little things that annoy the shit out of you

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

And what did you expect to find in a thread about little things that annoy people? 

 

Stories of kitten's tears and unicorn love no doubt. 

 

"Unicorn love" just made me think of Pony Princess. What ever happened to him?

[Champ]

"Unicorn love" just made me think of Pony Princess. What ever happened to him?

Moved on to pastures new?

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Moved on to pastures new?

 

There are places other than the GF?

[Champ]

There are places other than the GF?

Whoosh?

[Hand Shandy]

I just don't think he was expecting you to make a joke that was actually funny.

 

You know, with being a woman and everything...

[Bobby Hundreds]

I watched that, "what do artists do all day" with Tracey Emin. The answer surprisingly is spend it like a fucking 4 year old. 

[Harry Squatter]

Shit bar staff who never serve anyone in order then leave the customers to argue or fight over who was there first.

[Furmedge]

Shit bar staff who never serve anyone in order then leave the customers to argue or fight over who was there first.

"Who's next?"

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Whoosh?

*hangs head in shame*

[Liverpool lad]

Airports - absolute mong magnets

 

Trying to board a plane and this group of cunts are taking selfies on the steps, selfie sticks and all.  They then had to use different entrances to the plane and decided to have a conversation whilst blocking the staircase.

[Liverpool lad]

Lending books to people and not getting them back

 

I love sharing books with people and talking about them, don't like snides who don't pass them back especially those that are impossible to get hold of

[Rico1304]

People who can't use a knife and fork.

[Furmedge]

People who can't use a knife and fork.

[General Dryness]

Everyone at my work saying, 'No worries' at the end of every phonecall, they sound like they're auditioning for a part in Home and fucking Away.

 

Twat.

 

Welcome to my day. Love the place, but it really is like the aussie soaps we grew up with. The southern hemisphereisms flow thick and fast.

 

How are you mate?

Box o' fluffies mate.

 

You busy mate?

Flat out like a lizard drinking mate.

 

Everyone drives utes and says "G'day".  Its just like Australia. Only with not quite so many australians. Which I see as a positive.

[redinblack62]

Everyone at my work saying, 'No worries' at the end of every phonecall, they sound like they're auditioning for a part in Home and fucking Away.

 

Twat.

 

Variation on this, when recruiters call you...

"Are you interested in this job in Upper Volta?"

"No"

"Not A Problem"

 

I know its not a problem, you Dick.

[Liverpool lad]

People who just want to take the fun out of everything you do

 

I know this proper sad cunt and having just got back from my holiday I know for a fact the first thing he will say to me was that the UK was hotter for a few days than my holiday destination.  I can put money on it that after the usual pleasantries he will pipe up with this boring fact.

 

He will then be content with the fact that he thinks he has taken the shine of my holiday and say something like 'all that way and the weather was better here' as though that is the only reason you went and they can smugly sit there thinking that they have got one over on you.

 

 

[Liverpool lad]

Can people not just have hobbies and interests without them becoming 'passions'?

 

It seems that nowadays whatever one you take up you have to dive right in at the deep end, buy everything you need for it and start talking like you a veteran of the scene straight away.

 

People cannot just enjoy a PS4, they have to be a gamer, cannot just enjoy keeping fit, they have to constantly bang on about Tough Mudder and their eating schedule, same goes for Festivals.  It is hard to explain and I don't think I am putting across as I would like to but I hope you get the idea.

[Dr Nowt]

You're all over my own thoughts on things at the moment on here, Mark; a number of posts are chiming with things the poor, long-sufferer has to listen to me moaning about at home.

 

Not least here - saturation of the buzz word "passion" is one of my absolute pet hates at the moment.

 

It's often used to excuse being a bore, a rude, selfish cunt, self-indulgent, attention-seeking, and any other negative behaviour that the generation up and especially the grandparents generation would have pulled you up for being such an arse over.

 

As you say, you just like whatever it is; get on with it and shut up. It's become shorthand for giving something greater credibility and prestige if you're "passionate" about it, and feeds into that corporate club thing of regurgitating the latest in-phrase so you fit in.

 

We used to laugh at people like that when I first worked for a Yank bank, they stood out like a sore thumb. Fast forward twenty years and it's mainstream behaviour.

 

Hideous stuff.

[Champ]

You're all over my own thoughts on things at the moment on here, Mark; a number of posts are chiming with things the poor, long-sufferer has to listen to me moaning about at home.

Not least here - saturation of the buzz word "passion" is one of my absolute pet hates at the moment.

It's often used to excuse being a bore, a rude, selfish cunt, self-indulgent, attention-seeking, and any other negative connotations that the generation up and especially the grandparents generation would have pulled you up for being such an arse over.

As you say, you just like whatever it is; get on with it and shut up. It's become shorthand for giving something greater credibility and prestige if you're "passionate" about it, and feeds into that corporate club thing of regurgitating the latest in-phrase so you fit in.

We used to laugh at people like that when I first worked for a Yank bank, they stood out like a sore thumb. Fast forward twenty years and it's mainstream behaviour.

Hideous stuff.

Same in school too. Didnt most of you just amble through school or were you passionate about certain subjects?

I know I wasnt but now kids seem to have to be passionate about their studies, following their dreams or whatever. My kids seem to be pretty much chips off the old block and somehow I wonder if I've let them down in this high octane world we're now all meant to inhabit

[Mook]

People who just want to take the fun out of everything you do

 

I know this proper sad cunt and having just got back from my holiday I know for a fact the first thing he will say to me was that the UK was hotter for a few days than my holiday destination.  I can put money on it that after the usual pleasantries he will pipe up with this boring fact.

