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You could probably do a thread on babies alone. I hate parents who bring baby on my plane.
Better on a two-hour plane ride than a day and a half in the car with 'em.
Besides, I'm always much too awe-struck with the fact that I'm on a chair in the sky, partaking in the miracle of human flight to notice babies crying. They're probably the only ones who get it and are screaming like its a rollercoaster. Pure delight.
Besides, I'm always much too awe-struck with the fact that I'm on a chair in the sky, partaking in the miracle of human flight
You can have it, I'll stick to my nice safe feet-on-the-ground. I hate flying >_<
Orthodox christians who get offended when you tell them that you're an atheist and thus will not cross myself when entering a church.I'm Christian myself and I don't do this. I presume it's a Catholic thing?
Catholic here. While I don't think it's an exclussively Catholic thing (Hama's comment clearly suggests it's also an Orthodox thing), crossing yourself and/or kneeling when entering a church or chapel is customary (I'm personally accustomed to the crossing+kneeling combo). It's also customary to cross yourself (but not kneel) when walking/driving in front of a church.
As far as I've seen, though, no one really minds if you don't. Though I appreciate the gesture when a non-Christian does it, it doesn't bother me at all if they don't.
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As for the topic at hand: I really dislike when people start honking their cars in the middle of a jam that hasn't moved for several minutes. It's not like there is someone four cars ahead waiting for a horn to say "By Saint George you're right, good sir! My car shall evacuate the premises at once and a most commodious flow of traffic shall be instituted within this drively path forthwith! Your honking benediction has caused me to see the light. Forthwith I say!".
People intolerant of other people's cultures
The Dutch.
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People intolerant of other people's cultures
The Dutch.
I see what you did there, though I'm still kinda offended.
When I go to work it's the kind of people who:A: Don't have a public transportation card and try to buy a busticket. Yes, it really is €7,50. Yes, it would normally cost you €2,66. That's your punishment for holding up the bus. Yes, you have to buy another on the returntrip.
B: Don't know which bus to take. Is it that hard to check the internet before you go? Although I do have to say that they kinda amuse me when they go up the driver to ask where the hell the bus is going.
People who just step on the escalator and don't move until they have to. Now that I think of it, those people that don't have the sense to move once they step of the escalator are worse. Luckily, I have good sense and take the stairs whenever I can.
Teenagers sitting on those stairs...
People standing in front of the stairs. Methinks they are asking for a little push... Down.
Revolving doors at the mall. It's a tragedy waiting to happen. I know where the fire escape is, but all those other people who can't think for themself would surely perish in a fire/terrorist attack.
Mother's who call their own child dumb. Forget about all the other stuff I said, these infuriate me. You don't do that to your own child, ever!
B: Don't know which bus to take. Is it that hard to check the internet before you go? Although I do have to say that they kinda amuse me when they go up the driver to ask where the hell the bus is going.
If you're not used to taking the bus a lot of the bus schedules don't make sense. There's also not a lot of ways to intuit which direction the purple line is headed, and if you're from out of town a destination listed on the bus doesn't help because you don't know what direction that town is in.
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But trust me, these guys are horrible, trying to meddle into politics (in a secular republic no less), judging everything and everybody and always being vocally outspoken about everything, to the point that people with minds are getting pretty fed up with it.Yeah, I hate it when people who think differently than me won't just learn their place and shut up.
Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.
Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.But trust me, these guys are horrible, trying to meddle into politics (in a secular republic no less), judging everything and everybody and always being vocally outspoken about everything, to the point that people with minds are getting pretty fed up with it.Yeah, I hate it when people who think differently than me won't just learn their place and shut up.
Religious people have exactly the same right to participate in government and the marketplace of ideas as anyone else.
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Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.
What if I start a secular nonprofit group that holds weekly meetings in a cathedral to discuss philosophy? Can my group get involved in politics?
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B: Don't know which bus to take. Is it that hard to check the internet before you go? Although I do have to say that they kinda amuse me when they go up the driver to ask where the hell the bus is going.If you're not used to taking the bus a lot of the bus schedules don't make sense. There's also not a lot of ways to intuit which direction the purple line is headed, and if you're from out of town a destination listed on the bus doesn't help because you don't know what direction that town is in.
Actually, no. If you just go online, you can plan it out from door to door. It's not even that hard.
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Religious people have exactly the same right to participate in government and the marketplace of ideas as anyone else.Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.But trust me, these guys are horrible, trying to meddle into politics (in a secular republic no less), judging everything and everybody and always being vocally outspoken about everything, to the point that people with minds are getting pretty fed up with it.Yeah, I hate it when people who think differently than me won't just learn their place and shut up.
Religious people yes. Church officials and church as an institution absolutely not.
