You know what I hate!!
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Parents who get upset with teachers because their child is failing a high school class when the parent refuses to send the child to school because they have to walk in the snow.
Teaching metric measure to American students merely for the purpose of Science class.3 -
Wow, I'm really hating on stuff tonight! Here's just a few:
People who answer their cell phones in a restaurant and then have a loud conversation as if they're sitting in their own living room.
Pedestrians (sorry, but usually teens) who take their sweet *kitten* time crossing the street while looking at their phones.
Facebook posters who post obscure things like "Worst day ever!" and then wait to see how many people ask why.
Also along with the other haters - people who don't pick up their dog's poo. Recently saw someone "fake" pick up the poo because other people were watching, but she didn't really pick it up. Poo-poo fail.
Parsnips.
Jagermeister.9 -
Jeannie3099 wrote: »People who just want to do nothing and then complain about their weight.
This. This drives me crazy. I run a weight loss competition type thing on Whatsapp (nothing big, just a bunch of friends trying to motivate each other) and my sister asked me if a friend of hers could join, so I agreed. So I add her in, and the conversation goes something like this:
Me: So, what sort of plan are you trying out to lose weight? Person A here is using low-carb, Person B is counting calories, Person C is (etc)...
New person: Wait, a plan? I don't have a plan.
Me: So how are you going to go about losing weight? Are you going to create a deficit by eating less? Maybe doing some exercise?
New person: But I don't WANT to eat less. And I'm too lazy to exercise. But I want to lose 10 kg...
Me: ... -goes off into a private chat with my sister and threatens to feed her to alligators for subjecting me to this-9 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »Jeannie3099 wrote: »People who just want to do nothing and then complain about their weight.
This. This drives me crazy. I run a weight loss competition type thing on Whatsapp (nothing big, just a bunch of friends trying to motivate each other) and my sister asked me if a friend of hers could join, so I agreed. So I add her in, and the conversation goes something like this:
Me: So, what sort of plan are you trying out to lose weight? Person A here is using low-carb, Person B is counting calories, Person C is (etc)...
New person: Wait, a plan? I don't have a plan.
Me: So how are you going to go about losing weight? Are you going to create a deficit by eating less? Maybe doing some exercise?
New person: But I don't WANT to eat less. And I'm too lazy to exercise. But I want to lose 10 kg...
Me: ... -goes off into a private chat with my sister and threatens to feed her to alligators for subjecting me to this-
This!! And also "But its EASY for you to lose weight. I can't do it"
No it's not easy, I bust my butt in the gym and I refuse the cake 5 days a week. It's *kitten* hard!! Don't down play my awesomeness just cos you don't want to do it!!
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ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »Recipes that don't give specific measurements!! No offence to the Americans on here, but what the **** is a cup?? How big of a cup? And a "dash" of soy sauce could be anything from a teaspoon full to a full on tidal wave. And there are times that google won't help at all, it gives you different weights for a cup measurement.
These are measurements for volume.
1 cup is 8 oz
3/4 cup is 6 oz
1/2 cup is 4 oz
1/3 cup is 2 1/3 oz
1/4 cup is 2 oz
Then you get into Tablespoons and teaspoons which are 1 oz and less.
Some people like to use measuring cups and some like to weigh. I prefer to use a food scale and weigh out everything in grams. I only use measuring cups if my scale is broken. I will add, sometimes depending on the density of a certain item the weight may not be 8 oz for a cup.
You meant liquid ounces, right? Because '8 liquid ounces' will be just as useless for a French person than 'a cup', lol.
Because 1 cup is definitely not always 8oz of solids. Weights /= volumes.
I also dislike cup measurements in recipes and would rather use an English or French recipe whenever possible (or King Arthur).
This is a much better conversion table of volume/weights but it's still completely off for some recipes (I tried 120g of flour for one cup for bread once... total disaster)
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/learn/ingredient-weight-chart.html3 -
You meant liquid ounces, right? Because '8 liquid ounces' will be just as useless for a French person than 'a cup', lol.
