[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#2645577 1-Feb-2021 21:17

BlinkyBill:

People who say ‘less’ when they mean ‘fewer’.

Damn. I've annoyed myself by not reading the entire thread before replying with the same pedantic criticism. If you'd please delete your post, then I'd feel better. Oh damn it - I'll remove my own post.

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#2645598 1-Feb-2021 22:25

Dingbatt:
Isn’t meat essential for maintaining a sense of humour?

;-)

If you watched Diplomatic Immunity, you'd know that meat is also essential for maintaining your ethnicity.

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#2645654 2-Feb-2021 09:03

BlinkyBill:

People who say ‘less’ when they mean ‘fewer’.

There was a great moment in Game of Thrones where Stannis Baratheon corrects (under his breath) Jon Snow when he incorrectly uses the word "less." I find myself doing this now, when I'm in a meeting or something, and someone says "less", I mutter to myself "fewer."

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#2646370 3-Feb-2021 11:44

Not being able to see through to the other side.

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#2646375 3-Feb-2021 12:02

People who correct your language when you were right in the first place.

eg, 'Lucked out'. It means you got very lucky.

I've used the phrase several times in front of a friend, who tries to correct me.

No , i do mean 'lucked out', but I'll allow their mistake to slide haha. Because I'd be a dick for making them feel bad if I used google to show them I was right.

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#2646379 3-Feb-2021 12:10

^ People that use Americanisms 😛

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#2646380 3-Feb-2021 12:11

surfisup1000:

People who correct your language when you were right in the first place.

eg, 'Lucked out'. It means you got very lucky.

(colloquial, idiomatic, US, Canada)

So, depending on how acceptable US/Canadian idiom is to your audience, in NZ you might not be right after all.

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#2646383 3-Feb-2021 12:16

Behodar:

^ People that use Americanisms 😛

The man ain't got no culture.

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

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#2646412 3-Feb-2021 12:47

frankv:

surfisup1000:

People who correct your language when you were right in the first place.

eg, 'Lucked out'. It means you got very lucky.

(colloquial, idiomatic, US, Canada)

So, depending on how acceptable US/Canadian idiom is to your audience, in NZ you might not be right after all.

My brain cannot compute "lucked out" as being a positive outcome. It fully registers as "ran out of luck".

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#2646417 3-Feb-2021 12:54

geoffwnz:

My brain cannot compute "lucked out" as being a positive outcome. It fully registers as "ran out of luck".

I don't think my brain is computing period.

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#2646497 3-Feb-2021 15:56

Rikkitic:

Behodar:

^ People that use Americanisms 😛

The man ain't got no culture.

Y'all are right there.

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#2646499 3-Feb-2021 15:57

My brain cannot compute "lucked out" as being a positive outcome. It fully registers as "ran out of luck".

It's in the same sense as "maxed out".

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#2646514 3-Feb-2021 16:33

neb:

My brain cannot compute "lucked out" as being a positive outcome. It fully registers as "ran out of luck".

It's in the same sense as "maxed out".

Which, if you consider the context, is the same thing. Maxed out = hit capacity = ran out of max.

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#2646532 3-Feb-2021 17:03

Spending all day with the Chorus man here installing the ONT only for him to be unable to blow the fibre through the cable from the road. Now they have to come back and dig up the berm to see where the problem is.

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#2646538 3-Feb-2021 17:31

Eva888: Spending all day with the Chorus man here installing the ONT only for him to be unable to blow the fibre through the cable from the road. Now they have to come back and dig up the berm to see where the problem is.

Not directly related, but in November Chorus arranged an assessment for fibre for us. They found they could not use the conduit used for the phone, due to some blockage, and would need to cut a shallow trench in the asphalt drive. The drive will need to be resurfaced in the near future, and the preparation will rip up anything using a shallow trench. We said we won't proceed at this time.

Yesterday another person from Chorus came to try to have fibre installed. 🤦‍♂️

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