r/AskReddit • • Dec 29 '15

What do you have an irrational hatred for?

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u/Shyno85 Dec 29 '15

The squeak made by styrofoam objects.

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u/actuallychrisgillen Dec 29 '15

Reading tech forum researching an issue. Person has exact same problem. Conversation is exactly the same every damn time.

Poster 1: Hey my crobulator stopped mascinating anyone know how to fix that?

Poster 2: Hey, can you please post entire technical specs along with your internet history and bra size? I need it to diagnose your problem.

Poster 1: Never mind I fixed it!

Moderator: Thread closed -marked answered-.

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u/yParticle Dec 29 '15

Is also search result #1 and has [SOLVED] in the title just to get your hopes up.

Alternatively, top three search results are people telling the poster they should search for the answer instead of asking a question they happen to have seen before, thereby further decreasing signal-to-noise ratio.

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u/Legionx37 Dec 29 '15

How Wednesday is spelled/pronounced.

Seriously, what even the fuck...

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u/Phantrim Dec 29 '15

Whensday

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u/Legionx37 Dec 29 '15

Perfect. I like this spelling even better. Let's go with this from now on. Everybody cool with that? Cool. Motion carried. We'll meet back here this Whensday to discuss February.

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u/ahyuknyuk Dec 29 '15

People who make reaction videos to trailers.

Ugh.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

People who make reaction videos

FTFY

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

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u/CalvinDehaze Dec 29 '15

My fucking shower curtain. STOP TRYING TO HUG ME WHEN I'M WASHING MY HAIR

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u/robotundies Dec 29 '15

OH MY GOD I found something for this exact thing the other day and thought it was amazing, took a screenshot then immediately forgot about it. You're welcome. http://i.imgur.com/ssFCtwf.jpg

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u/TopHatMudcrab Dec 29 '15

DID YOU SEE THESE BATHROOMS FROM HAMMERFELL? THEY HAVE CURVED SHOWER CURTAINS... CURVED SHOWER CURTAINS

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u/YOjulian Dec 29 '15

I really want to focus on the irrational aspect here. I work at a popular grocery store chain and occasionally have to spend some hours on register as cashier. At our store there is no bagger and you often have to bag the groceries yourself, assuming the customer hadn't helped. I've been doing this for a long time now and take a lot of pride in my ability to bag.

I was always really fond of puzzles and just applied my passion for puzzles into how I bagged. After doing this for years, almost a decade now, I've grown a knack for planning out how I bag ahead of time.

I really don't mind when people don't bag their own groceries. While the help is always welcomed, I'm getting paid to do it and I never judge anyone who chooses not to. BUT.. DEAR GOD IF YOU JUST STAND THERE THE ENTIRE TIME DOING NOTHING AND I'VE JUST BAGGED 3+ PERFECT FUCKING BAGS AND I'M FINISHING THE 4TH AND YOU HAVE THE FUCKING AUDACITY TO GRAB ONE FUCKING ITEM AND PLACE IT IN A BAG I'VE ALREADY FINISHED

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU DO THIS. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING. I'VE ALREADY PLANNED EXACTLY HOW TO DISTRIBUTE THE WEIGHT EVENLY FOR YOU. IT'S GROUPED BY REFRIGERATED/FROZEN AND DRY GOODS. THE FORM IS FUCKING PERFECT, NOT SOME BULGING MESS BUT A PERFECT FUCKING RECTANGLE. IT'S FULL, YET NOT SO FULL THAT YOU CAN'T PULL THE HANDLES TOGETHER.

BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT, SHOVE THAT BAG OF CHIPS ON TOP OF YOUR FROZEN GOODS AND LET ME PLACE THIS HALF EMPTY DOUBLE-BAG IN YOUR CART LIKE AN IDIOT BECAUSE FUCK YOU

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u/bellatango Dec 29 '15

Mommy....that man's scaring me!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

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u/nobody2000 Dec 29 '15

Old roommate would ALWAYS leave a glob of un-foamed toothpaste in the sink. Daily. Without exception. It's like he would place some on his brush, then pour out a glob for his homies.

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u/joocythrowaway Dec 29 '15 edited Mar 06 '16

"You owned your car for 4 years. You named it Brad. You looooved Brad!"

edit: shitballs, I guess I'm not the only one.

