Things That Really "Grind My Gears..."

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  1. “On accident” (epidemic among millenials)
  2. “Across” pronounced with a “T” at the end (epidemic here in Oregon)

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How about the Midwestern positive anymore?

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Omg it has a name ?!?!?!? You sir are my hero.

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Thank you, but now I have to talk like this anymore.

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I say “needs done” all the time, even though the positive anymore bothers the everloving crap out of me. I’m not sure why.

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On the contrary; I know plenty of Gen X’ers who say “on accident.” I’ve never paid any attention as to whether Baby Boomers do it or not.

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Irrespective of population it never fails to grind my gears. Are you (heaven forfend) defending the indefensible here?

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I’m not ‘defending’ anything; incorrect grammar is incorrect, no matter who’s using it.

I was pointing out the logical fallacy in saying or even implying that it’s mostly millennials who do so.

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“Why doesn’t Google work?”

“Have you connected to the Wifi?”

“No.”

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(Excerpt From: Muir, John. “My first summer in the Sierra.” Oxford Text Archive, Oxford University, 1911.)

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Speaking of vertical conveyances: people who crowd to get into the elevator/lift without giving those inside a chance to get out. Got news for ya, folks, this elevator is not moving again while I am on board, so you might want to step aside.

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Something about roads must bring out rage, because 90% of the stuff I’d put in the “grinds my gears” category is driving-related.

My #1 today is people who start signaling halfway through the turn. I just want to shout “Who does this serve?!” If you just didn’t signal, that’s lazy and shitty, but I get it. people are lazy and shitty a lot. But to wait until it’s already abundantly clear that you’re turning, to wait until the bike trying to go past on your right is already trying to make a go of it, and then to signal. That’s adding insult to injury

my #2 is people who seem to think that their four way flashers (aka hazard lights) are a magic spell to turn no stopping zones into legit parking spaces

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Maybe you should just switch to driving an automatic.

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Quite possibly wrapping 4000 lbs of metal to you is a tad stressful?

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Sturgeon’s amendment: 90% of crap is driving.

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Not if you don’t drive.

90% of all annoyance is other people, IMHO.

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Earth: great place but for the locals.

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