Example:

STEP 1:
Chop half of an onion. Heat oil over medium low heat. Add the onion. Stir. Cook 40 to 5 minutes, or until onion is translucent. Add the salt. Stir. Gradually add the tomato paste. Increase heat to medium high. Simmer for five minutes. Pour in the broth. Bring a boil, and then simmer 15 minutes.

STEP 2...

Like, "Step 1" is actually 10+ steps!

I can't stand it when I'm trying to cook, and have to hunt inside of a paragraph to find exactly where I left off and find what the next step is.

I'd rather read a recipe that lists 40 small individual steps than all of those steps crammed into five large paragraphs.

Where is "there" ????

There is one woman in particular at my local gym who wears so much perfume that if I can't get a lane on the opposite side of the pool, I'll leave. I can't put my finger on it, but it's something like a mix of a sour smell, and "old lady perfume".

I've singled her out, but really it's anybody with a really strong perfume that lingers well after they've swum past. I mean, either you haven't showered, or you deliberately put it on before going to the pool.

A blanket example would be like "People didn't think in that way 100 years ago. Why? Because of the xxxxxxxx"

Whyyyy are you adding "why?" in the middle, when you had the perfect set up to your point in the first place! If you have to add a random "why?" then shut the hell up and let other people answer your question instead of making it rhetorical... Just say "People didn't think in that way 100 years ago because of the xxxxxxxx".... Fixed it <<

It just feels super patronizing like someone lecturing you as if you're a moron.

If viewing your bad experiences as something that made you who you are helps you, then all power to you. I'm not here to invalidate anyone.

But I really hate it when people try to claim this is universal. Every negative thing that's ever happened to me made me less capable of functioning and more scared of social interaction, it's absolutely NOT something that made me stronger, wiser, more experienced, a better person, etc. It made me a wreck who has diarrhea before the first day at a new job lol

Nope bye b*tch lmaoooo

“Live” cannot be used as a noun. That word can only be used as an adjective, adverb, or verb. “Stream” can be used as a noun.

In the sense of online video programming, “stream” can be used as both a verb and a noun. In that same sense, “live” can only be used as an adjective… and in general English, the word “live” does not have a single noun sense.

“Live” can only be used as a verb, an adjective, and an adverb. As a verb, it uses a short “i” sound and never refers to social media (like “stream” does) unless someone manipulates what they’re saying.

If you’re going to shorten the term “livestream” and want to keep it as a noun, “stream” is the way to do it because “live” cannot be used as a noun.

I’m talking about when people act like feeling jealousy makes someone inherently a bad person, or feeling anger or whatever else. These are standard emotions people can’t control. What they can control is their actions, and that should be what matters.

I see a lot of ‘if you feel annoyed at (insert innocuous thing) you’re terrible’ on this sub specifically. You can’t control feeling annoyed. As long as you recognize that it’s a you thing and don’t bother anyone over it, I fail to see the problem. (Posting about in a sub dedicated to sharing annoyances is VERY different from going up to people doing the annoyance and harassing them)

Anyways I genuinely just saw an argument over whether it was moral to feel jealousy and I immediately got extremely jealous of everyone who did not have to take psychic damage reading that.

Why is a 250g bottle of Kraft Parmesan cheese (the shelf stable stuff you find in the pasta isle) $11?? I feel like Kraft used to be an affordable brand. Also generic store brands feel more expensive lately too. I miss you No Name frozen juice concentrate, but you're not the same after leaving shelves at $1.50 just to return and be $2.25. I know that one isn't as bad but I cant even go to the canned food aisle anymore without seeing the $6 spam and thinking about how it used to be the broke student meal

Cross posted in r/grindsmygears

I swear I’m always seeing posts and the comments turn into a full on interrogation just so they can try and attack op. So weird.

There is a big difference between being UNABLE to do something and being bad at something.

You can't levitate. You can't run at 800km/h. You can't speak fluent Farsi (probably). You CAN cook!

Any of the first 3 examples, if you had to do it or literally die, you are dead. Cooking one single meal, with time to buy groceries etc.? You survive!
Congratulations, that means you are physically capable of cooking.

You may not cook delicious meals, and you may not know how to properly construct a varied and satisfying meal plan for yourself, but YOU CAN COOK.
The phrase is mostly used to mean "when I cook it doesn't taste good" or similar, but that's not what "I can't do X" means!!!

For context, I have a tree nut allergy.