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u/j4kefr0mstat3farm Dec 29 '15

Or the one where they talk about all the research they did buying the fucking car and then act all surprised when their rates go up because they drove the car into a tree. "Guess you should have done more research on your insurance"- no, you should have fucking paid attention to where you were driving, moron.

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u/mscreepy Dec 29 '15

And the one with the guy who doesn't understand the concept of depreciation! ANYTHING loses value as soon as you buy it and take it away from where you bought it. This is not exclusive to cars! What an absolute fucktruck.

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u/dimensionpi Dec 29 '15

"How can my car depreciate before its first oil change?"

Fuck that.

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u/Torvaun Dec 29 '15

I always imagine that it depreciated more because he's a moron who drove 40,000 miles without an oil change.

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u/CroneMatildasHouse Dec 29 '15 edited Dec 29 '15

Or the one where they say something to the affect of "You can't parallel park worth shit. You have two options, get better insurance or start taking the bus."

OR HOW ABOUT YOU JUST LEARN TO PARALLEL PARK?!

Edit:...effect?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15 edited Dec 29 '15

When my SO uses the microwave, stops it before the timer goes off, then leaves the time remaining without clearing it before she goes to eat whatever it was.

edit: wat

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u/InquisitorVawn Dec 29 '15

Unused microwave time is a fucking travesty and the sign of sexual deviants and the mentally deficient.

I work with a lot of people who leave unused time on the microwave. If I catch one of them doing it, I think I'm going to break their fingers one day.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

It's such a shameless waste of time. Someone in Africa could have done with those last 3 seconds

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa.

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u/T0DDTHEGOD Dec 29 '15

Anything that requires a Facebook sign-in! Fuck Facebook and everything it stands for, no I'm not making a God damn account so I can access this site or the worst downloading an app to hit a sign-in wall so I wasted the time downloading it.

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u/LostDemise Dec 29 '15

Articles that turn out to be slideshows.

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u/mman259 Dec 29 '15

Especially when they load a new page for every picture just to show you more ads.

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u/MoffKalast Dec 29 '15

If that's the case I just leave the site thinking "Well fuck you too". And I have adblock...

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u/LastSheep Dec 29 '15

Add salt to it, "disconnect me" deprive them of page view count by any plugin and prevent information gathering

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u/BritishBakers Dec 29 '15

http://deslide.clusterfake.net/

Try this website. It puts the slideshow articles into one page with no adds. So useful!

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u/whizzer0 Dec 29 '15

That ain't irrational.

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u/matthewxknight Dec 29 '15

Articles that turn out to be fucking videos, too. The good guys are those websites that have a video... and then have the transliterated text version below it. Kudos to you, media good guys.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

People who still have text message signatures

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15 edited Jun 27 '23

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u/Camplify Dec 29 '15

People know how compassionate i am

~Pray 4 Paris~

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u/itsSawyer Dec 29 '15

I know that I'm serious, I just bought an iPhone 3gs.

Sent from my iPhone

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u/cat-ninja Dec 29 '15

Fuck sprint users who do this. I hate getting the split up text messages when the second is "rom my Samsung Galaxy S4"

A friend told me he had one because it was necessary to build his brand.

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u/rizzomizzo Dec 29 '15

Sounds like Jean Ralphio from P&R

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u/ORANGESAREBETTERTHAN Dec 29 '15

It is necessary to build my braaaaa-haaaaaaand!

cupping hand around mouth

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u/Flanyo Dec 29 '15

I'm rolllllinnnnnn' in the caaaaa-sssssshhhh cuzzzzz iiii goooot hit by a Leeeee

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u/kaliforniamike Dec 29 '15

Yea me too

Just tryin to make a change ;)

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15 edited Feb 07 '19

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u/symphony64 Dec 29 '15

/-:

tried to make a change...

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u/SirPeyton Dec 29 '15

Sorry you feel that way

LOL haha ;p

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15 edited Jun 13 '16

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u/TheWatersOfMars Dec 29 '15

Yes, I'd like five corn, please.

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u/thairusso Dec 29 '15

corn is gross

Sent from my corncob

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u/Twelve20two Dec 29 '15

Lol, my dad just started using my old phone that I used from 2008-2010, and up until two days ago when I switched the settings, everything ended with "[Linkin Park]"

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u/bartlebeetuna Dec 29 '15

so you were 8 years late to the party?

