People who spell Laser as Lazer. I don't know if that's because people think it's an americanism,, but it's actually an acronym for: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
People who spell Laser as Lazer. I don't know if that's because people think it's an americanism,, but it's actually an acronym for: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
People who buy an outrageous amount of unhealthy food, then buy a diet Coke while saying "I'm trying to lose weight".
People who spread news that they've heard/read without bothering to fact check. This is the age of Google and Snopes, folks. That guy wasn't a Nigerian prince, Marilyn Manson has all of his ribs, and Wizard of Oz does not have a dead munchkin caught on film.
People who, whenever you share a bit of trivia with them, respond with "Well, ACTUALLY..." and make up some random hoopla to appear more knowledgeable about the subject. Oftentimes, said hoopla makes zero sense or falls into the above peeve about fact-checking.
Here's one: People on opposite sides of an aisle in the grocery store that know each other. It's like some kind of mechanical failure with the carts forcing them to stop for 10 minutes if they know someone. The 5 other people on either side MIGHT just like to get through within the hour.
And my own personal hell: The people I go with to said grocery store and even when you're there to pick up maybe 3 items, they still insist on getting a cart instead of a basket. I just don't like carts.
People who buy an outrageous amount of unhealthy food, then buy a diet Coke while saying "I'm trying to lose weight".
Yeah that's stupid. Sounds really daft when you hear someone ordering it too lol.
Another annoying one: People who stop in the middle of the pavement right in front of you / people who stop in doorways of shops (quite often with pushchairs).
Usually it depends on how you pronounce them. Like you write "aids", not "AIDS", don't you? I think it's written in capital letters when you pronounce each letter separately, and in small case if you pronounce it light a word. I could be wrong of course.
Usually it depends on how you pronounce them. Like you write "aids", not "AIDS", don't you? I think it's written in capital letters when you pronounce each letter separately, and in small case if you pronounce it light a word. I could be wrong of course.
I write AIDS when im useing it in somthing like an essay or important but if im talking online like msn il just say "aids" not that it comes up that often
When people say they want to work in a group for homework (mostly physics), but really want a tutor/answer machine. The set then takes twice as long to finish and I've still done all of the work.
No. I don't want it back after you've written on it.
When I was in high school, I had a cold one day, and a classmate gave me a kleenex. I used it and threw it away (obviously). She told me she'd given another classmate a kleenex, he used it and tried to give it back to her.:eek:
I live in the United States, a country based on immigration. I work with immigrants, and have immigrant friends. What hacks me off is when people send me anti-immigrant e-mails...Grrrrr...:mad: Unless I know their ancestory (English, German, Chinese, etc) and I know it's not Native American, and wonder, "Did your ancestors go through the same prejudice you are doling out to me?"
When I was in high school, I had a cold one day, and a classmate gave me a kleenex. I used it and threw it away (obviously). She told me she'd given another classmate a kleenex, he used it and tried to give it back to her.:eek:
Haha ew, that must have been someone used to hankies.
Although I have to be honest, I don't lend my hankies, even the clean ones. Either I give them or I keep them. I'm not too keep of getting them back with someone else's snot on them.
I guess I could lend them to someone I know I'll see again, so that they give it back after washing it, though.
I live in the United States, a country based on immigration. I work with immigrants, and have immigrant friends. What hacks me off is when people send me anti-immigrant e-mails...Grrrrr...:mad:
Oh, yeah... Don't really get the emails (they're probably blocked as spam) but I've had lots of comments in person, either when I lived in France (and my husband was an immigrant) or now that I'm in Canada my husband gets them (and I'm an immigrant).
If we point it out, people are like "oh, but that's different".
Oh right, I forgot. We're both white. :rolleyes:
That, my friend, is actually brilliantly put together! Hilarious to watch and mind-blowing to think that those two songs could actually go together!
The difference between the two is that the "Thunderstuck" is just somebody messing around with a great song and destroying it, while the Nirvana vs. Rick Astley was a very clever blend of two songs that have absolutely no musical similarities.
To put it simply, one is rubbish, the other is good.
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People who spell Laser as Lazer. I don't know if that's because people think it's an americanism,, but it's actually an acronym for:
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Z's are just cool, and lasers are pretty cool
shouldnt it be LASER then?
People who spread news that they've heard/read without bothering to fact check. This is the age of Google and Snopes, folks. That guy wasn't a Nigerian prince, Marilyn Manson has all of his ribs, and Wizard of Oz does not have a dead munchkin caught on film.
People who, whenever you share a bit of trivia with them, respond with "Well, ACTUALLY..." and make up some random hoopla to appear more knowledgeable about the subject. Oftentimes, said hoopla makes zero sense or falls into the above peeve about fact-checking.
I can go on, but I'll leave it there for now.
well you killed my only party anecdote
And my own personal hell: The people I go with to said grocery store and even when you're there to pick up maybe 3 items, they still insist on getting a cart instead of a basket. I just don't like carts.
Yeah that's stupid. Sounds really daft when you hear someone ordering it too lol.
Another annoying one: People who stop in the middle of the pavement right in front of you / people who stop in doorways of shops (quite often with pushchairs).
Usually it depends on how you pronounce them. Like you write "aids", not "AIDS", don't you? I think it's written in capital letters when you pronounce each letter separately, and in small case if you pronounce it light a word. I could be wrong of course.
I write AIDS when im useing it in somthing like an essay or important but if im talking online like msn il just say "aids" not that it comes up that often
I think it depends on whether it's become an actual standalone word or not.
I'd have my revenge, but I can't think of any pleonasms that would fit.
When I was in high school, I had a cold one day, and a classmate gave me a kleenex. I used it and threw it away (obviously). She told me she'd given another classmate a kleenex, he used it and tried to give it back to her.:eek:
Haha ew, that must have been someone used to hankies.
Although I have to be honest, I don't lend my hankies, even the clean ones. Either I give them or I keep them. I'm not too keep of getting them back with someone else's snot on them.
I guess I could lend them to someone I know I'll see again, so that they give it back after washing it, though.
Oh, yeah... Don't really get the emails (they're probably blocked as spam) but I've had lots of comments in person, either when I lived in France (and my husband was an immigrant) or now that I'm in Canada my husband gets them (and I'm an immigrant).
If we point it out, people are like "oh, but that's different".
Oh right, I forgot. We're both white. :rolleyes:
That, my friend, is actually brilliantly put together! Hilarious to watch and mind-blowing to think that those two songs could actually go together!
The difference between the two is that the "Thunderstuck" is just somebody messing around with a great song and destroying it, while the Nirvana vs. Rick Astley was a very clever blend of two songs that have absolutely no musical similarities.
To put it simply, one is rubbish, the other is good.