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NJCher

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27. Negative, hopeless people

Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 05:35 AM

Aug 16

They post “We’re screwed.” Or they attribute powers to trump that he does not have.

I’m not saying one has to be happy and positive all the time, but saying such negative things doesn’t give the discussion anywhere to go. These people want to use DU as a therapy session and forget its purpose as a discussion forum. Selfish.

Furthermore, there is the matter of emotional contagion. Name a battle that was won with low morale. We are going to win this thing, but people like this are a drag on our momentum.

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What are your pet peeves [View all] LogDog75 Aug 14 OP

I got a menagerie. Don't get me started. EYESORE 9001 Aug 14 #1

People who crowd you in a line, like it will make things go faster. Coventina Aug 14 #2

The same can be said about tailgaters on the road. Xavier Breath Aug 15 #18

I could write a book of them get the red out Aug 14 #3

I am a retired educator who has taught everything from Head Start to grad school Grim Chieftain Aug 14 #11

I seen what you done there k0rs Aug 16 #34

Restaurants that call chicken nuggets "boneless wings" BuckIowa Aug 14 #4

Telephone texts in movies too small print and/or too quick to read. Many times I have doc03 Aug 14 #5

I hate when drivers block me from dive bombing my exits. nt Shermann Aug 14 #6

🤣 Luciferous Aug 15 #17

I seem to be collecting more pet peeves as I get older. markodochartaigh Aug 14 #7

Rude inconsiderate people. TommieMommy Aug 14 #8

People who walk in a doorway and just stop CanonRay Aug 14 #9

People who take advantage, such as users and moochers anciano Aug 14 #10

Dirty street signs and signs blocked by foliage. subterranean Aug 14 #12

People who use the subjective form of a personal pronoun as the object of a preposition. Iggo Aug 14 #13

People who are snobs and have this sense that it is their way or no way. Thank you , LogDog75, debm55 Aug 14 #14

Similar to yours, Rizen Aug 14 #15

A similar pet peeve LogDog75 Aug 15 #19

As a NYC'r on very crowded streets - tourists walking 3 to 4 abreast, usually more slowly, too. Arg electric_blue68 Aug 14 #16

I live in a small beach city in California LogDog75 Aug 15 #20

Oh, pecking order! I always try to be mindful as a tourist. Usually successfully.... electric_blue68 Aug 15 #21

On the pecking order LogDog75 Aug 15 #23

Ah, got it. electric_blue68 Aug 15 #24

Failure to put a question mark Oeditpus Rex Aug 15 #22

People who wear their baseball cap backward. Jeebo Aug 16 #25

Fingernails on a chalkboard, crawling skin. I grit my teeth so hard... 3catwoman3 Aug 16 #28

people not returning shopping carts to their proper place Skittles Aug 16 #26

Negative, hopeless people NJCher Aug 16 #27

Talking with a mouthful of dlilafae Aug 16 #29

Tailgating Emile Aug 16 #30

People who drive slow in the passing lane. THIS IS NOT THE UK, PEOPLE. GET IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE catbyte Aug 16 #31

Selfish, illogical, and mean narcissists no_hypocrisy Aug 16 #32

One I think most of us can agree on: "Democrat Party" subterranean Aug 16 #33

Instructional books... k0rs Aug 16 #35