Small Annoyances of Modern Life
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1. Bagels, hot dog rolls, and hamburger buns that are pre-sliced but the slice doesn't go all the way through or is angled wrong, so when you open them up, they tear the wrong way and the whole thing is ruined.
2. Winter socks with a big fat toe seam that doesn't flatten out, even if you wear them inside out.
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T-Ham
T-Ham
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1. I don't eat bagels or hot
1. I don't eat bagels or hot dogs. When I make a burger I put it on bread.
2. I wear the same type of socks all year round.
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When I drive e every one is
When I drive e every one is an idiot or a maniac except for me.
Carlin, I think.
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3. Sneaker /tennis show laces
3. Sneaker /tennis shoe laces that are like, a yard long, and even double bows leave extra lace hanging there.... I mean wtf? Is there so much extra string in the world that we need to use up all that unused lace?
(What's T-Ham?)
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3. My NB shoes came with just
3. My NB shoes came with just the right length laces.
You can always buy shorter ones.
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Surf, If I was looking for
Surf, If I was looking for common-sense solutions I would just ask my wife :-)
I'm just listing them (the common annoyances) so future anthropologists have some data to work with.
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4. Dental floss that is
4. Dental floss that is either too thin and snaps quickly, or too fat and snags between teeth and breaks -- leaving you to try and floss out the stuck piece of floss
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I'm with you on the floss.
I'm with you on the floss.
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You couldn't pull off wearing
You couldn't pull off wearing socks in moccasins on long island without being institutionized
I know it's not right
I live near an airport and I know I see more cowboy hats in a day, then most in these here parts...
P.S. go with tube socks
Don Imus wears a cowboy hat and Howard stern would bust his chops about that
PSS single ply toilet paper should not have a mil spec number and should be prohibited from being procured in America
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5. A hungry cat that doesn't
5. A hungry cat that doesn't understand the concept of daylight savings time
(got it)
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Daylight.
...
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6, Don Imus
6. Don Imus
7. Single ply toilet paper (per above)
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Good stuff Alan
Good stuff Alan
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>>> (What's T-Ham?)
>>> (What's T-Ham?)
Thanksgiving Ham
or
Tom Hamilton
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8. The state / design of
8. The state / design of bathrooms at most concerts (and sporting events) -- I mean people have been gathering together (and drinking) at events for at least tens of thousands of years and they still can't figure out how to manage the crowd urination issue?
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A hose at every seat, with
A hose at every seat, with both appropriate biogender end pieces available.
No more missing Walkin' Blues or Little Red Rooster.
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9. Cell phone spam
9. Cell phone spam calls -- (how to they even get this "unpublished" number?)
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- Mayo knuckles
- Mayo knuckles
When you have to get that last lil bit out of the jar.
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I use a long spoon.
I use a long spoon.
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- Electoral College
- Electoral College
Flat out ridiculous.
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I use a spatula and still can
I use a spatula and still can't avoid it.
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When people say "So you're a
When people say "So you're a vegetarian, you still eat chicken right?".
Sounds stupid, but you wouldn't believe the amount of people over the years that have said that.
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That's because of the large
That's because of the large amount of people who say they are vegetarian but eat chicken.
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Lol!
Lol!
Thanks for that, good thing for the screen protector.
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Daylight Savings Time....
Daylight Savings Time....
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electric skateboards
electric skateboards
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Non-daylight savings time
Non-daylight savings time
Having to be emailed / texted a pass code to verify a device or account when it has been done multiple times
Phil and his kid's band charging $115 to be smushed on the oversold Cap floor and listen to RJ sing talk and play lead guitar
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Shrinkwrap plastic packaging
Shrinkwrap plastic packaging on almost everything - that is unopenable- except with pruning shears, or a Bowie knife.
I mean you get a little older and your fingers can't handle this shit.
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Restaurants are still handing
Restaurants are still handing out styrofoam containers (that will last a thousand years) for leftovers (that will last several days).
