Pet Peeves

[rockonn91]

okay pet peeve=

as a lifeguard, It really freaks me out when people dont know how to swim properly or, even worse, dive off the board the right way.

like, today there was some kid who whenever he swam it looked exactly like he was an active drowner going passive. he'd doggy paddle a bit, dip his head back as his body sunk downward, then float on his belly a little bit, and repeat this sequence untill he got to the wall. thats horrifying if you happen to glance over and see that, not knowing this is how he swims.

as for the board, when littleuns do a little "pencil" off the board, and barely jump out at all. scary.

[hunter60]

That grating 'tsskkk' sound that apparently only women can make when they are totally disgusted with us or something we've done, will do or have thought about doing. That sound goes right through my head like nails on a chalkboard. :(

[rockonn91]

That sound goes right through my head like nails on a chalkboard. :(
speaking of sounds like nails on a chalkboard... my girlfriend absolutely hates it when people snap their fingers. she says its the equivalent to nails on a chalkboard to her.

and I snap alot, too. hahah Im working on it.

[earthman buck]

Ok, I've got another technological one --

When you're typing a password, you're almost there....and then your finger falls between two keys and you're not sure if it included both of them or not, so just to be sure you have to do the whole thing over.

[elklandercc]

I refer to it as the tranny all the tranny all the time. so HA!
:confused:

[ericthecableguy]

HOW DARE YOU CONFUSE CHRIS CRETA!!!!????? :mad:

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

HOW DARE YOU CONFUSE CHRIS CRETA!!!!????? :mad:
erm... I'm sorry?

[elklandercc]

HOW DARE YOU CONFUSE CHRIS CRETA!!!!????? :mad:
Lmao, it let me rep you surprisingly.

[ericthecableguy]

Ha, thanks. I forgot about that. :D

[iiholly]

When I forget my password to something, like my pin number to my shepherd account... so they have to look it up before I register to my classes. That was very... annoying... because there were a lot of classes I wanted where there weren't that many seats in. Lucky I got all the ones I wanted, except Math 101, but I didn't really want that. No math for a semester woot.

[Fenderalltheway]

Everytime it finds one little thing, however tiny, Macafee will alert me, and pop up this window, sometimes over 20 times!!!! And when I sign on to AIM everytime an aol page pops up.

[Cryptic Excretions]

Short haired co-workers that wear Bruce Springsteen shirts and tell me about Bon Jovi all the freaking time and still claim to be metal.

Bon Jovi. Seriously... who cares?

[jimmy_kwtx]

Circus Midgets.

Seriously .... My wife either yelling for me (to do some stupid thing or ask a dumb question) from another room on the other side of the house or knocking on the wall of our bedroom to get my attention (for the same reasons). Our bedroom and the family room are right next to each other and it drives me friggin' mental!!!.

[iamthe_eggman]

"Que" = "what" in French and Spanish. In English, it means "A half farthing" or "abbreviation for Quebec".

"Queue" = "line of waiting people or vehicles".

"Cue" = "A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect." or "A reminder or prompting, a hint or suggestion".

"U" does not = "you".
"UR" does not = "your" or "you're".

When you "literally" did something, it means that you actually did it. As in "It literally blew my head off". Expressions like that make me want to literally kick you in the... shins.

Oh, don't worry, there are many more where those came from.

[aschleman]

I agree... bad grammar... or total lack there of bugs the hell out of me.

Also:

-Slow drivers
-Slow Walkers
-Downloading mp3s that go BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP in the middle of the song... or go all crazy all the sudden and almost blow your speakers.
-People that don't leave voicemails when they call me... If you want me to call you back... leave a voicemail... otherwise, I'll assume that your phone call served no purpose
-People that call me back before they check their voicemail... I hate that.
-People that don't know how to bong a beer correctly and waste perfectly good beer...
-People that don't know how to take shots... When I take a Jaeger Bomb (or otherwise) I expect whoever is next to me to be able to take it without setting the glass down and gasping for air until they finish the second half...
-Emails that try to get me to buy penis enlargement pills... Whoever actually buys those from their email account should also start getting "Kill yourself now" junk mail... maybe that one would work too...
-Getting friend requests from webcam girls on MySpace... Doing webcams is basically just for girls that are too lazy to be actual prostitutes... Pathetic attempts at attention...
-When you go to a concert and the go behind you can't sing the words in key...
-When you go to a concert and the guy beside you insists on playing air guitar the entire show... "Dude... you can't play guitar... I can tell becuase your holding your hands all wrong... He's playing a G... you're obviously making a D... with a little trill... there's not trill..."
I could go on...I'll save it for later though...

[earthman buck]

"Que" = "what" in French and Spanish. In English, it means "A half farthing" or "abbreviation for Quebec".

"Queue" = "line of waiting people or vehicles".

"Cue" = "A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance, such as an actor's speech or entrance, a change in lighting, or a sound effect." or "A reminder or prompting, a hint or suggestion".
I always thought que was the one that meant a signal. Oh well, you learn something new every day. Thank you, sir.

[bunmiadefisayo]

1) Threatening to sue an eBay seller only to find out my package had been waiting for me for two days. :)

2) Leave a freaking voicemail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3) Room-mates who fart out loud and dont have the freaking decency to apologize. :mad:

4) Those "chirp" phones.

5) Public kissing.

6) Sharting

[elklandercc]

Que is also what in Italian.

[Akira]

Annoying neighbours who play their music overly loud and when you complain they make general threats.

Also, people with small dogs who bark all the friggin' time at anything and everything. Seriously, some of our neighbours (same ones as above) have these 2 small dogs, as soon as they are let outside, they just sit there and bark, WTF?

They're moving soon anyway, I think they got the hint that not many people like them ;)

Yeah...

[gogogo]

The way most public schooling set up advanced courses so that you spend all of maybe a couple days on a subject and are expected to have totally mastered the it, and most of the time I've forgotten what I learned in about a month, if that long!!! :confused:

[aschleman]

Annoying neighbours who play their music overly loud and when you complain they make general threats.

