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

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#2709374 18-May-2021 23:43

richms:
That is so that they can sell 2 front page adverts in them. I wish I was kidding but thats true.

I had an awful feeling that might be it, but was hoping no-one would actually fall for that.

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#2709399 19-May-2021 08:01

Many small things combine with small mindedness to create a destructive bad "solution" to a small problem - that surely could have been resolved fairly and reasonably if human beings weren't dicks:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/125163632/christchurch-social-housing-tenants-awardwinning-vegetable-garden-ripped-up

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#2709463 19-May-2021 08:37

When things are going so well at work that you just can't shake the feeling that you're building up to a tidal wave of disaster...can't I just be happy that it's all going well?

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#2709468 19-May-2021 08:43

Handsomedan:

When things are going so well at work that you just can't shake the feeling that you're building up to a tidal wave of disaster...can't I just be happy that it's all going well?

Do you work at a DHB?

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#2709970 20-May-2021 08:29

When service provider delivery personnel seem to forget it's the customer who pays their wages.

(Note that I'm not without some empathy. I know that oft-times they have been stitched up by sales and customers can be difficult and unreasonable, but they should stay professional.)

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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#2709980 20-May-2021 08:51

Sometimes, I find my typing becomes quite illegible with syntax and spelling errors. I don't know why. Quite annoying having to go back and edit a post after I have submitted it, after reading through and realising it makes little sense and is spelt quite poorly.

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#2710001 20-May-2021 09:20

That slippery people seem to be increasing - in audacity, quantity, and lubricity - these days.

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#2710011 20-May-2021 09:43

Handsomedan:

Sometimes, I find my typing becomes quite illegible with syntax and spelling errors. I don't know why. Quite annoying having to go back and edit a post after I have submitted it, after reading through and realising it makes little sense and is spelt quite poorly.

I have an old copy of Word 2000 I keep on my main computer. It still works fine though I had to fiddle with it a bit to get Windows 10 to accept it. I type all of my longer posts on it to filter out most of the typos and misspellings. I then copy it and run it through a neat little purifier called GetPlainText that removes formatting characters. After that I paste it into the message box. It is quick, simple and straightforward. I couldn't live without it, especially as age has made my typos much, much worse.

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#2710035 20-May-2021 10:16

Rikkitic:
Handsomedan:
Sometimes, I find my typing becomes quite illegible with syntax and spelling errors. I don't know why. Quite annoying having to go back and edit a post after I have submitted it, after reading through and realising it makes little sense and is spelt quite poorly.

I have an old copy of Word 2000 I keep on my main computer. It still works fine though I had to fiddle with it a bit to get Windows 10 to accept it. I type all of my longer posts on it to filter out most of the typos and misspellings. I then copy it and run it through a neat little purifier called GetPlainText that removes formatting characters. After that I paste it into the message box. It is quick, simple and straightforward. I couldn't live without it, especially as age has made my typos much, much worse.

I translate and proofread for a living, so this issue is very relevant to me.
The step above about typing something out in another app is a good one - and as an extra step, consider getting using text-to-speech software that reads things back to you. I think Windows this functionality built in, but a stand-alone app such as Simple TTS Reader will grab anything on the clipboard and read it back to you - a good way to catch typos. This app is better IMHO than the Windows one given that it works on any text on the clipboard, not just Windows apps.

As an aside, this also helps people with reading difficulties.

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#2710037 20-May-2021 10:28

Supermarket car parks!!!

You try and slowly reverse out of park where you can't see either direction because of high sided vehicles, looking in all all your spots, and some idiot comes flying past at speed!!! Little kids etc wound not stand a chance.

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#2710145 20-May-2021 12:10

Gurezaemon:

I translate and proofread for a living, so this issue is very relevant to me.
The step above about typing something out in another app is a good one - and as an extra step, consider getting using text-to-speech software that reads things back to you. I think Windows has this functionality built in, but a stand-alone app such as Simple TTS Reader will grab anything on the clipboard and read it back to you - a good way to catch typos. This app is better IMHO than the Windows one given that it works on any text on the clipboard, not just Windows apps.

As an aside, this also helps people with reading difficulties.

Damn. I was desperately hoping to find some error in what you typed above - so I could smugly mock you. In a friendly way of course.

It annoyed me the first time I read it, but the gods are with me today after all.

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#2710147 20-May-2021 12:19

Fred99:

Gurezaemon:

I translate and proofread for a living, so this issue is very relevant to me.
The step above about typing something out in another app is a good one - and as an extra step, consider getting using text-to-speech software that reads things back to you. I think Windows has this functionality built in, but a stand-alone app such as Simple TTS Reader will grab anything on the clipboard and read it back to you - a good way to catch typos. This app is better IMHO than the Windows one given that it works on any text on the clipboard, not just Windows apps.

As an aside, this also helps people with reading difficulties.

Damn. I was desperately hoping to find some error in what you typed above - so I could smugly mock you. In a friendly way of course.

It annoyed me the first time I read it, but the gods are with me today after all.

The post has an apostrophe deficiency.

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#2710151 20-May-2021 12:25

BlinkyBill:

The post has an apostrophe deficiency.

That would be a catapostrophe.

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#2710152 20-May-2021 12:29

BlinkyBill:

Gurezaemon:

I translate and proofread for a living, so this issue is very relevant to me.
The step above about typing something out in another app is a good one - and as an extra step, consider getting using text-to-speech software that reads things back to you. I think Windows has this functionality built in, but a stand-alone app such as Simple TTS Reader will grab anything on the clipboard and read it back to you - a good way to catch typos. This app is better IMHO than the Windows one given that it works on any text on the clipboard, not just Windows apps.

As an aside, this also helps people with reading difficulties.

The post has an apostrophe deficiency.

I'm not sure if you're trying to troll me and make me obsessively check for errors (although I missed an 'and' in 'getting using') but I don't think I've missed anything...

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#2710159 20-May-2021 12:54

Gurezaemon:

I'm not sure if you're trying to troll me and make me obsessively check for errors (although I missed an 'and' in 'getting using') but I don't think I've missed anything...

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