Friday, January 2, 2015

Deep Thoughts

What is your biggest pet peeve?

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  1. Ummmm, there really are too many to mention. I generally am easily annoyed. I have a mean case of misophonia. It's recommended that if I am eating with others we have a radio on or something to drown out the sounds of food smacking. Honestly the rage I feel at times is similar to the Hulk.

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    1. Oh god, me too. Eating noises are so bad, same with gum chewing/smacking. And my husband's nose whistle ranks right up there for me. Hulk mad.

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    2. Yes! Drives me crazy when people chew loudly, bubblegum popping, that first bite of a crunchy food with the mouth open, uuuuuurgh!!!!!
      Taking air in when they are going to drink, why suck in air as something is about to enter the mouth?

      Another one: reading a book on top while eating, on top of chewing loudly with your mouth open. Pay attention to the food going into your mouth and to the people sitting with you!!!!!

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    3. Right there with you, my friend. Love my boyfriend but sometimes he'll come sit next to me while he is eating yogurt or cereal and I want to scream.

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    4. @phranco, Mr. Runs is not allowed to eat cereal around me, or he'll end up divorced with zeros in his bank account. He eats cereal before I wake up.

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    6. Sorry had to delete -
      Food noises send me over the edge - I'm a pretty chill person - except for bad table manners. Maybe because my mom would stab me in the hand with her fork when I was a young? I stopped going to the movies years ago - the popcorn munching drove me insane. Then they brought in nachos - that was the end for me. I'm glad I'm not alone, sometimes I think I need to see a shrink over it......

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  2. Because really, in my heart of hearts I truly believe all the good hearted, kind, decent men on earth are married and all that's left and assholes....does that qualify as a pet peeve?

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  3. I have a million of them, but number one on the list at the moment is people who don't pay attention while driving. You're driving a car; get off the phone! Look both ways before turning!

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    1. Yes! As someone who was hit by a town car in the middle of a crosswalk with a white pedestrian light, I fully second this.

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  4. Oh, Jessi, I feel you. Rude and thoughtless people tops my list and that generally covers it all - bad drivers, people who blare their music, bullies, people who go on political rants when you ask how they're doing, bigots/racists/abusers, anyone who mistreats the elderly/kids/pets, etc.

    My other pet peeve is archaic laws, like how marijuana is legal in some states but is federally illegal, or how some states have weird laws where you can't buy beer on a Sunday or champagne before 10AM (DUDE!). I was reading yesterday about some new laws coming into effect Jan 1 and one was a state that was finally going to allow wine to be delivered to customers' homes (like wine clubs). Like kids all over Missouri prior to Jan 1 were trying to sign up for wine clubs left and right.

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    1. I may be wrong, so don't hate me if I am, but I recently read that tucked into that last set of laws and what not Congress passed; they made medical marijuana legal federally. I'll go Google, but I'm almost positive because my husband was ready to throw a party.

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  5. Seven, I live in a state of no alcohol on Sunday's and no deliverable alcohol. The struggle is real!

    I get so annoyed when people use "picts" "pix" or "pixs" I can barely handle responding to them. How can you abbreviate a word you can't pronounce? I was wondering how much you charge to take Picts?! What?! What is that. Or, you take really good pixs! What's a pixs? Is it a fancy spelling of piss? Who knows.

    And smoking in the car with kids. Seriously. I want to punch people in the face who do this.

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    1. Krystie in CA that's illegal. Then again it's also illegal to smoke PERIOD in my town. Sadly I am a smoker so I break that law. I do not think you should smoke in the car with ANY non-smokers least of all kids.

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    2. Sounds like you are a rebel without a cause ;) But I agree you shouldn't smoke in a car with nonsmokers. I think it's a generational thing, I know people my age who smoke, and they would never light up in their own vehicle. But people my parents age feel like it's their right and you are infringing on their freedom if you ask them to stop. So annoying.

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    3. I alternate the word pix with photo but my sis is a photographer and both words gets used frequently in email conversations. I'm not on Twitter or someplace like that, talking about my bitchin pix.

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  6. Apparently I have a lot to talk about in this section, I also can't stand people who go the gym to stand there in clusters and chit chat, get the hell out of my way and go for coffee or go catch up in the locker room for all I care but I go to the gym to work out, not to stand by the machine in 15lbs of make up and bat my eyelashes, k? K.

