Things that irk you......

Pistachios that aren't slit enough to crack the shells open.

 

And then you cut yourself under the fingernail. Yep, that bites a big one.

 

Cars that don't stop at pedestrian crosswalks, even at intersections which have a button to press a flashing light. Really bothers me as a frequent walker and one who is nervous to have my 12 year old cross busy intersections.

 

Old people who think I care that they disapprove of my cell phone habits.

I don't use it while driving. I don't make a lot of noise. I don't otherwise bother people.

So, kindly fuck off.

 

They're irked by your cell phone use.
You're irked by their disapproval.
That's reciprocity - or a circle irk.

 

Irk? Hangovers. Had one all day. Migraines.

 

"Oftentimes."
Bugs me every time.

And I see it OFTEN!

 

People who treat neighborhood streets like a NASCAR track. Dude, no one is impressed, your Mustang is a piece of shit, and you have a micropenis.

Good day, sir.

 

I use pages on both sides of my reporter notebook, front to back, back to front. It irks me when I accidentally flip it, so notes from one event will be in front and another on the back, messing up the symmetry. Done that with my last two notebooks. It's even worse when I've turned it over mid story, so notes for the same article are on both sides.

 

I was sitting in a class the other night and someone was taking about how it's possible for there to be ambiguity with someone's sex at birth. Among other genetic traits, she mentioned the person could be born with a micropenis. It was all I could do to not start laughing like Beavis and Butthead in that moment.

 

It doesn't "irk" me but I find it funny: The players who bawl their eyes out commemorating seniors on senior night. They aren't dying. You're going to see them around campus tomorrow. Especially when senior night isn't the last game of the season. Oh well. Cryers gonna cry.