Can we discuss pet peeves here? (6 Viewers)

[northern exposure]

I prefer to load my own

Euphemism?

 

[northern exposure]

I know this has been all but covered, but I am just SO sick of bad drivers. I've noticed more out there lately. Anyone else?

Mind-numbing.

Examples: driving 30 in a 45, taking forever to make a protected left turn when there's a line of cars behind you, etc.

My least favorite are the drivers that ride your bumper trying to get you to move over. If you don't move, they make a dangerous move to the right,get in front of you and touch the brakes.

 

[northern exposure]

I know this has been all but covered, but I am just SO sick of bad drivers. I've noticed more out there lately. Anyone else?

Mind-numbing.

Examples: driving 30 in a 45, taking forever to make a protected left turn when there's a line of cars behind you, etc.

On the protected left turn, I do think there is a balance there. I get annoyed (and make liberal use of the horn) when the person in front of me is clearly just looking at their phone and not paying to the protected light arrow changing green, causing cars behind to miss the protected arrow.

But then the other day, I was the car in line where lost the protected arrow and I stopped to let the handful of cars in incoming traffic go before I could safely turn, and the car behind me honked at me for stopping and, I guess, not risking my life by playing chicken that oncoming traffic would not ram into me.

There's an epidemic here of 2-4 vehicles that continue to turn left after the protected left turn arrow has expired. They're just hoping someone in through traffic doesn't accelerate and t-bone them.

 

[northern exposure]

clothes with zippered pockets that don't need zippers on the pockets

who thought it would be a good idea to add zippered pockets on pajama pants? my fault for not noticing before dropping $12 on them and all but who in R&D said "i ****ing love scratching up my hands when i reach in to my pockets... let's do zippers with teeth made of knife points."

$12 pajama pants? La dee dah.

 

[kupcho1]

Speaking of pockets, is it too hard to make shorts where your phone wont fall out every time you get in the car?

Go to a tailor and have them add zippers to the pockets. That, or wear pajama pants.

 

[shuke]

Speaking of pockets, is it too hard to make shorts where your phone wont fall out every time you get in the car?

That’s what the zippers are for.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

clothes with zippered pockets that don't need zippers on the pockets

who thought it would be a good idea to add zippered pockets on pajama pants? my fault for not noticing before dropping $12 on them and all but who in R&D said "i ****ing love scratching up my hands when i reach in to my pockets... let's do zippers with teeth made of knife points."

What sikko puts zippers on PJ's? That's just odd.

 

[mr. furley]

clothes with zippered pockets that don't need zippers on the pockets

who thought it would be a good idea to add zippered pockets on pajama pants? my fault for not noticing before dropping $12 on them and all but who in R&D said "i ****ing love scratching up my hands when i reach in to my pockets... let's do zippers with teeth made of knife points."

What sikko puts zippers on PJ's? That's just odd.

my link

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

A big part of my job is making introductions to people. If someone requests an intro, I'll usually tell them to send me a quick paragraph describing why they're looking to meet the person. Or if they work for a startup, what it does. The goal is to make my job easier so that I just have to hit Control-F and say, "Hey, I met with Brunhilde and learned more about her startup, Lederhosen.AI. See below for details."

Most people get the assignment. But some get it in their heads that they should write the intro as if it's coming from me. "I recently met with Brunhilde and learned about her groundbreaking startup, which is completely disrupting the lederhosen industry! You absolutely don't want to miss out on this opportunity!" etc etc.

Great, now they're asking me to send something that is not in my voice and is not what I really want to say. So instead of just hitting Control-F, I have to try to rewrite what they sent me so that I don't sound like a corporate shill.

 

[kupcho1]

A big part of my job is making introductions to people. If someone requests an intro, I'll usually tell them to send me a quick paragraph describing why they're looking to meet the person. Or if they work for a startup, what it does. The goal is to make my job easier so that I just have to hit Control-F and say, "Hey, I met with Brunhilde and learned more about her startup, Lederhosen.AI. See below for details."

Most people get the assignment. But some get it in their heads that they should write the intro as if it's coming from me. "I recently met with Brunhilde and learned about her groundbreaking startup, which is completely disrupting the lederhosen industry! You absolutely don't want to miss out on this opportunity!" etc etc.

Great, now they're asking me to send something that is not in my voice and is not what I really want to say. So instead of just hitting Control-F, I have to try to rewrite what they sent me so that I don't sound like a corporate shill.