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  7. Top buttons being buttoned on a shirt with a collar!

    (Only exeption is if a tie is being worn. Otherwise, leave the top button unbuttoned! That shit is NOT cute! Besides, doesn't that make you feel claustrophobic? Just me?)

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    1. ... also not a fan of long hair on the fellas.

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    2. Men with long fingernails,guaranteed to make me recoil in horror

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    3. Men with beards! Including those ridiculous little tufts of hair above the lip or under the chin. #BeardyWeirdies

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  8. This is kind of stupid but when I fill up the tank and the price of gas drops the next day, I get unreasonably pissed off.

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  9. Generally, inconsiderate behaviour.
    1) Using a seat on public transit for your bags.
    2) people who try to get on the subway when people are still exiting. Or stand there and kind of block the doors instead of moving to side.
    3) talking during a movie
    4) Jessi, I'm with you on the loud eating. Poor table manners pisses me off too. Sticking your entire finger in your mouth to suck/lick sauce off it - then moving on to the next one etc. I have ended friendships over this. If I am too grossed out or embarrassed to break bread with you in public, forget it. We're done.

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    1. I was a dinner party not too long ago. The hostess brought out the dessert which was a cake. After every slice she put on a plate, she would lick her fingers and then slice another piece. No one else in the room noticed this, I politely declined the dessert and then talked mad shit after. People were disgusted and also mad that I didn't say anything. I unfortunately didn't know the hostess well enough and didn't want to be fully rude by telling people not to eat her dessert. Shrug, stuck between a rock and a hard place on that one.

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    2. Ohhhhh, I feel ill. Honestly, what the eff is wrong with people? Yes, you were in an awkward position. The last time I was in that position, I offered to get the hostess a spatula to help with serving the cake so she didn't get her hands dirty. She declined.

      I guy I *used* to know put lotion on his feet. Then five minutes later, broke the last cookie in half and offered to me. He was serious. I gently called him out on it, but he kept doing similar shit. I ended the friendship. I didn't even want to use his towels after washing my hands.

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    3. Omg! I am dying over here with the cookie story. Gross and yet hilarious!! Lol, yes I would have ended that friendship as well.

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    4. And then, afterwards, it's so disgusting to look at the glass and utensils such person used, full of greasy fingerprints and food stuck in them.
      I sort of get it if the meal was finger foods, but if it's a sit down meal, there's no excuse to use your fingers, don't push food into your fork with your fingers, and then cut the middle man(fork) by grabbing the food and putting it in your mouth with your fingers.

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    5. You all are giving me HIVES!

      When I was a teenager, I housesat for a family I knew. They were very clean, very nice, no skeletons in the closet or vibes falling out of random drawers (not that I looked, haha). But my second night there, I opened the microwave and nearly fainted. The top of the microwave looked like a science experiment gone wrong. They were tall people and never saw (or apparently cleaned) the top of the microwave. I cleaned that sucker until it sparkled because no freaking way was any of that crud dripping into my soup!

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    6. Licking your knife. Or plate. I was at a restaurant with several people and a university professor picked up his plate and licked it clean. It was the first time I had met him and I was freaked out. Someone else made a joke about how he really enjoys his food. His wife, a doctor, was used to it and didn't care. I was embarrassed for both of them.

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    7. Hahahaha @7! Did the same at my sister in law's, she was so upset I cleaned it!!!!!
      Can you believe it! She was upset I cleaned out her microwave!!!

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    8. Mr. B refuses to eat birthday cake if someone has blown out candles on it. He assumes the cake is covered in spit.

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  10. People using the word literally incorrectly,it literally makes steam come out of my ears

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    1. I caught some of that stupid show about LA's richest rich kids on E!, and one girl said, "The world is literally our oyster." Ugh.

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    2. I fucking hate when someone says irregardless!!! I used to work with a dude that said that all the time. I wanted to karate chop him in the neck everytime!!!

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  11. Any grammatical misuse, oral or written irks he hell out of me. Like when i saw a sign "on sail", or quotes applied for no reason- " featuring out "special" bread"- really? Who said that. Another one is " so he goes-" im pretty sure he didnt go anywhere, but he may have SAID something. Yeah instead of yes is another peeve. I could care less when you clearly mean you could NOT care less. Rude salespeople who se to hate their job and the world. You dont like your job? Fine, i get it. Then quit, but dont make my life miserable wHen i ask you a work related question. Another peeve is when people showcase their ignorance, loke its something to be proud of. " I havent read a book since high school!" " is rome a country in europe?" " whats a zip code?" I dont keep up with current events or vote!" All of these i have heard! It isnt a point of pride that you are an idiot, so knock it off.

