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Pet Peeves ver. Fjones vs Redleader

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The first one can be foud here: http://bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=394577

When people use swear words incorrectly.

Incorrect Use 1 - "Contradiction":

Person A: "Man, Psych101 midterm, easy as hell man. You'll be fine."
Person B: "No actually I took it early. That essay and the time rush....dude it was hard as hell."

I think it goes without saying, what the hell realy is "hell" in this exchange?

Incorrect Use 2 - "Shit : good or bad?"

"You are full of shit" is an insult.
"You are the shit" is a compliment.

I guess the second carries an implicit assumption that it's being used as a verb. You ARE the process, unlike the solid (or perhaps liquid8o).

Still though, it all seems so similar. An analogy would be saying "you are all puke" as an insult, but "you are the spew" as a compliment.


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Carry on!!
 
^ The first one still kinda works for me. I'm sure being in hell is really hard work. The essay was hard work. Therefore, essay = hell. ;)

My pet peeve at the moment is house inspectors. They complained they didn't have our door key to do the inspection, pretty much accused us of taking it, and then don't understand why we're concerned the key is lost?! wtf assholes! THERE IS A KEY TO OUR APARTMENT FLOATING AROUND GOD KNOWS WHERE. I can't wait until I can afford to buy my own place and don't have to deal with centre management.*





*This is never going to happen. Sad face.
 
your vs you're, when i pull over for an ambulance and the asshole behind me passes me, when people pronounce the t in the word "often"

lots more those are jus the ones i thought of
 
oh and i forgot laughtracks on shows. fucking annoying, like i can't figure out when to laugh for myself?
 
Redleader, I think words like that are just used to add emphasis. But no it doesn't always make a lot of sense.

Cheah omg omg I hate that too! As well as people who say the letter 'H' like 'Haych" instead of 'Aych'.

My pet peeve at the moment is couples who stand all across one whole escalator step so noone can get past. It annoys the hells out of me. Similar is people who walk soooo sloooowly down a busy street, or even worse, ones who are keeping a good pace then suddenly STOP so that everyone behind them cascades into their backs. On Swanston St the other day (this gets hella busy and is NOTORIOUS for these idiots) my friend was telling me a couple stopped in peak hour and starting feeding each other grapes and blocking the path of everyone behind them. I mean, are they oblivious to the masses of people collecting behind them? Geeeez! :!
 
When people come into my work and let their children run around the store, and when the kids are screaming and the parents ignore them.

Also when people will be talking on their cell phones when I'm trying to talk to them or ask them questions.
 
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On Swanston St the other day (this gets hella busy and is NOTORIOUS for these idiots) my friend was telling me a couple stopped in peak hour and starting feeding each other grapes and blocking the path of everyone behind them. I mean, are they oblivious to the masses of people collecting behind them? Geeeez! :!
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LOL! That is annoying but hilarious!
 
when people use the word borrow wrong. when someone says, "ill borrow you 20 bucks." its LEND for christs sake. ive heard some smart people say that and it just irks me. also, different words/terms/sayings in different parts of the country. i went one state to the north for college and lived for a while and sometimes i would think they were talking in code. you never realize how silly some shit sounds until youre somewhere that says things differently. case in point, i could never keep a straight face when someone said they were getting a drink from the bubbler.
 
^Hehe never heard it called that way before!

People who deliberately interchange "an" with "a". Example: "I ate A apple" or "When do you become A addict?"

Grrrrrrrrr.
 
cheah said:
your vs you're, when i pull over for an ambulance and the asshole behind me passes me, when people pronounce the t in the word "often"
lots more those are jus the ones i thought of
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yea,i agree,also when people pronounce the "g" in the word "sing"

haha,we say bubbler instead of water fountain around here too
 
When people lick their fingers so as to more easily grasp pages. To a greater degree, when this is done and there's evidence of it in the form of saliva and/or lipstick residue. My 6th grade teacher was the worst at this - she would do a lick every three pages when she passed something out to the class. Page one would have a visible amount of old-lady saliva/lipstick combination in the corner, page two would have a wringle in the area, but only microscopic residue, and page three, though by no means normal, appeared to be "pretty okay." We would switch seats each month, and I would specifically go for the seats in which I'd typically be the third person in a cycle. And when people were absent in front of me in non-multiples of 3, well those days sucked.
 
