potthole Wrote:Sort of opposite of that, are people who drive way too fast in certain places. Like the neighborhood I grew up in. Little kids ALL OVER the place, running around, darting out from behind stuff into the street, kicking/hitting balls into the road, etc.

When I drive through there, I'm right at the posted 25 mph speed limit- I'll be damned if I nail a kid with my car. Then some dolt will fly past at probably 45. I would always feel awful for thinking it, but there were times I almost hoped somebody would hit a kid, just to raise some awareness about how stupidly people would drive through that place.

lokizilla Wrote:I hate when your at work at a call center and a person calls in and while filing a cellphone claim they start having sex while on the phone with you.

wienerpoopie Wrote:

lokizilla Wrote:I hate when your at work at a call center and a person calls in and while filing a cellphone claim they start having sex while on the phone with you.

That happens to me all the time

Queenie Wrote:

lokizilla Wrote:Cat farts....my cat just farted on my husband...it's reeking.

My boxer used to let some horrible ones. Her nose is so small she can't breath when she eats, so she doesn't chew her food very well.

Queenie Wrote:

Fistor Wrote:People who are socially inept, or are completely unaware of their surroundings. I was walking to my gate yesterday in Atlanta's airport (which kinda happens to be North America's busiest) and suddenly the woman in front of me decided to completely stop in her tracks because apparently some random thought had occurred to her. So, me and the 17,000 people immediately behind me had to take evasive action, lest this senseless idiot be trampled.

I hate traveling through Atlanta. You arrive at the end of one terminal and leave at the end of another one.

Fistor Wrote:

Queenie Wrote:I hate traveling through Atlanta. You arrive at the end of one terminal and leave at the end of another one.

Agreed, but Detroit is worse. Usually when I land there, I have to walk at least three frigging miles to get to my next flight.

Fistor Wrote:

Queenie Wrote:I hate traveling through Atlanta. You arrive at the end of one terminal and leave at the end of another one.

Agreed, but Detroit is worse. Usually when I land there, I have to walk at least three frigging miles to get to my next flight.

wienerpoopie Wrote:

Fistor Wrote:Agreed, but Detroit is worse. Usually when I land there, I have to walk at least three frigging miles to get to my next flight.

Both times I flew to Detroit my gates were no more than 50 feet away from each other

brytn Wrote:

Mad Dog Wrote:I've encountered this annoyance before but why does it matter and why should anyone care?

Doesn't matter in the long run. But, this was not the board for what should people be shot on sight for doing. It is things you hate/annoyances. And this is an annoyance for me...and apparently dino. Start another thread for the the stuff that matters and people care about.

jus' P Wrote:

potthole Wrote:Sort of opposite of that, are people who drive way too fast in certain places. Like the neighborhood I grew up in. Little kids ALL OVER the place, running around, darting out from behind stuff into the street, kicking/hitting balls into the road, etc.

When I drive through there, I'm right at the posted 25 mph speed limit- I'll be damned if I nail a kid with my car. Then some dolt will fly past at probably 45. I would always feel awful for thinking it, but there were times I almost hoped somebody would hit a kid, just to raise some awareness about how stupidly people would drive through that place.

I smell hypocrisy.... disturbing on only one level.

aarone46 Wrote:I've got a couple of linguistic pet peeves...

It's far too common for people to double up the word "is" and say things like, "The thing is is that..." or "The problem is is that..." The second "is" makes absolutely no sense, and so many people have no idea that this phenomenon even exists.

Secondly, just like someone above talked about the overuse of the term "ironic," the same is true for "literally." John was so distressed after his girlfriend dumped him, his heart was literally torn in half. If that were true, he'd literally be dead! You can't use the word "literally" simply to emphasize a point, yet sadly so many do.

Can you tell I was an English major?

brytn Wrote:Allright mayor. You have to take a slight beating. You started a great thread and I am giving you a +1 for that. But, if you say you are an English major, you can't have such a bad run-on sentence. Also, repetative is spelled repetitive.

Mad Dog Wrote:

brytn Wrote:Doesn't matter in the long run. But, this was not the board for what should people be shot on sight for doing. It is things you hate/annoyances. And this is an annoyance for me...and apparently dino. Start another thread for the the stuff that matters and people care about.

Ok you got me, heres what annoys me: People who give a ratts ass about which way the toilet paper comes off the roll. -1

Titan ! Wrote:Why do you have fecal matter on your fingers ?