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    1. And im not talking about using i for you on electronic media, i gots no problem with that.

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    2. My boss had an absolute shit fit when I suggested italicizing a few words instead of using quote marks. Both uses were incorrect, but I was trying to go with the lesser evil. The press release went out with the quote marks. Glad her name was on it, not mine.

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    3. Or using vague terms, come on people! Everything has a word or name given, use it! Like parents telling their boys: -"stop touching your peepee", it's a penis! Use it! Teach it! It's a body part! Nothing wrong with that!
      -"Look at the woof woof, isn't it cute?" It's a dog, a dog!

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    4. Oh yeah, I HATE that too!

      People who say "I should of' (instead of "I should have") seem to make me especially stabbyl

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    5. *stabby - not stabbyl

      @Runswithscissors - I'm embarrassed to say I know a couple who talk like that constantly - he was telling her the other day that he'd catch the 'choo choo train' home as he was working late. Good grief.

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  12. 1. Smoking.
    2. Gum smacking, especially on long flights.
    3. Slurping coffee or tea while trying to look intellectual.

    But I hate people, so . . .

    By the way, anyone think it is rude when the person in front of you reclines their airplane seat? I do it all the time and never thought twice until that internet explosion about how upset people get.

    I'm going to keep putting my seat in recline, but at least I notice I am (maybe) being rude.

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    1. Well, if you turn your head, as if trying to see the person behind you, and then recline half way first, wait briefly and then recline all the way, it's almost as if you were asking for permission and you were trying to be courteous. You give the person behind you the time to realize that you are a man and are short of space infront of you, then it's ok.
      But if you recline right off the bat in a fast forceful way, it's almost as putting your ass in their face.

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    2. Runs and cobe- i never recline my seat because i hate it done to me. Like we dont have little enough room as it is! If I want your head in my lap, I'll let you know! Lol

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    3. I don't recline my seat either auntliddy, and I really appreciate your thoughtfulness in your posts here. I've learned something new: keep your opinion to yourself only to be considerate of other people's goodtimes.
      When people find out I lived abroad they always tell me how they think it is awesome to live there (wherever it is) I just agree to their ideas, who am I to burst their bubble and ruin their fantasy? They always leave satisfied that it's just as they imagined it.

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    4. I only ever recline my seat if I know nobody is seated behind me.

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  13. Vague booking is like when someone goes on FB or Twitter and posts something completely vague like "Having the worst day of my life!" or "the pain is so bad, it feels like it's just not worth it anymore" and everyone's all, "What's wrong? Are you OK? Call me! I love you! Don't do anything! Brittany?! Hunny, I need to hear from you, I'm so worried!"

    And then Brittany responds six hours later, "Tx 4 the luv guys I am fine, just spilled cereal on my new jeans" or "i wish i could say but it's deeply personal pls respect my privacy".

    And your head turns into a boiling cauldron of WHY IS THIS PERSON ON MY FRIENDS LIST?!

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  14. @sugarbread, put this on your list:
    Never, ever, ever travel to China or Taiwan. You will single handedly destroy a whole region.
    Before anyone throws shade at me for saying it: I lived there for several years, they cut line and give zero fucks about anyone around.

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  15. when someone bops you in the head with their umbrella when it is raining. It is bad enough you are without an umbrella yourself you dont need to literally shove it in my face.

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  16. Vague booking is being vague but desperately screaming for attention.

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  17. Waiting in a long line anywhere. Waiting sucks.

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  18. Cigarette smokers who think I should not notice their stink. Ugh! The worst!!

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    1. --;---or people who hold their flaming cancer sticks to avert smoke from their family, but hv no problem letting it engulf your family.

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  19. People who sneeze in their hand then immediately touch something-a grocery cart, a door knob, railing, etc.

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    1. Oh yeah. Gross. The bottle of hand sanitizer in my purse is used a lot..

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  20. People who demand to know what you paid for an item, then loudly declare that you paid too much or the item isn't worth the price AND then finish it off by stating they would never pay $$ for item XX. Even worse is when they do this when you're discussing a pet's illness or something. Demanding to know how much the vet bill is, asking you why you didn't just "get another one" instead.

