Things that I find mildly irritating v.2

[TAC]

Snow Dog, there's nothing wrong with saying "Hey, I came in to buy some strings, but it's been a while and I want to check out the guitars. I'm cool, thank you."
That's what I would've said.

[Snow Dog]

Snow Dog, there's nothing wrong with saying "Hey, I came in to buy some strings, but it's been a while and I want to check out the guitars. I'm cool, thank you."
That's what I would've said.

And this is also true, especially the second time around. I just figured my first “Just looking,” would have been enough. It obviously wasn’t. I think the irritation came in where he literally asked me again five minutes later after I said I was good, but yes, a clearer response like this would have been better.

[TAC]

I hate bothersome salespeople. Usually when they approach, I always state my intent and say that I will let them know if I have a question.

[Cool Chris]

I have been watching the Little League World Series for 50 Years and have always been irritated that there is a US bracket and an international bracket.   If you want a fair tournament, have all teams be in a random draw.  If an American team makes the final, they earned it.

Don't hold your breath.

I find it amusing that Little League gets all the publicity when, in my opinion, the game played in PONY leagues is far superior in pretty much every way.  Kids who are 11-13 yo playing on 60' bases and 200' fences is ridiculous.

Dang I thought I was the only person that felt this way! I started playing baseball when I was 5 so I recall the progression of levels. Yes, playing Little League is like being in remedial math when the other kids your age are in trigonometry.

[lordxizor]

If find the use of the acronym STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) to be irritating. It's like a classic one of these things is not like the other. STEM makes complete sense. All of them are related. Art is hugely important, I get that. But it has nothing to do with the desire to make kids better at STEM subjects. I don't understand why someone thought it was important to throw art in with them.

[Chino]

If find the use of the acronym STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) to be irritating. It's like a classic one of these things is not like the other. STEM makes complete sense. All of them are related. Art is hugely important, I get that. But it has nothing to do with the desire to make kids better at STEM subjects. I don't understand why someone thought it was important to through art in with them.

Because artists look at the world in ways that many others can't, especially engineers.

[pg1067]

I have been watching the Little League World Series for 50 Years and have always been irritated that there is a US bracket and an international bracket.   If you want a fair tournament, have all teams be in a random draw.  If an American team makes the final, they earned it.

Don't hold your breath.

I find it amusing that Little League gets all the publicity when, in my opinion, the game played in PONY leagues is far superior in pretty much every way.  Kids who are 11-13 yo playing on 60' bases and 200' fences is ridiculous.

Dang I thought I was the only person that felt this way! I started playing baseball when I was 5 so I recall the progression of levels. Yes, playing Little League is like being in remedial math when the other kids your age are in trigonometry.

When I was a kid, I played in a Little League from age 7-12.  After aging out of that league, some kids went and played "Pony-Colt" at a very nearby league, which had Pony and Colt level leagues (the "Pony" level being distinguished from the governing body, "PONY").  I don't believe the PONY league had kids playing at the younger levels because pretty much everyone in the area played at my Little League.  Anyway, I didn't realize until my own kid started playing baseball that not all "little leagues" were "Little Leagues":  that "Little League" was a governing body and that "PONY" was a different governing body (and that there's yet a third governing body:  "Cal Ripken"/"Babe Ruth").

My son played his last season of PONY ball in 2017 (he was 14 when the season started and turned 15 before it ended).  When he was 11/12, he was playing on 70' bases, and the fences were maybe 200' down the lines, but much deeper in the alleys and in centerfield.  At the 13/14 level, the bases were 80' (with some leagues having 90' bases), and the fences topped out just shy of 300'.  We were watching one of the Little League games this past weekend, and I said that I thought he and some of the kids he played with would have destroyed these Little League kids, and he just laughed.  I also may or may not have called one of the kids a "moron" for botching a rundown, which made my son laugh even more.  ;-)

[Stadler]

Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art. 

[TAC]

Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say?

[pg1067]

Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say?

I was wondering the same thing.  I have a feeling it's something more specific than the folks who say "literally" when they mean the exact opposite.

[Cool Chris]

If find the use of the acronym STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) to be irritating. It's like a classic one of these things is not like the other. STEM makes complete sense. All of them are related. Art is hugely important, I get that. But it has nothing to do with the desire to make kids better at STEM subjects. I don't understand why someone thought it was important to throw art in with them.

I have (literally) never seen/heard the acronym STEAM.

[Stadler]

Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say?

I was wondering the same thing.  I have a feeling it's something more specific than the folks who say "literally" when they mean the exact opposite.

You asked, so don't blame me, but I was referring to the mass of people screaming that "Donald Trump is now an "UNINDICTED CONSPIRATOR"".   

