holy crap, I've spent a lot of time (both on air and off) describing such things that I either dislike or outright hate. here's a sample!
-when it takes someone five minutes of false starts to either say something stupid or ask a stupid question. if you are that nervous about what you are about to say, perhaps you shouldn't say it.
-when someone makes a very stupid joke/pun, and you don't laugh, they automatically target you as being the jerk for not thinking they are the next George Carlin/Dane Cook.
-people who use credit cards to buy less than $10 or $20 worth of stuff at the store. seriously? do you not ever carry any cash? people who don't carry cash deserve to have their identities stolen.
-when people cut into a line in a store (often because they are not paying attention because they are too busy either talking/texting on their cell phone) or get into a line and then walk away from their cart to continue shopping. what the french, toast? if you want to keep shopping, DON'T GET IN LINE! and for corn's sake, don't send your snot-nosed kids off to keep shopping while you hold the place in the line. you hold everybody else up behind you because you're an idiot.
-people who decide twenty feet before an intersection that they are in the wrong lane, then move over two lanes to the opposite turn lane they were just in... often without signaling either the turns or the lane changes.
-people who ignore stop signs because they don't feel the need to pay attention when behind the wheel of a 3,000 pound killing machine.
-people who crowd you at the checkout line. you have to move to the front of your cart to put things on the belt, and they move their cart right up behind yours to the point where they are almost pushing it, now making it impossible for you to get back behind your cart without having to pull it forward enough to give you room. speaking of which, I hate when parents have kids younger than 10 push the shopping cart for them. those little bastards suck because they ram stuff all the time, and often run into the back of you while you are waiting in line because they get impatient. if you know the parents aren't looking, I just kick backwards and knock the cart back into the kid. so it makes me a jerk, but at least I didn't swear at the kid, right?
-when you are in public and you need to fart really bad, and you wander down what you think is a deserted area so you can release in peace, and just when you let go of the clench and feel yourself relax enough, someone ALWAYS comes around a corner.
-horribly disgusting public bathrooms, often in fast food restaurants or department stores. what is with laying the biggest turd in your life in public that makes you so proud that you can bring yourself to flush it? I would forgive it in the handicap stall, if I were to honestly believe it was only the handicapped that were exclusively using the stall, but we all know the truth there. I wish they would pass a law that requires public restrooms to be equipped with only automatic-flush toilets for the sake of all customers.
-not a knock on religion, but people who put religious quotes from text as status updates on social networking sites. we all know you've done some really horrible things in your life, and we're glad you are finding some positive direction in which to turn yourself, but did you possibly think it might offend some of us who don't follow your belief system? if we are on a site such as Twitter or Facebook, we can already read and if we wanted to read religious text, those books aren't that hard to find. at least if you are going to quote something like that, at least have a reason. follow the example of Reverend Run... say something religious, but at least give it some context as to why you are saying it instead of making it appear like a commercial for your religion through some sort of passive-aggressive guilt trip.
-celebrities that get famous because they were discovered because of a sex tape, then get all up in arms about there being nude photos of yourself on the internet. how do you think anyone got to know you in the first place, ya big dummy? (looking at you, Kim Kardashian... you're getting a video about your stupidity tomorrow)
-the line of people at the gas station who are only there to buy beer at noon. I can't think of a better advertisement that you are either unemployed or an alcoholic to the public.
-people who pay more attention to their cell phone than their kids.
-watching a cashier say hello to everyone in front of you and in back of you when their turn comes up to get rung up, but when I get there, I don't get anything but the total at the end. what am I, all of a sudden unworthy of your half-assed hello? makes me miss the old days of common courtesy.
-people who chew with their mouth open, especially on the phone. be it food, gum, or whatever... I don't want to literally hear you grinding something with your teeth, hear your lips smacking together, and then hear you swallow directly into my ear. very gross, and makes me want to stop talking to you immediately. either finish eating before talking with someone, or just don't talk to them. you don't need to multi-task every single thing in your life.
-fanboys. I don't personally get consumed by any one brand, and I certainly don't like giving the impression that I do. there are certain things that I like and recommend, but I don't swear by the company who makes them. knock it off.
-internet devices other computers. I just did a video about this last week, and now that I'm seeing more commercials for internet televisions, it's just pissing me off more and more. remember Web-TV? yeah, that product totally sucked, so why not incorporate it into televisions? you already have cable, so why not be able to browse YouTube and Twitter and Facebook while channel surfing? because it is STUPID! you can get a netbook or a laptop a lot cheaper than those televisions, and they work a hell of a lot better for the task. and stop buying cell phones with internet capabilities! you don't need to give us a Twitpic of you drinking coffee, or buying something we know you can't afford, like the cell phone you are using to post the picture, dumbass. the internet is good for a lot of things, but nobody really needs 24-7 access to it. you are not that important, trust me.
-people who still drive Hummers. really? those stopped being cool at least four years ago...
-people who don't know how to back out of a parking spot. what is with this quarter turn out of a parking spot, then pulling forward a couple of feet, then backing up again another quarter of a turn, then pulling forward again, and doing this stupid dance for three or five minutes instead of backing up a little, turning the wheel and making a decent turn as you back up? or worse, the jerks who back up six feet, turn the wheel a little, then drive through four parking spots instead of backing up like you are supposed to? they put rear cameras and object-detection crap on a lot of the newer vehicles, ideally making it easier for the average driver to back up safely... so why is this still such a chore?
alright, that's enough of this for now. I could easily keep going, but I feel like I'm monopolizing my post here. good thread idea, CaptainAverage! that much I don't hate!