Ah, pet peeves. They are an odd thing indeed. I've always found it odd we assigned a term to something that crawls under our skin and constantly bugs us. I've never been one to keep tabs on my pet peeves, so I may be scraping the bottom of the barrel by the end of this list. Without further ado, here we go!
- Using a social media name in conversation
This one is an odd one. I've never enjoyed it when someone says "Oh, I was on Facebook last night." Or, "I love that tweet you sent out on Twitter." Occasionally, I'm guilty of it myself. but there is really no other way around it in conversation sometimes. Like I said, this particular pet peeve is tough to explain, so I won't even bother. Just know it bugs me.
- Excessive us of social media
I'm not the biggest fan of social media in general, but even I scroll through what's trending on occasion. However, they're are some people who seem like they can't get enough of it. It's strange. There are so many better ways to interact with someone. Call them on the phone, invite them over to do something, play a pickup game of a sport with them, etc. I hope that social media doesn't become so prevalent in our day to day lives that we forget we can do these things.
- The modern music industry
I'm a pretty big fan of music, and if you haven't guessed already, I like the old stuff. The truly good stuff. You see, back in the 50s through early 90s, you had to have true talent to make it in the industry. You had to have a pretty unique voice, play a instrument like a boss, and know to write and produce your own music. Musicians were very well rounded people back in those days. Now days, it seems all you have to do is have a okay voice and be able to show up at a studio to sing some lines of a song that you didn't even write. Why can't people write their own music? I don't see how you could call a song your's and win a bunch of awards for it when you didn't even write your own song.
- When people shorten a word in conversation
This one is a big one. I don't like it when people say "Murica, taters, samiches" or anything like that. It's just not right. You should now better at this point.
- When politicians put each other done in their political ads
I won't go into my political beliefs, but I will say I despise the modern political ad campaign. I don't what the other guy did wrong. Tell me what you did right. I would rather vote for some who said that they ended world hunger than someone who says you shouldn't vote for the other guy because he didn't end it.
- When people try and dissect everything
I get it guys. Some books, poems, and songs are very deep and personal. However, some of them are something that the artist wrote for fun. Take "I Am The Walrus" by the Beatles for example. People have tried and tried to dissect that song and break it down verse by verse for years. The reality is John Lennon (who wrote and sang the song) said he had the idea for "I Am The Walrus" when he heard that people were trying to over analyze the Beatles' songs. So, he wrote "I Am The Walrus" which is a random hogepoge of weirdness. But hey, it's a good hogepoge of weirdness.
Well, those are some of my pet peeves. As to how I deal with these pet peeves, I pray to God. Sometime, we all need to pray to God and ask him to help us not fret the small stuff. One of the things that can keep you from having a close relationship with him is you stressing over the small stuff. Sometimes, in face all the time, it's best to just let it go and give your burdens to God. Don't worry about them. I gurantee you'll feel a ton better.
Freshly Yours,
Honeybagel
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