Pet Hates thread

[HamzaSaeen]

Its not that they're bad. Hell when I was younger we had a PS2 and loads of games for it and a family desktop computer, but these days parents just shove their kids in front of a screen and leave them there.Internet use should be restricted and limited for kids because they dont need it lol. Send them over to a friends house or something. if they're bored.

I mean I've seen dozens of 7 year olds on Facebook for christs sake in my local library. Its ludicrous. Online games , especially grand theft auto V back when I used to play it, are riddled with 8 year olds playing with no supervision and they even have microphones for christs sake! Why would he need a microphone They're exposed to so much crap on the internet these days and parents dont seem to care.

Kids arent kids anymore. They're just teenagers except really small and with high pitched voices. Its a shame really.

Kids playing GTA without any supervision is just
I've seen too many of these cases to become immune to hating it

 

[dhump]

Facebook : Ramadan & Palestine issue combo is impossible to tolerate blocked feeds from so many friends. I feel sorry for Palestine but dont want to read all the time about it and what a kid said right before dying ( god knows true or fake).

Really hate people with fixed agenda on PP always writing same things. Can read the post and name the poster for so many of them.

 

[Saqs]

I agree with you.

I also hate this

*Picture of ugly over weight girl with friends*

Karen and 45 people like this

"OMG stunnin hun"
"U rock babez"
"So cute gurl"

Or when someone puts up an attention seeking status on facebook

"Worst day of my life "
10 people like this

"OMG wats rong mate"
"Dont wanna talk about it"

THEN WHY DID YOU PUT IT UP ON FACEBOOK!!!

This next one might be controversial but I'm gonna say it.

I condemn Israel's atrocious acts in Palestine and I firmly believe Palestine should be free. But people changing their avatar to a Palestinian flag is just cringe-worthy. Do you really think the Israelis care??? Newsflash they dont. Boycott Israeli goods if you feel strongly about it. Its funny because all of them have Intel powered laptops so they're actually giving Israel money.

And kids who get all the flashiest gadgets and crap irritates the hell out of me. Why would an 8 year old need an iPad or a brand new console?? Ugh I need a drink

Oh wait one more.

Anyone who when watching the world cup referred to another country as "we" needs to be dragged through the streets and then each limb attached to a different horse and then said horses set off in each different direction until they are ripped apart like Brazil's defence. Seriously its pathetic. You're not Argentinian/Brazilian/German. Deal with it

Haha. Welcome back my friend. I feel a sense of pride that I somehow am able to inspire or atleast instigate your rants every time.

 

[Saqs]

Its not that they're bad. Hell when I was younger we had a PS2 and loads of games for it and a family desktop computer, but these days parents just shove their kids in front of a screen and leave them there.Internet use should be restricted and limited for kids because they dont need it lol. Send them over to a friends house or something. if they're bored.

I mean I've seen dozens of 7 year olds on Facebook for christs sake in my local library. Its ludicrous. Online games , especially grand theft auto V back when I used to play it, are riddled with 8 year olds playing with no supervision and they even have microphones for christs sake! Why would he need a microphone They're exposed to so much crap on the internet these days and parents dont seem to care.

Kids arent kids anymore. They're just teenagers except really small and with high pitched voices. Its a shame really.

Agreed. As a child it should be a punishable offense for even saying 'I'm bored'. I don't recall ever saying that as a kid. Nothing to do? Play cricket or basketball with friends. Tired of that? Go for a bike ride. Friends have gone home? Go visit. Too late to visit? Stay at home and read a book or come up with ghost stories with your siblings.

 

[Saqs]

Facebook : Ramadan & Palestine issue combo is impossible to tolerate blocked feeds from so many friends. I feel sorry for Palestine but dont want to read all the time about it and what a kid said right before dying ( god knows true or fake).

Really hate people with fixed agenda on PP always writing same things. Can read the post and name the poster for so many of them.

Agree to an extent but for some people who have friends on their FB network that literally have no clue what is happening there - it is a very effective way to get them thinking about it. As an example, the Israeli Palestine issue gets very little airtime in Aus. Most friends from work or uni have no idea about it unless they are Muslim. So it actually is pretty effective when someone would post that status (sparingly Ofcourse) that grabs their attention.

Sparingly is the keyword. Nobody listens to a broken record.

