Pet Peeves: Aka Things That Make You Go "Gah!"

[annzeepark914]

Someone posting on here noted that we both like to start Solitaire and/or another game with black aces. Whoever it was...yes! And each time I wait for a black ace to pop up so I can start, I wonder about myself and imagine playing in Las Vegas where I'd have to pay, right? for all the games I passed up, and being thought a goofball 😄v I've never been there & have no plans to go, but I still wonder.

Edited March 7, 2021 by annzeepark914

[Leeds]

12 hours ago, bilgistic said:

What is with the ads on this site?!? First the "facial massager" and now this...

I'm not sure that I wouldn't prefer these to the ones for adult diapers that I generally get.

[peacheslatour]

2 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Someone posting on here noted that we both like to start Solitaire and/or another game with black aces. Whoever it was...yes! And each time I wait for a black ace to pop up so I can start, I wonder about myself and imagine playing in Las Vegas where I'd have to pay, right? for all the games I passed up, and being thought a goofball 😄v I've never been there & have no plans to go, but I still wonder.

That was me. I like to pretend that if I were in a Solitaire tournament, you'd get to turn down three games before you have to start. I don't start with the first black ace though, I won't start a game unless my first move is the top card on the far right pile because it's usually a treasure trove of low cards. I automatically won't start a game if there is a red king on the far left end. I told you I have ridiculously strict rules.

[Katy M]

10 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

That was me. I like to pretend that if I were in a Solitaire tournament,

Do they have solitaire tournaments?  Honestly asking since I don't know if you were just making it up to make your point.  

[peacheslatour]

32 minutes ago, Katy M said:

Do they have solitaire tournaments?  Honestly asking since I don't know if you were just making it up to make your point.  

I had to look it up. Apparently there are online Solitaire tournaments where you play for money. TIL.

[Bastet]

32 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

TIL.

Boo - I'm usually good at figuring these things out from context, but my guess was "Things I've Learned" and the internet tells me it's "Today I Learned".  Close!

[WinnieWinkle]

Today's pet peeve: my cousin who could be crowned Queen of the Thin Skinned has now posted (to this moment) at least 5 memes all on the subject of "So what  random thing is everyone (as in stupid people)  getting offended over today".   I've decided to refrain from pointing to her own posts detailing random things she has decided to be offended over.

Edited March 7, 2021 by WinnieWinkle

[annzeepark914]

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

That was me. I like to pretend that if I were in a Solitaire tournament, you'd get to turn down three games before you have to start. I don't start with the first black ace though, I won't start a game unless my first move is the top card on the far right pile because it's usually a treasure trove of low cards. I automatically won't start a game if there is a red king on the far left end. I told you I have ridiculously strict rules.

Wow! You're tough and brave 😉  Yup, the right side has all the good stuff. I didn't know there were tournaments. I just thought that in LV, they have tables where people play this game but are watched by a staff member and that if you finish, it's judged on the amount of time it took to "win".  I live in my own little world sometimes ;>)

[peacheslatour]

10 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

Wow! You're tough and brave 😉  Yup, the right side has all the good stuff. I didn't know there were tournaments. I just thought that in LV, they have tables where people play this game but are watched by a staff member and that if you finish, it's judged on the amount of time it took to "win".  I live in my own little world sometimes ;>)

So do I. 😉

[WinnieWinkle]

Speaking of online games - today's pet peeve:  One is not a winning streak.  A game I play gets giddy and excited when I win and makes this grand announcement about my winning streak of one game.  Mmmkay!

[Callietwo]

On 3/6/2021 at 8:31 PM, Leeds said:

It took until 2000 for the British government to stop charging VAT (sales tax) on tampons, sanitary towels etc.  Apparently they aren't "essential".

There is a bill in our state that is wending it's way through the system to stop paying taxes on menstrual products (I read somewhere it was originally called feminine products but some objected because then who decides what that means.)  Right now, it is taxed at 6% rate.  

And currently more states than not charge  for the privilege of menstruating on a regular basis.  (link to map) 

[PRgal]

I was at a meeting today where we were supposed to introduce ourselves by telling everyone where our names, where we’re from and our preferred pronoun.  I just told people to figure it out themselves.  I don’t think we should have been forced to do so if we didn’t want to (the slide the mod used certainly didn’t indicate it was optional).  I feel that the rest of the group did it due to peer pressure.  

