What's new

Pet Hates thread

blinding light said:
Waz dat? :sanga
Click to expand...

Infertile couples (or in the countryside, couples who haven't conceived yet... few if any of them have been to the doctor and declared infertile) go to pray at the shrine, and legend has it that children will be born. The penalty (or tribute to the Pir), however is that they must provide the first child to the shrine.

That child's head is then fitted in a metal bowl that doesn't come off, keeping the head that size forever. A "rat child" is thus born. If you ever see one, the resemblance to a rat is unmistakable.

It isn't Islam, it isn't Sufism, it isn't anything other than child abuse and barbarity and backwardness. There are stories of couples who, after one year of trying for kids, end up at that shrine to pray.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/122670.stm
 
blinding light said:
I've joined Tumblr to spend (waste) time on some quality nerdiness. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy it far more than Twitter... but....

Some people get way, way, way, wayyy too carried away with making their personal fantasies a so-called 'ship' for characters. Take Mortal Kombat for example. Would you ever believe Kenshi and KANO to be a gay couple? Truly, madly, deeply, desperately in love with each other?

FREAKING KANO?! :110:

No guys, no. Respect the damn canon. People who are paid to write video games/movies/comics etc are far more qualified to decide who likes who, and what's in character for these characters, rather than sad little 14-year old kids.
[MENTION=136108]Donal Cozzie[/MENTION] - I miss kobra. I wish he wasn't dead. He could come up and collect his Kano :9:



Waz dat? :sanga
Click to expand...

Haha never picked you for a Mortal Kombat fan.
 
Nostalgic said:
Infertile couples (or in the countryside, couples who haven't conceived yet... few if any of them have been to the doctor and declared infertile) go to pray at the shrine, and legend has it that children will be born. The penalty (or tribute to the Pir), however is that they must provide the first child to the shrine.

That child's head is then fitted in a metal bowl that doesn't come off, keeping the head that size forever. A "rat child" is thus born. If you ever see one, the resemblance to a rat is unmistakable.

It isn't Islam, it isn't Sufism, it isn't anything other than child abuse and barbarity and backwardness. There are stories of couples who, after one year of trying for kids, end up at that shrine to pray.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/122670.stm
Click to expand...

Ridiculous how this is still being practised in this day and age. Feel really sorry for these children who otherwise would be perfectly normal children.
 
Nostalgic said:
Infertile couples (or in the countryside, couples who haven't conceived yet... few if any of them have been to the doctor and declared infertile) go to pray at the shrine, and legend has it that children will be born. The penalty (or tribute to the Pir), however is that they must provide the first child to the shrine.

That child's head is then fitted in a metal bowl that doesn't come off, keeping the head that size forever. A "rat child" is thus born. If you ever see one, the resemblance to a rat is unmistakable.

It isn't Islam, it isn't Sufism, it isn't anything other than child abuse and barbarity and backwardness. There are stories of couples who, after one year of trying for kids, end up at that shrine to pray.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/122670.stm
Click to expand...

What about praying there and not paying the penalty ? :ponting
 
Nostalgic said:
Infertile couples (or in the countryside, couples who haven't conceived yet... few if any of them have been to the doctor and declared infertile) go to pray at the shrine, and legend has it that children will be born. The penalty (or tribute to the Pir), however is that they must provide the first child to the shrine.

That child's head is then fitted in a metal bowl that doesn't come off, keeping the head that size forever. A "rat child" is thus born. If you ever see one, the resemblance to a rat is unmistakable.

It isn't Islam, it isn't Sufism, it isn't anything other than child abuse and barbarity and backwardness. There are stories of couples who, after one year of trying for kids, end up at that shrine to pray.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/122670.stm
Click to expand...

:80:

I feel so ashamed of this. This is madness! Why hasn't anyone put a stop to this?!

Oh, God!
 
Nostalgic said:
Shah Daula is the infamous one with the "rat children." It's a horrific practice. There is a distant relative in our ancestral village who has one of those kids.
Click to expand...

Nostalgic said:
Infertile couples (or in the countryside, couples who haven't conceived yet... few if any of them have been to the doctor and declared infertile) go to pray at the shrine, and legend has it that children will be born. The penalty (or tribute to the Pir), however is that they must provide the first child to the shrine.

That child's head is then fitted in a metal bowl that doesn't come off, keeping the head that size forever. A "rat child" is thus born. If you ever see one, the resemblance to a rat is unmistakable.

