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AIBU in hating...

174 replies

TiggyCBE · 19/03/2014 09:23

...everything in the list below?

I thought I'd get everything out in one thread.

-Dresses with only one arm. You see them at award ceremonies and stuff but they look silly. I think of them as bowling dresses because the only practical point I can see to them is that it must help your bowling to have your bowling arm unencumbered by sleeve.

-People who walk too slowly. Just get out of my way! I've got stuff to do!

-People who walk to quickly. Calm down and stop jostling past me. I don't care if you've got stuff to do!

-People who start an answer to your question by sucking air through their teeth in an attempt to make it seem like their response will be truly earth shattering.

-People who think of animals as their babies. Even worse are those that dress them up in human like clothes. Get a grip women! (And I do mean women because it is only women who put bonnets on cats)

-Decorated cars. They look shit. If a VW Beetle looked so great red with black ladybird spots and eyelashes then VW would make them like that. They don't because they look shit. You're not being wacky, you're being a twerp.

-Kitchen utensil drawer. Why are they made to jam shut? Why is that thought of as a useful feature?

-Idiots that take pride in not being able to function. "I can't use a computer!" "I always avoid those self checkouts!" "It took me 5 days to put together an IKEA spoon rack!". It's a bad thing that you can't do it, not good.

-Netmums. Humourless establishment prissy doily-using maiden aunts.

-Precocious children. Yeah, but can you drive? Can you? Can you? No! because you're a child!

-Ian Hisplop/Jeremy Hardy/etc. Every silver lining has a cloud. Negative negative negative. They say everything is crap and if it's not (Olympics for example) it's quietly forgotten. If a scientist were to find a cure for cancer, they would bang on about how the scientist once got a parking ticket, "Shamed drug scientist" they would call him. And if they know everything about how to run things to make the world a better place, why don't they?

-Comedians who talk about the royal family being "German". Very lazy and xenophobic. Her family came here over 300 years ago but they're still German?

-Orange juice with "Bits". Unless they specify what the bit are I'm not drinking it. Would you eat pasta that was advertised as containing "Things"?

People who say that everything was better in the old days. Actually, I think you'll find that before the 1970s at least 50% of children were shoved up chimneys or down t'pit where they died of cholera, polio, mal-de-mare, plague, dynasty, smallpox and elfshot. Now that sort of thing doesn't happen in the South of England.

I should probably have a rest now for a bit.

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BuzzardBird · 19/03/2014 11:15

That man on Art Attack that makes your child think they can throw together a life size model of the Eiffel Tower during the 10 minutes the programme is on!

BuggarMeGently · 19/03/2014 11:20

Threads that move on while Buggar is at work... I can't keep up!!

LeonardoAcropolis · 19/03/2014 11:23

People who flap over a slice of cake or a donut saying "oooh I shouldn't, I shouldn't" DON'T THEN.

People who dont understand the very basic facts about benefits or immigration but then dare to have an opinion about them.

Nissan micras.

OnlyLovers · 19/03/2014 13:34

People who flap over a slice of cake or a donut saying "oooh I shouldn't, I shouldn't" DON'T THEN.

YES. And 'Oooh, how naughty' etc in the same context. Grow the fuck up.

ScarletLady02 · 19/03/2014 14:06

I really hate mistakes in official documents/leaflets/other word based items...

I'm a total pedant, I know that, but I can tolerate it on forums and on Facebook whilst trying to contain my eye twitching

But on posters etc? NO!! If you are creating something that involves writing in a professional capacity then DO IT PROPERLY!!!

I'm still getting over a missing apostrophe on a hospital leaflet that I saw the other day.

I think I focus on tiny inconsequential problems as it distracts me from the stress that is my life at the moment...it's like releasing air from a valve to stop myself exploding.

EverythingsDozy · 19/03/2014 14:10

When you change DSs pants and he immediately dirties his nappy Sad I hate that!!

TiggyCBE · 19/03/2014 14:12

I was always told that the word 'but' should never be used to start a sentence.

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CorusKate · 19/03/2014 14:18

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Scarletohello · 19/03/2014 14:29

I'm a pedant too - so for me it's things like when people use the word disinterested to mean not interested. It should be uninterested as disinterested actually means impartial.

Misuse of apostrophes really bugs me, saying loose when meaning lose etc

In the scheme of things I guess they don't really matter.

SO WHY DO THEY BUG ME SO MUCH???

BitchPeas · 19/03/2014 14:36

Come out for lunch don't eat cause your on a diet. That, right there, makes you a joyless twat.

