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What things do other people do that really annoy you?
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#1
Everything is so politicised these days. You're either a far right N*zi or a woke lefty tree hugger. There's no longer any middle ground, and there's so much actual hate involved that people would much rather shout (and all too often resort to violence) than admit that, okay, maybe *BOTH* sides have valid points and that the only useful way forward is to compromise on something that is generally beneficial to everybody. But, hey, even thinking like that is woke nonsense these days, isn't it? 🙁
What would I like other people to stop doing? Stop hating people that don't think the same as you, and stop turning everything into a giant drama.
Final score:
35points
SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” — James Baldwin James Baldwin was a genius, IMHO. Check out this page of his quotes: https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/james-baldwin-quotes
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#2
That if you disagree with someone you hate them. Disagree does NOT equal hate.
Final score:
31points
Emilu 2 months ago
This, oh my goodness. So many people take disagreement personally. It bothers me because it makes me think, "give me the credit to tell you. If I disagree with you? I'll tell you. If I dislike (/hate, though I try not to do that as much as I can) you; you'll know. You'll know the difference. It won't be a surprise."
#3
Being rude and unkind to others. It seems civility, empathy, and kindness have gone out the window in the last few years. You see it in the way people drive, the way they treat people serving them at stores and businesses, and the way they behave and treat others on Social Media. Bullying has been applauded and elevated to an art form.
Final score:
28points
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
Partly because society (as well as too many teachers) are aware of the retaliation but very rarely look for the original ássáúlt. This lets the bully play the victim card. Also, many of the bystanders who might have their truth to tell, are scared of the bully so stay very silent. CCTV helps, though, where fitted.
#4
Stop being so d**n rude. Why do you feel the need to scream and yell at people?
Stop littering. The amount of trash people just throw on the street or out their car windows is disgusting.
Stop saying everything you don't agree with is fake news or a hoax.
Final score:
28points
#5
Being overly concerned about people's genitals and what they get up to in the bedroom.
Final score:
21points
SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago
💯 I think people who think a lot about other people’s s*x lives (or what they do in the bathroom) are weird.
#6
Having your phone on speaker in a train or bus or other crowded place, I do not need to hear your conversation.
Final score:
21points
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
I'm so tempted to add a 'running commentary' on top of their conversation - "He's getting death-stares from so many people right now" , "He doesn't mean that", "You can tell he's lying", etc. But I'm not good enough at fighting to get away with it...
#7
The one thing I really want people to stop is labelling everything "trauma". Just because something bad happened to you does not make it trauma. My oldest recently found out that the guy she had been seeing, but had already broken up with, was married and began saying that it was traumatic. No child, it's bad yes, but it is not trauma. Calling everything trauma lessens the value of the word and makes it harder for those who experience real trauma to be taken seriously. Bad things happen to everyone and some point in time, but traumatic experiences, real traumatic experiences are not the same thing.
Final score:
20points
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
For some people it's a relative term - "I have trauma, You should man up, He is a crybaby". Unfortunately.
#8
If you've seen any of my comments lately, you've probably noticed me mention this. To use a small scale example, people on here that would rather just downvote you than engage in respectful debate/discourse with you. Wanting to hear why you believe what you believe isn't a trap; it's genuinely a question of "can you justify your opinion? Could you please do so, because I would like to know why you think what you think?". Nobody's going to pop out and yell "gotcha!". On the contrary, I'm quite open to having my opinion changed and admitting I'm wrong if I am. I respect people that are open to discussion like this and have no time for people that downvote blindly without explaining why or shutting down debate because they can't handle the heat.
On a larger scale, respectful debate/discussion is kind of relevant to what @Rick Murray posted above. You *can* (not always, but it's possible) learn from people with whom you don't necessarily agree, and sometimes a compromise with said people is better if you can both move forward together. Probably dreaming here for people to do this in reality, but I still think it'd be nice to see.
Final score:
19points
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
You can learn from people you don't agree with, and that can be positive for you (maybe even for them) if at least one of you is trying to respect the other. That's the starting point.
#9
being horrible to minors, especially when you're an adult
Final score:
18points
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
Anyone who behaves like that triggers my suspicions of "too wussy to bully adults so going for smaller game". Unfortunately.
#10
A few more bugbears:
* Talking about me behind my back. If you have a problem, talk to me. I don't bite.
* Dumb people who think they're smart; and I don't mean like your next door neighbour who fell over her wheelie bin because the physics wasn't physicsing, but, well, a lot of management.
* Lying to me and not even having the decency to try to be convincing about it.
