The People Who Annoy You

[ani_naja]

I'm feeling a rant coming on...so....

1.People who don't look like supermodels themselves, but criticize everyone's appearance, even saying absurd things like "her hair is too straight".
2. Ignorant and bigoted people in general
3. Girls who have a million and a half pics of themselves in their phones
4. Girls who keep a billion and a half pics of cute kids in their phone/PC/whatever, especially annoying, when the girl in question is 12.
5. FB users who play Farmville 24/7
6. People who manage to compliment and insult you at the same time
7. People who think that liking Bollywood is a sign of mental retardation
8. Lady GaGa....

[Dil Bert]

People who take offense to something on behalf of some group to which they don't belong.  Let a member of that group complain if it actually bothers them.

People who write like they're being paid by the word.

[tabula rasa]

People who take offense to something on behalf of some group to which they don't belong.  Let a member of that group complain if it actually bothers them.

People who write like they're being paid by the word.

First one - surely you didn't get that from stuffwhitepeoplelike.com, Dilly?

Second - if you mean quality writing (as opposed to quantity), then it's awesome. There's so much bad writing online.

[kmemphis]

I also can't stand people who pick on other people because of their name - either the name itself or the spelling.


Actually, people taking offense to something when it doesn't obviously or directly involve them can be helpful. Too many times, members of that group aren't considered "objective" or they're just "angry," and their legit concerns are dismissed.

And something offensive to one group should be offensive to all of us as human beings.

[bollyking]

76.People who attend comic book conventions
77.Girls/models who write books on how they lost weight, when all they did was take a lot of heroin and drink coffee
78.People who think they're cool because they've got a lot of tattoos
79.People who think that 2pac and Notorious BIG were some kind of mystic prophets
80.People who think everything Ronald Reagan said should be followed literally
81.People who bring 'free tibet' signs to protests that have absolutely nothing to do with it
82.Pretty much anyone who ever appeared on a panel for a cable news talk show
83.Girls with tramp stamps
84.Guys who drink bacardi, a drink people forgot to stop liking in 2003
85.Girls who are incapable of going to the ladies room by themselves when in public
86.Chefs who serve cantonese food at thai restaurants
87.People who like Hugo Chavez
88.Indians who think that because their father is in the IAS they can piss anywhere they want to
89.Million dollar a week athletes who get arrested on gun and spouse abuse charges
90.Girls who wear a sports bra and lycra shorts to the gym and complain that they feel uncomfortable at the guys staring at tehm

[amit]

And something offensive to one group should be offensive to all of us as human beings.

OK kmemphis. Very slowly, back away from that bong and immediately call your sis or mom for help. You've had one too many hits of Mary Jane today. 

[kmemphis]

OK kmemphis. Very slowly, back away from that bong and immediately call your sis or mom for help. You've had one too many hits of Mary Jane today.  

What?

And I want to clarify - I don't go around saying, "So-and-so is offensive to X." I say, "I am offended by this."

Am I - as a white person - not supposed to say something when my family tosses the n word around? Am I - as a straight person - not supposed to ask my sister to please, the thousandth time, not use "gay" as a catch-all insult?

I am allowed to be offended by whatever I find offensive. I am not allowed to dictate to people what they should be offended by.

ETA - If I don't say it, I'll stew on it, and I'm already having one shitty day. (week/semester) That really fucking pissed me off. I don't get what's so funny, or why that is a "ha ha, she's high" statement.

Other people matter, and how other people are treated matters.

[Dil Bert]

I am not allowed to dictate to people what they should be offended by.

Um, that's what I'm saying.  Do you feel it's right if someone speaks for homosexuals or those of recent African descent on other issues?  No?  Then perhaps one shouldn't presume to speak for them WRT what might offend them.  It's simple respect of their equality to let them speak for themselves.

[amit]

And something offensive to one group should be offensive to all of us as human beings.

Here's where the logic of your above statement runs aground, because you made a generic and open statement, when going by your subsequent post, you only had certain specific groups in mind.

1. Some groups find gays offensive. Should it be offensive to all of us as human beings?
2. Some groups find those who don't worship one true god offensive. Should it be offensive to all of us as human beings?
3. Some people find vegetarians offensive, while others find meat-eaters offensive. Which should I be offended by as a human being?
4. Some people find Communists offensive, while others find Capitalists offensive.

I could go on, but you get the idea.

[Ms. Chandni]

85.Girls who are incapable of going to the ladies room by themselves when in public

I think this is a biological imperative that's been imprinted onto our DNA for thousands (millions?) of years - when one of the cavegirls had to go into the woods for a pee, her sister would go with her to make sure she wasn't dragged off by a caveman. You just can't fight this one - it's in our genes!  And yes, I'm just making this crap up.  But it makes sense.

