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Title: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 06, 2013, 09:18:04 PM
What situations, habits, etc. peeve you?

I have many peeves.

One is when someone hands me a cup of hot coffee or some other boiling liquid, and expects me to take it directly from their hands. What, do you expect me to just grab the cup with my bare hands when you're holding it by the one and only handle? Put it on the table!!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: hillbillyatheist on August 06, 2013, 09:45:02 PM
nitpickers, perfectionists, and people who constantly find ways to put you down and left them up. Also people that get annoyed at everything or are constantly angry. lastly people that refuse to engage in an intelligent discussion when disagreement arises. I'm referring to people that toss catch phrases like "talk to the hand" or try to think up comebacks or trap you in your words, or rather than simply talk and try to come to an understanding.   people that keep forwarding bullshit that has been proven wrong by snopes since forever. an example is I still see people forward horrible pictures of deformed sick babies, because facebook will donate money for every forward. That shit makes me want to punch them through my computer screen. Also self righteous, smug and pompous people. (basically anybody that thinks they are above you and make sure you know it) Also people who talk too softly and then when I ask them what they said, say never mind. just a heads up. deaf people and hearing impaired people hate you every time you pull that shit.

thats all I can think of right now.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Shiranu on August 06, 2013, 09:55:01 PM
People who feel the need to post their peeves as if it is some form of validation of their position and people who care what other people's peeves are.

Also, peeved that sarcasm and humour like that have to be explained on the internet because of the lack of ability to put tone into posts.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on August 06, 2013, 10:21:02 PM
People with a whole fucking laundry list of peeves AND people who find a need to revive peeve threads. :)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: hillbillyatheist on August 06, 2013, 10:29:25 PM
Quote from: "Shiranu"peeved that sarcasm and humour like that have to be explained on the internet because of the lack of ability to put tone into posts.
thats what emoticons help with. granted it may not be as ideal as tone of voice but its all we got.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 06, 2013, 10:32:37 PM
People who are peeved about other people airing their peeves! :D
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: hillbillyatheist on August 06, 2013, 10:35:10 PM
people peeved about people being peeved at people being peeved! take THAT!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on August 06, 2013, 10:35:47 PM
Quote from: "Atheon"People who are peeved about other people airing their peeves! :D
Yeah, that always pisses me off too. :)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on August 06, 2013, 11:29:44 PM
:-k  I resent it when people get peeved at me when I get peeved about them being peeved at me.  :Hangman:  Solitary
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: WitchSabrina on August 07, 2013, 07:01:08 AM
Pet peeve = I hate not getting to finish my sentence when talking with someone due to them being rude dumbasses and jumping on their Every Single thought as though it's their last.

*sigh*
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Jason78 on August 07, 2013, 08:53:21 AM
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Pet peeve = I hate not getting to

I hate that too.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: WitchSabrina on August 07, 2013, 08:54:07 AM
Quote from: "Jason78"
Quote from: "WitchSabrina"Pet peeve = I hate not getting to

I hate that too.


**shakes finger at Jason**

I saw what you did there.     :rollin:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on August 07, 2013, 09:10:34 AM
No kidding around. I have a pet peeve. When I say something to my wife she never answers me and I don't know if she heard me or not. And then she says: I HEARD YOU!   :evil:  Solitary
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: WitchSabrina on August 07, 2013, 09:14:55 AM
Quote from: "Solitary"No kidding around. I have a pet peeve. When I say something to my wife she never answers me and I don't know if she heard me or not. And then she says: I HEARD YOU!   :evil:  Solitary

yeah........   ::sigh::   my husband does that too.  Sometimes I want to plant a fork in his forehead.


just sayin
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Jmpty on August 07, 2013, 10:04:52 AM
My biggest peeve is people who are rude to service employees. I have intervened more times than I can count when I witness it.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: WitchSabrina on August 07, 2013, 10:27:12 AM
Quote from: "Jmpty"My biggest peeve is people who are rude to service employees. I have intervened more times than I can count when I witness it.

Me too!   People tend to forget things like SOMEONE has to bring the food - SOMEONE has to get rid of the trash, etc.   Service jobs does NOT translate to "lesser than you".  And like you when I see it I speak up too.  

Having money doesn't necessarily mean one has class.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: the_antithesis on August 07, 2013, 01:17:44 PM
Quote from: "Atheon"What situations, habits, etc. peeve you?

I really hate it when people list their peeves.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: LikelyToBreak on August 07, 2013, 01:21:53 PM
I think my biggest pet peeve is when someone says, "What you really think is,..."  Fuck them.  I am the world's foremost expert on what I think.  I may be wrong about what I am thinking, but Goddamnit, I know what the fuck I'm thinking better than anyone else.  And I don't giving a flying Rat's Ass what your magic book says.  You Nazi Communist bastard asshole, you are not as smart as you think you are.   Telling me what I think, really?  How fucking retarded are you?  You lame ass turd-licking waste of space.  They don't even try to lead up to it, like for instance saying, "Well maybe you are confused and deep down what you really think is,..."  Noooo, they just immediately start telling me what I think, like they're some wonderful dickhead psychic who can really read minds better than people can think with them themselves.   :axe

I have other peeves.  But, that is one of my biggest.  :oops:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Jmpty on August 07, 2013, 01:33:47 PM
Quote from: "LikelyToBreak"I think my biggest pet peeve is when someone says, "What you really think is,..."  Fuck them.  I am the world's foremost expert on what I think.  I may be wrong about what I am thinking, but Goddamnit, I know what the fuck I'm thinking better than anyone else.  And I don't giving a flying Rat's Ass what your magic book says.  You Nazi Communist bastard asshole, you are not as smart as you think you are.   Telling me what I think, really?  How fucking retarded are you?  You lame ass turd-licking waste of space.  They don't even try to lead up to it, like for instance saying, "Well maybe you are confused and deep down what you really think is,..."  Noooo, they just immediately start telling me what I think, like they're some wonderful dickhead psychic who can really read minds better than people can think with them themselves.   :axe

I have other peeves.  But, that is one of my biggest.  :oops:

So, What you REALLY think is.....
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: LikelyToBreak on August 07, 2013, 02:02:59 PM
Jmpty wrote:
QuoteSo, What you REALLY think is.....
](*,)  Arrgh!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 08, 2013, 06:06:35 PM
Quote from: "Atheon"One is when someone hands me a cup of hot coffee or some other boiling liquid, and expects me to take it directly from their hands. What, do you expect me to just grab the cup with my bare hands when you're holding it by the one and only handle? Put it on the table!!
People say I have "asbestos hands", so that never bothers me.  My wife keeps telling me not to pick something up because it's hot, and when I pick it up it's not uncomfortable to me.

One of my hot buttons is misuse of English.  People who use "he and I", people whose nouns and verbs don't match in number, etc.  (Yes, I know that's a sentence fragment.)

I also don't like know-it-alls.  That really pisses off those of us who really do know it all.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on August 08, 2013, 06:31:43 PM
Quote from: "Colanth"People say I have "asbestos hands", so that never bothers me.

My Dad was considered by many in my town as the toughest mfer in the world. We would stick his hand in ice water for however long he  wanted with no effect, he once was seen with his hand on fire after working on a carburator(sp) and casually wiped it off. Once a concrete block smashed his hand and it looked nasty, blood and ripped skin and he kept working like it was a mosquito bite...


THEN.... he was found to have severe carpal tunnel...fixed that and voila he is just a normal schmuck now.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 09, 2013, 02:57:55 AM
Someone please explain to me this: trousers with only three pockets - two in the front but only one in the back.

Also, pockets so shallow or poorly designed that when you sit down, the contents spill out.

Why?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 09, 2013, 03:24:30 AM
QuoteAlso, pockets so shallow or poorly designed that when you sit down, the contents spill out.

Why?

Form over function. It doesn't have to work, as long as it's pretty.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 09, 2013, 05:42:56 PM
Quote from: "aitm"
Quote from: "Colanth"People say I have "asbestos hands", so that never bothers me.

My Dad was considered by many in my town as the toughest mfer in the world. We would stick his hand in ice water for however long he  wanted with no effect, he once was seen with his hand on fire after working on a carburator(sp) and casually wiped it off. Once a concrete block smashed his hand and it looked nasty, blood and ripped skin and he kept working like it was a mosquito bite...


THEN.... he was found to have severe carpal tunnel...fixed that and voila he is just a normal schmuck now.
No carpal tunnel (although I do have a pinched nerve in my neck that causes the same problem in my left hand, since it's the other end of the same nerve).  Just a high pain threshold.  I've been picking tomatoes the past couple of months, and cutting my arms up on the cages - and not noticing anything until my wife asks me how I cut myself.  Always been this way, though.  Pain is just pain - ignore it and get on with life.  They say that you act that way if you're on morphine for pain, so maybe my body just makes a lot of endorphins when I'm in pain.

I don't ignore blood, though.  Infections can be nasty.  (So can the amputations that they necessitate.)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on August 09, 2013, 08:03:40 PM
People who get on the freeway doing 33 mph.  The onramp is where you get up to speed. You put everyone behind you on that onramp in danger because you're afraid.  Lead, follow, or GTFO.

People who interrupt.

Drunk people, when I'm sober.

Sober people, when I'm drunk.

People who complain about shit yet shoot down every suggested solution, even those that haven't been tried yet.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Lizzie Doodle on August 09, 2013, 11:05:18 PM
My biggest pet peeve is people on Facebook. Like when young girls post provocative pictures, and then post some dumb cheesy saying next to it. Example, "Make me remember you" or "It ain't over till I say , and its barely begun". UGH can't stand it.

Another pet peeve is the DMV. Enough said.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: mykcob4 on August 10, 2013, 02:20:53 AM
People that start peeves threads.
People that complain about peeves threads.
People that complain that the internet limits their ability to complain about people who start peeves threads.
People that explain that there are internet tools that can help when using the internet to complain about people that start peeves threads.
The fact that I'm on a peeves thread.
People in general.
Peeves in general.
Threads in general...oh damn theres a lose one now,...I'll just give it a tug...oh wha....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: the_antithesis on August 10, 2013, 02:33:39 AM
QuoteThat's why I wouldn't want to be psychic. I mean, I only get to hear like three percent of what people are thinking and I already hate almost everyone. If I could read minds I'd probably just end up knocking motherfuckers out.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: WitchSabrina on August 10, 2013, 06:05:52 AM
Quote from: "Thumpalumpacus"People who get on the freeway doing 33 mph.  The onramp is where you get up to speed. You put everyone behind you on that onramp in danger because you're afraid.  Lead, follow, or GTFO.

People who interrupt.

Drunk people, when I'm sober.

Sober people, when I'm drunk.

People who complain about shit yet shoot down every suggested solution, even those that haven't been tried yet.


 :rollin:
Best post yet !!!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: WitchSabrina on August 10, 2013, 06:05:52 AM
Quote from: "Thumpalumpacus"People who get on the freeway doing 33 mph.  The onramp is where you get up to speed. You put everyone behind you on that onramp in danger because you're afraid.  Lead, follow, or GTFO.

People who interrupt.

Drunk people, when I'm sober.

Sober people, when I'm drunk.

People who complain about shit yet shoot down every suggested solution, even those that haven't been tried yet.


 :rollin:
Best post yet !!!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on August 10, 2013, 08:18:26 AM
Quote from: "Jmpty"My biggest peeve is people who are rude to service employees. I have intervened more times than I can count when I witness it.
This. Probably my biggest peeve is when people are rude to anyone in general. It makes me want to crawl under a rock.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on August 10, 2013, 08:35:32 AM
And when the book store at the airport (in this case, it was Little Rock) has mainly religious/spiritual books aimed mostly at women and how we should live our lives.
Then there was this gem. I just had to snap a pic:
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Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on August 10, 2013, 08:36:01 AM
I don't know why that is sideways. It's right in Photobucket. Oh well.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on August 10, 2013, 10:44:12 AM
Quote from: "Mermaid"And when the book store at the airport (in this case, it was Little Rock) has mainly religious/spiritual books aimed mostly at women and how we should live our lives.
Then there was this gem. I just had to snap a pic:
[ Image (//http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/Suemermaid/Nazi_zps956a0ae1.jpg) ]
Because if there's any group good at forgetting God, it's national socialist Roman Catholics. :lol:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 10, 2013, 05:28:47 PM
Why do so many Christians do so many things completely backwards?  Like that book?  Like naming a law that limits marriage "Defense of Marriage Act"?  Like a bill that's anti-American "Contract FOR America"?  I can understand stupid, but ass-backwards?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: mykcob4 on August 10, 2013, 07:09:46 PM
Okay I guess I'll play. I have a friend that loves sports, plays fantasy football, watches every baseball, football, and basketball game he can. BUT he knows nothing about any of those sports except for a few statistics. We watch a game together and he constantly asks "why did he do that?" I often invite him to play basketball, golf, tennis, softball, and flag football, but this guy just won't play. So to all who just watch the game and never played.
"If you never played then you can't grasp how difficult it is, so just accept that the athelete that you are watching is doing the best that PEDs can provide for.!"
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 10, 2013, 07:58:51 PM
Quote from: "Colanth"Why do so many Christians do so many things completely backwards?  Like that book?  Like naming a law that limits marriage "Defense of Marriage Act"?  Like a bill that's anti-American "Contract FOR America"?  I can understand stupid, but ass-backwards?
It's for the same reason why right-wing organizations like to use names with "family" and "freedom" in them, even though they're opposed to these ideas. It's the same reason why dictatorial governments like to use the word "democratic" or "people's" in them (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Democratic Republic of the Congo). Or why the Nazis called themselves "National Socialists" when they were fascists. It's to deceive and dupe.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on August 10, 2013, 08:23:22 PM
"Nucular."

"Excape."

"Expecially."
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Skaði on August 10, 2013, 09:32:15 PM
-Children. I don't think that there exists a child who isn't annoying.

-People who are vehemently against other peoples diets(as in, meat-eaters who take any chance to taunt vegetarians/vegans, or vegetarians/vegans who demand everyone be like them)

-People who complain about women who don't wear enough clothes for their taste and call them names for it

-People who make baseless assumptions about me or others/ people who try and speak for other people

-People with a poor ability to emphasize

-People who try to be over-logical- the type who think fiction is a waste a time, criticizes people for doing harmless activities they enjoy for not being useful, and who are just anti-life in general. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

-(Linguistic) Prescriptivists.

-People with gender essentialist views

-Anti-abortionists

I think I should stop now, my misanthropy is starting to act up :x
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 11, 2013, 04:58:59 AM
Quote-Children. I don't think that there exists a child who isn't annoying.

You clearly haven't met mine :D
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on August 11, 2013, 08:54:51 AM
Quote from: "Plu"
Quote-Children. I don't think that there exists a child who isn't annoying.

You clearly haven't met mine :D
That's what they all say.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 11, 2013, 09:05:47 AM
Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren"
Quote from: "Plu"
Quote-Children. I don't think that there exists a child who isn't annoying.

You clearly haven't met mine :D
That's what they all say.

No shit  :roll:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on August 11, 2013, 09:42:57 AM
Quote from: "Plu"
Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren"
Quote from: "Plu"You clearly haven't met mine :D
That's what they all say.
No shit  :roll:
Just because I don't cooperate doesn't mean I missed the joke. :P
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 11, 2013, 10:16:40 AM
Nail polish painted in a way that it makes the wearer look like they have some horrible fungal infection.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 12, 2013, 05:04:50 AM
Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren""Nucular."

