Unreasonable prejudices

[Patiod]

I'm NOT talking ethnic, religious or racial (which are also unreasonable)

I'm talking about the little things.

Adult men in baseball hats who aren't playing baseball. Waxed crewcuts on women who aren't recovering from chemo.

I saw a professional woman on the train today with a spikey crewcut, and wanted to strangle her for no reason at all -- probably goes back to a bipolar crewcutted former boss, or a bouncing-off-the-walls crewcutted client I had recently who almost cost me my job and sanity.

Any unreasonable prejudices lurking out there among us good open-minded liberals?

[nutsnberries]

1. people who tie a sweater around their neck

especially if it's done in the neat, tucked-cuff way.

i.just.can't.stand.that. :nuke:

[Misunderestimator]

2. Men who don't like crewcuts on women.

:D

[Patiod]

8. Fortunately, I'm a chick who doesn't like crewcuts on women

mostly because they've always been on the heads of severely manic/hyperthyroid/ADHD women who were making my life miserable.

[Misunderestimator]

9. Ok, well, I can get that. I've known quite a few women though...

with crew cuts, who are wonderful. Now mullets... that's another story. :D

[Patiod]

14. I have lesbian friends with crew cuts who are cool

but they don't put that damned wax on the things. Maybe it's the wax I hate. Just makes a woman look psycho...

[Texasgal]

11. ...

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Women with mullets. Men in cardigans. Open-mouth super-fast gum chewing

men in polo shirts.

Anyone thicker than a bean pole wearing spandex in public.

Men who wear hats inside buildings, especially restaurants, and especially baseball-style hats.

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Oh, You'd Hate Me!

I wear a Pennington almost all the time. (Also known as a British Racing Cap). They're a lot dressier than a baseball cap, but it's a hat nonetheless. Unless i'm wearing a shirt and tie, i hardly ever take off whichever one i'm wearing.
The Professor

[Name removed]

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[Cathyclysmic]

5. Just a few...

Mullets, people who speak over you, and an inability to conjugate verbs correctly.

[calico1]

6. Yes, I have a few:

mullets
big hair
long, sharp, dragonlady fingernails
bad grammar or too much slang
rugs, especially if they don't match your haircolor
speedos

[MindPilot]

20. People who use "literally" as a general modifier.

I got a piece of ad copy the other day that refereed to the product being so popular at the reduced price that "it literally flew out the door." While this product may have flown out the door, it did not have any wings, levitation, or propulsion and therefore did not do so literally.

[Patiod]

23. That was so funny

I literally died laughing! :rofl:

(same peeve)

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Well, That Obviously It Wasn't Literally Flying

That bugs me a lot too. I hear it all the time on TV. People say it when they MEAN figuratively. Then they should say figuratively.
The Professor

[calico1]

26. Oh yes, that one is a major peeve.

"These cars are selling fast. They are literally flying off the lot!" Ay! :banghead:

[Crazy Dave]

7. "My kid is an honor student" sticker

...on a Hummer.

[Lochloosa]

10. Bad Tattoos on a womens ankle

sorry, but to me nothing screams "White Trash" louder to me

[Patiod]

12. I forgot one: mouth breathers

as someone with chronic sinus problems, I should probably be more sympathetic, but my brother is a mouth-breather, and it drives me insane.

I've noticed that mouth-breathers often stand in doorways or other places where they have the highest possible statistical probability of being in the way. My brother usually camps out in the doorway between the kitchen and the dining room, mouth open, whenever anyone is trying to get dinner on the table.

[AngryAmish]

13. Furries

That shit is sick.

[Patiod]

15. I read an article on furries in VF, and assumed it was a hoax

until I googled the term.

Then I was just frightened.

[taterguy]

16. people who use cars for transportation

which means I get to be prejudiced against just about everybody :)

[Patiod]

17. then I'm 1/2 evil

Walk to train - take train to work - walk to work. Feel very virtuous.

But have a car for SO to get to work, and to run errands, and drive to the gym, where I'm one of those idots who circle around so I can park close at the gym (at least in the winter, when rationalize my stupid behavior by saying that I'm usually underdressed for the weather)

[taterguy]

24. That's ok

I'm evil because I wear baseball caps, but only when I'm outdoors and want to keep the sun out of my eyes. I used to be very militant about my car-less lifestyle but I've started slipping since meeting someone who loans me their car on a regular basis.

