[psmith2.0]

I hear that on "The Sopranos", Scorsese movies and "Rocky". Never really heard it in real life, only because I'm not up north (seems like a more northern thing?). We speak correctly down here, and say "y'all", which is the proper way:

"Did y'all see that movie? It was sweeeeeet!"

See the difference?

[InactionMan]

That's so true. The last time I drove south we stopped just before the border to get coffee and the cashier said, "yous guys wants some donuts with that." The next day when we ordered breakfast at The Waffle House the waitress said, "y'all want some coffee with that." The next time I head south I'm going to map the boundary between Yous Guys-ville and Y'all-town . I imagine it'll still match up nicely with the Mason-Dixon line.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Boomerangmacuser Incorrect spelling of stationery. i.e. I'm off to Staples to purchase some stationnary. Drives me nuts. Stationery: Paper and pencils. Stationary: Not moving. Brad has his apostrophe's', I have my stationary.

Huh. I didn't even know there were two ways to spell it. I'll have to remember that one.

[Dave]

Oh, I forgot. My biggest pet peeve is stupid people.

[BuonRotto]

I hate it when people deliberately try to be as obnoxious, crass and offensive as possible in the pursuit of attention. The thing is, when it's so obvious you're trying to get a certain reaction, it doesn't offend or embarrass me at all; I just don't react. I'm spiteful that way. People in their 30's don't do it as much as, well, everyone in their late teens and early twenties. I don't see it as much. But when I do run into someone who is still like that, I just act completely bored. I will never give those folks the satisfaction of negative attention.

Actually, the only thing I hate more than behavior like that, is smarmy behavior that reinforces it. "I can't believe you're saying that out loud! You're too much! You really are!"

Seen too many couples in this pattern.

[PB PM]

Originally Posted by Is it 1981? I was taught the same thing when I was learning; this was about five/ six years ago, now. I questioned him on that and he said it was a an extremely common mistake to always signal - apparently if you signal while no one's around, it's marked as a minor fault. But I've not driven at all since I got my licence. edit: this is in the UK, btw.

That could be the difference, because we get marked if we don't use the signal, no matter what.

[BuonRotto]

OK, as far as driving is concerned, by far my biggest pet peeve, aside from people forgetting to look both ways before gunning out into the road, is when people use their turn signal as they're turning!

You see, you want to tell people that you're planning to turn because it means you have to slow down or possibly move towards them. This in turn will give you proper warning to give them room to perform their turn. When you use your signal as you're turning, it's a moot point. I can see your car turning already, thank you. That you've decided to flip your signal on while in the act tells me that either you've learned to do this simply to avoid a ticket, that you cannot think out what goes on 6" past your nose, or that you simply do not have the faculties to comprehend the concept of a "signal".

[Boomerangmacuser]

On the turn signal peev-edness front; I hate the ones that just do a single flash of the signal and immediately hop to the next lane. If you're lucky and/or obsevant enought to catch the lone 3-millisecond blink, you only have enough time for half you life to flash by before the guy jumps in front of you.

Some newer cars have a minimum of three blinks even if you just tap the turn indicator. That still doesn't prevent the driver from hopping lanes though.

[kretara]

I thought that everyone knew that a turn signal is a warning to everyone around you that I am moving my car over to the next lane so you better move. At least that was how people used turn signals in the Boston area.

Pet Peeves:

1. Hearing anyone use Ebonics/REbonics (red neck bonics)
2. People who drive slow in the fast lane
3. People who leave their turn signals on...forever
4. TV adverts that are MUCH louder than the movie/show you are watching
5. DVD's that will not allow you to skip new releases or some other crap so you can just WATCH THE FRIGGING MOVIE!!
6. Having to repeat myself more than twice

[Xaqtly]

Originally Posted by kretara 1. Hearing anyone use Ebonics/REbonics (red neck bonics)

Heh yeah... otherwise known as "Bluebonics" or "Cauceezy"

[psmith2.0]

Here's one:

That stupid, overdone, clichéd "operatic chorus" you see in every movie trailer.

It's become the new "In a world...", and it overplayed its hand a good year or so ago. But it's still being used all the time. Go to Apple's QuickTime movie trailers and pick out a few flicks of the sci-fi/action/fantasy/thriller genre. You'll see.



I can't stand it. It just, to me, says (sing to the theme of the opera chorus) "Hack, hack, hack, hack...I'm derivative! My trailer looks and sounds like every other one! Hack, hack, hack; I'm following the trailer playbooooook! Yes I am, yes I am; Quick-cuts! Fade-to-black! Ominous words up on the screeeeeeeeeeeen! [explosion] Hack, hack, hack...I wish I had some originality! This movie will be shitty, and I'm dressing it up as best I can...but I'm using a tactic that was passé in early 2006!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

There. How's that for a "pet peeve".



In fact, I won't go see a movie if it has a trailer like this. I figure if they're this unoriginal and by-the-book on a one-minute trailer, what are the chances that they're going to do entertain, dazzle or enlighten me for a full two hours? Stick your movie in the Trailer-O-Matic, hit a few buttons and be ready for multiplex magic!

