Your Biggest Pet Peeves

[Yegolev]

No, it's not an accepted word because it's a double negative.  "Regardless" already means "without regard".  "Irregardless" would mean "not without regard".  If it meant anything at all.  But people who use it almost invariably use it to mean "regardless".  Because they're fucking mouth-breathers who stick prefixes onto words regardless of their meanings, hoping that if they can manage to squeeze out a four-syllable word now and then they might pass for someone with a grasp of the English language.

Let's hear your rant on flammable/inflammable.

[Mrbloodworth]

Irregardless

Ain't that the comics off the internets that was made because someone said that Wow was a copy of Warhammer, irregardless....



 

[Bunk]

Can one have a pet peave about themselves? A self-peave perhaps?

When I begin a statement with "It's like, "

[stray]

I analyze and worry about shit too much.

[schild]

I analyze and worry about shit too much.

That's just because you're openly emo.

[stray]

I'm resigned to emo-ness actually. Big difference. It's not actually who I am.

[Sky]

Wait, I've got one! HVAC systems that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars but don't cool properly in the summer or heat in the winter. Wearing my winter jacket in the office and still being uncomfortable (and I like the cold...just not all day every day). And in the spring/fall, can't open a window, they installed solid windows. So if it's nice out, the system's not on and the air is stale and motionless, or you run the system in fan mode and spend $$ rather than just open a fucking window.

I remember being in my upstairs office when it was installed, window open on a nice September afternoon. The retarded, kool-aid drinking lead contractor guy for the HVAC company asked me if he needed to adjust the temps in the room. I said no, it's beautiful out. He asked why I had the window open. I restated that it was a beautiful day. The moron couldn't understand the concept of anything outside the stupid HVAC system he installs. I got in a bit of trouble for saying that if opening a window on a beautiful day is wrong, than his system is retarded.

I think it goes beyond these HVAC goons (I've heard similar complaints from a local school that has it installed). The parking lot at our supermarket was redesigned a few years back, rather than the simple entrance/exit setup that worked perfectly fine, there's some convoluted curvy path some moron conceived you should follow. Of course the path makes no practical sense, and is completely a mental masturbation of engineering and leads to lots of traffic jamming as people try to get in and out effectively.

The engineer would probably just say the public doesn't get it and needs to be retrained.

Oh, and modern architecture and art. Shame on you for shitting on everything that came before you.

[Oban]

One more to the list, people who believe in politicians.

[Jherad]

Conversate - Converse is already a verb, asshole, you don't have to add "ate" to the end of it.

The two that get me are 'Orientate', and 'a myriad of'.

They should bother me less - they're not that bad.

[Nebu]

I like "totally destroyed". 

[DraconianOne]

The two that get me are 'Orientate', and 'a myriad of'.

They should bother me less - they're not that bad.

Don't understand.  What don't you like about them? They're not neologisms like "conversate".

[Jherad]

The two that get me are 'Orientate', and 'a myriad of'.

They should bother me less - they're not that bad.

Don't understand.  What don't you like about them? They're not neologisms like "conversate".

Orient, and Myriad. Ok, so 'orientate' is in common usage now, which like 'irregardless', I'll have to live with. It just bothers me.

'A myriad of' is just wrong though. You might as well say 'a many of'.


Edit: So apparently 'a myriad of' can be perfectly correct given the Greek origin. I've learned something. Sigh.

[DraconianOne]

The two that get me are 'Orientate', and 'a myriad of'.

They should bother me less - they're not that bad.

Don't understand.  What don't you like about them? They're not neologisms like "conversate".

Orient, and Myriad. Ok, so 'orientate' is in common usage now, which like 'irregardless', I'll have to live with. It just bothers me.

'A myriad of' is just wrong though. You might as well say 'a many of'.

They're not wrong. "Orientate" as a word has been around for centuries.

Myriad is an adjective and a noun and has been since the Ancient Greek used "muriados" to mean "a number of 10000" and "murios" to mean "countless".  The sentences "myriad fish swim the seas" and "a myriad of diverse fauna in the oceans" are both correct.

Yes myriad is a synonym for "many". It's also a synonym for "plethora" (no, no it's not!) "multitude"

EDIT: A quick google shows that Orientate is used more prevalently in the UK but is considered a grammatical error in the US who don't like back-formation of words. So it's a culture thing.

EDIT 2: Fucking up my definitions like a fuckwit fucker.

[stray]

Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?

[DraconianOne]

I'd say one is too many so if you have more than that then yes.

And I think I see your point...

[stray]

Oh, come on dude.. You're supposed to be the movie expert.

[DraconianOne]

(One quick google later and )

Ah. I see. I've never managed to last more than about 20 minutes into that film. It pretty much marks the point where I think John Landis stopped making good films (with the exception of Innocent Blood). Hated it. Wouldn't know any quotes from it.

[stray]

Best use of plethora in a movie ever.


Possibly, the only use.

