What Things Piss You Off?

[Parche]

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. A lot of "things" piss me off --

its called being left-handed in a right-handed world :D

[Godhumor]

42. You know the old urban legend about lefties dying younger than righties?

I just finished running a statistical regression using a sample of 950 lefties versus 950 rights and the average age of death of each...

Turns out we really do have an average lifespan of 9 years less than righties.

The major reason I found? The body of your post--lefties have a ton of accidents trying to use all sorts of equipment designed exclusively for right handers. That's right we accidentally kill ourselves thanks to trying to fit into a right handed world.

The most common cause of accidental death I found was driving a manual transmission car (Trust me, it can be increidbly frustrating trying to shift gears in a car designed for a righthander). The most horrifying was death by right-handed chainsaw.

So yeah, now I'm pissed about being a lefty in a right-handed world.

[Deja Q]

2. Drinking too much and having to hold it for 2 hours

[redqueen]

3. Inconsiderate people.

Greedy / selfish people.

Itentionally and maliciously dishonest people.

People who speed up after you go to pass them... or who swing over into the passing lane to keep you from passing them.

That tasty food is so often fattening / unhealthy.

Work. :P

[CreekDog]

4. you do

no, wait, i meant that other guy, you know, he's in Rush.

:yourock:

[KamaAina]

5. Late, jampacked buses. Bikes on the sidewalk. Telemarketers.

Hell, pretty much any phone call, come to think of it.

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[taterguy]

6. The CSR at AAA who kept saying roadside assistance is only available to vehicles

While explaining they couldn't help with the bicycle trouble I was having.

Goddamnit my bicycle is a vehicle.

Would it kill you to at least be linguistically correct and say motor vehicle?

[AlCzervik]

7. My neighbors screaming at each other in front of their toddler.

get a divorce people before you kill each other. I feel so bad for that kid.

[lost-in-nj]

8. you

you haven't said hello


at all......

for days


:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

lost

[supernova]

9. Being interrupted

I absolutely HATE IT!!

[femmocrat]

18. Yes, me too!

I think that is incredibly rude. Also... if I am in the middle of something, and someone "expects" me to drop what I am doing to do something for them! :grr:

[Guava Jelly]

10. White guys

(disclaimer..I am a white guy)

[Wcross]

11. One bad driving habit- Passing lane loiterers.

People that insist on driving in the passing lane regardless of traffic. If the lane to your right is clear, that's where you need to be. A close second are those that don't signal lane changes. We have no idea what you are planning to do. Please use your signals?

[Cabcere]

12. The 2004 women's novice crew team from Columbia University

and the judges at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta that year who didn't penalize them for a) illegally starting the race before their boat's number was called, and b) clashing their oars against another crew's oars and boat (not only illegal, but potentially dangerous as well). :grr: Luckily, no one was injured and there was no significant damage to the equipment, but either one of those actions could have been sufficient grounds for disqualification...had the offending crew not represented an Ivy League university. :eyes: As it happened, they didn't get so much as a 30-second penalty. :mad:

As you might have guessed from the above, unfairness and discrimination (even in something so trivial as college rowing) really piss me off. Some other things that piss me off are:

- arrogance
- callous disregard for human life/senseless violence in any form
- willful ignorance
- intolerance/mocking of the beliefs of others (just because you do not believe what I do does NOT give you the right to treat me as an inferior, especially if my belief is not affecting your life in any way)
- oppression of others

But other than the Bush administration (;)), one of the things that never fails to make me absolutely furious is when people hurt my family and friends in any way. :grr: My little brother is almost 17 years old, 6 feet tall, strong as an ox from working in construction during the summer, and perfectly capable of taking care of himself, but I get extremely angry when I hear about people picking on him at school. NOBODY insults my little brother (except for me, because I'm his sister, it's my job, and it's usually done in an affectionate/joking manner). I feel the same way about people giving my dad shit at work, or my friends' significant others breaking their hearts or mistreating them in any way. You DO NOT fuck with my family and friends. :mad: I may be a laid-back and peace-loving person, but I can and will kick ass and take names when necessary. :grr:

[ThomCat]

14. Are the judges careless, blind, or biased?

x(

[Cabcere]

16. Apparently, yes.

:P x(

:hug: How've you been, ThomCat? :hi:

[ThomCat]

20. Hi Cabcere!

:hi:

I'm hanging on. I might be getting my scooter as soon as next week. And at this point I'm actually looking forward to it. Struggling to walk is getting very old. I'm a stuborn bastard, but I'll ride if it gets me where I need to go.

