Mistress
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Things That Bug You...What random things irratate you beyond reason?
For me, it has to be ignorant people. Once, when I was in grade 10 civics class, these girls sitting behind me had no idea that Pierre Trudeau was dead.
Orlando Bloom groupies and overzealous Wicked fans bug me too.
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Brackynn
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Definitely agree about ignorant people. I had a girl in my old Year 10 politics class who didn't know who Nelson Mandela was.
People who say "should of" and "could of" instead of "should have" and "could have". Actually, very few things bug me grammar-wise when people speak, but this one really gets under my skin.
People who refer to Phantom of the Opera as actual opera 
People incapable of saying good-bye to each other without painfully drawing it out as long as humanly possible.
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actor
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People calling a cast recording a soundtrack.
People saying casted instead of cast.
People saying off-script instead of off-book.
People saying "it's a musical, not a play".
People hating on Sondheim.
People thinking Andrew Lloyd Webber is God's gift to musical theatre.
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Mistress
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Popel who claim movie remakes are better than the original shows even though they have never seen the original show before.
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Joshua
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| Brackynn wrote: | | People who say "should of" and "could of" instead of "should have" and "could have". Actually, very few things bug me grammar-wise when people speak, but this one really gets under my skin. |
Well technically if you say "could of", it's correct, because that's what sound you get when you say the contraction could've instead of could have.
But when people spell it like that it gets on my nerves.
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Quique
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I was just about to create a thread entitled "Things That Annoy You More Than They Should." But this is similar, so I'll take it here.
| Brackynn wrote: | People who say "should of" and "could of" instead of "should have" and "could have". Actually, very few things bug me grammar-wise when people speak, but this one really gets under my skin.
People who refer to Phantom of the Opera as actual opera. |
Those two things annoy me, as well. Especially the first (like Josh said, when written, not said).
Oxyclean commercials.
Charmin commercials.
I'll list more when I'm in a bad mood.
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Catherine
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- Really slow walkers.
I actually think thats it... other than the ones other people have mentioned, which I can't be bothered repeating.
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The Drama Queen
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The idiots at my school who walk in big groups in the middle of the hallway very slowly in between classes.
Directors who don't give a specific time/place of when the cast list is going to be posted. Especially when they say "we'll let you know around Wednesday, or Thursday. We'll probably just send an e-mail" and its still Friday and no one has heard anything...
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sunrae
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Stupid people. I hate stupid people.
Stupid people are much different and much worse than ignorant people in my opionion. I can forgive ignorance.
I cannot forgive stupidity.
I can't stand people who drive 25mph in a 45 zone.
I can't stand people who sit at the intersection waiting to turn right when the right turn arrow is green.
It's really irritating when people don't use their blinker when they are going to make a turn.
I can't stand people who take up a whole aisle in a store with their cart so you can't walk by.
It bugs me when people say anyways instead of anyway. (There should be no S).
I get super annoyed when people call me by a nickname that I don't like (and they know I don't like it) just because they think it's funny.
The following things are very random, and very irritating to me. And I am pretty certain it's because I probably have slight OCD. (Self- and husband-diagnosed of course  )
- When people put my highliters in the same compartment as my pens on my desk.
- When people put the scissors in with the pens.
- When people use my stapler and then put it back on my desk facing the wrong direction.
- When people put markers or crayons back in the box without putting them in rainbow order (ROY G BIV people!)
- When people put books back on the bookshelf, or CDs back in the case in the wrong spot
- When people fold papers that don't need to be folded (I hate having creases in my papers!)
- When people give me money that's wadded instead of flat or folded nicely.
Yes. I know. I'm strange.
Who isn't.
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Luc
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^OCD?
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sunrae
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^ OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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disneybeauty
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ROY G BIV!! 
I LOL'd
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Quique
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| sunrae wrote: | Stupid people. I hate stupid people.
Stupid people are much different and much worse than ignorant people in my opionion. I can forgive ignorance.
I cannot forgive stupidity.
I can't stand people who drive 25mph in a 45 zone.
I can't stand people who sit at the intersection waiting to turn right when the right turn arrow is green.
It's really irritating when people don't use their blinker when they are going to make a turn.
I can't stand people who take up a whole aisle in a store with their cart so you can't walk by.
It bugs me when people say anyways instead of anyway. (There should be no S).
I get super annoyed when people call me by a nickname that I don't like (and they know I don't like it) just because they think it's funny.
The following things are very random, and very irritating to me. And I am pretty certain it's because I probably have slight OCD. (Self- and husband-diagnosed of course )
- When people put my highliters in the same compartment as my pens on my desk.
- When people put the scissors in with the pens.
- When people use my stapler and then put it back on my desk facing the wrong direction.
- When people put markers or crayons back in the box without putting them in rainbow order (ROY G BIV people!)
- When people put books back on the bookshelf, or CDs back in the case in the wrong spot
- When people fold papers that don't need to be folded (I hate having creases in my papers!)
- When people give me money that's wadded instead of flat or folded nicely.
Yes. I know. I'm strange.
Who isn't. |
No offense, but most people would consider you a 'stupid person' for being annoyed by all of that.
I kid, I kid.
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sunrae
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| Quique wrote: | | sunrae wrote: | Stupid people. I hate stupid people.