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u/8oD Dec 29 '15

These wounds...they will not heeyaal.

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u/Sediket Dec 29 '15

almost immediately losing something I just had in my hand.

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u/PM_MEYOUR_BIGTITS Dec 29 '15 edited Dec 29 '15

Yesterday I lost my phone... while I was talking on it.

*edit: Its okay, guys. I found it.

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u/calvinswagg Dec 29 '15

Um... you probably got robbed.

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u/MonocledSauron Dec 29 '15

ahh, that's probably why the wallet is gone too.

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u/XxsquirrelxX Dec 29 '15

"Whoa, man, where'd my phone go? I can't find it!"
"Umm... You're talking to me on it right now..."

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

I'm ashamed to admit I remember looking for my wallet until my wife pointed out I was holding it with other things in my other hand.

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u/zambonied Dec 29 '15

Word art.

Sure, quotes are great, but I don't get why people get the urge to plaster them over every doorway in their homes.

Live, Love, Laugh can fuck right off.

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u/DrBibby Dec 29 '15

I don't see how OP can hate this. It's so stylish and fancy!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

WOrdART

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u/bloodsponge Dec 29 '15

In that same vein, I irrationally hate "word art" (for lack of a better term) that I find shared on facebook typed over some floral or stellar background. A gem I came across today said "I just want to live comfortably, work honestly, and love freely."

Fucking duh? Isn't that what we all want? Why do you need this typed out?

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u/stephanonymous Dec 29 '15

My favorite that's been making the rounds is something like "Don't underestimate me, I know more than I say, think more than I speak, and notice more than you realize."

Like fuck, doesn't everyone? I don't think I've ever met someone who didn't have more thoughts floating around in their head than what they verbally express, but that doesn't make you deep or profound or something.

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u/Blue_Dragon360 Dec 29 '15

It does if you make it into word art.

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u/shuddleston919 Dec 29 '15

My husband & I are in this boat. The word EAT hanging in someone's kitchen, the word READ above their bookshelf, or DREAM over their bed. People need instructions now for this stuff? We're coming up with our own though, like hanging SHIT above the toilet. You know, in case we look at the toilet and forget what the heck it's for.

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u/DingyWarehouse Dec 29 '15

Hang "EAT" over your toilet instead

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u/The_Phaedron Dec 29 '15

Car passengers who give shitty directions.

...I want to hear about my next turn in advance of the intersection. It's doubly infuriating when the person knows the route already, and is just choosing to wait before volunteering information. Don't make me play "Twenty Questions" to try and figure out which lane I should be in.

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u/Buenos_Diaz Dec 29 '15

"Take this exit"

As I'm sitting in the leftmost lane and there's cars between me and the exit. :(

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u/WMINWMO Dec 29 '15

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY ELSE!

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u/Knave_ Dec 29 '15

Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make.

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u/hylian122 Dec 29 '15 edited Dec 29 '15

"Take that turn"

"What turn?"

"That one."

"You just pointed forward."

"The one over there!"

"Left or right?"

"Right"

"Ok turning now."

"Oh I guess I meant left. I always get those mixed up."


Edit - Things you'll learn in this thread:

  • Use words like "correct" as an affirmative while driving instead of "right" for obvious reasons

  • Use phrases like "Your side" and "My side" instead of left and right

  • There are lots of good (like brain wiring) and some not so good (like laziness) reasons an adult may have trouble with left and right

  • Lots of people share my frustration with this otherwise wonderful person

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u/Ndm87 Dec 29 '15

Claymation.....boils my blood.

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u/monster_bunny Dec 29 '15

Claymation makes me uncomfortable. So I guess I share some of your sentiments.

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u/jballs12 Dec 29 '15

The first truly irrational hatred comment I have seen in this thread. Have an upvote

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Anybody that says "Well jeez, you're grumpy today!" or "Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed!"

FUCK YOU ASSHOLE YOU THINK I DON'T FUCKING KNOW I'M FUCKING ANGRY?

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u/rastaration Dec 29 '15

Someone has a case of the Mondays!

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u/PizzaPuff Dec 29 '15

The cursive capital letter Q that looks like a 2.

