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I hate it when people say "flipping," instead of the real F word. Just skip it. The emphasis is lost.

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On a similar topic...I hate when they put movies and shows on TV that were originally R rated and remove the curse words and think it is acceptable. It is absolutely not. If you have to bleep out more than 3 words, don't show it, you probably already ruined the movie. I also hate that they bleep words out at all, but that is another topic for another day...

I tried watching a Katt Williams stand-up act on Comedy Central. There were more bleeps than words. Couldn't understand a "flipping" thing.

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Illogical product claims.

 

Using 1x less of something would be zero usage. How would you use 4x less?

 

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This is a classic area of language where one has to look at context to determine the intended meaning due to widespread innumeracy. Math confuses people and confused people don't write clearly. Consider this:

 

Two teachers were competing to see who's kids would do better over the school year. The kids were tested half way though the year and again at the end of the year. In one class scores went down 20% then went up 30% in the second half. In the other class the scores increased 3% after the first half and another 2% after the second half. Which class had the greatest increase in scores overall since the start of the year?

 

Answers:

The first class had a net increase of 4%, the second class increase was 5.06%

 

Words have meaning. The following are both correct statements about the annualized results:

The second class had a 1.06% score improvement differential compared to the first class.

The second class had scores that were 1.02% higher than the first class.

 

--- For those that read the initial post: it's early in the morning and my coffee IV hadn't taken effect.

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People who drive an extra 20 miles to save 5 dollars

 

or $0.10 on a gallon of gas...not realizing the extra gallon they used to go to the cheaper station negates any potential savings.

 

 

And then waste the gas to drive to Starbucks and buy a $5.00 cup of coffee that would only cost you 20 cents to make at home if they would only take the time to learn

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People who drive an extra 20 miles to save 5 dollars

 

or $0.10 on a gallon of gas...not realizing the extra gallon they used to go to the cheaper station negates any potential savings.

 

 

And then waste the gas to drive to Starbucks and buy a $5.00 cup of coffee that would only cost you 20 cents to make at home if they would only take the time to learn

 

 

Buying coffee is pretty stupid, most of the time.

 

I have an otherwise-intelligent friend who was spending a fortune on Starbucks® iced coffee, until I explained to her that it's just coffee with ice in it. :blink::wacko:

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People who drive an extra 20 miles to save 5 dollars

or $0.10 on a gallon of gas...not realizing the extra gallon they used to go to the cheaper station negates any potential savings.

And then waste the gas to drive to Starbucks and buy a $5.00 cup of coffee that would only cost you 20 cents to make at home if they would only take the time to learn

Buying coffee is pretty stupid, most of the time.

 

I have an otherwise-intelligent friend who was spending a fortune on Starbucks® iced coffee, until I explained to her that it's just coffee with ice in it. :blink::wacko:

I give my wife a hard time about her cappafrappskimjunkwithcaramelandsugarnowhipcream Starbucks purchase. Then I buy a slice of the lemon pound cake cause I can't stop. Edited by nysbadmk8
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It takes 12.5 minutes to cook oatmeal in the microwave the way I make it. I am annoyed when I catch myself waiting for the last < 10 seconds for the microwave to stop.

 

I cannot stand oatmeal except when used to make haggis, meatloaf, or some other heavily adulterated fare.

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It takes 12.5 minutes to cook oatmeal in the microwave the way I make it. I am annoyed when I catch myself waiting for the last < 10 seconds for the microwave to stop.

 

I cannot stand oatmeal except when used to make haggis, meatloaf, or some other heavily adulterated fare.

 

 

Is it the texture?

 

I cook mine in almond milk, with raisins, Splenda® and a dash of good Madagascar vanilla. At the end it gets a hefty dose of Penzeys Vietnamese cinnamon.

 

It's sex in a bowl for breakfast.

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It takes 12.5 minutes to cook oatmeal in the microwave the way I make it. I am annoyed when I catch myself waiting for the last < 10 seconds for the microwave to stop.

 

I cannot stand oatmeal except when used to make haggis, meatloaf, or some other heavily adulterated fare.

 

 

Is it the texture?

 

I cook mine in almond milk, with raisins, Splenda® and a dash of good Madagascar vanilla. At the end it gets a hefty dose of Penzeys Vietnamese cinnamon.

 

It's sex in a bowl for breakfast.

 

 

Except for the raisins, that actually sounds quite delightful.

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It takes 12.5 minutes to cook oatmeal in the microwave the way I make it. I am annoyed when I catch myself waiting for the last < 10 seconds for the microwave to stop.

 

I cannot stand oatmeal except when used to make haggis, meatloaf, or some other heavily adulterated fare.

 

 

Is it the texture?

 

I cook mine in almond milk, with raisins, Splenda® and a dash of good Madagascar vanilla. At the end it gets a hefty dose of Penzeys Vietnamese cinnamon.

 

It's sex in a bowl for breakfast.

 

 

Except for the raisins, that actually sounds quite delightful.

 

Keep the raisins, replace the Splenda with real sugar and just have sex before breakfast. :grin:

 

Usually though, I opt for cold cereal in the morning.

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It takes 12.5 minutes to cook oatmeal in the microwave the way I make it. I am annoyed when I catch myself waiting for the last < 10 seconds for the microwave to stop.

 

I cannot stand oatmeal except when used to make haggis, meatloaf, or some other heavily adulterated fare.

 

 

Is it the texture?

 

I cook mine in almond milk, with raisins, Splenda® and a dash of good Madagascar vanilla. At the end it gets a hefty dose of Penzeys Vietnamese cinnamon.

 

It's sex in a bowl for breakfast.

 

 

Except for the raisins, that actually sounds quite delightful.

 

Keep the raisins, replace the Splenda with real sugar and just have sex before breakfast. :grin:

 

Usually though, I opt for cold cereal in the morning.

 

 

Or you can be really kinky and combine the two...

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It takes 12.5 minutes to cook oatmeal in the microwave the way I make it. I am annoyed when I catch myself waiting for the last < 10 seconds for the microwave to stop.

 

I cannot stand oatmeal except when used to make haggis, meatloaf, or some other heavily adulterated fare.

 

 

Is it the texture?

 

I cook mine in almond milk, with raisins, Splenda® and a dash of good Madagascar vanilla. At the end it gets a hefty dose of Penzeys Vietnamese cinnamon.

 

It's sex in a bowl for breakfast.

 

 

Texture and blandness together. It's not the texture alone. I like both Okra and raw oysters. Your recipe sounds sufficiently taste altering to be interesting, maybe even yummy.

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I really wish they'd stop selling rolls of paper towels that have the perforations spaced too close together. I keep buying them by mistake. I never want HALF a paper towel. I want an entire paper towel, every time.

 

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