Little things that annoy the hell out of you

[Siren2011]

On the topic of song lyrics, how about songs that go "No no no no no" or also "yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah". How utterly uninspired.

Excessive use of "baby", "baby gurl" and any variation thereof, "I need you", and "whoa whoa whoa" are just as annoying.

Oh and since someone mentioned Train, I might as well mention this piece of shit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JV74i4yvcA

Anyone else feel like they want to shank this guy in an alleyway, or is it just me? The lyrics, his voice, and the acoustic guitar all work together to form this obnoxious song that follows me EVERYWHERE. I was in Barnes and Noble the other day, and BAM. There it was on the store radio. I went inside a Whataburger, BAM. In my car, BAM. It's like the Mc Donalds hamburger of music. It attempts to play with your emotions and admit that the song sounds kinda good, but you don't want to.

Also, Savage Garden. Nuff said.

EDIT: Did Train get a new lead singer, or what? He sounds like a super effeminate black guy. I guess it's the voice manipulation that makes him sound different?

[Blackbird]

On the topic of annoying lyrics, I'll add to the list musicians who use "Yeah!" or "All Right!" to accentuate everything, or just to replace the chorus entirely. Rob Zombie is especially comical in this regard. "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Zombie chicks! Yeah!".

I agree with the rage about "Baby Girl", "Little Girl", etc.. Musicians: calling your romantic interest a little girl just makes you look like a condescending pedophile.

Furthermore, musicians who just repeat the chorus over and over for the -entire damn song-. Ugh, so repetitive. There's one song I heard recently by a female singer-songwriter type that repeats "I just wanna be okay." over and over for the entire song. Can someone get the lady an anti-anxiety pill or something o_O?

On the topic of The Smiths, I actually find them comically morose most of the time. I mean, they are so self pitying that it is actually laughable, and therefore enjoyable. I think this video explains what I mean:

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

[Siren2011]

Yeah, I totally agree about The Smiths. Even Morrissey himself has said on one occasion that he finds his lyrics to be hilarious.

Possible song titles for The Smiths songs:

All my life I searched for my soul mate. Then I found her and she destroyed me.

Mother, you really should have had an abortion.

Every anti-depressant I've tried has made it worse.

If this is life, then I don't care to wake tomorrow.

Vaginas make me nauseous.

Johnny got into an automobile accident.

Today's obituaries in the paper make death sound wonderful. (This one kinda sucks)

There is a void that love is powerless to fill.

When you're around me I'm so utterly miserable that I cannot cry anymore.

lol, etc. Feel free to make your own, kiddos. It's not really that hard to do. Just think in extremes and imagine you're the biggest emo to grace the earth's soil.

[burgerkingdiamond]

getting sniped in a Raiden game

[neorichieb1971]

Agreed.

[neorichieb1971]

If I didn't get bad luck I wouldn't get any luck at all. Jesus or not.

Why do laptops have vents where your legs will support the stupid thing?

[doctorx0079]

The next time someone covers Big Yellow Taxi I am going to kill someone.

ps the worst thing about hey soul sister is the retarded lyrics

[Stormwatch]

People who write "defiantly" when they mean "definitely".

People who say "literally" when they don't mean it.

[Elixir]

People who do this:

>implying something I said loosely implied some farfetched elaboration I'm grasping at

Where the fuck did this shit come from, and why are people morons? If you aren't sure about something I'm saying, ask. Don't assume.

Unless you're asking to get your shit wrecked.

[emphatic]

People who say "literally" when they don't mean it.

Also, people who use the term "almost exactly".

[borislaw]

Shaved pubes.

[emphatic]

Shaved pubes.

Agreed. Waxed is way better.

[Blackbird]

People that describe everything they sell online as "Rare". No randomvendor, your standard US Sega Saturn console is not rare.

[ryu]

People that describe everything they sell online as "Rare". No randomvendor, your standard US Sega Saturn console is not rare.

i saw a thread on another board a few days ago that was about posting pictures of rare games. the thread opener posted a copy of gcn ikaruga. ._.

[BulletMagnet]

People that describe everything they sell online as "R@RE!!! L@@K!!!"

Fixed.

[Stormwatch]

Canned laughter in comedy series. Hey, if I have to listen to someone else's laughter to find a joke funny, the damn joke was not funny in the first place.

[Siren2011]

Canned laughter in comedy series.

^This. A thousand times, this. I have always found laugh tracks to be annoying. The situation comedy died years ago. Have you seen George Lopez, Two and a Half Men and all that shit? The jokes are so pathetically stupid that only a child who doesn't know any better would perhaps find them amusing, assuming the child knew something of low brow sexual humor.

