Specific behaviors that annoy you

[shrekfan246]

Oh, here's one that just came up, actually: Inconsistently applied opinions. I don't mean opinions that change over time; that's just a natural extension of getting wiser. In this particular instance, it was somebody recognizing the silly arbitrary nature of somebody else deciding what is or isn't "sports" based on things they like and are comfortable with, while the first person is incredibly fast to turn around and accuse things of being "not games" because they don't have typical gameplay mechanics.

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

I hate it when people try to mimic fictional characters. Namely, when they try to mimic the snarky, smug, neurotic, jerk-ish ones (Sheldon Cooper, Sherlock, those types of characters). I get that those characters are usually the fan-favorites, but some fans don't seem to grasp that that behavior is significantly less charming in real life than it is on TV. Seeing people significantly dumber than Sherlock being equally as smug and even quoting him is unbelievably annoying.

 

[McElroy]

I'm generalizing here (from my own experiences), but I'd say people normally assume that adults have worked on their social anxiety issues enough to not seem like weirdos. Thus the ones who haven't are weirdos. Again, generally being a functioning adult in social situations is valued enough that it's something people should work on if it doesn't come to them naturally, whether it's a case of social anxiety or not. In a way it's like dyslexia, though a bit more forgiving as nobody can afford to be illiterate.

That may be so, but what I was trying to convey is that it's not so easy for some people to sort these issues, and it's not like adulthood is some sort of magical threshold that, once crossed, frees you of all past issues and experiences. In fact, it seems to me that the older you get, the harder it is to actually deal with these issues, because as you pointed out, people may treat you (perhaps rightfully so) as some kind of weirdo, which, as you can imagine, does nothing to improve confidence in social situations.

In any case, I am never quite certain if the problem lies with people not truly understanding how difficult it can be to deal with social anxiety, or if I truly am just a coward as they seem to imply. I feel like I have tried to improve, and I still try, but it doesn't seem to get any better.

Well, a generalization is never fair but with people you don't know it's what you have to start with.

I have a classmate who has to constantly remind everyone that they are bad at languages and have dyslexia. Instead of saying "Oh bugger, a typo." they say "Oh no, it's my dyslexia making me misspell again!" or "Oh no, I'm so bad at languages. I never learned them properly as a kid. What am I going to do?!" That's the sort of childish behaviour I think Silentpony talked about in the first comment. One must know not to lump everyone with social anxiety, dyslexia, plain shyness or whatever it may be into the same group as that juvenile pain-in-the-butt they know. That's just common sense, but it's tougher to draw the line between being considerate and assuming the other person thinks that childish defensiveness is granted to them.

 

[Auron225]

Lately? Well I've been training to be a maths teacher this year, so generally it's complete ignorance of the applications of maths which pisses me off to no end right now.

"But sure this is useless! No-one uses maths! What's the point?"
"Algebra was used heavily to make your smart phone."
"No it wasn't!"

Lessons tend to go like this;

Students walk in,
they state that they hate maths,
they ignore my explanations and examples,
then they claim that they don't understand how to do the problems,
I help them individually with the first couple of questions to get them started,
then they ignore the other questions once I go help someone else,
they say it's too hard,
they reiterate as they leave that they hate maths.

It's soul-destroying to try and share a passion of yours day-in and day-out, only for it to be rejected and loathed so utterly without being given a chance. It's not like I have them working out of a textbook constantly either - I try and have as many games and activities as possible to spice it up. When working with the book, they complain that they aren't playing maths games but when playing maths games, they complain that they aren't doing literally anything else.

 

[doggy go 7]

Lately? Well I've been training to be a maths teacher this year, so generally it's complete ignorance of the applications of maths which pisses me off to no end right now.

"But sure this is useless! No-one uses maths! What's the point?"
"Algebra was used heavily to make your smart phone."
"No it wasn't!"

Lessons tend to go like this;

Students walk in,
they state that they hate maths,
they ignore my explanations and examples,
then they claim that they don't understand how to do the problems,
I help them individually with the first couple of questions to get them started,
then they ignore the other questions once I go help someone else,
they say it's too hard,
they reiterate as they leave that they hate maths.

It's soul-destroying to try and share a passion of yours day-in and day-out, only for it to be rejected and loathed so utterly without being given a chance. It's not like I have them working out of a textbook constantly either - I try and have as many games and activities as possible to spice it up. When working with the book, they complain that they aren't playing maths games but when playing maths games, they complain that they aren't doing literally anything else.

just as an aside, but this is one of the few times this will be appropriate http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1701

OT: I dunno, I rarely stay annoyed at thinngs for very long. Though one thing that I'm constantly admonishing myself for is that I get annoyed when I feel much brother is eating kinda loudly, even if he really isn't, and what makes it worse is I'm probably at the same volume. It irritates me, and then I have to remind myself I'm probably doing exactly the same thing, and so to shut the fuck up.

