What grinds your gears?

[Tyrrhenoi]

Well, ciao/tšau is used between people who know each other, no one uses tšau in a work interview. I think that the word is very recent in the Estonian language, probably from the late 20th century, the 90's. I might be wrong, though.

What's the estonian word for 'Hello'? I will introduce it in Italy....
Maybe in a few years all Italians will use that estonian word

[Äike]

What's the estonian word for 'Hello'? I will introduce it in Italy....
Maybe in a few years all Italians will use that estonian word

It is "Tere"

[Aemma]

People who read way too much into other people's answers on hypothetical scenarios on this forum. "Get a fucking life!" and "Get the fuck over yourselves!" is all I have to say.

[W. R.]

It annoys me when English native speakers mix up "than" and "then". They are different words actually, comrades.

[Groenewolf]

Not winning a bid on a near antique book on ebay because I was sleeping and put the alarm off after getting back from the pub.

[Lithium]

Stoned & drunk people, the last night I had to deal with two... :/

[Stygian Cellarius]

The following doesn't "grind my gears", it just annoys me. Actually, I don't think "annoy" is correct either, I just don't think positively of it.

When people create internet persona's.

It reminds me of the "hipsters" that live in my area. They create "characters" for themselves. They have an idea of what they want to look like and modify themselves to be that character. An acknowledgement that they believed their regular/prior state was insufficient. In that case, it's almost always about attention. We all do need attention.

Internet persona's are worse actually. At least the "hipsters" and teenage "Goths" live out their character day-by-day. Whereas an internet persona is worn for a brief time only and then shed when their consciousness shifts away from whatever virtual context it was created for. Internet persona's are deception. They are false, and I don't like false.

So, what are some motives for someone inventing an alternate persona for themself?

1. A level of respect they believe would be corrupted if they deviated from their "persona".

Okay, I gave one motive. Anyone want to add to it?

Note: I haven't even sequenced through the dialectic process on these thoughts yet so I could be all wrong about it, but hey, it's 9:40 am, I'm lazy right now.

[Peasant]

When hot chocolate wont seem to stir in and dissolve.

[Stygian Cellarius]

When hot chocolate wont seem to stir in and dissolve.

Haha, yeah and even when you push the powder under and it pops back up still dry, contained in its little coat of air.

[Stygian Cellarius]

I hate Book Covers. They are burdensome, always sliding off-center in some way. Originally designed to protect a Books exterior, but in time, they themselves became objects of preservation and considerably more fragile then the Book itself. So since it has become part of the Book and not just some expendable cover, it's now more difficult to preserve a books condition. Book Covers have become not only obsolete, but disadvantageous. They should be cast into Hell for all Eternity.