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You know what grinds my gears?

Old boyfriends who try to message you randomly with "Oh, what beautiful soul through grasping eyes of magical rainbows---" romancy crap.

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Coincidental with what I wanted to grind about?

You know what grinds my gears?

When old girlfriends or flings message you stating they still "just wanna be friends" only to try and find condolence in you once something in their life goes to hell

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Grinding the gears??

Cable TV & Internet: charge way too much for the service you get (or don't get)

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You know what grinds my gears?

Un-needed projects. What teacher wants you to out 30+ hours into a project worth 10% of your final grade when it has nothing to do with teaching? When I become a teacher I'm so doing pokemon projects.

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Grinding o' the gears:

People who speak English. This means I have to decide in an instant whether he/she/they are intelligent or 1 of those strange anomalies of Fate Happenstance if I choose to converse and/or return socially deferential behaviour feigning approval.

When they speak a native tongue (Japanese, Chinese, et al) it's so much easier on my psyche since I can't understand a darn word much less the sentence structure. Just do the bobbing head routine and go with the flow. Look agreeable. Once they leave, head for the hills, turn on the console...ah, anime, sweet anime. Let art imitate life.

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You know what grinds my gears:

Internet Petitions

They have never worked nor will they ever work. You are not going to reach that magical number of signatures to get a company or TV executive to give a crap about your cause. If you truely want something to change, you have to change it with your wallet or actual support.

If you want a TV show to be on, don't whine about it getting it a second season and then the first episode of the second season gets worse ratings than the first season finale *ie. Dollhouse* You gotta support the offical release and if you want something to continue, buy the DVDs. That is the proven method of getting something changed.

I would also like to include in there these Internet Boycotts.

Don't say you are mad about a game not having some functionality, sign a thing that says you are not going to play it, then when it comes out you are one of the first people to be playing. "Come on man, what was I supposed to do? Not play it and actually stand up for my cause?" Yeah, I think you should probably do that if you are going to complain about it and start a boycott for the product.

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Know what grinds my gears?

People who hand in formal reports for english class yet fail to use the simple spell check tool. For goodness sakes, IT PUTS A RED LINE UNDER MISSPELLED WORDS! ... and all one must do is right click it to get it spelled right. I've had too peer edit dozens of papers with misspelled words...it's just rediculous. Improper grammer and such are fine, as those are common mistakes that occur in every writer's paper, however misspelled words or typos are something that can be fixed as soon as the problem arises. Just click...and fix....and let me have one less thing to grind my gears in a day. :biggrin:


...The price of popcorn at movie theaters was a close 2nd...

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umm... if you didnt know, English is a trade language, its essential for the fact its widely used, even if its not the native tongue of most countries.

speaking of English... one thing that grinds my gears...
Most foreign english text books...i was in Beijing and took a look at college level "Advanced English" textbooks... written by people with doctorates in English... the grammar was worse than what a 3rd grader can do in the US... chunky sentences everywhere with only a few words in them, true its somewhat understandable... just... you have to read it... then read it a couple more times to understand what in the world they wrote.

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Autotune. If you can't f*cking sing you shouldn't be making music.

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Aging: the older you get, the fewer alternatives you have (ruling out death by.....).

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You know what grinds my gears?

When people stop the microwave before the timer runs out and LEAVE IT THAT WAY!!! I cannot stand that. I also hate when the power goes out and I have to reset all the clocks...it's only after power outages when you realize just how many clocks you have in your home. -_-

-twillÿ.

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Know what grinds my gears? Teachers who act like students. My math teacher is so obnoxious. She has casual conversation with my classmates, she acts like a spoiled brat, and she has a very unpleasent attitude. The other day, I saw some page numbers on the board, and I asked her if that was our homework. She gave me a dirty look and sneered, saying "does your book LOOK like it's got 625 pages?" As she left the room, I muttered "you don't have to be snippy about it, you're not a student." I have half a mind to treat her like a student I don't like.

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well what grinds my gears are professors that dont know what they are doing. you go to class... and you dont do anything productive... feels like you wasted a couple hours of your life for nothing. the thought in my head is usually "i could be sleeping right now... but im stuck in a useless class"

and i doubt that teacher is really acting like a student, just being incompetent, ive had teachers and professors that were like students, and they were perfectly chill. i actually prefer it if they can do that so they can actually relate to their students.

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You know what grinds my gears?

People who try to get a refund on a scratched lottery ticket. I mean come on, not my fault you lost, your the one that bought it.

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I have to agree with this one.

You know what grinds my gears?
people who complain about trivial things....wait a tick. Just joking I get really annoyed when I hold the door open for someone and they don't say thank you or even acknowledge me. that is sooo annoying.

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You want to know what grinds my gears? Do you REALLY want to know?

I know I will get hated for this but anime in general atm. They are full of high schoolers, they are all moe now, 90% is slice of lifeand the fanservice. MY GOD the fanservice, every show now his someone with massive jubblies which bounce repulsivly when they move one step, and there is always a minimum of 5 pantyshots per episode. Japan THIS IS NOT SEXY, this does NOT cover up for bad storytelling (wow I just summed up Chu-bra >_<) and I am fed up with it. I know this goes with the whole sex sells principal, but enough is enough.

Now for loli. Why is there a loli character in every series now? What do they do to further or enhance the plot? Oh wait NOTHING! I can understand fanservice a bit but loli? It makes no since why loli characters are so big. They really are just a waste of space. There is nothing good that has come from lolis.

Now for my final one and oh boy I will be hated for this. K-ON. Yes K-ON. The show that everyone loves yet it contains sterotypical characters, in a sterotypical setting yet it is the "new haruhi." The jokes were bland 4 years ago and it takes 20 episodes for a series about a band to sing a full song!!! Even in Angel Beats where the band is a side story they get THREE SONGS!!!

