This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[Schlenkerla]

Wouldn't that be out of spite?
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That's correct. Could be both principle and spite. Principle meaning I have too and by spite wanting to just to antagonize you.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Sometimes you can't trim a quote down. But when you can, all it takes is some highlighting and deleting.

Also worth noting, replying by Mobile is pain in the a$$ If you have to edit a quote.

 

[BikerMatt]

It's a pain but not impossible. 90% of my browsing is done with my Galaxy S5 what with I'm writing this post as well.

Dog hitching post at the storefront. Crappy pic shot from my car with the said phone. Just found out a few days ago the store will be closing shortly. Was one of the reasons we moved where we live about half a km away that there is a shop within walking distance. Pissed.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Who's going to edit when you're drunk?

It just cuts into my beer drinking time. Not to mention I also have to keep one eye closed and try not spill my beer as I edit the quote with just my thumb.

 

[BikerMatt]

Been doin it for so long I've gotten used to it.

 

[JonM]

Hah. 15 credits. ^^ A few years back I topped off about 22 credits while working 4 days a week. Let them get to grad school and then they can talk

I'm teaching a lab course and people complain about being in three science courses. Psssh.

One night when I was in grad school, I ran into an old friend who was an undergrad and she mentioned that "Oh, I'm taking bowling and a meditation class" and some other crap. That's what I picture when I see those college memes.

(Now, folks in the hard sciences, engineering, etc. - I know they are busting their butts in undergrad, so they're off the hook.)

 

[RevKev]

One night when I was in grad school, I ran into an old friend who was an undergrad and she mentioned that "Oh, I'm taking bowling and a meditation class" and some other crap. That's what I picture when I see those college memes.

(Now, folks in the hard sciences, engineering, etc. - I know they are busting their butts in undergrad, so they're off the hook.)

Absolutely! I totally see that!! lol.. I got a psych bachelor's for fun bc I could on top of my chemistry degree and those social science kids were bitching and whining and complaining like no tomorrow. I have little to no respect for many of the people I now see going to college.

Side note: I've had many discussions to professors and those in administration and it seems like less people have been having children so there are less and less top tier students. The institution I work for has been recruiting D and C average high school students because the private institutions have top pick now. Ten years ago SUNY had top pick of the top tier. Tsk tsk

 

[Schlenkerla]

This is totally a first-world annoyance, but here goes: Some friends have gone back to school (and seriously, good for them - I'm really happy for them) but they "like" college memes that their young classmates post on facebook. It's all variations on "OMG college is SOOOOO HARD! I can't possibly get all the work associated with my 15 credit semester done!!"

Good God, shut the f*** up, kids. Wait until you get to the real world. I roll my eyes whenever I see someone moaning about how impossibly difficult undergrad is.

When I went to school (Purdue 1993-1997) people would wine about having read four chapters and do the exercises at the end of each chapter.

I never read the chapters. I looked at the questions and searched for formulas and examples of how to answer the questions. Whether it was physics, chemistry, engineering materials or manufacturing economics, there's no way you could read all that and do the questions.

As a 27 year old freshman, it took me about three weeks to learn the fact that the homework format was more important. The answers could be correct and you get zero points for the homework purely based on format. Worth 10 points for homework with 10 questions. Each format infraction lost you a point.

Purdue Engineering required this homework format;

1. Green engineering graph paper.

2. Staple at 45 degrees in the upper left hand corner.

3. Pages numbered 1 - x pages.

4. Last name, first, middle initial.

5. Date homework due.

6. Lesson number.

- That had to be in the right order as the header, then the contents homework -

7. Write "Given", underline it, colon, and list what is given or known fact.

8. Write "Find" underline it, colon, say what you're looking for in the problem.

9. Write "Solution" underline it, colon, then show every step of the math, showing the proper engineering units and the cancellations if you did conversions.

10. Write "Answer" underline it, colon, showing X = whatever with the proper units and the correct answer.

11. The answer had to be underlined and have a box drawn around it.

12. Then the problem needed to be separated from the next by drawing two adjacent lines.

13. The bottom right corner of the page and to have the page number.

14. Had to be done in pencil.

15. Had to be written in proper drafting print.

I never took more than 18 hours and worked about 30 hours a week at the age of 27-30. NEVER took the summer off to just work. Took summer school to graduate in three years with some transfer credit.

