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Seeing as I am a huge skeptic, I figured posting a corollary to TxRedMan's "Some of my favorite things" post would be appropriate.

1. I hate flying. I hate it mostly because of my size. I am self conscious of how big I am, and there is nothing I can do about it. I try my best to fit inside my seat, but having a naturally large frame just isn't something that goes well with flying. Every time I fly I feel like I am dying.

2. I hate self-obsessed girls. You know what I'm talking about. The chicks who love the sound of their voice. They seem to know nothing about the world, don't care about politics and enjoy living in their fantasy materialistic world. The world has real problems, not being able to afford the latest Coach purse isn't one of them.

3. I hate traffic. I can't stand it. Nothing frustrates me more than sitting in a line of cars waiting to move 10 feet. Same goes for waiting in line at a store. I hate waiting. Maybe I just have a patience problem. It's definitely something I think about, and want to improve about myself but I find myself getting caught up in the moment and losing patience.

Skeptics of the world feel free to add what you dislike.

Oh and I know making this post will solve nothing of importance to the world, but venting is fun sometimes. Plus I think it could be interesting to see what other people despise.

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over-ripe bananas

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Good one.

A slightly green banana is a good banana.

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3. I hate traffic. I can't stand it. Nothing frustrates me more than sitting in a line of cars waiting to move 10 feet. Same goes for waiting in line at a store. I hate waiting. Maybe I just have a patience problem. It's definitely something I think about, and want to improve about myself but I find myself getting caught up in the moment and losing patience.

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Slight threadjack:
I'm driving home from school today down a four-lane major street in a semi-residential area. I am in the left lane, and slightly ahead of me in the right lane is another car. We are both going 35-40 mph. He is far enough ahead of me that he could easily move into my lane without any nuisance to me at all. I notice up ahead, there are a bunch of cars parked on the street in the right lane. Given how far ahead of me the other guy is, I expect him to change lanes but he doesn't, so I figure he's turning or something. Instead, he waits until the last possible second before hitting the parked cars, slams on brakes, and swerves into my lane, forcing me to slam on brakes. I lay on the horn for a couple seconds, and he flips me off. Noting that I don't have any hand grenades or automatic weapons with me, what's my play?

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Being color blind. It means I have trouble differentiating between green (underripe) and yellow (perfect) bananas. Nothing's worse than trying to peel a banana and hearing the sound that a green banana peel makes as it refuses to budge.

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3. I hate traffic. I can't stand it. Nothing frustrates me more than sitting in a line of cars waiting to move 10 feet. Same goes for waiting in line at a store. I hate waiting. Maybe I just have a patience problem. It's definitely something I think about, and want to improve about myself but I find myself getting caught up in the moment and losing patience.

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wow, it sounds like you're describing me. I'm very impatient. I stand by the microwave yelling at it to hurry up.

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Being color blind. It means I have trouble differentiating between green (underripe) and yellow (perfect) bananas. Nothing's worse than trying to peel a banana and hearing the sound that a green banana peel makes as it refuses to budge.

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I am now color blind and will be getting chicks to pick my fruit. thx What other colors do I have trouble with??

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Mine:

1) People who go down the stairs (and are in fine physical condition) really slow. It seems like it takes MORE effort to go slow to me.

2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.

3) People that are always looking around at everyone at the gym. I don't really mind it, but for a lot of people working out may be a big step for them... getting stared at my make it a negative experience.

4) People who won't help someone when it is only a minor inconvenience to them.

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1) People who let doors slam.

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over-ripe bananas

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a few spots of brown >>>> slightly green

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The large plastic bottles that Coke/Pepsi etc come in - specifically the 5 round "feet" on the bottom of them.

In the good old days, bottles came with flat bottoms. Then someone came up with the idea that you could save space when transporting them if you changed the flat bottoms for those bumps - it allows you to fit more bottles into the same volume for bulk transportation.

Unfortunately it means the bottles are much easier to knock over. You only have to tip one of these bottles a few degrees and over it goes, fizzing up inside and precluding you from opening it for a few minutes.

Ever had more than one of these bottles in plastic carrier bag with other items? When you put the bag down, one or both of the bottles overbalances, often taking the bag over with it.

Oh, those infernal bumps on the bottom of plastic bottles!

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2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.



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In an ideal world, stuff like this is a great idea, but imo it never works often enough to really prove effective/save time.

Things I dislike:

Waiting, in almost any concept, horrible about it.

People who don't follow obvious directions.

