# A list of stuff that pisses me off **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 15, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132 "2002-06-15T01:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/41 "2002-06-15T06:04:17Z")
> [@](#): > > You’re use of the word “foreign” COULD label you as a racist, but the rest is capitalism at its worst. WTF? Since when did using the word “foreign” make you a racist? I’m a U.S citizen, and I refer to Canadians as foreigners, and most of them are probably at least as white as I am. That doesn’t make me a racist. ---
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/42 "2002-06-15T08:01:11Z")
originally posted by **WV\_Woman** : > [@](#): > > Oh gee, I’m sorry, maybe I didn’t make it clear: > > “Add your own to the list” > > Not “give your opinions on my list.” > > Glad we could clear that up. originally posted by **WV\_Woman** : > [@](#): > > Daoloth, I’m so sorry I’m not posting according to your preferences!!! > > _bows with flowers_ > > Forgive me!!! > > _kisses your feet_ \ smell that? smells like…a troll! :rolleyes: With that in mind, I won’t even bother with the list. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/43 "2002-06-15T13:06:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blalron \* > \*\* > > WTF? Since when did using the word “foreign” make you a racist? I’m a U.S citizen, and I refer to Canadians as foreigners, and most of them are probably at least as white as I am. That doesn’t make me a racist. \*\* I did emphasize COULD, BTW. The guy I work for insists on labeling EVERYBODY in a racist way (he IS a racist). It’s never, “This guy was an idiot”, it’s ALWAYS, “This (insert derogatory insult) guy was an idiot”. Why did WV have to say “some foriegn SOB CEO”? Why indicate the nationality at all? If your boss is Canadian, do you say, “My Canadian boss says…” or do you say, “My boss says…”? Does it matter where he/she is from? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/44 "2002-06-15T15:54:42Z")
I want to add that I disagree with the troll lable. Just because a person’s knee jerks so hard that they give themselves concusions when they hear the words “abortion”, “muslim” and “liberal” does not make them a troll. So _I_ wouldn’t call **WV Woman** a troll. I’d call her simple-minded and selfish by virtue of the things that piss her off. When people are self-centered _and_ have critical thinking problems it may _seem_ as if they are being deliberately provocative-- hence the troll lable-- but sometimes they really are just that stupid. After further review of **WV Woman’s** posts, it would seem that she may also have a reading comprehension problem. Either that or she doesn’t read the thread before she posts to it. A third option could be that she does read the thread, but her self-centeredness prevents her from acknowledging or understanding a viewpoint other than her own. For example here in [Justice: Let’s fingerprint all Middle Eastern visitors](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=118824) the thread goes on for two pages with posters arguing over the pros and cons of the effectiveness of fingerprinting visa applicants from selected countries. At the _very end_ of the thread, she posts this: > [@](#): > > Profiling is a great idea, imho. > > Think about it. What are 90% of terrorists. Arab men ages 18-50. The rest are in Ireland or Columbia and other places like that. It was as if two pages of debate were erased by the jingoism ringing in her head. That doesn’t make her a troll, just ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/45 "2002-06-15T18:49:23Z")
It’s always fun when a newbie finds the Pit a little more than they expected. Back to the OP. > [@](#): > > 1. People who choose to work and stick their kids in daycare WHEN THEY DON’T HAVE TO, but do because they don’t want to give up their toys. (Yes, I realize some people have NO choice and I feel sorry for them.) The part that gets me is that people like that insist they are good parents. Whatever! If having a big house, 2 cars and a trip to Europe every summer are worth leaving your kid with someone else 40 hours a week, you are NOT a good parent, sorry. So providing for your family must only be done if you can also stay home while doing so. And putting your child in Day Care makes you a bad parent? How? ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/46 "2002-06-15T18:59:00Z")
Another thing pissing me off today: Telling my profile that I DON’T want an email sent every time someone replies to me, and getting them anyway! Grr! ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/47 "2002-06-15T19:07:33Z")
1. Knee-jerk living-up-to-the-stereotype lifestyle-trashing conservatives getting mad when we fight ignorance instead of congratulate it. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/48 "2002-06-15T19:08:36Z")
