People I hate

[DrFaroohk]

1. The guy who yells at me to hurry up in a line when I’m not even the first person in line!

2. The guy who is at the front of the line who decides now is the best time to choose powerball numbers that are divisible by 23.

3. People who feel the need to get into a fistfight over every little disagreement. Are you 10 years old???

4. People who use the phrase “Runnin’ his mouth!”

5. Really dumb rednecks that you have to explain everything to three or four times.

6. Same rednecks who feel like they have to fight to compensate for their dumbness.

7. People who get on my case for being “judgmental.” Do you have any idea how stupid you sound?

8. People who call me on the phone at the most inconvenient times, such as when I’m playing DoD.

9. People who think nirvana and pearl jam are the best bands ever.

10. People who love Army of Darkness.

11. People who pretend to like everything cool just so they can fit in.

12. Even more so, people who pretend to hate everything cool just so they can feel special.

13. People who are incapable of sitting down and enjoying a good movie. Does everything have to be about explosions?

14. People who spend all day watching sports and then act like i'm a loser because i play video games all day.

15. Extremely left-or-right political people. You know, the ones who believe the second amendment entitles them to own nukes, or the ones who think that if you're a minority you should just get a big government check for a million dollars a year.

16. Rich people who still complain about money. "Oh noes! The government took 50% of my pay this year! Now I only have TEN billion dollars!"

17. Interrupters. I know a guy who will ask you how you are doing, and before you've even taken a breath to answer him he's cut you off and talking about something you don't care about.

18. People who constantly ramble on about inappropriate subjects at inappropriate times. i.e. probably not the best idea to start bragging about your World of Warcraft character while the other guys are trying to watch the Superbowl.

19. People who are completely full of crap. So full of crap that it doesn't even make sense anymore. The 30 year old guy who claims he fought in Vietnam, or the gigantic out of shape guy who claims to be a master Ninja warrior and was the inspiration for "The Last Samurai".

20. People who actually believe them.

That's it for now. Stay tuned!

[AFPheonix]

What's wrong with Army of Darkness? That was a hilarious movie

Gimme some sugar baby....

[Dreamstalker]

5. Really dumb rednecks that you have to explain everything to three or four times.

The ex is like that at times, and at times will think I'm like that....this only happens when we disagree on something and I'm able to intelligently defend my arguments.

18. People who constantly ramble on about inappropriate subjects at inappropriate times. i.e. probably not the best idea to start bragging about your World of Warcraft character while the other guys are trying to watch the Superbowl.

Ditto. I might add to that: people who ramble on when I (and possibly others) are actually trying to watch something that we may find interesting. Nitpicking/discussions as long as it's relevant are fine.

Here's a new installment of People I Think Suck:

--the guy in front of me at 9 PM in 7-11 who has $300 worth of scratchoffs. I just want to get my coffee and get home kthx. See that little counter over there where the lotto blanks are? That's where you do that.

--the ex. Nuff said. There was a good quote on CSI last night: "Don't let him live rent-free in your head."

--The anime club at times. It's a nice attempt, but the format by definition just doesn't work with this group of Aspies. Each week there's at least one argument or full-blown fight over something stupid (most recently was over who gets the remote--logically the owner of what's being shown at the moment gets control). All successful clubs have at least some set rules...I try to propose some but it always seems to fail.

--People who think volume, repetition or condescension trump facts.

--Defenders of badfic who resort to the above tactics.

--Some Craigslist buyers. I know the economy's tight , but I'm not selling a practically-new $200 (original price) PCIe video card for $5. The lack of a box doesn't justify that big of a price drop. Prices are listed in the ad for a reason. If you were intending to negotiate, an offer that silly right off is a good way to get ignored.

[DrFaroohk]

Ditto. I might add to that: people who ramble on when I (and possibly others) are actually trying to watch something that we may find interesting. Nitpicking/discussions as long as it's relevant are fine.

Yeah, similar to number 13 on my list. Most of my friends only watch commando, predator, army of darkness, and a few other cheesy movies...repeatedly...god forbid they ever watch something that took some thought to write and has good actors and a good script. It's all got to be about da 'splosions.

