while at security. Arrrgghhhhhh

People talking on their cell phones in public restrooms.

People who stand on the left side of the escalator.

People who walk up/down on escalators.

I thought the rule for escalators was walk to the right, stand to the left.

Sorry, I had that backwards.

The rule should be not to walk at all. The food court's not going anywhere.

I walk extra fast on escalators after I've had lots of booze and need a urinal.

I have been tempted to... before anyone asks. But a crowded subway car between stops would be a lot more fun.

Raindrops on roses (black spot)

Whiskers on kittens (hives)

Bright copper kettles (tarnish)

Warm woollen mittens (itchy and useless for fine motor skills)

Brown paper packages tied up with strings (bomb squad?)

Cream-colored ponies (shit everywhere)

crisp apple strudels (high glycemic)

doorbells (noisy)

sleigh bells (cloying)

and schnitzel with noodles (Eeeeeeew... CARBS!!!!)

People lost in their cell phone worlds on public transportation who make zero effort to accommodate the ebb and flow of a crowd of people, some of whom are still paying attention to the various social obligations we all used to have on public transportation.

All my aches and pains and my steadily diminishing co-ordination and short-term memory.

Bah.

Pedestrians, head in phone, at crosswalks.

People with no spacial goddamn awareness of where they are and what they're doing, i.e. a frau who's trying to talk on the phone, push a cart down the aisle, and control 5-year-old Bratton all at the same time.

[quote] People talking on their cell phones in public restrooms.

This is so weird and horrible. I've seen it, though.

Escalators: If you just want to stand and let the escalator do the climbing, then stand on the right side. If you want to walk, then do that on the left. Just like driving a car.

^^ except if you’re in a country where they drive on the left, in which case the reverse applies. Same thing for which side of the footpath you walk on.

Why do people back in?

Backing into a parking space saves lives. You have a better view of traffic and people (in particular small kids) when you pull out forwards.

Escalators were meant to be walked on! Standing on them like cattle was never the idea, the concept was that people would still walk the stairs, the moving stairs, and get quicker from A to B.

People who leave their shopping carts in the parking lot.

How is "The Heiress" fitting this topic, OP? Catherine's grievances were anything but petty.

Oblivious people in public who walk right in front of you, and expect YOU to get out of the way.

Service people who call me “Boss”…

Coworkers who leave random time on the shared microwave. Really, you stopped it at .03 seconds?

Cars that pull out in front of you and don't put their foot down hard enough when there are no cars behind yours.

BEEEEEP, asshole!

People who can back smoothly and swiftly into parking spots are way better than the people who take five or six attempts to get in there. They need to go and perfect their skills in an EMPTY parking lot, not just go for it in a crowded lot off a main road on a Saturday. Traffic stopped on the main road as cars line up to get into the lot = way more dangerous than backing out. Especially since most cars have reversing cameras.

I walk up and down escalators fast. I just want to get out of there and get on with my day. Who has the time to stand on an escalator like a vegetable?

[quote] Backing into a parking space saves lives. You have a better view of traffic and people (in particular small kids) when you pull out forwards.

I disagree. Because the reversing lights are not visible, others can’t tell if the driver is backing into the space or pulling out of it. Also cameras have made pulling out in reverse a lot safer.

Service people who see my work ID badge lanyard and then call me by my first name.

People who only know escalators from the mall apparently.

I don't have a car (yes, I type poor), so most of my commute is spent among other pedestrians.

I've become annoyed by what I call "competitive walkers."

I have a very steady pace. Every so often, someone will overtake me, walking much faster. But once they pass me, they almost immediately slow down to slower pace. It's not necessarily that they want to get wherever they are going faster. They only want to show that they're walking faster than me.

Escalators are like moving walkways in the airport. Meant to assist people with limited mobility, but if you can walk it, walk. It's not a ride.

I love walking on the moving walkways.

I feel like Superman!

R36, I LOVE being called “boss” by hunky workmen.

someone holding the door open for me when i'm not that close to the door yet

people who constantly obstruct walking spaces in public

people who don't scoot up at red lights causing the turning lane to be inaccessible by an inch

spitting on the ground like a nasty animal

Naggers

Paranoid black tinted windows in the front seat of a car. And the people who will pull up right next to you in a public area with them.

People who are too precious to use language conventions, such as R45, not only annoy.

They destroy civilization.

People who use transitive verbs, such as “annoy,” as if they were intransitive.

R47 super perverts do it to jerk off to unsuspecting children

R48 i also hate pedants and prescriptivists

Those foil caps on food and supplements. The tab is never big enough to pull the damn thing off.

People who don’t use deodorant. Do they not know how much they stink?

People who “innocently” let the elevator doors close mere seconds before you get there, even though they could CLEARLY hear/see you right behind them.

My most consistent annoyance is how goddamn slow tourists walk; also how they clump up AND hold hands for dear life — as if someone wants to steal a fat Midwesterner.

[quote] The tap machine. Just put the wi-fi connection in the same place on every unit.

The WHAT?

Waddlers.

I am guilty of that, r54, especially during the height of COVID. I worked at a university and had no interest in sharing an enclosed space with coughing frat boys who couldn't be bothered to mask properly.

Salesmen who call me “Young man” as if they are flattering my 64-year-old ass.

[quote] Service people who see my work ID badge lanyard and then call me by my first name.

MARY.

R56:

Styrofoam

People who say "I seen."

This tap machine worked without wifi.

FFS you back into to parallel parking spots because most spots are too small for front entrance. On most cars it's the wheels in front that turn so you have more control to position the stationary back wheels when you push them in. If the turning wheels are in the back, the way it is on some heavy machinery, you go in front ways. This is why backing in is the way it is always taught.

If you see a space ahead of time put on your blinker to give a little warning. If someone is tailgating on a street where there is only parallel parking and gets pissed, they're the asshole. Where do you think you are, the Bonneville Salt Flats?

Of course you go in front end if the space is large so you don't block traffic.

For those that hate the baskets, COMPLAIN and then tell others to complain. I got Walmart to add more suitable baskets. Tell them you have to stop shopping there because it is too annoying to use theri baskets.

OP, I loved The Heiress clip. She snips that thread after the twunk of the bolt being thrown, symbolically castrating Monty Clift.

Which is what I want to do when some jerk is tailgating me, passing me, and arriving at the stoplight two seconds before I do.

Oh, honey. The “tap machine” doesn’t use wi-fi.

Naggers

My supermarket is pushing these “smart carts” that basically bring the self-checkout scanners into your cart. They weigh a ton. Who wants to push that around?

R68, it's the same symbol as the wifi at the top of my Mac, so that's why I referred to it as that.

Adding you to my list of things that annoy me, though I supposed you're used to be named there all around the world.

R27, truth!

And I hate myself for not listening or, worse, making fun, when I was younger and elders would bitch and moan about getting older. They were right!

I blame the ubiquity of back-up cameras for everyone backing in to park.

I do often wonder if it’s a zero-sum game like someone said above.

Supermarket cashiers commenting on my purchases.

I know it's their job especially at Trader Joe's but I really wish they weren't required to do so. I don't need or want a stranger's opinion or questions. A hello at the beginning of the transaction and a thank you or goodbye at the end would suffice.

R74, I am with you. I have always hated that and feel like it’s almost the breaking of some kind of nonexistent HIPPA-like code!

I miss turning on the TV.

Now, I turn it on. I call up the app. I click on the program I want to watch. I call that up. Then I have to press watch and then, it seems like one more button to just watch the freaking show.

R12, several years ago I shopped at a busy Costco on a Sunday afternoon. I don’t get to Costco much, and had never been to this one, but had some occasion to be buying a lot of stuff.

As is my practice, I parked far away from the store.

When I got relatively close to my car the shopping cart seized up. Apparently there was some wireless boundary in play to prohibit the theft of shopping carts. 🛒

It was a hot day, the lot was busy, and I basically had to lift the cart to get it close enough to be unloaded. I was annoyed.

I get similarly annoyed when I’m out of town and stop at a store where many items are under lock and key. I understand the idea, but feel punished in having to wait for a clerk to unlock a $5 air freshener.

Men who wear suits with tennis shoes

Ankle socks

People who talk on their speaker phone while walking around

People who loudly use curse words randomly

People who don't watch after their children and then get annoyed when the rest of the world won't help them out- stop having babies or become better parents!

Too many cars on the road

Performers dressed in casual clothes- I don't want to be in your living- even Elvis wore a suit!

When you ask for help with something and the other person's first response is " First sign onto the internet"

People who barge through doors and run over those trying to exit. People exiting have the right of way. The etiquette is the same for buses, trains, and elevators.

Cell phones and tablets blaring music or audio from a video. If you can afford a phone, you can afford ear buds.

Bicyclists barreling down the sidewalk and being offended that pedestrians are in their path. The worst are the ones with the little bell on the handlebars.

"Contact Us" with a phone number that never lets you speak to an actual person.

