You Know What Grinds My Gears? - Things that personally piss you off

[internet friend]

The amount of bullshit extra padding on websites trying to placate some stupid assholes. Like I was reading up on the pre-european settlement diet of Australian aboriginies and it was full of "BUT BUT BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT PRIMITIVE" nearly every paragraph. It literally just told me they were hunter gatherers but still insist "um actually it was super advanced, and they had food from a lot of different sources". Yeah nigger, it's because they didn't know how to farm.

 

[The Hardest R]

The amount of bullshit extra padding on websites trying to placate some stupid assholes. Like I was reading up on the pre-european settlement diet of Australian aboriginies and it was full of "BUT BUT BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT PRIMITIVE" nearly every paragraph. It literally just told me they were hunter gatherers but still insist "um actually it was super advanced, and they had food from a lot of different sources". Yeah nigger, it's because they didn't know how to farm.

Over the last decade, a lot of hatefacts and stuff that hurt people’s feelings were wiped from the clearnet. I’ve started buying physical media again because our Benevolent Billionaire Betters started removing and/or censoring content.

 

[strumpets exeunt]

Over the last decade, a lot of hatefacts and stuff that hurt people’s feelings were wiped from the clearnet. I’ve started buying physical media again because our Benevolent Billionaire Betters started removing and/or censoring content.

I don’t remember if Raimi’s Spider-man had a certain bit of wrasslin’ banter cut during last year’s rerelease, but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if it had been. And it sounds like Canada has started editing Trump cameos out of movies aired on tv citing “time constraints.” Uh huh. Sure.

 

[Jace on ice]

Over the last decade, a lot of hatefacts and stuff that hurt people’s feelings were wiped from the clearnet. I’ve started buying physical media again because our Benevolent Billionaire Betters started removing and/or censoring content.

On top of that everything has incredibly cringe and gay "trigger warnings now."

I was in the mood for some slop TV so I recorded some episodes of Criminal Minds and got this when I loaded up the first episode.

The program contains scenes of violence and outdated depictions of women and minorities viewer discretion advised.

The shit are they on about? Criminal Minds is full of girlbosses and the black agent Morgan is consistently portrayed as the most competent and capable guy.

Maybe Morgan and Garcia flirting isn't ok anymore because of #metoo?

 

[Lady Bizness]

I got to attend a talk where there was a land acknowledgement and then some old native dude telling us that you don't transplant your crops because "the plants don't want to be there" and all these dumb bitches around me just soberly nodding their heads like this man was wise. No dumbass, this is why they lost. Stolen land my ass.

 

[Not A Bunny]

Maybe this belongs in the "women hate" thread, but I got stuck in a conversation the other day with a female jiu jitsu acquaintance who was talking about how her (male) coach told her to lose weight. Girlfriend did have a few extra pounds on her. She took it as sexism. The (female) coach piped in and said he really shouldn't say that because women get eating disorders from stuff like that.

I tried to be as gentle as possible when I explained that, while men could stand to be a little bit more sensitive because men and women are different, the fact of the matter is, you're in a male-dominated sport and you are dealing with men. The man who tells you to lose a few pounds isn't doing that to hurt your feelings or call you fat, it's because he thinks you'd probably do a lot better in a close-contact sport with narrower limbs and the occasional putting pressure on your neck to do inversions.

The bigger girls, hands down, have more problems when their opponent has them on the ground, and especially if their opponent is standing, because, if you're going to employ some sort of defense with your legs, less weight makes your mobility better, you're more nimble (and you need that if you train with guys), and let's face it, BJJ is an endurance sport.

You can't get mad if you ask how to get better, you're surrounded by people who are better, and they're all thinner than you, and someone you trust as an expert ran the numbers and gave you advice based on years of observation. Even the bigger new guys will tell you they want to cut weight. So, yeah, weight IS a measurement that is correlated with fitness and goodness in this sport.

And this is why I like training with men, and I let them know how grateful I am that they put up with someone like me every chance I get.

 

[Lady Bizness]

women get eating disorders from stuff like that.

Y'know, the girls who develop eating disorders are a diverse group and their reasons for developing their disorders are also diverse, but most of it is a control issue. A lot of overlap with munchie behavior. Bonus points if your whole family stops to accommodate your issues whether that's through your diet requests or because they now have to visit you at the funny farm and now you don't have to go to school and pull all As anymore or have to deal with the mean pretty girls at school.
So now we tap dance all around practical critique because we falsely correlate receiving criticism with being harmed.