    The last time someone did this - a good friend, actually, I lost it. Completely lost it. I was in a parking lot and I began screaming into my cell at her. "What fucking business is it of yours how I spend my money? I didn't ask you to pay for it. I'm not spending your money, I'm not holding a fucking gun to your head demanding that you do this too". You get the idea. If this had happened with anyone other than this good friend, they would be out of my life forever. The friend can sometimes make thoughtless statements, but she's a really good person. She apologized. I calm down enough to see that everyone has stopped and they are staring at me. Oh well.

    My go to response now whenever someone questions my decision on something that is none of their business. "No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to do it. What's the problem". Last time I did this, I purchased an ice cream cone from McDonalds in November. Walked out of the restaurant, licking it. A guy on the corner, waiting to cross, told me it is too cold for ice cream. I responded that it was perfect weather for ice cream and it was yummy. He persisted and kind of scolded me (he wasn't kidding) for eating a cold item outdoors in cold weather. Finally, I said, "Good thing no one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to eat ice cream." That shut him up.

    Thank you. I feel better.

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    1. Ms january, my go to response to nosy question- like what did u pay for that?- is "In what way would that information be helpful to you?" Thats a shut upper right there, lol

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    2. Good one Ms January - I hate that one too! I have a family member who wants to know how much - well, just about everything - costs. She wants to know how long I've had things for, where I got them, how much I paid, blah blah blah ... honestly, it gets very tiring.

      Aunt Liddy - great response. I also like to use, "Why do you need to know?" which is usually met with a glance of shock / embarrassment.

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  21. I hate it when people can't muster up the energy to return their shopping cart to the cart caddy. My kids and I go round up strays we find in the parking lot and put them where they belong because I made sure it angers them, too.

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    1. People who can't put their cart back should be shunned.

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    2. Where I live, we have people who are paid to collect trolleys - if there aren't any to collect then they end up out of a job. But if I see one a huge distance from the store and I'm heading that way I'll always nudge it in the right direction.

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  22. People who cannot park straight in a parking space or ignorant people who feel the need to take up two parking spots.

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  23. Well I can clearly see I'm an irritation to a lot of you here by so many things I do.

    I hate people who a) drive too slowly in the left passing lane and then b) who find their gas pedal when you attempt to pass them or c) when you're trying to pass them on a two lane highway. It's dangerous and if you really want to play chicken you're gonna get hurt too. And don't high beam me because your feelings are hurt. Grow the fuck up, go a consistent speed or let me go around you. End. Of. Story.

    Since everyone is here a big thanks again to Seven and JBE for their great reporting yesterday. Awesome. Also funny that KJE had to make a comment.

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    1. Someone piped in to tell us all to build a bridge and get over it when a post copied made it in the comments section. Maybe not Enty Cuz the original is gone but why bother to post on a site where we're all perfectly happy now. It's in yesterday's reveals section where Seven brought the blinds.

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  24. AMEN! I hate vaguebooking with the white hot intensity of 1,000,000,000 suns. My brother and sister in law are masters of it. I finally had to hide them from me feed.

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  25. Had to leave Facebook because of vague booking cause I LITERALLY couldn't care less and then I started leaving (extremely witty to me) comments -__-

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  26. So after I wrote this, it inspired me to creep some people I have hidden and now I really need to know, who's the father of the baby?!!! Vague bookers are like Maury.

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  27. Nothing really bothers me. EXCEPT VAGUE BOOKERS!!! Nice one, Krystie! I have a certain family member (EEEK! I hope she doesn't read here!) who is majorly guilty of the vague FB post, and I want to slap the 15 people who immediately start with the ZOMG are you okay??? A 45 year old woman should not be this lame!!

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  28. Sheesh, my pet peeve seems pretty mundane compared to some of the things mentioned. What sets me off is finding an EMPTY gallon of milk in the fridge!!!!!

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  29. Oh okay I get it now!!
    Kate Bosworth
    LeAnn rimes
    tara Reid
    lilo
    the kkk. Klan..
    I quit Facebook 5 years ago and never twatteted so I don't really get sucker in by vague booking but now u get it..
    desperados..

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  30. Im adding anyone who embarasses or humiliates an old person. I will take you down on the spot.

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  31. People who litter. The world is not your trash can! And people who abuse animals/children/the elderly. We don't need you on this planet.

