What pointless little things annoy you? (yiffit.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by l_b_i@yiffit.net to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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I just got invited to a meeting for a time zone that doesn't exist this time of year. In the US EST does not stand for Eastern time, it stands for Eastern Standard Time (~November-~March), EST is not an active time zone, it is EDT Eastern Daylight Time. Its a pointless thing, most people probably don't notice, but its wrong.

Fake internet points to anyone who knows why DB-9 bothers me.

Edit: corrected a missing n in an eastern

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[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 7 points 3 months ago

A full grown, mature, adult person saying "pasghetti" instead of spaghetti

[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago

I've never heard this in my life.

[-] l_b_i@yiffit.net 4 points 3 months ago

What if they're being overall intentionally childish?

[-] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Twice as annoying.

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

It's irrational how it irritates me....it just does.

[-] l_b_i@yiffit.net 1 points 3 months ago

No judgment, are there other childish pronunciations that bother you too, or is just spaghetti? There is a company called pinnacle that uses a little girl intentionally mispronouncing the company name in their ads.

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

No, just that one. Most of the time people mispronounce things because they have only read the word and not heard it, so I try not to judge people when they do- but that one is a real fingernails on the chalkboard one for me.