Huge SUVs (Escalades, GMC whatever-the-fuck they call that behemoth) driven by the shortest women on the planet!! They can't see over the steering wheeil so it takes them 87 tries to pull into a parking spot. They also have to park close to the store. Watching them try to back that sucker out of spot is definitedly a popcorn moment. I pull in at the bottom of the parking lot and pull into a space all by itself. Easy in, easy out.

While I'm on the subject, the assholes in the jalopies (yes, I'm old) that have as many dents as Doan's has pills, that feel the need to park right next to me, despite the parking lot being damn near empty. Same goes for box trucks and the occasional Fire/Rescue truck. I park far away for two reasons; (1) walking is free exercise so I park as far away as possible and, (2) to keep my car from getting dinged by errant shopping carts and careless car owners.

Lastly, women who use the ladies' room and don't observe the unwritten rule of "every other stall." The damn place is empty but you feel the need to use the stall next to me while you're on the phone with your bestie. Do they really need to hear toilets flush and do I need to hear your conversations? I'm guessing the same rule applies for urinals.

People who ride escalators and STOP AND STAND STILL the minute they get to the end. Same with people who enter doorways and immediately STOP.

Mosquitoes

Happy couples sometimes make me angry. Especially when some sloppy looking woman has an attractive man on her arm. The bitch doesn’t even have to try and she still gets to win the game of life. Super depressing how easy it is for women to snag hotter men.

So, women annoy you, r84. Got it.

My cat asking to be fed between her 6 (yes 6!) daily meals.

The single biggest for me is people who are not spatially aware, whether on foot or behind the wheel. Get out of everyone else's way if you're going to dilly dally, people! Stay aware and stay out of people's way. There are actual times in life when people are in a legitimate hurry - give folks the benefit of the doubt and move over.

Uber drivers that don’t help you load your luggage into their trunk, but get mad if you don’t open or close their trunk just so. I’m a consultant that flies every other week, so I see this often.

I've recently (like, just this week) become annoyed by people who punctuate every other sentence with "And things like that."

[quote]Those foil caps on supplements

Stab the cap with a knife or pen first then peel off the cap. (Ancient Pharmacy Secret)

Pronouns.

People who don’t understand the difference between “that” and “who”, R88.

Excessive use of acronyms

Thank you, r92. I was figuring out how I wanted to type that sentiment, when you came along and expressed it so eloquently.

Stupid rhymes, like "Boo at the zoo."

Everything listed above, plus, right now, my brother.

The South Asians that I seem to be surrounded by (I'm in Canada) and their vomit inducing body odour. Especially on elevators. They do other stuff too like our their phone on speaker, LOUD, in crowded spaces. They are by far the worst ethnic group to be around.

put* their phone on loud speaker.

r97 I worked in retail for many years. No demographic of customer could touch the South Asians. They could be MADDENING.

r97 Are you in Surrey?

When people you've blocked start a thread and it has a video.

R65, we're not talking about the street parking. Is that what you mean?

Coworkers who invite themselves to lunch with you.

[quote] Stab the cap with a knife or pen first then peel off the cap. (Ancient Pharmacy Secret)

Obviously. The annoying thing is why bother putting tabs on if they don't function.

R5 "Should I bring people gifts from my two Italians vacations every year?"

*Italian, singular

I'm somewhat annoyed by Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress. I feel Richardson, Hopkins and Clift act rings around her.

Clit?

People who stop dead in the middle of a busy sidewalk to look at their fucking phones.

People who work at the supermarket (mostly teens/20s), who cut you off, walk in front of you as you're pushing a cart so you have to stop short for them or else you'd run them over. squeeze by you even if there's only about a foot of space, expect you to get out of their way, vs the other way around.

Lack of customer service. I walked into a Tilly’s store over the weekend to buy shorts, and not one of the high school-aged staff members could be bothered to break off their scintillating conversations, look up from their phones, or otherwise make eye contact. And they wonder why retail is dying.

The use of "was" when it should be "were."

R82, that's the reason I don't use revolving doors unless the regular ones are locked. Too many assholes stop right outside of the doors withour leaving you space to get out. Then you're stuck while the idiot on the phone, who's just entering the doors, starts pushing.

People who don't at least say "thank you" when you hold the door open for them to walk through. I loudly whisper "YOU'RE WELCOME!" so that they hear me.

People who use the word 'annoy'. I always picture them looking like this.

I do the same, Cosmo (R113)— particularly when I move completely off the sidewalk to let the chatting pairs of entitled suburban ladies saunter past. They never pause their diatribes/monologues to say thank you.

People who email you then call you <5 mins later to see if you got their email since you didn’t answer in that short amount of time. Bitch please, you aren’t the only thing I have to do today. Or the most important.

Salaried superiors that should know your work schedule, because after all they pay you and see you coming and going every day, but act surprised that you aren’t working the same 10-12 hr day they are.. hello, I’m the hourly employee that gets overtime and doesn’t work holidays. And also gets paid half what they do.

It’s been covered here before, but people anywhere from 20-40 thinking they “discovered” the 90s or 80s. We lived through it, and it wasn’t all fun.

People who ask the waiter "Whats on the menu?"

"Food and drinks" was my standard reply

Videos that auto-launch on news websites. I just want to read the story and go; I don't want to watch your video.

This HEAT and HUMIDITY

Ugly people

People who leave their shopping carts right smack dab in the middle of the parking lots.

General rudeness

The proliferation of Tip Jars in stores

Rational, intelligent people who support the candidate the neofascist GOP is running for POTUS. You ignore the lies, deceptions, corruption, and ignorance of his first term. You ignore the fact that he incited an insurrection against the government. You ignore his lies today and his authoritarian impulses. You are the equivalent of Germans who were not Nazis yet found Hitler preferable to the the alternatives in the 1930s and cheered when he made Germany great again. You are a vile person.

Vivien Leighs unflattering wigs from 1950 onwards.

The use of the word veggies.

Fuck off with your nursery speak.

Obese straight fraus blocking the aisles of Trader Joes having inconsequential conversations.

People that speed ahead of you on the right when a lane is closing on the highway ( I always hope they crash)

Target employees with an IQ of 50 Walmart employees with an IQ of 40

Obese straight and gay middle aged men wearing tight under armor shirts at the gym.

Home Shopping Network

You Tube Influencers whose content is not instructional.

Frankie Grande

R121, I agree!

The ridiculous names of Game of Thrones characters.

That guy on here who uses at least one obscure acronym in every post the lazy whore posts.

Yes, the cell phone users who always have them on speaker! No one cares about you or your life.

People with no sense of levity, aka all my new coworkers. It’s a city job, chock full of fraus and humorless advocate types and young women with no facial expressions, just blank stares. How I miss my days in a newsroom (but not the low pay).

Friends who cannot do anything without their partner.

Sometimes I want to have lunch with the friend, not the friend and their plus one.

^ They want a witness.

R100 Toronto

People who think they have interesting contributions to a conversation, not realizing that they are a total dullard.

Waking up on an empty superyacht because your way wealthier and much more fabulous friends were bored and have all decamped overnight or early in the morning to their next adventures. They've all just assumed you moved on as well with one group or another.

This has happened to me twice. I said nothing because I like super yachts.

R123- That's far more tolerable than the HORRIBLE word abbreviation that the Brits use which is

VEG

which reminds one of VAG

Confusing or missing directional signage in airports. Logan and National being two of the worst.

I'm not being original but I can't help myself-

TATTOOS

People who don’t use their turn signals. Or they wait until they’ve already started going into their turn

People who say "COOL BEANS!"

EAT SHIT ASSHOLE!

At airports , people who wait until they get to the front of the security line before they start to remove their metal gear. Prepare, people !!

People who wear their photo work IDs on a lanyard or their waistband. I don't want to look at your crotch to check your photo ID. Wear it near your face, you twit.

R124, regarding the drivers who hurry to merge: My Mother, sister, and I were on are way to Point Pleasant, NJ one sunny Saturday morning. As there always is, there was a long line of cars exiting 440S to get on the Garden State Parkway South exit. Along comes some young ass, zooming down on the shoulder to cut everyone off. One thing he didn't count on? The NJ State Troopers had started sitting at the exact merge spot to catch these drivers. As we calmly drove by, there he was, waiting for his ticket. One of the best memories of that torturous drive (it was at least 90 minutes down and 2 hours back from where we lived in northern NJ).

Women in gay men’s spaces

Women’s shrill loud voices

Women, basically

Women who make every decision for their husbands

I went into the Home Depot garden section the other day. A good-looking kid who worked there was in the little kiosk where you pay. When he wasn't waiting on people he kept coming out to sit on a box to look at his phone. He waited on me, I bought three pots of flowers to plant. Afterwards he went out again to sit on the box and look at his phone. Nothing about this bothered me until I realized I was going to need a cart to take the plants to my car. I asked him, "Are there any carriages around?" He nodded to one about 7 or 8 feet away from him. I had to pull it out from behind some shrubs, where it was stuck. He never lifted a finger.

