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Pet Peeves v. 5.0

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n3ophy7e said:
Oh my word! The main one which bothers me is people's inability to distinguish between "then" (as in THEN we went to the store and bought our groceries), and "than" (as is it was brighter THAN a sunny summer's day).
I am actually finding it more and more common that people mix these two words up. It's like the correct usage of the word is getting gradually phased out as people become more lax :X
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this also.
 
voxmystic said:
this is a crotchety ol' lady peeve for sure, and risks the ire of 90% of the bl community, but i get SO irritated at young peoples' constant inappropriate overuse of the words "fail", "random", and "epic". and anyone's inability to distinguish between the words "lose" (as in "can't find", or "didn't win"), and "loose" (as in "not tight", or "let go of the arrow, dog, etc.),
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BWAHAHAH! I, too, HATE when people overuse (or even USE, for that matter) the words "fail" and "epic". Way to make yourself sound uneducated.

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Plastic fingernails (nail extensions), though I have no idea why they bother me. They just make me shudder hahaha.

Also, loud chewing of gum, popping it, etc. Again, I have no idea why it irks me but it does, badly.
 
My pet peeve of today is drivers beeping their horn at you when you're walking or running on the sidewalk, in some kind of acknowledgement or appreciation of you being the opposite sex.

The track I run on follows next to the freeway, and today it so happened that I went for my run during peak hour so literally hundreds of cars and trucks passed me as I ran. I got probably 20-25 beeps today.

Please somebody tell me now, what is hot or sexy or deserving of any attention whatsoever about a girl in tracksuit pants and some shitty old t-shirt trudging along in the rain, on the tail-end of a 12km run, looking very sweaty and bedraggled? How is that beep-worthy??

Truck drivers are the worst :|
 
Not only that but why do men do that? It seems so counter-intuitive to come on that aggressively. As if a man saying, "Damn baby, you really holding! Shake it, don't break it, took ya momma 9 months to make it!" is going to suddenly hear, "Wow tiger, I have been looking for you all my life!"

All the time I have spent in the US (I thought it was an American thing but ass Australia haha) I have never once even seen a woman smile at that nonsense.

Go figure...
 
XTCAKE said:
The misuse of the words YOUR and YOU'RE.

THAT'S THE WORST! I cannot stand that! Or any REALLY bad spelling errors!
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Yeah man, I can completely understand that one. I think that's one of THE most annoying things ever. Period. And you know what, I'm going to add onto this "spelling" or "grammatical" peeve...

I can understand people using "u" or "ur" or whatever abbreviations while using a cellphone, ESPECIALLY if for whatever reason, you don't have a keyboard. It's really not that big of a deal, while texting...But...

....If you're using a computer that is fully functional & you're not missing any letter buttons on the keyboard... SPELL YOUR FUCKING WORDS OUT, PLEASE! I mean, really... how hard is it to add "yo" to your fucking "u?" I mean, does it take up THAT much extra time, that you can't afford to do so? Quit being an asshole, and learn how to type properly, you fucking douche....

Another "peeve" of mine that I've encountered recently, is when something IS actually bothering me... and when someone asks I simply tell them "hey man, I'm not really in the mood to talk about it," and for SOME FUCKING REASON, they sit there and repeatedly ask me what's wrong... Come on, man. Chill the fuck out. If I want to talk about it, I will. But until then, please, just STFU and leave me be. You're not helping the situation as much as you think you are. You're actually making it worse...

...So fuck off before I karate chop you in the throat. =D

&& to my buddy, Aok! <3 [it's your homey, Snugg! I just needed a new name]

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Law said:
I can understand people using "u" or "ur" or whatever abbreviations while using a cellphone, ESPECIALLY if for whatever reason, you don't have a keyboard. It's really not that big of a deal, while texting...But...

....If you're using a computer that is fully functional & you're not missing any letter buttons on the keyboard... SPELL YOUR FUCKING WORDS OUT, PLEASE!
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Busted.

But, I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you did this intentionally for humor and irony. :)
 
Why the fuck do I have to change my bank password??????????

Number of times my password / bank account has been hacked in 10 years: Zero.

Yet today it forced me to change it, saying "your password has expired."
This was not a choice. I had to do it.

Then when I enter my new one, it says "Your password is about to be changed. Do you want to continue?"

No!!!!!! I want to keep my old password! But that doesn't seem to be an option.


After hundreds of logins, I am probably going to enter my old password for weeks, wasting time and effort for no good reason!!!!!
 
blue walls piss me the hell off. anyone who enforces laws should neverevereverever!!! get to break them. this actually is more than a peeve; it's a huge, valid issue that should and will get its own thread in ce&p. fuckin' PIGS!!
 
people who say Abercrombie is "evil" because they carry small sizes. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO FIT INTO THOSE SIZES, AND NOT ALL OF US ARE ANOREXIC! I am 5'1 and 105 pounds so I wear small and extra small shirts and size 0 jeans. Abercrombie will always have sizes that fit me in stock. I love bargain stores like TJ Maxx and JCPEnney, but most of the time, the small sizes have vanished from them and the only clothes left are large and extra large shirts and size 9 jeans.
speaking of that, stop putting down thin girls and saying that we are all anorexic just because you are insecure about your obesity!
 
I hate the deceitfulness and pseudoscience in general that seems to dominate the cosmetic industry and how so many otherwise sensible women are so gullible that they fall for it and spend large amounts of money on essential pointless products and treatments.

If you want an anti ageing product wear sun screen all year round. It works and can be cheap.
 
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My mind and how it'll just make shit up for me to freak out about and I'll fall for it every time.
So I'm basically freaking out about something that hasn't/probably will never happen.
And freaking out about it makes me feel stupid.
So not only am I a nervous wreck over nothing, I'm stupid.
 
prayersfor.rain said:
My mind and how it'll just make shit up for me to freak out about and I'll fall for it every time.
So I'm basically freaking out about something that hasn't/probably will never happen.
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Honey, this is the story of my life! Every single night I lie in bed freaking out about shit that has never, and probably will never happen. You're not stupid.

Unless we both are... :D

<3
 
PendulumAM said:
people who say Abercrombie is "evil" because they carry small sizes. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO FIT INTO THOSE SIZES, AND NOT ALL OF US ARE ANOREXIC! I am 5'1 and 105 pounds so I wear small and extra small shirts and size 0 jeans. Abercrombie will always have sizes that fit me in stock. I love bargain stores like TJ Maxx and JCPEnney, but most of the time, the small sizes have vanished from them and the only clothes left are large and extra large shirts and size 9 jeans.
speaking of that, stop putting down thin girls and saying that we are all anorexic just because you are insecure about your obesity!
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:|

speaking of Abercrombie (and Hollister for that matter)... why is it every time i walk past these stores my olfactory and auditory senses are accosted by their shitty smelling perfume/cologne and deafening music?
 
^ I worked at Hollister for a Christmas break during my freshman year of college. From a person who didn't own a single piece of Abercrombie or Hollister clothing I can safely say it was awful. We had to spray the clothes with the 'perfume' and 'cologne' before opening every day. :| Thank god I'll never have to work there again.
 
AmorRoark said:
We had to spray the clothes with the 'perfume' and 'cologne' before opening every day.
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wow. no wonder it always smells like someone busted a bottle of the crap outside of the store. wonder what marketing genius thought that up? 8)
 
^ No kidding.

Oh, not to mention their 'hiring practices'. I had a skinny ass back then. I walked in the store, asked the manager for an application, he gave me a once-over and told me to come in the next day to start training. :| I was offended even then. I'm glad they were sued for racial profiling. Fucking awful.
 
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