Maybe you'll get a laugh out of it... or maybe you'll think I'm really whiny... or maybe you'll skim it. Most probably won't even read it.
So, I was browsing my facebook page & came across a post about my friend's pet peeves. I'm sitting here thinking... "what REALLY irritates me?" So I'm going to randomly select some things that really piss me off.. I'll get the serious ones out of the way. skip down for more trivial irritations.
1. People who always have something to say. If I say "I don't really like [insert something i hate]" Please don't come at me with a list of reasons that I'm wrong. First of all, I don't care. Second, it's just a waste of your time & mine. I see I have a notification, & then I realize that it's just someone being stupid. Please don't make me plow through your Great Wall of Text (because paragraphs are lost on the angry) just because I don't like Transformers, Apple products, The Great Gatsby, the Wii, or the dozens of other things that I hate. (those are legit things that people have been super pissed at me for not liking.) I'm not 17, and I don't care about internet arguing. If you want to be an Internet Tough Guy and get all mad about it, I'm just going to laugh... Probably a lot.. Do I complain about shit? YES. I hate all of the things I listed above.. and it is well documented that I hate said things. I'll bite back if you pretend that your word is fact. It's my opinion that Transformers was a terrible movie, Apple releases sub-par products, the Great Gatsby is AWFUL reading, and the Wii is useless. It isn't a fact. It's just my opinion. So leave me alone with your stupid opinions. I don't care that you like shitty movies, computers, books, and video games. You aren't going to change my mind.
2. People who incessantly do this: "i'm an atheist and ..." or "LOL CHRISTIANS" Please shut up. I don't know what more I can say about that. It's annoying. You're not better than anyone, and your opinion doesn't suddenly become more important. If you want to sit around with your friends and laugh about how stupid you think Christian people are, it doesn't make you cool.. it kind of makes you a loser. The cool trend is lumping every crazy fundie Christian in with the rest of the community.. guess what? We don't all sit around hating gay people all day, knocking on doors, or not listening to rock music/dancing. In fact, I've never really encountered anything to the severity that some of these people claim. Perhaps if you didn't attack people's religious beliefs, they wouldn't be mean to you.. Just a thought.
3. The "you're a sheep" defense. I don't agree with you, therefore I am a sheep. Anytime this is used.. my immediate reaction is: "this person has run out of arguments & has nothing valid to contribute." I will immediately discredit anything you say if you use the following terms: "sheep" "sheeple" "baaaaaaaa" "sheep-people" or any other sheep variation. It isn't clever and you sound like an ass.
4. When I'm watching a movie and I can't place an actor. Seriously, before every movie starts they should just list some other movies people have been in. I can't count the number of times that I'm sitting there going "Where do I know that guy from??" Only to miss key plot points & etc. "OH TITANIC." I realize, like halfway through the movie. Just tell me before the movie starts. Don't list their entire IMDB credits, just like one or two popular movies. I know I'm not alone in this, because Daniel does the same thing. We spend a good 10 minutes trying to solve the mystery of the B-List actor that has suddenly appeared. "I think he's from that movie that came out in the 90s.. don't you remember Masterminds?" "No, not that movie.. just look it up on IMDB." Yeah. don't pretend like you've never done that before.
5. Auto shut off on my coffee pot. Yes, everyone hates old coffee. It's so nasty. Yes, it's handy because I forget to turn off the pot.. but at 2AM, I don't feel like brewing an entirely new pot of coffee. (yes, I drink coffee extremely late at night. don't be a #1 and tell me about how bad that is for me or how it disrupts my sleep pattern.) On a side note: I hate when people talk about how coffee stunts your growth. I have been drinking coffee since I was a kid (seriously. since i was like 6 or 7.) I'm 5'7"ish now. I can't imagine how tall I would've been. coffee saved me from a lifetime as a giant. Back to my point. I know you can turn off the auto shut off, but then I have to turn it back on.. it's just a whole extra stupid step. It's annoying. If I brew a pot at midnight, I'll get half the pot down before it shuts off. (12-cup pot AW YEAH)
6. People born after 1990 that try to reference things from the '90s. Listen kid, stop talking about how much you miss Doug and Ren & Stimpy. you were like, 3. Please stop it. I hate when teens are like "OMG I REMEMBER WHEN NICK WAS GOOD." No you don't. Please tell me one episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark that you actually remember watching. What? you can't? Because you were 5 and you fell asleep before 10? I can't hear you. That's what I thought. Stop trying to implant yourself into a decade I remember fondly. We didn't ironically like things in the 90s. we just liked them. I played with POGS, you kids played with.. hell, I don't even know.
7. Batteries dying. I hate when I'm mid game and all of a sudden the controller turns off because the battery is dead. I can NEVER find batteries at that point, and I'm immediately wishing I was playing the super nintendo instead. I seriously hate when my batteries die. In my phone, in my game controllers, in my camera, in my computer. It always happens right when I'm in the middle of something. I know it's easily solved by checking the battery level & being prepared. whatever. It pisses me off.
8. Television shows & movies that show an unrealistic depiction of high school or college. Seriously, where did these people get their ideas from? Yeah, it's tv & it isn't real. I don't care. In what school district are these people in? Its annoying. If college was really like the movies, I'd probably still be there.. and if high school was really like 10 Things I Hate About You, well call me Julia Stiles. Nobody likes the girl that reads Sylvia Plath and is a horrible insufferable bitch. How do I know that? Because I WAS HER. College isn't superfun parties and frat people everywhere. I never encountered a mean sorority girl or frat boy. They were overall just like everyone else, except they displayed their club on everything. no big deal.
and finally...
9. Incessantly complaining about politics. Guess what? I don't vote. I'm not taking a political stand on anything. Go ahead and ask me what my political party is. I'll tell you. Nothing. Don't ask my opinion on politics. I'll tell you that every politician ever is a scumbag. Posting about it on facebook takes it to a whole new level of annoying. if you really hate the way things are going, get off your ass and go make a difference. You're not any better than me. we're both sitting on our ass not really making a difference.
Whew. that was annoying. there are plenty of things that irritate me. I feel better now getting all that out.
XOXO
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