 

[leatherface58]

People blaming violent movies for corrupting their innocent kids. You either got a budding psychopath on your hands or you are pathetic parents. I was amazed at folks taking 8 year olds to Passion of the Christ expecting a theological session only to rush out criticizing the gore during the CRUCIFIXION scene. Sure our friendly neighbourhood racist Mel went overboard but the movie was brutally effective and didn't feel exploitative.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

People blaming violent movies for corrupting their innocent kids. You either got a budding psychopath on your hands or you are pathetic parents. I was amazed at folks taking 8 year olds to Passion of the Christ expecting a theological session only to rush out criticizing the gore during the CRUCIFIXION scene. Sure our friendly neighbourhood racist Mel went overboard but the movie was brutally effective and didn't feel exploitative.

fully agree with this.

And [MENTION=1889]Saqs[/MENTION] it doesnt take much to set me off on a tangent lol

 

[endymion248]

[MENTION=1889]Saqs[/MENTION] reminds me in this thread of that guy who had a comical website about making fun of children's art. Those were the early internet's favourite rants.

 

[Saqs]

[MENTION=1889]Saqs[/MENTION] reminds me in this thread of that guy who had a comical website about making fun of children's art. Those were the early internet's favourite rants.

Ah yes good times were had. Maddox was the guys name I believe. He ran the self proclaimed 'greatest page in the universe' and had a lot of influence on me in my formative years, clearly.

 

[Mamoon]

The word 'bae'.

 

[shah_1]

People who munch their food very loudly, no manners at all.

 

[Laal]

One of the threads that was deleted a couple of weeks back.

Let's kickstart things again. Vent your frustrations here.

- People using "gate" after any and every scandal that erupts. So damn annoying.

Agree 100%. The most recent example was the 'deflate-gate' in the NFL.

 

[Adil_94]

When u reach my age and when your mums friends or random women are like so when u thinking kf getting married. Or when you go to Pakistan and the women always ask you that. It annoys me like my whole life isnt revolved around thinking of marriage.

 

[Adil_94]

Also people from India and Pak who in a desperate attempt to appear cool always speak English rather than their native accent

 

[Adil_94]

*native language

 

[Adil_94]

also when a relative from Pak rings and by the greatest misfortune i pick up the phone. It is always awkard and boring convos. How are you hows everyone. Hows weather. Anything new always they go no. Perhaps because they live in a village. Also i choke sometimes speaking Potohari on the phone. I can speak it like 70% but at home mostly speak English now.

 

[Adil_94]

When people chastise you for not speaking Potohari. I remember once in Pak me and my cousin were speaking English to each other. And this woman think my dads cousins wife was like oh you should speak apni zabaan. I was like english is our language we are born in England. She was like Pak is your real home. Ticked me off

 

[Adil_94]

Annoying Mullah types especially those who have "seen the light" and renounced their drinking smoking womanising ways. And now want to shove it down your throat at every opportunity. Tbh most of their change is cosmetic beard mosque hat and jilbab. Their character still remains the same ignorant obnoxious and now self righteous.

 

[Adil_94]

Hypocrites who bang on about how we Muslims need to change and adopt more Islamic values. Then you will see them perving and staring at women. Using vulgar language.

 

[Adil_94]

Or when someone asks if you want to read namaz and you decline and you get a big lecture

 

[Adil_94]

Also people who zone out when you are speaking to them. Or randomly bring up different topics during a conversation. One min youre talking about football then out of nowhere politics. Hard to keep with it

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Thats is [MENTION=136193]Adil_94[/MENTION]...let it all out....

Thanks [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] for bumping my home thread btw, this is like a second home to me

 

[Adil_94]

Thats is [MENTION=136193]Adil_94[/MENTION]...let it all out....

Thanks [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] for bumping my home thread btw, this is like a second home to me

Haha i have a lot of built up pet hates

 

[Mamoon]

Annoying Mullah types especially those who have "seen the light" and renounced their drinking smoking womanising ways. And now want to shove it down your throat at every opportunity. Tbh most of their change is cosmetic beard mosque hat and jilbab. Their character still remains the same ignorant obnoxious and now self righteous.

This.

Mullahs are #1 hypocrites.

 

[Saqs]

Adil revived a much loved thread.

 

[Mamoon]

Younis Khan

 

[Adil_94]

The Kardashians

 

[CricketCartoons]

Dogs. They have no place in a civilized world. Should be turned into kebabs.

 

[Laal]

People who pronounce 'Kabab' as 'Kebab'.

 

[Mamoon]

People who quote the whole OP before replying to a thread.

 

[Swanny]

Grown ups playing video games.

 

[Swanny]

People spitting paan / tobacco everywhere they go.
Just awful.

 

[Mamoon]

Grown ups playing video games.

Video games aren't for kids.

 

[Swanny]

Video games aren't for kids.

