You know what really grinds my gears?

Ugh, I know, that annoys me too! It makes people sound ignorant and stupid. Plus it’s really irritating to the person their rant was directed at.

Also, it annoys me when my teachers ask me a question I obviously don’t know the answer to.

When people mistake me for so much older than I actually am.
On the internet, it doesn’t bug me at all because they’re doing it based on things I say and not how I look.
I’m already insecure enough as is… do people really need to walk around mistaking me for a 16-year old :confused:

Nah, you’re fine, ellie-jessie-eve. It’s usually done by some of the, er… younger members. :stuck_out_tongue:

Leirin: Oh man, I wish people would mistake me for being older than I am! I am 18 years old, and just last year, someone told me that I looked like a thirteen year old! How insulting is that? Just because I’m short and have a tiny little body and a little round face does not make me look thirteen, IMO. I certainly don’t act it! :confused:

When you’re older, you want people to recognize that you’re older - especially if you’ve just become an adult. I guess it’s sort of an opposite situation with us, but I still know how it feels! But I think you should take it as a compliment that people think you’re older than you are… that means that you’re very mature for your age! :slight_smile:

little chef

I do take it as a compliment when people think I’m 17 or something online, but in real life I find it crazy. :stuck_out_tongue:

I don’t like it when people think I’m younger than I really am. A lot of people tend to have a hard time guessing my age just by looking at me - I’m short (4’9"), I’m tiny, and I wear a size 4 shoe (I have to shop in the kid’s section at the shoe store! :laughing:).

Another thing that bugs me is when people say, “I don’t think you’ll grow much taller - look at your family! You’re all so short!” I only want to grow a bit taller in order to be able to drive comfortably (I can’t sit back at least 12 inches away from the steering wheel - which is one of the precautions), and so I can play piano better. My piano teacher has such a hard time finding songs for me to learn that are in my level and that I can reach. There are not many songs like that. :frowning: I don’t like my small hands.

Although, one of my friends said that I am a legal “midget”, and if I stay this short, then I can get discounts and stuff when it comes to college. :stuck_out_tongue: And I won’t have to pay as much for car insurance. :smiley: So I guess being short is a plus…

If your talk’n bout me im sorry…

Yeah, that’s true. :slight_smile: Alright then!
Well, it’s pretty weird having a sister 5 years older than me and people walk down the park and ask us if we’re twins… :unamused:

My gears are easily grinded when people make silly gramatical errors.

I mean, how difficult is it to put an apostrophe in a contraction.

“Im” is not a word, at least that I know of. It’s “I’m”.

We’ll sorry… :unamused:

Haha, no worries mopar5.

Over a year ago I was inspired by James Rolfe to create a series of comedic rants on everyday life. Unfortunetally I only wrote three entires, but I did write them to great reception from my friends. Now I would like to share them with you. Please pardon the first entry being somewhat dated. Also keep in mind that this was before I was a huge movie/Pixar buff. Here it is: “What the Heck?!?” #1

What the heck is up with – R rated movies becoming PG-13? As of this summer, there are a lot of interesting movies coming out for the remainder of the 2009 summer season. With Wolverine and Star Trek out of the picture, it’s time to move on to bigger and better things like Transformers 2 (just kidding…but seriously). However in the midst of all this, there are hardly any movies this year for kids. There’s Night at the Museum 2, Up, and HP 6, but not much else. Actually, most of the movies were originally rated R; that proved to be a problem. By one month, 2009 had turned from the “grown-up’s” year, into just another kids bonanza. First there was Terminator Salvation. When word came of a fourth Terminator movie, all the Terminator fans were hyped. When they found out that one of the most hardcore R rated franchises would be for kids, they cried. C’mon, will Terminator truly have the same fate as Robocop, or Die Hard? Hopefully Christian Bale won’t have the same reaction to the R-drop as he did to his lighting. Next, we have Year One. Harold Ramis (who brought us Groundhog Day and Caddyshack) promised us a crude R rated comedy. It has been changed to PG-13; how can you do that to a movie like this? Although there will probably be an unrated DVD version (al la recent Will Ferrell comedies), what kids would want to see this film (besides me, obviously)? Finally, our last and most prime example is a horror movie known as Drag Me to Hell. Sam Raimi returns to his horror roots and although there are no Bruce Campbell’s cheesy one-liners (Groovy!), it looks to be an above average flick. You may be saying to yourself, “There’s no way this could be rated PG-13,” but it is! I can give you three good reasons why this movie will bomb if it’s PG-13: One, have you seen the Evil Dead movies at all? Two, it has “hell” in its name; besides showing by the trailer, it looks brutal. Three, it comes out the same day as Pixar’s Up. But then again, High School Musical 3 came out the same day as Saw V. Speaking of Up, it, along with the new Harry Potter, has been turned in to a PG. Why? Well, why not? This goes to show you that PG-13 movies can’t be trusted. What’ll they do next? Create PG versions of Bruno and Halloween 2, for the kiddies? I mean what the heck?!?

Like I said…dated, and i didn’t really know much about movies then. I didn’t even consider myself a Pixar fan back then, but for the Eight grade, what do you expect?

