What pisses you off?
Poor internet connection, especially when my work requires a high bandwidth. My apartment gets a bandwidth of around 1.5 Mbps tops. The amount of unexpected server responses on time-sensitive projects drives me up the wall. I can't exactly do my work if the server times out on the goddamn login screen. >:o
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To name a few:
Being interrupted in certain situations. If I'm having a casual conversation with friends, it doesn't really bother me as much. In other scenarios, however, it pisses me off. In some cases, I will wait five minutes to say something and let others talk. I give a second to pause, then I start saying my piece. Second or third syllable in, someone continues on with their conversation as if it wasn't obvious I was talking. Apparently, it is okay when I have to wait a minute to speak, but it is not okay when they have to wait. It really bothers me, especially when it occurs multiple times in a row.
People who are extremely dismissive of intellectuals as being this elite and snobbish class.
People (including some popular philosophers) who think they are being clever with some special insight no one thought of before that everyone has thought of before. Bonus points if its a wordplay type "insight".
Optimistic, happy extroverts who are pushy. You happy and positive. I get it. Now get away from me.
Every thread needs a theme song.
That bugs me a lot too. Sometimes I really wonder, "was I just imagining that I was talking?" when some jerk butted in and took over the conversation as if no one had the floor.
Humorless knot holes.
Sanctimonious hypocrites.
The kind of conservative who is always saying no one wants to work these days.
The kind of liberal who is always identifying racists, sexists, and so on.
Micromanagers. (Well, really most supervisors and managers whatever they do.)
People who are like cats -- who are very picky about who they will talk to, socialize with, purr for, sit next to, have sex with, etc, and {i}especially when they condescend to grace one with their presence.[/i] Elitist snobs, in other words. I lift my leg on them.
I prefer the more egalitarian dog types.
The thing is-is, that usage became fashionable maybe around the '90s. Clinton was a particularly frequent double-is-er, but he didn't invent it.
Maybe it started because people wanted to say something that sounded like an unusually awkward and difficult construction, trying for the sound of "The way it is, is that they're just going to keep that policy.", or something like that, to prove their courageous and hip willingness to unconventionally follow logic. ...but didn't want to bother coming up with such a sentence, and just lazily doubled an "is".
The double-is, isn't dead by any means. It is-is all over radio presentations and conversations.
Michael Ossipoff
That's an official standard utterance for Neo-Advaitists. ...but Neo-Advaita would be a whole other topic of dismay and annoyance.
Michael Ossipoff
It is what it is.
But that's obviously a truism, and conveys no information. Anyone it's told to already knew that it is what it is.
It is what it is, but that fact has no bearing on or relevance to whatever utterance it replies to.
Michael Ossipoff
Michael Ossipoff
Your reply is insufficient but it is what it is. It could've been other than what it was.
But it's already obvious to everyone that it isn't/wasn't.
Michael Ossipoff
Just as bad is when they ask if you believe in the devil when they find out you don't believe in god.
That reminds me: people who say cliche lines right out of a book in response to negative situations. Bonus points if you just opened up to them or asked them for personal advice.
Yeah, well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Duh.
Someone is in love? (L) >:)
Hiya Michael Ossipoff! Welcome to The Philosophy Forum!
~raising an eyebrow at you
Really now?
Haha! I see what you did there. :) Adorable you are!
Now this one I could take a liking to but it would contradict my Sunny disposition. ;)
It is what it is.
See this line _____________________? >:o
It is what it is. >:)
People who speak but don't listen
Feminism
Liberalism
Conservatism
Racism
Stupidity.
1. Internet forums
2. Lists
3. Irony
4. Lists
5. Repetition
Ignore them :D
That won't get those slow moving sons of bitches outta my way. I prefer the solutions in my previous post.
My favourites were:
(1) When someone asks you to guess how much something cost, make a guess which is either much larger or much smaller than the amount they're about to say, depending on the direction they intend (how cheap vs how expensive).
(2) Hold doors open for people who are greater than approximately 3 meters away, often they will half run to the door then thank you out of politeness despite the mild inconvenience and stress you have caused them.
(3) When someone is telling you a story you have heard many, many times before, interject at the punchline or critical moment by repeating it in the same tone of voice and delivery that they usually present it in.
So I suppose 'me' would be a good answer for some of the people in my life.
[I]Used[/I] to...?
Here are a few more:
Quoting fdrake
This reminds me of the time when I was a teenager and I waited at the side of the road for a car to stop to let me cross. Then, once a car had stopped, I stuck my middle finger up at the driver and walked away from the road without crossing.
I haven't done it since then, but I still find that one funny. If I did it again, I wouldn't stick my middle finger up. I would just give them a taunting grin and slowly walk away.
I made an effort to act less like a jackass when I was 21, it worked. Unfortunately maybe, but it did.
2. People assuming my questions to always be sarcastic and attacking me when I'm serious.
3. People not considering other ideas.
4. People stubbornly clinging to an empty argument when it doesn't make sense.
5. People telling me my idea is wrong, but not explaining why it is wrong, and not offering a solution.
6.People.
2. If I ask multiple questions in an email and get a response to only some.
3. Someone having their secretary call me and then asking that I wait for them to go get them so they can talk to me.
4. Someone attempting to impose their OCD rules on me.
5. Not texting me when you're going to be late
6. Thinking your drunken humor is funny.
7. Complaining at a restaurant with an expectation you'll get something for free.
8. Using profane language in a public place.
9. Deciding what I'll eat or when I'll eat lunch for me.
I'm sure there's more.