Sounds like another tough day at Levy Pants.

Don't worry GB, Fortune's Wheel is bound to turn.

 

[the moops]

Open enrollment. More so that my open enrollment opened this morning and my wife’s closed this afternoon. Annoying.

 

[kupcho1]

Bingo cards.
Just stop.

 

[El Floppo]

Bingo cards.
Just stop.

That wasn't on my bingo card




(Im with you- completely worn out)

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I know we've covered this before, but IT IS NOT CHRISTMAS! Bunches of lights were up the day after Halloween. Come on, people. Do better.

 

[Instinctive]

A big part of my job is making introductions to people. If someone requests an intro, I'll usually tell them to send me a quick paragraph describing why they're looking to meet the person. Or if they work for a startup, what it does. The goal is to make my job easier so that I just have to hit Control-F and say, "Hey, I met with Brunhilde and learned more about her startup, Lederhosen.AI. See below for details."

Most people get the assignment. But some get it in their heads that they should write the intro as if it's coming from me. "I recently met with Brunhilde and learned about her groundbreaking startup, which is completely disrupting the lederhosen industry! You absolutely don't want to miss out on this opportunity!" etc etc.

Great, now they're asking me to send something that is not in my voice and is not what I really want to say. So instead of just hitting Control-F, I have to try to rewrite what they sent me so that I don't sound like a corporate shill.

Don't you just dump it into AI with a prompt for what you want anyway?

 

[MTskibum]

I know we've covered this before, but IT IS NOT CHRISTMAS! Bunches of lights were up the day after Halloween. Come on, people. Do better.

The lawn cutting crews offer discounts if you do it earlier, since they are in the slow time right now. They aren't hanging lights yet and the grass has stopped growing.

I agree with you. Thanksgiving should be earliest, but that is why people do it.

Our HOA offers rewards for best lights, and it is always people who pay other people who win first/2nd/3rd, lol. They must be so proud.

My kids help us put up our lights, same with Halloween decorations. My daughter really wanted to win the halloween contest, but our homemade ghosts and carved pumpkins didnt stand a chance against our neighbors and there 300-500+ dollar displays.

Almost nobody carves pumpkins anymore, whats the point of the giant displays if you dont even carve a pumpkin.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

A big part of my job is making introductions to people. If someone requests an intro, I'll usually tell them to send me a quick paragraph describing why they're looking to meet the person. Or if they work for a startup, what it does. The goal is to make my job easier so that I just have to hit Control-F and say, "Hey, I met with Brunhilde and learned more about her startup, Lederhosen.AI. See below for details."

Most people get the assignment. But some get it in their heads that they should write the intro as if it's coming from me. "I recently met with Brunhilde and learned about her groundbreaking startup, which is completely disrupting the lederhosen industry! You absolutely don't want to miss out on this opportunity!" etc etc.

Great, now they're asking me to send something that is not in my voice and is not what I really want to say. So instead of just hitting Control-F, I have to try to rewrite what they sent me so that I don't sound like a corporate shill.

Don't you just dump it into AI with a prompt for what you want anyway?

Interesting. I've started using ChatGPT/Perplexity for a lot of my longer writing, but haven't really done it for emails yet. Maybe I should

 

[Instinctive]

A big part of my job is making introductions to people. If someone requests an intro, I'll usually tell them to send me a quick paragraph describing why they're looking to meet the person. Or if they work for a startup, what it does. The goal is to make my job easier so that I just have to hit Control-F and say, "Hey, I met with Brunhilde and learned more about her startup, Lederhosen.AI. See below for details."

Most people get the assignment. But some get it in their heads that they should write the intro as if it's coming from me. "I recently met with Brunhilde and learned about her groundbreaking startup, which is completely disrupting the lederhosen industry! You absolutely don't want to miss out on this opportunity!" etc etc.

Great, now they're asking me to send something that is not in my voice and is not what I really want to say. So instead of just hitting Control-F, I have to try to rewrite what they sent me so that I don't sound like a corporate shill.

Don't you just dump it into AI with a prompt for what you want anyway?