It isn't Islam, it isn't Sufism, it isn't anything other than child abuse and barbarity and backwardness. There are stories of couples who, after one year of trying for kids, end up at that shrine to pray.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/122670.stm
Click to expand...

He didn't make a prayer at Golra, he just went there after leaving everyone behind since his wife died of pest. So after some time passed Pir Mer Ali Shah told him to go back, remarry and take back his land and he would pray for him.
 
Nostalgic said:
Shah Daula is the infamous one with the "rat children." It's a horrific practice. There is a distant relative in our ancestral village who has one of those kids.
Click to expand...

blinding light said:
I've joined Tumblr to spend (waste) time on some quality nerdiness. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy it far more than Twitter... but....

Some people get way, way, way, wayyy too carried away with making their personal fantasies a so-called 'ship' for characters. Take Mortal Kombat for example. Would you ever believe Kenshi and KANO to be a gay couple? Truly, madly, deeply, desperately in love with each other?

FREAKING KANO?! :110:

No guys, no. Respect the damn canon. People who are paid to write video games/movies/comics etc are far more qualified to decide who likes who, and what's in character for these characters, rather than sad little 14-year old kids.
[MENTION=136108]Donal Cozzie[/MENTION] - I miss kobra. I wish he wasn't dead. He could come up and collect his Kano :9:



Waz dat? :sanga
Click to expand...

There are probably thousand pages fanfictions based on those strange couples. It's basically just erotic literature.
 
The lack of smoking/vaping lounges at airports is deplorable. Washington Dulles seems to be the only major one that has one, that too in just the one concourse.
 
Saqs said:
Ridiculous how this is still being practised in this day and age. Feel really sorry for these children who otherwise would be perfectly normal children.
Click to expand...

blinding light said:
:80:

I feel so ashamed of this. This is madness! Why hasn't anyone put a stop to this?!

Oh, God!
Click to expand...

Incidentally, while the head binding practice may be unique to this one, taking a child for the shrine isn't. There are others that do so. There's a wonderful PTV serial set in Multan that shows the Pir himself giving away his third child to be raised by a malang at the shrine. The boy however finds out, through his elder brother, who is progressive and hasn't followed his father into becoming a Pir.

I'm curious where the entire theory of a tribute of this sort originated from. It probably has to do with the syncretic merging of Islam with Hinduism or indigenous folk practices centuries ago, that ended up being perverted into something so dastardly.
 
endymion248 said:
He didn't make a prayer at Golra, he just went there after leaving everyone behind since his wife died of pest. So after some time passed Pir Mer Ali Shah told him to go back, remarry and take back his land and he would pray for him.
Click to expand...

So at what stage was your grandfather named?
 
Nostalgic said:
Mexican mangoes.

Details covered in the mango thread.
Click to expand...

Second that.

Also people sharing their location from any airport business class lounge or people updating the hapless FB crowd about any A380 travel they might have undertaken. These FB showoffs suck!!!
 
Parents of ISIS fighters crying that the government should help their kid once they get injured and go to Turkey or start regretting because it's not as awesome as they thought. Their precious monsters are always victims who got manipulated.

And of course the Muslim community who turns on people who seek help of police against their radicalized kids or extremist imams: "They should have come to us instead of the police".


Nostalgic said:
So at what stage was your grandfather named?
Click to expand...

After he was born :P
 
Surprised people don't know about Dolay Shah Kay Choway.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
 
Morons who smoke while driving, making ash fly behind them without a care in the world.

Some of them even have their kids in their car. Utterly disgusting.
 
endymion248 said:
Parents of ISIS fighters crying that the government should help their kid once they get injured and go to Turkey or start regretting because it's not as awesome as they thought. Their precious monsters are always victims who got manipulated.

And of course the Muslim community who turns on people who seek help of police against their radicalized kids or extremist imams: "They should have come to us instead of the police".




After he was born :P
Click to expand...

Yeap. Muslim communities as institutions are failing at so many levels in this regard. It is down to the constant existential threat that gets preached and inculcated throughout that makes people, by default, mistrust governments. The idea that they are all against us is a romantic idea but it brings with it so much irrelevant cultural baggage that it weighs down any potential progress we as a community in a non Muslim society could actually make.

And I am sick and tired of hearing people say things like these ISIS fighters are just a few extremists, don't paint us all with the same brush blah blah, but do nothing to stop these extremist pockets from flourishing and just turn a blind eye as if nothing is happening, and that the media and Israel is to blame.