It has gotten worse. My neighbour now has a newborn. Disgusting noisy little creature. Sometimes if I accidentally drop something at night, it startles it, and it begins to let out that horrible noise until it settles back down again.
I usually say "Yes you are." and they look at me really weird. Most people don't know they other uses of sorry.
When I was in college we used to play follow the leader. Sometimes there were 40 people. The first would stand at the side of the road and just and wait for a car to stop. When the car was getting ready to move the next one would step out. You can imagine how that went on. That used to get people pissed of.
What what did he put between which what? What what is what?
Assuming that’s a true story, forty people who waste a college education.
Funny enough, I was going to write the complete opposite before I started reading... and the whole cat/dog dichotomy nails it much better than I could've.
I can't stand the fact that some of my friends have so little judgement about who they talk to, socialize, have sex with, etc... That they refuse to judge and understand that they are, simply, better than those they decide to spend most of their lives with, and that it could, so to speak, lower the common denominator...
Depends on what the definition of what was. I wonder what Augustino is doing about all this.
Yeah, this is just awkward.
That is the same with people who chew with their mouth open for me. The hatred is so profound that even I'm like whoa take it easy girl. The moment they stop the masticating display, suddenly the dark storm of pure loathing disappears.
Me: "Do you want X or Y?"
Them: "Yes"
Clients are the worst.
Lights at a zebra crossing? Where are you?
Philosophy is very frustrating. I’m always discovering I don’t know what I thought I did and I really don’t know much at all.
Yeah, that's very frequent. But it's normal, clients don't know what they want. You have to figure that out for them most of the time.
China. Lights that cars can still go through (they can turn into a crossing even when you've got a green man. They're supposed to stop but they usually don't). Great system for encouraging GBH.
Are zebra crossings, cross walks painted on the ground?
Oh yeah, I'm just trying to get in the mood here. We're supposed to be pissed off, right?
Yeah, where do you yanks paint your crosswalks? *Mulls alternatives, comes up blank* :)
Don't call me sir... Bitch.
Zebra crossings are crosswalks accompanied by Belisha beacons. In contrast, Pelican crossings are crosswalks accompanied by standard traffic lights. Any clearer?
Ha, exactly what I tell my students. High five!
Ok, these things are crosswalks. Still painted on the ground though...
It's all an act. Relax. I was just attempting to clean their little car windowies really.
We yanks paint our crosswalks on the street, followed with a light up version of your little green man walking in a fast stride. But our Zebra crossings are on an overpass with little green light up Zebras. Maybe the Zebras will be more respectful of you, then dodging cars like you are doing on the little green man.
It's the "control" bit that's missing here methinks.
So, what you are saying is I need a gun. (Y)
You mean "cross".
Yes and come here with it so I can show you what to shoot!
Your mother in law, hopefully. (jrob told me to say that :D)
Life is not Jeopardy folks!
8-) that jrob is a good man
True story. Couldn't make this shit up if I wanted to.
Same, but with a goat.
Banno would be proud!
Now I am pissed off because@Banno could be here to say that!
Who?
No, that's fake news.
Here I thought fake news was on TMZ and reports of real news were on FOX and CNN news reports.
Bouncing heap of spastic junk with pea-brained maniac behind wheel accelerates towards crosswalk on which I have innocently claimed asylum under the auspices of the friendly green man beckoning from the other side. Here I choose to stand firm, graveyard of brave perigrinators. Briefly. Before drawing back in horror at the realization that peabrained spastic junk driver would sooner convert me to road pancake than cease, desist or even slightly slow down his sputtering lump of malicious metal. By a matter of inches and only by an almost impossible reverse maneuvre do I manage to retain bodily integrity. (At least I remember to spit at the bastard though sadly I miss the windshield and almost certainly the attention of said peabrained homicidal nutter - i.e. typical local driver - when doing so.)
I'll have to put it through the fake news test. If Trump says it's fake news, it isn't, and if he says it isn't, it is.
CNN, FOX, and MSNBC all get a "Mixed" rating on https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/. I like my reporting to be "High" or "Very High".
Politifact and Snopes are also good to check whether or not the news is fake. FOX has 60% "mostly false"/"false"/"pants on fire" compared to CNN's 27% (albeit comparing FOX's 169 checks to CNN's 79). MSNBC only has two claims checked so not enough to warrant a comparison.
Hmm, I may also have to put your fake news test through the fake news test. If Trump says that Trump says it's fake news then Trump didn't say it's fake news therefore it is fake news.
Truth can be infuriating.
Have you read any Steven Pinker, btw? I’ve got a couple of his books in my wish list.
College education is not a 24/7 way of life, you do have free time occasionally. We also had competitions to see which group could put more people in a telephone booth or mini car. And a lot of other pranks.
World governments eliminate all source of fake news and offer rewards to all that denounce people creating news that is false.
If you know of someone that is trying to make public on the WWW any information that is not true call the following hotline and receive your reward.
555-4321 or 123-4567 if you are in Washington DC.
Yes.
Apparently yesterday someone was phoning registered Democrats in Virginia and (falsely) telling them that the polling booths had been moved elsewhere.
Don't you mean Wheel of Fortune?
Don’t mind me. I was following the enlightened lead and expressing my inner Kevin.
I know that means you expect me to respond to this with lol. But I won't just to piss you off.
I even deleted my last lol just to spite you.
Lol.