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You should just crouch down and hide in your lampshade and then break racist kneecaps with you hoopak Mah.
"You can do whatever you want to me."
"Oh, so I can crate you and hide you in the warehouse at the end of Raiders?"
"So funny, kiss me funny boy!" / *Sprays mace* " I know, I know, bad for the ozone"
"Oh, so I can crate you and hide you in the warehouse at the end of Raiders?"
"So funny, kiss me funny boy!" / *Sprays mace* " I know, I know, bad for the ozone"
I don't really have any "pet peeves", on the contrary I am surprised that people can find so many trivial things to get annoyed over
There are some things I dislike intensly though...
[QUOTE=Maharlika]
... rascist foreigners who think that they are superior individuals simply because their countries are well-off...
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...and racism is one of them. Discrimination of people based on skin colour, nationality, ethnic background, sexual orientation or religious beliefs, is something I find totally unacceptable.
There are some things I dislike intensly though...
[QUOTE=Maharlika]
... rascist foreigners who think that they are superior individuals simply because their countries are well-off...
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...and racism is one of them. Discrimination of people based on skin colour, nationality, ethnic background, sexual orientation or religious beliefs, is something I find totally unacceptable.
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Locke Da'averan
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[QUOTE=Locke Da'averan]well isn't it generally thought to be narrow mindness if you judge someone by one of those things? IMO that's what any normal modern person should think about those prejudice?[/QUOTE]
In my opinion too, and if you ask people directly, most would probably agree that discrimination due to nationality, ethnic background, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and even body shape, is narrow-minded and unacceptable. Still, a lots of people, not only some disturbed minority, do such discriminations consciously or unconsciously, all the time.
Look at the world around us: how many wars and conflicts are going on because one country/culture think they are superior to another and this superiority give them the rights to invade, exploit and kill innocent people in other countries/cultures?
The idea of superior culture is a classical racist idea, although today is has taken the shape of cultural racism and not biological rasicism like in the slave-keeping and colonisation days. Both here at SYM and in the world in general, you can find people who think the spreading of their culture and their values is worth thousands or even millions of human lives in other countries.
On a smaller scale, you can also find a lot of every-day discrimination going on. Studies have shown that people with foreign-sounding names, especially African and Arabic-sounding names, are discriminated against when applying for a job having the same formal merits as people with European-sounding names. Also, overweight people are discriminated against both in Europe and the US. Homosexual men are targets for more violence than heterosexual men. Many people still think homosexual people should not be allowed to adopt children. Just to name a few very common expressions of totally unjustified discrimination.
In my opinion too, and if you ask people directly, most would probably agree that discrimination due to nationality, ethnic background, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and even body shape, is narrow-minded and unacceptable. Still, a lots of people, not only some disturbed minority, do such discriminations consciously or unconsciously, all the time.
Look at the world around us: how many wars and conflicts are going on because one country/culture think they are superior to another and this superiority give them the rights to invade, exploit and kill innocent people in other countries/cultures?
The idea of superior culture is a classical racist idea, although today is has taken the shape of cultural racism and not biological rasicism like in the slave-keeping and colonisation days. Both here at SYM and in the world in general, you can find people who think the spreading of their culture and their values is worth thousands or even millions of human lives in other countries.
On a smaller scale, you can also find a lot of every-day discrimination going on. Studies have shown that people with foreign-sounding names, especially African and Arabic-sounding names, are discriminated against when applying for a job having the same formal merits as people with European-sounding names. Also, overweight people are discriminated against both in Europe and the US. Homosexual men are targets for more violence than heterosexual men. Many people still think homosexual people should not be allowed to adopt children. Just to name a few very common expressions of totally unjustified discrimination.
"There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance." - Hippocrates
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[QUOTE=C Elegans]Many people still think homosexual people should not be allowed to adopt children. Just to name a few very common expressions of totally unjustified discrimination.[/QUOTE]
That's a whole discussion in itself, questioning the complete equality of men and women, especially when raising kids...
That's a whole discussion in itself, questioning the complete equality of men and women, especially when raising kids...
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I have to admit that I have low expectations for the human race, so other people's behavior usually doesn't bother me unless it affects me directly.
Lots of things bother me, such as loud music in cars, people oblivious to the rest of the world who jabber away on cellphones, and cigarette smoke wafting over me (I feel like I'm being physically attacked). But if I had to name a single pet peeve, it would have to be people driving in my blind spot when I'm driving a car. Partly it's a personal space issue, but it also bothers me because it's such a stupid thing to do. If I speed up or slow down to put more distance between us, they mirror everything I do unconsciously just like a sheep, which means they obviously aren't paying attention to their driving. If they're talking on a cellphone or listening to obscenely loud music or smoking a cigarette, that irritates me even more.
