# Little things that bother you, and are also INSANE. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544 "2009-11-06T08:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/81 "2009-11-07T13:08:42Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Not only did I open this thread knowing someone would do this, I expected it to be you. Man, you should be playing the ponies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/82 "2009-11-07T16:04:19Z")
I don’t know which came first the number 0 or the letter O…but whoever decided that the latter should just mimic the former needs to be shot. Seriously, why not use a “-” for zero? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/83 "2009-11-07T17:04:17Z")
Because that’s a hyphen. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/84 "2009-11-07T17:54:21Z")
Message cross-posted from an alternate Reality [QUOTE=The Lord of the Tea Cups] I knouueth not uuhich cam’st first, the number zero (-) or the hypen (-)…but uuhoever it uuas that decided that the one should slavishly mimic the other ought to be shotte.\* In alle serious contemplation, uuhy not use a “0” for zero? [/QUOTE] - Please note that this is a parody for comedic effect, and does not reflect the views of Sir T-Cups, and is not intended as an actual quote. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/85 "2009-11-07T18:21:03Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I don’t know which came first the number 0 or the letter O…but whoever decided that the latter should just mimic the former needs to be shot. > > Seriously, why not use a “-” for zero? Boy, you people are really against mathematicians, aren’t you? First you want to take away x, and now this. If we used “-” in place of 0, how would we ever get any subtraction done without becoming utterly confused? Prove this is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/86 "2009-11-07T20:21:33Z")
I feel rage every time I see a character in World of Warcraft whose name is not, in fact, a name, but rather a designation. I’m having a hard time picturing a set of proud parents sending out the birth announcements: Lambert and Crystonia Strongingthearm are proud to announce the birth of their son, **Sneakyrogue**. (A few years down the road: “I just don’t understand why you cops always come around here looking for our son every time something comes up missing around here!”) Nobody would name their kid “Thisguyhealz” (an actual “name” I saw on a priest) or “Quikdeath”. And no gnome would name their child “Short_anything_”! Short? Not to other gnomes you’re not! ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/87 "2009-11-07T23:14:53Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Nobody would name their kid “Thisguyhealz” (an actual “name” I saw on a priest) or “Quikdeath”. And no gnome would name their child “Short_anything_”! Short? Not to other gnomes you’re not! Tell that to Shortiel McGee. A wee lad, even by gnome standards, standing not more than 1’2". ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/88 "2009-11-08T00:44:04Z")
In old movies, people say, “Make an honest woman out of her,” when they mean, “Marry her.” It makes no sense. If she ain’t an honest woman, friend, marrying her won’t change it. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/89 "2009-11-08T00:58:43Z")
> [@Inter\_Alia](#): > > Is the fifth letter of your name the fifth letter of the alphabet? Mine is. Actually, so is the first letter of my name. I think I need to go ponder this. NO. I am completely lacking in the fifth letter. But I never liked the fifth letter anyway. Makes me so mad! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/90 "2009-11-08T01:17:23Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Why is there Q? Lazy bastard letter can’t go anywhere without U to help it out. Q could easily be replaced with CW or KW. I think we keep Q around just so as not to piss off the Next Generation Trekkies. Similarly, the C serves no purpose in English except when paired with other letters, as in “church.” On its own, it can always be replaced by a K or an S. Logically, the C should be used only to signify the “ch” sound. But, of course, English develops by fashion, not logic. One cool thing about the alphabet, though, is that it’s in alphabetical order. That makes it easy to remember. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/91 "2009-11-08T02:48:20Z")
Ryan Seacrest. I cannot explain my visceral hatred of Ryan Seacrest. But it burns. I also hate when cake is flipped the wrong way on a plate. It needs to be icing-to-the-top-and-right, never ever **ever** icing-to-the-top-and-left. I can’t eat the cake till I’ve flipped it back to its correct position so that I can eat from the bottom left corner and finish with the frostingy bits. It’s a bit ridiculous, but I am sure that even if I am having cake with the Queen, if Her Majesty flips the cake incorrectly onto my plate, I will have to flip it with a fork before eating it. My family has tried for years to convince me that I can still eat a cake the “wrong” way, but I refuse to accept that. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/92 "2009-11-08T03:20:54Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I HATE it when my 51 year old coworker excuses herself to go to “the little girls’ room”. Where else would _she_ go?? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/93 "2009-11-08T03:48:24Z")
