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What, in general, annoys you? (1 Viewer)
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Ditka Butkus
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Ditka Butkus
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The thread title is; What in general annoys you. What I posted qualifies. I would suggest you just post Ditka Butkus annoys me, and leave it at that.
roadkill1292
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I don't think there's anything new and interesting about that pronouncement, either.
skol asylum
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People
belljr
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sbonomo
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:good post:
flysack
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beerbarron
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People who rapidly accelerate to get to a street light that has been red since the previous light turned green..
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Limp Ditka
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Dickery
Green and Gold
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Why? Why would you post the link? I can't help but click it when someone posts a link like that, and then I hit 'play' on the video because I enjoy a good train wreck. What I heard goes beyond that. It was the audio version of watching that video from The Ring. If you posted that on the Something Awful website, it would crash and never come back again, sucked through vortex and to some previously unknown layer of hell. That mix will play when the world ends.flysack said:
tl;dr - I didn't care for it.
Gustavo Fring
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People who will by-pass a long line of cars in traffic and then try to merge into an exit or turn lane at the closest possible point.
shuke
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E-Z Glider
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The biggest fist-bumper I know is a germaphobe. He doesnt do it to be cool, he's just afraid to shake your filthy hand.
Ditka Butkus
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Peyton Marino
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Rick James
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I do this if I know the light is about to turn green, thus creating space at the head of the line when they start to move.
the moops
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Leroy Hoard
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You say this like it's a bad thing.flysack said:
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
No, you are just being a ####. Get in line like everyone else. Nothing is more satisfying than swerving over to prevent this.
BobbyLayne
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When Katy Perry's left shark broke off the choreography and just started doing their own thing I was pretty incensed.
jamny
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People that walk down the street but look to the side. Watch where you're walking! Sometimes they come out of a store and are looking practically behind them as they walk forward.
Idiots. Occasionally I'll give them a bump or get close enough to scare them. Like with people walking while looking at their phones.
Idiots. Occasionally I'll give them a bump or get close enough to scare them. Like with people walking while looking at their phones.
Binky The Doormat
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shuke
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Jayrod
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I like the way your jib is cut. I too am a late lane switcher. Why is everyone in such a dang hurry to merge? The lane is there to use, not just to waste space. Some people seem to think it is like cutting in line, but I disagree. The further back the mergers start their ridiculous pre-merging, the further back traffic gets backed up. Chill out and merge when you are forced to by the powers that be. No need to do it sooner.Don't let me in then. I'll find a spot.
jhib
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Big fan of the zipper merge, but I don't think that was the situation GF was referring to.I like the way your jib is cut. I too am a late lane switcher. Why is everyone in such a dang hurry to merge? The lane is there to use, not just to waste space. Some people seem to think it is like cutting in line, but I disagree. The further back the mergers start their ridiculous pre-merging, the further back traffic gets backed up. Chill out and merge when you are forced to by the powers that be. No need to do it sooner.Don't let me in then. I'll find a spot.
It's a different story when there's a turn/exit lane and you pass and then cut in line. If you don't get let in, you're blocking a free-moving lane.
beerbarron
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People who call Thursday Pre-Friday..
flysack
Footballguy
This is a thing? So glad I never heard it. It'd make a terrible defense in a murder trial.
"Members of the jury, the vicitm said pre-Friday. Clearly he was asking for a stapler to the head."
beerbarron
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Yeah.. some folks at work spout that occasionally.. heard it this am.. uuuuggghhhhhhh.....
Now if it was a Red Swingline.. stapler.. It could be reduced to second degree attempted stiching with intent to staple..
Now if it was a Red Swingline.. stapler.. It could be reduced to second degree attempted stiching with intent to staple..
Mr. Ected
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I agree with jhib, I think the annoying situation is when there is already a long line of cars (from traffic, accident, whatever), and someone decides to run up the free lane until they are right at the merge and then slide in. What makes them better to be able to cut in line? At the grocery store do you just linger until a cashier is done and slide in before the 10 people in the line?Big fan of the zipper merge, but I don't think that was the situation GF was referring to.I like the way your jib is cut.I too am a late lane switcher. Why is everyone in such a dang hurry to merge? The lane is there to use, not just to waste space. Some people seem to think it is like cutting in line, but I disagree. The further back the mergers start their ridiculous pre-merging, the further back traffic gets backed up. Chill out and merge when you are forced to by the powers that be. No need to do it sooner.Don't let me in then. I'll find a spot.
It's a different story when there's a turn/exit lane and you pass and then cut in line. If you don't get let in, you're blocking a free-moving lane.
Sabertooth
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Obese people and bad drivers. Often the same thing.
beerbarron
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The kind of people that are so large a body part or two bump and beep the horn when getting out of their car...