"Excape."

"Expecially."
"Pundint."

"Tenant" (when they mean "tenet")

"Babdist."

"Realator."
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 12, 2013, 05:25:25 AM
I don't think he's talking about you. Isn't that how Bush talked?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 12, 2013, 05:26:08 AM
Quote from: "drunkenshoe"Yes, I have seen the sig. Go easy on me. My English is not really good, because it is my second language and I have never been to an English spoken country, so never used it actively. Grammar nazis makes me tense a little. It puts me off from the forum when people attack my English, right or wrong.
Don't worry... those are mistakes and odd pronunciations made by native speakers of English.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: LikelyToBreak on August 12, 2013, 09:58:08 AM
English words are pronounced differently in different parts, even within a country.  Often knowledgeable people can tell where you are from, by how you pronounce words.  It can be annoying, when you are trying to understand what people are saying and you can't.  

It is not just English though.  I knew a Japanese guy who I just couldn't understand.  Another guy took me aside and told not to worry about not understanding him, no one else could either.  The guy I had trouble understanding was from the southern part of Japan.  It always seemed, to me, that those in the Northern parts of Japan were easier to understand.  Just the way it is.   :-|
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on August 12, 2013, 10:11:04 AM
Quote from: "drunkenshoe"
Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren""Nucular."

"Excape."

"Expecially."

Yes, I have seen the sig. Go easy on me. My English is not really good, because it is my second language and I have never been to an English spoken country, so never used it actively. Grammar nazis makes me tense a little. It puts me off from the forum when people attack my English, right or wrong.
These are mistakes commonly made by my fellow Americans, and they annoy me. :P
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on August 12, 2013, 10:17:01 AM
trust me.



no.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on August 12, 2013, 10:21:11 AM
My pet peeve now is the new pill dispensers where you have to pull a card out that is next to impossible to do, and then pop the pills out that either fly around the room or roll off the table. What is wrong with the bottles with safety caps?  If it is to discourage illicit drug users it doesn't stop them and just makes it harder for older people.  Dumb!   :evil:  Solitary
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 01:21:10 AM
Today I had to refollow someone on instagram and act like I had no idea why I wasn't following her anymore.

In reality I unfollowed her because I was sick of my newsfeed getting cluttered with bible quotes and pictures of her niece that she is overly obsessed with.

Now I have to put up with it for a while again....
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 02:34:04 AM
Weak. Should've just told her you're not interested in following her :P
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 03:08:59 AM
Quote from: "Plu"Weak. Should've just told her you're not interested in following her :P
In retrospect, that would have been a better plan.

She is one of my artist friends and we have this inside joke about playing cards between a few of us and she tagged me in the video.
I didn't see because she keeps her acct on private (probably because she is the single most tightly wound up and self conscious people I know)

but she asked me about it, and I panicked...

I'll give it a week. If there is more than 2 bible quote posts, i'm undoing it.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Fidel_Castronaut on August 13, 2013, 03:41:48 AM
Fat people on stairwells. Doubly so when they stop every few seconds for a breather.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 03:44:44 AM
Quote from: "Fidel_Castronaut"Fat people on stairwells. Doubly so when they stop every few seconds for a breather.

At least they're trying!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 03:51:40 AM
People who think torturing puppies is evil, but have no problems with munching down on a big mac.

People who respond to debates with irrelevant metaphors.

People who think that because they know someone who's an expert on a subject, they're also an expert. "I can't be wrong, my dad is a historian!"

People who try to make others feel ashamed for something their ancestors or countryman did.

People who are condescending in a passive aggressive manner, like by disguising insults as compliments, so that if you call them out on it they can play innocent and make everyone think that you're the asshole.

People who justify their wrongdoings with bad stuff that has happened to them.

People who who point out all the flaws in an opponents arguments, but remain silent when someone on "their side" says something they know is stupid.

The whole 90's soccermom "educational" cartoon, turn your kids brains to mush barney and teletubbies mentality.

People who don't know the difference between justice and revenge.

People who complain that "No matter how much I diet and exercise, I just won't lose any weight". Unless you have some sort of disorder, you will lose weight if you diet and exercise enough. Doing a few situps and eating a fruitcup everyday is NOT diet and exercise. And no, it isn't "too hard" or "impossible", you're just weak willed.

People who use the phrase "man-up"

People who tell gamers to calm down when they get really pissed at a game. If you're so fucking calm, WHY DON'T YOU AND PLAY THE SCENE IN AC3 WHERE YOU HAVE TO CHASE DOWN CHARLES LEE, BUT THE GUARDS KEEP PUSHING YOU BACK WHEN YOU TRY TO GO THROUGH THEM, AND WHEN YOU FINALLY DO MAKE IT THROUGH THEM, YOU END UP STUCK IN A FLAMING SHIP WITH NOWHERE TO GO. Seriously. I am not at all exaggerating when I say that that videogame chase made me more angry than I have ever been in my entire life. I was alone when I played through it, but if someone had been there and they had tried to tell me to calm down I would've thrown my controller at their face.

People who belittle others because they spend "Too much time" doing "worthless activities" like playing games or watching anime. As long as they're not hurting anyone, what the fuck business of yours is it how much time someone spends doing something that makes them happy? I don't get onto you for spending 6 hours a day watching sports.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 04:09:58 AM
Vegans / PETA activists. I'm all for being nice to animals and everything, but don't bombard my email with videos of how pigs are treated, or nicer ways to kill mice in your house.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 04:24:34 AM
QuoteVegans / PETA activists. I'm all for being nice to animals and everything, but don't bombard my email with videos of how pigs are treated, or nicer ways to kill mice in your house.
I'm a vegan and I hate PETA. I agree with their core tenets(animals are not ours to eat, animals are not ours to wear, animals are not ours to test on etc...) But bizarre publicity stunts are only going to alienate people from the vegan cause. I'm more of a non-violent, direct action, ALF type of guy. "Terrorists" or not, they get shit done. And with the exception of a few retarded cells like the one that set caged minks free in a forest minks had no business being in, they harm nobody. Constructive vandalism and kidnapping animals works better than shame campaigns and forwarded emails any day.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 04:28:43 AM
Quotethey harm nobody

Except probably the people whose business they're vandalising or kidnapping the animals from.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 04:31:51 AM
Okay. They physically harm nobody.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 04:33:25 AM
Except maybe the guys who lose their jobs and then their house and stuff because they can no longer pay mortgages or buy food.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 04:38:08 AM
Physical Harm

harm (härm) n. 1. Physical or psychological injury or damage

phys·i·cal (f z-k l) adj. 1. a. Of or relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

Losing a job or house is not physical harm.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 04:40:30 AM
Generally speaking, people who have to claim they "phsyically harm nobody" are considered assholes by society, and rightly so. :) You can easily destroy someone's whole life while "physically harming nobody".
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 04:42:27 AM
Yea, that's why I said Vegans / PETA activists

Some vegans (not all) I know act like they are PETA members throwing wounded puppies in my face.

You have the right idea if you actually do something about what means something to you instead of scaring everyone around you to do it for you.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 04:46:55 AM
It is better for a few people to be without a career but in good health than for millions to be slaughtered held captive, and experimented on. And what society thinks of a group is irrelevant. Every revolutionary group that changed the world for the better was once thought of by the majority as "assholes".(I'm not using this to prove ALF is changing the world for the better, I'm merely saying that your remark about ALF being thought of as assholes is irrelevant.)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 04:52:51 AM
Every revolutionary group also harmed loads of people. If you claim that they "harm nobody", you are full of shit. Saying you believe the harm is worth it because of their goals is one thing, but saying they do no harm is simply being ignorant.

It's pretty much falling in with the line who are opposed to killing animals but have no problems with eating hamburgers. You know, the people you get so peeved about? At least be man enough to admit that you don't care that people lose their jobs and livelihood if it means improving the living conditions of animals. People might not agree with you, but at least you're being honest.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 04:55:49 AM
QuoteYea, that's why I said Vegans / PETA activists

Some vegans (not all) I know act like they are PETA members throwing wounded puppies in my face.

You have the right idea if you actually do something about what means something to you instead of scaring everyone around you to do it for you.

Thank you. I know at times it seems like all vegans are only vegans so they can shove it in your face, but very few people are committed enough to completely change their entire lifestyle just so they can be smug. Most are honestly just trying to make the world a better place, but because of the controversial nature of the issue, and the fact that being a vegan, by definition, means you think that you're doing a good thing that most other people aren't, it's very easy to mistake caring vegans for self-righteous ones.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 04:56:05 AM
QuoteYea, that's why I said Vegans / PETA activists

Some vegans (not all) I know act like they are PETA members throwing wounded puppies in my face.

You have the right idea if you actually do something about what means something to you instead of scaring everyone around you to do it for you.

Thank you. I know at times it seems like all vegans are only vegans so they can shove it in your face, but very few people are committed enough to completely change their entire lifestyle just so they can be smug. Most are honestly just trying to make the world a better place, but because of the controversial nature of the issue, and the fact that being a vegan, by definition, means you think that you're doing a good thing that most other people aren't, it's very easy to mistake caring vegans for self-righteous ones. Especially on the internet.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 05:00:20 AM
QuoteAt least be man enough to admit that you don't care that people lose their jobs and livelihood if it means improving the living conditions of animals. People might not agree with you, but at least you're being honest.
I never denied that ALF does harm peoples livelihoods, and I didn't mean to be unclear. I was just stating that Non-violence toward sentient beings(Humans included) is a huge part of ALF's philosophy. And people losing their jobs is, in my opinion, a necessary sacrifice.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 05:01:45 AM
Hey, how do I delete my my first double post? The x is missing for some reason.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 05:05:57 AM
"Harm" and "Hurt" are way too blanket terms to be used like that. You should probably include the extra explanation of "no direct physical" in your explanations if you want to come across as honest. But good to hear that you're willing to say that people losing their jobs is a neccesary sacrifice. I can get behind people who are willing to accept the consequences of the stuff they believe in, even if I don't agree with what they believe in.

Just as long as you're not the kind of person who wants to feed their cat vegan food as well. That's just tormenting the poor cat instead of the poor animal going into its food.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 05:13:01 AM
Exactly.  And I would even go as far as saying that I agree with what they want to do for animal rights. I just have other things that for me,  are a bigger priority.

All I'm saying is that i wouldn't push someone to care about something I care about if they don't want to... And I ask for the same in return.  If you care about any the then go out and take care of it. Because whoever isn't actually active in a  cause they believe in, it's hot air. If you care about the homeless getting food,  volunteer.  same goes for animal rights,  human rights....  All of it

And that is where you have the right idea.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 05:17:44 AM
Thanks. If you do ever get interested in veganism, or at least want to view some of the main arguments, I'd recommend checking out the ALF FAQ. It's very well written and covers almost everything.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Fidel_Castronaut on August 13, 2013, 05:20:42 AM
Quote from: "Plu"
Quote from: "Fidel_Castronaut"Fat people on stairwells. Doubly so when they stop every few seconds for a breather.

At least they're trying!

Can't fault 'em for that I guess.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 05:26:42 AM
People who say everything with an upward inflation.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 05:31:16 AM
Quote from: "Farroc"Thanks. If you do ever get interested in veganism, or at least want to view some of the main arguments, I'd recommend checking out the ALF FAQ. It's very well written and covers almost everything.
I actually was looking in to it for a while as it can be very healthy.  It's EXTREMELY difficult for me though because I'm allergic to nuts...  Which is eliminating a lot of protein.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 05:38:31 AM
I've never heard the argument that veganism is healthy before... eating vegetarian I know can be healthy, but usually it's just a lot of extra work and the problem with eating meat is that most people eat way too much of it.

But veganism usually requires a lot of work and careful planning in order to make sure you get all the sustenance you need?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 05:38:34 AM
.....Allergic to nuts. :-?


You just had to be allergic to nuts. :rollin:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 05:50:53 AM
I'm not going to lie about veganism being harder to plan, and much more expensive, but the average life vegan life expectancy is longer than the average omnivore, and it's safe for all stages of life.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 13, 2013, 05:54:34 AM
QuoteI'm not going to lie about veganism being harder to plan, and much more expensive, but the average life vegan life expectancy is longer than the average omnivore, and it's safe for all stages of life.

I'm not surprised, "the average omnivore" probably includes all those people that can only buy enough food to last the month if they eat at macdonalds every day, they'll be dragging the average down :P
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Fidel_Castronaut on August 13, 2013, 06:05:28 AM
Quote from: "Plu"
QuoteI'm not going to lie about veganism being harder to plan, and much more expensive, but the average life vegan life expectancy is longer than the average omnivore, and it's safe for all stages of life.

I'm not surprised, "the average omnivore" probably includes all those people that can only buy enough food to last the month if they eat at macdonalds every day, they'll be dragging the average down :P
And stopping the rest of us from getting up the fucking stairwell.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 12:58:34 PM
Quote from: "Farroc"I'm not going to lie about veganism being harder to plan, and much more expensive, but the average life vegan life expectancy is longer than the average omnivore, and it's safe for all stages of life.
I should also say that the fact that going vegan would also ruin my pizza experience. Which, pizza, is sadly even more of a priority for me than not having an allergic reaction to nuts, or something manufactured in a facility that processes nuts.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 01:05:40 PM
and oh yea... I don't know if this counts as a peeve, but moths.... scare the crap out of me.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: the_antithesis on August 13, 2013, 01:13:41 PM
When I tell people to eat shit and die and then they just stand there.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 01:16:06 PM
Quote from: "the_antithesis"When I tell people to eat shit and die and then they just stand there.
LOL!  :rollin:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 13, 2013, 03:22:14 PM
Quote from: "drunkenshoe"Oh, I see. Thanks Plu and Atheon. Nevertheless we have a one more grammar nazi,lol.
Any time I hear (or see) a non-native-English-speaker make a grammatical or spelling error, I think "how would I do in his/her language?"  Most of the time, it's "not well enough to be called totally illiterate".  I can ask for help in a few languages, and actually function a little in 2 other than English, but English is the only one I'm even fairly fluent in.

As far as your English, it usually comes across as someone who has had a lot of education.  You use words and concepts that a lot of Americans wouldn't understand.  (Then again, sadly, a large percentage of Americans are functionally illiterate.)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 13, 2013, 03:27:49 PM
Quote from: "Solitary"My pet peeve now is the new pill dispensers where you have to pull a card out that is next to impossible to do, and then pop the pills out that either fly around the room or roll off the table. What is wrong with the bottles with safety caps?  If it is to discourage illicit drug users it doesn't stop them and just makes it harder for older people.  Dumb!   :evil:  Solitary
When you pick up the script, ask for a container large enough to hold all the pills - with a non-safety cap.  (They cost almost nothing - I've never had a pharmacy say no.)  Pry the little tab off the card case (the tab you're supposed to press), then you can just pull the cards out.

Take a steak knife and slit each bubble, so it's easier to pop the pills out.  Pop them all out - a week at a time is handy - and put them in the container.

