Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.

Macha · Nov 3, 2021, 8:30 PM

@greenflashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Thinking someone is your friend until you find out he's a homophobic misogynist who only likes you because you're one of the good ones so he doesn't mean any of it about you.

I love how a single statement both hurts and pisses me off.

GreenFlashlight · Nov 3, 2021, 8:57 PM

@derp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I feel like there is a whole story here and I am dying to hear it.

Not really. Just microaggressions here and there, piling up until the conclusion is inescapable. I've tried to turn it into an interesting narrative, and just can't figure out a way to make death by a thousand papercuts flow.

Testament · Nov 3, 2021, 9:02 PM

@greenflashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

because you're one of the good ones

Ganymede · Nov 4, 2021, 4:01 PM

@testament

None of us are good, really.

GreenFlashlight · Nov 4, 2021, 5:17 PM

@testament You know, he doesn't have a problem with you because sure, you're gay, but you don't cram it down his throat like the ones who want to get married and shit.

Or he doesn't have a problem with you because sure, you're a feminist, but you're not one of those man-hating bitches who liked Captain Marvel or Ghostbusters 2016.

Never mind that you do think gay people deserve marriage rights and you do like those two movies, but he assumes you don't because you never mentioned it, which means you must agree with him and therefore be better than those debased lesbos who, by disagreeing with him, are less than human.

Or whatever other example works for you.

GreenFlashlight · Nov 4, 2021, 3:56 PM

Much less grimly than my previous peeve, I miss when local Chinese restaurants offered shrimp toast as an entree. It's like ten years ago, every restaurant owner in town got together as a union and decided not to sell make it any more.

Testament · Nov 4, 2021, 4:01 PM

@ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@testament

None of us are good, really.

I'm equal opportunity. Everyone has equal opportunity to let me down. Doesn't really matter what you are.

Don't worry, I tend to hate everyone. I'm inclusive like that.

Tinuviel · Nov 4, 2021, 4:03 PM

@testament said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Don't worry, I tend to hate everyone. I'm inclusive like that.

S'long as you hate everyone for individual reasons, and not just saying that like racists do to say they're not really racist.

Testament · Nov 4, 2021, 4:25 PM

@tinuviel I'm sure I'll find a reason.

Derp · Nov 4, 2021, 5:17 PM

@greenflashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

you're gay, but you don't cram it down his throat

Quoting because I'm twelve and my mind went bad places.

You're welcome.

TNP · Nov 4, 2021, 9:42 PM

@tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@testament said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Don't worry, I tend to hate everyone. I'm inclusive like that.

S'long as you hate everyone for individual reasons, and not just saying that like racists do to say they're not really racist.

It's okay to be racist if you hate the human race. It's the only "race" that has any real meaning anyway. As far as we know. Until the Galactica shows up anyway.

Tinuviel · Nov 4, 2021, 9:43 PM

@tnp said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@testament said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Don't worry, I tend to hate everyone. I'm inclusive like that.

S'long as you hate everyone for individual reasons, and not just saying that like racists do to say they're not really racist.

It's okay to be racist if you hate the human race. It's the only "race" that has any real meaning anyway. As far as we know. Until the Galactica shows up anyway.

Oh shuddup, you know perfectly well what I mean!

reimesu · Nov 5, 2021, 1:41 PM

@greenflashlight I miss those fried noodles that used to be on the table with duck sauce. (DUCK SAUCE. I miss duck sauce!) And I mean the wide ones, not the ones that look like thinner ramen. The ones made from strips of won ton wrappers that are deep fried.

Ominous · Nov 5, 2021, 1:23 AM

@reimesu

Yeah, my favorite Chinese restaurant was a place in the early '90s. You got those as an appetizer, and they did family style dinners, so your order came out on a big platter to be shared. Then Chinese buffets became a big thing, so much so that even this place switched to buffet style, which made me sad. It also sucked that it was my deceased father's favorite restaurant and it changed after he died, so we couldn't even go to the place he liked anymore just to enjoy it and remember him.

Too Old For This · Nov 5, 2021, 1:24 AM

@reimesu I miss those totally fake bright red boneless spare ribs. I can't find them ANYWHERE anymore!

Arkandel · Nov 5, 2021, 1:27 PM

G'dammit, somehow there is a crack in our oven's ceramic stovetop. Now I don't know if I did that somehow or not but I got to talk to the landlord to send someone and have it fixed, which is annoying.

Derp · Nov 5, 2021, 1:41 PM

@reimesu said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

(DUCK SAUCE. I miss duck sauce!)

Duck Sauce!

Too Old For This · Nov 5, 2021, 1:53 PM

@arkandel My complex's maintenance team is actually having to try to put in an order for either a replacement fridge door or a replacement fridge because mine has a crack running along the inside and I refuse to leave something that I will end up being held responsible for when I move out.

Arkandel · Nov 5, 2021, 1:59 PM

@too-old-for-this What I hate is that maybe I caused the damage? I don't see how, I don't bang pans on the ceramic, but I don't see how else that crack got there.

Too Old For This · Nov 5, 2021, 2:13 PM

@arkandel So if there is one thing I've learned... its that I haaaaaaaaaaate ceramic cooktops (about as much as hate the stupid fucking 'smart burners' my complex installed in all the apartments). Time, stress, and wear is all that's needed to crack one of them, but nobody TELLS you that. That crack could have happened just from the surface heating up. There may have been a stress fracture under the surface that finally split wide enough to crack and you just happen to be the unlucky one that was in the apartment when it happened.

The biggest issue is that most complexes never want to have to replace large appliances. So they will literally run them until they fall apart and then try to make it your fault somehow for their breaking down. Never mind that it was probably 15 years old and hadn't been properly serviced at any point during those 15 years.

Glasstop stoves only have a lifespan of 8-12 years (depending on whether its electric or induction), but most of them that are in play have been in play since the late 80's or early 90's. They got SUPER popular around then so everyone started using them as a cheap way to 'upgrade' a kitchen. If you can, I would check your range for a serial number or other identifying mark to determine just how long ago it was made and if its simply run past the end of it's natural lifespan.