[MindPilot]

18. People who do anything slowly

I have long legs and I walk fast. I get real frustrated with people in my way. And especially frustrated with those who will simply stop in the middle of the aisle at Lowe's. Same goes for the parking lot.

People who talk slowly bug me too.

[kwassa]

19. People who drive slowly in the left lane of the freeway, and

refuse to move right, no matter how many cars are backed up behind them.
They probably should be shot.

"Baby On Board" stickers in car windows. Why should I care, and how would my driving be any different?

Reality shows. Any of them. There is no "real" in reality shows.

Rampant commercialism of any kind. There seems to be a product placement everywhere in life now.

GRRRRRRRR!!!!! I am just getting started.

[MindPilot]

21. Baby on board stickers are almost as bad as those

bullet hole decals. I mean they were cool in like 1966, but now they just look dumb.

[Patiod]

22. My S.O. is a left-lane driver

It makes me crazy, but in 13 years, I have hardly made a dent in convincing him the left lane is for passing.
"That asshole is flashing his lights at me! How dare he!"
"Maybe because you're in the PASSING LANE" (but still no change in behavior)

[kwassa]

27. What is his rationale for staying in the left lane?

I don't get the mind set of the people who do it.

[Patiod]

29. If I knew, I'd try to fix it

I think he things there are two lanes: fast and slow. Fast people should drive in the fast lane, and slow people drive in the other lane. Kind of like lap swimming -- you pick your lane and stay in it.

[WeRQ4U]

25. I have a few:

People who replace the word "lend" with "borrow". You do not "borrow" something to someone, asshole... you LEND it to them.

Those ear lobe stretchy things. To each his own, I say, but they freak me out.

People who drive UNDER the speed limit. Do they not realize that that is just as dangerous as speeding?

When people crack their gum. So fucking stupid.

When people suck their teeth.

I'm sure there are more.

[Patiod]

28. My mother's motto: "the speed limit is the MAXIMUM speed"

She's 82, and makes a point to always go at least 5-10 miles under the speed limit, because "that doesn't mean you're supposed to drive that fast

And, of course, her follow-up comment "I see those young people cursing at me! I know they're saying bad words back there! But I am not going to break the law just because they flash their lights at me!"

[kwassa]

At 82 she should probably drive slower, just stick to the right lane

Slower Traffic Move Right!

Words to live by.

[Patiod]

58. Except that all the roads are single-lane & no-passing

Built for the Quakers to get from Meeting to Meeting by horse & buggy, not built for cars. She backs up traffic!!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Your Mom & I Would Get Along Famously

If i'm driving below the speed limit and it bothers you, tough! You should have left 5 minutes earlier and not have been in such a hurry. Nobody is going to make me drive faster than i want to.

And, by the way: There is NO traffic study that has ever shown that driving too slowly causing as many accidents as driving too fast. And you can access the National Safety Council database online if you want to see for yourself.

The Professor

[WeRQ4U]

32. Any studies done on the interstate?

I refuse to believe that someone going 45 on the interstate is any less dangerous than someone going 85. I don't care how many internet studies show otherwise. The difference in speeds is much more dangerous than a uniform, faster, speed.

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Now You're Setting Parameters

If the speed limit is 65, i do 55 - 60. That's still 10 to 15 mph above the minimum. If you're talking about considerably slower, then we're talking apples and oranges.

Secondly, the National Safety Council doesn't do "internet studies". (Whatever the heck those would be.)

They are the largest non-profit safety promotion company in the world. They are the ones who run national advertising campaigns reminding that SPEED KILLS! (I'm sure you've seen them.)

Lastly, you might want to rethink the whole concept of not caring what scientific studies say if they contradict your opinion. That's what the creationist freaks do. I'm pretty sure you're not throwing in with that crowd.
The Professor

[WeRQ4U]

44. You have a point, but I don't agree.

First, by "internet studies" I mean those studies published somewhere on the internet. Considering you told me I could find those studies done by the National Safety Council on the internet, I included them within that category. I didn't know that my slang would cause confusion. I'll be more clear next time.

