Things that annoy the HELL out of you.

[Bonez899]

People and how stupid they are. I'm in a high school class (technically middle school) where people suck at freaking math, I happen to be good. So what does everyone do? They wait until the teacher is sitting down, doing nothing at all and then start bombarding me with questions while I attempt to complete my math work during class. It annoys me so freaking much as the student generally has a simple question or one which I am no use at explaining how to do it (in the three seconds I take before trying to go back to my own work).

[muggiwhplar]

Disney fantasy relationship images that people share on Facebook. Example:

 

 

Not true at all and just reinforces people's irrational relationship beliefs and encourages stupid behavior.

 

Same goes for the ones that are like, "A real man isn't afraid to cry in your arms and tell you how much he desperately needs you in his life!" or "A real man would chop his penis off and throw it out the window of a moving vehicle just to see you smile"

 

:wall:

[RpgGamer]

People and how stupid they are. I'm in a high school class (technically middle school) where people suck at freaking math, I happen to be good. So what does everyone do? They wait until the teacher is sitting down, doing nothing at all and then start bombarding me with questions while I attempt to complete my math work during class. It annoys me so freaking much as the student generally has a simple question or one which I am no use at explaining how to do it (in the three seconds I take before trying to go back to my own work).

 

TIF has this interesting thing where I can't tell if Bonez is in middle school, high school, or teaches remedial math.

[muggiwhplar]

Disney fantasy relationship images that people share on Facebook. Example:

 

 

Not true at all and just reinforces people's irrational relationship beliefs and encourages stupid behavior.

 

Same goes for the ones that are like, "A real man isn't afraid to cry in your arms and tell you how much he desperately needs you in his life!" or "A real man would chop his penis off and throw it out the window of a moving vehicle just to see you smile"

 

:wall:

 

I was bored...

 

 

:)

[Tim]

the postage service here.

 

They just dumped my $4,000 laptop at the door and walked off. didn't sign or anything. they could have gotten the address wrong and nobody would have known. Freaking clowns.

[Riku3220]

the postage service here.

 

They just dumped my $4,000 laptop at the door and walked off. didn't sign or anything. they could have gotten the address wrong and nobody would have known. Freaking clowns.

Efficiency man. It's nowhere close to efficient to keep coming back to the house if nobody happens to be home and nobody wants to go to the post office to pick up their stuff. How many packages even get stolen from doorsteps anyway?

[Giordano]

I understand where the Disney-esque quotes would come from, but who in the [bleep] thought of the chopping off one?

[muggiwhplar]

I understand where the Disney-esque quotes would come from, but who in the [bleep] thought of the chopping off one?

 

Lol those were just my parodies of the "real" ones such as this:

 

[Tim]

the postage service here.

 

They just dumped my $4,000 laptop at the door and walked off. didn't sign or anything. they could have gotten the address wrong and nobody would have known. Freaking clowns.

Efficiency man. It's nowhere close to efficient to keep coming back to the house if nobody happens to be home and nobody wants to go to the post office to pick up their stuff. How many packages even get stolen from doorsteps anyway?

well...not by law, but thay're liable if I don't "find" my package and didn't sign for it. Because you're SUPPOSED to sign for it. if they forge my signature or I don't sign it, I can just say "oh it didn't arrive. You're liable to pay for a new one as it was either stolen or delivered wrongly"

 

hence the whole signing thing.

[Riku3220]

the postage service here.

 

They just dumped my $4,000 laptop at the door and walked off. didn't sign or anything. they could have gotten the address wrong and nobody would have known. Freaking clowns.

Efficiency man. It's nowhere close to efficient to keep coming back to the house if nobody happens to be home and nobody wants to go to the post office to pick up their stuff. How many packages even get stolen from doorsteps anyway?

well...not by law, but thay're liable if I don't "find" my package and didn't sign for it. Because you're SUPPOSED to sign for it. if they forge my signature or I don't sign it, I can just say "oh it didn't arrive. You're liable to pay for a new one as it was either stolen or delivered wrongly"

 

hence the whole signing thing.

Australia has a law for that? Here in America we have an opt in option for signing our packages. Default setting is leaving it at the door.

[Hedgehog]

 

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[nine naked men]

if yr talking about australia post i'm pretty sure they only need to pay up to like $100 in recompense unless you buy insurance for the package

[muggiwhplar]

 

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lol those would bother me less if the website didn't have "truth" in its name :P I wonder how many people quit going to the gym after reading that second pic and actually believing it

[Ginger_Warrior]

To be fair, compliments which are insincere are usually seen through straight away and have the opposite effect to what you're intending. So that motivational poster is half right.

[nine naked men]

i don't see how the second one is annoying either (misspelling of beautiful aside i guess). i'd rather people go to the gym to better themselves than to look like anne hathaway or w/e.

