# Minor things you find you are surprisingly judgemental about **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 7, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604 "2009-08-07T05:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/141 "2009-08-11T01:29:31Z")
I judge people who leave the free license plate frame that advertises the dealership on their new car. I mean, you even have to take it off to put the new plates on - why put it BACK? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/142 "2009-08-11T01:47:49Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I have a crappy car, but I disagree with you somewhat. If I were in field sales, I would have to have a much nicer car than the one I drive to accomplish my job. Much nicer, perhaps, but really nice? Frankly, whenever a field sales guy shows up to take me to lunch in a BMW, I’m pretty sure I’m paying too much for what I’m buying. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/143 "2009-08-11T15:14:16Z")
Thought of another: I look down on people who need noise to function. For example, “I need the radio on, it helps me think!” or “I can’t fall asleep unless the TV’s on!” Yeah, I live with teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/144 "2009-08-11T15:58:40Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Wasting people’s consumables. > > A former friend would come over and say “How about some Scotch?” Then proceed to help himself to as much as he wanted. Every bloody time I’d straight out tell him that I didn’t want him touching my Scotch unless he was pouring me some, but every damned time he’d pour himself shot after shot without asking or pouring one for me. When I’d say something, he’d look confused and say “Oh, did you want some?” Yes, you dumbass, and I repeatedly told you not to drink my Scotch without me. YOU ARE NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE. > > The same guy, when I used to smoke weed, would accidentally spill it on the floor, dump out half-full bowls into the ashtray, and torch the hell out of every bowl with the lighter, wasting a lot of it. I have to admit, I’'m judging you for not being able to stop someone from repeatedly stealing from you right in front of your face. I mean, what? How does this happen? If you can’t actually stop him, why invite him over? At least hide the Scotch or something. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/145 "2009-08-11T16:12:13Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Much nicer, perhaps, but really nice? Frankly, whenever a field sales guy shows up to take me to lunch in a BMW, I’m pretty sure I’m paying too much for what I’m buying. I guess it depends on how you define “really nice.” I had to sit in on an interview with a field sales rep candidate once, and the person really in charge was genuinely concered about the guy’s '99 Saturn, which ran perfectly but was simply lacking the amenities of a more expensive vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/146 "2009-08-11T16:30:55Z")
I pretty much stopped inviting him over by that point. He’d show up when I’d invite other friends over. Then it’s harder to make a scene about it, because others think you’re being a jerk by not indulging your guests. Over time, I’ve learned that…NO. Put a stop to that shit and if other people get upset, fuck 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/147 "2009-08-11T16:34:19Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > People who refer to the vulva as a clam. I don’t have a Scientologist between my legs! Well not at the moment you dont but the future goes on for a very long time ,who knows…? ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/148 "2009-08-11T16:36:54Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I pretty much stopped inviting him over by that point. He’d show up when I’d invite other friends over. Then it’s harder to make a scene about it, because others think you’re being a jerk by not indulging your guests. > > Over time, I’ve learned that…NO. Put a stop to that shit and if other people get upset, fuck 'em. Well, that’s good to hear. I judge you to have learned an important lesson. Now, where’d you hide that Scotch? ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/149 "2009-08-11T22:51:01Z")
People who say they’re a college graduate when the only higher education they have is an associate’s degree. ---
**Author:** ![MissIntent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@MissIntent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissIntent)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/150 "2009-08-12T00:16:39Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > People who say they’re a college graduate when the only higher education they have is an associate’s degree. Oooh that would drive me absolutely batty!! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/151 "2009-08-12T00:30:19Z")
People who view mental illness as a character flaw. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/152 "2009-08-12T01:40:48Z")
