athenian200
Circumspect
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2010
This may be a long list.
1. People who indiscriminately adopt new technology, but give up quickly on implementing it in situations where it might actually be useful, due to minor setbacks.
2. Dogs, and people who own them. They're so gross.
3. Two-door cars that have four seats, and require pushing the seats back and forth to get in/out.
4. Having to wear closed-toe shoes indoors. My feet can't breathe, and I can't relax.
5. Highly critical people who can't take criticism themselves.
6. Smoke detectors that can't tell the difference between a fire and lousy cooking, and that can't be deactivated for more than a few minutes.
7. People who presume to know what you want/need better than you do, but don't.
8. People who insist that their truth is everyone's truth.
9. Insects that can bite. They're really gross, but not as gross as dogs.
10. Rats. They can carry plague!
11. Running out of Diet Coke.
12. Having to eat at a restaurant when I'm already full, and THEN being asked if I want dessert.
13. Tasteless jokes that center around things like genitalia and race.
14. Macaroni and Cheese. That stuff makes me feel ill.
15. Being forced to pick where to eat when I have no preference.
16. People who are overly passionate about things, try to shove them in your face, and are oblivious to your lack of interest.
17. People who get offended because I don't want to eat/drink something they've already bitten into/taken a drink from it.
18. The social expectation that using pens instead of pencils is more "professional," and that I have to use a pen to sign my name. It makes me really anxious that I can't erase.
19. The fact that the touchscreen (thanks to the iPhone) and rotating through number pad are what's "in" now, and that I'm being called old-fashioned/silly for wanting an actual mini-keyboard on a phone that I'm expected to compose e-mails on.
20. The fact that most games use the Wiimote's motion detection in incredibly arbitrary ways that hurt my wrist to make up for the lack of buttons, rather than designing the game to actually be comfortable to play.
21. The fact that the US hasn't switched to the Metric system yet. It's really embarrassing that you can often pass for a scientist/academic here just by knowing how it works.
22. Constant spelling/grammatical errors, mispronunciation, and heavy use of slang. I don't mind an occasional slang word, but it can be overdone.
That's all for now. I'm an incredibly easy to annoy person, huh?
1. People who indiscriminately adopt new technology, but give up quickly on implementing it in situations where it might actually be useful, due to minor setbacks.
2. Dogs, and people who own them. They're so gross.
3. Two-door cars that have four seats, and require pushing the seats back and forth to get in/out.
4. Having to wear closed-toe shoes indoors. My feet can't breathe, and I can't relax.
5. Highly critical people who can't take criticism themselves.
6. Smoke detectors that can't tell the difference between a fire and lousy cooking, and that can't be deactivated for more than a few minutes.
7. People who presume to know what you want/need better than you do, but don't.
8. People who insist that their truth is everyone's truth.
9. Insects that can bite. They're really gross, but not as gross as dogs.
10. Rats. They can carry plague!
11. Running out of Diet Coke.
12. Having to eat at a restaurant when I'm already full, and THEN being asked if I want dessert.
13. Tasteless jokes that center around things like genitalia and race.
14. Macaroni and Cheese. That stuff makes me feel ill.
15. Being forced to pick where to eat when I have no preference.
16. People who are overly passionate about things, try to shove them in your face, and are oblivious to your lack of interest.
17. People who get offended because I don't want to eat/drink something they've already bitten into/taken a drink from it.
18. The social expectation that using pens instead of pencils is more "professional," and that I have to use a pen to sign my name. It makes me really anxious that I can't erase.
19. The fact that the touchscreen (thanks to the iPhone) and rotating through number pad are what's "in" now, and that I'm being called old-fashioned/silly for wanting an actual mini-keyboard on a phone that I'm expected to compose e-mails on.
20. The fact that most games use the Wiimote's motion detection in incredibly arbitrary ways that hurt my wrist to make up for the lack of buttons, rather than designing the game to actually be comfortable to play.
21. The fact that the US hasn't switched to the Metric system yet. It's really embarrassing that you can often pass for a scientist/academic here just by knowing how it works.
22. Constant spelling/grammatical errors, mispronunciation, and heavy use of slang. I don't mind an occasional slang word, but it can be overdone.
That's all for now. I'm an incredibly easy to annoy person, huh?
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