Also, people with small dogs who bark all the friggin' time at anything and everything. Seriously, some of our neighbours (same ones as above) have these 2 small dogs, as soon as they are let outside, they just sit there and bark, WTF?



Those two things don't bother me... Because if someone is playing there music too loud that lives by me... I'll simply give them a free jam session with my JCM 900 pushed against the wall closest to them with the volume turned up around 7 or 8................ at 4 in the morning when I get home from the bars..... Or I'll just leave all my trash in front of their door... Random inconveniences are funny....

Then for the little dogs... I have a St. Bernard... She doesn't make a sound unless you tell her to. And she likes to eat small animals on command too.......... I use to live in the country with my parents growing up and she killed 2 full grown pigs, a goat, and a few deer... she's crazy... It's weird though because she's the sweetest dog ever to people... unless I tell her otherwise. Her and I both hate small dogs... so that situation would be taken care of real fast.

[Hammurabi]

she killed a few deer.. Her and I both hate small dogs... so that situation would be taken care of real fast.
No kidding. I bet you don't have to worry about strange dogs crapping on your lawn either.

[R. Shackleferd]

When people intentionally mispronounce certain words like garbage or target trying to sound French or something...as in "garbaahsh" or "tarsheh". It's not cute, it's not funny, but it is retarted.

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

When people intentionally mispronounce certain words like garbage or target trying to sound French or something...as in "garbaahsh" or "tarsheh". It's not cute, it's not funny, but it is retarted.
heh heh, I purposely talk in accents all the time, and it'll be a different one all the time.

[Akira]

It does my head in when people think they can do a "great Irish accent".

[Jolly McJollyson]

It does my head in when people think they can do a "great Irish accent".
I can do a great Irish accent. Sweyt Mehry, mahther of jayysus!

[Jolly McJollyson]

Que is also what in Italian.
Que?

[hunter60]

I can do a great Irish accent. Sweyt Mehry, mahther of jayysus!


Don't need to do an accent. Born and raised in Pittsburgh. Got my 'yinzer' accent 100% natural n'at!

[Akira]

I can do a great Irish accent. Sweyt Mehry, mahther of jayysus!

It does my head in when people* think they can do a "great Irish accent".

*excluding Jolly

Legend!

[earthman buck]

When people intentionally mispronounce certain words like garbage or target trying to sound French or something...as in "garbaahsh" or "tarsheh". It's not cute, it's not funny, but it is retarted.
I do that all the time without even realizing it. I say "garbaahsh" constantly. Another thing I do is put foreign words for "the" in front of the regular English pronunciation of things, such as "answer los phone" or "I am making les soup."

I blame TV.

[magicninja]

I do that all the time without even realizing it. I say "garbaahsh" constantly. Another thing I do is put foreign words for "the" in front of the regular English pronunciation of things, such as "answer los phone" or "I am making les soup."

I blame TV.
That would be "el phone" Quit messing up my culture. I blame tv.

[elklandercc]

I do that all the time without even realizing it. I say "garbaahsh" constantly. Another thing I do is put foreign words for "the" in front of the regular English pronunciation of things, such as "answer los phone" or "I am making les soup."

I blame TV.
I do that sometimes too, but I always use el. Why les/los, eveytime I think about it, it makes my heard hurt. :p

[end_of_silence]

When french people say "close the light" instead of "turn off the light", or "I'm gonna throw this." instead of "throw this away".

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

I speak spanglish all the time. I used to work with this mexican guy, and he knew only a little english, and so he spoke spanglish too. and between his spanglish and my spanglish, and a dash of charades, we could actually carry out entire conversations. Like the one were he asked me if I liked to smoke pot. ha ha

[Tonja_Renee]

My Spanish knowledge is on a "Dora the Explorer" level...


And if you think the French are messed up with the way their sentences translate... try going through a day and take every sentence that is said in English literal... we have so much slang that i'm surprized anyone can learn our language, because nothing is ever what it literally means.

ie.. What are you up to? He went off on him. and there are lots more but its too early to think of anymore... lol

[Akira]

My Spanish knowledge is on a "Dora the Explorer" level...


And if you think the French are messed up with the way their sentences translate... try going through a day and take every sentence that is said in English literal... we have so much slang that i'm surprized anyone can learn our language, because nothing is ever what it literally means.

ie.. What are you up to? He went off on him. and there are lots more but its too early to think of anymore... lol

Dora the Explorer is one of the single most annoying cartoons ever, infact, that qualifies as a pet peeve of mine.

The weird language translations are all to do with the different verb types in languages, the french have some verb types that we don't, and visa versa (as far as I can remember from my old french lessons).

But yeah, we be hittin' up some well fit birds out on the lash.

[earthman buck]

Pet peeve:

Those jerks at works trying to get me to fill in for them EVERY FREAKING DAY.

Seriously, I'm justa high school kid who took on a weekend job to make some spending money. You have families, and this job is your one source of income.

I SHOULD NOT BE WORKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF/MORE DAYS THAN YOU!!!!! GAAAAHHHH!!!!

[iiholly]

People who put mayo on their sandwiches.

[Akira]

People who put mayo on their sandwiches.

But tuna mayo sandwhiches are awesome.

[iiholly]

touche... but on anything else its unacceptable

[Akira]

Myspace bulletins, in general.

[iiholly]

myspace can be amusing in one's most bored hour

[MarkLench]

That would be "el phone" Quit messing up my culture. I blame tv.

Dude you seem to have one big brown chip on your shoulder! If your culture was so fantastic millions would'nt be fleeing over the border (ILLEGALLY I might add) due to the corruption and lousy economic conditions down south.

My pet peeve is when people come into a harmless thread and pull the race card crying racism. When there is none! In my fifty years I have found those who are the first to cry racism are generally the biggest racist's themselves. Living here in SoCal I see "your culture" everyday and a fair part of it is already "messed up" All Im sayin dude is give your racist garbage a rest. People come to these forums for enjoyment not your La Raza agenda.