I even had one pharmacy offer to print a label for the container, so I had all the info and I could throw the card case out.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 13, 2013, 03:31:07 PM
Quote from: "PickelledEggs"There are two types of people I have a hard time respecting; an adult with an imaginary friend, and someone who lives in the NY, NJ area that thinks Domino's is an acceptable form of pizza.
Even here in North Carolina there are much better choices.  They're not NY pizza, but they're as close as you can get with the water here, and they make Domino's taste like what it is - a poor not-quite-imitation of pizza.  (Yes, I know NY pizza - I grew up in Brooklyn.)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 13, 2013, 03:38:10 PM
Quote from: "PickelledEggs"Vegans / PETA activists. I'm all for being nice to animals and everything, but don't bombard my email with videos of how pigs are treated, or nicer ways to kill mice in your house.
If they're into "natural", the nicest way to kill the mice in your house is to have a cat or two.  It's completely natural.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 13, 2013, 03:44:02 PM
Quote from: "Farroc"I'm not going to lie about veganism being harder to plan, and much more expensive, but the average life vegan life expectancy is longer than the average omnivore, and it's safe for all stages of life.
It's not that you live longer, it's that it seems to drag on forever.

We evolved to be omnivores.  We didn't evolve to be carnivores who nibble a little plant cellulose.  Big Macs and shakes as a diet is as bad for us as a diet of nothing but leaves and twigs.

Aside from having to eat a lot more amino acids if you get them all from plant sources rather than from animal sources (our guts are too short, and they don't host the right bacteria, to easily get all our nutrition from plants), you also have to make sure that you get all your essential amino acids, which omnivores solve by eating a couple of ounces of flesh a day.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 13, 2013, 06:50:03 PM
Quote from: "Colanth"
Quote from: "PickelledEggs"There are two types of people I have a hard time respecting; an adult with an imaginary friend, and someone who lives in the NY, NJ area that thinks Domino's is an acceptable form of pizza.
Even here in North Carolina there are much better choices.  They're not NY pizza, but they're as close as you can get with the water here, and they make Domino's taste like what it is - a poor not-quite-imitation of pizza.  (Yes, I know NY pizza - I grew up in Brooklyn.)
I've actually was in NC and found some REALLY good pizza. Definitely comparable to NY style. The reason I have that in my signature is because of the Pizza Belt theory. outside of the pizza belt the ratio of good pizzerias to bad pizzerias in a given area gets worse and worse.

As seen Here //http://gawker.com/the-pizza-belt-the-most-important-pizza-theory-youll-743629037
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on August 13, 2013, 07:59:21 PM
Quote from: "Farroc"It is better for a few people to be without a career but in good health than for millions to be slaughtered held captive, and experimented on.


You enjoy a healthy and disease-free life because of medicines developed with the use of animals.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 13, 2013, 10:51:10 PM
QuoteYou enjoy a healthy and disease-free life because of medicines developed with the use of animals.
Vegans don't use products tested on animals.


QuoteIt's not that you live longer, it's that it seems to drag on forever.

We evolved to be omnivores. We didn't evolve to be carnivores who nibble a little plant cellulose. Big Macs and shakes as a diet is as bad for us as a diet of nothing but leaves and twigs.

Aside from having to eat a lot more amino acids if you get them all from plant sources rather than from animal sources (our guts are too short, and they don't host the right bacteria, to easily get all our nutrition from plants), you also have to make sure that you get all your essential amino acids, which omnivores solve by eating a couple of ounces of flesh a day.
As I said, veganism is harder to plan, but just as healthy.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 14, 2013, 02:30:39 AM
QuoteQuote:
You enjoy a healthy and disease-free life because of medicines developed with the use of animals.

Vegans don't use products tested on animals.

Most of the advances in medical technology were created by using test-animals. You might claim you don't use products that were tested on animals, but you're still using methods and information that was gathered by testing on animals.

It's just a little more indirect death. Like how millions of bugs died in the construction of your house. You probably don't consider your house to be built with animal material, but that doesn't mean they don't die in droves when you put down a concrete foundation.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 14, 2013, 03:12:36 AM
//http://insects.about.com/od/insects101/f/Do-Insects-Feel-Pain.htm

The reason I'm a vegan, is because I believe all sentient beings deserve the right to live a peaceful life, free of unnecessary harm. But insects aren't sentient. They do not have a capacity to feel pain, hunger, fear, love, or joy. They don't need rights.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Plu on August 14, 2013, 03:15:19 AM
You should include fried crickets and other bugs in your diet then. They're supposed to be a really good source or protein and really tasty.
And probably a lot more natural than whatever other sources of protein you're using. :P

It's a shame they don't sell them here, I really want to try that sometime.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 14, 2013, 03:30:47 AM
QuoteYou should include fried crickets and other bugs in your diet then. They're supposed to be a really good source or protein and really tasty.
And probably a lot more natural than whatever other sources of protein you're using. :P

It's a shame they don't sell them here, I really want to try that sometime.

I would, but frankly, the thought makes me want to vomit. And I'm not even normally a very squeamish person. I doubt they would even taste bad, but just the thought would completely ruin my appetite. Maybe if they were like, blended into a smoothie I could manage it. Grasshopper and mango smoothie.....mmmmmmmm......
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on August 14, 2013, 03:39:31 AM
Quote from: "Farroc"//http://insects.about.com/od/insects101/f/Do-Insects-Feel-Pain.htm

The reason I'm a vegan, is because I believe all sentient beings deserve the right to live a peaceful life, free of unnecessary harm. But insects aren't sentient. They do not have a capacity to feel pain, hunger, fear, love, or joy. They don't need rights.

I see your point of view but I am curious what the problem is with eating eggs or dairy products. Growing up we had chickens in fenced in area of the back yard, about 50 x 100 feet. These chickens would have been eaten by predators if we had not protected them. What is the objection to eating eggs under these circumstances?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Farroc on August 14, 2013, 04:57:20 AM
Because, while you may have given your chickens a good life and allowed them to live their full, natural lifespans, the conditions of most dairy and egg farms are horrible. There are(At least in the US) virtually no laws or regulations protecting the rights and welfare of farm animals. Even on farms that are "Organic" or "free range" the conditions typically aren't very good, and animals are never allowed to live their full lifespan. Dairy cows are killed after 5 years, when they should live 20. Not to mention all of the newborn chicks that are killed directly after hatching thanks to the egg business.

QuoteIn addition, 212,000,000 male "layer" chicks were discarded shortly after birth, since males can not lay eggs and are not of the right genetic breeding to be valuable for meat production. Usually the male chicks are ground up alive or discarded to suffocate to death in plastic garbage bags. Investigators have even found live chicks that have been dumped directly into hatchery dumpsters.


That quotes from a vegan website, but that stat is from the USDA.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on August 14, 2013, 03:13:54 PM
Straw feminists.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on August 14, 2013, 03:16:06 PM
Straw in general
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on August 14, 2013, 08:13:49 PM
Ï don't really get off on peeve threads like some of you do, but just because I'm highly pissed off now WHO THE FUCK told the Little Debbie company they needed to shrink down oatmeal cream pies down to the size of a small Oreo cookie and jack up the price? If I ever run into that slut, Little Debbie I'm kicking her greedy little ass! :evil:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 14, 2013, 08:34:18 PM
^lol @ APA

I don't like it when people use to instead of too.

you know... "this is to cute"

I always think... "To cute... or not to cute... that is the question"

*Shakespeare reference*
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on August 14, 2013, 08:39:52 PM
Quote from: "Farroc"
QuoteYou enjoy a healthy and disease-free life because of medicines developed with the use of animals.
Vegans don't use products tested on animals.

But vegans are vaccinated for diseases, right? And the people who surround vegans?

Without animal testing, we'd probably all be dead of infectious disease. Medications cannot be tested in cell lines and petri dishes.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on August 14, 2013, 09:29:11 PM
Vegans help lower the cost of beef and other animal products.. :) Thanks for not causing the price to skyrocket vegans!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on August 14, 2013, 09:56:13 PM
Quote from: "PickelledEggs"I always think... "To cute... or not to cute... that is the question"

*Shakespeare reference*
I hate it when people tell you what they're referencing when you can reasonably be expected to already know what they're referencing.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 14, 2013, 10:06:46 PM
Quote from: "Hydra009"
Quote from: "PickelledEggs"I always think... "To cute... or not to cute... that is the question"

*Shakespeare reference*
I hate it when people tell you what they're referencing when you can reasonably be expected to already know what they're referencing.
I hate it when something I do is one of someone else's peeves.  :lol:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: the_antithesis on August 15, 2013, 01:11:10 AM
Quote from: "aitm"Straw in general

God dammit.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 15, 2013, 03:27:00 AM
People who bump into me, walk in front of me, or start talking to me when I'm holding clearly recording something with my video camera.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 15, 2013, 06:08:40 PM
Quote from: "Mermaid"
Quote from: "Farroc"
QuoteYou enjoy a healthy and disease-free life because of medicines developed with the use of animals.
Vegans don't use products tested on animals.

But vegans are vaccinated for diseases, right? And the people who surround vegans?
That last point!

If his non-vegan neighbors don't get vaccinated - with vaccinations tested on sentient animals - he's going to be in the middle of an epidemic and will probably contract enough diseases to kill him.

I guess people who don't get vaccinated form one of my peeves.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 16, 2013, 02:17:42 AM
"Wellness".
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Brian37 on August 16, 2013, 07:05:31 AM
My peeves,

Popping chewing gum.
Chewing with your mouth open.
Sound effects in food commercials. Seriously, would you sell toilet paper with sound effects? NO so what makes any company think chewing and crunching noises are appealing? IT MAKES ME WANT TO THROW A FUCKING BRICK AT THE TV!

And filler words in conversations.

Like you know, like you know, like like like you know you know. YOU SOUND FUCKING STUPID!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on August 16, 2013, 11:06:49 AM
Thinking of toilet paper ads._ who decided that a babies butt is a good representation of the most common usage for toilet paper? Are they trying to tell us something there? Is it OK to stuff jr between your legs on the can to smear your own excretement on his bare ass? Child welfare organisations really ñeed to speak out on this issue. :evil:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on August 16, 2013, 05:30:30 PM
Tampon, pad and douche commercials. Have a happy period. Are they fucking kidding me?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Thumpalumpacus on August 17, 2013, 11:20:04 AM
Quote from: "Fidel_Castronaut"
Quote from: "Plu"
QuoteI'm not going to lie about veganism being harder to plan, and much more expensive, but the average life vegan life expectancy is longer than the average omnivore, and it's safe for all stages of life.

I'm not surprised, "the average omnivore" probably includes all those people that can only buy enough food to last the month if they eat at macdonalds every day, they'll be dragging the average down :P
And stopping the rest of us from getting up the fucking stairwell.

lmao
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on August 17, 2013, 11:33:38 AM
Quote from: "Mermaid"Tampon, pad and douche commercials. Have a happy period. Are they fucking kidding me?
Would you feel better if it was, 'You're on the rag AGAIN? YOU BITCH!'
Have a happy period toots, not all hormonal spazed out. :)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on August 17, 2013, 11:49:07 AM
Using "loose" instead of "lose," such as: "Wrong! You loose! Good day sir!"

Using "lose" instead of "loose," such as: "Let lose the dogs of war!"

 :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on August 17, 2013, 12:06:05 PM
Quote from: "AllPurposeAtheist"
Quote from: "Mermaid"Tampon, pad and douche commercials. Have a happy period. Are they fucking kidding me?
Would you feel better if it was, 'You're on the rag AGAIN? YOU BITCH!'
Have a happy period toots, not all hormonal spazed out. :)
:rollin:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on August 17, 2013, 02:24:33 PM
While we're on the topic of spelling/grammar, there are few things I hate more than apostrophe abuse.  A good rule of thumb is that unless it's a possessive or contraction, you probably won't need an apostrophe.  And you never need an apostrophe to pluralize a word.  Ever.

"The ducks swam in the lake."  Correct.
"The duck's swam in the lake."  Incorrect.

And I don't get why numbers and abbreviations get the apostrophe treatment.  With few exceptions, there's no good reason for it.

"I love the 90s."  Correct.   :)
"I love the '90s."  Also correct.
"I love the 90's."   WRONG!   :evil:

Compact Discs = CDs.    :)  Not CD's.   :evil:

(//http://farm1.staticflickr.com/82/232080353_1fdb3ca662_z.jpg?zz=1)

 :Hangman:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on August 17, 2013, 03:36:13 PM
Quote from: "Hydra009"[ Image (//http://farm1.staticflickr.com/82/232080353_1fdb3ca662_z.jpg?zz=1) ]

 :Hangman:
Dear GOD.  :-|
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 17, 2013, 11:40:00 PM
Quote from: "Hydra009"And you never need an apostrophe to pluralize a word.  Ever.
A late friend of mine phrased it, "An apostrophe does not a plural make."  It drove him nuts.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 18, 2013, 12:01:02 AM
Quote from: "Hydra009"While we're on the topic of spelling/grammar, there are few things I hate more than apostrophe abuse.  A good rule of thumb is that unless it's a possessive or contraction, you probably won't need an apostrophe.  And you never need an apostrophe to pluralize a word.  Ever.

"The ducks swam in the lake."  Correct.
"The duck's swam in the lake."  Incorrect.

And I don't get why numbers and abbreviations get the apostrophe treatment.  With few exceptions, there's no good reason for it.
Because that was the standard way of doing things in decades past, and it was how I was taught to do it in school in the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Johan on August 18, 2013, 01:03:13 AM
Quote from: "Farroc"Vegans don't use products tested on animals.
My peeve is vegans who can't keep their lifestyle choices to themselves.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: SilentFutility on August 18, 2013, 09:03:04 AM
Quote from: "Hydra009"While we're on the topic of spelling/grammar, there are few things I hate more than apostrophe abuse.  A good rule of thumb is that unless it's a possessive or contraction, you probably won't need an apostrophe.  And you never need an apostrophe to pluralize a word.  Ever.

"The ducks swam in the lake."  Correct.
"The duck's swam in the lake."  Incorrect.

And I don't get why numbers and abbreviations get the apostrophe treatment.  With few exceptions, there's no good reason for it.

"I love the 90s."  Correct.   :)
"I love the '90s."  Also correct.
"I love the 90's."   WRONG!   :evil:

Compact Discs = CDs.    :)  Not CD's.   :evil:
So much this.
The only one I really forgive is the difference between its and it's as that is an exception to the normal rules so you could be excused for being thrown by it.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on August 18, 2013, 10:16:41 AM
Quote from: "SilentFutility"
Quote from: "Hydra009"While we're on the topic of spelling/grammar, there are few things I hate more than apostrophe abuse.  A good rule of thumb is that unless it's a possessive or contraction, you probably won't need an apostrophe.  And you never need an apostrophe to pluralize a word.  Ever.

"The ducks swam in the lake."  Correct.
"The duck's swam in the lake."  Incorrect.

And I don't get why numbers and abbreviations get the apostrophe treatment.  With few exceptions, there's no good reason for it.

"I love the 90s."  Correct.   :)
"I love the '90s."  Also correct.
"I love the 90's."   WRONG!   :evil:

Compact Discs = CDs.    :)  Not CD's.   :evil:
So much this.
The only one I really forgive is the difference between its and it's as that is an exception to the normal rules so you could be excused for being thrown by it.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on August 18, 2013, 10:18:31 AM
QuoteThe only one I really forgive


What are you a Priest?  :lol:  Solitary
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Colanth on August 18, 2013, 09:53:19 PM
Quote from: "Atheon"
Quote from: "Hydra009"And I don't get why numbers and abbreviations get the apostrophe treatment.  With few exceptions, there's no good reason for it.
Because that was the standard way of doing things in decades past
In what manual of style?  None of which I'm aware.  I don't think even Safire, rebel though he was, would have approved of it.

