The North Koreans invented it.

BP = Before Poker (2003; Moneymaker)

we are all at most 10 years old.

right, didn't mean blocking the sidewalk (which is obviously assholish behavior that should piss you off), I just mean people who park at the end of their driveway, making the street look like a used car lot and preventing people from using their driveway to turn around or whatever (lots of people in the redneck/bumpkin community get SUPER pissed off/freaked out when people do this).

It's better than the BC / AD system. I actually thought about making a thread (ha suck it) about which date would we start a new year counting system on till I remembered there already was one.

(I was thinking something like the splitting of the atom.)

Just start calling them "lications" as it will give them a tastier vibe.

Then people will just abbreviate it to "lics", which is significantly worse than "apps".

They should just make it BC/AC. Screw latin

no it hasn't. the frequency of "bless you" varies a ton depending on your region, and i'd be willing to bet a large amount that it's far more common in religious areas of north america than more progressive areas. I live in Toronto where the people are very polite, but get "bless yous" far less often than i do in vegas at a poker table, where people are jerks in comparison.

being slightly annoyed by it is certainly reasonable. i either have to say a feigned "thanks" and acknowledge a "bless you" that i didn't want in the first place, or i can say nothing and look like an *******. i generally go the marginally passive aggressive route and mumble an insincere thanks, but i'd prefer they never said anything in the first place. it's a completely unnecessary situation that i'd rather just avoid. not that it makes much of a difference either way.

One thing that the "Bless You" does is create a couple of awkward situations:

1) When you get blessed after the first sneeze when you know a second one is coming. You can either try to say "Thanks" immediately, in which case you risk snotting all over the place when the second sneeze inevitably follows up. Or you have to wait till after the second sneeze, which is just bad timing.

2) When somebody mumbles, "Bless You," and you aren't really sure if they said, "Bless You." Then you're in a dilly of a pickle: do I thank them and risk being a fool when they weren't blessing me, or do I say nothing and risk being a dick to the polite person?

Sneeze...your so good looking. So much better then bless u. Also bless u must be a us thing. I've never heard bless u.

http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/blessyou.asp

basically, no one is entirely sure where the phrase came from

Coffee.

liquid hand soap that comes out as foam.
baby food containers that splash on you virtually every time you open one.

Overly (imo) hygienic people

people who say "many a [something]" instead of "many [somethings]"

People on the internet who deliberately use inside jokes that you don't know.

WHAT THE **** DOES PUT A TOMATO ON HER PILLOW MEAN!??!

Well if the tomato thing doesn't work for you, try putting a lathe in the living room.

Skinny jeans on dudes

This is silly to complain about, because I actually like this radio station. But their slogan annoys the heck out of me.

There's a radio station in town (98.7, The Peak), that claims to play "Whatever the hell we want." You'd think that, with a slogan like that, they'd be pretty edgy with their music choices. Obviously, they have to play some popular music just to get listeners. But maybe they'll mix in something that's truly edgy and would never be played anywhere else. Maybe some up and coming artist. Or an underrepresented genre.

Nope, what they play is a fairly safe mix of songs from 1970 to about 2012 (they rarely play 2013 music, so if they play a song by a group like Maroon 5 that has popular songs from 2013, they'll play Drops of Jupiter or some other old song). And the genres are fairly limited. No country at all. Very little rap. So it's a combination of "classic rock" from the 70s and 80s, some "alternative" from the 80s and 90s. And some hits from 2000 to 2010.

Again, I don't mind that combination of music. And it's certainly a lot better than the ultra repetitive Top 40 stations in town. But that slogan annoys the hell out of me. No, you don't play "whatever the hell you want." Because if you did, you'd mix in some death metal, gangsta rap, George Strait, obscure electronic dance music, etc. Not playing Lady Gaga followed by Journey and bragging about it.

How are they not playing what they want?

Sounds like they're playing exactly what they want.

I've got nary a thing to say about that.

If you view it that way, the EVERY station plays what they want. But in truth, they play a very narrow range of music selected to hit a targeted demographic. That doesn't sound like, "we'll play whatever the hell we want" to me.

Then again, I'm viewing it from my own prism, where if I wanted to play "whatever the hell I want," I'd play a lot more genres than they would.

Besides, this thread is about "thing that shouldn't piss you off, but do." I know I'm unreasonable in being pissed off about that slogan.

Drops of Jupiter isn't a Maroon 5 song btw.

People that say "now in days" instead of "now a days."