[kmemphis]

Um, that's what I'm saying.  Do you feel it's right if someone speaks for homosexuals or those of recent African descent on other issues?  No?  Then perhaps one shouldn't presume to speak for them WRT what might offend them.  It's simple respect of their equality to let them speak for themselves.

So what should I do when my family throws around the n word? Find a black person and have zie tell them to stop?

Because it can't offend me.

Balle_balle... I have no idea what you are talking about.

Fine, let me clarify some more - I mean things meant to hurt, things somebody is supposed to *laugh* at - jokes at someone's expense, derogatory terms.

Yes, people get offended by the existence of people that are different from them.

But dammit I don't have the energy for this.

I do get offended by the casual homophobia my sister shows, the racism, the sexism, the transphobia, the ableism. The bigotry.

And I never said I was speaking for anyone but myself. When did I say that?

The only people who should fight bigotry are those who are directly affected by it?

What the hell have you been smoking?

[Kajolownsyou]

54.Air India stewardesses as old as the Taj Mahal

This is my mom's biggest pet peeve! "Why can't they get the young pretty girls anymore?" Needless to say we stopped flying Air India as of last year

[Dolce~oro]

Moving On:

26.People who order diet coke with their mcdonalds meal because they feel they're showing some self control

Make that "People who drink Diet Coke" for me I mean the thing is pointless: if you haven't figured out by now how bad that stuff is for you, you might as well have the real one with sugar. Sugarfree will make no difference in your waist line, or in the level of crap that your body has to process... And while we're at it: people who order extra large vanilla bean lattes... with skim milk. Again, I really hope it's because they like the taste of skim better, otherwise it's pretty pointless, there are more calories and additives in a drop of that syrup than there are in a whole cup of whole milk.

And I must say I am surprised no one mentioned this yet: old people who can't drive anymore, but still insist on doing it. Dude, if you can't drive that piece of junk past 30 km/hr and you can't remember to signal, nor can you hear anything that is happening around you: it's time to get off the road!! I keep saying that drivers' licenses should have a minimum age and a maximum age or at least some sort of test past a certain age (to be determined by more educated and more sensitive people than me).

And since this is fresh in mind now: people who drop their weights at the gym for EVERYONE to hear how much iron they're pumping. Good job, buddy boy, now get off the steroids and you might have enough juice left in you to actually find a girl and... do something with her.

Actually, there are many people who annoy me, but there's just not enough time to sit and make a list

Now while we're at it, shall we also start a list of people we love? Just to balance things out, too much hate is not good for your sleep

[Prem Rogue]

66.Hipsters who think going to dive bars are fashionable

I made a change, though I almost qualify as one

[kmemphis]

I made a change, though I almost qualify as one

I swear I saw one the first day of school.

I don't know when I last saw one.

I am very sad now.

[Prem Rogue]

This is my mom's biggest pet peeve! "Why can't they get the young pretty girls anymore?" Needless to say we stopped flying Air India as of last year

My flight to India on Air India earlier this year had some young attractive stewardesses.  The return flight didn't.  Its always nice to have pretty ones, but I'm too busy growing antsy and not sleeping well to care too much about the stewardesses (sorry, "flight attendants.")

[kmemphis]

How does being pretty help them do their job?

I'd rather a flight attendant be nice than pretty/handsome.

(Plane Insanity is a book by a male flight attendant. He says that during the training, the bosses had tons of rules for how the female flight attendants should look, down to the shade of lipstick. And they sent a natural redhead home because they didn't think that someone with dark skin could have red hair. And flight attendants can't have "unnatural" hair colors apparently.)

[Dil Bert]

So what should I do when my family throws around the n word? Find a black person and have zie tell them to stop?

My comment was specifically (and obviously, I thought) for places (such as the internet) where people of various groups can be present, so other people don't need to leap in like a noble white Victorian patriarch and defend them.

If you want my suggestion for what to do when someone says something offensive in a private setting, you could either pointedly ignore them or say something like "Really?  I think they're just like us, except perhaps less bigoted."

83.Girls with tramp stamps

Well, Mumaith Khan and Jaya Bachchan excepted, of course. 

[corbie]

Make that "People who drink Diet Coke" for me I mean the thing is pointless: if you haven't figured out by now how bad that stuff is for you, you might as well have the real one with sugar. Sugarfree will make no difference in your waist line, or in the level of crap that your body has to process... And while we're at it: people who order extra large vanilla bean lattes... with skim milk. Again, I really hope it's because they like the taste of skim better, otherwise it's pretty pointless, there are more calories and additives in a drop of that syrup than there are in a whole cup of whole milk.