[Unch]

I have a few:

• Probably only a UK thing, but I can't stand Chavs that listen out loud to their shitty "RnB", "Hip-hop", "Dance" or "Urban" music on their mobile phones. It's bad enough that they have to assault my ears with that by-the-numbers shite, but do they have to really do it through the worst, tinniest, distorted speakers known to man?
• People who walk on the cycle paths when the footpath is clear and then get arsey when you try to pass them
• Self-important Bloggers
• GM-TV
• Mockneys
• Obnoxious charity workers that try to extract your bank details out of you while you're out in the street.
• Spelling and grammar pedants on the internet. Sure, retarded "txt-spk" and the like are incredibly annoying, but I think some people take it waaaaay to far.

[Fahrenheit]

Too many "a"s in waaaaay.

[Anonymous Coward]

Originally Posted by BuonRotto You see, you want to tell people that you're planning to turn because it means you have to slow down or possibly move towards them.

Doesn't work for me sometimes. I look back to see that there is a reasonable gap in the lane in which I want to turn, then wait about 3 to 5 flashes, but as soon as I signal, I can see the car speed up to close the gap.

If I were a mildly aggressive driver, I know that there was plenty of time and distance to move over, but since I usually plan my lane changes in advance, I just console myself with the knowledge that I still have plenty of time to make my maneuver.

[709]

Not enough "h"s in Farenheit.

[709]

People that use multiple 'returns' just to lay one goddamn smiley at the bottom end of their post.

Assholes.

[turbulentfurball]

Post whores who can't just edit their previous post, but rather create another post to up their post count and by proxy, their Internet dicks.

[Bryson]

Ah. That's called a dramatic pause. No problem with that, surely?

[Fahrenheit]

I agree.

[709]

Originally Posted by turbulentfurball Post whores who can't just edit their previous post, but rather create another post to up their post count and by proxy, their Internet dicks.

I glad somebody got it.

[thegeriatric]

Originally Posted by 709 People that use multiple 'returns' just to lay one goddamn smiley at the bottom end of their post. Assholes.

I have no idea what you mean.

[thegeriatric]

Originally Posted by Bryson Ah. That's called a dramatic pause. No problem with that, surely?

Fine by me.

[thegeriatric]

Originally Posted by Farenheit I agree.

See above post.

[thegeriatric]

Originally Posted by turbulentfurball Post whores who can't just edit their previous post, but rather create another post to up their post count and by proxy, their Internet dicks.

Are you talking to me?

[Is it 1981?]

Originally Posted by Unch Probably only a UK thing, but I can't stand Chavs that listen out loud to their shitty "RnB", "Hip-hop", "Dance" or "Urban" music on their mobile phones. It's bad enough that they have to assault my ears with that by-the-numbers shite, but do they have to really do it through the worst, tinniest, distorted speakers known to man?

Agreed - especially the way they "sit" on the seat with their legs wide open like some preening tosser. And they're always playing 'Smack That' by A-fucking-kon.

Originally Posted by Unch GM-TV

The rare occasions I've had the misfortune to watch this, I've always had to turn down the colour saturation settings on my screen. Or at least wear sunglasses. GMTV - the gaudy way to start your day!

Celeb culture
a) If it gets to the point where you're making decisions (life-changing or otherwise) based on what celebs do, any value you had to society has been reduced to a pile of dog ash. Pathetic.
b) How materialistic and shallow is the whole 'celeb culture' anyway? That, along with Hollyoaks/ Radio 1/ Heat magazine/ WAGs/ E4 (et al) is responsible for a lot of what's wrong with Western culture right now.

The way Mail doesn't hide at startup
Someone had to say it

[scratt]

oh and Puff faggot Daddy, ArserUsher, Ben Asslick Afflek, Nicole Kidman, Posh Spice.

[Fahrenheit]

Thanks for reminding me Scratt - any artist that uses swear words in their music - when they are only artists who sell to kids - and the radio edits get censored. Gwen Stefani and Britney Spears being examples of this.

[Is it 1981?]

scratt - I personally wouldn't put Nicole Kidman in with the others you mentioned. Though I wouldn't mind putting something else in (edited for reasons of taste and decency - or lack of)

I've been looking at Gwen Stefani at work for the past several weeks now, and I'm sick of her.

[Robo]

Any company that makes outlandish claims to get press attention and then fails to live up to them.

Y'know, the Asus Eee? The Linux-based mini-notebook with a 4GB flash drive for only $199? Now, it's the mini-notebook with a 2GB drive for only $269-$299. I mean, I'm glad they beefed up the battery a bit, but at that price, why not just get a bargain basement "real" notebook? Hell, by the time it finally ships, Black Friday will be right around the corner, and you'll be able to buy a "real" notebook for the same price...

And I knew they'd make their money on accessories and options, but when the entire computer is $269, charging an extra Benjamin just to upgrade the flash drive to 4GB (y'know...what it was supposed to be in the first place) is kinda a lot. I mean, $369? I can go to Circuit City right now and get a Vista laptop for that much.

Basically, they doubled the price of the Eee. But I guess a $369-399 notebook wouldn't have turned quite so many heads...

Anyway, this brings me to my all time ultimate pet peeve. Mini-notebooks without a usable right shift key. The up arrow key does not belong between the question mark and the right shift key! Squish the d-pad, drop it down a row, whatever. It's such a simple change...but nope, nobody's going to listen enough to fix it. That - more than the small size of the keyboards - is what makes those things a pain to type on.

[scratt]

Originally Posted by Is it 1981? I've been looking at Gwen Stefani at work for the past several weeks now, and I'm sick of her.

She's visiting us this weekend.. Where she's playing in Bangkok is just over from our condo..

I'll be sure to let her know how you feel..

Personally I am hoping she's bringing her red cheerleading outfit.. Yummy!