Mabye this is enough ya?

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I love this man.

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You know what grinds my gears?

When people say "I could care less" when what they're trying to say is "I couldn't care less".

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^agrees

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i agree with that particular idea, i dont like the Moe-overload thats happening in anime these days... the shear amount of moe made me want to smash my head against my desk throughout the entire first episode i forced myself to watch...

you know what grinds my gears? People who hate on other societies without a proper cause, saying that other people are "backwards" when they dont realize how "backwards" their own society is...

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You know what grinds my gears?

When someone buys something and it comes to $19.89 or something like that and they say "that was a good year!" when you hear that about a hundred times a day you just want to reach over and smack the person. Also some old people they take so long to do anything and ask a ton of stupid questions.

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You know what grinds my gears?

Public transport!

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You know what grinds my gears?
when the person before you turns the TV off with the volume SOOOO LOUD.... so you, the unsuspected victim, turns on the TV only to have your ear drums screwed over by Ke$ha screaming that she wants you to look like mick jagger!!... *breath* bah Ke$ha!!!!!

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You know what grinds my gears?
Stairs, Planes, Trains, Latest issues, Steam, Boring T.V, Being Bored, People treating me like crap at work, People calling me things that they are themselves (like fat from a fat guy or a person who talks 300 MPH and says i am "Mouthy"), Morons, Idiots, People who think they are awesome, People who don't brainstorm, Bad Video Games, Misleading titles, Video Game Movies, Movie Video Games, Games based off of kid Shows, Games that get good ratings when the game itself is bad, Animes that try to be funny, animes that go off track from the story Too Much (I'm looking at you Inuyasha!), Dubing Animes that censor half of the good stuff, America not bringing in other amazing mangas (Highschool of the dead NAO!), America adding more gore, Japan adding more nudity, the UK being too strict on Mangas and Animes (I feel sorry for you guys the most :*( ), People Cosplaying as Ichigo or any other popular characters from Mangas or Games (one time i did see two Guilty Gear characters but they were the only ones.), Cosplaying without having the right outfit or actual idea of the outfit, Pocky Cosplay...

*two hours later*

...D.I.C.E anime, SD Gundam Force, Did i mention Stairs?

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You know what else grind my gears?

People obsessed with Cupons.

Sure, they can save you money in the long run, but they anger me with their incessant overstocking of goods just because it is on sale. IT is rediculous, especially when I have to help them move. The peanut butter is 3 years old....let it go! #noelrage

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Do you know what grinds my gears?

Well according to pyshics it's Friction

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Know what extremely badly damages my teethed wheels?
Having to deal with leavers in League of legends. I don't mind those trying new champions and failing with them, part of the learning process but it's the leavers! GRRRRRR class 8 nerd rage: RAnDOm CapS LOcKs!11!!!1

(another gear grinder: when people use leet speak in a silly way like Iz I5 733t, GTFO L2P sort of Leet speak. Don't mind using it just use it moderately. However isn't it an irony leet speak is just english but is considered a completely different style and almost language of it!)

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Do you know what grinds my gears?

When some one says 4 - 6 and it take LONGER! D:

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You know what grinds my gears?
EagleEyes.

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You know what grinds my gears?
Britney.

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let's see, what grinds my gears?

When my roleplayers on my YGO site don't login
When you can't access your own vBulletin accounts because of a stupid box
When my parents show their hypocrisy more than 3 times a day

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up, lol.

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You know what grinds my gears?

Hot weather. Does New England really need to be 100+ degrees?

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what grinds my gears?

when a bunch of ppl make plans to do somthing and one person ruins it for them all

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You know what grinds my gears...again?

When I go to get McDonalds for one...but when I order a 10 piece chicken mcnuggets....and only get 9...

I'm not kidding...that is seriously in my top 5 pet peeves...it's only that chicken nuggets that set me off...but...come on people! #noelrage

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You know what grinds my gears?

When you get a drink at a restaurant with a straw in it BUT they leave the top of the paper wrapping on it. #naked

Why do I need to finish the job my waitress should have finished?
Why do I need a worthless piece of paper on top of my straw?
I can't drink paper!

WHY DO I NEED A STRAW?! #rage

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^ Uh, they do that cuz it's required by law in some counties. The paper on the straw tells you that they didn't put their mouth on it b4 giving it to you.

lol, let's see, what else grinds my gears?

Uh, when I come across a corrupt staff knowing I can't do a dang thing about it *no, I`m not talking about 918, 918 FTW!*

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Another grinder of the gears for me: People who don't take an effening hint!

You know the kind; your trying to be nice about telling them something or saying no but they keep asking and asking and asking and asking until you want to put a shotgun to their face. The worst ones are the ones you have done something for that wasn't considerably what you would of liked (I mean you bent backwards for them) but yet they keep wanting it their way. Really does my head in.

One other gear grinder: Phone salesmen. Oh god I want these guys to ROAST IN HELL for what they do. Now I don't want to be sounding racist or anything but it's made worse that often it's a forgien accent. I have nothing against any other race of people but to be honest, I would at least like to be pestered by my own race because at least they are getting a job out of it. Really does tick me off when I pick up the phone and hear a strange accent. The ones I reserve most hate for are the ones who can't read my families second name: ♫♫♫♫son, they often say '♫♫♫♫-in-son' which I ether give them the 'sorry no ♫♫♫♫insons live here, bye' or I just hang up.
Ugh, the evils of those guys who continue to ruin my time watching anime or playing video games.

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You know what grinds my gears?

People who join those vague facebook groups like "I have wasted so much time liking you" If you have wasted so much time, WHY ARE YOU WASTING MORE BY JOINING A GROUP ABOUT IT?????