Because 1 cup is definitely not always 8oz of solids. Weights /= volumes.
That's right. And confusingly, the American and Imperial systems use the same unit names for both small volumes and small weights. Very few people say "fluid ounces" when they mean the measure of volume; you have to infer which is meant from context. The cups pictured here technically measure fluid ounces, but they're designed as dry volume measures to be overfilled and then leveled off with a knife, that being how you get the most accurate amounts.
But measurement of certain solids by volume, like flour, works well enough most of the time. It's the larger-grained things like cold cereal that's likely to be significantly off. (Although it is true that measurement by weight is more accurate in all cases, particularly with modern digital scales.)1 -
mangrothian wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »mangrothian wrote: »ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »
For a quick approximation, 1 cup is about equal to .25 liter.
...ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »These are measurements for volume.
1 cup is 8 oz
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eta: oh! and if anyone is wondering, a measuring cup is eight fluid ounces, not weighed ounces.
If we want to get technical the liquid measuring cups are not the same as dry measuring cups.
Myself, I weigh measured liquid portions and stick to the gram weight. I hate dragging out a bunch of measuring tools!
https://cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/5450-dry-versus-liquid-measuring-cups
Unless you're Australian. Where a standard measuring cup sizes are the same for weight and volume, but still different to the US:
1 cup = 250mL
4 cups = 1 Litre
1 tablespoon = 15mL
1 tsp = 5mL
Yay for the metric system!
Mine is also related to food metrics. Americans, what the *goshdarnkitten* is a stick of butter? No where else uses it. I have no idea what it is. Related to this is volume-based amounts of butter. 1/4 cup of butter? So I'm meant to smoosh the butter into the quarter cup (which may be a different volume to yours) and then try and scrape it all out with as little residue in the cup as possible? I don't care if it's ounces or grams since my scale can do both, for the worlds sake, give us values in weights.
The other thing I hate at the moment is pedestrians who either:
a) don't know how to walk straight and keep to one side of the footpath, or
b) think its fine to stop dead in a peak hour crowd with people still walking behind them (I may have kneed a guy in the junk by accident because of it this morning, and the *kitten* tried to say it was all my fault).
An Australian tablespoon is actually 20 mL... Just to make life difficult.
really?
*googles Aus tablespoon*
I stand corrected. Every tablespoon in my house is 15mL. All bought from Australian stores. And that means 4 teaspoons to a tablespoon instead of 3, because our teaspoon is still 5mL...
Earth needs a universal measurement system, stat.Chef_Barbell wrote: »mangrothian wrote: »Mine is also related to food metrics. Americans, what the *goshdarnkitten* is a stick of butter? No where else uses it. I have no idea what it is. Related to this is volume-based amounts of butter. 1/4 cup of butter?
Stick of butter:
As you can see 1/4 cup is about half the stick. You just cut it.
Except we don't get butter in sticks, they come in 250g / 500g pats. And the only metric measurements on that package are in mLs, so there's no gram conversion. I wish there was a vote button so I could find out if people actually measure butter in mLs. Not to mention that I'm sure the density of solid vs liquid butter would be different...
My head hurts...
Ah - I can help with this one. The box (1 lb = 4 sticks) of butter in my fridge supplies the information that 1/2 oz (14 grams) is 1 TBS. So, each stick of butter is equal to 112 grams.5 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »Jeannie3099 wrote: »People who just want to do nothing and then complain about their weight.
This. This drives me crazy. I run a weight loss competition type thing on Whatsapp (nothing big, just a bunch of friends trying to motivate each other) and my sister asked me if a friend of hers could join, so I agreed. So I add her in, and the conversation goes something like this:
Me: So, what sort of plan are you trying out to lose weight? Person A here is using low-carb, Person B is counting calories, Person C is (etc)...
New person: Wait, a plan? I don't have a plan.
Me: So how are you going to go about losing weight? Are you going to create a deficit by eating less? Maybe doing some exercise?
