Things that some people don't get that annoy you

[willywonka666]

I was just reading a friend on facebook lamenting the fact that a Judas Priest concert last night only drew 2,000 people and someone chimed in with their idea of why it didn't go well-because it wasn't on a Friday or Saturday night.

Noone seems to think about the fact that an act can't go out on the road and only do weekends-that's ridiculous, but inevitably someone will make that complaint about a show regardless of how many people show up.

So what are some other examples of people seemingly missing the point of something that you might find annoying?

[Johnny Flamingo]

I hate that living in the south there are a lot of xenophobic people. Generally I really don't connect at all to the Cajun culture and its tough to explain to people that not everyone loves that culture and their are plenty of differnt styles that aren't the same and that their is nothing wrong with people in other places doing things differently.

On the same note as you mentioned above. I am a fan of a small college football team. We generally average 7-8000 fans, which is really good. We have a very competitive team. I hate when someone says something like "Your team is sad, they only draw 7000 people, LSU had 90000 last game. First they aren;t in the same division, second LSU's football budget is higher than our entire university's budget and we are in a small town of 15000 people, LSU is sandwhiched between 3 large cities. TO be hoonest, I prefer the atmosphere at small college football as opposed to the mamoth stadiums. Just hard to get some people to understand that it is OK and successful for us to draw 7-8000 fans a game.

[ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul]

When people get offended you don't align perfectly to their viewpoint, in a hotbutton issue, and then use negating statements to try and undermine what you are saying, when you raise valid concerns/counterpoints to their stance.


In other words, "My disagreeing with you does not make me any more correct or incorrect. And neither does it mean that my take away from a situation isn't grounded in as much thought as you invested in it.

[Sephiroth]

How its possible for nerd guys to prevent fantasy women over the real thing. Take a long look at some of them!

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

Oct 23, 2014 6:58:57 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

I was just reading a friend on facebook lamenting the fact that a Judas Priest concert last night only drew 2,000 people and someone chimed in with their idea of why it didn't go well-because it wasn't on a Friday or Saturday night.

Noone seems to think about the fact that an act can't go out on the road and only do weekends-that's ridiculous, but inevitably someone will make that complaint about a show regardless of how many people show up.

So what are some other examples of people seemingly missing the point of something that you might find annoying?

I hate concerts that are not on weekends. This means usually not being able to freely enjoy myself at a Tuesday night concert because I have work the next day.

[Hit Girl]

People citing the right to free speech on privately owned websites

[A Platypus Rave]

Oct 23, 2014 11:43:54 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

People citing the right to free speech on privately owned websites

I'd expand that to people not understanding what freedom of speech actually entails.

[Deleted]

Manners/etiquette

People never really get what manners are all about.

Its not about enforcing some arbitrary or draconian set of rules at all. Its about creating a situtation where people feel comfortable.

So if your idiotic or archaric idea of "manners" ends up making someone else feel uncomfortable - you're the one being rude.

People needs to realize that manners are, above all else - fluid, current and unprentionous. They're not meant to be timeless rules handed down throughout the generations.

AND one of the most important part of proper etiquette and manners is creating a situation that is ACCEPTING of people with different backgrounds/cultures/ideas of our own.

[G✇JI☈A]

When people say this:

'Well I don't find it offensive, so it's not offensive'

Get so angry when people say this. Won't go into it too much cause it borders on the political but you should now what I mean.

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Oct 23, 2014 14:17:45 GMT -5 G✇JI☈A said:

When people say this:

'Well I don't find it offensive, so it's not offensive'

Get so angry when people say this. Won't go into it too much cause it borders on the political but you should now what I mean.

When people think they are representative of everyone of a certain group it does get very concerning.

Same road as "I have black friends!/I have a mother! How can I be racist/sexist?!"

[Glitch]

Oct 23, 2014 14:17:45 GMT -5 G✇JI☈A said:

When people say this:

'Well I don't find it offensive, so it's not offensive'

Get so angry when people say this. Won't go into it too much cause it borders on the political but you should now what I mean.

And it is usually said by the same hypocrites who find something offensive, so therefore everybody else must find it offensive.

[mcmahonfan85]

this happens a lot with my family

i got annoyed watching The Shield (the show, not the WWE group) with my dad. we watched a documentary on the Rampart scandal, which was what inspired the show, and my dad kept trying to make the argument that framing criminals for crimes they didn't commit, planting evidence, stealing drugs from a drug dealer to sell yourself, and all the other shit the Rampart cops did he found to be perfectly acceptable. then immediately after that we watched an episode where Forest Whitaker's character planted evidence to frame Vic Mackey, and my dad goes off on how wrong that is. then he tried to justify when i called him out on saying it was okay to do not an hour earlier.

i got annoyed with my mom the other day, for two things. the background on it is that nearly every day she talks how she hates that all people do at her jobs is bitch and fight all day, if something good happens they have to find something to complain about, etc. so the other night we went to the symphony, and during the symphony the show choir from a local high school sang a number of old spiritual songs, as it went with the theme from the evening. after a performance, we get in the car, and instead of talking about what a nice night it was at the symphony or what she enjoyed, the first thing she does is start bitching about how people get sooooo offended about having kindergartners sing Christmas songs at school holiday pageant but they aren't by this, and its because the liberals are doing this to destroy the country and the liberals are doing that to destroy the world and blah blah blah. in addition to not seeing what the f*** any of that had to do with the symphony, i tried to make a distinction between the two situations, but apparently there is no distinction between a bunch of 5 year olds being required to signs songs related to one specific religious holiday in a mandatory performance in a public school irregardless of their family's religious beliefs, and young adults in a volunteer activity choosing to take part in an additional performance outside of school that is quasi-religious.

and then there is my brother. i could go on forever about stuff with my brother, but i'll just go with one. the biggest one. the one that went beyond annoyed to going "What the f***?!" and getting a massive headache trying to comprehend his reasoning. according to my brother, it is not acceptable to use "fag", "dyke" or any other derogatory terms about homosexuals because they can't help being homosexuals (he's gay), nor is it acceptable to use "bitch", "c**t" or any other derogatory terms about females because they can't help being female (he's pre-op transgender and identifies with being female), but it is perfectly fine to use words like "n****r" when talking about African-Americans "because they choose to be that way" (also cause he ain't black)