Tbh i dont get the games which have excessive violence or have excessive gali galoch, etc

Also i dont agree with 25+ yrs playing video games while parents / wives / gfs are busting their behinds to run the house & doing chores etc is

 

[Laal]

People who accuse you of 'negativity' or 'cynicism', when in fact what you're 'pragmatic' or 'realist'.

 

[Saqs]

Over competitive parents at kids games.

 

[Strike Rate]

Any show where Asma Jahangir appear as guest! man i hate this lady more than anything even more than Altaf bhai and her voice well let me just stop here.......

 

[blinding light]

Increasingly, people who take up the whole side-walk and walk slowly in front of you.

ng:

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Increasingly, people who take up the whole side-walk and walk slowly in front of you.

ng:

People in university who sit on the very edge of an empty row of seats. Why do you have to make me feel like an ass for asking you to move your sorry ass out of the way? Why not just, I dunno SIT IN THE FREAKING MIDDLE!!!!

People who take photos of mundane things, but they do in black and white. Wow man, that coffee mug without colour is so deep....

 

[blinding light]

People in university who sit on the very edge of an empty row of seats. Why do you have to make me feel like an ass for asking you to move your sorry ass out of the way? Why not just, I dunno SIT IN THE FREAKING MIDDLE!!!!

People who take photos of mundane things, but they do in black and white. Wow man, that coffee mug without colour is so deep....

Ugh, that too!

I don't mind those pictures too much tbh.. Especially because I know some budding photographers who do that a lot.. But then, there are some people you know who absolutely do not have an iota's worth of depth in them, yet they continue to post such photos with some random marilyn monroe or nelson mandela quote -- that's why I feel like punching someone.

 

[blinding light]

Some new additions:

- My procrastination routine. It's.... Let's just say I'm having issues disciplining myself these days. I feel powerless, and I absolutely abhor myself for it these days.

- Now that my only sibling is married, talks/jibes/casual references to my marriage by random relatives. It's not even nowhere in sight, but if there is someone not ready for that kind of life, it has to be me 110: )

- Winters. Cold. Snow. Snowy streets. Snow that mixes up with dirt and becomes this weird, hybrid "snee-char" (snow + keechar) which is impossibly hard to navigate. SO much snow that you can't tell where the pavement ends and the road begins. The works.

- Assignments that lack direction. If you're a university professor, if you're going to give us a 10, 20, 30% assignment that will either make or break our grade in the course, at least have the audacity to specify what you want from the students!

- Immigrants who verbally hate on their culture and ruin it all in an effort to become 'American'. Also, casual discrimination.

People who pronounce 'Kabab' as 'Kebab'.

You know whats worse than that?

Kebob.

 

[Thivagar]

You hate pets because you are scared of them.

 

[Saqs]

People who always attempt at finishing your sentences to show that they are in tune with what you're saying, but mostly will just get it wrong and ruin a perfectly good joke.

People who tell you how a movie ends even after you told them you haven't seen it.

 

[Mamoon]

The consistency of the yolk of the egg is never to my satisfaction. It is either overcooked or undercooked.

Speaking of cooking, I hate how Pakistanis tend to overcook everything, especially vegetable.

Also when it comes to steak, pretty much everyone prefers well-done.

 

[Nostalgic]

Also when it comes to steak, pretty much everyone prefers well-done.

The only steakhouse in Rawalpindi during my days wouldn't even prepare it medium rare if I asked. The waiters would say, Sir, that is not really cooked, and you won't like it, and we will have to serve it on a plate, wouldn't you rather like it on the wooden "sizzler" instead. Very reluctantly they would consent to a medium. The other patrons would order well-done, and what is worse, order a chicken steak, which is an abomination that deserves a thread of its own.

 

[Mamoon]

The only steakhouse in Rawalpindi during my days wouldn't even prepare it medium rare if I asked. The waiters would say, Sir, that is not really cooked, and you won't like it, and we will have to serve it on a plate, wouldn't you rather like it on the wooden "sizzler" instead. Very reluctantly they would consent to a medium. The other patrons would order well-done, and what is worse, order a chicken steak, which is an abomination that deserves a thread of its own.

Speaking of wooden sizzlers, I don't understand the obsession of Pakistani restaurants. It is utter noise pollution. Medium-rare is perfect in my opinion.

Chicken steak is a farce, much like chicken burgers and chicken pizza; the latter is somewhat tolerable, I'm personally guilty as well.

 

[Adil_94]

The consistency of the yolk of the egg is never to my satisfaction. It is either overcooked or undercooked.

Speaking of cooking, I hate how Pakistanis tend to overcook everything, especially vegetable.

Also when it comes to steak, pretty much everyone prefers well-done.

