Things That Annoy You

[BobGrau]

Today, the ignore feature is annoying me. My ego burns with the possibility that people might be ignoring me.

[Eddie Coyle]

I think I may have spotted the flaw in your reasoning here.

I admit those people could be telling the truth... all 1,234,393,060 of them. I can be a bit skeptical.

[Harmness]

Today, the ignore feature is annoying me. My ego burns with the possibility that people might be ignoring me.

What?  Did somebody say something?

[McPhallus]

This preoccupation could certainly be a detrimental influence on one's social anxiety.  Just remember that they'll still see your name listed in threads and may grapple with that moment of indecision on whether not they should click the link to show your post. 

Today, the ignore feature is annoying me. My ego burns with the possibility that people might be ignoring me.

[MV/Liberace!]

Today, the ignore feature is annoying me. My ego burns with the possibility that people might be ignoring me.

what kind of crazed imbecile would ignore bobgrau?

[MV/Liberace!]

oh, and the real reason i'm here:  wicker.  fucking hate it.  anything made of it should head straight for the trash.  it looks like shit, does nothing but collect dust (making your home filthy), and is really only intended for old ladies.  get this shit out of your house.

[BobGrau]

what kind of crazed imbecile would ignore bobgrau?

Breast size seems to be the common denominator.

[stevesh]

Those Social Security recipients who have spent the last two years whining about having to use Direct Deposit. I know change can be difficult, especially for the elderly, but I think the rest of us have the right to expect you folks to join the rest of us in the last quarter of the 20th century, much less the 21st, if those of us who (unlike you) still pay taxes can save hundreds of millions of tax dollars in the process.

[McPhallus]

oh, and the real reason i'm here:  wicker.  fucking hate it.  anything made of it should head straight for the trash.  it looks like shit, does nothing but collect dust (making your home filthy), and is really only intended for old ladies.  get this shit out of your house.

Makes good kindling, though.  Gotta admit.

[McPhallus]

What's their rationale?  I get pissed off if I don't get any kind of paycheck via direct deposit.  Are they so hung up on paper that they'd rather have to go to the bank?

Those Social Security recipients who have spent the last two years whining about having to use Direct Deposit. I know change can be difficult, especially for the elderly, but I think the rest of us have the right to expect you folks to join the rest of us in the last quarter of the 20th century, much less the 21st, if those of us who (unlike you) still pay taxes can save hundreds of millions of tax dollars in the process.

[Juan]

Some old people simply don't trust banks.  Really old folks because of what happened during the depression.  Others don't have transportation to banks and have been using liquor stores and check cashing places.  Old people don't like to change.

[PB the Deplorable]

Some old people simply don't trust banks.  Really old folks because of what happened during the depression.  Others don't have transportation to banks and have been using liquor stores and check cashing places.  Old people don't like to change.

They don't trust it - certainly if it's something from the government, and/or regarding their money - and who can blame them, really.

[Eddie Coyle]

Some old people simply don't trust banks.  Really old folks because of what happened during the depression.  Others don't have transportation to banks and have been using liquor stores and check cashing places.  Old people don't like to change.

Old people from the Baltic/Eastern Europe, especially. There was a dirty little habit of Boston cops/EMTs rushing en masse to reports of a dead elderly person in certain parts of Boston which had high concentrations of Lithuanians and Latvians and rummaging said decedents's floorboards and walls in search of cash.

[Eddie Coyle]

 
          Golf, golfers and the miles upon miles of wasted space labeled golf courses.

[stevesh]

Dead people and the miles upon miles of wasted space labeled cemeteries. (Yup, I love golf.)

[Eddie Coyle]

Dead people and the miles upon miles of wasted space labeled cemeteries. (Yup, I love golf.)

I agree, not about the golf, but about boneyards. An urn on a shelf is more than enough space.

[PB the Deplorable]

I'm looking forward to being 100 years old and driving around as if there is no one else on the road for miles.  Shit I'd do it now, except I'd probably be killed instantly. 

Maybe start in parking lots and work my way up - just get in, start up, throw it into reverse, completely ignore all the honking..   Then I'd have to choose between 8 mph and 80.  I'm thinking 80.

[stevesh]

   I agree, not about the golf, but about boneyards. An urn on a shelf is more than enough space.

I'm too old to cash in, but within 50 years or so, we're going to come to our senses about death, and some enterprising soul will make his/her fortune with the first flushable cremains container.

[Eddie Coyle]

I'm too old to cash in, but within 50 years or so, we're going to come to our senses about death, and some enterprising soul will make his/her fortune with the first flushable cremains container.

I think edible could be viable as well. Yum. I love the dead.

       

[McPhallus]

Dead people and the miles upon miles of wasted space labeled cemeteries. (Yup, I love golf.)

Interesting you mention that.  I remember Carlin making that argument about both places.

[Sardondi]

I'm annoyed that Bitcoins are up to some astronomical amount, around $150, and that I have something like 10-12 left over from when I bought a bunch at $6...and I've changed computers, can't find my copy of my hard drive, and have forgotten where the account is. Crud.

[MV/Liberace!]

I'm annoyed that Bitcoins are up to some astronomical amount, around $150, and that I have something like 10-12 left over from when I bought a bunch at $6...and I've changed computers, can't find my copy of my hard drive, and have forgotten where the account is. Crud.

maybe i'm wrong about this, but it sounds like they're a bitch to exchange anyway.

[McPhallus]

I'm annoyed that a big evil German company has bought Caribou Coffee and decided that all their Illinois locations are either going to close or get rebranded to Peet's.

[PB the Deplorable]

I'm annoyed that a big evil German company has bought Caribou Coffee and decided that all their Illinois locations are either going to close or get rebranded to Peet's.

Here comes the $7 cup of coffee

[McPhallus]

Here comes the $7 cup of coffee

Yah, thank god I rarely drink coffee and instead prefer to gulp down iced tea, which is thankfully still below the $3 level.

[onan]

Yah, thank god I rarely drink coffee and instead prefer to gulp down iced tea, which is thankfully still below the $3 level.

I love my wife but she will, without a second thought, pay that kind of money for coffee. I used to get angry but now I use that fact to protect my less than thoughtful purchases by saying "when you stop buying starbucks I will stop..." I really hope she never calls my bluff.

[Sardondi]

maybe i'm wrong about this, but it sounds like they're a bitch to exchange anyway.

Well, it's a terrible bitch setting it all up, and using the first time or two is quite awkward. But it gets somewhat easier with use. My problem is it's been so long since I've done it I've completely forgotten the process as well as forgetting where I put the damn things. I'll probably content myself with how wise I could have been, holding on to a useless $30 worth of credit which I could have turned into $1,500. It just makes me all warm and dreamy with woulda coulda.

[Pragmier]

Have I been under a rock? When did Breyers stop being ice cream?? 

[b_dubb]

If you spend more than $2 on a beverage at a coffee shop you're not getting coffee but a high concept milkshake. I get the brewed stuff and always take it black

[ItsOver]

I always thought you got the best coffee in convenience stores.  Like how you get the best turkey sandwiches..... oh, never mind.