Things People Say That Piss You Off

[RaikuFA]

people who say youre entilted to nothing unless youre a stockholder when a company makes a bad desicion

i am entitled to something, i am a customert after all. id love to see that excuse being held at a store "well, we dont have any more soda and i wont do anything about it because youre not a stockholder"

 

[Joey245]

When people use the word "Retard" in any context.

It's just a horrible word, a lingering relic from when society was even more of an asshole than it is now. Using it to describe someone with Autism, or Down's Syndrome, or any other mental disability, is just plain cruel in my eyes. Technically true, but then again, so is calling an African-american a...well, you know, and that's a horrible thing to say either.

However, what REALLY grinds my gears is when it is used as an insult to someone who did something stupid. We already have words like "Dumbass," "moron," and "idiot" for that! Unless you mean that they actually are mentally disabled, then not only are you insulting the person you direct it at (for insinuating they are mentally disabled, which many people do not like), but you're also insulting people with mental disabilities (for insinuating that people with disabilities are all complete and total morons).

It's just sickening.

 

[OneEyeX]

kthnx.

And everything you said ceased to be taken seriously.

 

[LordFisheh]

Fair enough, but if someone says they're on holiday to southern-without-a-capital Ireland, that seems ok. There is an island called Ireland. They're going to the part south of an imaginary line across the centre of the island (not the border). Though if they're going to a part of the Republic in the island's upper half then yeah, they're wrong.

It's like if I say I live in south-east England. 'South-east England' is not technically a place, but it's still a valid thing to say. I'm saying I live in England, and then specifying a certain area.

 

[No_Remainders]

kthnx.

And everything you said ceased to be taken seriously.

Well done, you've run out of arguments so now "I can't be taken seriously".

I do believe I win here.

 

[No_Remainders]

Fair enough, but if someone says they're on holiday to southern-without-a-capital Ireland, that seems ok. There is an island called Ireland. They're going to the part south of an imaginary line across the centre of the island (not the border). Though if they're going to a part of the Republic in the island's upper half then yeah, they're wrong.

It's like if I say I live in south-east England. 'South-east England' is not technically a place, but it's still a valid thing to say. I'm saying I live in England, and then specifying a certain area.

An American once asked me what part of Ireland I'm from. I replied "Dublin".

They then said "Oh, I've always wanted to go to Southern Ireland."

Dublin is about smack bang in the middle of the east coast of Ireland.

So yes. It pisses me off.

 

[Para199x]

So, we've all got those things we hear from time to time that just really annoy the hell out of us. What are yours?

My examples are when people say "Southern Ireland" instead of "Republic of Ireland" because there's no such place as "Southern Ireland", it doesn't exist.

Apart from that, people saying that Ireland is part of the UK are just asking to be corrected, and possibly shouted at for their ignorance.

You realise that Ireland is on the Earth and so there are Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern parts to Ireland right?

OT: Anything which intimates that the person saying it is scared of CERN, or that others should be

 

[No_Remainders]

So, we've all got those things we hear from time to time that just really annoy the hell out of us. What are yours?

My examples are when people say "Southern Ireland" instead of "Republic of Ireland" because there's no such place as "Southern Ireland", it doesn't exist.

Apart from that, people saying that Ireland is part of the UK are just asking to be corrected, and possibly shouted at for their ignorance.

You realise that Ireland is on the Earth and so there are Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern parts to Ireland right?

Referring to The Republic of Ireland as "Southern Ireland" implies that you live in 1921/22, when Ireland was still part of the UK.

So I believe I'm allowed to be a bit annoyed when people say "Oh, Dublin is in Southern Ireland, right?"

 

[EcstaticObsessive]

When people use the word "Retard" in any context.

It's just a horrible word, a lingering relic from when society was even more of an asshole than it is now. Using it to describe someone with Autism, or Down's Syndrome, or any other mental disability, is just plain cruel in my eyes. Technically true, but then again, so is calling an African-american a...well, you know, and that's a horrible thing to say either.

However, what REALLY grinds my gears is when it is used as an insult to someone who did something stupid. We already have words like "Dumbass," "moron," and "idiot" for that! Unless you mean that they actually are mentally disabled, then not only are you insulting the person you direct it at (for insinuating they are mentally disabled, which many people do not like), but you're also insulting people with mental disabilities (for insinuating that people with disabilities are all complete and total morons).