Anyone who says “a” when they should be saying “an.” As in, “I rode on a airplane” or “I saw a elephant at the zoo.” It makes you sound like a fucking five-year-old. You wouldn’t say “I installed an washing machine” or “I ate an turkey sandwich”. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/153 "2009-08-12T01:57:06Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Anyone who says “a” when they should be saying “an.” As in, “I rode on a airplane” or “I saw a elephant at the zoo.” It makes you sound like a fucking five-year-old. You wouldn’t say “I installed an washing machine” or “I ate an turkey sandwich”. I can’t say I’ve ever heard an adult speak like that - it’s a lot easier to say ‘an elephant’ than ‘a elephant’. But your post put me in mind of another minor thing about which I’m judgemental: people who say ‘arks’ instead of ‘ask’. There’s a woman at work, senior to me, who says ‘arks’ all the time and I just cringe every time I hear it. How can she not know? ---
**Author:** ![Category5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Category5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Category5)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/154 "2009-08-12T02:43:43Z")
all of the above ---
**Author:** ![Cattitude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Cattitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cattitude)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/155 "2009-08-12T03:10:13Z")
Women that don’t even attempt to breastfeed when they physically can and there are no underlying mental health issues. Parents that let their babies “cry it out” for hours to fall asleep. People who litter. People who throw ciggy butts on the ground at parks, ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/156 "2009-08-12T03:30:38Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I don’t need to dig up any numbers, because my empirical data tells me what I need to know. But you’re welcome to if you wish. If your argument is based on trying to keep runners off the road so we don’t get our butts run over or cause an accident, then I accept that as something you’re justified in feeling judgmental about, because it annoys me too. But because of when and where I run (early morning, in my quiet development where no cars are on the road at that hour), it doesn’t really apply to me. > > I don’t think your analogy really works, though. Forget relative hardness - I run on the road because I don’t want to break my damned leg running on the sidewalk. Between tree roots, heaved up bits (and I don’t even live somewhere where the ground freezes), foot high steep grades for driveway curb cuts, and steps, I’ll be damned if I’m running on the sidewalks in my sleepy little neighborhood. I do run on the (much newer, very wide) sidewalks on the big roads. ETA - oh, am I the first one to say picky eaters? I know it’s none of my business what you eat, I just think you’re a rude and spoiled child. ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/157 "2009-08-12T03:37:30Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Uptight people who refuse to have even one beer or one glass of wine because they “don’t drink.” What about people who don’t drink because they don’t like the taste of alcohol? Are we OK? I look down on: - People who emulate the “gangsta rap” lifestyle. White kids in FUBU clothes and talking about their bling, beware - I will punch you in the face. - Trashy girls. STOP. DRESSING. LIKE. SLUTS. - Guys who like the above trashy girls. Have a little class FFS! - People who obsessively follow sports and/or celebrities. STOP LIVING VICARIOUSLY! - People who make no effort to understand the basics of the things they interact with every day (cars, computers, appliances). - People who strive to be part of a social “scene”. - People with little or no sense of humor, especially for snark, sarcasm, and self-deprecation. - People who don’t like to read. - People with no imagination. - People who are too serious. There’s a lot more. I just don’t feel like listing them all at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/158 "2009-08-12T16:42:17Z")
> [@Alastair\_Moonsong](#): > > What about people who don’t drink because they don’t like the taste of alcohol? Are we OK? I’d like to know too, because this is my situation. How about people who tell you they ‘don’t drink’ because they really don’t feel like getting into a long discussion of their personal issues (e.g. recovering alcoholics) or medical history with you? ---
**Author:** ![Free\_Range\_Otter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Free\_Range\_Otter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Free_Range_Otter)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/159 "2009-08-12T17:21:50Z")
Slow drivers. Drivers who throw their cigarette butts out the window. [People who dress like hipsters](http://www.latfh.com/). ---
**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:** [August 12, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604/160 "2009-08-12T17:33:14Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > …people who say ‘arks’ instead of ‘ask’. There’s a woman at work, senior to me, who says ‘arks’ all the time and I just cringe every time I hear it. How can she not know? I hate ‘axe’, as in _I need to axe you a question_. I’m sure I’d look down on the ‘arks’ version too, but I don’t think I’ve heard it. I look down on people who have more than three bumper stickers on their car, especially if they are “I Believe in Majik” stickers. I’m also really freakishly judgmental about people who complain relentlessly about their poverty while simultaneously smoking cigarettes, drinking craft beers, and planning their next tattoo. Dammit, I gave up stuff I didn’t need when I was poor, so they should too. So I add an annoying measure of superiority to my judgmental-ness. It’s a wonder I have any friends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-you-find-you-are-surprisingly-judgemental-about/505604.md?page=9)