What's bugging you? (Free rant thread)

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I've noticed that everybody has SOMETHING bugging them, but they usually don't talk about it for fear of being seen as whiny / weak / attention-seeking.
I'm not talking about big things (my parents are getting divorced) but rather the little things that have been irritating you but don't actually merit talking to a friend about.

So. Take a load off.

And, because I've also noticed that people usually only ask questions they wish somebody would ask them, here's some things that've been bugging me:

- There are no legitimate reasons to drink coffee or alcohol - it's just because they're currently socially acceptable that we can do them without getting persecuted. I quit coffee a few months back because I had stayed the night at a friend's and they didn't have any coffee, so I got a terrible headache, made the connection to opiate withdrawl, which doesn't feel the same (it's like a beating + a bad cold) but follows the same pattern, freaked out a little because I STILL couldn't manage to kick this thing, and haven't looked back.
- My dog is going to die someday. Not yet, not even soon, but someday.
- My Blazer needs a new distributor cap, but I don't have the money to get one, because I don't have a job, because my Blazer needs a new distributor cap and can't get me anywhere, because I don't have the money...
- Morning always comes too soon.

Oh, and, haha, " - Overly cynical people", to quote Calvin and Hobbes. Somebody make a "Small blessings" thread.

[Endovia]

I don't like coffee or alcohol. So...I don't drink them. I don't like coffee flavored stuff, either. I don't mind alcohol added into a meal while cooking it because I don't taste it. Beer battered fish and chips. Christmas pudding. Mmm...
The addiction to drinks (I'll include soda and energy drinks here, too) scares me. I find it disconcerting that a lot of my classmates and teachers need coffee to function. (I hated going into Chemistry class because it always stank, not just of chemicals, but coffee, too.) I don't really like soft drinks, either. I'm usually thirsty afterwards, which really defeats the purpose. Energy drinks are nuts. I sipped red bull once. It tastes gross. I don't understand them. It's crazy.

Aww... So sad and true and I completely feel your pain.

I don't know what a distributor cap is, but I can understand car problems. I like how cars can get me places, but I don't like how there are so many different parts with too many possibilities of going wrong.

- One thing that really bugs me is time. I feel like I have so much stuff to do but not enough hours in the day. I'm frustrated that I don't have as much time as I would like to devote to writing and personal/fun reading and art. I feel like I'm doing so much for other people (it shouldn't really bug me because it's just little stuff but it does) that I don't really have me time. When I do have time, it's usually devoted to a miscellaneous range of stuff, house stuff, essays, and more essays, homework, sleeping...

- I'll say it: guys. You guys here are fine. I like you guys. You're normal. But what is it with guys showing off? It's so stupid, I don't understand it. And, I guess this is weird, but I don't really like boyfriends. When your friends have boyfriends they move away. It all changes. I like it simple. Why do guys complicate things? (I guess it's the same for guys about girls.) I don't know...people confuse me. I just want to read books and talk about Batman.

- Um, I guess there's other things that must be bugging me. Like the fact that I need to get different shampoo. This Lavendar one I have now is terrible. Disorganization bugs me and dog-eared pages, but I think those are more pet peeves than anything.


The Little Things
+ Batman
+ Music (Soundtracks are amazing!)
+ Cool water
+ Hurdles!
+ Puppies! (They are so shaggy right now and I'm grooming them tomorrow, yay, but I love them so much. They lick your face and step all over you and are so cute and energetic.)
+ Computer and Internet
+ Books! (I love you...yes, even you, Calculus book.)
+ Soap (There is nothing like feeling and smelling clean. It's nice and refreshing.)
+ I'll think of more as they come to me.

[sapphire]

At the gas station I used to work at, we had some regulars who were construction workers/truck drivers/farm workers/etc., and they would buy energy drinks every single day. Some of them got those little 5-Hour Energy things. I can't imagine putting that in my body every day, and I'm pretty far from being a health nut.

The mistreatment of books is a pet peeve of mine, too, Endovia. Those poor pages. Why can't people use bookmarks?

Okay, huge irritant of mine:
-Being at a rather prestigious art school, there are a LOT of pretentious attitudes. The head of our writing department has it in his head that fantasy isn't "literature" and therefore isn't worth writing or reading. He's a nice guy, otherwise, if a bit intense about grammar (most of my irritation at bad grammar, I got form him, heh). He just can't seem to accept that fantasy and sci-fi and all the genres are just as legitimate as realism. And that attitude filters down to the rest of the department. Most of the students disagree with him, but some of the professors agree. We got a new senior thesis class going this semester, because about half of my class last semester was unhappy with the professor, and they're talking about cutting it next year because most of us are writing genre - young adult or fantasy. It's completely ridiculous, and they're taking away a really awesome class because they don't like the genres. Thankfully, we have one awesome professor who's willing to go to bat for his students and insists that we be allowed to write what we want to write.

Hmm, blessings.
+ Dusk (most beautiful time of day, no matter where I am)
+ Waking up without an alarm
+ Walks in winter, when it's cold enough to make you really feel everything
+ Sprinting so hard the world falls away
+ Broadway
+ Cats
+ 3 a.m.