R144 that is, unfortunately, the norm in 2024.

Cooking videos with vocal fry woman who say "salt, pep, vin, acid, crunch, mixy mixy". I could go on for days about what annoys me. But I can best sum it up by saying, people annoy me. People annoy the hell out of me.

R144 and R145, I agree. I experience this at the check out in the supermarket. Cashiers in their late teens or twenties will sit there doing nothing after they've rung you up but you are still bagging your items. The older cashiers always take one of my bags to help me bag my goods.

R79, bicyclists are not annoyed by pedestrians on sidewalks. They are annoyed by pedestrians on BIKE PATHS who are constantly surprised and annoyed that bikers are behind them while they saunter along 4 abreast.

Cyclists are God's representatives on earth. They deserve special consideration in all things. They are never wrong. Not ever. They deserve their own biggest assholes without ammunition using weapons thread.

[quote] Friends who cannot do anything without their partner. Sometimes I want to have lunch with the friend, not the friend and their plus one.

Ugh, hate this.

Guys who do that waxed twirl thing on their mustaches.

When Target won’t take my personal check!

R49 does not understand that a transitive verb often uses an implied direct object.

R45/R49 annoys because she is trying to cover one error with another.

R45/R49 is pathetic.

It annoys me when a person will walk past 6 vacant (in either direction) treadmills at the gym to plant themselves directly NEXT TO ME. I do not want your sweaty fat ass next to me. Ever hear of social distancing (and no, I don't mean for covid purposes)?

Long-windedness.

When my dogs shit all day long. Oh well

Fucking automated phone trees.

Fucking HIRE someone. Maybe my problem isn’t I want to increase my credit limit, check your hours or make a payment, asshole!

Maybe I need to talk to someone about going out of the country and alerting you so you don’t cancel my card while I’m overseas.

I fucking HATE those fucking automated phone trees. I usually start swearing at them.

When you call a doctor's office to make an appointment but the wait time on the phone is so long you have to agree to have THEM call YOU back or you'd be waiting to talk to somebody for an hour.

Boo boo I’m a big cunt flap

My left ass cheek

You know when people pull out in front of you and there’s an empty road behind you? I don’t let it upset me because I believe it is an irresistible impulse in certain humans and they can’t help themselves.

when you want to click onto a topic in the DL menu and the cursor jumps to the top of the list.

The use of the present tense to describe something that happened in the past- used increasingly on news stations like NPR. Storifying something doesn't make what is being said more "alive" and interesting.

On a related note, the weird use of "1900s", like "The Beatles were a popular musical group in the 1900s".

Marry me, R163. The use of the present tense is increasingly prevalent in travel writing, for some reason. It’s beyond annoying and a ridiculous affectation.

The Beatles are a popular musical group in the 1900s ?🥹

Hot/good looking guys that I'm invisible to.

Yes R165- I work with several people born >1995 and they seem to think that "1900s" is the same as saying "20th century".

You might try being less Asian r166

R168- I am asian. A certain type of asian-

CAUCasian.

R147 That's interesting. Where I go they have baggers. They're actually not too bad but one thing that annoys me in the supermarket is that the cashier will say, "How are you?" and I'll say, "Fine, how are you?" Then the person won't answer me. I don't have great manners, either, probably, but it aggravates me to have to answer the question, then not get an answer to my question. Like: You made me answer you, now you won't answer me.

You probably have to be there.

I’m confused by r141. The folks that merge at the end of a merge section are doing things right. You wait till the end to do the zipper. You don’t leave the moment a sign shows the lane ending. That causes more traffic and issues. I too wait till the lane actually merges to merge. I assume r141’s driver got a ticket for speeding, not for using the merge lane to merge at the end.

But maybe r142 didn’t explain it well n

R147 and the older cashiers still ended up with the same amount of money in their pocket but more aches and pains for doing extra work. I get why the kids are working smarter, not harder today. Customer accept this race to the bottom.

The 1900s are the 20th century just like the 1800s are the nineteenth century. It sounds weird to us oldies, but the young’uns aren’t wrong.

It annoys me how many of my favorite restaurants no longer exist.

R150 I get this. I have an old friend I will talk to on the phone and have good conversations with, but we have never gotten together in person for years, without his partner in tow.

I have a friend who I've known for years, and we have a few other old friends in common. One of our friends is a woman whose birthday is over a month later than mine, but every year the first woman says to me: "Let's get together to celebrate both your birthdays." She asks another person (a guy) to come, as well.

Six or seven weeks after my birthday, I've forgotten about it. I don't feel like celebrating it in the spring when my birthday is in the winter. This person just does it because she knows she has to celebrate the other woman's birthday (her oldest, best friend), at the time of the birthday--and wants to kill two birds with one stone by retroactively including me.

It just never sat right with me, so last year I told her, no thanks. Not with bitterness, I just said truthfully it's not my birthday, it's the other person's, and I'll celebrate that, but I feel like an afterthought if you try to tack me on the end on of it. She didn't get it.

R171, you must live in some enchanted area where drivers are polite. Where I live you would be taking your life in your hands if you got to the end of the merge lane and tried to merge.

Merge, shmerge!

House guests. Get a hotel please.

Posters who fill this kind of thread with things that annoy them while driving. Most of the world drives (and parks) poorly nowadays. The roads we have were made for 1970s traffic patterns and population numbers, and listening to people whine about it gets dull over the course of 600 posts. I suggest creating separate driving complaint threads, such as "Things that annoy you while driving."

Hall monitors annoy me.

[quote] The roads we have were made for 1970s traffic patterns and population numbers, and listening to people whine about it gets dull over the course of 600 posts.

So I guess that is a thing that annoys you, R179

Indian givers. Or whatever the politically correct term is. I've had friends try to pressure me to give something back that they've given me (an old printer, stuff like that) if they notice I'm not using it. "Hey, if you're not using that, mine broke down, think I could have it back?" Like it still belongs to them. Obviously, they wouldn't ask me to give them something I got from someone else, or bought.

I ignored a person who did this, and they kept it up--their mom even mentioned it to me. So I dropped it off where they lived. Haven't spoken since.

When you give something away, it's not yours any more...

I hate accepting old stuff from people because of crap like r182's annoying experience. Right now I have a friend who wants me to take an old A/C unit from her for "whatever I think I should pay." I know if I took it, I would likely just be renting it.

[quote] Indian givers. Or whatever the politically correct term is.

Huh? So difficult? The "Indians" never gave anything and took it back. That's something made up to justify what happened to them.

R185 I'm sorry. Not trying to offend anyone. To me it's a general term devoid of whatever its original meaning is. I would gladly use a different term if you'll let me know what it is.

R186, I’m not 185, but how about something like, “It really annoys me when someone gives me something and then later wants it back.”?

R185 it refers to white people’s duplicity in “giving” reservation land and then grabbing it back if anything valuable was found under it. There is an implied “to”

A DVD that only plays once. It's like Mission Impossible.

R166 totally confusing

R190- It annoys me that Hot/Good looking guys don't notice me anymore. I'm invisible to them

[quote] Time's a wasting. We're not getting any younger.

And yet... here you are, wasting plenty of time on Datalounge! Go figure!

Colleagues who stand in the middle of the hallway to chat.

R113 reminded me of how I would always get in the same compartment as my mom in a revolving door. It was our private joke.

People, generally.

I find it annoying to give someone a gift and then they openly tell me that they donated it to charity, threw it out, got rid of it. Fine, message received.

Worse is lending something to a person who never gives it back.

Or you finally ask about it after a year and they threw it out...

r197 I learned in my 20s that I should only loan stuff that I never expected to see again.

And that I should only loan money that I didn't expect back.

It saves a lot of frustration.

R187 Yes, that's much more concise.

r197 it took me awhile, but I learned that lesson as well.

Can I live without out? Sure, I'll lend it to you.

Do I NEED the $50 at this moment? No? Sure, I'll lend it to you.

Let’s be troll is tedious

People who talk or listen to things on speakerphone in public. I hope you die.

Teri, if you kill one and I get to be on your jury, you will not spend one day in jail.

Companies that post their phone number as words and don't also include the number, so you have to peer at your handset to dial.

People who walk in the bike lanes on the bike path I ride every night instead of on the side that is CLEARLY marked for walking. People who ride their bikes toward me in the wrong lane of the bike path and just expect me to move. I don't. Almost hit a guy once doing this. It's always men. People who don't look behind them before stepping into the bike path directly in front of me People who let their tiny toddlers ride their bikes all over the bike path and who often pull out right in front of me

Supermarkets who have their cleaners still working after the store opens. Do that shit when the store is closed so shoppers don't have to confront mountains of debris and also dodge the cleaning tank.

I HATE when someone agrees to pick you up from the airport, you confirm the arrival time, text to confirm you are departing on-time, and they can track the flight themselves, yet when you land they haven’t even left home.

My family pulls this shit and it’s extremely disrespectful. Then they wonder why I don’t like to visit. I’m not saying you need to be in the cell phone lot waiting when I land, but fuck, be at least a tad considerate.

