What makes you annoying?

[Kimbell175113]

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2.) When people are in a conversation where they’re all in general agreement about a subject I don’t really care about, I often take the other side just for the sake of argument. Instead of allowing them to enjoy their personal conversation, I derail it so they are instead arguing with me. I do this for sport, and genuinely respect those who out-argue me. I’m guessing they don’t have the same respect for me, especially those find this habit intimidating (a few) or tiresome (most).

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This is what I do with a large portion of my life.

[Jules22]

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2.) When people are in a conversation where they’re all in general agreement about a subject I don’t really care about, I often take the other side just for the sake of argument. Instead of allowing them to enjoy their personal conversation, I derail it so they are instead arguing with me. I do this for sport, and genuinely respect those who out-argue me. I’m guessing they don’t have the same respect for me, especially those find this habit intimidating (a few) or tiresome (most).

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This is what I do with a large portion of my life.

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people who do this always strike me as very very lame. i dont know if that makes me annoying or not

[Kimbell175113]

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2.) When people are in a conversation where they’re all in general agreement about a subject I don’t really care about, I often take the other side just for the sake of argument. Instead of allowing them to enjoy their personal conversation, I derail it so they are instead arguing with me. I do this for sport, and genuinely respect those who out-argue me. I’m guessing they don’t have the same respect for me, especially those find this habit intimidating (a few) or tiresome (most).

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This is what I do with a large portion of my life.

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people who do this always strike me as very very lame. i dont know if that makes me annoying or not

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I don't know if* that makes you annoying or not either, but I am very very lame, so at least you're right this time.

*:someone arbitrarily correct this from 'if' to 'whether' pls

[TreyWilly]

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I don't know if* that makes you annoying or not either, but I am very very lame, so at least you're right this time.

*:someone arbitrarily correct this from 'if' to 'whether' pls

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Because you brought it up, when you use "whether," you don't need to follow with "or not." It's redundant. Either you are or you aren't. So you can just say: "I don't know whether that makes you annoying ..."

See, I can't help myself. The last thing I wanted this to turn into was a grammar conversation, because my grammar is far from perfect as many have pointed out. I get that this habit is annoying and stupid and lame. It's the habit I most want to kick.

For the record, I do it almost exclusively to close friends and family, kind of like a game where I try to catch them in a grammar mistake. But the only one having fun in the game is me, and it took a long time to realize that. It's more of an OCD thing now. It's small and pretentious and demeaning and exposes my inner weakling. I get it.

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So OP is a nit and argues for sport. He interrupts people while talking 3 times louder than acceptable.

Damn, you need to work on this man. I've met people like this and it's hard not to get into a physical altercation with them.

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You're an expert in observation. Congratulations. I bet you're good at pointing out drunks at an AA meeting.

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What I do that is annoying is I rarely call people back, and I'm bad about checking my voice messages. Also, when leaving a get-together, I hate small-talk and goodbyes, so I try to just duck out and be on my way. It's no disrespect meant, I just hate small-talk. My boss probably finds me annoying because I won't kiss his ass.

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So you're an inconsiderate friend who can't take five minutes to thank a host or say hello. You can't be bothered with casual conversation, and justify this by calling anyone who can make small talk an ass kisser.

You really need to work on this, man. I have friends like this who wonder why nobody has called them in five years.

See how that works, asshat?





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I also get defensive when complete strangers point out issues I brought up in the first place.

[istewart]

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2.) When people are in a conversation where they’re all in general agreement about a subject I don’t really care about, I often take the other side just for the sake of argument. Instead of allowing them to enjoy their personal conversation, I derail it so they are instead arguing with me. I do this for sport, and genuinely respect those who out-argue me. I’m guessing they don’t have the same respect for me, especially those find this habit intimidating (a few) or tiresome (most).

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This is what I do with a large portion of my life.

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Beat: paragraph of meaningless ramblings could've been replaced by "I like to play devil's advocate."

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2.) When people are in a conversation where they’re all in general agreement about a subject I don’t really care about, I often take the other side just for the sake of argument. Instead of allowing them to enjoy their personal conversation, I derail it so they are instead arguing with me. I do this for sport, and genuinely respect those who out-argue me. I’m guessing they don’t have the same respect for me, especially those find this habit intimidating (a few) or tiresome (most).

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This is what I do with a large portion of my life.

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Beat: paragraph of meaningless ramblings could've been replaced by "I like to play devil's advocate."

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If "meaninglessly holding your attention" wasn't hit goal, he wouldn't be doing this in the first place.

[MaxWeiss]

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1.) I correct, arbitrarily, incorrect grammar.

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I changed this on the assumption that you were not meaning to say such a thing as "arbitrary faulty grammar" exists, since that would make absolutely no sense. (That is, incorrect grammar which also possesses the attribute of being arbitrary does not exist. Grammar is either correct or incorrect.)

That being the case, the sentence would flow better if a phrase similar to "I correct incorrect grammar arbitrarily" was used; however, "incorrect" should be replaced with a similarly descriptive adjective which is phonetically distinct, as "correct incorrect" sounds terrible with the two similar words next to one another.

[private joker]

I crack my knuckles all the time.
I whistle when I have a song stuck in my head, and I'll do this at the bank or the post office or the poker table or in line at Quiznos.
I post too much.
I snore.

[TreyWilly]

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1.) I correct, arbitrarily, incorrect grammar.

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I changed this on the assumption that you were not meaning to say such a thing as "arbitrary faulty grammar" exists, since that would make absolutely no sense. (That is, incorrect grammar which also possesses the attribute of being arbitrary does not exist. Grammar is either correct or incorrect.)

That being the case, the sentence would flow better if a phrase similar to "I correct incorrect grammar arbitrarily" was used; however, "incorrect" should be replaced with a similarly descriptive adjective which is phonetically distinct, as "correct incorrect" sounds terrible with the two similar words next to one another.

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Well played, sir. I do have a counter argument, of course, but will save it because it will spark a long-winded exchange that amuses nobody but you and I -- much like most threads in Poker Legislation.

[mbillie1]

I'm pretty arrogant