Stupid people are much different and much worse than ignorant people in my opionion. I can forgive ignorance.
I cannot forgive stupidity.
I can't stand people who drive 25mph in a 45 zone.
I can't stand people who sit at the intersection waiting to turn right when the right turn arrow is green.
It's really irritating when people don't use their blinker when they are going to make a turn.
I can't stand people who take up a whole aisle in a store with their cart so you can't walk by.
It bugs me when people say anyways instead of anyway. (There should be no S).
I get super annoyed when people call me by a nickname that I don't like (and they know I don't like it) just because they think it's funny.
The following things are very random, and very irritating to me. And I am pretty certain it's because I probably have slight OCD. (Self- and husband-diagnosed of course )
- When people put my highliters in the same compartment as my pens on my desk.
- When people put the scissors in with the pens.
- When people use my stapler and then put it back on my desk facing the wrong direction.
- When people put markers or crayons back in the box without putting them in rainbow order (ROY G BIV people!)
- When people put books back on the bookshelf, or CDs back in the case in the wrong spot
- When people fold papers that don't need to be folded (I hate having creases in my papers!)
- When people give me money that's wadded instead of flat or folded nicely.
Yes. I know. I'm strange.
Who isn't. |
No offense, but most people would consider you a 'stupid person' for being annoyed by all of that.
I kid, I kid. |
ha ha.
I know. Like I said - they are very random small things. I wish they didn't irritate me, but they do. I try not to make a big deal about those things though so I didn't look like a weirdo....but in my head I am screaming "WHY!? Why did you put the scissors in with my pens?!?!? WHY!?"
I think it's hereditary...my Grandmommy is super OCD. (Banging on her fridge to make sure it's closed before she leaves the house. Giggling the door handle a million times everytime she leaves the house to make sure it's locked) I can just see myself being like that someday......yikes.
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sunrae
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| disneybeauty wrote: | ROY G BIV!!
I LOL'd |
Everything in my life must be organized in rainbow order. I don't know why. My closet is. My markers are. My M&Ms and Skittles are when I eat them.
Oh, and if someone messes it up.... 
I know it's a sickness.....
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ilovebway
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Quique
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| sunrae wrote: | ha ha.
I know. Like I said - they are very random small things. I wish they didn't irritate me, but they do. |
I know what you mean. For example, I can't stand cell phone use in the classroom. It makes my blood boil, while most people probably don't care (it seems that way, anyway).
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disneybeauty
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Ditto on the stupid people. They irritate me.
The thing that annoys me most about stupid people is that they never think that they are the problem. I have been in rehearsals, the director makes an enormous announcement; "Listen up I have a correction for everyone, please do blah-blah-blah". We run the scene again, and the lone stupid person does the wrong thing again. Their excuse is, "yes I heard the correction but I didn't think you meant me". WHICH PART OF "EVERYONE DO THIS INSTEAD OF THAT" DOES NOT INCLUDE YOU?!?!?!?!
The other thing that bugs me is people who can't drive. Many of the people around me grew up driving tractors, so they take that knowledge and try to drive like they're in a tractor down the freeway. It doesn't work people!! It never will, so stop driving like that. Seriously, shouldn't there be an I.Q. test before you can take driver's ed?
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sunrae
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| disneybeauty wrote: | Ditto on the stupid people. They irritate me.
The thing that annoys me most about stupid people is that they never think that they are the problem. I have been in rehearsals, the director makes an enormous announcement; "Listen up I have a correction for everyone, please do blah-blah-blah". We run the scene again, and the lone stupid person does the wrong thing again. Their excuse is, "yes I heard the correction but I didn't think you meant me". WHICH PART OF "EVERYONE DO THIS INSTEAD OF THAT" DOES NOT INCLUDE YOU?!?!?!?!
The other thing that bugs me is people who can't drive. Many of the people around me grew up driving tractors, so they take that knowledge and try to drive like they're in a tractor down the freeway. It doesn't work people!! It never will, so stop driving like that. Seriously, shouldn't there be an I.Q. test before you can take driver's ed? |
Ugh. I totally agree. On both points. It makes my tense up just thinking about it.
And I think that people should have to take an IQ test to get a drivers liscense...AND to have children.
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Luc
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| sunrae wrote: | | disneybeauty wrote: | ROY G BIV!!
I LOL'd |
Everything in my life must be organized in rainbow order. I don't know why. My closet is. My markers are. My M&Ms and Skittles are when I eat them.
Oh, and if someone messes it up....
I know it's a sickness..... |
I think you may have OCD.
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Luc
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| sunrae wrote: | | ^ OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
Oh, I missed this post.
And I didn't see it in your original post, so I was saying like "You might have OCD".
Nevermind me.
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blue wind
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| actor wrote: | People calling a cast recording a soundtrack.
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AMEN. i HATE that. so much.
when people think they're musical theatre fans and the only musicals they know are rent, wicked, and high school musical. not that there's anything wrong with liking those shows, they are some of my favorites (besides HSM), but if you should know other stuff too...
also, just the opposite, when people think they're musical theatre fans yet they seem to hate ALL the new, popular musicals.
when people think they're good at singing/acting/dancing (especially dancing) even though they clearly suck.
when people think they can audition for a show using "popular" or "on my own".
when people say les miserables with "s"
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Not Dead Yet
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-People who, for some reason, need to be the center of attention at all times. Like when they see the focus of the conversation is NOT on them, they have to start singing or making obnoxious noises or just randomly pushing/touching people to get attention.