Currently visit my dad.

R207 you have options: taxis, car services, public transport. My dad had the good sense to send a local car service to pick me up - so much less hassle for the family and puts money in the pocket of some working stiff.

people who fart then deny it.

QR codes. Any eating establishment that requires scanning a QR code to access the menu and/or to order and pay can fuck off.

Eating establishments are soon going to learn the errors of their way. QR menus, bullshit pricing, charging the patron the cc service fee (a lot around my area have started doing this), minimal staffing (thanks, $15/hr. minimum wage...which I was all for!), etc.

Pedanticism

Tan/brown leather shoes with a navy suit—NO THANK YOU!

dark brown leather looks great with navy.

it's black that I have a tough time accepting with any brown leather shoes.

Cordovan with gray is acceptable. Brown shoes look mud covered overtime.

Yeah, dark brown and navy are fine, IMO. Black and brown is the problem, I agree.

R208, the point is that when someone commits, or in my family’s case, insists on picking you up at a designated time, then it’s very annoying when they don’t have their shit together.

Yes, I know I can coordinate my own travel, but it’s not about me needing a ride, it’s about others not sticking to their pre-approved commitments.

Yeah, it's awkward, but I think you can just tell Dad or whoever: "I'm taking an Uber from the airport." Honestly, that is the healthy, adult thing to do.

I don't mean to lecture you, R217, but I've been through this shit with my own family. I'm a lot older, now, and it does take two to be dysfunctional, is what I realized.

Are you British, R21? What you described applies on the Underground, if I remember correctly. Much more efficient.

R208 Why do you miss the point so willingly? One could say, "My sister was supposed to come to dinner and bring the opening course, and came 2 hours late." And your response might be, "Well, you could have ordered out, gone and picked up food, made it yourself..."

The parties made an agreed-upon deal. One person was there, the other was not, they were late. If they couldn't do it, they shouldn't have made the offer. It's called being a responsible and reliable person. When people are not, it's annoying af.

[quote]Things that annoy you

The Datalounge

R221 So brave!

Once you know they aren’t reliable, you stop relying on them.

R223 The family insisted. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. You can't have fight with them if they're insisting they're going to pick you up.

At any rate, these threads always descend into victim blaming. People are encouraged to post things that annoy them , then they get Piled on by people telling them it's all their fault. Always the same baiting.

r207 as got older, I realized how it's a pain in the ass to pick people up from airports so I refuse to do it unless they fly into the local airport which is Burbank because it's about 5 mins from my house. If it's a large, international airport, like LAX they can get an uber or take a shuttle service. Large airports are difficult to navigate and once you become an adult, you don't ask favors like that. If it's offered that's different but I still recognize that it's a pain so I usually turn them down. Adults don't ask other adults for favors that are infringing on someone else's life...like help moving or picking people up from places where there are options.

and now that I see it was offered, yeah that's fucked up. -225

People who claim they can't post a link because they're on their phone. Come on, it isn't THAT difficult.

[quote]People who leave their shopping carts in the parking lot.

People like this one ^^^ who are convinced that returning carts is some marker of the virtuous. It's not. No more than throwing huge wads of money at food servers is virtuous when it's usually discussed at least to show how flush they are and how stingy and poor the rest of the fuckers out there. If you're so fucking virtuous, I should never hear it from your mouth.

Folks who still can't figure out how to post an R with a number after it (without a space or a dash) as a reply to someone's post.

People with bad aim.

R52 - also the paper lids that never seem to peel off in one piece. And some plastic ones need a Hercules to peel back.

R228 get help for your rage posting.

Squeaky shoes.

People who always have an excuse.

People holding forth as experts on other countries when they have zero experience with those countries.

[quote]People who talk or listen to things on speakerphone in public. I hope you die.

Especially people who aren’t multitasking and hold the phone in front of their mouth parallel to the ground. Somehow even more annoying when you are the one they are talking to.

Fascists who escape death by mere millimeters.

TikTok, YouTube videos where someone adopts, rescues a pet, people's comments, "thank you for saving that precious thing." "you're a savior", "thank you. the world needs more people like you" etc.

Who the fuck are you to thank anyone? As if you've been chosen as the spokesperson for pet lovers.

Oh, and pup cups. What exactly are those? Your pets are animals!

R33 I'm not sure about this. Pretty much every time someone has almost hit me pulling out of a parking space, or almost hit another car or pedestrian, they were backed into the space and coming straight out. I think that people feel like they can see everything and therefore pull out way quicker than usual, when they actually can't see as much as they think. A lot of modern cars are just too big to see a kid in front of you period, unless they're fairly far away, and the cars to the sides of you will potentially block your view of a pedestrian who is very close. Especially if those cars are big too. I think it's easier to accidentally lurch quickly a few feet when you first touch the pedal in drive than reverse. Of course I've seen people irresponsibly back out of spaces and nearly hit my grocery cart or something, but always moving way way way slower. I see someone shoot forward out of a parking space that I couldn't see because it was between two giant SUVs/Jeeps/Trucks all the time, they're hitting like 20 as soon as they possibly can.

Tables of loud talking and laughing women in an otherwise quiet restaurant.

When I sweat around my mouth after applying sunscreen

When my sunglasses get fogged up.

Phimosis.

People who walk right into the path, behind your moving car, while exiting a parking space. Also those who bolt in front of the drivers in the lane at the front of the store, they don't even bother to look. Also those who walk their carts diagonally while drivers are waiting. Don't get me started on what happens inside the store...

The words "kiddos," "littles," "doggos," "puppers," and "yummy" (or variations thereof).

hubby, hubs

R224 You are such a victim. I hope your life improves.

R247 I wasn't talking about myself. *shrugs*

Lol ! ;-)

All gossips!

Accounts on YouTube or Twitter that incessantly push their Substack accounts.

R249 Not sure it's worth replying again to you but I was talking about the replies to the person who talked about being picked up at the airport, who wasn't me.

[quote] Squeaky shoes.

That isn't nearly as bad as flip flops, the very name expresses how noisy they are. Some people can walk in them and barely make any noise, others it is like the drum corp of a marching band.

The name flip flop describes what they do, not what they sound like...

People who say “wiggle room” when they mean “wriggle room”.

Email that I delete on Outlook that keeps appearing back in the In File.

Stickers on fruits and vegetables.

Re-arranged grocery stores.

Myself. I annoy the bejeebers out of myself.

People who say “fruits”.

Stickers on anything, really.

When I see YouTubers drinking out of a coffee mug, and there's a sticker on the bottom, I am annoyed.

I also see cookware that's gone into the oven: sticker still on the bottom.

People who say “anyways,” instead of “anyway.”

People who say “I seen,” instead of “I saw.”

People who refer to the ground as “the floor."

I hear, more often, people referring to the floor as the ground. Anything underfoot is "the ground." (To them.)

Are you a drop-out, r258?

Oops. Link should have been to Webster's, which states that the PLURAL of "fruit" in my context is "FRUITS."

Using Facebook on a touch-screen phone. I end up liking things I don't want to and clicking on never-ending ads.

That’s because FB has fucked up scrolling issues. Even on my desktop.

R261 I never hear anyone say that.

People who say that they could care less, when they mean that they *couldn't* care less.

People who say eKcetera instead of eTcetera.

The annoyance associated with yacht sleepovers is just great.

Apologies, R174. R141 here. My post was more about people who drive on the shoulder to skirt long lines than about merging.

Fruits who say "fruits".

R260 I love saying anywhosen with a slight Richard Simmons affect

Mustard "water" that comes out before the mustard, even if you've shaken the plastic squeeze container first.

Agreed, R272. Along with that liquid shitting sound it makes.

The ugly, harmful and degrading word "queer."

Bury the word in the ash heap of history where it belongs.

Much more than just annoys me...mutilating baby boy penises is infuriating and should be outlawed.

Phimosis.

The term "showrunner."

Facebook's cockblocking

2 mutual friends: "OK, that checks out. Proceed."

125 mutual friends: "No. It looks like you might not know this person."

Having to endure a BOUT of GOUT 😞

Junk mail. Why does this still exist?

“Dropped," instead of “released.”

Big Brother—a bunch of wannabes jockeying for camera time.

Drew Carey. He’s totally destroyed The Price is Right, with his mumbling, unfamiliarity with the games, and poor sense of timing. Bob Barker drove that show like a chariot. Drew Carey drives it like a three-wheeled Pinto running out of gas.

Grown women referring to their “Mommy” or “Daddy.”

Men wearing loose fitting pants

People in Australia who wear sweaters and wool scarves inside in winter when it’s 60 degrees outside.

