Weird shit that bothers you

[homegrowndisaster]

That humans can't fly

That I won't live to see what the world is like in 1000s of years

That I can't breath underwater and just swim at the bottom of the ocean for however long I want

That I have to pay for stuff

That annual leave isn't as much as you want

Our house is on on a slope downwards towards the beach/sea. I wish I could install a zip line from the top of my house down to the beach.

I felt the same when I was at uni and my bedroom window was directly across the road from one of my tutorial classrooms. Yet I had to walk down four flights of stairs, cross the road and then climb up four more flights of stairs. I wanted to zip across somehow 😡

It annoys me that our beloved pets really don't live for that long in the grand scheme of things. I want my dog to be by my side for a long, long time. She's my best friend.

It annoys me that all the delicious junk food is so bad for us.

That anxiety and depression exist. So fucking cruel to always be worried about something, and most of the time there's nothing even to be worried about.

● Why don't we have 13 months of exactly 4 weeks (28 days)? Then the single extra day (or two on leap years) be single celebration days at the end of the year.

● I'd like to time more metric as a whole. What if 1h was 100 minutes. 1 minute 100 seconds. Then 1 day was 10h. Then work out how many days a year would be. And divide that into equal months.

● Changing our clocks twice a year needs to stop.

● The English monarcy annoy me. Primarily that they think they own so many other countries. The deference they expect in the UK is weird, but to think they continue to expect to have those rights across the slave nations commonwealth is weird.

Vocal Fry - I had to up the name .
It gets on my tits very last nerve . So many young women on TV/Radio and IRL are doing this awful affected voice .

On the other side of the coin, the horrible high pitched squeaks . I had to get DH to switch off programmes because the voices just made me stabby ( he can watch later when I;m not in)

Sian Gibson in CarShare , her character does the voice that goes to a really glass shattering shriek ( and I've see her in other programmes where it doesn't so its not her voice )

I don't know if its me getting older ?

Yes! Im not sure it bothers me, I just take it as a fact and always put glasses on if I can’t hear.

The notion of ownership or control over other countries within the British monarchy's purview stems from this imperial legacy. During the colonial era, the British Crown exercised direct or indirect control over numerous territories, often imposing its governance structures, legal systems, and cultural norms. While decolonization processes in the mid-20th century led to the independence of many former colonies, the legacy of British influence persists in various forms, including constitutional ties, cultural connections, and symbolic associations with the monarchy.

56% of the Scottish population are on benefits

Infinity. That we're either dead forever and ever or alive forever and ever in heaven. Both prospects terrify me and it can only be one or the other.

Yes , I sometimes think about when I'm long gone the Earth will still keep turning until the day the Sun burns out . Then everything will just finish , That;s it , No more ,

Then I think "Well the Earth was here for millions of years before I came along and I was unaware "

I think my brain is preparing me , I don't get that frisson when I think about holidays or Christmas for example . So maybe my brain is thinking stop remembering these things and it'll be easier not to cling on to these memories ?

Door handles seriously bother me. I us3 my elbow whenever physically possible and also my foot or even my walking stick. They look as contaminated as I suspect they are. It makes me irrationally angry that I have to contend with them.
I also agree that sleep is a total waste of good time, so is eating and washing if you think about it. When will we have a button or app that does these things immediately for us?

That I can’t watch my dreams on re-run in the morning. Last night I dreamt I was sitting at a dinner table with no top on … I’d love a bit of context as to how that came about!

That's crazy!

Ooo or tops with lace/broderie anglaise that go down each side straight over the nipple essentially rendering them unwearable!!! Just why?!

That people say 'we should do this again' when they don't mean it...or they do mean it in the moment but don't follow through. But if someone says it to you it's unacceptable/rude to respond with something like 'It's been a lovely day but with our schedules I imagine I'll see you in three years!'

There are a lot of times when societal norms go over my head, or everyone seems to be understanding some subtle message and I'm clueless, but that's the one which continuously bothers me.

@Pineconepicture I’m the same with ‘See you later’ which shop cashiers seem to be fond of saying. Never noticed it in the town I used to live in. I always wonder when they plan to see me later (or are they stalkers?).

And I’m the same with social norms. I just don’t get the sub texts etc.

Not really when you factor in those in receipt of state pension, child benefit, child payment supplement, and good old UC to supplement employers who pay as little as they can and private landlords charging exorbitant rents for properties that were once state assets in the shape of council housing.

The vast majority of UC is, imo, just a transfer of wealth via proxies to employers, landlords and child care providers and is a useful tool to allow the hard of thinking to beat their gyms about their own superiority because they're not pensioners, have no children eligible for benefits, and have a unicorn job that pays an actual living wage to allow them to not be at the mercy of slum landlords.

I often wonder if people who bang on about benefit scroungers consider their own parents, siblings or themselves to be so too, or do they consider that is just their 'entitlement' as opposed to scrounging?

I find it hilarious when the whistler is enjoying their tunelessness. But I get why you would hate it.

For me it's grammar. I'm not a complete grammar Nazi but the 'could of/should of' makes me bristle. Also loose instead of lose. I swear more people get this incorrect than correct. Oh and much/many as in 'there is are too much leaves to rake' arrggh
And all the American weirdness like 'I must of went out after you'. I mean wtf is that?
Actually I am clearly a grammar Nazi 😑

This!
I used to keep a notebook next to my bed and I'd write down my dreams the second I woke up because within 5 minutes I'd forgotten everything

But in terms of weird things, I wish we could turn of autonomous functions like hair and nail growth for a while. Just a while. So if I get a perfect manicure or haircut I wish I could have no growth (or damage) for a month

There are two million calories in a gram of Uranium... so eating just a gram will sustain you for about three years :)

That we've "evolved" to have less hair.
I want the ability to grow thick hairy hands and hairy feet for the winter then we can shed the hair cometh spring time
I've been thinking about this for about 40 years.

Odd socks

This. And how these people make these decisions that cause such horror on an individual level for their own satisfaction / glory / pride whatever.

As soon as the weather turns cold in the winter and I know nobody is going to see my legs I tend to stop shaving much .
So kind of have woolly leg warmers on from late October to March

My partner's body hair thickens in winter. His forearms are lovely all year round but extra lovely in winter! He's one of those unevolved chaps.😁