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[StrawberryViking]

For the uninformed, a pet peeve is something that a person finds particularly annoying. Little things are the little things in life that bring some measure of joy to your life. 

What are your pet peeves? 
What are some little things in life that make you smile? 

GO

Modifié par StrawberryViking, 23 décembre 2011 - 02:57 .

[bmwcrazy]

I hate people who touch my radio when they are in the passenger seat.

I love a cold beer after a hot shower.

[StrawberryViking]

When the string on the hood of your sweatshirt goes inside the hood.

Finding money in your pockets.

[chunkyman]

Pet peeves:

- Chewing gum. I hate the sound people make when they do it.

- My dog licking his feet. Stop it! It's irritating!

- People saying "happy holidays!" instead of "merry christmas!"

- People talking about Family Guy.

- Chevy and Dodge vehicles.

- People texting while driving.

- Cops following me.

- My glasses being dirty.

- Websites requiring membership to use. (like this one D:<)

- Double dipping.

- Vegetarians.

- Other people being happy. (It's more than a pet peeve, though. It really pisses me off.)

- People who have intentionally weird haircuts.

- Tattoos.

- Chuck Norris jokes.

- Asking if a Coke is okay when I ordered a Pepsi.

- Smiling.

- Short people.

- Chopsticks.

- Europe.

- Modern music.

- Old people.

- Hooker boots.

- The look of cottage cheese.

- People who are different than me. (Just kidding, I hate them.)

- People that say "libary" instead of "library".

- People that take offense to something on my list of pet peeves.




Little things:

- Ice cream!

- Chocolate!

- Side boob!

- Puppies!

- Not screwing up!

- King of The Hill!

Modifié par chunkyman, 23 décembre 2011 - 02:26 .

[StrawberryViking]

Hipsters. Take your greasy-haired irony-filled pretentiousness elsewhere. Nobody cares that you knew them before they 'got big'.
TV shows and commercials ads with ringing doorbells or phones, which make you into thinking the sound is coming from your house.
People who try to have conversations with me while I'm on the toilet. No. Just no.

Finally figuring out how to fold the road map correctly
The perfect comeback
Reuniting orphaned socks

[Dominus]

People with no sense of etiquette and manners.

[Some Geth]

DominusVita wrote...

People with no sense of etiquette and manners.

Like who?

[StrawberryViking]

(Moved my rant here to make the OP look less intimidating)


Pet Peeves:

People who overreact- I think we all knew that one person who burst out crying or moped all day because they got a bad or even just below average grade. Or maybe you have to tell them that your busy and can't come over, and they take it as a personal insult and freak out. Either way, everytime I encounter something like this I want to shake them by the shoulders and say: "It's not that big of a deal! Get a hold of yourself!" That, and I want to slap them- in the throat.

Parallel Parking- I always thought of parallel parking as a useless skill. Parallel parking was like calculus; you only needed to know how to do it until you graduated. However every so often I come across one of those mythical parallel parking spots that I am forced to park myself in. As I approach it cautiously, I try to remember what they taught me in driver's ed. I can only recall something about pulling up beside the car in front of the spot and once I reached a certain point I was supposed to turn the wheel really fast either right or left. This doesn't help me much, so I just do what comes naturally. Most times I end on the curb, but if by some kind of dark magic I manage to get myself in straight, I end up being 3 feet away from the curb. In either case I attempt an awkward 50 point turn in which I miserably fail at manuevering myself into the spot correctly. This is also made significantly worse by the fact that all the drivers behind me are watching me fail miserably.

Sarah Mclchlan ASPCA commericials- Here I am enjoying an episode of Scrubs, then I hear the opening notes of "Angel". Suddenly my heart sinks as clips of abused and neglected animals fade in and out between text. I can practically hear the pleading cries of the animals, if I listen close enough I can almost hear the word 'donate'. Now I love animals, and I donate to animal welfare organizations when I can, but this commercial just ruins my day. Not even the antics of J.D. and Turk can pull me out of my suddenly sour mood.

Mall Kiosks- They're like the real life incarnations of the beggars from Assassin's Creed. I'm walking around the mall, minding my own business, then suddenly I'm pulled over by a kiosk salesmen. They can be selling a multitude of things, cell phone plans, wigs, some kind of absurd looking toy. But the worst kinds are the personal care stands. They pull you over without warning and start rubbing lotion onto your hands or buff your nails. Sometimes they start straightening your hair, or shove their soaps in your face to get you to sell them. This is a personal annoyance because I have skin allergies. Every visit to the mall I have to tell myself to not make eye contact, eyes straight ahead, keep walking. Simply saying 'no' is not an effective deterent . Every time they try to accost me and try to sell me the overpriced 'secrets of the dead sea' lotion, or rhinestone phone cases for a phone model I clearly don't have I just want to squirt some hand-sanitizer in their eyes. I hear that a swift elbow to the nose is works well, but is only about 50% effective.