People who lack empathy, self-awareness, and dignity. There are more people moving into our formerly quiet neighborhood with huge extended families in one house. Our neighbors have cars with intentionally loud, rumbly engines, and they rev them anytime they leave (sometimes at 1am). These are the same people who park against the direction of traffic in our residential neighborhood, and doing donuts in front of our house. They have 5-6 cars filling their driveway, and spilling out into the street. Sometimes, they’ll burn rubber until gray smoke and stench cover the surrounding houses. They have loud, drunken parties on weekends, sometimes until 3am, then they yell and scream at each other as their guest leave. One time I couldn’t sleep, and I heard them saying, “I’m so damn wasted! What time you wanna go to church tomorrow?"

R284 we don’t live on Mars - 60 degrees is BAKING!

Oh, you meant Fahrenheit - you Americans are quaint!

Besides it’s the one month of the year when we get to wear the fabulous knitwear that otherwise only ever comes out when we’re skiing in Whistler, Niseko or Cortina - anything to escape the Xmas heat.

Cock Rings/Shaved Pubic Hair

ESPECIALLY cock rings

People who smell like a cat litterbox.

Cobwebs.

Canada Geese who come into my yard at night while I'm sleeping and shit all over the place. I just shooed a bunch of them.

Uber drivers who can't be bothered to say hello. If he can't bother, I can't bother tipping or giving more than two starts.

^^^stars

People who say or write things like "His death forever changed us." It's clunky. Not sure on the grammar. His death changed us forever.

That banks can hold a check for a week without depositing the money into your account.

Toxic positivity

The lack of vocal training in the media—news reporters and anchors who sound like drunk college girls and mush-mouth guys; commercial voiceovers where the artists have vocal fry, upspeak, or ghetto taint; and actors who mumble, slur, and sound stupid.

Brazenly religious people

Trees with long bushy branches at intersections. Trim those suckers, I can't see who's coming.

Speaking of that, r296, I hate fucking bushes. Like the ones up next to people’s houses.

Trim the fucking things! They’re not supposed to cover you windows or hang over on the sidewalk! WTF!

If it’s too much to trim them, rip the fuckers out and put in grass instead.

Trim your bushes, guys and gals.

Drivers who tailgate.

^Trim your goddamn bushes, I can’t see anything!

R300- No.

A FULL forest 🌳 is best/sexiest.

I’ve NEVER trimmed down there. If anyone ever told me I should I would tell them to get lost.

People who monkey wrench their Covid Concerns into group plans.

I haven't been keeping up with this thread. Has it already devolved into this?

Spectrum Cable’s news programming in Los Angeles.

Between the newscasters with distracting speech impediments, the horrific use of out-of-focus live feeds from “experts” on Zoom, the triple-Vaselined lenses used to film Gisele Fernandez, and the skinny anchor who invariably wears unflattering mock turtlenecks, it’s DL catnip.

I estimate their total daily budget at $211 plus an expired Bed, Bath and Beyond coupon.

Waiting to pick up my prescriptions for fifty minutes because there is only one person working at the counter and people have a rash of issues that delay, delay, delay. Why doesn't Kroger hire more people to work in the pharmacy? They've slashed that budget, according to the employees.

People who assert that full male bushes are full of inherent problems and must be trimmed. So you get a pubic hair stuck in your teeth; it's a reminder of the good time you had while blowing him. As long as the guy is clean, I'll stroke those locks to my heart's content.

The state of the American chain pharmacy: Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid — they're all terrible. Half-empty shelves, dirty, understaffed. And the payment pad: just let me sign, don't ask for my "loyalty card" or have me take a survey, give me a choice of receipts, etc. Let me get my generic Band-Aids and $8.99 greeting card and GO.

Long-established actresses who change their professional name when they get married. Followed by the awkward transition back to their old name after the inevitable divorce.

Feel free to use your new name on your driver's license and in your personal life, but leave us out of it.

Or worse, R308, suddenly START using their husband’s last name and getting all Jesus-y the minute their husband is caught with his pants down.

People who type “for fuck sake” when they mean “for fuck’s sake”.

Haha, r308. I saw a magazine cover years ago trumpeting an interview with the then newly married "Eva Longoria-Parker".

I knew as soon as I read her new name, that marriage wouldn't last.

My life is an everything bagel of annoyances and irritants.

My mom would do a very annoying thing when I shopped for her. After I got all the groceries she asked for and unpacked them, she would say something like, “Did you get the half and half?” I would reply, “You didn’t tell me you wanted me to get half a half.” “Well, you know I use half an half.” “But I didn’t know you were out of it.” “Of course I’m out of it, you haven’t bought any for two weeks.” Then I’d have to go back to the store and get it.

^^moms and wives everywhere!

I went into a Walgreen's and bought a bag of Dove chocolates. I went home, opened the bag, and immediately saw the chocolates were not fresh. I looked at the bag. The chocolates expired nine months earlier, and no one at Walgreen's was keeping track on what's on the shelf.

I've bought bad Dove chocolates in the past. They turn kind of hard and powdery.

My draw-string pajama bottoms that keep falling down.

Overly crass people like r306

Watching a movie on cable with commercial breaks every 10 minutes.

When my car shows an alert. I got one today, change oil filter. Nuisance.

R20 a friend who repairs escalators says their out-of-order often because people walk up and down, throwing off the balance of steps.

(1) People who say "My wife and myself" .... (2) Traffic and Weathercasters who say "Further North," instead of "Farther North." ... (3) Using" Preventative" when "Preventive" has same meaning.

R321 they’re *

R261, On local TV news, people who see man shot on the sidewalk or in the street say "he was on the floor."

People who use the word "literally" when the word "actually" would be appropriate. Or using neither word at all because what they're saying isn't too compelling.

When I was waiter, it annoyed me when customers put their paper napkins and used sugar packets on the plate when finished and then piled plates. Also, after giving the folder with check, customers didn't know to stand it up or put on edge of table to let servers know payment is inside.

They're going to demolish my local mall and build apartment buildings.

I watched SNL tonight and it seems like every local commercial ended with the owner of the business saying we're (insert community name) strong. When did that shit start?

Easily startled people. You know, the ones who practically jump out of their socks if the phone rings, or someone walks into the room, or the light switch makes a click when someone turns it on. Good grief.

Loud sneezing.

This might be person-specific. I went on a trip with a friend and, by the end of the trip, we started to get on each other's nerves. I hated hearing the loud sneezes.

I would annoy you, r329. I startle VERY easily.

R331 is my dog.

grammar nazis r322

when they say the man was on the ground when he was inside and on the floor.

The phrases:

1. Not all heroes wear capes

2. I love you to the moon and back. What the fuck does that EVEN mean?

3. etc.

Jehovah’s Witnesses.

The fact that nobody tucks their shirt in any more.

people who stand still and clog up travelators by standing two abreast.

Drivers who steal carpark spaces by jumping the queue, then being a dick about it by pulling faces and finger signs.

Microfiber dish towels.

Posters who link to paywalled articles, or even ones that you have to create a free account to log in and read the item.

Just use an archive link.

[quote]Job applications that require three professional references.

Your most recent job should be enough. In many cases a professional reference from your previous two jobs could be ten or twenty years ago and that person is long gone.

I've been told that references aren't even contacted because obviously they are going to give a glowing report.

Reference checking via Linked In. I get it, but if employers (or prospective employers) are going to do as they please, they at least owe you a head's up. It's kind of sneaky and invasive.

[quote]People talking on their cell phones in public restrooms.

I have co workers who are on their cell phones in the restroom, taking a shit in a stall. Classy times!

In a traffic jam on the highway, the people who drive in the breakdown lane to cut in line ahead of everybody else and then merge back into traffic.

These assholes need to be shot.

People with Trump flags in their front yards. Even in Connecticut of all places I'm seeing this bullshit.

[quote]My supermarket is pushing these “smart carts” that basically bring the self-checkout scanners into your cart. They weigh a ton. Who wants to push that around?

People who aren't out of shape fatasses.

DLers who think everything is the work of Russians etc. whenever they bump up against an opinion they don't like.

Guys who text while taking a piss at a urinal. You can't put your phone in your pocket for even 15 seconds to take a piss?

It can also block the view.

Modern porn. Back in the day, between hieroglyphics but before the demise of dial up, naked guy on the web used to be just naked guys on the web. I used to surf a guy who took all kinds of shots at Black's Beach in CA, another in upstate NY. Many of us (?) remember Sean Patrick Lies. There was a sexy simplicity and authenticity to it then. Now it's all so slick and manufactured I can roll through a site and find nothing to watch... I admit I miss the plain old days.

^ LOL... sorry... Sean Patrick Live. I'm sure he was as honest as the day is long.

People who wear masks outdoors. It annoys me how stupid they are.

When people who have no qualifications, start their argument with "studies have shown." Did you read the study? Analyze it?

Riigght, did you actually read the study or just parroting what someone else (who didn't read the study) said.

Tireless Russian farm trolls

[quote]People with Trump flags in their front yards.

One of our neighbors has 5 Trump banners on the fence around his house. Does he think we have dementia and need reminding every 2 feet? I don't get lawn signs/banners in the first place- why do strangers feel compelled to tell other strangers who they vote for? Are we supposed to knock on their doors and congratulate them?

The name Lorna Luft.

