This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[GrogNerd]

Don't think I have ever been proud enough of my movements to applaud

Probably because I am not one of the Participation Trophy generation

But if yours deserves applause, power to you

I would advise against standing ovations until after clean up

 

[Genghis]

We have it happen here because the one driver is tired of being behind the other one. But they've both got speed limiters. So maybe the one guy can go 1-2 Klicks faster than the other. It takes them a godawful long time to finish passing. And the. They get to a hill and the guy who's faster has a heavier load so it screws it all up and he has to try again

So much this. The inlaws live out in Cornwall. Every single time, we get a couple pairs of these yahoos once the 401 narrows down to two lanes.

 

[GrogNerd]

Hate to break it to you but the people who work at BK are just as capable of screwing up your order as the ones at McD. Has less to do with the company and more to do with the acuteness of people who typically work in FF.

McDs was my first job when I turned 16 and the last job I had before I joined the Navy, so thanks for calling me a cuteness

and I don't know when they switched coffee, but the new **** tastes like ****. like DD coffee, which is super gross ****

swung by BK this morning. SEC croissandwich, was meh. coffee infinitely better than McCafe ***insert puking smiley here***

 

[gratus fermentatio]

people who stop in the middle of the aisle in the supermarket, to socialize, blocking the aisle.

 

[soccerdad]

people who stop in the middle of the aisle in the supermarket, to socialize, blocking the aisle.

this is what the adjustments in open carry are for

shoot those fvckers

 

[GrogNerd]

this is what the adjustments in open carry are for

shoot those fvckers

a bit harsh, don't you think?

this is what flashbangs are for. just one should clear an aisle

 

[dkwolf]

a bit harsh, don't you think?

this is what flashbangs are for. just one should clear an aisle

Not nearly fun enough.

This is what the mexican restaurant up the street is for. Stand right next to the offender and let one roar. They'll move.

Or they'll suffer.


(Hey, if you're going to be an inconsiderate jerk, I have no problem doing the same to you)

 

[GrogNerd]

Not nearly fun enough.

This is what the mexican restaurant up the street is for. Stand right next to the offender and let one roar. They'll move.

Or they'll suffer.


(Hey, if you're going to be an inconsiderate jerk, I have no problem doing the same to you)

goes straight to nuclear option

not my style, but can't argue its effectiveness

 

[dkwolf]

goes straight to nuclear option

not my style, but can't argue its effectiveness

Nah, my nuclear option is after a four day spaghetti binge. I live alone, and don't like cooking small meals, so I'll make a full batch and eat it for 3-4 days. I make a killer garlic bread, and after pre-loading my system with that a couple days, I can peel wallpaper with garlic farts. And those things HANG.

 

[JonM]

Throw in some murky homebrew from a keg that got jostled a little bit and call the hazmat team.

 

[JonM]

If you are at an event that is thoroughly covered by all sorts of news organizations and there are cameras everywhere, there is no fricking need to whip out your phone to document it. I saw clips of the inauguration and of when Obama presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Biden. Both of those events had just a few cameras about but sure enough, folks felt the need to hold their phones overhead (blocking camera views) so they'd have their own (much lower quality and much shakier) video of the same thing that you can download later.

Same goes for weddings. There are professional photographers all over the place. No need to hop into the aisle in front of the bride to get yourself a little snapshot.

 

[Steveruch]

people who stop in the middle of the aisle in the supermarket, to socialize, blocking the aisle.

Or the ones who stop, park their cart at an angle blocking the aisle while they slowly contemplate what variety of soup to buy.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Illinois Emissions testing.....

My wife's car is a Lexus ES 300H The H means it's a hybrid ES.

Why does a car that 50% of the the time doesn't burn fuel, need to be emissions tested?

When the car is not moving it doesn't run the gas engine provided it has a working battery.

 

[soccerdad]

I think you can major in Corruption, Bribery and Bureaucracy in Champaign

 

[Schlenkerla]

I think you can major in Corruption, Bribery and Bureaucracy in Champaign

How so?

 

[GrogNerd]

**Scot Sean Connery worst ever Irish accent voice**

"That's the CHICAGO way"

(correction: Kelly MacDonald in Boardwalk Empire was probably the worst Scot trying to do an Irish accent, but dang, she purty)

 

[Schlenkerla]

**Scot Sean Connery worst ever Irish accent voice**

"That's the CHICAGO way"

(correction: Kelly MacDonald in Boardwalk Empire was probably the worst Scot trying to do an Irish accent, but dang, she purty)

Yeah, while I think it's good for a congested city. It's silly for fuel efficient cars. They should be exempted.