It's just sickening.

Ah, you sound a lot like a close friend of mine. His brother has Down's Syndrome, so he feels very strongly about this and it's rubbed off on me and our group.

I mean, in class, I put my hand up to answer something and got it wrong. When the teacher turned away, I heard some kid laugh and say "God EO, you're so retarded sometimes."

And that really pissed me off. No, Matt, I'm not. And I'm ashamed that someone who uses such an infantile and petty insult such as that is using it in school, during class, with the teacher in earshot.

 

[Slenn]

When people say "I'm just saying" which comes after some indirect and/or inductive advice by means of implying something.
Because there's obviously some intent as to why you were "just saying."

 

[Wrds]

It bugs me when people add words to the end of acronyms that are already in the acronym. Like PIN number, or ATM machine, etc.

The best one of those is "UCD Dublin", as UCD stands for "University College, Dublin".

It's on their crest, I believe.

Spoiler: Yep, it is.

Its like back in school when they made me add a last name to my nickname for class assignments. So I was 'TJ Johnson' instead of just 'TJ.' And my nickname stood for Taylor Johnson.

 

[nolongerhere]

Possibly straying into a sensitive topic...

Spoiler

I know this doesn't really fit in with the tone of the thread, but it's on topic: I find it really, really annoying, frustrating, & even sad when people misuse the word "gay" to mean "stupid," "annoying," or as a just plain bad word.

Nowadays, people use "gay" in the EXACT same ways that the racist bigots used to use the N word. There's nothing you can really do about it, either. If you call them out for it, they just get all defensive, "I would NEVER use the N word! But, I'll say things are gay all I want! I'm not a bigot. That's gay! Stop being a pussy."

Don't you think that 'gay' has a whole other meaning when used in that context. I'm not saying it's right but when someone says 'that's gay' when they mean 'that's stupid' Then they aren't really refrencing homosexual people at all. Gay can also mean 'happy and delightful' also in no relation to homosexuals.(Well unless they are happy and delightful...) I don't see why it is a problem when you look at it that way.

People who come up with dumb as hell excuses in order to pretend that pejorative use of the word "gay" is based on anything other than ignorance and bigotry piss me off.

"gay" is a word that has changed meaning many times, how is it not fair to say "that's gay" when in fact the person referencing it might not be referencing homosexuality at all?

I never understood that argument, language is a constant changing thing, it should be about the intent of whatever the person was referencing.

I could say something along the lines of "Wow this is the most fucking gay thing I've done in a while!" but in actuality what I really meant was "wow this is the most delightful thing I've done in a while!"

did it not mean "delightful, happy" long before it meant anything referring homosexual? so how is it not fair to use it's intent for something other than homosexual references?

Changed meaning many times? From what I understand, it's changed it's meaning once. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. How many people honestly use gay to refer to something delightful and happy any more? Gay means homosexual. The reason it's also used for something that's bad is because being gay is bad. There are so many words in the English language that could be used instead of gay in such a situation, so why choose gay, beyond the fact that being gay is considered a bad thing? So if you're going to use it, at least consider the implications of how it's used. Words are powerful.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Fair enough, but if someone says they're on holiday to southern-without-a-capital Ireland, that seems ok. There is an island called Ireland. They're going to the part south of an imaginary line across the centre of the island (not the border). Though if they're going to a part of the Republic in the island's upper half then yeah, they're wrong.

It's like if I say I live in south-east England. 'South-east England' is not technically a place, but it's still a valid thing to say. I'm saying I live in England, and then specifying a certain area.

An American once asked me what part of Ireland I'm from. I replied "Dublin".

They then said "Oh, I've always wanted to go to Southern Ireland."

Dublin is about smack bang in the middle of the east coast of Ireland.

So yes. It pisses me off.

so because someone mistook where dublin was one time, and the fact they were making conversation and wanted to visit it sometime, now you have a vendetta against all things labelled "southern ireland" ?

huh.

 

[Naeo]

I can't stand it when people want to "ax" me a question about how I "excaped" before telling me that "the trouble with your story is is that it's dumb and a lie". "Ax" does not mean that, where the hell do you get that extra "k" sound added into "escape", and you cannot have two consecutive iterations of the word "to be" in the same clause/phrase.