imthjckaz, are you blind? Read what I wrote again. Note the words “WHEN THEY DON’T HAVE TO” in capital letters. Then use your brain. Try. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/49 "2002-06-15T19:10:21Z")
That’s because you selected “e-mail notification” when you started this thread. Has nothing to do with your profile. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/50 "2002-06-15T19:36:09Z")
Is there any way to fix it? ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/51 "2002-06-15T19:40:53Z")
WV Woman, I’m not going to dissect your post and argue all the points. I’d just like to advise you to take a hint from the number of posts disagreeing with you. Please just consider for a moment that you may be reacting the wrong way to some things, and actually considering what other people say to be valuable information would be helpful to you. The SDMB is loaded with some pretty bright people, conservative, liberal, anarchist, black, white, muslim, christian, atheist, old and young. There is no universal bias here, except perhaps against the ignorant. I can assure you that you’re not always correct, nobody is. Instead of treating this as an mass attack on your ideas that you have to defend yourself from, think of it as a learning experience, where you can discover how to change your thinking about things for the better. Instead of being UPSET about minimum wage, you can realize the opportunity it gives to people that can’t really work anywhere else. Sure, the pay sucks, but like someone above said, it’s better than a couple bucks a day for a mandatory 60-hour week. Same situation, different angle. Maybe you’re right about some things. Drunk drivers are bad (duh). And maybe you’ve been misinformed and you’re just plain wrong on a couple points. Everyone is wrong about some things some time. Accept that, and try to learn from it, to minimize your ignorance. The SDMB is a great place to learn if you let it be. So I would strongly recommend you put down the shields for a second, accept that some of your opinions may be a little bit off, and try to read this thread with the goal of learning something. It’s way better that way. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/52 "2002-06-15T21:27:39Z")
Why did you have to get all reasonable, Ooner? I wanna see VW\_Woman’s pearls of insight smashed under the meteor of response to 2nd-grade sarcasm. I suppose that I’ll just have to wait for the U-235 of reason to do the job. That would be pure U-235, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/53 "2002-06-15T22:10:07Z")
So you’re saying you ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/54 "2002-06-15T22:11:19Z")
…whoops, sorry! So you’re saying you get an e-mail every time someone responds to this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/55 "2002-06-15T23:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Planned Parenthood and other baby murdering agencies. :smack: I know this has been done before but let me add a hearty fuck you to the pool. Why? Because I feel like it, and the added bonus of you getting a mail for this response is the icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/56 "2002-06-16T03:22:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WV\_Woman \* > **imthjckaz, are you blind?** Yes, I read by touching the screen with my fingers, this is very helpful on porn sites. > [@](#): > > **Read what I wrote again. Note the words “WHEN THEY DON’T HAVE TO” in capital letters.** I read what you wrote. Did you read what I wrote? How does putting your kid in daycare make you a bad parent? Isn’t providing for your family part of being a parent? And if you make enough to have 2-3 cars and go on vacations, what’s wrong with that? > [@](#): > > \*\*Then use your brain. Try. \*\* I do all the time. It keeps the wind from howling through my head. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/57 "2002-06-16T09:41:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WV\_Woman \* > \*\*Is there any way to fix it? \*\* Perhaps a nice cup of tea would help. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/58 "2002-06-16T09:55:29Z")
If you don’t like the OP’s list of things that piss them off, try [**my list of things that piss me off**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120708) ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/59 "2002-06-16T12:58:05Z")
Ah, that’s a great thread, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132/60 "2002-06-16T13:07:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WV\_Woman \* > \*\*Question: are all SDMBers as nasty as you people are, or did I just happen to stumble into a viper’s nest? \*\* Hmmm? No they’re all as nasty as _ME_. I’ve got dibbies on being the nastiest Doper. I put in my application years ago, and it just now finally came back approved. Fenris, Nastiest Doper and Viper Extrodinare [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-stuff-that-pisses-me-off/114132.md?page=4)