 

[Auron225]

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just as an aside, but this is one of the few times this will be appropriate http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1701

Thanks, I laughed Unfortunately, it is my problem if they don't do their homework. I would love to able to straight up honest with them from the start about the pros of putting effort into maths and letting them do whatever the hell they want from there but sadly it doesn't go down well with Heads of Department or principals to have that kind of attitude. We have to be enthusiastic, quite like the first panel there -.-

 

[Dango]

When somebody makes even the silliest of things something to brag about.

Heeeeey baby, I can clean my cat's litterbox in under 2 minutes *winks*.

Also I dunno, I guess I just don't like people being dicks.

 

[Dr. Thrax]

Anyone who has been on a calorie diet knows how annoying family and friend are when it comes to food. Specifically when it comes to shoving it in your face and getting angry and confused when you dont want to eat it. They'll do this even if they know you're counting calories.

I would advise avoiding any Filipino households in that case, because the part of idea of Filipino hospitality is making sure your guests are well-fed and they generally start to feel paranoid or anxious if you don't eat in their home. One way to tell this is if they consistently ask if you're hungry and are like "Are you sure? Are you sure???", and even if you do eat they'll pull the "Are you sure?" routine after asking if you have enough food. This generally isn't a big deal for families that have been outside the Philippines for an extended period of time, but sometimes there are families that do stick rather heartily to their traditions and may get offended if you don't eat, even if you've already eaten or straight up just aren't hungry or if you have any food allergies you have to worry about, Filipino cuisine can be... Weird.

My mother remembers that when visiting my Filipino family that they'd always try to get her to eat something, but she doesn't like just about 95% of Filipino cuisine. They found out that really, neither do I, so they would make chicken tenders for whenever I was around. But in one household, there was my Lolo, Lola, 2 uncles, my father, and the wife of one of my uncles. They were all in the medical profession, so they were all bloody loaded, but they'd make enough food to feed a small village.

 

[BeerTent]

I hate to admit I'm guilty of the wordyness at times.

Excessive wordyness pisses me off.

I don't really have a good term for this... Nor really any examples. You ask someone a yes or no quesion, and they respond with 7 or 8 sentences, and you're like, "Dude, a Yes or a fuckin' No will do."

Or if you ask someone to do something, and they respond with aforementioned jumble of words, and you're like, "Buddy, I'm not asking your stance on geopolitical politics, I'm asking you to move the fucking bag into the van. So shut the fuck up and do it."

Another thing? Computer-Chair and/or pew-side activism. We won't actually do anything about these problems, yet we act like we are, because we put up a fucking Facebook status, or prayed for those poor people. Did you put any money? Did you fly your fat-ass to Nepal? No? Then shut the fuck up. You have done positively nothing for those people, and you goddamn know it. Shame on you, you filthy fucker for pretending you're high and mighty for a split second.

Also, the current downturn of our social contract and the highly likely mindset of our following generations will eat my soul from the inside out. But that's not really a specific behavior, isn't it? No, that's just me sounding like I'm 40 years older than I actually am.

 

[Twintix]

Hatedoms. Yeah, okay, we get it, you don't like Justin Bieber / PewDiePie / Nickelback / whatever. But when you feel the need to troll fans of the people or things you hate, denigrate them, even sabotage them, all in an effort to decrease the popularity of that thing you don't like... then, well, you're this kid.



So just shut up and go away, because you're doing more to draw attention to that thing you want to have [i]less[/i] attention than if you just left it alone.[/QUOTE]
Oh GOD, yes! This!

I'm convinced that the world would be a much better place if these people, instead of putting so much effort into hating things, started putting effort into things they like, the world would start being a better place.

 

[Queen Michael]

Another thing? Computer-Chair and/or pew-side activism. We won't actually do anything about these problems, yet we act like we are, because we put up a fucking Facebook status, or prayed for those poor people. Did you put any money? Did you fly your fat-ass to Nepal?

Flying my behemoth of a behind wouldn't necessarily be a good thing, though. What many people tend to forget is that you need to have some valuable skills to help out in disaster areas. Otherwise you're just a burden.

 

[BeerTent]

Another thing? Computer-Chair and/or pew-side activism. We won't actually do anything about these problems, yet we act like we are, because we put up a fucking Facebook status, or prayed for those poor people. Did you put any money? Did you fly your fat-ass to Nepal?

Flying my behemoth of a behind wouldn't necessarily be a good thing, though. What many people tend to forget is that you need to have some valuable skills to help out in disaster areas. Otherwise you're just a burden.

Yeah, but sweet Jesus don't say you're helping, when you're not. That's what irritates me.

Aside, "I donated $50 to Disaster X." sounds a lot better than "I updated my facebook status to let people know about Disaster X." The news still exists... They should know about Disaster X...

 

[MajorTomServo]

This is really specific, but people drinking the milk out of the bowl when they're done with their cereal.

I don't know why, but it's on of the most disgusting things in the world to me. I can't even look at it without gagging.

