# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/681 "2024-11-19T20:56:01Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > This Homemade Meatloaf recipe is the traditional meatloaf that we all know and love—tender, juicy, full of flavor, and with the perfectly tangy tomato glaze on top. It’s so perfect when paired with mashed potatoes and green beans. Yup. Did it once for Thanksgiving. My wife doesn’t like the tomato glaze though. 🙁 ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/682 "2024-11-20T01:07:01Z")
I don’t like it either if it’s aggresively tomato-y. Like basically ketchup. We make ours more like BBQ sauce. Still tomato based, but with more oomph. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/683 "2024-11-20T01:27:53Z")
My teeth are already grinding! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/684 "2024-11-20T11:59:47Z")
When I’m reading a news story online, then I move the mouse to the top so I can close the window, a stupid AD appears. They purposely put in a code that detects when I’m about to close so they can choose that moment to stealth-spam me. Why oh God, why? ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/685 "2024-11-20T15:27:53Z")
That reminds me… when I’m reading a news story online, and there’s a video at the top of the page. I scroll down, and a mini-video player pops down to the corner and autoplays. You know what, news site? If I wanted to watch your fuckin’ video, I would have stayed at the top of the page. There are Firefox settings in about:config that disable this nonsense, which I did at home some years ago. But that doesn’t help me with the computers at work, where I would have to look the settings up and then implement them every day, because the computers are “restored” nightly. If I even have permission to access about:config to make the changes. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/686 "2024-11-20T15:29:48Z")
Youtube videos that have a “this video contains paid advertisement” banners on the preview that are way to easy to click on accident. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/687 "2024-11-20T15:50:43Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > There are Firefox settings in about:config that disable this nonsense Does anybody know if Chrome has a similar setting? I’m with @GESancMan, this is a bullshit feature. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/688 "2024-11-20T15:55:24Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > An on and on and on. I’ve notice a trend recently with the loooooooooong exposition then a bunch of sponsored links to go through then the recipe. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/689 "2024-11-20T17:01:17Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Youtube videos that have a “this video contains paid advertisement” banners on the preview that are way to easy to click on accident. When that happens my fury is not out disproportionate, and totally justified. ---
**Author:** ![Mongoose3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@Mongoose3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongoose3)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/690 "2024-11-20T21:09:28Z")
Allow me to recommend www.based.cooking ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/691 "2024-11-21T16:55:06Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > click on accident **by** accident. This one that annoys me nearly as much as “try and do x” instead of “try to do x.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/692 "2024-11-21T17:03:48Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > **by** accident. or, **accidentally**. Bugs me as well, like "waiting **on** line (vs **in** line). ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/693 "2024-11-21T17:33:16Z")
It’s really bad form to call someone else’s dialect wrong but, yeah, crap that noise needs thrown out. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/694 "2024-11-21T19:54:46Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > This one that annoys me nearly as much as “try and do x” instead of “try to do x.” Usage of “try and” vs. “try to” is [different in British and American English](https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2016/12/try-and-try-to-gmeu-app.html). The British usage is, of course, wrong. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/695 "2024-11-21T20:08:11Z")
To me “try and” implies you’ve already got it accomplished. But then, I’m one who has no problem with the current usage of “literally.” The meaning has changed over the last several hundred years. We all find our pedantic mounts to climb. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/696 "2024-11-21T20:20:03Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > This one that annoys me nearly as much as “try and do x” instead of “try to do x.” I’m curious, could you explain why this annoys you more than a very little? I think I’ve heard “try and” all my life. I probably say it too. I wouldn’t write “try and” in any formal correspondence though I’m not really sure why. This is the first time I’ve ever encountered any mention of it. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/697 "2024-11-21T20:24:57Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > > [@Paintcharge](#): > > > > This one that annoys me nearly as much as “try and do x” instead of “try to do x.” > > I’m curious, could you explain why this annoys you more than a very little? This is **Paintcharge** IRL, which should help explain things: [![](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/Yoda-Retina_2a7ecc26.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1536%2C864) ](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/Yoda-Retina_2a7ecc26.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1536%2C864) ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/698 "2024-11-21T20:27:26Z")
Wise, you are. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/699 "2024-11-21T20:38:31Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Similar to the padded YouTube videos, how about online recipes? > > _“My family loooves these cinnamon rolls, I used to bake them for Christmas morning only but now hubby insists we have them at least once a month. Who doesn’t love a good cinnamon roll with a cup of hot java first thing in the morning? The scent brings the kids out of their rooms, even the dogs know when they’re in the oven!..”_ > > An on and on and on. Here’s a website that _changed my goddamned life_: [https://www.cooked.wiki](https://www.cooked.wiki). Here’s how you use it: Click the URL for some recipe that begins with the Epic of Gilgamesh or whatever. Copy it. Type “cooked.wiki/” and paste the URL. Voila! Compare these two views of the same recipe (click through for the full effect): Original: > **[Easy Hummus (Better than Store-Bought)](https://www.inspiredtaste.net/15938/easy-and-smooth-hummus-recipe/)** > > How to make homemade hummus with chickpeas, garlic, tahini and olive oil. This is the best hummus recipe, just read all the happy reviews. With helpful video! Modified by that website: [https://www.cooked.wiki/https://www.inspiredtaste.net/15938/easy-and-smooth-hummus-recipe/](https://www.cooked.wiki/https://www.inspiredtaste.net/15938/easy-and-smooth-hummus-recipe/) (This is also a genuinely delicious hummus recipe that I make a few times a month and highly recommend). It’s just about the best website ever. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/700 "2024-11-21T22:32:01Z")
C’mon - it’s not as though @Snarky_Kong said that by purpose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=36)