# 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:** 22
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/421 "2024-10-18T04:02:38Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > > [@deneen](#): > > > > gloppy divot > > Molvanian pop star. Bolivian unicyclist jockstrap (Sorry. Irresistible impulse) ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/422 "2024-10-18T11:05:57Z")
For some reason I just laughed out loud and spat a little coffee out and I’m not sure I even understand… ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/423 "2024-10-18T11:39:02Z")
Pears! I forgot about them! Yes, the WORST. ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/424 "2024-10-18T11:43:31Z")
You’re right! ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/425 "2024-10-18T11:51:25Z")
What!!! I’ve never heard this! I want to try it, but… I have been relying heavily on my side mirrors to showoffily backswoop into parking spaces for 30 years. I can’t seem to do it as effectively using just the rearview. It’s my superpower (sad, yes) and I don’t want to mess with it. And I can’t change them only when I go to park- part of the superpower is the speedy swoop, I can’t be fiddling around with mirrors while some db in a white SUV (somehow this specific vehicle is the bane of my existence) flies up behind me, all impatient. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/426 "2024-10-18T13:56:56Z")
My wife and I stopped at the Char-Grill (well-known local hamburger chain) located in Terminal 1 of Raleigh-Durham airport to grab a bite before our flight. For some reason, she decided she wanted a hot dog instead of a burger. I ordered two dogs with relish, mustard, and onions, plus a couple orders of onion rings. When we unwrapped the dogs, the condiments were UNDER the dogs at the bottom of the buns. Who does that? In what universe is it OK to put the condiments in the bun and lay the dog on top? Is this Char-Grill policy? I went back up and complained about it and they basically said, “What difference does it make?” Still fuming a week later. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/427 "2024-10-18T14:10:42Z")
I’ve never ordered hot dogs from Char-Grill, but they put toppings on top of burgers the regular way. Maybe they got complaints that toppings were falling off the hot dogs when unwrapped, so they stuffed them underneath. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/428 "2024-10-18T14:12:40Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Another pronunciation issue; it’s pronounced " Fentinill". NOT “Fentinall”. If you’re a politician pretending to give a shit, kindly inform yourself how to say it. Wow! You’re going all nucular on that. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/429 "2024-10-18T14:52:33Z")
Aw, Saint Cad, our walking liberry. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/430 "2024-10-18T15:27:24Z")
I prefer toppings under the dog. Less likely to spill and it all goes in the same hole. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/431 "2024-10-18T15:34:25Z")
My part time job provides opportunity to enroll and pay for voluntary supplemental benefits that are not considered health insurance and do not satisfy the requirements of minimum essential coverage under the ACA. Basically if you get critically ill with a covered affliction they’ll pay a lump sum equal to about $1500 or so. I opt not to participate as I’d rather pay for a real plan using the ACA marketplace. My beef is with the whiners who complain about the lack of health insurance, yet do nothing like research their options at the Marketplace. Likely they could get subsidy allowing them an affordable premium for comprehensive health insurance. Quit yer bitching about something you can fix. Marketplace enrollment starts November 1 ---
**Author:** ![sb1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@sb1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sb1953)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/432 "2024-10-18T15:38:05Z")
My opinion on Casinos and gambling:…“How do you come out of a casino with a small fortune? Go Into the casino with a large fortune” ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/433 "2024-10-18T16:10:39Z")
But they don’t hit the palate like they should (or…as I prefer). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/434 "2024-10-18T16:14:22Z")
That’s just…wrong. You dress the dog, not the bun. ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/435 "2024-10-18T17:51:11Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > > [@PatrickLondon](#): > > > > > [@deneen](#): > > > > > > gloppy divot > > > > Molvanian pop star. > > Bolivian unicyclist jockstrap Preparation H’s name in asian markets ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/436 "2024-10-18T17:54:44Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Aw, Saint Cad, our walking liberry. yep, who would of thought … ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/437 "2024-10-18T18:09:33Z")
Do NOT leave three sheets of TP on the roll. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/438 "2024-10-19T14:17:46Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Something that infuriates me unnecessarily is twist ties. How about if they tie a knot in the twist tie before twisting it in the wrong direction–doubly mean! But I’m with you on that. There is one proper direction for a twist tie. Same with candy wrappers: all machine-wrapped candy is done with opposing twists, so you just need to grab the ends and pull. I occasionally find some off-brand sweets that have probably been wrapped by hand and they were simply twisted in the same direction from both ends, confounding candy consumers like myself. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/439 "2024-10-19T19:48:33Z")
> [@BillyBaroo](#): > > 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. Yep, my wife doesnt like the “no blind spot” system. Oh well. > [@slumtrimpet](#): > > You should be able to track any car behind you from your rear-view mirror to your side mirror to your peripheral vision. Yep. > [@Railer13](#): > > But if I decide to unsubscribe, I get a message that it may take up to 15 days for my request to take effect. Good news! > **[What to know about new FTC rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions and...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-click-to-cancel-subscription-new-rule/)** > > Retailers, gyms and other businesses are now required to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as to sign up. _The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced it has finalized a proposal known as “click to cancel” that requires companies to make it just as easy to cancel a subscription or service as it is to sign up for it._ > [@Spoons](#): > > Every password must be at least 8 characters, include capital letters and numbers, and expires in (from what I can tell) about a month if you haven’t logged in sooner. Yeah, pros have been telling them and us that requiring changing passwords often LOWERS security, not increases it- > **[Why You Shouldn’t Change Your Passwords Like It’s 1999](https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/09/24/why-you-shouldnt-change-your-passwords-like-its-1999/)** > > If you want to remain secure, don’t change your password like it’s 1999. That’s the surprising but sensible advice from security professionals. Here’s why. _The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre has advised against forced password changes since at least 2015 when it published [a guide to password administration for system owners](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/passwords). When users are forced to change their password, the NCSC warned, “the chances are that the new password will be similar to the old one.”_ Not to mention writing them down on a sticky. > [@enipla](#): > > Some think this can harm security, not help it. More than 'some"- all the real experts. > **[NIST Drops Password Complexity, Mandatory Reset Rules](https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/nist-drops-password-complexity-mandatory-reset-rules)** > > The latest draft version of NIST's password guidelines simplifies password management best practices and eliminates those that did not promote stronger security. _The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is no longer recommending using a mixture of character types in passwords or regularly changing passwords._ _NIST’s second public draft version of its password guidelines ([SP 800-63-4](https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html)) outlines technical requirements as well as recommended best practices for password management and authentication. The latest guidelines instruct credential service providers (CSP) to stop requiring users to set passwords that use specific types or characters or mandating periodic password changes (commonly every 60 or 90 days). Also, CSPs were instructed to stop using knowledge-based authentication or security questions when selecting passwords._ > [@ZonexandScout](#): > > I went back up and complained about it and they basically said, “What difference does it make?” They are correct. 😛 ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/440 "2024-10-19T19:58:44Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Good news! > > [What to know about new FTC rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-click-to-cancel-subscription-new-rule/) > > _The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced it has finalized a proposal known as “click to cancel” that requires companies to make it just as easy to cancel a subscription or service as it is to sign up for it._ That relates only to paid subscriptions, AIUI. I was talking about the ‘free’ emails I receive from Dell and TripAdvisor and Hertz and all the other companies that continue to send me emails well after I have opted out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=23)