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This is the end of my hate-filled part of the rant. To make a half-baked effort to balance out my negativity, here's my little things

Little Things:

Wearing clothes just out of the dryer- Especially during the winter. I pill all the clothes from the dryer into the basket, dump all of them onto my bed. I take off my shirt and the momentary chill I feel is snuffed out by the warm clothes I just put on. It's like sinking into a hot tub, only you don't have to get wet.

Winning Arguments- Now I'm not talking about arguments like 'John Travolta was that one girl's boyfriend in Carrie' kind of arguments, because those can be won and solved by a simply google search. I'm talking about the opinionated, no real right answer kind of argument. You have to win these arguments through sound reasoning and lots fo persuasion- it takes a lot of effort. But it's totally worth it when that person comes around and admits defeat. Maybe it's just because I usually lose these kinds of arguments.

Taking off shoes after a long day- Foot-gasm. 'Nuff said.

[Volus Warlord]

Pet Peeves:
Cannot tolerate workload complaints from art, business, music, communications, marketing, theater, or similar lesser majors. Plain and simple:They don't do [llamas]. "OMG I had to work 3 hours straight in a single day!" Get over yourself. You could have an IQ of 47 and do that nonsense.

Cannot tolerate people who [mongoose] around like animals (or try to) and then act as if they should be commended for it. Stop chasing your [ocelot] 24/7 already... if it isn't already it will be a huge liability soon and very soon..

Environmentalists. If I spread half the BS they did, I'd be nailed out for the crows. Knowledge and research behind their claims are scarce at best. Sorry, I'd rather be employed and have electricity and have medicine and have roads and so forth.

Statistics. It's such horse [hippo]. You can use them to prove anything you want without ever saying you're certain. They're essentially a well-construed dodge.

Shopoholism. I never understood it. I don't see what is enjoyable about going to a mall and squandering your hard-earned assets on overpriced crap you don't need. Then again, they do it with credit cards and such so I guess they didn't "earn" it. lol.

Little Things:
Indie or small-time developer games. I love'em! Unique, innovative, maybe a bit wacky, but enjoyable.

Tinkering (not work related). I love screwing around with some nonsense to see how it works. You find the functional parts, the parts that were designed to break (planned obselecance ftl!), see if I can make it better or fix it, ruthlessly abuse wire hangers, find out what kind of halfass job the last guy did, etc. etc. All part of the game.

Teasing activists. I'm sorry, but it's just too easy..

Quantifying things that have no cause to be quantified. For instance, relating gambling winnings in proportion to date hotness. I suspect they are inversely proportional but I haven't done much testing. Been too busy. Maybe next semester. That and the effect of wear on presentation grades (casual vs. business casual vs. formal). That one may be a bit more useful.



[No swearing, please.]

Modifié par Stanley Woo, 23 décembre 2011 - 09:09 .

[ObserverStatus]

Pet Peeves
-people who use the term "lowest common denominator" when they aren't talking about math
-the word "stoked" when used for happy or excited
-lunar republicans (It's a brony thing, don't ask)
-the "love and tolerate" catch phrase. (I swear, the rule 34 artists just made that up to try force the rest of us to put up with them.)
-people who think that Warhammer 40k is better than StarCraft
-massed stalkers (my least favorite StarCraft II strategy)
-people who think that "app" is anything more than another word for program.
-drm software
-scams (Like Gamestop exclusive DLC, gasoline watered down with ethanol, and multivitamin pills)
-people who like to whine about humans being the worst species under the sun and project their values onto animals that don't have the mental capacity to comprehend them.

Modifié par bobobo878, 23 décembre 2011 - 03:07 .

[KenKenpachi]

People who think I will tell my weaknesses or button presses to them >>

[eroeru]

Pet-peeve:
People who seem arrogant. All who don't seem to wish well.
People who don't reflect on things, most importantly their own actions (those who avoid self-criticism and are not quite rational.)
Anyone who thinks/feels their pet peeve or dislike/hate is utterly important and doesn't know how to deal with it well enough.

Little thing:
The sound of kids practicing when I go past a music school.
Most details in "wild" nature.

Modifié par eroeru, 23 décembre 2011 - 05:09 .

[chunkyman]

Volus Warlord wrote...


Teasing activists. I'm sorry, but it's just too easy..

I should have added that to my list. It's so fun to watch them get all huffy and puffy when you make of fun their beliefs!