By the way, my wife says I'm an anal son of a bitch. I blame Purdue.

 

[soccerdad]

Perdue isn't even a school anymore, is it?

 

[Schlenkerla]

Perdue isn't even a school anymore, is it?

Maybe not, college or university that sells chicken and nuggets?

 

[BBQB]

This thread

 

[Schlenkerla]

This thread

I'm not sure if this is trolling or sincerity.

 

[JonM]

Ya can't just put an old CRT TV out on the curb and expect it to disappear, especially a old big screen. There's been one sitting in front of a house by the office for weeks now and I just saw a big screen around the corner from my house.

I'm glad I disposed of an old TV and two CRT computer monitors back when Best Buy still recycled them for free. No more - at least around here, they charge $25 and probably more for big screens. So, no, dummy, leaving a CRT TV on the curb will not make it disappear.

 

[GrogNerd]

I was trying to give away a 52" projection HD TV and no one wanted it.

Had to pay a junk guy to haul it away (along with 2 junk CRT TVs)

Now I'm loving my 60" Smart TV. I use it to watch brewing videos on YouTube

 

[BikerMatt]

^ my sister's husband would have given me one for free too, don't remember the size but it was HUGE, the problem was one of the lamps was burnt and the other two needed replacing as well. The only place I found them was Germany, 160eur a pop plus postage to Finland would have gotten me a good sized flattie so had to decline.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I had a Sony 55" that had an annoying ghost. However, I was able to give to family who had no TV. So I felt better and didn't have to pay to have it hauled away with the trash.

Thankfully, I was able to have movers move it out of my place to theirs at no additional expense when I got my new one.

 

[passedpawn]

I want to kick Delilah in the teeth. The local public radio started carrying her on the radio. That is all.

 

[Remmy]

I want to kick Delilah in the teeth. The local public radio started carrying her on the radio. That is all.

Welcome to 2006. :rockin:

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Morons in California voted for a stupid ballot proposition that made disposable grocery bags illegal.

So if you don't remember to bring bags with you to the store, you have to pay $0.10 per bag. And it's not like I remember bags. At least not more than 20% of the time.

And of course throwing those much stronger reusable plastic bags in the trash (since of course I've forgotten the bags too many times and they're piling up) creates a MUCH bigger landfill problem than the thin disposable bags. But hey, who cares about the environment when you can virtue signal with your votes?

But will this crap ever get reversed? Nope. Not in California. Now we're going to pay $0.10 for grocery bags forever.

 

[kombat]

Morons in California voted for a stupid ballot proposition that made disposable grocery bags illegal.

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But will this crap ever get reversed? Nope. Not in California. Now we're going to pay $0.10 for grocery bags forever.

You just got that fee now? Here in Ontario, they introduced a $0.05/bag charge years ago. It was annoying at first, but adapting didn't turn out to actually be that difficult. I just keep a plastic bin, containing several of the sturdy, re-usable, canvas grocery bags, in my car at all times. That's just where it lives. That way, whenever I happen to stop for groceries, I have the bin and bags with me. Most of the time, I'm just picking up a few things for supper that night and don't even need the bags - everything just fits in the bin. And it is better for the environment, after all.

 

[Kharnynb]

On dog posts, a lot of people here in Europe still walk to stores, and combine dogwalk and shopping trip that way.
Personally I don't, too worried about idiots doing something stupid to the dog.
If I saw someone park that close to it, their tires would get a nice decoration with my puukko(finnish craftsman knife)

On the school/college thing, It amazes me that the kids in our ammattikoulu(tradeschool?) are so lazy doing their "practice" sessions, basically 2-3 weeks at a jobsite to learn a bit of the work. It's almost as if they thing the bosses won't rate their work with future employment in mind???

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

You just got that fee now? Here in Ontario, they introduced a $0.05/bag charge years ago. It was annoying at first, but adapting didn't turn out to actually be that difficult. I just keep a plastic bin, containing several of the sturdy, re-usable, canvas grocery bags, in my car at all times. That's just where it lives. That way, whenever I happen to stop for groceries, I have the bin and bags with me. Most of the time, I'm just picking up a few things for supper that night and don't even need the bags - everything just fits in the bin. And it is better for the environment, after all.

