Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

The Americanism 'I'll write you.'

It doesn't even make sense. What harm was the to between write and you doing?

 

When did someone last say that to you?

I might as well complain - 'individuals who use the refrain toodlepip on their departure, that Englishism.' Although I do maintain my own "cheerio" as a matter of tradition

...

the generational divide lies upon good/well. That war is lost. [in response to - How are you?]

AS is the rising inflective -if I've said that correctly - that style is now being defended as a right. It's my Twitter overdose, I've read a lot of sh*t.

 

I can't help it.

'How are you?'

'I'm guud, thanks.'

'Are you? I'm so happy you're guud, don't let me stop you, back to your playstation, boys...as I was saying, general...'

 

You fogeys with your 'wells' always thinking they're soooo deep.

 

No one has ever said it to me. But I hear it all the time on tv.

 

Why is it deep?

It's only language changing.

 

Because wells are nearly always deep.

 

I'm fik

 

I thought @The Dapper Hooligan wanted to kill me.

Honestly, I'm having a hard time at the moment, spend all my time flicking between computer screens. Haven't walked since September. I'll look in the mirror in approximately 2 weeks I'll have mammaries, my greatest fear. I haven't had mammaries since 14.

 

Well, I mean, I really don't want to disappoint, but I'm a little busy right now. I mean, dungeon's been overflowing for weeks and I've been running low on battery acid and oil drums. I might be able to fit in a Grab and Stab or even of quick Rap n' Cap, if you're in Jersey, but you'll have to take it up with my secretary. She's the one who does all my scheduling.

 

Thanks @Chief, I'll go back to licking duvets.

 

Being asked by the Social Workers for my consent for Every. Single. Thing.

-Can Hope have immunisations?
Yes.
-Great, you'll need to sign a form.

-Can Hope go to playschool?
Yes.
-Great, if you can just sign a form.

-Can we link in with CAMHS?
Yes.
-Great, can you just sign this consent?

-Can we link in with your GP?
Yes.
-Great, if you'll just sign this form.

Just had a call today asking me if I can drop by to sign a ruddy form...! Honestly, you'd think they got paid for it or something.

 

Send em a pic with your hands in a cast?

 

Some people actually do that kind of thing for fun.

 

Me missing my buss to work and having to wait for the next buss is something to be annoyed about, but I just had to complain a bit.

I'm also annoyed with the cinema website around here. I suppose not being able to choose a movie means it sold out that day, but I'd prefer if it said "sold out" because for all I know they just haven't released the tickets now! Or there is a malfunction on their website. "Sold out" can only mean one thing...

 

Tickets were NOT sold out. I still can't buy one because.... that'd only be helpful.

 

Watching the film The Meg and listening to a team of supposedly the most elite aquanerds in existence refer to a shark as she and her when the first clear views they get of the animal are belly views and it clearly has male claspers.

Yes, yes... I wasn't expecting anything remotely accurate in a movie about living megalodons, but the monster-shark version of a mega-schlong is clearly shown more than once and they keep saying here she comes...

 

Stolen from...someone

 

We are all conceived 'she' and mutate after. The majority of individuals of any species is female. So from a pre-clasper-evident point of view, the dubbed speech might not be forgiven.

 

People that say “achks” or “arx” instead of “ask"...............

 

Singular "they" when applied to specific, known individuals. It doesn't sound off to me when used in a general case:

"If anyone wants an extra cupcake, they should ask their server." ("they" as opposed to "he or she should ask his or her server).

It doesn't bother me when applied to unknowns:

"Someone stole my bicycle. They didn't cut the lock, but left the front wheel locked to the fence."

But I was reading about a non-gender binary actor*, Asia Kate Dillon, who uses "they" and "their" pronouns, and something about whole paragraphs of it just made my English-teacher's editorial eye ache. To be very clear, it's not that non-gender binary people bother me. I don't really "get it," but I'm willing to accept the concept in good faith, it's simply the linguistics of the thing that make me twitchy.

*From the Wikipedia article:

 

The only worse thing than strangers sitting down next to you on a nearly empty bus is friends sitting apart, talking over seats. It's annoying AND they'll just en up sitting next to a stranger yo shout over.

What I miss of going by train - standing up. The trains from here yo work are crowded enough for all seats to be taken, but if you stand up you can get a nice spot all to yourself!

 

Children in advertising. If I want to hire a ten-year-old to work in my convenience store, I'm some kind of monster. Hire the same kid to help me sell something on television, and it's fine.

 

I sometimes get too nit-picky and easily frustrated by things I read that seem wrong to me.