Pet Hates
My current pet hate: people/websites that spout ridiculous pseudoscience claiming that they can cure cancer/type 1 diabetes/any chronic illness with a simple, natural solution... I don't understand how anyone can actually buy into this ridiculousness. Do you not think that if there was a cure for cancer out there that 1) all scientists in the field would be interested to test it, write on it and tell the world about it, and 2) all pharmaceutical companies in the field would be interested to harvest this cure to sell and make money? It makes me angry that ill people and their families are mislead for the sake of promoting an ideology that clearly doesn't have the extent of benefits that you're suggesting (and usually comes attached with a price tag in addition to false promises).
Anyone out there tonight? Tell me your pet hates.
Re: Pet Hates
My current pet hate: How everyone says that something "isn't their business" so you just stand back and let something happen that you know is wrong. So frustrating.
[QUOTE]I agree with you Sun. It's ridiiiiiculous! My current pet hate: How everyone says that something "isn't their business" so you just stand back and let something happen that you know is wrong. So frustrating.
Posted by AmoroAgain[/QUOTE]
<p> </p><p>I hate that too. Particularly when it involves the welfare of a person/animal. If you know that someone/something is suffering and you have an opportunity to access some intervention then yes, it <em>is </em>your business. </p><p> </p><p>How are you doing, Amoro?</p>
Mine would be when people put their dogs in the back of an open pick up truck. What happens if you wreck? A lot of shelters have dogs with broken legs because the got hurt from being in the back of a truck.
And yes about dogs in the back. If a dog jumps out of a truck and it's going 35 they will probably not get up again. One of my friends was tramatized for life when she was driving behind a truck with a lab tied in the back. The lab jumped out, the chain stopped it about 1' above the ground and the truck dragged him for a good mile before her frantic honking made him stop. By then the damage was done and the dog was gone.
My pet peeve is people who refuse to use their blinkers or go the speed limit. Cars give us blinkers to communicate, so use them. Don't get all pissy that people won't let you cross over into their lane when you have no blinker on. We think you're just going slow and being an asss.
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People who pull out in front of me when there was no one behind me, then they drive super slow. They could have waited and pulled out after I passed!
People who make fun of heavy set people.
[QUOTE]<strong>I've never heard the phrase "pet hate" before. I've heard "pet peeve."</strong> Mine would be when people put their dogs in the back of an open pick up truck. What happens if you wreck? A lot of shelters have dogs with broken legs because the got hurt from being in the back of a truck.
<p>Posted by jasmineh7777[/QUOTE]</p><p> </p><p>We don't really use the word 'peeve' here. I've never heard anyone say 'peeve' in the flesh, actually.</p>
[QUOTE]<strong>Magic diet cures. LOSE WEIGHT AND EAT WHAT YOU WANT WITH NO EXERCISE! </strong>Snoring People who pull out in front of me when there was no one behind me, then they drive super slow. They could have waited and pulled out after I passed! People who make fun of heavy set people.
<p>Posted by ricksang[/QUOTE]</p><p> </p><p>I second this one... although sometimes those adverts can be amusing, particularly when they have 'before' and 'after' pictures that are very clearly not the same person.</p>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Pet Hates : I second this one... although sometimes those adverts can be amusing, particularly when they have 'before' and 'after' pictures that are very clearly not the same person.
Posted by thesuninherhead[/QUOTE]
I'm extremely late to this thread, but this makes me laugh. I can't believe that people actually fall for those pictures. Same for the exercise equipment infomercials that promise a 6-pack in 14 days or whatever. I seriously question the judgement/sanity of anyone who believes that.
Anyway, it really bothers me when someone drops something in a public place and then doesn't bother to pick it back up. Really, I just saw you drop that fork on the ground and then step over it. You are lazy.
But I'm drinking and irrationally angry