Phrases That Annoy

stonebeard wrote: God, you must be annoyed an awful lot, Jim.

Why you....



...sorry, what was the question again?

"Phrases that annoy"

Any phrase where I'm corrected

Damn you intelligent people!

Here's a thought - shouldn't the name of this thread be "Phrases which annoy"?

Peter? Adjudication please...

crimhead wrote: manofmystery wrote: I got a phrase:  "I hate sports" UnAmerican that is.

 

J-Man wrote: Well, like one of those things that like bothers me is when people say "like" all the time. They'll be like "OMG this like is so amazing!" and I'll be like "you're such a n00b at English".

OMG gets on my nerves, Some people have to say it 10 times during a conversation.

 

Lark the Starless wrote: I wonder, do prog fans not like sports?  I believe people aren't expected to play a sport at school.   There's always the benefits of being healthy by playing football, basketball, etc...it's not being forced down your throat.   I hate sports?!   Blasphemy.

We're I'm from, joining something is all but actually mandated by the administration. I didn't because I'm a rebel, but besides the social pressures, colleges want you to fill up every f**king spare second of your time not spent studying with something "productive". Excuse me, but I think the internet has contributed immensely to my self-development. Probably not positively, but I don't care, the internet is here to keep me warm.

^I love Superbowl Sunday. It means very little traffic to and from the local ski areas.  But yes, even if someone is a fan of the game, it has completely lost any meaning as a game.

 

Lark the Starless wrote:   How does one hate sports? I find that hard to imagine...

If you want to play sports that don't cause you brain damage, that is fine. I am an in reasonable acceptable shape and I will play casual sports with other people. But my hand-eye coordination his horrible with real objects, possibly due to my being right handed but left-eye dominant and having horrible vision in my left eye. So I don't like that up until you graduate high school you are expected to participate in some form of organized sports.

What I hate is that it's a cultural expectation for every male to sit down for five hours on Superbowl Sunday and watch people talk about and play a game in between the 3 hours of commercials. And of course you have to be emotionally invested in the results of this game between people who have never met and who were probably paid more last year than you will make in your entire life. I play a game every year to see how long I can go not knowing who is playing in the Superbowl and afterwards what the results were. People are always shocked that I am actively opposed to the whole spectacle of the Superbowl and professional athletics, much as my anti-Olympics campaign fell on deaf ears. It's an opinion that is somehow not even considered by people, it is so ingrained into the popular consciousness. Just like normal people can't believe that I could not like rock music. The contrarian in me finds it difficult not to oppose opinions that I'm expected to have...

I always got a lot of pleasure from people at my high school getting upset that the Redskins lost again. They're always going to lose! Why are you letting this ruin your day?


Edited by Henry Plainview - December 09 2010 at 20:14