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  32. Why don't people know how to merge on the highway? I face this at least twice a day. You have to be able to anticipate speed, and know if you will fit in before the end of the ramp. Come ON, people!

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  33. My pet peeve is the small flippy lid thing on my Brita dispenser. I go to pour a glass of water, and that damn thing sticks, and water goes everywhere. Suddenly, I'm on my knees mopping water off the floor and wiping down the counters, crying with rage.

    I'm this close to spraying the little fucker with WD-40.

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  34. People who have to make a big deal out of something when they should keep their big mouths shut. Example: I was out to eat at a restaurant with 20 or so older women from my local Y class. My glass has lipstick on it , my fork was dirty and my salad had a hair in it. I quietly got a new glass, used another fork on the table and didnt eat my salad. You know why? Because i was surronded by 20 women who were raving about everything in the restaurant- the food, the service and how great it was we were all together. Did i need to open my big mouth to list my complaints? No, so i did not. I wish other people wld do likewise. THINK before you speak!

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    1. yeah, serving white chicks is A MESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lots of love Auntie xoxoxo

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    2. Aww, that is really thoughtful! You were sweet not to ruin their good time. Good on ya Auntliddy!!

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  35. Yes, yes, yes! It is a deplorable attention seeking tactic. It's even worse when they never explain what all the drama is about. All the annoyance and no payoff.

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  36. I'm a grumpy old bag, apparently:

    1) People who suddenly stop in the middle of supermarket aisles
    2) Bewildered elderly people (might just be where I live, but stay outta the shops!!)
    3) Moaning, whinging people ... wait -
    4) Psychic vampires
    5) Finding no red jet planes in a bag of party pack lollies
    6) All the tourists flocking to my idyllic piece of paradise over Christmas/New Year
    7) Taylor Swift, and Timmy Trumpet/Savage, songs playing just about constantly

    Phew!

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    1. Clarification on point 2): I mean elderly people who just wander out in the middle of you, or - worse! - drive out in front of you when you have the right of way. It happens a lot where I live.

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  37. One of my major pet peeves is people that post shit on facebook like - Having dinner at the Olive Garden! Unless you're having dinner on a yacht with Leo, why would anyone care WHERE you're eating?

    My brother actually posted on Jan 1st - sitting here in the kitchen with my wife and a cup of java counting my blessings. I just want to tell my wife how great she is blah blah blah!!! I'm reading this thinking - your wife is sitting right there, why don't you just tell HER how you feel? Why are you posting this on facebook? I never have understood people that think the whole world is interested in the mundane aspects of their life. If your wife just did CPR on someone while you're standing there, THATS interesting. Not what kind of pasta sauce you had for dinner.

    I'm not on Twitter but Twitter seems even worse. Selfies and mental masturbation. Boring!

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    1. Amen. I worked with a woman in her early 30s (she should've known better) last year who constantly photographed, and Tweeted, what she was eating. Who cares?????

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    2. minpin this is why i never joined twatter and jumped off facebook!!
      i go to see other people's twatter sometime's and some celebrities and their
      so's are right next to each other twatting about how much they love each other and retwatting their so's retwatts..the constant morning coffee count my blessing facebook posts are just like verbal hand jobs and i just think these people are complete narcissists who need to feel acknowledged for having the very special life that YOU don't have...ughhh

      irregardless though minpin... hahaha..where are you having dinner tomorrow??

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    3. I think people posting how much they love their mate or cutesy "at J'Lorde having supper with my j'adore!" checkins are just social media PDAs, like making out in the stands hoping the jumbotron catches. We're happy that you're happy, now can we please get back to our buzzfeed quizzes and wishing Cousin Tina happy birthday?

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    4. sugar bread - I am having homemade chili for dinner, which I did post a picture of on FB but that's because I made it with my own two hands (and it was yummy). If I ordered it in a restaraunt, no, I'm not taking a picture of it. I'm cool with folks posting stuff that they baked, built, painted etc. if you see or do something that's "news" then sure. I don't understand how your everyday hum drum stuff belongs on FB or Twitter. Then again there are whole generations that think EVERYTHING they do is "news".

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    5. P.S. You're funny sugar bread, but you already knew that.

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    6. hahaha yes you got the "irregardless" jab.. i kid b/c i love.. sorry to get back to you so late i didn't even get on ag yesterday and i am just getting to emails now...

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