# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/381 "2024-10-10T21:33:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > What religion was Stonehenge may i ask? (not druids) According to the documentary _This is Spinal Tap_, aren’t they the druids? Also, apparently, no one knows who they were or what they were doing. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/382 "2024-10-10T21:47:50Z")
We do know that they were quite short. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/383 "2024-10-10T22:11:34Z")
When I saw that scene in the movie theatre I was (not literally, of course) dying I was laughing so hard. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/384 "2024-10-13T19:08:04Z")
Completely unimportant, but I hate when people on cooking shows pretend to not know how to pronounce Worcestershire sauce. You guys are cooks, you know what it is. And it’s not hard to say. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/385 "2024-10-13T22:35:06Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Could be because my states stickers self destruct if you try to remove them once the adhesive has set even if you try to use a liquid to move it. Ever thought about why they made the stickers to self destruct. Either there hand been incidents of their being stolen or they thought there would be. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/386 "2024-10-13T22:40:47Z")
Actually they were made to self destruct to prevent fraud so people with multiple vehicles wouldn’t keep switching the sticker back and forth. They’ve been made that way for at least 45 years. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/387 "2024-10-14T02:47:32Z")
And don’t use Galaxy Gas recreationally because you saw it done on Tik Tok. It’s dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/388 "2024-10-14T11:29:48Z")
Maybe they’re using the store’s wifi. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/389 "2024-10-15T19:01:12Z")
I am generally extremely chill. Except when it comes to tech. I can go from 0 to Rage Monster in an eyeblink. WORK, GODDAMIT!!! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/390 "2024-10-16T10:25:47Z")
I think we all use sticky notes, post it notes, whatever you call them I just bought a pack of four sticky note pads a couple of hundred sheets in each pad. But these where made for sticky note dispensers (I didn’t look close enough at the packaging I suppose). So each one alters 180 degrees for pulling it off the pad. Drives me nuts. I’m not going to buy a note dispenser. Some how, I’ll muddle through. Pisses me off though. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/391 "2024-10-16T12:24:54Z")
Oh, I hate those fucking things! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/392 "2024-10-16T14:16:15Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Except when it comes to tech. I can go from 0 to Rage Monster in an eyeblink. Oh yes. The times I’ve shouted at the software “Stop trying to be “helpful”, just do WHAT YOU’RE BLOODY WELL TOLD!!”… ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/393 "2024-10-16T14:23:09Z")
I have to say, although I truly loathe tailgaters myself, when I have been a passenger with a chronic tailgater driver, I’ve observed that rarely are they actually in a hurry, or angry. They just have the habit of driving way way too close, and don’t even notice they are doing it. I may hate being in that passenger seat more than being the driver in the car ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/394 "2024-10-16T15:32:24Z")
My wife is a habitual tailgater (and speeder). She’s been in three accidents in the last ten years all of which involve her rear-ending someone. She is convinced none of these were “really” her fault. It’s terrifying to sit in the passenger seat with her driving. Was rear ended someone at age 17. It cured me of the tailgating habit for life. My wife finds it infuriating that on the highway people will cut into the space in front of me, and I will do nothing except slow down for a few seconds so that the safe following distance is restored. She thinks this adds hours to my driving time over a year. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/395 "2024-10-16T16:06:17Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > My wife finds it infuriating that on the highway people will cut into the space in front of me, and I will do nothing except slow down for a few seconds so that the safe following distance is restored. She thinks this adds hours to my driving time over a year. The recommendation is three seconds of following distance. So let’s say every time it happens, it costs you three seconds of additional driving time. There are 3600 seconds in an hour, enough to allow for 1200 people to cut in front of you. So if it happens to you an average of 3.3 times per day, well, there goes one hour every year. Which is a little annoying when you think about it in those terms, but the alternative is to compromise your safety. The bottom line is that we choose to spend resources (most of the time it’s money, but in this case, it’s time) to improve our safety. If ten hours over the course of ten years could have kept your wife out of three costly and possibly injurious accidents, I’d say that would have been time well spent, and it’s unfortunate that she can’t see that. ---
**Author:** ![deneen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deneen/32/17713_2.png) [@deneen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deneen)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/396 "2024-10-16T21:40:49Z")
Oh, I thought of something else. Fruit stickers that are, I think, literally super glued onto the fruit. If it’s a soft fruit like a peach or a plum, I end up having to dig it off, leaving a gloppy divot. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/397 "2024-10-16T22:21:41Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > If ten hours over the course of ten years could have kept your wife out of three costly and possibly injurious accidents, I’d say that would have been time well spent, and it’s unfortunate that she can’t see that. I’d venture the guess, taking care of 3 accidents (accident, insurance, garage,…) took more than 10 hours for her … so she not just is out of money, but also out of time. (yes, my SO is similar to yours, and I suffer as well) ---
**Author:** ![BillyBaroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billybaroo/32/17405_2.png) [@BillyBaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillyBaroo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/398 "2024-10-16T22:32:49Z")
hear hear! TBH sometimes I just eat the sticker 😋 ---
**Author:** ![BillyBaroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billybaroo/32/17405_2.png) [@BillyBaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillyBaroo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/399 "2024-10-16T22:45:01Z")
Side mirrors on the family cars. I read or heard at some point years ago that you don’t actually have to have a blind spot if you aim them correctly, i.e. tilt them outward so their viewing range doesn’t overlap with the rear-view mirror. You can test it – aim the side mirror so the passing car appears in the side mirror as soon as it disappears from the rear view. If you set it up that way, you don’t need to look over your shoulder when changing lanes. The other drivers in the family will not listen to my entreaties of “test it and you’ll see!” and actually diss me about it like I’m deranged. Thankfully we got a new Outback that recognizes the driver and sets the seats and mirrors accordingly, so the ongoing conflict has abated with that car at least. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/400 "2024-10-16T22:51:58Z")
Inspired by a story I just saw on NBC News regarding cancellation of subscriptions: If I sign up for email notifications from some entity (news site, computer manufacturer, etc.), I start to receive emails damn near immediately. But if I decide to unsubscribe, I get a message that it may take up to 15 days for my request to take effect. Why? You put my name in the list quickly when I signed up, so you should be able to remove it just as quickly when I want it removed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=21)