[magicninja]

You're barking up the wrong tree. It was a joke.

[Akira]

Dude you seem to have one big brown chip on your shoulder! If your culture was so fantastic millions would'nt be fleeing over the border (ILLEGALLY I might add) due to the corruption and lousy economic conditions down south.

My pet peeve is when people come into a harmless thread and pull the race card crying racism. When there is none! In my fifty years I have found those who are the first to cry racism are generally the biggest racist's themselves. Living here in SoCal I see "your culture" everyday and a fair part of it is already "messed up" All Im sayin dude is give your racist garbage a rest. People come to these forums for enjoyment not your La Raza agenda.

Magicninja is a valued member of the GT family, and often means no harm in what he says, I think what you have experienced is a simple misunderstanding. Racial prejudice is strictly disallowed on this forum so keep it clean. ;)

[Hammurabi]

If your culture was so fantastic millions would'nt be fleeing over the border (ILLEGALLY I might add) due to the corruption and lousy economic conditions down south.
You seem to be confusing culture with politics and economics. Mexican culture deals with such issues as pinatas and kickass music, whereas political and economic factors are the primary causes of corruption, poverty, and organized crime (which is big in Mexico). People don't come to the United States because they no longer love burritos, Cinco de Mayo, and sombreros, they do it because living in a district without running water and trying to support a family by working at a factory 14 hours a day is not a healthy or fulfilling life.

[earthman buck]

You're barking up the wrong tree. It was a joke.
You should have said "You're barking up los wrong tree. It was el joke."

:)

[magicninja]

You should have said "You're barking up los wrong tree. It was el joke."

:)
The dude woulda called immigration on me. :p I Had to be as American as possible. Thanks for the support guys.

[MarkLench]

Magicninja is a valued member of the GT family, and often means no harm in what he says, I think what you have experienced is a simple misunderstanding. Racial prejudice is strictly disallowed on this forum so keep it clean. ;)

Hey guys it is not my intention to start a problem here. From what Ive read the race card was injected over a comment about the phone option for english or spanish earlier in this thread, which is a valid and harmlees niggle the poster cited. Ive seen many of Magic's posts and yea he is very helpful, I just felt he really didnt need to take the thread in that direction. While he was jokeing about "stop messin with my culture" it seemed like he was trying to keep the race thing going. Yea Magic I am as American as they come and my great grandparents were immigrants who went through unspeakable hell to get here to become Americans.

Bottom line I come here for the music, hell I even pay to come here LOL and not to start trouble. While I rarely ever browse the general discussion I happened on this thread and I stated my opinion on what I had read. So now we have all stated our opinions, guess the next best thing is to get on with our regularly scheduled El threado.

[magicninja]

Fair enough.

[alucard0941]

First time Iv seen a red square as a rep indication. Rubbed some people the wrong way...thats a new one.

BTW, is there list of these, I wonder what it says when you get 3 squares...

[Akira]

BTW, is there list of these, I wonder what it says when you get 3 squares...

I'm workin' on that! :p

[alucard0941]

how many points do you have, 100? Is that the 2 square mark?

[Akira]

how many points do you have, 100? Is that the 2 square mark?

100 is for two square's, yes.

Another pet peeve: a screwed up body clock that has me going to bed at stupid hours. :D

[Tekime]

Computer peeves
Popups
Web sites that make you scroll horizontally
Resolution under 1600x1200

Peeves
Glasses just out of a dishwasher
The sucking tool dentists use
Money sorted out of order

[alucard0941]

...annoying guitarists...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqQINyDOMII&mode=related&search=fade%20to%20black

[elklandercc]

...annoying guitarists...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqQINyDOMII&mode=related&search=fade%20to%20black
HAHAHAHAHA! Is that a new stage move in the making???

[ericthecableguy]

-Paul McCartney

-The stupid video that keeps playing every time i search for pickups at the sigler music center ebay store.

-People who give you crap for something that there's nothing you can do about

[Lordathestrings]

...annoying guitarists...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqQINyDOMII&mode=related&search=fade%20to%20black
LMAO!

Yeah, I've been assigned rhythm duties for a lot of guys like that.
God rot their socks! :D



Abusive bullies. It doesn't end with the schoolyard scene. The small business I work in has been taken over by one, and with the number of people looking to leave, (all of us!), I don't think it will survive the year. :(

[ericthecableguy]

...annoying guitarists...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqQINyDOMII&mode=related&search=fade%20to%20black

HaHAHA to the power of 18.

They're so terrible. IT was funny when the guy did the fake jerk with the guit though. :p

[iiholly]

I wonder if one can get a negative square reputation... maybe it'll turn into a circle or something.

I have a new pet peeve, well newly discovered... people who feel the need to lecture someone about smoking. (besides parental figures)

[jeffhx]

gold coloured visorless motorcycle helmets...those small round ones that expose your whole face...annoys my soul

[Hammurabi]

I wonder if one can get a negative square reputation
Yes, you get red squares if your reputation goes negative.

[ericthecableguy]

I have a new pet peeve, well newly discovered... people who feel the need to lecture someone about smoking. (besides parental figures)

It's OK if Americans smoke...but Canadian smokers piss me off as we're all paying their bloody health bills :mad: .

HUGE PET PEEVE: People who every tease people. It's such a useless thing and it's sick how it's cool to make other peoples lives miserable and feel like s***.

Another pet peeve: My Grandparents this week on my birthday for that matter were constantly praising my brother. He's a pumped up on protein shakes football jock. They kept saying things like "O you're so big" and during our baseball game they were going on about how good he is even though I played better . Hmmph. And seriously, the other day right in front of me, my grandma goes to my mom..."Wow, your younger son sure can wear a shirt well, eh, the younger one." RRRR.

[elklandercc]

I hate when people think a guitar is a big gun, its probably one of the most annoying things I could see a person do (other than people standing behind me eating when I'm trying to do something and thats all I can hear.) Its called an axe for a f****** reason!!!!

