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

[randombs]

People who look at me like I'm insane when I tell them I don't drink, then feel the need to psycho analyse me and question why I don't.

Tell them you're a Muslim. Works for me. It's usually 'what? you don't drink?' followed by 'ahhhhh, ok'. Of course, it depends on whether 'don't' means 'hardly ever', in which case you'll have to decide whether you can uphold the lie through scrutiny or not.

[Lyris]

It's up there with oxygen isn't it?

Nope?

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

People who look at me like I'm insane when I tell them I don't drink, then feel the need to psycho analyse me and question why I don't.

Ahmen brotha!!
You feel like u have to explain your whole story in the end because of these freaky questions or generalisations that they make. I stopped the booze about 14 yrs ago.

Ever have them turn round to you & say "fairplay mate, I wish I had your strength. I could never do that. Youre a stronger man than me good on ya".
Then an hr later after they get totally tanked they start to get aggressive & call you a pussy & start hounding you about why you dont drink, & start trying to push it on you?
I live in a town which is huuuuuge on getting bladdered btw. EVERYONE drinks down here so I suppose they cant deal with it then get nasty.

I think thats what killed the social scene for me. Too much hassle tbh


Just dont put me in a meat only restraunt with a bar & smoking facilities!

[Ady]

I don't hate all Mac users (I actually have one of the machines myself to run a couple of exclusive programs on), but I hate the ones who go on and on and on about some "neat little thing" their computer can do, without realising that it's a standard feature and you can do it on pretty much anything.

Oh and on the same lines... Windows Vista bandwagon jumpers who have never actually used the OS to know that there's very little wrong with it.

My boss HATES Macs. I'm indifferent, I just don't know them very well because I'm used to PCs, but I have an open mind. They do seem a bit obtuse at times though.

But Vista really is crap though.

[endo]

People who look at me like I'm insane when I tell them I don't drink, then feel the need to psycho analyse me and question why I don't.

It's a bit like telling people you don't drive, which I don't. Most people react as if they've just found out you're a Nazi war criminal/Gary Glitter. It's a bizarre reaction which does irk me a bit.

[Kieran76]

It's a bit like telling people you don't drive, which I don't. Most people react as if they've just found out you're a Nazi war criminal/Gary Glitter. It's a bizarre reaction which does irk me a bit.

Add to that people's reaction to non-meat eaters. My wife is vegetarian and the hostile reaction she gets sometimes is mindblowing.

[Spatial]

This is how I first read endo's post:

Most people react as if they've just found out you're Nazi war criminal, Gary Glitter.

[kernow]

That avatar is massif! (well, 89x100) - I want

[Lyris]

Just dont put me in a meat only restraunt with a bar & smoking facilities!

That's another. Meat-eating friends who go through the menu and point out all the vegetarian meals. "There's one you can have!" Yes, yes, I can see the little green V. Thank you.

But Vista really is crap though.

I still don't get what's wrong with Windows 7, I mean, Windows Vista. Other than the annoying "are you sure" messages that take about 2 minutes to turn off.

[eastyy]

People who look at me like I'm insane when I tell them I don't drink, then feel the need to psycho analyse me and question why I don't.

i dont drink either and a common thing people say to me is ...we will have to get you drunk

so i follow that with the line...i dont have sex.....never get the reply i am hoping for LOL

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

Add to that people's reaction to non-meat eaters. My wife is vegetarian and the hostile reaction she gets sometimes is mindblowing.

"oh........right thats great", & you can see them trying to hold back their look of puzzlement mixed with disgust.

That's another. Meat-eating friends who go through the menu and point out all the vegetarian meals. "There's one you can have!" Yes, yes, I can see the little green V. Thank you.

Yeah, or the meat eater turns around & says "I think I'll have the vege option", then look over at you & smile like they're waiting for your approval

i dont drink either and a common thing people say to me is ...we will have to get you drunk

so i follow that with the line...i dont have sex.....never get the reply i am hoping for LOL

Ha ha when I get the "we'll have to get u drunk" comment I just wind them up in a Jack & Jeremy's Real Lives style with "no, you misunderstand. I dont drink..........anything"

[Lebowski]

Apple 'fops'

That's what irks me people thinking I'm an apple snob when in fact macs are industry standard for graphic designers. if you walk into most design studios you will see nothing but G5's, dose it make sense then to have a pc at home? Or have the computer I'm most familar with useing.

[Skull Commander]

It's a bit like telling people you don't drive, which I don't. Most people react as if they've just found out you're a Nazi war criminal/Gary Glitter. It's a bizarre reaction which does irk me a bit.

I fully agree. I CAN drive, but choose not too, as I hate it. People cannot understand that!

[Ady]

Let's not forget the other side of the vegetarianism conundrum; that is preachy vegetarians. Sometimes it's subtle, but some of them do like to to remind you that you're eating the "carcass of a poor dead animal" or some such.

Another irk is the fallacy amongst women that only men cheat when it is blatantly obvious that women are just as guilty of this. Many won't hear it though.

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

Let's not forget the other side of the vegetarianism conundrum; that is preachy vegetarians. Sometimes it's subtle, but some of them do like to to remind you that you're eating the "carcass of a poor dead animal" or some such.

I gotta say that I have never done that to a meat eater, but I have had them turn around to me after I mentioned I dont eat meat & try to piss me off by ordering the Deer or Kangaroo then look to see what kind of reaction I give. SOme have even purposely made noises of ecstasy while theyre eating it & taken huge chunks & eaten like a primitive man just to wind me up. I just try to put them off their food when it gets to that point by describing that their food looks like something manky.
Maybe its because I grew up with my family eating meat for every meal or summat & maybe due to the fact that theres a combination of reasons why I dont eat meat rather than the 'meat is murder' crowd, but its got nothing to do with me. I chose not to & they chose the other. Live & let live I say.


Sometimes people who know I dont drink or havent done drugs say to me "I havent been drunk/smoked any weed/taken E's/snorted cocaine for 3 months now", then they hold my arm & say, "you'd be proud of me".
What are you telling me for? I dont give a toss!