Non-religious pet peeves

[Tank]

M48s being passed off as PanzerIII (it's a Tank thing!)

[OldGit]

Badly converted e-books.

[DeterminedJuliet]

For the second time in the last week I've had someone who used to be on my Husband's facebook list passively-aggressively message me asking me why he removed them. It kind of drives me crazy because A) It's HIS facebook! He can add or delete whoever he wants! Why do they think I have anything to do with it? and B) It puts me in the awkward situation of having to come up with a response.

[En_Route]

For the second time in the last week I've had someone who used to be on my Husband's facebook list passively-aggressively message me asking me why he removed them. It kind of drives me crazy because A) It's HIS facebook! He can add or delete whoever he wants! Why do they think I have anything to do with it? and B) It puts me in the awkward situation of having to come up with a response.

The fact that they are directing their chagrin at you in this crass manner wholly justifies your husband's decision to spurn them. Not that that is the issue. In your situation, I would probably say  simply that it's a matter they really need to take up with your husband.

[DeterminedJuliet]

For the second time in the last week I've had someone who used to be on my Husband's facebook list passively-aggressively message me asking me why he removed them. It kind of drives me crazy because A) It's HIS facebook! He can add or delete whoever he wants! Why do they think I have anything to do with it? and B) It puts me in the awkward situation of having to come up with a response.

The fact that they are directing their chagrin at you in this crass manner wholly justifies your husband's decision to spurn them. Not that that is the issue. In your situation, I would probably say  simply that it's a matter they really need to take up with your husband.

In both cases, they've framed their message within the context of "Oh, I wanted to pass along some well-wishes to your husband, but it would seem he deleted me. Do you know how/why/when that happened?" So I've just told them that I'd pass along their well-wishes and left it at that.  

[Amicale]

Bosses, co-workers, clients, fellow students or anyone who doesn't respect your valuable time, or appreciate that you have a life outside of what you do for them. This picture sums it up well:

[corgilover]

People who leave giant wads of hair in the shower drain hidden so that they can't be cleaned up so that by the end of the year one has a mass of rotting hair to be cleaned out and you're pretty sure it's alive.

[jumbojak]

Who would confuse an M48 with s PanzerIII?

[Tank]

Who would confuse an M48 with s PanzerIII?

Movie makers and prop producers who think the sort of people who go and watch a movie about WWII won't notice the difference!!!! 

[Guardian85]

Who would confuse an M48 with s PanzerIII?

Movie makers and prop producers who think the sort of people who go and watch a movie about WWII won't notice the difference!!!! 

I got annoyed that all the german tanks in "Captain America" were american made M113 APCs.
And I still haven't forgiven the "Top Gun" people for calling an F-5 a Mig 28.

[harte.beest]

my pet peeve is the Septuagint

[Guardian85]

my pet peeve is the Septuagint

I actually had to look that up...

[Harmonie]

When, in a place like a forum topic about homosexuality, somebody posts saying that they have no problem with homosexuality, or they support it, but then they have to include "It's their personal choice" or anything of that nature.

I did not choose my sexuality, and the 'choice' to act on my sexuality is not something that we should really be making any meaningful distinction as a choice because the option to not do so goes against my nature. So when anybody says anything like that it really confuses me.

[Amicale]

When, in a place like a forum topic about homosexuality, somebody posts saying that they have no problem with homosexuality, or they support it, but then they have to include "It's their personal choice" or anything of that nature.

I did not choose my sexuality, and the 'choice' to act on my sexuality is not something that we should really be making any meaningful distinction as a choice because the option to not do so goes against my nature. So when anybody says anything like that it really confuses me.

I'm with you. People often mean well when they say that, because saying "it's their personal choice" is like saying "it's their business, not mine" or "I support their choice to live the way they want to live" (as opposed to staying in the closet our entire lives, I guess). They just word it awkwardly.

I'd find it very odd if I said I have no problem with people being straight and I support those who are because that's their personal choice; they'd automatically protest and say "hey, I didn't choose this, this is just the way I am."

Well, same goes for most of us who identify somewhere along the LGBTQ spectrum. If you're bi, you have a choice in terms of who you date (male, female, trans, etc etc) or who you're romantic with, that's true. And if you're gay, you can of course choose whichever partner(s) you prefer -- but the very orientation itself isn't generally a choice for most of us.

[Crow]

Another post reminded me.

You are not an artist unless you make art for a living, just as a lawyer is only a lawyer if it is his profession, they may have the skills necessary to do so but unless they are active in the field they are not such. You can be artistic, you can be a talented drawer, painter, writer, musician, and/or photographer (even though none of these are needed to be an artist all that is required is an strong imagination and the ability to delegate concisely) but unless you are producing art for a living then you are not an artist. *End rant*