[Hammurabi]

I hate when people think a guitar is a big gun
I've don't think I've ever heard of anyone doing that.

Eric- have you tried beating up your brother?

[iiholly]

Desperado, thats all I'm going to say.

[elklandercc]

Desperado is one hell of an exception but heres what I mean:

http://www.craypoe.com/bob/gun_guitar1.jpg

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

hardcore christians who yell at me for cussing because I said the word "hell".

I just spent a weekend on 3 houseboats with about 75 hardcore christians, so I'm pretty much really fed up with them.

[aschleman]

Yeah... in agreeance. If I want to cuss it's my choice. If you don't want to hear it... don't be around me. I understand the whole respect aspect of not saying certain things around certain people in certain environments... But if I'm at a bar... with a beer in my hand... don't tell me what I can't say. In fact... don't speak to me at all. Just leave... I want to get drunk, not get lectured. DUH

[ericthecableguy]

hardcore christians who yell at me for cussing because I said the word "hell".

I just spent a weekend on 3 houseboats with about 75 hardcore christians, so I'm pretty much really fed up with them.

HA, I accidentaly said "hell ya" to a pastor once. :D

Have you tried beating up your brother?

I've got nothing to prove to anyone. :cool:

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

HA, I accidentaly said "hell ya" to a pastor once. :D
yeah, the pastor yelled at my group for cussing too... except we weren't. We were washing our hair in lake water, and someone said "you have to let the conditioner 'absorbate'" someone else pointed out that that wasn't a word, but mentioned it sounded like 'masturbate' so we were talking about masturbation but using the word 'absorbation' and our pastor yelled me and my friend (the only seniors of the group) for cussing, especially around the 'younger students' *cough* freshmen *cough*

[PRSplaya]

pet peeve.... people who don't give a **** about forum rules, and never bother to read important sticky's :mad:

[ericthecableguy]

pet peeve.... people who don't give a **** about forum rules, and never bother to read important sticky's :mad:

Wow..you didn't mean me did you?

Ha, was just listening to George Carlin...
"I don't have pet peeves...I have major psycotic f***in' hatreds!"

[magicninja]

Yeah, George Carlin is almost like a God to me. :cool:

[elklandercc]

Had to bring back this old thread.


When people mees with your ****. My buddie came over earlier and he was on my computer. So he felt it was his obligation (without me knowing) to change my background picesure. I had this nice mellow picture of a lake at dusk with a crescent moon. This really irritates the hell out of me, cause he's done it before. Every time he gets on there he feels the need to reorganize my music files or some **** like that. Its my commputer dammit, I don't have it setup to accomodate you.


Sorry, ahd to let that rant out. Now I'm off to find that picture again since it wasn't saved on my computer and I forget where I got it from.

[Lordathestrings]

I'm wondering how it is that you allowed this dip**** to have this kind of access to your 'puter. Especially since he has previously shown no regard for your personal preferences. WAKE UP!! :mad:

[hunter60]

Had to bring back this old thread.


When people mees with your ****. My buddie came over earlier and he was on my computer. So he felt it was his obligation (without me knowing) to change my background picesure. I had this nice mellow picture of a lake at dusk with a crescent moon. This really irritates the hell out of me, cause he's done it before. Every time he gets on there he feels the need to reorganize my music files or some **** like that. Its my commputer dammit, I don't have it setup to accomodate you.


Sorry, ahd to let that rant out. Now I'm off to find that picture again since it wasn't saved on my computer and I forget where I got it from.


Just break a couple of his fingers. He won't do it again.

[ren]

Break all of 'em... just to be sure...

Like LATS said, don't let him on it man... or if you can - create him his own login and don't give him access to your stuff. You could stop him changing settings in his own login.

I like the violent option, but the second idea takes it away for good, and costs you 5 minutes...

[aschleman]

Hm... well, in my group of friends here's what would happen... and I'm not joking.

My friend gets on my computer and changes my stuff the first time: I tell him not to do it ever again or he's getting lit on fire...

My friend changes my stuff on my computer again: I get a spray bottle and fill it with lighter fluid and a lighter to for a make-shift flame thrower... then I "throw" flames at the back of his head...

Either that or I would shoot him in the feet with an airsoft gun while he's sleeping.... both are acceptable forms of punishment for being a douche bag in my circle of friends.

[ericthecableguy]

New peeve: People who ask me about what I want to do with my life/ ask about university// pressure me about that s***. Bah!

[hunter60]

New peeve: People who ask me about what I want to do with my life/ ask about university// pressure me about that s***. Bah!


Dude, get used to it. They'll be pestering you for years to come....

[aschleman]

Yeah man... you better get use to that because it doesn't stop when you're a senoir in high school. You've got the many Thanksgiving and Christmas break trips back home to look forward to... When you see people you haven't seen since high school and you're forced to have the awkward "How are you, how's school?" conversation. So yeah, better get use to that one... it's only just begun!! haha.

[elklandercc]

I'm wondering how it is that you allowed this dip**** to have this kind of access to your 'puter. Especially since he has previously shown no regard for your personal preferences. WAKE UP!! :mad:

Well, I share the computer with my 2 brothers, so I have it set to automatically login to the adminstrator. Its not like you have to go through lots of menus, just a right then left click to change the background. What really ticked me off that it was some bands album art that was bright and eye peircing. I just like a good ole mellow picture of dark scenery that doesn't have words on it.




IMO, we all know/knew what we wanted to do the rest of our lives, we just have to think of the most logical route to take according to where were at now.

[DAMAGED ONE]

New peeve: When I spend two days writing a song bring it to the guys in the band and right away they want to start changing my lyrics WTF and they dont write crap.

[ren]

...IMO, we all know/knew what we wanted to do the rest of our lives, we just have to think of the most logical route to take according to where were at now.

You may be right, I always knew I wanted to play guitar for a living - it just took a long time for me to feel confident enough to say it out loud.

