Things that annoy me that probably shouldn't

There are a lot of annoyances in life and everyone is subjected to stuff that they really should just leave alone. I rarely call people out for these things and mostly just awkwardly change the subject or just stay away from that person in the future. However, here are a few things that I encounter fairly regularly that get under my skin that I have to struggle to not get upset about.

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People that interject politics into everything

We all know at least one person that takes it upon themselves to lecture others on the political landscape of the world. It isn't enough that we are bombarded with this crap on social media all the time now we have a guy who wants to turn every social situation into a potential argument. I was once talking about how I broke my ankle and some random dude said something along the lines of "well, conservatives get injured more than other political groups" and then went off on a 10 minute tirade about some political horseS**T that had nothing to do with the conversation. I now avoid this person.

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People who pronounce words wrong or use words that are not words

I dated a girl in college who would continually use the word "supposibly" and make statements like "I've been been doing that for years." It used to drive me nuts and it was difficult to take her seriously in all other topics. I have a friend who says "In-terrr-eess-ting" when saying "interesting" and i grit my teeth when he does it. I'm not trying to be a grammar nazi in public and I rarely call people out on it... but it grinds my gears.

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People who don't speak to their dogs in "baby talk"

Unless you are training your dog to sniff the roadsides in Afghanistan for explosive ordinance you speak to your dog in a silly voice that you would never use for anything else... Period. If you do not do this you are a crazy person.... or German.

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anyone who lectures anyone else about their eating habits

This is particularly true of vegetarians and vegans but I am not going to get on anyone's case for their dietary decisions - do what you want I say. I have this friend who is a vegan but never tells anyone about it unless they ask (awesome!) I also know a vigilant group of vegans that will get upset with you if you order meat in their presence and then go off on a diatribe about cruelty to animals etc. Then when I "agree to disagree" and refuse to join their vegetable cult they bombard me later with articles on FB until I eventually have to cut off all contact with them. I was at McDonalds (where our running group meets for the bus) and got a cheeseburger. This is the only time I ever eat at McDonalds and since I knew I was about to burn 1000 calories running in the jungle I knew I needed some gas in the tank. Rather than just let me have my burger some woman in our group said "You're not going to eat that are you?".... and then proceeded to lecture me about the burger's contents for the entire time I was eating it. Just let people live their lives you goons!

anyone whose stories take entirely too long

There is this guy I know named Gary and if you ever have the misfortune of being on the receiving end of a story that he is regaling you with get ready for a long and confusing ride. His stories do not have a beginning, middle, or an end. They are, rather, an excruciatingly long sequence of apparently completely unrelated events that are seasoned with a sprinkling of obvious lies. Which brings me to my last point

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Liars

I would imagine that we all know someone like this. They have all these fantastic stories to tell you about the amazing things that happened to him/her when you weren't around but yet when you hang out with the person nothing out of the ordinary ever happens. My best friend from high school was like this, and the only people that would ever call him out on it was me and his Dad. Subsequently, i think we are the only people that the dude was ever honest with. He also had a number of "tells" that would give away the fact that he was lying - the main one being that he would always snap his fingers when "remembering" the details of an event that he completely fabricated. I remember when he first moved to our town in Virginia - he was one of the most popular people in the school for about a year... at that point nearly everyone had abandoned him because of his problem and he had become a bit of an outcast. I never walked away on him and he is still one of my best friends in the world. However, i continue to call him out and I think I might be one of the only people on the planet that he is actually honest with.

He still does this to this day more than 30 years later - this is a life-long problem for him.

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I'm quite certain there are many more but this post is already longer than I would imagine most people will read so Imma cut it off here :)