Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

Most of the Vietnam-era Marine Corps veterans I've met were Force Recon snipers. They must have been shoulder-to-shoulder over there.

 

Our area is mostly multi-family buildings (apartments). I don't know if Hikari Fletz has the whole area or just goes building by building, but when we moved in the management company gave us a form for Hikari Fletz and said "If you want internet or cable, the building is wired through these guys." Doesn't stop everybody else from stuffing their junk mail in my mailbox every day.

As long as there are trees dying for it, it must be a good thing.

 

I hate the coronavirus buzzwords. At the top of the list is ‘new normal’. Calling it the new normal implies you accept this shit is permanent. And quit bitching about the masks- you don’t like wearing them, we get it. Get over it. I have to wear one for 10, 11, even up to 12 hours a day at work; you can deal with wearing one for a few minutes while you’re in my store.

 

My linguistic peeve is "double-down." Regardless of your opinion of the Current Occupant and his actions, the editorial staff really need to push some more figures of speech to describe some of his more unconventional policy moves.

 

My job is currently closed to the public. the city saw an uptake in cases, and we had to close our smaller location twice because of staff getting sick and sick patrons coming in and taking off their masks (im pretty sure i posted a something on here or the Not Happy Thread about the kid who came in, took off his mask and coughed on everything while his adult ignored him).
We got a phone call that said something like "when are you all going to stop licking the governor's ass and open up all ready? this is just ridiculous!"

I have more words on the matter, but i think that should go in the COVID thread.... and I dont want to go there because some of the stuff posted on that thread would make me look at people on here in a negative light (and i like the people on here for the most part), so i'll leave it be.

 

I just requested a ban from the Debate Room when I quit the Mod Team and let me tell you, this forum just has nothing but nice and friendly people on it ever since

 

Also - no experienced gambler says "double down" (just like they/we don't say "stick" or "twist").

 

I haven’t seen the covid thread. I actually haven’t even been able to find it, not that I put in much effort, or am terribly disappointed. If I remember correctly you were out toward the left coast, where the rules seem to shift quicker than the sands in the Nevada desert. Out here, where even the press has started spelling DeWine’s name with an h, they just drop an edict and say we’ll revisit this in three weeks.

Those nasty phone calls we can handle. The in person hostilities have gotten out of hand, though, especially with those sovereign citizen jokers.

 

I believe double down is an actual term in Baccarat, popularized by 007 movies and then passed into public awareness. So I would venture to say gamblers who play Baccarat probably do say it, but I won't bet the farm on it.

 

Hmm... I don't recall it while playing Baccarat, but tbh, I wasn't paying that much attention.

All I can say is, don't say it at the blackjack table.

 

Merriam Webster has it as a blackjack term with a specific meaning, then a political term overused by lazy hacks (gotta read between the lines on that last bit):

 

Sure. But my point is, blackjack players who have spent any time on the tables don't actually say it.

They just say "double", or more commonly, just put an equal pile of chips next to their original bet. At least, that's the case over here. It's like saying stick or twist - you just tap the table if you want a card or wave your hand horizontally to indicate no card (or if, like me, you're holding a cigarette in that hand and a drink in the other, you say "card" or "no card").

I've spent far, far too much time on blackjack tables for my own good.

The political term is even more annoying because it's an Americanism that has made its way into the British journalistic vernacular.

 

Oh ok, that makes sense. Maybe it's something the commentator would say if it was a televised game—(in a hushed golf-commentator voice): "The player is doubling down..."

 

Ah, I see. I've never been to a casino or even played cards with my friends. I know the most basic rules of blackjack but when you said "stick or twist" I came up completely blank.

Lifetime though I think I'm ahead at gambling. I had $1.25 in quarters once in the e-club in Korea so I gave the slots a shot. Somehow I got up to $2.00 so I pocketed my original buck and a quarter, then hit three bars on the machine and won $25.00.

That was enough, in that time and place, to have a very satisfying evening.

 

You should start typing Yea Verily! If you can't beat them, show them what they're actually doing...

 

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iknorite?

 

I know it's the grammar nazi in me, but people who misuse the conditional perfect tense really, really annoy me.

"If I would have done this..." No, goddamnit! It's "if I HAD done this"!

It's mostly Americans.

 

If I only had have paid attention in grammar class.

 

There are two informal contractions that plagued me for ages.

The first was (IIRC) how many SF politicians were named "Hizzoner."*

The second was the, to my mind, lost tribe of Israel or some such: the "Amirites."**

Spoiler

*"His Honor" (the mayor &c)

**"Am I right?"

 

my mother and multiple coworkers spell "through" as "thru" in emails.
Tried to correct my mom. but people hate being corrected. especially parents (and teachers).