I'm now 30, and my parents are still waiting for me to grow up and 'do something with my life'... :rolleyes: They may be waiting sometime unless they one day figure out that I am already...

Just tell 'em you want to be a doctor/lawyer/accountant/something that shuts them up freeing your time to figure it out for real...

[jeffhx]

ive got a new one

goddamn irresponsible drunk friends who cant straighten out themselves in life and choose to dwell on stupid things instead, causing a series of inconveniences for other people

:mad: :mad:

[hunter60]

ive got a new one

goddamn irresponsible drunk friends who cant straighten out themselves in life and choose to dwell on stupid things instead, causing a series of inconveniences for other people

:mad: :mad:


You have to accept the fact that some people mature slower than others and some never mature at all. It's tough but you almost have to develop a keen sense of detachment in certain situations and a finely honed sense of the absurd to get through this life. :)

[z0s0_jp]

New peeve: When I spend two days writing a song bring it to the guys in the band and right away they want to start changing my lyrics WTF and they dont write crap.
are their lyrics better?? give us an example...

[DAMAGED ONE]

are their lyrics better?? give us an example...They dont write they just want to change around mine

Here is some of what I write.

Always running in your mind / Never want to be left behind
Let the bullets of fear fly / Just around your corner of your time
The empty rooms ring your heavy breath / As the cold travels down your neck
Sounds you hear are not of this life / Suck you in like a sacrifice

[aschleman]

Every time I've ever written songs with a group of people or even one person... I've been pretty willing to compromise the lyrics of a song that I write for the sake of the group project... Unless the suggestions that they've offered up are horrible, then I'll just let them know that they're an idiot and we would move along with the writing process.

In a band situation though I think a lot of times other band members will offer up ideas just to seem like they're "doing their part". I understand it can be frustrating to have others want to change your lyrics up... but that's just something that comes with being in a band. You wouldn't want to play a song that you weren't content with just like they wouldn't want to play a song that they're not content with. The best thing to do is to address the issue as a group. Tell them that it bothers you and get it out... It's never good to hold stuff like that in and let it come to a boil. Let them know how you feel and maybe they'll be more likely to think twice about their lyric critiques and changes before they suggest them... rahter than just throwing everything out there.

A band writing process is a lot different than a solo writing process though... It's a lot less productive unless you really click with the other people... and in that case you rarely disagree heavily on lyrics...

I hate it when people offer up stupid ideas though... that's the worse. If you're going to change my lyrics, try not to change it to something gay

[earthman buck]

New peeve: People who ask me about what I want to do with my life/ ask about university// pressure me about that s***. Bah!
Oh man, I hear that one 110%.

I was gonna resurrect this thread the other day because I had a new one, but now I can't remember it.

Hmm....maybe it was memory loss.

[DAMAGED ONE]

Every time I've ever written songs with a group of people or even one person... I've been pretty willing to compromise the lyrics of a song that I write for the sake of the group project... Unless the suggestions that they've offered up are horrible, then I'll just let them know that they're an idiot and we would move along with the writing process.

In a band situation though I think a lot of times other band members will offer up ideas just to seem like they're "doing their part". I understand it can be frustrating to have others want to change your lyrics up... but that's just something that comes with being in a band. You wouldn't want to play a song that you weren't content with just like they wouldn't want to play a song that they're not content with. The best thing to do is to address the issue as a group. Tell them that it bothers you and get it out... It's never good to hold stuff like that in and let it come to a boil. Let them know how you feel and maybe they'll be more likely to think twice about their lyric critiques and changes before they suggest them... rahter than just throwing everything out there.

A band writing process is a lot different than a solo writing process though... It's a lot less productive unless you really click with the other people... and in that case you rarely disagree heavily on lyrics...

I hate it when people offer up stupid ideas though... that's the worse. If you're going to change my lyrics, try not to change it to something gayYou are right I guess Im being Selfish and stuborn, I try to work on opening up to suggestions Just as long as the song is good when it's done, That all that matter's.

[aschleman]

You are right I guess Im being Selfish and stuborn, I try to work on opening up to suggestions Just as long as the song is good when it's done, That all that matter's.

I wasn't directly calling you stubborn or selfish... haha, but yeah, being open is pretty important in a band atmosphere.

I think in art and in music it's important to be a little selfish and stubborn about your own works... It's your work after all.

[acapella]

I have one, I have one. It really annoys me how these kids at my school have never really done anything in their lives, but think that they're "badass." Because they smoke, get drunk and puke, and claim to know how to fight. I don't believe I'm exaggerating when I say that I could kill them all with my bare hands. And if they went to school in the city, they'd all be slaughtered in a week. One of them is literally so stupid, he thought it was funny to rub a computer mouse on his hand and watch the mouse pointer move on the screen. Laughed out loud! Oh, the stories I could tell. But yeah. I do not like them. :mad:

[grizzlymint]

Kind of building off others ideas....

These teenagers who pretend that their lives revolve around smoking weed and drinking booze, and getting absolutely tanked. Then they always seem to have a digital camera at this party where they take stupid pictures of eachother while drunk. Never fails, cameras are always there, like its some kind of epic event that can't be forgot. "Yeah, I drank myself to oblivion and puked for a day! And I"VE GOT PICS!!!!" Yippee.

I don't know why this bothers me so much. I've really strove for staying away from any stereotype tied into the American teenager for the past 6 years of my life. In general, its a pretty lame crowd. Many can't think for themselves so they resort to such things. Even in college, I see the same thing. They do it because they think its normal.

Silly ****. Boggles my mind and pisses me off.

[R. Shackleferd]

This thread goes back a ways, so I can't say if this has been raised before or not, but when they use 555 in phone #'s in movies or tv shows. Especially dramas/thrillers that are supposed to be more serious, it totally blows my suspension of disbelief for the moment. Happens on "24" all the time.

I know they supposedly have to do that so the 'tards that see a real # won't go, "huh huh, I'm gonna call that #...it'll be funny." But here's an idea (insert lightbulb smiley here)...set up a real # that answers with some lame recorded commercial. They might even make money by selling the "spots" for the right of sponsors' #'s getting used in their show.

