Your Giant Nit Pick

[Shoggoth2588]

-Noise cancelling headphones. Yes I know this one doesn't affect me in the slightest, but for some reason it gets to me seeing people walking around in public with noise-cancelling headphones on. Is it seriously that terrible to listen to the world around you?

What's worse; the people who cross streets while wearing their noise-cancelling headphones. I could easily run down any number of those people and they'd have never realized I was coming. Especially the ones who jay-walk; those are the really annoying ones.

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There are grammatical things that really get to me. Things like double-negatives annoy me. I consider the term "same difference" as one of these. An example:

"Hey, how's that new game...uh, Fighting Street V"
"Oh, you mean Street Fighter V?"
"Yeah that, same difference."
"NO! Stop right there bucko because the same way these two titles are different is how neither are Double Dragon...you jerk."

 

[rasta111]

There are grammatical things that really get to me. Things like double-negatives annoy me. I consider the term "same difference" as one of these. An example:

"Hey, how's that new game...uh, Fighting Street V"
"Oh, you mean Street Fighter V?"
"Yeah that, same difference."
"NO! Stop right there bucko because the same way these two titles are different is how neither are Double Dragon...you jerk."

Same difference isn't double negative that would be something like 'I don't know nothing' as if you're implying you DO know nothing. You're actually unintentionally saying you know something which is ironic considering people usually do say things like this when they are hiding something.

Same difference would be a contradiction as something can't be both the same and different at the same time. Those descriptions are in fact mutually exclusive. Somehow people understand each other still though and that's what's important...

... An important sign that half the time people aren't actually listening... Even to themselves. This I do find fairly annoying.

 

[Timeless Lavender]

I love my dad dearly, but almost everything he does is very annoying. He eat loudly, sneeze loudly, snore loudly, cough loudly, burp loudly, put on the TV and computer volume loudly, talk loudly and laugh loudly which made me turn literally deaf. I know my dad is getting old and seems that his hearing is not too good but hot gosh, everyday he irritated me. Fortunately it does not stop me from loving my father since he is a wonderful man.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

Ok, now I'm starting to understand why I don't like them (and I do live in a major city, btw): they have this sort of misanthropic quality to them. It sort of seems like "everyone annoys me, I don't want to listen to anyone, I don't want anyone to talk to me, so I'm going to put these on and shut myself off from the world".

Which, if that's what you want to do, cool beans, it doesn't affect me, I guess I'm just old fashioned and I sort of miss conversations with random people, which is difficult nowadays when the first thing a lot of people do when they step outside is throw on headphones.

Semi crippling social fear does not equal misanthropic. It means I think everyone can't stand me and it makes me feel lesser.

It isn't a judgement call on humanity other than the fact that I feel the masses by and large dislike me. That is in my head, but that isn't about finding others annoying.

 

[KissingSunlight]

My peeve is getting told an obvious lie. Getting lied to sucks. When someone tells me something that is obviously untrue, my immediate reaction is that they are insulting my intelligence. I was thinking about this before I post this. Maybe, the person telling me an obvious lie is so stupid. That person must think that their lie is so foolproof that no one would be able call "Bullshit!" on it.

 

[Evil Smurf]

My pet peeve is grammar, and syntax errors. I get it that you're not as good as me, but can you try? Just look up your words on Google, it's not hard.

 

[DocJ]

Many things usually. Grammar and spelling are a big one, but that bothers a lot of people. So I'm going to tell you all about the people who wear their watch so the face is on the inside of their forearm. Why? Why on Earth would you do that? And don't tell me that it's easier because it isn't. Having it the other way around means you will most likely scratch the face on any hard surface you rest your arm on and it is actually harder to tell the time if it is in that position. I just really get annoyed by it. Oh and people who write numbers and miss out units. They'll read a measurement and say it's 50 long. To which I will say "50 what? Fridges?". Or read out a weight and simply say that it weighs 30. It's so annoying.

 

[ChaoshadowZero]

I'm not sure if it's a nitpick so much as a thing so aggravating that it's turning into a irrational dislike...

But people who don't use their turn signals or use them improperly.

If you're one of these people...Fuck you.

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.

I cannot even begin to explain how much it pisses me off. And I see it every. Single. Goddamn. Time I'm driving. It's like people here have no idea how turn signals work or something.

Spoiler: In fact, this post describes my feelings exactly.

This. This 100 fucking percent.

Every time I'm behind someone who doesn't indicate I end up ranting for the rest of the drive, whether I'm alone or not.

 

[Meximagician]

Gaming-wise: Achievements/Trophies that trigger as you complete required objectives. If your story missions/levels/etc. are so unenjoyable and ungratifying as to need an additional jingle and reward icon to pop up, I doubt it will feel any less patronizing when they do. Other achievements are fine (collected all of the optional doodads, passed mission X without being hurt/spotted) just don't give me one on top of a mission complete screen.

