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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

People who say nukular instead of nuclear ☒️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

It doesn't even make sense.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The speed of their windshield wipers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

Yes! It's barely spitting outside, why are your windscreen wipers trying to break the sound barrier?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I have a long list of people I would execute if I could get away with it. The transgressions that get you on the list are numerous and varied.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

People that blow their nose in a rag and then just put that shit in their pocket, ready for next use...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

ATM Machine

I'm going to the store quick(ly) to buy some eggs.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Owning giant pickup trucks and SUVs. I'm not that secretive about it, though. I assume everyone driving them is an insecure, overgrown child who wants a big vroom vroom.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'll go a step further and assume they are...speaking loudly while carrying a small stick.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

If I know anyone who drives one, I always refer to it jokingly as their 'emotional support vehicle".

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago

Whenever another guy recommends something I find repulsive, for various reasons, I tend to write off most respect I had for that person.
Lately some guys have talked positively about Andrew Tate, and it's just made it easier for me to know who is a gullible prick and who to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

People who brag their infant child is so smart they can use YouTube to find and watch videos when in reality they're shitty parents who got a 2-year old addicted YouTube that's specifically designed to be navigable by kids.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

Oh yeah, I'll quickly shut that down when they wanna do that "kids these days with the technology" nonsense, usually as some excuse for why these older folks who've had 40+ years to figure out computers still can't check their own email.

No, Timmy isn't "so smart with technology" because he can consoom on a device designed for infinite low-friction consumption.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

People who write "rouge" instead of "rogue".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I see that alot.

^ ^ ^ ^ that's my trigger

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

All the people typing "loose" when they mean "lose". Shit's been happening a lot for the past year or two and I don't know why.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It's just the natural evolution of language. Rules become loser over time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Some rules weaken, and others are created or subtly change - that's why parents can never get their kids' slang quite right. It's not that the parents can't simply weaken their grammar, it's that the kids do some things differently with very strict rules.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's been happening a lot longer than that, that's a classic misspelling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Thank you for writing 'a lot' and not 'alot'.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

What do you mean "secretly?" Fuck that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Criticizing people for voting 3rd party and then doing nothing to replace first past the post voting.

Okay, I very publicly judge these people. It's not a secret.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Drag thinks the people you're talking about don't exist.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

The 'brands' they are displaying.

I see people checking me and others out. What runners are they? Jordans or KMart? Is that a Lacoste or walmart? Is that a real Rolex or D&G handbag?

But for me, it's not judging them like you think.

I judge them flashing brands as a sign of insecurity, a need to appear wealthy and 'fit in', and a likely 'keep up with the Jones' jealous type.

So, I actually feel sad for them.

And, yes, I am aware it's super judgemental and I'm no doubt hypocritical as well, as there are some things I will buy certain brands for.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago

Difference is between buying a brand for style and buying it for quality.

Some companies have quietly admitted that the only difference between their stuff and cheap knockoffs is the brand name and it's fine for them because their customers don't care.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Extraneous apostrophe’s

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 20 hours ago (12 children)

Being completely unaware of anyone else:

  • Standing in doorways, using your phone or having a conversation
  • Talking loudly when inappropriate, when I’m in pain at the doctors, I don’t want to hear about your roses
  • leaving your shopping trolley blocking the aisle sideways in the supermarket while looking for your stuff
  • driving down the middle of the road so everyone else has to pull over, when there’s plenty of room for two cars to pass
  • stopping in the middle of the road without indicating, while: looking for your destination, or having a conversation, or deciding what day it is
  • riding your delivery bike down the footpath at high speed weaving between pedestrians

As Jean-Paul Sartre said, β€œHell is other people”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Or stepping off an escalator and just stopping right there to get their bearings.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 20 hours ago (10 children)

If you cannot chew with your mouth closed and you are older than 6 years, you should not be allowed to vote, operate heavy machinery or have children.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

People using fahrenheit without adding a celsius conversion

[–] [email protected] 36 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (9 children)

Leaving things they decided they don't want just wherever in a store. It's annoying as a customer, because now I have to dig through their mess to get the product I actually wanted, and even moreso as an employee.

At least put it back in the right department. The underpaid employees who have been there since before the store opened for the day really don't want to have to play the game of "How long has this ground beef been sitting in a produce basket, and how much product did we just lose?"

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