You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?

[Flick James]

It drives me nuts when people have to add unnecessary or redundant words in their communication in and obvious attempt to sound more important or official. What it actually does is make the sentence grammatically incorrect. It's like saying "I'm trying to sound important and educated, so I've added this redundant word and exposed my ignorance, hoping nobody will notice."

Case in point when I reached somebody's voicemail today:

"I am presently unable to answer my phone at this time."

"Presently" means the same thing as the phrase "at this time." Unnecessary and redundant to put both in the same sentence. I swear when I see and hear things like this I immediatly feel like the person is trying to bulls**t me, like saying "I'm ignorant of basic grammar, but I'm trying to make you think I'm very educated."

Here's another example I hear all the time:

Person A: "I'm going to the movies"
Idiotic Person B: "I'm also going to the movies as well."

Idiotic Person B might as well say "In addition to going to the movies, I'm also going to the movies" and really let us know what a jackass he is.

[AndyC]

We could have a whole thread on redundancies that people commonly use to sound impressive. "Rate of speed" is a personal favourite.

[Flick James]

We could have a whole thread on redundancies that people commonly use to sound impressive. "Rate of speed" is a personal favourite.

Oh man, that's a good one. "Moving at a high rate of speed" is just mental masturbatory bulls**t for "moving fast."

This is fun. Like those new words politicians like to make up.

REFUDIATE! WTF!

[Mr. DS]

1.) Broadway, especially nowadays where every damn film has to be made into a musical.  They've used Legally Blonde, Elf and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to name a few.  All of which have little to no music in them.  Speaking of the music, it is often horribly written and every year my only interest in it is how far awful the music continues to stretch.  Also, every year I'm amazed of what they tend to "build" a musical around.  Awful man...just awful...  PLUS, they p!ss on the tradition of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by subjecting the audience to their awfulness.  Message to Broadway fans...your entertainment interest is highly overratted.  

2.) People who have long answering messages.  I just want to leave my message and move on with life.  

[AndyC]

2.) People who have long answering messages.  I just want to leave my message and move on with life. 

And on the other side, people who leave long messages. I don't need everything explained in full, rambling detail. Just tell me what it's about and I'll get the particulars when I call you back.

[Flick James]

1.) Broadway, especially nowadays where every damn film has to be made into a musical.  They've used Legally Blonde, Elf and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to name a few.  All of which have little to no music in them.  Speaking of the music, it is often horribly written and every year my only interest in it is how far awful the music continues to stretch.  Also, every year I'm amazed of what they tend to "build" a musical around.  Awful man...just awful...  PLUS, they p!ss on the tradition of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by subjecting the audience to their awfulness.  Message to Broadway fans...your entertainment interest is highly overratted.  

2.) People who have long answering messages.  I just want to leave my message and move on with life.  

I'm still waiting for them to make Kramer vs Kramer: The Musical.

[Paquita]

Whole Grain bread with chunky nuts and seeds and garbage in it.  It's getting harder to find a sandwich for lunch without this stuff in it.  It looks like bugs and turds and feels like I'm eating kitty litter.  If they really have to include that stuff, why can't they just grind it up so I don't notice it?

[Flick James]

Whole Grain bread with chunky nuts and seeds and garbage in it.  It's getting harder to find a sandwich for lunch without this stuff in it.  It looks like bugs and turds and feels like I'm eating kitty litter.  If they really have to include that stuff, why can't they just grind it up so I don't notice it?

Hah! I'm with you on that one. It's not so much the fact that there are grains and seeds and nuts in it. That in and of itself doesn't bug me, it's a consistency issue. Bread is not supposed to feel like that.

[retrorussell]

I really hate when people say "Hel-LOOO!!!" or "Doyeee!!!" at you.  Jebus, that's rude!

[diamondwaspvenom]

I get annoyed with people who laugh at or insult you just because you still enjoy the Star Wars franchise. The mockeries are all the same: Star Wars fans have no life, still live with their parents even though they're forty years old, can never get laid because apparently nobody likes Star Wars anymore and every fan is a loser, etc.

I still kinda like the movies (the original trilogy only), but even though I'm not exactly a huge fan anymore, these insults still drive me crazy. If only lowlifes like Star Wars, how come most well respected critics around the world still praise the saga and even named it as being one of the best film franchises in history? How do you explain that, haters?

[Mr. DS]

I get annoyed with people who laugh at or insult you just because you still enjoy the Star Wars franchise. The mockeries are all the same: Star Wars fans have no life, still live with their parents even though they're forty years old, can never get laid because apparently nobody likes Star Wars anymore and every fan is a loser, etc.

I still kinda like the movies (the original trilogy only), but even though I'm not exactly a huge fan anymore, these insults still drive me crazy. If only lowlifes like Star Wars, how come most well respected critics around the world still praise the saga and even named it as being one of the best film franchises in history? How do you explain that, haters?

I think there are a lot of closeted Star Wars fans out there that refuse to admit it so they hate on the people who openly like it.  I kind of rank myself in the midrange Star Wars fandom.  In other words, I know when to draw the line in ultimate dorkyness but enjoy the franchise and it's history.  Well minus the horsesh!t. 

[The Gravekeeper]

I get annoyed with people who laugh at or insult you just because you still enjoy the Star Wars franchise. The mockeries are all the same: Star Wars fans have no life, still live with their parents even though they're forty years old, can never get laid because apparently nobody likes Star Wars anymore and every fan is a loser, etc.

I still kinda like the movies (the original trilogy only), but even though I'm not exactly a huge fan anymore, these insults still drive me crazy. If only lowlifes like Star Wars, how come most well respected critics around the world still praise the saga and even named it as being one of the best film franchises in history? How do you explain that, haters?

I think there are a lot of closeted Star Wars fans out there that refuse to admit it so they hate on the people who openly like it.  I kind of rank myself in the midrange Star Wars fandom.  In other words, I know when to draw the line in ultimate dorkyness but enjoy the franchise and it's history.  Well minus the horsesh!t. 

Ditto. I do prefer the originals because I think they told their stories better, but even the prequels had their rare moments (I do appreciate space battles that flow nicely). I enjoy what the movies did well, but I certainly won't try to justify what they did poorly (eg- Anakin/Padme. That pairing didn't say "they're in love" to me, but rather "Anakin is a creepy stalker type and Padme, while repulsed by him, is probably too scared to dump him, especially considering what he did to the sand people").

[ImaginaryFoot]

Its very annoying when customers wait until After i finish counting their change out and hand it to them before they start digging through their pockets looking for .14 cents

[Sleepyskull]

Its very annoying when customers wait until After i finish counting their change out and hand it to them before they start digging through their pockets looking for .14 cents

I absolutely hate that! I work at 7-11, so that happens to me all the time! People need to just deal with a few extra coins.

[Leah]

We could have a whole thread on redundancies that people commonly use to sound impressive. "Rate of speed" is a personal favourite.

Oh man, that's a good one. "Moving at a high rate of speed" is just mental masturbatory bulls**t for "moving fast."

The only time this works is when the polozia is chasing a person, meaning going the speed limit+, that's it. other than that, it is just dumb.