It annoys me when people laugh uproariously at things that aren't funny in the slightest. For example, Ann Coulter predicted on the Bill Maher show that of all the declared Republican candidates, Donald Trump had the best chance of winning the election. Maher's audience brayed like stupid jackasses for 12 full seconds, by my count. I have the best sense of humor in the world, and I don't know by what standard or in what school of humor that prediction could be considered funny. Even if it were completely delusional, like "Paul Manafort will be the next president," or "Trump and Hillary are secret lovers," it just isn't humorous. But Ann Coulter's statement wasn't even delusional -- it was prescient -- and people thought it hysterical.
I am slightly annoyed (disgusted) by the "Fake News" phenomenon taking place in this country with some of our population, the belief and forwarding of incorrect data if not lies while calling verified information fake (even on video) is dangerous and disturbing.
For instance, when you say that you have the best sense of humour in the world, many people would not laugh uproariously as they would not see that you are being self deprecating and witty.
Mexigone is an effective remedy for our major mental illness in America it annoys me I can;t get time stamps you tube linked properly.. always goes to beginning link--https://youtu.be/wAJUZRZBdlM?t=136
I wouldn't expect them to laugh, because it isn't funny. I don't expect people to laugh at every thing I say.
Maher's audience is another example. All he has to do to get a laugh from them is to put the F word and Trump in the same sentence.
When you're chewing on a mouth full of food, then someone asks you a question and stares at you stupidly while you finish chewing.
It seriously annoys me when I'm in my local Indian restaurant and they keep asking me if I'm enjoying (how I hate that word! ) the meal. It happened again quite recently, and this is how it went: My waiter: 'Is everything alright sir?' 'Yes thank you.' Another waiter 5 minutes later (hey, that rhymes. lol): 'Is everything to you liking sir?' 'Yes, it's fine.' Then the restaurant manager turns up when I'm about half-way through: ''Are you enjoying your meal sir?' 'Yes, everything is alright - if it wasn't you'd be the first to know. Now eff off so I can finish it before it gets cold!'
I was at an Applebees once (sort of a mid-scale 'sit down' chain here in the states), eating this quesadilla/burger thing. The manager walks up, with a wierd sort of faux enthusiasm, then asks "how are you enjoying that?!". I was honest, I just shrugged and said "Eh, it's not bad". He went on for maybe two minuets trying to divine from me how it could be better. That's fine, kind of his job... but I'm thinking to myself "dude, this is f'n Applebees, it's a f'n burger wrapped in a tortilla, what do you want me to say... I didn't come here to be impressed". But of course I didn't say that, I just continued contributing to the conversation in a manner slightly above rude! That's the mild part of the story. The conversation ended because there was a kid choking a few tables down. I pointed it out to him, cause you know - being the manager, he of all people should know what to do. I could tell he (the manager) was probably about as afraid as the boy who was choking. He just slowly walked over to the table, stupid expression on his face, and just stood there until the boy managed to get the food down. Applebees - two thumbs down
What just drives me WILD is the strange phonomenon called "up-talking". It occurs when nearly every single thing a person says is spoken as though it was a QUESTION. The spoken sentence can be about any subject, any thing, but it's almost always inflected the SAME way -- with an invisible, but very audible QUESTION-MARK on the end of it. It seems to entail some kind of sub-channel appeal for 'acceptance' or 'agreement' with the person who is speaking. And, it's almost always done by Millennials and liberals. DRIVES ME CRAZY! "The high rising terminal (HRT), also known as upspeak,uptalk, rising inflection, upward inflection, or high rising intonation (HRI), is a feature of some variants of English where declarative sentence clauses end with a rising-pitch intonation, until the end of the sentence where a falling-pitch is applied." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/caveman-logic/201010/the-uptalk-epidemic . "If it's a question, ask a QUESTION! But, if it's a statement, make a STATEMENT."
It must be a 'Marmite' thang then. (you either love it or hate it?). During the season, around Chrimbo, I always cook twice as many as I need for the plate, then while I'm fiddling around at the last stages of cooking everything else, I keep forking them out of the pan and eating them. That first smiley looks like a sprout? lol Oh I've just seen that I already mentioned the Marmite thing earlier in the thread.
You're right -- 'uptalking' is commonly observed among young (Millennial and Gen Z) females, but also the "men" (or whatever they decide they are.... I'm an old guy... I never hear anybody over, say, about 50 years old or more speak with almost maddeningly-constant use of 'uptalking'....
Ours have picked that up from the Sheilas. Have your Sheilas picked up the hacked-out knees in denim trousers yet?
Big tears or holes in women's pants? I dunno -- maybe, enhanced pheromone dispersal...? Or maybe just another manifestation of that wearisome, 25 year-old "grunge" thing (along with backward baseball caps).... Actually, I first saw young guys wearing 'hats-backward' as early as 1983. What law is it that states, "the more you become sick of some fad or fashion, the longer it takes to finally go away"...?