New person: But I don't WANT to eat less. And I'm too lazy to exercise. But I want to lose 10 kg...
Me: ... -goes off into a private chat with my sister and threatens to feed her to alligators for subjecting me to this-
Ugh annoying! My response would have been "Since this group is for people who actually intend to lose weight by trying not wishing, I don't think this is the group for you. You're welcome to come back if you have a change of mind. For now, I delete you."6 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »Jeannie3099 wrote: »People who just want to do nothing and then complain about their weight.
This. This drives me crazy. I run a weight loss competition type thing on Whatsapp (nothing big, just a bunch of friends trying to motivate each other) and my sister asked me if a friend of hers could join, so I agreed. So I add her in, and the conversation goes something like this:
Me: So, what sort of plan are you trying out to lose weight? Person A here is using low-carb, Person B is counting calories, Person C is (etc)...
New person: Wait, a plan? I don't have a plan.
Me: So how are you going to go about losing weight? Are you going to create a deficit by eating less? Maybe doing some exercise?
New person: But I don't WANT to eat less. And I'm too lazy to exercise. But I want to lose 10 kg...
Me: ... -goes off into a private chat with my sister and threatens to feed her to alligators for subjecting me to this-
As frustrating as this may be, this really gets at the heart of why people are obese. No one wants to be overweight, but they have trouble convincing themselves to do the things they need to do to lose weight. If we could figure out how to help people do that, the world would be a lot thinner.2 -
I hate when I go to add food to my diary and it doesn't have grams as an option for serving size. But since I have got this memorized:
1 oz ~= 28.5 grams
8 oz ~= 228 grams
1tbsp~= 15 grams
1tsp ~= 5 grams
And I get that that won't work for all liquids as some are more dense, (like honey/butter, etc), but it holds up to be pretty close for most water based things.3 -
TimothyFish wrote: »I hate those recipes that call for using a box of cake mix or that call for a store bought pie crust. Are people so inept that they can't mix a few ingredients together? If you don't care enough about taste to make a pie crust, you might as well buy a pie from the bakery.
My pie filling tastes one hell of a lot better than any store-bought pie filling. But if I don't want to make crust (and the best-tasting and flakiest recipes are a pain in the *kitten*) I make a crumble or cobbler.
I hate tech support lines and their irritating scripts. Yes, I've done all the troubleshooting steps already. Can we please not waste another hour doing them again?!6 -
Cup is volume. Liquid, i.e. 'fluid ounce' (fl oz) is implied. Convert to ml not grams.ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »Recipes that don't give specific measurements!! No offence to the Americans on here, but what the **** is a cup?? How big of a cup? And a "dash" of soy sauce could be anything from a teaspoon full to a full on tidal wave. And there are times that google won't help at all, it gives you different weights for a cup measurement.
These are measurements for volume.
1 cup is 8 oz
3/4 cup is 6 oz
1/2 cup is 4 oz
1/3 cup is 2 1/3 oz
1/4 cup is 2 oz
Then you get into Tablespoons and teaspoons which are 1 oz and less.
Some people like to use measuring cups and some like to weigh. I prefer to use a food scale and weigh out everything in grams. I only use measuring cups if my scale is broken. I will add, sometimes depending on the density of a certain item the weight may not be 8 oz for a cup.
You meant liquid ounces, right? Because '8 liquid ounces' will be just as useless for a French person than 'a cup', lol.
Because 1 cup is definitely not always 8oz of solids. Weights /= volumes.
I also dislike cup measurements in recipes and would rather use an English or French recipe whenever possible (or King Arthur).
This is a much better conversion table of volume/weights but it's still completely off for some recipes (I tried 120g of flour for one cup for bread once... total disaster)
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/learn/ingredient-weight-chart.html
For anyone wondering what a pinch, dash is: about 1/8th teaspoon. But it's more fun to do the actual pinch/dash1 -
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I strongly dislike
Interpersonal dynamics:
when I make a suggestion and that suggestion is ignored or poo-pooed only to be adopted weeks later.