 

i mean it should probably be something like "don't let the media tell you what yr body is supposed to look like. do what you want but of course realise that being overweight comes w/health issues and stuff and you generally feel a lot radder when yr fit and in shape" but that doesn't fit on a pithy macro

 

it kinda goes too far in the opposite direction but idk if that's that bad at this stage in time

[muggiwhplar]

i don't see how the second one is annoying either (misspelling of beautiful aside i guess). i'd rather people go to the gym to better themselves than to look like anne hathaway or w/e.

 

i mean it should probably be something like "don't let the media tell you what yr body is supposed to look like. do what you want but of course realise that being overweight comes w/health issues and stuff and you generally feel a lot radder when yr fit and in shape" but that doesn't fit on a pithy macro

 

it kinda goes too far in the opposite direction but idk if that's that bad at this stage in time

 

Yeah if you really break it down, it can be kind of complicated. You're right, in that people shouldn't try to look a certain way just because the media says they "should."

 

But if you want to look attractive (or "beautiful") to the opposite sex, then it'd probably be in your best interest to look to the media for examples of what the most attractive people really look like. I'm talking about people like Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie here, not anorexic models though :P And I'm also not saying that it's realistic to look like those super-attractive celebrities or that you should develop an eating disorder or something to look like them.

 

With that said, though, given the context of that website, I think whoever made that was basically trying to say, "It doesn't matter if you're fat and unattractive. If you're a good person, that's what makes you attractive!" (which isn't true at all if you're a woman); rather than, "make your own decisions; don't let the media tell you what to do" (which is true to a certain extent)

[Hedgehog]

No I posted those 2 because they completely contradict each other.

[muggiwhplar]

No surprises there. :P How much do you agree/disagree with them?

[Hedgehog]

I agree with the first one more. Beautiful is one of the worst things you could ever call a woman these days.

[Ginger_Warrior]

What is beauty? If you mean sexy, say sexy. If you mean pretty, say pretty. If you mean a personality trait or a characteristic... you get the message. 'Beauty' is a weasel word, like 'talented' or 'able'.

 

I'd generally agree more with the first one. Firstly, it says that compliments mean more when they're authentic and altruistic; no doubt about that whatsoever. Secondly, it says compliments mean less the more times they are repeated; this refers to habituation which is also true. It also says "unexpected" though... not really sure about that one. Does it mean any less when you do expect the compliment, and therefore all that happens is that your own self-concept is reinforced? I find it difficult to agree with that last statement.

 

The second one seems to be a reference to body image vs self-esteem but it misses the point. Even if the media aren't manipulating my perception of an ideal body, if my perception of the ideal body (which would still be influenced by factors excepting the media) is somewhat different to reality, I will still suffer low self-esteem. Feel free to reject media portrayals of beauty. In fact, I'd would encourage you to do so, but if you still have low self-esteem even after doing that, then accept that you're either being too hard on your perceived 'real' body, or too unrealistic about your 'ideal' body.

[Randox]

There is a very particular type of driver that annoys me. See, it's illegal to pull into an intersection if you aren't able to leave, as in, you can't pull into an intersection until there is space for your car in the target lane. During rush hour, you get green lights in certain places where about half the time, cars still can't move because they would be blocking the intersection until space was made by the next green light down. Some people making right turns take this as an invitation to make their turn on a red, even if the lights are set up so that their lane is actually getting a little over half the available spaces from the green light alone.

 

I think a suitable ideal punishment. if it were possible, would be for their cars to park themselves out of the way, and then become disabled for half an hour or so, until rush hour has cleared a bit and their childlike entitlement is no longer an obstacle to other people getting home, or a motivator for everyone else to drive really aggressively to avoid being cut off. Same goes to people who, faced with a line of cars blocking their right turn onto a main road, continually inch out into traffic until vehicles actually have to start veering to one side of their lane to avoid a collision. Contrary to the belief of some people, causing a traffic accident does not make traffic better, or cause you to arrive at your destination any sooner (unless you consider the scene of the accident the new destination, in which case it's fantastic).

 

And just for good measure, people who risk being rear ended to pull out in front of you, and then drive 10 below the speed limit. Why was it so important that you be in front of, and not behind, me again?

[Sprint]

Yes, they send one off if you bleed from anywhere.

Every place does that. Because nobody really knows how science works. It's not like we're studied this and know how these diseases spread.

[Alg]

Yes, they send one off if you bleed from anywhere.

Every place does that. Because nobody really knows how science works. It's not like we're studied this and know how these diseases spread.

I just assumed it was because nobody wants to be covered in someone else's blood, safe or not.

[Sprint]

Yes, they send one off if you bleed from anywhere.

Every place does that. Because nobody really knows how science works. It's not like we're studied this and know how these diseases spread.

I just assumed it was because nobody wants to be covered in someone else's blood, safe or not.

Nope, they don't want you to catch a disease.

[Estonian dude]

Who cares about the disease while competing?

 

On a similar note, I somewhat hate that I [bleep]ing slacked on defense in basketball for that one moment on Wednesday, when thanks to me being tired and straightening of my leg I managed to twist my knee out of its joint. Now I am basically chained to my house with my orthosis...