He is not.  That term means something, specifically, and it does not apply here.    He was specifically NOT named in the indictment of Michael Cohen, and was not at all identified as a conspirator.   If you don't know what the words mean, don't use them. 

Again, you asked. 

[Adami]

I agree with Stadler. I understand that some people just use some words incorrectly, and they don't know it.

As a therapist, a few that get me are anti-social, psycho and probably a few other mental health terms that people are misusing.

[TAC]

Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say?

I was wondering the same thing.  I have a feeling it's something more specific than the folks who say "literally" when they mean the exact opposite.

You asked, so don't blame me, but I was referring to the mass of people screaming that "Donald Trump is now an "UNINDICTED CONSPIRATOR"".   

Oh...yeah, now that you say it, I can't believe I didn't get that in the first place. 

[Adami]

It's usually a pretty safe assumption that if Stads is upset, it's either 1) Something social media related, or 2) Something about people who don't like Trump.

So, really, you had a 50/50 shot at assuming it.

[Stadler]

I agree with Stadler. I understand that some people just use some words incorrectly, and they don't know it.

As a therapist, a few that get me are anti-social, psycho and probably a few other mental health terms that people are misusing.

You must see that a lot. 

Does it bother you when people refer to others as "narcissists" and "psychopaths" and such?  I know when I was in law school and for a short time after, it was almost impossible to watch lawyer dramas on TV, since very little of it was really that accurate.   I'm over it now, and would rather watch Kelly Giddish than critique fake lawyers on screen for all of five minutes.

[Phoenix87x]

Lyme disease in general, and its rapid expansion and increased prevalence





As an avid hiker that lives in PA, this really sucks. I've dealt with 3 ticks in my lifetime. 2 of which I was able to notice and remove the same day and without issue and one of them left the full blown bullseye rash which I had to take antibiotics for, so yeah. Not huge into this tick related illnesses becoming more widespread.

[Stadler]

It's usually a pretty safe assumption that if Stads is upset, it's either 1) Something social media related, or 2) Something about people who don't like Trump.

So, really, you had a 50/50 shot at assuming it.

You're 50/50 right.   . 

[Stadler]

Lyme disease in general, and its rapid expansion and increased prevalence





As an avid hiker that lives in PA, this really sucks. I've dealt with 3 ticks in my lifetime. 2 of which I was able to notice and remove the same day and without issue and one of them left the full blown bullseye rash which I had to take antibiotics for, so yeah. Not huge into this tick related illnesses becoming more widespread.

Read "Lab 257".   

[Adami]

I agree with Stadler. I understand that some people just use some words incorrectly, and they don't know it.

As a therapist, a few that get me are anti-social, psycho and probably a few other mental health terms that people are misusing.

You must see that a lot. 

Does it bother you when people refer to others as "narcissists" and "psychopaths" and such?  I know when I was in law school and for a short time after, it was almost impossible to watch lawyer dramas on TV, since very little of it was really that accurate.   I'm over it now, and would rather watch Kelly Giddish than critique fake lawyers on screen for all of five minutes.

I usually let arm-chair diagnoses by random people go, simply because if it really bothered me, I'd go completely mad 50 times a day.

And don't even get me started on psychologists in movies/tv shows. Sometimes it's good and right on, but other times I almost want to turn off what I'm watching.

[Cool Chris]

Does it bother you when people refer to others as "narcissists"

And don't even get me started on psychologists in movies/tv shows. Sometimes it's good and right on...

What are some "good and right on" examples?

[Adami]

Oh man, I'm terrible at that. Generally don't keep lists of that stuff in my head. I just remember a few times (not many) I watched something and thought....yes....that's how a therapist would do it. It's rare though.

I think one of the worst one that pops into my head was when Kumar was a therapist on How I Met Your Mother. That dude would get his license revoked....immediately.

[cramx3]

what about Analyze This?

[Phoenix87x]

Lyme disease in general, and its rapid expansion and increased prevalence





As an avid hiker that lives in PA, this really sucks. I've dealt with 3 ticks in my lifetime. 2 of which I was able to notice and remove the same day and without issue and one of them left the full blown bullseye rash which I had to take antibiotics for, so yeah. Not huge into this tick related illnesses becoming more widespread.

Read "Lab 257".   

I've always wondered about that. I've never been one for conspiracy theories, but the plum island one seems somewhat plausible. The coverage map radiates from a point of origin that is right where plum island is. And if that is the legit source of tick born disease, then I'm super pissed. Do that type of research in the middle of the ocean or something, not right next to NY ffs.

[cramx3]

Ugh, yea ticks are terrible.  I live in NJ which seems to be tick central from that map.  Had plenty of tick bites as a kid, but I don't play out in the woods so much as an adult so I haven't had many issues, but I did make this video for how to remove a tick (it's legit, but also kind of a joke) from the last time I found one on me and luckily it wasn't sucking on me for too long.