Interesting. I've started using ChatGPT/Perplexity for a lot of my longer writing, but haven't really done it for emails yet. Maybe I should

Give Shortwave a test. I've really enjoyed using it. The number of times I use a prompt like "write me an email that summarizes this project to date and makes an ask for thing x to person y" increases by the day. I make minor edits but it saves a ton of time and it learns your voice.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

A big part of my job is making introductions to people. If someone requests an intro, I'll usually tell them to send me a quick paragraph describing why they're looking to meet the person. Or if they work for a startup, what it does. The goal is to make my job easier so that I just have to hit Control-F and say, "Hey, I met with Brunhilde and learned more about her startup, Lederhosen.AI. See below for details."

Most people get the assignment. But some get it in their heads that they should write the intro as if it's coming from me. "I recently met with Brunhilde and learned about her groundbreaking startup, which is completely disrupting the lederhosen industry! You absolutely don't want to miss out on this opportunity!" etc etc.

Great, now they're asking me to send something that is not in my voice and is not what I really want to say. So instead of just hitting Control-F, I have to try to rewrite what they sent me so that I don't sound like a corporate shill.

Don't you just dump it into AI with a prompt for what you want anyway?

Interesting. I've started using ChatGPT/Perplexity for a lot of my longer writing, but haven't really done it for emails yet. Maybe I should

Give Shortwave a test. I've really enjoyed using it. The number of times I use a prompt like "write me an email that summarizes this project to date and makes an ask for thing x to person y" increases by the day. I make minor edits but it saves a ton of time and it learns your voice.

Yeah, I've played with it a little. Mostly I've found it helpful for bulk-clearing out my inbox: "Take all these newsletters, mark them as read and delete." Haven't used it as much to compose replies. I'll look into it

 

[Zeppelin]

My biggest pet peeve is pretty much all commercials. They used to be tolerable but now they are insufferable. There are very few funny commercials anymore.

Tops on the list are prescription drug commercials. They are all bad, every one of them and you have to hear their stupid music over and over.

Then you have all iPhone commercials and all phone company commercials. And sports betting commercials. And insurance commercials. And how many times do I have to see the Xfinity Frankenstein commercial?

There are a million more and this time of year is worse because we get bombarded with Medicare commercials. I swear if I see another Humana commercial my head is going to explode.

Rant over.

 

[arrow1]

My biggest pet peeve is pretty much all commercials. They used to be tolerable but now they are insufferable. There are very few funny commercials anymore.

Tops on the list are prescription drug commercials. They are all bad, every one of them and you have to hear their stupid music over and over.

Then you have all iPhone commercials and all phone company commercials. And sports betting commercials. And insurance commercials. And how many times do I have to see the Xfinity Frankenstein commercial?

There are a million more and this time of year is worse because we get bombarded with Medicare commercials. I swear if I see another Humana commercial my head is going to explode.

Rant over.

Limu Emu makes me stabby

 

[the moops]

My biggest pet peeve is pretty much all commercials. They used to be tolerable but now they are insufferable. There are very few funny commercials anymore.

Tops on the list are prescription drug commercials. They are all bad, every one of them and you have to hear their stupid music over and over.

Then you have all iPhone commercials and all phone company commercials. And sports betting commercials. And insurance commercials. And how many times do I have to see the Xfinity Frankenstein commercial?

There are a million more and this time of year is worse because we get bombarded with Medicare commercials. I swear if I see another Humana commercial my head is going to explode.

Rant over.

Turn the TV off

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

There are very few funny commercials anymore.

I do like the Heisman House ads. I don't even know what they advertise, though.

Progressive makes me homicidal.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

I know this has been all but covered, but I am just SO sick of bad drivers. I've noticed more out there lately. Anyone else?

Mind-numbing.

Examples: driving 30 in a 45, taking forever to make a protected left turn when there's a line of cars behind you, etc.

Imma tag onto this one:

• running stop signs/red lights.

It’s an epidemic. I see it everywhere all the time these days.

Bonus peeve: today I had to beep at 4 people (Polite beep beep) because the light changed and 1 Mississippi 2 Mississippi 3 Mississippi 4 Mississippi

Always looking down tap tap tapping their phones.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Baseball season is over, but could someone take the time to educate PBP guys on what is and what isn’t “spoiling” a pitch?

As I understand it, spoiling a pitch is in a 2 strike count, fouling off a ball in the strike zone. Especially a good pitch.

Swinging at a ball 2’ off the plate is not “spoiling it”, it’s “hacking away at what would have been a ball”. Seeing some Panda Sandoval-lookin swing at a ball low and outside on a 3-2 pitch and hearing the PBP dude say “spoiled that one” makes my ears bleed. Like no Joe Buck, he fouled off ball 4. The only thing he spoiled was a free pass to 1st.