I'm also interviewing three potential new roommates this weekend. It's going to be very busy, but that's good. Good things can come out of this. :)

I hope you're doing well. :hug:

[Cabcere]

24. Glad to hear it!

:hi: Best of luck with the roommate situation - I remember reading about the last one dropping out of school and kind of leaving you in the lurch. :( Hopefully, you'll be able to find somebody good who suits your needs and will be able to stay for a while! :hug:

Things are going pretty well here for the moment. My mom had to have surgery yesterday to remove a softball-sized mass from her abdomen, but the doctors are pretty sure it's benign (although they're running some more tests just to make sure, since she had thyroid cancer earlier this year and they didn't catch that at first), and she seems to be recovering nicely. Other than that, it's just the usual - stressing out over term papers, getting ready for final exams, trying to decide what I want to do with my life after I graduate in May, etc. :hi: Peace!

[ThomCat]

26. Good vibes for your Mom!

:hug:

I hope she is okay and they find that it really is benign.

[Cabcere]

29. Thanks!

:hug: Your vibes and kind thoughts are much appreciated. :pals:

[SPKrazy]

21. lets go kick some ass!!!!!!

:grr:

:hi:


:hug:

:rofl:

(i'm not mocking you) :P

[Cabcere]

27. When I saw the response in My DU, I thought it was from Skittles at first.

:rofl: :P :hug: A few months after that incident, I was actually at Columbia for a seminar and I briefly considered trying to locate the boathouse...but vandalism isn't really my style, and plus I didn't have time. :P

:hug: :loveya: :hi: Hope things are going well for you, SPK.

[SPKrazy]

38. always an excuse...

:eyes:

J/K

I'm doing okay

although I keep saying I'm going to bed and I keep posting :P

:hug: :hug: :hug:

:hi:

[ThomCat]

13. That would be quite a list.

x(

[SPKrazy]

15. Idiots

bullshit

passive aggressiveness

Lying

Stealing

People who hurt people

people who think they are above others

people who make no fucking sense whatsoever but seem to think they do and push it until they look like fucking morans

ass kissers

"company" men/women (goes with ass kissers)

social injustice

threads about airplanes

:grr:



;)

[stuntcat]

17. Internet Warriors

Especially Democrats who sign onto DU and attack other Democrats, that's the silliest shit in the world :rofl:

[SPKrazy]

19. Nice post Hitler!

or is it Mussolini

or who?

:rofl:


:hi:

:hug:

how are ya?

[stuntcat]

23. lol ;)

I was great until someone here decided to FIGHT ME over nothing late last night. But I've got some mood swing issues.. now I'm starting to level back out. Well maybe catty disrespect over nothing is good for my heart once in a while, I hope! :shrug:

How YOU doin? :hug: :hug: :hug:

[SPKrazy]

25. hey!

i had someone that i took off ignore to see what they were saying in my thread go after me and i couldn't understand what they were saying, guess i'm just not bright enough :P

life goes on

back on ignore

and back in the saddle

life's too short to mess with people who are mean

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[stuntcat]

34. life does go on

Democrats so bitter they have to fight at other Democrats make me wanna find a new party, maybe the hopeless green party or something, I wonder if those people fight amongst themselves too?
:hug: O8) :hug:

[SPKrazy]

40. everybody fights when it comes to power

it is the nature of the beast

we can hope that we can come close enough to some kind of agreement, for instance, I will vote for whoever the Dem candidate is.

However

I'm not happy with the slate that's out there.

