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Tibbsy wrote:

 DaDieselBoyz wrote:
My major pet peeve is with the bugs on skyrim. Being killed by a falling dragon skeleton that came out of no-where whilst hunting down a goat is not my idea of a joke, howevere hilarious.

That and the lack of quests with real longevity. I found once i hit level twenty it was close to impossible to die easily, and now at level fifty i'm stuck with possibly no major quests and doing mediocre tasks for the thieves guild / companions. sadly I think skyrim has become a bit of a bore.

With Skyrim I find starting over with a fresh character can be great fun, the lower levels are much more challenging. Especially if you try to play with a different style than you usually would, if you normally play sneaky, bow armed characters, try a dude with two handed/heavy armour, or a mage or something... Mix it up a bit, stops it getting stale

That said, not quite a bug, but a funny thing that happened to me one time; I was walking to Dawnstar from Winterhold, and before I'd even got half way I'd had to fight of 6 seperate Sabrecat attacks... I fething hate Sabrecats...

I also got attacked all at once by a Sabrecat, Spriggan, 2 wolves and a goat... Yes, the goat was actively hostile I have no idea why

Yeah, maybe, but this is the third time i've played the game through. I may get into mage stuff but I'm definately sneaky, running in all close combat style...nah.

And lol! seriously a goat? I thought a fox was odd but a goat? Man I can hit those things whilst running

You have no idea why goats are hostile? I suggest you go and say hitoone IRL. Without football armor.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:
SNip

I am on of those people who uses my bag on the seat of th bus. Let me tell you why.
I hate my body touching other people, It literally sends me into a fight or flight response. If there is one extra seat why does it matter?

Don't care, if you can move the bag under the seat, on to your lap, in between your legs or in front of you, it makes people feel not welcomed on the bus if you don't do it and it's a waste of space.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:
SNip

I am on of those people who uses my bag on the seat of th bus. Let me tell you why.
I hate my body touching other people, It literally sends me into a fight or flight response. If there is one extra seat why does it matter?

Don't care if you can move the bad under the seat, on to your lap or in front of you, it makes people feel not welcomed on the bus if you don't do it and it's a waste of space.

I agree. It's rude and annoying. You pay for one seat you get one seat. Want to use public transport you have to put up with being next to other people. Sometimes people with too much perfume on set off my asthma on public transport. Thats the nature of being in public.

Anyway, things I hate (I thought this was goign to be about gameing but apparently not:

People who drive 10mph under the speed limit on a clear road.
People who walk in big groups and expect you to walk in the road so they can keep talking.
People who park inconsiderately.
People who don't think about others.
Cyclists who cycle on the pavement.
Cyclists who ignore traffic lights
Motorcyclists who ride like idiots and give the rest of us a bad name.
Shop assistants who don't put customers first (Like not letting customers go first in tight areas of the shop).
People who play music so loud others can hear it. In cars, through headphones, in houses. Thump thump thump... Drives me crazy.
Kids who walk around holding there phone with music playing. It sounds crap through those speekers and what makes you think the rest of the world wants to hear!
People who thing you should be avalable at all times thanks to the mobile phone.

Come to think of it I hate everyone. With the occasional self loathing this includes myself.

Agreed about bags on seats. There are plenty of areas for storing items on public transport, use them.

Also agreed about kids playing music on their phones- makes me want to slap it out of their hands and stamp on it.

I've discovered a few Germany specific pet peeves since moving here. The biggest one: Frowning people who never acknowledge the existence of others with anything other than an impatient tsk. I was raised to be polite, so I often hold doors for people. In Ireland or the UK, this is almost always met with a smile and a nod, or a thank you. In germany, people often stump through, frowning, and don't acknowledge the courtesy at all. Other times, say I end up doing that little "we're both trying to move out of each other's way" dance on the footpath. In Ireland or England, again, most people would smile, roll their eyes, and so on. In germany, you usually get a glare in response to any kind of smile. Generally, people can just be cold and uncaring about what I would consider to be basic niceties. It's not everyone mind you, just a really significant percentage.

In gaming, the mouth breathing and constant swearing and silly comments made me stop playing X Box live games.