-People who think they're God's gift to mankind.
-People who call others ignorant when they clearly are more ignorant than most people in the room.
-People with no personality.
-Lovesick people. Like if your entire life revolves around breakups or hookups.
-People who for some reason think anyone is remotely interested in anything they have to say. I literally turn my back when I sit next to this person, and she still talks to me about her pointless stupid crap (while my back is turned, mind you).
-People who spell "a lot" wrong. It's either a lot or allot. There's no alot.
-People spelling anything wrong.
-People who can't argue, so they just say "OMG shut up. You're stupid you're stupid, shut up. Shut up, not listening." It's like.... you started the argument. It's not my fault you're too incompetent to defend your opinions.
-People who think they know EVERYTHING and clearly don't. There's nothing wrong with defending a fact and being wrong. But when you refuse to admit you're wrong, watch out for my pocket knife in your side.
-People who assume you must be some weirdo nerd if you listen to opera or like musical theatre.
-Guys who think they're badass and make stupid nihilist comments in class so they seem like "sooo cool and laidback." They really just look like a useless idiots drooling in your seats.
-People who stick gum on the bottom of desks.
-People who spit down the stairwell in the hopes of it hitting some unsuspecting victim. Ditto with throwing water bottles/rocks/etc.
-People who invite themselves everywhere.
-Only reading/having one book at a time. I must carry around at least two books with me at all times, and be reading at least three.
-People who wear white socks with black shoes.
-People who can't give a simple greeting. Every time they SEE you they come up and complain about something going in in their pathetic lives. It's like... yeah. Nice to see you too.
-People who have tons of money and don't do any good with it.
-People who have misguided aspirations.
-People who make career choices purely for money. Like if you want to be a doctor or a fashion designer but have never shown any inclination to those things.. and suck at science or art, respectively.
I'm sure this is like 10% of my whole list. I'm just drawing a blank at the moment..
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Luc
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I hate it when people don't check their PM's. Everyone... go check your PM's NOW. There just might be something waiting. EVERYONE WITH ME... click the box that says "You have no new messages." IT LIES.
I don't know why it bugs me so much... but seriously, go do it now.
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BroadwayObssessed
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| musikal_geek wrote: | I hate it when people don't check their PM's. Everyone... go check your PM's NOW. There just might be something waiting. EVERYONE WITH ME... click the box that says "You have no new messages." IT LIES.
I don't know why it bugs me so much... but seriously, go do it now. |
I always check my PMs...I get a little notice when I get a new one. ^_^
I hate it when people totally ignore my PMs. 
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Lepitot
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| Brackynn wrote: |
People who say "should of" and "could of" instead of "should have" and "could have". Actually, very few things bug me grammar-wise when people speak, but this one really gets under my skin.
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Sure they aren't saying should've???
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Kiwi
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People who are not a part of a show showing up backstage/in the dressing rooms after a performance. I don't tend to hide my annoyance, either.
People who push their beliefs/morals on me.
People who don't say a word like "damn" when it's part of a line in a show. IT'S CALLED FREE ARTISTRY, PEOPLE!!!
Homophobes.
People who pretend to know everything about something when they don't know what they're talking about at all.
Bad drivers.
That's all I can think of at the moment.
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blackbird_fly
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People who sniffle-like one time I can understand, but at least try and blow your nose.
Other than that, not much bothers me. I'm pretty laid back.
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mastachen
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- Slow internet
- People who cancel my internet for no reason
- People who drive slow on the freeway. Honestly, if they're in the first two lanes, unless there's traffic, I expect them to be driving at 75+ mp
- People who whine and bitch.
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Claire
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Inconsiderate drivers who beep incessantly at learner drivers, or give them abuse/the finger. It's a difficult thing to learn, and you aren't making me go any faster/move further/park better by being impatient, and therefore stressing me out!
Text speak
When you get a book out from the library, and the pages have the corners folded down. (I don't know why that one bugs me so much, it just does.)
Panto audiences who refuse to interact with the actors.....if you don't want to interact, don't go to a panto, go to a play.
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ilovebway
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| Kiwi wrote: | | People who are not a part of a show showing up backstage/in the dressing rooms after a performance. |
That bugs me so much too.
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Brackynn
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| Lepitot wrote: | | Brackynn wrote: |
People who say "should of" and "could of" instead of "should have" and "could have". Actually, very few things bug me grammar-wise when people speak, but this one really gets under my skin.
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Sure they aren't saying should've??? |
True -- a lot of the time, that's the case, and often, it's hard to distinguish when spoken. I guess it didn't help that I posted that right after having a conversation with a very slow talker who does it incessantly. And trust me, you can tell. *twitch*
But as for other things that get on my nerves...
People who think that repeating themselves or talking louder makes them indisputably right.
People who use spectacle as the one and only factor when evaluating how good a show is.
Bad writing.
I'm sure I'll come up with more later...
