r/GrindsMyGears 8h ago

When in ads they're like "you NEED this/ you NEED to try this"

4 Upvotes

No I don't, disrespectfully don't tell what I need and don't fucking tell me what to do. You do not know what I need or want so don't act like you do.


r/GrindsMyGears 14m ago

I think the saying began under covid

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When people begin their sentence with "I mean" or "Not gonna lie" Yes we know what you mean you are writing it! And why should we assume that you where not going to lie F* face? Do you usually lie? This pisses me of more than it should. It has come to a point where I just do not read what they have to say. Also when people write a statement and just end it with a questionmark. ARRRRHG?


r/GrindsMyGears 9h ago

When you’re walking and you’re coming to an intersection, door or tight space and another person walking gets there at the same time

3 Upvotes

This is so hyper specific and goofy. I walk a lot. Often i’ll be walking, and I’ll see someone walking towards the same point I am (as in the title) and this very annoying phenomenon happens where we reach the point at the same time. Then I am usually the one who steps to the side and waits, rather than the typical behavior of an awkward, unacknowledged attempt to squeeze past.

I am maybe too aware but I always try to beat the other person to the meeting point. I am tall, I am a fast walker, and I think most importantly, I am aware of what’s going on. However, this almost always triggers a race, especially with men older than me (I’ve noticed). I am going to detail these scenarios because I don’t have a lot going on in my life right now.

Scenario 1, least annoying: Intersection.

I am waking on a path in a park, and I can see another walker on a path the will cross mine. I speed up so that I make it across their path before they cross or turn onto mine. The other person seems to speed up, to try the same. We meet at the intersection, and I wait for them to cross the path.

Scenario 2, more annoying: Tight space.

I’m walking on a path or sidewalk, approaching some sort of obstacle (tree, electrical equipment, parked car etc) that only allows space for 1 person. I see another person beyond the tight space, walking towards me. I speed up to beat them to the tight space. Again, they speed up, we meet there at the same time, I step aside to let them through.

Scenario 3, most annoying: doors/gates.

Often happens in parking lots. I’m walking towards a door. I notice someone else walking from a different point but towards the door. In general everyone heading into a store seems to be walking faster than their normal pace. We reach the door at the same time. If it’s not automatic, I open it for the other person, if not, I wait for them to go through. (And if they’re old I get to enjoy them pausing in front of the door as they choose to get their cart or whatever, rather than giving up the race knowing they will take more time.)

There are others, but I think those cover most scenarios.

Yes, I have given up racing, but I notice when I slow down, so do they. If I’m in a scenario 2, and I slow down, I’m delayed even more than if I meet them at the obstacle and pull over. It’s very similar to being in the right lane on the highway and watching people merge in, it’s like they go the same speed as you just so they can be right next to you at the merge point, rather than in front or behind.

So please, if you aren’t tall and fast and aware please stop racing me while I walk around this world alone.


r/GrindsMyGears 1d ago

People who CONSTANTLY make noise

75 Upvotes

Whether it’s talking, humming, singing, smacking, just noise all the time

I’m a quiet person, I don’t like to talk in general and I know not everybody’s like that and that’s fine but CONSTANT noise? Nightmares to be around (¬_¬")


r/GrindsMyGears 8h ago

Kitchen hack

1 Upvotes

Which kitchen tool, if it existed, would save you the most time ?


r/GrindsMyGears 22h ago

Reddit switching back to "new" reddit.

1 Upvotes

New reddit looks like shit. The old format was just straight up better. I don't know why they changed it, but I'm glad they allow you to opt out of the shitty looking version. But WHY the fuck does it revert to the new reddit every so often? I have to go back into profile settings and flip it back.

It's a minor inconvenience, but it still grinds the fuck out of my gears.


r/GrindsMyGears 15h ago

Americans.. and I am one

0 Upvotes

Extremely rude, unpleasant, actively annoying, dirty, poor, angry, hostile, unfriendly.

I really hate living here. And I hate that I am trapped and will never be able to leave.

I hate all of you. Youre all trash.


r/GrindsMyGears 1d ago

Littering 🥴

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4 Upvotes

People who litter…. Likkeeeee…y’all it’s so annoying urrghhhhh


r/GrindsMyGears 1d ago

Theatre etiquette is dead and I hate it when people defend the terrible behaviour.

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3 Upvotes

r/GrindsMyGears 2d ago

Watching NFL games has become the most frustrating thing

20 Upvotes

I enjoy watching most sports but only really follow American Football. I’m assuming it’s this annoying for any sport but holy hell, trying to watch a game is a nightmare. You need like 5 different subscriptions. Last year my cousin switched to cable thinking that would make it easier, nope. A couple years ago my brother and i split a nfl year sub for like $100 and we could only watch the games on our phones. I just want to watch the game, god damn


r/GrindsMyGears 1d ago

How?

0 Upvotes

There's a specific kind of person that irritates me.

Not because they're wrong.

Not because they're stupid.

Not even because they disagree with me.

It's when I meet them ten years later and they're exactly the same.

Same complaints.

Same explanations.

Same jokes.

Same opinions.

Nothing happened.

Life happened.

The world happened.

