Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

 AustonT wrote:
How do you pronounce Dinosaur?

Dynosore

I cannot stand hearing people eat. It's disgusting. I don't even like hearing myself eat in my own head sometimes. To others, please chew mouth closed. Swallow before speaking.

Related note: people being impatient for my verbal response while I am eating. I'm trying to be polite.

Being poked by someone trying to get my attention, My instinct is to swing when this happens. I don't know why it bothers me so much. I've almost swung at coworkers/friends on a number of occasions. Luckily I've either stopped mid-swing or missed so far...

Bottom up troubleshooting, and refusing to read stack traces. This is an IT thing. These waste so much time. I love the question "Is the database down?" really being "I can't type my password correctly". Hrng

My kind. I have trouble going to the game shops because I get dragged into horrible conversations by career neckbeards. The problem comes in when I can't politely excuse myself from a conversation short of leaving the shop. Also, the classic 'I don't want to talk about your character'. I only bring up mine when specifically requested.

Pouring spirits on top of your mixer. Double whammy at a bar if not stirred or provided a swizzle stick. Only acceptable when preparing a layered cocktail.

Agreeing with above poster about rampaging anti-smokers. I smoke occasionally, but have only gotten the sermon once or twice. It drives me insane seeing other people get it, though. It's painfully obvious to the smoker that it's not healthy. You can save those calories for another battle.

Reiterating Perkustin's points about cultural differences. Visiting another country and spewing out stereotypes is not endearing, regardless of your point of origin or destination. Trust me when I say that politely engaging people in an adult conversation is going to result in a better day for you and your new friend.

 Alfndrate wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
How do you pronounce Dinosaur?

Dynosore

Aye, like that. Not "Dyno-sarr", nor "Dinno-sarr".

I charge you with making no goddamned sense. (not that either of us really cares)
Dinosaur is rightly pronounced Die-no-sore and if saur is sore how the feth is taur, tour? Clearly it must be tore.
Thusly Minotaur is pronounced Me-no-tore.
Indubitably, et ceterea, et ceterea.

I think Perkustin is one of our heather-munching wee pals from 'noorth o' the boorder'.

The English pronounce the ending of 'minotaur' like the ending of 'Arkansas'. So, yeah, 'tore' - we don't typically pronounce the last 'r' sound, apart from in a few English dialects.

They pronounce it "mine-o-taw" then?

 Frazzled wrote:
They pronounce it "mine-o-taw" then?

Thanks Colonel or Foghorn Leghorn...

 Frazzled wrote:
They pronounce it "mine-o-taw" then?

I suppose. I'm more of a 'Minno-taw' fella, myself.

 Albatross wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
They pronounce it "mine-o-taw" then?

I suppose. I'm more of a 'Minno-taw' fella, myself.

Just noting as Arkansas is pronounced "AR-can-SAW"

 Frazzled wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
They pronounce it "mine-o-taw" then?

I suppose. I'm more of a 'Minno-taw' fella, myself.

Just noting as Arkansas is pronounced "AR-can-SAW"

Wait... it ain't "Ar-kansas"?

When i have a job to do whose time is constant and haas to be done.(like i have to close the grill everyday at 3, no matter what)
They then give me a job that takes a hour and a half or more 15 minutes before the time i have to go do something else.

 whembly wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
They pronounce it "mine-o-taw" then?

I suppose. I'm more of a 'Minno-taw' fella, myself.

Just noting as Arkansas is pronounced "AR-can-SAW"

Wait... it ain't "Ar-kansas"?

Nope.

Yeah it's defiantly "Our-Cans-Ass"

 AustonT wrote:
Yeah it's defiantly "Our-Cans-Ass"

Nope Arkinsaw you DamnYankee you! We'll forgive you, in exchange for some NY style pizza or a nice Philly cheese steak.
http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/need-a-laugh-state-law-books-offer-comic-relief-85899393812

I'm tired of religious people claiming to be all holy and then willingly/knowingly doing stuff against they''re religion. And I'm not talking about minor stuff.