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blue wind
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when i find typos in books that are professionally published.
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happyguava
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People who think they know everything but seem to be the only person on earth who doesn't know that they know NOTHING!
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Snow_White
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Oh so many things...most of them being McDonalds (where I work) related lol
People who are ridiculously rude and act like they are above me just because I am a manager at a McDonalds...sometimes I just feel like saying, "listen asshat...I am smarter than you, I am better looking than you, I am doing this job to get myself through school- get the hell out of here"...
Generally I am annoyed by people who think I am stupid just because I work at McDonalds.
People who don't know how a Drive-Thru works (you'd be surprised at the number of people who really don't)
Also, people who don't turn off their loud diesel engines in the DT...it REALLY hurts because it is SO loud!
Creepy men who hit on me and on my crew in the DT...
Teenagers who are drunk/stoned/whatever else who come in at night, destroy the place, steal pop, play in the playplace, and act like little turds.
Getting away from McDonalds now lol cause I could actually go on all day...
Don't even get me started! lol
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bare24601!
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People who say "That's so gay!" as an insult
People who spell "I" with a lowercase "i".. as in "yesterday i went to the mall and then i saw my friend and then i blah blah blah"
When people tell me to turn my music down
Losing my voice
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broadwaybirdie
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| bare24601! wrote: | People who say "That's so gay!" as an insult
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YES
and "That's retarded!"
and cracking knuckles, and being tickled, and the veins on peoples wrists, "I lol'd!" or "lolerz!", people with no opinions, people whose political opinions are based on their parent's, people who pay no mind to OTHER people's political opinions,
and people singing a capella but NOT counting the rests.
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Kiwi
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| broadwaybirdie wrote: | | bare24601! wrote: | People who say "That's so gay!" as an insult
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YES
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Oh my, for sure.
People who say "heighth" instead of height.
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Beagle On Stage
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People who cough repeatedly. Like, you're in class with them or some other extended gathering of people. And someone is sick and they keep coughing over and over. Like every two minutes, *cough cough cough*. Two more minutes go by, *cough cough cough*. For God's sake, if you're that sick stay home and get better! It's irritating.
Slow people. Doing anything. Either get the lead out or get out of the way.
People who use self-checkout lines at grocery stores poorly. These lines are really more for people who have their crap together. Don't go up there and get confused and get a cashier to come help you. Don't buy things like produce that don't have a barcode, that's a recipe for slowness (see above). Don't buy alcohol or tobacco, because you have to find someone to show your ID to, which is another recipe for slowness.
People who won't stop talking. Say what you're going to say, then shut up.
People who are excessively sheltered beyond what is appropriate for their age. Like an 18-year-old girl at my school who was confused when everyone was talking about sex, because she didn't realise that it involved penetration.
People who are excessively protective of family or friends. You can't even say that their sister woke up on the wrong side of the bed today, or they'll flip out for trash-talking her.
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Kiwi
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| Beagle On Stage wrote: |
People who are excessively sheltered beyond what is appropriate for their age. Like an 18-year-old girl at my school who was confused when everyone was talking about sex, because she didn't realise that it involved penetration.
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Agreed.
Also, ditzes.
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Luc
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Slow typers.
I die a little bit inside watching my dad type.
"GIMME THE FRIGGEN KEYBOARD AND I'LL SAVE YOU HALF AN HOUR, DAD!"
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Beagle On Stage
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I forgot about people who are extremely unfashionable. Not that you can judge people by what they're wearing. But a 20-year-old wearing mom jeans and a T-shirt tucked in just isn't trying.
Same with tacky dressers. People who deliberately wear mismatched or outrageous clothes for attention. This includes things they think are their "trademarks" like a stupid hat. This was mostly something I saw in high school. People seem to have matured since then.
EDIT! And when parents spell their children's names some strange way. Like, if you're naming your child Darlene, but you spell is Darleighn. Stuff like that. Way to give your child a burden they'll have to explain and babysit for the rest of their lives. From the day they were born, they have to explain, "With an I instead of a Y" or "With two N's" every time.
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Lepitot
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My name is Jonathon not Jonathan. I've never felt like a weirdo for having to say "with an o at the end instead of an a."
I hate lazy people who expect everything to be done for them and then make fun of honest, hardworking people for no reason. I sit next to a bunch of these kids in class this semester...
Arrogant people.
"religious" people who try to change how people live because they have a "high moral code"
Hypocrits.
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ilovebway
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| Lepitot wrote: |
I hate lazy people who expect everything to be done for them and then make fun of honest, hardworking people for no reason. |
Definitely. It bugs me when people ask to copy your homeowrk. I get asked that just about everyday. It gets so irritating.
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Beagle On Stage
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| ilovebway wrote: | | Lepitot wrote: |
I hate lazy people who expect everything to be done for them and then make fun of honest, hardworking people for no reason. |
Definitely. It bugs me when people ask to copy your homeowrk. I get asked that just about everyday. It gets so irritating. |
Really? In my classes we take turns doing the work, and pass it around the dorms the night before. My time is too valuable to waste it doing busy work. As an educator myself, I do not value that.