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Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.What if I start a secular nonprofit group that holds weekly meetings in a cathedral to discuss philosophy? Can my group get involved in politics?
You have to start a political party to get involved in politics here. Or a non-profit organization who wants to do politics, but then you can't participate in elections.
People intolerant of other people's cultures
The Dutch.
I see what you did there, though I'm still kinda offended.
It's a movie quote from the movie Austin Powers: Goldmember.
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People who toss cigarette butts on the ground.
People who try to get on an elevator before everyone gets off. Over and over.
Tailgaters.
People who drive through neighborhoods playing window-rattling bass.
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People who try to turn any thread, no matter what it's actually about, into a religious/political debate.
As for the topic at hand: I really dislike when people start honking their cars in the middle of a jam that hasn't moved for several minutes. It's not like there is someone four cars ahead waiting for a horn to say "By Saint George you're right, good sir! My car shall evacuate the premises at once and a most commodious flow of traffic shall be instituted within this drively path forthwith! Your honking benediction has caused me to see the light. Forthwith I say!".
Wait! People actually do that? I thought that was only one of those stereotypes perpetuated by Hollywood movies.
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First world residents whining about their awesome lives.
Religious people have exactly the same right to participate in government and the marketplace of ideas as anyone else.Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.But trust me, these guys are horrible, trying to meddle into politics (in a secular republic no less), judging everything and everybody and always being vocally outspoken about everything, to the point that people with minds are getting pretty fed up with it.Yeah, I hate it when people who think differently than me won't just learn their place and shut up.
Frowning on other people's behavior is not the same as taking away their right to engage in it.
Religious people yes. Church officials and church as an institution absolutely not.Religious people have exactly the same right to participate in government and the marketplace of ideas as anyone else.Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.But trust me, these guys are horrible, trying to meddle into politics (in a secular republic no less), judging everything and everybody and always being vocally outspoken about everything, to the point that people with minds are getting pretty fed up with it.Yeah, I hate it when people who think differently than me won't just learn their place and shut up.
Show me an ostensibly secular nation whose major religion(s) don't have an impact on how the country is run and the legislation that is passed...
]Actually, no. If you just go online, you can plan it out from door to door. It's not even that hard.
This varies a lot by country and area. In syracuse for example the bus schedules were not only an ungodly indecipherable mess but only given times for traffic in one direction, there was a purple and a magenta color scheme that looked the same once they'd faded a bit, and they used surrounding towns as points of reference for the direction of travel.
Around here you can't do door to door busing at all, so you need to figure on the bus passing closest to somewhere you can walk from. Just saying "no" with actually in front of it doesn't make it a fact. If you're used to a bus system it makes sense. If you're not they can be confusing.
Show me an ostensibly secular nation whose major religion(s) don't have an impact on how the country is run and the legislation that is passed...Religious people yes. Church officials and church as an institution absolutely not.Religious people have exactly the same right to participate in government and the marketplace of ideas as anyone else.Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.But trust me, these guys are horrible, trying to meddle into politics (in a secular republic no less), judging everything and everybody and always being vocally outspoken about everything, to the point that people with minds are getting pretty fed up with it.Yeah, I hate it when people who think differently than me won't just learn their place and shut up.
China
Russia
Show me an ostensibly secular nation whose major religion(s) don't have an impact on how the country is run and the legislation that is passed...Religious people yes. Church officials and church as an institution absolutely not.Religious people have exactly the same right to participate in government and the marketplace of ideas as anyone else.Church has no business to meddle into politics of a secular republic. There is this thing called separation of church and state. People should take it seriously.But trust me, these guys are horrible, trying to meddle into politics (in a secular republic no less), judging everything and everybody and always being vocally outspoken about everything, to the point that people with minds are getting pretty fed up with it.Yeah, I hate it when people who think differently than me won't just learn their place and shut up.China
Russia
Re: Russia, incorrect. The influence of the Orthodox Church has been growing steadily in Russia for the better part of two decades (The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics - you can order the book from Oxford University Press here).
Re: China, I don't know much, but I assume you are correct. Unfortunately, the only reason that religion has no impact politically in China is because the PR's brand of socialism relies on extinguishing any ideological competition - a situation kind of like introducing snakes into an ecosystem to eliminate the rat infestation (I.e. introducing a big evil to do away with a small one...).
Show me an ostensibly secular nation whose major religion(s) don't have an impact on how the country is run and the legislation that is passed...
I would go as far as to say "most of them."
Show me an ostensibly secular nation whose major religion(s) don't have an impact on how the country is run and the legislation that is passed...I would go as far as to say "most of them."
I'm not sure if I understand you... Are you saying that the governments of most secular nations are not impacted at all by their major religion(s)?
