Your irrational pet peeves

[dagny]

When I rent a movie based on good reviews and it sizzucks.

Use of Snoop Doog-ish "izz" language.

My wife wanted to rent twilight. I lasted about 2 mins. I dunno how you can screw up a vampire movie, but they did.

It severely drags with the love story, but the vamp stuff is top notch. The problem is there should've been more vamp action and better pacing with the love story. The baseball scene rocked. Try to get at least that far.

[Eismann]

When I rent a movie based on good reviews and it sizzucks.

Use of Snoop Doog-ish "izz" language.

My wife wanted to rent twilight. I lasted about 2 mins. I dunno how you can screw up a vampire movie, but they did.

I greatly enjoyed Underworld and the sequel. Waiting for Rise of the Lycans on dvd. That didn't sizzuck.

[Troy Loney]

bump.

people chewing with their mouth open and people standing over your shoulder.

I'm dreading the inevitable moment when someone is chewing with their mouth open, talking to me and standing over my shoulder.

[Rylan]

People who constantly break the touch barrier.

[Corvidae]

People who constantly break the touch barrier.

You best watch out for the Hug Bug. He's gonna getcha...

[Rylan]

People who constantly break the touch barrier.

You best watch out for the Hug Bug. He's gonna getcha...

[obhave]

I hate people who pat my head, or really people who just touch my head.

Using words such as awk, obvi, and other abbreviations when speaking.

[meecrofilm]

Most of these aren't irrational at all.

[columbia]

You irrational pet pees?
Pfft, not my dog.

[the wicked child]

The Entertainment thread.

[Letang Is The Truth]

I don't even know what goes on in there.

[columbia]

I don't even know what goes on in there.

TWC talks about how awesome it is.

[Froggy]

sweatpants with words on the butt

people cutting in to a cash lane at the last minute at a toll booth

people who don't understand how angled parking works, and still try to back in or pull through, even though they end up facing the wrong way

azkar

girl drama

snobbery (unless i am the one being snobby, which i endorse 100%)

hypocrites (see note about snobbery)

[Shyster]

I have two, but I do not believe either is irrational.

First, if I am driving in the right lane of a multilane highway, and the left lane is free and open for passing, and you are still tailgating me by a car length or less, then you are a d-bag. Either pass me or back off.

Second, this spring’s inclement weather has again exposed us to power outages at stoplights, and boy do plenty of drivers have no clue on how to handle that. When the light is out, the intersection becomes an all-directions stop. It doesn’t mean that you slow down. It doesn’t mean that cars on the “bigger” road get to blast on through while everyone else waits. IT MEANS YOU STOP. STOP D-BAG, STOP!

Case in point. I was driving in Oakland yesterday, and a very localized power outage had disabled a number of lights on Craig Street. I recall Fifth–Craig, Bayard–Craig, and Bigelow–Craig being out. While driving north on Craig, I saw multiple drivers at each intersection refuse to treat the intersection as an all-directions stop. When I got to the Bigelow–Craig intersection, I stopped and waited so a minivan on Bigelow to my left could make a left in front of me. He was there first. The driver was having a hard time doing so because most of the southbound drivers on Bigelow headed to Craig were blowing straight through the intersection without stopping. While waiting, the driver of the car behind me just held his horn down and kept it there. Looking in my mirror, I could see the guy screaming curses at me like I just showed him a picture of me killing his mom or something. He eventually cut the wheel and drove around me at full throttle, and in doing so he almost hit that minivan, which had gone for making its turn. Total *******.

[DudeMan2766]

People who use the term "Just a hater"

I was called this about 3 times at work because I want the Mavs to win.

Then I rattled off about 8 or 9 legit and very descriptive reasons why I can't stand those arrogant a**holes in Miami and not one of them was because "Im just a hater"

[PghSkins]

Then I rattled off about 8 or 9 legit and very descriptive reasons why I can't stand those arrogant a**holes in Miami and not one of them was because "Im just a hater"

What did Gloria and Emilio Estefan ever do to you?

[beerman]

people who stand on the moving walkways at the airport and instead of leaving their luggage behind them have it right beside them so you can't get past. One of these days I'm going to snap and flip one of these people over the side like I'm eliminating them in the Royal Rumble.

[PghSkins]

People who behave like DBs on airplanes and in the departure lounge. For example:

- The person at the counter cannot fix your airplane or the weather. They realize you need to be at your destination. When you buy your ticket you should realize that ish happens and you should schedule accordingly. Don't chew the desk clerk out.

- When the Flight Attendant says electronics off and stowed, follow directions. Dude next to me was texting through taxiing, takeoff, and climbing the other day. I wanted to smack it out of his idiot hand.

- When they tell you sit down, sit down. Woman couldn't hold it the other day and tried to get up to use the john during landing. Flight Attendant tore her a new butthole. Awesome.

[doublem]

MLB baseball replay.
People that care too much about their lawns.
bashing pop stars.
internet jokes.

[Physical_Graffiti]

People that care too much about their lawns.

Agreed!

[PghSkins]

[LeopardLetang]

this is fairly irrational. i can't eat when i notice i can hear someone next to me chewing their food. obviously the more sloshing and smacking the more i have a problem with it. it turns my stomach. and sometimes, even if i'm not eating, i have to walk away from someone that is. one lady stands over my shoulder when i'm at the computer quaintly working her candy bar in her wet mouth while we're working on something. i end up being forced to stand up and act like i have something else to do until she's done.

[doublem]

people that blame bad things on tv/film/music/video games.

[Kaizer]

music in commercials. specifically, ones where a "singer" only makes a bunch of noises, or the the apple (i think) one with the girl going "aoh, oh oh" over and over.

also, light accoustic guitar and some guy talk-singing gently in a wussy voice about some nonsensical hippie crap.

they make me want to go out and find the people on the screen and punch their teeth in.

[Mango Salsa]

You go up to get fast food or ice cream or something and there's no line, just a bunch of people in a disorganized blob. No-one knows who's next and they all look at each other like morons when the clerk says "I can help the next person".

Or you're in a line and the person behind you isn't really behind you, they're kinda up beside you, just enough to be annoying, especially when they do that 'hurry the f up' sigh. Seriously, I almost elbowed a guy in the mouth at the grocery store the other day.


You pull up to a red light and the car in front of you has stopped 3 car lengths behind the car in front of them and then they creep up 3 feet-stop-creep-stop-creep-stop...or they stop short of the spot to change the light.

People shouldn't be allowed to say that a team should replace it's coach unless they have a suggestion for a replacement who would be an improvement over the existing coach.