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Lepitot
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Yeah, the kids next to me...both of them are going into the army/ marines. They both smoke cigarettes heavily, one does pot, and both of them are a good forty pounds overweight. And, one of the kids...I've never seen him do any exercise except for walking back and forth between classes. The two of them complain about fags, how they hope they aren't in the military, and how they shouldn't be allowed. And then they talk about how they hate black people, italians, mexicans, and french people for NO reason. One of the reasons being that they are all lazy and depend on everyone else. They spent the entire block yesterday talking about it. Funny thing is: they are the ones depending on everyone else.
I just wanted to be like "You wanna know who I'm racist against? I'm racist against lazy, ignorant, immature assholes who are going nowhere in life and spend their day smoking cigarettes and pot, and then make fun of other people who have far more going for them, and who have never done anything to be disrespected."
Ugh.
Sorry, rant over. I just can't stand them. I have nothing against smokers. I only have a problem with people who do nothing BUT smoke.
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Lepitot
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| Beagle On Stage wrote: | | ilovebway wrote: | | Lepitot wrote: |
I hate lazy people who expect everything to be done for them and then make fun of honest, hardworking people for no reason. |
Definitely. It bugs me when people ask to copy your homeowrk. I get asked that just about everyday. It gets so irritating. |
Really? In my classes we take turns doing the work, and pass it around the dorms the night before. My time is too valuable to waste it doing busy work. As an educator myself, I do not value that. |
It's different when it's common knowledge that you are taking turns and sharing the responsibility.
But lazy people who have NEVER done their work who ask to copy YOUR work everyday is just not acceptable.
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Joshua
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| Lepitot wrote: | | I just wanted to be like "You wanna know who I'm racist against? I'm racist against lazy, ignorant, immature assholes who are going nowhere in life and spend their day smoking cigarettes and pot, and then make fun of other people who have far more going for them, and who have never done anything to be disrespected." |
Except that's not really a race.  
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Lepitot
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I know.
But I was mad and didn't care.
And they are too dumb to realize that.
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musictheatre00
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people with EGO, although this is more of a 'REALLY CAN NOT STAND' than a 'just bugs me a little'.
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Kaaatrina
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People that are walking RIGHT in front of you in a crowded place that suddenly just STOP because they either 1) are idiots and are totally ignorant of what is going on, or 2) are just idiots! I mean, c'mon!
Then you get pissed off at ME for bumping into you!?
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Matthew
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This list could go on:
-tardiness without a call
-dumb excuses
-LACK OF MANNERS
-WHEN I CAN HEAR PEOPLE CHEW
-gay men who NEED to fit the stereotype
-"K" as a text message
-People who can't defend their opinions and therefor use rhetoric to make their opinions sound important
-VIOLISTS
-When the stores only have mediums and larges
-PEOPLE WHO WALK SLOW
-Those who talk loud
-People who volunteer me for things
-Older women who encourage younger women to smoke
-Children
-Those who hate others without a cause
ohmyword, I'll be adding more later.
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Lepitot
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Let me add that I hate when people send text messages out to everyone in their phone list. I don't have texts! Please don't send me a message saying "Happy Easter!"
I get like fourteen of those every holiday. Then dad yells at me.
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fjays
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| musikal_geek wrote: | Slow typers.
I die a little bit inside watching my dad type.
"GIMME THE FRIGGEN KEYBOARD AND I'LL SAVE YOU HALF AN HOUR, DAD!" |
haha i do the exact same thing to my dad!
hrmm..
i hate those people in high school who audition for the lead parts in the musical "just coz" and they don't care at all whether they get a part or what its about .. and you really do.
i also hate people who from the first time they met you, they just hated you. for no reason. and they feel its their duty to make you feel like sh**.
oh yes, and of course
those people that think that wicked and high school musical are the best musicals, just because they haven't heard of anything else.
and i think thats it.
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blue wind
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OOOHH
when students who want to do musical theatre don't take dance lessons. IMO, it is just as important as acting and singing. maybe if not for exactly DANCING, persay, but to strengthen your body, give yourself endurance, and learn how to hold yourself posture-wise, and how to be aware of your body.
it can also be equally annoying if somebody who wants to do musical theatre isn't taking vocal lessons. but this is less prevalent and less annoying unless the person is clearly doing something wrong. (aka, Ti Moune in my 8th grade musical "once on this island". OH MY GOOODDD!!!)
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Catherine
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Some more
- People who audition for High School shows, get a principle role, and never turn up for rehersals. They don't even have a legitimate excuse!!
- Lazy people
- People who use other people's phones just because they might have to pay for their own texts. Ooooh big spender, actually using your own credit!
- People who miss loads and loads of rehersals
- Teachers who assume something was the whole classes' fault when it genuinely was just one person!
- People who think musicals "just can't" be takan seriously
- People who mock me for spending £60 on a theatre ticket. You spend the same on drink! At least I'm enjoying myself and not destroying my liver!
- People who respond to a reasonable question with a snarky response
- People who can never say nice things to anyone. If you can't stay something nice, just stay out of it!
- People who think they're qualified to comment on something they know nothing about
And I think thats it.
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curlyhairedsoprano91
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| Catherine wrote: | | People who respond to a reasonable question with a snarky response |
Oh, my father ... it's all right, he means well.