I also know that regardless of how many studies one group of people has done, there are contridicting theories available. Just because one particular group of individuals have conducted "controlled" tests on a particular topic doesn't necessarily make what they've determined...correct. There are plenty of people on this web site that would disagree with the studies funded by D.A.R.E. or other anti-drug campaigns. Are you lumping those people, who disagree with the "scientific" theories funded by D.A.R.E., with the creationists too? I'm pretty sure YOU'RE not throwing us all in with that crowd. Like I said, I don't care how many studies the National Safety Council has done. I'm of the opinion that the differences in speed found on interstate highways is just as, if not more, dangerous than a uniform, faster speed. I'm sure if I looked on the net long enough, I could find a study that agreed with me. And that's part of my point.

And as for your first statement, I have to set parameters. Your post stated that there were no studies that showed that "driving too slow" was any more dangerous than speeding. Well, "driving too slow" has parameters. And they would, most likely, be below the miniumum determined speed. Otherwise it wouldn't be "too slow." If you don't drive that slow, then my unrest doesn't apply to you.

It doesn't really matter though. :-)

[ProfessorGAC]

46. Double Post. Sorry

Oops.

[WeRQ4U]

48. I see your point.

The answers aren't clear when you're dealing with two people not obeying the posted limits. I can't answer who would be more responsible between accidents involving the speeder and the crawler.

But let's assume that people ARE going the speed limit. For instance, I don't speed very often. (It has less to do with my fear of crashing, and more to do wtih the fact that I don't want to spend 80 bucks on a ticket.) And if I DO go over the limit, it's only a mile or two. I set my cruise control right at, or sometimes a couple MPH over the limit. What I'm saying is that I'M more frightened of, and believe an accident is more likely invovling, someone that is going 15 MPH below that maximum. That fear may be unfounded, but that's just me. I am more unsettled about coming upon an older lady, driving a huge cadillac, or a farmer on a tractor, or someone pulling a flatbed trailor, going 55 (when I'm at 70) than I am with the guy crusing past me at 85. I have to hit my brakes, move over etc. With the speeder (although there is a chance that he'll careen into me or cause an accident with someone else at that speed) I can just let him motor past me.

That was my point. I just don't like slow drivers. They freak me out. And I'M making this observation with clean hands, not as a person who routinely proceeds at 15 MPH over the posted limit.

[ProfessorGAC]

50. Of Course, You Did Read That I Only Go A Few MPH Under

So, i don't appear to fit your pet peeve profile. So, it's all good!
The Professor

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Actually, The Scientific Studies Dispute DARE's Findings

I wasn't objecting to setting parameters. I was just noting that you did. I agree the conversation would be useless without sending the boundaries.

As to my title, the studies published by DARE are NOT scientifically valid. So, if you wish to dispute those, be my guest. I know that they do not independently peer review, and routinely reframe the data to support an pre-existing opinion. Their studies have been proven (and scientifically so) to be an attempt to justify their own existence. Lots and lots of people owe their livelihood to D.A.R.E., and they aren't going to admit that they have wasted their careers.

And, since i know exactly which studies the NSC has done, and your research is a speculation. (As you admit, since you have only proposed searching the net.) While i don't dispute that speed differentials would be a factor in accident causation, your contention is autocorrelated. Because being at 45 might not be a significant cause, if you're going 65. But, if you're speeding, and i'm going 45, which factor creates more leverage on cause? My going 45 or you're going 85? The differential is still 40, but wouldn't be if you weren't speeding.

IOW, is the differential dangerously large because i'm going too slow or you're going too fast. And since too fast, is inherently more dangerous than too slow (simple physics, yes?), then which is the real problem?

No offense. This has been a fun conversation.
The Professor

[EstimatedProphet]

31. I've never heard anyone say that

People who replace the word "lend" with "borrow". You do not "borrow" something to someone, asshole... you LEND it to them.

That's just incorrect English. It's like saying "I took him my word" instead of 'gave'.

[progmom]

33. in many languages, the word for borrow and lend is the same

:shrug:

[WeRQ4U]

35. Not here though.

LOL.

[WeRQ4U]

34. Oh my god...........I hear it all the time.

And it drives me absolutely nuts.

I also hate it when people replace the word "saw" with "seen". For instance if I say "Did you see Brokeback Mountain yet?" and then someone else responds, "Yeah, I seen that last week." That also makes you sound like an uneducated fuckknob.

