# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/521 "2024-10-29T14:39:20Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > I look at my rear-view and **there’s nobody behind me.** That’s the point, if he didn’t speed up and force his way in at the last moment **he** would be behind you. Being behind a car when you could be in front of that car is what’s called _losing_ and he can’t allow that to happen. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/522 "2024-10-29T14:48:43Z")
The one that gets me is when I’m in a long, slow-moving line of cars in an exit lane, and the car behind me whips into the travel lane, zooms past me, and then cuts in front of me to continue being in the long, slow-moving line of cars in the exit lane, but one whole car ahead. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/523 "2024-10-29T15:17:54Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I didn’t know we were dealing with toppings, too. Really! It’s right in the name! ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/524 "2024-10-29T15:34:11Z")
Yes. If I had my way, I’d just dip a hot dog in the mustard jar. People seem to frown on this. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/525 "2024-10-29T15:38:52Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. Plus, they pollute the environment with millions of pieces of microplastic. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/526 "2024-10-29T20:49:25Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFRT6_gURrY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=LL Just FYI Neil deGrasse Tyson agrees with me that using BCE and CE is silly. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/527 "2024-10-29T21:10:31Z")
I agree as well. Unfortunately my browser shows your video as unavailable. Got another link? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/528 "2024-10-29T23:00:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. > > I keep trying these things, and every time they fail to live up to the hype. Yayyy, it’s not just me! I tried them exactly once and thought, “These are awful.” > [@wguy123](#): > > Plus, they pollute the environment with millions of pieces of microplastic. Thanks for mentioning this. If they’d have worked worth a shit, I might have continued to buy them. But now I can feel doubly virtuous for never using them again. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/529 "2024-10-29T23:23:13Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Yayyy, it’s not just me! I tried them exactly once and thought, “These are awful.” My Wife bought one once (two pack?). It was total BS. There might be one situation on a specific material where it may work. But I couldn’t get them to do anything. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/530 "2024-10-29T23:41:51Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. Yes! I thought I could use them on surfaces where you shouldn’t use a regular scrubby sponge, then found out that they could be just as destructive. I have a buffed, dull place on my painted kitchen cabinet as proof. As for using them on lacquered-on crud on a stovetop, forgettaboutit. The only thing that works there is a Krud Kutter soak and a razor blade. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/531 "2024-10-30T00:25:12Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I agree as well. Unfortunately my browser shows your video as unavailable. Got another link? # Neil deGrasse Tyson On AD And BC 🧐 [Universe Lair](https://www.youtube.com/@UniverseLair) ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1RxKOid3isQ/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/1RxKOid3isQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=LL ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/532 "2024-10-30T00:25:39Z")
Yeah, I once used a Magic Eraser to try to clean a small discolored spot on a wall. Now I have a large discolored spot on the wall. ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/533 "2024-10-30T01:14:08Z")
So does this one. And the link goes to some YouTube channel in which I don’t see a video of NDT talking about AD/BC. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/534 "2024-10-30T01:21:03Z")
Try searching with that info on Youtube. here is what happens if you do- [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YDsheyTtK6k/hqdefault.jpg "Joe Rogan Neil deGrasse Tyson on AD & BC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDsheyTtK6k) ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/535 "2024-10-30T01:29:53Z")
He introduces zero new arguments. Well I guess there’s and argument from authority introduced by posting the video. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/536 "2024-10-30T12:34:54Z")
To bring it around to the thread topic, experts in one area who opine in areas outside of their expertise as if expertise is fungible infuriate me well beyond their actual importance. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/537 "2024-10-30T14:38:32Z")
Watched an episode of a British police procedural last night where a clue lies in the fact that a single page was ripped out of a book. The supervisor ordered a constable to get another copy of the book and check out everything on page 36. When the constable grimaced, the supervisor added, “And on page 37, of course!” Of course, in most books, pages 36 and 37 are on opposing pages, not on the front and back of a single page. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/538 "2024-10-30T17:49:35Z")
Motherfuckers. I’m not sure how much it irritated my fellow patient, obedient queuing drivers, but when I had a job that required a lengthy queue to get to an off-ramp on the way home, I tail-gated like a bastard. If I have to sit in traffic for 30 minutes; then so do you, Mr. Push-in-the-queue. No gaps for you. It helps that I have a large truck, but it is a 2005 model. It has its dents and scratches, and I am not too concerned about getting more. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/539 "2024-10-31T10:00:20Z")
‘Wedge Salad’ annoys me more than it probably should. I’ve had it a couple of times in steak houses where there really weren’t any other side options that seemed fresh. Wedge salad seems, to me, like a lazy implementation of salad; you want _me_ to finish preparing it, on my plate, that is already crowded with the other elements of my meal? No. You have the sharp knives and chopping boards out there in the kitchen. Just finish making the damn salad before you bring it to me. A wedge cut out of a lettuce, drizzled in dressing, is not a salad, it’s a homework assignment that you wrote on the bus. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/540 "2024-10-31T10:05:40Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Of course, in most books, pages 36 and 37 are on opposing pages, not on the front and back of a single page. Rectos and versos belong in their proper places. Book designers, and wannabe book designers, and for that matter, TV and movie producers, take note of where the rectos and versos go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=28)