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Irrational Judgy Pants thread.

987 replies

FretYeNotAllIsShiny · 15/07/2017 13:57

I've got new neighbours. I really doubt they are my kind of people. They've got a glittery toilet seat.

What makes you hoik up your Irrational Judgy Pants?

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Ekphrasis · 16/07/2017 09:45

Plastic grass is worse than I thought; I didn't realise you have to use as much weed killer as you do.

theconversation.com/why-artificial-turf-may-truly-be-bad-for-kids-72044

m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7523132

Embrace brown patchy turf! Save the Micro eco systems beneath our feet!

ProudBadMum · 16/07/2017 09:50

People that bite cheese strings instead of peel them

ConstanceCraving · 16/07/2017 09:50

Ha! Thanks demented.

LovelyBath77 · 16/07/2017 09:52

People who have pets and love them but think everyone else loves them too. Not everyone likes dogs.

Fifthtimelucky · 16/07/2017 10:08

My children tell me I am much too judgmental, and I am sure that is true. Here are some of my pet hates:

People who are obsessed with their appearance. This takes many forms: ridiculous eyebrows, wearing heavy make up during the day, fake tans, cosmetic surgery (except where medically justified), bleached hair, removal of all body hair, tattoos, piercings (except one, or two at the most, in their earlobes);

People who don't care enough about their appearance. Examples: wearing dirty clothes (except where dirt is fresh and appropriate to the activity); BO, greasy hair, food in beards, holes in tights;

People who wear: too few clothes (unless appropriate to the location or occasion), shorts with tights, shorts with high heels, trousers half way down their bums, clothes that are too young for them, clothes that are too tight for them;

People in supermarkets who: park their trolley right opposite someone else's and block the aisle, don't put their trolley away properly, go with their entire family and get in the way, leave toddlers unattended in trolleys, let children sit in the main bit of the trolley or climb up and hang onto the outside;

Selfish/impatient drivers: those who take up 2 parking spaces or park so close to the line that if you went next to them you wouldn't be able to you to open your door, those who hoot at learner drivers who are being a bit slow, those who tailgate; lorry drivers who hold up the right-hand lane on a dual carriageway for 5 minutes because they are going 1mph faster than the lorry/caravan in front of them and it takes them that long to overtake, people who block junctions even when there is no benefit to them in doing so. Also, those who allow children to stand in the back of the car, in between the front seats, or who carry more people in the car than there are seat belts, and gave people sitting on laps etc;

People on trains who: eat smelly food, plonk all their stuff on the seat next to them and look aggrieved when you ask them to move it so you can sit on it, sit in the aisle seat and look aggrieved when you ask them to get up so you have the window seat;

Pet owners who: don't house or look after their animals properly, don't keep their dogs under control in public places or clear up their mess;

Parents who: smoke, ignore children's questions, ignore children's bad behaviour and let them riot in public places, feed their children rubbish, don't look after their children's teeth; don't make sure their young children have enough exercise or outdoor play, make excuses when their children do not do brilliantly at everything, don't believe the excuses I make when mine don't do brilliantly;

Parents of girls who: dress them as dolls or in pink and purple, encourage them to dress and act as if they are teenagers long before they are, praise them only for being pretty or good (quiet);

Parents of boys who excuse their bad behaviour by laughing and saying "oh he's a typical boy".

Oh dear. Longer than I thought it was going to be. Must go out now to brave the bad supermarket shoppers.

PlinkyTheFairyWitch · 16/07/2017 10:17

Ekphrasis Totally agree. I'm cultivating the clover in my lawn for the many bees who come for the lavender. I'd bloody love a moss lawn if I had the time, energy and expertise! Astroturf is just lazy and shit.

PlinkyTheFairyWitch · 16/07/2017 10:20

Wow Fifthtime, that's a hell of a list! I'm guilty of a few of those...

What's wrong with a kid in the main bit of a trolley? I always presumed that was better than inflicting a screaming toddler on everyone else!

hollyisalovelyname · 16/07/2017 10:23

If you say. 'I seen it'
or
'we done it'
'I done it'. etc
It makes you sound uneducated.
or
' bored of'
It's 'bored with'

I know I'm a pedant but please stop destroying the English language.

StrangeLookingParasite · 16/07/2017 10:25

Bloody hell strange why do you care so much what people you don't know think about two colours you might wear together sometimes?

Hmm

I don't.
I care about being called 'bloody horrible' for saying I don't care what someone else thought about it.

StrangeLookingParasite · 16/07/2017 10:31

I didn't say that you look shit, I said that I think it looks shit. The generic 'it' is the clue.

OK, so you think something looks 'shit'. I wear that thing. I therefore, in your opinion look 'shit'. There, you see how that works? The clue is in the logic.

wildbhoysmama · 16/07/2017 10:31

Bravo GingerpCatt!