Quote from: "SilentFutility"The only one I really forgive is the difference between its and it's as that is an exception to the normal rules so you could be excused for being thrown by it.
It's is a contraction - it is.  Its is in the same class as his, which also doesn't take an apostrophe.  They're not exceptions.  They're exceptions to rules that don't apply to them.  (I'm a few steps past "grammar Nazi" when I'm pushed.)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 22, 2013, 02:24:52 AM
In printed material:

Peeve: "per cent"
Better: "percent"
Best: "%"
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 22, 2013, 02:46:33 PM
Oh, and "ashphalt" instead of "asphalt".
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on August 22, 2013, 03:39:46 PM
Ok, my new peeve.. GRAMMAR NAZI'S!
Grammar and language is not nor has it ever been static.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on August 22, 2013, 04:37:22 PM
Quote from: "AllPurposeAtheist"Ok, my new peeve.. GRAMMAR NAZIS!
Grammar and language is not nor has it ever been static.
Removed that unnecessary apostrophe for you.








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Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on August 22, 2013, 05:51:52 PM
My pet peeve now is bottled water that has a container so thin you can't open it without water going all over a computer key board.  :shock:  :evil:  :roll:  Solitary
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 22, 2013, 06:54:49 PM
Quote from: "Hijiri Byakuren"
Quote from: "AllPurposeAtheist"Ok, my new peeve.. GRAMMAR NAZIS!
Grammar and language is not nor has it ever been static.
Removed that unnecessary apostrophe for you.








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Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on August 22, 2013, 06:56:24 PM
Quote from: "Atheon"Oh, and "ashphalt" instead of "asphalt".
People do that??!!!??  :Hangman:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on August 23, 2013, 12:00:43 AM
Quote from: "AllPurposeAtheist"Ok, my new peeve.. GRAMMAR NAZI'S!
Grammar and language is not nor has it ever been static.
New peeve:  people who mischaracterize your arguments.

"pervasive grammar/spelling mistake X ticks me off" (note the word mistake and not variant) =/= "I think language ought to be completely static"
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Cockroach on August 23, 2013, 01:58:56 AM
I can't quite express how much I loathe the tendency for some theist to correlate communism with atheism. Because Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot were atheist and mass murderers that means atheism is to be viewed as a malicious group that if not stopped will kill everything in its path. That sounds silly yes but I've come across many internet forums in which such a topic is taking place with many people supporting the claim and actually feel that atheist are out to get them or will get them if we gain too much power/popularity/influence and throw out god in the process. It's not a common topic but the ugly some-of-a-gun pops up enough to make me rage like a cockroach receiving news that the occupants of a beat down apartment complex whose food its been living off of for a month are leaving.


EDIT: It's also worth noting that the topic is popular in some pro-religion books that, as suspected, sucks in people to take its delusions without question. Hence why you have some people make just plain wrong statements about dictators. My favorite being the claim that Hitler was a atheist. Its also not uncommon to see youtubers do this as well...

(go and type in communist and atheist on youtube and see the results..... you'll laugh I swear)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on October 15, 2013, 08:18:29 PM
People that quote Marilyn Monroe. Especially jerkoff girls in their teens - late 20s In order to use it as an excuse to be a jerkoff.

Bettie Page was so much cooler than Marilyn anyway.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GrinningYMIR on October 15, 2013, 08:24:32 PM
I am annoyed when I see over-PDA, when its past a cuddle or a smooch and is now practically fucking on the street.


I also hate it when people interrupt me, it shows a lack of respect that just demands I bat them to the face
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on October 15, 2013, 08:49:37 PM
I done fergot bout that grammer natzee remark. :shock:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on October 15, 2013, 10:15:35 PM
people who fire 19 times at JWs and miss........





 :wink:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on October 15, 2013, 10:38:46 PM
My pet peeve is still these knew pill containers where you have to punch out the pills. Every day this bugs me. What's wrong with an old child proof bottle? Just because something is new doesn't make it better. :x  Solitary
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on October 15, 2013, 11:05:12 PM
Downtowns that nearly die after 9pm and there are no stores for miles. :x
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on October 16, 2013, 01:18:47 AM
In Windows, I hate it when I change the name of a file, only to give me an error message because it turns out the file is still open. Then instead of letting me copy the new file name onto the clipboard, so I can close the file and paste the new name, Windows simply reverts the file name back to the old one. So I have to close the file and retype the new file name from scratch.

Don't you just hate when that happens?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on October 16, 2013, 08:04:33 AM
Quote from: "Solitary"My pet peeve is still these knew pill containers where you have to punch out the pills. Every day this bugs me. What's wrong with an old child proof bottle? Just because something is new doesn't make it better. :x  Solitary
I hate these too. The reason they are packaged in blisters has to do with the stability of the product in air.
The packages need to be both childproof and "elder-friendly". So blame kids and old people.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Savior2006 on October 16, 2013, 08:58:18 AM
I hate it when I'm driving through a neighborhood or subdivision and people insist on walking in the street when there's perfectly fine grass and sidewalks on their left or right. Once I was going through a poor neighborhood and people had a fucking baby in a stroller as they were going down the street.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on October 16, 2013, 11:20:29 PM
Quote from: "Savior2006"I hate it when I'm driving through a neighborhood or subdivision and people insist on walking in the street when there's perfectly fine grass and sidewalks on their left or right. Once I was going through a poor neighborhood and people had a fucking baby in a stroller as they were going down the street.

I too have often wondered why people do that. I don't get it.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on October 18, 2013, 06:37:49 AM
Winter.. It's on its way again! :evil:
And don't give me that crap about how pretty snow is..a blank sheet of white paper is white too. Nobody comments on how pretty copy paper is. :x
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on June 17, 2014, 12:01:06 PM
I just remembered a peeve of mine.


People that type "lmbo" instead of lmao
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on June 17, 2014, 03:00:26 PM
Summer is here and golly, the copy paper garden is so pretty this time of year! :biggrin:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GrinningYMIR on June 17, 2014, 07:49:28 PM
I hate when my boss keeps giving me crap jobs, which is bad because I'm the most efficient at them
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on June 17, 2014, 08:15:12 PM
generally, I am peeved about everything...
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Nam on June 17, 2014, 11:09:51 PM
People who have pet peeves. They get hair everywhere and never clean after them. Damn those pet peeves!

-Nam
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 24, 2014, 08:35:41 AM
People who think children are angels sent by heaven to make our lives richer.
Babysitting two nephews several times a week has taught me the truth, children are disgusting, loud, selfish, rabid and lack empathy.

Still love my nephews though.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on July 10, 2014, 07:14:17 PM


This.  Good thing it's in video format.  :P
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GrinningYMIR on July 10, 2014, 07:17:14 PM
I hate babies, there I said it
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on July 10, 2014, 08:07:52 PM
Quote from: GrinningYMIR on July 10, 2014, 07:17:14 PM
I hate babies, there I said it

I thought being an atheist you would find them delicious. Have you tried them with ketchup?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Nam on July 10, 2014, 09:08:09 PM
Quote from: GSOgymrat on July 10, 2014, 08:07:52 PM
I thought being an atheist you would find them delicious. Have you tried them with ketchup?

They get in your teeth, and their bones are so small that it's difficult to pick them out. And, I don't know about everyone else but babies taste like chicken. If I want chicken I'll eat alligator.

:wink:

-Nam
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on July 11, 2014, 12:29:49 AM
People who think introverts need to be outed and continually try to involve you in shit you don't have any use for.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on July 11, 2014, 12:44:29 AM
This may seem like a really strange gripe, but people who roll the dice too close to the miniatures at tabletop games.  I see this so much with D&D and 40k.  Some derpsauce who knocks over a squad of marines with his oversized dice like they're bowling pins.  Emperor have mercy.

*clenched teeth*  You.  Shoebox.  Roll 'em there.  Not difficult.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: the_antithesis on July 12, 2014, 10:56:46 AM
People who gripe about their peeves on internet forums.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: DunkleSeele on July 12, 2014, 11:14:50 AM
People who get peeved at people griping about their peeves on internet forums.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on July 12, 2014, 11:35:48 AM
People who gripe about people who gripe about their peeves on internet forums.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on July 12, 2014, 11:45:34 AM
I get peeved at people who get peeved over peeving people that are peeved at peevers. So there.  :naughty:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on July 12, 2014, 11:46:06 AM
I get....Um.


I lost my place.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on July 12, 2014, 12:10:19 PM
Quote from: Mermaid on July 12, 2014, 11:46:06 AM
I get....Um.


I lost my place.

Does this mean I win?  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on October 28, 2014, 01:24:07 PM
People who pluralize "processes" by saying "process-eez". It's not the name of a Greek philosopher, it's just a common noun, like "pass/passes", "mess/messes". Just pronounce the -es like you would with any other ordinary word ending with an /s/ sound.

Exceptions are words like "analyses", because that actually comes from Greek; it's not the plural of "analys", but of "analysis".
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on October 28, 2014, 01:53:46 PM
A peeve I have (though honestly if I've already mentioned this I can't remember) are the baby boomer child worshipers who, while loving children is fine and great if you love them and want to raise them and protect them, but the ones who do this and treat anyone who doesn't feel the same way they do is a crime somehow, i wish these people who just get high and stop talking about it.

I'm not a fan of children, I've never going to have my own and after time with my two nephews it just reaffirmed this all the more. But my mother and others in my family think children and angels from Valhalla that shit gold.

I often want to just wait for certain child worshipers to start talking about children, and then bring up about several amazing cocks I've seen in porn, and worship talk about that in the same way, just to piss them off.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Poison Tree on October 28, 2014, 03:21:21 PM
People who say "don't judge me".
Anytime someone says "don't judge me" I immediately judge them as being a terrible person, not because of whatever they are doing but because, by saying "don't judge me", they are signaling that they think whatever they are doing is wrong and not only are they going to do it anyway but they somehow want their hypocrisy to earn them the moral high ground over all of us "judgmental" people.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on October 28, 2014, 08:37:01 PM
(http://3u0gdv3vukuf15vp9312siwh2cg.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dryer.jpg)
Millions of tons of perfectly good clothing wasted every year one tiny speck at a time..  Damned those dryers!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Deidre32 on October 30, 2014, 02:40:43 PM
* People who say they're friends, but they're not.
* Tailgaters, but I'm in the right hand lane...hmmm-go 'round me fool
* Christian friends who have sent me 'scripture' passages via text, etc...since I've left Christianity. Aye!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: TrueStory on October 30, 2014, 02:59:48 PM
People who let there cars idle for longs periods for no reason.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on October 30, 2014, 07:19:08 PM
Quote from: TrueStory on October 30, 2014, 02:59:48 PMPeople who let there cars idle for longs periods for no reason.
Same.  Running water unnecessarily really gets me, too.

And we've got this microwave that beeps once when it's done cooking and beeps again a couple minutes later if you haven't taken your food out by then.  Loud beeps, too.  I hate that second beep and hate it when other people let the second beep happen.  If it were up to me, microwaves would only beep once and fairly softly, too.  Because, unless you're one hell of a multitasker, you're probably going to be within about ten feet or so of the microwave when it goes off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4L-N__lJg
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on October 30, 2014, 07:26:30 PM
I hate how with automated tills in supermarkets, once you pay for your shopping, the automated voice will keep repeating for you to take your shopping over and over, flat out telling you to hurry up.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on October 30, 2014, 07:38:51 PM
Quote from: Munch on October 30, 2014, 07:26:30 PM
I hate how with automated tills in supermarkets, once you pay for your shopping, the automated voice will keep repeating for you to take your shopping over and over, flat out telling you to hurry up.
*please place item in baggage area*
*unexpected item in baggage area*
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GrinningYMIR on October 30, 2014, 07:41:29 PM
I hate it when people expect things of you even when they're irrational or not something achievable
and when trucks take up two or more parking places, not a semi-just a regular pickup
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on October 30, 2014, 08:16:25 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on October 30, 2014, 07:38:51 PM
*please place item in baggage area*
*unexpected item in baggage area*

GAH!!! *smashes machine* WE BUILT YOU MACHINE, YOU DON'T CORRECT US!!!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on October 30, 2014, 08:39:27 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/YjsKUa8.jpg)

Recommended for you:  literally the worst video in the history of the world based on some arcane analysis of your viewing habits.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on October 30, 2014, 09:40:11 PM
Cindy Lauper doing remixes of her own songs 20 years after the fact.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on October 30, 2014, 10:00:06 PM
Pettiness about just any little minor annoyance and blowing it up out of proportion to full blown peeves..
OK, not that big a deal..
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on October 30, 2014, 10:05:55 PM
Essential oils... what's so fucking essential about them?! Absolutely nothing. Just call them plugless Glades plugins and call it a day.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on October 30, 2014, 10:07:17 PM
Pettiness is next to godliness.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on October 30, 2014, 10:21:40 PM
Quote from: kilodelta on October 30, 2014, 10:05:55 PM
Essential oils... what's so fucking essential about them?!
Had to look that one up.  Yeah, they're "essential" in the sense of being the "essence" of some plant's fragrance.  They're not essential in the normal sense of the word, e.g. essential amino acids.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on October 30, 2014, 10:27:18 PM
Ah. I guess I won't have to be as peeved about them... but, I'll remain peeved when people say they cure disease and control kids' behaviors.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on October 30, 2014, 10:34:00 PM
Every cheap infomercial out there. I mean sure it's kind of entertaining at how stupid they are, but it pisses me off thinking some less 'aware' person is buying there shit, like the 'tiddy bear' or the mr frosty slush puppy maker.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on October 30, 2014, 11:27:30 PM
They're essential to the continued growth of the essential oils industry.. Let us pray to the mighty dollar and the hucksters.. :pray:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on October 31, 2014, 06:22:51 AM
Essential oils smell nice, at least.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: MagetheEntertainer on October 31, 2014, 06:49:20 AM
I hate when people try to give me advice on things they know nothing about.  Ex:  this one lady at work is always trying to give me financial advice because she things i'm young n dumb, however she has 5k in credit card dept and hasn't paid her rent in over 3 months.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on November 03, 2014, 10:35:02 PM
Companies and organizations without a website. Or with a Facebook page instead of a real website.

You are a business or organization. You want to look professional. You want people to get information about you and your products and services. Get a fucking website. A real one. One where I can learn about your products, your company history, your vision, your location, your contact info, etc.

Oh, and make sure the full official name of your organization is on the site, preferably on the homepage (which should NOT be a flash splash page, and which should NOT automatically play music)!!!

Grrrrr!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on November 04, 2014, 12:18:32 AM
Quote from: Atheon on November 03, 2014, 10:35:02 PMOh, and make sure the full official name of your organization is on the site, preferably on the homepage (which should NOT be a flash splash page, and which should NOT automatically play music)!!!
Enjoy (http://www.morimotonyc.com/)!  :razz:

This too (http://www.pulcinella.ca/).

*nose and eyes bleed*
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on November 04, 2014, 12:40:18 AM
Quote from: Hydra009 on November 04, 2014, 12:18:32 AM
Enjoy (http://www.morimotonyc.com/)!  :razz:

This too (http://www.pulcinella.ca/).

