Pet Peeves List

1. The myth that we only use 10% of our brains. No. Just... No.

2. The letter 'c'. (It either makes the 'k' sound or the 's' sound, but we already have the letters k and s. It's redundant.)

3.When people on Facebook say 'pet peeve #347' or something, when it is very unlikely that their list is actually 347 entries long.

4.When a time machine in science fiction remains stationary, because the only real theory for time travel requires the vehicle to move past the speed of light. Sadly, few sci-fi writers seem to know this, so time machines stay firmly rooted.

5. Also in sci-fi, when a superhero gains powers from radioactive material. The only change would be to that person's offspring, and even then it would almost definitely be harmful to the child's health.

6. When all our spoons are dirty and the dishwasher is still running and I can't find the plastic spoons and while I'm looking my cereal, which I already put milk in, of course, is getting soggy just because I need a stupid utensil.

7. When people say 'I volunteer as tribute!' when the situation has nothing to do with the Hunger Games.

8.When a note or sign uses the wrong kind of 'your'. One time I got a note that said 'Your Beautiful'. Pretty much ruined the compliment. (-:

9. People who have pi memorized for more than ten places. No matter what profession you go into, there is absolutely no reason to memorize pi more than six or seven places. In fact, you only need 42 didgets to calculate the circumference of the ENTIRE UNIVERSE. Also, I was never able to get past seven, so...

10. When people confuse 'writing a song' with 'griping about my life to music'.

11. When advertisements 'put' quotation 'marks' around where they 'shouldn't' be.

12. When you and another person are drinking at adjacent drinking fountains, then the other person leaves, turning off his fountain, but you're still drinking, so the change of water pressure splashes in your face.

13. When the voice-over on a commercial doesn't match the words on the screen. Like, the voice says, 'Horse Riding' and the screen reads, 'Equestrian Programs'.

14. When, out of nowhere, two characters in a book, who had no romantic connections before, start making out. At least give us a warning, like, 'This was the day I met the love of my life', or something. Don't just spring it on us. Jeez.

15. Eating pig meat, since pigs are about the second or third most intelligent animal on the planet. If only the little geniuses didn't taste so dang good...

16. I read that dandelion petals are sweet. I read this in multiple places on the internet, as well as a few books. I tried it. They lied.

17. When you go to the store and the one thing you want, the one thing they ALWAYS have, is out of stock.

18. When you have 16 items and the sign says '15 items or less'. Even if you get away with it, there's this tiny little guilty feeling...

19. When your neighbor's radio plays the same song... over and over... for two hours straight.

20. That last entry reminds me... I hate the word 'neighbors'. I can never spell it right.

21. When someone says 'could care less' when they mean 'couldn't care less'. It's okay if it's aloud, since you could have just left off the 't', but in writing, it makes no sense.

22. Incorrect use of the word 'literally'. Whenever someone says, 'I literally died,' I think, oh no. They're still walking around. Zombie Apocalypse.

23. Saying something stupid, then being asked to explain and having to back out.

24. People who use the word 'like' a lot. Like, it's like, totally a substitute for 'um', but like, it just makes you sound like, even dumber.

25. Using the '@' sign when you just as easily could have typed 'at'. It's a two-letter word, people. No need to abbreviate. You have to hit two keys to make the @ sign, anyway. (shift+2).

26. When the hand dryer doesn't work in a bathroom with no towels. Also,

27. Any bathroom with only a hand dryer, since Mythbusters proved that paper towels are more effective in every way than dryers.

28. People who don't pick up after their dogs. Especially if I was walking barefoot in the grass shortly after said person passed by.

29. Earbuds that tie themselves in knots the moment you look away. Electronic manufacturers have clearly bewitched all earbuds.

30. The 'helpful' rhyme 'I before E except after C or ending in eh as in neighbor or weigh.' I'm no English major, but I suspect that this is wrong more often than it is right.

31. When I think of something I really need to Google, like 'Why is the sky blue?' but I'm at the store or something, so I can't find out, and I just KNOW that I'll forget it by the time I sit down at a computer.

32. The fact that every number can be found on the keyboard twice, once along the top and once to the right. I'm not a big fan of redundancy. See number 2.

33.  Forgetting the name of someone who's really good with names. They walk up to you all like, "Hi, (insert name here)!" and you stare at them like, "Hey... You."

34. High school. For so, so many reasons.

35. Red velvet cake. It's chocolate cake. With less chocolate. And red food coloring. Why does this deserve to be a thing?

37. Knocking a drink over when you're trying to pick it up.

38.Pantyhose. Pantyhose should NEVER be washed. The result is a wad of cloth that can not be distinguished as a wearable item.

39. When someone writes an ellipses with four or five dots..... so annoying.

40. Chairs that are too high when I sit in them. The ride down is fun, but not fun enough.

41. Looking for things in the dark, and then finding all the most painful things in your room in place of the light switch.

42. Being made to sleep in the same bed as your siblings on vacations. And then they take up half the bed despite being smaller than you, and you tell your subconscious, 'Okay, get this through our head. We are older than her. We should take up most of the bed when we sleep, not the other way around! Got it? Good.'
 But does it listen? No! And you're back to square one, curled up on the very edge!

43. Subconsciouses in general. They never listen.

44. When I join a new website and suddenly everyone is using text shortcuts I don't recognize. They're all saying,
 "TTYL & LOT ^^ :-$"
 And I sit there looking at my computer screen all... What? Something slightly closer to English, please?

45. People who get in the middle of distant space while I'm busy staring into it. And then they think I'm staring at them! No. Didn't you see the invisible warning signs? They look like this:




46. Chairs that are too low when I sit on them, though that happens more rarely than number 40.

47. People who know me from some obscure place and/or were in my class for half a year in elementary school, but still recognize me. For all I know, they could be alien impersonators, trying to earn my trust by claiming to know me from a time I don't remember.

48. Realizing that you have a strange sense of humor as you try to share a joke that cracked you up, only to receive blank stares.

49. When vending machines won't take your dollar. IT'S A PERFECTLY GOOD PIECE OF PAPER/CLOTH! TAKE IT! TAKE MY MONEY!

50. Not being able to think of any more pet peeves.

51. When dispensers which are supposed to work with paper cups require more force than paper cups can withstand.

52. When I can't remember what I was going to write, because I thought, 'I could never forget that!'

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