* People who use their emotions as a weapon that they seem unable to control. Do you go home, hit your wife, and say "Look what you made me do"?
* People who kiss ars* at work, and moreso the managers that tolerate this sort of thing.
* People that believe nonsense that is not only painfully easy to debunk, but often isn't even internally self consistent.
* People who think I'm wrong purely because they believe they are right, particularly when it comes to issues that are unprovable such as belief systems.
* People that do the bare minimum to avoid being fired, guess who has to work extra for the same pay to make up for your inability?
Speaking of which, my break has come to an end so I'll stop here and go push that rock up a hill again...
Final score:
17points
#11
Stop getting into a long conversation with the cashier when people are behind you in line at a store. Saying, “Have a nice day,” is fine, but I don’t want to stand there and wait for 10 minutes while you tell the whole story of Aunt Sue’s foot fungus.
Final score:
15points
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Somewhere... Denmark comes to mind... they have a special till for chatty people so those who just want to buy stuff and leave don't get help up by the exciting story of Agatha's varicose veins (told by somebody who isn't Agatha).
#12
Worshiping, adulating people (celebrities, royalty etc) literally licking the sh1te off their shoes
Final score:
13points
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
A 'celebrity' is someone between the ages of 20 and 35 with a good dentist and an even better agent. Nothing else is required.
#14
Stop blasting loud music in cars. Stop blasting your phone in public. Use earbuds/earphones. Every single person who blasts music from their car has THE WORST taste in music, and no class whatsoever. I said what I said.
Final score:
13points
StrangeOne 2 months ago
For me it's the heavy, low bass from subs in cars. I don't like the implosive feeling it has in my head and eardrums.
#15
This one is very Caribbean specific. Stop playing your music so loudly from your residence or vehicle. Geezzzz. Some people have to suffer through that day after day. Some bars/pubs do it all night. Police and environmental authority you ask....doesn't make any difference. Apparently we have to accept our "party culture". Absolute rubbish.
Final score:
12points
SchadenFreudian Psychology 2 months ago (edited)
It happens in other places, too. (sigh) And if you politely ask them to turn it down or use headphones, YOU’RE the bad guy. Source: I have loud, obnoxious neighbours.
#16
STOP THE GENDER DIVIDE! Even here on Bored Panda, there are posts/responses either targeting, putting down or comparing genders! WHY? Everybody brings something to the table, when did it become a competition?
Final score:
12points
Auntriarch 2 months ago
It is getting rather tedious isn't it. Amusing occasionally, but not inserted into every other post
#17
I wish people would stop forgetting their manners. A please, thank you or even a smile goes a long way. Courtesy cost nothing.
Final score:
12points
#18
Jumping on the trend for health. Ozempic for instance.
My partner had lifelong issues with low sugar levels and I can tell you it causes a LOT of damage.
Quit looking for the quick fix, it took you a long time to get fat, it takes a long time to get back to normal with a sensible diet.
Final score:
10points
Emilu 2 months ago
It doesn't *always* take you a long time to get fat, but I definitely see your point. There are so many noted side effects nowadays you have to wonder if it's worth it, not to mention the waste of money if the food noise gets back to you and you just put the weight right back on after stopping the medication.
#19
Stop taking all the pavement like a line of chorus girls. We have places to go.
Step aside when the metro doors open. If you block my getting off it's gonna take longer for YOU to get on, I promise. And I really don't want to elbow my way out.
Don't put your feet on the seats in public transport. Disgusting.
Don't blast your music without headphones in public transport. You look cooler when I can't hear the s**t you're listening to.
Basically, we're here crammed in the most densely populated area in Europe, so let's try and make going anywhere a little easier.
Final score:
10points
TotallyNOTAFox 2 months ago (edited)
Sadly a lot of people fail those daily IQ tests on a regular base
#20
When you visit your local public library:
- don’t treat it like your own personal living room. It’s a shared space. Keep noise to a minimum… many people go there to study or just read quietly, they don’t need or want to hear your loud phone conversations or computer games.
- don’t lie down on the sofas or put your feet up on the armrests. It’s inconsiderate and gross.
- encourage responsibility and good manners in your child. Let them take one book off the shelf at a time instead of 10 that they spend 5 seconds on then dump on the floor for someone else to pick up and reshelve. Babies and toddlers may be the exception but YOU are responsible for your child’s behaviour in public. Librarians are not babysitters.
- if you are a smoker, please don’t smoke when reading a borrowed book and wash your hands. I don’t want to read a book that reeks of someone else’s disgusting cigarette smoke.