Pregzillas - it seems to have escaped thier attention that other women, have actually done it too.

Bridezillas- get a grip and a hobby. Oh and the ability to laugh at yourself.

I am a princess!! No, no you are not, stop waiting for your knight is shining amour and ummm ya no get a job and make your own way in life.

Joyless fucks that piss on your parade as they are so miserable with thier own lives

These are the types of people I hate that I have encountered in the last 24 hours. I need a lie down!

CustardOmlet · 19/03/2014 14:50

Dying on "dynasty" is making me image being suffocated by shoulder pads!

I hate people who drip feed in RL, stomping and huffing around expecting me to beg them to tell me what's wrong. Really sorry, but I don't care.

oldwomaninashoe · 19/03/2014 14:51

People who are very patronising and critical about what others watch on TV, why should you be made to feel intellectually lacking because you like to watch Corrie or Midsommer Murders!

CustardOmlet · 19/03/2014 14:52

And people who refer to their children as 'Prince or 'Princess'. Makes me cringe

BoyFromTheBigBadCity · 19/03/2014 14:57

People who are rude to waiters and bar staff.

Clutch bags.

Laces that are the wrong length for the amount of shoe there is.

People getting my name wrong. I am regularly sent letters I legally shouldn't open - they are addressed to Mr Maleversion Misspelt.

No option for Ms.

Pens that are not biros or ballpoint.

Rosé. Also, the assumption I, as a woman, will just LOVE rosé.

PeOpLe WhO tYpE lIkE tHiS. Why spend that much time? It hurts my eyes. Desist.

Objections to swearing when there are no children around in a non-professional context. I shall what what the fuck I like, I don't have a limited vocabulary I simply have the mouth of a sailor.

I do not hate this mug.

ILoveCwtches · 19/03/2014 15:06

I can't agree about the flightless birds! I love penguins. They make me giggle when they're struggling to get about on two feet. Hopping and waddling along. Then, swoosh into the water and they swim about so beautifully.

There, I feel better. I have no idea why I felt so affronted by your opinion, OP. Smile

I agree about the doughnuts, though! Damn you, sleeping baby on my knee. Dd has no idea how many calories she's saving me from!

amicissimma · 19/03/2014 15:17

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GemmaTeller · 19/03/2014 15:39

People who leave a table and floor full of mess in a cafe/restaurant - does your house look like that?

Marylou62 · 19/03/2014 15:51

You MNetters make me laugh and I wish I could've thought up and posted some of these! I'm ashamed to say that I am guilty of some of the not so heinous 'crimes'. BUT,(see what I did!) I am a really nice person, have been told I am an amazing friend so please forgive me.

YouTheCat · 19/03/2014 16:00

I have to agree about the pandas. I mean, have they never heard of evolution? Stupid twats.

GerundTheBehemoth · 19/03/2014 16:46

I can't get on board with penguin-hate. They are brilliant. But things like this do look a bit rubbish.

BoyFromTheBigBadCity · 19/03/2014 16:57

Also, aren't chickens the closest living thing to dinosaurs? Being a dinosaur is pretty cool.

PrincessScrumpy · 19/03/2014 17:02

Love this. My favourite is the orange juice with bits - dh hates bits so I'll tell him later. :)

BuggarMeGently · 19/03/2014 17:45

Agree about apostrophies..."Fish 'n' Chip's?? Stick it up your as's!

Janet Street Porter...sounds like a donkey fucking a cheese grater...LOOKS like a donkey fucking a cheese grater.

Te assumption that I'm too young to be a Blockie

Someone with BO squeezing into the seat next to you on the bus...on one cheek a cold window pane...on the othet, a nice sweaty armpit...BOAK!

OnlyLovers · 19/03/2014 18:30

People who leave a table and floor full of mess in a cafe/restaurant - does your house look like that?

Christ, yes. Animals. It happens at work too. I always wonder if people would be happy to leave their own kitchen the way they leave the work one –crumbs, used cups and plates and smeary knives, teabags on the side, sink half-full of indeterminate swill ...

Cakeismymaster · 19/03/2014 18:51

Good thread Grin
I shall add:
People who treat their pets, mostly dogs, as their children and appear to put them at a level pegging with their children (or imagined children). They are pets.

'Red sauce'

Date nights

Totally agree with the hatred of spelling and grammar mistakes on literature/printed material. H&M sent me a catalogue with '10% off your purschase' on the front cover - how the hell did that get through proof readers, printers etc and on to my door mat!

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