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

submitted 4 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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[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My mom will ask me questions about the plot of a movie while we're watching a movie. I just like ??? We're watching the same thing you know just as much as I do?

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fuck. I hate that.

I remember my high school sweetheart would kill me with that shit. I remember times like when she would ask me, as soon as someone would come on screen, "Who is that?!" And I would ignore her and then the character would immediately introduce themselves and she'd go, "Oh." Wouldn't even matter if I never saw the movie before either, she'd still constantly ask me questions. I would roll my eyes so hard. Haha

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah unfortunately I can't exactly dump my mom and move on to a university parent.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

That actually made me laugh.

That's not why I broke up with her but fair enough. Don't limit yourself.