Fistor Wrote:

Mad Dog Wrote:Ok you got me, heres what annoys me: People who give a ratts ass about which way the toilet paper comes off the roll. -1

When it's rolled on the backside, you often have to scrape the wall with your fingers to get it. These are the same fingers that are wiping your ass. The same fingers that are smearing small amounts of fecal matter on the wall. The same wall that the next person has to scrape to get a couple squares. Get it?

potthole Wrote:I've been trying to figure out this line of thinking for years...

One of my friends refuses to use hand dryers in bathrooms. The say it's because they have fecal matter on the bottom of the blower, and using them covers your hands with fecal matter. I can see the button being "dirty" but not the blower. And the button is even a bit of a stretch in my mind, because if you're going to use the hand dryer, it's probably because your hands are wet- which means you probably just got done washing them.

Fistor Wrote:

Titan ! Wrote:Why do you have fecal matter on your fingers ?

Do you understand things exist that you can't see?

Titan ! Wrote:

Fistor Wrote:Do you understand things exist that you can't see?

So wait... Let me see if I understand you correctly.

You're going #2.

You drop you pants, sit down, do the deed, and POW you reach for the TP, and you automatically have poo fingers ?

You and I must do this differently.

potthole Wrote:I've been trying to figure out this line of thinking for years...

One of my friends refuses to use hand dryers in bathrooms. The say it's because they have fecal matter on the bottom of the blower, and using them covers your hands with fecal matter. I can see the button being "dirty" but not the blower. And the button is even a bit of a stretch in my mind, because if you're going to use the hand dryer, it's probably because your hands are wet- which means you probably just got done washing them.

hotzester Wrote:....
- People who discredit something as art because they think anyone can do it. Let's be honest, you can't.

Quote:I don't care what you think. This isn't art. Jackson Pollock is not an artist. I can do this. A 10 year old can do this.

hotzester Wrote:

Quote:I don't care what you think. This isn't art. Jackson Pollock is not an artist. I can do this. A 10 year old can do this.

Do you know what Pollock's inspiration was for that painting? What type of feelings he was trying to evoke? Art isn't just about what it looks like.

A ten year old can scribble, but every one of those lines was put there for a reason (even if it was on an unconscious level, as a lot of Pollock's pieces were), that's what makes it art.

He didn't just sit down and scribble, like a 10-year-old would. He had a vision, a feeling, that he wanted to put onto canvas.

And while I know this painting is called "Number 18", I couldn't begin to tell you what his motivation for it was.

Quote:Trust me... I've heard this argument before. My girlfriend is an artist (a good one, not that abstract bullshit) That's a bunch of crap. Just because he wanted to make you 'feel' a certain way doesn't make it art. If I crap on a canvas, and say that I wanted it to make you feel sick, is that art? If I threw a bunch of colors on a canvas, and asked you, "How does that make you feel?" suddenly that's art? Bullshit.

hotzester Wrote:Oops - and Becky, define talent to me please. Not the dictionary definition, but how YOU define talent.

Jo Wrote:

hotzester Wrote:Oops - and Becky, define talent to me please. Not the dictionary definition, but how YOU define talent.

being skilled at something an average person can't do.

i.e. you're talented at defending talentless "artists".

Quote:being skilled at something an average person can't do.

hotzester Wrote:

Quote:Trust me... I've heard this argument before. My girlfriend is an artist (a good one, not that abstract bullshit) That's a bunch of crap. Just because he wanted to make you 'feel' a certain way doesn't make it art. If I crap on a canvas, and say that I wanted it to make you feel sick, is that art? If I threw a bunch of colors on a canvas, and asked you, "How does that make you feel?" suddenly that's art? Bullshit.

Where to begin?

1. You've heard this argument before. I don't doubt it. It's been explained for centuries.

2. Your girlfriend is an artist, but a good one, not this abstract bullshit. That one, incredibly arrogant statement confirms that you don't know ANYTHING about art. An artist can't be good or bad. You can not be into a certain artist's work, but that doesn't mean they're bad. It's just not your taste.

3. Your "poo on a canvas" metaphor is fascinating.

4. Random colors, then you ask me how it makes me feel. Nope, not art. Art expresses how YOU feel and attempts to evoke a shared reaction out of those who see it.

5. Bullshit. More fecal statements. It really is interesting to see how much you depend on those.

hotzester Wrote:

Quote:being skilled at something an average person can't do.

Would you define photography as art? What about sculpting? I can take my camera and snap a photo. So can you. You can take a lump of clay and make it into a different shape. Is sculpting not art?