Because they see everything that is a lil pink as undercooked.

 

[Adil_94]

Some people on here who have started calling Hafeez MoHa or something like that. Just sounds weird

 

[Mamoon]

MMHS calls him MoHa, haven't seen anyone else do it.

 

[Saqs]

The only steakhouse in Rawalpindi during my days wouldn't even prepare it medium rare if I asked. The waiters would say, Sir, that is not really cooked, and you won't like it, and we will have to serve it on a plate, wouldn't you rather like it on the wooden "sizzler" instead. Very reluctantly they would consent to a medium. The other patrons would order well-done, and what is worse, order a chicken steak, which is an abomination that deserves a thread of its own.

Is this Texas?

 

[Nostalgic]

Is this Texas?

It is indeed. Back in my day it was run by a really attractive, sultry auntie.

 

[leatherface58]

People taking selfies. The height of narcissism.

 

[Mamoon]

Selfies are okay, but I hate bathroom mirror selfies. Thankfully they are out of fashion.

 

[Mamoon]

Texas Steakhouse is the second best in Pindi/Islamabad, after Jason's Steakhouse, Marriot.

Texas finally opened in Islamabad in 2011 I think, or 2012.

 

[AlCapone]

Texas Steakhouse is the second best in Pindi/Islamabad, after Jason's Steakhouse, Marriot.

Texas finally opened in Islamabad in 2011 I think, or 2012.

Not as good as the real deal

 

[CricketCartoons]

national anthems. fill me with disgust.

 

[Mamoon]

Not as good as the real deal

Isn't it the same? I couldn't tell the difference.

 

[Nostalgic]

Whichever branch the auntie is in, that branch is the better one.

I remember the waiters used to be enthralled by her. Visibly more nervous when she was there.

 

[Mamoon]

Whichever branch the auntie is in, that branch is the better one.

I remember the waiters used to be enthralled by her. Visibly more nervous when she was there.

IIRC, the aunty was quite interested in paintings as well. I haven't see her, but have heard about her.

 

[Mamoon]

Tangled earphones

When jacket zipper refuses to cooperate

 

[Adil_94]

MMHS calls him MoHa, haven't seen anyone else do it.

I think i saw one other poster do it too

 

[Nostalgic]

IIRC, the aunty was quite interested in paintings as well. I haven't see her, but have heard about her.

If you see her, you should do a portrait.

 

[blinding light]

Burning your food

 

[Adil_94]

That annoying wedding ringer advert everytime i watch a video it always seems to come on. I hate it now

 

[Nostalgic]

Watching the match instead of preparing that presentation for the big interview next week. Of course I've tried to convince myself that the direction of my career depends on the interview and therefore it is more important than the match, to no avail.

I'm out of coffee pods for my Keurig too. I'm a chai drinker, but lately I've noticed that it isn't helping staving off sleep. I'm angry at the lack of coffee, my recent dependence on coffee, and the newfangled inefficacy of the erstwhile reliable chai.

Come to think of it, this rant belongs more in the "What is Bothering You Right Now" thread rather than this one. The fact that it isn't on the first page is bothering me even more.

 

[Nostalgic]

Here's a pet hate: the taste of chai that has been left in a flask. I have one of those Thermos-brand cups, and it never turns coffee bad. But chai is another matter.

 

[saeedhk]

Ahmed Shehzad.

 

[Mamoon]

Ahmed Shehzad

Younis Khan

 

[keysersoze]

When your sitting in an almost empty bus and the person coming on sits right next to you...

 

[blinding light]

Younus Khan

Yasir Shah

Kohli.

Watching the match instead of preparing that presentation for the big interview next week. Of course I've tried to convince myself that the direction of my career depends on the interview and therefore it is more important than the match, to no avail.

I'm out of coffee pods for my Keurig too. I'm a chai drinker, but lately I've noticed that it isn't helping staving off sleep. I'm angry at the lack of coffee, my recent dependence on coffee, and the newfangled inefficacy of the erstwhile reliable chai.

Come to think of it, this rant belongs more in the "What is Bothering You Right Now" thread rather than this one. The fact that it isn't on the first page is bothering me even more.

I know what you mean, bro. It's the worst of feelings, when something as central to your identity/being/existence as chai fails you..

 

[Nostalgic]

I know what you mean, bro. It's the worst of feelings, when something as central to your identity/being/existence as chai fails you..

Exactly, it's a betrayal of sorts, on the chai's part, yet I'm the one who feels guilty for veering to the dark side.

What I need is a Keurig for chai. There are pods of tea available, but I can't imagine them creating anything other than the wishy-washy excuse for tea that is popular in these parts.

