# Little things that you are irrationally picky about **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309 "2015-01-19T20:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/1 "2015-01-19T20:27:23Z")
My e-mail program at work (Lotus) defaults to the “Courier New” font. Grrr. I hate, hate, hate Courier New. It is the ugliest font ever created! I will not use it for any message, no matter how short or trivial. I always go thru the effort to change the font, and unfortunately I have not figured out a way to inform freakin’ Lotus that I do not want it to auto-select Courier New, ever. (My standard font is “Default Sans Serif,” or sometimes “Arial” which is very similar.) Is it totally irrational? Yes. Picky? Yep. But it is what it is. So, what subjects do you get worked up about, beyond any rational reason for it? ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/2 "2015-01-19T21:34:06Z")
Depending on what version of Notes you have, you can control this…sort of. Go to File-\>Preferences-\>Basic Notes Client Configuration-\>Default Fonts. This allows you to change any sans serif, serif, or monospace font to whatever you want. You can’t control the size though and it affects ALL sans serif fonts (not just those for out-going emails). Those things are handled through your company’s mail file template. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/3 "2015-01-19T21:37:17Z")
Do potato chips count? No BBQ, no cheddar, no sour cream and chives, no vinegar, no nothing. Potato, oil, salt. MAYBE black pepper if I’m feeling crazy. If you need anything you’re covering up bad potato chips. Same thing with French fries. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/4 "2015-01-19T22:57:15Z")
Ambiguous date formats. “PIN number”. “$1000 dollars”. People using wind chill or humidex as if it were the real temperature. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/5 "2015-01-19T23:12:17Z")
I, for one, cannot do word processing in anything other than 12-point Times New Roman. If we’re allowed to extend “irrationally picky” to tastes in food, I can’t eat cheeseburgers. For some reason, the texture of melted cheese on a hamburger patty makes me gag, regardless of what kind of cheese it is. (Bleu cheese burgers I can handle because bleu cheese crumbles don’t really melt.) I don’t mind melted cheese on pizza, or on a Philly, or on a sub sandwich, but put it on a burger and I can’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/6 "2015-01-19T23:26:58Z")
Extraneous garbage in PowerPoint presentations. If it’s an IT course, I really do not need little clip-art pics of computers to let me know that computers will be involved. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/7 "2015-01-19T23:32:27Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > Ambiguous date formats. > “PIN number”. > “$1000 dollars”. > People using wind chill or humidex as if it were the real temperature. Og yes. PIN number, VIN number and MLB baseball. Drives me nuts! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/8 "2015-01-19T23:33:59Z")
Thick doughy pizzas. I grew up with the really thin cracker type pizzas, a wad of dough is just nasty. I want a nice thin crisp crust with the right amount of sauce and a good quality mozzarella or blend with the right amount of stretch and a few other toppings [maybe pepperoni and veggies like sliced red onion and artichoke heart quarters.] If I want a casserole, I will eat a casserole. And screw cigars. Nasty ass smell. I can deal with cigarettes, or even many pipe tobaccos, but cigars are just nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/9 "2015-01-19T23:57:18Z")
PowerPoint slides where one or two words goes on the next line and they don’t know to extend the text box to make it fit all on one line. Wings served with ranch dressing (being from Buffalo, I know that it’s only blue cheese). ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/10 "2015-01-20T00:37:43Z")
Designers that hate white space. Use it! Love it! Like jazz, often the note _not_ played is the key. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/11 "2015-01-20T00:40:34Z")
Uneven grind lines on cutlery. Even cheap cutlery. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/12 "2015-01-20T01:13:11Z")
Tails left on shrimp in pasta or rice based dishes. It’s a mess to get them off. Just peel the whole shrimp, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/13 "2015-01-20T01:20:52Z")
The breed/type of horses in movies/tv. Sometimes they’re ridiculous (Frisian used as a rodeo horse) Saddles&other tack that are the wrong date… ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/14 "2015-01-20T01:26:04Z")
Sodas. If I can’t have RC, give me Coke, Pepsi, gingerale, or frikking Grape Nehi. Or better yet just water. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/15 "2015-01-20T01:31:05Z")
Any representation of a snowflake that has eight points. People, it’s not that hard to fold a paper in thirds instead of fourths. You may think your sparkly eight-sided doodad looks like a snowflake, but if it has eight points, it’s not snowflake. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/16 "2015-01-20T01:34:09Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Any representation of a snowflake that has eight points. People, it’s not that hard to fold a paper in thirds instead of fourths. You may think your sparkly eight-sided doodad looks like a snowflake, but if it has eight points, it’s not snowflake. Submitted for your approval: > **[What's Wrong With This Snowflake?](https://www.npr.org/2009/12/23/121827582/whats-wrong-with-this-snowflake)** > > 'Tis the season for images of snowflakes. Unfortunately, many artistic renderings of snow crystals show an eight-sided structure — something that can't occur in nature. So this year, one scientist decided to set the record straight. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/17 "2015-01-20T01:40:59Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > The breed/type of horses in movies/tv. Sometimes they’re ridiculous (Frisian used as a rodeo horse) > Saddles&other tack that are the wrong date… You’re probably another one that can’t stand all the nickering and whickering in films and TV, like the horses are “talking”. Makes me crazy. (Horses don’t do that. They’re usually pretty quiet unless it’s time to eat or they’re upset about something.) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/18 "2015-01-20T01:50:36Z")
And **IvoryTowerDenizen** ’s link reminded me of one of mine: minor errors in usage and punctuation. “The reason is because”. Goes along with “banana’s $.59 cents” and “I like it alot”. Why yes, I used to teach Freshman Composition; why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/19 "2015-01-20T01:53:34Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > And **IvoryTowerDenizen** ’s link reminded me of one of mine: minor errors in usage and punctuation. “The reason is because”. Goes along with “banana’s $.59 cents” and “I like it alot”. Why yes, I used to teach Freshman Composition; why do you ask? Did I make an error in my post? I don’t see one, but tell me if I did! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/20 "2015-01-20T02:00:46Z")
No no, it was in your link. One of the scientists talking about snowflakes said “the reason is because”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309.md?page=2)