Pet Peeves

[Mrs. Gooch]

When people use apostrophes incorrectly.

[puniraptor]

when someone reviews a document and makes changes and you think they did it with track changes on BUT IN REALITY they edited the original document with track changes OFF and they just changed the font color of the changes to red BUT THEN they went back and commented on all (or some of?) the red stuff with track changes on.

AND you're a little bit color blind AND its a lot of words.

[star seed 7]

maybe do a better job the first time

[puniraptor]

When radio host duos have very similar voices

[puniraptor]

maybe do a better job the first time

n/a in this context

[mocat]

Track changes are a horrible invention

[Cartierfor3]

I think I've said this before, but when sportscasters say a player's name like a team has 2 of them. Like "The key for the Royals are their left handed hitters, your Eric Hosmers and Alex Gordons".

Grinds ma gears

[mocat]

Omg cf3 that is mine too,  like in a really big way

[Tobias]

cf3, i think maybe we've discussed before but do british soccer announcers particularly annoy you with how they handle plural/singular stuff?

[Spracne]

cf3, i think maybe we've discussed before but do british soccer announcers particularly annoy you with how they handle plural/singular stuff?

It's different than our norms, but I think it's more logical.

[TownieCat]

cf3, i think maybe we've discussed before but do british soccer announcers particularly annoy you with how they handle plural/singular stuff?

It doesn't annoy me but it's very strange.

[Spracne]

I mean, an announcer could say "Kansas City is Driving" or "The Chiefs are driving" and mean the exact same thing.  Both subjects refer to a plurality, even though the former is singular in form.  I like the spirit over the letter approach.  A less controversial example would be "staff," which is often (correctly imo) treated as a plural noun in American.

[bubbles4ksu]

i've been hearing a ton of movie quotes lately and it depresses me every time . not really a pet peeve but it's like, why can't we think of our own jokes.

[star seed 7]

Because movie jokes are written by professionals

[bubbles4ksu]

Because movie jokes are written by professionals

i'm in favor of more amateur hour.

[puniraptor]

mildew smell. i dont even have a good sense of smell, but i am like 100x more sensitive to this horrible odor than normal people

[Asteriskhead]

Because movie jokes are written by professionals

i'm in favor of more amateur hour.

you're amateur hour.

[Spracne]

i've been hearing a ton of movie quotes lately and it depresses me every time . not really a pet peeve but it's like, why can't we think of our own jokes.

I think people do this because popular movies are a sort of shared cultural experience.  It helps people to connect. Still, moderation in all things...

[The Big Train]

i am pretty much a movie quote extraordinaire, like, my brain works so quick i can think of an obscure funny one .5 seconds after someone says something related

[Mrs. Gooch]

When servers use language like they are a part of your party..."Would we like an appetizer today?" "I'll have that right out for us." "Do we need anything else?"

You are not getting any of my food, so stop saying "we".

[Spracne]

The first and third ones don't bother me at all.  I've never heard someone say, "I'll have that right out for us."

[Mrs. Gooch]

The first and third ones don't bother me at all.  I've never heard someone say, "I'll have that right out for us."

Our server said it to us at lunch today.

[star seed 7]

Male or female

[Mrs. Gooch]

Male or female

Female.

[star seed 7]

Typical