/rant
 
Saqs said:
Yeap. Muslim communities as institutions are failing at so many levels in this regard. It is down to the constant existential threat that gets preached and inculcated throughout that makes people, by default, mistrust governments. The idea that they are all against us is a romantic idea but it brings with it so much irrelevant cultural baggage that it weighs down any potential progress we as a community in a non Muslim society could actually make.

And I am sick and tired of hearing people say things like these ISIS fighters are just a few extremists, don't paint us all with the same brush blah blah, but do nothing to stop these extremist pockets from flourishing and just turn a blind eye as if nothing is happening, and that the media and Israel is to blame.

/rant
Click to expand...

Exactly. You have already failed when so many of your youth are becoming terrorists. You can't expect muslims to trust you over the police.
 
Those people who don't pay attention to signs.

You see a speed limit sign, and then all of a sudden a car races past you. :facepalm:
 
Another one pet hate is nicknames. I hate when people give me cringe-worthy nicknames. Not going to post them, far too embarrassing. :srt
 
WC-Passion said:
Another one pet hate is nicknames. I hate when people give me cringe-worthy nicknames. Not going to post them, far too embarrassing. :srt
Click to expand...

One of the worst things you can do to a person is to give a bad nickname. Have suffered myself and still carry the scars of humiliation. It reduces you to a mere caricature and stunts your growth as a person.
 
People who are intentionally acting different infront of specific people; ignoring someone infront of a group of so called "cool" people, who you actually know well, but cant engage with him as it could hurt your reputation infront of them - just an example.
 
My pet hate is when I fall in love with a girl but she gets off at the next station :uakmal
 
CricketCartoons said:
One of the worst things you can do to a person is to give a bad nickname. Have suffered myself and still carry the scars of humiliation. It reduces you to a mere caricature and stunts your growth as a person.
Click to expand...

I can understand you bro. It's very bad especially when people you like adopt the name and start using it.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Morons talking in a cinema. Should be taken out back and shot
Click to expand...

Make a loud "SHHH" sound it works every time. Make it short, be authoritative and confident in your "SHHH". It pissses them off, people around you will be happy someone took the responsibility and those morons won't have anything to say back. The next time they talk, someone else will confront them.
 
Same here [MENTION=138836]WC-Passion[/MENTION] .

Specially if you are living in the west (while having a oriental name) and people there by mistake misspeak your name due to the complex pronunciation - from their point of view -, and your environment - mostly friends - takes up the name to ridicule you all the time. :))
 
Syed2015 said:
Same here [MENTION=138836]WC-Passion[/MENTION] .

Specially if you are living in the west (while having a oriental name) and people there by mistake misspeak your name due to the complex pronunciation - from their point of view -, and your environment - mostly friends - takes up the name to ridicule you all the time. :))
Click to expand...

That is exactly my situation. It's heart-breaking when people you like (who don't know you like them) think it's funny and do it themselves. I think that smiley is no appropriate.
 
When someone barges into your room without knocking, or doesn't close the door upon leaving.
 
People who accuse you of wrong when you're an honest and noble person.
 
When you are madly in love with a girl but she didn't want to be with you, then you go and get yourself someone else and now all of a sudden you are the most desirable man out there.

It's funny how nature do dat.. :afridi
 
Syed1 said:
When you are madly in love with a girl but she didn't want to be with you, then you go and get yourself someone else and now all of a sudden you are the most desirable man out there.

It's funny how nature do dat.. :afridi
Click to expand...

Having a crush/ lust doesn't mean that you're in love.
 
WC-Passion said:
That is exactly my situation. It's heart-breaking when people you like (who don't know you like them) think it's funny and do it themselves. I think that smiley is no appropriate.
Click to expand...

Sorry, glanced through your response towards CricketCartoons - my mistake :/ .
 
Syed1 said:
When you are madly in love with a girl but she didn't want to be with you, then you go and get yourself someone else and now all of a sudden you are the most desirable man out there.

It's funny how nature do dat.. :afridi
Click to expand...

Yaar, you never told us this part of the story. :misbah

Syed2015 said:
Sorry, glanced through your response towards CricketCartoons - my mistake :/ .
Click to expand...

It's all good.
 
When your favorite scene in movie come and someone accidentally change the channel or switch off tv and when you switch if back the scene is gone. All the person have to say is sorry in a causal way.
 
aniket1911 said:
When your favorite scene in movie come and someone accidentally change the channel or switch off tv and when you switch if back the scene is gone. All the person have to say is sorry in a causal way.
Click to expand...