As a child, I was incredulous when my mother told me my IDOL Judy Garland had a daughter named Lorna Luft. I thought she was pulling my leg, it was SO ugly-sounding.

[quote] DLers who think everything is the work of Russians etc. whenever they bump up against an opinion they don't like

Sure, Vlad..

Condoms in porn. Everyone's been tested and is on prep.

Stupidity

Ugliness

Stench

Having to recharge my phone battery.

When my bosses don’t adhere to the calendar I plan so meticulously.

R357 It probably sounded better to Judy than Frances Gumm.

Heartburn.

Lorna Luft is a better name than Sadie Sink.

Boomer Republicans who just assume you have the same beliefs that they do.

When men say "We're pregnant" or "we had a miscarriage." No, SHE'S pregnant or SHE had a miscarriage. She's the one doing all the work, asshole.

THEY are pregnant!

When a friend cancels a planned meeting at a time he suggested, then says, "Absolutely, I will be there next Thursday night." I plan my day around it. He just cancelled again right now, an hour before the meeting.

The excuses are lame. "He forgot he was meeting another person." He had a week to prepare and didn't remember a prior commitment?

Not sure I will take him up on a reschedule.

I'm "In the Life," featuring profiles of fringe weirdos who 99% of gay men and lesbians have nothing in common with.

People at pedestrian crossings who arrive after you while you wait and then when the lights say walk they jump in front of you.

Countertenors.

George... never mind the last name

The DL / M / etc

I'm 63 so remember those wonderful days before the "smart" phone. Anything about mobile phones annoys me. Anything.

Use of the word "tragedy" when it's an everyday kind of misfortune.

When people do stupid things and then turn around and raise tens of thousands on GoFundMe from gullible rubes.

When some people from New York say "foe-ward" instead of "forward."

^sounds more like Boston

No, in Boston (at least Mark's part of Boston) it would be faw-wid.

People who say the word “button” without pronouncing the Ts.

Budon? 🫣

WhaT is meanT by your commenT?

Individuals who leisurely scratch off their lottery tickets in front of the lottery machine regardless of the wait line behind them. I've seen people scratching off crossword lotto tickets, winning, purchasing another ticket, and scratching it off while still standing in front of the machine.

And the gambling addict Lotto people who get 100 different tickets while everybody standing in line behind them is fuming.

Cock Rings

I hate when people sit down at the airport, when they could be standing up. Of course, flying is a motherlode of annoyances, like when you're on a plane and you have to reach up if you have to adjust the air blowing on you. Don't get me started on flight attendants, the way they come by and take away your trash before the plane lands. And the way the pilot insists on slowing down the plane during landing. Ugh.

Then they make you walk all the way from your seat into the terminal. Then you get there, and no matter what time it is, there are all these electric lights...never candlelight.

I also hate shoes and wristwatches and people whose hair isn't quite blond but isn't quite brown.

AI that coughs or sneezes to make you believe it's human.

I'm annoyed that I haven't been able to afford to fly anywhere on location for many years.

Along with the lottery ticket complaints upthread, people who scratch them off in their car and toss the losing tickets out their car windows.

There's a convenience store near me. People go in and purchase their tickets, scratch them off, and toss the losers out the window. The parking lot is LITTERED with them. The winning tickets they automatically redeem for MORE tickets to be scratched off. They see nothing wrong with littering or the hamster wheel they appear to be on.

Overuse of the word "amazing"

When people assume Mary's "immaculate conception" means "Jesus was conceived without sex" and assume everyone else thinks so too. Because that's not what it means.

R391 I never understood it. Please explain.

It means Mary herself was conceived without Original Sin on her soul. I mean… lucky her 😂.

No wonder I don't understand Immaculate Conception. I have no idea what Original Sin means.

I’m a Catholic school survivor. They drummed it into us. We were taught everyone was born with something called Original Sin on our soul because of Adam and Eve eating the apple. Crazy shit!

Neither do Christians, R392.

R395 What???? So we're all born to go straight to hell? Is that why Jesus suffered and died for us, to erase Original Sin? If that's true, haven't we all been Immaculately Conceived since his death? I apologize for my ignorance. I'm embarrassed to admit I was born into a Catholic family. Obviously, I'm uninformed in the basics!

[quote] Parents who hand their toddlers iPads and phones in public spaces (restaurants, airports) and let the kids watch annoying, high-pitched videos and games without earphones.

Had to deal with this a month or two ago in the emergency room at the local hospital.

Untrustworthy farts.

R397, no, Jesus’ death did not remove Original Sin from anyone. You still were born with it and had to be baptized to get rid of it. Mary was the only one ever born without Original Sin on her soul. Don’t try to make sense of it. It’s just another way the church controls people, they get you when you’re a freaking baby. Oh, I think the church got rid of Limbo too and released all the babies trapped in there so they could go to Heaven. Limbo was better than Purgatory as far as suffering goes but it still was bad PR for a religion that claimed to be so rabidly pro-baby.

How do hard-core religious people reconcile all the different belief systems, not just in this age, but since humans have existed, even before? Didn't Neanderthal tribes bury flowers with their dead?

The best religious people are those who admit some aspects of their belief system are...illogical/stupid/weird.

No, I'm not an atheist. I'm just not religious.

R308- People who call women actors. Which you don’t. You say actresses which I appreciate.

I don't call women actors and I don't call women waiters, either.

R403- I like you too.

The size of baby strollers...they just keep getting larger. I realize it's a lot to travel around with a baby, but they are approaching the size of compact automobiles.

Vegans.

The theory is quite basic. The early Church realized that their concept of Christ as savior needed a pure source, that being his mother. If Mary was born with sin, what did that reveal about her son? Thus, her conception was deemed immaculate. And the Marian worship developed from there. In context of church history, it makes sense. Your mileage may vary.

Mary!

I thought "immaculate conception" meant that God didn't get cum all over the sheets

When you put the towel in front of you when you’re laying down taking care of business, but you put much too much power into it and end up shooting past it.

Trolls who don't make the effort to be believable, and who don't keep their characters distinct from each other.

Restaurants open on weekends, closing on Monday. Too many do it.

Maybe they cater to the hair-styling community.

I've said this before, but I hate flip-fucks in porn. Just when they get some momentum going, they change it up. Porn should have a top and a bottom.

r414 reminds me that I don't like porn that much in which the two guys don't suck each other off. I fast-forward to make sure mutual cocksucking takes place before I commit to most videos. Also, I have no interest in most videos that have more than two actors.

R381, "Button" is not pronounced "butt-ton," with hard "t"s.

R403, "Waiters"? At least use the improved new term, "servers." Gender neutral and more accurate.

R417- and servicers when they're sucking your cock

Tom Ford always sneaks Lavender into his scents and that was my mom’s scent.

I went with Bond No. 9, but I still have Fucking Fabulous on my wrist. Fuck Tom Ford!

I love flip fucking, both in porn and IRL.

So fucking hot when you take turns being inside each other.

Protracted, wordy discussions of Original Sin.

People who can’t be bothered to know the correct meaning of Immaculate Conception.

Catholics.

(And I am one.)

The only practicing Catholics I know are a few people who are all over 70. Nobody else pays attention to the Catholic church anymore.

Yeah, I had no idea my best friend was Catholic until his funeral. We just didn't talk about that stuff.

R426. But he died knowing the difference between IC and virgin birth. He was a good friend, and smart.

R425 That you know. I'm sure there are religious kids, teens, if you go to Mass it can't be all 70+.

Threads hijacked by pointless religious arguments.

Stupidity on the DL

People who comment on the what other people do on the thread.

Fangurls on DL. It's embarrassing to see smart men reduced to illogic because some famous name fills a void.

When he only tells you he loves you right before he cums. You know he doesn't mean it.

Things that are perforated, but the perforations don’t work effectively. I’m looking at you, Bounty. What am I supposed to do with this shred of a paper towel?

Ads on Freevee, Tubi and other streaming services that aren’t coordinated with the program. If you’re watching an old TV show, it already has built-in breaks for commercials. Use those for your ads instead of breaking in literally (yes, literally!) mid-sentence.

Things that come in stiff plastic packaging that has to be cut open, producing razor-sharp edges that cut your hands when you try to get the item out.

r435 get an adblocker

Kissing in porn. I can watch people kiss pretty much anywhere. Stop wasting my time.

R434, I used to masturbate to the Brawny man when I was entering puberty. I imagined his cock was as thick as a tree and his bush was three times the size of his mustache. Fittingly, I wiped my splooge off with one of his paper towels.

His balls were probably the size of walnuts, too.

When you google "Brawny Man nude", this is the first image you get. I rest my case.

My neighbor who eye screws me

Whiners and people who jump at the chance to share their brittleness.

r441 that guy looks retarded

People who play with candy wrappers during a movie.

Toilet paper that disintegrates during use.

Phone updates that take forever to download. If it aint broke...

