Tiny Things That Annoy You • Page 37

I say mun-tree-all if I’m speaking English, mon-rey-al in French

 

This has worked for me repeatedly. Never served

 

What's the American way you don't like

 

but really any English pronunciation isn’t really “correct” I just hate the way mawn-tree-all sounds

 

Now that I’m saying it I don’t know if I usually say “tray” or “tree”, probably a combo of both

 

this is how every American actor I’ve heard says it

 

They're close enough in sound that I wouldn't notice the difference

 

Oh speaking of American actors and accents, I can’t stand a bad Boston accent by someone who doesn’t actually have a Boston accent. It always sounds so forced.

 

summer reruns of jeopardy starting earlier than normal this year

 

trying to be honest without being insulting

 

People

 

People in relationships who only refer to themselves as “we” and “us”. This one is admittedly petty as hell but it annoys me so much.

 

For weird relationship stuff, I’ll throw out that I have multiple friends that are in relationships with people that insist on only referring to them either by their full name or a shortened version of their name when literally no one else does. And that always rubs me the wrong way, just feels really possessive

 

fuck sneezing

fuck allergies

and fuck pollen especially

 

That Moving Mountains hasn’t released another album. Not annoyed with them, just miss them.

 

When right wing dickheads co-opt shit

 

feeling empty

 

2020

 

not being able to focus on the things I enjoy

 

having to actually do work when i'm supposed to

 

When you're at someone else's house and the clean dishes are not that clean

 

when you're at someone's house and you don't feel at all comfortable because they haven't made you feel comfortable being there at all

 

And when you don't know how to set the appliances to your preference. My toaster goes to 8? I don't remember, but this one only goes to 5. Does not compute

 

when you think of someone you don't want to