(lighthearted) petty things that make you judge a person

[witchycat2]

People who don't like any hot drinks. A hot drink for me is the ultimate comfort. Someone told me they don't like them because they don't want to have to wait for their drink to cool down if they let thirsty. Who drinks a hot drink due to thirst?!

People who say they don't like water. How? You need water to survive. Not liking water is like not liking oxygen. And when you're dehydrated there's nothing like water.

Personalised number plates. What a waste of money and why would you want to be recognisable when driving.

People who use this emoji. 🙈. A friend always uses it when she's stealth boasting.

My mate uses that emoji when he doesn't get wordle, or takes 6 guesses

I use the 🙈 a lot in a ‘what a plonker I am’ way - never as a stealth boast.

or people who BOAST that they’ve never read a book after leaving school - same with films, although they will watch LCD tv quite happily then quote actors lines. verbatim

these are people with a limited vocabulary

I love an onion. I soooo love an onion. Tasty!
But they give me the 💩💩 and make me even more unpleasant to be around than a person actually stating they hate onions stuck on a loop 💨💨 I think even you would hate onions if you unfortunately ended up up-wind of me afterwards 😂

Surely that's a "see no evil" emoji?

Yes - the evil nonsense I’ve created

I don't know. The only person I know who uses it, always uses it as a stealth boast.

I can’t even see how it could be used as a stealth boast. It makes no sense. Can you give an example?

People who complain about non-drivers. I can but don't drive; I have a functioning pair of legs and a bus pass.

People who don't use earphones in public places.

People who don't like animals (what all of them?)

People that don't pick up after their dogs or let them constantly bark

People who back out of plans at the last minute

(this is getting therapeutic)

Oh dear. I've bought 5 beauty advent calendars 🙈
I've booked 3 holidays for 2025 already 🙈

These are worn in my manor because they’re better for chawing. You can fit loads of steaks or perfumes in the lining, apparently.

UK, slang) To steal. Some pikey's chawed my bike. (dialectal, intransitive)

Fair enough! Although I’d say they’re outright boasts rather than stealth boasts.

People who judge others based on regional dialects e.g haitch v aitch debate

Sometimes it is easier to say an allergy to a restaurant as they make accommodations for allergies than intolerances.

I actually like chilli but chilli doesn't like me. Until I got IBS after taking a diet pill, I could eat chilli no issues. Now? I'm extremely ill if I eat it. I won't be TMI but I'm sure you can guess.

When I say I'm intolerant to chilli, I usually get but oh this dish isn't that spicy, it's only mild. It's not due to the heat level, it's any chilli at all. So this is why sometimes I have to say it in a restaurant.

I am massively intollerent to peppers, the big ones not chilis.
If I eat even a small piece I will be gassy and in pain within about 15 minutes, my stomach will then hurt for around a week.
Its a tricky one to explain - no not an actual allergy, no not chilis just the big ones etc etc.
I generally don't mention it and just order to avoid them but on occasion the dish that didn't mention them on the menu has them in, I can often pick them out but not always so I have to send it back. Often there is some subtle eye rolling and I did have one chef come out of the kitchen to ask what the problem is.

I suppose it's used as shorthand for most people; it's not that they objectively don't like the children themselves, but rather that they don't like all the annoying, messy, noisy things that pretty much all children do at one stage or another.

I agree, though - it's a very valid point.

People who take selfies using strong filters, long talons for nails, caterpillar eyebrows, orange fake tan, thick fake lashes, plumped lips. Anything obviously fake makes me think people are lacking in confidence and a bit thick. There is nothing wrong with helping mother nature but doing it badly and obviously make me think they are incompetent too.

To completely counteract OP - people who are baffled that I don’t want or like a hot drink 😂 I don’t like the taste of tea (unless it’s Betty’s Tearoom blend but it’s about a quid a teabag) I’m a massive weakling so coffee makes me jittery. Do enjoy a hot chocolate though (not Cafe Nerro, theirs is rank). But if I am offered one and say no you’d be surprised how horrified people are, like I’ve said I enjoy strangling kittens. And when people find out that I drink Coca Cola with my meals instead some of them nearly implode

I say I’m allergic to things that I’m not allergic to in a restaurant. Simply because if I just say “no tomato” it magically finds its way on my plate. Saying I’m allergic is the only way to be taken seriously.

I'm similar I just don't really like hot drinks. Today I had a hot chocolate (which admittedly was lovely) because I felt cold, but generally I don't partake in hot drinks, and would prefer a coke, not sure what people are judging tbh

Please don't do this unless tomato actually makes you ill. If my child's allergen finds its way onto her plate it could kill her, and people pretending they have an allergy only increases the risk to her as staff get sceptical and don't take all the proper precautions.

Not liking something doesn't need to be taken seriously.

With respect I’m not responsible for staff maliciously putting tomatoes on allergic people’s plates as a test (this doesn’t happen anyway), so no I won’t stop.

It's not just a case of the staff not putting the tomato on your plate though. You create a lot more work for the staff to prevent cross contamination.

Precautions they should be taking anyway. I can’t say I care much. I don’t want tomato anywhere on my plate so there’s no reason it should be anywhere

If restaurants just adhere to perfectly reasonable customer requests this wouldn’t be a problem.