# What "innocent" group of people can you simply not stand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982 "2015-10-28T16:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/141 "2015-10-30T12:49:47Z")
Jive Talkers It’s just your jive talking Bringing me down ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/142 "2015-10-30T13:50:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > So go ahead and file for divorce. it sounds like you’re ready. 🙂 Who, me? I’m single. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/143 "2015-10-30T14:44:03Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > People who have the senseless belief that other animals are just as important as people. 😃 Some people SAY they value animals as much as humans. It would be trivially easy to prove they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/144 "2015-10-30T14:59:19Z")
I doubt it: I would choose a select group of people to save beyond others ( some family etc. ) but generally if I could only choose one or the other from drowning or whatever, I would chose whichever creature can be saved first, whether that be human or any other animal. I’m not going to play favourites Except for cats. And I put ‘ **People who have the senseless belief that humans are more important than other species.** ’ because the belief that humans are more important has no validity either from a God-believing attitude nor an atheist one. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/145 "2015-10-30T17:44:37Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > . . . “Go to the SDMB - they take everything seriously. They take think they are doing a service. Tell them that D.B. Cooper not only survived his parachute escape, but he thrived and became one of the 9/11 hijackers. You’ll get 1000 words on the air speed capability of a Boeing 727, the rotational properties of a falling body, and a detailed, footnoted, description of the landscape of rural Oregon.” But we enjoy it, and they just get bored and disappear. People who always want to lead a prayer\* (even at inappropriate times like at work functions) and then use the word “just” at the beginning of every phrase. “Lord, we just thank you, and we just praise your name, and we just pray that you will . . .” I writhe in my seat like a possessed child being sprayed with Holy Water. \*\* Mutliply that by 1,000 for the people who make each “just” more fervent than the last, as if they were building up to an orgasm. In fact, anyone who prays aloud in such a way that the words “self stim” awkwardly intrude upon my thoughts. :mad: - Actually, I could stop there. \*\* Ummm . . . :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/146 "2015-10-30T17:53:55Z")
> [@yo\_han\_go](#): > > - Porsche owners Yup, that’s a pretty “innocent” group. ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/147 "2015-10-30T18:47:47Z")
Foodies. For god’s sake, I don’t give a crap about your artisanal cheese and 90% cacao chocolate with cayenne pepper. I still suspect most of them are just pretending-or convincing themselves- that they can actually tell the difference between bacon from a lop-eared heritage pig and bacon from Kroger. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/148 "2015-10-30T18:54:51Z")
People who talk in the school library. Goddammit, I am trying to either work, play, or relax here, and I do NOT need to hear your inane fucking conversations. (This is happening across from me as I speak.) ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/149 "2015-10-30T18:57:47Z")
> [@BrightSunshine](#): > > Are you from the US? In the US apartments are not owned. [You should mention this to the _New York Times_.](http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/new-york-ny-usa) ---
**Author:** ![edwardcoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/150 "2015-10-30T18:59:59Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > People who offer to pray for me, or tell me that I’m ~~So Strong!~~ or tell me that Everything Happens For A Reason, or tell me to just keep a positive attitude! An Attitude of Gratitude! And everything will be Just Fine. > > They mean well, but fuck them. They don’t mean well, they are lazy! “Oh, you lost your job, I will pray for you” instead of “Sorry you lost your job, I will check my network and see if anyone has any leads for you”. ---
**Author:** ![edwardcoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/151 "2015-10-30T19:02:36Z")
People who have a motorcycle and feel perfectly justified in making noise with it early in the morning while others are sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/152 "2015-10-30T19:10:46Z")
The asshole who seemingly drag-races against himself on our street at 8 o’clock in the morning every Saturday. I hear a loud engine noise, as it goes down to a full stop. Then… RRRRRRRRRAAAAAA RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAA! as he tries to break the land speed record. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/153 "2015-10-30T19:28:56Z")
Halloween Edition: -The dude in every group of costumed people who thinks it’s hilarious and innovative to dress in drag. -The chick in every group of costumed people who thinks it’s sexy and innovative to dress as a cat. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/154 "2015-10-30T19:39:25Z")
The 20-something guy on the train yesterday who was talking to his buddy a little too loudly and kept going on and on about “graffito” he’d recently seen, without a hint of irony. Reminded me how much I hate pretentiousness. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/155 "2015-10-30T19:46:24Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The asshole who seemingly drag-races against himself on our street at 8 o’clock in the morning every Saturday. I hear a loud engine noise, as it goes down to a full stop. Then… RRRRRRRRRAAAAAA RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAA! as he tries to break the land speed record. Have we gotten to leaf blower people yet? Them. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/156 "2015-10-30T19:57:52Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Some people SAY they value animals as much as humans. It would be trivially easy to prove they don’t. Perhaps not as trivially easy as you think. Certainly not in all cases. Accounts [like this](http://www.amazon.com/Pack-Two-Intricate-Between-People-ebook/dp/B003YJEXT8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) shed some perspective on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![edwardcoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/157 "2015-10-30T20:11:32Z")
Tenured college professors who think it’s perfectly acceptable to take off in the middle of the day to do personal things ignoring their posted office hours. And no matter how horrible of a teacher they are, they can’t be fired. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/158 "2015-10-31T02:54:01Z")
> [@edwardcoast](#): > > Tenured college professors who think it’s perfectly acceptable to take off in the middle of the day to do personal things ignoring their posted office hours. And no matter how horrible of a teacher they are, they can’t be fired. They _could_ be fired for not doing their jobs. Tenure doesn’t protect you from that. But universities don’t consider teaching ability important when hiring professors: they’re not likely to consider it as something to fire them over. Universities want professors who publish and who bring in grants. They have to teach, but they don’t care whether they’re good at it. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/159 "2015-10-31T02:55:48Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > Halloween Edition: > > -The dude in every group of costumed people who thinks it’s hilarious and innovative to dress in drag. > -The chick in every group of costumed people who thinks it’s sexy and innovative to dress as a cat. I will defend to the death the right of ANY sexy chick to dress as a cat whenever she damn well pleases. Rowr! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982/160 "2015-10-31T05:25:10Z")
> [@DoggyDunnit](#): > > Evangelicals who respond to non-religious people rejecting their evangelism with any variation on, “But I’m not talking about religion! I’m talking about a personal relationship with God!” Actual bumper sticker I saw: I’m not religious. I just love the LORD! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-innocent-group-of-people-can-you-simply-not-stand/735982.md?page=9)