[Jherad]

...

Well thanks. Now I'm going to have to find something else to be grouchy about, in a smugly superior way.

[Furiously]

I despise the people who zip along in a lane that is closing then force their way into traffic.  Or the guy who ignores a line anywhere that shit happened to me At the self checkout lines at the grocery store last night.

[Signe]

I despise the people who zip along in a lane that is closing then force their way into traffic.

That really annoys Righ, too.  I don't understand your other one.  Do you mean people who cut in front of you when you're standing in line?  That's what shopping carts and loud voices are for, no?

[apocrypha]

I despise the people who zip along in a lane that is closing then force their way into traffic.

I've seen a guy go into apoplectic rage at me because of this. He'd tried to force his way in at the last minute after cruising past everyone else who'd obeyed the "GTFO of this lane NOW" signs and I refused to let him in. I waited for about 20 seconds of him getting closer & closer to my car's nose, refusing to let him in, then he hit his horn, so I turned & looked at him and gave him the finger with a big grin on my face.

Dude nearly exploded. Never knew humans could turn that colour without dying. His car fucking shook as he vibrated inside it like wildebeest being given an enema and just as he finally got out of his car (at which point I started to shit myself tbh) the traffic in front of me started moving and the entire lane of us slowly moved away from him as he glowed gently in the distance.

It was awesome 

[stray]

People who don't pay me what they owe on the exact day and minute I expect it.

[Signe]

I despise the people who zip along in a lane that is closing then force their way into traffic.

I've seen a guy go into apoplectic rage at me because of this. He'd tried to force his way in at the last minute after cruising past everyone else who'd obeyed the "GTFO of this lane NOW" signs and I refused to let him in. I waited for about 20 seconds of him getting closer & closer to my car's nose, refusing to let him in, then he hit his horn, so I turned & looked at him and gave him the finger with a big grin on my face.

Dude nearly exploded. Never knew humans could turn that colour without dying. His car fucking shook as he vibrated inside it like wildebeest being given an enema and just as he finally got out of his car (at which point I started to shit myself tbh) the traffic in front of me started moving and the entire lane of us slowly moved away from him as he glowed gently in the distance.

It was awesome 

What the fuck were you doing on HIS road in the first place? 

[Cyrrex]

People who talk on their cell phones while driving.  No, sorry, I am lying.  Women, not people.  Women who talk on their cell phones while driving.  I literally (or really) want them to crash.  For all the bullshit about how women are supposed to be great multi-taskers, I've never seen one who can do this even remotely well.  And yes, that includes every one of you females who might read this post.  Sorry.  Yes, even you.

[Signe]

Why just women?  Why shouldn't men crash and die in a car fire too?  Everyone around here does it and they all do it badly.  Geez, there's a lot of women haters on f13.  You don't even seem to think they're people!  It's a wee bit sick and scary, if you ask me. 

I'm very happy to say that Righ never answers his mobile when he's driving.  The few times I had to contact him when he was on the road, I would let it ring once or twice, hang up, do it again and again until he knew to pull over and call me.  Luckily, this hasn't happened very often.  Twice, if I recall. 

[Cyrrex]

I like women just fine.  This is just a pet peeve.  I would have included men in it, but my experience is that men don't do this nearly as much as women (don't argue, it isn't even close), and they are better at it.

Want some man hate?  Okay.  Men who talk on their phones while pissing.  Even worse, those who do it whilst taking a dump.  Oh, and men who don't WASH THEIR GODDAMN HANDS after using the bathroom.  How about you just shit on the doorknob for me there, big fella?

Edit:  I had my sexes confused 

[Oban]

Dirty bathrooms.

[stray]

I talk on the phone a little when I'm driving. It's no detriment to me really. Conversations aren't so involved that I can't pay attention to the road... Nor is it necessary to drive with both hands on the wheel. In fact, I think you're probably a weird and tense person if you keep both hands on the wheel too much.

My flaw in driving is when I lose patience. Gotta put a damper on that. The few accidents I've been in were all my fault - and it was when I lost patience. My awareness levels drop to 10% if I start acting that way.

[Signe]

Edit:  I had my sexes confused 

What?  I thought you were a man all this time!   

[Cyrrex]

I think I promised to show you my nipples in some other thread, so that'll be the conclusive evidence.

[Signe]

Yeah, what happened with all that nipple stuff?  I didn't get even ONE nipple pm.  I'm disappointed. 

I am over it.  Please don't email me your nipples.

[Stewie]

Pull up your goddamm pants!!

[Signe]

Oh dear.  He kind of breathes through his mouth, doesn't he?  Maybe the trousers aren't really his fault, poor thing.

[stray]

Yeah, what happened with all that nipple stuff?  I didn't get even ONE nipple pm.  I'm disappointed. 

I am over it.  Please don't email me your nipples.

I've asked that in a "biological anthropology" thread once.. where nipple showing would be totally appropriate. No one takes nipples seriously there either.