People and things I can't stand

daveinvegas

daveinvegas

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This sorta goes along with inventions you hate.

Chris Matthews
Keith Oberstman
Rachel Maddcow
Nancy Grace
Nancy Reid
Harry Pelosi


Everyone in the federal government (senate, house of representatives, white house).

Public service announcements on TV that are aired at every break that tell you how to save energy, how to start forest fires (remember, only forest fires prevent bears) or live your life.

Using Tinker Bell to con little kids to chastise their parents for not using the "correct" light bulbs.

ED commercials

Infomercials (the only one I ever saw that interested me at all was for the Kregg pocket hole jig; Now that's cool).

free credit report dot com commercials

The radio station in Vegas that can't get through one hour without playing a Santana song.

Coca Cola commercials that show 16 oz. green glass bottles that you can't buy. I think Dr. Peppers and Coke taste much better in green glass bottles. Where'd they go? What's up with that?

When Las Vegas' is pronounced "Las Vegases"

The fact that there is an episode of CSI or Law and Order on TV at any given time.

When Abby says: "You can tell the gun had a silencer because of the striations on the bullet."

Commercials that ruin good songs such as "Viva Las Vegas."

Ending sentences with "at" or any other preposition.

Using the at (@) symbol for the word "at"

Pronouncing "often" as "off-ten"

Incorrect use of your and you're; the incorrect use of there, they're and their; the incorrect use of to and too.

The use of the words "have got" together, as in "we have got to do this."

Saying "myself" instead of "I" or "me" i.e. "Call Bob or myself." AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! "Call me or Bob!"

Saying "Her and I" or "Him and I"

Saying "I should have went to the store earlier."

People who don't understand past, present and future tenses.

People who think they are educated, articulate and intelligent who aren't. Think people in politics and the MSM.

Supposebly

Acrost

Saying "backwards" "forwards" "upwards" "towards" etc. It is only correct to place an "s" at the end of those words if you are in the UK.

Using "amongst" "whilst" "learnt" "burnt" if you are not a Brit.

Saying "two thousand and nine" or "a hundred and fifty dollars" (two thousand nine; one hundred fifty dollars).

peeple whom dont yoose spel chiggers whom reely shud.

I hate that I can't figure out how to comfortably conceal more than four guns (I don't count the little itty bitty ones).

Little itty bitty teeny tiny itsy bitsy plastic .380s. Come on, be a man, carry two .45s for cryin' out loud!

Ruger's new plastic revolver.

Fire safe cigarettes.

BTW, a note to people who are paid to speak, (newscasters, etc.) "exit" is not pronounced "egzit" and "illegal" is not pronounced "E legal" and "immediately" is not pronounced "A mediately."

I have more but I'll stop here for now lest someone think I'm an old curmudgeon. Actually, I am but we'll leave that for another time.

Thanks for allowing me to vent. I really needed to vent today. ;)
 
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I haven't watched TV in 4 or 5 weeks.

One time I felt the urge to watch a seinfeld episode, so I checked the channel roster, sure enough there was two episodes in a row just started.

I listen to talk radio, can't stand listening to poor quality music reproductions.

I was just discussing the 'off-ten' issue with the secretary yesterday and how I thought it was funny that a friend of mine says it that way; she divulged that she says it that way too and actually looked it up and the online dictionary has it both ways.

supposively

shedule; must have learned that in shool.

Commercials that tell people how they can 'invest' their money when they're really telling them how they will lose it.

People that fart in elevators.
 
Yeah and on line dictionaries say it is now proper to end sentences with prepositions, too. We all know it just ain't so.
 
I once read the course description of a college level German language class that stated one of the learning goals was dictation (it was supposed to be diction). It couldn't be changed because the course description was approved BY THE STATE!

That same college changed it's name from City College to Community College. When a new sign was made an "S" in the name of the town was upside down, poured in concrete. The sign was huge, too. That upside down "S" could be seen a half block away.
 
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69_knives said:
I haven't watched TV in 4 or 5 weeks.