*nose and eyes bleed*
FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU, HYDRA AND THOSE WEBSITES!!!!!!! :lol:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on November 04, 2014, 05:24:53 PM
A woman came into my cubicle at work holding a flyer and asked me to make a donation to a local charity. I sat there, cornered in my own office. Another woman on my floor is trying to get me to attend one of her "workshops" on a Sunday for some pyramid scheme sales thing that involves food. She sends emails via work, but so far she hasn't cornered me in my office. Any day now.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on November 05, 2014, 04:43:43 PM
Quote from: Mermaid on November 04, 2014, 05:24:53 PM
A woman came into my cubicle at work holding a flyer and asked me to make a donation to a local charity. I sat there, cornered in my own office. Another woman on my floor is trying to get me to attend one of her "workshops" on a Sunday for some pyramid scheme sales thing that involves food. She sends emails via work, but so far she hasn't cornered me in my office. Any day now.
Tell her you gave to the church and bought your minister a new Corvette and have no money to buy food now.
I once worked in a boiler room operation selling that crap.. After 10000000000 phone calls and zero sales I quit..
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on November 05, 2014, 05:13:20 PM
Quote from: Mermaid on November 04, 2014, 05:24:53 PM
A woman came into my cubicle at work holding a flyer and asked me to make a donation to a local charity. I sat there, cornered in my own office. Another woman on my floor is trying to get me to attend one of her "workshops" on a Sunday for some pyramid scheme sales thing that involves food. She sends emails via work, but so far she hasn't cornered me in my office. Any day now.
Go to her workshop and just point out to everyone why it's a scam and how much of a scam it is. She'll never invite you to a workshop again... and you'll probably save a few other people from the scam.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on November 05, 2014, 07:29:46 PM
Quote from: PickelledEggs on November 05, 2014, 05:13:20 PM
Go to her workshop and just point out to everyone why it's a scam and how much of a scam it is. She'll never invite you to a workshop again... and you'll probably save a few other people from the scam.
That would not be good for my work relationships. Sometimes you just have to take shit from people.

Besides, fuck that, I am not spending a precious day off doing some stupid thing like that.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on November 05, 2014, 07:35:20 PM
If she makes an issue out of it, just say your (significant other, mother, whoever) said it looked like a pyramid scheme and warned you to avoid it.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on November 05, 2014, 07:43:36 PM
Quote from: Mermaid on November 05, 2014, 07:29:46 PM
That would not be good for my work relationships. Sometimes you just have to take shit from people.

Besides, fuck that, I am not spending a precious day off doing some stupid thing like that.
Oh I thought some lady was just going around offices spamming her pyramid scheme she's wrapped up in.

Yeah if you want to muscle it out to keep the peace with your co-workers it might be best to not make a fuss haha.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on November 05, 2014, 08:38:25 PM
Last week I was behind a woman at a red light. Light turned green. She didn't move. I honked. She stuck her arms out the window and pointed at her cell phone.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on November 05, 2014, 09:02:08 PM
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on November 05, 2014, 08:38:25 PMLast week I was behind a woman at a red light. Light turned green. She didn't move. I honked. She stuck her arms out the window and pointed at her cell phone.
That's enough for a not guilty verdict from me.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on November 06, 2014, 04:47:53 AM
I so looove the people who somehow, when I'm walking through my local and often busy town, manage to come from behind me, get in front of me in a fairly steady paced flow of people.. and slow down to a snail's pace. And you can't even walk around them because of the flow of people coming the other way.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Poison Tree on November 06, 2014, 11:37:48 AM
How about when people (especially fathers themselves) refer to a father watching his own child as "babysitting"
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on November 06, 2014, 06:23:24 PM
Quote from: PickelledEggs on November 05, 2014, 05:13:20 PM
Go to her workshop and just point out to everyone why it's a scam and how much of a scam it is. She'll never invite you to a workshop again... and you'll probably save a few other people from the scam.
Wrong! It only is a scam if you're ripping off everyone otherwise it's capitalism..

Oh wait...:think:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Sinead Mc Namara on November 20, 2014, 06:04:16 PM
I don't like it when people spit just for the sake of spitting.  I mean when you have a cold or that OK but one day I was sitting on a bench at the bus stop and this guy was just spitting all around to make a design.  I was grossed out. 
One time in a shop here in Germany I was waiting in the queue and this lady walks up to the front of the line, doesn't let the cashier even scan her magazine and literally threw the money at her.  I dislike people like that. 
I worked in a hotel and on Sunday evenings it was usually quiet because we were mostly a conference hotel and then there was nearly always one customer who would come in and ask to see like 5 rooms and then choose the first one.  Arrggg
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on November 20, 2014, 08:19:06 PM
Another peeve I have, maybe I'm jumping the gun here, but as both a dog and cat lover, whos owned both, I often notice when you have people who are primarily dog owners, many of them have a profound hatred for cats. And yet cat owners I almost never see any hatred for dogs from them.

Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on November 22, 2014, 12:45:07 AM
Quote from: Munch on November 20, 2014, 08:19:06 PM
Another peeve I have, maybe I'm jumping the gun here, but as both a dog and cat lover, whos owned both, I often notice when you have people who are primarily dog owners, many of them have a profound hatred for cats. And yet cat owners I almost never see any hatred for dogs from them.
I used to not like cats and was only a dog person. I don't know why I didn't like them. The more I got to be around cats, the more I learned that I like them.

Sent from your mom

Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GrinningYMIR on November 22, 2014, 12:50:14 AM
I have a strong dislike for infants, to the point where I'm concerned I will hate my own kids because of that. Just the screaming and hollering and all that stuff infuriates me. Oh well...

I also don't like patronizing
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Deidre32 on November 22, 2014, 10:26:39 PM
Pet peeve of the day...although, slightly more upsetting than a mere peeve...

When your dad who seemed to accept you leaving the faith (after much time of battling you)...joins forces with your aunts, to 'evangelize' you one afternoon. An afternoon, that was supposed to be fun and light, turned into me on the defensive. Just not a good day. :(
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: the_antithesis on November 22, 2014, 11:28:09 PM
Family sucks balls.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Shiranu on November 23, 2014, 03:35:23 AM
Police stopping someone for suspected marijuana possession, throwing him to the ground and tasing him for "resisting arrest" and then saying he had a gun on him (which he didn't)... causing the entire building to have to be evacuated.

Slightly situational peeve, I know...
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on November 23, 2014, 08:14:08 AM
"I'd love to go to that seminar with you....but my probation forbides it."
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on November 23, 2014, 09:17:14 AM
Jehovah's Witnesses. there should be an open season for them. I got hassled outside a 7-11 when buying milk. Told them I was an atheist and Jesus never existed. they ran away. Kill them.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on November 24, 2014, 08:03:08 PM
People trying to make a left turn from the left lane when there's a perfectly good turning lane.  Watched two near-accidents in quick succession from people practically stopping in a busy street then turning from the wrong lane.  And apparently, turn signals are some sort of alien technology unfathomable to humans.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on November 25, 2014, 09:14:37 AM
other people. What the fuck is wrong with all of you? Get out of my way!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on November 25, 2014, 09:47:16 AM
Quote from: Hydra009 on November 24, 2014, 08:03:08 PM
People trying to make a left turn from the left lane when there's a perfectly good turning lane.  Watched two near-accidents in quick succession from people practically stopping in a busy street then turning from the wrong lane.  And apparently, turn signals are some sort of alien technology unfathomable to humans.

Lol. My son's BMW has a large dent in it from exactly what you described, a lady talking on a cell phone and not using her turn signals.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mequa on November 25, 2014, 10:53:45 AM
It peeves me the most when people who claim to be friends, turn on me and act spiteful, catty and intentionally hurtful. The fact that someone would terminate a friendship in such a manner and treat a former friend in such a way suggests a lack of personal integrity.

Good riddance to anyone I have met who turned out like that.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on November 25, 2014, 11:26:38 AM
I've experienced this several times as a gay guy in certain circles, in similar vain to what you were saying Mequa, but something that pisses me off in this kind of group of people, both online or in person, are just how many gay men will claim to be your friend, be friendly with you, but the ONLY thing on their minds is them trying to get you in bed or send you erotic text or messages, all just using you for a quick way to jack themselves off to. Most don't give a shit about your life so they aren't friends, their just friendly to blow their loads, then just pass you off until they get horny again.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on November 25, 2014, 01:03:56 PM
I get peeved when gays hit on me and I say stop when they try to kiss me! And they don't listen, unless it is a pretty girl, then it is OK.  :syda: :lol:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on November 25, 2014, 03:05:10 PM
Mild annoyance:  magazine cover dates.  I'm reading one right now that's circa 2015.

(originally posted on December 16, 2016)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on November 25, 2014, 05:14:14 PM
Another thing that I've grown to really hate, is this thing with memes people use without any thought into context to it in real life.
I actually don't mind memes themselves, I often use them and make gifs myself for fun and use already known memes sometimes that aren't really harmful.

But what pisses me off are these memes that pop up where it almost idolizes a real life person to the extent that people love them, even if they really are just fucking assholes irl. For example there has been a sea of vladimir putin memes for a while now, that shit of him riding around on a bear, and the people who put those memes around didn't know shit about putin irl, they didn't care, they just began to idolize him because of those stupid fucking memes, they loved him because of a fucking caricature.

And the worst example of this came years ago, with the hype spread around to do with chuck norris. Everywhere on forums, in games, even advertisment, people idolized chuck norris, because of shit like memes and false pretense trying to make him out to be a badass. The reality is he's a fucking redneck, homophobic poser, who had his ass handed to him by Bruce Lee. But of course just like putin, nobody cares about the real life chuck norris and what an asshole he is, they just cared and still on care about the fantasy made up about him, spread about by memes and made up bullshit about him being the greatest.. I even remember games like world of warcraft using him for their advertisement.

Sorry, rant over, but yeah the overall peeve I have is how by people paying only attention to the memes and false pretense of some real life assholes, thinking them as awesome because of that shit, just keep reminding me of how sheepish they are.. infact, its the same with religion, sheep following on made up bullshit and being insulted if you tell them the truth about it all.

Gods not real, chuck norris is a douche and a loser, its all the same thing really.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on November 25, 2014, 06:19:51 PM
Speaking of, confession bear with popular opinion puffin text.

Also, whatever the hell this crap is:

(http://i.imgur.com/X4HWhKd.png)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on November 25, 2014, 06:22:58 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on November 25, 2014, 06:19:51 PM
Speaking of, confession bear with popular opinion puffin text.

Also, whatever the hell this crap is:

(http://i.imgur.com/X4HWhKd.png)

FARG, people are stupid.  :rotflmao:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mequa on November 26, 2014, 01:38:32 AM
Quote from: Munch on November 25, 2014, 11:26:38 AM
I've experienced this several times as a gay guy in certain circles, in similar vain to what you were saying Mequa, but something that pisses me off in this kind of group of people, both online or in person, are just how many gay men will claim to be your friend, be friendly with you, but the ONLY thing on their minds is them trying to get you in bed or send you erotic text or messages, all just using you for a quick way to jack themselves off to. Most don't give a shit about your life so they aren't friends, their just friendly to blow their loads, then just pass you off until they get horny again.
One "friend" who stabbed me in the back recently was a gay man. I have nothing against homosexuality though, but unfortunately that was not my only experience with a catty gay man, given to gossip and backbiting. Passive-aggression seems to be somewhat of a problem in the homosexual "community".
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on November 26, 2014, 06:27:08 AM
Quote from: Mequa on November 26, 2014, 01:38:32 AM
One "friend" who stabbed me in the back recently was a gay man. I have nothing against homosexuality though, but unfortunately that was not my only experience with a catty gay man, given to gossip and backbiting. Passive-aggression seems to be somewhat of a problem in the homosexual "community".

Trust me I've meet a few of those too, I mean in my gay community in my town theres a lot of nice guys, but theres also the ones I mentioned, and the prissy catty gay guys who will try to use the meeker and shyer guys to boost there own failed confidence. Doesn't matter if what someones sexuality is, your get them all over. There is no such thing as a perfect community of people.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on November 26, 2014, 01:14:15 PM
Quote from: Munch on November 25, 2014, 05:14:14 PMchuck norris is a douche and a loser
I knew that much when I saw him campaign for the repubelicans. I also lost respect for Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis and a number of other celebrities I liked because they campaigned for the repubes. If you support the pubes, you're not in my good people list.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on April 11, 2015, 12:00:44 AM
GF: Get up! It's a beautiful day and you're sleeping?? Why so lazy? What's wrong with you, sleeping like this?

Later the same day:

GF: You really need to get more sleep. Studies show that getting plenty of sleep is good for your health, both physically and mentally. Try to get at least 8 hours.

Me: (boggle)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on April 11, 2015, 11:50:36 AM
I am too lazy and have too shitty an internet connection to check if I've already stated this peeve, so this is either new or a reaffirmation:

I HATE HATE HATE when stories or article are preceded by telling the reader/listener how they will react to said story, or by what you are doing wrong in life.

This will blow your mind! YOU WILL DIE FROM CUTENESS! You will love this! You will hate this! This is what you are doing wrong in the bedroom/in the bathroom/at work/in the house/with your laundry.

What the FUCK happened to objective news? Has everyone in the world gotten so stupid that they rely in the media to tell them how to feel about things!???

Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on April 11, 2015, 11:55:20 AM
Pointing to something on a computer screen by physically touching it.  Unless it's a touchscreen, it's unnecessary and gets the screen dirty.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on April 11, 2015, 12:07:56 PM
ABBA!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on April 11, 2015, 01:45:46 PM
I listen to a lot of creepy pasta narration on my kindle while doing mundane things. One thing I hate is listening to a story, especially a long one for an hour or two, just for the end to be ruined by something clique or predictable.

I also get pissed off if I'm just enjoying my day doing nothing at all, just relaxing, then I get friends skyping or calling me telling me they want to do something, I refuse because I just want to chill, and they get upset or moody because I'm not doing what they want me to do. Just pisses me off if I'm relaxed and I get given an attitude because that's what I want to do, nothin at all.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on April 11, 2015, 04:01:48 PM
Misrepresenting a reference in support of a claim.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on April 12, 2015, 12:19:46 AM
Anachronisms in TV shows about the 70s, 80s or 90s... such as people using slang that wasn't invented until decades later.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on April 12, 2015, 12:35:32 AM
Quote from: Atheon on April 12, 2015, 12:19:46 AM
Anachronisms in TV shows about the 70s, 80s or 90s... such as people using slang that wasn't invented until decades later.
That and watching stuff about famous scientists/inventors where they apparently see all the ramifications of their discoveries/inventions years in advance.

"With these laws of motion, I will pave the way for astronauts to land on the moon!" - Newton, probably
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: trdsf on April 12, 2015, 02:10:44 AM
Quote from: hillbillyatheist on August 06, 2013, 10:35:10 PM
people peeved about people being peeved at people being peeved! take THAT!
Recursion peeves me!!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Valigarmander on April 12, 2015, 04:27:29 AM
Citing a tabloid as if it were a reliable source.

