- Yellow turmeric stains. On kitchenware, the countertop, my skin. Everywhere. Nasty.
- People. People are SO annoying. On public transport: talking loudly. Touching me. Talking on the phone! Talking to me. Smelling. Someone with restless legs syndrome in my field of vision.
- Related: people who're blocking the whole sidewalk. And those who ride escalators downstairs.
- Walking behind someone smoking a cigarette.
- Flashlight-style phone alarms. Phone alarms/sounds in general. Just put it on silent for God's sake. I really don't need to hear you playing Candy Crush.
- Not cleaning after your dog. Or actually doing it but throwing the poo bag on the ground instead of the garbage can. WHY?
- Littering in general.
- People not wearing their face masks (properly).
- Loud breathers.
- Not being able to pluck an eyebrow hair because it's still too short. Same goes for unpoppable pimples.
- Dry skin. Dry eyes and mucous membrane. Greasy hair. Chipped nail polish.
- The feeling I get when I wear hats. I always think they're going to fall off soon.
- Sitting down in a car with a seatbelt alarm. I hate being told what to do.
- An audible echo of your own voice during a phone call.
- Plants dying on me for no apparent reason.
- Advertisements. It's such a horrible feeling to get ads for a product you only just talked about with a friend. Not okay.
- Having an especially annoying tune stuck in my head.
- Using deodorant spray in a room full of people.
- When people drive rudely huge cars.
- Visible wires and LED lights.
- Soft mattresses.
- People in my close proximity on my daily walk. Especially right behind me, talking. Just pass me already for heaven's sake.
- Reading directions for board games (why am I still often the one who ends up doing it?)
- Biting into the one almond gone bitter.
- Clementine peel. The smell used to give me a headache and it still triggers very negative feelings.
- You know when you try to open produce bags in the grocery store with your fingers and it just doesn't seem to happen?
- Pulling a long hair out of my mouth when it got stuck in my food.
- Negative emotional contagion.
- Drones!
- People cancelling a date or appointment last minute for non-emergency reasons.
- When the entire top part of your popsicle breaks off and you're stuck with a huge piece of ice in your mouth.
- People taking a disproportionate amount of time to text back/show any form of reaction at least.
- Removing stickers and tape from any product and it rips or leaves a sticky residue.
- The super obscure timing at concerts. When exactly should I arrive when I just want to see the main act then? It's always pure guesswork.
- 3D movies.
- Broken bra wires. It feels like being stabbed in the chest by a friend.
- Standing in the middle of a crowd with no clear escape route. I hate pushing and squeezing past people.
- People only posting photos of themselves wearing sunglasses on a dating app.
- How can flies be SO loud? They're basically begging to be killed.
- Sleeping in a completely dark room (roller shutters are the worst).
- Loud "background" music in a café or restaurant.
- People walking/cycling next to each other blocking the entire road.
- Walking up or down broken escalators. The first step is the worst.
- Any injury in my mouth. Burning or biting my tongue/cheek.
- Dogs sniffing my crotch.
- Playing board games with people who aren't the right kind of competetive (too much/not enough).
- Dictating your details to a person instead of just writing it down yourself.
- Toe seams.
- When the banana strings don't come off with the peel but stick to the fruit instead
- Buying underwear. I do it, like, once a year, out of necessity, when I just can't postpone it any longer.
- The new dynamic turn signals on expensive cars. They're driving me nuts.
- People swimming next to each other in pairs or groups of three in the pool.
- An overdose of wakame seaweed.
- Icy/slippery surfaces. I hate having no grip when I'm walking.
- The crunchy noise/feeling under your feet when you haven't vacuumed in a while.
- Not having real alone time for a long while. I can only truly relax and feel safe when there is no other person in the apartment.
- Setting up hardware / installing software. I'm so not keen on reading instructions.
dec 5 2020 ∞
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