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What's your most ridiculous pet peeve? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by Infamousblt@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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One of mine (I have many yay neurodivergece) is when people say the phrase "a broken clock is right twice a day". The phrase is actually "a stopped clock is right twice a day." A clock that is stopped will definitely be right twice a day but a clock that is broken could be right multiple times a day or not at all depending on how it's broken. Maybe it's just a little slow running in which case it'll never be right. Maybe it's spinning wildly out of control so it'll be right a lot but still useless.

It annoys the shit outta me and it is so dumb it definitely should not. Anyway your turn.

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[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Maybe it's just a little slow running in which case it'll never be right.

On a long enough timescale it'd match up again

I get angry at people being thrown off balance by g-forces on public transport

EDIT: never mind I just realized I get angry at people being thrown off balance and doing a shit job of recovering from it, excluding people under the influence for some reason