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offline atgmartin from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-20 07:41 [#00829485]
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What is your biggest pet peeve.
I could crash this MB with all mine, but I'll say the one
that inspires me right now:
People who walk around with a cell phone clipped to their
belt. FUCK YOU!!!


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-08-20 07:44 [#00829488]
Points: 14042 Status: Lurker



i have to do that... its too big to put in my pocket :'(

but hey, its free from my work... long distance anywhere in
the US... FREE

so, its worth looking like an ass with it on my belt

my pet peeve...

when people dont like my cell phone on my belt :'(


 

offline Netlon Sentinel from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-20 07:49 [#00829490]
Points: 4736 Status: Lurker | Followup to Zeus: #00829488



too big?? i thought cellphones were getting smaller and
smaller these days? or is it an ancient relic??

my pet peeve (thanks for learning a new expression btw): ppl
whining/no progress


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-08-20 07:49 [#00829491]
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People who drive poorly. This includes:

Poor (or non existant) lane discipline.

Not understanding (ignoring) right of way conventions.

Not dipping your headlights when facing another vehicle.

Haranguing other drivers (beeping horns, flashing lights,
shouting, gesticulating etc.) when it was themselves
who nearly caused a crash.

Driving dangerously slowly, especially on motorways. IMO it
is far more dangerous to drive a car in the middle lane at
50mph than at 90mph in the outside lane.

Not edging letting other people out when they only want to
cross your path (noty get int the same queue as you) and
your stuck in a jam. I was once delayed for ten minutes by
someone who wouldn't edge forwards literally six inches
(despite there being two car lengths of space in front of
them) to allow me into a lane that went off in another
direction. In the end I just drove through the gap, scraping
my wing mirror against her car.

Driving well below the speed limit and then when someone
overtakes you, speeding up to match their speed so they
can't get back in lane. This has happened to me twice, once
it almost caused me to have a head on crash.

Tailgating. Whilst I dissapprove of it at all, doing it to
someone who is already at or above the speed limit is
completely stupid, especially if there is space to overtake.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-08-20 07:50 [#00829492]
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yeah its old... and.... massive...


 

offline atgmartin from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-20 07:50 [#00829493]
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LOL!!
I hate cell phones. The irony is, I have a cell phone as my
main phone. No land line. Free long distance all over
North America, but shitty reception and dropped calls. It
almost never leaves my house though. If I'm out, I don't
want people to be able to find me.


 

offline Netlon Sentinel from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-20 07:50 [#00829494]
Points: 4736 Status: Lurker | Followup to Zeus: #00829492



hah so that's the price you pay for something you get free
:| oh well


 

offline atgmartin from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-20 07:52 [#00829495]
Points: 873 Status: Lurker | Followup to Ceri JC: #00829491



Ceri, I'm with you 100% on that one!


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2003-08-20 07:54 [#00829496]
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Ceri you hypocrite! I've been in a car with you and you were
driving up people's exhaust pipes mofo! :)


 

offline wizards teeth from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-20 07:59 [#00829498]
Points: 1070 Status: Regular



I would rather walk around with a cell-phone strapped to my
head (with chin-strap) than have one attached to my belt.


 

offline atgmartin from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-20 08:16 [#00829520]
Points: 873 Status: Lurker | Followup to wizards teeth: #00829498



LOL!!
How about people who walk around with their cell on their
belt, and an earpiece microphone thing, looking like they're
talking to themselves! Idiots. You're sooooo damn
important and we can all see it.


 

offline Netlon Sentinel from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-20 08:17 [#00829523]
Points: 4736 Status: Lurker | Followup to atgmartin: #00829520



seeing those people makes my day! it puts my own silliness
in perspective :)


 

offline atgmartin from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-20 08:19 [#00829529]
Points: 873 Status: Lurker | Followup to Netlon Sentinel: #00829523



It makes me want to break all of Ceri's pet peeve rules to
run them over with my car!


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-20 08:19 [#00829530]
Points: 4731 Status: Lurker



monoid


 

offline spoonz from Edmonton, AB (Canada) on 2003-08-20 08:20 [#00829532]
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when i ask one person a question, and someone else nearby
answers it for them - before the person i originally asks
has a chance to think about it.

because usually the interrupter has no idea what i'm really
asking. -_-

and when people look over your shoulder at your monitor.
there was a thread about it :P


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-08-20 08:24 [#00829536]
Points: 7210 Status: Lurker



oh, i hate bad drivers, especially those who clog the fast
lane doing 80. (yes I know there are speed limits here, but
wtf kids? lets move this cirucus)

I also just hate cellphones in general, especially if you
are with someone, and they get a phone call, now all of a
sudden your mince meat. fuck that.


 

offline Netlon Sentinel from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-20 08:25 [#00829539]
Points: 4736 Status: Lurker



how about ppl wearing sunglasses when you're talking with
them. that's just rude. eye contact is important


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-08-20 08:31 [#00829549]
Points: 14042 Status: Lurker | Followup to spoonz: #00829532



oh fuck me man...

when people look at your moniter over your shoulder

arrrhgghgh!


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-08-20 08:38 [#00829554]
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Yes,

Zeus: *People reading your code over your shoulder without
permisson* now that's annoying!

I once asked someone who was reading some of my code over my
shoulder (I only became aware he was there after a few
minutes), "What the fuck are you doing?"

(NB I could have been failed had he copied my code as it
would be viewed as plaigarism by our over enthusiastic
lecturer... In fact, I think this is what happened on
another occasiona as I was once told someone had submitted
an identical bit of code for something, when I was sure no
one had had access ot my disks etc.)

