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Crone Life's avatar

"people who like things one likes, but incorrectly"--that's IT!

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Bill Coberly's avatar

dropping things (phones, cigarette lighters, earbuds) into the crevasses beneath car seats

a contrast collar on a man's dress shirt

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Derek Neal's avatar

Also a fan of The Pillow Book. Had a copy from the library for a while until I returned it a couple months ago. But it inspired me to open up a file on my computer called “the pillow book” where I write a few things every now and then.

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Erika's avatar

Arriving at the restaurant to see the best dish is off the menu

A walk when the neighborhood dogs are all inside

That one intersection where it takes two crosswalks to get across the street

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LA Lupo's avatar

Litter in the Park

The neighbor’s dog constantly barking RedRum

Dropping things

Plumber’s crack

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Jan Kitchel's avatar

Mostly good.

People who say "firstly," and "secondly."

Clothing that's too tight.

Dogs who growl at me.

Using "who" when you should use "that."

People who can't argue without attacking.

People who have no facts to use in an argument.

Duck fans.

Laker fans.

Vacation spot tee-shirts.

Vacation spot tee-shirts that aren't funny.

Utilize and methodology.

Ketchup packets.

I could go on.

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Midge's avatar

delivery packaging stamped with "Fast delivery is my love language."

detergent pods

slime (the toy) and dry-erase marker residue in fabric

vendors – and worse, healthcare providers – advising use of cotton clothing for "moisture wicking" properties it simply does not have

that heroine and heroin are pronounced the same

asthma bad enough to render asthma hygiene a logistical nightmare

kitchen shears that don't come apart for cleaning

Weird Al's song "Pancreas" – *pain* upon hearing someone I admire that much summarize an inverse power law in a way that technically (only technically – one could argue it's good enough!) misstates it.

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mary-kate blackwood's avatar

the dry-erase marker thing is so real...every time it stains i feel like i'm back in kindergarten

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D. Luscinius's avatar

they forgot the sauce for the nuggets

the wrong sauce

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John Keyes's avatar

LinkedIn and all LinkedIn requests

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Emil Oppeln-Bronikowski's avatar

Unironically love The Pillow Book. I actually liked it so much I decided to augment my epub copy with a paper version. I had to order it from some strange place, of course there's no Polish translation. It finally arrived, I open the package. "Hm, it's quite thin?" I think to myself as I open the book, the first paragraph on introduction reads (paraphrased): "This is a edited version, some parts were boring or hard to understand (lacking cultural context) so we removed them".

Fuck you, editor. Give me back my pages!

Anyway,

> disagreement

> agreement

You can be a star of any discussion club. Hated start, but a star.

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for no reason at all a song-poem „Nieprzysiadalność” (you could probably translate it as a "mood of not wanting to join people at the table" there's a line "between a fight with a woman and a chat with another one that will undoubtedly turn into a fight", with someone competent would made some passable English subtitles, s'pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIsGm9NUxcc

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Would you kill a man if he told you, "agree to disagree?" in a conversation?

> people who dislike things one dislikes, but incorrectly

Finally I'm not alone.

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James Foreman's avatar

"people who dislike things one dislikes, but incorrectly"

!!!

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Tim Markatos's avatar

saying a movie sticks with you “long after the credits have rolled”

wilted spinach in a bin full of otherwise crisp leaves

checking your wrist for the time when you’re not wearing a watch

dust

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Jan Kitchel's avatar

Watching the credits roll just to see who played the gas station attendant for 30 seconds.

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Henry Begler's avatar

when the coffee lid doesn't fully seal and a single drop of coffee gets on your shirt every time you take a sip.

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