# Petty dislikes and petty attractions

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-dislikes-and-petty-attractions/627144 "2012-07-03T21:54:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-dislikes-and-petty-attractions/627144/21 "2012-07-06T20:44:52Z")

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He’s a walking IMDB and he’s always glad to tell you exactly who that “Hey It’s That Guy” is and give you his whole filmography.

He never leaves for work without giving me a kiss. He wakes me up to do it.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-dislikes-and-petty-attractions/627144/22 "2012-07-06T23:03:38Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> He’s a walking IMDB and he’s always glad to tell you exactly who that “Hey It’s That Guy” is and give you his whole filmography.
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> He never leaves for work without giving me a kiss. He wakes me up to do it.

Which of those is the attraction, and which is the annoyance?

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-dislikes-and-petty-attractions/627144/23 "2012-07-07T13:12:13Z")

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I thought that was the point? 🙂 (The IMDB thing drives me kinda nuts.)

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**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-dislikes-and-petty-attractions/627144/24 "2012-07-08T02:07:07Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> He’s a walking IMDB and he’s always glad to tell you exactly who that “Hey It’s That Guy” is and give you his whole filmography.
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> He never leaves for work without giving me a kiss. He wakes me up to do it.

Those would both make my annoyance list. 🙂

I’m going to go with the kiss being _your_ annoyance though.

ETA - Had I read through I’d have seen you’d already answered.

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