Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[mike_b]

Those Kit Kat ads where the song is strung together from the sound of people chewing.


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[Steve of Bloomington]

The "We say Merry Christmas" bumper sticker I saw on an SUV on Sunday. I'd never seen one before. It made me so mad.
Is that really something that's SO important that it needs to be declared all day, every day, all year 'round?
here's a picture:

I do love the fleurs-di-lis though. I wonder if the designer knew they are French. I wonder if Bill O'Reilly knew they are French. I wonder if the person whose dumb vehicle this dumb sticker was on knew that is one of the most French symbols ever. I was tickled by that.

I think I need a bumper sticker that reads "It's St. PADDY'S Day" to show that my anger that people call it "St. Patty's Day" never takes a day off.

I want one with a Coptic Cross. Or better, an Ankh.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

I've recently had some growing hatred for when people say "I feel like" instead of "I think."

ex: "I feel like the Pavement shows were'nt as good as people said they were." "I feel like their earlier stuff was much better."

also when people say "I don't know what that is" when someone is talking about something, instead of simply asking what it is. Saying "I don't know what that is" is totally useless and a waste of time. It's worse when they follow it with "sorry."

Both are very petty, but damn, they get my goat!

[Sarah]

I like saying "I don't know what that is" when the thing I don't know about has been brought up by someone clearly trying to impress, shock, show off, etc.  It takes the wind out of a blowhard's sails and denies him/her the satisfaction of being asked to explain.

[Pidgeon]

Yes, I also must come to the defense of "I don't know what that is."

[Andy]

My coworkers give me shit about saying "I don't get it." when I should be saying "I don't understand why you did it that way"

[Andy]

or I guess when I should be saying "explain why you took that approach"

[Paul DeLouisiana]

I like saying "I don't know what that is" when the thing I don't know about has been brought up by someone clearly trying to impress, shock, show off, etc.  It takes the wind out of a blowhard's sails and denies him/her the satisfaction of being asked to explain.

I get I am refering to situations when the person doing the talking is not overtly trying to impress, shock, show off, etc.

Recently I witnessed a person giving directions to his friend who has been living in Philly for quite a time. He said "You are gunna want to take the El to...." and the friend cut him off with "I don't know what that is!" The El is a subway line that EVERYONE knows about. The friends rides a bike and "never has to rely on public transit."
I see what you're saying and support your method but in the situations I refer to  it is the one who says "I don't know what that is" who's the jerk.

[Sarah]

It can be used for good or evil.  And, in the exchange you describe, the so-called friend abused it, since obviously he knew what the El was.

[Pidgeon]

I may have posted this one before, but it's worth repeating: "Methinks."

[Paul DeLouisiana]

I may have posted this one before, but it's worth repeating: "Methinks."

Funny when Tom says it.

[andrew in philadelphia]

The guy on my block who uses a dented, ill-running early 90s stretch limo as his primary transportation and parks directly in front of my home eating up three good parking spots. F that dude.

[Pidgeon]

I may have posted this one before, but it's worth repeating: "Methinks."

Funny when Tom says it.

Does he say it in an Art Fern voice? That can make anything funny.

[mahgeetah]

Those Kit Kat ads where the song is strung together from the sound of people chewing.


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I'll nauseously second this.

[Denim Gremlin]

comedians being referred to as "funnyman"