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Blergh

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5 hours ago, Jaded said:

Gift cards are better then underwear.

Peeve: People who creepily purchase other kids underwear who they aren't very close to.

When I was in mid to upper single digits I had an uncle and his wife who for a couple years gave me fancier young girls panties which really creeped me out to make it worse the things made me itch too. They were always white waffle patterned with a flower on top of a leg hole edge on one side of each pair.

I've never liked white underwear for myself personally.  If those two were that intent on giving me underwear I would have been happier with a couple jewel toned packs of Hanes. The 2nd year I walked up to them and said "Barbies. Barbies. Please no more panties if you want to get me anything make it Barbie stuff.". Luckily the next year it was that. I don't think I've been made to feel that creeped out in regards to gifts since which is why it's something that's always stuck with me.

This reminds me of what happened to one of Mama's friends at the friend's birthday party(which I mentioned in another Subforum) that  Mama attended when they were about five. It was a rather formal affair with the honoree and guests all dressed in their Sunday best with the friend happily reaping the bounty of dolls and toys. However,  none of the other gifts proved as memorable as one fancily wrapped gift that a little boy guest presented to her- a pair of girl's panties! Needless to say, the birthday honoree was embarrassed while the boy guest was mortified since  he had had no idea what was inside that gift box until the unwrapping -which been selected and wrapped by his own mother! Anyway, recently Mama and her friend recounted it and over eighty years later with both of them  long since having had families of their own, they still were wondering what the boy guest's mother was thinking in selecting that for her young son to present to a little girl!

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Mindthinkr

Mindthinkr

I was wrapping presents yesterday and came to my yearly peeve. The price stickers. They can be almost impossible to get them off in one piece. Or they come off and leave a sticky residue. One store offered to wrap my gift. They didn’t take the sticker off, but used a felt pen to try and cover the cost. I had to come home, unwrap it and remove the it. Certain stores have price tags that are easier to get off than others. 

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Mondrianyone

Mondrianyone

Just now, Mindthinkr said:

The price stickers. They can be almost impossible to get them off in one piece. Or they come off and leave a sticky residue.

Try hitting them with a hair dryer. They usually come off in one piece and with no residue. If there is any sticky left behind, a single-edged razor blade will take care of it. (I have a scraper that the blade fits into--safer that way.)

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theredhead77

theredhead77

As I start preparing for my annual holiday visit home I'm getting tense thinking about something that is a royal peeve of mine: learned helplessness, weaponized incompetence and the victim mentality.

I love my dad but as he's gotten older he is the walking embodiment of all three and I just have no patience for it. I actually called him out on his weaponized incompetence the last time I was home.

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kristen111

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9 hours ago, Blergh said:

This reminds me of what happened to one of Mama's friends at the friend's birthday party(which I mentioned in another Subforum) that  Mama attended when they were about five. It was a rather formal affair with the honoree and guests all dressed in their Sunday best with the friend happily reaping the bounty of dolls and toys. However,  none of the other gifts proved as memorable as one fancily wrapped gift that a little boy guest presented to her- a pair of girl's panties! Needless to say, the birthday honoree was embarrassed while the boy guest was mortified since  he had had no idea what was inside that gift box until the unwrapping -which been selected and wrapped by his own mother! Anyway, recently Mama and her friend recounted it and over eighty years later with both of them  long since having had families of their own, they still were wondering what the boy guest's mother was thinking in selecting that for her young son to present to a little girl!

I’ll never forget my 7th birthday party.  My best friend gave me three pairs of white cotton undies.  I was so disappointed as we hardly had birthday parties in those days.  I guess the Mother thought is was a very useful gift.  I would have loved to get Paper Dolls or a coloring book and crayons from Woolworths, as we never had much in those days.  My childhood was not the best.  No where near what kids today have.  I always gave my three kids seven toys they wanted for Christmas .. whatever they were.  The happiest day of my life was the day I got married, never before then.  I started to really live and be happy.

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PRgal

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I tend to look at things differently from other people, but it really bothers me when people tell me I'm "wrong" or that I can't think/look at things the way I do.  Maybe it's just a part of being a child of immigrants whose parents are more, how shall I put it, acculturated than others, despite coming as adults.  It's really causing anxiety.  

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23 hours ago, Mindthinkr said:

I was wrapping presents yesterday and came to my yearly peeve. The price stickers. They can be almost impossible to get them off in one piece. Or they come off and leave a sticky residue. One store offered to wrap my gift. They didn’t take the sticker off, but used a felt pen to try and cover the cost. I had to come home, unwrap it and remove the it. Certain stores have price tags that are easier to get off than others. 

I buy sheets of Christmas stickers from a dollar store. If I can’t get the price sticker off I just cover it up.

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Bastet

Bastet

5 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

The mug should have a footnote for the exceptions for affect and effect.

Yeah, I remember that came up the first time the mug was posted.  For what fits on a mug, I'll allow it - and would absolutely buy one of these if I ever came across it.

47 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

Maybe the other side could provide an example of when to use "I" and "me".

I like that.  That could be the top half of the other side, and the bottom half could give "less" vs. "fewer" examples.

