xneverwherex
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 07:21 PM UTC
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people who walk in the middle of the sidewalk in groups of 2 to 3 people (or more) in NYC and walk INSANELY slow and have to look at everything, not even comprehending that there are people behind them who HAVE to get to places.
nkotb
Joined: August 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 07:23 PM UTC
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Lobot really doesn't get the fashionista cred he deserves…
One of my biggest pet peeves is people who don't obey the driving signs in parking lots. There's a reason that stop sign and "one way" arrow are there!
brokensocscene
Joined: December 12, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 07:34 PM UTC
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Older white women in restaurants. They are usually the most demanding, rude, and demeaning sons-of-bitches on the face of the planet.
Here's a usual chat with their servers:
"You HAVE to tell me what's ON IT!" (using a mean voice)
"Do you or do you not have chocolate syrup?!"
"ARE we clear on what I just ordered?!"
(these are from the past week!!)
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 07:39 PM UTC
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people who drive slowly in the left lane. EXTERMINATE.
DC/NoVa/MD drivers in general. two snow flakes and they can't go more than 20 miles an hour.
yes, i tend to drive fast - so chances are, my driving peeves off other people :D
sweetcell
Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 07:45 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Psychoda alternata:
Men who wear check shirts.
is there a typo there? did you mean "checkered", "czech", or "chick" shirts? :)
Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 07:47 PM UTC
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People who don't activate their car alarm until they are a kilometer away.
bags
Joined: October 30, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 07:51 PM UTC
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"between you and I"
"we'll share it between the four of us"
"give it back, he gave it to her and I" – the pronouns are DIFFERENT TENSES, PEOPLE!
"she looks so much like me"
Sorry, I shouldn't harp on the grammatical. You asked!
edbert
Joined: October 08, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 07:56 PM UTC
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At a concert: the person who squeezes in front of you, so they're right in your face, and then gradually backs up to give themselves more elbow room
Rhett Miller
Joined: November 15, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 08:01 PM UTC
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People who play their ipods so loud on the Metro that everyone can hear it. This happens on about 50% of the Metro rides I'm on. I really want to pass them a note saying, "You have bad taste in music. Please don't share."
bags
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 08:07 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Stairmaster E:
At a concert: the person who squeezes in front of you, so they're right in your face, and then gradually backs up to give themselves more elbow room
Oh yeah, you know it.
xine
Joined: April 15, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 09:13 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bags:
"between you and I"
Bugs the heck out of me, too.
Apparently there's a name for this phenomenon (of people thinking that "I," "he, "etc." sound more formal and therefore must be correct):
hypercorrection, "the process of introducing erroneous forms in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms that are really acceptable."
Not only is hypercorrection wrong, it sounds pompous. At least using "between" where "among" is correct and using "me" where "I" would be correct merely sounds colloquial.
xine
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 09:15 PM UTC
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Whoops, double-posted by mistake…
beetsnotbeats
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Re: Peeved...?
May 11, 2007 at 11:04 PM UTC
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by Psychoda alternata:
Men who wear check shirts.
is there a typo there? did you mean "checkered", "czech", or "chick" shirts? :)
What if my shirt's a czech chick?
miss pretentious
Joined: April 23, 2007 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 12, 2007 at 03:13 AM UTC
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those you do nott know the difference between you, your and you're and their there and it and it's.
also, people who dress their dogs in clothing. bandanas are ok.
miss pretentious
Joined: April 23, 2007 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 12, 2007 at 03:18 AM UTC
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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
those you do nott know the difference between you, your and you're and their there and it and it's.
also, people who dress their dogs in clothing. bandanas are ok.
[sigh] and with the grammar nazi-ism comes a typo in my post. 'nott' har har har.
good thing i write for a living. [/sigh]
alex
Joined: October 07, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 12, 2007 at 03:30 AM UTC
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People who talk in the movie theater between the time the previews end and the credits roll.
GODDAMNIT HOW FUCKING HARD IS IT TO NOT TALK WHILE THE MOVIE IS PLAYING
lwoxley
Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Peeved...?
May 12, 2007 at 02:13 PM UTC
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Morons who wear socks with sandals or flip flops.
Drivers who speed up intentionally so you can't merge into traffic. (Women are the biggest offenders.)
Drivers who refuse to use turn signals.
Double negatives - "I don't do no crack" - for example.
The list goes on, but that will do for now.