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One day when you have some time give a really long detailed answered. Would be a pleasure just to see the boredom intensify as you intentionally go on about it. Either that or make a really stupid story and see how long they keep listening to you.

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Here’s one:

When people ask me questions like “How long did it take you to grow that beard?.” Back when I had long hair the question was “How long did it take you to grow your hair out?.” Usually, I give some vague answer or say some variation of “I don’t know.” I always try to stay polite in answering this question, but I don’t like getting asked this. Truth is, I have more important things to keep track of than the last time I shaved or got a haircut. 

I get asked how long it took me to grow my hair out a lot and I don’t like that question because I still get my hair trimmed a couple times a year so there really is no true answer to that. I always just tell them a random amount of years. It doesn’t make me mad, though.

 

One of my pet peeves is when christmas tree lights blink. It really bothers me because it looks really bad and hurts my eyes.

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A pet peeve of mine is when people use euphemisms for death.

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A pet peeve of mine is when people use euphemisms for death.

AYE paul-mccartney 

Especially the sappy-obituary-types, where they say such-and-such person has ‘gone home to be with his/her Lord’ or suchlike. Passed away/on is okay– a little softer than DIED– but the above or ‘left this vale of tears’ is just taking things too far. a-hard-days-night-paul-3

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I hate when people use euphemisms for any dead animals

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A pet peeve of mine is when people use euphemisms for death.

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Especially the sappy-obituary-types, where they say such-and-such person has ‘gone home to be with his/her Lord’ or suchlike. Passed away/on is okay– a little softer than DIED– but the above or ‘left this vale of tears’ is just taking things too far. a-hard-days-night-paul-3

Passed away can push my pet peeve button sometimes a-hard-days-night-ringo-2. The worst one is “Grandma’s sleeping” or “We lost grandma” wonder if they called the cops to report a missing person.a-hard-days-night-paul-3

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Annadog40 said

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A pet peeve of mine is when people use euphemisms for death.

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Especially the sappy-obituary-types, where they say such-and-such person has ‘gone home to be with his/her Lord’ or suchlike. Passed away/on is okay– a little softer than DIED– but the above or ‘left this vale of tears’ is just taking things too far. a-hard-days-night-paul-3

Passed away can push my pet peeve button sometimes a-hard-days-night-ringo-2. The worst one is “Grandma’s sleeping” or “We lost grandma” wonder if they called the cops to report a missing person.a-hard-days-night-paul-3

Sometimes it’s hard for someone to say that someone they love is dead because that sounds so final and can be depressing so they have to talk around it to avoid breaking down. Saying things like “he’s gone home to be with God ” makes it sound more positive and can make some people feel better about the situation. While I personally prefer to be more blunt about death too, I understand why some people prefer not to be. 

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I won’t mention names; but using euphemisms can lead to some quite ghoulish situations where half the world thinks someone is dead and the other doesn’t.

This happened to me a while ago with the trigger being something like the phrase “they are resting peacefully” for someone who had been very ill for a while. Half of us were buying flowers, the rest found out they had only been having a good night’s sleep for the first time in a while.

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Annadog40 said
A pet peeve of mine is when people use euphemisms for death.

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Strangely I’ve had to tell family about a loved one dying and I said he had died, it only got harder after the fact and it became passed on for a short while. I suppose it was the reality of it, as @Little Piggy Dragonguy said above. 

Certainly for children its usually to shield them from such an emotional loss or to help them understand as they might not grasp the reality and concept of death.

To be honest i dont give a crap about how folk say it, if they’ve lost someone they care deeply for then they can say it however the hell they like, be it a person or a goldfish. 

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Certainly for children its usually to shield them from such an emotional loss or to help them understand as they might not grasp the reality and concept of death.

Though it might be easier for children to understand death so it is harder for them to go into denial.

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Going away from the topic in hand but Big Bird is incredibly annoying. I never liked Sesame Street.

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Going away from the topic in hand but Big Bird is incredibly annoying. I never liked Sesame Street.

On interesting thing about big bird is that in foreign versions of the show, he is the least included muppets since he is seen as being very American.

 

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Annadog40 said

meanmistermustard said
Going away from the topic in hand but Big Bird is incredibly annoying. I never liked Sesame Street.

On interesting thing about big bird is that in foreign versions of the show, he is the least included muppets since he is seen as being very American.

 

I thought about making a Beatles Bible Last Will thread but that might be too macabre.

