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Tell me about things YABU about - and don't care!

258 replies

WyldChyld · 05/01/2015 21:56

I view vegetarians as being unnecessarily fussy and daft. I have friends who are veggies, I will cook for them. Likewise, if someone has an allergy, I will respect that to the nth degree. But I still cannot shake my prejudice that veggies are attention seek-y or making a grand statement mainly cause most of my "veggie" friends stopped so they could stuff their faces with kebabs when drunk and said that they didn't eat bacon as a comment on society xD

Also, I am very, very judge-y about people who use text speak or lazy grammar. Even on things like Facebook. If you're dyslexic, fine. However, I am genuinely on the brink of removing a friend (well, friend of DH who latched on a bit) because her statuses make me want to throttle her.

All of this is wholly internalised and I would never say anything, obviously - tell me yours, no matter how petty / mean / judge-y they are.

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IamTitanium · 05/01/2015 23:08

When people are judgy about spelling/grammar/speech etc I deliberately make mine worse Grin
This is fun!
I trying to think of some terrible ones!

TyrannosaurusBex · 05/01/2015 23:10

I get the rage when people write that they're 'sat on the sofa'. The present tense of 'to sit' is SITTING, for crying out loud.

And breathe...

I know IABU.

IamTitanium · 05/01/2015 23:10

Oxon
You really wouldn't like me, I am regularly all but 3 on your list Grin

Pyjamaramadrama · 05/01/2015 23:10

People having cosmetic surgery unless they have a bad disfigurement. Pure vanity.

IamTitanium · 05/01/2015 23:11

I get the rage when people write that they're 'sat on the sofa'. The present tense of 'to sit' is SITTING, for crying out loud

Wat do u say then?

SmatteringOfPatois · 05/01/2015 23:12

I am on so many lists here Grin.

Pyjamaramadrama · 05/01/2015 23:12

Food snobs annoy me too, people who claim to have never eaten a Macdonalds, they cook all their own organic food 'from scratch' and won't let anything unhealthy pass their lips, and their Sunday chicken lasts a week.

Pyjamaramadrama · 05/01/2015 23:14

Oh and I don't like people who won't go swimming because they're so self conscious about baring their legs for 30 seconds, as if anyone actually gives a shit what you look like.

I'm bring really unreasonable tonight, but you did ask.

TyrannosaurusBex · 05/01/2015 23:15

I knew you were coming after me, Titanium, I was sitting on the the sofa expecting it Grin

LaLa5 · 05/01/2015 23:17

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Pyjamaramadrama · 05/01/2015 23:20

I'm with you there on the constant dieters, it's so boring. I'm not interested in your points and free foods.

Discopanda · 05/01/2015 23:21

Amen to that Alisvolatpropiis

Also, people who take too many selfies. I recently defriended someone on FB for taking a selfie whilst in head blocks and a neck brace because they'd just been in a car crash, who the f*ck does that?!

IamTitanium · 05/01/2015 23:21

Tyrannosaurus
I was sat on the sofa Grin, and it was there just waiting for me to do it!
It only pisses me off when people do it as a superiority thing.

Pyjamaramadrama · 05/01/2015 23:22

I don't like people who constantly say how busy they are, stop being such a martyr and slow down.

I don't like people who wear their mortgages and the fact that they're taxpayers as though it's a badge of honour.

RatherEmbarassed · 05/01/2015 23:32

But regarding the vegetarians should be vegan argument - I can see the point about not consuming dairy for the reasons given, but what about eggs? I would totally understand the logic of not having meat and milk for ethical reasons but not necessarily eggs. Happy hens lay nice eggs, where's the harm there?

FightOrFlight · 05/01/2015 23:43

RatherEmbarassed

The main reason vegans don't eat eggs is because the male chicks are gassed or ground up alive. They don't produce eggs, aren't needed for fertilising eggs and are therefore surplus to requirements. There is a 50/50 chance that a fertilised egg will produce a male chick. That's a lot of day old chicks being killed in the factory farming arena.

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honeysucklejasmine · 05/01/2015 23:44

Slow walkers (removing said proviso)
My neighbours boyfriend parking in front of my house, even though both her spaces are full and you can't park in front of hers. He has no choice but I still hate him.
People who address me rather than my disabled family member when they want to know something about him. His brain and mouth work fine, its his legs that don't!
People who park in disabled spaces without a badge. Irrespective of time of day or availability of spaces.
Parents who think paying for school leads to an A* automatically.
Sad face stories in the daily mail about kids being sent home for uniform issues.
The "standing in helpful places club" who meet in doorways and at the top of an escalator.
Anyone who seems to be on the same supermarket route as me. Get out my way!

FightOrFlight · 05/01/2015 23:44

^ that picture was one of the nicer ones I could find, sorry about the emotive wording on it!

honeysucklejasmine · 05/01/2015 23:45

Gah, I mean "excluding previous previsos about people unable to walk quickly". Poorly worded.

Alisvolatpropiis · 05/01/2015 23:47

There mere idea of using a mooncup makes me feel sick and I was happier not knowing what they actually were.

SaucyJack · 06/01/2015 00:01

I'd rather be sat on the sofa than the sort who turns around before they says anything.

Just sayin' (from my stationary position on the aforementioned sofa)

Glitterytwigsnshit · 06/01/2015 00:03

twats people who ride scooters, not the disability ones or proper motorbikes but those loud noisy things that sound like a chainsaw- hate them.

UKIP voters and sympathisers - I work with one who tried to tell me they weren't racist- then proceeded to list all racist quotes that where taken out of context.

People who have to ask me why I'm a veggie, then expect me to justify it to them like I need their permission or must have a good enough reason otherwise it doesn't count. Fuck off.

Instagram "celebrities" - reading the comments section is really disturbing.

FightOrFlight · 06/01/2015 00:12

People who ask me why I'm vegan and then get offended when I tell them.

People who ask me "but how can you live without bacon?". It's a strip of pig flesh, not oxygen ffs (nicked that comment from the internet)

People who don't order chips with their meal but think it's okay to "just have a few" of mine.

People who claim to have given up smoking but then ask to ponce one off me during a night out.

whathaveiforgottentoday · 06/01/2015 00:14

Badly spelt names. Not unusual names or different spellings from different countries, but names that have a standard spelling but the parents think they are cool by changing the spelling. I know its been done to death but I do raise an eyebrow in September when I read my class lists.

Adults in any form of PJ's or onesies out in public (except for putting the bins out)

People who put their christmas lights up too early/before December.

PerpendicularVincenzo · 06/01/2015 00:17

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