Pet Peeves

[Buran]

Closed minded people.

I wrote a support request to the City of Heroes/Villains board and asked for a menu item that lets you choose whether you want Imperial or Metric units. Brain-dead simple and no big deal, right?

You wouldn't believe the huge fight that erupted, including people who thought it was an idiotic idea, people who thought it was a great idea, and then people like me who thought the whole argument was stupid because if everyone can choose their own setting, what's the problem?

It mostly petered out when I pointed out that it's like yelling at your neighbor for buying a car with a beige interior instead of a black one, when your neighbor paid for the car and it's your neighbor who drives it every day, not you.

But it still baffles me...

(and to be honest I don't understand why people claim the metric system is hard. Imperial, which I grew up with, is much harder. I learned metric very quickly, especially since I do stuff in the science fields, and if I can do it, they can too. Whatever happened to the efforts to switch the US to metric?)

[Olivia]

My top-ten pet peeves...

10- People who won't stop playing video games and talk about them all the time. There are so many better things to do than play video games.

9- People who use like in every sentence when it's unneeded. Example- "School was like, so boring today, it like, made me want to like, sleep."

8- People who always repeat themselves. I heard it the first time, no need to say it 50 times.

7- When my friends want to talk to me about the stupidest things when I would rather read. When I try to ignore them, they wave their hands between me and my book, then they talk extra-loud, so I can't ignore them.

6- When people take my book from me when I'm in the middle of reading, then lose my place.

5- People who say things like, "Why do you read so much? Do you actually enjoy it?" Okay, what's wrong with reading for fun? The way kids are at my school, you'd think it was a crime.

4- Magazines posting every single move celebrities make. They're just people that happen to be really good at acting and/or singing. They aren't gods.

3- People who judge other people without knowing what they're life is like, kind of like, "Don't judge someone until you walk a mile in their shoes."

2- Bullies. Especially when the victim doesn't deserve it. (Which is often) I just hate people being mean to other people, just because they can.

1- When people talk about other people behind their backs, spreading harmful lies. That happened to me once, all started by one of my so-called "best friends." The grade knew horrible lies about me, and some believed them, and avoided me at all costs. I only had a few friends left. The rest followed the girl who had started everything. Some friends, huh?

[Sean L.]

I resent that jab about video games.

Sure, it destroys your life and if it's an MMORPG, it sucks your money away, but it's so fun!

Like, you remember that raid on Azeroth with the level 42s that were pwnt by the...

Yeah, excessive gaming is annoying.

[Mel]

I have discovered a new pet peeve.

Men with hairy feet walking around in loafers with no socks. *shudders* or in moccasins (sp?) everywhere. I just find that....personally disgusting. I don't want to see your hairy, sweating feet in the supermarket, ok?

Neesh.

Of course, it could be argued that that's nearly the same as flip-flops, but flip flops are made to be worn without socks. Usually by non-hairy girl feet.

End Rant

EDIT: I have to say, I agree with most of Olivia's peeves, save a few that I don't really mind or could see around, and maybe one or two that I'm sorry I commit from time to time.

Okay, NOW end rant.