[TattleTeeny]

The word "co-ed" really gets on my nerves! Why is it still being used to indicate that a student is female?

[annzeepark914]

1 minute ago, TattleTeeny said:

The word "co-ed" really gets on my nerves! Why is it still being used to indicate that a student is female?

Well, they finally stopped using "actress" so  maybe, if we're lucky, in another 5 years they'll give up on co-ed.

[TattleTeeny]

I admit that "actress" and the like doesn't bother me, really. But co-ed is just so stupid.

[emma675]

My pet peeve today is gas leaks. I had a leak at my house a few years ago that required all new gas lines be installed (very old house and very old pipes) and I never once smelled a leak that would have tipped me off. We had a winter storm a few weeks ago and since I had a toilet and tub freeze, I decided to have the plumber come out to check that everything was okay. The water pipes are fine, but he discovered a small gas leak that is being fixed. And I never smelled anything yet again! I swear I have a good sense of smell; even the dog has never acted like she's smelled anything odd. 

[Katy M]

On 3/6/2021 at 8:31 PM, Leeds said:

It took until 2000 for the British government to stop charging VAT (sales tax) on tampons, sanitary towels etc.  Apparently they aren't "essential".

Technically they aren't essential.  Any more than disposable diapers or disposable Depends.   They're just convenient.

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, Katy M said:

Technically they aren't essential.  Any more than disposable diapers or disposable Depends.   They're just convenient.

Right. I mean toilet paper is non essential when you can just use rags and wash them out.

[Bastet]

Thankfully, both diapers and tampons/pads/sponges/cups are exempt from sales tax here in CA.  Because, yeah, they are necessities.  And a hell of a lot more so than, say, Pop Tarts and marshmallows.  Or magazines.  And those are just some grocery store examples of what is exempt from sales tax in some states.  Then there are things like BINGO supplies.  (An attorney advocating for adding menstrual supplies to necessities lists nationwide studied the tax codes of all 50 states, uncovering all manner of things states have deemed necessities for sales tax purposes that aren't remotely as necessary as menstrual products.)  It's not just groceries and medicine on the exemption list to begin with, and even in states that don't tax medical and health supplies, most of them exclude menstrual supplies from that category.  How are they different from other medical and health supplies?  Gee, let me ponder that.

Right now the CA exemption only last for two years (it's part of the budget bill), but hopefully it will be made part of sales tax law.  Along with toilet paper.  That's a necessity, too!  (Gee, I guess states are swimming in all that extra income generated by TP hoarding last year.)

Edited March 13, 2021 by Bastet

[GHScorpiosRule]

Tampons, pads, and all feminine hygiene products are exempt from sales tax in MD. They are considered medical products.

And yeah, there were absolutely essential to me due to my condition. And I don't mean just me being a female.

[PRgal]

7 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Well, they finally stopped using "actress" so  maybe, if we're lucky, in another 5 years they'll give up on co-ed.

I didn’t know it was still used in that way.  Coed to me, means a school with students of all genders.

[Moose135]

1 hour ago, Bastet said:

Then there are things like BINGO supplies

Dammit, I NEED my bingo supplies! 😆

[Katy M]

3 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Right. I mean toilet paper is non essential when you can just use rags and wash them out.

And, I don't generally hear people complain that toilet paper is taxed.  Or toothpaste.  Or antiperspirpant.  It's jus the feminine products for some odd reason.  Yes, I know the reason.

[WinnieWinkle]

5 minutes ago, Katy M said:

It's jus the feminine products for some odd reason.  Yes, I know the reason.

Do you not feel it's a good reason to be annoyed about it if you are still living in an area where it is taxed?

[Katy M]

49 minutes ago, WinnieWinkle said:

Do you not feel it's a good reason to be annoyed about it if you are still living in an area where it is taxed?

I do live in an area where it's taxed.  I do buy them.  Paying tas on them doesn't bother me in the least.  And if the reason is what I think it is, yes, it bothers me enough to be more than annoyed about it.