I do it myself instead of someone else. :uakmal
 
Desis.

Seriously guys, for gods sake come on. Do you have any idea how rude it is to be in the company of an English speaking person only to have a full blown conversation in Urdu/Hindi whatever? Went to the intervarsities with the university club and man this happened to not only me but a couple other of us whities on numerous occasions. Such bad manners IMO, just makes everything awkward and wont lie it ticks us off. Speak it amongst yourselves fine but for gods sake we only speak english why use it if we;re in the general conversation :facepalm:

And you're all guilty of it from personal experience.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Desis.

Seriously guys, for gods sake come on. Do you have any idea how rude it is to be in the company of an English speaking person only to have a full blown conversation in Urdu/Hindi whatever? Went to the intervarsities with the university club and man this happened to not only me but a couple other of us whities on numerous occasions. Such bad manners IMO, just makes everything awkward and wont lie it ticks us off. Speak it amongst yourselves fine but for gods sake we only speak english why use it if we;re in the general conversation :facepalm:

And you're all guilty of it from personal experience.
Click to expand...

Yet another reason why all the whities should learn Gaelic, and speak it only in a group, in the presence of that one desi. Give them a taste of their own medicine.

I've always made it a point in such circumstances to seek out the lone non-desi and engage them in a conversation, because there really is a tendency amongst the South Asian crowd to speak their native tongue, irrespective of how rude it may come across. I remember being invited to an Eid dinner by a Bangladeshi guy. The entire conversation was in Bangla, and every time a new guest would arrive, they would look at me, and then (presumably) ask their host in Bangla who the hell I was. He would mumble something in reply, the only word I would pick up was "Pakistani." I sat through a full three hours of this.
 
Mamoon said:
When someone barges into your room without knocking, or doesn't close the door upon leaving.
Click to expand...

That's why I just lock it.

But then people get suspicious, so then there's that.

For me it has to be trying to sleep, but then you accidentally take note of the clock ticking, and then you can't fall asleep anymore because the goddamn ticking is now noticeable...
 
Nostalgic said:
Yet another reason why all the whities should learn Gaelic, and speak it only in a group, in the presence of that one desi. Give them a taste of their own medicine.

I've always made it a point in such circumstances to seek out the lone non-desi and engage them in a conversation, because there really is a tendency amongst the South Asian crowd to speak their native tongue, irrespective of how rude it may come across. I remember being invited to an Eid dinner by a Bangladeshi guy. The entire conversation was in Bangla, and every time a new guest would arrive, they would look at me, and then (presumably) ask their host in Bangla who the hell I was. He would mumble something in reply, the only word I would pick up was "Pakistani." I sat through a full three hours of this.
Click to expand...

Sounds like you barged into some event just for free food :afridi
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Desis.

Seriously guys, for gods sake come on. Do you have any idea how rude it is to be in the company of an English speaking person only to have a full blown conversation in Urdu/Hindi whatever? Went to the intervarsities with the university club and man this happened to not only me but a couple other of us whities on numerous occasions. Such bad manners IMO, just makes everything awkward and wont lie it ticks us off. Speak it amongst yourselves fine but for gods sake we only speak english why use it if we;re in the general conversation :facepalm:

And you're all guilty of it from personal experience.
Click to expand...

Yeh kaun hai or is ko kis Ne bulaya hai? Yeh ghalat forum mein to nai aa gaya? O idr dhekh raha hai... *smile, take a sip of the drink, nod head, continue ignoring*
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Desis.

Seriously guys, for gods sake come on. Do you have any idea how rude it is to be in the company of an English speaking person only to have a full blown conversation in Urdu/Hindi whatever? Went to the intervarsities with the university club and man this happened to not only me but a couple other of us whities on numerous occasions. Such bad manners IMO, just makes everything awkward and wont lie it ticks us off. Speak it amongst yourselves fine but for gods sake we only speak english why use it if we;re in the general conversation :facepalm:

And you're all guilty of it from personal experience.
Click to expand...

Polish people do this too.
 
One thing I despise when I see people outside who walk their dog without a leash; especially if the beast is huge. Not afraid of dogs or anything but I certainly wouldn't want anyone elses dog barking at me, I was so close to kicking a small dog because it was barking at me for no reason.
 
Nostalgic said:
Yet another reason why all the whities should learn Gaelic, and speak it only in a group, in the presence of that one desi. Give them a taste of their own medicine.

