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Pet Peeves

Ump78

We all have little things thst drive us batsh*t crazy, right. What are some things you detest?

I'm a bit of a Grammar Nazi. I was raised by an English teacher, so I tend to correct others when they aren't grammatically correct (it's a sickness. I know). One of the things that makes me want to scream is:

I could care less

COULD? Could means that there's a possibility that your level of concern is elevated above zero. Therefore, it's possible for you to care less. The correct phraseology is :

I COULDN'T care less.
COULDN'T means that it is impossible for you to have any less concern than you have currently. Zero fks given, if you will.

Am I just a sicko, or are there other nit-pickers afoot?

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lizzybathory

People with oddly specific grammatical pet peeves who think they're ~*special snowflakes*~ for policing everyday interactions drive me batty. Seriously. I get it; I do my best with the English language. I use "Johnny and me" and "Johnny and I" correctly, I don't use the word "irregardless", I know my their/they're/there differences. But flipping a lid because someone on a message board used the wrong spelling of a word is so tacky and pointless.

The only time I point out someone else's grammatical mistakes is when they're being a **** about grammar, but making mistakes anyway.

My pet peeve is with people who get annoyed with people with specific grammatical pet peeves who are annoyed with people who misuse grammar.

So, there!

Oh yeah? Mine is pedantism! *sticks tongue out*

Pedantry.

:laugh:

Part of me wants to point you to the dictionary definition of pedantism I looked up to verify before posting. However, unfortunately for me, people who copy and paste dictionary definitions, pronunciation, part of speech and all, are also high on my list of pet peeves... I have really painted myself into a corner here, haha.

Another of my pet peeves is really long quote chains.

Me too.

George_Baileys_Ghost

People who "hashtag" everything.

And while we're at it, # is the flipping number sign or the pound sign! I can just see the confusion on kids faces when they come across a sign that says "We're #1!"

I'm old. It was always a pound or number sign when I was growing up. Why did they change it to "hashtag"? Irritating.

hash is what the symbol is called outside America. It's used the way it is because old school chat software used it to group chats together. Twitter started using it similarly. As Twitter got popular this usage became more widely known than using it as the number or pound sign. #Time_Marches_On

ImBlackMamba

People who make everything a competition or, even worse about them.
People who need help and refuse to seek it out of pride
Selfish a**holes

Icandoityayme

1. Slow people in Walmart that think because they have all day, so does everybody else
2. People who cook but don't clean up as they go
3. People who sit trash on top of the can rather than put it inside of the can
4. People who slam doors and cabinet doors, especially when you are sleeping

iggyboo93

Those stupid Indian astrology spam posts " black magic love advice varashnikanwhatever" that crop up every few days no matter how often the moderators take that junk down. You'd think the poster would get the idea that such nonsense is not allowed here.

^^ this!!

People who ask me how I'm losing weight and they aren't. I answer that I count calories and exercise they respond "Oh, I don't count calories".
The loosing vs. losing thing.

gopgirl425

Slow people in the fast lane...that just won't get the *kitten* over...

YES!! There are three other lanes....use one of them to drive slow in. UGH!

WhatAnAss

people that read out loud when typing or texting
Parents that bring their kids to R rated movies cause they can't find a sitter
noisy eaters
people who sit in the seat right next to you when there are empty seats all over the place
Someone standing over my shoulder reading the computer screen
People who habitually need favors
When you're eating candy and someone asks if they can have a red one...hell no you can't it's my favorite

brayman1701

People that turn up late to a movie. Its so annoying because they always seem to then have to get the seats in the middle of the aisle.

bezerkus

When people use the word "literally" in the wrong way.

Examples:
"Come down to the Mattress Warehouse right now! Where our mattresses are literally flying out the door!" - Do these mattresses come with a propeller and wings?
"I literally died from embarrassment." - How are you able to tell the story
"I'm literally starving." - No you are just hungry
"I am literally grasping at straws here." - I doubt it, I am just grasping one straw to finish my Diet Coke here

I literally can't wrap my head around why people use it like this. I really can't wrap my head around many things.

BlueBombers

People who "hashtag" everything.

^ This drives me insane as well. It's even more annoying when people on Facebook use it to tag their pictures or even in their Facebook status.

#irritating #stopit #goaway

1princesswarrior

I have road rage:

I really, really, REALLY hate it when I'm driving along with cruise control on (which I do almost religiously since I work over an hour from my home), and some jerk decides to pass me (I especially like the ones that pass me like they're driving the Indy 500) and then pull over in front of me and drive SLOWER than I was with cruise control on. We should be allowed to shoot those people.

