Pet Peeves

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Statements that start along the lines of: “Now that I’m a parent I understand…”

I have asked several friends and colleages - that if i ever say that in earnest - please summarily execute me.
I do say it sometimes, but to be funny

[Cartierfor3]

Statements that start along the lines of: “Now that I’m a parent I understand…”

what's wrong with pointing out your perspective changes as your life does.

[catastrophe]

Statements that start along the lines of: “Now that I’m a parent I understand…”

what's wrong with pointing out your perspective changes as your life does.

1. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it. That’s why it’s a pet peeve.

2. It bugs me because it implies that having a child was a necessary condition to whatever enlightened perspective you now have. Like childless people won’t be able to empathize with your point of view.

For example, it doesn’t pet my peeve if someone says, “before I had kids I didn’t realize [how expensive nannies are or whatever]” cause it implies anyone could have realized it, you just didn’t until then.

[michigancat]

It's condescending

[pissclams]

lewis capaldi, everything about him

[schreds21]

Statements that start along the lines of: “Now that I’m a parent I understand…”

what's wrong with pointing out your perspective changes as your life does.

1. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it. That’s why it’s a pet peeve.

2. It bugs me because it implies that having a child was a necessary condition to whatever enlightened perspective you now have. Like childless people won’t be able to empathize with your point of view.

For example, it doesn’t pet my peeve if someone says, “before I had kids I didn’t realize [how expensive nannies are or whatever]” cause it implies anyone could have realized it, you just didn’t until then.

Yeah, I don't really get this one either.  I think that there are some things in life that one needs to experience in order to fully comprehend the gravity of the situation.   I am the oldest of six so I had quite a bit of experience in raising kids but there are emotions and perspectives that I  never felt or realized until I had a child of my own. 

[BIG APPLE CAT]

lewis capaldi, everything about him

Every lyric is already at max crescendo like dude leave yourself some room to build

[MakeItRain]

Statements that start along the lines of: “Now that I’m a parent I understand…”

what's wrong with pointing out your perspective changes as your life does.

1. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it. That’s why it’s a pet peeve.

2. It bugs me because it implies that having a child was a necessary condition to whatever enlightened perspective you now have. Like childless people won’t be able to empathize with your point of view.

For example, it doesn’t pet my peeve if someone says, “before I had kids I didn’t realize [how expensive nannies are or whatever]” cause it implies anyone could have realized it, you just didn’t until then.

Yeah, the thing that follows has nothing to do with having kids, it's just maturing, like understanding the difference between correlation and causation.

[catastrophe]

Statements that start along the lines of: “Now that I’m a parent I understand…”

what's wrong with pointing out your perspective changes as your life does.

1. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it. That’s why it’s a pet peeve.

2. It bugs me because it implies that having a child was a necessary condition to whatever enlightened perspective you now have. Like childless people won’t be able to empathize with your point of view.

For example, it doesn’t pet my peeve if someone says, “before I had kids I didn’t realize [how expensive nannies are or whatever]” cause it implies anyone could have realized it, you just didn’t until then.

Yeah, I don't really get this one either.  I think that there are some things in life that one needs to experience in order to fully comprehend the gravity of the situation.   I am the oldest of six so I had quite a bit of experience in raising kids but there are emotions and perspectives that I  never felt or realized until I had a child of my own.

Not that I’m looking for a hill to die on here, but my point is that experience might have been what caused YOU to mature/grow as a person, but that doesn’t mean others who lack the same experience can’t empathize. That’s the gist of my peeve.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

i think its pretty obvious here that 'strophe, having sired no children, is wholly incapable of understanding what it means to truly love another human being unconditionally, and he's jealous asf about that fact. sad, really.

[catastrophe]

[KST8FAN]

People that constantly tap their feet

Guilty.  Try as I might it's a nervous tick that I can't shake.  It's not a toe tap either it's full on bass drum leg pounding.  Almost always when I am stressed about something.


Tom

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[Sandstone Outcropping]

When point guards watch the ball roll up the court instead of picking it up and dribbling it. Drives me nuts.

[Trim]

When point guards watch the ball roll up the court instead of picking it up and dribbling it. Drives me nuts.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35518383/walking-dog-nba-ja-morant

[Sandstone Outcropping]

When point guards watch the ball roll up the court instead of picking it up and dribbling it. Drives me nuts.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35518383/walking-dog-nba-ja-morant

interesting article

[passranch]

GPC Wabash Station thread of the day reminded me of a big one.


When people do the Star Spangled banner in 4/4 time or mixed meter.  Just, everybody stop doing that please.

[Spracne]

GPC Wabash Station thread of the day reminded me of a big one.


When people do the Star Spangled banner in 4/4 time or mixed meter.  Just, everybody stop doing that please.

Never really thought about it (or cared), but it seems to me it should be in 6/8 or its little brother 3/4.

[Spracne]

Whoever sang the National Anthem at the Chief's parade did so in mixed meter  . Not sure if on purpose or just lacking a sense of rhythm, but I felt compelled to throw a bone to passranch ITT.

[Stupid Fitz]

Parade camera people and announcers not looking at the same thing.

[passranch]

Whoever sang the National Anthem at the Chief's parade did so in mixed meter  . Not sure if on purpose or just lacking a sense of rhythm, but I felt compelled to throw a bone to passranch ITT.

 

[michigancat]

I think we can blame Marvin Gaye for a lot of the odd-metered star spangled banners

[passranch]

I think we can blame Marvin Gaye for a lot of the odd-metered star spangled banners

Jose Feliciano.




...and I love Jose Feliciano, and I love this rendition of the anthem.  But everybody should not do it that way.

[michigancat]

Marvin Gaye made an appearance in the vid for playing it straight!

I think the reason I would blame Marvin Gaye rather than Feliciano because people didn't hate Gaye's rendition

[star seed 7]

Yeah, well, it depends on the artist. You know, José Feliciano, ya got no complaints.

[passranch]

Marvin Gaye made an appearance in the vid for playing it straight!

I think the reason I would blame Marvin Gaye rather than Feliciano because people didn't hate Gaye's rendition

This is a fair take, but Jose Feliciano walked so Marvin Gaye could run.