What gets your goat?

[werepossum]

People riding bikes but not wearing helmets.

Today I rode past an ambulance with a bunch of young teenage guys huddled around and one on the floor. He was clearly unconcious and in a bad way, there was nothing to hit or that hit him, just a normal unremarkable street on the way to my favourite trails. None of them had helmets.

I see a scene like this at least twice a month. I've also found one person who was stone dead having crashed, it wasn't pleasant. The common thread is that the victim is never, ever wearing a helmet.

Then wankers have the nerve to stand there and claim wearing a helmet makes injuries more likely, or that it somehow emasculates them or that they don't need it for a short trip round town or they're too skilled to need one.

Then I ride past another ambulance.
Good to get that of me chest.

I assume these are motorcycles and not bicycles, right? I've broken one helmet completely in two and a second one almost as bad, plus I've had one badly scraped down the jaw that probably would have left me with bare bone along my jaw without the helmet. I wouldn't ever ride without a full-coverage helmet. Obliviots will try to tell you the impact is no worse than if you just slipped and fell because your head is at roughly the same level when riding as when standing. Obviously if that were true and you fell at speed you'd keep sliding until you fetched up against some vertical surface (not to mention the two broken helmets were off-road collisions with trees.) If you expect me to chip in for your health care, put your damned helmet on. Otherwise enjoy your freedom and your coma.

Other than that, SUV drivers that accelerate to turn in front of me, then come to an almost-complete stop (blocking two lanes of traffic) to enter the drive. If it's a low-slung sports car I understand, but an SUV's a damn truck; it can handle the turn into McDonald's.

 

[MRMIdAS2k]

Goat Thieves.

 

[BuckminsterF]

goatnappers and long load times

 

[Divinegon]

Answering "Yes" when I ask "Do you want this or that?"

Asking out loud "Are you sleeping?"

 

[Kehan Wann]

girls that play you like monopoly.

Nobody likes having houses put all over them.



lol very nice

 

[Aidanadv]

-People who talk like they're texting
-People who say PC gaming is dying
-People in general
-The mainstream media

 

[Spinwhiz]

People who don't wave a "thank you" when you let them into your lane when traffic is heavy...I DIDN'T NEED TO LET YOU IN YA JACKASS!

that does suck but it's also sometimes hard to wave when you're in heavy traffic

i hate those ppl that you try to let into your lane but they'd rather go ahead and try to squeeze in up ahead, if i pass them i tend not to let them in after i've offered once

the other one is ppl who drive un der the speed limit and then when you go to pass they speed up

I disagree. It takes a simple hand gesture just so you can see it enough through their rear window. I would even take a double tap from your brakes. (Just incase some people didn't know, that is how you are supposed to "thank" trucks because they can't see you wave unless you put your hand out the window. They return the favor as well). And just as a side note, people who drive the big rig trucks ALWAYS double tap their brakes to say thanks.

 

[fix-the-spade]

I assume these are motorcycles and not bicycles, right?

Actually I meant Bicycles, push bikes, pedal bikes.

Nothing personal, but you just got my goat again! albeit by accident.

Its always push bikes, the lad I went past today was on a red bmx. This gets me doubly mad, people seem to assume you don't need a helmet for a push bike.

I ride a mountain bike for fun and a bmx to get around, everyday. So I see a lot of other cyclists and the accidents they get caught up in.

For the record my current tally is 6 helmets. 2 replaced after crashes because of foam compression. 3 cracked after high speed crashes and one completely shattered from 30mph over the bars. That one knocked me out despite the helmet, yet I see people on the same trail without. You'd think the BIG ROCKS would persuade them.

One helmet ended because I got sideswiped by a car and headbutted the wind screen. Another when I rode over a patch of oil/brake fluid and the front wheel washed out. Face met pavement with force.
Both on the streets, both low speed, didn't see either coming and had no way to avoid.

All that stuff about cars and SUV's applies doubly to cyclists. We don't have 200 kg of bike for protection nor does a bicycle make any noise.

Again its not personal, its people lack of common sense that gets me.

 

[the monopoly guy]

crap hat...I agree with everything you said...
also I hate it when your girlfriend thinks shes fat, when shes no, or any fgirl for that matter
did I mention I don't like little children on M rated games?
macs and mac users that can't shut up about how great mac is.
billy mays (+ 10 if you know who that is...*hint* oxy clean)

 

[Duck Sandwich]

- When someone who is not talking to you whines at you for not talking to them
- When someone sends you a completely impersonal chain-mail letter
- The price of car insurance/gas
- Not getting to spend time with friends
- When you have nothing to say, and no one has anything to say to you
- When you actually try hard to get a good mark on a school assignment/test, and you still fuck up
- The Catholic Priests telling people at mass that they're horrible sinners and worthless and deserving of unspeakable torture for an infinite amount of time, despite the possibility that said people are, in fact, for the most part, good-natured, honest people.
- When you or someone else plans something, but for whatever fucked up reason, it ends up not happening
- When friends/acquaintances talk about you often when you're not around, but rarely actually talk to you
- Having flat feet
- When you're left out
- When you make a commitment to something and it turns out completely different from what you expected it to be
- When some dumbass in an online game makes some dumbass remark and then leaves before you can talk some sense into them (Dumbass: "OMG U CANNON RUSH UR A NOOB!" You: (typing) If it were a noob strategy you would have been able to (*dumbshit leaves*) defend against it, dumbshit.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I don't like people who tell me to "cheer up...might never happen." I'm only miserable at that point because I am being forced to interact with dipshits like that. To be honest everything gets my goat...I don't like regional accents, or bbq's, or the kaiser chiefs. I don't like cocaine users, bad hygiene or final fantasy, cats, children, old people, small talk, big talk, loud talk, drunk talk, Scunthorpe, Manchester United, that guy who does sign language in the corner of my TV screen...screw him. Or Halle Berry, cranberries, spoilt brats, English people who wear baseball caps, the x factor, dancing, mushy peas, 80's pop, mmorpg's, burberry, man jewellery, tatoos, Tatu, Disney, Pixar, anime, tabloid papers, unjust wars, American politicians, being accused of being unpatriotic for objecting to any of the nonsense, shopping, birthdays, christmas, honest Bob's used car depot, monopoly, prop comedy, the war at home, shampoo, batteries, condoms, STD's, the BNP, WKD, racism, sexism, religious folk knocking on my door to tell me I'm a heathen and to give me panthlets about it, wasting paper, Sundays, chewing gum, mobile phones, bleach blonde hair, fake enthusiasm, managers, aggressive short men, Hitler sympathisers, hip hoppers, bip boppers, anyone who thinks being intelligent is uncool, work....God....people who complain. I feel better. Part 2 coming soon.

