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

[Jarl Varg]

You know the new year is coming...ASPCA guilt trip commercials have already started.

 

[jray4559]

You know the new year is coming...ASPCA guilt trip commercials have already started.

For me it's the Shriner's Hospital commercials that have the SpEd kids singing. Fox News (my dad watches it a lot) has them every other break, and god it's annoying as hell when it comes on. I don't hate the kids, just their singing voices.

 

[The Last Stand]

Fox News (my dad watches it a lot) has them every other break,

How can people watch Fox News/CNN/MSNBC/whatever mainstream news outlet on the regular? That stuff gives me a headache.

 

[Manimal House]

The phrase "respect the hustle".

It's a bullshit thing that people say when they really mean "I admire this person's work ethic but I don't like the work and/or the person." Why respect it then? If someone's doing something you don't like, you don't give them props just based on their effort ya fuckin moron. One could 'respect the hustle' of a drug dealer, pimp, theif, poacher or anything else that's nefarious, of-fucking-course it takes effort to do those kinds of things because it pays well and the only reason anyone does them is because all they care about is getting paid. Whoever uses that phrase worships money too much.

 

[internet friend]

When shit tries to be more than what you need it for. I want my navigation app to do navigation, searching for locations and warning me where the speed cameras are. I don't want fucking points or minigames or driver commentary from some fuckhead I never heard of. Stay in your lane.

 

[Neighborhood Curmudgeon]

As if my coworker Soyman didn't already piss me off in many ways, he revealed something in a recent meeting that didn't just piss me off but disgusted me too. He revealed in passing that his wife's boyfriend will be visiting them for the holidays. Yes. You read that right. His wife's boyfriend. As in she's fucking him on the side. Soyman knows this and goes along with it like it's not a problem. Granted, it doesn't totally surprise me because he is the worst of the worst type of SJW, but I can't believe I actually work with someone like that. Soyman also proudly proclaims he's polyamorous, so of course he's okay with this.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Condescending internet camaraderie, i.e. "my guy". Fuck off.

You know the new year is coming...ASPCA guilt trip commercials have already started.

I always thought those commercials would have more impact without the fucking music. just a montage of forlorn looking animals and the phone number/website.

 

[Loris Yeltsin]

I'm pretty sure everyone's gears are regularly ground by some dickhead reeking of cheap body spray. Well, I just witnessed something the other day that repulsed me beyond belief. A melanated individual (which in my country means first generation immigrant 90% of the time) was standing next to me at a bus stop. At one point, he pulled a can of body spray from his backpack and proceeded to spray himself from top to bottom over his clothes. He practically gassed his entire body, especially his arms, and then sniffed himself. I was mortified and couldn't help but gawk at this ghastly display. I kept thinking that this asshole is about to board a fucking bus with his clothes thoroughly fumigated with Axe.

I didn't take that bus.

 

[Mysterious Figure]

When shit tries to be more than what you need it for. I want my navigation app to do navigation, searching for locations and warning me where the speed cameras are. I don't want fucking points or minigames or driver commentary from some fuckhead I never heard of. Stay in your lane.

I hate when the voice telling me where to go is loud and aggressive. I want a soothing, relaxing voice.

 

[The handsome tard]

The fact nigger and faggot arent spoken in settings where there is no reason why they wouldnt be said.

Take Helluva Boss for example, the series is set in Hell, they say shit, piss, fuck, Hell, shit and etc but you will never see these creatures from Hell saying any slur or term that would be considered inappropriate.

But for a non animated example, lets go with The Boys live action show. This show is literally about how having super powers make you superior to pesky humans and thus you have the right to do whatever you want and not really fear any sort of repercution. With all of that said, you will never see not even Homelander himself calling anyone a faggot or A-Train a nigger, even tho he literally has no reason not to and they literally cant physically stop him from doing so. This man is a disturbed man child who lasers people who look at him funny but he will never call them a faggot.

You will see heroes and even villains yielding to this mysterious power that prevents them from ever going beyond the safe edgy words and actions they go with.

There are other things like racism (fantastical or otherwise, when it exists, its toned down one way or the other) but you get the point.

Once you notice this, its absolutely immersion breaking.
I might even open a thread to discuss things that destroy immersion even.

 

[internet friend]

The fact nigger and faggot arent spoken in settings where there is no reason why they wouldnt be said.

Take Helluva Boss for example, the series is set in Hell, they say shit, piss, fuck, Hell, shit and etc but you will never see these creatures from Hell saying any slur or term that would be considered inappropriate.