Oh, I just changed my mind -- put * and ** on the "affect" and "effect" definitions, and put those footnotes on the other side.

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Leeds

Leeds

2 hours ago, Katy M said:

That is one angry mug.  I'm a little scared of it.

I don't think I could enjoy drinking out of it so I'd just have to save it for the times I want to fuel my ire.

1 hour ago, Bastet said:

Yeah, I remember that came up the first time the mug was posted.  For what fits on a mug, I'll allow it - and would absolutely buy one of these if I ever came across it.

I like that.  That could be the top half of the other side, and the bottom half could give "less" vs. "fewer" examples.

You're way more optimistic than I am about the likelihood of Joe Schmo wanting to change or understanding the issue.  I've long ago given up on less/fewer.

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SoMuchTV

SoMuchTV

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1 hour ago, Quof said:

I had one of those mugs!! (Amazon).  It sat on my desk, and I was always mindful of whether a given visitor to my office might be offended, so moved it out of sight.

Warning, the letters will come off if you put it in the dishwasher.  😥

Bummer.  Someone gave my daughter a mug with the constitution printed on it, and the print disappeared when you put hot liquid in it. (I'm sure there was some kind of political message intended there.)  It also lost its letters in the dishwasher.

So my peeve:  manufacturers who don't stamp a very clear indelible DO NOT DISHWASH message on the bottom of mugs that won't survive the dishwasher!

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Typo. At least it wasn’t grammar.
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TattleTeeny

TattleTeeny

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Oh my goodness, don't feel that way-- it's just the little symbols used for footnotes. Usually, you would not use a double until after all of the singles are used. And who in their right mind even wants to deal with any reading material that has a list of footnotes so long that they start doubling up? NOT ME. Sometimes, though, the footnote symbols are little superscripted letters. 

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Bastet

Bastet

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4 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

I’m sure I’m going to feel like a moron after, but I have no idea what this means.

If you're going to use symbols for footnotes (instead of a,b,c or 1,2,3), you use * for the first one, then † for the next, and so on down that posted list, and only after the list ends do you use ** (then ††, etc.).  But a lot of people are confused by anything other than the *, so if I'm just going to use two in informal writing - where that's the easiest superscript plus doesn't look academic - I use * and ** for them, but it's not technically correct.  Which is why, as the poster said, the angry mug might prefer using numbers (or letters) instead, but at least * and †.

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TattleTeeny

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The angry mug might not like numbers because those are for references. I also hate reading things with a lot of reference numbers and reference lists. Unfortunately it is a big part of my job (and a big reason why I do not like my job, hahahhaaaa!).

I would do the same, @Bastet. I probably have here, if I ever used 2 footnotes. 

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annzeepark914

annzeepark914

On 12/11/2022 at 5:37 PM, GHScorpiosRule said:

This came across my memory feed and I STILL haven’t found this mug! I TOTALLY NEED and WANT it!🤣🤣🤣🤣 it’s only missing one for would’ve!

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I just looked up "grammar mugs" at Amazon. Lots of these, plus other funny ones. But darn... couldn't find one with an example of correctly using "me" (and not the beloved "I" 😉).

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GHScorpiosRule

GHScorpiosRule

13 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

Oh my goodness, don't feel that way-- it's just the little symbols used for footnotes. Usually, you would not use a double until after all of the singles are used. And who in their right mind even wants to deal with any reading material that has a list of footnotes so long that they start doubling up? NOT ME. Sometimes, though, the footnote symbols are little superscripted letters. 

13 hours ago, Bastet said:

If you're going to use symbols for footnotes (instead of a,b,c or 1,2,3), you use * for the first one, then † for the next, and so on down that posted list, and only after the list ends do you use ** (then ††, etc.).  But a lot of people are confused by anything other than the *, so if I'm just going to use two in informal writing - where that's the easiest superscript plus doesn't look academic - I use * and ** for them, but it's not technically correct.  Which is why, as the poster said, the angry mug might prefer using numbers (or letters) instead, but at least * and †.

Yep. Feel Like a MORON. I should've (that's should have) remembered that!

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TattleTeeny

TattleTeeny

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Oh, you shouldn't. I mean, who is really even regularly reading stuff with footnotes like that unless it's academic/technical for work or school? Not that there are not many people doing that, but it's not really a thing one needs to care about in everyday life outside of those examples. And again, if the footnote list is long enough to reach double asterisks, then ugh, bleccchhh.

My peeve is me -- either my appearance or my vanity! Or both. Let's just say that I hope that, in reality, I look more like what I see in the mirror than I do in photos! Oof, what the hell?!

Another is resumes. I am looking for a new job and am getting conflicting info about whether it should be super-detailed or succinct and brief. I culled mine down of extraneous (I thought) details, but a friend who does a lot of interviewing and hiring at his place tells me to puff it back up.

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Bethany

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34 minutes ago, TattleTeeny said:

My peeve is me -- either my appearance or my vanity! Or both. Let's just say that I hope that, in reality, I look more like what I see in the mirror than I do in photos! Oof, what the hell?!

