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xxkcxx said:
Right.

Which is why I added a few posts up:





IMO, it is more like getting peeve that a person with a broken leg uses his broken leg as an excuse to not get up from the couch for the entire 6 weeks it takes to heal and rings a bell at everybody to signify he would like a soda and if someone does not come within 3 seconds of the bell ring he threatens to kill himself.
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Ah, well I have to agree with you on that point then. I mean, to an extent having a disability is an excuse to not be able to function as well as a 'normal' person, but for a mentally/physically disabled person to blatantly use their disability as a reason to avoid any kind of responsibility is incredibly lame.

After all, having an illness, disease or handicap automatically implies a need to take responsibility FOR the disability. It's not nature's way of handing you a "get out of jail free" card.
 
i hate the phrase "no offense"

if you didn't mean to offend why say it? If you know it might offend someone then you're just being rude by saying it.
 
Thizzerfershizzer said:
i hate the phrase "no offense"

if you didn't mean to offend why say it? If you know it might offend someone then you're just being rude by saying it.
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maybe you said something and see that,by accident, it offended someone,so after that you tell em you meant no offense.thats not such a rude way of sayin it
 
^ aw man, I say that a lot. Have for awhile. I think because I hate to tell people when I think they are in the wrong, so I prefix it with that, like "don't be mad at me because I don't mean to be a bitch, I just want to let you know."
 
AmorRoark said:
Maybe they're Americans. Here we stand on the right. :)
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You cannot be serious. I want to DASH up the escalator as fast as possible, but I cannot, because people are randomly standing on BOTH sides with no rhyme or reason. Also, sometimes a couple or two friends will stand on BOTH sides on the SAME stair of the escalator, while NOT moving upward at all! GRRRRRRR!! :X:X:X
 
Tupac777 said:
people who arent black who think saying black is racist...i live in a mostly white town,so most of my friends over here are white.like if theyre talkin about someone whos black before they say "this black guy" the always add "not to be racist,but..." in front of it....i mean seriously i go around sayin nigga all the time,you really think i give a shit if you say '"black"?

and people who know i have Crip friends in my old neighborhood so whenever they see me in the hall or something they deepen their voice to "sound black" and say some bullshit like "YO WASSUP MY CRIP HOMIE G???" really,shut the fuck up,you sound like a retard...

god,i hate this town...
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This is only very slightly related, but I hate it when people tell a story and identify someone in the story as "black" for NO REASON. I rarely hear people do this with white people, asian people, or really anyone except for someone who is black.

Example:

"So anyway, I am working the evening shift and these two black dudes come in....."

Why the fuck is this relevant? Just tell the fucking story. I don't care what color skin the people in the story had.
 
^ Agree.

Though I do hear people say it with Hispanic or Asian people as well. That bugs me too.

Unless it is relevant like "two tall black dudes came in and like 10 minutes later I realized one was Shaq!"
 
^^ Hmmm, I can't say I mind it when people do that, because white people probably get described in the say way by people of a different colour. It's merely an observation isn't it? I agree that it is of no consequence to a story one may be telling but if it's just used to illustrate the scene I can't say I mind it.


I LOVE rain, and I LOVE cold grey weather (yes I know, I'm weird :D).
But I HATE having to hang our washing out inside to dry....it's just awful. It instantly makes the house look messy and dirty :X
 
^ While I don't really take it as racist, I just think it's an annoying sign of the times that if we don't say a color it is automatically 1) unspokenly assumed the person is white or 2) the listener responds "was he black?" because of something seemingly "black" the character in the story did.

I love the rain and greyness too :)
 
n3ophy7e said:
^^ Hmmm, I can't say I mind it when people do that, because white people probably get described in the say way by people of a different colour. It's merely an observation isn't it? I agree that it is of no consequence to a story one may be telling but if it's just used to illustrate the scene I can't say I mind it.


I LOVE rain, and I LOVE cold grey weather (yes I know, I'm weird :D).
But I HATE having to hang our washing out inside to dry....it's just awful. It instantly makes the house look messy and dirty :X
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No, it is usually more than just an observation. It is a subtle passive aggressive way for the speaker to make a commentary about black people without actually "saying" anything racist or discriminatory.

The people I know who I could say are truly "color blind" would NEVER do this. The people who choose to include the race of the people in their story for no good reason are usually people who have some bias or prejudice towards the race in question.
 
Pet peeve of the day:

When someone argues/debates/discusses with me for a LONG time, responding 6 or 7 times or more, and then once he realizes his argument doesn't stand up to scrutiny, he says something to the effect of, "well, you are wrong and I don't want to argue about this."

If you don't want to discuss an issue, don't waste half an hour or an hour of my time discussing the issue. Please alert me ahead of time so I can instead spend time discussing things with people who are willing to continue the discussion even if they realize I actually have a good point.
 
I fucking hate it when a waitress asks me if I'm still "working on" my food. If I considered it work to eat the food then I wouldn't still be sitting here you stupid bitch. I know it's just an expression but it makes my blood boil all the same. Yes, I am neurotic.
 
I agree with you on this one. ALso, why are they in such a hurry to get rid of me?

I was eating at a place that was 95% empty, and at least five tiems the waitress came over and asked us if we were done. Does it look like we're fucking done? We still have food in fron of us and we are sitting her talking to each other. Stop asking every 5 minutes. There are only 3 tables being used right now; when we're done, you'll know.
 
Fjones said:
You cannot be serious. I want to DASH up the escalator as fast as possible, but I cannot, because people are randomly standing on BOTH sides with no rhyme or reason. Also, sometimes a couple or two friends will stand on BOTH sides on the SAME stair of the escalator, while NOT moving upward at all! GRRRRRRR!! :X:X:X
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I am serious. You were saying that people need to move to the LEFT while it's clearly the opposite rule in America. It's just like our traffic... slow on the right passing on the left. Makes sense that pedestrians would follow this rule through all ways of transportation. Are you not American? I do agree that oblivious people who block both sides are extremely annoying. As are people who don't get the obvious and simple rule that you should walk as if you were a car.
 
I didn't say people should move to the left. That was someone else.

I apologize for any confusion though. When you said, "maybe they are from the US, here they stand on the right," I thought you were saying that people here in the US DO stand to the right; I now realize what you were saying is they are SUPPOSED to stand on the right :)

On a related pet peeve: In NYC, bicyclists ride with reckless abandon, sometimes obeying the rules of pedestrians and sometimes obeying the rules of cars. This makes their actions difficult to predict and increases their chances of getting hit by a car. It is very unnerving when they dart in and out of traffic, then suddenly go on the sidewalk, then make a turn when traffic isn't allowed to, then go the wrong way on a street. I hope they get hit by a car.
 
Pander Bear said:
today's pet peeve is people who park their shopping cart on the right side of an aisle, then stand on the left and stare at the food, making passing impossible. FUCK.
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I say excuse me and push the shit on by.
I loathe the lazy who do not return their shopping cart to the outdoor corral. I do it regardless of weather condition.s
 
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