What's your pet peeve in RL?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Also, I just read above that BBQ does not dress up for weddings or funerals. Classy. "The dead guy won't care." Um, the funeral isn't FOR the dead guy. It is for his friends and family. And you dress up out of respect for them. But hey, just show up in your baggy khakis or "good jeans" sneakers and your tee-shirt. It's not like there are, you know, reasons for these things. It's all just arbitrary!

I said I don't like to. In repetition, at that. It doesn't mean I don't dress up.

And personally, respect to me is showing up, doesn't matter what you're wearing. Being there says it all.

I mean, what if a poor family wants to pay their respects? Do you just turn them away because Jimmy's dad couldn't afford to get him a Polo shirt? Does wishing someone well on a wedding mean my life has to come to a grinding halt financially for a week? Why is the choice between a Polo shirt and a suit and tie a part of closing the deal? I mean, I thought the exchange of ideas was part of that, but if we need Joan Rivers out on the red carpet, then why bother? Apparently being there and having a good idea wasn't enough.

Our culture is so vain its sad.

Again, I can see why women get a bit excited (well, not about funerals, no one does, you know what I mean). Vanity is adventurous fun for women, for men its all pretense.

[Murphie]

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It has nothing to do with vanity, and dressing appropriately for something like a wedding or funeral isn't exactly expensive. It's not like poor people don't own a pair of pants and a dress shirt if they are a man (and hopefully a tie, which even if they don't own it can be borrowed). I'm not expecting people to show up in the latest styles from fashion week.

News flash: Men like to dress nicely too. The men's fashion industry and numerous men's magazines make that clear. Does it mean that there aren't vain people out there who take it to the extreme? Of course there are. But they are generally the exception, not the rule. Just as those who have no care whatsoever for their appearance are also the exception.

[Ufgt]

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Again, I can see why women get a bit excited (well, not about funerals, no one does, you know what I mean). Vanity is adventurous fun for women, for men its all pretense.

I don't think so. Sometimes, it's fun to get dressed up and go places, especially if its something you don't do often. I have to wear a suit to work, so getting dressed up is no big deal. But some of my friends that work in trades sometimes just get suited up and hit the town, and they love it.

[Firewind]

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With the clothes quality thing, I do like raiding the cheap places like clothes section of the supermarket for holiday clothes. That way if my luggage gets lost or stolen, the clothes I lost weren't that valuable and that I ruin my clothes after doing something silly it's no big deal. That and if I like say a t-shirt I can buy about five of them for the price of a normal one .

That being said I tend to be the one who looks for how durable something is going to be before buying. I'm a Archaeology minor (History major) so I do spend a lot of time in muddy fields in various places in England and Wales and I like to do a lot of hiking so I tend to go for clothes that will survive and would be comfortable that sort of thing.

It's why shopping with my sister is a pain. I'll be looking at say, a jacket and I'll find one that's good quality and will stand up to abuse and is going for a good price and she will toss a thin looking jacket at me that, while I do like, also looks like it'll dissolve in the rain like a Berocca and costs twice as much.

[Murphie]

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Well, yeah. You have to be practical. If I worked in a job that was hard on clothes, I'd wear clothes that could stand up to abuse. As it is, I don't.

[Aeni]

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I mean, what if a poor family wants to pay their respects? Do you just turn them away because Jimmy's dad couldn't afford to get him a Polo shirt? Does wishing someone well on a wedding mean my life has to come to a grinding halt financially for a week? Why is the choice between a Polo shirt and a suit and tie a part of closing the deal? I mean, I thought the exchange of ideas was part of that, but if we need Joan Rivers out on the red carpet, then why bother? Apparently being there and having a good idea wasn't enough.

You can get a suit for $20 at Ross or any of your favorite outlets. I don't see how being poor is an excuse. If you're so poor that you don't have a roof over your head anymore, well you don't need to worry about that invitation since you're not likely to see it in the mail anytime soon.

It's not about vanity. You say that just showing up means a lot. Well, sometimes not showing up would be better for everyone involved. You need to be more considerate of others and less selfish.

(Oh and for the record, even if you were poor, I doubt all of your family is and usually I find family pull together during tough times like a death in the family and even during a joyous event, like a wedding ... so I still think that excuse doesn't hold any water with me)

[Raydeus]

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You don't need a suit to look presentable though. As long as it's black or some other similar tone and clean there's no reason for people to stress their budget (if that's the reason) or rush to get a suit for a funeral. And if people attending to it are more concerned about who's wearing what then there are probably much bigger issues going on.

