Biggest Pet Peeves
Re: Biggest Pet Peeves
by OGPhilly » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:08 pm
You could respond to the larger point I was making. Do you think people who go to plays or buy art are assholes too?
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Re: Biggest Pet Peeves
by exploited » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:11 pm
Art is actually another pet peeve. Take the Mona Lisa. I'm supposed to be awed by this shit. Are you kidding me?
Insofar as art has helped people understand certain scientific principles (depth, color, etc), I guess it is valid. Insofar as it is nice to look at, who the hell cares. You want something nice to look at, go outside.
Insofar as art has helped people understand certain scientific principles (depth, color, etc), I guess it is valid. Insofar as it is nice to look at, who the hell cares. You want something nice to look at, go outside.
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Re: Biggest Pet Peeves
by OGPhilly » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:12 pm
Fine art can insist upon itself a bit. Expanding into "the arts", I think there's a lot of great stuff.
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Re: Biggest Pet Peeves
by Clarino » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:19 pm
As for my own pet peeves, well I'm not sure we can afford the bandwidth, but I'll give you a snapshot:
Bad drivers. Spider covered most of it, so I'll just leave it at that.
Traffic lights which are programmed to stop you when there is nothing coming the other way. Late at night I regularly get green lights turn to red and see the corresponding lights turn from red to green when there is nothing waiting to cross the junction/enter the roundabout.
People who are unaware of their surroundings, particularly when they are about to walk in front of me.
People who think you are a bigot for holding a different opinion on certain issues.
People who think that wearing expensive clothes makes them better than you.
People who think that the benefits system is to provide a suplement to their income, or all of their income for their entire lives rather than being a safety net for hard times.
People who think being a Tory makes you a bad person.
People who accelerate on the motorway to prevent a lorry from pulling out into lane two to overtake, instead of using lane three.
Inefficiency in the logistics industry.
Jobsworths.
People who think their job is more important than it is.
Poorly applied health and safety regulations.
People who attack religion at every opportunity.
Women who act like men.
Men who act like women.
Gay men who pretend to be straight.
Men who treat women badly.
Women who let them.
People who beep their horn instead of getting out of the car and ringing the doorbell.
Simon Cowell.
The acts Simon Cowell publicises.
People who park in disabled bays when they aren't disabled/don't have a DP badge.
People who park in the drop-off area at supermarkets.
Parent and child parking spaces.
And about a trillion other things.
Bad drivers. Spider covered most of it, so I'll just leave it at that.
Traffic lights which are programmed to stop you when there is nothing coming the other way. Late at night I regularly get green lights turn to red and see the corresponding lights turn from red to green when there is nothing waiting to cross the junction/enter the roundabout.
People who are unaware of their surroundings, particularly when they are about to walk in front of me.
People who think you are a bigot for holding a different opinion on certain issues.
People who think that wearing expensive clothes makes them better than you.
People who think that the benefits system is to provide a suplement to their income, or all of their income for their entire lives rather than being a safety net for hard times.
People who think being a Tory makes you a bad person.
People who accelerate on the motorway to prevent a lorry from pulling out into lane two to overtake, instead of using lane three.
Inefficiency in the logistics industry.
Jobsworths.
People who think their job is more important than it is.
Poorly applied health and safety regulations.
People who attack religion at every opportunity.
Women who act like men.
Men who act like women.
Gay men who pretend to be straight.
Men who treat women badly.
Women who let them.
People who beep their horn instead of getting out of the car and ringing the doorbell.
Simon Cowell.
The acts Simon Cowell publicises.
People who park in disabled bays when they aren't disabled/don't have a DP badge.
People who park in the drop-off area at supermarkets.
Parent and child parking spaces.
And about a trillion other things.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
-Groucho Marx
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Re: Biggest Pet Peeves
by Ben Huh » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:28 pm
..."if the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of a divine reward, then brother, that person is a piece of shit."
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