People Share The Ridiculous Phrases That Annoy The Heck Out Of Them

Is it a pet peeve or a trigger? Either way, it's really annoying.

Elana

• Published in Funny
• April 7, 2020

Language is far from simple. Regardless of what language you speak, there are words and phrases that are riddled with unnecessary complexities. In the past we've rolled with laughter over the hysterical, literal translations behind words in other languages, but today we are doing something entirely different regarding the quirks of language.

Reddit user u/MadameMusic asked the community members of r/AskReddit: "What phrase immediately annoys you and why?" We're not entirely sure what we were expecting when we began to read the answers that users provided but by the end, we found ourselves empathizing with the ridiculous things people say all the time. If we can't fix stupid, we may as well laugh.

1. Just stop, I could never play as hard as I work.

“Work Hard play hard. Sorry 1 trip paint-balling a year doesn’t make up for 12 hour shifts as a slave in a collar.”

2. That's not how this works.

“That triggers my OCD”

3. Just like in the South West of the US where they add the word River to the end of rivers named in spanish to include the word... river. "River Big River."

“I‘m german. Whenever the ISS is mentioned on the TV the moderator says „Die internationale Raumstation ISS“ which translates to „the international space station ISS“ which means: „the international space station international space station“.

Yes, they probably do that because not everone knows what the ISS is but it still annoys me, especially when I was younger.”

4. Toxic is TOXIC.

“But she’s your moooooooother, but faaaaaaaaaamly, or something similar.

Just because we’re related by blood doesn’t mean you get a free pass to be ass.”

5. Oh my gosh, I'm not incompetant???

“You’re so domesticated” when I mention cleaning something or doing housework.

No you sexist turd I’m a grown fucking man, I have my own house and I can look after myself.”

6. YOU ARE NEVER

“Am I the only one … ?”

No. You are never the only one.”

"Am I the only one...?"

Me:

7. Classic narcissist language.

“I am who I am and if you don’t like it, that’s your issue, not mine.” Variations of this is ALWAYS (in my experience at least) said by toxic people who seek to justify their shittiness with self-proclaimed individuality.”

8. Drama is universal among all genders.

“I’m friends with dudes because they don’t start dramaaa.”

Yes we do. Yes we fucking do. You have no idea how petty and extra teenage boys are.”

9. This is a problem on both sides.

“Are you babysitting today?”

“No, I call it being a father.”

10. No shit, there are starving kids everywhere.

“There are starving kids in Africa”

Hang on let me just fax my food to them”

11. WHERE? I don't know. That is the point.

“Me: “I can’t find my glasses”

Dad: “Where did you put it?”

Me: “IF I CAN REMEMBER WHERE I PUT IT, IT WOULDN’T BE LOST!!!””

12. Cling to that bitterness.

‘ladies first’ because of a time in kindergarden where I didn’t get do anything because this bratty little girl was using it to skip my turn each time

13. It's usually not that easy, actually.

“Get over it.”

Sometimes it’s just not that simple, dammit.”

14. It's WHAT?

“As a library worker… Library pronounced as libary."

15. It's not a competition.

“People are dying and youre sad about this ?” Well yeah karen, Just because something is sadder doesnt mean I cant be sad about something else. Being sad is not something you fucking earn.”

Elana