wasn't t he metric system invented by the french? isn't that reason enough to ignore it?
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People that call barbells "tongue ring"...if it were a ring, it would be round.
People that refer to stretching their piercings as gauging, and the jewelry as gauges.
People that ask if a tattoo or piercing will hurt, as if there is ANYTHING else it could possibly do.
People that say tattoos or piercings DON'T hurt...sure thing there tough guy, I'll bet you fell asleep too.
Parents that want ME to change MY lifestyle to protect THEIR children.
Children that blame ME because they can't find their photo ID.
Parents of the above children saying, "but I'm his/her mom/dad", but cannot produce the proper ID to prove it.
People that get their own name tattooed on them, as if they'll forget.
People that refer to the accomplishments of their favorite athletic team as if they had a hand in it. "then we hit a home run and won"
Uninformed voters
OH man...stopping now, before I can't stop at all.
1 - People who litter.
2 - People who are rude to people who work in the service sector.
3 - People in the service sector who are rude to customers for no good reason.
4 - Babies in movie theaters.
5 - People who volunteer abroad but wouldn't lift a finger to help people in their own town.
6 - Cellphones
7 - People who wear no shirts in public.
8 - Live music that you can't hear yourself/others talk over.
9 - People who clearly shouldn't be driving.
10 - Grossly wasteful packaging.
Let me clarify actually.
8 - Live music.
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The great thing about the Pet Peeves Thread is that they're Pet (aka personal)--they don't have to make sense to anyone else; and you never have to defend them...
true, i was just going to offer that if he stop talking where i go to listen to music, i'd make sure roving bands of troubadors didn't follow him to places he wanted to talk.
two pet peeves placated for the price of one :)
To really understand what I'm railing against, picture this scenario: You are at one of your favorite restaurants/bars with a couple of friends when suddenly the staff starts clearing away tables and starts setting up band equipment. With a sinking feeling you know what is coming, but you've already ordered and it seems silly to leave (you've either been waiting for an hour just to get seated, or this is the only time in the past two weeks or so that you've gotten a chance to all go out together, and you wanted it to be special.) Even though the room is about the size of a large living room every musician plugs their instruments into amps. The sound test alone has your head ringing. Your food arrives, and you desperately try to enjoy the evening, but are unable to hear anything- even the band itself. You proceed to eat as quickly as you are able and get the hell out of there.
If it makes you happy, I would never willingly go someplace where I knew that there was going to be a live performance, unless it was a theater/concert hall, so I'm probably not the guy talking while you are trying to listen to music. I'm the guy clutching at his ears, walking out the door and getting into my car and leaving.
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To really understand what I'm railing against, picture this scenario: You are at one of your favorite restaurants/bars with a couple of friends when suddenly the staff starts clearing away tables and starts setting up band equipment. With a sinking feeling you know what is coming, but you've already ordered and it seems silly to leave (you've either been waiting for an hour just to get seated, or this is the only time in the past two weeks or so that you've gotten a chance to all go out together, and you wanted it to be special.) Even though the room is about the size of a large living room every musician plugs their instruments into amps. The sound test alone has your head ringing. Your food arrives, and you desperately try to enjoy the evening, but are unable to hear anything- even the band itself. You proceed to eat as quickly as you are able and get the hell out of there.
If it makes you happy, I would never willingly go someplace where I knew that there was going to be a live performance, unless it was a theater/concert hall, so I'm probably not the guy talking while you are trying to listen to music. I'm the guy clutching at his ears, walking out the door and getting into my car and leaving.
actually, i completely agree with your POV in this scenario, especially if the live music isn't well advertised in advance or a regular event on certain nights. i don't particularly care for anything more than soft ambient music when dining out.
sorry i misunderstood where you were going originally, but we do share the same pet peeve in this :)
Yay! Let's never fight again.
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All this talk of loud music has inspired my 10 Pet Peeves of Clubbing (in no particular order):
1. Sweaty people.
2. No personal space.
3. Basically an orgy with clothes on.
4. Overpriced drinks.
5. Worst music ever made, and believe me as a Bachelor of Music, I've heard some bad music.
6. Said music makes my head hurt.
7. No way to carry on a conversation.
8. Cover charges.
9. Your friends always bring a bunch of people you don't know.
10. Drugs.
Come to think of it, there is probably more than ten. That's why I've been to exactly 2 clubs in my life. The ultimate sin is the restaurant that converts to a nightclub around 10pm. Check, please.