And another thing that annoys the hell out of me: comedians who laugh at their own jokes, especially when they do so before their audience does. Nothing says "THIS GUY RIGHT HERE IS A NEWBIE!" than cracking up before you've uttered the rest of your own stupid joke. Conan O'Brian is a particularly bad offender of this, and he's been in the biz for years. It's sad what television has become.

[emphatic]

Also, canned laughter is the sound of dead people laughing, which in itself is creepy.

[Acid King]

Also, canned laughter is the sound of dead people laughing, which in itself is creepy.

If you haven't read it, I suggest you read the Harlan Ellison short story "Laugh Track". It's about a guy whose dead aunt is trapped on a laugh track and is thus stuck watching awful show after awful show.

[Stormwatch]

To be fair, many shows (The Big Bang Theory, Married With Children, Cheers) were taped before real audiences, so it's not canned laughter. But it's still really annoying...

[Acid King]

To be fair, many shows (The Big Bang Theory, Married With Children, Cheers) were taped before real audiences, so it's not canned laughter. But it's still really annoying...

Look up Charley Douglass and the Laff Box. Even shows that used live audiences used laugh tracks.

[Observer]

I feel this is no little thing, it's big deal (to me, lol) but channels suddenly eliminating subbed movies in their original languages, replacing them with mexican dubbed crap. Pardon me but the spanish we speak down under is NOT the same as the one spoken in Mexico. The accents, tones and words vary quite a lot aside from the "neutral" speak (which even then is different from Spain).

Why the flying f--- do I have to see the ONLY channel left that broadcasted new movies changing all their policies and showing dub-only movies? Damn you, monopolic dubbing syndicate. I HATE dubs half the time, force-feeding entire channels showing only that is adding insult to the injury.

I know the whole thing about defending our language from the english and such but, let's get realistic, english is the freaking business language. Half the terms I use at work are in english anyway. Plus it helps me to listen and try to understand everything. Plus, so much gets lost in these lifeless dubbings, especially the constant one-liners and phrases and subtleties...

Argh, whatever. But seeing the last good channel do this awful move has finally put me off TV. It's right next to my comp collecting dust. Hell, I think I'll just TATE the damn thing (old 15" CRT display) and use it to play Mame or something.

[mesh control]

My co-workers have become increasingly whiny, lazy and generally unpleasant to work around in the past few weeks. Our department is on the chopping block already, with 12 or 15 safety related incidents in the past year. So the target is on our heads. The past week was plagued by HR meetings, broken equipment, and lack of leadership. Yet, this one co-worker insists on taking shortcuts for everything. Granted, we are just surveying dirt (FYI: I'm a mine surveyor), we should still attempt to do our best.

We normally survey with newer GPS equipment, which requires very little work compared to theodolites, chains and rods the older surveyors used. My co-worker does not want to even set foot out of a truck to take a 5 sec shot. It's irritating being the only one motivated (even though I plan on going to school full time soon) and cleaning up after everyone's mess.

[neorichieb1971]

People who expect their companions at a bar to buy rounds at their pace of drinking. Like 2 pints every 15 minutes.

[Siren2011]

If you haven't read it, I suggest you read the Harlan Ellison short story "Laugh Track". It's about a guy whose dead aunt is trapped on a laugh track and is thus stuck watching awful show after awful show.

Harlan Ellison is fucking awesome, as is that concept for a short story. I'll have to investigate that...

"I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream" was the best one I've read so far, with my least favorite being "Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman."

[Blackbird]

Sorry to hear that, Mesh. I'd help you out, but my job is more of a hobby and has nothing to do with geological surveying =P.

[Specineff]

I know the whole thing about defending our language from the english and such but, let's get realistic, english is the freaking business language. Half the terms I use at work are in english anyway. Plus it helps me to listen and try to understand everything. Plus, so much gets lost in these lifeless dubbings, especially the constant one-liners and phrases and subtleties...

If it makes you feel better, we had to live with sub-par voice acting in the Simpsons for some years in Mexico. Though I don't mind the neutrally-dubbed cartoons translated in other countries (Venezuela, Chile and Argentina have done some impressive work), I see where you're coming from. Unless it's a major kids' movie from Disney, Fox or Dreamworks, the dub is going to be generic in most movies. It's like joining the Federation expecting to get one of those cool custom Gundams, and ending up with a GM model.

[undamned]

[moved Siren2011's rant to it's own play pen]

[Blackbird]

Living in a house with no air conditioning during the hot summer. Dying...

[Skykid]

That uncannily timed ability WHEN GIRLS COME IN ASKING YOU QUESTIONS WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INCREDIBLE SHMUPPING RUN.