a thread for ranting about minor annoyances

[Enduro]

I hate when tv shows recycle the same plot lines, do something new or end the series.

[ElectionsGuy]

When you're trying to turn or get off a road, you see a large space in between two cars, but the one behind the other is going faster (or the one in front is going slow af) and the space disappears. Seriously.

[RINO Tom]

Situation: turning left at a green light with no arrow (i.e., you have to yield to oncoming traffic) and you are the second care in line.

When the POS in front of you sits comfortably at the line instead of getting out into the damn intersection so that you can make it through when the light turns yellow with them (and not be late, as is the case with me more often than not).  Am I a psycho Illinois driver at heart?  Sure.  But that is seriously so annoying, and it's not like moving up an extra five feet is reckless or out of your comfort zone or whatever else little bitch drivers use as excuses for why they drive like they're blind and scared ... it literally is just helping the person behind you out.

End rant.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

winter

[Enduro]

winter

YES

[dead0man]

Situation: turning left at a green light with no arrow (i.e., you have to yield to oncoming traffic) and you are the second care in line.

When the POS in front of you sits comfortably at the line instead of getting out into the damn intersection so that you can make it through when the light turns yellow with them (and not be late, as is the case with me more often than not).  Am I a psycho Illinois driver at heart?  Sure.  But that is seriously so annoying, and it's not like moving up an extra five feet is reckless or out of your comfort zone or whatever else little bitch drivers use as excuses for why they drive like they're blind and scared ... it literally is just helping the person behind you out.

End rant.

Or the people that won't make a right on a red.....EVER*....or worse than that, if the going straight light is red, but the right turn arrow is green because cross traffic is turning and they just sit there for the entire green and then notice it's green right before it turns yellow so only they get to go and not them and 5 cars behind them that should have gone.  This happens about 3 times a month for me, amazingly frustrating.



*yes, I understand there are some large exceptions to the law that allows you to turn right on red, NYC is famously backwards about it, but for most of the country and certainly everywhere around here it's perfectly fine and normal behaviour.

[Torie]

American architecture. Why are houses built of plywood here? Is it because no one in the US is competent in building in masonry or brick like, well, everyone else on the planet?

It's more expensive.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Doing laundry.

F**k laundry.

[dead0man]

laundry is one of the easiest household chores isn't it?  Just wait until the dirty basket is full, go dump it in the machine with some soap, press a couple of buttons then do other sh**t?  I suppose if you have to go somewhere or you've got "delicates" (whateverthefunk that means) it might suck....or are you one of those racists that divides their clothing up along color lines?

[HAnnA MArin County]

People who misuse the words literally and ironic.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

laundry is one of the easiest household chores isn't it?  Just wait until the dirty basket is full, go dump it in the machine with some soap, press a couple of buttons then do other sh**t?  I suppose if you have to go somewhere or you've got "delicates" (whateverthefunk that means) it might suck....or are you one of those racists that divides their clothing up along color lines?

Huh? We don't have such fancy machines in Poland

Yes, I have one, but it's in repair, so I must use more primitive model

[RINO Tom]

When people use the word "hung" to refer to someone who was executed with a noose rather than the correct "hanged."  Happens in movies ALL of the time.

Come on, people, pictures are hung and people are hanged!

[dead0man]

laundry is one of the easiest household chores isn't it?  Just wait until the dirty basket is full, go dump it in the machine with some soap, press a couple of buttons then do other sh**t?  I suppose if you have to go somewhere or you've got "delicates" (whateverthefunk that means) it might suck....or are you one of those racists that divides their clothing up along color lines?

Huh? We don't have such fancy machines in Poland

Yes, I have one, but it's in repair, so I must use more primitive model

oh my, like by hand?  I'm totally picturing this (perhaps slightly newer)

if so, that's nuts!  Do you have laundromats in Poland?  They use to be everywhere, now only the poor parts of town, around colleges and military bases.  I would guess the bigger city downtowns may have nice ones, but usually they are kind of nasty even if the clientele isn't.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The light turns green and some douchebag is on his/her ing phone facebooking or texting or whatever and all the cars in front of him/her have cleared out.  I love laying on the horn to those pricks.

[Mr. Reactionary]

So apparently amazon gift cards cant be used to buy stuff on amazon_uk. Also amazon gift cards cant be used to buy amazon_uk giftcards. I dont see why it should be so difficult since its a common platform.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The three things I think should be banned: kiddie porn, LED headlights, and drones of any typw/

[100% pro-life no matter what]

People who wear t-shirts and/or shorts in the winter time. You're making me cold just from looking at you.

People who so much as put on a light sweatshirt if it's above 45 or so outside.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

People who wear t-shirts and/or shorts in the winter time. You're making me cold just from looking at you.

People who so much as put on a light sweatshirt if it's above 45 or so outside.

You don't know any women, do you? 

[Bojack Horseman]

I'm sick as a dog with an upper respiratory infection that's kept me sidelined since Monday night. I think my fever is on the verge of finally breaking, but I'm still miserable for the most part. I damn near ended up in the hospital yesterday when my abdominal muscles were so sore that I couldn't get enough air into my lungs. Last night I would have called an ambulance when my fever hit 105.4 degrees, but I was in so much pain that I couldn't get out of bed and nobody else in the house heard me calling out for help.

[Illiniwek]

I probably won't have many people agree with me on this. Ok. So, at Catholic mass, I can't stand the whole thing about the cantor lifting his/her arm up during the psalms and some other songs telling the people in the pews to sing. For the most part, everyone there has been to hundreds of masses, maybe every week, and they know how this works. Also, it's not that hard to follow and catch on. Everyone knows to sing during the refrain and not during the verses. IMO, this has to do with cantors and musicians who #1 think they are such geniuses that they are the only ones who know how it works and they need to constantly lead us, and #2 have such big egos that they love that feeling of controlling what a room of hundreds of people are doing.

Additionally, it bugs me when, even though the hymn numbers are posted, the cantor feels the need to say "please join us for our closing hymn....number 745. That's number SEVEN FOUR FIVE." The mass has such a beautiful flow to it, and after the blessing I don't want to hear somebody come on and say that. You didn't have to say it for the offertory or communion hymn, and people figured it out. Once again, it's people who like hearing themselves talk and be the center of attention.

[Dr. Arch]

Public bus systems, particularly when they're early when you're on time and late when you're in a hurry. Then you have to wait another 45 minutes for the one. OMFG.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

People who wear t-shirts and/or shorts in the winter time. You're making me cold just from looking at you.

People who so much as put on a light sweatshirt if it's above 45 or so outside.

You don't know any women, do you? 

this is atlas

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

People who wear t-shirts and/or shorts in the winter time. You're making me cold just from looking at you.

People who so much as put on a light sweatshirt if it's above 45 or so outside.

You don't know any women, do you? 

this is atlas

I keep forgetting. 

[windjammer]

My neighbor across the street smokes all the time, that annoys me

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

the fck is up with dudes at the gym who feel the need to let out an animalistic grunt-moan every time they lift a weight? like jesus christ guys

Ugh that's the worst, although it makes it all the funnier when you look at a guy trying to show off like that and they're like leg pressing 30kg or something (that's actually a true story).

OH.