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You have some really good ones in there- but what do you mean by this?

Willravel

I liked that one in particular, actually. I took it as referring to people who not only think they are always right, but they also act as if every truth is their own. Hmmm...this is hard to explain. Let's say we are having a conversation about Mozart and his life. (Hypothetically) I am a historian, specializing in the life of Mozart, and you are a layman. Obviously I would not only be more knowledgeable on the subject, but I would behave and speak as if the information were more mine than anyone elses, not only because I knew the information but because I've earned the extensive knowledge through years of studying and devotion. Now imagine that I have that same attitude towards factoids about Mozart without being an historian. I speak of his life with an arrogance and elitism that isn't merrited. Woulnd't that piss you off? It sure would piss me off.

little_tippler

It's funny you picked up on that one analog.

It's kind of what you said willravel. Originally though, it's my poor translation of the portuguese expression "Acha que é o dono da verdade".

It means someone who not only always has to be right, they always think the ARE right, and usually don't back down and admit to being wrong, while also being very adamant about it - and looking absolutely ridiculous and also infuriating you in the process. Someone who always has to have the last word...they may even interrupt you mid-flow to disagree with you (so basically not having listened to a word you said), and proceed to contradict everything you're saying while also claiming to be the utmost authority on said subject.



I have known a few people like this and it's the sort of person where you may get into an open discussion about any topic (and I mean you could be talking about the consistency of boogers) and in the end you realise how stupid you've been, because by then you've admitted that they have some valid points and they have not conceded any to you, even if you also have something interesting to say. Like when you know you're not saying anything crazy but they make you feel really dumb? Like that.

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918

nikkiana

I think one of the biggest button pushers for me is the people (particularly ill informed parents) who think the Internet is the most dangerous thing and if they let their children use MySpace/LJ/other blogging/social networking site, their child inevitably will be raped or murdered, and since their opinion in such, they want to ruin such services for everyone else by banning them.

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Deltona Couple

The biggest button that I can think of, is listening to sooooo many people in the US bitch about current administration (regardless of WHEN it is, i.e. Bush OR Clinton OR Bush sr. OR Regan) and yet don't do anything about it. If you don't like what is going on, DO something about it! I HATE when people don't vote because they say "it won't make a difference."

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777

When the creditors come calling, asking you to pay up. Then they advise that you take out a loan to pay the dept. So they answer the problem of dept with more dept?! It's no wonder the average person's dept is near their yearly income.

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Roger Zelazny

high_jinx

Douche bag drivers. People who try to guttersneak me or weave in front even though i havn't left enough space for even a Vespa to fit.

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Ch'i

Bad drivers make me want to fish-tail them, take there drivers liscense, and burn it right in front of them. I'm still a pacifist though.
On a lighter note...
Hypocracy
Inane fear (not really sure why)
Self proclaimed experts
People who cannot change
"Acha que é o dono da verdade" (hope you don't mind if I steal that one little tipper)
Greed
Obvious lying

777

Liars are annoying, since I don't want to have to wonder if their lying to me or not. I just assume that they're alway lying, and stop contacting them all together.

Greed ain't so bad, since it can be confused for ambition.

My truely, biggest pet peeve of all, is people with no sense of humor. Take note, that humans are the only spieces on Earth that have humor. So, besides other things, it's what seperates us from the animals

That and racism. I think my store manager hates mexicans. Got to get her fired or demoted before I leave that place...

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"I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something - or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip."

Roger Zelazny