You Know What Grinds My Gears? - Things that personally piss you off

[sherwoods110]

Oh how I hate that. I'm no prude, but I don't curse in public. Because, you know my parents actually taught me manners and that you are expected to behave in a certain manner around other people. It's horrifying how often I hear people cursing in casual conversation, in front of children even. Dude, really? You're going to say "I'm gonna fuck you so hard when I get home" in front of a 5 year old?

There are a lot of things that really bother me about current day, and this is one of them. I have actually made it a point to refrain from swearing at all within the last year or so and I wish more people would do the same. I slip up every once in awhile, but I am doing surprisingly well (unless you count words like: retard, faggot, prick, et cetera). The level of cultural decay that has allowed constant swearing in public to be normalized is really bothersome . When my sister and I took my mom out to a somewhat upscale restaurant for Mother's Day, her husband was dropping F bombs left and right. Is there no standard anymore? I am holding out hope that we start moving back in the right direction soon.

 

[Shart Attack]

>4chan writing style
>shitting up the farms; so gay
>go home already

An original haiku by Shart Attack.

These types of terms regularly emerge then get overused online because people are dumb and poor at expressing themselves, and every time it happens I have a crashout about it, but this one has annoyed me a little more than usual because it's a made up term that was invented in 2023 and it's rarely used in a way that it sounds appropriate to the situation. I'm sure in a year it will be some new overused word, and it will irritate me as well, because I'm a hater and psychologically a grumpy old man.

The part that annoys me about most this is that the universal adoption of the new word of the week is usually to the exclusion of any existing way to express the same idea. It's like some dumb asshole in control of the hive mind hits a button announcing the new nigger slang of the week, and suddenly people feel obligated to use "crashout" as early and often as possible. It's not just a new way to express an idea, it's the way people think they must express the idea, and they must work it into conversation every chance they get. See also "slop," which is more a verbal tic than a word at this point. Everyone else is saying it, therefore you must say it, because god forbid you don't fit in with braindead teenagers who speak pidgin English.

I think future historians will see the nigger-ification of the internet as a turning point in the history of the English language on par with the Great Vowel Shift.

 

[Jace on ice]

Zoomers learning the words gooner and parasocial and having absolutely no fucking idea what either of those words mean has led to some of the most irritating online discourse imaginable.

 

[pyrinyx]

Zoomers learning the words gooner and parasocial and having absolutely no fucking idea what either of those words mean has led to some of the most irritating online discourse imaginable.

Zoomers in general spam a lot of shit they don't know about. They learn about mental illness for example and they think they have everything. That's why they screech about "I HAVE AUTISM!" or "I AM DEPRESSED AND I HAVE ANXIETY!" all of the fucking time. When prior to that, they were being smug little shitheads to those that gave them shit after the fact. Zoomers are just retarded.

They don't know what 'Allegedly' means, so they assume when they hear or read that word, that it is automatically a conviction when allegedly is just simply a claim. They don't know what 'opinion' means because they think whatever they say is the fucking gospel. They don't know what their rights really are, they don't know what is what of anything. Once again - retarded.

It's even more embarrassing when they're carrying around pocket computers in the form of their phones, where they can just whip it out and educate themselves a little. There is no harm in not knowing everything, nobody knows everything. It just makes you look like a complete fool when you pretend that you know everything and people dogpile on you when they smell an ounce of bullshit.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

I hate trying to join online communities/groups/clubs/whatever you call them now, they're so insular that no matter how you try to slip in there's almost a passive adversity. I've seen this in groups I've been part of for years, and when I'm the one to extend a hand to newbies it leads to them latching on to me while nobody else pays them any mind.
Try to engage in conversation? It dies on the spot. Answer a question? Not a peep in thanks or even a thumbs-up emoticon. Fucking antisocial internet.

 

[Captain Syrup]

Try to engage in conversation? It dies on the spot. Answer a question? Not a peep in thanks or even a thumbs-up emoticon. Fucking antisocial internet.

Human organizations are always political. The oldfags run things, and if that bothers you, "eat shit!" It’s like applying for an entry-level job that somehow requires two years of shitposting experience.

Zoomers in general spam a lot of shit they don't know about.

It’s that time of year again, school’s out and the kids are back to shitting up boards. They’re less combative this time, but now they’re loudly fishing for reasons to be sad. Expect a lot of posts that start with “eh,” pivot to some global catastrophe, and end with a P.T. Barnum-grade koan like “I dunno, situation’s fucked"

 

[WhoBusTank69]

Human organizations are always political. The oldfags run things, and if that bothers you, eat shit. It’s like applying for an entry-level job that somehow requires two years of shitposting experience.

Chatrooms of old died that way, and it's got similarities in the real world. While I'm fine with gatekeeping I do not like stagnation and there's so much of that.

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

Edge opening torrent file made my antivirus spaz the fuck out, and I was stuck pressing "Allow once" for the entire duration of it downloading. By contrast, Torbrowser makes this pop out once. Stop spying on me, guys!