My second pet peeve is the way that smokers seem to think the entire world is an ashtray. I often misquote Shakespeare when I see people throw cigarette butts on the ground: "All the world is an ashtray." There isn't a single place on earth where some smoker wouldn't throw a cigarette butt. I hate when people throw lighted cigarettes out their cars. They hit other people's cars sometimes (check the air filter on you car sometime and see if there's a cigarette butt in it), and during dry spells, they start grassfires. I'd like to see people get traffic citations for that. But if you asked a smoker if he ever thought about what he was doing, he'd probably say he didn't care--all that matters is that he enjoys having a smoke, and he doesn't want to hear any complaints.
Lots of things bother me, such as loud music in cars, people oblivious to the rest of the world who jabber away on cellphones, and cigarette smoke wafting over me (I feel like I'm being physically attacked). But if I had to name a single pet peeve, it would have to be people driving in my blind spot when I'm driving a car. Partly it's a personal space issue, but it also bothers me because it's such a stupid thing to do. If I speed up or slow down to put more distance between us, they mirror everything I do unconsciously just like a sheep, which means they obviously aren't paying attention to their driving. If they're talking on a cellphone or listening to obscenely loud music or smoking a cigarette, that irritates me even more.
My second pet peeve is the way that smokers seem to think the entire world is an ashtray. I often misquote Shakespeare when I see people throw cigarette butts on the ground: "All the world is an ashtray." There isn't a single place on earth where some smoker wouldn't throw a cigarette butt. I hate when people throw lighted cigarettes out their cars. They hit other people's cars sometimes (check the air filter on you car sometime and see if there's a cigarette butt in it), and during dry spells, they start grassfires. I'd like to see people get traffic citations for that. But if you asked a smoker if he ever thought about what he was doing, he'd probably say he didn't care--all that matters is that he enjoys having a smoke, and he doesn't want to hear any complaints.
[QUOTE=VonDondu]My second pet peeve is the way that smokers seem to think the entire world is an ashtray. I often misquote Shakespeare when I see people throw cigarette butts on the ground: "All the world is an ashtray." There isn't a single place on earth where some smoker wouldn't throw a cigarette butt.[/QUOTE]
I never understood this stupid habit! It's like I would throw away chocolate wrapping on the street. It's not enough that they stink they even litter the ground... What would it take to throw it in the dustbin?
I never understood this stupid habit! It's like I would throw away chocolate wrapping on the street. It's not enough that they stink they even litter the ground...
What would it take to throw it in the dustbin? Up the IRONS!
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er, well, practically everything everyone else does - and probably most things I do - annoy me at some time or another. bearing that in mind, the following are things that always get me twitching with repressed impotent rage:
people who equate getting up earlier in the morning with moral superiority
cats. there are lots of birds that nest in my garden, and I like them. sparrowhawks I can live with. cats are vermin.
litter. I love the countryside, especially at this time of year, and people being inconsiderate enough to just throw rubbish into a nearby hedge makes me furious. I have plans for a kind of gas-powered harpoon variation on a litter spike. possibly for getting hard-to-reach rubbish, but mainly for hunting down those who dropped the stuff in the first place.
and people who are unable to carry on a conversation in a public place in a tone of voice less piercing or invasive than a violent shriek, even when the person they're talking to is right next to them. if I want to eavesdrop on your conversation, I'll listen hard. it's a challenge. however, I do not care that your friend's middle name is oscar, or that you find it hilarious to the point where you are in danger of coughing up a lung. nor, I would venture, do the rest of the passengers on the bus. or people outside the bus. or even the people several miles away who can catch the faint strains of your demented cackling on the summer breeze. In fact, I find it scarcely credible that even their tracksuit-wearing cohorts could find it more than briefly unamusing had they not been subjected to a constant bombardment of raw ultrasonic pain that has rendered them slack-jawed simpletons without the free will necessary to escape.
people who equate getting up earlier in the morning with moral superiority
cats. there are lots of birds that nest in my garden, and I like them. sparrowhawks I can live with. cats are vermin.
litter. I love the countryside, especially at this time of year, and people being inconsiderate enough to just throw rubbish into a nearby hedge makes me furious. I have plans for a kind of gas-powered harpoon variation on a litter spike. possibly for getting hard-to-reach rubbish, but mainly for hunting down those who dropped the stuff in the first place.
and people who are unable to carry on a conversation in a public place in a tone of voice less piercing or invasive than a violent shriek, even when the person they're talking to is right next to them. if I want to eavesdrop on your conversation, I'll listen hard. it's a challenge. however, I do not care that your friend's middle name is oscar, or that you find it hilarious to the point where you are in danger of coughing up a lung. nor, I would venture, do the rest of the passengers on the bus. or people outside the bus. or even the people several miles away who can catch the faint strains of your demented cackling on the summer breeze. In fact, I find it scarcely credible that even their tracksuit-wearing cohorts could find it more than briefly unamusing had they not been subjected to a constant bombardment of raw ultrasonic pain that has rendered them slack-jawed simpletons without the free will necessary to escape.
Here where the flattering and mendacious swarm
Of lying epitaths their secrets keep,
At last incapable of further harm
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.
Of lying epitaths their secrets keep,
At last incapable of further harm
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.