Hell, tabloids in general just piss me off.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on April 12, 2015, 05:00:47 AM
Store salesmen who walk up to me in any store I'm just generally browsing in who come up with a big fake smile asking 'Hi, can I help you today?', to which they will never get me saying yes, because if I wanted help, I'd come to you.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on April 12, 2015, 06:06:07 AM
Quote from: Valigarmander on April 12, 2015, 04:27:29 AM
Citing a tabloid as if it were a reliable source.
Or Conservapedia, Drudge Report, The Blaze or some other source of utter garbage.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: trdsf on April 12, 2015, 07:21:39 AM
Quote from: Atheon on April 12, 2015, 06:06:07 AM
Or Conservapedia, Drudge Report, The Blaze or some other source of utter garbage.
Especially when the people who quote them as if they were true refuse to accept news reported by CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the BBC, or even Science Magazine because "oh, those are all biased (against x/in favor of y)."
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Draconic Aiur on April 12, 2015, 07:59:57 AM
peeve it up with washing hands all the goddamn time
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on April 13, 2015, 10:23:34 PM
Quote from: Munch on April 12, 2015, 05:00:47 AM
Store salesmen who walk up to me in any store I'm just generally browsing in who come up with a big fake smile asking 'Hi, can I help you today?', to which they will never get me saying yes, because if I wanted help, I'd come to you.

Just ask for something they obviously wouldn't carry. When they say they don't have it, say thank you and move on. Just don't ask for an apple in Best Buy... that kind of backfires.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on April 14, 2015, 12:34:21 AM
Quote from: kilodelta on April 13, 2015, 10:23:34 PMJust ask for something they obviously wouldn't carry. When they say they don't have it, say thank you and move on.
Heh.  I usually get that from the opposite perspective.

"Hey yo, do you sell any milk?"
"Huh?"
"DO YALL SELL MILK!"
"Ummm...no?"
"WHADDAYA MEAN YOU DON'T SELL NO MILK?"
*points at Autozone store sign and shrugs*

The above example is slightly embellished, but yeah, people demand stuff all the time that no sane person would expect to be in stock at that location.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: PickelledEggs on April 14, 2015, 01:00:19 AM
Quote from: Munch on April 12, 2015, 05:00:47 AM
Store salesmen who walk up to me in any store I'm just generally browsing in who come up with a big fake smile asking 'Hi, can I help you today?', to which they will never get me saying yes, because if I wanted help, I'd come to you.
I'm actually the opposite. I get annoyed if someone doesn't come up to ask if I need help with anything, even if I don't need help (which I usually don't) I see it as a sign of poor customer service if they don't do anything.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on April 14, 2015, 01:54:40 AM
Me: Hello, may I help you?
Caller: I would like the telephone number for Department of Social Services.
Me: Certainly, that number
Caller: Wait! Hold on while I go find a pen and some paper.

Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: trdsf on April 14, 2015, 02:49:59 AM
Typical day taking calls on the front desk:

Me: Children Services.  How may I direct your call?
Caller: Yeah, is this Children Services?
Me: (thinking: Oh, I see I'm dealing with a Mensa member here...)

Me: Children Services.  How may I direct your call?
Caller: (proceeds to give the entire circumstances they're calling about with all antecedentary information dating back to the late Cretaceous and doesn't pause for breath for at least two minutes)
Me: Let me transfer you to the hotline...

Me: CS.  HmIdyc?
Caller: Yeah, I got a question.
Me: (after waiting for them to actually ask it)  Okay, if it's a question about a child, I can put you through to the hot line; if it's just administrative like where are we located, I can answer that for you.
Caller: Oh, it's just administrative.  (proceeds to ask a detailed and case-related question about a child anyway)

The one time I did get away with something was when a psychodeathbitch was on the phone and had decided that since I was a human being, I could take her information, no matter how many times I told her that I don't have case access, case training, or case information and had to put her through to the hotline.
Caller: (screaming, literally) IF YOU PUT ME TO A MACHINE YOU ARE GOING TO HELL!!
Me: Already goin' there.  Make sure you hit option four.  *click*
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on April 14, 2015, 03:06:02 AM
Quote from: GSOgymrat on April 14, 2015, 01:54:40 AMMe: Hello, may I help you?
Caller: I would like the telephone number for Department of Social Services.
Me: Certainly, that number
Caller: Wait! Hold on while I go find a pen and some paper.
My favorite part is reading out the number.  I say "one-two-eight, fifteen-thirtyfour"  Clear and precise.  I say it like I'm calling in an airstrike.

Other people?  Not so much. Half the time, it's more like:  "oneight eleleve fleen flortyflor"

*asks for a repeat*
*same muddled gibberish*
*sighs*
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: antediluvian on April 14, 2015, 02:10:48 PM
Pet peeve:
People who are
FKIA's
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mermaid on April 14, 2015, 02:19:32 PM
what does FKIA mean?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: antediluvian on April 14, 2015, 02:28:00 PM
Fucking Know It All
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on April 14, 2015, 02:57:09 PM
Quote from: antediluvian on April 14, 2015, 02:28:00 PM
Fucking Know It All
is that different than a 'know it all'?  Or a mother-fucking know it all or a goddamn know it all, or..........wow, got on a roll--must be hundreds of those things out there.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on April 14, 2015, 03:14:40 PM
yes I know its raining (on snowing or foggy) TURN YOUR FUCKING FLASHING EMERGENCY LIGHTS OFF YOU FUCKIN MORON IT DOESN'T HELP ME SEE YOU!!!!



whew!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on April 14, 2015, 03:17:35 PM
Quote from: antediluvian on April 14, 2015, 02:10:48 PM
Pet peeve:
People who are
FKIA's

AND PEOPLE WHO POST  LETTERS AS IF WE KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THEY MEAN!!!





:]~
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on April 14, 2015, 03:21:33 PM
SFA's.  Stupid Fucking Americans.  They are just everywhere!  you have to be one to be a member of the Rep. party.  Or of the Tea Party.  And they seem to breed like rats.  And the Paul's have added the Libertarian party to that list.   
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on April 14, 2015, 03:57:08 PM
Overly enthusiastic happy people who try to spread their warped condition to complete strangers.

Also huge buff guys who cover their upper torso up. Don't tease me, show your man tits to me!!!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Deidre32 on April 14, 2015, 04:03:28 PM
Christians who don’t know their faith well,  and make shit up so as to get around the rules of their faith. Why follow Christianity then?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on April 14, 2015, 08:16:22 PM
Quote from: Deidre32 on April 14, 2015, 04:03:28 PM
Christians who don’t know their faith well,  and make shit up so as to get around the rules of their faith. Why follow Christianity then?

yeah, you got your hands full there..
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: antediluvian on April 14, 2015, 10:33:58 PM
Quote from: aitm on April 14, 2015, 03:17:35 PM
AND PEOPLE WHO POST  LETTERS AS IF WE KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THEY MEAN!!!

What does aitm mean?





:]~
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on April 15, 2015, 06:14:38 AM
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 14, 2015, 03:21:33 PMAnd the Paul's have added the Libertarian party to that list.
When Ron an Rand Paul are referred to as "libertarians". They are no such thing.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Unbeliever on April 16, 2015, 04:18:51 PM
I had a pet peeve once - but it ran away.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on April 16, 2015, 04:20:12 PM
Quote from: Mike Cl on April 14, 2015, 03:21:33 PM
SFA's.  Stupid Fucking Americans.  They are just everywhere!  you have to be one to be a member of the Rep. party.  Or of the Tea Party.  And they seem to breed like rats.  And the Paul's have added the Libertarian party to that list.
Apostrophes for plurals.  .__.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on May 14, 2015, 05:17:59 PM
Squishy rice.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on June 09, 2015, 09:17:38 PM
People who think gay men can't have biological children. I am gay, not sterile. I know three different gay male couples who have biological children through surrogates.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on June 10, 2015, 01:07:05 AM
Quote from: GSOgymrat on June 09, 2015, 09:17:38 PM
People who think gay men can't have biological children. I am gay, not sterile. I know three different gay male couples who have biological children through surrogates.
I'd add to that the people who think gay marriage will be the downfall of humanity.  RIP humanity because Adam and Steve got hitched.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on June 10, 2015, 01:41:20 AM
Quote from: Hydra009 on April 16, 2015, 04:20:12 PM
Apostrophes for plurals.  .__.
Back in the 1980's, when I was well past learning my ABC's, and was getting all A's on my report card, I was taught in school that you can use apostrophes to pluralize decades, abbreviations and individual letters.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on June 10, 2015, 02:19:08 AM
Quote from: Hydra009 on June 10, 2015, 01:07:05 AM
I'd add to that the people who think gay marriage will be the downfall of humanity.  RIP humanity because Adam and Steve got hitched.

Well, to be honest, where's the fun in getting gay married if it does usher in the apocalypse? Those polar ice caps aren't gonna just melt on their own, ya know.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 10, 2015, 02:47:30 AM
A peeve I've realized I have from being around gamers and comic book nerds, is when certain people have a tendency to believe New is always, always, ALWAYS better, even when what's new is utter shit compared to what came before it. It's a very shallow notion that the moment something loses its 'newness', it's old and disregarded.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on June 10, 2015, 03:12:19 AM
The other side to that coin is the argument that "tradition" is always better.  It's a bit funny that this argument was no doubt brought against our own traditions when they were first advocated.

As always, what is important isn't newness or oldness, but the relative quality of new ideas/policies/products.  An improvement should be embraced regardless of age.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on June 12, 2015, 02:51:09 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on June 10, 2015, 01:07:05 AMI'd add to that the people who think gay marriage will be the downfall of humanity.
But it gives me such pleasure to see them wail and gnash their teeth when legal gay marriages are going on!!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 12, 2015, 02:55:58 PM
Sigh.. that feeling of when you buy something new in town like new slippers or shirt or pants, having that great feeling of buying yourself new cloths to wear.. just to get home and realize they are so small for you, and got to take them back.

I know, white people problems, but I'd, like to think anyone of any nationality has this problem at times.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on June 12, 2015, 03:31:01 PM
People that misunderstand me or construe what I write for whatever reason that puts me in a bad light.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on June 16, 2015, 02:08:30 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on June 10, 2015, 03:12:19 AM
The other side to that coin is the argument that "tradition" is always better.  It's a bit funny that this argument was no doubt brought against our own traditions when they were first advocated.

As always, what is important isn't newness or oldness, but the relative quality of new ideas/policies/products.  An improvement should be embraced regardless of age.

My wife's family nearly had an apocalyptic fit when I told them no turkey for thanksgiving one year.....they showed up all grumpy and ornery until I served them Skewers of shrimp diablo for appetizers, then shrimp scampi on wild rice, steamed King Crab and Broiled Lobster tails. Naturally they loved it but next year whined they wanted turkey again..wwwhhhhhaaaa we want turrrrkey....meh fuck all of them.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on June 16, 2015, 02:25:55 PM
Quote from: aitm on June 16, 2015, 02:08:30 PM
My wife's family nearly had an apocalyptic fit when I told them no turkey for thanksgiving one year.....they showed up all grumpy and ornery until I served them Skewers of shrimp diablo for appetizers, then shrimp scampi on wild rice, steamed King Crab and Broiled Lobster tails. Naturally they loved it but next year whined they wanted turkey again..wwwhhhhhaaaa we want turrrrkey....meh fuck all of them.
My pet peeve is when I have a thanksgiving dinner and there is NOT turkey, gravy, potatoes, and stuffing----and, and............ice cream!  Take your shrimp and lobster and............you know, where the sun don't shine.  Wild rice?  Yeah, that would be good...................
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on June 16, 2015, 03:27:07 PM
Quote from: Mike Cl on June 16, 2015, 02:25:55 PM
My pet peeve is when I have a thanksgiving dinner and there is NOT turkey, gravy, potatoes, and stuffing----and, and............ice cream!  Take your shrimp and lobster and............you know, where the sun don't shine.  Wild rice?  Yeah, that would be good...................

traditionalist.... :naughty:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on June 16, 2015, 03:59:33 PM
Quote from: aitm on June 16, 2015, 02:08:30 PMMy wife's family nearly had an apocalyptic fit when I told them no turkey for thanksgiving one year.....they showed up all grumpy and ornery until I served them Skewers of shrimp diablo for appetizers, then shrimp scampi on wild rice, steamed King Crab and Broiled Lobster tails. Naturally they loved it but next year whined they wanted turkey again..wwwhhhhhaaaa we want turrrrkey....meh fuck all of them.
Yeah, fuck them.  Your version sounds a hell of a lot better.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on June 16, 2015, 04:05:01 PM
Quote from: aitm on June 16, 2015, 03:27:07 PM
traditionalist.... :naughty:
Yeah, I guess in this area consider me a conservative.  Dam--made my fingers hurt to type that.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Savior2006 on June 16, 2015, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: GSOgymrat on June 09, 2015, 09:17:38 PM
People who think gay men can't have biological children. I am gay, not sterile. I know three different gay male couples who have biological children through surrogates.

Dumbass: The state has no vested interest in letting gays marry because they can't have kids.
Me: Should we take marriage rights from straight couples who don't or can't have kids?
Dumbass: No.
Me: Why not?
Dumbass: Because marriage is about encouraging people to have kids.
Me:  So it's not a requirement.
Dumbass: No.
Me: So you don't have to do it.
Dumbass: No.
Me: So gays can get married then.
Dumbass: No.
Me: Why not?
Dumbass: Because they can't have kids.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on June 16, 2015, 06:08:32 PM
That kind of reasoning can occur when people try to rationalize a moral intuition. People will say being gay is not natural because there are not gay animals. When shown lots of animals engage in homosexual  behavior they then claim humans shouldn't behave like animals.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: trdsf on June 16, 2015, 06:37:53 PM
Quote from: Mike Cl on June 16, 2015, 04:05:01 PM
Yeah, I guess in this area consider me a conservative.  Dam--made my fingers hurt to type that.
I'm with you, Thanksgiving doesn't feel right without turkey.  We deep fry ours, so we're not completely tradition-bound... or has that been around long enough that it can be considered traditional, too?

The sides are up to mood and whim.  Usually I'll have a couple things from The Lady Julia's Mastering the Art of French Cooking suggested to me, and I love cooking from that book because Julia Child is a teacher, not just a cook.  We've made traditional chestnut stuffing... and then we've made White Castle stuffing (http://www.whitecastle.com/food/recipes/recipes/white-castle-turkey-stuffing).

But yeah, none of us who gather can conceive of Thanksgiving without a turkey.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on June 16, 2015, 07:27:16 PM
Quote from: trdsf on June 16, 2015, 06:37:53 PM
I'm with you, Thanksgiving doesn't feel right without turkey.  We deep fry ours, so we're not completely tradition-bound... or has that been around long enough that it can be considered traditional, too?

The sides are up to mood and whim.  Usually I'll have a couple things from The Lady Julia's Mastering the Art of French Cooking suggested to me, and I love cooking from that book because Julia Child is a teacher, not just a cook.  We've made traditional chestnut stuffing... and then we've made White Castle stuffing (http://www.whitecastle.com/food/recipes/recipes/white-castle-turkey-stuffing).

But yeah, none of us who gather can conceive of Thanksgiving without a turkey.
For the last 3 yrs. we have deep fried a smaller turkey and oven baked the bigger one.  But then, this is a family affair--we have had up to 30 people, and usually average 18/19 per yr.  So, the meal is usually what my wife's mother made, with a bit of what my mother made, and maybe one or two things that are different.  While the White Castle gravy looks good--and I'm sure it is--the gravy has to be 'like mom (or grandma) made.  One of the delights is usually cranberry pudding with hard sauce--it is so rich that once a year is enough.  But, yes, it is very, very good!  That is the one day that calories get thrown out the window--all goes in the mouth.  And the football naps are grand. :))
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on June 18, 2015, 04:34:24 AM
The term "forward slash". It's just "slash"!

