• Picky eaters (children and adults)
  • Those weird tacky baby shower cakes that look like a pregnant belly
  • Musical elitists/People who think old music is the only "good music" (i used to be like this)
  • Good singers who take every opportunity to show off
  • Bad singers who take every opportunity to show off
  • People who boast about giving to charity
  • When you're at dinner/hanging out with someone and they never look up from their phone
  • People who tell others that their worth is relative to their outward appearance or traits. (ex. "You're pretty for a black girl" or "You're strong for a woman.")
  • Constant complainers
  • Couples/parties of two people who sit in the same side of a booth when no one is on the other side
  • People who do anything other than pay attention while driving (texting, doing makeup, reading the paper, etc.)
  • When restaurants' websites do not list prices on the online menu
  • When strangers attempt to force gender roles on children (ex. a stranger sees a little girl in a toy store looking at toy trucks and tells the little girl that trucks are for boys)
  • When you're at a party with people you do not know and the host does not introduce you to anyone
  • Couples/men that say "We're pregnant."
  • People who are flakey and constantly cancel plans, especially when they cite a reason you know is made up
  • Parents that will let their child scream and throw a fit in a public place without trying to do anything to silence them
  • People who are stingy with money when they clearly have a lot of it
  • Men who say they are "babysitting" their own children
  • Restaurants that put too much ice into drinks (ie. every restaurant)
  • People who take offense when you state that you do not support certain companies for moral reasons. (ex. I do not eat at Chik-fil-a and when I tell people this some take it as a personal attack.)
  • Pretentious vegans/vegetarians.
  • People who don't realize that lingering at a table in a restaurant after you've finished eating is incredibly rude.
  • People who are rude to breastfeeding mothers or mothers with small children.
  • Those people that never go ANYWHERE without their boyfriend or girlfriend, so when you invite them somewhere you have to plan on their significant other showing up as well.
  • When people wear shoes that show the little cracks in between their toes!!!
  • "Talking songs"
  • When people hide behind "free speech" to justify their shitty opinions
  • The evolution of the YouTube "prank" video. Pranks are harmless fun, so pretending to shoot someone is not a prank.
  • Non-intersectional feminists
  • Taylor fucking Swift (see previous peeve)
  • The "guns don't kill people, people do" genre of humans
  • People that reference the wishes of the 'Founding Fathers' when they don't know shit about history.
  • The uber religious
  • Women that act as if they are better than other women because they dress more modestly, don't have a lot of sex, and don't like to attend parties.
  • Students that think they are smarter than other students because they chose a more rigorous major (ex. a Biology major thinking they are better or smarter than an English major)
  • People who buy historic homes and renovate them to match modern taste. (Ex. buying a Victorian home and renovating it to have an "open floorplan")
  • When people mispronounce names from Harry Potter. It's Lucius, not "Looshus"
  • When people freak the hell out if you imply that their children are anything short of perfection.
  • When people re-paint, re-upholster, or re-finish antique or vintage furniture. Screwing around with historical pieces in general pisses me off.
  • The "Mommy Wars" culture that has come about in our society.
  • People that believe that their opinion is valid just by virtue of their having one. (Spoiler Alert: If you cannot support your opinion with facts or logic then it is invalid)
jan 31 2015 ∞
oct 7 2018 +