You Know What Grinds My Gears? - Things that personally piss you off

FierceBrosnan said:
Lately I've noticed a trend while driving where, for no reason at all, people are leaving 2 to 3 car lengths between them and the car they're stopped behind at lights. I noticed it the other day when a left turn lane was backed up all the way into the travel lanes because a few dipshits decided they needed a city bus between each other at the light and would not pull forward. And now I see it constantly out here and I cannot find anything common between the drivers and why they're doing this, not skin color, not vehicle type, not age, sex, nothing correlates except the fact it's fucking retarded in every sense of the word.
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If it's just you and another car in the left turn lane, leave a few lengths between and you're more likely to get a green arrow. Also, if you're right up against the car in front of you and someone rear-ends you and it pushes you into the vehicle in front of you, you're responsible for the vehicle in front of you.
 
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PFM said:
If it's just you and another car in the left turn lane, leave a few lengths between and you're more likely to get a green arrow. Also, if you're right up against the car in front of you and someone rear-ends you and it pushes you into the vehicle in front of you, you're responsible for the vehicle in front of you.
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Oh no this isn't when there are just 2 or 3 people on the road, this is during morning rush hour and you could literally pull a bus between them with room to spare.
 
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FierceBrosnan said:
Oh no this isn't when there are just 2 or 3 people on the road, this is during morning rush hour and you could literally pull a bus between them with room to spare.
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Yeah I don't know then. When it's stop and go on the freeway I'll idle along with several car lengths in front of me because I don't want to GAS BRAKE GAS BRAKE GAS BRAKE and I think it pisses some people off because people keep merging in front of me, but whatever.
 
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PFM said:
Yeah I don't know then. When it's stop and go on the freeway I'll idle along with several car lengths in front of me because I don't want to GAS BRAKE GAS BRAKE GAS BRAKE and I think it pisses some people off because people keep merging in front of me, but whatever.
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Yeah same. It's just a weird phenomenon I only noticed recently and it's only when stopped. Normally it wouldn't bug me, but I've seen it cause some serious congestion and all because some dude thinks he needs the Suez Canal between him and the guy in front of him.

It's kind of a dumb gripe, but the inefficiency of it all just gets under my skin. It's not even like they go any faster when the lights change either.
 
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Latest nigger post incoming:

I honestly don't believe I could hate niggers anymore. Their look, the way they talk, the way their suck their teeth in public every three seconds; the way they can't fucking communicate like literate human beings; the way they dress like niggers and are utterly in thrall to every mode of niggery we have seen since they arrived upon western shores.

I would gladly pay a handsome sum to genocide all blacks. Slavery is not, and cannot be good enough. Eradication is the only cure.

Sincerely,

Least racist kiwifarmer
 
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FierceBrosnan said:
Lately I've noticed a trend while driving where, for no reason at all, people are leaving 2 to 3 car lengths between them and the car they're stopped behind at lights. I noticed it the other day when a left turn lane was backed up all the way into the travel lanes because a few dipshits decided they needed a city bus between each other at the light and would not pull forward. And now I see it constantly out here and I cannot find anything common between the drivers and why they're doing this, not skin color, not vehicle type, not age, sex, nothing correlates except the fact it's fucking retarded in every sense of the word.
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I think the cause is being on their phones. They just judge with peripheral vision so they end up leaving way too much space
 
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I shouldn't bitch about this, but my employer sends us random food a few times a year from one of those places that ships food around the country. About half the time it's fine. The other half it's something totally impractical for a single person.

"Serves 6, do not freeze, eat within 3 days" Yea, no, that's getting split and tossed in the freezer,

5lb brisket. I love me some brisket but it's the same. Of course I just tossed it in the freezer and cut off chunks for a few weeks as I felt the urge, luckily one of my hobbies means I had a bone saw, yes I should have cut it when it arrived. At least that one said freezing was ok.

Oh well, first world problems.
 
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internet friend said:
The way Americans pronounce "emu". I know they fuck up every other place or animal name, but emu has to be the worst.
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:informative:!

I never knew there was controversy. But of course there has been (good spirited):


Now I'm forever going to be "well ackshually" - thanks for adding to my random bits of information.

And after saying it out loud both ways now, I agree with you.
 
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davids877 said:
Presumably it's for when the person in front of them decides to back up because they're in the wrong lane. Yes, I've seen this a couple times, no they didn't hit me but that was because I hadn't gotten to the intersection yet.
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PFM said:
Also, if you're right up against the car in front of you and someone rear-ends you and it pushes you into the vehicle in front of you, you're responsible for the vehicle in front of you.
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I'll agree with @PFM in part because I've seen dashcam videos on social media where people get rear-ended by clueless drivers and having that extra space reduces the likelihood of, or damage associated with, being smashed into the car in front of you. That said, I can also see the case where people might be doing it because they're bad judges of distance because too many people today can't think without being in front of an electronic internet-attached device.
 
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FierceBrosnan said:
Lately I've noticed a trend while driving where, for no reason at all, people are leaving 2 to 3 car lengths between them and the car they're stopped behind at lights.
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PFM said:
Also, if you're right up against the car in front of you and someone rear-ends you and it pushes you into the vehicle in front of you, you're responsible for the vehicle in front of you.
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I remember being taught in Driver's Ed to leave 2-3 car lengths in front of you at red lights so that you'd have room to move forward and escape in the event you noticed someone about to rear-end you in the rearview mirror.

But it died very quickly in practice because it was so ludicrous and angered everyone around you.
 
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