What I need is a nice old-fashioned club, with leather chairs and smoking jackets and a fireplace. That would be nice. Civilized as opposed to near-animalistic.
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The ultimate sin is the restaurant that converts to a nightclub around 10pm.
but what if it, like the brazilian place down the street from me, and only on wednesdays, turns into a club after ten that caters to really, REALLY good looking lipstick lesbians? who, like, dance with each other really, REALLY sexily, and don't mind goofballs like me hanging out and drinking a couple beers, you know, to show my support for the community...
Are you in the big man club?
People who cite irrelevant information as a serious excuse to refuse to change themselves for the better like "because the French invented it." This isn't some fantasy world where people across the sea are evil or alien. People are people anywhere; most are just smarter than you.
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PS: I know the reply to my pet peeve was a joke, and my reply isn't aimed at anyone on this board. But I have heard some pretty freakin stupid excuses from people who just couldn't be bothered to think things through.
9) Miley Cirus....anything that came from the loins of the guy who did "Achy Breaky Heart" is the spawn of the devil.
Agreed. Last year, an acquaintance of mine, when she was going to preform in a nearby town, said that she was a robot and that she would say "Hello, 'grand-rapids', are you ready to ROCK?", or something like that.
Anyway, since I'm going back to school on Tuesday, I might as well tell you my biggest pet peeve involving school: WHY WON'T THE STONERS AND OTHER ANNOYING DETRITUS OF THE SCHOOL JUST LEAVE ME ALONE? Those guys are living proof that drugs kill brain cells. Do you realize why I just sit their reading nearly always ignore their questions? BECAUSE I ALREADY DISLIKE MOST PEOPLE AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP MY OPINION OF HUMANITY HUMANITY FROM DEGRADING FURTHER!
Well, I guess that probably should go in the rant thread, but, really, it's the only pet peeve I can think of right now that other people haven't already said.
-If you have a phone conversation that you want to finish before going into the subway, how about doing it on the sidewalk near the entrance rather than on the third step leading into the subway? Holding up progress. For no reason.
-How about if you're waiting for your friends to buy subway tickets, you wait with them near the machines or on the platform? Waiting directly between the door and the platform kind of holds the rest of us up. It's not like there isn't another one coming in a few minutes. The thing that really bugs me is that if the conductor slams the doors hard enough to dislodge you or otherwise discourage you from standing there for five minutes, holding up the other passengers and the passengers in the train behind us, somehow it's the conductor's fault. Holding up progress. For no reason.
-I have no problem sharing seats on the train, but if you weigh in excess of three hundred pounds, please don't fall asleep on me. Perhaps it was foolhardy of me to choose the window seat, I'll admit, but I didn't bet on being pressed against it for an hour and a half. And somehow it's my fault when I wake you up.
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People who cite irrelevant information as a serious excuse to refuse to change themselves for the better like "because the French invented it." This isn't some fantasy world where people across the sea are evil or alien. People are people anywhere; most are just smarter than you.
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PS: I know the reply to my pet peeve was a joke, and my reply isn't aimed at anyone on this board. But I have heard some pretty freakin stupid excuses from people who just couldn't be bothered to think things through.
for the record, i'm intimately familiar with the metric system, and have no problem with it.
i do appologise if my joke was taken as anything more than just a cheap laugh :)
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Who the F*@! was the IDIOT who cast Matthew McConnaughy as Dirk Pitt in the movie 'Sahara'? If you've ever read ANY of Clive Cussler's books, Captain Bongo is about as far from the slick, steely-eyed Pitt as can be conceived.
Sure, the books are a bit campy, but for Christ's sake, WHY MCCONNAUGHY? The part, in my mind, seems written for a young Bruce Campbell, though Ben Browder or Michael Shanks would do in a pinch.