 

[Not A Bunny]

So now we tap dance all around practical critique because we falsely correlate receiving criticism with being harmed.

No kidding. No skin off my nose if someone is going to be mediocre because she can't distinguish between criticism and insult.

It's where it transfers to me that it chafes my ass. I've been in more than one situation where anyone who's afraid to criticize me instead gentle-parents me because they've taken that kind of criticism to heart. Tell me I suck. Tell me I'm doing badly. Be honest about my limitations so I can work around them.

I feel like I've been spending my whole life in a haze of wondering if I understand how good I am at any given thing because nobody wants to appear sexist. I'm mediocre and I've never had to work past that, because nobody could be bothered to tell me if I really sucked.

the girls who develop eating disorders are a diverse group

I worked in an office where there were several women, all on Atkins (this was in the early 2000's for those who don't remember Atkins). They were all miserable. I had to point out to one of them she was unhappy all of the time, and binging on sugar every afternoon. Another developed Crohn's. It was a codependent eating disorder cluster and it was awful to watch.

Point being, those women didn't get insulted by anyone. Two of the three were in happy marriages, so it's not like they were trying to get "hot" for men. But they ended up there anyway. No one said anything about their weight. No one was looking for male validation.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Speaking of riding on sidewalks, etc. I ride my bike on the sidewalk all the time, and move out of the way when someone is walking on it. One thing though, that bugs me, are the times when I alert them with my bell and they don't step slightly out of the way and they just keep walking ahead of me, so I go in the grass to avoid them.

But what bugs me more is when people get angry when I'm on the sidewalk. I've been hit by a car crossing the street. I don't want to ride anywhere near cars.

Another thing that grinds my gears these days: When people park their fucking big ass cars right outside a store when the parking lot is right fucking there. Just drop them off and park in the parking lot like normal people do.

Stop blocking the damn street.

I’m going to be polite instead of calling you a faggot: I ride bicycles on sidewalks, but it’s a sidewalk, the pedestrian has the right to it. I feel like a dick when a pedestrian a mile off gets off the sidewalk because they see me coming (I was going to dismount/go around).

 

[General Patton]

I’m going to be polite instead of calling you a faggot: I ride bicycles on sidewalks, but it’s a sidewalk, the pedestrian has the right to it. I feel like a dick when a pedestrian a mile off gets off the sidewalk because they see me coming (I was going to dismount/go around).

I appreciate it. Like I said before, most of the time I ride around and go in the grass to avoid them. It's really a rare occasion. Honestly a bigger annoyance for me is when I try to go in the grass to give them space but they go in the grass when I am trying to pass them to not get in their way or not hit them.

 

[The Last Stand]

Parents out there: stop giving your children devices linked with your credit/debit cards! You're just asking for trouble when you look at your bank statements.

 

[ZsaZsaBinks]

At this point I hate them. And even worse, in my town it's a bunch of teenagers owning them, which tells me their rich parents are buying them for their kids.

It's crazy how many teenagers I see speeding on them. More than adults.

People in my area are getting harassed by e-bike gangs.

I’ve been practicing driving and these kids ride them down the street and I have to be careful around them all the time.

 

[General Patton]

I’ve been practicing driving and these kids ride them down the street and I have to be careful around them all the time.

Based on local videos I have seen they either:

1. Ride in the streets in groups and get way too close to cars.

2. They ride in the groups on the sidewalk, anger pedestrians, then fight the pedestrians when they get angry at the bike riders for nearly running them over.

 

[Jace on ice]

Maybe this belongs in the "women hate" thread, but I got stuck in a conversation the other day with a female jiu jitsu acquaintance who was talking about how her (male) coach told her to lose weight. Girlfriend did have a few extra pounds on her. She took it as sexism. The (female) coach piped in and said he really shouldn't say that because women get eating disorders from stuff like that.

I tried to be as gentle as possible when I explained that, while men could stand to be a little bit more sensitive because men and women are different, the fact of the matter is, you're in a male-dominated sport and you are dealing with men. The man who tells you to lose a few pounds isn't doing that to hurt your feelings or call you fat, it's because he thinks you'd probably do a lot better in a close-contact sport with narrower limbs and the occasional putting pressure on your neck to do inversions.