- People who say that reading is a drag. It makes me want to hit them and force them to read the complete works of Miller and Wilde. (The hitting them is bad, the Miller and Wilde is good.) Uuuugh.
- Music directors who can't count the beat and need to be constantly corrected by their more musically-inclined students.
- People who are always trying to make their own point out of anything that's going on.
- Pompous people. Pretentious I can deal with. Pompous, not so much.
- People who think they're awesome singers because they have vibrato.
- Pop music.
- People who diss Fred Astaire. (Okay, that's just my brother ...)
- Stupid people.
- People with low standards and low expectations.
- Militant feminists.
- Hillary Clinton.
- People who try to make an excuse for everything using an "ism" ... "Well, the only reason you didn't get blahblahblah is because they're SEXIST!"
- People who try to blame teenagers being stupid on "society" and "what society is making them do." I think this has to be my biggest pet peeve. Okay, enough with the "Reviving Ophelia" crap. It's an insult to our intelligence. As a 17-year-old, if I go to a party and get massively drunk, it's my fault. If I get pregnant, it's my fault. If I screw up my life, it's 100% my fault. Please stop giving my generation excuses for their behaviour and hold them accountable as functioning human beings. Kthanxbye.
...Wow, a lot of things bug me. But I knew that.
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star2ballie
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LUC! YES!! Haha. I do that with my mom. She uses one finger (one!) and does what I call the "hunt and kill". Searches for a letter...searches...searches...PECK!!!!!!!! So I just started typing for her because I can't stand it.
My list as of now:
-flakes
-when people have hair in their eyes
-dirty fingernails
-when i get in my shower and there is no shampoo left
-drivers who don't use turn signals (aka 80% of MI drivers...errrghh)
-excessive winters
-when people are passing you in the hallway and you say a "hey" and then they say, "how are you?" as they KEEP WALKING. it's like, clearly you don't really care how I am seeing as how you couldn't pause for one second to let me respond to your question and now I am hollering at your back down a hallway looking like an idiot.
-high schools with not the best theatre departments who try and do really really difficult shows.
i have many. i get annoyed easily.
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Brackynn
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I was just musing and came up with a bunch more...
People who jump down your throat if you say anything that could possibly be construed as non-PC, even if it's true and said in a non-malicious way. I'm talking people who cry racism if you say something like "X race is more prone to Y disease than Z race because of medical reasons A, B and C."
People who leave lights/appliances on when they're not using them.
When people say PIN number and ATM machine. Acronyms were invented for a reason.
People who refuse to take singing lessons because they claim they can get famous on "natural talent".
People who call me sick-minded for liking Sweeney Todd. Doubly so if they've never actually seen it themselves.
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blue wind
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| star2ballie wrote: |
when i get in my shower and there is no shampoo left |
OMG. it's more annoying with conditioner though. conditioner always runs out faster than shampoo.
oh i have one.
when people call actresses or actors by the names of a character they played.
like if you're waiting at the stage door and idina menzel comes out and people go "omg it's elphaba."
NO!
that's IDINA. she PLAYED elphaba...
also when people say "EXpecially" instead of "especially"...where do they get the "x" from?
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Lepitot
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| star2ballie wrote: |
-when people are passing you in the hallway and you say a "hey" and then they say, "how are you?" as they KEEP WALKING. it's like, clearly you don't really care how I am seeing as how you couldn't pause for one second to let me respond to your question and now I am hollering at your back down a hallway looking like an idiot.
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OMG! I know! I hate when people do that...
Heh, I call it the "search and destroy method...
And, to whoever said they get annoyed when MT majors don't take dance lessons, but it's less annoying when they don't take voice lessons, I disagree...
There are many shows where there is very little dancing, and many shows where characters don't dance at all. Many of these shows, however, require the character to act and sing. I find it more annoying when people are horribly off key, nasally, breaking phrases at awkward places, because they don't know any better than when people don't take dance lessons. It's not that noticeable if they don't take dance lessons (if it isn't a dance show.)
Now, I think it is WISE to take dance lessons. I'm not saying you shouldn't take dance classes. But, I just think it's less important to many shows. Now shows like 42nd Street or A Chorus Line...that's obvious that they should have a dance background.
I, however, have never taken dance lessons. I've done 42nd Street, and I can do some tap and some basic dance moves (if you teach me) and I will smile like I know what I am doing absolutely perfectly, even if I don't know what the moves are called.
I think dance lessons are a good choice, but acting and voice comes first imo.
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blue wind
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| Lepitot wrote: | .
And, to whoever said they get annoyed when MT majors don't take dance lessons, but it's less annoying when they don't take voice lessons, I disagree...
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oh, no, i agree with you! but it doesn't come up as much. almost every single person in musical theatre takes voice lessons, so it just doesn't have as much opportunity to bother me.
does that make sense?
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Lepitot
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Yeah, I know what you mean.
I think many people who don't dance aren't fond of the dancing. They enjoy watching it, but don't really care to do it themselves. They'd prefer to stick to shows like Damn Yankees, Once Upon a Mattress, Anything Goes. Shows that can have dancing, but have plenty of parts that don't have any dancing.
I enjoy both, personally.
Another thing that bugs me: People who can sing but can't act to save their lives. It drives me nuts!