My wife needs to submit a change of address to get away from this. My other car's registration is in Decatur so I don't need to do emissions on a 2006 Camry.

I wonder if I had a Volt and had a Chicago address if I'd get the notice for testing. I can imagine the knucklehead trying to find the exhaust pipe....

BTW - I have two addresses. If you're not in Chicagoland no testing required.

 

[schematix]

Illinois Emissions testing.....

My wife's car is a Lexus ES 300H The H means it's a hybrid ES.

Why does a car that 50% of the the time doesn't burn fuel, need to be emissions tested?

When the car is not moving it doesn't run the gas engine provided it has a working battery.

Stupid Fokkers....

Pretty simple actually. All of the energy comes from the GAS engine. The state is not the 'stupid fokker' here.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Pretty simple actually. All of the energy comes from the GAS engine. The state is not the 'stupid fokker' here.

I'll retract the stupid fockers comment.

It's not about energy it's the emission. A hybrid car has much less than the conventional gas burning car.

Then it's about maintenance of the vehicle, so that it's burning as clean as possible.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/sc...-production-waste-offset-hybrid-benefits2.htm

 

[schematix]

I'll retract the stupid fockers comment.

It's not about energy it's the emission. A hybrid car has much less than the conventional gas burning car.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/sc...-production-waste-offset-hybrid-benefits2.htm

The emissions are only less if the gas engine is functioning properly though. That's why you have emissions test it still.

All that battery does for you is allow the engine to run at more efficient speeds when its running (so uses less fuel and ideally less emissions), and recover some energy when braking. Other than that's still fundamentally the same as a normal car. Even then the fuel savings aren't that significant.

 

[Schlenkerla]

The emissions are only less if the gas engine is functioning properly though. That's why you have emissions test it still.

All that battery does for you is allow the engine to run at more efficient speeds when its running (so uses less fuel and ideally less emissions), and recover some energy when braking. Other than that's still fundamentally the same as a normal car. Even then the fuel savings aren't that significant.

Ok. That's true.

...but I still find it annoying.

The Lexus needs tested but not the Camry. All has to do where it's registered.

 

[Steveruch]

Where I live when a car hits 25 years old they stop testing it. Seems to me the older a car gets the more likely it is to be a polluter.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Where I live when a car hits 25 years old they stop testing it. Seems to me the older a car gets the more likely it is to be a polluter.

Right. The older the car is the more it pollutes if maintenance is not kept up.

That's how they should apply registration fees too. The older they are the higher the registration fee. It would give incentive replace old cars. It would probably generate state revenue from fines too, failing to renew you pay a fine. The downside is it would make it harder for the poor to own cars.

 

[soccerdad]

How so?

'Twas a wee bit of a poke at the State that appears to send most of its Governors and many of its Mayors and others off to a retirement home called prison. Illinois may not have invented corruption, but they must study it and teach it since they are so damn good at it.

 

[Schlenkerla]

'Twas a wee bit of a poke at the State that appears to send most of its Governors and many of its Mayors and others off to a retirement home called prison. Illinois may not have invented corruption, but they must study it and teach it since they are so damn good at it.

Yeah, Blago wanted to be pardoned last month. My guess when Obama found out, he jokingly said, "It's gonna cost yah!"

Or, "I have this thing and it's golden..." with a $hit eating grin.

 

[BikerMatt]

People who put up a for sale ad onto a forum with the only way to contact the seller via PM, and then don't log in to check!

 

[dkwolf]

I wonder if I had a Volt and had a Chicago address if I'd get the notice for testing. I can imagine the knucklehead trying to find the exhaust pipe....

I'm guessing he'd have a rather easy time finding it. It's on the drivers side, hidden behind the rear apron.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I'm guessing he'd have a rather easy time finding it. It's on the drivers side, hidden behind the rear apron.

I thought it only battery operated, all-electric. I didn't know it was hybrid. That makes sense.

 

[BikerMatt]

Chevy Volt, or more precisely Opel Ampera, is an EREV, or extended range electric vehicle. It does have a petrol engine which however is not connected to the powertrain, it only spins a generator providing electricity when the batteries deplete. Whereas the new Chevy Bolt that was released just now is a fully electric vehicle.

 

[rusty_tlc]

Right. The older the car is the more it pollutes if maintenance is not kept up.

That's how they should apply registration fees too. The older they are the higher the registration fee. It would give incentive replace old cars. It would probably generate state revenue from fines too, failing to renew you pay a fine. The downside is it would make it harder for the poor to own cars.

Replacing cars isn't that energy efficient. It takes a lot of resources to build a car. That's my story and I'm sticking to it (says the guy driving a 1975 Land Cruiser).