One time I felt the urge to watch a seinfeld episode, so I checked the channel roster, sure enough there was two episodes in a row just started.

I listen to talk radio, can't stand listening to poor quality music reproductions.

I was just discussing the 'off-ten' issue with the secretary yesterday and how I thought it was funny that a friend of mine says it that way; she divulged that she says it that way too and actually looked it up and the online dictionary has it both ways.

supposively

shedule; must have learned that in shool.

Commercials that tell people how they can 'invest' their money when they're really telling them how they will lose it.

People that fart in elevators.
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Yep, here in Vegas you can choose between two different episodes of Friends on different channels and two different episodes of Seinfeld on different channels at the same time.

I really did intend to stop before my list got out of hand but I can't stop myself. SOMEONE STOP ME BEFORE I EDIT AGAIN!
It looks like I'm on the verge of listing everything in the world that annoys me. Sorry.
 
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Newspeak; I guess Orwell was a bit off on the timing. :)

You know, they used to teach us in school that it was better to leave the lights on rather than turn them off when leaving the room. Hmm, wonder who was behind that... Obviously the people that make money off of utilities and taxes. The secretary at work is about 14 years younger than me, born in the US and said she was taught the same thing.

In fact, I believe that the 'drink 8 glasses of water a day' is BS too. 8 glasses = 2 litres. 2 litres of water drank = about 4 flushes of a toilet. What is the average flush; say 4.5 litres, being conservative? So your 2 litres of water drank turns into 20 litres of water flushed away, so you get a million people drinking 2 litres of water every day, that's 20 million litres of water used, now how much does the municipality charge per litre?

I used to drink 8 glasses of water a day, on top of everything else like coffee and beer. Now I just drink coffee and beer and I don't feel one bit different... occasionally if I eat something salty I'll actually crave water and have a glass or two but unless I actually crave it I don't make any effort to drink it.
 
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Ideas I can't stand:

That disagreement (even strong disagreement with politics, lifestyle, music .... whatever) equals HATE.

"There is NO black and white ... NO right or wrong, only gray (unless you think there IS right and wrong/black and white. Then you're 'wrong.')". [Hypocracy]

Miscellaneous:

Working cocobolo

presidential assassins, wannabe presidential assassins and plane bombing terrorists being released from jail for ANY reason.

cancer.
 
69_knives said:
Newspeak; I guess Orwell was a bit off on the timing. :)

You know, they used to teach us in school that it was better to leave the lights on rather than turn them off when leaving the room. Hmm, wonder who was behind that... Obviously the people that make money off of utilities and taxes. The secretary at work is about 14 years younger than me, born in the US and said she was taught the same thing.
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I think the theory behind that was that the power surge burned out the bulbs quicker. Therefore, it was less expensive to pay the electric bill than to replace the bulbs. It wasn't just the cost of the bulb but also the cost of the maintenance man changing the bulb, etc.


OK, we're on a roll. Don't stop now; we could end up fixing the world here.
 
69_knives said:
Newspeak; I guess Orwell was a bit off on the timing. :)

You know, they used to teach us in school that it was better to leave the lights on rather than turn them off when leaving the room. Hmm, wonder who was behind that... Obviously the people that make money off of utilities and taxes. The secretary at work is about 14 years younger than me, born in the US and said she was taught the same thing.

In fact, I believe that the 'drink 8 glasses of water a day' is BS too. 8 glasses = 2 litres. 2 litres of water drank = about 4 flushes of a toilet. What is the average flush; say 4.5 litres, being conservative? So your 2 litres of water drank turns into 20 litres of water flushed away, so you get a million people drinking 2 litres of water every day, that's 20 million litres of water used, now how much does the municipality charge per litre?

I used to drink 8 glasses of water a day, on top of everything else like coffee and beer. Now I just drink coffee and beer and I don't feel one bit different... occasionally if I eat something salty I'll actually crave water and have a glass or two but unless I actually crave it I don't make any effort to drink it.
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OH, here's another one: Sugar is bad for you so "they" took sugar out of soft drinks and replaced it with High Fructose Corn Syrup. The HFCS has contributed to obesity and now "they" want to tax soft drinks because drinking them makes you fat.