Oh, that gas-powered harpoon thing could be fun, and getting up early has nothing to do with moral superiority. That can easily be shown by loud music all night and drunkenly pounding on their bedroom door. Yeah, my mother figured out I wouldn't tolerate that attitude in good humor, and I found a new place to live.
Those people that talk too loud, you make up stories to those next to you about interesting and offensive reasons why they happen to talk that loud. Things involving eardrum damage and naughty acts tend to get the person to stop shouting and glare at you instead.
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People above the age of 5 that cannot seem to use a toilet, and aim well enough to make their mess IN the toilet.
People that burn MY clothes with their cigarettes and say "hey, it's not my fault your shirt is burned". Why not? Was I holding a burning object and flicking it about??
People who say "can I have a shot of this" and then proceed to mistake "a shot", as in, "one, singular shot" for half a liter and then proceed to stumble drunkenly out of my house thanking me. That empty, expensive, import bottle must have felt nice connecting with that bums spine after he drank the majority of it.
Those people that talk too loud, you make up stories to those next to you about interesting and offensive reasons why they happen to talk that loud. Things involving eardrum damage and naughty acts tend to get the person to stop shouting and glare at you instead.
More:
People above the age of 5 that cannot seem to use a toilet, and aim well enough to make their mess IN the toilet.
People that burn MY clothes with their cigarettes and say "hey, it's not my fault your shirt is burned". Why not? Was I holding a burning object and flicking it about??
People who say "can I have a shot of this" and then proceed to mistake "a shot", as in, "one, singular shot" for half a liter and then proceed to stumble drunkenly out of my house thanking me.
That empty, expensive, import bottle must have felt nice connecting with that bums spine after he drank the majority of it. "You can do whatever you want to me."
"Oh, so I can crate you and hide you in the warehouse at the end of Raiders?"
"So funny, kiss me funny boy!" / *Sprays mace* " I know, I know, bad for the ozone"
"Oh, so I can crate you and hide you in the warehouse at the end of Raiders?"
"So funny, kiss me funny boy!" / *Sprays mace* " I know, I know, bad for the ozone"
[QUOTE=ik911]That's a whole discussion in itself, questioning the complete equality of men and women, especially when raising kids...[/QUOTE]
[quote="Brynn]
I agree"]
There has been two threads concerning this as far as I remember, long ago though:
Adoption for homosexual couples
Same-sex marriages including adoption and other stuff
[quote="Brynn]
I agree"]
There has been two threads concerning this as far as I remember, long ago though:
Adoption for homosexual couples
Same-sex marriages including adoption and other stuff
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[QUOTE=C Elegans]There has been two threads concerning this as far as I remember, long ago though:
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Yes, well the point is, that the argument of allowing or not allowing gays to adopt children, is not only based on disrespect towards this minority, but often on religious and practical grounds/falsities.
@Brynn: I get annoyed very often and especially about hypocrasy, but at times, also about simpleminded people, the latter making me a bit depressive, so it is better to abstain from that.
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Yes, well the point is, that the argument of allowing or not allowing gays to adopt children, is not only based on disrespect towards this minority, but often on religious and practical grounds/falsities.
@Brynn: I get annoyed very often and especially about hypocrasy, but at times, also about simpleminded people, the latter making me a bit depressive, so it is better to abstain from that.
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Good roommates are hard to find.
How about when your roommate is cooking up your last steak and as you smell it cooking, come out of your room while he's taking a bite out o fit and hurriedly says "oh, do you mind that I'm eating this?". Yeah...you moron, it's why you didn't ask me in the first place.
How about when your roommate is cooking up your last steak and as you smell it cooking, come out of your room while he's taking a bite out o fit and hurriedly says "oh, do you mind that I'm eating this?". Yeah...you moron, it's why you didn't ask me in the first place.
"You can do whatever you want to me."
"Oh, so I can crate you and hide you in the warehouse at the end of Raiders?"
"So funny, kiss me funny boy!" / *Sprays mace* " I know, I know, bad for the ozone"
"Oh, so I can crate you and hide you in the warehouse at the end of Raiders?"
"So funny, kiss me funny boy!" / *Sprays mace* " I know, I know, bad for the ozone"
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[QUOTE=WasteLandHero]people who ask questions
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Not just people who ask questions, but for me, people who think that YOU OWE THEM an explanation when you really don't.
READ: None of your business.
To top it all, they accuse you of lying or concealing something from them because of that.
For the love of fruit cakes, why am I obligated to explain and divulge things that are too personal for me to share with just anybody?
And in line with that, it just irritates me when people THINK that they know you well enough and then PASS ON JUDGEMENT just because of some misleading facts.
What a bummer.
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Not just people who ask questions, but for me, people who think that YOU OWE THEM an explanation when you really don't.
READ: None of your business.
To top it all, they accuse you of lying or concealing something from them because of that.
For the love of fruit cakes, why am I obligated to explain and divulge things that are too personal for me to share with just anybody?
And in line with that, it just irritates me when people THINK that they know you well enough and then PASS ON JUDGEMENT just because of some misleading facts.
What a bummer.
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