A wedding on the other hand is a different story, and depending on the type of ceremony you may or may not even need a suit. Not to mention you usually have plenty of time to plan ahead for such occasions.

[TheGrandMom]

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Ok, I have to vent....I HAVE TO...I don't know how much longer I can take it....I may be on the evening news soon...

/rant on

My peeve...PEOPLE WHO POINT THINGS OUT WHILE WATCHING A MOVIE/TV SHOW...OBVIOUS THINGS! So we were just watching a DVR'ed episode of Big Bang Theory and the guy in the show high fives someone and then pulls out a bottle of hand sanitizer and uses it. So what does my husband do...here...this...

<Sheldon does a high five>
Husband: HAHAHA Sheldon did a high five!
<Sheldon pulls out hand sanitizer and uses it>
Husband: HAHAHA and now he's using hand sanitizer!

I am in the same room, 2 feet away watching the same show that he's watching. He does this NON STOP through a show all the while glancing over at me every 2 minutes. HAHAHA, glance at me, tells me what just happened....<2 minutes>....HAHAHAH, glances at me, tells me what just happened....<2 minutes>....HAHAHAHA, glances at me, tells me what just happened...

Now sometimes he watches stuff that I am not interested at all. I'll be working on a paper or project while sitting on the couch and he'll be watching Law & Order: OMGWTF How Many Units Do We Have Unit. He'll glance over at me every 2 minutes and if by chance I happen to be looking up at the tv (usually just lost in thought about what I'm doing), he'll take that as I am interested in the show and then launch into a breakdown of whats happening so far, what character relates to what character, and so on. And then he'll just keep updating throughout the entire show "Ok, so now they just went into the building and he's hiding in there. Olivia is going around the back and..." I'm trying to work on something......I AM BUSY AND NOT INTERESTED....if I leave the room then he whines that I don't spend time with him.

I'm considering buying a freezer......a VERY BIG freezer...
/rant off

[KingOfZeal]

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You can always just wait a couple weeks TGM. It's bound to be freezing up here soon enough.

[Aksannyi]

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The people in the apartment below mine have their ceiling fan in the living room on high all the time, and it fucking wobbles so it's like thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump all day and all night. Fuck man, fix that shit. It's annoying.

[Firewind]

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The people in the apartment below mine have their ceiling fan in the living room on high all the time, and it fucking wobbles so it's like thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump-thump all day and all night. Fuck man, fix that shit. It's annoying.

Ugh this reminds me of a few years ago when I lived in Chester. Guy above me was some insane Irish guy who would play music at stupid times and it sounded like he was having some sort of Athletics meet in his room by the amount of stamping and running you would hear at all hours. Basically you would either hear *thud-thud-thud-thud-thud* from someone running during the day and *BOON! BOON! BOON! BOON!* during the night from his speakers.

One night my roommate and I were playing Rock Band 2, at about 11pm this guy came downstairs and started banging on the door while yelling for us to stop making so much noise. Bear in mind that his music and thudding would often continue until 3-4am and directly over my room. We were playing Rock Band at no later than 10pm. We had never gotten any other complaints before and we actually had people over very often to play games with us.

My roommate answered the room and he was greeted with drunken yelling and threats until we told him where to shove his complaints. Note at this point the people from the two other occupied rooms on our floor had actually come out and started yelling at this guy for all the noise he makes.

So he stormed off and ten minutes later all we heard was an even louder thudding bass speaker above our heads *sighs*.

[TheGrandMom]

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You can always just wait a couple weeks TGM. It's bound to be freezing up here soon enough.

Good point....now if I could only get him interested in deer hunting again...

[KingOfZeal]

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Snow.

Actually, I do like snow, but the fact that it's already snowing here makes me want to strangle a kitten.

[Ufgt]

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Snow is the greatest! The mountain opened today! I wonder when I can get out there and shred some pow... I'm so excited, it's been tooooo long since I've gone up (only 5 months, but still too long in my books).

[DakAttack]

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Snow is the greatest! The mountain opened today! I wonder when I can get out there and shred some pow... I'm so excited, it's been tooooo long since I've gone up (only 5 months, but still too long in my books).

Oh, mew, shredding pow is fantastic in flavors of ice cream, bird songs, and double rainbows all the way across the BEST GAME EVAR!!!