/ slash
\ backslash

Simple as that. No "forward slash". It's redundant and annoying.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 18, 2015, 04:57:36 AM
I think George said it best.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=h6wOt2iXdc4

And this isn't against parents in general, I just have disdain for obsessive child worshippers, who expect everyone else to love and worship children as much as they do.
When I was a child, mum didn't try and force everyone she knew to worship her and her children, she let me and my brother play and do stupid things so we'd learn what's painful and what's not.

Nowadays, certain parents have to schedule everything like an office meeting, they have to be paranoid if the kid comes down with a cold, and they expect everyone else to conform to their need for child management.

To those parents, not all, just the ones mentioned, let you kid eat bugs, let them play rough house until they learn pain, let them do stupid shit. And if you have kids and your partners working, hold off looking for a career until they are old enough that you don't need to babysit them. I really hate seeing grandparents forced to being child careers in their twilight years just cause both parents want to have a career and have children same time.

Ok I went off there a bit, but yes, child worshippers, and parents who fob off their kids to others so both can have careers.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on June 18, 2015, 09:21:14 AM
The misuse of the word 'unique'.  Something is either unique or not.  It cannot be 'most unique', or 'more unique' or the uniquest. 
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on June 18, 2015, 10:48:41 AM
Quote from: Atheon on June 18, 2015, 04:34:24 AM
The term "forward slash". It's just "slash"!

/ slash
\ backslash


Us lefties view the "backslash" as the correct slash...you rightist you!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: trdsf on June 19, 2015, 04:36:37 PM
Quote from: aitm on June 18, 2015, 10:48:41 AM
Us lefties view the "backslash" as the correct slash...you rightist you!
Does that mean the vertical bar | is the slash for the ambidextrous?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on June 20, 2015, 01:17:38 AM
Quote from: trdsf on June 19, 2015, 04:36:37 PM
Does that mean the vertical bar | is the slash for the ambidextrous?
C'est une pipe!  :P 
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on June 20, 2015, 03:44:23 PM
People who don't use pillow cases for their pillows....

Title: My Pet Peave Now
Post by: Solitary on June 23, 2015, 12:07:41 PM
People that ruin it for other people by being idiots on motorcycles, and why people hate bikers. I don't care if people like to show off, but do it on a race track, not on public roads that can get innocent people killed by braking the rules of the road made to protect everyone. And how would a person feel if they ran over idiots like this when they fall or ran stop signs and make hamburger out of them? https://youtu.be/x_Q2RFEPBko The Rap Crap is perfect for this vide! The Graphic art is great though.

https://youtu.be/o7korslDu-k
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on June 23, 2015, 02:34:45 PM
Quotebraking the rules of the road
Can't tell if spelling error or pun...
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 23, 2015, 02:56:46 PM
Hot sunny Tuesday, hard to sleep due to heat. Hot sunny Wednesday, sweat a lot and feel tired due to heat. Hot sunny Thursday, getting annoyed now. Hot sunny Friday, decide to buy some charcoal bags for a bbq on Sunday and make the most of it. Hot sunny Saturday, buy chicken, sausages and salad for a proper bbq on Sunday.

Sunday.

(http://replygif.net/i/269.gif)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on June 23, 2015, 04:41:18 PM
Quote from: Munch on June 23, 2015, 02:56:46 PM
Hot sunny Tuesday, hard to sleep due to heat. Hot sunny Wednesday, sweat a lot and feel tired due to heat. Hot sunny Thursday, getting annoyed now. Hot sunny Friday, decide to buy some charcoal bags for a bbq on Sunday and make the most of it. Hot sunny Saturday, buy chicken, sausages and salad for a proper bbq on Sunday.

Sunday.

(http://replygif.net/i/269.gif)
Don't complain---keep the 'hot' chain going and you have it here--with no rain in sight.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on June 23, 2015, 04:51:07 PM
Quote from: Solitary on June 23, 2015, 12:07:41 PM
People that ruin it for other people by being idiots on motorcycles, and why people hate bikers. I don't care if people like to show off, but do it on a race track, not on public roads that can get innocent people killed by braking the rules of the road made to protect everyone. And how would a person feel if they ran over idiots like this when they fall or ran stop signs and make hamburger out of them?

The Rap Crap is perfect for this vide! The Graphic art is great though.



...and they make these videos because they think they're cool.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 23, 2015, 05:15:32 PM
Quote from: Mike Cl on June 23, 2015, 04:41:18 PM
Don't complain---keep the 'hot' chain going and you have it here--with no rain in sight.

I guess your right, and I like rain, and thankful (to who I dunno?) for it.
Just want my BBQ meat :(
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on June 23, 2015, 05:16:37 PM
Quote from: Mike Cl on June 23, 2015, 04:41:18 PM
Don't complain---keep the 'hot' chain going and you have it here--with no rain in sight.
People around here complain about both the heat and the rain.  Though to be fair, there's high humidity either way. 

Seems like people around here overwhelmingly want simultaneously sunny and cool weather.  Well, people in hell want ice water.  And probably not to be in hell.  The point is, the ice water thing is in the top ten.

I met a former NYC native who was surprised by the heat.  In late May.  He's in for a treat come late July / early August.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Solitary on June 23, 2015, 05:24:08 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on June 23, 2015, 02:34:45 PM
Can't tell if spelling error or pun...
It was a spelling error. My bad.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 23, 2015, 05:33:15 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on June 23, 2015, 05:16:37 PM

I met a former NYC native who was surprised by the heat.  In late May.  He's in for a treat come late July / early August.

I feel lucky I don't live in the midlands here, and live on a raised area of land.
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02816/uk-weather-moorlan_2816520b.jpg)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on June 23, 2015, 10:46:35 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on June 23, 2015, 05:16:37 PMSeems like people around here overwhelmingly want simultaneously sunny and cool weather.
Ah, coastal northern California...
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on June 24, 2015, 09:27:34 AM
Quote from: Atheon on June 23, 2015, 10:46:35 PM
Ah, coastal northern California...
Oh yeah...............!!!!  I'd love to have retired in Elk or Irish Beach!  Know of those two places?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on June 25, 2015, 02:03:24 PM
Youtube videos that feature a long, rambling prologue before getting to actual content.

(http://media4.giphy.com/media/87xihBthJ1DkA/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 25, 2015, 02:10:33 PM
Dog lovers who hate cats and cat lovers who hate dogs. I can understand if you have an allergy to dog or cat hair, but given both species are domesticated because of people, so both deserve at least some respect or affection. I love both.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on June 26, 2015, 05:03:21 AM
Quote from: Hydra009 on June 25, 2015, 02:03:24 PM
Youtube videos that feature a long, rambling prologue before getting to actual content.
Oh, yeah. I absolutely hate that! In such videos, I like to put a statement like "The meat of the video starts at 2:34" in the comments.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on June 26, 2015, 09:09:07 AM
This is a really picky peeve--but what the hell.   I hate the long into's on Book Notes TV (CSPAN) when authors are introduced.  I don't give a rats tail what some local yahoo says about the author.  I just want to hear from him/her.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on June 27, 2015, 02:57:48 AM
Liberals who, following a major victory for social justice like the US victory for gay marriage, whine and cry that OTHER issues haven't been solved, and act all depressed and disgusted about it.

Can't they see that the latest victory is an advancement, and that it means that the other issues CAN be solved if we fight for them?

(This is related to a logical fallacy I call the "fallacy of single-tasking" (I don't know the formal name): Just because you advocate one idea doesn't mean you don't simultaneously advocate other ideas. Or, just because a body (e.g. the government or research facility) is working on one problem doesn't mean it can't simultaneously work on solving other problems. Or, just because the media is reporting on one issue doesn't mean it's not also reporting on other issues.) 
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: kilodelta on June 27, 2015, 12:25:33 PM
Coworkers who are not just useless, but a liability... and corporate management that realizes that, but fails to take corrective action.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on June 27, 2015, 12:30:08 PM
The condescending nature of developers like game, movie or comic book writers, who when addressing their fans treat them like eight year olds in how they discuss issues with their product, when in reality they haven't got a clue how to go forward, but just sit there nodding and smiling.
I know its just a business practice to convince the audience they are getting what they want when its not anything close, but when its done by the same developers over and over, same condescension, same crap results, sometimes you want to smack the smug lying grins off their faces.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: trdsf on June 27, 2015, 06:49:44 PM
I used to think that the most annoying thing Google did was slap creationist/religious ads (usually ones for that bullshit "museum" in Kentucky) all over videos from Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, etc.

Nope, they hit a new low today, putting this one on a video from the Charleston shooting memorial service:

(http://i57.tinypic.com/1zvrfo1.jpg)

At best, it's appallingly tone deaf.  At worst, it's thoughtless and disrespectful.  And in either case, it's horrifically inappropriate considering the subject matter of the video.  Unless Google thinks there should have been a free-for-all shootout.

And if the site placing the ad requested this placement, Google had a responsibility to say 'no, that would not be appropriate under the circumstances.'

I am genuinely sick to my stomach.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: SilentFutility on September 22, 2015, 03:31:03 PM
Quote from: Munch on June 27, 2015, 12:30:08 PM
The condescending nature of developers like game, movie or comic book writers, who when addressing their fans treat them like eight year olds in how they discuss issues with their product, when in reality they haven't got a clue how to go forward, but just sit there nodding and smiling.
I know its just a business practice to convince the audience they are getting what they want when its not anything close, but when its done by the same developers over and over, same condescension, same crap results, sometimes you want to smack the smug lying grins off their faces.

Then don't buy their games.

Quote from: trdsf on June 27, 2015, 06:49:44 PM
I used to think that the most annoying thing Google did was slap creationist/religious ads (usually ones for that bullshit "museum" in Kentucky) all over videos from Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, etc.

Nope, they hit a new low today, putting this one on a video from the Charleston shooting memorial service:

(http://i57.tinypic.com/1zvrfo1.jpg)

At best, it's appallingly tone deaf.  At worst, it's thoughtless and disrespectful.  And in either case, it's horrifically inappropriate considering the subject matter of the video.  Unless Google thinks there should have been a free-for-all shootout.

And if the site placing the ad requested this placement, Google had a responsibility to say 'no, that would not be appropriate under the circumstances.'

I am genuinely sick to my stomach.

There's isn't a fat controller sitting there placing ads. They are computer-generated.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on September 22, 2015, 04:36:14 PM
Unexplained or poorly explained mechanics in video games:

"You've reached level 1.  +1 vim or +1 moxie?"  I have no idea what either of those do or have any sort of basis for comparison.
"Gives -20% coin discount on target settlement"  Does it make things cheaper or more expensive?
"Your settlement has squalor"  What is squalor and how do I get rid of it?!
"Go to Waypoint Charlie and disarm the bomb"  Waypoint Charlie is a map marker on a 2D map of a 3D tower.  There are LOTS of places where it could be.  Meanwhile, it's ticking away like a science fair project.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on September 22, 2015, 05:37:00 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on September 22, 2015, 04:36:14 PM
Unexplained or poorly explained mechanics in video games:

"You've reached level 1.  +1 vim or +1 moxie?"  I have no idea what either of those do or have any sort of basis for comparison.
"Gives -20% coin discount on target settlement"  Does it make things cheaper or more expensive?
"Your settlement has squalor"  What is squalor and how do I get rid of it?!
"Go to Waypoint Charlie and disarm the bomb"  Waypoint Charlie is a map marker on a 2D map of a 3D tower.  There are LOTS of places where it could be.  Meanwhile, it's ticking away like a science fair project.
That's what quick saves are for. :))  At least, that's how I use them.  Try it one way, and if that's not it, try another.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on September 22, 2015, 07:00:40 PM
pet peeve I have in gaming, one I try to remedy in games like skyrim and other games allowing full control of clothing, is the old RPG dimorphism thing between men and women, not just in shape, but in armor.

(http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Rpg+logic_3f827c_4771291.jpg)

What is very obvious pandering to a horny young male market, I find the whole concept ridiculous that in fantasy settings where you have characters fighting the same enemies, dragons and demons and armies, you have men in full plate and/or protective gear, covering them from anything from small to major injury.. and yet women dress like stage hookers.

(http://geekparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Female-armor-versus-Male-armor.jpg)(http://borderhouseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wow_gear_loftylegguards.png)

This just bothers me, but not because I'm a prude, but just because, if they think its okay to make female armor look intentionally hooker wear, the fact they don't do the same for men just strikes me as ridiculous. This is why in games like skyrim, I choose certain mods to remedy this.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNhiccxWIAE_P47.jpg)(http://38.media.tumblr.com/9be8dddaf94f63e90820fd7cd4d40d8b/tumblr_n7cdhmw2zc1tr3ii5o1_1280.jpg)

Just seems to be balancing the status quo
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on September 22, 2015, 08:18:33 PM
Companies like Johnson&Johnson that put harmful shit (microbeads) in their products, and when it is pointed out, do everything to fight removing it. And companies that make insect sprays that contain Nicotinoids and know full well they are harmful.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on September 22, 2015, 10:04:44 PM
Quote from: Munch on September 22, 2015, 07:00:40 PMThis just bothers me, but not because I'm a prude, but just because, if they think its okay to make female armor look intentionally hooker wear, the fact they don't do the same for men just strikes me as ridiculous. This is why in games like skyrim, I choose certain mods to remedy this.
I usually go the other way.  Ditch the hooker wear for more practical armor.

(http://static-4.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/39983-2-1376057449.jpg)

Like you, I'm not prudish, it just seems too bizarre for basically a thong to be considered heavy armor and somehow protect the midsection despite not actually covering it.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on September 22, 2015, 10:49:45 PM
Quote from: Hydra009 on September 22, 2015, 10:04:44 PM
I usually go the other way.  Ditch the hooker wear for more practical armor.

(http://static-4.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/39983-2-1376057449.jpg)

Like you, I'm not prudish, it just seems too bizarre for basically a thong to be considered heavy armor and somehow protect the midsection despite not actually covering it.
First couple of play through, I agree.  I do it that way.  Then I'm into the thong heavy armor. :)))
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on September 22, 2015, 11:29:26 PM
My ancestors the Celts

(http://weapons3.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Celtic-2Bwarrior-2BWoman-2Bsword-2Band-2Barmor-2Btattoos.jpg)

They didn't wear clothing in battle because the cloth had dirt and bacteria on it and caused wounds to be infected. So badass the Romans built a wall across Northern England to keep them out.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on September 22, 2015, 11:35:34 PM
When fighting against women, warriors invariably aim for the boobs or vagina, which is why the female characters only need to protect those parts! :D
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Poison Tree on September 23, 2015, 12:11:28 AM
Quote from: Atheon on September 22, 2015, 11:35:34 PM
When fighting against women, warriors invariably aim for the boobs or vagina, which is why the female characters only need to protect those parts! :D
(http://i.imgur.com/2oWwPZV.jpg)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Gerard on September 23, 2015, 12:27:37 AM
Quote from: stromboli on September 22, 2015, 11:29:26 PM
My ancestors the Celts

(http://weapons3.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Celtic-2Bwarrior-2BWoman-2Bsword-2Band-2Barmor-2Btattoos.jpg)

They didn't wear clothing in battle because the cloth had dirt and bacteria on it and caused wounds to be infected. So badass the Romans built a wall across Northern England to keep them out.