 

He will then be content with the fact that he thinks he has taken the shine of my holiday and say something like 'all that way and the weather was better here' as though that is the only reason you went and they can smugly sit there thinking that they have got one over on you.

 

My boss is like this, the boy I work with sold his house recently & got much more than the asking price, she was at him every day, "So there's no chance it will fall through?", "Has the buyer signed everything yet?", No chance she could just be happy for him.

 

Then last week my Granny had a train named after her in recognition for 50 years of (successfully) campaigning for a railway line to be re-opened, when I told my boss why I needed the day off, "She's what? A train? What for?" in a disgusted tone, then after thinking about it she pipes up again, "That's a good thing isn't it?". Yes, yes having a train named after you is a good thing you complete fucking belter.

 

I hate it when people just can't be happy for other people without having to go one up on them.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Same in school too. Didnt most of you just amble through school or were you passionate about certain subjects?

I know I wasnt but now kids seem to have to be passionate about their studies, following their dreams or whatever. My kids seem to be pretty much chips off the old block and somehow I wonder if I've let them down in this high octane world we're now all meant to inhabit

 

I had a passion for computery things in school, but it was outside school. I used to build systems from about 13 years old, firstly with my Dad and then by myself. I would stay up until the early hours working on computers and couldn't wait to get home from school to get at them again. Booze and partying put a stop to that come my 16th birthday, but it's been reignited this last few years.

 

I get how it can be an annoying buzzword, but it also has an original meaning. I'm rarely happier than when I'm working on a personal computer project, whatever that may be. I get proper adrenaline rushes sometimes, shaking with excitement (no, not just at pornhub).

 

I wouldn't post on social media or talk in the office about "my passion". I agree that labeling something as your passion seems kind of redundant. People can usually see someones eyes light up when they talk about something they really love. It's like saying "I love my daughter" on faceaids. No shit.

[Champ]

My boss is like this, the boy I work with sold his house recently & got much more than the asking price, she was at him every day, "So there's no chance it will fall through?", "Has the buyer signed everything yet?", No chance she could just be happy for him.

 

Then last week my Granny had a train named after her in recognition for 50 years of (successfully) campaigning for a railway line to be re-opened, when I told my boss why I needed the day off, "She's what? A train? What for?" in a disgusted tone, then after thinking about it she pipes up again, "That's a good thing isn't it?". Yes, yes having a train named after you is a good thing you complete fucking belter.

 

I hate it when people just can't be happy for other people without having to go one up on them.

That's your granny? Oh, wow! She was on Reporting Scotland the other night, wasnt she? I thought she was brilliant and I didnt even know she was your granny.

Absoulte disgrace that line was ever closed. I'm really pleased to seeing it re-open.

 

 

 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, I am absolutely genuine. You must be really proud of her

[Mook]

That's your granny? Oh, wow! She was on Reporting Scotland the other night, wasnt she? I thought she was brilliant and I didnt even know she was your granny.

Absoulte disgrace that line was ever closed. I'm really pleased to seeing it re-open.

 

 

 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, I am absolutely genuine. You must be really proud of her

 

Aye, we're all proud of her, I don't think she was very enamoured with all the fuss that was made to be honest.

[Jairzinho]

The point, Shirley, is that people rarely have a "passion" for about 400 things, a "passion" that usually last for about a fortnight. This is just tedious, narcissistic, needy, fragile wankers that judge their entire life on how well received they are on social media, often by people they barely know. Having a "passion" gets you likes. Most people that have an actual passion really don't feel the need to tell everyone about it. I'm not saying they all don't, just that it isn't really the point.

 

It's exactly the same sort of thing as "y is lfe so unfare?" "u ok hun?" "karnt tlk abt it hun" or "Cheeky BBQ this weekend", "Cheeky few jaegers",  "Cheeky gym sesh" or posting quotes from people they know nothing about in the hope that it makes them seem all profound and that. Posting pictures of their lunch. Posting pictures of a family of immigrants next to a war vet that tries to make some bizarre economic/political connection between the two. Then immediately shutting down when someone pulls them up on their incredible stupidity. 

 

It's tragic. Utterly fucking tragic. And I do genuinely feel sorry for these people because whilst everything is okay in their bubble of supreme ignorance they have an advantage over those that aren't in said bubble, but as soon as something genuinely difficult happens in their life they simply aren't equipped to deal with it. Their lack of any human qualities leaves them ill prepared.

 

Humanity, it's gone get over it.

[Liverpool lad]

I often complain about Facebook, and I find it useful in my life as it helps me keep in touch with others. This is the only reason I keep it. It is like an email client with pictures.  it is more than a website, it is a form of identity.

 

However it is getting more and more difficult to sort through the nonsense on there, especially those people who seem to go from one 'passion' to another.  I know people on there who lead the most amazing lives on Facebook but the reality is that they are fucking skint and a bit dim.

 

You have said there about people not getting pulled up on it, I think it is the case here that the people are not being confronted about it but people can see right through it.  I have seen people on Facebook doing the most cringe worthy stuff and getting 'likes' and comments, the same people condoning this stuff on Facebook are often the first to call them a mug for it behind their backs.

 

Could the term Emperor's new clothes apply to this?