Traffic:
Drivers who follow to closely. Leave a gap. Tailgating is whats slowing us all down.
Drivers that do not stop at or before the stop bar. You have to stop there, then you can inch forward if you have to.
Drivers turning right without looking right and turning left without looking left. Drivers must check rights of way in both directions. It is illegal to not yield to a pedestrian right of way.
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I hate people who hide behind a clipart for their profile pic.
...oh wait. maybe that's why I'm fat?! dammit jim.
I just realized I hate myself.
Eh. I'll get over it...
23 down, 29 to go.
1 lb a week for a year, America!! Do it!6 -
I hate that someone actually made me believe that spaghetti squash was similar to the real thing so I spend my time and energy making it only to find out the next day (when I took it for lunch) that it was the worst thing I've ever had in my entire life.
Actually, I hate when people say the 'healthy version' is as awesome as the same thing. NO IT'S NOT.15 -
Recipes that don't give specific measurements!! No offence to the Americans on here, but what the **** is a cup?? How big of a cup? And a "dash" of soy sauce could be anything from a teaspoon full to a full on tidal wave. And there are times that google won't help at all, it gives you different weights for a cup measurement.
Ha! I'm an American and I totally get that too. Go to google and type in something like "1 cup in mL". It'll bring up a calculator that shows you the precise equivalent. For us, a "cup" is an actual measurement, not like saying one mug full or one glass-full.0 -
RaeBeeBaby wrote: »
Recently saw someone "fake" pick up the poo because other people were watching, but she didn't really pick it up. Poo-poo fail.
This is bringing up a lot of rage in me. I end up picking up my dog's poo AND some other dog's poo if I can grab it all in the same bag. I live in a city, downtown, where there are special dog poo bags and trashcans every half block! Why would you not even pick it up when it's only 6 inches from the station where the bags are dispensed?!?
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crooked_left_hook wrote: »I also hate when people don't pick up their dog's poop. One of the schools in my area had the students make these pictures and they hung them all over the corner where the bus stop is. There's about 100 of them hanging out there. It's amazing!
My neighbor's dog poos in MY yard, not his own. After much discussion with the neighbor "oh I'll pick it up" and then never does, we have started picking it up, putting it on a paper plate and leaving it on his front door step and even in front of his garage. Those poo plates miraculously disappear but he STILL won't pick up after his dog. Last time, we put the paper plate of poo on the hood of his car with a less than kind note ... waiting to see if anything happens with that!11 -
What we need is an Airzound for runnersVioletRojo wrote: »2 -
Things I hate:
Cold
Hot
Working
Not Working
The sound of people yelling
Cold food that should be hot
Hot food that should be cold
Empty milk bag in the fridge will make me scream!1 -
TimothyFish wrote: »I hate those recipes that call for using a box of cake mix or that call for a store bought pie crust. Are people so inept that they can't mix a few ingredients together? If you don't care enough about taste to make a pie crust, you might as well buy a pie from the bakery.
My pie filling tastes one hell of a lot better than any store-bought pie filling. But if I don't want to make crust (and the best-tasting and flakiest recipes are a pain in the *kitten*) I make a crumble or cobbler.
I hate tech support lines and their irritating scripts. Yes, I've done all the troubleshooting steps already. Can we please not waste another hour doing them again?!
I hate when I call tech support and have this conversation:
ME: I keep getting an error message when I do _____ thing. I already cleared my cookies and restarted my browser. Twice, just to make sure.
IT: Did you clear your cookies and restart your browser?
ME: Yes, I already said that.
IT: Can you describe the problem to me?
ME: *explains problem again*
IT: Well I'm not having that problem so I'm not sure what to tell you.
ME: SERIOUSLY?!?!?! I'm not calling about YOUR computer!!! *bangs head on desk*4 -
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rhtexasgal wrote: »crooked_left_hook wrote: »I also hate when people don't pick up their dog's poop. One of the schools in my area had the students make these pictures and they hung them all over the corner where the bus stop is. There's about 100 of them hanging out there. It's amazing!
