Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

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You and Jack Asher would get along nicely then.

 

For those sites, usually the previous page is automatically scripted to redirect you to that webpage, so it'll feel like a refresh even though you hit the back button. Honestly that makes it even more annoying because the site will make you feel like your back button doesn't work properly. Unfortunately, some malicious websites use this as a means to infect your computer or other device with malware or adware, because even though you're not intentionally clicking on links for shady sites, you're being brought to their page by force. At one point I clicked on a link to what I thought might be a reputable site, but they just copied the website name and used a different domain name in order to trick people and get clicks. Big mistake on my part, because I ended up getting redirected through about 10 different webpages in the course of a few seconds and was loaded up with a bunch of ads and viruses that I had to clean up. Don't get me started on the "infinite ad pop ups" virus that overloads your screen and slows down your computer to a snail pace.

 

I get really pissed off with the way Dettol are constantly brain-washing people into believing their homes need to be as clean as an operating theatre, otherwise they and their families will die of some horrible disease.

Hygeine - it's all a load of bollocks!

 

I like the smell of Dettol. It makes me want to get a new tattoo. I do agree with you, though. For me the culprit is Lysol, always advertising their antibacterial sprays, wipes, and hand sanitizers and preying upon scared people that don't know how either the human immune system works or how super-bacteria are created.

 

For some reason, it annoys the hell out of me when people leave a bottle (like a soda that has a screw top) open on a table when not currently drinking from it. yet I am fine with an glass that has not top or a beer that the top does not snap back on.

 

When people mispronounce foreign words. Also, when I try to pronounce foreign words correctly and end up sounding like a douche. Both annoy me.

 

When people overpronounce foreign words. Giada DiLaurentiis was a horrible offender in that, burbling along in educated West Coast English, but every time she hit a word in eeTALienntooo, suddenly she was Luigi from The Simpsons.

 

What about anglicised foreign words like entrepreneur?

It doesn't annoy my per se, but I find it weird and amusing when I hear Japanese-English words like ice-cream and love story and then being made to mispronounce it in order to pronounce it correctly in Japanese I understand they are considered true Japanese words, just as entrepreneur is an English word. Still, since I speak English and not French, it's just too weird.

 

A skit by College Humor circulated FB which poked fun at overpronunciation of foreign words. I read the comments and many non-natives expressed annoyance at the anglicized versions though of course everyone finds overpronunciation annoying, for a reason I think.

It’s jarring for sure when I end up changing inflection, vowel quality and R’s if I use a Finnish name, city name or word while conversing in English, but they do sound bad when mispronounced by someone who should know better.

 

Or as other call it, French.

 

Um... I don’t get it, sorry.

 

Colleagues asking how my weekend was every.single.Monday.

I know they're just being polite and maybe are even genuinely interested but god damn I hate the Monday morning small talk.

See also: Friday small talk - "What are your plans for the weekend?"

Sleeping as much as possible, eating junk food, and maybe some masturbation, okay???

 

Only maybe? You disappoint me.

 

When people comment "here for [pop culture item]!" on a Youtube music video. I'm here for the fucking music itself, how about that? [incoherent swearing]

 

I once got a date saying something like that.

"S0 what did you do last night?"
"A lot of masturbating. You?"
"Same."
"Huh, maybe we should head out later and give each other a hand with this?"

Unbelievably they said, "yes," and I came to the realization that I should try dating classier people.

 

Holy shit is that really deep or have I been drunk too much?

 

*smacks down pint glass*

That's probably for the best.

 

Speak for yourself man

 

The less said about you and Annie Hall's onanism the better,

 

Wasn't that also the movie where Woody Allen's character said he was only bisexual because it doubled his chances of getting a date?