[elklandercc]

Kind of building off others ideas....

These teenagers who pretend that their lives revolve around smoking weed and drinking booze, and getting absolutely tanked. Then they always seem to have a digital camera at this party where they take stupid pictures of eachother while drunk. Never fails, cameras are always there, like its some kind of epic event that can't be forgot. "Yeah, I drank myself to oblivion and puked for a day! And I"VE GOT PICS!!!!" Yippee.

I don't know why this bothers me so much. I've really strove for staying away from any stereotype tied into the American teenager for the past 6 years of my life. In general, its a pretty lame crowd. Many can't think for themselves so they resort to such things. Even in college, I see the same thing. They do it because they think its normal.

Silly ****. Boggles my mind and pisses me off.

Yet, they get all the chicks. :(

[ericthecableguy]

Like acapella and grizzly said...I hate those people too.

I especially hate people that use drugs as an excuse to be dumbasses. 'Stoners' if i may. They are naturally retarded and go around acting (or being) stoned all the time to cover it up. ARRGGG!!!! I definately don't condone drugz or anything, but i know plenty of smart and intelligent people who partake, and haven't become retarded.

[jeffhx]

One of them is literally so stupid, he thought it was funny to rub a computer mouse on his hand and watch the mouse pointer move on the screen.

he deserves to be eaten or gnawed on by a beaver

[grizzlymint]

Yet, they get all the chicks. :(

The way I see it, the chicks that are stupid enough to be impressed by these people weren't worth my time anyways.

[iiholly]

Well, I think you guys are being silly really. Nothing is wrong with taking pictures while getting hammered with friends, and laughing at how stupid you were acting and what not. Pictures are for memories no matter what one chooses there memories be.

I still hate pretentious people since we're on the topic of pet peeves.

[grizzlymint]

Y'know, if they were doing silly things in those pics, it may be funny. But usually they're just making a point of having a drink in their hand and hugging some other person. I fail to see the humor in that somehow... Now if somebody is stark naked, on fire, and is being chased by a hurd of stampeding gazelle with a beer in their hand....now THATS funny.

[jeffhx]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/jeffhx/busheatingcat.jpg

[grizzlymint]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/jeffhx/busheatingcat.jpg

........I don't use this acronym often, but LOL. My computer took like 20 seconds to load that, so I was left sitting here wondering what it could be. Very good sir.

[earthman buck]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/jeffhx/busheatingcat.jpg
Don't you DARE yeppify the pet-peeves thread.

I will forgive you this time for making me laugh.

[ren]

I can't stand people who can't see the flaws in their own arguments, even when presented with them, to the point that they are essentially just ignoring everything you say and blindly carrying on. It seems worse that I was actually asked for my opinion - it seems he didn't want it afterall.

Obviously this is based on experience. The only thing worse was, the guy offered that 'we can always discuss it outside...' thing - and when I accepted, he suddenly lost confidence and hasn't spoken since... loser - seriously, dont threaten violence if you're not going to carry it through.

Whether it's valid or not I don't know, but to say I'm 'peeved' would be an understatement....

[hunter60]

I can't stand people who can't see the flaws in their own arguments, even when presented with them, to the point that they are essentially just ignoring everything you say and blindly carrying on. It seems worse that I was actually asked for my opinion - it seems he didn't want it afterall.

Obviously this is based on experience. The only thing worse was, the guy offered that 'we can always discuss it outside...' thing - and when I accepted, he suddenly lost confidence and hasn't spoken since... loser - seriously, dont threaten violence if you're not going to carry it through.

Whether it's valid or not I don't know, but to say I'm 'peeved' would be an understatement....


Dude, I have always found that the guy who wants to discuss things 'outside' is usually a chickensh*t who never expects anyone to accept. And you're right; most people talk to hear themselves make noise out of that hole in front of their heads. They don't care about your opinion. Like I always say, the most important skill that you can ever learn is how to listen. That will take you farther than anything else.

On the plus side, every time you see that guy just make a quick and sudden move towards him and watch him flinch. I love doing that. If you do it enough times, you turn that into a nice, Pavlovian response. Every time he sees you coming, he'll flinch. Maybe you can get him to scream and run away.... :D

[z0s0_jp]

I have one, I have one. It really annoys me how these kids at my school have never really done anything in their lives, but think that they're "badass." Because they smoke, get drunk and puke, and claim to know how to fight. I don't believe I'm exaggerating when I say that I could kill them all with my bare hands. And if they went to school in the city, they'd all be slaughtered in a week. One of them is literally so stupid, he thought it was funny to rub a computer mouse on his hand and watch the mouse pointer move on the screen. Laughed out loud! Oh, the stories I could tell. But yeah. I do not like them. :mad:
YEP :D
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/scleppe/images-2.jpg

[ericthecableguy]

Y'know, if they were doing silly things in those pics, it may be funny. But usually they're just making a point of having a drink in their hand and hugging some other person. I fail to see the humor in that somehow...

Everytime i see myself in one of those pics, I'm always like-damn...I look like I've been run over by a train.

Pet Peeve- The retards who play fergie and greenday everyday on the school pa before class. :mad:

[earthman buck]

I can't stand people who can't see the flaws in their own arguments.

Whether it's valid or not I don't know, but to say I'm 'peeved' would be an understatement....
coughcoughmydadcough.

That's valid, my friend. That kinda thing is way up there on my peeves list as well.

