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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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 Re: Pet Peeves Generally hate it when people address themselves/ are addressed with their middle name as a letter, "Stephen A. (Smith)", "Steven C. (Miller)" are two that come to mind.
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| Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:39 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm
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Re: Pet Peeves lol. And I have no idea why some people choose to do this. Is it to differentiate between a father that has the same name? I never see a female write their name in this way.
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| Fri Jun 29, 2018 5:58 am |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
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Re: Pet Peeves Saying Congrats on someone's birthday. You're basically saying "Hey you're alive!" and it diminishes the birthday because you can say that any day. Just say Happy Birthday!
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Algren
now we know
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Re: Pet Peeves Isn't "happy birthday" also essentially saying "you've lived to reach this age, well done", which is basically saying "hey you're alive!"? I think any form of greeting on someone's birthday is silly, yet I still do it because it's what people do and I can't be assed with the kerfuffle of not.
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Thegun
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Re: Pet Peeves No. Happy Birthday is a recognition and a celebration of your birth.
Congratulations are for weddings, job promotions, or any kind of positive advancement in your life. As you get older so many birthdays are meaningless just like any other day. It's not worth a congrats.. Maybe the one when you can go to a bar, or you got your driving license but that is it.
Would you say Congrats to a guy at his wake? Of course not. And we can add the assholes that say Happy Death Day for their family too. Way too Morbid for me.
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Algren
now we know
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Re: Pet Peeves Thegun wrote: No. Happy Birthday is a recognition and a celebration of your birth. lol. Which is still something that you had no control over. Might as well celebrate people's race for that matter. Happy White, Thegun!
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
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Re: Pet Peeves Very true. But there is a term created for it. So get over that, no one ever has to wish me a happy birthday. Certainly not congratulate me.
Moving on. People who put milk in first, then add cereal. Fucking Moronic.
Also hate people that say "This is the definitive way" to cook something. No it fucking isn't. I'm looking at you Gordon Ramsay.
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Algren
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Re: Pet Peeves When people use an abbreviation then proceed to tell us what said abbreviation means. One or the other, people!
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am
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Location: Classified
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Re: Pet Peeves American sports are all about making up new acronyms for stats then proceeding to explain what they mean. Do you have WAR, wins above replacement, in soccer?
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| Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:09 pm |
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Algren
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Re: Pet Peeves That's exactly how people do it. Drives me nuts, lol.
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