 

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[Spider RedNight]

I hate it when people try to mimic fictional characters. Namely, when they try to mimic the snarky, smug, neurotic, jerk-ish ones (Sheldon Cooper, Sherlock, those types of characters). I get that those characters are usually the fan-favorites, but some fans don't seem to grasp that that behavior is significantly less charming in real life than it is on TV. Seeing people significantly dumber than Sherlock being equally as smug and even quoting him is unbelievably annoying.

HAAAAH kind of guilty over here -raises hand nervously- I don't do it on purpose though... I'm just a leech and kind of an actor so I just have a tendency to pick traits from numerous characters and add them to my repertoire. That being said, I WISH I were as smart as Sherlock but sometimes there are quotes that are just applicable.

OT: I HATE possessive fan girls. Like, I don't know why I keep attracting them but it's the opposite of a fun time. "MY Daryl", "Mentally married to Sasuke", etc. It's not charming, it's incredibly annoying, ESPECIALLY when you're under the impression that no one can like a character or show as much as you and you're basically calling "dibs" on something that doesn't even MATTER enough and-- *dissolves into angry muttering*

I also hate it when "that" type of gamer - the one that almost exclusively plays Halo, CoD, the action-adventure shooters - tells me or insinuates that I'm not a "real gamer" just because I prefer Telltale Games or Silent Hill. Hardcore =/= ONLY FPS about the military.

 

[Trude]

I can't believe no one has mentioned this. I cannot stand people who use and defend the word 'like' as some sort of particle or punctuation. I had my sister, two years older I should add, tell me that: "Like is an evolution of the English language! Just like mispronounced words are frequently accepted."
No, that is laziness speaking. We don't police how people pronounce their words, 'like' has been perverted into something monstrous.

Thanks, I laughed Unfortunately, it is my problem if they don't do their homework. I would love to able to straight up honest with them from the start about the pros of putting effort into maths and letting them do whatever the hell they want from there but sadly it doesn't go down well with Heads of Department or principals to have that kind of attitude. We have to be enthusiastic, quite like the first panel there -.-

I'd go with the second option. Case in point, my dad got married at 24 and he was one of Canada's top mathematicians in his university education.

 

[DementedSheep]

People who scream and spaz out when excited. It's bad enough when your usual retarded teenage fangirl dose it but adult women do it to. I don't even understand the reaction.

For something largely from this form the people who claim they are "objective", "logical" or a perfect judge of quality separate from any other influence, bias or personal preference (yeah, right) while everyone who doesn't agree with them is just being unreasonable and clearly reacting on their inferior emotions which are of course never relevant in any circumstance and spring up out of nothing. Especially when they do it for shit that really can't be objective.

 

[Tiger King]

Lately? Well I've been training to be a maths teacher this year, so generally it's complete ignorance of the applications of maths which pisses me off to no end right now.

"But sure this is useless! No-one uses maths! What's the point?"
"Algebra was used heavily to make your smart phone."
"No it wasn't!"

Lessons tend to go like this;

Students walk in,
they state that they hate maths,
they ignore my explanations and examples,
then they claim that they don't understand how to do the problems,
I help them individually with the first couple of questions to get them started,
then they ignore the other questions once I go help someone else,
they say it's too hard,
they reiterate as they leave that they hate maths.

It's soul-destroying to try and share a passion of yours day-in and day-out, only for it to be rejected and loathed so utterly without being given a chance. It's not like I have them working out of a textbook constantly either - I try and have as many games and activities as possible to spice it up. When working with the book, they complain that they aren't playing maths games but when playing maths games, they complain that they aren't doing literally anything else.

Wish I could of had a maths teacher like you at school. I have always struggled at maths, and I remember asking for help often, but having the teacher just tut and sigh when I couldn't figure out a problem instantly just really put me off.

Anyhow, I like to think i'm a pretty easy going guy. Specific behaviours don't tend to annoy me that much, perhaps stressy people could push my buttons, the type of person that loses their shit over nothing maybe.

other than that it is mainly just 'things' that annoy me, like those bloody motorbikes with the too loud exhausts.
BRAAAM!! BRAAAM!!
sorry motorbikers but you are just too loud for me.

 

[Riot3000]

Lets see there is my cousin who apparently if music is too old he won't listen to it. Now he has every right to his preference but damn to write off that much music seems like a waste.

I finding that people who use the cringe too much are just coming off as stuck up and up there own ass and just have to look down on people for anything.

Also using the words neckbeard,weeaboo,feminazi,sjw, or anything that falls under that ilk unironically I just nope out of the discussion or whatever point is being made.

 

[Queen Michael]

OT: I HATE possessive fan girls. Like, I don't know why I keep attracting them but it's the opposite of a fun time. "MY Daryl", "Mentally married to Sasuke", etc. It's not charming, it's incredibly annoying, ESPECIALLY when you're under the impression that no one can like a character or show as much as you and you're basically calling "dibs" on something that doesn't even MATTER enough and-- *dissolves into angry muttering*

I hear you, comrade. Also, I hate the way they make it seem as if being attracted to a guy in the thing they like is the main reason to be into the thing.