Experiment 626 wrote:
And yes, mobile devices drive me up the wall, or rather, the techno-zombies who can't be bothered to unplug from their mobile gadgits for more than 30 seconds and aimlessly meander into you or cut you off.
If some dumb is more concerned with their texting gak instead of paying attention to where they're walking and that I'm only 4 feet away from you, well, I'll just plant my feet, drop my shoulder, pull back my poor concused head and lay you out with a bodycheck. Next time, pull your head outa your , pay attention to where your walking and step off to the side if you need to text instead of blindly walking into the poor crippled dude on crutches!

This! But not when people are walking, when they're driving. I know that part of it is a cultural thing because the country where I moved from its illegal to use a cell phone while driving. That being said some of the worst driving that I have witnessed to date (bar people from Alabama ) are people who are glued to their phones while driving - going too slow on the freeway, drifting between lanes, abrupt turns, not seeing that the lights have changed, cruising through stop signs etc. FFS people I know that having an automatic makes driving easier, but you don't have to increase the difficulty by not paying attention to the road, or others on it.

My list is getting longer everytime I come to this thread, I must be more of a curmudgeon than I thought

Experiment 626 wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:

People who pee on toilet seats or on the floor (unless they're dunk) but not flushing after you gak pisses me off, especially if someone else has shat on top of it then you have such a large mountain of turds that it clogs the toilet.

I can tell you're a guy...

Unflushed terds are disgusting for sure, but nothing beats being the poor woman stuck waiting in line for 10 minutes just to go. Then a stall finally opens up, and across the toilet seat is splashed some dumb b's Aunt Flow and floating in the toilet itself is a used sanitary napkin that means you can't flush because it'll not only clog the toilet, but likely cause it to overflow that Red Fury everywhere as well...

I hate other women.
In general, I find women are absolute filthy pigs in public. I've run into the above so many times in public facilities that if I can, I'll just hold it until I get home so I don't have to risk the women's bathrooms.


Oh, and I hate male gamers who tell me to play Blood Angels becuase their Red Thirst rule is themed to my biology...

My Girlfriend will hold sympathy with you there....... And try a folk festival (my mum drags me to them ) toilet after the big finarley..... shall we just say there are somethings a man should never have to do

As for me?

Aggressive dogs not being controlled by their owners.
Said dog entering my yard and chasing my kitten literally up the wall(and guess who had to go up after her)
Said dog attempting to force entry to my house via the cat flap
said dogs owner attempting to dispose of his dogs crap in my bin
chavvy, tinny pop and rnb so called music.
people at the back of the bus playing said music on loudspeaker as if the whole bus wants to hear there shivt.
Wailing kids
A certain someone whom continuously insults my Girlfriend and is close to being torn limb from limb.
School kids who get on the college bus, take up all the seats and over crowd the bus
Whinny brats who cant be more than 10-12 playing 15 and 18 rated games
Said brats parents then going on to complain how these games are making there kids violent and how they should be banned despite buying these brats the games.
Most modern games
The fact that there are so few mech games
Mechwarrior 2 being so hard to get
Having missed Evanescence twice because my mum wont let me go on my own
My little brother being a whinny brat and refusing to help tidy the house or even clean up his own junk
Other kids bullying my little brother
Druggys trying to give my little brother drugs(actually happened)
Fat cats and rich feths
Having no money
jerhovas witnesses
Christians attempting to convert me (im Wiccan-deal with it and leave me the feth alone)
The goverment
The European Union trying to get the UK to join them.
GW
People always pushing me to do better (im top of the bloody class and approaching snapping point, isnt that enough?)
Overcrowded buses
Tomatoes being given in excese
My mums belief that a meal isnt a meal without half a forest of veg stuck next to it
Wonga adverts

Yeah and thats just a sample


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 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

Experiment 626 wrote:
And yes, mobile devices drive me up the wall, or rather, the techno-zombies who can't be bothered to unplug from their mobile gadgits for more than 30 seconds and aimlessly meander into you or cut you off.
If some dumb is more concerned with their texting gak instead of paying attention to where they're walking and that I'm only 4 feet away from you, well, I'll just plant my feet, drop my shoulder, pull back my poor concused head and lay you out with a bodycheck. Next time, pull your head outa your , pay attention to where your walking and step off to the side if you need to text instead of blindly walking into the poor crippled dude on crutches!

This! But not when people are walking, when they're driving. I know that part of it is a cultural thing because the country where I moved from its illegal to use a cell phone while driving. That being said some of the worst driving that I have witnessed to date (bar people from Alabama ) are people who are glued to their phones while driving - going too slow on the freeway, drifting between lanes, abrupt turns, not seeing that the lights have changed, cruising through stop signs etc. FFS people I know that having an automatic makes driving easier, but you don't have to increase the difficulty by not paying attention to the road, or others on it.

