Pet Peeves ver. Fjones vs Redleader

[Fjones]

Yesterday at the gym someone told me I was going down TOO FAR on my squats.

Huh!? I do squats ass to ground. Is there some new information stating that full range of motion is BAD and that I should shorten it?

 

[LoveAlways]

^that would irritate me--mind your own business mother fucker

 

[mrs_mia_wallace]

Yesterday at the gym someone told me I was going down TOO FAR on my squats.

Huh!? I do squats ass to ground. Is there some new information stating that full range of motion is BAD and that I should shorten it?

I don't do my squats all the way to the ground because you have to use more muscle/strength to do them ALMOST to the ground. Try it a few times, there's less release and it feels more grueling.

However, that's just some info and beside the point. I would not go up to you and tell you that if you were doing squats... I hate when people start talking to me about how I am doing an exercise unless they're coaching me in which they are free to critisize me as much as they want. Otherwise, why does it matter? I was doing weights a few days ago and using four pounders and some guy told me I should use two because it would make my arms "less bulky and muscular." Who says I don't want bulky muscular arms? Mind your own business.

Today: I hate when kids sells candy bars and whatnot outside of stores, and HOUND you-- I've literally changed my direction to walk to the store and they will go out of their way to get to me, or I put on headphones and they still approach me. I'm not talking girl scouts, I'm talking kids who have large quanitities of candy bars that I don't think were obtained legally and are selling them outside because they say they need money for their families. I don't want the candy bars and I don't think this is legal or moral... it does not feel right to me but I see this really frequnetly.

I also hate when people hound me to try products in grocery stores. I had to switch aisles today because one woman would not leave me alone because I did not want to try her cheese, even after I explained I was lactose intolerant and eating that cheese would make me EXTREMELY ill. I then did not get any of the items I wanted from the aisle and didn't realize it until I got home. Now I have cereal but no milk.

 

[randycaver]

everyone has their own opinion on what exercise is right, and they all feel like telling you. grrr

personally, if i saw someone doing something incorrectly I wouldn't care, and I wouldn't think to tell them they were doing it wrong. why should I care? they'll learn on their own, and if they don't, it's not going to affect me either way. i guess it's just an ego thing or something for those people.

 

[Fjones]

I don't do my squats all the way to the ground because you have to use more muscle/strength to do them ALMOST to the ground. Try it a few times, there's less release and it feels more grueling.

However, that's just some info and beside the point. I would not go up to you and tell you that if you were doing squats... I hate when people start talking to me about how I am doing an exercise unless they're coaching me in which they are free to critisize me as much as they want. Otherwise, why does it matter? I was doing weights a few days ago and using four pounders and some guy told me I should use two because it would make my arms "less bulky and muscular." Who says I don't want bulky muscular arms? Mind your own business.

Today: I hate when kids sells candy bars and whatnot outside of stores, and HOUND you-- I've literally changed my direction to walk to the store and they will go out of their way to get to me, or I put on headphones and they still approach me. I'm not talking girl scouts, I'm talking kids who have large quanitities of candy bars that I don't think were obtained legally and are selling them outside because they say they need money for their families. I don't want the candy bars and I don't think this is legal or moral... it does not feel right to me but I see this really frequnetly.

I also hate when people hound me to try products in grocery stores. I had to switch aisles today because one woman would not leave me alone because I did not want to try her cheese, even after I explained I was lactose intolerant and eating that cheese would make me EXTREMELY ill. I then did not get any of the items I wanted from the aisle and didn't realize it until I got home. Now I have cereal but no milk.

I think I understand what you are saying, because if I stop just short of going all the way down, I will be using a lot of muscle to do so, whereas if I go ALL the way down, my body will be stopping on its own just because I physically cannot go any lower.

I can still go below parallel though and stop a bit short of "all the way" to achieve that result. This guy's point was that anything below parallel is too low, and I don't think he really understood what's what. He was probably concerned about my knees. He said something about the knees taking some wear and tear as you get older. Who knows.


HA HA HA . !! Someone came up to you and told you not to use FOUR pound dumbbells because it would make you too muscular and bulky!? You have more restraint than I do, I would have .... well, I think most people on this board probably know how I would react to a comment of that level of stupidity

I mean, really, do these people think all you need to do to bulk up is lift a few dumbbells a few times? If it were that easy everyone would look like Ronnie Coleman.

I don't like those supermarket people either. I feel guilty if I eat their food and don't buy the product.

 

[Thou]

Anyone on my doorstep who's 'keen on Jesus' and wants to tell me about it.

Anyone who uses the term 'hook-up' to refer to a sexual engagement.

Bridge and tunnel people.

 

[Fjones]

Anyone on my doorstep who's 'keen on Jesus' and wants to tell me about it.

Anyone who uses the term 'hook-up' to refer to a sexual engagement.

Bridge and tunnel people.

Agreed. What the hell does "hook-up" mean. Did you get laid or not? If you are going to tell me the story, don't use intentionally vague terminology. Tell me what happened or don't bother with the story at all.

 

[AmorRoark]

Bridge and tunnel people.

