Anyone else have a totally irrational dislike of something?

[TravellingSpoon]

There is a set of traffic lights/junction near me which I absolutely hate. Nothing bad has ever happened to me there, but i have a loathing for it that I cant explain or understand. Its not a difficult junction either.

I actively go out of my way to avoid it.

Meghan markle

Tomato ketchup, can't get it on my hands, makes me feel sick. The green scratchy side of a washing up sponge, the very thought of itmakes my skin crawl!

Agree with everything here.

Went off Kate Winslet even more when she was on Graham Norton last week.

Told a seriously over-embellished 'pooing on stage' story and claimed total shock when her daughter was cast alongside her in 'I Am Ruth'

It's totally irrational how much she pissed me off 🤔

I have one, things that have a fake texture that they shouldn’t have, like fake ‘stone’ texture laser etched onto the surface of whatever tile etc it is.

What a good thread!

I totally agree with the pp who hate tucked-in duvets, and USA spellings.

Can't stand the modern way of pronouncing an 'st' sound as 'sht' - it happens a lot in advert voice-overs on TV.....examples are "sshh-trong" for 'strong' or sshh-trawberry (strawberry). Can't imagine why I notice it or why it irritates me so much.

Leggings with short tops, gross.
Smart cars.

Gas cooktops, eye level gas grills, gas bbq bottles. Crumbs in cupboards, shag pile carpets eek.

I don’t wear ear muffs, but I do wear ear warmers as wearing a hat gives me an itchy head and plays havoc with my curls. Sorry.

The word 'Upcoming'. I want to shout 'It's 'forthcoming' you halfwit'. Also 'Onboarding'. You aren't going on board anyway. You are starting work.
People who play load music in their cars. I don't want to hear it thank you
Car drivers who honk the horn when they arrive because they are too lazy to get out and ring the bell.
Whole families who go shopping together. This just seems weird to me. Why would you take your children with you if you could leave them at home?
People who have no interest in politics.
Baby girls with bows on their heads when they have little or no hair. Are you so insecure about the sex of your child?
People who jiggle their feet up and down on the bus. FFS sit still, you're not 3.
People who sniff when they have a cold. Blow your nose!
I do realise that I am unreasonable.

DH is a big nature fan (as am I) and appears oddly impervious to the twathattery that is Chris Packham. So ingrained is DH's love of Spring-fucking-Watch that I feel bad asking him to switch it off, and instead have to retreat to a far away room.

Another one is motorbikes, those stupid ones where the rider appears to be reclining and it makes a massive roaring, bubbling noise as it goes past. I can feel my blood pressure rising even typing it out 😬

The noise a walking stick makes on the ground. Those jointed ones that make a double click are the worst.

People who say "skellington" instead of "skeleton" make me rage with the fire of a thousand suns

Subway smells like a dustbin on a hot day

Oh I'm loving this thread! I'm feeling grumpy with this awful seasonal bug today, so this is cheering me up! Mine are:

Flocking, that horrible fuzzy stuff they put on wallpaper, toys (to look like fur) etc. I hate the feeling of it, the sound of it, everything about it. Same goes for polystyrene, that evil shit makes me want to lob myself out the window.

"Doggo" and "pupper". See also: "zoomies". Grow up you bellshaft.

Those fucking Fairy adverts with Vogue Williams. So smug, you need to open a window to let the smugness out.

False eyelashes that haven't been glued down properly, so the corners are flapping about.

Hair that isn't attached to my head, especially when it's in the plughole, or even worse, when I find a strand in the washing up. It makes my skin crawl.

The sound of a felt tip pen/permanent marker that's drying out, being used on paper.

People who feel the need to tell you their IQ score.

People who think being tight is an endearing quality, because they're professional Yorkshiremen. I admit that this has an awful lot to do with my ExH, who could rival James Martin in the "I'm from Yorkshire" stakes.

People who describe their musical/literary tastes as eclectic.

Sorry everyone, that went on for far longer than I anticipated 😅

I hate this. My friend and her partner constantly share memes on social media about how crazy / wild / mental they are. They are not at all.

My colleague using the word water for urine. Passing water, water sample, waterworks. It pisses me off 😁.

Better than the Beatles? Sweet holy Jeez. Oh well, each to their own.

People who don't pack as they scan on the self service check out. Instead they pile everything up and then gormlously pull out a bag and start packing. Omg yes!! Wtf is wrong with you!! I honestly could murder them

Emptying the dishwasher.
No problem filling it though.

The film The Holiday. I watched it for the first time a week ago. Made me irrationally angry for days. Never in my life have I watched such toe curling and buttock clenching cringe.

When grown adults have a stupid name for themselves or someone else because they couldn't say the word when they were 2. You're a grown adult now ffs! Worst culprit 'gangan' and the million other variations idiot adults STILL USE for their grandparent when they're fully grown. I worked with someone once called Libet. Her real name was Elizabeth but her professional name , life in general name was Libet. Because her siblings couldn't say Elizabeth when they were little. Grow up!!

Taylor Swift is way better than the Beatles. Have you actually listened to her stuff? Sorry but the disdain for her reeks of misogyny. People fawn over Ed Sheeran / Leo Capaldi etc she has written way more and far better songs than those two put together. But they are men 🙄

Thats how I used to feel when the A14 used to drive passed Huntingdon so you could see the river. I hated it and would either shut my eyes if not driving, or keep my head very still and refuse to glance at it if I was.

I actually find that condescending to Taylor Swift so if you don't like her it is because she is a woman?

Is there anything people can say they like or not without sexism or some tick box check list being filled out 'oh you can't say that because...'

Oh for goodness sake, people are allowed to find Taylor Swift's music crap, it doesnt make them misogynists. Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Whitney Houston, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Debbie Harry, Janet Jackson, Toni Braxton, Annie Lennox- there you go, all amazing and iconic female singers and all miles superior than crappy Taylor Swift.