And I must say I am surprised no one mentioned this yet: old people who can't drive anymore, but still insist on doing it. Dude, if you can't drive that piece of junk past 30 km/hr and you can't remember to signal, nor can you hear anything that is happening around you: it's time to get off the road!! I keep saying that drivers' licenses should have a minimum age and a maximum age or at least some sort of test past a certain age (to be determined by more educated and more sensitive people than me).

Now while we're at it, shall we also start a list of people we love? Just to balance things out, too much hate is not good for your sleep

Regular Coke is as bad as diet, just in a different way. 

When my father in law drove his car through the garage door with a stroke, at the hospital he asked the doctor about driving, the doctor told him to raise his arm, pushed down and said, yes you can drive. I was shocked.

I called the insurance company and they said as long as he paid the high insurance, he could drive until he hit something really bad or killed someone. All about not restricting someones rights.

I freaked some more and then went and told him the only lie I ever told him. So sorry, they canceled your insurance.

Annoy, people who closet eat like pigs with sugar and then say my name in  tones of shock and dismay when I pick up more than one piece  of the only candy that shows up at the store I can eat. The two who do it outweigh me about 100 lbs each.

Love: people who can understand what I say when I don't say things right. Rare and wonderful when it happens.
         people who don't make fun of me when I get on an obsession.
         people who pay me what they owe me.
         people who love animals
         

[bollyking]

okay then...guess ill have to find a new place to make fatuous comments...im getting seriously bummed out here.

[Ranranbolly]

76.People who attend comic book conventions

...Some people attend them to get more exposure for their own comics/webcomics. Could you please explain why these people annoy you? (I'm just curious...)

- People who serve left-overs to guests, even moreso when the left-overs are 7+ days old (that's a health risk!)
- Waiters who ignore customers based on their appearance.
- People who favor a particular politician and can't explain why other than 'he has a nice smile'
- People who claim to enjoy punk rock, but haven't even heard of the Sex Pistols...
- Friends who borrow shirts/movies/etc. and never return them.
- Relatives who bring nothing for holiday dinners, and end up leaving with half of the left-overs! (I wanted turkey sandwiches this year, damn it!)

[filmcrazy]

And I must say I am surprised no one mentioned this yet: old people who can't drive anymore, but still insist on doing it. Dude, if you can't drive that piece of junk past 30 km/hr and you can't remember to signal, nor can you hear anything that is happening around you: it's time to get off the road!! I keep saying that drivers' licenses should have a minimum age and a maximum age or at least some sort of test past a certain age (to be determined by more educated and more sensitive people than me).

Out of sheer curiosity, how are they supposed to go about thier business? Is there any service that they can use in the U.S? There are plenty of seniors who live alone.

[corbie]

It isn't set up very well. They make the cities etc to where you have to drive and when you get old, you are screwed.

Our car broke down once and we took a bus from the shop to home. Had no idea when we started that a short drive in the car was going to take three hours. My husband is disabled and there was no way he would have been able to walk the 18 miles home.

There is something here called access a ride for people who are elderly or disabled but you have to make reservations and half the time they don't show up. My disabled friend calls it deny the ride.

Taxis are beyond the means of the average person to just go to the grocery store.

[Dolce~oro]

Out of sheer curiosity, how are they supposed to go about their business? Is there any service that they can use in the U.S? There are plenty of seniors who live alone.

Well, that brings us to another major issue that the North American continent has to deal with: you need a car for everything. And that is something that should be looked at one day when we decide that we have wasted enough of the planet's resources pumping fuel into our stupid cars.

Anyways, back to your question: if they really are disabled, actually most things can be done online these days, to the point where (and I am saying this from experience, though limited to Toronto, of course) one can have everything they need without ever having to leave the house. Groceries get delivered, and it's not much more expensive, as does everything else from clothes to entertainment. And there's always the good old fashioned walking to the corner store if you are up for it. The car should not be the be all and end all for one's life.

Sure if one is still perfectly tuned into everything around them past a certain age, then there should be no problem with them driving, but sadly that's not the case, I see too many relics on the road that don't even turn around to look if someone is honking, or otherwise warning them that they are in a dangerous situation. I think one's personal comfort should come second to putting other people's lives (and their own) in danger.

I freaked some more and then went and told him the only lie I ever told him. So sorry, they canceled your insurance.

Good call!

Bollyking, by all means, do continue, I am loving the lists The only reason why I suggested a love list was because I'm one of those people (who probably annoy you  ) who has to have a balance in everything But do carry on, don't let me spoil the fun 

[mala]

Well, Mumaith Khan and Jaya Bachchan excepted, of course. 

Jaya Bachchan has a tramp stamp?!?