My list is getting longer everytime I come to this thread, I must be more of a curmudgeon than I thought

hell yes

 kronk wrote:
War Gaming: People giving tactical advice in a game they aren't playing. STFU!

Oh Kronk, how I wish I had done this to you.

I was watching a four player free for all Malifaux game, a guy was using my old Rasputina gang and getting thrashed as it was his first game, and he was pretty much fighting 1v1 against an experienced person. I asked everyone if it was ok if I played a single activation for him to show him how Rasputina works (magic nuker).

After that activation I had killed the other players master and three of his minions, leaving him with two.

I wish I could do that to you, Kronk.

Uh, why would I let you kill my minions? I need them for the upcoming revolution!

Because my pet hate...

Cowbells.

Parents are worse then kids. They think that just because they reproduced and had kids, they think that makes them better members of society then me(I dont mean all parents, it just my luck that those are the only ones i meet). It gets annoying and i see it alot. What is worse is when they just wont stop talking about how much they love being a parent.

When you are in a crowded area and people make sudden stops, starts, or turns without looking around first.

People that don't laugh when I push all of the buttons before I exit the elevator.

No sense of humor!

 poda_t wrote:

 Leigen_Zero wrote:


Otherwise, much like cheesecat, people who take up more than one seat on public transport with their stuff is one of those things that really fills me with the rage of a thousand weasels

I take up multiple spaces with the explicit expectation that people can behave socially and use their faculties in articulating the words to express a desire to occupy a seat on which my things are perched. Naturally, I do this automaticallly if I spot someone looking for a seat, or someone looking like they need a seat. What drives me to murderous rage are the idiots that ride public transit, and refuse to take more than half a step away from the door once the seats are taken, or plow onto the train/bus before permitting those wishing to disembark off of the vehicle. It's gotten to the point where if someone steps on in front of me, I plow through them to get off, in dense traffic, inevitably dragging them back off the train. Same for busses. There is room for 10 people at the back. The driver already asked people to move back. If the idiot refuses to move, I will push them aside and plow through them with my massive military grade backpack. I've also almost made someone piss themselves after staring them down and yelling at them full-throat to move, after the driver had already asked 3 times to move back...

My biggest pet peeves calgary's transit system in general. I am tired of the pride of a useless overpriced sub-par service. It should not take me 30 minutes+ to get to the city core, never mind 1.5 hours to travel from one quarter of the city to another point in the same quarter. 30 minute intervals for a major route is unacceptable, especially when the first driver is fast, and the second slow........


OH and iPads and all apple devices. I hate iPads. I've had mine for almost a year, and it's completely turned me off of mobile technology.

Your righteous indignation with others allows you to act in a totally antisocial way, yet you , in the same post say you wish others to act socially.
Jesus man, get a grip, barging through people is not needed, just act socially and articulate to them that you would like them to move, politely.

What really grinds my gears is when a homeless person is begging instead of a polite "sorry, i don't have any money" or "sorry, not today" someone feels the need to use a venemous "feth off ", there is no need for that at all. Just because you earned your money does not give you the right to abuse someone else.

There is a homeless guy i see regularly, most of the time i chuck him a few dollars, sometimes i say "sorry mate you taxed me on monday" the worst part is he looks like he hasn't had a shower for 4 months and then wants to shake your hand, it's at that point i stop, get revolted, then think feth it I've touched how many door handles , rails ect today this can't be worse" and shake it anyway.
I always stop and chat to the friendly homeless, or wish em good luck, it's amazing how that small amount of regard touches them.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
What is worse is when they just wont stop talking about how much they love being a parent.

As a parent, I can tell you that those people are lying to themselves so they don't realize the truth of their own existence.

Plus, it is socially uncool to say that being a parent sucks. It is full of worry, anxiety, and boredom punctuatuated by extreme irritation and anger. It is work 24/7 and never stops. There is very little pay off.

But, sometimes... sometimes...there is the briefest moment that make it all worth while; for that moment. Then, you are back to the grind.



So, let them have their little delusion for the sake of sanity. I hope that makes you feel better about it.

It's not happened to me yet, but the Wife's been told "You don't know, you don't have children".
That's true, but in my case, it's not quite true. I was a stepfather for a decade.
So, I'm just waiting for her to get told that when I'm there.