But for a non animated example, lets go with The Boys live action show. This show is literally about how having super powers make you superior to pesky humans and thus you have the right to do whatever you want and not really fear any sort of repercution. With all of that said, you will never see not even Homelander himself calling anyone a faggot or A-Train a nigger, even tho he literally has no reason not to and they literally cant physically stop him from doing so. This man is a disturbed man child who lasers people who look at him funny but he will never call them a faggot.

You will see heroes and even villains yielding to this mysterious power that prevents them from ever going beyond the safe edgy words and actions they go with.

There are other things like racism (fantastical or otherwise, when it exists, its toned down one way or the other) but you get the point.

Once you notice this, its absolutely immersion breaking.
I might even open a thread to discuss things that destroy immersion even.

The worst examples of this are movies where a character is meant to be a genuine bully, possibly even irredeemable. Especially if it's set in highschool, you really expect me to believe that the jock that bullies the gay kid doesn't fire off the faggot word like a machine gun?

 

[The handsome tard]

The worst examples of this are movies where a character is meant to be a genuine bully, possibly even irredeemable. Especially if it's set in highschool, you really expect me to believe that the jock that bullies the gay kid doesn't fire off the faggot word like a machine gun?

You want me to buy that there can be a bully that calls a gay student faggot in 2024 and he isnt instantly suffering expulsion? Get the fuck out of here, story.

 

[The Last Stand]

But for a non animated example, lets go with The Boys live action show. This show is literally about how having super powers make you superior to pesky humans and thus you have the right to do whatever you want and not really fear any sort of repercution. With all of that said, you will never see not even Homelander himself calling anyone a faggot or A-Train a nigger, even tho he literally has no reason not to and they literally cant physically stop him from doing so. This man is a disturbed man child who lasers people who look at him funny but he will never call them a faggot.

What kind of complaint is that? "This guy isn't enough of a douche since I haven't heard him say a slur?" I'd argue it'd be a cheap way to make somebody unlikable.

Reminds me of this scene.

 

[The handsome tard]

What kind of complaint is that? "This guy isn't enough of a douche since I haven't heard him say a slur?" I'd argue it'd be a cheap way to make somebody unlikable.

Reminds me of this scene.

God damn it, you nigger faggot, READ!

Leave it to @The Last Stand to be a grade A retard and not read my post properly.

This is about IMMERSION

My issue isnt the lack of swear words, its the fact it falls under the category of "safe edgy" in an edgy setting that would have no reason to not use said "naughty" words even if ocassionally. Because are you telling me that Homelander wouldnt bust a slur at any point realistically? Or that creatures from the land of the damned wouldnt say it? Especially if it pisses off gay characters?

There is no in universe reason in many ocassions in other series. Thats because they want to sell the appearance of edgy but without risking possible ESG/DEI funding because those would be "no no".
I dont want these characters to keep saying those words, I just want them to have the "freedom" to say these words because to not have the freedom to say these words would imply that this is fiction and thus it kills immersion.

I also mentioned how the lack of racism outside of mild shit (fantastical or otherwise) makes settings less engaging and less likely to get immersed. There are other things but I shared just that for the sake of brevity.

Read the post next time, nigger faggot.

 

[The Last Stand]

Because are you telling me that Homelander wouldnt bust a slur at any point realistically? Or that creatures from the land of the damned wouldnt say it? Especially if it pisses off gay characters?

What would that add that isn't implied that said character is a bad character? There's more to being a "bad" character than just being outright prejudiced. Your argument falls flat.

Hell, a better argument would be a sitcom that has an episode that takes place in the hood, yet it's so sanitized that nobody would believe that whoever produced/wrote that episode has stepped FOOT in the hood.

 

[Dysnomia]

Stop fucking shoplifting!

The Acme supermarket I go to now has a security gate to get into the store and a security gate you have to go through to leave the self checkout. It will literally close and block you off if you steal something while a super loud alarm goes off with red flashing lights. Each checkout lane also has its own gate. They have a guard manning all this in addition to a second guard in the back of the store who is needed to unlock the gates closing off the laundry, bath and medicine aisles. It's slowing down everything during peak hours. But the shoplifting really is that bad. As a paying customer I hate having to deal with all these gates. But it's better than the store shutting down. It's the closest major supermarket.

There was an armed robbery there a few months ago. And I've witnessed several people being caught shoplifting and trying to cheat the self checkout by not scanning stuff. Even the supermarkets and pharmacies in nicer areas are having these problems though. This all should have been cracked down on a long time ago.

 

[The Last Stand]

When the dumpster fills up, so people have to put garbage outside it. Don't they know that could attract scavengers?