 

[saadibaba]

Better than tea or coffee is Mountain Dew if you can handle it. I'm relying more on Diet Coke these days. Chai is a luxury which I can only have on my days off. Coffee is everywhere at work so it's easy to fill the cup and drink it black like medicine.

Btw, have anyone here tried the Donut coffee brand in keurig cups. Closest thing to Dunking Donuts coffee which has its own peculiar and quite homely taste.

 

[saadibaba]

Cricket fans.....impulsive, short sighted and emotional.....infants basically.

 

[Nostalgic]

Better than tea or coffee is Mountain Dew if you can handle it. I'm relying more on Diet Coke these days. Chai is a luxury which I can only have on my days off. Coffee is everywhere at work so it's easy to fill the cup and drink it black like medicine.

Btw, have anyone here tried the Donut coffee brand in keurig cups. Closest thing to Dunking Donuts coffee which has its own peculiar and quite homely taste.

I don't think I've ever had a Mountain Dew. The color is so unnatural it's off-putting.

I'll try the Donut coffee pods. The only trouble is, Dunkin is associated with proletarians of the wrong political hue. Starbucks too is for pretentious snobs, but I'd rather be a pretentious snob than a conservative proletarian, which in other parts of the world is an oxymoron, but not in the US.

 

[saadibaba]

I don't think I've ever had a Mountain Dew. The color is so unnatural it's off-putting.

I'll try the Donut coffee pods. The only trouble is, Dunkin is associated with proletarians of the wrong political hue. Starbucks too is for pretentious snobs, but I'd rather be a pretentious snob than a conservative proletarian, which in other parts of the world is an oxymoron, but not in the US.

I've had Mountain Dew once, the taste is off-putting as well, but in terms caffeine content, its like no other.

 

[saadibaba]

I don't think I've ever had a Mountain Dew. The color is so unnatural it's off-putting.

I'll try the Donut coffee pods. The only trouble is, Dunkin is associated with proletarians of the wrong political hue. Starbucks too is for pretentious snobs, but I'd rather be a pretentious snob than a conservative proletarian, which in other parts of the world is an oxymoron, but not in the US.

You should go to a Starbucks in one of these rural towns and see the type of people standing in long lines for their sugar/caffeine fix. Blue collar, White collar, Red necks, Proletarians, democrat, republican, tea party and if its a college town like Knoxville, mix with the former some hipsters, snobs and wanna be cool folks as well. When it comes to sugar and caffeine concoctions, there are really no distinctions.

 

[Nostalgic]

You should go to a Starbucks in one of these rural towns and see the type of people standing in long lines for their sugar/caffeine fix. Blue collar, White collar, Red necks, Proletarians, democrat, republican, tea party and if its a college town like Knoxville, mix with the former some hipsters, snobs and wanna be cool folks as well. When it comes to sugar and caffeine concoctions, there are really no distinctions.

Hmm. I would've thought rural towns wouldn't have Starbucks. In the college town I lived in, there was a clear division between Starbucks people: university students, staff, faculty, white-collar professionals; and Dunkin people: blue-collar workers, farmers etc.

Personally I got my fix from an independent used bookstore that boasted fair-trade coffee. Not that I can tell fair-trade from unfair-trade. It just seemed like the right thing to do. The store was eclectic too, with the musty smell of old books mingling with the faint yet unmistakable aroma of The Herb, and vinyl records playing in the background.

 

[Nostalgic]

I've had Mountain Dew once, the taste is off-putting as well, but in terms caffeine content, its like no other.

Yes, you mentioned that a few months back. Ever since that discussion, I've reverted back to Diet Coke instead of Zero just for the extra caffeine.

 

[chaiwala]

People on the cricket forum that pride themselves on their "ability" to make predictions. If you think you can logically deduce the future in any way, you're a complete fool. Fortune tellers, gamblers, and babas always fail in the long run.

 

[saadibaba]

Hmm. I would've thought rural towns wouldn't have Starbucks. In the college town I lived in, there was a clear division between Starbucks people: university students, staff, faculty, white-collar professionals; and Dunkin people: blue-collar workers, farmers etc.

Personally I got my fix from an independent used bookstore that boasted fair-trade coffee. Not that I can tell fair-trade from unfair-trade. It just seemed like the right thing to do. The store was eclectic too, with the musty smell of old books mingling with the faint yet unmistakable aroma of The Herb, and vinyl records playing in the background.

Have you seen the monstrosity they call Frappuccino at Starbucks. The big tall white drink full of sugar, cream and god knows what. The blue collar crowd seem addicted to it like cocaine.