# Things that infuriate you well beyond their actual importance **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712 "2024-09-04T02:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/241 "2024-09-12T02:30:43Z")
This was probably said, but people who drive 30mph in a 45mph zone during normal weather conditions. ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/242 "2024-09-12T07:09:10Z")
Local TV news anchors who have only one job – correctly reading news off a teleprompter – and who _absolutely cannot accomplish that task_. I don’t mind if a friend or an acquaintance mangles a celebrity’s name, or mistakenly pronounces “nuclear” as “newk-you-ler” – but when someone is _getting paid to read words aloud_ (and, presumably, to pronounce words _correctly_) – I hold them to a slightly higher standard. Maybe, get to the studio a bit earlier, and do a practice read-through, first? Maybe, have a reading coach on staff, to correct such errors? It seems like these sorts of things ought to be a priority on The News. (By the way, I’m not talking about news anchors who make one or two mistakes in an entire career, but those who repeatedly make such mistakes.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/243 "2024-09-12T20:33:11Z")
> [@Hakushon](#): > > I don’t mind if a friend or an acquaintance mangles a celebrity’s name, or mistakenly pronounces “nuclear” as “newk-you-ler” Accept that some words have more than one correct pronunciation. Also there are regional pronunciations. > **[3 Ways to Pronounce Nuclear - wikiHow](https://www.wikihow.com/Pronounce-Nuclear)** > > How hard can it be to say the word "nuclear"? Actually, the correct pronunciation is debated. Most experts agree that one pronunciation is correct, but so many famous people say it another way that some dictionaries think both versions can... ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/244 "2024-09-12T20:38:32Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I had a co-worker who refused to learn ctrl-c or ctrl-v. Infuriating. My sister has _terrible_ computer skills. And her boss was even _worse._ I had to teach her ctrl-c/-v, but at least she uses them now. But she got a chromebook when she retired and will use it when we’re watching TV, so I can see what she’s doing. She never opens multiple tabs in her brower. Like not even one additional one. She will close the window. Open a new browser window to go the new site. It made me wonder if that’s what she did at work! I’ve tried to show her how to open multiple tabs, but she gets crabby and tells me to leave her alone. O.k.! ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/245 "2024-09-12T21:41:13Z")
Related to this are spelling errors in the banners (names and locations) and the “crawls” across the bottom of the screen. I have called the newsroom before to complain about spelling errors! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/246 "2024-09-12T22:14:25Z")
People who pronounce “legislators” “leg-is-la-TORS,” with the accent on the last syllable. This is a thing here in Mississippi. I’m guessing it might be some sort of hypercorrection by speakers who want to make their pronunciation of “legislator” and “legislature” really, really distinct, but it sounds super-artificial and weird. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/247 "2024-09-12T23:21:23Z")
> [@Mrs\_Ducky](#): > > I have called the newsroom before to complain about spelling errors! How about contextual errors, like the crawl that proclaimed “Death-related deaths are up in 2024”. Really, now, you don’t say? (They meant heat-related deaths, this being Arizona.) But for me, that doesn’t fit the OP. I thought it was hilarious, rather than infuriating. ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/248 "2024-09-12T23:23:16Z")
You reminded me of this: years ago, the local news wanted to wish a Happy Passover… but because someone got the aspect ratio wrong, the monitor next to the news anchor read “appy assover.” [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Hm7A7B4.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Ah17B7j) This was not infuriating to me–just hilarious! But I don’t know how other Jews felt. As @Just_Asking_Questions mentioned, it may not fit the OP. (For those unfamiliar with the holiday, Assover is when we celebrate people who move their “ass over” to make room for others to sit on public transportation.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/249 "2024-09-12T23:41:57Z")
> [@Hakushon](#): > > Assover is when we celebrate people who move their “ass over” to make room for others to sit on public transportation. That makes me very Appy. ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/250 "2024-09-12T23:42:13Z")
We have a similarly strange thing here, but with the accent on the first syllable: for “insurance,” people don’t say “in-SHOR-ence,” but “IN-shor-ence” (as opposed to “OUTsurance”?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/251 "2024-09-12T23:45:02Z")
Then 'at’s the ‘oliday for you, ol’ chap! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/252 "2024-09-13T01:53:10Z")
> [@Hakushon](#): > > We have a similarly strange thing here, but with the accent on the first syllable: for “insurance,” people don’t say “in-SHOR-ence,” but “IN-shor-ence” Yeah, that’s a thing here as well, but that one doesn’t bother me as much for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/253 "2024-09-13T13:08:07Z")
What would bother me is pronouncing the middle syllable as SHOR rather than SURE. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/254 "2024-09-13T13:21:09Z")
I am well and truly tired of making the typos, “Tohte,” “Fromteh,” and “Onteh.” It breaks my rhythm when typing and it happens often enough to really piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/255 "2024-09-13T13:54:15Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve posted about this before, but the bastardized spelling of ‘whoa’ to ‘woah’ always pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/256 "2024-09-13T14:07:43Z")
Another YouTube annoyance… When I see someone in a video holding a lapel mic between their fingertips in front of their face as they explain something as the gospel truth, I immediately apply negative points to my evaluation of their content, and I will probably move on right away. For some reason that pose strikes me as an affectation, and it bothers me. But why? What’s wrong with a guy holding his lav mic in his hand instead of clipping it on his clothing as intended? ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/257 "2024-09-13T17:36:24Z")
> [@Hakushon](#): > > We have a similarly strange thing here, but with the accent on the first syllable: for “insurance,” people don’t say “in-SHOR-ence,” but “IN-shor-ence” (as opposed to “OUTsurance”?) I was just going to mention that! 😀 I know someone who I kid because he does this all the time with words, as in “_I’m gonna take my UM-brella as IN-sher-ince in case it rains on my way to the MYOO-zee-um_” ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/258 "2024-09-13T18:28:31Z")
It sounds weird when you put the em-FA-sis on the wrong si-LAB-el ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/259 "2024-09-13T21:09:13Z")
“As my cart is blocking the exit, I’m legally still inside. So what better time to stop and check my receipt?” ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/260 "2024-09-14T02:25:37Z")
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