Better for the environment? Maybe, maybe not... But definitely not better for you, what with all the bacteria on them...

And usually laundering things like canvas bags is energy-intensive if you're throwing them in the wash. So if you do that once a week, or if you throw them out periodically, you might actually be causing more environmental damage than just using the super-thin bags (which go into my recycle bin anyway, not into the trash).

 

[soccerdad]

As someone who spends a lot of time on the water - I HATE PLASTIC - bags, bottles, bait containers, you name it.

People are pigs. You may not be, but the other 99 out of 100 are.

 

[CGVT]

As someone who spends a lot of time on the water - I HATE PLASTIC - bags, bottles, bait containers, you name it.

And ****ing helium filled balloons.

I've been hundreds of miles off shore and seen "Happy Birthday" balloons bobbing around on the waves.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Better for the environment? Maybe, maybe not... But definitely not better for you, what with all the bacteria on them...

And usually laundering things like canvas bags is energy-intensive if you're throwing them in the wash. So if you do that once a week, or if you throw them out periodically, you might actually be causing more environmental damage than just using the super-thin bags (which go into my recycle bin anyway, not into the trash).

But why do you hate the sea turtles?

Honestly though, you want to keep plastic bags from being thrown away just give them to my wife. She has friggin caches everywhere in the house, her car, etc. No idea what she does with them.

 

[kombat]

But definitely not better for you

I never wash mine and I've never been sick.

That said, I generally put meat products inside those clear, ultra-thin produce bags they usually have at the grocery store. Sometimes vegetables too, but usually they just go right in my bin, on top of my pile of (reusable) bags. Any bacteria would (presumably) be inside the bags, so setting things on top of them isn't an issue.

And usually laundering things like canvas bags is energy-intensive if you're throwing them in the wash.

Agreed, which is another reason why I never wash mine. Mine aren't really canvas though, they're kind of like a thick, flexible plastic. The best way I could describe them would be like a camping tarp material.

you might actually be causing more environmental damage than just using the super-thin bags (which go into my recycle bin anyway, not into the trash).

My city explicitly disclaims plastic grocery bags, asking citizens not to put them in the recycling, and instead to either just put them directly into the trash, or take them back to an outlet specifically designed to reprocess them (fat chance of that).

 

[dkwolf]

people either bring their dogs into the store - "he's a SERVICE critter!"

I have never wanted to throat punch a stranger so badly as the time I was sitting in the airport on a layover, and the gal sitting on the floor charging her iPhone was bragging to a young girl next to her about how she never pays the extra fee for bringing her dog on a flight with her. "Just tell them he's a therapy dog. They legally can't question you, you don't have to prove it, and they can't stop you."

Now, to be clear, I am 1,473% in total support of service animals - no matter if it's a seeing eye dog, assistant dog for a wheelchair bound person, or a dog helping a veteran with PTSD navigate daily life. Both because the dogs are performing an invaluable service to their handlers, and because the level of training and obedience those dogs have is FREAKING AMAZING. If I had a little more disposable time, I'd probably look into helping train service dogs myself.

So for some self-absorbed, self-serving, self-centered, inconsiderate, useless **** to take the laws put into place to protect people that have a diagnosed NEED for a service animal, and twist them to her own perversion just so she can take her precious little ankle-biter-lap-dog snookums on an airplane (without the overgrown rat being in a FAA approved carrier, etc.) - and openly brag about it in a public space.... I wanted to kick her in the head so hard she'd NEED a service dog.

 

[nasty_rabbit]

In regards to plastic bags, I always ask for paper. More items can fit in the bag (most cashiers here have been known to package one item in one bag) and the bags are more useful to me.

 

[GrogNerd]

Got yer choice: kill a tree or choke a landfill

 

[nasty_rabbit]

Got yer choice: kill a tree or choke a landfill

I can package a weeks worth of groceries in two paper bags and reuse both of them as opposed to the same groceries in seven to eight plastic ones and have no use for the empties. Sure it's not perfect but it's the lesser of the two, at least in my mind.