 

[the monopoly guy]

I agree with you too...except mobile phones and that stuff I've never heard of like BNP or WKD
and fox news
christopher reeves-you really thing he gave a damn about parapalegics before his ingury? no! you really think he gave 2 shits about other parapalegics? no! http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=creeve
"phsycics"
"ghost hunters"
people that beleive in bigfoot
people that beleive in aliens making stonehenge and the crystal skulls (they're fakes you blubbering twits shut the hell up!) and the pyramids and oh shit I popped a vein in my neck
emos-the reason razors should be given away
people who know they're wrong and making folls of themselves but don't have the common decency to shut up
"monster hunt" and everyone on it
the scifi channel

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

- 30 year olds who act like they're still in college.

but what if they are 30 and still in college?

tho i'm guessing you mean acting like immature wankers

-Girls who refer to their significant other as "My boyfriend" no matter what the circumstances of the conversation... I feel bad for those guys, they have names!

i do something similar, usually friends, it's not because the person doesn't have a name it's because the name isn't always important. if it's some person off the street or a coworker (that i don't know outside of work), i will refer to the person as "my friend" or "the girlfriend", tho when refering to the latter it's usually "the boss", because they don't know the person. if i'm talking to a friend or my girlfriend, i will say the person's name i'm talking about

That's just what I mean. Obviously if you're talking to someone who has no idea who you're talking about, some kind of description makes sense. But sometimes (girls especially) will always refer to their boyfriend as "my boyfriend" even to their closest friends over and over again... it starts to sound a little... pathetic.

 

[00exmachina]

Mispronunciations (See Family guy and "Coo wHip")

that's called different dialect or inflections, look at americans trying to pronounce foreign names, it's not pretty, especially hispanic or portugese/brazillians names

vista haters

ppl actually are fans of vista?

biased reviews

sorry a review is all about your own personal bias, so can't find one that's isn't biased

There is (ONE RIGHT HERE)

Fine I mean VERY biased ex. I saw a user review of COD4 gave PS3 version 10 for being perfect and 360 version a 0 (same guy)

Well that is understandable if you think about it for a minute. What do you think would happen if you put a xbox disc in a ps3?

For me people that refuse to think get my goat, but onsidering I think everyone gets to make a choice, choosing not to think must be valid. So I really get my own goat.

 

[wewontdie11]

Little, seemingly mainly American, kids that scream unnecessary, incoherent nonsense over xbox live at the tops of their voices.
Chavs.
The way Americans pronounce the word Aluminium for some reason.
When friends generally mess you about.
Paris Hilton.
People who take games far, far too seriously.

p.s. I don't hate America or anything like that before a full scale race war breaks out, just those particular things.

 

[the monopoly guy]

p.s. I don't hate America or anything like that before a full scale race war breaks out, just those particular things.

go ahead and hate us we have it coming
I forgot paris hilton. shes famous for being a slut... which is... a big feat I guess...
people who think illegal immigrants shouldn't get paid as much becuase they're illegal. thats like not helping someone out of a well becuase they shouldn't have been near the well in the first place

 

[Usige Beatha]

Yankees
snobs
actors/actresses
People who think they're better than me/anyone.
non blue-collar Democrats

lol thats about it for me!

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Illegal immigrants. I'm sorry your country sucks, but if you want to cross the border to get the rights of Americans, please do it legally. Or if you have no choice but come over, do so and apply for citizenship ASAP. Do not leech off of us.

Anyone who is famous for being rich/hot. Seriously, how much newsprint was given to Anna Nichole Smith's death as compared to Steve Erwin's? Now, who actually made a difference in their life?

People who hate Americans for being American. Hate stupidity, but realize that stupidity and American mean two different things. Not all Americans are stupid, and not all stupids are American.

 

[Usige Beatha]

Illegal immigrants. I'm sorry your country sucks, but if you want to cross the border to get the rights of Americans, please do it legally. Or if you have no choice but come over, do so and apply for citizenship ASAP. Do not leech off of us.

Anyone who is famous for being rich/hot. Seriously, how much newsprint was given to Anna Nichole Smith's death as compared to Steve Erwin's? Now, who actually made a difference in their life?

People who hate Americans for being American. Hate stupidity, but realize that stupidity and American mean two different things. Not all Americans are stupid, and not all stupids are American.

Cheers to all three points mate!

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Holy crap! An Aussie who doesn't hate Americans! ...Aussies are the ones who use "mate", right?