For me it's the mirrors in my house!  To quote Billy Crystal, in my own mirrors I "Look mahvelous" mirrors in hair salons and in malls?  Oh dear god, no.

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annzeepark914

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On 12/11/2022 at 1:51 AM, TattleTeeny said:

The pronunciation of “carmel” for “caramel” confuses more than peeves me, but I have a question: do the people who say “carmel” also say “parlel” for “parallel”? 

Good one! It has always bugged me to hear caramel pronounced "carmel". I wonder why these people omit the second "a". Do they say "carvan" for caravan? It seems to be just caramel that gets treated so badly. Now I'm hungry for a chocolate covered caramel 😋

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Leeds

Leeds

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23 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:

Bummer.  Someone gave my daughter a mug with the constitution printed on it, and the print disappeared when you put hot liquid in it. (I'm sure there was some kind of political message intended there.)  It also lost its letters in the dishwasher.

So my peeve:  manufacturers who don't stamp a very clear indelible DO NOT DISHWASH message on the bottom of mugs that won't survive the dishwasher!

My kid's best friend spent a long time decorating a mug as a present for them.  Unfortunately none of us knew that Sharpie washes off in the dishwasher.

7 hours ago, TattleTeeny said:

My peeve is me -- either my appearance or my vanity! Or both. Let's just say that I hope that, in reality, I look more like what I see in the mirror than I do in photos! Oof, what the hell?!

I had the opposite problem -- when I was younger and people used to sit around looking through (actual physical) photo albums together, I would get a lot of surprised, "Wow, you look great!" comments.  As in, in real life you're not that attractive.  A true back-handed compliment!   😢

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annzeepark914

annzeepark914

53 minutes ago, Leeds said:

I had the opposite problem -- when I was younger and people used to sit around looking through (actual physical) photos albums together, I would get a lot of surprised, "Wow, you look great!" comments.  As in, in real life you're not that attractive.  A true back-handed compliment!  

Or, maybe they had the experience themselves of looking worse in photos & were amazed that you "take such a great picture". I rarely see a photo of myself that looks good to me so when I see good photos of others, I'm envious!💚

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Leeds

Leeds

1 hour ago, RealHousewife said:

I say your all too sensitive about people’s grammar. They should of learned better in school, but I’m sure their doing they’re best. 

Shirley you mean grammer.

18 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

Or, maybe they had the experience themselves of looking worse in photos & were amazed that you "take such a great picture". I rarely see a photo of myself that looks good to me so when I see good photos of others, I'm envious!💚

I think I need to borrow your outlook on life!

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Leeds

Leeds

People who buy/acquire pets they can't afford or properly provide for, and don't prepare for in advance.  This peeve prompted by the following NextDoor post:

"Hi, we just bought our first dog. Does anybody have a crate and/or gate that they are wanting to sell?"

Who on earth is so stupid, thoughtless, clueless, irresponsible, etc., etc., etc?

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GaT

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6 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

Or, maybe they had the experience themselves of looking worse in photos & were amazed that you "take such a great picture". I rarely see a photo of myself that looks good to me so when I see good photos of others, I'm envious!💚

Others aren't looking good in photos, others are photoshopping their photos until they don't even look like themselves anymore. Don't trust any photo you see, it's been edited into uncanny valley territory.

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JTMacc99

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11 hours ago, Leeds said:

People who buy/acquire pets they can't afford or properly provide for, and don't prepare for in advance.  This peeve prompted by the following NextDoor post:

"Hi, we just bought our first dog. Does anybody have a crate and/or gate that they are wanting to sell?"

Who on earth is so stupid, thoughtless, clueless, irresponsible, etc., etc., etc?

Many people are unaware of just how big a responsibility owning a pet is. 

I'll tack on, people giving a pet as a surprise GIFT. Almost always a horrible, horrible decision. 

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Wiendish Fitch

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My husband and I don't have pets, and I've had more than one person imply that we're selfish.

No, "selfish "is getting an animal-a living thing- without realizing the expense and responsibility that goes into it. "Selfish" is resenting said animal-a living thing-, ignoring it, and doing the barest minimum in regards to taking care of it. "Selfish" is treating your pet-a living godddamned thing!- like background noise until it dies.

We're not perfect, but we know our limitations, and at least no animal is suffering on our watch. 

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Your Pet Peeves are your Pet Peeves and you're welcome to express them here. However, that does not mean that you can use this topic to go after your fellow posters; being annoyed by something they say or do is not a Pet Peeve.

If there's something you need clarification on, please remember: it's always best to address a fellow poster directly; don't talk about what they said, talk to them. Politely, of course! Everyone is entitled to their opinion and should be treated with respect. (If need be, check out the how to have healthy debates guidelines for more).

While we're happy to grant the leniency that was requested about allowing discussions to go beyond Pet Peeves, please keep in mind that this is still the Pet Peeves topic. Non-pet peeves discussions should be kept brief, be related to a pet peeve and if a fellow poster suggests the discussion may be taken to Chit Chat or otherwise tries to course-correct the topic, we ask that you don't dismiss them. They may have a point.

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