Actions/trends that need to be retired immediately (1 Viewer)

[Pots]

Welcome to California, have a nice day.

Not the only thing California has going against it. 

 

[SacramentoBob]

need to evaluate this...

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-spencer-09561426

 

[Jeremy]

I wish people would stop abbreviating the crap out of their texts and emails.  3 more seconds of effort on your part would save me 10 minutes of trying to figure out what the eff you're talking about. 

 

[offdee]

Seeing 28 hashtags, that the writer thinks are clever and hilarious (which they are not ,btw), after every post everywhere drives me up the wall.

 

[mquinnjr]

Ending work emails with ...

Say what you mean!!!

 

[Gianni Verscotchie]

Seeing 28 hashtags, that the writer thinks are clever and hilarious (which they are not ,btw), after every post everywhere drives me up the wall.

Hashtags?? I refuse to give up 'pound sign'!!

 

[The Kerminator]

Hashtags?? I refuse to give up 'pound sign'!!

#agreed

 

[El Floppo]

Hashtags?? I refuse to give up 'pound sign'!!

#agreed

well, ####.

 

[Tom Servo]

What's with all these young guys at my work wearing pants that are 2 inches too short with colorful socks,  and bow ties? They look completely ridiculous to me but hey,  I'm old. 

ETA:maybe this should go to the fashion thread,  but I don't do fashion. 

Stay out of the Short North, GB.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Yeah this men wearing their hair in a bun is about the worst thing ever.

Couple it with a hipster beard and you've got real trouble.

 

[eoMMan]

When people say...

"So and so would have been ____ years old today. It is their birthday."

Stop. They are dead. You don't go around saying "Albert Einstein would have been 137 years old today."

It's dumb. Stop doing this. 

 

[Peyton Marino]

Stay out of the Short North, GB.

hey guy, i live in the short north

 

[doowain]

People being offended by everything all the time.

 

[Tom Servo]

hey guy, i live in the short north

Then don't go to German Village.

 

[Ignoramus]

Hashtags?? I refuse to give up 'pound sign'!!

Pound sign?  What is that, tic-tac-toe?

 

[The Kerminator]

When people say...

"So and so would have been ____ years old today. It is their birthday."

Stop. They are dead. You don't go around saying "Albert Einstein would have been 137 years old today."

It's dumb. Stop doing this. 

Of course not, his birthday was March 14th. To say he would be 137 years old today would indeed be dumb.

 

[Kal El]

When people say...

"So and so would have been ____ years old today. It is their birthday."

Stop. They are dead. You don't go around saying "Albert Einstein would have been 137 years old today."

It's dumb. Stop doing this. 

At the very least, they could say that it was their birthday. However, unless the person knew the corpse in question personally, this should go ahead and go the way of the dodo.

 

[Peyton Marino]

pulling your pants down to your ankles while taking a piss at the urinal.

 

[nirad3]

pulling your pants down to your ankles while taking a piss at the urinal.

And for that matter, and was noted elsewhere, but good god... please stop grunting and panting while you take a dump. 

 

[mrip541]

And for that matter, and was noted elsewhere, but good god... please stop grunting and panting while you take a dump. 

There's a guy at my gym who jumps off the treadmill and heads straight into the shower, where he continues to pant and moan. It's terrible. There's also a 50+ year old guy who does nude calisthenics in the sauna and then stretches nude in front of the mirror as he dries his hair. I need to find a new gym.

 

[Hov34]

Having your horn honk every time you lock your stupid car.  Stop it.

 

[eoMMan]

Having your horn honk every time you lock your stupid car.  Stop it.

This can't be stopped on some cars (Toyotas).

 

[Hov34]

This can't be stopped on some cars (Toyotas).

Well, that blows.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Lanyards. Particularly in conjunction with cargo pants and flip flops.

But anyway...lanyards...most of you aren't even holding them! You're holding the things they're attached to and swishing the lanyard like it's a ponytail.

Just stuff that #### in your pocket like normal people. 

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Having your horn honk every time you lock your stupid car.  Stop it.

How do I know that it actually locked?

 

[Emerson Biggens]

Lanyards. Particularly in conjunction with cargo pants and flip flops.

But anyway...lanyards...most of you aren't even holding them! You're holding the things they're attached to and swishing the lanyard like it's a ponytail.

Just stuff that #### in your pocket like normal people. 

Since you mentioned it - men and long pants and flip flops / sandals - stop please 

 

[arrow1]

Since you mentioned it - men and long pants and flip flops / sandals - stop please 

 

[Hov34]

How do I know that it actually locked?

Is your hearing/vision really that bad?

Can you not hear it "lock" or see the lights blink?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Is your hearing/vision really that bad?

Can you not hear it "lock" or see the lights blink?

I'm typically walking away. No, I don't hear it lock. 

 

[Tom Servo]

Lanyards. Particularly in conjunction with cargo pants and flip flops.

But anyway...lanyards...most of you aren't even holding them! You're holding the things they're attached to and swishing the lanyard like it's a ponytail.

Just stuff that #### in your pocket like normal people. 

I keep my company ID in my wallet. When I enter our building, I shove my butt near the card reader.

