This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread

[Schlenkerla]

Perhaps until you've taught your screeching mutant spawn how to behave in public, how about limiting your restaurant options to Chuck E Cheese for the near future, K?

That'd be great, thanks

I won't be surprised if Chuck E Cheeses uses canned cheese that doesn't need refrigeration.

I took my kid there once, and ordered pizza. After my kid went back to the games I told my wife I'd rather eat the cardboard that came on.... So bland.

 

[GrogNerd]

You do know why they serve it on the cardboard?

Doubles the nutritional content

& CEC would be my last choice for any level of quality pizza

 

[Schlenkerla]

CEC would be my last choice for any level of quality pizza

I'd eat at Pizza **** before going there if it's just going out for Pizza.

 

[GrogNerd]

the only thing worse than a cold is the feeling cold medicine gives me, like oogy, speedy feel-my-hair-growing feeling

cough syrups are bad too. don't know how to describe it, but it like separates the cough from the congestion. the cough hurts your throat, and it doesn't give you that bringing up the phlegm from the lungs feeling that makes it feel better

I'd rather deal with the cold than the side effects of the medicine

then the BigHair gets all panicked, "you gotta go see the doctor!"

and I'm like, "no... I don't want to spend $ to see the doctor to give me a prescription I gotta spend more $ on medicine I really don't want to take and doesn't make me feel any better."

 

[bleme]

I'm peeved by doctors that prescribe antibiotics for a viral infection, knowing full well that it won't do anything except speed up bacteria's resistance to antibiotics! They tell you that it will take a couple days to work, knowing that your immune system would take care of it on it's own in that time.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

the only thing worse than a cold is the feeling cold medicine gives me, like oogy, speedy feel-my-hair-growing feeling

When I get a cold I go to the pharmacy for the *real* sudafed. Or generic alternative. But either way, the stuff that is made with real pseudoephedrine.

A lot of people (as I used to) think that it was made illegal due to the people that use the stuff to make meth. It's not illegal, it's just now behind the counter and you have to show ID to get it.

But that stuff works! It'll clear up your cold, and because it's basically speed, will wake you right up even better than coffee. Makes me feel ready to

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'm peeved by doctors that prescribe antibiotics for a viral infection, knowing full well that it won't do anything except speed up bacteria's resistance to antibiotics! They tell you that it will take a couple days to work, knowing that your immune system would take care of it on it's own in that time.

That reminds me. People who believe in homeopathy really annoy me.

I got in a fight with a couple loonies on Facebook years ago, who were talking about Zicam (which is homeopathic).

They said "if I get a cold, I take Zicam, and then it goes away in a few days!"

I replied "if I get a cold, I don't take Zicam, and you know what? It goes away in a few days!"

I was not well liked

 

[Pkrd]

the only thing worse than a cold is the feeling cold medicine gives me, like oogy, speedy feel-my-hair-growing feeling

cough syrups are bad too. don't know how to describe it, but it like separates the cough from the congestion. the cough hurts your throat, and it doesn't give you that bringing up the phlegm from the lungs feeling that makes it feel better

I'd rather deal with the cold than the side effects of the medicine

then the BigHair gets all panicked, "you gotta go see the doctor!"

and I'm like, "no... I don't want to spend $ to see the doctor to give me a prescription I gotta spend more $ on medicine I really don't want to take and doesn't make me feel any better."

Cough syrup was debunked years ago. No proven clinical effectiveness.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001831.pub5/full
Key results
The evidence is current up to March 2014. We found no good evidence for or against the effectiveness of OTC medications in acute cough. Nineteen studies reported adverse effects of these medications and described infrequent, mainly minor side effects such as nausea, vomiting, headache and drowsiness.

I say have a honey drink with some scotch in it.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I say have a honey drink with some scotch in it.

I might have to do that tonight.

I don't have a cold, mind you... But one can never be too prepared!

 

[day_trippr]

anti-vaxxers
stupid as stone

 

[Schlenkerla]

@Grognerd

I usually take a nasal spray at night so I can breathe better. That's about it. I too hate the feeling during the day with some over the counter oral cough suppressant/decongestant.