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Peyton Marino
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In a perfectly efficient driving environment, everyone is going to merge as soon as they know that they need to. Therefore, this is not a viable strategy as everyone is going to look out for their own best interests knowing that everyone else is going to be merging ASAP as well. Simple game theory, really.I like the way your jib is cut.I too am a late lane switcher. Why is everyone in such a dang hurry to merge? The lane is there to use, not just to waste space. Some people seem to think it is like cutting in line, but I disagree. The further back the mergers start their ridiculous pre-merging, the further back traffic gets backed up. Chill out and merge when you are forced to by the powers that be. No need to do it sooner.Don't let me in then. I'll find a spot.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
OK, misunderstood. If there is a lane ending, I'll go all the way to the end. But it if is an exit lane, I'll get over as soon as I can, except for specific locations I drive often that I know will open up right at the exit.I agree with jhib, I think the annoying situation is when there is already a long line of cars (from traffic, accident, whatever), and someone decides to run up the free lane until they are right at the merge and then slide in. What makes them better to be able to cut in line? At the grocery store do you just linger until a cashier is done and slide in before the 10 people in the line?Big fan of the zipper merge, but I don't think that was the situation GF was referring to.I like the way your jib is cut.I too am a late lane switcher. Why is everyone in such a dang hurry to merge? The lane is there to use, not just to waste space. Some people seem to think it is like cutting in line, but I disagree. The further back the mergers start their ridiculous pre-merging, the further back traffic gets backed up. Chill out and merge when you are forced to by the powers that be. No need to do it sooner.Don't let me in then. I'll find a spot.
It's a different story when there's a turn/exit lane and you pass and then cut in line. If you don't get let in, you're blocking a free-moving lane.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
If you're talking about where one lane ends, you're completely wrong. Both lanes go to a certain point for a reason. I believe there is an entire thread on this.In a perfectly efficient driving environment, everyone is going to merge as soon as they know that they need to. Therefore, this is not a viable strategy as everyone is going to look out for their own best interests knowing that everyone else is going to be merging ASAP as well. Simple game theory, really.I like the way your jib is cut.I too am a late lane switcher. Why is everyone in such a dang hurry to merge? The lane is there to use, not just to waste space. Some people seem to think it is like cutting in line, but I disagree. The further back the mergers start their ridiculous pre-merging, the further back traffic gets backed up. Chill out and merge when you are forced to by the powers that be. No need to do it sooner.Don't let me in then. I'll find a spot.
Jeremy
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Peyton Marino
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If you're talking about where one lane ends, you're completely wrong. Both lanes go to a certain point for a reason. I believe there is an entire thread on this.In a perfectly efficient driving environment, everyone is going to merge as soon as they know that they need to. Therefore, this is not a viable strategy as everyone is going to look out for their own best interests knowing that everyone else is going to be merging ASAP as well. Simple game theory, really.I like the way your jib is cut.I too am a late lane switcher. Why is everyone in such a dang hurry to merge? The lane is there to use, not just to waste space. Some people seem to think it is like cutting in line, but I disagree. The further back the mergers start their ridiculous pre-merging, the further back traffic gets backed up. Chill out and merge when you are forced to by the powers that be. No need to do it sooner.Don't let me in then. I'll find a spot.
I'm simply referring to driver psychology. The zipper merge is not an effective strategy because game theory. Pretty simple.
mr roboto
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So Shuke then?
Ditka Butkus
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jhib
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I'm not following you. If everyone is looking out for their best interests, one wouldn't get in a long line knowing that others can just pass them in the other line and move over later. Everyone would just get into whichever line was shortest at the time and then merge at the end (the actual merge point), hence the zipper merge.If you're talking about where one lane ends, you're completely wrong. Both lanes go to a certain point for a reason. I believe there is an entire thread on this.In a perfectly efficient driving environment, everyone is going to merge as soon as they know that they need to. Therefore, this is not a viable strategy as everyone is going to look out for their own best interests knowing that everyone else is going to be merging ASAP as well. Simple game theory, really.I like the way your jib is cut.I too am a late lane switcher. Why is everyone in such a dang hurry to merge? The lane is there to use, not just to waste space. Some people seem to think it is like cutting in line, but I disagree. The further back the mergers start their ridiculous pre-merging, the further back traffic gets backed up. Chill out and merge when you are forced to by the powers that be. No need to do it sooner.Don't let me in then. I'll find a spot.
If you're not following the zipper merge, you are putting yourself at the mercy of others both ahead and behind you, and the only good outcome is if everyone merges right away as well and no one behind you ends up in front of you.
If you do follow the zipper merge and simply choose whichever line is shortest at the time you arrive, it doesn't matter so much what others do. If everyone ahead of you does the zipper, you're in the same boat as the ideal situation in the merge early scenario (no one behind you ends up ahead of you, slowing you down). If people ahead choose to merge early instead, it actually helps you by allowing you in front of them. If others merge early behind you, it has no effect on you.
Note, I'm not well versed in game theory - I guess when it comes to that kind of traffic, my game is Tetris.
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