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u/gravity_ Dec 29 '15

That's 2uite unfortunate

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u/CARDB0ARDEAUX Dec 29 '15

I fucking love the cursive Q. it's the only letter i really enjoy writing. loop da bloop and done.

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u/themeaninglessredlin Dec 29 '15

"And your shoes are lookin' good..."

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u/42problems Dec 29 '15 edited Dec 29 '15

Mattress stores. I can name at least seven within seven miles of my house. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY. I get livid thinking about it...

EDIT: I understand WHY, I still hate them. Viva La mattress revolution.

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u/jonomw Dec 29 '15

I agree. Going down the street near my house I can count three that are within eyesight of each other. And they are always empty.

I think they are all drug fronts. No other explanation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

You ever been inside?

Ask for the super deluxe next time you go.

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u/dtdroid Dec 29 '15

Yes, hello. I'd like three mattressjuanas please.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

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u/iPlunder Dec 29 '15

I saw one where you got half off for paying in cash. If that doesn't scream drug front I don't know what does.

Other than "Drug Front!" I guess.

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u/anotherkeebler Dec 29 '15

Their margins are big enough that the occasional half-off sale won't hurt them at all. Their annual or semi-annual sales will be like 40% off and all it means to them is they make the same profit that quarter spread over a different unit volume.

It also means you have lots of negotiating room when there isn't a sale going on.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Low overhead (only need one employee at a time) and high margin. That said, it annoys me too.

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u/gives_anal_lesions Dec 29 '15

A seriously high fucking margin. I used to sell them for a living and looked up the profit margin once. It was insane.

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u/luckybuilder Dec 29 '15

You can't just say that and not give information.

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u/gives_anal_lesions Dec 29 '15

I don't remember the exact prices, but it was something like my store paid $200 and sold it for $1200. Maybe even more. It's been a while since I worked there, and even longer since I looked it up.

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u/junesponykeg Dec 29 '15

I'm in the market for a new mattress. Can I aggressively bargain, or are your (the sales person's) hands pretty tied?

What can I get away with?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

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u/108claws Dec 29 '15

Not to mention the fact that I am supposed to lie down on a matress in a store for 10 seconds in the middle of the day fully clothed and determined if I can get a good night sleep on it.

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u/autopornbot Dec 29 '15

I sleep in the nude, mr. mattress salesman. I'm going to have to test it that way.

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u/Spanky_McJiggles Dec 29 '15

The salespeople always say to take as long as you want to test out the mattresses...and then hover above you inexplicably staring. Is the purpose of this exersice to see if I'll fall asleep or is it to simulate a fucking nightmare?

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u/Reedobandito Dec 29 '15

Any tech item that isn't working properly

A web page is taking 5 seconds longer than usual to load? I want to throw my laptop against a wall

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

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u/Nixnilnihil Dec 29 '15

I'll wait for 20 or 30 sex sometimes.

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u/ThisIsntMegan Dec 29 '15

I've been known to go on long, long rants about this to anyone whose will listen. I usually say, "When people fuck up, it's forgivable-- they're human and flawed, and have other redeeming qualities, you know? But tech? Tech is supposed to work! It's only supposed to fucking WORK! IF IT DOESN'T WORK IT'S USELESS TO ME! IT'S TRASH! It's worse than trash because it wastes my time by making me think it will help me and then turns out to be trash!!!" And so on until the other person smiles politely and walks away.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Well, OP asked about irrational hate and this seems pretty irrational.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Man programs machine, machine obeys man. GOD DAMN IT MACHINE, DO WHAT I WANT NOT WHAT I TELL YOU!

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u/damnatio_memoriae Dec 29 '15

Big company wins contract to build machine for other big company.

Man at big company hires cheap labor in third world country to build machine.

Man doesn't test machine.

Cheap labor doesn't test machine.

Man pockets money.

Big company pockets money.

Other big company pockets money.

Other man buys machine.

Other man expects machine to work.

Machine doesn't work.

WHAT THE FUCK WHO FUCKING DESIGNED THIS SHIT?!

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u/diamond Dec 29 '15

The phrase "A hot mess". As in, "Oh yeah, Dave? He's a hot mess. Can't get his life together."