My candidate isn't in the race ...... yet

:hug: :hug: hope for the future is still possible :toast:

[stuntcat]

47. :hug: hope

:hug: hope.

think I better drink to that :toast: I need to remember how many people aren't here to make each other feel like doodoo. Thank you!

[DarkTirade]

28. Ever had someone here try to fight you on about a point on which they were on your side?

That's always a weird experience. After about the third or fourth time I replied with, "I'm on your side. Why are you fighting with me?" or some variant on that I just gave up and stopped responding. Some people are just so reactionary that they can't even read what you wrote before starting a fight. They just see one word or phrase and go nucking futs.

[stuntcat]

31. ...

right exactly! The thing of it is, I'm too off-balance to handle it well when it happens to me. At least I know to be careful and not put down other people, I am not a fighter, that's why I ditched the sites I used to waste time on and came to DU. I have to remember how many other people are also not here for fighting I'm glad for the lounge! :7

[DarkTirade]

50. We don't really 'fight' in the lounge...

we just have silly quizzes and memes that get recycled back and forth. :)

Oh, and kitties. Lots of kitties.

[SPKrazy]

32. yes

some people

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

52. I had one recently who realized what a moron he'd been and he apologized...

but that was on another forum, not this one.

I decided to let him off the hook... but I had to get at least one smart-ass jibe in there at the end. So I made some comment about him not having a leg to stand on, then I said something along the lines of, "You'd best hope I forget about this incident, or else I might just start referring to you as 'Stumpy' from now on." :P

[Zookeeper]

48. Hells, yes!

'Weird and aggravating experience. Those reactionary posters are one reason I'm spending less time on DU. It's just tiresome and a waste of time and energy to deal with those folks.

[DarkTirade]

49. Which is exactly why I just gave up trying to talk to that person.

It's not worth the effort and aggrivation. Everyone else is capable of reading, and they're all laughing at the moron trying to pick a fight over absolutely nothing. It's just plain better to laugh at their stupidity too instead of getting frustrated by it. :)

[stuntcat]

53. "better to laugh at .."

You're exactly right. Now I can see that it was their pointless bullying but last night I got so mad I could hardly breathe, which was all my fault for letting a stranger make me feel so bad.
I'll be tougher next time, and it's good seeing people here who know the fighting for nothing is meaningless :headbang:

[DarkTirade]

54. Well, sometimes it can be fun.

But only if you know you're fighting for nothing. That way it's just a game, and you can sit back and enjoy it.

Sports, checkers, card games... most of the time there's no real gain there. But people enjoy them anyway.

And some people do them for money, but that's beside the point. :)

[Xipe Totec]

22. People who can't admit they are wrong

even when they are wrong.

That's just wrong.

Especially in science & Technology.

[DarkTirade]

39. That's why I stick to being indecisive.

Can't be wrong if I don't choose! :P

[Xipe Totec]

41. Not choosing is also a choice

I think...


Though I'm not sure...











Let me get back to you on this one...
































someday............


























:hi:

[DarkTirade]

45. I annoyed the hell out of one of my exes like that. She wanted to find some way to prove me wrong...

and I didn't refuse to admit when I was wrong. I just refused to be wrong around her. :P Sometimes saying "I don't know." is the right answer... at least it's true. :)

[Zookeeper]

30. Today it was the woman at the grocery store who quickly....

turned her shopping cart into an aisle before me...then immediately STOPPED! Another cart was blocking the other side of the aisle, but she made no effort to move her cart forward and just casually perused the shelves. After a minute, the other shopper was polite enough to make room for me to get through, but Ms. Pushy was still stubbornly oblivious.

I know this is pretty small stuff, but I suppose it's healthier to blow off steam by quietly fuming over jerky strangers than to end up strangling one of my teenagers in their sleep. :P

[SPKrazy]

33. BUMPER CARTS!!!!

get some rubber bumpers and start ramming carts in the store

go to a store you don't live anywhere near

then when they kick you out

you can go to one closer to home to actually shop

I know you got that in you Zookeep

:rofl:


:hug: :hug: :hug:

:crazy:

[madeline_con]

43. Did you say, "Excuse me!" semi loudly? n/t

[Zookeeper]

46. No, I said a polite "Excuse me," to the other shopper....

who seemed to be actually aware that she was in a public place.

