Things you find annoying

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Internet memes
People who can't ignore trolls and keep reacting to them
People who judge AB/DLs and act all bigoted about it and keep connecting it to pedophilia

Trickery by people and organizations in order to mislead others.

I will create an example of trickery.

This morning we were awakened by a boom followed by a shaking of the house. I thought it was an earthquake, but my son thought it was a car wreck. I asked my son to go outside and see if there was a car wreck down the road. After investigating, he reported that he didn't see a car wreck.

Did my son go outside to see if there was a car wreck? By him stating he didn't see a car wreck implies (or at least makes one thinks) that he went outside to check. But actually, he didn't leave his bedroom. He didn't see a car wreck from his bedroom, so therefore his statement was correct.

Another example.

An expert states that within 10 years the WrongPlanet is going to become the largest online community on the internet.

How far ahead in the future do you think the expert means? Ten years? Well no...the expert means next month because he feels one million people are going to join the WrongPlanet by next month. So why didn't he say it would become the largest in one month instead of saying 10 years? Again, it's just misleading.

And businesses do this all the time. They make statements in their sales pitches that trick people by clever wording. That annoys me. And those that do that to me I will try my hardest to make sure they never see my money again.

People with handicapped parking tags who park in the regular parking spaces when there are plenty of handicapped parking spaces available. *

Full-blast heat in department stores in the winter. I bet if they cranked the AC instead, apparel sales would quadruple.

*Although I could see someone doing this if they were borrowing someone else's car who happened to have a handicapped tag.

People who play politics with issues that have little to no relevance.

I got some new ones: The fact that almost everyone else thinks all people with Tourette's Syndrome suffer from uncontrollable swearing. On Wiki it says only 10% of people with Tourette's can't stop cursing. I actually knew most people didn't even before reading it on Wiki. But pop culture and the media have stigmatized it and think it's hilarious, but I'll bet even if someone does have bouts of uncontrollable swearing it's not so funny for them especially if they're in a church or on a plane or maybe at a funeral!

When you're watching a video on YT or reading an article online and whoever leaves the 1st comment beneath it says, "First!". As if they're going to get a trophy or something.

That almost everything you eat is incredibly bad for you unless it's organic, vegan, eaten raw or steamed, has no flavor, and is hand grown in soil enriched with gold dust and given water that has been purified by unicorns (Okay I made up those last two parts), or is either good for you one minute, bad for you the next, and then good again.

Any "scientific" article that begins with the phrase "studies suggest", usually about the ongoing debate about the harmful/healthiness of foods, or is about something just about everyone has known for years (cigarettes are bad for you? Where did they get that article from, DUH magazine?)

People who seemingly enjoy misunderstanding other people for psychological benefit.

{Ex: People at the church I go to. }

When I go to get a paper plate.. and it's sticking to the other paper plates. I want one ... not four.

Traffic
Drivers that don't move quickly when the light turns green
Crowded theaters
Unnecessarily slow service
Bad service in general
People that laugh too much and for no apparent reason
Bad breath
Car salesmen
Too much sunlight
Shrill little dogs yapping incessantly
Pessimists
Optimists
Nosy people
Opportunists
Social climbers
Bureaucrats
Wannabe dictators
Inconsiderate people

That's good enough for starters

I find the touchpad annoying on my laptop. If I move my finger too far to the right, all these crazy functions begin doing crazy stuff---like deleting something I have been typing. I just want a touchpad like the ones on the first laptops.

Oh...and how about the Scorecard Research thing that drops down right in the center of WP when you are reading or writing posts? Anyone get that? Yes, I know there is an ad blocker, but the last time I used one of those on my previous laptop, it began acting strange and messed up.

And how about Dr. Oz. It seems like everything I do according to him is wrong, and the things I don't do would have been right. I feel like if a person were to do everything he suggested, you would probably be labeled with OCD. Do you wash your face in the morning? According to him washing your face in the morning ages you---gee. I would probably go insane just trying to follow all of his suggestions.

Oh...what about Dr. Phil...and Judge Judy...and screaming contestants on The Price Is Right...and...aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

/\ I HATE touchpads. I disabled them on both my personal laptop and my at work laptop. I'd rather just carry a wireless mouse around than to deal with a touchpad.

That's a good suggestion. My son uses a mouse on his laptop.

When web pages freeze up or the arrow on my computer and it's so hard to move it.