Probably just an excuse they made up because they find him highly annoying. 

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People criticizing you for stuff that you really can’t change. For example, handwriting. I have messy handwriting myself, I’ve heard these comments for so long, that it literally annoys the crap out of me. Once, I was working on a poster with a kid, saw me write the title of the poster and said “Woah, your handwriting looks like sh*t! Can I write everything on the poster? Nobody’s going to be able to read it!”. He said that to my face. Well, I’m sorry that just how my handwriting turned out. And plus, my handwriting isn’t even that bad anymore (it used to look 10000000 times worse) and the teachers can read it. Plus, there’re people in the class with worse handwriting. Now, keep your opinions about something I obviously can’t change to yourself and shut up.

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten so mad at people thinking my handwriting was horrible. Normally, the teachers are the ones complaining

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@natureaker said

People criticizing you for stuff that you really can’t change. For example, handwriting. I have messy handwriting myself, I’ve heard these comments for so long, that it literally annoys the crap out of me. Once, I was working on a poster with a kid, saw me write the title of the poster and said “Woah, your handwriting looks like sh*t! Can I write everything on the poster? Nobody’s going to be able to read it!”. He said that to my face. Well, I’m sorry that just how my handwriting turned out. And plus, my handwriting isn’t even that bad anymore (it used to look 10000000 times worse) and the teachers can read it. Plus, there’re people in the class with worse handwriting. Now, keep your opinions about something I obviously can’t change to yourself and shut up.

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten so mad at people thinking my handwriting was horrible. Normally, the teachers are the ones complaining

Handwriting is genetic so at least you have your parents to blame! a-hard-days-night-george-10

That guy does not sound very nice. blue-meanie I also have… not so great handwriting, and it is annoying when people point it out.

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natureaker said
People criticizing you for stuff that you really can’t change. For example, handwriting. I have messy handwriting myself, I’ve heard these comments for so long, that it literally annoys the crap out of me. Once, I was working on a poster with a kid, saw me write the title of the poster and said “Woah, your handwriting looks like sh*t! Can I write everything on the poster? Nobody’s going to be able to read it!”. He said that to my face. Well, I’m sorry that just how my handwriting turned out. And plus, my handwriting isn’t even that bad anymore (it used to look 10000000 times worse) and the teachers can read it. Plus, there’re people in the class with worse handwriting. Now, keep your opinions about something I obviously can’t change to yourself and shut up.

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten so mad at people thinking my handwriting was horrible. Normally, the teachers are the ones complaining

When people say my handwriting is messy, I usually write it off (pun possibly intended) as “they’re wrong and stupid.”

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natureaker said
People criticizing you for stuff that you really can’t change. For example, handwriting. I have messy handwriting myself, I’ve heard these comments for so long, that it literally annoys the crap out of me. Once, I was working on a poster with a kid, saw me write the title of the poster and said “Woah, your handwriting looks like sh*t! Can I write everything on the poster? Nobody’s going to be able to read it!”. He said that to my face. Well, I’m sorry that just how my handwriting turned out. And plus, my handwriting isn’t even that bad anymore (it used to look 10000000 times worse) and the teachers can read it. Plus, there’re people in the class with worse handwriting. Now, keep your opinions about something I obviously can’t change to yourself and shut up.

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten so mad at people thinking my handwriting was horrible. Normally, the teachers are the ones complaining

You shouldn’t be so offended at being told your handwriting isn’t too hot, especially since you know it’s true.

You can change your handwriting, @natureaker. Just keep practicing, maybe slow down a little. I never wrote in cursive until a couple years ago, and when I first started writing in cursive it looked like a little kid’s handwriting, but now it’s ten thousand times better. I just practice a lot and pay good attention to other people’s handwriting to see if there are better ways I can produce certain letters. 

You say it’s not that bad anymore and that now it’s 10000000 times better, so why wouldn’t it be able to still get better from where it’s at now? You need to believe in yourself and your handwriting a little more. There is no metaphorical plateau, so why should you place your handwriting on it?

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My handwriting is also atrocious. When someone comments on it I simply reply, “yeah, I should have been a doctor”.

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Idiots on YouTube. 

 

*Saunters out*

 

Seriously, there must be a special breed of people with nothing better to do than post the most ridiculous nonsense on there. It’s usually quite amusing, but sometimes…. paul-mccartney

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