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wtfchuck
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| Quote: | | Another thing that bugs me: People who can sing but can't act to save their lives. It drives me nuts! |
I know what you mean, i was in a Community Theatre show of Bugsy Malone last summer. The girl playing Blousey had the best singing voice i'd heard in person for a long long time. but her acting was like cardboard.
It's just plain annoying
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actor
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| blue wind wrote: |
when people call actresses or actors by the names of a character they played.
like if you're waiting at the stage door and idina menzel comes out and people go "omg it's elphaba."
NO!
that's IDINA. she PLAYED elphaba...
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At the stage door after Rent Remixed my mum said "Could I please have a picture with you Angel?"
My jaw hit the floor.
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bare24601!
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Some more things I thought of, haha..
-When the extras in the background of a TV show/movie/anything are extremely overacting or obviously trying to be noticed. It's just awkward and distracting, haha.
-People with large hair sitting in front of me at a Broadway show... when I saw Hairspray, the woman in front of me literally had her hair in a beehive!
-"Reality" TV
It feels good to vent ^-^
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Kaaatrina
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| bare24601! wrote: | | -When the extras in the background of a TV show/movie/anything are extremely overacting or obviously trying to be noticed. It's just awkward and distracting, haha. |
Or when they stare RIGHT at the camera, thinking they're not going to be seen but totally are!!
I hate people who think that they can't do certain things because they aren't 'cool enough' for their standards. Jeez.
I also hate horror movies where it's ALL the government's fault as to why the human population got destroyed and there are some crazy zombies or some deadly, poisonous chemicals in the air floating around. Oh. My. God.
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wicked_boy
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| blue wind wrote: | | star2ballie wrote: |
when i get in my shower and there is no shampoo left |
OMG. it's more annoying with conditioner though. conditioner always runs out faster than shampoo.
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I can always find conditioner and always run out of shampoo!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr. I sometimes end up using shower gel to wash my hair.
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my_work_my_name
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Violists? Why so?
My list:
)Academics who refuse to acknowledge the importance of pop music/jazz/musical theatre/ethnomusicology to the history of music as a whole. Or who convince themselves that 'The great masters' (i.e. Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart) were somehow trancendental, and didn't need to live like the rest of us mere mortals, and that everything they touched turned to musical gold.
)Backwards thinking.
)Obnoxious behaviour, particularly in the context of a serious debate/discussion. Or towards people who you may even find incredibly objectionable - some respect should still be displayed. When I did Philosophy we occasionally had guest speakers come in, including a catholic priest - also an academic theologian and professor of theology at a nearby university - and I got so irritated by other students incessently and aggressively going at him on matters of practical ethics. They (being mostly middle-class left-wing agnostics) knew full well that his views were going to conflict with theirs, but instead of asking him politely about his views, and then moving on to bigger or more intellectual matters, attacked him and then looked smug about it, without bothering to go deeper. How some people don't realise that this perpetuates intolerance is beyond me.
)Social groups within a variety of contexts who go deliberately out of their way to exclude newcomers or make unfamilier people feel unwelcome.
)Piers Morgan.
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Catherine
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| blue wind wrote: | | star2ballie wrote: |
when i get in my shower and there is no shampoo left |
OMG. it's more annoying with conditioner though. conditioner always runs out faster than shampoo.
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Really? Shampoo runs out much faster for me, but I only use a tiny amount of conditioner. I don't need much. I love my hair!
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DontDoSadnessxx
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Straight Guys.
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jake93
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people who call musical theatre "music theatre"
its not music theatre, it's MUSICAL theatre!!
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Matthew
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| my_work_my_name wrote: |
Violists? Why so? |
They bore me and they are never perfectly on pitch.
They are the source of many of my jokes.
How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?
Put it in a viola case.
What is a minor second?
Two violists playing in unison.
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Beagle On Stage
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I'll call Comedy Central Presents.
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Not Dead Yet
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| Matthew wrote: | | my_work_my_name wrote: |
Violists? Why so? |
They bore me and they are never perfectly on pitch.
They are the source of many of my jokes.
How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?
Put it in a viola case.
What is a minor second?
Two violists playing in unison. |
And you can never hear them unless they have a solo.
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my_work_my_name
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| Matthew wrote: | | my_work_my_name wrote: |
Violists? Why so? |
They bore me and they are never perfectly on pitch.
They are the source of many of my jokes.
How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?
Put it in a viola case.
What is a minor second?
Two violists playing in unison. |
Heh, generic *insert instrument here* jokes...I'll add that mocking instrumentalists and voice types also gets on my nerves after a while. I feel that viola players are often too much maligned. (Just to stand up for the instrument for a moment!) Its range alone endows orchestral string sections with a harmonic and textural richness that can only be achieved awkwardly from the other strings. Plus I know some outstanding players. It can be fun for a bit to compare musicians to their assigned instrumental/vocal stereotypes, but it gets tired very quickly.
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pish123c
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I agree with a lot of what has already been posted, but one thing I really hate is when people (I find it's usually more common in the middle-aged to older crowd) ramble on with personal anecdotes that are packed with "jokes" only they find funny, requiring everyone hearing the story to give a fake little chuckle or smile. The stories in general are rarely interesting and are usually incredibly random, which means a lot of head-nodding and pretending to look interested. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?