 

[gobbles]

They had to tie up one of the registers for 10 minutes signing this asshole up for a newsletter

The solution to this is to fill out (or enforce the customer filling out) a paper form. Historically, I would simply ask for phone, email, (credit card if necessary,) and a drivers license (because it has an address). Then, rewards accounts or orders get made during slow times or at the end of the day.

Because are you telling me that Homelander wouldnt bust a slur at any point realistically? Or that creatures from the land of the damned wouldnt say it? Especially if it pisses off gay characters?

In basically all media, an excess of cursing is uninteresting, repetitive, and bad writing since it doesn’t work on multiple levels. It’s one of the cases where art cannot imitate life. If you’ve ever read a book that drops the f-bomb frequently and purposelessly in its first chapters, you’ll understand exactly what I mean. We respond to the actions of characters, and dialogue rarely fulfills “action”. Dialogue does effectively serve as characterization, but again—once is enough, and if it can be shown through action instead, then it should be. For example, John Smith is crude and hates gay people, so he should call someone a fag. Or he could hawk a booger on a pride flag in front of some coffee-shop types on his walk in to work and wink at them. One of those is a lot more interesting to read.

Just like we don’t watch characters in the bathroom (or even hear about it) very frequently, readers don’t like being involved in the mundanity of edgy cursing.

 

[The handsome tard]

In basically all media, an excess of cursing is uninteresting, repetitive, and bad writing since it doesn’t work on multiple levels. It’s one of the cases where art cannot imitate life. If you’ve ever read a book that drops the f-bomb frequently and purposelessly in its first chapters, you’ll understand exactly what I mean. We respond to the actions of characters, and dialogue rarely fulfills “action”. Dialogue does effectively serve as characterization, but again—once is enough, and if it can be shown through action instead, then it should be. For example, John Smith is crude and hates gay people, so he should call someone a fag. Or he could hawk a booger on a pride flag in front of some coffee-shop types on his walk in to work and wink at them. One of those is a lot more interesting to read.

Just like we don’t watch characters in the bathroom (or even hear about it) very frequently, readers don’t like being involved in the mundanity of edgy cursing.

My brother in Christ, stop proving that kiwifarmers only compulsively reply after reading 1/10 of the damn post.

I didnt ask for them to say it constantly. We live in an era of animation where they will gladly say shit, fuck, cunt like an autistic kid in a candy store while having exploitive gore and violence (tho oddly none of it sexual, makes you wonder...) . But wont drop faggot or nigger even in scenes where they could just drop it as simple as that and I know what you will say "its not as interesting", fine but can I at least know that they didnt say it out of choice instead of obligation so THEN I can appreciate said creativity better? Bojack Horseman could say fuck freely but they decided to reserve it for major moments for each season, THAT is something I can appreciate much better rather than characters saying a mountain of swear words one after the other and yet faggot and nigger arent included (even tho there is no in universe reason these terms cant be thrown around). Many victims of safe edgy (be it at books, comics and cartoons) will fall into the trap of trying to get away with as much swears as possible but the dread two slurs are out.

You are right that the booger stuff is more interesting indeed but because you wrote the situation. I am just saying that the line of "edgy" and "safe edgy" becomes far too noticiable once your brain does the "hecking" noticing that vile characters, even when mocking other gay characters on passing conversation, dont throw a simple "lol, faggot" on the side. Because they cant say it.

I also did mention that things like the lack of true proper portrays of racism in media (usually fantasy media) leads to an uninteresting setting because tribalism naturally happens among different races, which leads to drama and conflict and thus a more interesting lore to follow.

Now, if you dont mind it, fine, more power to you but I am from a time where it was okay let your villains at least drop the ocassional faggot to sell the image you arent suppose to like them.

 

[The Last Stand]

In basically all media, an excess of cursing is uninteresting, repetitive, and bad writing since it doesn’t work on multiple levels. It’s one of the cases where art cannot imitate life. If you’ve ever read a book that drops the f-bomb frequently and purposelessly in its first chapters, you’ll understand exactly what I mean.

That reminds me. I feel some modern women like to cuss as a sign of endurance or defiance or whatever. I think if you excessively cuss in every sentence, you lack self-control or maturity to properly communicate. You'd sound unhinged when you'd say "fuck" in every other sentence. I had a professor that talked like that with a condescending tone, almost like a teenager. It was uncomfortable to say the least.

I feel I see a fair bit of left-wing memes that have no qualms on being vulgar or violent against dissenting opinions, but somehow draw the line on bigotry or perceived prejudice.

Here's one example I could find:



I'm sure there's more, but I'm using enough energy to illustrate my point.