Little Things that Annoy You on the Screen?

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When somebody is given a specific amount of time to do something, and the actual time spent is much longer. (Sometimes shorter, but usually longer.)

When a bomb is always diffused with one second left on the timer.

The dreaded "close-up facial shot" always seen on soap operas just before breaking to a commercial.

Women keeping their bras on during sex.

Nature documentaries that always play bassoon music when a bear is on the screen.

People with crappy jobs somehow being able to afford living alone in a New York or L.A. apartment.

ANY non-live show that uses a laugh track.

Shows with groups of 3-5 friends who always seem to do everything together, seemingly without making plans beforehand.

Late-night talk-show hosts who always make a weird facial expression after every joke as if it were a cue for the audience to laugh. (I love Bill Maher, but he's notorious for this.)

Japanese monster movies in which the monster just stands there while the heroes are plotting how to kill it.

Any movie in which a character is presumed dead, and then...SURPRISE! They're alive!

Commercials that use euphemisms like "gentle overnight relief."

Continuity that is "off"----like, in one shot their glass is almost empty, then, in the next shot, their glass is half-full.

A talk show audience applauding every time someone says anything with a firm cadence.

Another one I just thought of: Made-for-TV dramas that use childish expressions in lieu of swearing, like "Oh shoot!" or "Holy cow!" (MTV's The State did a hilarious satire on this back in the 90s.)

Didn't read the whole thread yet so sorry if this has already been mentioned but I *can't stand* when someone is talking about a person and they say "that" instead of "who", as in, "The man that stole the car". It should be, "The man who stole the car"! I even catch news anchors doing this - you'd think they'd use better grammar than this.

My little pet peeve

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I always wondered about that on Seinfeld! Sometimes about George as sometimes he worked and sometimes he didn't, and always about Kramer - did he ever work? And yet he could afford an apartment in NY!

This reminds of something that annoys me: Sometimes I have seen swear words like another word for rectum be translated to a mild and rather silly term on TV here. I think that's ludicrous. Translators should keep the level of language true.

Speaking of the grammar of news people.... I HATE it when they say "an historical" (Matt Lauer does it ALL-the-TIME!! !). "An" is only to be used with an "H" word, when the "H" is silent----like, with "hour"! !!

As for Kramer: He actually DID have a job. He was on strike from a job at a bakery (I THINK it was a bakery), and one episode was about him returning to work there----but he didn't last long. LOL Also, he took a job at some firm----he carried a brief case and everything----but, if I remember correctly, nobody hired him, he just started going to work, there!! LOL STILL, I don't know how he could afford the apartment----it WAS "rent-controlled", if I remember correctly, but, STILL..... Seems to me he might have been on Disability, too----or, some-such other benefit....

Oh, I know----I hate that TOO!! I've been to a couple of Talk Shows in NY, and they have people that prompt the audience to clap (gotta kiss those celebrity butts), and/or a sign that says "Applause". It pissed-me-off!! ! LOL I REFUSED to clap when the person told me too, unless I TRULY wanted to clap!! !!

There are differing views about this issue among grammarians. Those who say "an historical" are following the view that "an" should be used before a noun beginning with H if the following word begins with an unaccented syllable. Since the accent in the word "historical" falls on the second syllable ("stor"), saying "an historical" would be consistent with this rule.

But others disagree.

Here's an article on the issue:

http://grammartips.homestead.com/historical.html

The Hammer Horror film The Devil Rides Out (1968) was released as The Devil's Bride in the USA, in case Americans thought it was a Western!

I hate when sitcoms go out of their way to create awkward or embarrassing situations. It makes me uncomfortable. I also don't like certain situations when they can't end an episode happily, like in Spongebob when Squidward was lying to his rival about owning a restaurant, and of course he has to be exposed at the end. It just feels like a slap in the face to the audience.

Cardboard characters. Characters who are essentially flawless, having nothing but redeeming attributes. Nobody is perfect in the real world.

Cartoons that portray bears as gentle, friendly animals but portray wolves as vicious killers. In reality, a bear would be much more likely to attack a person than a wolf would.

You might like this. A video that has a cartoon bear who eats people. It doesn't come in, though, until almost the end. Good music too, IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDbPYoaAiyc

Ah yes, Björk. Gotta love her. (Actually, I'm not a huge fan of her music, but I do find her to be a fascinating person.)

Several years ago I found out that she actually recorded an album in 1977 in her native Icelandic language when she was just eleven years old. You can download it here:

http://kickmirror.com/bjork-1977-t4157222.html