“What the Heck?!?” #2
What the heck is up with guitar bags? Pardon my “harsh” language, but they SUCK! When I buy a new guitar the last thing I want to do is spend fifty bucks on a bag. Naturally, I get the cheapie-bags for about three bucks each. They really took the term “cheap” to a whole new level. First of all, putting one of these things on your precious guitar is like stuffing plastic wrap on your face until you suffocate. I may have taken that reference from the movie, “Black Christmas”, but it is literally just a plastic bag. Obviously, it doesn’t provide much protection, does it? Secondly, they tear way too easily and way too fast. There is a large hole in my bag, where it went up against the street. This hole put so many scratches on my guitar that it’s not even worth joking about. Third, what about pockets? There is one slap for a folder or papers, or something, but no pockets. I have to carry my pick and tuner in a separate pocket in my pants! If the point of a bag is to make your life easier by holding things, then I have no idea what to do with my bag. Speaking of holding things, the worst part of the bag, is the strap. It’s like 5 yards wide and 2 miles long! How am I supposed to hold something that big? In fact, I bet it’s bigger than the actual bag! I have gotten so many blisters from that strap… So many. Another guitar-related annoyance that makes my blood boil to a point of steam is the tape on electric guitars. Why does a guitar need tape? It’s definitely not for protection, and it probably isn’t to make it look better either. If you aren’t familiar with this, consider yourself lucky, because from Van Halen to Metallica, guitarists are ticked off by guitar-tape. Let me try my best to explain: I got a new electric guitar, and didn’t notice the tape for a couple weeks. It is on the entire face of the guitar (under the strings) and ends right before the frets. After a month of shredding, it started to peel off, so naturally, I started picking at it. It eventually turned so ugly; I decided to take it all off. It took forever to peel it off the face, around the knobs, and through the whammy-bar. It was so hard to peel off; some of it is still on my guitar, under the strings. Guitar-tape. Guitar-tape and guitar-bags. What the heck?!?

“What the Heck?!?” #3
All right guys, this one will be fun. It doesn’t really make me mad, but it’s confusing as all heck. What the heck is up with Italy’s love for soccer? I’m sure all of you have heard rumors of the fact that Italy is crazy about soccer. Well that doesn’t even come close. Italy would kill for soccer. Literally, there have been cases of soccer players being murdered because they lost a match. If you want to be a soccer player, you better be good. You know, about three days ago, something funny happened. We were let out of school early because of a soccer game! A soccer game! And I’m not joking. That’s like in the States, if the school let you out at 12:00 so you could watch the Superbowl. I like the Yankees, for example, and I definitely know that some people who will read this post are Red Socks fans. In Italy, if you don’t like the team you should, you better go to your home country. The last game was Italy versus Spain, and they had to have the Italy fans on one side, and the Spain fans on the other. I’m not talking about the stadium; I’m talking about the entire East and West sides of the city. These fans were so crazy; they couldn’t stay thirteen miles away without beating the snot out of each other. It’s just a freaking game! I don’t even like soccer all that much, but my Italian friends don’t know that. Another thing is soccer video games in Italy. In America, either you play video games, or not. In Italy, most people don’t, but if you do, you’re not like Americans. In America there’s the Xbox, Wii, etc., and hundreds of games. In Italy, they have all that, but it doesn’t matter. All they buy is a PSP, with only one game; and it’s the same for everyone. I’ll let you guess at what it is. Freaking soccer! You know, in Italian, soccer is calcio (cal•chee•o). I don’t know why, but it reminds me of couch-potato. All Italians do is finish work, so they can watch soccer on their TVs for hours upon hours. Italy loves soccer. What the heck?!?

Well, im learning english, so my english isnt perfect :laughing:

You now what annoys me?

TROLLS

I just dont understand how someone wants to waste so much time in internet just to make people angry

Rude people,Racism,People who [spoil]make out[/spoil] in front of everybody,people who feel that they have to do or say what everybody else does,People who think they are “all that”,People on youtube who don’t like to sub for sub(I think it comes off as arrogant).Know-it-alls,Anything related to Califorina and New York…

Honestly, right now my major pet peeve is people miscalling me.

My names are as follows:
-IncredigirlVirginia(please don’t call me this unless you’re mad. Why do people call me by my full name? :open_mouth: :angry: )
-Virginia(I like this)
-Ginny(I like this)
-IV(I love this)

Do not call me IVG. Where is this G coming from? :open_mouth: Virginia is not abbreviated VG. It’s just not; look at a map.

Sorry, but you really should call people by their names, not whatever you feel like typing. My name is not IVG, and I won’t answer to that.

IncredigirlVirginia is my username(clearly), but I don’t want you guys to type that out. It makes me think you’re mad. When I address someone, I only call them John Collins or Mary Smith if I’m mad, no? Otherwise it’s John and Mary. Please only use my full name if I’ve somehow upset you, so I don’t have to worry about nothing.

Thank you for reading this. :neutral_face:

Homophobic people, people who judge you if you like something that they consider “childish” such as of course, Pixar, Disney, or even various video games like Ratchet and Clank. (which I adore)

Oh, and chavs, gotta hate them chavs… :imp:

What’s a chav?

Virginia, it’s a British slang word for “poser.”

^What he said.

They generally wear hoodies and rather baggy clothes in general, and they’re cretins for the most part.

Oh, okay. I get it now. :laughing: Thanks.

Whoa, what’s wrong with California? :laughing: (California girl here in the house, represent!) You know what’s related to California? Pixar :wink:

People who BRAG and thing they’re the greatest, there’s this one girl I have to deal with, all she ever does is change the conversation to herself, and brags about all the stuff she does. It’s so annoying. She knows nothing about being humble. Sorry, I’m venting here!