#pet peeve

[uhhh-kinda-clueless]

If your hero is not worth meeting, they shouldn’t be your hero

I hate the saying “never meet your heroes.” If your hero is a dick in person, then why are they your hero? I interpret the phrase as implying that everyone you look up to is a dick. Sure, that’s true about a lot of people. My problem is that the phrase implies that every person who anybody looks up to is a dick. If that were true, then why the fuck are they my hero?

[xmikeyxd]

sometimes i get a little annoyed because songs will sometimes add unnecessary instruments and sound effects. like the song is inherently good, but it feels completely unnecessary

[cambriancrew]

Teensy tiny pet peeve.

The phrase is "one AND the same". As in, they're identical: both one thing and the same thing. "One IN the same" doesn't even make sense.

[s33wtiepie]

i hate people who claim to not be racist but then befriend someone who made the n word their ipad password, mug it as-well say it

[infamousdiplodocus]

things I hate #3

when my fingers/hands smell like burger after eating a burger

[bethanythebogwitch]

If you write a recipe with an estimated time at the top (eg 30 minutes) but it turns out there's a totally undisclosed multiple hour marinating/steeping/ whatever time deeper in the recipe, I will kill you

[aegeonsd]

Don’t know if this is gonna be controversial but I find the term “hetslop” REALLY icky.

First of all I hate when people use slop as a suffix because it’s come to be used in so many different contexts that no one can agree on what it means anymore, and it’s just become a thought terminating cliche to denote your baseless distaste for literally anything (and it literally originated on 4chan but different discussion for a different time)

In this context, I think the term was originally meant to mean a straight ship where the only thing that justifies them being together is the heteronormative idea of “that’s a guy and that’s a girl so maybe they should kiss even tho they have nothing in common and no reason to like each other!” Which I get can be frustrating especially when it happens at the expense of a queer romance between two characters that ACTUALLY have chemistry.

But the problem with using the word “hetslop” to denote this problem is that it’s fallen into the same trap that all the “slop” words fall into where you can just uncritically apply it to anything you don’t like without having to think about it. So now the most common use of the phrase I see is just to describe a straight ship that you personally don’t like or don’t see chemistry in. Which is like uh…. Weird. That’s weird guys. It’s weird and icky.

Like if you wanna talk about how heteronormativity ruins romance stories… you should talk about how heteronormativity ruins romance stories. Which means actually ENGAGING with and THINKING about those stories instead of just seeing two characters of opposite genders that you don’t think have good chemistry and ascribing this nebulous (and ultimately meaningless) term to them to justify your distaste.

Like seriously yall we have GOT to stop using “slop” terms because they are genuinely rotting our brains.

[ghostspider17]

if i hear one more celebrity say “mmmm” in an interview while someone’s talking, im gonna lose my shit.