[GiannaRose]

You know what really bugs me? This year for our school musical, they didn't cast any understudies! I mean, really! What were they thinking?

"Oh, I don't think we should have any backup people this year, guys. Yeah, I don't feel like training them, and it's not like any of our leads are gonna get sick or anything."



It's so stupid! What if a lead does get sick? Then what? "Oops, sorry guys, we have to cancel this performance because we were too stupid to see that this might have happened."

UUUGH!!!

Ok, I'm done. Thanks guys.

[sapphire]

Ah, they never cast understudies for my high school musicals, either. I always thought that was dumb. People do get the flu.
One year, we did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which requires a lot of guys. One of the guys didn't show up for one of the performances. Just didn't show. And of course, we had no one to take his place. He showed up at intermission, said he couldn't get a ride.

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"But what is it with guys showing off? It's so stupid, I don't understand it."
If a guy does something stupid, then looks at you, he likes you. No doubt about it. He is trying to impress you, and then he is checking to see if it worked.
What I don't understand is why guys think chugging a litre of juice is impressive.

Also I am so jealous that you have puppies. Ridiculously jealous. Will you cuddle one and boop his lil nose for me?


"Thankfully, we have one awesome professor who's willing to go to bat for his students and insists that we be allowed to write what we want to write."
Yeah for him! You should make him cookies at the end of the semester.

"+ Walks in winter, when it's cold enough to make you really feel everything"
I used to drive around in January with the windows down so I could hear the engine and feel like I was really there, instead of just playing a driving game.
Sometimes I wish I could smell as well as a dog can - can you imagine how much fun just taking a walk would be?


Some + for me:
+ The really really great part in a song that makes you dance with it.
+ Staying up and watching the sun rise
+ Walks in the woods
+ When things work perfectly the first time!
+ Finding five bucks in your coat from last year
+ That moment when you realize an aquaintence has become a friend
+ Clothes fresh from the dryer

[Raphael]

I hate how much tension there is from ‘relationships’. It makes it so impossibly hard to just be friends. And Guys can be pretty immature most of the times, but girls can be pretty bad too. I’m not saying that everyone sucks, but I’ve seen the worst in just about all types of people, self included. I really can’t stand having a friendship with someone where you have awesome discussions over email, but then they never talk to you elsewhere. I mean seriously, be consistent. I wish people would look past appearances more, and then also I wish people weren’t so obsessed on how they look or how smart they are. Friendships are really hard to make and keep because it means trusting the other and I have a little more than a few reasons to not trust other people. I hate it when friends turn on you and act like they can take it all and still expect more from me, and then later they still ask for help. Seriously? You think that I am still going to want to help you after all of that? And they still keep doing it. Sometimes I hate the rules of chivalry but most of the time I like being the one person at the dance that didn’t come with anyone who dances with all of the people who are having a really bad night, because that one idiot they really wanted to come with didn’t ask them, even though there are way better people there. It’s also d*** annoying when you lose a close friend to a girl and he gets completely obsessed with her, even though we can all se she’s not that great, and he was better the year before. People are so dense sometimes, and I hate explaining things to people, especially the things I do, and why. I hate it when you write an awesome story for English that shoots way over the expected bar, but then your teacher thinks you tried too hard and gives the mediocre person a 100 while you get an 85 just because you shot higher. I hate it when people assume that you’re just like everybody else, or hold you to a low standard because you’re a kid. “Hey adults, we can do a whole lot more than you think we can.”

[Endovia]

"The head of our writing department has it in his head that fantasy isn't "literature" and therefore isn't worth writing or reading."
I hate that. Literature is great and all and I like it, but other genres are awesome, too. It'd be really cool to study Harry Potter in school and people would pay more attention to it than other dry books. Sure, not all books within a genre are good, but neither are all literature books. And there's more to books than studying and analyzing them to death. There's pleasure reading and entertainment value.

"If a guy does something stupid, then looks at you, he likes you. No doubt about it. He is trying to impress you, and then he is checking to see if it worked.
What I don't understand is why guys think chugging a litre of juice is impressive."
...I'm not impressed. I don't find chugging impressive either. Or that cinnamon challenge? So stupid. What's wrong with just being normal? You don't need to do silly tricks that can hurt you.

"Also I am so jealous that you have puppies. Ridiculously jealous. Will you cuddle one and boop his lil nose for me?"
I cuddled both of them for you. XD They just had a bath and grooming yesterday so they smell good and look like poodles again not sheep.

Raphael, I agree that both guys and girls can be immature. A lot of it is individual personalities and people.

"I really can’t stand having a friendship with someone where you have awesome discussions over email, but then they never talk to you elsewhere."
Hmm, that's kind of like us here, but not on email just on a forum. But I guess it's different. I think face-to-face interaction is really key with real life relationships (by real life I mean people you see, I know this is real, but agh you know what I mean).

"I hate it when friends turn on you and act like they can take it all and still expect more from me, and then later they still ask for help."
Not true friends. I avoid people like that as much as possible. I also don't like "friends" or maybe I should just say classmates that say mean stuff all the time and then laugh at it and say that they're just joking or just kidding. It's not funny, even if it was a joke. It's just annoying.

