# 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:** 8
**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 11, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/141 "2009-11-11T03:51:46Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > When people greet me by saying “What’s up?” or “How’s everything?” I lock up. IT’S TOO BROAD A QUESTION, I CAN’T ANSWER IT, DAMMIT! My default answer to “How ya doing?/How’s it going?/How are you?” -type questions is … “Yes!” Then I get to sit back and enjoy the look of confusion on the questioner’s face as he/she tries to figure out what happened. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/142 "2009-11-11T05:14:24Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > “Not much/not bad, you?” Of course; I should just say that but for some reason I can’t bring myself to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_Jewett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bcef8e/32.png) [@Helen\_Jewett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_Jewett)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/143 "2009-11-11T10:53:54Z")
The Internet has desensitized me to most of the common word replacements; there/they’re/their, your/you’re, etc. But seeing people say “phase” when they mean “faze” still makes me irrationally furious. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/144 "2009-11-11T14:12:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Reads as though mayonnaise is on the outside of the bread. Surely I am mistaken. Well, _that_ would be messy!😉 No, the mayo is on the facing-the-sandwich-fillings side of the bread. But the cheese is in the _middle_, so that the mayo only comes in contact with the meat. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/145 "2009-11-11T14:28:34Z")
> [@jali](#): > > It makes me crazier **than usual**. Ha! Bolding mine; you tried to slip that part past us. El\_Kabong, I think the standard answer is actually “Wassup.” I know that doesn’t make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/146 "2009-11-11T14:32:23Z")
When someone sends me a report at work, I often find there are TWO FUCKING SPACES BEFORE EACH SENTENCE. :mad: :mad: :mad: Only MORONS put two spaces before each sentence! These people must be taken out back and beaten. Beaten, I say, beaten!! This forces me to do a global replace on the entire document (replace all instances of two spaces with one space) before I’ll read the damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/147 "2009-11-11T16:48:52Z")
\*\*Sike \*\*or \*\*saik \*\*or anything else but **psych** , in the “hah hah I was just kidding and learned all of my slang in the late '80s or early '90s” sense. > [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > People that use the 15 items or less line with well over 15 items. You can spell \*\*ridiculous \*\*but not distinguish between \*\*less \*\*and **fewer**? > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > When someone sends me a report at work, I often find there are TWO FUCKING SPACES BEFORE EACH SENTENCE. Depends on your company’s style guide. Bugged me to switch from two spaces (the way I was taught) to one space (my company’s style) when I came here, but it \*\*does \*\*make sense–you can easily do find/replace to switch all double spaces to single spaces, but it’s a lot trickier to switch all inter-sentence single spaces to double spaces. So I’m with you in the sense of, “It bugs the hell out of me when anybody sends me something that shows complete ignorance of the company style, especially when they had to completely fuck up a template to do it.” Although that’s not insane, now that I think about it. Quite reasonable, really. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/148 "2009-11-11T17:08:07Z")
“I got my good jeans from my parents.” Oh, for Christmas? They didn’t pass on any smart genes, did they? ---
**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 11, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/149 "2009-11-11T17:14:11Z")
“Throw those over to me can ya?” “I dunno, never been to africa” ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/150 "2009-11-11T18:03:31Z")
Nom. I hate, loathe, dispise and am repulsed by this so-called word. LOLcat speak doesn’t bother me (aside from discovering it in professional communication, but that’s sane to hate), but nom is of the devil and basement cat, and people who use it are likey terrorist pedophiles of a political bent that you hate. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/151 "2009-11-11T18:18:43Z")
> [@silvermist](#): > > Why do they call it a “rest” room? How many people do you know who go in there to take a nap? If it were really a rest room, wouldn’t there be pillows and blankets or at least a cozy chair? To be fair the restrooms in our office do have comfy chairs and such in them. Sometimes the ones in public stores and restaurants do too. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/152 "2009-11-11T18:55:51Z")