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Here's one sure to get me in trouble--
People who post to threads with responses that indicate they totally didn't pay attention to the thread title, the first post, or they just don't care about the spirit of the thread. I'm not talking about threadjacking, or throwing out the occasional non sequiturs; no, I'm talking about the person who does the following, for example:
Thread Title: "What's Your Favorite Eggs Dish for a Big Breakfast?"
Careless Poster's Response Post: "I don't like eggs; I like oatmeal. Also, I don't like a breakfast. I eat oatmeal for snack before going to bed. My favorite oatmeal is Irish Stone Meal..."
Come on, man! Why are you wasting bandwidth? If you don't like eggs, don't even bother reading the thread. If you love oatmeal, then start your own thread declaiming the finest glories of oatmeal.
1. Drivers that start to get over into a turning lane and slow down but don't get all the way over, essentially stradleing the lines. Thereby forcing me to slow down.
2. Drivers that slow waaaaay down to turn before getting over into said turning lane.
3. People that open the microwave door before it *Dings* and don't clear the time.
4. People that come to my house to game.. make coffee, knowing that neither myself or my wife drink coffee (so we never use the damn thing other than to maybe heat water for hot cocoa) leave the coffee and filter in the contraption. Claiming later.. I should've known to clean it out in my daily cleaning duties. Sure, I never use it but I check it daily to make sure pixies havn't snuck in for some joe.
5. Family members helping themselves to my area and or things simply because they're family.
6. People blaming outside sources for thier lack of parenting.
7. Getting overlooked for a posisition for not having that particular degree. Sure, Johnny just got out of school and has that degree. He knows oh so much more than my decade or so of experience. That makes sense.
8. People that think it is funny to make dirty jokes about my wife to me. Yes, I know she's pretty. Yes, I know you're lonely. No, I don't want to hear it.
9. People that think I'm an @$$hole for speaking my mind and being upfront.
10. People that use acronyms on message boards. Especially when they make them up and expect to be read.
PMGPP - Paizo Makes Great Pathfinder Products.
11. People that spell things incorrectly on purpose. Like dropping a letter or two in a word. Is it really that hard to type it out?
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Part Two of the 'People Who Post To Threads...' Pet Peeve.
People who trollishly enter a thread with a topic such as, "Anyone look at WotC's New Module?" With no intention of doing otherwise, such as answering the thread, they bugger it with comments like 'WotC is the Death of Gaming...blah-blah-blah...', never once mentioning the module in question except, maybe, to write that they'd gouge out their own eyes before reading anything by Wizards.
[This is not regarding our Paizo community, as I'm sure you know. I'm really talking about other Boards across the internet]
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Why not. Got to complain somewhere I guess. for some of these, you have to understand that I spend a lot of time hanging out at the local second cup talking with the employees. therefore i start to get some of their pet peeves too.
10) People who insist on treating pets as equals to the point where they dress them up and tell you all about their latest exploits.
9) People who insist on ignoring blatently obvious signs like "Washrooms are for customers only" that are on the door.
8) people who think that just because you ask for a cup of water you're a customer.
7) Faux-hawks (dunno if i spelled that right). either a) don't bother or b) go all the way. this is compounded if the party in question has short hair and only dyes the strip along the top. GAH!
6) People who don't return things where they got them. bussing after yourself, returning dishes to the counter, closing doors that were closed when you get there, etc.
5) people who assume that because i mention i'm writing or drawing, that i'm a fountain of cheap artistic wisdom.
4) people who assume that because i'm in engineering that i'm not a fonutains of deep wisdom.
3) people who assume anything else (yes this coulda been combined with the last couple, but it's my list)
2) women who won't give me a shot to even talk to them. or who lead me on and seem nice and then i get a jealous boyfriend in my face because apparently she felt harrassed. maybe i was just being friendly. BAH!
1) people who won't just say what they mean. i understand a need for tact, but why obfuscate everything. why say one thing when you obviously mean anotyher? why be vague? i hate it. and to me that's as bad as downright lying.
anyhow. that's my list. enjoy. or not. i don't really care. (how's THAT for honesty?)
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7. Getting overlooked for a posisition for not having that particular degree. Sure, Johnny just got out of school and has that degree. He knows oh so much more than my decade or so of experience. That makes sense.