I don’t like leaving my closet door open when I’m going to bed. This has nothing to do with what lived in there when I was a child, or any Stephen King story I read. It just makes sense that any faceless creatures with claws that inhabit the closet will respect your boundaries _if_ the closet door is shut. Leave it open, even a crack, and it’s an invitation to unspeakable mayhem. What are you looking at? ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/94 "2009-11-08T04:31:21Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Tony Danza. My nemesis. Dana Carvey. Mine. I get mad just typing this.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/95 "2009-11-08T04:40:25Z")
A dotted capital I. (A dotted capital J is a capital offense) ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/96 "2009-11-08T04:51:05Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > When people add redundant nouns to acronyms, like “ATM _machine_” or “PIN _number_”. No, no, no, no, you freaking morons! Can’t you stop to _think_ for _one little moment_ and realize you’re actually saying “Automated Teller Machine machine” or “Personal Identification Number number”?!? There’s a bank in Kansas City called “UMB Bank”. Naturally, the “B” in UMB stands for “Bank” (from their former name “United Missouri Bank”). And they have ATM Machines at every location where you can enter your PIN Number. When I was webmaster for a manufacturing company, I lost a battle with the engineering department over their insistence on publishing a page called “MSDS Sheets” (i.e. Material Safety Data Sheet Sheets). This was also in Kansas City. Maybe it’s something in the H2O oxygen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/97 "2009-11-08T04:51:09Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Where else would _she_ go?? She should go to the Women’s Room, to The Ladies’, The Powder Room or possibly even to “wash her hands”, or to “see a man about a dog”. People in double digits of age should not go to the “little girls’ room” or the “little boys’ room”. I’d rather you just walked off without announcement, really. ---
**Author:** ![Doody\_Pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@Doody\_Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doody_Pants)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/98 "2009-11-08T05:51:51Z")
There is something about Michael Douglas that infuriates me. He has such a smug face. Also, am I the only one who thinks Owen Wilson’s nose looks like a penis? I was flipping channels one night and came across a movie that I assumed was a comedy, and watched it for a while to see if they would explain why he had a penis for a nose. Slowly I realized that it was not a comedy and he wasn’t wearing a comedy penis nose. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/99 "2009-11-08T08:53:03Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I feel rage every time I see a character in World of Warcraft whose name is not, in fact, a name, but rather a designation. I’m having a hard time picturing a set of proud parents sending out the birth announcements: > > Lambert and Crystonia Strongingthearm are proud to announce the birth of their son, **Sneakyrogue**. > > (A few years down the road: “I just don’t understand why you cops always come around here looking for our son every time something comes up missing around here!”) > > Nobody would name their kid “Thisguyhealz” (an actual “name” I saw on a priest) or “Quikdeath”. And no gnome would name their child “Short_anything_”! Short? Not to other gnomes you’re not! Also, merely naming your character Dark or Darque (whatever) does NOT make your character Dark And Mysterious And Sexy. It means that you, the player, are sadly and very obviously lacking in imagination. If you absolutely must play an angsty character, then ACT all angsty, rather than having a name like Darksoul and then being as bubbly as a cheerleader on happy pills. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/100 "2009-11-08T10:11:31Z")
Sororities annoy me. Not just their sorority-ness. I mean, that can be annoying, for sure. But the whole “sister” thing. I have a friend who is an only child and joined a sorority and now loves to talk about how wonderful and different sisterhood is. How she finally knows what it’s like to have sisters. I have real sisters. And while I wouldn’t want to deny her such a … _wonderful_… experience, her sorority buddies are not sisters. They’re friends. Sort of. They’re like people who have contractually agreed to be friends, whether they like each other or not. … although, now that I think about it, that’s kind of what real sisters are too. Only with real sisters there’s not that “I love you so much, sister! anything for a sister, sister! Hello, my name is Christina and I would lay down my life for you, sister I’m meeting for the first time, because that’s what sisters do for their sisters!” thing. The whole fake devotion/family thing just grates. The same goes for close friends (even close friends of mine) who like to say “I feel like you’re my sister!” to indicate that they’re just that close. Sister is not the same thing as close friend. And yes, I know this is insane (which is why I’m putting it here) and I should let people have their fun and so on, but it irks me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544.md?page=6)