# Things that infuriate you well beyond their actual importance

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> [@iamatractorboy](#):
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> People typing ‘alot’ when they mean ‘a lot’.

I used to have a T-shirt from Hyperbole and a Half that said, “I care about this alot.”

Basically whenever they read “alot” they assumed it was an adorable creature called an alot. Alots remind me a lot of the flying buffalo in Avatar.

> **[The Alot | Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-alot)**
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> The Alot is a fictional mammalian creature with brown fur invented by Allie Brosh, the creator of the webcomic Hyperbole and a Half. The creature was inspi

I’m a bit distressed to discover this a sixteen-year-old meme.

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