[ParadoxLost]

Dumbo, Peter Pan, Jungle Book, and Lady and the Tramp are adult content now.

I don't understand the world anymore.  I'm glad I was a kid when I was a kid and not now. 

I think I'm going to go watch some videos of rock stars fighting to stop warning labels going on music and pretend its the 80s again.  

Because now childhood rebellion is watching Dumbo.

 

[PRgal]

51 minutes ago, ParadoxLost said:

Dumbo, Peter Pan, Jungle Book, and Lady and the Tramp are adult content now.

I don't understand the world anymore.  I'm glad I was a kid when I was a kid and not now. 

I think I'm going to go watch some videos of rock stars fighting to stop warning labels going on music and pretend its the 80s again.  

Because now childhood rebellion is watching Dumbo.

 

This. I'm glad I grew up in the 80s and was a teen in the 90s.  Back then, being "bad" would be watching a music video with too much nudity.

[WinnieWinkle]

55 minutes ago, ParadoxLost said:

Dumbo, Peter Pan, Jungle Book, and Lady and the Tramp are adult content now.

 

What does mean?

[GHScorpiosRule]

5 minutes ago, WinnieWinkle said:

What does mean?

Disney+ has now made these movies under parental control. Due to the racist and sexist themes in them. But I didn’t know about Lady and the Tramp! The world has gone mad. I heard how Pepe Le Pew has also been removed from the latest Space Jam because his character was a sexual harasser. That’s what I heard.

I will echo @ParadoxLost and state I am so glad I was a kid when I was a kid.

[theatremouse]

They all have some racist stereotypes and thus come with a content warning.

[WinnieWinkle]

Ah thanks!  I wondered!  My kids are long past the age where I am monitoring their TV viewing and sadly (thank you so much Covid) I haven't been around my grandkids either.  I guess I don't see this as a big issue - I'd much rather see a warning label than have the movies unavailable or majorly (is that a word?) cut up.

[Gramto6]

On 3/3/2021 at 7:40 PM, auntlada said:

Burned popcorn is when everyone gets a break from work. The fire alarms go off, and everybody has to leave the building.

LOL reminds me of years ago when DH was having heart surgery, I along with many others was sitting in the waiting room. Suddenly the fire alarm went off and firefighters exited the elevators. Not one single person got up and left the room.  Turned out after all it was burned popcorn in the microwave, but not one of us ever left that room! Priorities....

[Bastet]

1 hour ago, theatremouse said:

They all have some racist stereotypes and thus come with a content warning.

Right.  They have offensive content that parents may not want their kids to see or, most likely, want to discuss the context and meaning of rather than just having kids blindly click on.  So there's an alert to that fact. 

The horror?

[Katy M]

10 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

But I didn’t know about Lady and the Tramp!

I was going to say it must be the ultrasexy spaghetti eating scene, but then I realized it's the siamese cats.

[Hangin Out]

On 1/26/2021 at 11:30 AM, GHScorpiosRule said:

I also STILL have all my 45s and LPs! Just don't have the record player any more! I think my parents took it with them when they moved to India after retiring!

Bet Amazon has them.

[peacheslatour]

49 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

Being the only one that posts in a show topic, and I can't decide if I am an idiot for watching the damn thing, or if others are missing out.  

Given the last episode, I am starting to think I am an idiot.

I suppose if I continue to be the only one posting it would be like my own private forum, though it does get lonely over there.

Anyone got any cheese?  I've brought the whine.

Which show?

[WinnieWinkle]

57 minutes ago, icemiser69 said:

I suppose if I continue to be the only one posting it would be like my own private forum, though it does get lonely over there.

I've posted in a few old sitcoms lately that look like they used to get a fair bit of traffic but I seem to to the only one there now -  when I've posted I hear an echo.  I've decided not to take it personally 🙂 but I guess I won't post again unless the activity picks up.  I already talk to my self too much as it is!

Edited March 13, 2021 by WinnieWinkle

[Cobb Salad]

I’ve bookmarked a few of the old shows here myself and have observed the next to no activity for those topics too.  There’s one that I saw a posting in about 6 weeks ago and responded pretty quickly ... it’s been crickets since then.   Then there’s another one that sees a flurry of activity for a little bit then nothing for months.  

