Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

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  1. Martin Beerbom

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    DRM.

    As I have written on the other thread, I got Amazon Prime. I watched the first episode of "Picard" (nice opening episode. Will continue.)

    I have two monitors. One is connected not HDCP-compatible, the other is. I used to get content from Apple. That content occasionally complains, but plays on the compatible monitor, and I can keep the other one running.

    But noooo, for Amazon Prime I had to unhook the non-compatible monitor. Messed up all my desktop arrangement of windows and icons. What good does that do? Do you really think someone, ANYONE, would need to hook up something on the other connector to pirate your content? All it does is infuriating ME, and I'm positively NOT a pirate. I pay, and I want to pay, as long as enough of my money goes to the creatives who make the content (yeah, I'm not sure that this happens...) Even if I were, this HDCP nonsense would not stop from pirating your content, much less from getting/watching your content via a pirated channel.
     
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    The crime games I play. Inevitably, one partner in particular who uses seemingly any excuse to scrutinise people's stuff, when there is no crime on-going. One such example: we were asked to help find a person's antidepressants. So we apparently had to check that they were antidepressants! FFS. It may be fiction, but that is invasion of privacy in my book. And there's no option to opt out of these additional quests. It riles me every time I have to " investigate " something that is nothing to do with a crime.
     
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    when editing your work becomes a shouting match between your inner demons
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    It still annoys that in GOT SI they made Bronn, a character who until recently didn't know how a loan worked, Master of Coin. And they also made him responsible for the entire Vale? Is this guy really leadership material? #YesI'mStillSalty
     
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    "He/she is young, they're supposed to be stupid"

    Okay, but can they be stupid over there? I've already dealt with my own stupid, still do daily, so why in the hell would I deal with another?

    Praise Zeus for vasectomies. Praise the procedure!
     
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    Busy planning my vacation and, well, when I see reviews of places that were written by either illiterates or people thumb-typing whilst tied to the hood of a rally car, I'm less likely to want to go to the restaurant.
     
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    When I started reading this I thought you were going to describe one of my own pet hates when it comes to movie car chases.

    You don’t see it so much now, but when you watch British comedy films from the 70s and have car chases, or someone who’s supposed to be a ‘crazy’ or dangerous driver causing havoc, the other (supposedly sensible) drivers also drive stupidly (like taking a tight corner at 40 mph) for no other reason than to cause near-misses and emphasise the craziness of the mad driver.
     
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    You reminded me of something that annoys me. A lot.

    Reviews of hotels in foreign countries written by foreigners. I've seen it for hotels in Thailand and Japan.

    "This hotel doesn't offer a Western breakfast."
    "No TV programmes in English."
    "Didn't have a swimming pool."
    "Far away from interesting places." - meaning it's not close to night life and bars.
    "Staff couldn't speak English."

    Jesus Christ, if you want a tourist hotel, PICK a tourist hotel! If you stay in one that locals use, you'll get what the locals get! If you're in the country just to pick up girls and catch an STD, go and stay close
    to the red light district!

    I stay in those types of hotels in both countries (since I speak both languages) and I personally love them. Call me snobbish for wanting an "authentic" experience, but a hotel for locals will be closer to the kinds of places that locals use.

    I stay in a local hotel in Thailand, I can get a meal for 40 baht (£1, $1.4). I stayed in the tourist hotel, stopped by a street restaurant to eat, paid five times that price for more or less thing. And it wasn't as good.
     
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    And... foreign tourists. Anywhere.

    In Britain, it's the ones who have no concept of queuing. Everyone is waiting politely in a queue for the train or to be served and then some tourist (usually Chinese) barges into the front.

    Then there are the people who queue in countries where they don't queue. In a 7-11 in Thailand, a couple of Aussies waiting in line, an Indian chap walks up to the counter in front of them and gets served. The Aussies complain loudly about "typical Indian".

    Tourists doing something culturally inappropriate. In a shop in Tokyo, Australian tourists (again) badgering the shop assistant for a discount. Poor guy doesn't know how to refuse in English (he probably doesn't even know how to refuse a customer in Japanese) and is getting more and more embarrassed. Aussies are totally oblivious and think it's hilarious.

    I see a Westerner walking down the road in Tokyo with an open beer can in his hand. If you're familiar with Japan, you know you just don't do this. He starts talking to his friend. Yup, he's British.

    Then there's the hilariously incompetent tourist. I decide to walk between two shopping centres in Bangkok without any shade. It's 38 degrees cenlsius, 100 farenheit. Locals look at me like I'm stark raving mad.

    I'll stop ranting now.
     
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    Well.... to be fair... o_O
     
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    Mad dogs and Englishmen?
     
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    People who say "Can I x,y,z?" when they mean "Would you x,y,z?".
    Saying can implies you are asking about the possibility of being able to something. Of course you can wear a giant sombrero to the supermarket. Whether you do is entirely your own choice, but there's nothing physically stopping you.
    If you're that worried about what the neighbours think of your autonomy, then you're better off just staying indoors with the curtains closed. :rolleyes:
     
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    People who start a sentence with:
    "No"
    or even worse:
    "Yeah, no"
    Or:
    "Look"
     
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    Yeah, i think this was why, when my dad was in the military and stationed over seas, we never lived on the military base or in any American communities. He wanted us to live with the culture versus be secluded in what we knew. many of the Americans who lived on base and in gated American communities were impatient with Italians. My mom would take us to shop in the Italian markets and she always had her dictionary to help her try to speak Italian, and she had my brother and I learn Italian too.

    It annoys me, like you, the people who go to other countries and complain about it not being like their own country :nosleep:GTFO then
     
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    When I lived in the Middle East, most expats lived in gated compounds, and had very little contact with the locals. I lived there for quite a few years and never learned to speak Arabic.
     
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    The way new films get heaped in praise and you get that guy doing the annoying voiceover on the trailers who interjects with comments like, “ ‘A minor masterpiece,’ says the Independent.” or “ ‘Smith is outstanding!’ says The Times.”

    It’s just a trend these days, having your film’s poster plastered with ‘ * * * * * ‘
    It seems like anyone with a half decent cine camera can make a ‘masterpiece’ these days.
     
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    Maybe if you called it "standing in line" instead of "queuing" so we Americans know what you are talking about.
     
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    I believe the word "queue" is easily understandable even to Americans.
     
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    Huh?
     
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    I'd be very wary of anything said after "Yeah, no". The person is already conflicted, so expecting a full coherent conversation might be expecting too much. :p
     
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    Websites that have music played in the background. It's especially worse when the music is delayed and starts blaring unexpectedly.
     
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    The way the word "ninja" gets applied to everything to make it sound cool. There's a show called American Ninja Warrior. These guys aren't ninjas; they're just running obstacle courses. There's a channel on TV advertising a thing called New Ninja Indoor Grill and Air Fryer. What's so ninja about a cooking appliance?

    This kind of thing bugs me.
     
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