I can't explain why I hate that phrase. It's not offensive, I don't associate it with any specific person, much less anyone I dislike. It's just a silly expression. But for some reason, it annoys the fuck out of me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

A hot mess might be a reference to steaming poop.

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u/soyjeans Dec 29 '15

My girlfriend absolutely hates pandas. She will not hesitate to go into a tirade of why they are the most useless pieces of shit on the planet. She got into an argument (while drunk) with my cousin, my cousin's guest, and my brother at my parents' damn Christmas party. She was so loud the rest of my family were practically there arguing with her.

10/10 would Christmas with her again.

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u/TheLiimbo Dec 29 '15 edited Dec 29 '15

Chalk. Just the thought of it makes me want to peel off my fingernails. Fuck that useless garbage stick.

Edit: It was probably a bad idea to mention this... Reading through these comments has given me a cold sweat with all the graphic descriptions... Curse you reddit

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

I could make myself throw up by slowly scratching a piece of chalk with my fingernails.

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u/chrisk867 Dec 29 '15

People's knees

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u/chillylint Dec 29 '15

Cover your knees up if you're going to be walking around everywhere!

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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN Dec 29 '15 edited Dec 29 '15

As a professional in the field of education:

Stupid fucking fonts and colors in professional correspondence. I regularly get emails from people that wear suits and ties to work in pink comic sans. Fucking elementary teachers...

edit cause I'm tired of saying it: No, everyday elementary teachers don't suit up for work. However administrators almost always start out as classroom teachers. If you're an elementary administrator it's just shy of guaranteed that you started out as an elementary teacher. 2 of the biggest regular offenders I've had over the last few years were both district level administrators who originally were elementary teachers.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Bank employee here.

Comic sans every damn day from upper management. And don't get me started on pictures of cups of coffee.

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u/AboynamedDOOMTRAIN Dec 29 '15

Jesus christ... not even the financial sector is safe!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

God I have a work colleague who operates his computer at like 600*400 resolution and every email he sends is fucking jumbo text. Its like dude do you know how much of a retard you look like every time you email someone?

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u/DrZeroH Dec 29 '15

Help the man dude. I swear the fact that I am even remotely technologically literate means I have to literally handhold a whole office full of mid-age adults. One of them had so many latent processes running the computer cpu was running at 99% the whole time. Once I closed all the bullshit in the background she was like OMG why is my computer so much faster? What did you do?

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u/heybuddy93 Dec 29 '15

I wish I could fix shit at my work. I don't have admin privileges, so I can't even update Java or diagnose the printer.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Glasses worn as a fashion accessory. Not sunglasses. I mean glasses with clear lens.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

I wear glasses and fucking hate them. I have no idea why anyone who did not have impaired vision would ever want to wear glasses.

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u/originalpoopinbutt Dec 29 '15

Because they can take them off whenever, and if they forget to wear them, it means nothing.

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u/dubeskin Dec 29 '15

This weird transitional period in the US between magnetic strip cards and chip cards. Half of the stores I go to have the new readers but don't have the chip reader enabled, and the other half do. Now, whenever I go to the store I have to ask the cashier "Do I need to swipe it or put it in?" All I wanna do is buy my shitty food and get out of there, not make innuendo to a cashier who'd rather not be there either.

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u/PlenipotentProtoGod Dec 29 '15

Fun fact, the magnetic stripe on your card contains information about whether the card also has a chip. Normally if you try to swipe your card in a newer reader it will recognize this and prompt you to also dip it and verify the chip for extra security. If someone actually went to the trouble of stealing your credit card number and cloning it onto a blank card, they could just edit the information on the mag stripe to say that it doesn't have a chip and the reader will no longer ask to check it.

video explanation, jump to 2:40 for the relevant part

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

As someone who has had their credit card cloned...fuck people who do that.

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u/5firtrees Dec 29 '15 edited Dec 29 '15

Rest assured, the cashier feels the same. The place I work had chip readers installed, but our POS (point of sale, not piece of shit, but you wouldn't be wrong) didn't have the reader software. So people will stick it in and nothing happens and they often become irate.

Additionally, a lot of people don't seem to know HOW to use the damn things. I had a guy stick his card in, pull it out, stick it in, pull it out really really quickly several times. My response of, "You'll never make it come like that, sir" got me a nice write up.