[smileyeagle1021]

19. People who are completely full of crap. So full of crap that it doesn't even make sense anymore. The 30 year old guy who claims he fought in Vietnam, or the gigantic out of shape guy who claims to be a master Ninja warrior and was the inspiration for "The Last Samurai".

or who talk about how they have 3 girlfriends in 2 states... only to the next day tell you they are gay... only to the day after that tell you that they are getting married to a fourth girl that he's never mentioned before... this is after trying to convince people that he was buying a new car every other week (and forgetting to hide the hertz rental car tags).

[Boozy]

Yeah, similar to number 13 on my list. Most of my friends only watch commando, predator, army of darkness, and a few other cheesy movies...repeatedly...god forbid they ever watch something that took some thought to write and has good actors and a good script. It's all got to be about da 'splosions.

It sounds to me like you've intellectually outgrown your friends.

Personally, I can enjoy Army of Darkness for the cheesiness value, but I just watched Predator for the first time about a week ago, and it was awful. Just awful. On every level. No redeeming qualities there.

[Dreamstalker]

god forbid they ever watch something that took some thought to write and has good actors and a good script. It's all got to be about da 'splosions.

A lot of the guys in the anime group I mentioned get mad if not everyone is paying 100% attention...and when someone brings something good, I swear I'm the only one actually trying to watch it.

Last week, we had a new girl who does AMAZING artwork. It looks like video game character art. So about a third of us migrate over to where she is sitting with two huge portfolio binders. Seems straightforward enough; if you want to look at the art look at the art, if you want to watch the anime watch the anime.

Nope. Facilitator decides to call "time" because not everyone is doing the same thing.

[DesignFox]

Oh this is fun.

*I hate drivers who cut you off, forcing you to slow down or slam on your brakes, then proceed to travel slower than you were, oftentimes far under the speed limit.

*I hate people who don't pay attention to traffic signals. I once had an old guy honking at me to go at a RED light. Although, far more often, the light turns green and everyone picks their noses for four hours before hitting the gas pedal. *hair pull*

*I hate people who get in the Express lane with more than the limit of items.

Example: I have one item, I'm on my lunch break and you have the audacity to get in the "6 items or less lane" with a cartload? Gah!

*I hate people who whine about/haggle over the price of everything.

*I hate hate hate it when people (particularly strangers) invade my personal space. This for some awful reason seems to particularly be the case while standing in line. Get away from me, please.

A recent annoyance: The jerkface who let his elderly mother repeatedly run me over with their shopping cart in Wal-Mart a few weeks ago. The first time is excusable. After the 9th stink eye I've thrown you, hold on to the goddamn cart so she stops bashing me with it!

I'm sure I have more pet peeves. But this feels good to vent about for now.

[XCashier]

I might add to that: people who ramble on when I (and possibly others) are actually trying to watch something that we may find interesting.

Hubby is terrible about that, though it's usually more rambling on while I'm listening to the radio. And it's usually when a song I like comes on, too.

(No, hubby doesn't qualify as one of the "people I hate", but that habit of his is annoying.)

[guywithashovel]

17. Interrupters. I know a guy who will ask you how you are doing, and before you've even taken a breath to answer him he's cut you off and talking about something you don't care about.

I sometimes come across people like this, too. I usually just assume that they simply enjoy listening to the sounds of their own voices. Here's how the conversation usually goes.

HIM: Hey, there, what's going on?
ME: Not much, I'm just ...
HIM: So, what do you think of this weather?
ME: It's pretty nice. It's nice to see the sun for the first time in ...
HIM: Hey, did you see that car accident on Main Street?
ME: Um, no I didn't. Was it ...
HIM: Hey, do you know what time it is?

I've also come across people who will ask me a conversation-starting question, and then when I start to answer it, they'll turn and start talking to someone else.

EDIT:

I thought of another type of person I can rant about.

It's those people who have to make a politically correct issue out of EVERYTHING. For example, if I'm talking about a cashier at the grocery store who gave me incorrect change, and I happen to mention that the cashier was black, they'll look at me pointedly and say, "Okay, I get that she gave you the wrong change, but what does her race have to do with it?"