When people bring up something that is really hurtful way past the time when knowing would have been relevant.

Case in point: a girl I used to be good friends with but drifted apart from after high school messaged me on facebook out of nowhere to tell me she slept with my ex-bf while I was still dating him my sophomore year.

Honestly, the ex is a douchebag and I knew he had cheated on me before, but what is the purpose of talking to me again after like 3 years of not talking to bring that up?
 
footscrazy said:
Redleader, I think words like that are just used to add emphasis. But no it doesn't always make a lot of sense.

Cheah omg omg I hate that too! As well as people who say the letter 'H' like 'Haych" instead of 'Aych'.

My pet peeve at the moment is couples who stand all across one whole escalator step so noone can get past. It annoys the hells out of me. Similar is people who walk soooo sloooowly down a busy street, or even worse, ones who are keeping a good pace then suddenly STOP so that everyone behind them cascades into their backs. On Swanston St the other day (this gets hella busy and is NOTORIOUS for these idiots) my friend was telling me a couple stopped in peak hour and starting feeding each other grapes and blocking the path of everyone behind them. I mean, are they oblivious to the masses of people collecting behind them? Geeeez! :!
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I hate this! I worked at a retail store a few years ago and customers would always bring things down to the first floor to pay that hadn't been marked correctly and I would have to go up to the 2nd 3rd or 4th floor to get them again... and some couple would be blocking the entire register and I would have to stand behind them, feeling the customer waiting at the register giving me a nasty look :|

The hallways in my apartment are pretty narrow and people are always clustering in them so I can't get through... nothing is more annoying than having to walk behind a group of three laughing and talk while walking .00007miles were hour after a long day of work when you just want to get into your bed and lie down...

Right now: people who have car trouble and don't fully pull off the road... I drove out to the pharmacy last night and some guy was not even in a shoulder lane but in one of the MAIN lanes, his car emergency lights not on but his car parked, flashing a flaghlight all over the place... I drove up and he shone it right in my face, I was blinded and almost crashed my car-- what the fuck is wrong with people when they drive?? :|

Also, when parents come into the gym I work at talking on their cellphones... it's rude and disrupts classes, not so much gymnastics classes because we're loud and yelling anyway but the dance classes and especially the ballet classes that we have a studio for (that can hear noise from the main gym). And especially when a parent comes up to me afterward and wants to talk to me, but is trying to simutaneously have a conversation on their cell phone... seriously is it that difficult to not talk on your phone for five minutes?
 
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Damn. I wasn't paying attention, I was hoping to start the new Pet Peeves thread.

--Why do some people respond to my text message by CALLING me? If I wanted to talk on the phone (which I never would), I would CALL, not text.

--Checkout clerks who cannot do basic math. This just does not make sense.

--This was said already, but I'll bump it -- The intentional misuse of the English language. I don't get it. There must be some joke I am missing.

--Along the same lines, people who think iti s funny to be obnoxious and immature without doing it in a way that is remotely clever or interesting. Most of them reside in the Lounge.

--People who waste my time. Why can't people just get out of my way, complete theur transaction, and move the fuck on with their day so I can do the same with mine?

--People who slow down at Green lights. Are they color blind? Is there an imaginary speed limit sign in the middle of the intersection? What the fuck? GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
^ maybe they call you because they have a few questions to ask you quickly, not wasting time with a text message, much easier and less time consuming.
 
People not wearing a belt with jeans, especially women. I don't know why, but it just bothers me. I realize your jeans are the proper size, so you don't need a belt, but just fucking wear one. Weird, huh?
 
I actually didn't realize one is supposed to wear a betl with jeans. My Jeans are tight fitting, so why wear a belt?

On this subjest, What is up with neckties? They are very uncomfortable. In fact they make me anxious, as does anything that is tight around my neck.

Why do we wear them?
 
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