 

[Captain Syrup]

Look, I don't exactly live in a glass high rise. No one’s breaking in to steal our treasure trove of empty Amazon boxes. But for the love of fuck, it would be nice if people would stop wedging the floormat under the keyless door so it doesn’t close properly.

And yes, Robert, I know it’s you. You cunt. You’re the one selling weed like it’s a community service, and your own dad pretends not to know you. Stop sabotaging the building’s already minimal security.

 

[AbyssStarer]

I hate when I'm shopping and some old fart is throwing a fit over having to use self checkout or stand in line.

 

[The Last Stand]

Somebody does something for you. Then somebody else tells you to do something nice for them. Now it'll feel I'm doing it out of necessity, not volition. Also, it implies that I wouldn't want to do something out of my own free will. It's an obligation now, not a gesture of good will. God damn.

 

[YouGuysAren'tThatSmart]

Buying a used book and finding someone dogeared a corner so that they could mark the page. Bookmarks aren't hard to find, people!

On the flip side of that I love buying a used book and finding whatever sheaf of paper the past owner used as a bookmark. I've found things like Magic cards, hand written 1970's receipts, even a travel itinerary once. Cool stuff!


During one of my teenage retail jobs, I'll never forget it- a dirty diaper in one of the shopping carts I had to wrangle. For fuck's sake get that thing in a trash can, you savages!

I’ll do you one better. Having to pull a toilet off a wall, rod/clear it, and pulling out one of the period diapers. I’ve also pulled out handcuffs in a private bathroom at The Water Tower Place. People are absolute assholes.

Also, I want to murder the people that refer to their podcasts as “pods”.

 

[internet friend]

When someone tries to help without asking and all they do is make extra work for you. Then they get shitty at you for not being appreciative of them making it all harder.

 

[Yours Truly 2095]

My own little traffic pet peeve is bumper stickers with foul language on them

Somewhat related. Before our wedding we were shopping around for local places to do invitations. We found a place that did nice work, old timey pressing machines and everything. We walk in and like 90% of the store is these really well made cards, but they're all vulgar. Cursing, nudity, raunchy stuff. Pure reddit humor. They use these nice methods to make mostly that stuff. We still gave them a chance and had to find the little shelf they keep their high class examples in. Then they wanted $100 per card and we left. My wife ended up hand making the cards and they are absolutely beautiful.

 

[Captain Syrup]

The Most Beloved People on Public Transit, 2025 Edition:

• The gum chewer. Somehow louder than the train itself. Loud enough that if this was a Vietnam movie, you'd hear the twop twop twop of helicopter blades.
• The 45-year-old dressed like a teen, bobbing his head to either Run-DMC or the Temptations.
• The olds who hover in front of the doors like Dementors waiting to claim the last open seat. Will bulldoze you for a seat, but also terrified of your germs. Double masked and gripping their backpack like they're storming Omaha Beach.
• The e-bike guy. Not delivering food, just delivering inconvenience. Four e-bikes to a subway car. Why stop at four? Just unscrew the train seats so we can fit in more.
• The street preacher. “The government turned me into a faggot! With seed oil!"

 

[Sugriva]

When you really want to talk about something, so you drop a conversation topic, but they just ignore it and propose their own thing. Grrrr...

 

[Captain Syrup]

Palantir feels like it’s reading from a dated script, ether that or summer redditors are regurgitating takes that were stale when GoT ended.

“As a libertarian…”
“Jim Morrison is so overrated”
"We’re living in the most peaceful and prosperous era humanity has ever seen"
“Everyone should move to Ohio”
“When a beautiful woman has a septum ring ”
“WHY DID THE 2000s HAVE THE BEST MUSIC??!”
“Hard times create strong men”
“You criticize Israel but participate in the Uyghur genocide, curious”

When you really want to talk about something, so you drop a conversation topic, but they just ignore it and propose their own thing.

Not to get all Jordan Peterson but it's posturing disguised as deafness. When someone speaks, and another chooses not to acknowledge it, they are, in effect, saying, "I’m higher up the food chain than you."

 

[YourFriendlyLurker 2.0]

You can have infinite pets in a lifetime, but people are not replaceable.

Just get a turtle.

Pets do not belong in restaurants or on planes, and people do not have to be fine with allowing them wherever children are allowed.

I hate that trend. I'm not comfortable around dogs. I don't hate them (and I hate adding that every time because no, me being uncomfortable around your pit bull doesn't mean I want it dismembered) but I can't relax when they are around. Yet, almost all establishments around my home are "dog-friendly".

 

[ReasonablyRetarded]

Finally landing a good job which despite high workload & pressure, has good management, good contracts, good structure, good work environment, etc.
But having a single coworker that takes all the advantage of it & potentially ruining it for everyone else by structurally coming in late, leaving early, barely doing anything, etc.
Fuck that guy. Hope he gets t-boned on his way back home. Prick.

 

[Soso]

When you look at your phone for a second, and they go "What are you doing? Who are you texting?" I was just checking the temperature..