My neighbor's dog poos in MY yard, not his own. After much discussion with the neighbor "oh I'll pick it up" and then never does, we have started picking it up, putting it on a paper plate and leaving it on his front door step and even in front of his garage. Those poo plates miraculously disappear but he STILL won't pick up after his dog. Last time, we put the paper plate of poo on the hood of his car with a less than kind note ... waiting to see if anything happens with that!
Amazing! I would probably do the same thing. Maybe don't put it on a plate and put it right in front of the door...or multiple doors. Taking it off the plate will make it less visible so maybe he will step in it. You could also put it in the mailbox. Urban warfare at its best.
We had a group of people that liked to stop in front of our house at 4am when the bars let out and have really loud, drunken arguments on Thursday, Friday, AND Saturday. I think they worked there. After a couple weeks of yelling at them to be quiet my ex and I had decided we were over it. We went up on the roof of our building and started bombing them with eggs. That solved the problem
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I also HATE open floor plans in offices. I currently want to murder about 15 people who don't know how to use their indoor voices at work. The cacophony of conversations and phone calls happening are making it impossible to concentrate. After lunch I'm going to go hide in a closet with my lap top and very loud music to try and drown them out.
And no offense to the parents out there (I actually like kids), but I also hate when people bring their kids to work. It's work, not daycare, and your kids are highly distracting. We have flexible work hours so you can work from home if you have to keep your kids home! Especially if they are sick!!!
Rant complete. Must try and get some work done now...6 -
Parents who get upset with teachers because their child is failing a high school class when the parent refuses to send the child to school because they have to walk in the snow.
Teaching metric measure to American students merely for the purpose of Science class.
I remember hearing teachers say to students you have to learn the metric system come up a lot in conversations. It was posed more as a threat similar to the way 'all year school' was tossed around.
I had no clue nor did most of us in school even understand what the metric system was. Rulers had 2 sides but had no idea why. :laugh:
I really do wish the US school systems had taught us all more of the metric system.
I find I use so much of it here on MFP it amazes me how much math I use on here. I really draw from what I learned when I was little, so sure I would never use those math skills again.
Fractions, decimals, metric (the bit that I learned), etc. Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra 4.. bah!
It's by joining this site that I've found that I actually love Math and am far better at it than I thought I was... who knew!? :laugh: For me this has become far more than a fitness site 1 -
rhtexasgal wrote: »crooked_left_hook wrote: »I also hate when people don't pick up their dog's poop. One of the schools in my area had the students make these pictures and they hung them all over the corner where the bus stop is. There's about 100 of them hanging out there. It's amazing!
My neighbor's dog poos in MY yard, not his own. After much discussion with the neighbor "oh I'll pick it up" and then never does, we have started picking it up, putting it on a paper plate and leaving it on his front door step and even in front of his garage. Those poo plates miraculously disappear but he STILL won't pick up after his dog. Last time, we put the paper plate of poo on the hood of his car with a less than kind note ... waiting to see if anything happens with that!
Why on a plate? :laugh: Waiting to hear back as well... please post if you hear something! Well that dog is trained well.. poop in the neighbors yard instead of your own. UGH
What if you toss it back in the dog owners yard? It's his property, it doesn't belong to you... it's just not right to have someone else's property in your yard. It's best to return it back to the owner which you've been doing maybe a new method is needed?
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Speaker phones. My boss insists on using his every freaking time he calls...6
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I strongly dislike
Interpersonal dynamics:
when I make a suggestion and that suggestion is ignored or poo-pooed only to be adopted weeks later.
Traffic:
Drivers who follow to closely. Leave a gap. Tailgating is whats slowing us all down.
Drivers that do not stop at or before the stop bar. You have to stop there, then you can inch forward if you have to.
Drivers turning right without looking right and turning left without looking left. Drivers must check rights of way in both directions. It is illegal to not yield to a pedestrian right of way.
More poo issues...
I hear ya on the traffic annoyances!0
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