I'm also tired of parents being afraid to be parents.

And I'm Damn tired of America letting other cultures get away with stuff because are worried about offending said cultures.

I'll stop now or I could be here all night.

I am greatly annoyed by Americans and Brits that don't use proper grammar. I went through the internet craze that was leet-speak, lolcat speak, and even talking about your bff jill (anyone remember that commercial?).

I get that not everyone studies language with the diligence that they might put into other things, but simple grammatical mistakes shouldn't be a thing*.


* Medical conditions notwithstanding

Couple more:

- How it takes just a couple of people to decide what's ok to be shown on tv. Recent example: That Toyota ad where the CGI man drives through the glass has been banned because two, two people complained that it promotes dangerous driving. How can two people honeslty influence the standards of ads seen by millions of people? And anyone with a molecule of common sense would know not to drive like the guy in the ad.
- How Apple products are plastered in every single tv show. I understand the whole 'product placement' thing, but in every show, every ad these days there's always an iPod or iPhone in the background, or *every* character has to use one. I swear if you played a drinking game where you drunk whenever you saw an Apple product, you'd be dead within half an hour.

Question: What little things annoy you?

Answer: People

That, and public restrooms without Muzak. I really don't want to hear what is going on around me in the restroom thanks. I would prefer the instrumental version of the "Girl from Ipanema".

People who profess to be experts on a fan favorote to fit in, only to discover they watched the movie.

 Easy E wrote:
Question: What little things annoy you?

Answer: People

That, and public restrooms without Muzak. I really don't want to hear what is going on around me in the restroom thanks. I would prefer the instrumental version of the "Girl from Ipanema".

I had occasion to use a public loo in Paris a few years ago. Nothing strange about that you may say. But Wait! Everytime my urine hit the the urinal The Beatles 'She Loves You' would start to play. When I stopped, it stopped.

It was both freaky and awesome all at the same time! I liked it so much I purposefully drunk far more beer than I had too, just too see how accurate the sensor was. I must have spent 30 minutes in that Urinal that day....

I suppose that's better than "That don't impress me much" by Ms. Shania Twain.

People, who park over the lines in parking spaces and I hate the bathrooms in my International building for some reason my body always needs to take a gak before I head to class there and every bathroom there only has one toilet and there's like hundreds of students in the building so

there's a high probability that the toilet is being used by someone else. The worse was when there was a free toilet but unfortunately the toilet seat was covered in smeared gak pieces so I had to go to the more distant bathroom down the hall and when I finished I realized there was no

toilet paper so I had to pull up my pants and underwear in way that didn't touch my dirty ass and go back to the other bathroom with the gak covered toilet seat and use it's toilet paper.

People who leave coffee in a coffee cup when they finish drinking it.

People who constantly smile when there is nothing funny to smile about.
God, I hate those people who smile only out of politeness.
Smiles are for expressing joy, not politeness.

Small children they often smell bad, they're hyper, talk too loud, uncooperative, have no understanding of responsibility or the value of things, are rude, are drama queens, etc that being said because that's expected child's behaviour I'm surprisingly patient and understanding towards them,

still it doesn't make them any less pleasurable to be around.

Great...now I can't get out of my mind that Cheesecat at times....baby sit..

If a model has one leg that's broken off the base, I start to get irritated and have to stop myself from tearing the other leg off.

Also, people who look down on rather nice people just because they act a little differently (bonus points if they don't try to hide it).

 Jihadin wrote:
Great...now I can't get out of my mind that Cheesecat at times....baby sit..

I haven't baby sitted before but in my high school art class every student got assigned to take care of an elementary school kid or 2 for an art project I handled it pretty well (the kid kept calling me a "dumbie" the whole time ).

People who like things that I like

 Captain Fantastic wrote:
People who like things that I like

Yeah, I hate that, too.

We're so alike