Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

I have nine email accounts and am responsible for the upkeep on three FB accounts. That's what I get for having multiple business entities.

 

I've got... more than two FB accounts. One for my real me (under a fake name), one for me pen name (this name), one for HR if I ever go job-hunting, one for being unpleasant, one for being pleasant, one for my master, one for my dame, and one for the little boy who lives down our lane.

 

When I'm using movies or TV shows for language learning purposes, and the audio doesn't match the subtitles. It's not even really inconvenient, just mildly irksome.

 

If it's on a desktop or laptop computer, it's not an 'app', dammit, it's a program.

 

Abso-fucking-lutely. Annoys me to no end, especially based on my hatred of all things Apple and the fact that they were the first ones to push the term.

 

You should try them with cheese. Gorgeous!

 

I'd never used an Apple until faced with having to deal with an ipad recently. Hate it. HATE IT. Drenching it with melted Velveeta cheese and topping it with salsa could only improve the thing.

 

Apple do things their own way, I know, but performance and build quality of their products is head and shoulders above anything on the market.

Sent from my superior iPhone

 

I don't doubt it, but I've never been able to afford (see the value in) Apple products. I also seriously doubt that my $10 Android phone doesn't do everything useful your high-zoot iPhone does.

 

Just me being provocative. You’re right, I’m more than sure your phone can do everything mine can. I’ve just always admired the quality of Apple products.

 

@OurJud? Provocative? Say it ain't so.

 

I made a remark about the mechanics of a sentence to a friend. She pointed out how an** that was of me to do. I am not particularly syntax-analysis driven, I write the way I feel it to be right, and at times I copy other writers' styles to see what works and what doesn't, other times I ask the help of editors and learn from them some things. My friend doesn't care at all about writing, and she is free-spirited--never follows rules. I know she spoke from her own point of view. I often do the same thing . . . but I found her remark really annoying.

 

I get those comments from my family. My brother and sister nicknamed me "The Book" and will makes comments like "you sure you said that right? Lets consult 'The Book'" or my sister will say "your such a book..."

The most annoying is "Booker T" (play on words... "Book" and "T" of my middlename, and Booker T Washington)
Siblings even got my parents calling me that...

 

I don't know where I need that, but I'm totally stealing that nickname (just "the Book") for a future character. Maybe in my cyberpunk WOP (Work On Pause).

 

Well, it's more "what puzzles me but shouldn't (should?)? This has been on my mind for a while now.

Are there no songs that line up with the music videos that accompany them? I don't make it a habit to watch those, because that has a l w a y s bothered me.
But my sister, prompted by an idiot female right-winger (or something), watched "Call Me By Your Name", and she linked me the video.
If I listened to the lyrics alone, I would never have known that this had anything to do with the infamous Satan lap dance that I had only heard about, but never investigated.
Because the lyrics make no sense to me in relation to the video.
That was a great music video, in my opinion. But I found myself wishing that the song had something to do with it.
I now remember why I tune out lyrics when watching music videos: because I would have been a more perpetually annoyed child than I already was, growing up.

 

haha, I thought the same about "The Book" being an awesome nickname for a knowledgeable character in a book.

 

you say Booker T from Booker T Washington, and my brain automatically boots an image of you like Mister T (plus a book in your hand):


not as eloquent as your-family-chosen-nickname.

 

Maybe the best thing about the winding down of the COVID Crisis is that companies won't be able to use it as an excuse for crappy customer service any more.

 

Which at least seems to be true.

 

Is it all about the government paying people more than they can make working, or is there something else going on?

 

Downvotes on Reddit posts that can’t possibly be interpreted as offensive / negative / trolling, etc

 

We have a TV channel over here called Talking Pictures. They specialise in old films and rarely show anything made after the early 80s. Most of the schedules are made up of films from the 40s/50s/60s. I love it, but their content warning messages prior to the film starting are ridiculous and clearly used by default, regardless of the film. Right now they’re showing a black and white film from 1952, airing at three o’clock in the afternoon, that came with the warning: “Talking Pictures has classified this film as a PG and not recommended for young audiences. Some viewers may find some of the scenes distressing.”

The only thing anyone could find even remotely distressing in this film is the fucking hammy acting!!