Master Thread of Pet Peeves

[etech0]

My experience is that many people are just waiting for someone to "notice" and ask them and once they do the floodgates open. "I wasn't acting myself the whole day and nobody even noticed and asked me anything!"

hmm I hear
depends on the situation I guess

To be fair, Shviggers have positive aspects too.

very true and also not part of this story

[Yehuda57]

Not worth getting into. Something that could mean things aren't okay but really doesn't need to mean that.

OMG, I was joking! I didn't want you to answer the question. Sorry

[aygart]

depends on the situation I guess

And therefore depends on how the situation is perceived when someone who cares is really only trying to help.

[etech0]

OMG, I was joking! I didn't want you to answer the question. Sorry

I was fairly certain
But truth is that what it was could affect what type of response would be appropriate.

[etech0]

And therefore depends on how the situation is perceived when someone who cares is really only trying to help.

Right. Or alternatively, is trying to satisfy their curiosity. It can be hard to know sometimes.

[Euclid]

"I don't mean to be nosy, but is everything okay?"

I gotta try this on my wife

[YitzyS]

I gotta try this on my wife

DON'T!!!

[Yehuda57]

"Hey, I noticed <>. Is everything ok? If you'd like to speak about it, I'm always available. If you'd rather not, I totally understand. I didn't say anything."

"I don't mean to be nosy" is like "No offense, but..."

[YitzyS]

"Hey, I noticed <>. Is everything ok? If you'd like to speak about it, I'm always available. If you'd rather not, I totally understand. I didn't say anything."

"I don't mean to be nosy" is like "No offense, but..."

Okay, let me try this...

"Hey Yehuda57, I noticed your posts seem to be lacking substance recently, and your jokes are just not funny, and you seem to be more cranky than usual, and you are really not enjoyable to be around, and your breath smells. Is everything ok? If you'd like to speak about it, I'm always available. If you'd rather not, I totally understand. I didn't say anything."

 

[etech0]

Okay, let me try this...

"Hey Yehuda57, I noticed your posts seem to be lacking substance recently, and your jokes are just not funny, and you seem to be more cranky than usual, and you are really not enjoyable to be around, and your breath smells. Is everything ok? If you'd like to speak about it, I'm always available. If you'd rather not, I totally understand. I didn't say anything."

 

Thanks, now someone wants to know what's so funny!

[Yehuda57]

Okay, let me try this...

"Hey Yehuda57, I noticed your posts seem to be lacking substance recently, and your jokes are just not funny, and you seem to be more cranky than usual, and you are really not enjoyable to be around, and your breath smells. Is everything ok? If you'd like to speak about it, I'm always available. If you'd rather not, I totally understand. I didn't say anything."

 

I gotta try this on my wife

[Lurker]

I gotta try this on my wife

Following very closely.

[~King Lake~]

I gotta try this on my wife

The post after that belongs here

[username]

Cereal bags that don't open neatly. I mean the ones that are impossible to open neatly, like Life.

[Yehudaa]

Cereal bags that don't open neatly. I mean the ones that are impossible to open neatly, like Life.

Yup, though keeping a pair of scissors in the kitchen helps.

[Lurker]

I gotta try this on my wife

Following very closely.

TR?

[Euclid]

TR?

Too expensive

[Lurker]

Too expensive

Thanks for the tip.

[Euclid]

Thanks for the tip.

TWSS

[YitzyS]

People who use info from DDF against you on other platforms @Yehuda57

(On a serious note, I couldn't think of a way to redo it, and I didn't think the folks elsewhere are nearly as knowledgeable as those here on DDF...)