As for homeopathic-like stuff I do the nasal irrigation one thing. Mix 1 quart distilled water, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of pickling salt. Using only one cup, I flush away all the snot, dust, and what not. My ENT recommended it. Said there no limit to how much you use it.

It's like the netty pot but cheaper. I use a glass cup and a bulb syringe. Blast in: Rocket out..... LOL

I go to steel foundries quite frequency. When I do this sinus rinse some black as coal $hit comes out...

....better in the sink than in my sinus cavities.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Pain.

 

[Kee]

That reminds me. People who believe in homeopathy really annoy me.

I got in a fight with a couple loonies on Facebook years ago, who were talking about Zicam (which is homeopathic).

They said "if I get a cold, I take Zicam, and then it goes away in a few days!"

I replied "if I get a cold, I don't take Zicam, and you know what? It goes away in a few days!"

I was not well liked

The Beverly Hillbillies (yes, I'm old enough to remember) had an episode where the banker Mr. Drysdale got all exited when he found out Granny had a cure for the common cold. Turns out you have to take for a week or so to be cured.

 

[Kee]

Pain.

Pain don't hurt:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygiLUrJJjnM[/ame]

 

[JonM]

Okay. So, when I take the car in for service and the tech has to move it, fine, if you're 6'6" and I'm 5'11", move the seat a little bit. Cool. If you have to do a road test, okay, be safe, move the mirrors if necessary, no biggie, just try to put the seat and mirrors back when you're done.

If you do a simple emissions check and you mess with the seat and the mirrors and don't even try to put them back, well, F@&( you sideways with a cactus.

 

[kev211]

Okay. So, when I take the car in for service and the tech has to move it, fine, if you're 6'6" and I'm 5'11", move the seat a little bit. Cool. If you have to do a road test, okay, be safe, move the mirrors if necessary, no biggie, just try to put the seat and mirrors back when you're done.

If you do a simple emissions check and you mess with the seat and the mirrors and don't even try to put them back, well, F@&( you sideways with a cactus.

Took my truck in to have the brake light unit to be replaced last week and got it back and I'm pretty sure a midget drove it from the parking lot to the service garage (20 yards?). I got a "how did we do" survey emailed to me from them yesterday and you better believe I let them have it. I agree with you, road test, etc that's fine. But to move it the 20 or so yards into the garage? Ya F you sir

 

[GrogNerd]

ok, when I allowed you, the customer service representative to put me on hold, I did not authorize you to subject me to tortuous hold music*

*song by one of those hipsterdouche Irish folky bands popular in the early 10s, you know... the ones with 18 members onstage and every once in a while they all yell, "HEY!"

and 3 hours later, finally get to reset my password... which, by the way, is EFFYOUYAHOO

(only I didn't actually use EFF)

 

[dkwolf]

Cough syrup was debunked years ago. No proven clinical effectiveness.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001831.pub5/full
Key results
The evidence is current up to March 2014. We found no good evidence for or against the effectiveness of OTC medications in acute cough. Nineteen studies reported adverse effects of these medications and described infrequent, mainly minor side effects such as nausea, vomiting, headache and drowsiness.

I say have a honey drink with some scotch in it.

Fun fact: Pretty much every cough medication/expectorant on the market has the same active ingredient, guifienesen. One of the (incredibly) rare side effects of that drug is hallucinations.

I'm one of the (incredibly) rare lucky ones that suffer from that particular side effect. So when I get a chest cold, I have the choice of either staying up all night coughing a lung out, or staying up all night with the WEIRDEST FLIPPING DREAMS you can imagine. Like....seeing-crap-growing-out-of-the-carpet weird.... waking up screaming from the sheer terror of whatever tricks your mind is playing on you level crap.

I have perfected the art of sleeping with a Halls cough drop tucked in my cheek like a wad of chew.

 

[lschiavo]

ok, when I allowed you, the customer service representative to put me on hold, I did not authorize you to subject me to tortuous hold music*

*song by one of those hipsterdouche Irish folky bands popular in the early 10s, you know... the ones with 18 members onstage and every once in a while they all yell, "HEY!"

and 3 hours later, finally get to reset my password... which, by the way, is EFFYOUYAHOO

(only I didn't actually use EFF)

Now we all know your password. You should probably change that.