...and they never seem to be too stingy with giving them out, like they got a basement full of 'em.
(This might be better suited for a thread called "I can't believe it,"since it is probably more than just mildly annoying)
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And speaking of Styrofoam,
And speaking of Styrofoam, molded packaging for electronics is only recycled by certain entities for certain purposes, and there are very few of those. People have began experimenting with shipping electronics in specially formed paper within shipping boxes and have found it surprisingly successful. The switch to paper from foam is going to be something great.
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A number of restaurants in
A number of restaurants in our area have stopped giving out plastic straws.
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People that are overly
People that are overly political and turn small differences into big grudges against others and lose friends
Alcoholic beverages that eat through paper cups, I live in a city, we like our travelers
RJ and Phil's kids band
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When a waiter comes ove to
When a waiter comes ove to your table with a tablet or a phone instead of a paper check, and they just stand there waiting and watching when you are supposed to tip them by clicking one of three buttons.
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Dry refried beans!
Dry refried beans!
Rude people!!!
No particular order........
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>When people say "So you're a
>When people say "So you're a vegetarian, you still eat chicken right?".
Sounds stupid, but you wouldn't believe the amount of people over the years that have said<
No surprise here. I haven't eaten cow in close to 30 years, but have been called a vegetarian while enjoying a roasted chicken.
Tunes buffering while I'm driving.
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People who should get a cat
People who should get a cat but just refuse to, opting instead to force their misplaced mothering instinct onto everyone around them. Cute at first, but more annoying with each passing day.
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People who should get a cat
People who should get a cat but just refuse to, opting instead to force their misplaced mothering instinct onto everyone around them. Cute at first, but more annoying with each passing day.
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People repeating themselves..
People repeating themselves...
People w no sense of grammar...
People repeating themselves...
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people who jump the checkout
people who jump the checkout at 7-11 because they have exact change
those same people who don't hold doors for others or say thanks when you do
people who don't give up their seat on the subway
people who walk in nyc reading their fucking phone
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Best stay clear of me,
Best stay clear of me, Jambone...
I said it before, and I'll say it again...
Grammar is ear-relevant
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I see grammar as equivalent
I see grammar as equivalent to hearing music. Let's say you go to a GD cover show and the band plays not very well, hitting a bunch of wrong notes/chords, missing cues, etc. You meet a band member during set break and ask them about it. They say "Well, you know what I meant to play - that should be good enough."
YMMV.
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People who can't be bothered
People who can't be bothered to put their shopping cart back where it belongs.
Salt life stickers.
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The telephone is annoying.
The telephone is annoying.
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people who shop on saturday
people who shop on saturday with double baby strollers, really the kids need to buy food?
and the same who stand on the corner with their friends chatting and blocking anyone from crossing the street
step to the side this ain't kansas people have to get places, yes we always seem to rush in nyc but blocking traffic doesn't help. and while i'm ranting we love when you come to visit nyc, don't walk and look up or walk 4 people accross , walk like you are driving
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New York
New York
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Def the telephone...and
Def the telephone...and people that use them...
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New York
New York
She will either embrace you or spit you out, you'll know after 6 months if you move here
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New York gave us Wall Street,
New York gave us Wall Street, Fox News and Trumps.
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New York gave us Wall Street,
New York gave us Wall Street, Fox News and Trumps.
and broadway, letterman and mel books, and msnbc fair trade
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Urinal cake advertising. I
Urinal cake advertising. I just want to take a piss you soulless marketing fucks.
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Frat guys co-opting beards.
Frat guys co-opting beards.
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People who "linger" over the
People who "linger" over the coffee condiments
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"Adults" who knowingly stay
"Adults" who knowingly stay in the revolving door after should have exited
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"Restaurants" that require
"Restaurants" that require you to hold on to a little buzzer that indicates when your table or food is ready; as if they actually disinfect them after each use.