At dances I like dancing alone with a group of friends. I don't like slow songs because all the couples get together and even if you pair up with a friend, it's still boring. You're not dancing, you're standing.

"It’s also d*** annoying when you lose a close friend to a girl and he gets completely obsessed with her, even though we can all se she’s not that great, and he was better the year before."
Yes! I haven't completely lost friends, (well, actually, I guess I have, but there were more factors involved) but there's just more distance. It's not the same.

"I hate it when you write an awesome story for English that shoots way over the expected bar, but then your teacher thinks you tried too hard and gives the mediocre person a 100 while you get an 85 just because you shot higher."
Man, that stinks. I'm really glad my English teacher's not like that.

Oh, no. Adults vs kids. Ugh. A lot of adults are still immature and childish themselves, which makes it doubly annoying. I think kids can have a lot of insight, but I also don't like it when adults force kids to grow up too quickly. "Have a good weekend. Make wise choices." Sure, we're legally adults but honestly we're still kids even if we're really great at whatever academic, adult level topic thing.

"+ Waking up without an alarm (Best feeling in the world. Especially with puppies curled up around you. So relaxing.)
+ Sprinting so hard the world falls away (I love this! It feels so good.)
+ Walks in the woods (This is gorgeous. I love it in the morning or just when the sun is setting and it's nice and cool.)
+ Clothes fresh from the dryer (Mmm, nice and warm and clean. I've just sat with freshly dried clothes on top of me because it's so nice.)"
+ Listening to soundtracks in the car (Just something about it. And the low end of The Dark Knight is so much better in the car than on my computer.)

[Spectre]

Gentlemen, they've figured us out.

Kidding! Just joking. But from my experience... I dunno, man. Dumb stuff, like the cinnamon challenge? Me and my friends would do stuff like that just for the sake of doing it. We were being part of the group. Just doing something dumb to create a funny memory. I never thought, "Sledding down this hill on a campaign sign that broke in half will get me ALL THE GIRLS," but I still did it. Just for fun. To be fair, I'm only speaking for myself; I guess other guys really could be thinking that.

It bugs me that so many people are proud of not knowing stuff... and so many other people are really arrogant about the things they do know. And it bugs me that I waste so much time being mad at them.

It bugs me when I have this feeling that I should be doing something more with my day, but I just can't figure out what it is.

It bugs me when I get a really nice-looking orange, and I open it up, and it's hard, pale white, and tasteless.

Little things list:

Hearing a song you haven't heard since you were a little kid.

Throwing a piece of candy to the ceiling and catching it in your mouth.

This kid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGUkWUjPxT8&list=SPzvRx_johoA-YabI6FWcU-jL6nKA1Um-t&index=21 (In the theme of adults sometimes being more immature than kids...)

Ice cream.

When your friend makes a joke, and everyone builds off of it, and it turns into an entire story.

Getting a good grade on a test you thought you were gonna fail.

Re-discovering a hilarious show on Netflix.

Fat snowflakes; the ones where you can see the individual shape if there's a streetlight.

Pirate accents.

[Raphael]

Doing things for no reason is the best reason of all!

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"Hmm, that's kind of like us here, but not on email just on a forum. But I guess it's different. I think face-to-face interaction is really key with real life relationships (by real life I mean people you see, I know this is real, but agh you know what I mean)."
I agree. You've got to be able to goof around with people; see their reactions; punch them on the shoulder when they beat you at Monopoly. This is real, but it's not REALLY real - I can't see myself confiding my deepest secrets you guys, for example.

"Listening to soundtracks in the car" - awwwww yeahhhhhh

"It bugs me that so many people are proud of not knowing stuff... and so many other people are really arrogant about the things they do know. And it bugs me that I waste so much time being mad at them."
Yeah! My instinct is to school them so they become Better, Happier People, but they never listen. I give up.

"It bugs me when I have this feeling that I should be doing something more with my day, but I just can't figure out what it is."
I haven't figured out how to deal with this yet. If I do I'll let you know.


"Doing things for no reason is the best reason of all! "
Damn straight, son.

- Forgetting your tea downstairs and it gets lukewarm.
- When people you really don't like seem to think you like them. What do you do? "Please stop talking to me. You make me equally mad and sad at the same time, and it's unpleasant."


+ Finishing your To Do list!
+ Highlighting things (I feel so productive!)
+ Scissors-through-construction-paper. Nuff said.
+ Laughing without even realizing it.
+ Realizing strangers are people too
+ A tight hug on a bad day
+ When people do things for you without you having to ask them (and vice versa)

[Raphael]

Tight hugs on bad days are the best. They're right up there with chocolate.

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Mmmmmmmm
chocolate
I got a bunch of chocolate-covered cranberries for Valentine's day. My mother is trying to make me fat

[Raphael]

Is she going to cook you up and eat you?

I guess in slight contrast to what i said before i really like this forum. I don't see it so much as fake but more like we all come from different places and meet up here. Moreover I might even be more likely to share stuff here because (for the most part) we don't all know eachother out there.

[Raphael]

+ Thanks for the idea of putting a rant board up!