As for mine, I know it's petty, but drivers who don't have the curtesy to tell me when they're about to turn. It takes 2 muscles to flick the indicator stick (or something), and keeps your no claims bonus intact. It's worst for career-drivers, like taxi drivers, couriers, etc. It's their livelyhoood, and if they don't do it once, they'll never bother at all.

Basically, it's anything that takes less than the minimum of effort.

 Bromsy wrote:
When you are in a crowded area and people make sudden stops, starts, or turns without looking around first.

Sucks even more when both you and your store manager are both wearing a monster knee brace and thus you not only can't avoid the idiot jerks, but then they slam into you, (and your blown knee), and then start railing at you as if it's your fault while you're trying to bite your tounge and not curse your head off at the extreme pain you're now in!

Those were fun days!

 master of ordinance wrote:

The European Union trying to get the UK to join them.

Erm...

People that drive slow in the left lane.

Also, people that don't give you a thank you wave when you let them merge in front of you.

Also also, people that don't pick up after their dogs. "Why thank you. I was wanting to play Avoid the Doggie Land Mines when I mowed today! How did you know?"

Also also also, Carnies. Small hands. Smell of cabbage.

 kronk wrote:
People that drive slow in the left lane.

Maybe I'll move to Texas just to troll you. I'll only go 80

80 will get you run off the road by grandmothers on their way to Sunday Morning church in some places!

 kronk wrote:
Also also, people that don't pick up after their dogs. "Why thank you. I was wanting to play Avoid the Doggie Land Mines when I mowed today! How did you know?"

This!! Last winter in the middle of all the snow and cold weather my wife and I were lying in bed watching TV one Saturday morning. The two older dogs were on the bed with us and they both seen something out the window and started to bark (they're herding dogs) so I thought I'd have a look. In the midst of this snow there was another dog just wandering about aimlessly with no owner. Not wanting the poor thing to freeze I put on boots, sweat pants and grabbed a coat to try and see if I could find the dog and get it out of the cold for a little while. While I'm getting ready my wife tells me that some woman is wandering the neighbourhood obviously looking for something. I get outside and the dog is nowhere to be seen so I start following its tracks, when I get around the corner I see the dog's tracks and the woman's tracks end at fresh tire marks so I assume that the woman has found her lost dog and gotten it into the car. So I head back inside to thaw out in front of the TV again. The puppies start to bark a short time later so I look out the window and what do I see? The woman, with her dog who is leaving a monster turd on our front lawn, which she just leaves there as she walks off

Proof that no good deed goes unpunished

Bullockist wrote:

Your righteous indignation with others allows you to act in a totally antisocial way, yet you , in the same post say you wish others to act socially.
Jesus man, get a grip, barging through people is not needed, just act socially and articulate to them that you would like them to move, politely.

there is a difference between seats and obstructing anyone else from using pubic transit... Explain how you can politely ask 7 people and the 20 people behind them trying to cram onto the train, who are all by the way completely ignoring the 17 people who want to get off, to step out of the way? Common sense would dictate you let people disembark first before plowing onto the bus or train like an idiot. I extend the courtesy--or ignorance--that others show. My conduct also has the benefit of whoever is behind me to take advantage of whatever gap I opened.

People I know who wave at me as we both drive past each other on opposite lanes. I am hopeless at recognizing said person until the last second leaving me with no chance to wave back. I am left with an intense feeling of guilt the rest of the drive...

Also "cool" people.

About 90% of everything mentioned on this thread also gets to me but I won't repeat it!