Can you think of a better onomatopoeia for someone scarfing food down than some variation on, “Om nom nom nom”? Okay, maybe, “Arum num num num,”" but that’s it. ---
**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 11, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/153 "2009-11-11T19:08:44Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Can you think of a better onomatopoeia for someone scarfing food down than some variation on, “Om nom nom nom”? > > Okay, maybe, “Arum num num num,”" but that’s it. “_grnf, grnf, grnf…_” – The Eater of Socks in Terry Pratchett’s “Hogfather” ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/154 "2009-11-11T19:27:22Z")
That strikes me as a particularly sock-y noise, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/155 "2009-11-11T19:33:59Z")
> [@Inter\_Alia](#): > > It drives me nuts when the cheese touches the mayonnaise on a sandwich. Telling me that it all mixes together in your mouth/stomach anyway doesn’t help. > [@norinew](#): > > I _know_! My husband swears it’s nuts, but something about mayo against cheese is just. . .slimy or something. Bleah! Here’s how my sandwiches go: bread (or toast), thin layer of mayo, ham or turkey, cheese, more ham or turkey, another slice of bread (or toast) with a thin layer of mayo. Therefore, mayo on the whole sandwich, none of it touching the cheese! Are you both [Sheldon?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyEoDzyPCP0) > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > When someone sends me a report at work, I often find there are TWO FUCKING SPACES BEFORE EACH SENTENCE. :mad: :mad: :mad: > > Only MORONS put two spaces before each sentence! These people must be taken out back and beaten. Beaten, I say, beaten!! Way back in the dark ages, I was taught to type using this method, and it’s WAY too late for me to retrain myself. So sorry. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/156 "2009-11-11T20:04:40Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Well, _that_ would be messy!😉 > No, the mayo is on the facing-the-sandwich-fillings side of the bread. But the cheese is in the _middle_, so that the mayo only comes in contact with the meat. No no no. The cheese is the mayo barrier that protects the rest of the sandwich from being tainted with mayo slime, and lets the mayo be texturally neutralized by the bread so the flavor can be savored independently. Then you get the mouth-feel below: Top of mouth: Yummy bread and mayo Middle of mouth: chewy cheese Tongue: lettuce, meat, mustard, tomatoes, and everything else. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/157 "2009-11-11T20:24:47Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > 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. It could just mean they have so many alts that they already used up all the good names. I can’t stand the crinkling and crunching of eating snack foods out of the bag - when other people do it. I’m fine with my own crinkles, oblivious to them, but when it’s another person it drives me nuts. I get out my ear plugs and turn on the closed captions if we’re watching something good. What’s that one brand, Crunchers? Ack, the jalapeno ones reek and they’re super noisy. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/158 "2009-11-11T21:15:33Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > No no no. The cheese is the mayo barrier that protects the rest of the sandwich from being tainted with mayo slime, and lets the mayo be texturally neutralized by the bread so the flavor can be savored independently. Then you get the mouth-feel below: > > Top of mouth: Yummy bread and mayo > Middle of mouth: chewy cheese > Tongue: lettuce, meat, mustard, tomatoes, and everything else. Well, then, you’re just weird. 😛 ---
**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 11, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/159 "2009-11-11T21:23:13Z")
> [@maladroit](#): > > It could just mean they have so many alts that they already used up all the good names. I have 29 WoW characters, and I came up with “good” names for 27 of them (the other two were created specifically to be bank alts, and have names that reflect that). Eilyssana, Goriisa, Hodela, Syanalle, Svelexi, Castariora, Dentek, Denassam, Wain, Turanank, Chimtahna, Pinezensuuz, Jenlek, Keliraeda, Uprofen, Wossname, Orahka, Rikka, Hexpot, Alabereith, Fidin, Fahrenz, Sedrel, Annaka, Ozrik, Ponopho, and Lukozh. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/160 "2009-11-11T21:45:55Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Eilyssana, Goriisa, Hodela, Syanalle, Svelexi, Castariora, Dentek, Denassam, Wain, Turanank, Chimtahna, Pinezensuuz, Jenlek, Keliraeda, **Uprofen** , Wossname, Orahka, Rikka, Hexpot, Alabereith, Fidin, Fahrenz, Sedrel, Annaka, Ozrik, Ponopho, and Lukozh. I’ll take two, for that splittin’ headache please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544.md?page=9)