Pet Peeves v. u mad?

[addictivepersona]

When people point to something with a writing utensil and literally make a point. Cap the pen or switch it around in your hand. I don't need you marking up the page thank you very much.

 

[modern buddha]

^ ... How many times does THAT happen? I've never had that happen to me.

 

[shimazu]

pens that work one minute, then go dry the next minute, then work an hour later, then die for two weeks

I usually just rage trash them

 

[alasdairm]

^ ... How many times does THAT happen? I've never had that happen to me.

while i fully respect and celebrate addictivepersona's right to view that as a peet peeve, i find myself asking the same question about a lot of stuff in here. surely, in order to be a pet peeve, the peeve has to be something reasonably generic that happens often enough for it to make its way onto the peeve-radar?

i guess a pet peeve of mine is, therefore, when somebody describes a very specific, one-off annoyance as a pet peeve.



alasdair

 

[addictivepersona]

^ ... How many times does THAT happen? I've never had that happen to me.

while i fully respect and celebrate addictivepersona's right to view that as a peet peeve, i find myself asking the same question about a lot of stuff in here. surely, in order to be a pet peeve, the peeve has to be something reasonably generic that happens often enough for it to make its way onto the peeve-radar?

i guess a pet peeve of mine is, therefore, when somebody describes a very specific, one-off annoyance as a pet peeve.



alasdair

I'd consider anything that happens on more than a weekly basis to be in the realm of "pet peeves". Where I work, people quite often give me a list of things to get/scan/file. It's quite often that I'll be nearby as they are compiling said list, and they'll mention something on that list and point to it with their pen that they just wrote out the list with, more often than not marking said list with a dot.

 

[alasdairm]

^ i knew when i wrote my post that yours was not the greatest example.

there used to be a frequent poster here who would get incandescent with rage at incredibly unique, once-in-a-lifetime issues and post them here as 'pet peeves'. i wonder what happened to you, fj.....?

alasdair

 

[shimazu]

Europeans who think Americans are all fat

 

[addictivepersona]

^ i knew when i wrote my post that yours was not the greatest example.

there used to be a frequent poster here who would get incandescent with rage at incredibly unique, once-in-a-lifetime issues and post them here as 'pet peeves'. i wonder what happened to you, fj.....?

alasdair

Now that you've mentioned his name, he'll show up. ;)

 

[Assphace]

Europeans who think Americans are all fat

and stupid. i get it, hurr durr don't get all butthurt, but jesus christ it's fucking annoying.

also, i hate hearing soccer referred to as football, and soda as pop.

 

[modern buddha]

^ It technically IS "football". Even if you'd notice, in spanish, "soccer" is "futból". It's the United States, again, that has it backwards.

 

[CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT]

Technically it's Association Football (hence shortened to soccer), just as rugby or union is an abbreviation of Rugby Football Union (from the Rugby School where it was first played).

I would assume American Football is the correct term and people would be only confused if it was abbreviated to "American"

 

[shimazu]

its easier to just say NFL

no confusion

3 syllables

 

[Busty St Clare]

What about college football or when you play down the park with your mates?

 

[CoffeeDrinker]

its easier to just say NFL

no confusion

3 syllables

Syllabic laziness is a pet peeve.

 

[modern buddha]

^ By all he means, it's probably best just to say "NFL" or "National Football League". Hardly worthy of being called "lazy", imo.

 

[AmorRoark]

The majority of the world calls it football. Australia, South Africa, some of Canada & the US calls it soccer. That's not just the US and not really that small of a population. I find it annoying when either group complains about either group's use of their adopted word.

 

[Busty St Clare]

It is zúqiú in china

 

[modern buddha]

^ Which translate to what?

The majority of the world calls it football. Australia, South Africa, some of Canada & the US calls it soccer. That's not just the US and not really that small of a population. I find it annoying when either group complains about either group's use of their adopted word.

Yeah, complaining about anything, not just about this matter, ticks people off.

 

[Busty St Clare]

^ Which translate to what?P

Soccer of course

 

[Max Power]

The majority of the world calls it football. Australia, South Africa, some of Canada & the US calls it soccer. That's not just the US and not really that small of a population. I find it annoying when either group complains about either group's use of their adopted word.

You're wrong.