Nothing like a leather jacket at a PETA rally.

Modifié par chunkyman, 23 décembre 2011 - 06:14 .

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Pet peeves:

- Tattoos
- Human & Animal Right Activists
- Random people staring at me
- Post-Modern music (after 60s)
- B*tches
- People who say "It's in my genes"
- Tight Clothes
- People who think making a change is cool, even that the change is so dumb or harmful
- Whiners
- Consumerism
- Capitalism

... fair enough.

Little things:

- Chocolate
- Coconut and Pineapple
- A perfect strategy game
- A perfect comedy movie
- Success [Haven't seen any outside my PC in two years!]
- Kids!
- People who like my personality and Ideas

May add later

[Milana_Saros]

StrawberryViking wrote...

What are your pet peeves?

- People complaining about how busy they are. That's usually their own fault. Other people don't force you to get a million hobbies, a million friends, a million obsessed chores you supposedly have to. Especially annoying when these people think that being busy makes them more important than others, trying to get past store lines or some other ridiculous stuff.

- Traffic. If only it would be just about your own driving skills but it never is, is it? People passing other cars by in curves and crowded roads because they just HAVE to get to their final destination 5 minutes earlier. People not knowing how to use a turning signal. People using brakes ALL THE TIME. People not knowing cross road rules if there aren't traffic signs. People turning from traffic lights and then immediately switching to another lane instead of doing a bigger turn to get to that lane to begin with!!!! I could go on forever.

- People flaunting their sexuality. My ex-friend did that all the time. She actually thought that she is awesome and special and popular because she kept hitting on guys at a bar and then immediately fell into their bed and took her panties off. It doesn't make ANYONE special. And guys sure as hell don't "appreciate" you for it. More like laught at you behind your back. "Damn, she was the easiest **** I've ever had!" Worse thing is that thanks to the media we have today, it's more like a trend than some silly thing young girls do. Big Brother is the worse in this. Our most recent BB winner is a part-time stripper who has 2 children. She kept taking her clothes off all the time and stripping to the other housemates. And when they had this sex themed party she started crying when she saw all the "props" on the table...because she was so happy. Like...WTF?

- People idolizing other people for whatever reason. Sure we are all fans of certain actors and such but it's like...I was listening to Damage Vault and the only thing people could talk about on the YouTube page was this rogue called Reckful. That guy played to 3k on Arena and used Damage Vaults song in a pvp vid and now instead of actually appreciating the band and the music, these little fanboys come to their music page to talk about some freaking WoW player. Also naming your characters after a famous player...thousands of Reckfuls, Miirkats, Garxzs, Braindeadlys etc. on the armory. WHY would you use some pro player's name instead of making up your own and trying to get just as good instead?

What are some little things in life that make you smile? 

- Awesome customers. The kind who understand that we shop clerks are just people like everyone else. The kind of people who come to the store smiling warmly and saying "Thank you" when you're nice to them.

- My family. We might not always see eye to eye but they're the people who will be around when everyone else is gone. Not everyone has this so I've learned to cherish my family.

- Cats and other animals in general. The world would be a much colder and darker place without animals.

- Music. It's a great way to pour out some excess emotions. Be it party mood, anger or sadness.

- Dumb humour. I seem to love stupid things. Troll faces, sparta remixes and other silly stuff. At least I'm having fun...

[N7M]

peeve:

vanity in others

fancy:

my humility

[Mercuron]

Peeves:
- Any gaggle of teens who are all simultaneously texting on their phones instead of looking where they are going
- Asinine lawsuits, like suing McDonalds for your weight/health issues because you ate too many Big Macs
- People who utilize the word 'prolly' in an otherwise soundly-constructed sentence.
- Westboro Baptist Church's continued existence
- Wireless controller battery packs that display 3/4 bars of charge remaining for hours, then lose the last two bars in about 20-30 minutes

Smiles:
- Random compliments
- A well-designed and aesthetically pleasing game HUD
- Some speech patterns native to these forums (cuz it hella funny tbh)
- ED's vault of chatlogs wherein various imbeciles react badly when the girl they thought they were cybering confesses to being a man
- Flamethrowers

[Dominus]

Whoops. Nothing to see here.

Modifié par DominusVita, 30 décembre 2011 - 02:04 .

[CmndrFisher]

Peeves:
 
Tight clothes on people who don’t have the physique for them
Drivers who think they are they are more important than everyone else
People who think they are they are more important than everyone else. PERIOD.
People who foist there cultural and religious beliefs on others under the guise of human rights and diversity
Forgetting to put beer in the fridge.
Bank fees
People invading my space.
 