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Car rental outfits and hotels
Car rental outfits and hotels that try to "mask" the smell of smoke with another odor; creating a much worse combination
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Airline flights that are
Airline flights that are "late"
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coffee so hot they need to
coffee so hot they need to offer "sleeves"
standard definition TV
Getting a 20-something to use a paper map
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Having to countlessly engage
Having to countlessly engage the question as to whether or not I want a receipt
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Since this is the useless
Since this is the useless whining about first-world problems thread, how about when people bump threads from 20 months ago instead of simply starting a new thread and a reader needs to scroll through 70 posts from 20 months ago to see something current. Seems to be happening more these days. Can't figure out the reasoning, but considering the real problems of the world (like homelessness in winter), it really doesn't matter and I added it to my list of things I don't understand and I move on.
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I can’t stand people on
I can’t stand people on discussion boards who aren’t courteous enough to see if there is already a thread for what they want to discuss before starting a new thread.
Also passive aggressiveness and sarcasm.
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Can't figure out the
Can't figure out the reasoning<<<
I view it as an effort to maintain continuity for ideas that have been previously raised vs. "starting from scratch" as if there weren't a prior context.
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People who hijack your "line"
People who hijack your "line" because they're not looking up; rather, their eyes are glued to their mobile device
I've now started to call out "look up" in advance, or simply stop in my tracks and force them to make and adjustment
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This was happening even
This was happening even before cell phones. When I worked on campus in the 80s and 90s I'd be walking on the sidewalk and heading toward me would be three burly frat boys. They were walking side by side and expected everyone coming the other way to give way and step into the street.
My solution, as above, would be to stop, hold my ground, and let one of them fall back so they could pass.
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Slick - Usually the self
Slick - Usually the self proclaimed zone "legends" who do that.
Kinda like the Zonies...
Loudest mouths on the zone proclaim their superiority by naming themselves "Zoner of the Year" etc.
We're watching something similar with the Georgia Governor election.
Kemp being Secretary of State and overseeing the election.
Then proclaiming himself the winner before all ballots are counted.
Fox guarding the henhouse shit.
Some people just can't let go.
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My pet peeve is folks at the
My pet peeve is folks at the food store who don't know how to check out. When their stuff is on the belt, instead of moving their cart to one of the two spaces at the end of the conveyor, depending on which side their food is on, they either leave their cart in the aisle while loading it so I can't get by with my cart, or they put their cart crosswise on the end so both spots are filled.
This happens at least 50% of the time. I don't even ask them to move their cart anymore - I just move it. When I did this the other day, the woman - it's almost always a woman for some reason - said "It's so hard to figure this out."
No it isn't.
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TOD you're a mess.
TOD you're a mess.
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>>> TOD you're a mess.
>>> TOD you're a mess.
Ned - You sound annoyed.
Perhaps a "pile on" dog whistle"?
Great post!
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ha...no.
ha...no.
Re-read your post. Meltdown 101.
And, before you try to group me in to some obscure category, I have been a free-agent with no affiliation to any zoner group since 1999. Thanks for playing....
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Beast loved your supple hands
Beast loved your supple hands, Ned, so you were, at the very least, the object of his affection, well, until you snubbed him, of course.
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The bar for melt-downs seems
The bar for melt-downs seems pretty low.
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I never had the chance to
I never had the chance to snub ol' beast. Always wanted to party with that dude.
That said, St. Mark did lay the snub down hard this weekend.
