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Silly things that give you the rage

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Ontobetterthings · 21/06/2025 18:53

Maybe its cos I'm peri but we were out for a meal and someone was eating chicken wings and being very meticulous about using a knife and fork to eat them and very slowly. It was holding up the next course for everyone.

Do you have any examples of getting the rage over something silly 🤣

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GoodOldTrayBake · 22/06/2025 23:07

JockTamsonsBairns · 22/06/2025 22:51

I'm Scottish, and draw is pronounced differently to drawer.

Drawer has a very audible 'r' at the end of it, whereas draw doesn't?

Nope.

GoodOldTrayBake · 22/06/2025 23:06

Bluevelvetsofa · 22/06/2025 21:59

In my world ‘drawer’ has two syllables, ‘draw’ has one.

Affect and effect. You are affected by something. Something has an effect on you.
Step foot. No, it’s set foot.

The Andrex and deodorant adverts. I have no desire to see crotches and arses in close up.

You are inhabiting the wrong world. “Drawer” has one syllable! Oh my god I most definitely feel pure rage right now at the thought of people going around pronouncing the “er” thinking they’re saying it right!

GoodOldTrayBake · 22/06/2025 23:03

UnctuousUnicorns · 22/06/2025 22:05

In some accents the "er" is pronounced. Similarly, DH and I have an ongoing game of "How many monosyllabic band names (discounting any with 'The' in front) can you think of?" Today DH suggested Wire. I pointed out that in some regions that would be two syllables, or at least one and a half. Pedantic, moi?

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I’m sorry, but no. Any accent pronouncing the “er” is incorrect. There’s a right way of saying it, and it’s one syllable only.

declutteringonedayatatime · 22/06/2025 23:01

Realismindeed · 22/06/2025 20:17

I think it's called cat fished by a fiat 🤣🤣🤣

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I drive a Fiat and I get so annoyed by other cars 'cat fishing' me! Lol.

My rage this weekend has been to do with work and having to reapply to work there in September!

HopefulBeliever · 22/06/2025 23:00
  1. The phrase ‘them books’.
  2. People driving in the middle lane slowly.
  3. My neighbour putting my bin out before I’m ready (not finished filling) then moving it back while I’m out at work and lining it up backwards.
  4. My other neighbour who take in parcels but never give them back.
  5. The caravan that did 26mph in front of me downhill on a 60mph road today and then kept braking!
JockTamsonsBairns · 22/06/2025 22:51

I'm Scottish, and draw is pronounced differently to drawer.

Drawer has a very audible 'r' at the end of it, whereas draw doesn't?

UnctuousUnicorns · 22/06/2025 22:25

pontivex · 22/06/2025 21:02

It’s called a ‘vulnerable sleeve’.

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My 15:year old DD has nails that are neither long nor painted, but she still hoiks her sleeves over her hands, and worse still, pokes holes in the cuffs so she can noodle on her phone! Kids! 😡

RJ2023 · 22/06/2025 22:11

The fact that everytime I open any website I have to set my Cookie preferences before I can use the site. I get the logic behind it but it is very much using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!

UnctuousUnicorns · 22/06/2025 22:11

"The Andrex and deodorant adverts. I have no desire to see crotches and arses in close up."

I had the unpleasant experience of seeing that deodorant advert on the big screen at my local cinema, sweaty crotches et al. I'm still traumatised now.

UnctuousUnicorns · 22/06/2025 22:05

GoodOldTrayBake · 22/06/2025 21:49

You are joking right…?! You don’t pronounce the “er” when you say it! It is one syllable, not two. Are you saying this ironically to wind people up as pronouncing “drawer” with two syllables would most definitely give me the rage!

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In some accents the "er" is pronounced. Similarly, DH and I have an ongoing game of "How many monosyllabic band names (discounting any with 'The' in front) can you think of?" Today DH suggested Wire. I pointed out that in some regions that would be two syllables, or at least one and a half. Pedantic, moi?

SquashedSquid · 22/06/2025 22:01

Jambolass · 22/06/2025 20:06

The "er" at then end... 😂

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Which isn't pronounced, when said correctly.

Bluevelvetsofa · 22/06/2025 21:59

In my world ‘drawer’ has two syllables, ‘draw’ has one.

