I'm normally a calm steady kind of person. Unfortunately I'm a classic Virgo which means I'm also a rabid nitpicker. Most people just overlook the little matters that normally are either ignored or simply don't register in their brain.
Every morning I read a political newsletter that like most are financed by advertisements. There is one particular ad that irritates me no end. The gist is some finance guru has discovered a plot against America and if you just click on his statement that Obama is due to be embarrassed when this event occurs and learn about this 'treat' to America. I believe he means a 'threat' to the US, not a treat. Further on in his diatribe it becomes clear that the word is threat, not treat as his bait states. Some one was paid to make this error and why it appears daily without correction is offensive to me.
Later this morning I watched as the TV weather host said it would be 97 degrees today and feel like 104. How does he presume to know what anyone feels like? I worked in an office where in winter, women turned on their under desk heaters if the building fell below 78 degrees. Some of the men turned on desk fans at 72. If the temperature is 97, then it feels like 97 by any objective reality. If someone feels different subjectively that's too bad. Live with it.
Since I spend a lot of time online, I am bombarded with ads promising free upgrades, free cleanups, free virus protection, etc. There is usually a box attached if you click there it lists a free download. Turns out the only free anything is the download. Now that you have it on your hard drive, it's useless until activated by paying a small or large fee. So most people have junk files like this slowing up their computer.
These are a few of my un-favorite things. For people like me, a good shot of whisky is a medical necessity. Helps when friends tell me "just chill out" over all that crap.
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