IRL: Getting advice from people who are only vaguely aware of what they are advising on. From career advice to telling me where the bowls are in a kitchen... as I finish pouring dry ingredients into a bowl. What did they think that clattering sound was just now? Did they seriously think I was pouring it onto the counter!? And don't get me started on getting advice on where something is when I'm looking for something else... *stomps off to go hyperventilate into a bag*

[small]Well ok not really... *scurries off*[/small]

 

[Sleepy Sol]

My dad mixes up my name with my brother's enough for it to be notable. We look almost nothing alike. Not really a significant thing that always annoys me just a bit.

People who use the "you haven't made [x], so you can't criticize [x]" defense. Shouldn't even really pay attention to them, so I'd say it's an appropriate nitpick.

 

[Nazulu]

Half of these aren't nit picks, they are really bad manners, or is illegal.

I just hate it when someone finishes a sentence with "Yeah Nah". It's annoying enough just to hear, but when I have to ask "which is it?", then I start to loose patience.

Also, when the cashier asks me after bagging everything "would you like anything else?". I feel saying "yes" and then walk off to look for more stuff.

 

[JemothSkarii]

I have one really big one that I went off at my mother for:

Wet spoons.

Now what I mean is when you take a spoon, scoop out some sugar and put it in your cup. Doesn't have to be sugar, could be coffee, Milo, Akta-Vite, whatever. You then stir the drink, wash off the spoon, USE THAT WET SPOON TO GET SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD TO YOUR DRINK. THEN THROW IT IN THE SUGAR OR WHATEVER AGAIN.

Then you have stuff stuck to the goddamn spoon and you get damn clumps in the coffee or sugar or whatever.

It's especially common if you work in a desk job.

 

[JemothSkarii]

You then stir the drink, wash off the spoon, USE THAT WET SPOON TO GET SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD TO YOUR DRINK. THEN THROW IT IN THE SUGAR OR WHATEVER AGAIN.

I do that all the time, but without washing the spoon. I put all my points in being an inconsiderate jackass; tea-making is my dump stat.

You

You

I hope your next commute takes five minutes longer than it needs to.

I hope you can't find something on your shopping list when you next go shopping.

You have made me mildly disgruntled and I'll have my revenge.

 

[AnthrSolidSnake]

I got work in a half hour, so it's what's on my mind.

1. Using your phone when checking out.
I understand that retail settings have got it in your heads that everything is all about you, but there's still a person behind the counter. Show some fucking respect and actually talk to them. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to ask a rather important question to move the transaction along, and they either ignore me or whisper in some impossible to hear voice (or worse yet, just do some pathetic motion with their hands.)

2. The customer in front of you COMES FIRST.

It's gotten to the point where I actively will refuse to talk to another customer over another. I don't even care if the question is simple. You wouldn't want me to ignore you if I helped you first, so don't make me do the same to others.

3. I'm not a fucking babysitter.

Watch your own moron children. End of story.

 

[Neonsilver]

Bicycles on the road. They piss me off like nothing else. You can't afford a car, and need a form of cheap transportation? That's fine, I understand. But when I see this moron:

Spoiler

clogging traffic, and forcing cars to go around him? Yeah, fuck that guy.Q

Blame the people who don't design roads to accommodate bicycles, my friend. Over here there's more than plenty of bicycle paths, and even in the rare case that there isn't, people will show the proper etiquette and drive as close to the side of the road as possible. Unless ofcourse it's high schoolers who'll ride side-by-side in numbers of three or even four.

Professional cyclists on the other hand can often be dicks who generally show a complete disregard for other motorists and casual cyclists.

I have seen many cyclists not using bike lanes. If I see that I get the urge to run them over for two reasons. One is that it feels like they don't have much respect for others, they turn themselves unnecessarily into an hindrance on the road. The other is that they endanger themselves without good reason.

People standing side-by-side on an escalator, instead of doing the FUCKING SENSIBLE thing and standing one behind the other, leaving a lane for us who're running a little late and need to climb the stairs instead of riding them.

Also people not turning their cellphones off at the movie theater. Or thinking that it's good enough to put them on vibrate, or silence them. You're still lighting up the room, ************.

Not sure if you would hate or love my hometown. On one hand there aren't any escalators anyplace anyone would be going if they are in a hurry, except if you have to get something from a shop. On the other hand no one really cares if they block the escalator. It was quite a surprise to me when I lived in a different town for an internship and most people would leave a lane on the escalators.

Now back to topic, I have a similar pet peeve. People walking slowly and blocking the sidewalk. Not necessarily when the sidewalk is small, but if it is a wide sidewalk where many people could fit side by side and then there is a group blocking it while walking slow I get very annoyed.

 

[happyninja42]

People who say things like "I don't mean to be rude but..." or "I don't want to criticize but..." though I think my personal favorite is "I don't mean to be pedantic but...*state a very minor correction to a general statement someone else made*"

Come off it people, yes you do mean to be rude, or pedantic, or to brag. Own up to it, you're not fooling anyone with that lame disclaimer. If you don't want to say whatever that thing is, then don't say it, if you don't want to look like whatever you don't want to look like.