 

[jhib]

I know we've covered this before, but IT IS NOT CHRISTMAS! Bunches of lights were up the day after Halloween. Come on, people. Do better.

The lawn cutting crews offer discounts if you do it earlier, since they are in the slow time right now. They aren't hanging lights yet and the grass has stopped growing.

I agree with you. Thanksgiving should be earliest, but that is why people do it.

Our HOA offers rewards for best lights, and it is always people who pay other people who win first/2nd/3rd, lol. They must be so proud.

My kids help us put up our lights, same with Halloween decorations. My daughter really wanted to win the halloween contest, but our homemade ghosts and carved pumpkins didnt stand a chance against our neighbors and there 300-500+ dollar displays.

Almost nobody carves pumpkins anymore, whats the point of the giant displays if you dont even carve a pumpkin.

I've got no issue with putting them up early to get them ready. In fact, I'm usually jealous of people who do, as it would be so much easier to do weather-wise for me at beginning of November vs a month or so later when I just start thinking about doing it.

But just because you get them up early doesn't mean you actually have to turn them on.

 

[mr. furley]

Baseball season is over, but could someone take the time to educate PBP guys on what is and what isn’t “spoiling” a pitch?

As I understand it, spoiling a pitch is in a 2 strike count, fouling off a ball in the strike zone. Especially a good pitch.

Swinging at a ball 2’ off the plate is not “spoiling it”, it’s “hacking away at what would have been a ball”. Seeing some Panda Sandoval-lookin swing at a ball low and outside on a 3-2 pitch and hearing the PBP dude say “spoiled that one” makes my ears bleed. Like no Joe Buck, he fouled off ball 4. The only thing he spoiled was a free pass to 1st.

Chuckie hacks on 3-0

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Chuckie hacks on 3-0

Joe Buck “spoiled it!”

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I know we've covered this before, but IT IS NOT CHRISTMAS! Bunches of lights were up the day after Halloween. Come on, people. Do better.

The lawn cutting crews offer discounts if you do it earlier, since they are in the slow time right now. They aren't hanging lights yet and the grass has stopped growing.

I agree with you. Thanksgiving should be earliest, but that is why people do it.

Our HOA offers rewards for best lights, and it is always people who pay other people who win first/2nd/3rd, lol. They must be so proud.

My kids help us put up our lights, same with Halloween decorations. My daughter really wanted to win the halloween contest, but our homemade ghosts and carved pumpkins didnt stand a chance against our neighbors and there 300-500+ dollar displays.

Almost nobody carves pumpkins anymore, whats the point of the giant displays if you dont even carve a pumpkin.

I've got no issue with putting them up early to get them ready. In fact, I'm usually jealous of people who do, as it would be so much easier to do weather-wise for me at beginning of November vs a month or so later when I just start thinking about doing it.

But just because you get them up early doesn't mean you actually have to turn them on.

Yep. I don't mind lights up year round. Some smarties in the next subdivision have programmable ones that they can have in different colors depending on the occasion. The Easter colors are nice.

 

[Gally]

Baseball season is over, but could someone take the time to educate PBP guys on what is and what isn’t “spoiling” a pitch?

As I understand it, spoiling a pitch is in a 2 strike count, fouling off a ball in the strike zone. Especially a good pitch.

Swinging at a ball 2’ off the plate is not “spoiling it”, it’s “hacking away at what would have been a ball”. Seeing some Panda Sandoval-lookin swing at a ball low and outside on a 3-2 pitch and hearing the PBP dude say “spoiled that one” makes my ears bleed. Like no Joe Buck, he fouled off ball 4. The only thing he spoiled was a free pass to 1st.

You can "spoil" a pitch that is a ball. Getting fooled by a pitch and making contact to stay alive can be considered "spoiling" a good pitch. A good pitch isn't always a strike and in a two strike count there are many good pitched that aren't strikes.

A pitch that starts out and stays in the strike zone to start the batter to commit and then breaks off the plate that gets fouled off is spoiling a good pitch.

However fouling off a 2-0 pitch right down the gut isn't spoiling the pitch. It's wasting the pitch. Fouling off a pitch that was never in the zone with two strikes is "staying alive" and not "spoiling a pitch".