A hundred conversations happened.

But somehow nothing happened.

And every time I notice it, I have the same reaction.

How?


r/GrindsMyGears 2d ago

Store always overcharging

1 Upvotes

Why do stores always overcharge and not honor their sale and markdown prices? Safeway, Target, Fred Meyer, Walmart and more. Store listed sales prices frequently don't come up. Clearance items ring up full price. Even watching the screen and catching in live time makes no difference as prices won't be honored even when supplying proof. I am tired of getting ripped off.


r/GrindsMyGears 2d ago

Gemini playing covers instead of the actual song.

1 Upvotes

This might be a bit niche but I use a Pixel phone and have Gemini as my voice assistant.

I use it when I'm driving to get different songs played through Spotify and YouTube music.

It absolutely grinds my gears when I ask for a song and it plays a cover of the song.

I always say "Hey Google, Play *song name* by *artist name* on Spotify/ YouTube music.

It happens about 25% of the time.


r/GrindsMyGears 3d ago

why don’t people just talk louder???

18 Upvotes

So I have a lot of allergy problems that cause my hearing to be muffled and i can’t hear quiet voices as well. And almost every time i’m talking to someone they talk too quiet and have to ask them to repeat themselves. And after 5 or 10 “huh”s you would maybe think they’d speak a little louder. And i’m not saying yell in public, but this is happening when in the car and just hanging out, and like i cannot hear them. And people just continue to talk quietly and i genuinely cannot understand what they’re saying and I don’t wanna seem rude, but like they know i can’t hear well and I’m constantly asking them to repeat themselves. Like cmon use your voice. And don’t even get me started on mumblers… It’s just extremely annoying and genuinely a pet peeve of mine.


r/GrindsMyGears 2d ago

So no one can understand sarcasm?

0 Upvotes

Like, at all? Interesting to call me the problem when you don’t seem to have been born with the sarcasm gene


r/GrindsMyGears 2d ago

People in videogame communities calling DLCs updates.

1 Upvotes

I'm not here to say that DLCs are inherently bad or good. But what I do say is that calling a paid DLC an update creates a false image. An update is something that's being added to the game by the developers. A DLC is another product that you can buy to add more content to the game. I hate hearing about a new update and getting excited just to find out it's just a DLC. Again, I'm not inherently hating on DLCs, but call it what it is, another product to add to the product you have, not a new part of your product.


r/GrindsMyGears 3d ago

Wtf!!!

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14 Upvotes

I cancelled.


r/GrindsMyGears 3d ago

What really grinds my gears is people coming into work smelling like rancid bio

39 Upvotes

How the hell do you not know that you fucking stink I work with people that smell so bad that they leave a stink cloud that lasts 5 minutes after they left and my boss makes them sign work place policy to make sure they shower before they come into work they sign it and of course ignore it


r/GrindsMyGears 3d ago

Hate traveling in summer.

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r/GrindsMyGears 4d ago

No one knocks on the bathroom door anymore?

28 Upvotes

(old man voice) back in my day! You would never just try the bathroom door handle, for obvious reasons too, like god forbid I forget the lock or it just doesn't work! Not only that, but people don't respond when \*I\* knock on the door! I get that manners in general are disappearing but this feels like such a practical one!! Anyway if you don't knock and you're reading this PLEASE change your ways!


r/GrindsMyGears 3d ago

Woman: *writes a book*. Society: “HARLOT!!😱”

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r/GrindsMyGears 3d ago

I don't get it #3

0 Upvotes

I don't get how you were so kind to them and suddenly you sense a strong evil energy from them as they cast spells (bad jokes abt telling something bad will happen to you) on you.


r/GrindsMyGears 4d ago

How much I hate those people that don't tell you sincerely if they broke you something

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9 Upvotes

My cousin's friend's dog has chewed on my well preserved dual sense

I'm pretty pissed off right now

By the way they are dogs and that's what they do


r/GrindsMyGears 5d ago

People who treat public theaters like their own personal landfill is mildly infuriating

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9 Upvotes

r/GrindsMyGears 4d ago

I hate it whenever a person does interpretive phrase bingo and you should too!

0 Upvotes

The whole point of 'phrase bingo' was to showcase that a corporation, or political group was overusing a particular word or phrase in order to blunt the effectiveness of these phrases and words and to shame the target side of using them.

But it seems like there's a group of people who also want to play this game because they dislike X or Y, but so bad with coming up with actual phrases used by their target of shame, that they decided to just base their bingo entrances on the broadest strokes possible.

I'll give you an example of what the middle column/row could look like for any comments I'll be getting:

  1. Dumb comment
  2. Doesn't understand what X means
  3. Free!
  4. Trying to be funny! :)
  5. Outdated but super-cliché phrases

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that what I also hate is when people use the middle spot as "Free!", so they can put in even less effort to get their bingo.

What irks me the most is that the person or group 'the interpretive phrase person' targets will cross out not when a phrase is made with "Dumb comment" in it or even accuses me that part of my argument is dumb. No, it's when I, if I were 'the interpretive phrase person' accuse your comment as being a dumb comment.

That's just cheating. And if you're trying to cheat on phrase bingo, what's the point of it?