Or to add to this, people that cut me off to turn right in front of me when there is not a car behind me for miles.

1princesswarrior

People with untrained out of control ankle biter dogs on retractable leashes who do nothing when the dog tries to bite me or my dogs when I'm running on the trail. And then yell at me for running past.

Cars that don't yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. Do they not teach that in drivers ed anymore?

Kids that wear their pants below their hips showing their boxers or who knows what else.

Drivers that don't give runners, people on bikes, or people on horses enough space on the road when they pass. Or worse honk at them.

People at work who can't do anything without running it past a supervisor first, can we not think for ourselves anymore?

rsandem

I hope this hasn't been said already, but "could of" or "would of". It's "could have" or "would have"!

I'm not sure how grammatically wrong it is, but I also hate hearing/seeing "anyways". "Anyway" seems to get the point across just fine.

ohpiper

People who decide that the best time for their smoke break is at the gas pump next to me. I'd say it goes beyond a pet peeve to a mortal fear.

AwMyLoLo

I hope this hasn't been said already, but "could of" or "would of". It's "could have" or "would have"!

I hate this!

Also, when people say things like, "7 am in the morning", and "Is the meat dethawed yet?"

mamaoftwins9197

My biggest pet peeve (although there are many), is the saying "if I can do it, anyone can". I HATE that! We all have different abilities/capabilities, we are not all able to do the same thing. I don't know why, but it drives me crazy.

free1220

I hate it when a coworker keeps yakkin at me when I'm clearly ignoring him!

disasterman

One. Word. "Sentences".

SpicesOfLife

I hate it when a coworker keeps yakkin at me when I'm clearly ignoring him!

this

PurringMyrrh

People with untrained out of control ankle biter dogs on retractable leashes who do nothing when the dog tries to bite me or my dogs when I'm running on the trail. And then yell at me for running past.

Cars that don't yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. Do they not teach that in drivers ed anymore?

Kids that wear their pants below their hips showing their boxers or who knows what else.

Drivers that don't give runners, people on bikes, or people on horses enough space on the road when they pass. Or worse honk at them.

People at work who can't do anything without running it past a supervisor first, can we not think for ourselves anymore?

My boss was warping on that last one the other day. :laugh: "I get 15 calls a day asking questions for things that should be common sense, by people that have worked here longer than myself!"

2credneck208

Crappy drivers!!!!

onefortyone

Latest Peeves:

- Going to the gym stinking like hot rotten garbage. Sure there's no point showering right before going, but at least baby-wipe those pits or something, dude!
- You know that lane merges into this one up ahead. I know that lane merges to this one up ahead. There are signs saying so. So why are you matching my speed in that lane up until the very last second? Wish this didn't happen as often as it does!
- People who think speeding is simply 'risking a ticket' instead of risking an accident that may kill them or others.

Ump78

We all have little things thst drive us batsh*t crazy, right. What are some things you detest?

I'm a bit of a Grammar Nazi. I was raised by an English teacher, so I tend to correct others when they aren't grammatically correct (it's a sickness. I know). One of the things that makes me want to scream is:

I could care less

COULD? Could means that there's a possibility that your level of concern is elevated above zero. Therefore, it's possible for you to care less. The correct phraseology is :

I COULDN'T care less.
COULDN'T means that it is impossible for you to have any less concern than you have currently. Zero fks given, if you will.

Am I just a sicko, or are there other nit-pickers afoot?

"Thst," is improperly spelled. Proper spelling would be, "that."

Consider your nit picked.

lol. Typos aren't grammatical errors. Their tyeping missteaks. Theirs a big diffurance

Ump78

Omg that was so difficult! Need to wash my hands now. :frown:

2credneck208

Lmao!!!

salladeve

The first that comes to mind is:

people that say ax when they mean ask

Betherz82

When people say axe when they mean ask.

When someone asks me to spell my last name more than twice and then ask if I'm sure it's pronounced how I said it.

When people use the wrong your or you're and there, their or they're.

People who lie about stupid *kitten*.

When people try and start talking to a sales clerk when they're busy helping someone else.

When people assume that my "real" name is Elizabeth when I tell them it's Beth.

I could go on...but rambling also irritates me.

mredsolo

I hate it when I go pee in toilet, I always have to lift the lid. Why can't the last person who use the toilet lift the lid so i don't have to.

Megan101792

Trolls on mfp.

starrylioness

People who eat/chew loudly to the point that it's downright smacking and just flat out noisy. It's especially horrible when at work.