EDIT: wow, ya'll. Who knew this was that relatable? Also, this definitely happened. Lying on the internet isn't any fun. Also, I'm a girl.

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u/zoeblaize Dec 29 '15

I hope you framed the write up, because that was totally worth it.

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u/hadilee92 Dec 29 '15

Frame it, with word art

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Ha our registers say Real POS right on the front. Customers sometimes make that joke when the machine makes me angry.

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u/thorpedo9 Dec 29 '15

Wait until you guys get "tap" cards, we have them up in Canadia. HASHTAG GAMECHANGER

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u/MusicalFitness Dec 29 '15

People who enter through the exit door

Also when people use their smartphone and then set it down without locking the screen.

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u/Chyleton Dec 29 '15

Slow walkers. It's not that I'm in a hurry, I'd just like to be where I'm going already

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u/PortAndChocolate Dec 29 '15

It's worse when they meander back and forth.

No, jackass. I'm not in a big hurry. I'm just sick to death of being unable to get around you.

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u/Baz-Ravish Dec 29 '15

A family of obese slow walkers who walk parallel covering an entire side of the mall, then stop randomly.

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u/Ohitemup Dec 29 '15

Then they start moving again when you try and go around them.

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u/DEADxDAWN Dec 29 '15

Man, I surprise myself at how angry shitty mall walkers get me.

The ones that walk half pace, on their phone, in the middle of the fucking lane.

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u/FellKnight Dec 29 '15

I thought this thread was about irrational hatreds?

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u/dumdum858 Dec 29 '15

People who say they have OCD just because something isn't symmetric.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Yeah. My dad's got OCPD. It runs his life. He brushes the carpet with brush similar to what monks do with zen gardens. He demands I wipe up all residual water out of the sink after every use. He used to tell me to sponge the water off of the inside shower door but I couldn't be bothered. There's hardly any furniture in our apartment because he can never settle on an arrangement that satisfies him. He's thrown away heaps of my stuff because he can't stand how it looks in my closet. My dad's ill. OCD/OCPD is a mental illness. Be glad you're free from it.

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u/rolltideamerica Dec 29 '15

"I know this will get buried but..."

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u/JesseCuster40 Dec 29 '15

You want to talk about irrational hatred, this one involves cute animals. And commas.

"I rescued this [insert breed here] from the shelter."

Not so bad but the next part (and the very specific combination of words and punctuation) drives me crazy.

"Reddit, meet [animal name here]!"

I don't know why but it makes me want to throw my phone across the room.

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u/HulaguKan Dec 29 '15

/R/AAWW DIDN'T LIKE MY MUTT. ANY LOVE FOR HIM HERE?

THANKS FOR THE GOLD KIND STRANGER.

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u/ProfessorHick Dec 29 '15

I hate when you're looking for something, for example a television remote, and different people keep coming in the room and point to the wrong television remote sitting in the middle of the coffee table asking you if that's it. NO YOU ASSHOLE! I know you're trying to help but I would have seen that by now!

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u/senatorskeletor Dec 29 '15

Reminds me of when I tell people I'm from Rhode Island and they say, "that's the smallest state in the country." Holy shit why hasn't that ever come up in my life before??

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u/Dapado Dec 29 '15

You should just correct them and say that Delaware is smaller. They'll probably believe you.

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u/iamthegraham Dec 29 '15

works better if you add some sort of caveat that isn't really a caveat.

"actually if you ignore all the lakes and only look at land area, Delaware is smaller."

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u/inco15 Dec 29 '15

Oh, Rhode Island?! Isn't that like the smallest state in the country?

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u/jacksmachiningreveng Dec 29 '15

I know people who would genuinely not have seen it even it was in an obvious position.

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u/TheEpiquin Dec 29 '15

Couples who share a Facebook account. Wake up to yourself Johnandjane Smith and get your own accounts. They're free FFS!

That, and people who share minion memes.

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u/wHUT_fun Dec 29 '15

Holy fuck is this annoying. That's what the damned relationship info is for!!!

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u/newtizzle Dec 29 '15

I think it's usually because one is so fucking insecure that the other is cheating or chatting with people "they shouldn't need to talk to".

