ATOT: What Really Grinds your Gears?

[lxskllr]

Overuse of the word impact as a replacement for "affect(ed)". Because your schools failed you is no reason to not learn the difference between "effect" and "affect", then use them appropriately.

 

[purbeast0]

You ever see kids? When I was in school all my friends were people in my neighborhood. We'd be on the bus making plans for what to do when we got home, whose house we were going to and what sport/game we'd be playing when we got there. It was constant socialization. We talked at the bus stop, we talked on the bus, we talked walking home, non-stop. I have a school bus stop at the corner by my house and it's frightening how disconnected the kids are. 10 kids pile off and not a word is spoken. None of them say a single word to each other or even acknowledge their presence. Every single one of them is face down in their phone every single second. They don't say good bye, catch you later, lets do homework together, nothing, they might as well not have mouths or ears at all. All their communication is via text.

Yes, and it's primarily younger groups I see doing this at restaurants too. It grinds my gears.

It also grinds my gears when I'm on vacation and I see people worrying more about taking pictures to show off on social media than to just enjoy their vacation.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

It also grinds my gears when I'm on vacation and I see people worrying more about taking pictures to show off on social media than to just enjoy their vacation.

Yeah, I always took vacation photos for myself, things I wanted to see again and look back on fondly. Never once did I ever take a picture thinking about other people watching me be there.

 

[SearchMaster]

And while this has been discussed to death it still can't be said often enough: PUT DOWN THE PHONE AND PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR DRIVING ASSHOLES!!!

A couple of weeks ago we had to drive through downtown Atlanta, and with the well-publicized bridge collapse it was bumper-to-bumper for over an hour bypassing it. Waze directed us to I-20 for a short while, and it was gloriously light on traffic.

We come behind a pickup truck that is swerving all over the road, crossing lanes every 10 seconds or so. When he started swerving the other way, I took the opportunity to pass him - and of course he was on his phone/texting. I told my wife "he's going to hit somebody" and I kept an eye on him in my rear view mirror. Sure enough, a minute later he sideswipes a fucking school bus. I hope the bastard lost his license.

 

[Thebobo]

A couple of weeks ago we had to drive through downtown Atlanta, and with the well-publicized bridge collapse it was bumper-to-bumper for over an hour bypassing it. Waze directed us to I-20 for a short while, and it was gloriously light on traffic.

We come behind a pickup truck that is swerving all over the road, crossing lanes every 10 seconds or so. When he started swerving the other way, I took the opportunity to pass him - and of course he was on his phone/texting. I told my wife "he's going to hit somebody" and I kept an eye on him in my rear view mirror. Sure enough, a minute later he sideswipes a fucking school bus. I hope the bastard lost his license.

Oh gawd I see that at least once a day, not the crash but the texting.

 

[SearchMaster]

Oh gawd I see that at least once a day, not the crash but the texting.

Yeah well we had seen at least a dozen motorists on their phone by that point, but none quite as erratic as this guy.

 

[lxskllr]

Oh gawd I see that at least once a day, not the crash but the texting.

Surprisingly, I don't see that a lot around here, and I spend a lot of time on the road. You get it every once in awhile, and more often it's people not paying attention to traffic lights, then not going when it's green, but not so much retarded texting.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Definitely one that has been annoying me lately: When you're on the elevator and you get to the bottom floor (or stop at any floor) and the people waiting to get on are smack in the center of the door with the dumbest fucking look on their face like they just grasped the concept of "oh, shit, apparently there are other people in this world and perhaps they need to get off the elevator".

Retards.

 

[angminas]

And while this has been discussed to death it still can't be said often enough: PUT DOWN THE PHONE AND PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR DRIVING ASSHOLES!!!

When people leave out commas or end questions with periods. What's a driving asshole?

 

[JulesMaximus]

People who inflate to sidewall.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Updates!

Anytime someone uses this stupid fucking smiley on social media it grinds my gears. It's as-if to say in a punning/cocky way "I'm critically thinking here". In reality, it just proves to me you're an idiot that doesn't critically think, you just post worthless media links that you likely didn't even read yourself.

Also anytime someone uses the stupid fucking acronym "SMH". It's literally all the proof I need to know that someone is mentally retarded.

 

[Billb2]

Drivers that don't enter the intersection while waiting to turn left.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Assholes with blue HID lights, and they seem to be growing in numbers every year. I sometimes feel like rigging a mirror on my dash so I can reflect it back at them see how they like that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Drivers that don't enter the intersection while waiting to turn left.

To add to that: Drivers that try to turn left in places where it's near impossible and hold up traffic because of it.

 

[JulesMaximus]

People who put ketchup on hot dogs.

And insomnia...

 

[Kaido]

People who put ketchup on hot dogs.

 

[Kaido]

"This is a REAL gamechanger!". Now everyone and their mom is saying this stupid word.

The funny thing is that "game-changers" are subject to the Picture Frame Effect. It's like when you pick out some art or a photo to hang on your wall, get it framed, spend all that time picking out the perfect spot, hanging it up level, and then three weeks later it's completely invisible to you. Changes just kind of attenuate into the background over time. Ten years ago, only us nerds had Palms & Blackberries & stuff, and now everyone including their grandmas & their kids have an iPhone or Android smartphone and it's completely normal. So technically, a lot of things can actually be game-changers, but it doesn't really matter because it just becomes invisible over time & everyone quits caring lol.

 

[Kaido]

- When I see groups of people all looking down at their phones instead of enjoying each other's company, like at a restaurant or something.

 

[shortylickens]

When I finally need a store and learn its closed.

 

[purbeast0]

Damnit I need to see this with sound, then I'm probably going to send it to my wife lol.

 

[Kaido]

I need to see this with sound, then I'm probably going to send it to my wife lol.

tbh it's made my life easier in IT. I work in support & it's so much nicer having someone play on their phone while I'm working on their computer instead of hovering over my shoulder lol.

 

[zinfamous]

People who put ketchup on hot dogs.

There truly is nothing worse than this

 

[GagHalfrunt]

There truly is nothing worse than this

people who put mayonnaise on pizza.

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

Humanity grinds my gear. I would like to wipe out mankind.

 

[zinfamous]

people who put mayonnaise on pizza.

Well, is that even a thing? I'm familiar with the "yellow-mustard-on-shitty-frozen-pizza" thing, but mayo?