 

[Schlenkerla]

ok, when I allowed you, the customer service representative to put me on hold, I did not authorize you to subject me to tortuous hold music*

*song by one of those hipsterdouche Irish folky bands popular in the early 10s, you know... the ones with 18 members onstage and every once in a while they all yell, "HEY!"

and 3 hours later, finally get to reset my password... which, by the way, is EFFYOUYAHOO

(only I didn't actually use EFF)

It should now be;

GDMFPOSFUMFS..

The breakdown. LOL

GD , MF, POS, FU, MF

Now we all know your password. You should probably change that.

Yeah, good idea.

Pick a phrase. Change it to( coding rule) ; first two letters of each word, first letter cap, second letter lower case. Then add your favorite number or date. Select a symbol to use.

For example. It's complex but easy to remember with a number and a symbol.

Pass phrase: God damn, mother fuker, piece of $hit, *** you, mother fuker, (forth of July 1976)

Actual Password: GoDaMoFuPiOf$hFuYoMoFu7476

I do this with various phrases that are common in your beliefs or daily life.

You can also do "person, place, thing, and date"..... password

For example;

Michael Jordan, Chicago, b@sketball 1984

Password: MiJoChB@1984

 

[Schlenkerla]

All of these ^ are hard to hack, but easy to remember if you recall the phrase and adopt a coding rule.

I have a pretty long password that I never forget and rarely type wrong.

I also use, Lastpass

 

[Schlenkerla]

Here's another;

Donald Trump likes to watch Russian whores piss on mattresses. Jan 20th 2017

DoTrLiToWaRuWhPiOnM@012017

 

[kombat]

Those are all terrible passwords.

My pet peeve is dumb password rules. It has to have an uppercase, a lowercase, a number, a symbol, can't contain any words that are in the dictionary, can't include the same letter back-to-back... It's focusing on the wrong thing.

You were close, when you suggested:

You can also do "person, place, thing, and date"..... password

For example;

Michael Jordan, Chicago, b@sketball 1984

I like the "person, place, thing, and date" idea, but no need to abbreviate or substitute in weird characters. "MiJoChB@1984" is both far less secure and much harder to remember than simply "MichaelJordanChicagoBasketball1984."

Length is far more important than complexity. See this XKCD comic for an illustration:

 

[kombat]

How about this rule? Your password must be at least 8 characters long. If it's less than 14 characters long, then all those dumb rules can still apply. But if it's 14 characters or longer, the rules get much more lenient, basically just preventing me from using a password of "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" or the like. Everything else would be fair game.

 

[GrogNerd]

yes, you know my password

good luck guessing my username

but I'll give you a hint: it ain't GROGNERD

 

[schematix]

Automatic flushing toilets, especially the ones with an overly powerful flush that sprays out of the bowl.

Just got splashed with diarrhea toilet water without warning.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Automatic flushing toilets, especially the ones with an overly powerful flush that sprays out of the bowl.

Just got splashed with diarrhea toilet water without warning.

The thought makes me want to blow chow.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Speaking of which, I probably need to change my lastpass password.

Granted, it's not a dictionary word. In fact, it's not even English. And it's misspelled from the original language it's in. And there are special characters and numbers...

But per that xkcd comic, it's still WAY too short.

So although I think it would be impossible for anyone to "guess" my password, it might be too easy for a computer to crack.

 

[GrogNerd]

not a dictionary word. In fact, it's not even English. And it's misspelled from the original language it's in

lol... like GROGNERD

Etymology

From French grognard (“old soldier”)

Noun

grognard (plural grognards)

1. An old soldier.
2. an old veteran soldier; specifically of the grenadiers of the Imperial Guard (Grenadiers à Pied de la Garde Impériale); an old complaining soldier
3. (games, slang) Someone who enjoys playing board wargames.
4. (computer games, slang) Inside the computer game development industry, a game fan who will buy every game released in a certain genre of computer game (RTS, or computer role-playing game, etc.)

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Clickbait headlines.

I got sent an article and I should have not even clicked, but it was from someone who I thought wasn't going to send me a clickbait article. Nope. Utter trash.