The bigger girls, hands down, have more problems when their opponent has them on the ground, and especially if their opponent is standing, because, if you're going to employ some sort of defense with your legs, less weight makes your mobility better, you're more nimble (and you need that if you train with guys), and let's face it, BJJ is an endurance sport.

You can't get mad if you ask how to get better, you're surrounded by people who are better, and they're all thinner than you, and someone you trust as an expert ran the numbers and gave you advice based on years of observation. Even the bigger new guys will tell you they want to cut weight. So, yeah, weight IS a measurement that is correlated with fitness and goodness in this sport.

And this is why I like training with men, and I let them know how grateful I am that they put up with someone like me every chance I get.

I have nothing but the utmost sympathy for women who genuinely are struggling with anorexia and wish them well on their recovery but e feminists are full of it, there is absolutely not a mass societal outbreak of eating disorders.

Americans in general are fat as fuck but it seems particularly bad among women.

I'd say at least half of if not more of women I see out and about are obese and heading to the seriously obese category.

 

[Not A Bunny]

there is absolutely not a mass societal outbreak of eating disorders.

And that wasn't even the problem. The problem was this chick received valid criticism, and decided that because she felt bad about it, it could be dismissed as a man being sexist.

Here's a really good thought experiment that most people don't bother to indulge in. Roll down to the local B&N and buy a copy of Men's Health and buy one of Women's Health. Read them back to back.

Okay?

Guaranteed, you'll come away from MH saying, okay, men care more about function, and WH that women care more about aesthetics (tell me there is one single common function that most women do that requires muscles in their glutes be jacked).

He didn't care about your looks, sweetie. He cared about your performance. He gave you the kind of criticism a man would give you. You're not allowed to be sore about getting what you asked for.

 

[Wot Zit Too Yah0996]

Job descriptions that go, "Training will be provided", and then they turn you down, anyway. I know there's a BIT more to that... part of the process, but it comes across as lazy favouritism. Training will be provided... Yeah, what? To fucking who, an experienced candidate? Why the fuck do they need to be provided training?

 

[strumpets exeunt]

Condiment snobs. I'm so damn sick of seeing Twitter posts by engagement bots posting pictures of hot dogs or sausages or whatever with tags like "ketchup or mustard?" And then the comments are full of stupid internet fucks posting stuff like "DELETE THIS IMMEDIATELY," "KILL YOURSELF," or stupid shit like that. Like the dude was insulting your fucking religion or something.

People can put literally anything they want on any other thing they want to eat. I don't fucking care if it's mayonnaise on a grilled cheese or ranch on a pizza. But you getting mad on the internet and screaming like an autistic six-year-old about it just makes you look like a gigantic faggot.

 

[Lady Bizness]

Condiment snobs. I'm so damn sick of seeing Twitter posts by engagement bots posting pictures of hot dogs or sausages or whatever with tags like "ketchup or mustard?" And then the comments are full of stupid internet fucks posting stuff like "DELETE THIS IMMEDIATELY," "KILL YOURSELF," or stupid shit like that. Like the dude was insulting your fucking religion or something.

People can put literally anything they want on any other thing they want to eat. I don't fucking care if it's mayonnaise on a grilled cheese or ranch on a pizza. But you getting mad on the internet and screaming like an autistic six-year-old about it just makes you look like a gigantic faggot.

Authenticity snobs can fuck off too. Panda Express is a resounding improvement on Chinese food. Is a lot of authentic cultural food just the food of the poor? Because who the fuck wants to chew on tendons and cartilage unless you are starving? Who wants to burn their mouth and assholes unless you are trying to overpower spoilage?
Go ahead everyone and call me a white person. I've been brave and tried things at least. It's usually pretty gross.

 

[Captain Syrup]

Music everywhere is too loud. Restaurants? Jet engine decibel levels. Coffee shops? Sounds like a rave. Bars? I'm basically yelling into someone’s molar just to order a drink. Even my gym sounds like an air raid.

It’s crowd control. You’re not supposed to linger. Get ‘em in, get ‘em out.

 

[General Patton]

On top of that everything has incredibly cringe and gay "trigger warnings now."

Hell, they were doing this for old plays as well, probably a decade ago. Giving rape trigger warnings for them.