[Kevin Taylor]

coughcoughmydadcough.


oh man... I've got a whole page of Dad pet peeves that used to drive me nuts.
Like not letting us use the new fireplace because he didn't want to get it dirty.
He also didn't want to ruin the new windows with an air conditioner so he put the air conditioner in the fireplace instead http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/smileys/boggled.gif

[elklandercc]

Retards who are obnoxiously loud at diners or some small restuarant chanis. I just want to stand up and say STFU! People are trying to relax and eat ***holes. A few months ago a group of went to a diner for dinner (i didn't know 5 out of the 10 people) and they were all being loud with the exception of me and one of my friends. Then they started with the tossing of things back and fourth (we had two booths.) Me and my friend were gonna move to another table but there were none. I felt like the immature ***hole that the people there probably thought of us as.


oh man... I've got a whole page of Dad pet peeves that used to drive me nuts.
Like not letting us use the new fireplace because he didn't want to get it dirty.
He also didn't want to ruin the new windows with an air conditioner so he put the air conditioner in the fireplace instead http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/smileys/boggled.gif


My dad bitches constantly that he doesn't want things in plain site, "I don't want the neighbors knowing what were doing!" (he owns his own cinstruction co so theres always equipment and trucks here that meed fixing or just parked.) But the other day he bought a house trailer (so he wont have to pay for a motel when he stays overnight in MD) and its been sitting in the drive way for a few days. I just want to slap him upside the head and be like, "WTF do you call that!"

[earthman buck]

oh man... I've got a whole page of Dad pet peeves that used to drive me nuts.
Like not letting us use the new fireplace because he didn't want to get it dirty.
He also didn't want to ruin the new windows with an air conditioner so he put the air conditioner in the fireplace instead http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/smileys/boggled.gif
I've got a bunch about my dad too. Like how he gets really angry when he watches curling on TV. Curling!

[jt419oh]

Hair on a bar of soap.

[grizzlymint]

I've got a bunch about my dad too. Like how he gets really angry when he watches curling on TV. Curling!

Hey man, curling can get pretty intense. Back in '81 in the St. Olive national championships, my dad got his leg ripped off by a timber wolf while sweeping. Well, one thing lead to another and the authorities found out the opposing team from Greece had paid that timber wolf off to take out my father. His leg grew back, but the memories still remain. :(

[hunter60]

Hey man, curling can get pretty intense. Back in '81 in the St. Olive national championships, my dad got his leg ripped off by a timber wolf while sweeping. Well, one thing lead to another and the authorities found out the opposing team from Greece had paid that timber wolf off to take out my father. His leg grew back, but the memories still remain. :(


What a tragic tale! Reminds me the tainted hot dog scandal from the 1995 Competitive Eating Competition at Nathans in New York. Horrible. I still have nightmares. I was covering the match for Porcine Monthly as fodder for my column 'Hey Lard-o'. Once the Salmnoella set in, there was complete madness. Chunks of hot dogs and bits of bread flying, people diving under tables. And the screaming. The horrible, horrible screaming....

[grizzlymint]

Thats truly a sad tale hunter. I had no idea that was you. I was that elusive Ted Danson lookalike that was such a big hit there, I'm sure you remember me. I feel for ya though man. The same thing happened to me in the '84 maple smoked bacon eating contest...I shan't say what became of me, but with a little Googling, you'l find out.

[grizzlymint]

New One: Skipping Cd's

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ericthecableguy]

New One: Skipping Cd's

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Skipping cds...dvds....Movies with jumpy picture...BAd radio reception...AARRGGG!!!!

...on the bright side-I'm sure you don't have as much of a problem with this as you did before...

[earthman buck]

Skipping cds...dvds....Movies with jumpy picture...BAd radio reception...AARRGGG!!!!
That's a HUGE peeve for me: when machines that are programmed to do certain things refuse to do those things.

Like if I'm on my computer and I say "Computer! Open a new Internet window!" and it just shuts down, that pisses me off.

On the other hand, computers are complex devices that have many functions. It is much more angering when something like a DVD player (whose only function is to play DVDs) refuses to work.

"DVD player! Play this DVD!"
"I will not, sir!"
"You must!"
"Very well. I will play the video, but with no sound!"
*head explodes due to rage*

Also, I would like to share another Dad-peeve.

My Dad has this habit of shaking his head at everything he sees on TV. This headshaking can mean anything from disapproval to enjoyment, and you never know which it is.

Sometimes I just want to grab him by his ears and shake his head vigorously, shouting "WHAT IS YOUR MOTHER****ING PROBLEM?!?!?!?!"

[grizzlymint]

Skipping cds...dvds....Movies with jumpy picture...BAd radio reception...AARRGGG!!!!

...on the bright side-I'm sure you don't have as much of a problem with this as you did before...

Oh screw you man.

[hunter60]

That's a HUGE peeve for me: when machines that are programmed to do certain things refuse to do those things.

Like if I'm on my computer and I say "Computer! Open a new Internet window!" and it just shuts down, that pisses me off.

On the other hand, computers are complex devices that have many functions. It is much more angering when something like a DVD player (whose only function is to play DVDs) refuses to work.

"DVD player! Play this DVD!"
"I will not, sir!"
"You must!"
"Very well. I will play the video, but with no sound!"
*head explodes due to rage*

Also, I would like to share another Dad-peeve.

My Dad has this habit of shaking his head at everything he sees on TV. This headshaking can mean anything from disapproval to enjoyment, and you never know which it is.

Sometimes I just want to grab him by his ears and shake his head vigorously, shouting "WHAT IS YOUR MOTHER****ING PROBLEM?!?!?!?!"


Uh oh, I do the head shake thing too! Must be an older guy thing. :D

[ren]

New Peeve:

Being ill all weekend, but just knowing you'll be well enough to work in the morning.... (uuuuurgh)

[ericthecableguy]

Oh screw you man.
I love you too grizzly :cool: .

[earthman buck]

New Dad-peeve:

How he tries to explain things I already know to me.

Today he was talking about poker chip for some reason, and I couldn't quite hear what he was talking about, so I said "What?"

He said "A poker chip." When I nodded and said "Ah," he decided to go ahead and tell me what a poker chip is and how it works. I was like, "Frick man, I know how a goddamn poker chip works. It's really not that difficult a concept."

He kept going.



One of these days I'm gonna take 'im out back and finish 'im off.

