What's Your Pet Peeves?

[KPepper]

People who ask me, "Can I ask you something?" Wow, didn't give me much of a choice there, did you?

That's when you have the right to be a total smart-ass and say "You just did" and walk away. :D

1: Pro-Life Advocates -- This seems to be a big one here, and I'm not going to argue ideology. If it's to cover-up an affair or something like that, I'm against abortion. Those bitches should own up to the fact that they screwed around and were total idiots and now have to live with consequences. This does -admittedly - extend into teenage pregnancy a bit. But if there's something wrong with the child, or the mother is sick, or the child is endangering the mother, or the mother was raped (thank you, Candidate Akin), then I think it's completely okay for a woman (or man, if all goes well in the future) to have an abortion. My personal philosophy is to let people do what they want to do and leave me out of it. The pet peeve here is that the Pro-Lifers are so damned annoying about it! "Abortion stops a beating heart!" So, what if NOT having that abortion would stop the MOTHER'S heart? What if that "beating heart" was created in violence? Leave the option open and go find something else to b-tch about, or I'll beat you over the head with your freakin' picket sign. (/end rant)

2: Religious Intolerance -- I am a Christian. That said, I'm not going to force my religion down your throat. -gasp!- A Christian that WON'T tell me I'm going to hell for not believing in Christ?! See, that's my issue. My best friend/sister/future wife (we plan to get married when we're 35 if we're still single) is a Wiccan. Another friend is a Pagan. My "adoptive daughter" is a Buddhist. And I have a scattering of all kinds in my web. I was baptized Catholic but spent much of my life an atheist. What changed me was a failed suicide attempt. If you get down to the bear bones of religion, they all have the same basic principles and instructions to be a good person. So when someone says one of my friends will go to hell for not believing in Christ, I flip them the Bird and tell them if that's true, at least it'll be warm.

3: Homophobic Assholes -- I'm bisexual. I have friends on both sides of the fence and a lot sitting on it. I was in the GSA in high school and saw the result of homophobes harassing others. We can't help our sexuality! If we could, why would we chose the misery of being bullied and being scared? I mean really. Watch and learn, ignorant pigs. --> FckH8 on Gay Marriage PS: Studies show that people with the strongest outspoken homophobic view secretly harbor stronger desires for the same sex than people who are less homophobic. ;) Suck on that a while.

4: People who think others with depression are "just having a bad day". -- Oh really? So I've "just been having a bad day" for 2 straight years? Huh. Well that clears up the feelings of uselessness, hopelessness, and suicidal thoughts I've been having! Thank you, you narrow-minded a$$hole. Seriously, having a bad day wouldn't do this to you. A bad day is just that: a day. Not three days, a week, a month, or a year. So before telling someone to get over it, realize that it's something wrong with their BRAIN, not their ENVIRONMENT.

5: Bad Drivers -- Yep, something this mundane. I work in two different stores, and they're both 10 miles from my house by interstate. Bad drivers seriously get on my nerves if I'm spending seven hours a week around them.

6: Disrespecting another human being just because they aren't college educated and are working in a store for minimum wage -- Can you guess? This has happened to me. By my best friend. Not that she realized what she was doing, and she's become more aware when she does. College isn't right for everyone, and not going or not finishing doesn't have any bearing on whether someone is smart or driven.

7: Complete butchering of the English language -- liek omg isnt dis so kewl?! That's all well and good for texting or IMs, but if you actually talk like that, and you aren't 12, something is wrong. They teach you English in school for a reason! Use it!

8: Cheaters/liars/abusers -- I've been on the receiving end, and it's not fun. And really, there is NO excuse. Only pure selfishness.

I'm probably going to add to this list, but these are the big ones. :D