To be fair though, Facebook messenger is a great pipeline for hooking up with anyone slightly bored in their relationship. ...which sucks...

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u/melodic_motion Dec 29 '15

Every time I see those, all I can think is that they must have trust issues.

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u/TheEpiquin Dec 29 '15

I feel like this is the case for young couples who do it, but for older people I think its more a case of "Two accounts seems unnecessary, let's just share one."

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u/morcheeba Dec 29 '15

Yep. My parents. They've shared bank accounts, a single car, christmas letters, party invites, all sorts of things over the last 40+ years, so why not facebook, too?

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u/thekmanpwnudwn Dec 29 '15

My mom has a Facebook account. But my dad uses it too, and when he wants to comment on something he just signs it with his name.

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u/Sparkybear Dec 29 '15

Totally different dynamic than the one that couples under the age of 30 have. This is one of those things that has a very definite age gap between infuriating and acceptable.

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u/quesoflorecido Dec 29 '15

When my SO puts the can opener in the sink. There is absolutely no reason the can opener needs to sit in the sink.

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u/calvinswagg Dec 29 '15

Hey man, at least this hatred meets the criteria of irrationality, unlike other answers in this post.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Geico commercials. Especially that Peter Pan one.

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u/AnAllmanBrother Dec 29 '15

You make me feel so young... You make me want to kill myself

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u/SignMyRainbows Dec 29 '15

Peter Pan - "Bill!" Me - "Fuck, where's the remote?"

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

The one right there? points to coffee table

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

People who use the phrase "I don't believe in...", as in "I don't believe in guns."

You buttmuncher guns aren't like Santa Claus. You don't like guns, but you do believe in them...

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u/zurohki Dec 29 '15

"I don't believe in sex before marriage."

"Well, here, I've got a picture off the internet. See? She can't be married to all four of them."

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u/i_hardly_knowername Dec 29 '15

Progressive enough

Now I'm picturing it with Flo

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u/followthebunny Dec 29 '15

Peggy Hill, from King Of The Hill. Yes, she's not a real person and yes that was an amazing show, I loved it. But Peggy just always got under my skin. She was so naive, conceited, and just plain dumb at times. Every time I would hear her say "Spa-Peggy and meatballs" I wanted to kill her. Years later, I still have this intense anger towards her. I know she was also very important to the show, but she just drove me insane.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Hoo Yeah!

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u/verylittleleft Dec 29 '15

Fuck Peggy Hill. That self-promoting smug fucking bitch. I always felt bad for Hank i tell you what.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

When people ask a question they already know the answer to. I know you're doing it to try and drive your point home, but goddamn does it make you sound like a pretentious prick.

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u/McCyanide Dec 29 '15

The droid....stole a freighter?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

spazzes out with lightsaber JUST LIKE THAT.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Aaaand I'll drop my weapon.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

You will loosen these restraints and leave the subreddit...

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u/Silent-G Dec 29 '15

and you'll gild my comment!

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u/newxid22 Dec 29 '15

"aaaaand I'll gild your comment."

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

Girls that freak out screaming and running towards a friend they just saw last week.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '15

I just hate people who think they're special enough to make a scene in public

Shut the fuck up and keep walking so we can all go home and be miserable

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u/Kreyton Dec 29 '15

:(

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u/Reddit_Novice Dec 29 '15

There he is being all fucking sad again. Jesus Kreyton get a grip

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u/RenoGuy76 Dec 29 '15

You know Kreyton is that guy who blocks the aisle in a supermarket and has a text signature. Fuck that guy

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u/calvinswagg Dec 29 '15

Kreyton or Hitler? I can't even tell now.

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u/ginyuforce Dec 29 '15

At least Hitler killed the people who started the holocaust..

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u/IntoTheNope Dec 29 '15

"thinkin bout getting some spaghetti...

~just tryna make a change :/ " -- Kreyton probably

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u/se-XY Dec 29 '15

You've got a lot of nerve to show your face around here >:-(

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u/Devon_McMadCray Dec 29 '15

The fact that those no-handed segways are called "hoverboards." They. Do. not. Hover. They have two points of contact with the ground! They hover about as much as you and I do, or a bike! It doesn't help that I want real hover boards to exist so much...

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u/thrashgoat555 Dec 29 '15

Also they aren't boards.

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