The guy just said, "Oh, I'm stuck I was just seeing how you
did it..." as if it was acceptable to copy people's work
verbatim and in the process potentially get them penalised
without their permission.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-08-20 08:43 [#00829558]
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yeah man

people who cheat, and think its totally fine

especially friends... like, we are friends, so you
automatically have to help

sorry, fuck that. If i studied my ass off, and they didnt, I
deserve the grade, and they dont, end of story.


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-08-20 09:59 [#00829625]
Points: 8864 Status: Regular



biggest petpeeve: bad drivers who have no idea how to drive,
the ones that go to those driving schools called "easy
driving school" or "123 Driving School" cheap fucking asses,
no wonder they cant drive.


 

offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-20 10:02 [#00829629]
Points: 3354 Status: Lurker



!!!

what a waste of a record deal.


 

offline jamesa from United Kingdom on 2003-08-20 10:04 [#00829631]
Points: 1080 Status: Lurker



when you buy something and they give you your change but put
the note down first and then place the change on top.

invariably, i'm holding something in both hands anyway and
i'm just left stuck.

I wanna throw it back!


 

offline jamesa from United Kingdom on 2003-08-20 10:04 [#00829633]
Points: 1080 Status: Lurker



oh yeah, and Aphex Twin too.

The bastard


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-20 10:05 [#00829635]
Points: 23472 Status: Lurker



everrything


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-08-20 10:09 [#00829637]
Points: 4241 Status: Lurker



I agree with Ceri on the bad drivers but I have to add
another thing to that:

People who don't use their turn signals and just drift in
and out of lanes. Fuck them.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-08-20 10:11 [#00829639]
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*changes his cat's name to peeve*


 

offline leonid_olusegun from outside your window on 2003-08-20 10:13 [#00829644]
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the daily mail - carries as much substance as heat magazine,
yet is the uk's top newspaper

and its racist..


 

offline afxNUMB from So.Flo on 2003-08-20 10:14 [#00829645]
Points: 7099 Status: Regular



Mine would be when I ask someone a question and they ask
why

"Hey, what time do you get out of class?"
"10, why"

why the fuck do you ask why? if I had a reason I would have
said the reason why without you asking.



 

offline jamesa from United Kingdom on 2003-08-20 10:15 [#00829646]
Points: 1080 Status: Lurker



yeah fucking onto something there leonid......

i hate that paper with a passion. sensationalist,
opinionated headlines which a deprerssing amount of idiots
get drawn into.



 

offline artemis from Ghent (Belgium) on 2003-08-20 10:18 [#00829650]
Points: 667 Status: Lurker



I hate last minute bidders.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-08-20 10:18 [#00829651]
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Another, more petty one:
When you're in a fast food joint and you ask for "meal X
with Coke" or "Meal X with Fanta"and they correct you
saying, "So, meal x with Pepsi?" or "Meal X with Tango?"

Another one:
People who criticise you spending an hour on the internet,
talking to friends or even ordering goods, searching for
information etc. calling it all "time wasting" yet think
nothing of spending 3 hours a day watching TV comprising of
a crap straight to TV film and two half hour soap operas.

Another one:
People who go on club 18-30 holidays. I've yet to meet
someone who has been on one that isn't a superficial,
loudmouthed, amoral, ignorant dolt.

Another one:
People who kill animals without reason.
Don't get me wrong, I eat meat and I'm all for my mate
killing the seagulls that wake him up at 4.00am every
morning and shit in his drainpipes, blocking them up. But
people who kill animals for fun rile me. Two of the front
page headlines on my local newspaper this evening were
regarding two unrelated animal killing incidents. In one a
man bit the head off a kitten at a barbeque in front of some
children and in another a man threw a dog out of the window
of his car whilst doing 70mph on the motorway.


 

offline jamesa from United Kingdom on 2003-08-20 10:19 [#00829652]
Points: 1080 Status: Lurker



you made your point!


 

offline leonid_olusegun from outside your window on 2003-08-20 10:20 [#00829653]
Points: 858 Status: Lurker



...PLUS you can win a 'lovely english cottage worth £1m' to
escape from this horrible dirty world of asylum seekers and
multicultural society every saturday!!!


 

offline jamesa from United Kingdom on 2003-08-20 10:20 [#00829654]
Points: 1080 Status: Lurker



artemis ^


 

offline artemis from Ghent (Belgium) on 2003-08-20 10:24 [#00829660]
Points: 667 Status: Lurker



I hate the VS governement too! I want to murder Cheney,
Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Rice, Bush sr., Bush jr ... with a
terror attack.


 

offline jamesa from United Kingdom on 2003-08-20 10:25 [#00829661]
Points: 1080 Status: Lurker



A couple of Daily Mail headlines today

"The Cornish Sardine"

"His eyes gleamed with the starte of a buzzard"

"Why the boss may soon be asking: Are you gay?"

"Is the Royal Mail useless?"

*runs to the toilet, yaks, then shits, then wipes arse with
pompous drivell rag*



 

offline afxNUMB from So.Flo on 2003-08-20 10:28 [#00829663]
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youre awesome ceri jc :D


 

offline leonid_olusegun from outside your window on 2003-08-20 10:47 [#00829683]
Points: 858 Status: Lurker



i guess headline of the day for me is
- Horror as man 'bite's off kittens head'

but my all time favourite is from after the serb/croatia war
had died down all they could find for the saturday main
headline was....'THE FORGOTTEN DOGS OF CROATIA'
hahaha
editor was thinking'this ones great - its got war, its got
cute pictures of dogs, THE LOT!......we'll go with it'


 

offline atgmartin from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-20 11:51 [#00829783]
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LOL! I thought you were going to try it at least! :)


 


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