R436, along with that, bags that are supposed to have a ziploc-like closure but they don't work. I'm looking at you, Sargento. I had to put their shredded cheese in an actual ziploc bag because the closures didnt' line up correctly.

You buy shitty cheese, you deal with the fallout. Fat fingers and a less-than airtight bag.

Meow, R449! I only buy that beause I like cheese on my chili. If I were making something fancy, I'd use a better cheese.

Strike two: chili at home.

One more and you’re out!

Sargento is actually expensive, for a shredded cheese. I just buy the store brand or Bel Gioioso.

“…for a shredded cheese”

Aye, there’s the rub!

R454

Watching The Fall Guy last night (I liked it), I remembered how I annoyed I get by posters here who judge movies based on how much money they make or lose.

Popcorn 🍿 vs Oscars vs Cult Classics

Back in the dark ages when I was young the average person had no clue what the grosses were for movies. We only knew what our local critics wrote, and sometimes we heard about lines around the block. But opening weekends or weeks didn't make or break a movie. The only way you could find these stats was to read newspapers like Variety or The Hollywood Reporter--which the average person didn't do.

Then shows like Entertainment Tonight started posting box office stats--I remember thinking: who cares? But it became an interest and a sport unto itself. Previously it used to be a joke that if you went to a Hollywood party all anyone talked about was the box office receipts. Now there are people with no connection to show business who are deeply interested in what kind of money a movie makes.

Similarly we had no idea if a concert tour was selling tickets or not selling. We went to things we'd enjoy or thought we'd enjoy and that was it. R455

People with no self awareness

To whom is that directed? Me?!

To whom it may concern

An email that addresses you just with “Bob” and not “Dear Bob” or “Hi/hello Bob”.

When people with no life beat shit to death on DL

[quote] An email that addresses you just with “Bob” and not “Dear Bob” or “Hi/hello Bob”.

What about an email with no salutation at all? Just:

"Can you [blah blah blah] and get back to me."

Hair in my mouth

R464 terrible form, indeed

Also: Emails that sign off with “Thanks!” even though I haven’t confirmed whether I’ll do something or not

^ you sound old ^ there’s no going against the grain of informality in emails…that horse left the barn a long time ago.

[quote]When people with no life beat shit to death on DL

Poisoned Dragon is notorious for this.

Olympic medal tally troll is giving Poisoned Dragon a run for his money.

yappy dogs.

People who use arrows (^^^) rather than doing a reply the right way.

^^^^This 🥴

Before anyone dares to respond to a previous comment, please check in with R471 so that she may instruct you how to reply ‘the right way’.

Advertisements every time you watch a video clip. I understand the need for financing, but I just read a story on the BBC website about the violence, rioting, and looting this past weekend in Britain. A clip of a BMW and its Eastern European occupants attacked by a violent mob of white men was the centerpiece of the story. Clicking on the video, I first had to watch a 30 second commercial for intel. It was simply inappropriate in the context of the story.

This DAMN humidity for the last several days.

Our local TV weather people tell us there is a tornado in our midst, and we have to watch a 30 second commercial before we are able to see the webcasts live.

The DAMN humidity for the entire fucking summer? Every goddamn minute of every fucking day

r466 The "thanks" is for your kindly having taken a moment of your day to read the writer's humble request.

Detours that impede my commute to work.

R478 that is definitely a positive way to interpret it.

People who obsess about signatures on emails.

I always add, “thanks in advance…” to the end of my emails when requesting anything.

Noise.

Hot Guys that aren't interested in me.

Having to clear my cache/cookies and then remembering my username and passwords to some of my favorite sites.

Decisions. I've reached a point in life when the big ones have been made and have worked hard to get here. Darling, I love you, but if you ask me "BBQ Chicken or Chinese?" one more time I might smack you upside the head. YOUR FUCKING TURN TO DECIDE.

Same r485. I can't remember my passwords to save my life. I'll put in a new password for some site and the very next day I can't fucking remember what it is.

When my piss comes out in two streams.

R294 meet Federal Reserve Regulation CC. It’s not the banks’ fault.

[quote]R468: Poisoned Dragon is notorious for this.

And you're notorious for using socks and picking fights with me that you refuse to stop feeding. It takes at least two; I don't reply in a vacuum.

You've been obsessed with me for a couple of years now - everybody, read R468's posting history. I evidently live rent-free in his head.

Datalounge when it's being fickle and makes you think the thread you posted didn't load, so you try again three times. Then suddenly all the duplicate threads appear.

R485 & r487, I have a list of all of my passwords on a word document. I also have a backup list on my iPhone. Sometimes it’s a challenge to sync them, but I am doing much better than before.

Thanks—I’ll remember that when I rob you of your iPhone

People who seem to be moving through the crowd (in a bar or concert etc) and when u move aside to let them pass, they just stop and basicly take ur spot. Its so frustrating, especially if they're taller.

Short-sighted, far-Left Progressives.

Authenticateds. I don't suppose they're any worse than any of the rest of us, but with your orange name stuck to your bullshit, you seem worse regularly.

I sometimes post without my "authenticated" name. It keeps the trolls at bay.

Is them problem them, R497, or you though? Or a combination of both? Authenticated makes your views pop. Anonymous, it's a comment by comment existence. Why do you need to be Authenticated? What does it bring you? And why are you unwilling to deal with the downside?

People who use cutesy terms like "girl dad," "boy mom," "dog mom." Shaddup!

r496, I don't find that to be true, with a few notable exceptions.

R499, and “fur babies” don’t forget that. 🙄🙄🙄

R492, I have mine written down as well. However, most were written in ink so I have to use white out to write the new password. My password book and note pad are an f'g mess! In some cases, Google Password Manager has been a life-saver. I'd never keep anything in my phone; that seems like you're asking for trouble.

[quote] Darling, I love you, but if you ask me "BBQ Chicken or Chinese?" one more time I might smack you upside the head.

🙄 Thanks, Zsa Zsa.

Give me Park Ave. Chinese …or at least Shung Lee Palace

People who drive without taking the handicapped placard off of their car's rearview mirror. It says right on it that it's not supposed to be there while driving.

The overuse of the term countless for items that can be tallied.

R498 because it has turned into a witch hunt a little too often.

Posting anonymously has its perks. For this reply, I checked the “sign post as” box. So you know it’s your friend, Dutchie.

It was Eva r303.

Oy r503

People who use the expression “off of”, R505.

Random “website crash” error messages when trying to post replies in DL threads.

I can handle 86 degrees with high humidity. I grew up in a home without air conditioning. I spent most of my time at the swim club, a church festival, playing hopscotch and four square in our residential street. I cannot handle weather below 25 degrees, inches of snow, a coating of ice, and not being able to get out of my house.

… church festival, playing hopscotch… did they send you to that school for special kids in UT?

Her labia lips make me so uncomfortable. I need to rearrange them for her. There (slap).

R492 Have you ever heard of key chain?

Having to test drive the carts at Walmart before entering the store. One in three have a wonky wheel.

People who use the word "immigrate" when they should use "emigrate."

It seems a lost cause.

R492, actually no, I haven't heard of key chain but I'll look into it.

R515, try taking one that's already outside. I find these to be the most reliable. My local Shop Rite replaced all their carts with new ones. No more wonky wheel!! As long as that's where I want to shop.

R514 I haven’t actually…will research this. Thanks.

It’s right there on your iPhone

Shut-ins online 24/7

It was typical kid behavior in the 1960s, R512. We all played games in the street. Catholic church festivals were/are very popular around here, especially in the summer. I liked to watch the dunk tank. People would be dared to go in wearing the clothes they walked in with. Most took the dare. I'd get a thrill every time a good looking man in a light colored shirt was dunked. He'd come up and his nipples were visible under the fabric. Some would be dunked over and over again.

Not exactly Mormon thoughts...

Trump's gestures. I muted him yesterday, then realized I cannot stand the sight of Trump and especially his accordion hands.

I've thought the Kardashian Era has been wretched and trashy, but the overlapping time since 2016 has been dominated by a criminal psychopath from whose evil influence the nation will need another decade to get rid of the taste, plus an exorcism.

Add in the constantly moving anus mouth and he's doubly nauseating to watch while muted, R522.

Most people put their passwords on their iPhone behind another password or passcode.

Passing cars with thumping bass. STFU.

GERD. Fuck chest pain.

Tiny dicks

STIs.

Insipid euphemisms like "following GUEST please" at a checkout counter (please, lord, bring back "next" or "next customer."

"Customer Comfort Center" (yes, I encountered this today on musical hold)--- as opposed to the eminently less grating "Customer Service."

"A specialist will be with you shortly." Specialist, in this all-too-common instance, refererring to the call-center peeps who do their best to answer basic questions according to the company script.

The grating radio ad for Babbel (which I can't find anywhere online--another huge point of annoyance) in which an exuberant, bubbly, squealing woman babbles (errr) excitedly about learning.... SPANISH!" She gushes and coos in an eardrum-shattering decibel spectrum. emoting and cooing and being just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited! "Gracias, Babbel" May she get lost on an arid path and meet a messy if dessicated end in a heatwave.