Flying for reasons relating to unreasonable fear and being fat.

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2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.

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any reason that extra $10 shouldn't confuse them?

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10+1+1 baby. i want a 5spot back! not 3 1's.

rj

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Some good ones there, kipin. I can relate.

1. I am a couple inches over six feet, and I often get uncomfortable in cars. Even if my legs can stretch out okay, sometimes when a small car goes around the corner quickly, I gotta watch out or my head will hit the side of the roof, and if we go over a bump, I'll bounce up and my head will hit the top. Grr! I often get out of cars grouchy.

2. Super-vapid girls are not pleasant, I can dig that too. It's pretty close to outright scary to hear some of the dimmer variety go on about make-up for a solid half-hour non-stop. I know guys can do the same thing when they talk about cars, but they seem to tire out a LOT quicker than females, and maybe it's just me, but ANYTHING is deeper and more interesting than talking about eye liner. For half an hour? WTF? Scary stupid.

3. Another thing is when meeting new people and they instantly try to find out who in the little cluster makes the most money, and you can see their personality completely change because of it. Some people are so rude and so desperate for status, and it amazes me that they can't see how they come off.

4. Fruits that all taste like potatoes, no matter what they are. Strawberries, peaches, apples, oranges, bananas -- they can all taste just completely bland, they get picked so unripe these days. I'm always surprised when a strawberry is good, because so often they're really bad. I used to love strawberries!

5. Drivers who are not only bad, but aggressive. You have to choose to be one or the other, or you're just an idiot.

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2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.

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any reason that extra $10 shouldn't confuse them?

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He definitely did not pick good numbers for this.

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10+1+1 baby. i want a 5spot back! not 3 1's.

rj

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but you're just gonna get back the $10 bill you gave them and some coins.

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i really dislike when people leave lights on. i guess general waste is kind of a pet peeve of mine. the power shortages of young california kind of conditioned me not to ever waste electricity.

traffic obv.

people not listening and then getting upset as a result. probably in line with dids' "not following directions" complaint.

rj

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Maybe I just have a patience problem.

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Me too, that's why I'm about to quit teaching.

By the way, I hate punk ass teenagers.

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2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.


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what the

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10+1+1 baby. i want a 5spot back! not 3 1's.

rj

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but you're just gonna get back the $10 bill you gave them and some coins.

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oh, i read it as 12, my bad. yeah, that doesnt make sense.

rj

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over-ripe bananas

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Good one.

A slightly green banana is a good banana.

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a few spots of brown >>>> slightly green

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This one is almost too close to call, but I'm gonna disagree. A little tartness in a banana adds a lot to the flavor, but overripeness adds nothing. It's kinda tricky to catch a banana just right.

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Duh, I carry $15 bills. BALLAH.

$22 for $16.54

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1) People who let doors slam.

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i don't like when people slam doors. those self slamming doors are a nuisance also.

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People who basically go to sleep on the benches/machines between their sets at the gym.

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2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.

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The fact that you screwed this up is evidence of why you should cut the cashiers some slack when you try to make creative change.

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Seeing as I am a huge skeptic,

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Skeptics of the world feel free to add what you dislike.

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I don't think this word means what you think it means.

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over-ripe bananas

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Good one.

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Amen!

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2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.


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what the

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lololol

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over-ripe bananas

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Good one.

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a few spots of brown >>>> slightly green

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This one is almost too close to call, but I'm gonna disagree. A little tartness in a banana adds a lot to the flavor, but overripeness adds nothing. It's kinda tricky to catch a banana just right.

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the best is when it is green and just barely starting to develop brown spots. also if your preferred banana is one that will fall apart from giving it a slight shake, you are disgusting.

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2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.

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The fact that you screwed this up is evidence of why you should cut the cashiers some slack when you try to make creative change.

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yeah that's pretty funny.

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Seeing as I am a huge skeptic,

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I don't think this word means what you think it means.

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i noticed that too, but i ignored it

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1) Traffic. God, I [censored] hate traffic, and I moved to the second-worst city for it, too. (Seattle)
2) Joe Morgan and his ilk.
3) Pickles.
4) Black people. Oh wait

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Seeing as I am a huge skeptic, I figured posting a corollary to TxRedMan's "Some of my favorite things" post would be appropriate.

1. I hate flying. I hate it mostly because of my size. I am self conscious of how big I am, and there is nothing I can do about it. I try my best to fit inside my seat, but having a naturally large frame just isn't something that goes well with flying. Every time I fly I feel like I am dying.


