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Seven Cheeses
Feb. 5th, 2006 12:54 pmQuiet101 tagged me for a 'list seven things that piss you off' meme.
It'd be easy (and obvious) to go for all the big worries of the world, so instead i'll toss in a few of the more specific bugbears that piss me off from time to time:
- Trying to cross a busy road, picking the safest gap to walk across, then hearing a driver speed up in indignation that someone would be so foolhardy as to cross in front of them.
- Americanised spelling displacing our own, through media saturation, deliberate use to save space in newspaper columns and spell-checkers that reset to US English no matter how many times you tell them to use Australian. Special irritation is reserved for the use of the word 'ass' in ways unconnected with donkeys.
- Realising that ironic use of the term 'unAustralian' is probably helping it become more widespread as a serious word, and that i'm a regular culprit.
- Office lights that have to be constantly on no matter how bright the day, with heating or air conditioning fired up the moment the temparature drifts a few degrees from 22. Also included is the look of incomprehension at the idea that i might choose not to piss energy up against the wall in this way.
- E-mail chain letters that tell you inspiring and uplifting stories of human kindness and consideration, then threaten you with terrible consequences unless you forward it to the required number of people within the required time.
- The conflict between believing in tolerance for other points of view and the existence of other points of view that believe in intolerance.
- Everybody Loves Raymond.
Now, i'm supposed to tag seven other people to follow suit but i refuse to do that, so instead i'll offer a different task for anyone that cares to take it up - namely to list seven things that inspire you, fill you with hope or otherwise put a smile on your face. I'll do likewise, but it may take a bit more time than this one.
It'd be easy (and obvious) to go for all the big worries of the world, so instead i'll toss in a few of the more specific bugbears that piss me off from time to time:
- Trying to cross a busy road, picking the safest gap to walk across, then hearing a driver speed up in indignation that someone would be so foolhardy as to cross in front of them.
- Americanised spelling displacing our own, through media saturation, deliberate use to save space in newspaper columns and spell-checkers that reset to US English no matter how many times you tell them to use Australian. Special irritation is reserved for the use of the word 'ass' in ways unconnected with donkeys.
- Realising that ironic use of the term 'unAustralian' is probably helping it become more widespread as a serious word, and that i'm a regular culprit.
- Office lights that have to be constantly on no matter how bright the day, with heating or air conditioning fired up the moment the temparature drifts a few degrees from 22. Also included is the look of incomprehension at the idea that i might choose not to piss energy up against the wall in this way.
- E-mail chain letters that tell you inspiring and uplifting stories of human kindness and consideration, then threaten you with terrible consequences unless you forward it to the required number of people within the required time.
- The conflict between believing in tolerance for other points of view and the existence of other points of view that believe in intolerance.
- Everybody Loves Raymond.
Now, i'm supposed to tag seven other people to follow suit but i refuse to do that, so instead i'll offer a different task for anyone that cares to take it up - namely to list seven things that inspire you, fill you with hope or otherwise put a smile on your face. I'll do likewise, but it may take a bit more time than this one.