Fifthtimelucky, I agree with that entire list, didn't realise I was so judgey! Except I do allow my youngest to sit in the main bit of the trolley ( shoes off) on the odd occasion Blush
Can I add to the list:
People with masses of blackheads- it's not hard to deal with them.
Parents who don't deal with their kids' head lice and give it to everyone elses' kids.
Parents who buy their kids trainers for £3000 when they'll grow out of them in 2 months. Just encourages the multi national giants to keep charging the earth and paying their workers buttons.
People who drop price tags or labels into conversation ( gauche).
People who don't clean their toilets or windows, like ever.
People who know they have people visiting but leave undercrackers drying on radiators everywhere ( esp when they're crusty- looking at you sister)
People who never take their children to a library, it's free and if we don't use them we lose them.
People who stare when a child has a bad moment in public, even in a hospital ( jeez).You don't know if they're NT/ SEN or the situation. ( Love to all those who have given me sympathetic looks, some words of support or helped with my asd/ epileptic child).

Ginlinessisnexttogodliness · 16/07/2017 10:36

I've thought of another thing I can stand..... when adults are ta.king and pepper their sentences with "like" as if they were their fourteen year old.
For example. "I saw Nicola from down the road the other day and I was like I haven't seen you in ages, she was like I know it's been forever. "
It makes me want to go and smash them over the head with a blunt object

formerbabe · 16/07/2017 10:38

People who drink out of cans in the street. I don't just mean alcoholic drinks...I'm talking soft drinks too. I think it looks very common.

People who don't know the difference between "your" and "you're".

Ginlinessisnexttogodliness · 16/07/2017 10:39

@Takenforanob I love you list.
I feel vindicated as I have been obsessed with gin and flamingos for well over fifteen years: the affectation of fads is teeth grinding inducement stuff.

MrsHathaway · 16/07/2017 10:42

What's wrong with a kid in the main bit of a trolley? I always presumed that was better than inflicting a screaming toddler on everyone else!

It's really not safe. Many examples of accidents including major head injuries. DB still has a scar 29 years on.

wildbhoysmama · 16/07/2017 10:44

Come on, Parasite, drop it now. We disagree. I reiterate, i didn't say at all you looked shit, you're projecting.
You were, indeed, not nice when you stated ' to be frank, I don't care what your mammy thinks tbh' when it was very clear i was reminiscent in a light hearted way about my very recently late mother. Just unnecessary. Say what you like about me and wear whatever you like to your heart's content and own what you wear and I'm sure you'll look fabulous. I'm a believer in the sisterhood, this is just a light hearted thread.

Bluntness100 · 16/07/2017 10:44

I don't actually understand why navy jeans and a black top are ok, but navy and black aren't ok on other items of clothing together. It seems fairly illogical to me Confused

Sandyfeet101 · 16/07/2017 10:47

Ugh. Many of these posts might as well say "I judge people for being poor".

Liiinoo · 16/07/2017 10:49

We have quite complex recycling arrangements with different items going in different coloured bins. My neighbours never ever get it right, they put food waste in the plastics bin, cardboard poking out of the landfill bin etc. I get irrationally annoyed when I see it. Quite often the bin men won't take them and then I get rationally annoyed when they leave it all out on the street to blow all over my garden.

UpsidedownEighteen · 16/07/2017 10:52

*d'you believe in Accupuncture? Hypnosis?Reflexology?

All are viewed with sceptisism but like homeopathy have their place.
You cannot prove it doesn't work.*

It's been proven lots and lots of times that homeopathy is no more effective than a placebo.

Arnica is a plant with an active ingredient. That's herbalism and naturopathy, not homeopathy.

Homeopathy is useless sugar pills and water with 'memory'. It's nonsense.

formerbabe · 16/07/2017 10:53

Ugh. Many of these posts might as well say "I judge people for being poor".

I completely disagree. I've read through the thread and can't see any examples of this. Most of the things people are talking about are choices rather than anything to do with poverty.

PlinkyTheFairyWitch · 16/07/2017 10:54

It's really not safe. Many examples of accidents including major head injuries. DB still has a scar 29 years on.

Blimey, I had absolutely no idea...Blush

MessyBun247 · 16/07/2017 10:55

I judge parents when children/toddlers have to have teeth removed because their parents give them loads of sugary shit and dont bother to brush their teeth (toddlers) or supervise while they brush their teeth (children). Cavities are totally preventable and theres no excuse for it.

Also hate ear piercing when the child isnt old enough to say whether they want it or not.

Just one more: kids running riot, being rude and destructive and violent, and the parents doing NOTHING. Just standing there watching or staring at their phone. I dont mind at all when a parent is at least trying to do something.

Sandyfeet101 · 16/07/2017 10:56

There are many I agree with such ear piercing on babies and smoking while pregnant. However, having poor grammar and having to buy 'shit plastic shoes' for your children is rarely a choice.

QueenLaBeefah · 16/07/2017 10:59

I spent a bloody fortune on Clark's shoes and was extremely fastidious about my children having their feet measured regularly. Didn't stop my teenage son developing and ingrown toe nail. What a complete waste of time and money - I should have stuck to cheap plastic shoes.

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