Are you talking about homeless people who live under bridges and in tunnels? I'm curious as to why they annoy you?

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

I HATE when people call water fountains bubblers!

I smoke from a bubbler.

Bridge and Tunnel: Though the name originates from the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, which services the five boroughs that make up New York City, the term has come to encompass all people who originate from outside of Manhattan, including the four "outer boroughs" of Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island, as well as Westchester County, Long Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

 

[Thou]

Are you talking about homeless people who live under bridges and in tunnels? I'm curious as to why they annoy you?

LOL, Sorry I was a bit vague. I grew up on Long Island (Lawng Island), NY. I find the people there irritating as all hell, it's just another word for them (having to take the bridges to get into Jersey and on to the mainland).

 

[AmorRoark]

Oh, I see. I get it now.

 

[Fjones]

LOL, Sorry I was a bit vague. I grew up on Long Island (Lawng Island), NY. I find the people there irritating as all hell, it's just another word for them (having to take the bridges to get into Jersey and on to the mainland).

A related pet peeve of mine is when people say, "I'm from New York," and I say, "Oh, cool, I grew up in the village, which part of the city are you from?" and they say, "Oh, I am from ________" (Fill in the blank with some random unimportant part of New York STATE.

If you're not from NYC, don't say, "I'm from New York," because it carries the connotation of New York City unless otherwise specified.

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

I say I am from Toronto (where I was born) but I grew up in Mississauga, ON. Unless I know the person I am talking to is from Toronto then they will know where the city is. It is easier for people to identify with a short answer which I prefer to give. Fjones, you are going to fill this thread again with your peeves?

 

[Fjones]

I am not. I will have fewer than 148 posts in this one, I promise.

I am not sure I understand your example though because I am not familiar with the area. Is Mississauga near Toronto?

I was mostly referring to the unusual case where the city and the state have the same name, as in New York City, NY. I cannot think of another example, but if there is one, I doubt it also happens to be one of the largest cities in the world, as New Tory City Is.

In that particular case, I think it is misleading to say "I am from New York" if in fact you are from Buffalo, NY (I have met at least one person who did this). I am bad at geography but Buffalo is probably closer to Toronto than it is to NYC.

 

[Thorn105]

Okay, I am really not a total bitch, and when posting in forums I give lots of slack. There (NOT their) are some things that really annoy me, grammatically speaking. In addition to (NOT too, or two) being annoying, it just shows pure laziness when we forget the grammar laws we started learning in the third grade.
Your vs. You're. Along similar lines, somehow people (read: idiots) confuse this more than three homonyms each of "too" or "there" combined. I am going to say this once (yeah, right) It's "you're," not "your." As in, "You're the offspring of first cousins." Contrast with, "Every time you touch a keyboard, your English teacher cries."
There (again, NOT THEIR) are more grammatical annoyances that really make me want to scream, but those are the big three. Please try not to (not two or too) think me a bitch, but the question was pet peeves, and there (NOT their) you have them.
I can already feel the fury coming in responsive posts. I already said in forums, I give lots of slack and don't make an issue of it. Please keep in mind I am referring to "professional" letters and situations, ads in the newspaper, and elsewhere proper grammar would be expected. When we are perhaps high and posting, it doesn't really bother me. I am not a grammatical genius, by any means. Those are three things I always notice, perhaps because my English teacher WAS a total bitch.

 

[Thorn105]

I almost forgot another HUGE pet peeve of mine. I am a bitch, but here (NOT hear) it is: apostrophe confusion about decades. See, apostrophes are used to denote possessives and contractions. NEVER plurality. You put the apostrophe where the missing part of a word goes: cannot = can't, chilling = chillin', and LISTEN UP, GOD FUCKING DAMMIT, 1950s = '50s. It is NOT 50's unless it belongs to 50 Cent (e.g., "That's 50's ho, yo!") or you're saying he's going to do something (e.g., "50's gonna kill you when he finds what you did with his ho, yo!").

 

[RedLeader]

When driving

When you're stopped in the turning lane at a (typically unbusy) red light, and you're fully positioned right up in the middle of the little squares....

And cars turning (in NA, from your far right to immediate left) GLARE at you for being "too far up" in the lame, so that they cannot "cut the corner" in going through the light.

Sorry for obeying the laws of traffic?

 

[_a_A_C_c_]

I am not. I will have fewer than 148 posts in this one, I promise.

I am not sure I understand your example though because I am not familiar with the area. Is Mississauga near Toronto?

I was mostly referring to the unusual case where the city and the state have the same name, as in New York City, NY. I cannot think of another example, but if there is one, I doubt it also happens to be one of the largest cities in the world, as New Tory City Is.

In that particular case, I think it is misleading to say "I am from New York" if in fact you are from Buffalo, NY (I have met at least one person who did this). I am bad at geography but Buffalo is probably closer to Toronto than it is to NYC.

the person from buffalo is in fact from new york. new york refers to the state, new york city refers to the city.

 

[mrs_mia_wallace]

Me and my inability to like the correct males on this planet.

 

[Noodle]

I have one big pet peeve.

If you ask me a question and I answer it. Move on.

I have no interest in having the same conversation, over and over again.