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^^ I hate that too :|

I used to do it all the time when I used to stay at my grandparents place a lot, because they eat their meals super-hot (less taste buds/sensitivity on their older tongues I'm guessing?) and I ALWAYS without fail completely burnt my tongue.

It was always so traumatising because my grandmother is the most amazing cook, and when I burnt my tongue I couldn't taste any of the meal afterwards. But I could never wait for the food to cool down to eat it, because I knew it was going to taste wonderful!! Gahh!
 
Jeopardy contestants who cannot do math really bug me.

Tonight, the score is 15,800 to 10,000 and on what is obviously the last question (Alex had called one minute approximately a minute ago), the guy with 15,800 hits a daily double.

If he wagers 4200 and gets it right, he clinches at least a tie in final jeopardy by reaching 20,000 (double the other guy's score).

Instead he wagers 4000, gets it right easily, reaches 19,800 (meaning he can still lose in final jeopardy), and then looks disgusted and upset with the game when the "time has run out" buzzer sounds.

I was rooting against him in final jeopardy just to make it an epic fail. Alas, they both got it right and he won.
 
I have a general pet peeve about the lack of education about nutrition in this country (and possibly others). This "news" item was on CNN.com

Researchers put four popular diets -- high carb, high fat, low-fat and high protein -- to the test to see which of the regimens resulted in more weight-loss success. After two years of monitoring the participants, "all the diets were winners," said a study co-author. "The key really is that it's calories." The findings point to behavioral factors rather than metabolism as the main influences on weight loss

Did it really require an expensive study to determine that if you take in more calories than you vurn, you will gain weight, and if you take in fewer than you burn, you will lose weight? This is day one material.
 
This shit is just bizarre. There are so many foods that advertise that they are fat free and then people who are dieting gobble them up and don't understand why they don't lose weight.

If people sold packages of sugar that said "A fat free food," people would probably eat the entire bag.
 
I think we must take it for granted that we have a general basic understanding of nutrition. I too cannot fathom how someone could not be aware of the effect excess amounts of sugar has on the body.....
 
Fjones said:
This shit is just bizarre. There are so many foods that advertise that they are fat free and then people who are dieting gobble them up and don't understand why they don't lose weight.

If people sold packages of sugar that said "A fat free food," people would probably eat the entire bag.
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Agreed. I just laugh when I see people go into Coffee Bean or Starbucks and order "sugar free caramel latte w/ extra whip cream and extra caramel/fudge swirl on the top" and think they're going to lose weight....

My pet peeve for the day: when you're walking down a narrow hallway and you're in a hurry to get somewhere, or you just want to get back into your fucking apartment, and a group of people socializing are just taking their sweet time to walk down the hallway, stopping randomly and whatnot... and they refuse to let you walk past them.

Move aside, I want to go home. :(
 
Oh, I have no qualms about pushing past them. Fuck that shit. I have somewhere to go.
 
The electronic Music forum. I have never gotten an answer to a question there.
 
Fjones said:
Oh, I have no qualms about pushing past them. Fuck that shit. I have somewhere to go.
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Usually I just do, or make some sighs/sounds and nasty look that cause them to do so. But everyone in my apartment building hates me so I am trying to be a nicer neighbor... I just have no tolerance for loud noise at 5 AM when I need to be at work at nine, and have screamed at many of them.

Another pet peeve: trying to be nice to really annoying neighbors....
 
mrs_mia_wallace said:
Agreed. I just laugh when I see people go into Coffee Bean or Starbucks and order "sugar free caramel latte w/ extra whip cream and extra caramel/fudge swirl on the top" and think they're going to lose weight....
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rangrz said:
being at starbucks and having some fruit order a "no caf, low fat soy late" or some shit. I wanted to cut his carotoid out of his neck.
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It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. I bet this kind of thing does not happen to heroin addicts. I bet that when serious heroin addicts go to purchase their heroin, they do not tolerate waiting in line while some dilettante in front of them orders a hazelnut smack-a-cino with cinnamon sprinkles.

--Dave Barry
 
xxkcxx said:
It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. I bet this kind of thing does not happen to heroin addicts. I bet that when serious heroin addicts go to purchase their heroin, they do not tolerate waiting in line while some dilettante in front of them orders a hazelnut smack-a-cino with cinnamon sprinkles.

--Dave Barry
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Ahahahahahahahahahhahaha You gave me a real IRL laugh as i am readin this as i just wake up. L o Fuckin L .

The sad part is I hate those fuckin lines at the spot. like 5 cars of white people in a line all waitin and gettin pissed off cuz the person in front of you ordered fuckin , 5 base 8 diesel and you are there for like 2 bricks and youre abot to shit your pants and the reason you aint gettin your dope yet is cuz the bitch in front of you wanted base too so they had to go get that from the other stash.

So yea kind of we do put up with that just in a different way. But that shit still made my day start right good looks kcx. I use to read the dave barry colum in the newspaper.
 
^ I thought the same thing about having to wait in line at tips, but I'm guessing Dave Barry has never been waiting for dope at a tip, so I'll let him slide...or maybe I should e-mail him and let him know lol
 
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