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actually my 11) is a direct counterpoint of this.
11) not gettign a job because they're looking for someone with "experiance". if everyone just want's someone with experiance, then how the hell do people get their first jobs? and just how much dishwashing experiance do you need before the restaurant that wants experiance will consider you? this was the bane of my high school job hunting career, and even now that i am one of those people with decent amounts of expeirance (5 years dishwashing, 2 years office engineering and a touch of busboy and sous-chef in there), I still fight against it and try to convince my employers to give new gus a chance to learn.
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About the whole driving things:
2. Cops who think that turning at a green light, yes GREEN LIGHT is considered "Dangerous Lane Change" and give you a f@&@ing ticket for no reason.
This kind of needs to be put in context a bit since sometimes it is a dangerous lane change, assuming you're changing the reletive lane you were in to a differant one. My friend got hit by someone doing this, trying to move into a lane closer to the curb during the turn. the guy then got angry at my friend and insisted on calling over a nearby policeman who then gave the guy a ticket. basically my friend was just lucky the guy wasn't speeding too or else it could've been worse.
though if you weren't changing lanes at the time of the turn, then ya. i'd agree with you that it's annoying. but i'd prefer cops who give too many tickets to those who give too few.
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No, I was in the lane farthest to the left. And turned left. At a major light. Cop followed me through the light and pulled me over.Ah. then ya. definately worth being peeved at.
A lot of cops (some areas more than others) feel that they need to validate their existence by f%+%ing with people. Burns my ass.
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One of the people i have worked with got a ticket for get stuck in a traffic jam while driving a semi in New York. The cop said he was illegally parked.
Wow... that's is funny. Sorry, I know I should be mad at the cop, but giving tickets for being stuck in traffic? That just reaches a new level of stupidity.
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from this thread:
12) Parents who rely on schools teaching their children the facts of life, then blaming them, media, video game, anything but themselves when their child is hooked on drugs, in a gang or pregnant. the same parents who always answer kid's questions with "when you're older". BAH! that's when something happens and suddenly that awkward talk doesn't seem like it would have been so bad.
MsMpEng.exe. This thing is a resource hog and slows windows down massively sometimes AND you can't turn the damn program OFF because it simply boots back up again a minute later. Windows works just fine for me except for MsMpEng.
People who use 'fantasy' and 'science fiction' interchangeably. Seriously, how can you not know the difference? Even if you're not into either of them you've got to at least know that LotR is fantasy while Terminator is sci-fi. Even if you have to simplify them into 'past v. present' that's better than rambling on about my fantasy book after seeing me holding a copy of Dune. Seriously, did you frickin' skip middle school?
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That one would really piss me off, thankfully it's never happened as I'd probably rip out the guy's spleen.
Yeah, it never ends well. I actually had one person respond with something along the lines that I should get used to it because she is "hott."
In-laws
Students that get sent to ISS and complain.
Students in ISS that don't follow the rules.
1. No talking.
2. No electronics.
3. Stay busy. - Doesn't even have to be your school work. Read a book. Ugh.
Those students that then try and have a conversation with me. See rule 1. No talking.
Students that get sent to ISS ten minutes before the school day is finished. Had a girl sent in yesterday. Refusing to do her school work. I can't imagine how that went down in the classroom. She couldn't just sit there and pretend?
My grandmother. She's old. Diabetic. She was drinking mt. dew the other day. Good lord. She's old and cranky.
People that hit on my pregnant wife. Those people irritate me too. Usually it's some ex sending an email - assault and battery should have a special parameter for husbands. :P
Paul, it sounds like you work with kids who get suspended? From what I see from the other kids in my school, that must be torturous!
Paul, it sounds like you work with kids who get suspended? From what I see from the other kids in my school, that must be torturous!
Yeah, in school suspension. Kids that get all day or just kicked out of a class or have to spend their lunch there or after schools.
It can be bad. I try and be helpful.. if they don't want to read or work.. I'll print them off a word search or sudoku. Hell, I have markers and colored pencils and paper. Draw something.
You're a good man, Paul. I'm sure you're unpopular among the students though ;)