 

[Emerson Biggens]

Wrist drivers 

I see this all the time and hate it. There is usually a lot more bend in the wrist than in this picture, but this is the general idea. 

http://nozama.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ed05fc2883301b8d1e3d37b970c-popup

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Wrist drivers 

I see this all the time and hate it. There is usually a lot more bend in the wrist than in this picture, but this is the general idea. 

http://nozama.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ed05fc2883301b8d1e3d37b970c-popup

You must be a city boy. How else can you give someone the "how ya doin'?" if your hand is on the wheel?

 

[msommer]

I'm typically walking away. No, I don't hear it lock. 

The solution is so, so close

 

[Andy Dufresne]

The solution is so, so close

I don't have the problem.

 

[Hov34]

I don't have the problem.

We're trying to help here guy.

 

[nirad3]

Wrist drivers 

I see this all the time and hate it. There is usually a lot more bend in the wrist than in this picture, but this is the general idea. 

http://nozama.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ed05fc2883301b8d1e3d37b970c-popup

  I've seen some odd mentions here - and I'm probably guilty of a couple - but this one.... 

 

[jhib]

This can't be stopped on some cars (Toyotas).

You sure? 

My 2011 Sienna let me change it to a quick little beep instead of the honk. 

Beep makes sense. Honk is annoying as all get out. I'd be really upset to find they took away the option. 

 

[eoMMan]

You sure? 

My 2011 Sienna let me change it to a quick little beep instead of the honk. 

Beep makes sense. Honk is annoying as all get out. I'd be really upset to find they took away the option. 

Mine beeps....no honk. I Googled to see if it could be turned off some way and it sounds like you have to go to the dealer to totally rewire/reprogram your key.

 

[jhib]

Mine beeps....no honk. I Googled to see if it could be turned off some way and it sounds like you have to go to the dealer to totally rewire/reprogram your key.

I assumed the complaint was about those that actually honk. I don't see how the quick little beep could annoy anyone that much. 

The ones that honk bother me because honks are meant for communicating to other people. 

 

[Captain Cranks]

Fat kids who wear t-shirts that say things like, "You can't handle my game".  

Unless you're referring to the video games you play twelve hours a day, I think I can.  

 

[nirad3]

Tangent to the one-honk for remote locking your car doors....  does anyone ever really give a flying eff if they hear a car alarm going off?  Like, ooh, someone must be trying to steal that car?  If anything it's just an annoyance that no one pays attention to for its intended purpose anymore.  Yeah?

 

[msommer]

Tangent to the one-honk for remote locking your car doors....  does anyone ever really give a flying eff if they hear a car alarm going off?  Like, ooh, someone must be trying to steal that car?  If anything it's just an annoyance that no one pays attention to for its intended purpose anymore.  Yeah?

This was already the case 25 years ago

ETA: Why people keep getting them in their cars is beyond me

 

[Zigg]

Fat kids who wear t-shirts that say things like, "You can't handle my game".  

Unless you're referring to the video games you play twelve hours a day, I think I can.  

It's not just kids.

 

[Sconch]

Tangent to the one-honk for remote locking your car doors....  does anyone ever really give a flying eff if they hear a car alarm going off?  Like, ooh, someone must be trying to steal that car?  If anything it's just an annoyance that no one pays attention to for its intended purpose anymore.  Yeah?

I had a neighbor that had a mid-1970s Corvette.  A cat fart would set off his alarm.  One of those old school loud ### ones.  Thing went off twice a day.  It would go off when they weren't home and last for like 20 mins.  

I told my wife that one night I was going to put a brick through their windshield.  "I'll give you something to cry about".

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Women constantly adjusting their sweater/shawl/jacket/etc. to cover their rack while talking to you.  Or lack of rack.  Relax, ladies. 

 

[Zigg]

Women constantly adjusting their sweater/shawl/jacket/etc. to cover their rack while talking to you.  Or lack of rack.  Relax, ladies. 

I'd tell you to stop staring at their rack, but that would be terrible advice.

 

[mr. furley]

Women constantly adjusting their sweater/shawl/jacket/etc. to cover their rack while talking to you.  Or lack of rack.  Relax, ladies. 

all this does is make me look

 

[msommer]

all this does is make me look

I like women who 'own' the rack. 

 

[Tom Servo]

I had a neighbor that had a mid-1970s Corvette.  A cat fart would set off his alarm.  One of those old school loud ### ones.  Thing went off twice a day.  It would go off when they weren't home and last for like 20 mins.  

I told my wife that one night I was going to put a brick through their windshield.  "I'll give you something to cry about".

After my wife and I got married and she moved into my apartment, we left to go to church one Sunday. Some doosh parked their car next to me to where I needed a can opener to get it. However, before I did, I saw he has his car alarm active. So I hit his car window with my fist to set off the alarm, got in my car and drove away.

 

[El Floppo]

Women constantly adjusting their sweater/shawl/jacket/etc. to cover their rack while talking to you.  Or lack of rack.  Relax, ladies. 

I work with somebody with a giant rack- always wears loose clothing and is always adjusting the top while talking to me. I wasn't going to stare before, but with all that movement going on- now I will.