Back from the days when the History channel was still about history, MTV about music and Discovery Channel had actual documentaries......... I won't even mention what you can "learn" from The Learning Channel these days.......

Gerard
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: drunkenshoe on September 23, 2015, 03:44:20 AM
Quote from: stromboli on September 22, 2015, 11:29:26 PM
My ancestors the Celts

(http://weapons3.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Celtic-2Bwarrior-2BWoman-2Bsword-2Band-2Barmor-2Btattoos.jpg)

They didn't wear clothing in battle because the cloth had dirt and bacteria on it and caused wounds to be infected. So badass the Romans built a wall across Northern England to keep them out.

You think that somewhere back in history -any where/any time- any women fought dressed like that?!






Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on September 23, 2015, 04:02:43 AM
Quote from: Hydra009 on September 22, 2015, 10:04:44 PM
I usually go the other way.  Ditch the hooker wear for more practical armor.

(http://static-4.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/39983-2-1376057449.jpg)

Like you, I'm not prudish, it just seems too bizarre for basically a thong to be considered heavy armor and somehow protect the midsection despite not actually covering it.

I agree with that too, the options should both by unbiased armor we can choose either gender to be how we want it to look.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Baruch on September 26, 2015, 09:47:27 AM
Quote from: drunkenshoe on September 23, 2015, 03:44:20 AM
You think that somewhere back in history -any where/any time- any women fought dressed like that?!

The Catholic Church banned women from combat, in Ireland, around 650 CE ... so they must have been doing it to be banned.

Celtic berserkers went into battle stark naked ... and there is a famous feud in the Scottish Highlands, from much later, where the men on both sides took off their clothes, except for their breach-clothes ... so they could better fight with broadswords.  So yes, it is possible that some women fought, and they might have had a few stitches on ... but the men, not so much ... at least if the weather was warm.

I would think that the pre-Muslim Turkish people over by China might have fought with few clothes too.  With Islam there could be no women fighters, and they would have had to be fully encumbered with clothes.  There was a recent video of a Mongol teen girl with a pet eagle.  A young woman like that might have fought, and not played the Barbie Doll.  Mongol noblewomen were notably politically involved.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on September 28, 2015, 10:35:50 AM
Peeve: people who say "I'm not used to losing. I'm a winner. I've never lost in my life." Losers.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on September 28, 2015, 01:35:53 PM
Quote from: Atheon on September 28, 2015, 10:35:50 AM
Peeve: people who say "I'm not used to losing. I'm a winner. I've never lost in my life." Losers.

In a similar vain, I hate people who outright say that something is crap, be it a movie, game, food, drink, when they haven't even tried it or watched it, but are so convinced its crap because its not there kind of thing, that it must be crap.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on September 28, 2015, 01:54:27 PM
Quote from: Munch on September 28, 2015, 01:35:53 PM
In a similar vain, I hate people who outright say that something is crap, be it a movie, game, food, drink, when they haven't even tried it or watched it, but are so convinced its crap because its not there kind of thing, that it must be crap.
I dunno.  Sometimes you can just tell something's bad despite not having personally seen much of it.  Like Son of Mask or God's Not Dead.  Nobody saw the trailer to those movies and thought to themselves that they're in for a treat.  Sure, it's possible to have a wrong first impression, but generally speaking, the first impression is usually a pretty good indicator.

And honestly, most judgments are snap judgments.  Because it's impossible for anyone to have extensive knowledge about all the choices.  You go to a movie theater and you have to make a decision based on very limited information.  This is essentially why critics exist.

Most people decide if games are good or bad based on the trailer, if that.  Sometimes, it's just the box art.  A person physically picks up a game or sees the game page on Steam or Humble Bundle and makes a snap judgment.  Essentially judging a book by its cover.  A rare soul might watch some gameplay videos or play the demo, but that's fairly atypical.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: aitm on September 28, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
Quote from: Munch on September 28, 2015, 01:35:53 PM
In a similar vain, I hate people who outright say that something is crap, be it a movie, game, food, drink, when they haven't even tried it or watched it, but are so convinced its crap because its not there kind of thing, that it must be crap.

I will go out on a limb and say, NO I have never seen any "survivor" shows and will say outright it's CRAP.  So there!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: josephpalazzo on September 28, 2015, 02:32:53 PM
Quote from: aitm on September 28, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
I will go out on a limb and say, NO I have never seen any "survivor" shows and will say outright it's CRAP.  So there!

NO I have never seen any "Bachelor" shows and will say outright it's CRAP.  So there!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on September 28, 2015, 02:36:55 PM
Sometimes I love crap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OROLRvKamdE
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on September 28, 2015, 02:48:08 PM
Quote from: aitm on September 28, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
I will go out on a limb and say, NO I have never seen any "survivor" shows and will say outright it's CRAP.  So there!

Fair enough ^^, I was more thinking of the kinds of people who say something is crap despite it being given good reviews, and despite that fact they still conclude it's crap without seeing it.
It's like my brother, who for the longest time has said Harry potter is crap, yet has never seen a single movie or read a book. Now his son has gotten into the film's, and my brother has had to sit down and watch them, given how some of the things in the later movies might be to scary for a 4 year old.

It's more just that attitude, not so much that 'its something that doesn't appeal to me so I won't watch it' attitude, it's the one where you just say it's crap regardless of anyone else liking it.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on September 28, 2015, 05:32:50 PM
Sean Penn. He just pisses me the fuck off.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: JBCuzISaidSo on September 28, 2015, 06:02:13 PM
"Fake it till you make it."

Oh my good Pete! NO! Fuck YOU.

If you don't know what you're doing, you're being a full on twat by pretending you do have a clue, and making what you're up to trivial by stating that it can be faked until knowledge is gained. Those of us that do know what you're up to can see right through ya. Peer acceptance or mainstream, you aren't getting as far with the latter as you assume.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on September 28, 2015, 06:02:35 PM
Also, static shock catching you off guard, like a lift button, or a metal hand rail.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Baruch on September 28, 2015, 07:20:52 PM
Quote from: GSOgymrat on September 28, 2015, 02:36:55 PM
Sometimes I love crap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OROLRvKamdE

That was goood crap!  Realism is for the unimaginative.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on September 28, 2015, 09:21:41 PM
I will go out on a limb and will say NO I have never seen "The Voice" and I will say it is outright CRAP. So there!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: GSOgymrat on September 28, 2015, 10:22:29 PM
I hate The Real Housewives of ______. I really can't stand that brand of manufactured, vacuous interpersonal drama.

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Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: invisibleandpink on September 29, 2015, 01:03:53 AM
Huh. Well, mine is an odd one. I was stationed in South Korea, right?

So, folk tend to ask me 'Were you stationed in North or South Korea?'

Do people realize just how fucking stupid a question that is? Especially since I'm an American soldier.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on September 29, 2015, 01:27:27 AM
Quote from: invisibleandpink on September 29, 2015, 01:03:53 AM
Huh. Well, mine is an odd one. I was stationed in South Korea, right?

So, folk tend to ask me 'Were you stationed in North or South Korea?'

Do people realize just how fucking stupid a question that is? Especially since I'm an American soldier.

Lol. Good to see you, Pink. Still active duty? Alright, well this old vet is glad you're back.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: invisibleandpink on September 29, 2015, 01:40:31 AM
Pft. Unfortuently, man. Got 'till the very beginning of 2017. Then I'll be a regular ole' civilian again.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on September 29, 2015, 01:46:23 AM
Quote from: invisibleandpink on September 29, 2015, 01:40:31 AM
Pft. Unfortuently, man. Got 'till the very beginning of 2017. Then I'll be a regular ole' civilian again.

How was South Korea? Everybody I know that was stationed there came back with a bride. Learn to like Kimchi?
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: SilentFutility on September 29, 2015, 02:02:32 AM
Quote from: GSOgymrat on September 28, 2015, 10:22:29 PM
I hate The Real Housewives of ______. I really can't stand that brand of manufactured, vacuous interpersonal drama.

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Unfortunately virtually every US "reality show" is very obviously manufactured.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on September 29, 2015, 02:35:36 AM
Quote from: stromboli on September 29, 2015, 01:46:23 AMLearn to like Kimchi?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5RF1z5ozc
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on September 29, 2015, 05:03:12 AM
Quote from: invisibleandpink on September 29, 2015, 01:40:31 AM
Pft. Unfortuently, man. Got 'till the very beginning of 2017. Then I'll be a regular ole' civilian again.
Atheists in foxholes! Respect!
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: invisibleandpink on September 29, 2015, 09:04:47 AM
Quote from: stromboli on September 29, 2015, 01:46:23 AM
How was South Korea? Everybody I know that was stationed there came back with a bride. Learn to like Kimchi?

Ugggghh. I still hate the smell and sight of that stuff. Got asked if I was from Africa once from some Korean chick, though. Highlight of my stay there.

* fistbumps atheon *
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on September 29, 2015, 10:10:02 AM
Lol. I'll drop the topic. In any case, hope you can stick around.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Mike Cl on September 29, 2015, 10:34:51 AM
Quote from: invisibleandpink on September 29, 2015, 01:03:53 AM
Huh. Well, mine is an odd one. I was stationed in South Korea, right?

So, folk tend to ask me 'Were you stationed in North or South Korea?'

Do people realize just how fucking stupid a question that is? Especially since I'm an American soldier.
I am not surprised in the least.  The first time I really realized just how stupid the average US citizen is, was about 30 yrs ago when a geography quiz (fill in the blank countries names) was given to the West Point cadets.  5% labeled the Soviet Union wrong.  Think about that. 
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: stromboli on September 29, 2015, 05:27:54 PM
Keeping stuff you think you will have a need for, finally throwing it away and then suddenly having a need for it. AAARRGGGHHHHH!

:03: :41: :91: :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on September 29, 2015, 10:42:18 PM
People who fail to realize that any product that says NEW AND IMPROVED is basically admitting that the old product was shit to begin with ..
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on September 30, 2015, 04:40:11 AM
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on September 29, 2015, 10:42:18 PM
People who fail to realize that any product that says NEW AND IMPROVED is basically admitting that the old product was shit to begin with ..

Also people who buy overpriced branded cosmetic products with adverts convincing us of 'the science' behind it, when in reality they have the same shit in them that cheap cosmetics do.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on March 12, 2017, 01:09:22 PM
Photography and videography peeves:

When I'm clearly filming something, and someone bumps me or walks right in front of the camera.

When I stop to take a photo and the person I'm with keeps walking right into my view.

People who take forever to take a simple snapshot.

People who take photo after photo of their friends in front of some beautiful scene, then when they're done they stand in the same spot to look a the photos they just took. Just take your pictures and get out of the way! (I call these people "scene hogs".)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: The Skeletal Atheist on March 12, 2017, 03:10:01 PM
Whenever I'm walking in a hallway or a narrow space like a grocery store aisle there always seems to be people in front of me who walk slower than a fucking snail and manage to block the entire path forward. Even the smallest of people will somehow find a way to block an entire hallway...I want to murder these people.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Shiranu on March 12, 2017, 03:17:21 PM
People who mistake intellect or intellectualism for wisdom, or think complexity makes their message more meaningful.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Baruch on March 12, 2017, 04:12:21 PM
Quote from: Shiranu on March 12, 2017, 03:17:21 PM
People who mistake intellect or intellectualism for wisdom, or think complexity makes their message more meaningful.

Old sales technique ... "Baffle them with bullshit".  These were called Sophists in ancient Greece, and is where we get the word "sophisticated".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95poa2z4Z-0&index=11&list=PLB3FeC-uYBBLdVr_-LZvqi5OVbBiWSE1_

Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Hydra009 on March 12, 2017, 05:30:15 PM
Quote from: The Skeletal Atheist on March 12, 2017, 03:10:01 PMWhenever I'm walking in a hallway or a narrow space like a grocery store aisle there always seems to be people in front of me who walk slower than a fucking snail and manage to block the entire path forward. Even the smallest of people will somehow find a way to block an entire hallway...I want to murder these people.
Same.  Also, people who block doors.

I really wish I could generate a forcefield extending about a foot from my body that would knock people away who get too close and just sprint towards the door.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DfmDuOxcN8
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Baruch on March 12, 2017, 07:32:56 PM
i use BO as my secret weapon ;-)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Cavebear on March 14, 2017, 12:09:44 PM
Quote from: WitchSabrina on August 07, 2013, 09:14:55 AM
yeah........   ::sigh::   my husband does that too.  Sometimes I want to plant a fork in his forehead.


just sayin

That's even worse when you are living single...
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Baruch on March 14, 2017, 01:01:23 PM
Quote from: Cavebear on March 14, 2017, 12:09:44 PM
That's even worse when you are living single...

Is that you Jeebus?  Miraculous resurrection, that.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Unbeliever on March 14, 2017, 08:17:12 PM
It really annoys me when some guy doesn't lock the door of a public restroom, and I walk in and see him on the crapper. How hard is it to lock the damned door!?


BTW, just in case you didn't already know this, the crapper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper) was named after the fellow who invented the toilet.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Munch on March 14, 2017, 08:41:29 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 14, 2017, 08:17:12 PM
It really annoys me when some guy doesn't lock the door of a public restroom, and I walk in and see him on the crapper. How hard is it to lock the damned door!?

I grew up in a house where my dad and older brother just walked in to the bathroom even when the light was on, problem was the lock on the bathroom door was weak, and any hard thrust make it release, so they were always walking in on my despite my best effort to lock it.
I eventually put a deadbolt on the door, and did the same for my bedroom since my brother did the exact same thing there. I kinda now can't sleep unless the room I'm in has some kind of lock.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Baruch on March 14, 2017, 08:43:39 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 14, 2017, 08:17:12 PM
It really annoys me when some guy doesn't lock the door of a public restroom, and I walk in and see him on the crapper. How hard is it to lock the damned door!?


BTW, just in case you didn't already know this, the crapper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper) was named after the fellow who invented the toilet.

One version of the toilet.  Check Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp

Sorry, but please try again next time;-)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Unbeliever on March 15, 2017, 04:31:25 PM
So I didn't win the consolation prize? Oh, well...




(http://divedesk.com/blog/09/crapper.jpg)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Baruch on March 15, 2017, 11:16:38 PM
Quote from: Unbeliever on March 15, 2017, 04:31:25 PM
So I didn't win the consolation prize? Oh, well...


How about a bidet, where the middle is in the shape of a penis ;-)
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Atheon on August 07, 2017, 06:21:59 AM
People in the front of the line at McDonald's who carefully study the menu and ask dozens of questions. Hey, it's McDonald's. You've been there before, you know what you like: just order it!

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Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Baruch on August 07, 2017, 07:05:08 AM
Quote from: Atheon on August 07, 2017, 06:21:59 AM
People in the front of the line at McDonald's who carefully study the menu and ask dozens of questions. Hey, it's McDonald's. You've been there before, you know what you like: just order it!

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When they replace order takers with touch-screens (I saw that already, 23 years ago) maybe they will realize the customer is self-help or no eat.
Title: Re: Peeves
Post by: Cavebear on August 09, 2017, 03:34:21 AM
Quote from: Atheon on August 07, 2017, 06:21:59 AM
People in the front of the line at McDonald's who carefully study the menu and ask dozens of questions. Hey, it's McDonald's. You've been there before, you know what you like: just order it!

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I haven't been at a fast food place in 10 years, but maybe boredom of familiarity creates uncertainty of choice?