And a host of other annoyances
 
Little Things:
 
First and foremost, my daughter’s grumpy good morning greeting when she gets out of bed.
Tight clothes on people who have the physique for them
My dog greeting me when I arrive home from work
Hand written letters from friends/family in the mail.
The sound of the bottle cap popping off my first beer of the day.
FOOD
Sleeping in on the weekends.
Being smiled at by a woman, for no particular reason
The fleeting scent of a nice perfume when a woman walks by.
 
And lots more.

[Wentletrap]

Dislikes:
- folks who walk too slow
- folks who drive too fast (usually speeding up just to get to the next light / bottle neck on fwy)
- traffic lights
- folks who, when meeting me, get my name, but forget to give theirs. (happens 1 or 2 times a year).


Likes:
- using up the change in my pockets
- fried foods
- plucking out grey hairs (a losing battle, but oddly satisfying)
- jasmine and chrysanthemum tea

[Druss99]

Peeves:
People who re-write history especially when I was there at the event they are lying about. No you were not smooth you fool and they did not find you amusing and cool, you sat blowing cigar smoke in their faces as they repeatedly asked you to go away and you kept replying "I'm cool like Clint Eastwood." I was there! No you did not walk out of your job, you were fired. I was the one there attempting to defend you, you moron! Seriously why do people do that and expect me not to call them on it?

People who insist on getting so drunk they barely function, drinking is fun but only up to a point.

People touching me or getting too close to me. If your not going to fight me or have sex with me then you have no business being in my personal space.

People who are overly PC.

People who spit when they talk.

People who don't wash their hands after going to the toilet and then insist on buying you drinks.

People who don't want to work and attempt to cover it up by coming up with insane reasons to reject jobs.

Little things:
The Colonels secret blend of 11 different herbs and spices.

My dog demonstrating he may be the wisest person I know.

A nice pair of boobs.

Losing myself in a game or book for several hours without realising how long I've been playing or reading.

Making people that annoy me look stupid simply by questioning their logic.

Modifié par Druss99, 29 décembre 2011 - 10:30 .

[Andarthiel_Demigod]

Pet Peeves
- People who feel that it's necessary to spit in public, really unhygienic and disgusting
I beleive that's how one of the plagues spread

-People who use American english terms when they're not American(eg. Elevator,gas, sidewalk, movie etc.)
Elevator=Lift, We don't have gas it's called Petrol, Sidewalk=Footpath, Movie=Film, I live in Australia and people who use American English makes just annoy me so much

-People who play bad music loudly on Public transport
Usually it's really bad pop, hip hop, rap or techno which I cannot stand, it's what headphones are for

-Screaming babies, they make me rage
That piercing screech makes me want to throttle the baby in question

-Graffiti(the Vandalism kind, not the art kind)
This one is self explanatory, some idiots think it's cool and fun but property damage is no laughing matter

-Narrow minded people(ie. someone who doesn't accept the different opinions or views of others)
my brother is like that when it comes to music,films,tv shows etc. Likewise I loathe people who have strict religious views and feel it necessary to preach it to people outside of their faith, they have no right.

- Hypocrites

-People who beleive everything they hear/watch on mainstream media and everything their leader or politician tells them


The Little Things

- Espresso Machine Coffee(in particular Cappucino,mmm)
-Shopping for myself
-Ramen
- Funnny memes and internet expressions
-Music and Art

Modifié par Andarthiel_Demigod, 30 décembre 2011 - 01:32 .

[Gatt9]

Peeves

-Slow drivers,  especially the ones who hurry up and pull out cutting you off,  then suddenly switch to puttering along at 10mph. 

-Kids who claim that turn based games existed because "The technology couldn't do real time back then!",  too lazy to have read and learned that it was a concious choice and RT was an option on every platform ever.

-People who claim "That type of game won't sell anymore!",  not realizing that sentence is just marketing speak for "We aren't interested in anything that isn't the in-thing right now",  as EA and Ubisoft proved this year when they declared even RTS "Unsellable".

-People who take some marketing word and repeat it endlessly as if it actually has meaning,  "Cinematic!",  "Immersive",  even though it's the same type of game that's been released dozens of times over the past 10 years.  Even worse on Bethseda boards where it's the exact same game they've been releasing for 15 years,  with fewer features each time,  and the words end up used relentlessly.

Likes

-Debates with people who come prepared.

-Talking with old people (The things you learn,  especially from WW2 era people,  are amazing.  The textbooks,  and even the internet,  don't cover 1/10th of the stuff that happened)

-Friendly employees at stores,  a happy cashier or floor employee makes a huge difference.