I can be pretty assertive, but I was momentarily stunned by the pushy woman's cluelessness.

(I've probably become too Minnesotan after all my years here, and would rather stew. :P )

[Breeze54]

35. It'd be easier to list what doesn't piss me off but

my tolerance levels have been deteriorating in the last few years, much to my chagrin.

I was always 'happy go lucky' until * took the WH. :grr:

Now I'm turning into a pissed off old woman.

I don't like it, either. It's not like me. Oh well; I'll get over it sooner or later.

[SPKrazy]

36. just realize it's better to be pissed off

than pissed on



and let's kick some ass Breeze!!!

[Breeze54]

44. LOL! - I need my cockroach killers!

Those pointy toed cowboy boots that get in the corners! :P

I am nice to people, most of the time, but sometimes I'd

just like to scream at the morans... "FUCK YOU!!!!!" :P

:rofl:

But I don't and then I go home pissed off... :banghead:

But when I relate the story to my son about what happened, he always starts laughing! :D

He thinks I'm funny I guess. :P (I do joke about it though!) ;)

[DarkTirade]

37. Picking on the little guy always pisses me off.

Especially in the form of discrimination and things like that.
Accusing me of being a racist or something of that ilk also pisses me off. In all my time here I've only used the alert button twice... the first time being when someone accused me of visiting neo-nazi websites. (and no, it wasn't in GD or GD-P. It was in the science forum of all places.) The second time when some weirdo tried to accuse me of being a pedophile or something like that. I don't know what the hell either one of them was smoking, but that was when I realized that it was time to use the alert button.

There are only three things that I can think of that could ever bring me to use physical violence. #1 is defense, either of myself or of others. That's kind of a given. The two I just mentioned are numbers 2 and 3. Obviously, being a reasonable human being, I would attempt to use words first and violence second though. With a few exceptions, most namely being when someone is directly in danger. Or if they REALLY manage to piss me off beyond rational thought. Which has only happened once in my life, and that took a few months of harrassment, and I only raised a hand when I'd had a really bad bout of insomnia for a straight week and I hadn't gotten more than two or three hours of sleep in the past several days. So I was already not in my rational mind at the time.

Also, people who judge based on appearance piss me off. And I don't mean in the physical attraction sense. I mean judge a person's worth and try to determine who they are based on a casual glance. I swear, if one more person refuses to believe that I don't and have never done drugs just because I've got long hair, I might just add a fourth reason to commit violence to that list.

And in specific reference to the long hair bit... no, it's not funny. The first time I heard it it wasn't funny. The second time I heard it, it wasn't funny. The fiftieth time I heard it, it wasn't funny. The hundredth time I heard it, it wasn't funny. If I hear one more goddamned person say, "Cut your hair, you hippie!" whether they're joking or not, there will most likely be broken bones and cartilidge, and if there's a handy hard surface nearby, lost teeth. It's not just annoying, it's gotten to the point where it's just plain harrassment. And if I'm not going to let you harass some other person who doesn't fit into the mainstream world, why the (*&% would I let you do it to me? I'm not one to let emotions show through the surface... but the last person who jokingly said that to me immediately backpedaled, apologized and tried to make amends. And he was bigger than me. I didn't say anything. I didn't do anything. I can only imagine what kind of look I gave him at the time. It was taking most of my self-control not to at least make a fist right then, let alone keep myself from using it. And like I said, I've only started a fight once in my life, after months of dealing with one person's harrassment and when I was in an extremely sleep deprived state. That's how much that is starting to piss me off.

Oh, and people who are willing to endanger others because they just don't frikkin' care... they piss me off too. People who drive in an unsafe manner... people who vote republican because they want their tax cuts and they don't care whose kids go off to war to die... yeah, they piss me off a bit.

[TreasonousBastard]

51. Being asked what pisses me off.