For anyone interested...here's a link to last Friday's VooDoo Dead shoe at the Gothic.
https://archive.org/details/voodoodead2018-11-09.cm3.16bit.flac
Set 1: Bertha, Mr Charlie, Scarlet Begonias, If I Had the World to Give, I’m Waiting for the Man (w/Loose Lucy tease)
Set 2: Highway 61 Revisited, Gomorrah, Deal> Dark Star (instrumental)> Deal, So Many Roads, Not Fade Away> Eleanor Rigby (instrumental)> Not Fade Away (w/Slipknot! tease)
Encore: Ripple
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Yesterday, I was waiting in
Yesterday, I was waiting in line to order at Chipotle (yeah, shoot me, but the good traditional Mexican joint, Rancho Bravo, is closed on Sundays) and two dudes who had ordered their food on some app on their phone got to cut the line. The already stressed out staff had to put the whole line of customers waiting on hold to give making these phoned in orders priority. This is not cool.
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>>> and, before you try to
>>> and, before you try to group me in to some obscure category, I have been a free-agent with no affiliation to any zoner group since 1999. Thanks for playing...
Ned's OFFICIALLY "Unaffiliated" from the obscure group since 1999!
Ned's an OG. Lol.
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I will graciously accept that
Well, it's official, folks!
I will graciously accept that, TOD.
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Fruit flies are super
Fruit flies are super annoying this time of year, and I'm used to swallowing a few when they slip into my wine glass, but one of those little fuckers just flew up my nose.
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Folks that try to inspire
Folks that try to inspire internet meltdowns seems so dated, obscure and antiquated.
So Trumpish.
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>>Folks that try to inspire
>>Folks that try to inspire internet meltdowns seems so dated, obscure and antiquated.
Hmm, like Gen Xers who are getting older and losing their T and who are laughed at as irrelevant by those in their 20's and 30's?
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I friggin' hate webzines that
I friggin' hate webzines that make you subscribe to see their articles (NYT, WSJ). They either force you to subscribe or cut you off after you've seen 3 articles in one month. What's up with that shit? Don't they make bank off of advertising that they need to be charging more for subscriptions? I like The Economist, but not if they won't let me read it...
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>>>>>>They either force you
>>>>>>They either force you to subscribe or cut you off after you've seen 3 articles in one month. What's up with that shit? Don't they make bank off of advertising that they need to be charging more for subscriptions? I like The Economist, but not if they won't let me read it...
you can clear your cookies or use an incognito browser to get around that.
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...or pay people for the work
...or pay people for the work they do.
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that reminds me...
that reminds me...
People who expect things for free
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This was happening even
This was happening even before cell phones. When I worked on campus in the 80s and 90s I'd be walking on the sidewalk and heading toward me would be three burly frat boys. They were walking side by side and expected everyone coming the other way to give way and step into the street<<<
Yes, it happened before cell phones for sure ... it's just that it ads a whole new level of annoyance.
But there's a kissing cousin to this in the old analogue world: people existing a bathroom or aisle into a larger crowd will leverage the "stream" of people in front of them to essentially cut in front of anybody who's following a perpendicular path into said stream. IOW, they won't "alternate" but rather tailgate the person in front of them ... forcing you to wait.
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The already stressed out
The already stressed out staff had to put the whole line of customers waiting on hold to give making these phoned in orders priority<<<
Someone who cuts the entire line with a "quick question" or just needs a "small item" from the cashier
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Yeah, poor New York Times,
Yeah, poor New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Economist. They must be having a really hard time getting corporate advertisement on those sites. Sure feel bad about those poor, underpaid journalists working for those sorry rags. Weird how every other major news outlet in the world manages to put up their content online without charging for it.
In any case, Timmy, thanks for the simple solution. I'll be sure to implement it.
Add to list:
* People who make condescending remarks to strangers online just for the sake of being a jerk to someone.
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Yep, it is antiquated in the age of Trump.
Looking for meltdowns.
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I friggin' hate webzines that
>>>>>I friggin' hate webzines that make you subscribe to see their articles (NYT, WSJ)...What's up with that shit?
They do it because they can.
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"Deadheads" who put down the
"Deadheads" who put down the efforts of a 71 yo Bob Weir on a Phil message board; to either maintain "cred", or as a matter related to cognitive dissonance.