[Boston]

nm

[ParadoxLost]

On 3/13/2021 at 3:55 PM, icemiser69 said:

Being the only one that posts in a show topic, and I can't decide if I am an idiot for watching the damn thing, or if others are missing out.  

Given the last episode, I am starting to think I am an idiot.

I suppose if I continue to be the only one posting it would be like my own private forum, though it does get lonely over there.

Anyone got any cheese?  I've brought the whine.

We need a "this thread is dead" topic to direct people to forums in groups.  So many topics I would gladly chat about but no one around to listen to me yammer on.  I'd be willing to prompt others to yammer too on just about any topic.  I miss having shows I watch that have constraint traffic.

Probably a repeat peeve but it deserves to be repeated.

Hiding price increases by reducing the quantity sold.

I was in the grocery store today and picked up some shredded cheese.  I did the scrunchy WTF is wrong with this cheese face  when I picked it up.  Its was lighter.  On inspection, the bag is redesigned so you can't see through the top half of the bag.  That's because this new blend of cheese is 6 oz and there is no cheese to see.  So I decided to go all ParadoxLost, P.I. in the dairy section.  The old blend I use is same price but 7.5 oz.  I'm pretty sure it used to be 8.oz like all the other cheese (got home and confirmed that the last time I bought it, it was 8 oz).

So here are two things that are about to happen.  Cheese brand X is gearing up to change all their cheese to only 6 oz for the same price they used to sell 8oz.  And its only a matter of time before all the other brands of cheese follow them with what is effectively 33% price increase.  I bought way too much cheese today but not of brand X.

I get that inflation is a thing.  But it annoys me that they just shrink the product and not packaging instead of raising the price because

• the price would be lower if they reduced the packaging
• the landfills would be less full if they reduced the packaging
• the implication of propping up the ability to pretend that inflation isn't a thing by keeping the same price for less.  

 

Edited March 14, 2021 by ParadoxLost

[Ohiopirate02]

3 minutes ago, ParadoxLost said:

We need a "this thread is dead" topic to direct people to forums in groups.  So many topics I would gladly chat about but no one around to listen to me yammer on.  I'd be willing to prompt others to yammer too on just about any topic.  I miss having shows I watch that have constraint traffic.

Probably a repeat peeve but it deserves to be repeated.

Hiding price increases by reducing the quantity sold.

I was in the grocery store today and picked up some shredded cheese.  I did the scrunchy WTF is wrong with this cheese face  when I picked it up.  Its was lighter.  On inspection, the bag is redesigned so you can't see through the top half of the bag.  That's because this new blend of cheese is 6 oz and there is no cheese to see.  So I decided to go all ParadoxLost, P.I. in the dairy section.  The old blend I use is same price but 7.5 oz.  I'm pretty sure it used to be 8.oz like all the other cheese (got home and confirmed that the last time I bought it, it was 8 oz).

So here are two things that are about to happen.  Cheese brand X is gearing up to change all their cheese to only 6 oz for the same price they used to sell 8oz.  And its only a matter of time before all the other brands of cheese follow them with what is effectively 25% price increase.  I bought way too much cheese today but not of brand X.

I get that inflation is a thing.  But it annoys me that they just shrink the product and not packaging instead of raising the price because

• the price would be lower if they reduced the packaging
• the landfills would be less full if they reduced the packaging
• the implication of propping up the ability to pretend that inflation isn't a thing by keeping the same price for less.  

 

I would rather the price increase than the amount lowered.  When a recipe calls for two 8 ounce bags of cheese, you now need to buy 3 or realistically make it with less and it now doesn't taste as good.  Thank you for your service, doing the math I dont do.

[SoMuchTV]

31 minutes ago, ParadoxLost said:

We need a "this thread is dead" topic to direct people to forums in groups.  So many topics I would gladly chat about but no one around to listen to me yammer on.  I'd be willing to prompt others to yammer too on just about any topic.  I miss having shows I watch that have constraint traffic.

Probably a repeat peeve but it deserves to be repeated.