I've always made it a point in such circumstances to seek out the lone non-desi and engage them in a conversation, because there really is a tendency amongst the South Asian crowd to speak their native tongue, irrespective of how rude it may come across. I remember being invited to an Eid dinner by a Bangladeshi guy. The entire conversation was in Bangla, and every time a new guest would arrive, they would look at me, and then (presumably) ask their host in Bangla who the hell I was. He would mumble something in reply, the only word I would pick up was "Pakistani." I sat through a full three hours of this.
Click to expand...

You should be glad you made it out in one piece.
 
ExplicitAI said:
One thing I despise when I see people outside who walk their dog without a leash; especially if the beast is huge. Not afraid of dogs or anything but I certainly wouldn't want anyone elses dog barking at me, I was so close to kicking a small dog because it was barking at me for no reason.
Click to expand...

Carry a mace.
 
Saqs said:
Yeh kaun hai or is ko kis Ne bulaya hai? Yeh ghalat forum mein to nai aa gaya? O idr dhekh raha hai... *smile, take a sip of the drink, nod head, continue ignoring*
Click to expand...

Aisa na karain is key sath, Saqs bhai. Ek dafa kisi ne in sahab se farmaya ke "shakal achi na ho tou baat achi kar liya karo.." aur Google Translate ne inhen iska tarjuma yeh bataya : "Good guy gets good."

Is liye aap sirf yehi baat likha karein is azeem hasti ko: "Good guy gets good." Angrezi ki angrezi, aur apni baat bhi puri :)
 
Donal Cozzie said:
Desis.

Seriously guys, for gods sake come on. Do you have any idea how rude it is to be in the company of an English speaking person only to have a full blown conversation in Urdu/Hindi whatever? Went to the intervarsities with the university club and man this happened to not only me but a couple other of us whities on numerous occasions. Such bad manners IMO, just makes everything awkward and wont lie it ticks us off. Speak it amongst yourselves fine but for gods sake we only speak english why use it if we;re in the general conversation :facepalm:

And you're all guilty of it from personal experience.
Click to expand...

Why'd you never say you found it annoying? :))
 
blinding light said:
Aisa na karain is key sath, Saqs bhai. Ek dafa kisi ne in sahab se farmaya ke "shakal achi na ho tou baat achi kar liya karo.." aur Google Translate ne inhen iska tarjuma yeh bataya : "Good guy gets good."

Is liye aap sirf yehi baat likha karein is azeem hasti ko: "Good guy gets good." Angrezi ki angrezi, aur apni baat bhi puri :)
Click to expand...

:))
 
blinding light said:
Aisa na karain is key sath, Saqs bhai. Ek dafa kisi ne in sahab se farmaya ke "shakal achi na ho tou baat achi kar liya karo.." aur Google Translate ne inhen iska tarjuma yeh bataya : "Good guy gets good."

Is liye aap sirf yehi baat likha karein is azeem hasti ko: "Good guy gets good." Angrezi ki angrezi, aur apni baat bhi puri :)
Click to expand...

Kya app ise dobarah keh sakte hain? Main samjah nahi. Meri urdu kharab hai
 
blinding light said:
I'm betting he trapped one of the desis and asked them to translate it for him :P
Click to expand...

Plausible, but the phrasing was actually quite good, better than what one would expect from the standard-issue desi college kid in Ireland.
 
Pot bellied men with thin arms - why ? God has enabled us to do physical exercise, so why not make fricking use of it and not have such ungainly physiques ?
 
Due to some reason, i always become aggressive, when i hear the sound of water or some other liquid getting poured into a glass by a person.
 
Haroon786 said:
I haven't seen a picture of his that fits the description, so I can't say yes. However, if he does then I feel sorry for him.
Click to expand...

Mamoon's pot belly and thin arms are the stuff of legend on the picture thread.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

D
The family issues - My father and sister
Replies
71
Views
2K
Dulex9
D
FearlessRoar
Pakistan’s issues require local solutions, not the political views of overseas Pakistanis
2 3 4
Replies
246
Views
4K
SportsWarrior
S
The Bald Eagle
Quetta Gladiators (216/3) crush Peshawar Zalmi (136) by 80 runs in the second match of PSL X
6 7 8
Replies
609
Views
8K
BouncerGuy
BouncerGuy
Bhaag Viru Bhaag
Musk’s AI Tool Grok Has Indian Rightwing Propagandists Worried
Replies
3
Views
241
sweep_shot
sweep_shot
S
Bangladesh Flood situation (2024)
Replies
39
Views
1K
smkk
S
Back
Top