Berserk Buttons

[SkullKing]

Don´t attack me.

I do no not care if you are smaller, or older, or a woman, I will hit you back. I understand that here are people a lot stronger and me dangerous than me and I may get seriously injured or die. I will hit back.

I am perfectly willing to give a woman a couple of black eyes if she picks a fight.

[crashhelmet]

Don´t attack me.

I do no not care if you are smaller, or older, or a woman, I will hit you back. I understand that here are people a lot stronger and me dangerous than me and I may get seriously injured or die. I will hit back.

I am perfectly willing to give a woman a couple of black eyes if she picks a fight.

I'm not saying that some women don't deserve to be hit, especially if it's self-defense, it just doesn't sit well with my core beliefs.

The even bigger issue for me is I teach martial arts in my spare time and have difficulty teaching women at higher levels. I can easily hold back, as you would with anyone for training purposes, but that doesn't give them the experience they need to test their abilities. If they don't have a female friend to train with, I'll bring in a friend of mine on sparring days.

[Rageaholic]

I see what you mean HYHYBT, sometimes the little things add up, especially on those days where everything seems to be going wrong. When you're already stressed out, those little annoyances can be the thing to overburden you and make you go boom.

And I agree with religious stupidity Andrew. That's one of those things that makes me go berserk just by reading it. It's especially annoying when the person in general acts so smug and superior when they are really fucking morons. Same thing goes with authoritarian thinking, "it's right because I saw it's right and you should just know it!". If you're going to dictite how people live, than you should at least provide reasons for it.

By the book stupidity is another one. When people won't do the obvious because rule or policy says otherwise. I want to punch these people so bad. Or when I read about zero tolerance and hearing people defending it with "rules are rules" type justifications. It's just so stupid, but the people defending them think they're so smart. It's enraging.

[Zaiida]

The one thing that will do it every single time, however is someone calling me a liar.

^-.-^

Same here. Call me a liar when I know I'm not and face hell

Also people going through my personal stuff. KABOOM Zai goes 'splody. Ask.and.I.will.get.it.for.you.

[Rageaholic]

Adding another, persistant people who can't take no for an answer. They'll get on your case to try new foods, watch new movies, or do something RIGHT NOW. And even if you defend your reasoning, they'll find ways to tell you why your reasoning is flawed.

It's the opposite extreme of authoritarian reasoning (in which nothing can be questioned) in which any litte decision, no matter how insigificant, is up for debate. No, just because my decision isn't "rational" does not mean it's up for debate. If it's not hurting or affecting anyone else, than there's no reason to debate it!

[tropicsgoddess]

Insulting my intelligence instantly makes me see red. I don't take kindly to that at all.

Sexism...same thing. To patronize me and want to talk to a man "because I'm a woman and don't know what I'm doing!" proves that the person saying that to me is nothing more than an ignorant sexist ass perpetuating a stereotype.

People who don't know when to quit.. or what I like to call a deadly combination of being persistent and stupid. Take a hint and take a hike!

[bara]

In no particular order (Im leaving out disgusting crimes):

Being lied to, especially if its the same person over and over. After enough lies, I no longer believe anything that person says to me.

Being accused of some sort of -ism. Racism and sexism. Has only happened when a customer/co-worker isn't getting their way.

Having to constantly clean up the mistakes of stupid people or pick up the slack of the lazy, especially when it costs me money.

Interestingly enough, all three of my examples here tend to occur 2 at a time. Only had one instance of all three and that was at the call center for Borg-Sphere Cell Phones.

[daleduke17]

Interestingly enough, all three of my examples here tend to occur 2 at a time. Only had one instance of all three and that was at the call center for Borg-Sphere Cell Phones.

That seemed to happen a lot when I was a call taker for the Death Star Cell Phone Company. Something about their customer base and claiming I was being racist.

[Nekojin]

Insulting my intelligence. Acting condescending without AMPLE cause. Abusing people around me, especially physically. Trolling / griefing.

[Rageaholic]

Here's another one, when people would rather judge someone who's struggling than to understand why they have it hard. Now, I'm not talking about serial killers and mass murderers. No, I'm talking about people who's harmless screw ups can easily be explained by depression or some kind of disability. Yet instead of trying to understand the reason, they just get labled as lazy or selfish.

I'm glad you feel superior judging someone who's only crime is being a little slow and unmotivated. Unless you are affected by it, you have no reason to criticize.

[bara]

There is a gal at work who says she has a disability.
I even believe her, but she only seems to have problems with it when it suits her needs. The sad fact is, she is just lazy.
For instance, being a bit slow on the make line. That is no problem for me. I understand she has a valid medical reason for this. But when we are slow and she complains about being bored, she will refuse to fold boxes, sweep, clean dishes and such.

[gremcint]

being told that because I'm in school my life isn't real.

[Amanita]

^Yeah, that "real world" crap.

[blas87]

Being patronized to go to school (on whose dime here? HELLO!), get a "real" job, and get out of my parents' house and quit being a loser....

[LadyBarbossa]

Top of my list is people who try to change my mind or insult/belittle/disrespect me being childfree by choice. I'm NOT saying everyone shouldn't have kids, I do not hate children, but . . . and forgive me if I sound like a baptist preacher, I know that I know that I know it's not for me. I will not change my mind anymore than someone can 'change' their sexual orientation or ethnicity.

Welfare abusers. Seeing as most of us are from CS, this doesn't really need any further explanation.

And lastly, people bitching, ranting, and raving at me about things beyond my control. Mostly encountered at work, but still, that's a large part of my life. Any of these stupid old conservative farts who get downright hateful because I can't force their check through without ID, or that I don't know when we'll get their goddamn Milk Thistle capsules shipped in, or that their co-pay went up five cents can all DIAF.