Things that irk you......

Announcers who say things along the lines of "and Davis will score" or "Jones will cut it off before it gets to the wall" or "so Martin will beat the throw" — after they have done so.

Also, ridiculous grammar "rules" or pet peeves that have no basis in reality other than some teacher or editor a long time ago said so. They are many.

 

OMG I want to shoot people who write this way!

Our police scanner lady drives me nuts. "Structure fire ... it's gonna be at 1200 West Street ... it's gonna be the house on the corner ... there's gonna be a hydrant at West and Fifth ..."

Our local high school football radio play-by-play guy does the same fucking thing. "It's gonna be a nine-yard run ... it's gonna be third-and-1 ..."

Give it a fuckin' rest!

 

Starman's constant and stupid references to Trump's sex life.

 

Encores at concerts.

This is 2017. Play your damn set and when you're done, you're done.

Signed,

Any dude dragged to a concert.

 

Footage of Ex at a concert ...

 

Not sure why this irks me, but I find it annoying: People on Facebook who have been added to a page who just have to post, "Thanks for the add."

 

I'd rather hang with the Sonic guys than have to ever watch Bowzer again.

 

Here's my Facebook irk...

All I want is to see things posted by my friends, with most recent items at the top. It seems so basic. It used to be the default. Now I can't get that at all and it's annoying to the point where I almost never check Facebook anymore.

There's a "most recent" option for my newsfeed, but if I use that I see everything that any of my friends "likes" or comments on. It means my feed is filled with pictures of people I don't know, solely because people I know "liked" those photos. Typically for every ten posts I see, three actually involve someone I know.

The other option is top stories, which I don't like for a variety of reasons. (One of the big ones: I've worked in TV for 25+ years, so a lot of my good friends are at least regionally "famous." They can post anything and get 100 likes, so that's all I get on my "top stories" feed.)

 

I don't mind seeing friends of friends; sometime I reconnect with someone I'd forgotten about.

That said, there's NO FUCKING GOOD REASON WHATSOEVER to not allow us to make MOST RECENT the default setting. Every time I access Facebook, I EXPECT it to show me the most recent items.

 

Curious: How often, if ever, do you think, "Wow, that didn't go well?"

 

Never. I just stir it up and let it sit for a bit before eating it.

 

Our ancestors spent entire days hunting and gathering.
Now it's too much hassle to stop the microwave at 3 1/2 minutes to stir something rather just blasting it for 7 minutes straight.