- practice good hygiene. Again, you’re in a public, shared space. Wear deodorant, wash your hands and understand that if you are a regular smoker, chances are your breath and clothes smell like cigarette smoke.
- most things are free in a Library. Books, DVD’s, magazines, newspapers, wi-fi, computer usage, toys… we only charge for printing and photocopying. A simple “please” and “thank you” goes a long way.
Final score:
9points
#21
I wish people would go back to dressing appropriately for the occasion.
Final score:
9points
Andrew Keir 2 months ago
Unfortunately, the definition of "appropriately" currently has around 7 billion authors
#22
This is a bit specific to my country but I wish that our people had at least a milligram’s worth of civic sense to them and had the most basic level empathy for others around them. These people go to foreign countries and harass the women there, sing loudly in public, throw trash on the roads, shoplift etc which brings down the image of our entire country because of which the whole world is abusing and cursing us.
Then we have the people in our country only who throw all their trash on the roads because they assume that it’s the duty of some lower class person to clean it up and this ends up spreading disease. We have those idiots who force us to look both ways when crossing on a one way street and then those unpaad gawaro who risk everyone’s life just because they’re soo impatient that they can’t even spare a few minutes extra in traffic.
We have our shitposters and ragebaiters who post all these videos on social media since they’ll anyways recieve engagement from crores of indians online. These very videos end up going viral outside the country which damages everything good thats happening to us such as foreign companies wishing to operate here. You can’t even open a comment section anymore without someone posting something incredibly racist about my country all because of the behaviours of these uncivilised gawaro. The day we stop stroking our egos and accept that we can work on ourselves is the day we actually succeed as a country
Final score:
8points
Emilu 2 months ago
It's the curse of most places, but to a greater or lesser extent -- the minority make the majority look bad. I think the US is going to be suffering from this one for a while. I've definitely seen the 'other side' of about what you speak however, and I know here Indians cop a lot of unjustified shit because of the minority, which is unfair. I mean, I get life isn't fair, etc etc... but I really sometimes just want to kick the minority of rude people (generally) in the pants and tell them that their actions aren't just necessarily affecting them alone.
#23
The light is green. Please go!
Final score:
8points
nottheactualphoto 2 months ago
You have a red light. I don't. Do NOT stop and wave me through. You may think you're "being nice," but in fact you're making this intersection more dangerous.
#24
"Reply to ALL"!!! OMG, please STOP!
Final score:
8points
nicholas nolan 2 months ago
You email my group your a*s better reply all. If one of us is out and you email them specifically, don't come crying to us that we missed something.
#25
Not other people, but computers: Stop logging me out of my account and making me log back in again. Stop telling me I put in the wrong password when I know I didn’t—because I wrote it down.
Final score:
7points
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Stop telling me that I need a password that's 16 characters long including at least one number, one symbol, one rune, and a random Chinese ideogram.......for a forum about goldfish or whatever.
#26
Just eat with your kids. Put the devices down at least one a day for quality time with your family.
Final score:
7points
#27
Judging others based on race, s*x, orientation or physical appearance.
Final score:
6points
#28
I wish Gen Z would stop with the whinging and poor-me g*****n attitude. The world isn't perfect, but every generation has had its problems - Gen Z are not unique in that.
Final score:
5points
nicholas nolan 2 months ago (edited)
Millenials are possibly the first gen that will do worse than their parents. Gen Z will DEFINITELY do worse than their parents. Let them complain. They've earned it in ways Gen X and older haven't.
#29
-Voting the right wing in Argentina. They ALWAYS come to destroy the country. All of them. Menem, De la Rúa, Macri, Milei...
-Throwing garbage on the street. MF, if you can't find a dust bin, put your garbage in your purse / pocket until you find one or until you get home.
Final score:
5points
Dona Laura 2 months ago
will add to the garbage part ... people spiting to the floor outside and public urination
#30
I wish people in America would stop thinking that we have freedom of speech, freedom of the press, a Constitution and all the other freedoms we used to have. Wake up America.
Final score:
5points
StrangeOne 2 months ago
Something I just recently learned from a George Carlin clip, the US first amendment applies to US citizens, except television and radio media. Which is why Jimmy Kimmel was allowed to be cancelled. It seems, though, up until now, the exclusion was not heavily enforced until Trump took office and made that discovery. He's actually looking into every loophole in your laws and constitutions. It's every US citizens best interest to do as much research into your governance and possible, so you're prepared.
#31
PLEASE stop wearing pants below your buttocks! That's not how they're supposed to be worn and it's not an attractive look, ON. ANYONE.
Final score:
5points
#32
This goes for everyone:
Stop asking "are you moving" when we are clearly loading the entire contents of our house into a U-Haul.