[R. Shackleferd]

Status/progress bars. Y'know, those bars that fill up when downloading, installing, or for whatever reason have to wait on the computer. There's several reasons for this:
It might load to 83% fairly quickly...then take it's sweet ass time.
The bar gets totally full to 100% Yea! But wait, there's more. Here's another empty bar to replace it.
Granted, sometimes they have 2 bars...the top one being the sub-folders and bottom being the "main" one. But don't count on that one being the only one either...it often gets renewed with another "main" progress bar just as easily, further increasing disappointment and impatience.

Oh well...they don't anger me. Just a peeve. Guess they're still better than an hourglass!

[hunter60]

One of these days I'm gonna take 'im out back and finish 'im off.


Careful. I'll tell you what my old man always told me. "I may have taught you everything you know, but I didn't teach you everything I know..." He would say that every time it looked like we were getting ready to start smacking each other. :o

[iiholly]

Careful. I'll tell you what my old man always told me. "I may have taught you everything you know, but I didn't teach you everything I know..." He would say that every time it looked like we were getting ready to start smacking each other. :o

I love that saying, I want to adopt a kid for a day just so I can say that.


My dad stutters like a mad man on the phone. It drives me crazy. He used to stutter as a kid, and went to classes to correct it. Apparently anti-depressants and alcohol incorrected it. I don't see how he gets any customers, because a good deal of his job (he has a small business as a stone mason) is talking to customers on the phone. I've also heard him cus out a good many customers. In fact, he called and threatened a guy the other day, because the guy has been ducking out of paying my dad 7500 dollars. We're taking them to court and my uncle is a lawyer and is helping and what not. I feel sorry for my uncle, because my dad is going to mess it up. That went into a rant.

And my mom chews really loud.... and by loud I mean I've heard cows that eat quieter.

That is all.

[elklandercc]

And my mom chews really loud.... and by loud I mean I've heard cows that eat quieter.

That is all.
Thats enough for me to kill someone, I really hate that.

[Julian Vickers]

Status/progress bars. Y'know, those bars that fill up when downloading, installing, or for whatever reason have to wait on the computer. There's several reasons for this:
It might load to 83% fairly quickly...then take it's sweet ass time.
The bar gets totally full to 100% Yea! But wait, there's more. Here's another empty bar to replace it.
Granted, sometimes they have 2 bars...the top one being the sub-folders and bottom being the "main" one. But don't count on that one being the only one either...it often gets renewed with another "main" progress bar just as easily, further increasing disappointment and impatience.

Oh well...they don't anger me. Just a peeve. Guess they're still better than an hourglass!

In my computer science class I remember programming a little program that was just a loading bar which went so slow it took almost FOREVER to complete. In fact, at certain points the bar would start to go the other way for a minute or so. When the bar finally finished a message would pop up saying "Please insert Disc 2"

[ericthecableguy]

People that explain entire movie plots to you.

I told my bud on the bus that i saw 300 this weekend. He told me he saw two movies. I made the mistake of asking about them.

He literally spent 25 minutes non stop dryly explaining the plots of two stupid films. bah

[earthman buck]

If we're going out somewhere and there's a hockey game on, my dad makes me find a blank tape and put it in so he doesn't have to miss any of it. Then on the way there and back, he'll listen to the game on the radio, much to the dismay of the rest of us. When we get back home, he won't watch the tape anyway.

[Kevin Taylor]

I just thought of another Dad one that drives me nuts.
Small appliances.

Like, with me..if I buy something like a sandwich maker or a toaster, I kinda consider it disposable and something you leave out so you can use it. It's like, you use it every day, so you leave it plugged in and on the counter.
When it gets too crusty, you toss it out and buy a new one.

I'm watching my dad just use his meat slicer today.
First... he has to get it out of the closet where it's kept in the original box and plastic wrapping. Then he has to unwrap the whole thing and assemble it.
He slices 3 pieces of salami for one sandwich.

He thoroughly cleans the whole machine with a dishcloth and then some paper towels.
Disassembles it again.
Wraps it back in the plastic wrapping, then back into the original box.
Then back into the closet under where the towels are kept.

Then there's the whole deal with using a plate and knife and washing and drying them afterwards and puttin them back in the cupboard.

Total time to make one sandwich, eat it and clean up about 1/2 hour.

For me it's like... slice the meat, grab a piece of printer paper to use for a plate.
Cut the sandwich in half using a popsicle stick or whatever's handy.
Wipe off the slicer with a bit of kleenex, then throw the kleenex, the popsicle stick and the temporary printer paper/plate into the fireplace.

Total time to make one sandwich & eat it... about 3 minutes
Total cleanup time... zero. Plus I get a nice warm fire to eat by.

[earthman buck]

Total time to make one sandwich, eat it and clean up about 1/2 hour.
That's about how long it took me to make my sandwiches when I started working at the turkey place. The mustard had to be evenly distributed, and the meat had to be symmetrical, dammit.

I'm glad it's possible for one to grow out of OCD. :)

[hunter60]

I'm glad it's possible for one to grow out of OCD. :)


For some maybe ... aw dang it. How many letters is that again? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ...

[Leedogg]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I just thought of another one. Read Receipts on emails. There's this new guy at work who always sends out a read receipt with every email he sends and it's annoying as balls!

[Kevin Taylor]

TV shows with foreign actors who don't speak english, forcing you to read subtitles.
If I wanted to read, I'd pick up a book.

[DAMAGED ONE]

Drunks hanging all over you. Step off Dork!!

[PonyOne]

People who pull off really brazen maneuvers in traffic - cutting you off with inches to spare, making a right (or left) onto a street right in front of you or other motorists with woefully inadequate space, launching off the line to get in front of you or trying to cut you off from the shoulder... then getting in front of you, and proceeding to drive like a confused 80-year old woman, ten miles an hour under the speed limit.

Granted, thanks to the 262 cams, chip, intake, and ignition in my car, not too many people get in front of me off the line if I don't want them too ;) But man is that freakin' annoying.