Then I'll explain that it was simply a description of the person I was talking about.

To which this person will probably say something like, "That still doesn't explain how it's relevant. If she had been white, would you have called her 'that white cashier who gave me the wrong change?'"

"Well, maybe, if she were a white cashier in a place where most of the people were of another ethnicity."

Chances are, the conversation would drag on, with the person persisting on making me look like a KKK member who just slit the throats of a bunch of non-white people and dumped them into a pond.

If anyone on this board is a person who would do this, please get it through your head that merely describing a person by his or her ethnicity or national origin is not an admission of racism. Thank you.

[DrFaroohk]

More...

People who take the "my house, my rules" thing too far and are extremely hypocritical in there rules. Take, for example, a guy who demands you take your shoes off before you come in, yet he stomps around the house in muddy clam boots. Sure, its his house and he can do what he wants, and it's my brain and I can identify him as a douchebag if I want.

Women who think it's perfectly acceptable to "forget" their birth control.

People who get on me for sometimes saying the N word. I say it with no racial connotations in mind, it is a term of endearment for some of my friends. It just happens that I'm a white guy, but the color of my skin has no more effect on the definition of the word than it does for a black guy. Either the word is offensive, or it isn't.

People who get way into the whole gay rights issue. Seriously, how many of you people have nothing better to do than to argue over who's getting married? You don't have to agree with it, hell I think it's gross to, but it's really none of my business either and neither is it yours.

People who love to correct you ALL THE TIME. It's perfectly acceptable to say "Uh hey buddy, if you're trying to get to the theater, you want to make a LEFT on Main St, not a right..." but then there's the dumb people who are like "Uh, excuse me Bill, but this happened ELEVEN minutes ago, not TEN minutes ago. Jeez...."

Extremely confrontation people, you know the ones who are like "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOOKING AT PUNK!??!?!?!?!?!"

People who act like revenge is worthless - I saw the only people with this attitude are the ones who aren't any good at it.

Same people who say that arguing is stupid - again for the same reason. Arguing is fun!

[Slytovhand]

The 30 year old guy who claims he fought in Vietnam, or the gigantic out of shape guy who claims to be a master Ninja warrior and was the inspiration for "The Last Samurai".

What's the problem? By now, it's quite possible those souls have reincarnated to the people you were speaking too....

[DrFaroohk]

Ha! Next you're gonna try telling me that the Earth is ROUND...sheesh.

[tropicsgoddess]

I hate....

Guys who tell women what they like to hear to get in their pants and then dump them.

Pot stirrers and hate mongers

People who call you out on your flaws and everyone else's but will put themselves out like they're so perfect.

People who call up for advice but keep cutting you off when you try to explain something to them and act like they're the experts. If you claim to know more about this than me, then why the fuck are you wasting my time and calling me for this shit then, hmm?!!!

Spoiled kids and irresponsible parents. YOUR child, YOUR problem, end of story.

Guys that honk at me and/or make cat calls while I'm on the road. I'm not a piece of meat ya know and I'm not a dog either! Learn how to approach a woman the PROPER way!

Lazy people

People that pull the race/disease/children etc. card(s) to get their way.

Dumb people..nuff said.

Religious extremists. I don't want to be a part of your crowd and you can cram it if you think it's horrible that I want no part of your beliefs. Religion is about enriching and enlightening your life and accepting others, not bashing them because they're not like you assholes.

People who take/touch/mess with my stuff without asking me.

[DesignFox]

New rant from today.

*I HATE people who drive slowly in the left lane! For the love of all the gods- get to the fucking right if you don't want to pass!

*I also HATE people who instantly turn douchebag when it rains. It's RAINING. I know it's scary, but just put your foot on the gas, point the car straight, and keep some distance between you and the guy in front of you. There is NO REASON for you to slam on the brakes. None. Zero. If you are uncomfortable stay to the goddamn right! or if you need to slow down, do so gradually! How fucking hard is that? No one should be slamming on the brakes unless there is about to be a serious accident. And if there isn't, you're going to cause one pulling that shit, so knock it off!

/rant