Affect and effect. You are affected by something. Something has an effect on you.
Step foot. No, it’s set foot.

The Andrex and deodorant adverts. I have no desire to see crotches and arses in close up.

ZeldaFighter · 22/06/2025 21:56

When you're in a group, chatting, and then one person just starts looking at their phone. RUDE!!! I wouldn't get my book out even though you are the most boring people ever!!!

GoodOldTrayBake · 22/06/2025 21:49

Jambolass · 22/06/2025 20:06

The "er" at then end... 😂

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You are joking right…?! You don’t pronounce the “er” when you say it! It is one syllable, not two. Are you saying this ironically to wind people up as pronouncing “drawer” with two syllables would most definitely give me the rage!

LuxuryWoman2020 · 22/06/2025 21:24

scoobysnaxx · 22/06/2025 20:20

I’ve said it before 100 times and I’ll say it 100 times more.

Opening up the wrong end of a box of tablets and getting the annoying leaflet in the way.

Makes me absolute RAGE!

The end which is plain whie and doesn't have the logo /box colour branding is the end with the instructions. Open the box end which continues the branding.

It drove me bonkers too!

pontivex · 22/06/2025 21:02

Jerrypicker · 22/06/2025 13:19

When women wear those long sleeved, baggy tops they pull over their hands and you can only see their long, manicured fingernails. And they are holding on to those sleeves with their fingers so it’s not like the sleeves just randomly hang over the hands, they actually hide their hands on purpose. Is it like a security blanket thing or something? I don’t actually notice this on normal, natural, short nails, but the stupid, manicured, long witch-like nails peeping out just irritates me for some reason.

It’s called a ‘vulnerable sleeve’.

pontivex · 22/06/2025 20:58

People who eat in restaurants with their massive outdoor coats on. Extra points if it’s made of a scratchy material that makes a noise with every move

scoobysnaxx · 22/06/2025 20:20

I’ve said it before 100 times and I’ll say it 100 times more.

Opening up the wrong end of a box of tablets and getting the annoying leaflet in the way.

Makes me absolute RAGE!

Realismindeed · 22/06/2025 20:17

Alwaysoneoddsock · 21/06/2025 20:58

Smaller cars that are parked right into a space. So you think there’s a space and there isn’t.

i know I’m petty 🤣

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I think it's called cat fished by a fiat 🤣🤣🤣

PersephoneSmith · 22/06/2025 20:13

Zov · 22/06/2025 12:22

I really really hate this too. 😆 And yes, I have never heard ANYone say it in real life either!

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My boss said this to me not long ago. I’m like really? Peri? You’re 55, are you sure you don’t mean ‘post-menopausal’?

Jambolass · 22/06/2025 20:06

GoodOldTrayBake · 22/06/2025 20:03

Ok I’m confused. What’s the difference between how your say “draw” and “drawer”…?!?!?!

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The "er" at then end... 😂

GoodOldTrayBake · 22/06/2025 20:03

Jambolass · 21/06/2025 21:14

People eating with their mouth open
People talking with a mouth full of food
Spitting
People saying draw instead of drawer
People who litter

I'm stopping at 5 otherwise I could be here all night 😂

Ok I’m confused. What’s the difference between how your say “draw” and “drawer”…?!?!?!

DiaryofaProvincialLady · 22/06/2025 19:57

People who say apse when they mean abscess. It's a Westcountry thing.

DiaryofaProvincialLady · 22/06/2025 19:55

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 22/06/2025 19:36

My mil says ‘ibrufen’.

But, i believe they were a brand name many moons ago, and it’s just stuck.

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No. Isobutylphenylpropionic acid (Ibuprofen for short) is an NSAID of which Brufen, Nurofen etc are trade names.

Ibrufen is a bastardisation.

Flicitytricity · 22/06/2025 19:43

Sniggering, because I agree with most of these posts, and I thought I was dead easy going🤣

However, I DO say MACDonalds ( it's the accent) and my Mam definitely took Ibrufen.

I'm terrible for doing the passive aggressive 'you're welcome' when people just float through the door I'm holding open for them, making me feel like a bloody footman🤣