That's what bugs me on a grammatical/do you speak English level. I also rage a bit when people say things like "there goes my faith in humanity" because at this point, nobody should have any left given how often that gets said, but there are some people who will say that same thing multiple times across different topics. I would go on a whole rant about why this makes me angry but I'll pass for now, no reason to be a dick about it here.

 

[jordanwb]

"Are you sure?" and its variants. I feel like people are questioning my intelligence. The only exception are the people that work at McDonalds and similar places as its part of their job

 

[No_Remainders]

Fair enough, but if someone says they're on holiday to southern-without-a-capital Ireland, that seems ok. There is an island called Ireland. They're going to the part south of an imaginary line across the centre of the island (not the border). Though if they're going to a part of the Republic in the island's upper half then yeah, they're wrong.

It's like if I say I live in south-east England. 'South-east England' is not technically a place, but it's still a valid thing to say. I'm saying I live in England, and then specifying a certain area.

An American once asked me what part of Ireland I'm from. I replied "Dublin".

They then said "Oh, I've always wanted to go to Southern Ireland."

Dublin is about smack bang in the middle of the east coast of Ireland.

So yes. It pisses me off.

so because someone mistook where dublin was one time, and the fact they were making conversation and wanted to visit it sometime, now you have a vendetta against all things labelled "southern ireland" ?

huh.

Not just Americans.

I've even had Scottish and English people ask where I was from... In "Southern Ireland".

It's not mistaking where it is. It's mistaking the name of a country.

 

[OneEyeX]

kthnx.

And everything you said ceased to be taken seriously.

Well done, you've run out of arguments so now "I can't be taken seriously".

I do believe I win here.

Oh, you think that... And then... Oh, no. No, no, no.

So you want an definitive arguement for why Southern Ireland exists?

Because it did at one point; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ireland

And if I want to visit Southern Ireland, I can, I just visit where it used to be. Which includes Dublin.

So you're wrong about saying it 'doesn't exist' when it 'used to exist.'

It's just like I can go and visit Sparta even it's not a region or city anymore.

And on a topic; just because the UK owns the nothern half of Ireland, doesn't make any variety of name changes and such to make anything less then Southern Ireland. Frankly, it covers over the same territory.

From looking at this, I can perceive that your argument is just jingoism and national pride. It'd be like if someone told me I lived in Southern Canada. They're not wrong, they're not exactly right but they're not wrong.

Pushing this topic further you repeatedly state that you are angered by people SAYING they're in Southern Ireland. But then ran with the capitalization argument. The problem is, verbally saying something can't be capitalized, so as you said previously, no, no you're NOT okay with people saying they're in southern Ireland because you can't tell the difference verbally.

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

I hate the arguement that guns should be removed from the US entirely. Because you know, criminals ALL buy their guns legit like the rest of us, so doing that, you know will make us all safe. >.>

CRIMINALS BUY GUNS ILLEGALLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. TAKING GUNS FROM THE HONEST CITIZENS JUST LEAVES US DEFENSELESS.

oh and for those nagging idiots who say "just call the cops" unless one is parked out front of your house, response time leaves plenty of time to shoot you, steal your stuff and run. Even if they get caught, YOURE STILL DEAD.

YOU CAN HAVE MY GUN WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD FINGERS!!!!

/rant

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

-"Russ?"
This might need some context. See, my name is Ross. But when I introduce myself to people, well...Yeah. Moving on.

-"Do you dress for less?"
HA! Go fuck yourself!

-"Bro"
In any context. I don't know why, I say "dude" and "man" all the time, but for whatever reason I hate "bro".

-"Gay" as a derogatory.
Grow the fuck up.

-"Who was born first?"/"You don't look alike at all!"/"I see it! You guys look just like each other!"/"So can you, like, hear each others thoughts?"
Again, some context is in order. I am a triplet, and my brother and I share all the same friends, so we hang out together.

-When people accuse something of being racist when it isn't. For example:
The robots from Transformers 2. They aren't black, so if you look at them and think of black people, then YOU'RE being racist by making that connection.
The movie "Crash". Just because there's a black guy in the movie who happens to be a criminal, that doesn't mean the movie is trying to say that ALL black people are criminals. Obviously, black criminals exist. That isn't racist, it's a fact.

That's all I've got for now, but I'm ignoring stuff I see on the internet all the time that bugs me. If I tried to list all the crap you people come up with, I'd be here all day.