Why don't we just go back to using sugar?

And don't forget the problems with eating eggs that turned out not to be a problem after all.
 
Actually I recall the premise being that the bulbs used more energy to turn them back on than would be used in an 8 hour period of being left on. So, if they would be off for less than 8 hours, it was better to leave them on.
 
69_knives said:
Actually I recall the premise being that the bulbs used more energy to turn them back on than would be used in an 8 hour period of being left on. So, if they would be off for less than 8 hours, it was better to leave them on.
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OK, I'll buy that.

It's like turning your engine off at the stop light and then starting the car again. You use more fuel starting the engine than letting the engine idle (or so I'm told).

It probably contributes to greater engine wear as well.
 
Mythbusters busted the lightbulb thing a while back with a bunch of different types of bulbs. :)
 
I hate it when people pronounce the name "Jesus", hay-sus, I dont know why? I dont wont to learn spanish either! :)
 
69_knives said:
In fact, I believe that the 'drink 8 glasses of water a day' is BS too. 8 glasses = 2 litres. 2 litres of water drank = about 4 flushes of a toilet. What is the average flush; say 4.5 litres, being conservative? So your 2 litres of water drank turns into 20 litres of water flushed away, so you get a million people drinking 2 litres of water every day, that's 20 million litres of water used, now how much does the municipality charge per litre?
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That's funny because I just heard a public service announcement on the radio that encourages peeing in the shower in order to save water. I can't wait for the PSA to encourage people to shower together.
 
69_knives said:
Newspeak

In fact, I believe that the 'drink 8 glasses of water a day' is BS too. 8 glasses = 2 litres. 2 litres of water drank = about 4 flushes of a toilet. What is the average flush; say 4.5 litres, being conservative? So your 2 litres of water drank turns into 20 litres of water flushed away, so you get a million people drinking 2 litres of water every day, that's 20 million litres of water used, now how much does the municipality charge per litre/QUOTE]
Hey us rednecks just pee off the porch.
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DEBT ELIMINATION COMPANIES!! :grumpy::jerkit::barf:

I have always lived WITHIN MY MEANS, and payed MY debts [including interest!]. I can't understand people spending thousands and expect someone else to pay for it!!!!!! :confused::mad:

If you can't AFFORD it, you CAN"T HAVE IT!!!!!!!
 
You can throw "irregardless" into that mix. I wonder if the people who say "off - ten" also say they use fabric "soff - tenner" to do their laundry?

Oh yeah, and you can throw in any of the "business" lingo we all have to hear. Which in reality is just filler. Say what you want to say, and be done. Heres a good starting list....

In terms of, by virtue of, I echo that, I will buble that up, We should use that as a springboard going forward, Absolutely, and the list goes on and on......

Larry
 
Actually, of-ten is a legitmiate pronunciation:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/often.
But I'll admit that most folks fabricate their sentances like they never made it past 3rd grade.
One of my biggest "beefs" is the usage of 'seen'!
I seen him at the store.
I seen that movie.
etc.
For cryin' outloud, it's the first verb we learned to read, write and conjugate starting right out in first grade!!!
See Spot run.
Jane saw Dick's di..
 
Joe Cabaup said:
That's funny because I just heard a public service announcement on the radio that encourages peeing in the shower in order to save water. I can't wait for the PSA to encourage people to shower together.
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Back when the utilities had extra unused capacity it wasn't an issue even with the electric lights issue. It's cheap for them to process an extra 20 million litres of water, as long as they have the capacity for it but they can't charge you for it unless you actually use it.

And for the electric lights issue, a coal fired power plant pretty much runs at capacity all the time so if the power isn't being used then fuel is being wasted, hence the encouragement to use electricity unnecessarily. Now things are different, plants are really being maxed out and no new plants to relieve the pressure.
 
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