Use your context clues buddy.
Final score:
4points
katiekat0214 2 months ago
This is a bid for attention and conversation, but yeah, I don't like super obvious questions. Find a different opening line that doesn't sound super obvious and rather dumb, to be honest.
#33
For those of you who believe you have the right to drive the speed limit on the freeway in THE FREAKING PASSING LANE (left lane for those unaware) I hope you lose your license and have to walk everywhere you go!!!!
Final score:
4points
TheGreaterDebater 2 months ago
Lane hoggers should go to hell. Especially here on the Autobahn. I'm tired of having to slow down over 80 kmh because someone wants to cruise at 100 km/h in the left lane.
Emilu 2 months ago
I get not wanting to get stuck behind someone who's going slowly on (correct me if I'm wrong) a road that doesn't have a speed limit/if it does, it's ridiculously high compared to most places in the world, trust me. I feel the situation A James is posting about is different, though.
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#34
Looking at their phones while out in public, outdoors and just really anytime you are with or around other humans. Look up, look down, look all around...smile and do not frown. Next time you are out and about, havingcoffee at a cafe or wine at a local pub. Look around, smile and welcome the possibilities of a new found friend, lover or partner. Breathe and embrace your fellow humans.
Final score:
4points
katiekat0214 2 months ago
Nah, as an introvert, I'll engage when, where, how I please, and generally mind my own business and stay in my own head. And as a woman of 50+ years, I'll obviously keep an eye out for safety, but openly engaging with other random humans who I don't know and don't trust? Not going to happen. Just no to all of this. Sounds like it was written by a hearty extrovert, so kindly, spare me.
#35
Stop falling for scams. I'm tired of multiple daily phone calls, messages and texts and having to be paranoid about anything having to do with money or identity because of all the scammers. The ONLY reason they keep doing this is because of people falling for them. First, there is no free lunch; you will never get something for nothing. Stop being greedy. Second, if you have not met someone face to face, just do not ever give them money. Third, if your grandkid says he's in jail, it is not going to k**l him to wait for you to verify and to get in touch with the parents. Fourth, no tech company is going to call you about a problem with your computer; they barely answer the phone about your problems if you call them. And finally, not one government entity anywhere accepts Walmart gift cards.
Final score:
4points
R.C. 2 months ago
You think people are getting scammed on purpose? It's easy to judge when you have some tech knowledge and all your mental capabilities. With that attitude, God help any of your friends or family who may end up with a brain injury, dementia, Alzheimer's, etc. Scams are designed to prey on the vulnerable and you're victim shaming.
#36
Squatty group pictures. Please. Just stand up. You look stupid.
Final score:
3points
#37
"Cancelling" people, stalking them, finding out where they work to get them fired, all because they made a mistake, or did something bad but not illegal and it mainly affecting their own lives. It's gotten so bad that people are going out of their way to locate the jobs and homes of anyone who appears to look like the person. Such as the "Phillies Karen". A business had to put out a disclaimer that the lady at the baseball game doesn't work there. Stop harassing businesses. I also feel internet humiliation is usually enough. Their livelihood, home, family and friends, jobs don't need to be affected. We got enough homeless people in the world. Although it happens to those who are especially heinous. More often it's happening to people who are being misunderstood or had a bad moment. It can happen to any of us.
Final score:
3points
#38
Stop doing stupid things just because it's popular at the moment. It does not make you look cool. The amount of people I know who copy peoples behavior's for no reason is ridiculous. Cursing and saying sexist things because other people are never makes you more likable or popular. Honestly, I have more respect for people who say thing I disagree with if it is their actual opinion then those who are just copying.
Secondly, please stop telling me that "ChatGPT told me so". I get that it's useful, but it is not always right, and you shouldn't need to use it for everything.
Lastly- Just don't make everything about you. You are not always the victim or the main character, and other people should be able to enjoy their moment of success without you trying to one up them or making it about you.
Final score:
3points
#39
Lying.
Politicians can lie and there are no consequences. I think there must be a punishment for politicians/leaders who are lying deliberately.
Acceptation of mendacity is the downfall of society.
Final score:
1point
#40
Sharing my opinion… they never get it right anyway so now ppl prob think I have a crush Danny devito or something like that.😑
Final score:
1point
#41
Also when ppl who r like childish about gay/lesbian are just gonna grow up to be pieces of s**t
Final score:
1point
#42
saying "AWESOME"
if it was a drinking game we would all be dead
Final score:
-3points
#43
I wish other people would stop existing.
Final score:
-4points
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