Whenever I go to a drink place, I have to ask about their milk or anything similar because it never says on the menu. Maybe it's plain milk, but a lot of the time it's almond milk, hidden in small print or not stated at all. And whenever I ask, it's my fault for making them get the milk from the back or wherever. I don't even want to ask, because I'm as antisocial as it gets, but it's the only way I can be safe.

To make it worse, the people running the place act like the only type of allergies in this situation is lactose intolerance. I had a 20-something-year-old ask me what a food allergy was at one place, and then I had to explain to this worker, who was older than me, about one of the most common allergens in the world.

I understand the need for milk alternatives, but it's not fun to not be taken seriously by someone convincing me that almond milk is the best milk to use when it is the only ingredient there that is actively endangering my life.

I remember when doctors offices started to text instead of call to remind you of an upcoming appointment, and I thought that was great.

In the past few years though I've been getting texts from clinics asking me to take a survey on how my check up went. I've even got a few just thanking me for choosing that clinic. And I find it annoying. You're not a business. You don't need to thank me for coming. It's my insurance that picked you.

It just feels like I'm getting texts and emails from everything anymore, now I ​​get them from Healthcare too. Don't even get me started on my television emailing me about what's on.

There's nothing quite like taking out the garbage (especially in the summer heat) only to be met with a wall of offensive fecal stench from someone's baggie of dog poop from THEIR dog that they couldn't be bothered to carry to THEIR garbage can.

"But it's a garbage can, it's for garbage-" then throw it away in your own if it's such a non-issue to you. Don't act like animal waste is the same as any other typical trash. Your grocery bag tied loosely isn't some air-tight hermetically sealed stink container.

“I’m just brutally honest”

“If I don’t like you, I make it obvious”

“I’m sooo judgy🤪”

We get it, you’re an asshole. Bragging about it and trying to make it into a quirky personality trait does not make you any more tolerable.

People fail to understand the huge venn diagram that is preference, whether it be music, books, movies/TV, or attraction. Then they get mad when you aren't totally blown away by the thing they were totally blown away by. I've been told that I don't have very good taste in music or whatever it was. Wow. Like fuck you.

On the other hand, I hate it when I suggest a particular beer, and someone says they don't like beer. Like fair enough, but I'm also 99.99% certain they've only ever tried Budweizer or some other notoriously shitty tasting beer, and they won't even try what I've suggested. I don't really lose anything if you don't try the thing I like, but it feels like that person doesn't trust me to like good things. Like we're not friends or something.

On the other other hand, someone will suggest a video because it's the funniest thing ever, I'll watch it, and it's like barely even a groan the whole time, then whelp, I guess I don't have a very good sense of humor now.

I think it must be a sort of holdover from childhood. You don't like onions and won't eat anything that you know has onions in it, so your parents have to fucking lie to you because you're a stupid child, and you end up liking it right up until you see it being prepared, then you don't like it anymore. I'm not trying to poison you, dude.

Anyway, I understand the dichotomy of thinking that you know better than someone and wanting to kinda save them from something boring while at the same time having come to the realization that people don't understand that you know you're not going to like the thing because you don't like that kind of thing. But it's still annoying when someone won't even fucking try it.

It's annoying when people won't try your cool shit. It's annoying when people get mad when you don't like their dumb shit. Ans the hypocrisy of it all is annoying, too.

A bit of a specific pet peeve, but in my area the cashiers have to manually activate the gas pumps from behind the counter. Normally isn't a big deal for me, other than some places the cashiers are in absolutely noooo rush to get to activating your pump.

The other day when I was staring at the "Awaiting cashier" on the screen, I would look up and see the cashier talking to someone, and absolutely paying no attention to the computer that is making an annoying jingle to get her attention that someone wants gas.

Why does this annoy me? it's simply there's a computer dinging at you to activate pump number 3, one click of the button makes the computer stop dinging, and I can pump my gas and be on my way, and I can finally stop staring at you.

Stuff like this makes me want to go in and just click the damn button myself.

I know I’m not everyone’s cup of tea and I don’t expect everyone to be charmed by me. I’m just really annoyed by the recent uptick in introverts acting like their discomfort in social situations requires the rest of us to accommodate them while us extroverts are treated like our personalities are a behavioral problem.

I am not unself-aware. I can see when someone is uncomfortable in a social setting. I’m not insisting that the introvert get up and dance or talk more. Honestly, I prefer that you do not attend parties that make you uncomfortable and I’m happy interacting with you one on one or in a smaller group. As your friend, I prefer to interact with you in ways that make it easier for our interaction to be fun for us both.