How to Remove A Tick cramx3 style (it's not one of my best videos, but you can a clear idea of whats going on here  )

[Stadler]

Oh man, I'm terrible at that. Generally don't keep lists of that stuff in my head. I just remember a few times (not many) I watched something and thought....yes....that's how a therapist would do it. It's rare though.

I think one of the worst one that pops into my head was when Kumar was a therapist on How I Met Your Mother. That dude would get his license revoked....immediately.

Bull?

[King Postwhore]

I like that show Bull but it bothers me that the man behind the show is Dr. Phil.  Analyze that.

[Stadler]

Lyme disease in general, and its rapid expansion and increased prevalence





As an avid hiker that lives in PA, this really sucks. I've dealt with 3 ticks in my lifetime. 2 of which I was able to notice and remove the same day and without issue and one of them left the full blown bullseye rash which I had to take antibiotics for, so yeah. Not huge into this tick related illnesses becoming more widespread.

Read "Lab 257".   

I've always wondered about that. I've never been one for conspiracy theories, but the plum island one seems somewhat plausible. The coverage map radiates from a point of origin that is right where plum island is. And if that is the legit source of tick born disease, then I'm super pissed. Do that type of research in the middle of the ocean or something, not right next to NY ffs.

I am literally in the blast radius.  I grew up in the New Haven, CT area, and while I'm not a huge beach guy, we went to Fairfield and up the coast (Madison, Clinton) for the beach.  I also lived on Block Island for a while, and to get there from where I was you sailed right by Plum Island (between Plum Island and Fisher Island).  I've been within a mile of that island maybe 100 times.  Obviously, no ticks in the open ocean, but still.   

There's never been any conclusive diagnosis - and the fact of the matter is, it doesn't change one thing - but my father has had severe rheumatoid arthritis since he was about 30 years old (it's rare to get it as bad as he has had it, at that young an age) and since the disease is primarily about an immune system gone awry, he was, shall we say, rather troubled by that book.   

[Stadler]

I like that show Bull but it bothers me that the man behind the show is Dr. Phil.  Analyze that.

I find Dr. Phil fascinating.   Not the same way I find Ritchie Blackmore fascinating, but nonetheless.  I tape (DVR, whatever) his show every day, not so much because I like the guy, but, well, fascinating. 

[Adami]

Oh man, I'm terrible at that. Generally don't keep lists of that stuff in my head. I just remember a few times (not many) I watched something and thought....yes....that's how a therapist would do it. It's rare though.

I think one of the worst one that pops into my head was when Kumar was a therapist on How I Met Your Mother. That dude would get his license revoked....immediately.

Bull?

Bull? Dunno it.

I also actively don't watch too many shows about therapists. Though, I did hear that In Treatment is pretty good. But like, I want my TV time and work time to be separate.

[pg1067]

Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say?

I was wondering the same thing.  I have a feeling it's something more specific than the folks who say "literally" when they mean the exact opposite.

You asked, so don't blame me, but I was referring to the mass of people screaming that "Donald Trump is now an "UNINDICTED CONSPIRATOR"".   

He is not.  That term means something, specifically, and it does not apply here.    He was specifically NOT named in the indictment of Michael Cohen, and was not at all identified as a conspirator.   If you don't know what the words mean, don't use them. 

Again, you asked.

Ok.  I don't know anything about that particular situation, but I understand what you're talking about.

The problem (if it can be described as such) with what you're saying is that there are a lot of terms that have specific meanings in a particular field but have somewhat or very different meanings in common parlance.  The one that always bugs me is when people say they "copyrighted" or "trademarked" something.  No you didn't (at least not any time since 1978).  In a technical legal sense, "copyright" and "trademark" are not properly used as verbs.  However, in common parlance, when they are used as such, folks are typically talking about registering a copyright or trademark.

Another one is where folks refer to "cement trucks."  That's not what they are; they're concrete trucks, and concrete and cement aren't the same thing (although cement is an ingredient in concrete).

[Stadler]

But the two examples you gave are either shorthand, or still convey the same meaning.  My example, the real meaning is exactly the OPPOSITE of what is being implied.    The DoJ, the prosecutors, and Cohen's team (for different reasons) took great pains to NOT name Trump in that indictment and plea.   It is not a coincidence, any more than it's a coincidence that you are alive and your heart is beating.   At least with "cement truck" there is a kernel of truth, and it's a matter of semantics (though as a civil engineer, I applaud your choice of example!!)

[pg1067]

At least with "cement truck" there is a kernel of truth, and it's a matter of semantics (though as a civil engineer, I applaud your choice of example!!)

If you'd like, I could talk about rebar clearance and compressive strength and really get you going.   

[bosk1]

[Stadler]

Pardon me, I need a moment....