[Reverend_Smitty]

39. I've never heard it either...

maybe it's a regional thing

[WeRQ4U]

45. Probably is.

North Dakota has it's linguistic nuances.

[2bfree]

36. Extra long fingernails............

And women who wear WAY too much makeup. I find these things to be very distracting when trying to talk to someone. Also anyone who has a confederate flag on their clothing or car.

[WeRQ4U]

37. One more:

This one is in step with the "literally" post above.

I HATE it when people use the word "proverbial" as a modifier for a word that was NEVER part of a proverb.

"My son is like the proverbial "sponge" when it comes to learning". Really? I've never heard the proverb about the learning sponge.

[Reverend_Smitty]

38. Loud eaters

My dad does this all the time. It's especially bad when there is no tv on or he's eating something and I'm sitting at the computer. I mean it's a friggen sandwich, close your mouth and chew...there is no reason why I should be able to hear you!

[Maine Mary]

43. Men with geeky clothes and pocket protectors....

riding bicycles while the "flooded slacks" above their black socks expose white hairy shins. It's a memory associated dislike.

My dad was a mechanical engineer who designed aiplane parts. Back in the early and mid seventies it was very peculiar to see a grown man on a bycicle. This was before the health craze and I didn't know anyone whose dad's rode his bike to work like that. Especially 11 miles. To make matters worse, our school bus route often came across him where kids would throw gum and spitballs if they could. My dad was very abusive to our entire family when I was a child, but I always felt somewhat sorry for him when the kids did that.

So I guess "the geek look" is tied up in alot of bad memories for me.

[realisticphish]

49. People with unreasonable prejudices

:evilgrin:

seriously, though:
"Urban" style. I'm sorry. I think it looks retarded.
Girls who wear snow boots when there's no snow
Popped collars
People who go around with large american flags plastered on their clothing. Whoa! I had no idea i was in america until you came by!
People who highlight in textbooks
Confederate flags on anything. Especially here; you're in OHIO, dipshit, not Texas (and even there it's dumb)
Douche bags with glasses who come into my work at the library and go apoplectic when the student assistants make any sound louder than blinking

[jobycom]

52. Prejudice against unreasonably prejudiced people is reasonable. nt

[aclog]

53. you hate me for my highlighting?

reasonable enough I 'spose, most people hate me cuz I'm an asshole though...

[realisticphish]

55. i don't mind it in theory

but in used textbooks :grr:

[aclog]

56. yeah I sell back religiously

since i never want to see or read about or even contemplate most of the shit I study ever again.

I also write lewd dittys in the margins :)

[jobycom]

51. None that I know of, and if I discover them, I squash them.

Although from this list, it looks like no one would like me.

[khashka]

54. Non feminists

Men and women who try not to look their age.

People who get upset by people breathing through their mouth. Some of us can't help it - every since that bitch with a dental drill did a root canal that even the Nazi's would consider inhumane I can't breathe through my nose.

Khash.

[Patiod]

59. I realize it's an unreasonable prejudice

Especially with the number of sinus infections that I get!

Like a lot of the unreasonable prejudices here, it comes from my childhood -- my brother is a mouth-breather, and has no excuse for it.

I wish he would realize that if you need to breathe through you mouth, there's a way to do it without looking like Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel

[Orsino]

57. Lone commuters on interstate highways in SUVs.

Perhaps they aren't just propping up fragile egos, or overcompensating for lost libidos. Perhaps they occasionally have need to go off-road. Perhaps they've just dropped off the rest of the carpool--but this particular brand of conspicuous consumption irks me.

[GalleryGod]

60. Here's a Few: #1 Sports Bandwagon Jumpers & Frontrunners

1a Those who insist on shoving their musical tastes down my throat,
while speaking in "absolutes" .

2.An Oldie but Goodie: F-BOMBERS and we've got an entire Air Force
at DU. Can't hit "hide-a-thread" fast enough.

[satireV]

61. The female comb over!

Women who think having bangs and hair cut around their eyes fool anyone about the fact that have wrinkles on their brow and crows feet.

You can't hide those wrinkles baby! You look really sad with the bangs!

[terrya]

62. Locking

This is getting flamey.