The US and Australia (where I live) are two nations where this is clearly (as in, indisputably) not the case.
Edit: Anyway, whoever said it above was right, this is a bit off-topic. I'll leave it at that.
I'm not sure if I understand you... Are you saying that the governments of most secular nations are not impacted at all by their major religion(s)?
The US and Australia (where I live) are two nations where this is clearly (as in, indisputably) not the case.
Hence 'most' rather than 'all'. I'm not familiar with Australian politics at all, so I couldn't say. But watching most of the nations of western Europe from the outside, I think of anyone smearing on the God-rhetoric as thickly as the US (and, I guess, Australia?)
Heck, here in Denmark the pro-religious 'Christian Democrats' political party didn't get enough votes to even get represented, at the last few elections.
Edit: Anyway, whoever said it above was right, this is a bit off-topic. I'll leave it at that.
Right you are!
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As for the topic at hand: I really dislike when people start honking their cars in the middle of a jam that hasn't moved for several minutes. It's not like there is someone four cars ahead waiting for a horn to say "By Saint George you're right, good sir! My car shall evacuate the premises at once and a most commodious flow of traffic shall be instituted within this drively path forthwith! Your honking benediction has caused me to see the light. Forthwith I say!".
You broke me. I'm still laughing.
People that get squeamish about colonoscopy photos being used as adventure maps.
What the hell else am I going to do with them? They're wasted on the fridge door!
The nerve!
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Player: I want to attack the whale.
DM: What whale? This is a dungeon.
Player: That big thing in the main hall... looks kind of like a bottle. Behind the thing with hooks. I thought it was some kind of octupus.
DM: <Picking up the "map"> Duh, these aren't my notes; sorry guys, picked up the wrong suitcase. You know how hospital duty can mess me up. Haha. Now, if you excuse me for a minute, gotta make a quick call or someone's getting the weirdest organ rotation in history.
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Boys whose jeans sag to their knees from their crotches
Public nose pickers who think no one watches
Loud off-key warblers who publicly sing
These are a few of my most hated things.
Zaftig old matrons who wear leotards
People whose pets leave their poop in my yard
Unwashed and smelly all pierced with their bling
These are a few of my most hated things.
When the birds sing
When the sun shines
When I'm feeling grand
I always encounter these terrible things
And then I feel real bad.
Teen girls who chatter in line on their iPhones
Tweeting and driving while selecting ring tones
Huge sweaty monsters in seats next to me
These are a few of my most hated things...
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People that believe that because they're handing over money (either as an employer or customer) to someone that it gives them a waiver on treating that person as a fellow human being.
Are you seriously believing that shop attendants are human beings?!
Are you seriously believing that shop attendants are human beings?!
Admittedly it's stretching it in occasional cases, but I do try to give them the benefit of the doubt ;)
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It's worth mentioning in a thread like this, for the sake of retaining your faith in the human race:
The thread should probably resemble, instead of:
"Several types of people who really tick me off"
it should be:
"Several types of things people do that really tick me off"
People change, or can have moments of stress/insanity.
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I don't think you're really getting into the whole misanthropic spirit of the thing, Avatar-1...
What the bard said.
Faith in the human race? I think I burned that, many years ago....
People that get squeamish about colonoscopy photos being used as adventure maps.
What the hell else am I going to do with them? They're wasted on the fridge door!
Faith is overrated anyway.
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Bicyclists who are vehicles when they want road space and pedestrians when they want to run red lights. Either stay on the sidewalk like a pedestrian or obey traffic laws like the rest of us.
People who refuse to take responsibility for their own actions and affairs.
People who bring small children or wear inappropriate attire to the kind of restaurant for which you need a reservation.
Bartenders who ask me, when I order a 25 year Macallan, if I know how much it costs. Yes, damn it, if I know enough to order one I bloody well know how much it costs.
People who blithely waste my time.
Narcissists in positions of authority.
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Bicyclists who are vehicles when they want road space and pedestrians when they want to run red lights. Either stay on the sidewalk like a pedestrian or obey traffic laws like the rest of us.
Bicyclists period. If you can't keep up with the flow of traffic you shouldn't be considered a vehicle. Grrr.
People who make laws keeping bikes off the sidewalks. If a cyclist is an idiot enough to not dismount and walk his bike when he runs into pedestrians, he deserves the assault charges he should be getting. Shouldn't be a reason to legislate them off the sidewalks and into the road.
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People who make laws allowing bicycles on the sidewalk. Sidewalks are for pedestrians dammit!
People who post on internet forums
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I found a common thread in all that responses... People! It's all their fault!
Damn people. World'd be better off without 'em.