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musictheatre00
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| DontDoSadnessxx wrote: | | Straight Guys. |
THANKS!
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kozafluitmusique
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Know I'm going to get flamed by this, but stage kisses...
only when it's a guy who you've had complications with kissing a girl who's a friend *sweatdrop*
I don't know why. I just feel disturbed by it to a degree.
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Matthew
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| Beagle On Stage wrote: | | I'll call Comedy Central Presents. |
Hey, remember when you weren't a jerk?
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Quique
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| Matthew wrote: | | my_work_my_name wrote: |
Violists? Why so? |
They bore me and they are never perfectly on pitch.
They are the source of many of my jokes.
How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?
Put it in a viola case.
What is a minor second?
Two violists playing in unison. |
Oh, how I wish I could smite you here.
*String player lover*
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actor
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| Quique wrote: | | Matthew wrote: | | my_work_my_name wrote: |
Violists? Why so? |
They bore me and they are never perfectly on pitch.
They are the source of many of my jokes.
How do you keep your violin from getting stolen?
Put it in a viola case.
What is a minor second?
Two violists playing in unison. |
Oh, how I wish I could smite you here.
*String player lover* |
I love strings too, but I hate violins. They're screechy.
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Kiwi
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but this is talking about violas, not violins.
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Quique
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Violins are the best!!
SMITE, SMITE. 
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actor
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| Kiwi wrote: | | but this is talking about violas, not violins. |
I thought a violist was a person who plays the violin. I now realise that that's a violinist 
*hides in shame*
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Kiwi
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*raises arms to shoulder height in innocence* I have nothing against any instruments except the bagpipes.
Hey, while we're at the instrument jokes, why do bagpipers walk while they play?
They're trying to get away from the sound.
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Quique
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Violins are my faves. Violas next, then celli. I also have a soft spot for the french horn. So beautiful.
Ooops. I think we just hijacked this thread, lol.
Anyway...things that bug me..
Thread hijackers. 
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candymancan
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Something that bugs me... Oh! The website layout! I wish it were fixed and I could go to the festival! J/K...
People that text me to hangout and I text back and say ok, when and where. and they never reply back... That is the situation I am right now!
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actor
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| Kiwi wrote: | | *raises arms to shoulder height in innocence* I have nothing against any instruments except the bagpipes. |
Yes! Bagpipes make me want to rip my ears off of my head.
*shudders*
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candymancan
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| actor wrote: | | Kiwi wrote: | | *raises arms to shoulder height in innocence* I have nothing against any instruments except the bagpipes. |
Yes! Bagpipes make me want to rip my ears off of my head.
*shudders* |
I can handle the bagpipes in small amounts, but after a while I want to pop the wind bag!!!!!!
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Kiwi
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There were a bunch of bagpipers/Irish step dancers who had rented out our school's auditorium while we were performing The Nerd in our drama room across the hall, and we had to spend most of the night keeping them all quiet. Then at one point the bagpipers came offstage and into the hall while they continued to play their instruments. It was ridiculously loud. My friend Andy and I went running into the hall to see why this was happening, and they stopped just after we came out. I guess it was part of their show or something, but oh my was it obnoxious. And it distracted our whole audience! That was a bad night.
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Kaaatrina
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When people are pissed off at you, and they see you and say a simple "Hello" with no expression in their face whatsoever.
I get the point.
You hate me right now.
Don't be such a baby about it.
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Matthew
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I love violins, cellos, and double basses.
All of them very much so, I might add.
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BroadwayObssessed
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Flute players bug me. Especially since they think they are amazing and that go around and say they hate the oboe cuz it's annoying. Then they pick up the flute. I'm always assigned to sit right next to the flutes...and I scoot over to the clarinets as far as I can. 
(no offence, Rach)
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star2ballie
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i hate when people talk about bodily functions. i hate hate hate fart jokes and stuff. like. i get really uncomfortable. it's a little weird. i just. dont like it. and all my friends talk about it but theyre just like, "oh we're so close we can all fart around each other" but i think its so gross. haha. its so weird because i just got all awk. just typing that
and for the record a well-played bagpipe can be amazing
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Kiwi
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it can. The one we had when I did Brigadoon was excellent, and didn't bug me. But as a general rule, I don't like them.
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broadwayxdoll
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overly-flirty boys. who send the confusing signals. and flirt with every girl within a 10 mile radius
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bwayobsessed
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I had an history teacher who forced us to listen to his bagpipe music during every test. I wanted to rip the radio from the wall.
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bare24601!
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| star2ballie wrote: | | i hate when people talk about bodily functions. i hate hate hate fart jokes and stuff. |
I agree, haha. I even hate the word "fart". Eww.
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shakalakababy
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| broadwayxdoll wrote: | | overly-flirty boys. who send the confusing signals. and flirt with every girl within a 10 mile radius |
amen to that!
let's see:
People who say things just to cause controversy
People who talk to your chest, not your face
People who stereotype you without trying to get to know you
Directors who precast shows but still hold auditions for those parts
People who talk really loudly in movie theaters
Girls who try to act overly affectionate with their boyfriends in public just to show off.
i'm sure i'll think of more later
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