Hiding price increases by reducing the quantity sold.

I was in the grocery store today and picked up some shredded cheese.  I did the scrunchy WTF is wrong with this cheese face  when I picked it up.  Its was lighter.  On inspection, the bag is redesigned so you can't see through the top half of the bag.  That's because this new blend of cheese is 6 oz and there is no cheese to see.  So I decided to go all ParadoxLost, P.I. in the dairy section.  The old blend I use is same price but 7.5 oz.  I'm pretty sure it used to be 8.oz like all the other cheese (got home and confirmed that the last time I bought it, it was 8 oz).

So here are two things that are about to happen.  Cheese brand X is gearing up to change all their cheese to only 6 oz for the same price they used to sell 8oz.  And its only a matter of time before all the other brands of cheese follow them with what is effectively 33% price increase.  I bought way too much cheese today but not of brand X.

I get that inflation is a thing.  But it annoys me that they just shrink the product and not packaging instead of raising the price because

• the price would be lower if they reduced the packaging
• the landfills would be less full if they reduced the packaging
• the implication of propping up the ability to pretend that inflation isn't a thing by keeping the same price for less.  

 

I tend to add every show I've ever watched or even thought I might want to watch to my home page, so I see it bolded when there are new posts.  I may or may not have anything to add, but at least I read new comments.  So, thinking about it, I guess I'm not your peeve target - it's the people who don't do that or aren't aware of that functionality.

On the pricing, I've gotten in the habit of checking the cost per unit (most stores seem to be good about posting that).  If it's something where I have no particular brand preference, that helps me decide.  There used to be a consumer blog that sometimes focused on the "grocery shrink ray" - products where they stealthily reduced the amount per package.  ("The Consumerist" maybe?  I wonder what happened to that...?)

[Quof]

51 minutes ago, ParadoxLost said:

I bought way too much cheese

no comprendo

[Bastet]

44 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

I tend to add every show I've ever watched or even thought I might want to watch to my home page, so I see it bolded when there are new posts. I may or may not have anything to add, but at least I read new comments. 

Same here.  I don't even like NYPD Blue, but I have it on my home page since I nonetheless watched it for several years because the people I was living with at the time liked it, and I did like several of the characters.  So I glance at discussion in that thread when it occurs, even though I usually don't have anything to add.

30 minutes ago, Quof said:

no comprendo

Yeah, I'd have to go count the wedges, but I'm sure there are at least 10 different kinds of cheese in my refrigerator right now. 

Edited March 14, 2021 by Bastet

[SoMuchTV]

30 minutes ago, Quof said:

1 hour ago, ParadoxLost said:

I bought way too much cheese

no comprendo

Oh, I know!  That’s like “leftover wine”. 

[GaT]

I'm sure this will sound like a "get off my lawn" peeve, but who decided that X is now "and"? What was wrong with +, or "plus", or "and", or "with"? It annoys the hell out of me, it makes everything look so pretentious.

[annzeepark914]

I remember when Dannon reduced the amount of yogurt in it's containers--from 8 oz to maybe 6 oz quite a few years ago (just looked at a container of Wegmans yogurt & it's 5.5 oz).

[MargeGunderson]

15 minutes ago, Bastet said:

Yeah, I'd have to go count the wedges, but I'm sure there are at least 10 different kinds of cheese in my refrigerator right now. 

Amateur 😉

[Bastet]

16 minutes ago, MargeGunderson said:

Amateur 😉

It's only me; I have to pace myself. 

I just got some more water, and counted out of curiosity - 13 different cheeses.  That's probably excessive for one person, but ... cheese! 

That, of course, made me hungry, so now I'm munching on some black truffle manchego.

Anyway, I got sidetracked by cheese, but, yes -- count me in on being annoyed by reducing the quantity instead of just increasing the price. 

[WinnieWinkle]

33 minutes ago, GaT said:

I'm sure this will sound like a "get off my lawn" peeve, but who decided that X is now "and"? What was wrong with +, or "plus", or "and", or "with"? It annoys the hell out of me, it makes everything look so pretentious.

Always the last one to the party!  I don't think I've ever seen this.  I am now peeved in anticipation of seeing it!