You can be standing in front of them for five minutes while you are waiting. They still call, "Next!"

The lower classes are so trying!

R530 when I worked in customer service I felt saying next was rude so I would say hello instead. My supervisor didn't like it and wanted me to say can I help you? but I thought that was redundant.

[Quote]STIs.

Just this morning, I passed a car with the license plate: "NO STI."

I can't imagine what else they were referring to.

R532 "Can I help the next person, please?"

Com’n bitch wheeze burning daylight

How about looking directly at the waiting customer and saying: "Hi. How are you? What can I help you with?"

How about "watcha got?" as you whip off your sunglasses?

R536, that's fine if the person is standing right at the counter. "Next" would make no sense in that context.

"Next" is used when the line is a couple of steps back from the counter. It's a way of calling the next customer up to the counter. It's also used when there are several stations but a single line as a way to draw the the attention of the next person in line.

"Next" can be rude or nice, depending on facial expression and tone of voice.

R176 Agreed. I dare you to merge in front of me. Just try it and see.

The trailing off enquiry such as And your name is ....? I like to not respond as if they are still speaking which makes them ask me in a more polite way.

R536 Some customers, you'd rather not look directly at.

People who cycle with their dog running alongside on a leash.

Frauen who allow their crotchfruit to run wild in restaurants and malls.

Houseguests who announce they are leaving but are still here.

Apps that log you out randomly, usually not discovered until you're at the register about to pay.

Dick pics with bad lighting. Why bother? I'm not spending 10 seconds playing Where's Waldo.

My body's increasing resistance to alcohol as I get older. So I'm just supposed to age and decline and not have ANY comfort? I'm supposed to just raw dog this shit until I die? Your body should get better at processing alcohol as you get older because of the amount of practice it gets. That's just science.

Seriously, she’s been saying “I really need to get on the road” since noon.

People who just can't follow rules or conventions. For example, today, on a one way street, a cyclist rode up the protected bike lane - the wrong way. It's one example, but all of us, all day, see at least one example of somebody just acting selfishly and doing what they want to do, screw everybody else. Problem is, it adds up one big collective screw everybody else because what's the point of not screwing everybody else when everybody else is just screwing everybody else? We're all ground down by it in the end and it sucks. But mostly it's annoying.

Marry me, R548

Philadelphia has gone out of its way to accommodate cyclists and they still bend the rules.

School will be starting soon and I don’t look forward to riding the bus home from work with those ornery kids.

R550, I admit, if we were doing a Things that Delight You thread, I am always delighted to see cyclists, having gotten so much of what they wanted, now being assholes to each other.

On the topic of cyclists: adults who ride their bikes on the sidewalk when there's a perfectly good shoulder on the side of the road.

R548 There are too many rules. A lot of them are stupid.

Motorcylists who are always complaining about the "rules of the road' when it comes to cars, weaving in and out of traffic illegally and/or riding down the while lines. I wish someone would open their car door and flip one of the mfers! I won't do that because, well, I love my car. I found out while watching Road Wars that it is legal for motorcyclists to ride the white line in some states.

R554, if by riding the white lines you mean the line marking the edge of the right lane (that is, riding in the shoulder), I think it should be illegal for any vehicle, including bicycles, to do that. It's dangerous and snarls traffic. Wait in line with every other vehicle, you selfish jerks!

R555, yes and no. Specifically I'm talking about the ones that ride down the white lines separating the lanes; sometimes in traffic and sometimes even when traffic is moving at the posted speed or faster.

Big business suddenly putting those “care about you” ads on TV. Western Petroleum doing the sad it’s-so-hard-to-make-it-for-the-little-people-now-sad-song drivel. Pfizer with their all-kinds-of-laughing. Gas and electric shutting off your electricity during wildfire season because they-can-do-something-to-help. Yeah, after they caused half the devastating fires with their lack of maintenance for years. I’d like to know what Western Petroleum producers are going to do for us. I think they’re running scared that their partners-in-crime are going to lose this election so they’re suddenly on board with the silent majority of reasonable people who are over this shit and cheering for the change.

Straight up stupid DLers

You must be continuously annoyed, R558.

I’ve noticed that the stupidity has been increasing - if that were possible - lately.

I hate the whole mowing culture of my neighborhood. I mow my lawn, and the lady next door has to mow hers the next day so it's just a little shorter (even though she just mowed a couple of days before me).

I loathe when dining companions receive their menu and immediately and maniacally try to get everyone to order what they want to “share”. They narrate their choices loudly, in quick succession, preventing anyone else from concentrating on what they want.

“Oh LOOK! They have the bleu cheese onion smoothie with boar bacon and chocolate sprinkles. Looks SO GOOD!

And oh my GAWD, they have a Caesar salad! With house-made CROUTONS!

“Who wants to share the pickled parsnip puree, salad, smoothie and LOOK! Braised beets on pollock with a cherry REDUCTION. Let’s get THAT!”

Holy shit R561 find better dining companions.

When airlines call passengers guests. Hotels I can almost tolerate, but no one pays to be a guest and they sure as hell don't pay to be treated that way.

What is up with that, R560?? I didn't know it was a thing until my boyfriend pointed it out with my neighbor. I like having a nice lawn, but it's really not that serious, people.

Jesus Christ son of Mary R408 that is a lot to read.

Accepting e-tickets. It requires at least two password changes and saving various crappy apps to your phone.

Mewing.

Liars

The non-word “nom” and the people who use it.

r532 "Yeah, what do [italic] you [/italic] want?" works just fine.

Scented garbage bags

Pete-ophiles who think he's a credible nominee for Secretary of State when Harris wins.

Weird people

People who call me a communist who have no idea what a communist is.

People who call me a groomer when I actually prefer guys my age or older.

People who think that you know all the people they know.

People who need people.

Prosthetic dicks in movies/TV. Show the real thing or don't bother.

People who leave shit in empty shopping carts. Pick up your dirty tissues you fucking slobs.

[quote] Accepting e-tickets. It requires at least two password changes and saving various crappy apps to your phone.

Old iPhone here. I went to an MLB (baseball) game earlier this year and the park would only take e-tickets. The MLB app (for eTickets) wouldn't install on my phone due to the operating system. (My phone is updated as much as it can be.) Had to ask my friend (also going to the ball game) to install on his phone, which was OK, but a hassle.

Drivers who pull out from a side street or parking lot right in front of me and make he slow down or brake, then I look in the rear view mirror and there aren't any cars behind me. Why didn't they wait?

R578, agreed, and the same goes for people who race to merge in front of you on the freeway even though the lane behind you is empty.

Swimmers who do the backstroke when there are other people in the lane pool. Its the most selfish stroke that slows up the lane for everyone else. . - do Do them when there is nobody else in the lane.

I’m an amazing backstroker - butterflyer too, R580. It’s the breastrokers who clutter up the lanes.

A fast backstroker is unusual, r581. But a butterflyer is so guaranteed to hit someone while sharing a lane my gym has banned that stroke unless they are the only person in it.

There is a frog-leg-backstroke I have only seen women swimmers do. It looks like something out of the Kama Sutra.

I can't relate.

Cream tubes that keep producing the cream when you have enough. Stop already!

When eye drops make their way back to your mouth. Sneaky.

When the streaming site’s thumbnail episode screenshots blatantly spoil the viewing experience. Recently, I was planning to watch “The Traitors: UK,” but an accidental glance at the episode images gave away the final group of “survivors.”

Bite me, Peacock!

Twits out in public making insipid duck-lipped faces and posturing inanely at their phone cameras for their IG or TikTok selfies.

The overuse of the ognys and the obias etc.

Not everything is a 10 out of 10 on the Richter scale and over describing everything hurts the acutal 10s when they happen.

The Garaflo troll posting movies she’s acted in in another one of his stinky forgotten movies threads. He’s also the stinky Condi troll.

Southern Californian cunts who think you come to a complete stop when turning into a strip mall or shopping center. No cunt you slow down a little but you don’t fucking dam near stop because you are turning from the main road or highway. Dumb ass bitches.

Hi KGT R590! How are the Ebonics lessons coming along?

While I’m here, FYI it’s “damn” not “dam” - you make this mistake often using your multiple personae, which is a marker that at least makes it easy for the rest of us to spot you. That, and your default insults of “cunt”, “Mafuckin” and “Klan Granny”, of course.

Keep smilin’!

When I get sneezing fits for no reason at all.

Jerkmate.

I like to pretend this is my private shame. No, I don’t want to gather online with other losers.

R591 I barely say klan granny so you can miss me with that bullshit. And I smile all day long boo. As long as I’m not using I’m a happy person. God bless you.

Thanks for the blessing from your imaginary sky fairy, R594. I think that "using" is the key - it explains a lot about your posts.

Something that annoys me: I work with a few part time people. One of them works Mondays and Wednesdays. When she leaves on Wednesday evening, she always says to everybody, "Have a good weekend!"

I guess we better roll on

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