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fwiw, I have officially decided to stop giving you crap about your size.

you never really let on prior that it bothered you, but since you have, i can respect that.

(feel free to keep giving me [censored]...it doesn't bother me at all).

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1) People at the gym that like to just let the dumbells they used fall to the floor so that it is noisy as hell and you think someone just got hurt and turn around, just because they think it's cool that they pretend to lift so much weight that they are not able to let go of the weight in a controlled manner. I only once dropped a weight like this and I found it very embarrassing.

2) Stupid people. I just can't find a way to deal with them when ignoring them isn't an option.

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2) Cashiers that get confused when I give them $17 for a $6.54 bill.

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The fact that you screwed this up is evidence of why you should cut the cashiers some slack when you try to make creative change.

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I was so confused about why in the hell you'd pay 17 for something that's 6.54??? WOW, I understand the idea, but you're just as big an idiot as the cashier.

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1) People at the gym that like to just let the dumbells they used fall to the floor so that it is noisy as hell and you think someone just got hurt and turn around, just because they think it's cool that they pretend to lift so much weight that they are not able to let go of the weight in a controlled manner. I only once dropped a weight like this and I found it very embarrassing.

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Typically I agree, but occasionally when maxing out squat/deadlift/powerclean, this happens to me. We have rubber mats for all of the free weight workouts, though, so it's not as thunderous as it might be in your gym.

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1. People that don't modulate their voice when in a library

2. People that have the brains to put their cell phone on vibrate in the library, but not the brains to keep it off the table so it BUZZES LOUDER THAN THE RING THEREBY NEGATING ANY POINT OF PUTTING IT ON VIBRATE every two minutes when they keep getting text messages.

3. People in the library that have on headphones, but boom them so loud that you can tell what song is playing from across the room.

4. People that print a 125 page outline without printing front/back and then reprint another 125 pages without doing front/back because they forgot to underline something or some [censored].

5. People that get their coffee and then stand in front of the sugar/cream area for ten minutes debating the pros/cons of hazelnut creamer and sweet and low vs. french vanilla and splenda.

6. People that commiserate with other people, moaning and groaning, distracting everyone in the area. If you have a question, ask it, don't stand around for ten minutes bemoaning the amount of studying you're not doing.


If you can't tell yet I've been studying for finals and also realizing that despite all of their skills and brains, some people simply don't know how to live and breathe in a civilized [censored] society.


SO [censored] OFF.

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fwiw, I have officially decided to stop giving you crap about your size.

you never really let on prior that it bothered you, but since you have, i can respect that.

(feel free to keep giving me [censored]...it doesn't bother me at all).

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By-Tor,

It doesn't bother me at all actually and actually probably motivates me to do something about the excess baggage.

Carry on my mail-order bride friend.

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1. People that don't modulate their voice when in a library

2. People that have the brains to put their cell phone on vibrate in the library, but not the brains to keep it off the table so it BUZZES LOUDER THAN THE RING THEREBY NEGATING ANY POINT OF PUTTING IT ON VIBRATE every two minutes when they keep getting text messages.

3. People in the library that have on headphones, but boom them so loud that you can tell what song is playing from across the room.

4. People that print a 125 page outline without printing front/back and then reprint another 125 pages without doing front/back because they forgot to underline something or some [censored].

5. People that get their coffee and then stand in front of the sugar/cream area for ten minutes debating the pros/cons of hazelnut creamer and sweet and low vs. french vanilla and splenda.

6. People that commiserate with other people, moaning and groaning, distracting everyone in the area. If you have a question, ask it, don't stand around for ten minutes bemoaning the amount of studying you're not doing.


If you can't tell yet I've been studying for finals and also realizing that despite all of their skills and brains, some people simply don't know how to live and breathe in a civilized [censored] society.


SO [censored] OFF.

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LOL, anyone who didn't pick up on that is probably not very good at logic and reasoning.

Number one and number three annoy me a lot as well.

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Typically I agree, but occasionally when maxing out squat/deadlift/powerclean, this happens to me. We have rubber mats for all of the free weight workouts, though, so it's not as thunderous as it might be in your gym.

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When I see someone dropping a big weight and he obviously looks like he just maxed out, I don't have a problem with it. I just think "Shouldn't the guy get someone to watch and help him just for safetey reasons?". But if someone drops a weight and then just jumps up from the bench and starts chatting with some guys standing around not even sweating, that gets on my nerves because I lost my concentration and I might accidentally ignore someone who really has a problem some day because of this.