- immature people in games.
- lag in games. (not so much if it's on something like fifa, where the lag is at least affecting both players equally)
- whiners in games (as long as it's not complete BS, like my 1.5-hour game of BF3 earlier which froze at the end game screen, losing my score... grrr...)
- annoying music in games.
- when an ad with sound starts playing in one of your tabs.
- wifi being down (happens much more to me than anyone else in my family due to my laptop' randomly crummy wireless adapter)
- about 90% of the population on facebook.
- about 90% of anything to do with facebook.
- electronic music in adverts (within reason- I mean, for a sci-fi action trailer, fine. But I hate "here's a family car. WUB WUB WUB WUB WUB")
- people who play music aloud around others outside etc.
- about 90% of the people on buses.
- people who don't empathise when it's blatantly obvious it's needed. "oh, you did something embarassing in front of people and you're ashamed? HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
- people who wear shirts for things they have no interest in (nirvana/ramones, star wars etc.)
- teachers who can't teach.
- bad drivers/pilots in games.
- windows updates.
- d-bags in games (teamkilling in halo, passing it in a triangle in fifa, jet-ramming in BF3)
- 'muricans. (No, not US citizens, but, y'know, the hardcore 'muricans.)
- when you do something like say thanks to a cashier and they just blank you.
- people who seem to grade a music's quality entirely on "the bass"
- bad parkers (especially bad in my road, it's a bloody slalom).
- that one d-bag friend everone has. (if you don't know who that is...)
- anyone who claims to not like something they've never tried (haggis springs to mind)
- ignorant harry potter fanboys/girls.
- people who say when asked what film/music/comedy etc. taste they have, say "IDK, I just like what I like."- AND I ASKED YOU WHAT YOU LIKE. OF COURSE YOU LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE. BUT WHAT IS THAT?
- people who can't take a joke, but dish it out and go "hey, it's just a joke".
- people who take stuff too seriously.
- kids in my LGS. (only the immature/loud/annoying ones, mind. If they act polite and such, good.)
- atheists who try and argue with christians. (I'm an aetheist, but damn- christians try and convert us to save our souls, atheists try and convert them for the sake of it.)
- adults constantly having a go at me for gak and letting my brother sail on through, despite me studying for A-levels and him having to spend the next year redoing his GCSEs because he cocked up his first lot so badly they wouldn't let him do the apprenticeship he wanted.

TL;DR- just about everything.

 Skinnereal wrote:
It's not happened to me yet, but the Wife's been told "You don't know, you don't have children".

That is the oddest thing i always here. My family loves to do this cutesy stuff(Like having kids plant jelly beans and come back later and have them grow into Lollipops) and ofcourse santa.
I quite frankly dont get how this is fun or why if i have a kid i have to participate with the santa or easter bunny idea. It feels like lying to a kid.

Privileged white kids that talk 'gangsta', use the n word and try to be street. There is nothing quite as pathetic as seeing a skinny white son of a dentist walking around a shopping mall car lot with trousers below his arse, baseball cap at a jaunty angle (still with the sticker on for a reason I can't grasp) and head wobbling on his neck like a nodding dog in a rear window.

I saw a bunch of these creatures a few days ago, walking through the town calling to each other 'Yo yo dawg', calling each other 'my n****r' despite a young black woman walking up the other side of the road and 'acting tough'. I made it a priority to walk right through the middle of them, eyeballing them, not a one had the balls to meet my gaze. Worthless dregs.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Skinnereal wrote:
It's not happened to me yet, but the Wife's been told "You don't know, you don't have children".

That is the oddest thing i always here. My family loves to do this cutesy stuff(Like having kids plant jelly beans and come back later and have them grow into Lollipops) and ofcourse santa.
I quite frankly dont get how this is fun or why if i have a kid i have to participate with the santa or easter bunny idea. It feels like lying to a kid.

Indeed, when I have Kids I'm not going to pull that Santa or Easter bunny BS.

Sure, they can have fun wih it, but they'll know its not real.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

That is the oddest thing i always here. My family loves to do this cutesy stuff(Like having kids plant jelly beans and come back later and have them grow into Lollipops) and ofcourse santa.
I quite frankly dont get how this is fun or why if i have a kid i have to participate with the santa or easter bunny idea. It feels like lying to a kid.

Or, from a different angle, it's allowing the child to enjoy the magic of childhood before the weight of the world and it's drudgery come crashing down later. I'm personally in favor of storytelling with kids and letting them believe in things for as long as possible.

I have two as a teacher that drive me crazy.
1. Pointless lies. As in, I ask you a question and instead of telling me the innocuous truth, you lie to me. Also, the expectation that a cheeky smile will get you away with outright lying to me, which seems to be endemic. Kids look at me as though I am insane when I get annoyed with them for lying.
And sort of similar, but-
2. Explaining what you are doing when I've given you an instruction. Example:
Me: "X, sit down."
X: "I was just going over to Y to...(blah blah blah)"
Me: "I didn't ask you what you were doing, I can see what you were doing, I told you to sit down!"

That might seem trivial, but jesus christ, when you get it 45 times a day when you are trying to manage a lab full of dim witted children with access to open flames, it gets tiresome!