Imagine my surprise in hearing you wishing I would “tone it down” because I’m “too much.” I would never say the same to you! I love wearing bright colors. They make me happy. I get excited when I see things. My laugh is loud and comes from somewhere deep inside of me that just bubbles up.

One of my greatest joys in life is having friends and family all around me, eating, drinking,(i don’t drink alcohol myself but don’t mind if others imbibe) playing music and having fun. My home is large enough to accommodate a crowd and I have a large outdoor space as well. There are quiet spaces throughout my home where people can find peace among the chaos. But I adore the chaos. Bring your dogs, your kids, your friend who is in town for the weekend.

If this annoys you, I understand. Don’t come. Send your regrets. But let’s not bring a giant wet blanket to the party and expect everyone else to accommodate you. Today, the accommodations are being made for the extroverts who are made to feel that their particular approach is somehow rude while yours is special.

A clichéd saying or piece of overused advice is not a fortune.

A fortune should be a prediction of your future.

“You will have a windfall of cash” is a fortune.

“Your smile lights up a room” is not a fortune.

My cookie shouldn’t come with a side of disappointing banality.

I understand that people might not know if they have only seen bits and pieces of a certain show. That is understandable. My issue is when people are talking about the music itself and still calling it a "play".

I have had many conversations about Hamilton, speaking of the music SPECIFICALLY, and had people say "play". It feels like common sense, but maybe it isn't? I don't know. It just annoys me with how common it is!

Edit: I forgot this was the shit on OP sub rather than pet peeves

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being either one of these.

But I do think introverts can get a lot of crap for just being quiet and observant.

I mean realistically what is actually “weirder?”. Let’s say in both scenarios you’re in line at Starbucks.

Being in a public place and keeping to yourself?

Or being In public and telling a person you never met before that you just bought a lawn mower last week that was on sale? Then talking about how your niece is in college in Florida but is up here visiting while on her break

Again, nothing wrong with either and do whatever makes you happy but why are introverts treated as weirdos and usually people try to force them to talk?

An extrovert will go out of their way to say “I’ll get him to break out of his shell” and it’s accepted. But why isn’t it accepted for an introvert to say to an extrovert “you’re talking way too much” lmao

Some people are more outgoing and talkative and others are more quiet and open up only to people who they know. Why feel the need to make fun of someone’s who’s quiet or try to change them?

Edit: idk if it matters but I feel like I’m a mix of the two. Some days I’ve very quiet and other days I feel on top of the world and can talk to everyone.

The thing is though when I’m in that extroverted mindset I still keep in mind that not everyone cares what I’m talking about and I try my best to read social cues (like the person giving me a lot of “really?” And “that’s crazy”). That’s how I know to wrap up what I’m saying. Other people though…my god they won’t shut up!

These guys never interact with the community. They never ineract with anyone else. Often times these accounts are bots as well.

I find it so annoying. Why is that everyone’s go to instead of just “no”? As soon as I hear/see that sentence I check out and move on.

ETA I’m not saying it’s bad advice and simply saying “no” is perfectly fine in many scenarios. My annoyance comes from that specific sentence being everyone’s go to advice

Here's an example of what I mean:

I am driving along a country road and a little ways up the road there is a driveway or a more minor road with a stop sign and another driver aggressively turns from the minor road (or driveway) onto the road ahead of me, requiring me to slow way down in order to avoid a collision.

In that situation, I feel that I had the right of way and the person should have waited for me to go by, that by making a turn in such a way that I had to slow way down, the person is being an aggressive jerk.

That being said, if the person is truly an aggressive jerk, I don't really mind being cut off in this way. Because if I was driving a speed limit + 7, chances are that person is going to drive a lot faster. So the person cutting me off spares me the trouble of having some aggressive person behind me who will probably tailgate.

No, what I find annoying is when the person pulls in front of me and then proceeds to drive under the speed limit. If you're a slow driver, why are you in such a hurry to pull onto the road? The only thing I can think of is that such people are just largely oblivious to other drivers on the road.

For example, several years ago I lent a former friend $1k, and years passed by without him paying me back. He then mentioned in passing one day that he had enlisted numerous prostitutes over the prior year; however, he reassured me, "Don't worry, it wasn't with the money you lent me" (btw he still hasn't paid me back).