Little things that irk you.. (no swearing please)

[randombs]

Speaking of phones:

* People who ask if I've got the fart/lightsaber/beer/piss/etc app on my iphone. I have no apps on it for this very reason

But what's with all the tie hate? It may be because I only wear them occasionally (weddings, etc), but I like them. Who wants to stare at a row of bloody shirt buttons?

I'd put people who wear novelty ties as an irk. I've seen some pretty shocking ones in my time. They may be great conversation-starters but people who wear them tend to be the types who are unable to keep a conversation going...

[kernow]

Small talk is another pet hate. If you haven't got anything interesting to say, don't talk, simple.

'Oh you're pretty quiet' - yes, I have nothing to say to you.

[EvilBoris]

your mum

[randombs]

People who aren't specific about whose mum they're cussing

[Dogg Thang]

But what's with all the tie hate? It may be because I only wear them occasionally (weddings, etc), but I like them. Who wants to stare at a row of bloody shirt buttons?

Well then throw shirts and shirt buttons in the 'irk' category too then. With zips, velcro, magnets and who knows what other scientific marvels, we're well beyond buttons. Don't even get me started on cufflinks.

And, for me, it's not just ties (though they are the most ridiculous), it's the whole uniform. What do those little triangles missing in the lapels of the jacket do? Does every jacket need them? Does nobody else see that the material they make suits out of makes the pants look like pyjama bottoms?

I hate suits. I think they're hilarious on others but not for me.

[teddymeow]

I quite like cufflinks.

Anyway, something that irks me is my own indecisiveness. For evidence see my constatnt should I / shouldn't I regarding the PSP Go. My God man, make a bloody decision!

[JP]

Small talk is another pet hate. If you haven't got anything interesting to say, don't talk, simple.

'Oh you're pretty quiet' - yes, I have nothing to say to you.

Reading that made me think of this song...


Having said that, I do agree with you completely. I don't want to talk about stuff like the weather.

A similar one to this is when you see people you've maybe not seen for a while and you don't really know them but as they're passing they'll casually say something like "You OK?" and as expected you'll casually reply "Yeah, you OK?".

It's always annoyed me as you're not really interested in how each other is doing so I've stopped doing it now, when they mention it I'll now stop next to them and say "Thanks for asking but to be honest, no! Have you got a minute to talk" and just stand there with them.

I promise you they'll never do it again.

[teddymeow]

When you lend something to a "friend" and they don't have the decency to treat it with care and respect.

See my current wanted thread for info.

[Brats]

People who insist on using the Japanese names for the SF bosses and/or who call Ryu Ree-yu. You cocky gits.

I'm no Japanophile, but I use the Japanese names. Probably because I imported a Japanese copy of SF2 on the SNES and played it to death. Plus M Bison the boxer is meant to be a nod to Mike Tyson (which is why it had to be changed for the West). It makes no sense for guy dressed like a Dictator to be called M. Bison.

I hate the phrase 'in today's society'. I just know that it's always going to be followed by a simplistic argument with little intelligence or research behind it.

[BeyondJumpFish]

Pubs that turn you away for wearing trainers. I go so pissed off before that i walked to Tesco round the corner, bought some cheep shoes and went back to the pub carrying my trainers! The shoes cost £10, my trainers cost £90. Whats the sense??

[Lyris]

Why did they ever think ties were a good idea? They serve no purpose.

I imagine they're from the days where pomposity was the norm and silly decorations like frilly shirts and cravats and ties were an indication of social status above the commoners. I'm no historian, just my best guess.

As for the above about pubs and trainers: what sort of pub turns you away for wearing trainers?
Dress codes are a major irk of mine, if a place is actually up their own backside enough to demand I can't wear clothes I'd normally wear, then I don't want to be there. That sort of stuff at work is one thing, but if it's somewhere I'd go out of my own free will, forget it.

I understand the "football colours" thing, but if they're actually pretentious enough to look down on people who are wearing comfy clothes, then they can shove their pub up their backside...

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

When you lend something to a "friend" and they don't have the decency to treat it with care and respect.

See my current wanted thread for info.

Grrrrrrrr I hate this too, & its gotten to the point where when people ask me if they can borrow something (even my brother) I just say that I dont lend my stuff to people anymore because even when they promise to look after it they'll still damage it in some way during the short space of time that they've had it, or even manage to lose it.

[booth83]

When you lend something to a "friend" and they don't have the decency to treat it with care and respect.

See my current wanted thread for info.

I'm with you on this also, and i'd like to extend it to game saves, one i'm still annoyed at when i think about it is when i lent my GoldenEye cartridge to a 'mate' fully completed, with every cheat, character and weapon unlocked, this took me many many months to complete, and it came back to me with all game saves wiped! still not over that, Rupesh you muppet!

More recently I had a sudoku game on the DS and was near completion on the 1000-odd puzzles, i let my mate have a go whilst we were on a coach coming back from a weekend away and he wiped the whole thing, and the same mate on the plane back from holiday a couple of months back deleted my current game on bejewelled on the ipod, i'd been playing on and off for about a week and had a massive high score, things like that are annoying but not the sort of thing i'd kick up a fuss about with him.

[merf]

back on my list of clothing irks following on from ties (and suits etc) I'd like to add grown men who have their work shirts monogrammed, having your name on your clothing is only acceptable if you actually play for a high level pro sports club or are a child at school.

your initials on a breast pocket or even more mental, the spanish/german mid gut area is risible. GROW UP.

adults who get face paint at sporting events.

people who 'do carrnival' like Notting Hill has suddenly become Rio de Janeiro.

obsessive Facebook users who think you are either an idiot or scum for telling them its a NeoCon right wing experiment in govermental bypass and social dynamics.

[kernow]

Tattoos and piercings. its like when some people turn 18 they get a gift voucher for the closest tattoo shop and go crazy.