Everyone is different, and we all have our own unique quirks and idiosyncrasies that make us who we are. There are some of us, though, who get inordinately irked by things the vast majority don’t have any problem with.
Someone asked the internet, “What’s a completely normal or minor thing that irrationally gets under your skin, but most people don’t seem bothered by it?” and the community didn’t hold back. Why, however, are some folks so sensitive? Let’s dive right in!
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#1
Music so loud in a restaurant that you can’t hold a conversation.
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#2
Speakerphone in public.
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#3
Multiple sources of noise at once. For example- tv is on, and someone also watching videos on their phone in the same room. I can’t breathe.
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#4
Loud motorcycles. Why? There’s no need for them to wake me from a sound sleep from a quarter mile away.
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#5
Songs on the radio that are allowed to have police or ambulance sirens on them.
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#6
Not using indicators when other cars aren’t near but would still be of use to pedestrians.
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#7
I cannot stand the sound of someone chewing loudly, especially when their teeth clack together or they slurp soup. Like… why is that even legal 😩.
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#8
Stopping in the middle of foot traffic to look at your phone/take in the view/pick your nose. Even if I can go around you, the sheer lack of consideration for others drives me insane.
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#9
The overuse of the words “narcissist” and “projecting.” It’s TikTok pop psychology and more often than not used incorrectly by people who have a tenuous grasp on the concept in general.
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#10
Kids running around without their parents in stores and restaurants.
#11
Off leash dogs when there is an applicable leash law. Then the unleashed dog runs over to people with a leashed dog while the owner is yelling at the unleashed dog.
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#12
Headlights that are too strong or not dipped and always shining into your eyes.
#13
Dumping liquid in a trash can.
It’s gonna leak, my guy.
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#14
People coming into work when they are sick. Especially if they are going to sniffle and cough the entire day.
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#15
Getting too hot, and not being able to cool down.
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#16
People crowding around the luggage belt instead of stepping back so everyone can see what’s coming around them.
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#17
Spelling lose as loose.
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#18
Not shutting off alarms when they go off.
My wife can hear her alarm, get up, get dressed, and head down to start breakfast and the blaring alarm doesn’t bother her enough to turn it off.
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#19
I work from home, so people asking for a Teams call to explain in 20 mins what could be much more transparently and traceably explained in a 20 word email.
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#20
A wet sleeve.
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#21
When people say “exspecially” instead of “especially”.
#22
Picking up an item in the supermarket and it’s sticky.
#23
Bottles rolling around inside a plastic bag while a car is moving.
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#24
Water droplets on kitchen or bathroom floor when I’m in socks.
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#25
Crowd participation.
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#26
Confusing i.e. and e.g. I know it’s petty and a totally stupid irritation, but it makes me nuts.
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#27
The toilet paper being backwards, but i have a feeling this is not a minor thing in many people’s eyes…
#28
When people step on the back of my flip flop accidentally. I don’t know why is triggers me so bad 😩.
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#29
When someone opens something that has plastic but doesn’t take the plastic all the way off.
For example, sour cream. My gf will open the tub and peel back the plastic almost all the way, but then smooths it back down and puts the lid back on.
#30
Being inexact in wording.
I can’t stand being misunderstood, it makes me feel like an idiot.
I hate it when I say something to someone and they misunderstand and I realise it was because I wasn’t clear.
Find it hard to properly articulate some times.
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